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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
A no porson about and rode nm to the

find no person about and rode up to the
house. Hill and his wife were the only
persons in the house, and they denied that
any of the alleged robbers were there. A
search OF the house and surroundings failed
TO disclose any OF them. IN admitted that
three of the suspected men had been at his
plnce, but claimed that they had left last
Wednesday. A Winchester rifle, the prop
crty OF Charles Lewis, who is the alleged
leader of the rohber band, was secured by
the sheriff Mt Hills house. Either the first
body OF officers were fooled by iii and led
TO believe their game was there while they
were fastening away to safety or they got
away in the darkness last night before The
ShcriT's party arrived, 4 portion Of the
posse has returned here in disgust. The
remainder are still hunting for traces of the
on tlaNs,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
A VERY SAD ACCIDENT.
A Young Girl Jumps From n Train and
IT. Killed.

PursBupa, Pa, March GA Chronicle
Telegraph Frccport, To-, special says Lat,
last night two young girls named Mary Cat
tie aud Mis- klinRcnsmith, both II N%atronin,
accompanied by an unknown man, boarded
the Blairsyillc accommodation at Avenue
Station. They remained on the rear plat.
form oi thc last car, thinking to escape dc.
lection. Tho conductor cav them, opened
thc door aud asked thcm To- cumc Inside ~,
ear. Miss Cattle bcrunD frightened, think
iug the conductor was guiug To put them oil
aud jumped from the ear. The train wa
going ut n high rate Of speed at the tim,
and ran for some distance before II could b
stopped. A scnrch was No onco Instituted
aud the tminmon found her lying nhou
fifty nod. back with her neck broken. Thci
started Ia take her ~ a doctors office, buI
she died on the way. The young man dis
appeared shortly after The train started, nnd
lis name could not be learned.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
Aua,twiu.d Man Hruea.

crSrmASA. KY, March 2.-Dayo y. Lem.
mons, a poor, half. wittod farm hand, subject
10 dts, was very violent when In one. lie
has been accustomed 10 going 10 the house
OF Charles Smith, who lives aboutfour miles
from here, aud raising a great disturbance.
Smith has repeatedly Ordered hin 10 stay
away, because he frightened his Smiths
family. Last night, II seems, Lemons had
IN attack about ! o'clock, aud A. usual went
over 90 smiths After trying In every way
10 put him out and stop his violence Smith
caught up a gun aud shot him, killing him
instantly. Smith IA now In Jail.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
INC InII RI,er h,rihr.

FAtL Rtyrn, Mas. March 23-rhcrc q
no change ofsny Kind In the labor situation
here today. About 500 looms arc running.
the same number a. reported yesterday, aud
there are mo- indications that the weaver are
golnf Ia work Monday. Tho impression
prevails among the manuia 'iunrr HAT the
strike will cud next week. The mills of the
city have managed a. turn on 1000 pieces
Of goods in spite II the HiHkc. and the print
cloth business shoWsa marked improvement
over last weeks trade.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
A WISE
Col NJ. Y. Locke to DO A~rkansai's Chief
OF tho A. s. ". Bureau.

" Wv - - - 1hA NaaH
Special Dispatch 10 Tho Appeal.
LrrLE Rock, Ark, March u.-Thc Cover.
nor has appointed Col. NJ y Locke, Of
Alma, Crawford County. 10 be Chief Of the
Bureau Of Mining. Manufacture aud Agh.
culture, In accordance with a recent net of
the Arkansas General Assembly. Col Locke
lisa Democrat aud has been a rcsidcntof the
State Tor the last fifteen years, coming hero
from Texas, his native State. lie isa pmo.
teal agriculturisL aud the appointment was
a good one.
The Democratic municipal convention was
held here today. r. w. Worthcn, cN-Shcrin
Of this (Pulaskil county. WIS nominated for
the Mayomlty, and J. W Cowpland secured
the nomination for City Treasurer Nooihor
nominations were made. The election takes
place April 2. The nomination Of Worihcn
places three candidates In the rice for the
Mayomlty-A. q. Whipple, the present
incumbent aud NJ. Kiut The convention
held today was tho first IN yean Tor the
nomination OF city officers.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
oHALMEas VERSUS MORGAN.
Tho Little Brig Knocked out At oxford
Valuable Testimony.

-NNlAAulN A'aAliA9hls
Special Dispatch TO The Appeal
OAroup. Miss. March @.-Iudgc Morgan
put In some telling testimony here today
In bis contest with Chalmers lie placed
Hon. G. D. lIowry United States District
Attorney, on the stand, who testified that
after the election In November W a. Beau
land. Chief Federal Supervisor Tor this
district, placed In his hands the rlurtsoi al
his deputies charging fraud IN The conduct
Of the election. HAT hc summoned these
deputies aud 40 othcn reported 10 have
knowledge al frauds in the election before
Tie Grand Juryi thathc had them thoroughly
examined, their testimony reduced 70
writing and signed by them and had u nov.
that The investigation was full and thorough.
and that nothing above irregularities not
nbpye IA ml.dcmcannr could be- found.
Judge Morgan asked him 10 ma % hisnot,us
and exhibit his deposition. This De- dcclined,
but said that be- would produce them on an
order of Congress u required.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
. r,ie,.on Coast, defense company.

Nav Youg, March gl-Thc Ericsson Coast
Defense Company has filed ~ certificate Of
incorporation. Tho c%ompany's capital l.
$1,000 and H. object IL the manufacture
IL boats. vessels, guns, machinery and other
appliance. The incorppmtors are George
NJ. Robinson. William Williams, u. " Bush.
nell, Cornelius s. Bushnell aud Edward \
IV.0..m
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24

Special Uiftntrh w. Tue ApN'hh
J.cEsoS. Tenn, March 1-The straw.
berry prospect In this section Of West Ten.
nesscc 4. the finest known for years The
nrr,ngr has been largely increased over Int
yenr. and on immense yield IL predicted Ny
iho.e Who are In n podilon " know.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24

81. Lorn, No. March IA special to the
Post Dspaieh from Jefferson city says that IA
the last Of the Bald Knobbcu' appeal oases
that of Dave Walker the supreme Court la.
affirmed tho ruling uf the lower court aud
lhe execution IL sVt for Friday, MAJ ~
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tn. renn.yiyaaIa n.na,,. sim Free.

USiosIows, Pa, March 23.-ShcriG MIL.
er's party reached M~arkleysbuE at 2 o'clock
this morning 10 help capture the McClel.
landtown robbers, who were reported TO be
surrounded In a log cabip. The Sheriff could
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
MUSIC IN BATTLE.


The Secret of Leonidas' Famous Victory
at Thermopyla.
The favorite problem Of thinkers
and teachers, since thought began, has
been to find some engine of education
which should reach tho character IA
etfect,ally as the ordinary means OF
training touch the understanding; and
in the opinion of many, not men alone
but nations, music was such an engine.
ut is music" said the Spartans,
(which distinguishes the brave man
from the coward "A mans music
is the source of his courage 1t was
their music which enabled Leonidas
and his three undred to conquer al
Thermopyln. 1t was music which
taught the the Spartan youths how to
die in the wrestling ring or on the
field OF battle. These claims arc
auda cious surely. Yet, when we con
slider how the rhythmical tread OF
the brave man differs from the
agitated shamble of the coward.
how music is the art OF human JOY,
aud how JOY and reposc OF mind are
The main elements Oh manly ioIlliuuc,
We shall at any rate admit that there
is strong affinity somewhere; oul
only difficulty will be to acknowledge
that music. deliberately applied, could
ever be the direct cause Of these
rsputed results. TO achieve the end
desired Spartan boys passed theii
youth in learning tunes, hymns and
.ongs-this was their sole mental
culture. They were taught to dance
and keep step to the measure of the
songs as they sang them. And, grown
to manhood, now perfect warriors.
marched into battle with smiling faces,
crowned with flowers, calm, joyful,
and serene, and, intoning their songs,
moved steadily thus into the thickest
OF the fight undisturbed and irresist-
ible. The band that leads our armies
to the field OF battle nowadays is q
scant survival of Spartan practice
yet even In this music by proxy there
are many elements OF incitement 4
courag e.-National RevieW.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
The Close of the Week.

Blessed be Saturday night. when the
labors of the week are ended. and
humanity takes, or should take, one
long breath Of repose; when the noise
of the anvil and loom is still, and
silence reigns for one day where Mann
mon and busy care have sat enthroned.
With the dust washed from his brow,
the son of toll sits king. with his
baby subjects on his knee. All the
week he has obeyed orders; this day he
gires them. Here by the hearthstone,
master and operative stand in a sense
independent and equal. 1t is blessed
and soul-saving that the latter has
time to cherish this soothing influence
one day in seven. With these heart
ties and responsibilities, he takes those
dependent upon him by the hand. and
walks proudly forth with the proudest,
on this blessed day OF rest. Ones
satisfied eyes follow such little home
groups with a benediction-M T.
Ledger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
Twins Once IN Ninety Births

There is wonderful lack OF statis-
ties In this country. particularly In
births, and some steps should be taken
to remedy it. Statistics are dull
things at best, to be sure, but they
have their value, especially in com
parsons. In the old countries, Tor in
stance, it has been ascertained that
twins are born once out OF 80 births,
while triplets are l to $3.50. This we
can scarcely believe. 1t does not seem
possible that twins are as frequent as
one 10 ninety, but it has been found tt
be the case in census after census.
just in the same way triplets seem tt
be utcre numerous than to $3.50, but
that they are not has been equally wei!
proven. Here we know what the birth
rate Is compared to the population,
but we can't tell if we have as many
douI;e and triple births as they do in
the old country. l believe We have,
though | have brought more than
n.ne.y children into the world, and
have never ever had any experience
with twins. The next physician you
meet, however, may have had one or
two ia twenty-tive.-Minneapotis Trio
Hns-
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
INDIANS IN FLORIDA.
Indolent Red Men who Employ Negroes
to Till Their Lands.

to TIL Their Lands.
Way down on Indian river is an en-
tcrprising colony, which two years ago
had to depend on II forty-mle sail-boat
route for their mail, and all freight, as
we'll Their pretty little town is two
miles from the Atlantic coast, and has
IA line of steamers and telegraphic com
munication.
Two miles from town one can hear
the call Of the panther, wildcat and
cry OF the sand-hill crane, and there is
an eagles nest in the top of dead
pine tree. The nest is about fifteen
feet in circumference.
1t not an unusual thing for n man
at work on hishomestead in this vi.
entity to feel the nearness of human
presence, and look up to find Scmin-
ole Indian standing before him. When
saluted the Indian says: "How, how
II in u mood for talking he
will answer questions for awhile
in broken English, but will
generally leave you in the midst OF
NDuf ScnLtnccS. HeSc lnuldIS oilcH
bring in venison, and IA few days since
one suddenly confronted Us with a
good supply. Among other questions
he was asked if Charlie Osceola was
now their chief.
No have no chief he sleep long
Sleep
They live IN the everglades and de-
pend on, hunting and agriculture for
subsistence This section of Florida Is
not swamp, as some imagine, but a
low plane covered with hiilocks and
ranges of hummock land. The soil is
very rich. The Indians raise corn,
hogs, cattle, potatoes. bees short,
they live on the fat OF the land. Fresh
fish, oysters bear meat and venlson
are free to them. They celebrate the
maturing OF the crops by the green
corn dance. If "a white is present at
this feast honors are hcaped upon him.
The Indian says: White man first,
Indian next, my dog next, negro last. "
They have negroes who do their farm
WORK, and this is, perhaps, the secret
of their success in agriculture. They
are not under the care of the Govern
ment. Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
Origin of Electrical Terms.

The technical terms used in regard
to electricity refer to units OF various
nature. Thus the unit OF capacity 10
one farad the unit OF activity. one
watts the unit of work, one joule; the
unit of quantity, one coulomb; the unit
of current, one ampere; the unit OF re-
sistance. one ohm; the unit Of mag
netic field, one gauss; the unit OF pres
sure, one volt; the unit Of force, ono
dyne These names are mostly de-
rived from the names OF men who have
been famous in the field of electrical
research. Thus Michael Faraday,
James Watt, and James P. Joule.
famous English discoverers, give their
names to the first three units mem
toned; Charles A. Coulomb and Andre
Nj. Ampere. French inventors, to the
two units following; G. s. Ohm and
Carl +. Gauss, Germans, name two
more units; and the volt 10 named from
the Italian discoverer, Volta The
,iyne is derived from the root word OF
dynamo. Itself meaning force. - Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
FIGHTING RAILROADS.
An Oriental Story Told for the Benefit OF
BOston's City Fathers.

Certain very respectable citizens of
Boston-a minute minority, it is true
and the adjoining enlightened region,
have recently declared against per-
hitting any vehicles in the streets for
public travel except such as are drawn
by horses After the streets have
been thickly lined with huge masts for
telegraph and telephone wires bear
ing scores OF crowding wires, these
conservatives raise objections to the
slim iron posts and the single wires
required to drive street cars by the
new motor, electricity. The same
kind of objectors were clamerous
against the first steam railroad; the
Disagreement, the dangers, the de-
struction of stage-coach and tavern in
terests were eloquently and earnestly
urged. This is hardly credible, but it
actually took place within the memory
of men still living. That it may be
more adequately realized, it is inte--
esting to note what is occurring in
Oriental countries to-day. Wien it
was proposed to construct the
first railroad in Persia, the
They said that the ancient
glory of Persia was in no way con-
nected with the railroad; that what
was good enough for their grand
fathers was good enough for the Per-
slams of to-day; besides that, the rail
rnnI, r,,;rr nd Iii
people. The railroad came, and in
certain respects it has verified the
predictions OF the Persian conserva-
tives. it has also furnished the occa-
sion for demonstration of Persian
conservatism in its militant form. On
the Sd of November in the station al
Teheran. u man jumped off "a train
before it had come to full stop. This
action was clearly indicative OF the
possession of Western ideas on his
part He was killed. and Persian
spectators, who did not pause to reflect
that his death was an accident-not an
incident-of the railroad, made a
| charge upon the engineer The en-
gineer defended himself with re,
volver, killing one man and severely
wounding another. Then the train.
| hands took to their heels and the Per
sian conservatives took to the con.
| genial occupation of wrecking the
train. The military were called out
and the crowd was dispersed, to the
infinite disgust OF those who thought
that by destroying all the locomotives
they could put an end TO railroads. -
Boston Transcript.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
CURIOUS FIGURES.



Interest Every Reader.
A very curious number is l42, 857,
which multiplied by l, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6,
gives the figures in the same order,
beginning at a different point; but if
multiplied by gives all 9's. Multi
piled by it equals 142. .s57, multiplied
by 2 equals 2s5,7l4, multiplied by 3
equals 42S, ,75l, multiplied by equals
57l, ,42s, multiplied by 5equals 7l4,2s5,
multiplied by 6 equals s57 7,142, multi
piled by equals 999, ,999. Multiply
l42,S57 by 8 and you have l,142, $50.
Then add the first figure to the last
you have 142,857, the original num-
Der, the figures exactly the same as at
the start
Another mathematical wonder is the
following: 1t is discovered that the
multiplication of S765432 by 45
gives 4, A. A, "A, Al. As. Reversing
the order of the digits and multiplying
12345 I 8 3 by 40 we gst a result
equally curious-5, 555, 555, sos. If
we take 6789 as the multi
plicand, and interchanging the figures
of As take "a as the multiplier, 6, 666,
666, COG. Returning to the multiple
cand, 98 7 6 5 4 3 2 l, and taking 54 as
the multiplier again, we get 53, 1888
333. 34-all 3's except the first and
last figures, which together read "a =
the multiplier. Taking the same
multiplicand and 27, the half of "a, as
the multiplier, we get product of 26.
666. 666, 667, all 6's except tho first and
last figures, which together read 27,
the multiplier. Now interchanging
the order of the figures 27 and using
72 as the multiplier and 8 z 81 32 l
as the multiplicand. we get product
OF II, III, Ill, 112-all Is, except the
/ first and last figures. which read
together ~, the mulliplier. Q,
Education
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
WHAT CAUSES MlRTH.
An Mirth-Causing Agents Are or ono
Kind and Differ Only In Degree.

Sydney Smith gave the true answer
when he said that the form OF mental
pleasure we call mirth was due to the
discovery of congruity in seeming
incongruity or the reverse This is |
best illustrated by an example. Boileau
had Il brother who was a nianDtas shet, |
failed in life and came to ask for help. |
Boileau upbraided him with his mis-
conduct, pointed out how they had
both started in life under equally fa-
vorable conditions and with equal
chances, and yet how differently they
had got on. "Ah! but just think" ex-
claimed the brother, ''what an i'm
mense advantage you had over me in
brothers, The discovery of the point,
the seeing of the joke, is, says Sydney
Smith, analogous to the pleasant mem
tai feeling in discovering something
quite new, or in suddenly understand
ing something dark to us before. This
sensation is always pleasant, but in a
joke the discovery. since It is carefully
prepared for, is momentary, unexpect-
| ed, and without toll, and therefore far
more highly pleasurable than the ordi
nary mental discovery. To take an
other example, that Of the wooden pave
ment before st. Paul's: IF the Dean
and Chapter would only lay their heads
together, the thing would be done.'
said Sydney Smith. Here very clearly
the fun is in the pleasure occasioned
by the instant mental discovery of the
connection, Notwithstanding the ap-
parent complete incongruity, between
the heads of the Dean and Chapter and
the wood pavement. Now, the slower
mind works, the more difficulty it
has in quickly following out the con-
gruity through the apparent incongru-
tiles, or the incongruity through the
apparent congruities, and so seeing
the joke. Men with slow minds, then,
prefer the plainest form of discovery
such as the mere noticing that some
thing out of the ordinary is going
on, as when u man clowns it by
wig, and sea-green coat. Thus, all
stupid and dull-witted people are most
easily amused by caricature and horse
play, and those minds which though
they are powerful are also sluggish
ind it too hard work to follow men.
tally the lightning flash il finely
wrought verbal epigram. No doub
such theory as this postulates tina
the man who likes Lamb and Sydney
: Smith, but says he sees no joke at al
in buifoonery, really means that h'
only sees very little joke, and tina
T. he does not care for it because he cal
[ see SO much more in other things
: This, however, agrees with common
! experience. The man fond of tn
:, highest kind of wit is never reall,
[ unable to see the fun of the clown
though it may bore him by its small
y ness; and if he is scientifically minde,
# he no more refuses to call it a kind o
D wit, humor or fun than he does to cal
), Gin ordiqatre wine. though, as "a mat
o ter of fact, what he really consider
S wine is Laiitte. In truth, all til
e mirth-causing agents are OF one kin
u and differ only in degree, though tn
u degrees are often intense. Spectator
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-02-16
PiTH AND POINT.

He who is unconsciously selfish IL
not SO dangerous sas he who Is con-
sciously so; the former betrays his
scltishness, the latter conceals it.
The best way to punish those we
really love is to so conduct ourselves
that our friends will be sad to think
they have not always acted toward US
as we have toward them. m.-'Sunday
Erening Talks.
Nothing makes so much noise as
rickety wagon, with nothing in it, un-
less it be man who insists on talking
when he has nothing to say loungs-
town Euening Telegram.
Genius is like barrel on the top
OF hill it will not indeed move un-
less pushed. but once pushed it goes of
ITSELF Talent is like Il load on the
roadway; it will not go forward unless
dragged.
The only thing that can down true
genius and curb genuine inspiration is
a pen that catches in the paper and ex
ecutes a design in splatter work a
every third stroke. Merchant 7rau.
eler.
"A thorough critic is sort of Puri'
tan in the polite world. AS an en-
thusiast in religion stumbles at the or
dinary occurrences OF life. if he car
not quote Scripture examples on the
occasion, so the critic is never safe il
his speech or writing, without he has
Al. ,lo1 n-,,it,
thority for the truth OF his sentence
Sir II. Steele.
Dress and the way it is worn are
indications of character, says an ex
change. If the heels of the boots arr
BACKED you may be pretty sure tha
the boy or man is thorough in what
ever he undertakes. He learns hi
lessons not because he must, but be
cause he desires to learn. When he i
sent to clean up the garden he rake
burning; there are no stray piles hid
den in the bushes near the fence. IL
blacks the heels of his boots.
Every body has mission nova
days, or is trying to find one, and it i
always intended for somebody's bene
fit, like the old stories with Il moral
which were the only kind considere
fit for Sunday reading, although an
sort of trash was good enough for tn
other six days. But let AS say, for tn
consolation of those who have not ye
found their particular object in lif,
that perhaps the very best thing the
can do for the benefit OF others is sin
ply to be healthiul and happy then
selves.
These "agnostics" are a quee
kind of folk, aren't they? All abo,
nature in general, and human Ma
ure in particular, and history, an
literature, and art, and philosoph.
and every thing else they see as plai
as pikestatf and talk of loud an
long, with full assurance. 1t is onl
when they come to truths that are
the very first practical Importance
men, essential to the souls welfar
growth, and usefulness; truths as
which, therefore, infinite love h;
made the clearest revelations in IL
most positive terms-that these me
..don't know" and cant say. ."--B0stC
Congregationalist.