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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-22

You are TO be- congratulated on The cx-
cellcnt physical condition OF your prop
erty. the very satisfactory showing u has
~ lar made, ON the hopeful outlook Tor
the success OF your enterprise, and on the
iact that during the period OF nearly ten
months. In which your road has been
operated, no passenger or employo OF your
company has been seriously injured, n
no collision or other wreck OF any conse.
quoncc has occurred, which speaks vel
Tor the efficiency OF your service.
Thanks are due aud arc hereby rendered
10 the officers aud employees IN the various
departments Of the comnanys service lot
the faithful discharge Of their duties.
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u,wnunr. of the Ha't.

8 ~. TrcKtn. general freight agent OF
The II,ile Rock 4 Memphis Railroad who
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-22

1'nE Senate will adjourn next week and
there will not be any legislative business
transacted.
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oIrp MN YORK OFTIcg

Tnstcrn Office Of THE APPEAL. No. y Tribune
Building. New York. J. L. Van Dorcu, Special
Eastern Agent
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15

The literary gossipers tell us that dialect
stories are a drug on the market, and that
the public has become surfeited with them.
Straight, plain English is now demanded,
and however tangled, obscure and involved
the plot may be, the halting, lame and gar
bled language of the dialect writers has been
voted tiresome, and the public refuses 10 de-
vote itself TO unraveling any greater mys-
terry than the plot itself The Man About
Town was pondering over the welcome pros
pect Of the elimination OF the uncouth from
the current literature OF the country, when
two colored girls climbed on the grip and
occupied the seat ahead. One was a mu-
latto, with a fair, yellow skin, and an
Intelligent face, with the acute nose
and thin hps Of the Caucasian. The
other was black with typical ne
gro countenance Both were pupils Of
the Sumner High, rs was evident from
their talk, which concerned itself with ex-
asninations, vacation and the like The list
ener was at once struck with the purity Of
the English spoken by these two colored girls
The negro dialect had been completely weed
ed out Of their speech Closing his ewes, The
Man About Town failed 10 detect the faintest
departure from the accepted standards of
pronunciation, each word being clearly and
correctly utterei, not even the most subtle
niceties escaping the speakers. Education is
certainly working wonderful change in the
colored populace, and many racial peculiari-
ties are fast disappearing. Ethnologists
should take hsed-St. Louis Republic
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15

there are dayson which, in certain weather,
and despite tho curvature of the earth, the
Instance OF visibility Is doubled, or more than
uouoied This phenomenon Is explained to
US oy well known law OF physics II we
throw coin into an empty vessel, it viii be
hidden by the edge of the latter at certain
distance; but IL We I'LL the vessel with water
the coin will become visible We have here
case OF rsfraction, such as Is explained in
elementary works on physics. Every one
also knows the theory of the mirage put
forth by the celebrated Monge, who explains
the phenomenon as due to u diminution of
tho airs density In contact with the super.
heated earth. A contrary theory will ex-
plain the mirage at sea.
While the sun is making the atmosphere
intensely hot the sea and the strata OF air In
contact Herewith remain relatively cold,
and these strata become superposed In the
order OF their density. A luminous ray ema-
mating from the sea will pass from one stra-
tum into another Of less density, there will be
refraction, and an object beneath the hori-
ron will he seen above IT, This theory sup
poses two conditions, to wit: A heating of
the atmosphere, while the sea and the earth
remain relatively cold, and a calmness OF il
TO permit its strata to become superposed in
the order OF their density. II is precisely
when these two conditions are fulfilled that
the phenomenon of the mirage occurs On
such days ships rise instead of descending in
measure as they recede As the horizon is
perceived by direct visibility a ship is finally
seen above the horizon rs IL IL were suspend
cd In the air. II atmospheric conditions were
favorable a second ship would be seen above
the first, etc Certain mariners worthy Of
credence have assured me that they have seen
as many as seven superposed ships. Emil
Sorel In Nature
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
Why DO They Adv.r,,.ey


The man who conducts his bpsinasa nm
the theory that Il doesn't nav. and he
cant abort TO advertise se,s m his ipdo-
n oe ~ oPposition to that of all the best
business men In the world. With a few
years experience In conducting small
business on few thousand dollars of
capital ne assumes 20 know more than
.nousands OF men whose hourly TRANSACT
uohs aggregate more than his do In n
year ana who have made their millions
ny pursuing course that he saws doesn't
pay.
advertising doesn't pay, why Is II
enae the most successful merchants
~ every town, large or small. are the
sesvleH advertisers3 II advertising
doesn't pay. who does the n ost bus
, ,ne's' IL u doesn't pay to adver-
s, why DO the heaviest business
n,ns 10 .he world spend millions In that
Wy rs II because they want to donate
nose millions Of dollars to the newspa-
per ana magazine publishers. or because
sney don know as much about the bust
ness as the six-for a-dollar "storekeepers
70 country town who says money spent
~ suVertsing ~ thrown away, or donated
,on s"e man 10 whom 1t Ia paid3 Such
mo,n simply ridiculous. and IL requires
,ho , oI the average patience TO discuss
nav. P'oposlsion Of whether advertising
&' or not with that kind OF a man.
hls>-complacent selfconceit in Assuming
Inat he knows more than the whole BUSH
ness world Is lauRhsble, and reminds us
OF lne man who proved thai the world
doesn't revolve by placing a pumpkin on
stump and watching il all night
Princeton Exchange.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15

IL is often mystery 10 those 20 whom q
bath room is a necessity as well as luxury,
how some families will get along year after
year without any such convenience There
are many homes in Maine where the occu-
pants are fully qualified for all the work
necessary 20 build such a room and who could
easily give the time and money required, and
who yet have no place down stairs for wash.
Ing hands except the kitchen sink, and some
times even this is unprovided with a spout
for carrying of the water. There often is a
place near the kitchen where regular room
may be finished off, with set tub, wash bowl,
etc, but where there is not, room with q
wet sink, table and looking glass, kept pro-
vided with water towels, brush, combs and
scissors can usually be provided, and after
such place for washing and combing hair Is
once enjoyed no one will be willing TO give it
up. Even rough lean-to just outside of the
back kitchen door will be found convenient
on "A farm for the U.s. Of the men from their
work In the fields, or "A corner Of the kitchen
most distant from the spot where cooking
and dish washing is carried on may be fitted
1p Perhaps there Is an unused brick oven
In the kitchen that may be taken out, thus
giving the required decentralization Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15

Plenty Of fruit In its season, eaten while 1t
Is ripe and fresh, Is no doubt AN excellent
thing for the health and promotive Of good
digestion, healthy liver and pure blood.
But our hygienic friends, especially il they
are OF vegetarian sympsthies, are some
times likely 10 become "a little cranky
on this subject and to carry the advo-
cacy Of fruit eating TO an extreme Judg-
ment Is needed In eating fruit "a in other
things, and selection should lie made to suit
the individual and his present condition
Fruit Of any kind may easily be- eaten
TO excess, the fruit enthusiasts 10 the contra
ry notwithstanding. Much is said about the
benefit OF eating fruit In the morning or be-
fore breakfast. But many persons cannot
eat fruit before breakfast with good results,
and many do not relish IL In the morning at
all Others do not like 20 take it at meals
Such ought not TO force their taste and CON
vert fruit into distasteful medicine. The
appetite is, generally s'eaking, the best guide
rs TO what fruit should be eaten, when and
how much, in case the person IS IN ordinary
health. II he il not, he should, of couEse get
bis physicians opinion on the subject GOOD
housekeeping
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Oct. IA
On the board of trade to-day quotations
were as follows: Whsat-No. October
opened s,s4c, closed sO7sc; December. opened
s2l1c, closet s2asc; May, opened s5lsc. closed
elSs-lSc. Corn-No. October. opened and
closed Slls-: November. opened 3llsc closed
Slhc; May, opened 35lsc. closed S3l4c Oats
No. 9 October opened and closed ls3sc; De-
cember, opened and closed l9Ssc: MAY,
openel s2lsc, closed 2ls-I4c Pork-Octo-
Der, opened Slo.6iR. closed SlQ15; November
opened and closed s9.3.ls; January opened
and closed S 'S-S. Lari-October. opened
and closed S6.01is
Live stock-fo!owing were the Union
stock yards prices: Hogs Market opened
activ, and firm. with prices itLlOc higher.
market closing easy for pac king grade-: light
grade - 5Jt5l, rough pac6in :, S3al64 06
mixed lots. siO'G440 heavy packing and
shipping lots, S4nG4a
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery. "A
&c per Ito: best dairy, 1li1 &c; packing stock,
1ss@Is'3c. Eggs-Striotiy fresh. l6lsGl. per
do; ice house. lj1lj'Sc. Poutry-Livs hens.
&c per lh ROSTERS. &c; turkeys, l0s due $, sd
e1rc; geese. Sd,ul965J per doz. Potataes-259
ooc per bu on track; sweet potatoes, Sl75aa2OJ
per bbl. Apples-Good to fancy, Sl5aaSOO
per Dbl Cranberries-S S.0od,s - per Dbl
New York.
New YORK. Oct. IA
Wheat-No. red winter cash. s,I44s7lsc:
Corn-No mixed cash, SasiI40c: do Octo-
Der, SS14c: do December. Ale. Oats-No 2
mixed cash, 2534c; do December a6lac RIVE
Steady and quiet; western, 4Slt5lc Barley
Cuiet and unchanged. Pork-Steady: mess.
ST. SOL 10 for in .pected Lard-Steady.
November. s6.4O; December, $3.50
Live Stock: Cattle-Dull. at about former
figures: extra native steers, S30oQ4.s 80 per luO
lbs; poor TO good Texas and Colorado cattle.
S2.tata35; bulls and dry cows, 81 ssas rs.
sheep and Lambs-About steady for both
sneep and lambs; common to prime sheep,
tassd5.31is per loo lbs: common to primo
lambs, s.st9dI5. Hogs-Fairly Arm: live hogs,
A4o14.s0 per 100 lbs.
Rock leland.
Hay-Upland prairie, 500
hAy-T1mctny-nsw $500.
Hay-Wnd, So.00G$6.Jv.
Rye-5Oc.
Oorn--ol dsscaS0c; New eoc.
Oats-lsc6s0c
Potatoee-1S 025c
Onions-43l6Oc
Turnips-1S.
Oosl--So't lie hard 100
Cord Wood-Oak, t.s5; Hickory, ..
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
Care Of Children In Hot Weather.

The heated season Is manifested in the in
creased number Of cases OF summer com
plant" IN babies and young children who are
always the first 10 be affected by the advent OF
hot weather and the changes incident to it,
The greatest care Should be exercised in the
preparation and preservation Of food for the
little ones Carefulness should be used
with respect 10 regularity of feeding; babies,
even the youngest, seldom require food
oftener thnn once IN two hours. They cry
from thirst rs often "a from hunger, and
water is the only thing TO quench the thirst;
50 that several times day little cool water
should be given The milk for the babies
should be- 50 kept rs to prevent its change by
fermentation or injurious substances gaining
admission to it. A less quantity OF food Is
required In hot than cold weather for babes
n well as adults. There Is more danger from
over feeding than under feeding. For chill
dren well selected, ripe fruit may be given If
anything Is wanted between mems The first
indication ~ bowel trouble should receive at
tention, being more readily corrected, and
with less weakening Of the childs strength II
cared for upon its first appearance. Hart
ford Cournnt.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

The National Brew altsters' ASSOCIATION
is in session. at Cincinnati
The Italian government has declared Q
protectorate over Abyssinia-
The Samoans are preparing TO elect Q
king, and Mataafa is the favorite with all
except the Germans.
All the engineers and firemea en- trans
Allan tic steamers at Antwerp Monday
struck for higher wages.
Three men were killed by the bursting Of
a boiler in a sorghum mill at Bucyrus, Ohio,
early Monday morning
The city council at Cleveland, O., has
adopted a resolution endorsing Chicago as
the site for the worlds fair of 1892
By the suspension of Clark & Keen,
worsted manufacturers, Philadelphia, Mon
day, 500 hands are thrown out of work.
The one mile bicycle record WAS broken at
Peoria, ILL.,, Saturday by Bert Meyers, who
covered the distance ON a high geared safei y
wheel in 2:l3
John l. Sullivan is reported to have run
through all of the $50 900 he got out Of his
match with Kilrsin, TO be deeply in debt
and dead broke.
Another severe storm is raging on the At
lantic, and Monday night was terrible on g
~ SSh- NS'Si n NV . "eiO Oc0 iOot Ou
the Massachusett coas:.
A woman named Wilkins, going FIR, m
Marquetts to Ishpeminc, gave birth to a
baby by n the train Just before it reached
n gannee, Mich., SUNDAY night
DIphtheria is now epidemic at Gallatz n
Pa, and is rapidly carrying off tn, little
ones. Four families have each lost SIX to
seven children in the past month
Capt. Doherty, wealthy CT iz,n OF Ash.
land, Wis, some tine ago ha Huga Steel,
of Duluth, arrested for stealing Steel was
acquityt aud thinks the indig nty was wol tn
so, 900 of Doh ,rty's money.
Lester Green, street Commissioner, and
who has been alderman and acting NAV or Of
Bloomington, Ills. has eloped with Mrs
Barker, the pretty wife of Al G. Barker an
engineer on the Chicago and Alton railway.
Richard Clark, the brother-in- law of S,n.
ator Beck, Of Kentucky, was sent to the
poor house at Winchester, that state, Mon
day. He is a son of an ex-governor of the
state, and a man of fine education. Whisky.
An extraordinary yield Of corn Is reported
on the farm OF Mrs f. NJ Hayes in Har-
wood township, Champaign county, Ills
One acre ang little over 1880 produced
1856 bushels, or a rate of ll2 bushels an acre.
The corn is Of the "Dutton" white variety
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
KNIGHTS AND FEDERATION.
Leaders of the Two Labor Organization
Hobnobbiug on Mutual Int re.ts

Leaders of the Two Labor Organization
Hobnobbing on Mutual Interests.
PHI ADELPHIA, Oct Is. Representatives
OF the Knights Of Labor and the American
Fedora ion OF Labor held conference at the
Girard house yesterday afternoon. General
Master Workman Powderly, Secretary
Hayes and A. w. Wright represented the
knights, and President Samuel Gompers.
William Martin (of Pittsburgh, Henry Ehman
and john b. Lennon (of New York; ap-
peared for the federation The conference
was harmonious throughout and lasted
three hours The present condition of the
eighth our movement received a full and
Tree dis cussion, and il was shown that both
organic ations were working up the matter
very vigorously aud receiving much en-
couragement.
Planning to Work Together.
1t was agreed that the federation give the
knight executive board for presentation
to the general assembly a written statement
of tn eli. views and their plan Of action, and
President Gompers, if possible, will attend
the general assembly and address the dele
gates. The knights agreed to promptly no.
tify the federation of any action that may
be taken by the general assembly bearing on
the Gig lt-hour ques ion.
Harmonizing the Interests.
The PRESENT condition of the relations of
the different labor organizations TO each
other was next discussed with view to har-
month x various interests, and to prevent
dispute and dsagreements in future. Jhe
knights offered written proposition suggest
ing a utusl exchange of working cards; a
mutual recognition OF trade labels, and the
adoption of rule which would prevent one
body from organizing the suspended or ex-
PEELED members of another.
Ono Good Turn Deserves Another.
The federation proposed that the knights
discourage the formation of trade organiza-
tons within the order, the promise being
made that the federation would urge the
membe > Of unions 10 connect themselves
with IN xed assemblies of Knights OF Labor.
IL was agreed that the matters above re-
ferred 10 should form tbs subject OF discus
sion at future conferences This Is the third
conference tat has been held between the
two orr anizationS. Another will he held be-
tween he gener al assembly on Nov II and
the con IGNITION OF the federation at Boston,
D.p IN
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
Ex-coNaREssMAN STEELE HURT
Himself aud Wife Suffer Broken Arms e..

MARION, Ind, Oct l5.-Maj George W.
Steele, IF this city, recently mentioned as a
candida To- for the office of commissioner OF
pensions met with serious and painful
runaway accident here yesterday He
reached home in the morning after ten
days absence in Washington and New York,
and at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, with Mrs
Steele, started toward the business part of
the city behind pair of spirited horses
He had not gone far when fore wheel came
off, dro lping the front part of the carriage
down on the horses heels. In the smashup
that fol owed Maj. Steele had his left arm
broken just below the shoulder and Mrs.
Steele bad her left arm broken at the elbow
The latter is the more severely injured of
the two sustaining severe cuts, bruises and
interna injuries Both were promptly ex-
tricated and the broken bones set The con-
dition Of both is pronounced favorable
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
CHURCHMEN IN COUNCIL.
Doings of the Episcopal Convention T
COngregntiounlists Adiaurn

Doings of the Episcopal Convention The
Congregstionalists Adjourn.
New YORK, Oct l5-At Yesterdays ses-
sion of the house of deputies of the
Episcopal general convention Rev DR.. Hun.
tington offered a resolution for the appoint
ment OF committee to prepare a standard
prayer book for 1892. He spoke in favor OF
1t, and then the matter went over.
s Corning Judd spoke in favor Of chang
ing the name OF the church to the american
church" Some other business was attended
to and then the deputies went into joint ses-
sion with the bishops on missionary work.
In the matter of the propos d 81, 900 900 en-
dowment fund, which was never raised, .
report favoring the return of the money
subscribed TO the subscribers was laid on the
table A motion to appropriate $4,000 for
work among colored people was carried.
AT night reception was given the con-
vention at Delmonico's by the Church club.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15

Nothing will so soon make a person hot
a. cold treatment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
Tn. Ali-Am.rio.n. AZ nnn,lo

BUFFALO, N. V, Oct 15-The delegates
to the ALI America congress put in yester-
day looking over the industrial features of
this city, and the day was wound up with
banquet at the Hotel Iroquois 1t is said
that the delegates have grown weary Of so
much si hit seeing in mills, etc, aud desire
90 devots themselves for a time to taking in
the aesthetic features of the different cities.
Owing to this desire the report is that De-
troit manufactures will get the go-by, and
that at Detroit they will he shown only the
beauties Of the city, among them POO ladies',
who viii assist Mrs. Senator Macmillan to
entertain them at q rec .ntinn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
500 Reward slOo.

The readers of the DAILY ARGUS will
be pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able cure in all its stages. and tina,
is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Cstsrrh being a
constitutional disease, requires consti.
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucus surfaces of the sys
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pstien,
strength. by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer one hun
dred dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad.
dres. F. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
G,tbam,. E,,ctri, Light yyir..

NEW YORK, Oct 15.-At the meeting of
the electrical control board yesterday Mayor
Grant offered a resolution decl airing that
the nun Der of lives lost by electric shocks
in this city showed that the wires were not
going ider ground fast enough, and that
the contract with the subway company be
declared void When the question was put
every ember OF the board voted no.
While awaiting decision on a motion to
make the injunction obtained 10y the electric
light companies Saturday permanent the
United States and the Brush Electric Light
companies have shut of their currents. and
a large portion Of the city was in darkness
last NIGHT
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
GATHERING OF RAILWAY eRAKsMeN
Meetins of the Annual Convention at ST
Paul-PreIiminary Events


ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct l5-The second
annual convention of the Brotherhood of
Railway Brakemen is now IN session here.
Upward of 100 delegates arrived during
Saturday and Sunday, and many of these
were accompanied by their wives The con-
vention will undoubtedly bring together
over 100 people connected directly or in
directly with the Brotherhood. Last even
ing public meeting was held in the arm
ory, at which l, 800 people were present, and
questions OF general interest to railroad men
were discussed, among others that of the as
similati IN OF all the railroad brotherhoods
into one great order. These matters, how
ever, VIII not be dealt with by tbs grand
lodge he deliberations of that BODY re-
lating T. Internal admin istraton
Neste day afternoon the brotherhooi hell
parsda, there being about fifty carriages
and sully 500 men in line
The chair at the public meeting last even
ing was occupied by Gen. George l. Becker.
OF the Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission. Among the speakers were
Governor Merriam, Mayor Smith, Attorney
Egan, Judge Williams of Fergus Falls, Z
V. Debe and Hon l.. s Coffnn