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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-28

CANNED GOODS - Plncapplcs siii7Ljo;
peaches lbs standard e. Jiatl.lH second, slwgs
Lis tomatoes, lbs, standard, oe'9ov, lbs stand
ard si0) Strawberries, tl.1b. u.spbcrries, sL2S
hlnckb,rrcs ei.U1 green Cages, si.ig pears, sL@
plums, si..O. asparagus siu0. green corn, sl.Wtt
l2E rrccn peas. si.2t9i0 cove oysiers, inll
weight TO- allgiic. 2 lbs. sil5al.U0 light weight
DC: z lbs, siU Condensed milk-trOwn, sola.
Eagle, slhO swlss sdlA salmon. sL1A sar'
dimes, ta.11UA2i mustard eariincs, oWWa.2A
Mackurcl 81 istLg1 herring stckerel sila
suGAR-Purc white 0hc. on white, p'4C yellow
carlhed. atip',c, refined A, We. standard gmnu'
lated y q powdered, lohci cut Loaf l04ci open
kettle s4etsc strong
COFFEt-C Common. i6iss ordinary. lie fair,
Istsc prime Rio. igc, choice 10 fancy, Ac old
government, alp.lic. dull aud lower.
SALT-saginnw u % per hil ohio River ~ ~ 3
Ia per brl: Louisiana, sLl5. sacks, huo, sl.ig
cuarsc, u. ~ pkis, gtwic.
MCE-loulsiana, iiaseci Carollni, o91c.
srARClI-lc.
CiIEFsE-Irlmc flats, -: New lork factory.
49,. fall crciin, ilc Young America, lae.
MOiAsSEs-L Louisiana, coinmou % lair. .A0i2,c,
prime ehocu, Ilfti~c fancy, lic Ccntfiugnls, com
mon To ialr. 2issc prime 10 choioo. ssesDc' syrup
CASbits@.,icls. M siic, In bxs, pls and brlA
lie. fancy assorted, Hello. extra iancy' lfsAc
nfm.
Itlf weluhl uiGr
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GrOccrhs.

NEW YORK, June -coaee-options opened
IS points up, closing firm at 45g50 points up, sales
o., $50 bags, including, June Sisao July sl3tO9
1880 August, sls 16@lAg ksptember' slS s9 99
December sl406@nS0; January, sli.lO@Nig
February, S14.lQ@ll.30; March, hl.15@l45G April
slLG@ii4S May, .l445@li60 Spot market stead
Ter fair cargoes, 10f4c
sugar-Raw quiet and firm; refined quiet and
steady.
Moiasses- Foreign firm; sman LOT, Of Barbados
sold at $40 New Orleans quci open kettle, good 10
fancy, e6siGc.
Rice-Qnlet and steady.
NEW ORLEANS. La, June 27.-Cofee-Rio car
gocs, common 10 prime, l6l49l9hc
Moasses-t centrifugal, fair to good fair le@2oci
common 10 good common, l6QlSc, Inferior, lac.
Rioe--Ordinary 10 prime, 3H@lc.
Observation-Disclosures.
CINCINNATI, o., June -whlsky-steady;
sales, 6lS barrels finished goods On basis Of slVA
Buuer-Steady.
sugar-firm.
Eggs-lleayler at ll@ilHc.
Cheese-Sicndy.
CHICAGO, o. June 2T--on the produce ex
change today the butter market was firm and un
| changed.
| Eggs-FlTm ut l2c.
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Col. ochIItree Turn. Poet.

From the New York World
Few suspect that under the nonchalant
demeanor OF man OF the world Col.
'Tom" ochiltree hides the soul Of a poet.
But so il is. After the second famous vic
tory Of Spokane over Proctor Knott an I'M
signed poem appeared as follows in a
Washington paper. Col. Ochiltrec was
sojourning in Washington aud nursing his
wounded leg at the time. His friends
thought they recognized his touch and
attributed TO him. without his denying IL,
the authorship Of tho following ieu d'es-
prit
What
Beaten, Pio,tor Knott Uf.
liiiCu again
ily spekanel
| Has u come to pass Nf
That the famed blue grass
Gives no such sjcci
A. the feed f
| ON some wind swept savanna
Oi Nontanai
lead, Y.aH
lis hadi
tulurky
Tor Kentucky
| H. soul u ycxcli
/ Tho iai Northwest 4 getting vain anu 'lls,sy
Twill ~ producing preitl,f women next
The success OF this effort was instantane
Gus. Il went home to tho heart OF every
| sporting man In the country. Judge what
their delight will DO when they read the
following picked up yesterday in one oi
the corridors OF the Worth House, aud ey.
identity In Col. Ochilree's handwriting
| Raccland. ling racer Of the land.
famc sounds thy name on every hand.
| There's not tfuco
| Tor thee Oh HucC'
OF bitterness within my heart
| Yet had backed thee ere the start
| Ia have pursued a tliCf plan,
| I'd been a wiser. bctlef-mau.
| brace,
| IalCf
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ST. LOUIS NO.. June -wool-Receipis, 2ls,'
I26 pounds; choice bright stock In light Offering
good bralds nim.
HAVANA, June 27.-sugar quiet; holders are too
high for buyers; sales, SUI bags centrifugal v6' 10
O6,s' polarization, dor Matanzns, at $40 gold per
quinthl; 1000 bags molasscs sugar. s. 10 ~ polar
izatiOn for Matanzas AT sLG5,a gold per quinlal.
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ROUND TRIP RATE TO NEW YORK
Via Loulsvliie a. Nashville Railroad.

Via Louisville q Nashville Railroad.
The Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad
have on salo VIA Louisville, Lexington,
Norfolk and Old Dominion Steamship
Line, round trip tickets 10 New York for
$3.50 For iull particulars concerning
rates, time, etc. 90 all summer resorts,
call al ticket office, 3l2 Main street, or adj
dress JSo. A. ScorT, Ticket Agent
Gro. II. MCLEAN, Passenger Agent
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A Lad, erI.,,erary TASTES.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
This lady, who was a great belle In her
social circle, recently picked up from n
friends library the la,os, CsAiury.
1--WE used TO take this" she remarked.
as she ran her ieweled fingers through the
pages; ''or. no, believe Il was tho other
one"
"what other one9" asked tho hostess.
"Do YOU mean tho llarpcPsl"
"Ycs, that was Il, Harpers. " Then, after
n moment, she added: No, II wasn't; II
was this one, am SURE, Tor remember i
had this soap advertisement on tho back
of IA
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CATTiE-Cholcc 10 extra, ~. eve good 2.
~ common 20 metinm, D. ti'sU cholcc cows aud
hCiiUra - .ilc medium, n tffitsc,
HOOs-ihoi oornicd, psse.c good, raai'tC
common, a,satlr.
siirEi'-thoioc. ic medium, s'sSic. common,
LAMiIs- Choice. g. common to good, per head.
| a sl..IUu
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New YorL Dry Cood, Market.

NEw YORK June N.-Tho demand for dry
goods continued qniet, but fair business was done
In new spccialtes and In low-gradc brown cottous
the demand for the latter being stimulated BY tue
higher price for print cloths, tomc a. y and low
counts ~ brown aud bloaehed goods were 80
higher with some scarcity particularly ~
blcached Hat goods. Cambrius were nrmof, aud
new cainbrlcs wcrc advanced TO 30.
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JAWS CoSKLls MoRra,oE TRusr Cow
rASY, Room 2, Cotton Exchange build
ing, mako long timo loans on Improved
city real estate. No DELAYS
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orEicrs furnished with towel rack comb,
brush and clean towel every morning Tor
25 cents per week. by Memphis steam
Laundry. Ornament 10 any Office
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Tar well known strengthening properties
Of iron, combined with other TONES aud n
most perfect ncrvinc, are found In Carter :
Iron Pills, which strengthen the nerves and
body. aud improve tho blood and com.
pleKion
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uoasehoid supplies.

APPLIES i.Olai.9 per bal. Dried apples
q saac pc 10 IRON store Dncd peaches g1sgsc
frOm story. -
IKuII-si Oranges -Mcsslna. stboaa 90 per
box. Lannon's. siS1s,Ll1 per box. ananas. sL2,et
= 10 pcr bunch dates. Ease. figs. i2glhc Per ID
NEGErA ul.kS -Onion,, tiooosi.a0 pcr btl. cabs
harc u. .ntss o. per Craic. garlic, lQc Ier 100.
-COcoauuts. tlUO per 100 Peanuts Wiz
riuia. s0.sc Tcnncsscc, iarmrrs' stock, > ilc.
ruasted iagltc higher shellctl rci. T.. white ~,
Spanish loo. Iccnns, rcxas, old, 3slac. Arkansas,
a,t,e. Italian chestnut iOts2r
huTTEll-nuticdnc its,isc creamery, iSJac.
dairy, i2is6tiic country, lultlhc.
rOfAtOnS-null new, Nulyi.io pcr brl -.
CiDER-oEark, td.5O pcf bh. aud S1o0 per hall
br.
| NIsFGAn-rcr raj, i20iac.
| fu0s-stcady bNs. i2c. eases. l2'sc.
pOuLTKl-Chickcns. young. tL2ttt2 "a, mixed
| slDag ~, hens. tli0ifit1 ducks. " .seslUo
| RAlsiNs-London laycrA s1u0, California, u 2
'picKLEs-Brls ESQ., half bris. tLOa
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY Z TO Q PER GENT, NEW YORK
excHANan si,5o PREM. SELLING.

Cotton outlet iddling Cotton 10 il'iec
s-sales Today, 25 Bales-The Gen.
eral Market is steady-Meats Are
Steady.
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New schedule. ef uemphi. A Charles.
too uaiiread.

Night Train-Lcaves Memphis at II
O'Clock pm, arrives at Washington at
o'clock a M, New York o'clock pm,
Boston . o'clock pm. Day Tnin-I.eaycs
Memphis at 1890 O'Clock In, arrives At
Washington at i040 pm, New York Csc
a. m, Boston $50 pm. Pullman slccpcra
10 Washington on both trains. via Lynch
hurU NI
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Miacrii.ANrnrs nnNns.
COTTON MARKET.
rxcuANaE ouorArfoSs,

The local cotton market opened quiet and closed
qul,t. middiiur. 10 ii.icc sales. = bales, OF ---
10 caIonen aud all iospinncuL
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS..
Ordinary, Ole. good osdinary,p Size. low mid
liz Z. i0siG- midlllng. 10 ii.iCc good middlins,
n sioc middnng fair, nominal fair nominali
dusty, ,fsi,le lower
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OIL and Turpcntin-.

CLEVELAND. o.. June gt-petroleum- ouiot
| s.w., ll0', nc.
WILMINGTON. N c.. June 27.-Turpentiuc-
| Firm. ai.n
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LEr T. NJ. 0albrcath, No. 10 Madison
street. rent Jour houses aud collect your
rcnlA
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bid, 62c asked; No. SOFT cash, zoe bid; July CSC;
,S Sras5 sssaIE' 10. scssA sobId' aS'lo asked
ga ossits@Sa staAh. is,lc bid, eos asked.
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APPEAL orricE.

THURSDAY EVENING. June %, 1881 !
Money Is easy, in good supply and iair
demand at Z TO per cent
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ssporv-L a S,Gc.o Wa Total. a.
baicL
NEw YORK.
Spots opened steady and closed FIRM miidilns
ioiiicc. salcs. t.sp bales. Quotations were as
follow Ordinary. sai1C gsod ordinary, eioc
low midiiinr i0' r. mlddilng. i1i5ioc good mid
ding. usiCc. middlins laif. i2'.c. ialr, i2'.c
Futures orenri steady and closed steady, o.
ioliovr iunc iot2aioaE July, ioi2eio.bE Au'
gust iot5ei0l-. september. 10 i2eio.iR October
49, No,cinbsr. astsoss ncocmbcf, asdoi
So January. ppca9pI February. ioooaiooii
bsfth ioo,.si0Og Aprii, i0i'6i0iG May, ioa
oi02i bales C,.O0o baicN
INV ORLEANS
IN Tho spot market opcucd quiet and closed
tisadys midillnr i0ilc salcs so bales quo.
tailons are % follows Ordinary. 40. good orii'
nary. Vlc low mlddling 1855 middliur. iOi e.
GOOD lmiddllur il5.c.
fulnrrs opened steady and closed quiet,
A. foilorE June. ionai0Ci July iot9siooo
August. i0iltiogs sepicmbcf. psaas9. ocio.
hcf osaeVs9 Noycmbcf. pGd0iS Dcccmlcr
apaata. January. otaaotG February. Q6lt,
po March, e@son. April. oieea7s Sales
2a.io0 tales
DAILY roRr AND INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
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pAlLY corroN srAtrNrNr.


impofis-N &C, NAL II. 2 q, o 4 W, ]
AAlns, O. Total n haica.
sEporu-L a S.IC.O 20 Total q
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nANK cLEARfNGS.

CHICAGO, M, June 27.-Clcaflngs N977,00o
NEW ORLEANS, la. Juno 2L-Cloarlngs this
day s527. saL
sr. LOUIS. No. June 27.-Clcarlngs e. 90, ssi:
balances, sjsS75l
NEW YORK. June 27.-cloarings. oosgi.5i9.
balances. fG.Oiaa3s.
BOSTON. Mass, June g7.-Clcaringa i7,o76.sB
balances. a iqi $50
BALTIMORE Nd, June 25.--clearlngs s2,23l..
So balances stsi,i1
PHILADELPHIA. Ia, June 2I-Clcarlngs sl2..
2g1 i0d. balances, Slls1,ti2
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Receipts IN port this day. iss9...-............,.
Receipts IN port this day, isss
CONSOLIDATED srArKnESr.
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IONDON, june ~ pm.-IOnsOa cIO'Cd NJ
% i.iG for 9th money and the account
The bullion In the Bank Of England Increased
fNi, 600 during the past week. The proportion Ut
the pnnk OF England's reserve TO liability Is now
AZ % per cent
lar silver i2d per ounce.
PARIS. June 2s-Thpc per cent rcnies Sli, sc
TOT the account
The weekly statement Of the Bank of France
shows AN increase oi g6,Gs1,00O in,ncs gold and
2 $4,000 francs silver
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stocks aud Bontis.
INSURANCE STOCKS.
nAIInoAp srocKs ANp noNps

Memphis a Charleston cunsols ss-..... ~ ......
Memphis a Charleston. gold ts........-. l0l lUl
Citizens Railroad Go. ts..........,...,.,.- ~ lup
Memphis a Charleston tstockl ........... 81 o1'6
Mississippi IcnucTsUo stock l.......... "
Louisville a Nashville Stock a........- ~ ,....
Irusrs.rt liark A belt Us ................ 10 ~
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FALCON-FLYING.
interesting Description Of This
Persian Sport.

An Exciting and Novel Way of Bagglng
Game-Pursuing the Anticipation
the Birds Are Bllnded-A Sue
cessful Flight Rewarded.
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FLOWERS AND lNsEcTs.

How Busy Moths Garry Precious Tokens
from Blossom to Blossom,
The slender stamens now explore the
gloom, and hang their festoons of web
by pollen across their tips. None too
soon, for even now silvery moth cir
cles about the blossom, and settles
among the outstretched filaments, sip
ping the nectar in tremulous content.
But he carries precious portion as he
hies away, a golden necklace, perhaps,
aud with it message to yonder bios
som among the alders, and thus until
the dawn, his rounds directed with a
deep design of which he is an innocent
instrument, but which insures per-
petual paradise of primroses for future
Slippers like himself Nor is it neces-
sary to visit the haunt of the evening
primrose to observe this beautiful
episode. The same may be witnessed
almost any summer evening much
nearer home, even about your porch,
and among city walls, heralded by
those fresh, dewy whiffs from the night
blooming honeysuckle, where the
bright bevies of blushing buds are
bursting in anticipation of that kiss
which harms not.n as the welcome
sphinx-moth, piloted by the two great
glowing lanterns of its eyes. hoyers in
the murmurous cloud of it's humming
phantom-wings. How often have I
watched these mimic humming- birds
in the gathering dusk, whirling about
the flowers. following the circuit of
each fresh blown cluster, fitting and
swaying in their buoyant poise above
the blossoms throat, only their long
bodies visible in the fuzzy, buzzy
halos of wings, the slender capillary
tongues uneoiled, nearly sir inches in
length, and thust in turn deep into the
honeyed tubes. ~. Hamilton Gibson,
IN Hazpsr's Maqaziae.
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Effect of word-Painting.


A wealthy man who owns a country
residence recently became dissatisfied
with it and determined to have
another. So he instructed a real estate
agent famous for his descriptive
powers to advertise it for private sale,
but to conceal the location, telling pur-
chasers to apply at his Office. In a few
days the gentleman happened to see
the advertisement, was pleased with
the account of the place, showed it to
his wife and the two concluded it was
just what they wanted and they would
secure it at once. So he went to the
Office of the agent and told him that
the place he had advertised was such
a one as he desired, and he would
purchase it. The agent burst into a
laugh and told him that it was de-
scription Of his own house where hewas
then living. He read the advertise
ment again, cogitated over the grassy
slopes,n 'beautiful vistas,' smooth
lawns" ETC., and broke out: 'Is it
possible? Well, make out my bill for
advertising and expenses, for, by
George! wouldn't sell the place now
for three times what it cost me. -
Mechanical NeaCs.
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The Worlds Fuel supply.


Periodically certain journals attempt
to produce the impression that there is
danger of the fuel supply Of the world
becoming exhausted in the near future.
Some attempts at estimates are made
to give show of plausibility to the
position assumed; to this is added the
intimation of calamity to follow when
this rapidly narrowing limit Of supply
has been reached. and the available re-
sources in this direction exhausted. In
these statements narrow extent Of
bearing territory is taken into
consideration, and conclusions are
drawn from premise established with
out special reference to existing facts.
1t is claimed by those who have given
careful consideration to the matter
that there are yet large bodies Of un-
developed coal territories in Germany,
Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Boz
hemia and Russia, amounting, at the
least calculation, to over so, 600 square
miles, while China, Austria, Spain,
Italy, Greece and Japan viii contribute
fully 120, 900 square miles Of coal-bear-
ing territories, in which some of the
veins are reported TO be ninety-fye
feet in thickness. On the Western
Continent, from British America to
Patagonia, including Australia. there
are coal fields which will add 10000
square miles, and this estimate includes
none of the present working fields Of
North America or Africa. Mining Re-
aySe4o
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NUMBER 2.
PuNeENT pARAeRApHs.

You can always get a woman to
keep a secret if you give her ehloroform
enough.-LouisUill Journal.
Poor Simpson, A year ago he
was one of thirteen who sat down at q
dinner" ''What, is he deadP" '.No;
married last night "-DenUer Repub-
licGn.
-Ethel-"O, papa, did you see the
new parlor lamp Aunt Julia sent me?
It's the latest thing OUT Papa-.It
will be Sunday nights, anyway
Terre Haaste Express.
The occult is very popular in tic-
tion just now-as it always has been
with husbands when they were trying
to explain to their wives just how it
happened that they were so late in
coming home.-JoWrnGL of Education.
The New York SWD says: .'The
favorite wickedness at present is safe
breaking'' This rascality is per-
formed by those who have no particu-
lar business, but are best known as
Jack of vault raids.
New York City is said to support
about six thousand lawyers, and it is
claimed that the immense amount of
litigation done here through the courts
or private Offices of counsel attracts
and keeps here the highest legal talent
of the State, if not of the country.
-"Alas!' said moralizing bachel-
or. within earshot of witty young
lady of the company, 'this world is at
best but a gloomy prison. Eyes,
sighed the merciless mink, especially
to the poor creature doomed to soli-
tary confinement"
-Belinda-"No, father, / am re-
solved not to give up Alonzo. You
may threaten and caiole as you will,
but rather than be parted, we win die
together. Stern parent (gruhly)-
You'll be lucky if you lire together. -
--AnpertcG.
-"H you really want to know which
OF you is the better man why don't you
meet in some room in the presence of
few friends and settle the matterP
Why not quit blowing and go to fight
ingP" Sir" replied the great man
with lofty scorn, Il am professional
prize-fghter.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
Are you a guest of this houseen
asked the clerk at the cigar stand of
travelling man. "a whatP'' "a guest. "
"O-no'p-not at ALL / am simply
permitted to live ehere-tolerated at the
rate of four dollars per day. "-Mer-
chant TraUeler
The report Of Warden McComb,
of the San Quentin, CAL, prison. shows
that opium smoking plays an important
part in California crime. OF 1,377
prisoners now in that prison, 600 were
brought there through opium and its
associations. Nearly all the thieves,
says are opium smokers.
-Friend-'I always read your jokes
twice. Fred" Author-'.Ah! you find
them interesting, thenP An author
whose writings are reread can not be
said to have written in vain. Friend
-"Um-yes-ahem; you see have to
read your jokes twice because can not
see the point at first. - Yankee Blade.
Say that you will be mine, dear
est Angelina" II will, upon one con
dition.p Name it, my adored, and If
it were to get you to the moon
at is easier than that; in brief, simply
this, that you will invite me to spend a
month in your fathers house previous
to our marriage "Of course, certain
ly; but why doyou make such strange
requestP'' ''Well, l wish to learn to
cook like your motherr' ~ z. Ledger.
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One More Unfortunate.

eyes, you bet marrige is failure"
he exclaimed as he came out of saloon
wiping his chin. Here's my own case
to prove it"
aDon't you live happilyP" asked one
Of the crowd.
'.No!'
"WhyP"
"Whyl Because I have only three
dollars a week to run on. My wife
earns FIVE, but she won't give up but
three, and I've got to squeeze along on
that while some other husbands have fif-
teen. Yes, marriage is a dead fiat failure.
None of US husbands are loved and
supported as we ought to be!''-y Detroit
Free Press.
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ROYAL FAMILIES.
Glimpses of the Vicious Interior Life of
Despotism.
Companion

Glimpses of the Vicious Interior Life OF
Despotism.
It is fortunate for ''Royal Houses,"'
and especially for those of the despotic
type, that their private sayings and
doings are seldom reported; for when
ever we obtain glimpse of the interior
life of despotism it sickens us. Truly
has it been said by distinguished
essayist that 1.-The masters of mankind,
when stripped of the artificial pomp
which invest them in public, resemble
nothing SO nearly as the meanest of the
multitude"
There are sound philosophical
grounds for this opinion. The very
highest and the very lowest of the
human race are equally beyond the in
fluence of that wholesome control to
which the intermediate classes are
subjected, by their mutual dependence,
and the need they have of the good
will and esteem of their fellows. Those
who are at the very bottom of the social
ladder are beyond the sphere of this
influence; those who stand on the top
most round are above it. Persons who
have nothing to gain are pretty much
in the same position, relatively, to the
rest of the world as wretches who have
nothing to lose; and both are equally
liable to disregrd the maxim of reckon
ing ones self last. which is the basis
of all politeness, as well as of all be-
nevolence. We find, accordingly, that
absolute monarcbs, however respect
able some of them may have been as
monarchs, have generally been posi-
tive brutes in their families.
Frederick William of Prussia, the
father of Frederick the Great starved
and beat his wife and children, and
was accustomed, after having eaten his
dinner, to spit into each dish, lest they
should partake of the remnants of the
meal. Peter the Great compelled the
| Czarina, Catherine, to associate with
vile creatures, most of them scullions
and washerwomen, whom he had en-
nobled and raised to the dignity OF
ladies-in-waiting; and he also frequent
ly amused himself with Gaming his en-.
tire houshold, from the Empress down.
In fact, whenever a Prince or a Princess
tells tales out of school, as a sister OF
Frederick the Great-the Margravine
of Baireuth-did, or we get by any
means peep behind the vail judi.
ciously interposed between the pub
lie eye and the private history oi
absolute sovereigns, we invariably find
that the objects of vulgar worship are
as brutal as violent. as neglectful O.
all the usages and proprieties of decent
society in their palaces, as the mos
debased of their subjects in the
wretched novels to which misery had
consigned them. Thus do the extreme:
of vicious power and vicious poverty
meet on a common level of abasement
Let us be thankful that our system o
government eXempts us from the curse
of rulers to whom vice is privileged
and that our social system is but little
infested with those dregs of humanity
that seem inseparable from depotism
and. in fact. its Complementary. Y
Ledger.