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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-28
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We are men, and nothing that i human
can We Justly hold unintcresting or unim-
portaut. There Il no phase OF human life
which hction-if we are 10 demand Of ID any
thing more than pleasantry-should be for
hidden 90 treat. But Its treatment must be
serious aud Of high intent IL must be In the
right manner and spint-in the spirit Of
Flaubcft " Of Tolstol, not In that OF Paul
de kock. The spirit i everything. Write
81 mans elemental passions In a moral
spirit, aud You will contribute to mans
moral wealth. Write Of the pattern Of his
waist-coat IN a spirit Of fhvolity, and you
will write what he wcro better on without.
The spirit Is everything. To constrain
noyelists 10 write virginibus pucdsquo II
simply TO tethor art
but the boys and gisis should be no.
strained from reading that which IL unsuitod
Ia their immatuity. Meat Tor the man may
be poison Tor the child. They manage these
things better In France. where Madame
Bovary' has a place IN every library, but no
maiden eye i suffered 10 scan ~ pages. IL
seems "a mc, however, that most of our re-
cent English writing noyclisis who have UNI
dcrinkcn 90 tread on delicate ground have
done sofn a wrong spirit-ior the sake Of
CREATING n sensation, acquiring notoHcty,
pandcring 10 the morbid appctitcs OF the
public aud making "a Jolly good haul in
the way ~ royalties. Such ladies aud gem
tlcmcn. / should think. have stolen the liy.
cry Of the court Of heaven 10 serve the devil
Ia. HallARtASp tsidney Luskal.
omcrs:rY 4 HArrER or GEOGRAPHY.
I have always believed obscenity. like
~blasphcmy, 10 be IN affair Of geography.
What would strike a Christian ln america
o. unspcnknbly prufanc would not seem NJ
an w 10 a Bmhmlu 81 India. The Gallo taste
often finds palatgble what the Anglo.Saxon
taste holds ~ nau-sous. II seems a. me that
tins Species of national bias cannot safely 10
disrcpmrlcd by a writer Of fiction. still the
only real immofulity which he needs fear Il
that II untruth-o bearing false witness
against humanity.
The nak~lnc.s or truth itself can mover be
Immoral, though fruh this or That national
standpoint may be Deemed lewd The
novelist u today, ifho be- a mun who thinks
cannot bat chale under those absurd rrstnc.
tions that pndcfy has placed upon him. Il
!. ho who realizes most clearly that there
would be slight dihcrcncc between the pnng
Of mode.ty fcit by q Turkish lady who wns
Obliged 10 walk the streets Of Constnntinoplo
With uncovered face and that felt by his own
" r. o. IS or II she took the same walk
nearly In a state Of nudity. The only i'm.
prnprictics la nature nro those Of which man
SUSPECTS her. Dccorum, like religion. has
many disguiscs.
How lar lie realistic ART of a novelist
should 20 l. quite another question. IL
might 81 called, Indeed u huge strand Of
inquiry on which beats q hugo ocean ~
sp'cuiatiye spccch. | have vet io meet any
one whn can tell me, IN ia or gOD woods
what ara means "a all. We scream al one
another Your poem u bad "iour play il
rubbi.h." Your picture IA dauh.N bat 1
have not perceived hat We ever get much
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-28
Is IT R%EvoLurIoN?

That the chengo has come, therefore, Is
patent. l. Il a revolution or Is Il a mere
fashion OF the nioment7 And. III revolution,
should IL be doplored or encouraged Shall
We sound the alarum or ring the jubilee?
Are we to believe that the false gods are de-
throned, that sincerity and truth speaking
conquered, or are we 10 stand aghast at
the spectacle Of the brute and the inhdel in
man surging 10 the surface, and discarding
the conventions and the propristics inherent
from long ages OF civilization These are
questions iraught with the utmost import
ancc, for they touch the vital issues OF re-
ligion and morality. Women and young
people all read novels; women and Young
people represent the next generation. Re
ligion and morality are learned In youth,
and she who rocks the cradle rules the world.
II has therefore seemed advisable 10 collect
the opinions OF leading authors as to what Is
the proper sphere Of fiction, how far Il may 20
depicting the seamy side Of life or IT, emo
tional or intellectual side, and whether the
popular novel Of the present Is In the line Of
progress or Of rctrogradation.
The following answers have been received
by the Herald;
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-28

Eloquent and touching tributes to the dead
jurist were paid by several Of those present,
the most extended Of which were by Judges
L. S. Hammond and b. NJ. Estes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

( President Harrison has got down once
more to appointments. Judge Brewer,
of the circuit court. has been elevated
to the supreme bench, and G. G. Harri-
son, the head of a large Philadelphia
sugar firm, has beer given the Russian
ministry. Now let him turn his eyes
once more to Minnesota and attend to
the revenue collectorship. Col, Dona-
hover has waited long and anxiously
for that position, and it is about time
that he should have it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

The appointment to the supreme
bench has at length been made, and it
was neither Gresham nor Cooley nor
any Of the oft mentioned possibilities
that secured it either. Judge David
Brewer, of the Kansas district, is the
lucky man, and good man he is, too.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

The average democrat can see moth
ing of merit in the presidents annual
message and PERSISTS in calling it an
ordinary document. The more conser-
vative members of the party and the
less partisan, however, admit that it is
equal to the best of his predecessors.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11


the revenue collectorship. Col, Dona-
hover has waited long and anxiously
for that position, and it is about time
that he should have it.
1t is said that bill providing for the
division of Minnesota into two United
States judicial districts will be present
ed to congress, and that Senator
Davis will urge its passage. The sena.
| tor is known to be in favor of such q
move but is undecided as to exactly
where the division should be made. His
opinion has been expressed however tc
the effect that terms should be held al
ST.. Paul, Minneapolis, Winona, Duluth,
Mankato and Fergus Falls.
Congressman are either very slow in
making up their minds, or else they
have a very delicate hesitancy in ex
pressing their feelings. When inter
viewed by the New York World as te
their choice of location for the Worlds
Fair site, nearly two hundred of then
were non committal, and the Country il
thereby forced to still remain in doub
as to what our legislators think abou
this all absorbing topic of general in
terest. 1t wouldn't hurt were they tt
be a little more explicit.
In the matter of the revenue collec
torship, note the difference between on
senior and junior senators. Davis ha
but one candidate, and only one. a.
has stood by him from the start. Oh
the other hand, Washburn has as man,
as three in view, and expects to max
one or the other serve his purpose il
knocking out Donahower, a banker
whom he has designated as man un
tit for the Office. Seems to us, that,
the appointment were to depend upol
the action of the senators, Davis ough
to win.
Mrs. Mary Hunt, well known an,
active temperance worker, IN referring
to the recent failure of prohibition il
the various states, adds fuel to the fun
eral pile in the following words: If W
will seek first the temperance educatio
of the people, all other temperate
blessings will in due time be added un
to u.s. This, in few words, is tn
only true temperance doctrine. Its tn
only one that can work with a fre
people. To teach temperance in Al
things by gradual education may an
will result in successful reform, but t
teach temperance by prohibltio'
through the power of the law can onl
result in ultimate failure. Mans ma
ture is such that it will yield to til
: former, but his will power is not of
kind TO willingly submit to .prohibitio
of the exercise thereof. The best tempe
ance lessons, therefor, are those Whic
are given from the cradle up and whic
4 make their impression early. Lessons
that teach moderation in all things
that supply self control not only in ap
petite but in passions as well; and tina
make man believe that obedience t
his own best interests and to the law
of his being, is better than forced obed
fence to the laws of the land. Thes
things, instilled by gradual education
will give us temperance, that is TEN
perance, and will do away with all nee
essity for sumptuary laws, which tel
man what he shall drink and what b
shall not drink. It is the only cours
that can be expected to correct existin!
evils and accomplish needed reforms
but as long as prohibition fanatics vii
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

Great is the destroying power of fire,
but greater still is the defying strength
Of man. The proprietor Of the Mime
apolis Tribune gave full proof of this,
when he issued his usual large edition
within twentY-four hours after the great
and stunning disaster. .
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

One does not hear SO much of the
s'boodle Merriam cry as was heard a
month or two ago, and the columns OF
the St. Paul News don't fill up as easily
with anti Merriam sentiment. What is
the reason? Have the soreheads seen
that their efforts are not being taken up
as gospel, or ale they only tired? To
us it seems as though they felt as if they
had hiccouged long enough,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

members Of the new states as follows:
Moody, Of South Dakota, Fierce Of
North Dakota, and Squires, of Wash
ington, to two years each; Allen, of
Washington, and Casey, of North Da-
kota, to four years each; and Pettigrew,
Of South Dakota, who was fortunate
enough to draw the longest slip, to six
years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

The first bill, introduced in the Fifty
FIRST Congress- was one offered by Sen
ator Sherman, providing for the regu-
lation and prevention of trusts. The
second was by the same gentleman and
calls for new election law for the cleo
ton of congressman. Both bills are in
the right direction, and Congress could
start out no better than by adopting
them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-11

There is Nelson and there is Lind.
There is Collins, Scheher, Braden and
Clapp. All have been mentioned for
the governorship and each one has his
following. All are good men, tried and
true, and, if Merriam is to be treated to
an outing, we will haYe no lack Of tim
Der for the ljghtest race. With such
men, the party could not lose even in a
closer state than this.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
FOREIGN NE WIS ITEMS.

The naval review at Spithead in
honor of the German Emperor will be
held on July 81, and will be on the
largest possible scale. There will be
more than one hundred men-of-war,
and twenty-three torpedo-boats pres
ent.
A camel-coach is to be tried in the
Darling river district, New South
Wales. The sultry climate tries hors-
es SO severely that the manager of a
line of mail coaches thinks that a
team of camels will answer far bet
ter.
Reports from the Congo state say
that the local tribal wars are ceasing
that the service of the river steamers
has been greatly developed, and that
the Aruwimi district is now under
the direct influence of the Congo state
government.
The total number of paupers in En-
gland and Wales is 1852, 1853, which
is proportion of 266-1O for every
1000 of the population. There are
at present fewer paupers in London
than at any time before in the histo-
~ of that city.
The highest peak of the Finisterre
range, in New Guinea, is to be chris
tened Mt Gladstone. No white man.
it is said, has yet reached its summit,
but a German explorer, DIR. Zaler,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
IN THE DARK, DEEP SEA.

1t has long been known that the
daylight cannot penetrate for any
great distance into the depths of the
sea or our deeper lakes. There has
been, however, much discrepancy in
the results of experiments. A Swiss
Investigator, M. Asper, has recently
combined his researches with those
of Prof F. A. Forrell, and come to
some interesting conclusions concern
ing the penetration of daylight into
Swiss lakes. The method of the ex-
periments is interesting. BY means
of a somewhat complicated appar-
atus, a rapid gelatine-bromide plate
was, with proper protection, lower
ed to the depth desired, exposed for
ten minutes and then withdrawn for
development.
The result of several trials appear
that in the Lake Geneva in the month
of September the amount of daylight
at the depth of ITO metres below the
surfaceis about the same as the light
perceived of a clear night when there
is no moon. Similar experiments
carried on in the Mediterranean APP
pear to show that in the middle of a
bright sunlit day perfect darkness is
attained at the depth of 800 metres.
Thus at less than 1900 feet we prob
ably pass below the level where sun
light has any sensible influence on
the life which the waters contain.
AS most of the sea floor, probably
more than 1920 of it's area, has a
greater depth than 1900 feet, we
may assume that in general the life
of the sea bottom has to live in utter
darkness, a gloom practically as deep
as that of cavern AS over half the
earth's surface is covered by water
to a greater depth than 1900 feet, it
follows that more than half of the
earth receives no direct effect from
sunlight.
The experiments on Lake Geneva
appear to show a seasonal variation
in the transparency Of the waters,
there being difference of twenty or
thirty metres in the penetration of
light, the suns rays attaining the
greatest depth in March and the
least in August. The difference in
the penetration of light into the wa
tiers of the Mediterranean and those
of Lake Geneva appears to indicate
that the latter basin contains in its
waters, despite the apparent clear
ness of the fluid, certain small
amount of organic matter New
York Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
REAL woRK OF THE MISSIONARY

Rev. DR.. T. T. Munger of New Ha-
ven, the well-known Congregational
preacher, contributes to the June FO-
rum a defence of missions against
the unitarian argument that the
missionary's task is an impossible
one, and that its practical results are
entirely out of proportion to the eX-
penditure involved. DR.. Munger
maintains that the number of con-
verts and churches bears but the
slightest relation to the success of q
missionary. He goes to a nation
with a Bible in one hand and a cate
chism i'll the Other-a simpleand pa
thetic figure, but the catechism is for
gotten and the Bible has grown into
charter of freedom and true nation
al life" The great power of the mis-
sionary lies in the fact that the growth
of civilization has not been through
the spread of the arts but of ideas,
and the chief agents have been living
men with empty hands and believing
hearts. At the sources of the civil
zation of every nation in Europe lie
the names of individual men who
were IMMERSED in a knowledge of the
arts of their day, but carried only
the seed-wheat of spiritual fact and
moral ideas" The task of the mis-
sionary to the East is to start those
nations again on that career of end
less progress which is the prerogative
of man, and which differentiates him
from the lower creation; and this, he
thinks, can be done by the Christian
MIC hattat- ~ In r-nr1Cri n
other agency. lone missionary will
do more to start the living current
of civilization than all the delega-
tons, simply because he begins far
Their back in his teaching and awakens
and the sense of selfhood,
and of the dignity of human nature.
The life of nations, as of man, is from
within outward"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
VERMONT NEWS.

The new Brattleboro directory con-
tains about 800 more names than
the one issued two years ago.
State Attorney Bisbee of Barre
was thrown from q carriage at Will
Jamestown Gulf Tuesday night and
fatally injured.
A new signal service station is to
be established July 1 at the summit
of Mount Killington, 1900 feet above
the sea level, 10 miles from Rutland.
The Barre extension of the Mont
pelier and Well River railroad was
opened to the public June II. Three
passenger trains each way daily will
be run over the line.
Rev. Silas Wakefield, a Universal
list minister who has lived in Mime
sofa for over 20 years, is dead. He
was native of Montpelier, and for
25 years labored in this state.
The four-year-old son of Mrs. Hap
good of Norwich was instantly kill
ed Thursday by q runaway horse
which dashed into the yard where
the child was at play and stepped
on him.
The Bennington mill, recently pur-
chased by Massachusetts parties,
will be put in condition for manufac-
turing and 10 sets out of the % in
the plant will start Immediately.
The mill will be run on wooden goods.
Prof H. M Willard, principal of
the Vermont academy at SaXtOn's
River, has sent his resignation to the
board of trustees. Prof. Willard has
been connected with the academy
since its opening 3 years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
RELIGIOUS NEWS.

The coming international cOnven-
ton of Christian Endeavor societies
in Philadelphia July 9, 10 and II,
inspiring gathering. The PROBABLE
ty is, from the number who have al
ready indicated their intention of 60
ing, that at least 5000 or 1000
young people will assemble from all
parts of the United States and Cana
da. The convention sermon will be
preached by Rev. c. H. Wells, D. d.,
of M ontreal
Three hundred delegates to the
world Sunday school convention,
which will be held in London July 2,
8, 4 and 5, sailed from New York on
the Bothnia last week The dele
gates are from every state in
the Union, and many of them came
from different parts of Canada.
Rev. Father Callaghan of Castle
Garden has received a letter from
Father Wendelin, the successor OF
Father Damien at the 1eper settle
ment at Molokie, thanking him for
his generous contribution of clothing;
Father Wendelin adds: LAS yet l
have experienced no indication of the
dread malady. The assistant, Faith
er Camrady, has been stricken down
with what may be the first symp-
toms of the disease, and is confined
in a hospital a Honolulu. The five
Sisters of Mercy sent here from SYRIA
cuse are all well, and attending to
their dutieS reOu1a r1v -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
AT SPOKANE FALLS.

Editor of the Caledonian:-We left
the beautiful and busy city of Seattle
on the morning of June 6, reaching
Spokane Falls the next day. There
we read an account of the great Sc
attic fire, which burned over 100
acres, and destroyed property
amounting to $4,000, 900 relief
fund amounting to nearly q million
dollars has been sent from Tacoma,
Portland, Spokane Falls, San Fran
cisco and other places. The city pre-
sents thousands of sad but not dis
couraged faces, sud blocks of brick
and wider streets are already start
ed Business has received a great
setback, but there is promise of a
larger and handsOmer city in the
near future.
Spokane Falls has wider streets
than Seattle, and more costly brick
and granite buildings. The streets
are finer too. Horse cars are used
now, but electric motor lines are be-
ing laid. The travel on the street
cars is nothing compared with Seat
tie, but there are 100 truck teams
and carriages here to 10 in Seattle
The city has %, 900 people, and bust
ness is done on a much larger scale
than in Vermont. In some portions
of the city real estate is booming and
has doubled and trebled during the
past SIX months. In no portion of
the city can there be found a residence
or building lot but what has risen in
value every month. You may ask
how long is their boom going to run
to reach high water mark? The old
est inhabitants, the largest real es-
tate owners here, say they have more
confidence for great city and still
higher prices than ever before. Their
claims are based on the agricultural
and mining interests of Washington
Territory, northern Idaho, western
Montana and British Columbia.
These mines yield gold, silver, cop
per and lead in great abundance. Six
railroads now radiate from Spokane
Falls, and two more are rapidly be-
ing laid, which makes the city the
railroad centre of the territory. SpO-
kane river is about the size of Con-
necticut river, and has one of the best
falls and powers in the world, and
dams and fumes are being built
There are nearly 10 large brick and
granite blocks going up, to cost from
$4,000 to $15O,OOO each, and
brick opera house, to cost $3.50, 900.
There is great scarcity of skilled la
bOrers here; stone cutters get So per
day and carpenters from So to So. 80
per day.
Charles Ingalls, of Danville, George
Blair of West Barnet, Ira Albee and
the writer are all together here. Mr.
Ingalls, was sick on the way and had
typhoid fever here, but is better now
Mr.. Blair is working with Mason
Smith & Co, wholesale grocers, and
Ira Albee is in the post office The
writer is picking up a little real es-
tate and intends to return to Yer
mont In July to sell his farm In Bar
net II IS warm in the sun here, but
the nights are cool. There has been
little rain since | have been in the ter
ritory. | like the city, the climate
and the people.
H. E WILSON.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
claims to have assembled to within
1000 feet of the top.

claims to have assembled to within
1000 feet of the top.
The Siberian railway is now COM
p1etely planned out by the special
commission appointed to consider
the subject The line will run through
Omsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Tchita, and
Stretensk to Vladivostock, on the
Pacific 1t will be finished in from
five to six years, and will cost So, 200
per kilometer (rather over half a
mile.
A curious discovery has just been
made in England, in the neighbor-
hood of one of the Spithead forts.
While at gunnery practice, some
man-ofwar's men engaged in Crap
ping for shot, found a twelve-pound-
err gun, which turns out to be at least
hundred years old. How the gun
got where it was found is mystery.
The Silesian lace-makers are COM
pleting the bridal veil for the sister of
their Empress, who is about to mar
ry Prince Leopold of Prussia. Four
hundred lace-makers have been at
work on this magnificent veil, which
is over three yards long and nearly
two yards wide, and will be exhibit
ed for few days at Hirschberg, in
Silesia, before it is delivered to the
bride
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27
ROSES IN CALIFORNIA.

From single rose field in Alameda
county $4,000 rose bushes have been
sold during the past winter. Most
of these have been shipped to Seattle.
That town ought to be rose embow-
cred a few months hence. Thous-
ands of roses have been shipped from
the smaller gardens and other thous-
ands have been sold for planting
nearer home. For while the amateur
gardeners sell nothing, rose-garden-
ing has become profitable business.
Roses may be seen in bloom in the
open gardens in this midwinter sea-
son. But those offered in the markets
and displayed in the windows of the
florists at this season do not grow
in the open air. 1t is not SO much
frosty weather that keeps them back
as the long transforms, which arrest
the unfolding Of the buds and bring
about rapid decay.-[San Francisco
Examiner.