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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-19
IN SOCIETY.

A most enjoyable progressive euchre
party was given Thursday night at the
pleasant home of Mr.. II. A. Tatum, No.
Is Bass avenue. The affair was given com
plimentary TO Miss Julia Smith, of Cow
ington; Miss Nina Conrad, of Somervile,
and Miss Tatum. The players evinced a
vast amount of information and experience
in the management of the game and some
surprising hands were out. Miss Julia
Smith and Miss Pauline Frayser scored an
equal number OF games and drew 10 de-
eide the contest, Miss Frayser being sue
cessful. A tie also existed between Mr..
Hugh Bryson and Mr. Yerger Plummer,
which Mr.. Bryson won. The BOBBY prizes
were awarded to Miss Winter and Mr.. Yer
ger. After the awardingof prizes the party
was served with u most delicious lunch,
after which dispersion took place and each
participant went home to dream OF the inn
pressions made and received.
A very pleasant feature was the recita-
tons by Miss Dunlap and Miss Frayser.
Those present were;
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-19

The steamship Faraday Is laying cable
between Galveston and Mexico.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
CURRENT COMMENTS.

People who expected Blaine tC
be the Harrison Administration mad,
great mistake. They left Corpora
Tanner out of their reckoning. st
Louis Republic.
If Civil Service Commissioners
Roosevelt keeps on as he has begun
with the Indianapolis post-oftice he is
with the Administration n.-Pro videncc
journal.
Says Mr.. Dana: "We Democrats
should come together" "Come now, "
murmured the army deserter, as the
provost guard overhauled him; "let
us forget our differences and forgive
old scores! Throw down your muskets
and follow me into freedom. boston
Transcript.
-Grover Cleveland is kept pretty
busy, it appears, declining Invitations
to banquets and such like great times.
He is in hard luck. It's pretty sad to
have to worry along through life
without any of these invitations, but
to have them showered on you and
then to be compelled to decline is in
finitely worse. Unhappy lies the head
of popular eX-President. Chicago
Mail (Rep.).
Only one member of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee in Indiana
remains without Government office,
and he has been called to Washington
to receive his reward. 1t is under
stood his dividend of the spoils will be
the comfortable and lucrative post of
Marshal of the District of Columbia.
The lot of the office-beggar in a
doubtful State" is happy one.
Something ought to be done by the
hungry Republicans of Illinois to
make their State doubtful Chicago
Globe.
The Joliet (IlL) Press and People
says the Joliet rolling mills SUBJ
scribed $4,000 to Mr.. Quay's cam
paign fund last year Recently the
company made a twelve per cent. re-
duction in the wages of Its employees,
by which, says the Press and People,
''they will recoup $4,000 of that
sum-" So the fellows who are getting
practically the sole benefit of the
tariff laws to quote Mr.. Foster. are
very generally making the workmen
pay their campaign contributions. -
Boston Post.
-Clevelands Cabinet abolished
the custom established under Grant OF
appropriating department funds to
pay for and maintain horses and car
riages for members. Harrison's Cab
met is restoring it. Secretary Noble
has bought 81, 900 span of blooded
Kentucky horses out of the contingent
fund of the Interior Department and
will soon buy costly carriage mt
Government expense for his personal
use. All the Republican magnates are
eXerting themselves TO reduce the sur
plus. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
TO CORRUPT MONTANA.
Tho Latest Plot Hatched by Harrison and
His Vile Mnnapsrs


So the Dudley and Quay methods
are to be adopted in the fall to de.
bauch Montana and win 1t away from
the Democratic party. The political
signs in the new State have consider.
ably alarmed the President and he has
intimated to Matt Quay that Montana
must be looked after; in other words,
the blocks of five and other methods
must be put in force to prevent three
more Democrats from being sent to
Congress. 1t is said that the Presi-
dent and his manager have outlined n
plan of action calculated to save the
new State to the Republicans. 1t is
not known how much of the fat OF
last years campaign remains in the
hands of the Republican National
Committee, but whatever it is, it will
be devo ted to the purchase Of votes in
Montana. Should the amornt not be
sufficient, Sunday-School Wanamaker
may be called on again to help the
cause of corruption. 1t is hardly pos
sible that the rascality OF last fall can
be repeated this year in any part OF
the country with success, and that
Montana should signalize its entry in
to the slsterhood OF States by submit
ting to be branded in such foul man.
ner Harrison and Quay may plot as
they will and regard American voters
as purchasable and in the market for
the highest bidder. They will find
themselves confronted by an indignant
public opinion, which will render their
iniquitous designs futile.
The people of Montana will not al
low themselves to be defrauded of
their choice of Congressman, as the
Nation was of its choice of President
by purchased votes, for they have been
warned by the lesson of the last cleo
ton. If the notorious Dudley attempts
to employ his vile arts in the new
State he will meet with far differ
ent rece ption from that his agents ex-
perienced in Indiana. They have
very expeditions way of disposing of
obnoxious characters in the far West
There is no Judge Woods in Montana
to screen Dudley, but cei tain Judge
Lynch, who IS very prompt and effect
ual in his methods. This execrable
plot against a new State is beftting an
Administration that obtained control of
the Government by bribery and COR
ruption, and is ready, at all times. to
prostitute the functions OF the Govern
ment to gain votes. 1t is rather too
early, however, to try again the foul
methods that made Republican success
possible. The public mind is still
awake to the enormity of the crimes
committed against the most sacred
rights of the American citizen, and
the new conspiracy of Harrison and
Quay against the ballot-box in Mon
tana will, likely, lead to serious
trouble for the Administration. AL
bany IN. W Argus.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
BIG-MOUTHED MR.. TANNER.
The Corporal's Eagerness to Cast Ro.
proach on the American People.

The Corporars Eagcrness to Cast Ro-
proach on the American People.
Corporal Tanner, in his eagerness
to cast a reproach upon the American
people for their lack of gratitude to
the veterans of the war, asserted in a
recent speech that "at least ten thou
sand honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors CT the Union army and
navy lay down their heads this night
OF charity in the almshouses of the
United States" The answer to the
general charge is that the Government
OF the United States pays pension ac-
cording to the degree of disability to
every honorably discharged soldier
who was wounded or contracted dis
euse in the service and in the line of
duty. A pension is also paid to the
widows and minor children, and in cer-
tain cases to the aged and intirm par
ents of deceased soldiers The pen
sion expenditure for the next year will
exceed 500, 600, ,000-a greater sum
than the annual cost of maintaining
the vast military establishment of the
German Empire on war footing
AS for the specific charge, it would
be interesting to learn in what aims
houses are the 10000 honorably dis
charged soldiers of whom Corporal
Tanner speaks. The general Govern
ment and many of the States have es-
tablished homes in which the honor
ably discharged veterans are pro-
any of them can be found in aims
houses their residence there is from
choice rather than from necessity.
Investigation will doubtless show that
most of these alleged soldiers in aims
houses lack the essential requisite OF
I'M honorable discharge. Disagree
able as it is to recall the fact, there
was disgraceful horde of aeserters,
bounty-jumpers and maligners during
the civil war. and it is quite probable
that many of these have finally lodged
in the almshouses of the country. How
great is the number of such there is
no means of ascertaining, but they
must not be confoupded with the vet
erans of the war.
The policy OF establishing soldiers
homes under National and State aus
pices should be literally extended so
us to provide a home for every hon
orably discharged veteran who may
seek one. This would be far more lib
eral to the poor and infirm soldiers
than the passage of an INDECENT PEN
sion BILL as the small amount from
this source could not possibly main
tain them in any degree of comfort
But this policy does not suit the claim
agents and the demagogues, who are
endeavoring TO make the most out of
this pension business without regard
10 the true interests of the soldiers or
of the country. Philadelphia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
THE BERLIN CONFERENCE.
Sober Second Thoughts Suggested by tho
IIOwls of tho JIngo Organs.

| Sober Second Thoughts Suggested by the
| IIowis of tho Jingo Organs.
Mr.. Phelps. one of the commissions
ers who negotiated the Samoan treaty,
by which. If we may trust the news
paper correspondents, Germany, En-
gland and America undertake to regu-
late affairs in Samoa, has returned to
America with q copy of the treaty in a
yellow bag.
Tho Senate of the United States will
be asked to ratify this agreement, or
whatever it is called, and until it is
made public. all discussion OF specific
prov isions is premature.
But. If we are to believe the boasts
OF the Republican organs. if we are
properly to interpret English praise of
American Jingoism, the Samoan treaty
is wide departure for American dip
lomacy.
From the inception of the contro-
versy it has been evident that Ger
many was ready to respect American
rights in Samoa when our case was
properly presented. Secretary Bayard
plainly stated the claims and COM
plants OF America and American citi-
zens. If Mr.. Blaine's commissioners
have simply adhered to Mr.. Bayard' S
case all will be we'll.
But, from the utterances in the
lingo press, it seems they have gone
beyond this. and have formed an alli-
ance with England and Germany for
the government of Samoa. just as
Spain, France and Germany once
formed an alliance, treaty or agree
ment for the proper government of
Mexico.
What is Samoa to us or we to Samoa,
that we should depart from the prin-
ciples laid down by Washington In his
farewell address, and adhered to with
adm irable consistency from that time
until now? Is Blaine greater states
man, more thorough American. a
more skillful diplomatist than Wash
ington9
Observe good faith and justice
toward nations. Cultivate peace and
harmony with ALL" said Washing
ton; and he added: Europe must be
engaged in frequent controversies, the
causes of which are essentially for
eign to our concerns. Hence, there
fore, it must be unwise in us to i'm
plicate ourselves by artificial ties in
the ordinary vicissitudes of her poll
tics, or the ordinary combinations
and collisions of her friendships or
ermities.
"Our detached and distant situation
invites us to pursue different course.
If we remain one people, under an
efficient government, the period is not
far distant when we may defy mate
rial injury from external annoyance;
when we take such an attitude as will
cause the neutrality we may at any
time resolve upon to be scrupulously
respected; when belligerent nations,
under the impossibility of making
acquisitions upon us, will not lightly
hazard the giving us provocation;
when we may choose peace or war. as
our interest, guided by justice, shall
counsel"
These are words of wisdom, OF
sound and prudent judgment, OF
firmness and patriotism, and by these
instructions must the Samoan treaty
be judged, d,-Louisvill Courier-Jour-
nal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
The Most Direct Competition.

An ofiice-subsidized protection jour
nal informs the over-taxed working
men that there are great many in
dustries which need no protection
against foreign production. There is
no need to protect those who build
brick houses" it AYERS, "because they
are absolutely protected by the cir
cumstances of their labor against for
eign competition. Oh! are theyP
Since when are the bricklayers of the
Old World shut out of our portsP The
worst and most direct competition that
American working people have to
bear is the competition that emigrates.
And the tariff-makers take no accoun,
| of this. N. Y. World,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
THE BEDS OF ROYALTY.
Fancies of Iilustrious PersOnages Abo
Their SIeeping Apartments.

| Fancies of Illustrious PersOnages About
| Their Sleeping Apartments.
| Clarence House is one of the most
comfortable houses in London. and is
famous for its good beds, for the only
daughter of Alexander III, of Russia
is, like many Muscovite ladies, very
particular about her beds, and will
tolerate in her house none but the very
| best. Even when a mere child, and
long lbefore her marriage, she was SO
particular about this very important
item in domestic comfort that. to in
sure the sheets being tightly stretched
over the mattress. she used to have
them sewn down, for even the slightest
crease or wrinkle would entirely de-
stroy the repose of this imperial spoilt
child for the night.
Her Royal Highness used to be
greatly chaffed about this weakness by
members of our royal family when first
she came to this country, but the
Queen, who is also very particular
about her beds, stuck up for her, and
although now the sheets are no longer
sewn down to the mattress, they are
composed of the most exquisitely fine
linen that can be procured, and
stretched like tight rope over the
most perfect mattresses that can be
manufactured in Paris, in which capital
the making of mattresses has been
brought up to the level of a fine art.
A curious and amusing chapter might
indeed be written about the beds OF
illustrious personages. The ex-Empres
Eugenie is quite as particular about
her beds as the Duchess of Edinburgh
or our Gracious Sovereign, and quite
agrees with the tirst-named lady as
to the fineness of the linen and the
tightness of the drawing of the sheets,
but Her Imperial Majesty has an odd
fancy to have her bed SO low as to give
u visitor to th,, Imperial bedchamber
the impression that the widow of
Caesar is almosa sleeping on the floor.
1t is indeed harily elevated more than
81 foot from the floor as all who have
visited in old days the private apart
ments at st. Cloud, Compiegne and the
Tuileries will remember. Another
curious bed is that of Sarah Bernhardt.
1t is nearly fifteen feet broad, and
when the great comedienne is indis.
posed and receives her intimate friends
reposing on her couch she looks like a
little golden-haired bird lost in great
sea of white satin.-Modern Society.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
WHAT is HE woRTHq 2


You soy tho man "is worth n Million"
Ard think you've answered me;
i care not II he own q billion,
'Tis TIE man want TO sect
And now I'll ask question or two
This man-what Is he WORTH
Is 1t cash that came from the Lord knows who
And broad, square miles OF earthy
Dare you assert, in broad daylight,
That This is the worth OF mann
1t takes indeed sordid wight
With favor this to scan.
Tho treasures OF the brain and heart
The mind and body's health,
And what turns men to the better part
These constitute true wealth.
III your friend has only what you said,
He is worth just nothing Mt all;
Let his ucres of earth cover him, dend,
And buy him funeral pail
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
SWEET.sCENTEp NOTES.
A Glance Into Some of the Secrets OF th
Perfuner's Art.

Perfuner's Art.
The export of find perfumery is prin-
cipally from Grasse, Nice, Cannes and
Bremen. The business is divided into
two parts. The manufacturer extracts
from the flowers their essential oils.
The perfumer buys these oils, pomades
and extracts, and compounds them in
several ways. Only about n dozen of
all the fragrant flowers in the world
are used in the manufacture of per-
fumery, viz: The violet, rose, orange
flower, jasmine, tuberose, cassia, laven-
der, thyme, rosemary, geraniums, jon
quill and fennel. The rose and the
orange are the most valuable. OF the
numerous varieties of the rose, only
one is used-the Provence rose, single.
pale, pink, the most sweet smelling of
roses; not hardy. Picking for per-
fumery occurs in almost every month
of the year.
1t is IA paradoxical fact in the bust.
ness that the bitter orange yields the
best blossoms for perfumary. One ton
of blossoms yields two pounds eight
ounces of oil neroli. The fruit of the
bitter orange yields very fine essen
tial oil, bigarade. 1t is used in many
scents. The orange tree, cultivated
for its oil, lasts, with care, over
two hundred years. One ton OF
the distilled leaves OF the scented
verbena geranium yields from twenty
four to thirty ounces of the essential
oil. The flowers OF the jasmine are
picked just after sunset in July, and in
the morning. as soon as the dew is off,
in August. The jasmine is peculiarly
delicate flower. Its essential oil is SO
volatile that it can not be extracted by
distillation, the heated water decom-
posing it so that only faint tinge OF
the perfume is left in the water that
passes through the refrigerant. Like
the jasmine, the oil of the tuberoso
can not be extracted by distillation.
The perfume of the cassia is much
used in compounds. The process of
manufacturing perfumes is in itself
very interesting, especially to the
ladies. A ton of roses yields only two
ounces OF the altar, ottar or otto. Ii
Kept at IL temperature below 600 altar
crystallizes; if kept open to the air and
light it is cas- ly volatilized. Perfuned
oils are made by putting fresh quanti-
ties of flowers into the finest OF virgin
olive oil, from twenty to thirty differ
ent times. The essential oil of flowers
has strong affinity to lard or grease.
The latter, rendered us white us snow,
is perfectly saturated with the flowers.
The process is repeated many times.
In ti,is way we have pomade of rose.
ORANGE. cassia and violet. The affinity
OF the perfume OF flowers for alcohol is,
however. stronger than that for grease.
Pomades Immersed in alcohol, are ren-
dered into extracts, the grease leaving
the perfuma. a.--Troy IN, ~ Times,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
UNIQUE TOILET ARTICLES.
Collection of Such. as Are Used by the
Bellies OF Japan.

A Collection of Such as Are Used by the
Bellies OF Japan.
There has been set up in large
case at the National Museum a collec-
tion just brought from Japan by Prof.
Romeyn Hitchcock which illustrates.
the everyday life Of japanese house
hold. In one part Of the case is a.
Japanese lady's toilet stand 1t looks.
as if it were made for doll, but Prof.
Hitchcock said III was a toilet stand
such as is actually inu in the bOudoi-
of every Japanese, belle. There is,a
little round metallic mirror on top.
on the floor before, this. The stand is
provided with dainty little drawers, fbr
pins, wooden combs. and the many lit
tie knick-knacks. OF the toilet. There
are perfumery bottles and jars for
powder. A saucer is filled with red
dye used for heightening the color Of
the lips.
In another vessel is the pigment
with which married women blacken
their teeth, u practice which is, going
out of vogue, This pigment is s,applied
to the teeth with feather brush.
There are coils OF brightly colored pa
per strings and stick of pomatumr-
the strings tn tie up the hair and the
pomatum to rub on it. The hair Is
pomatumed till it is glossy and stiff
The Japanese belle does not do her
hair up every day. 1t is a long and
laborious operation, and when once
performed she resorts to. all kinds OF
expedients to make the dressing Last.
AT night she sleeps not on soft pill
low that would muss. her hair, but
rests her head on Il block of wood that
fits into the nape of the neck. Mash
ipgton Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
THREE GOOD FABLES.
Like Most Good Things, They are ShoI
Hut to the Point.

but to tho Point.
THE DONKEY AND THE TRAVELLER.
A Belated Traveller on the Kings
highway was made terribly Anxious al
II certain spot by Fearful Sounds. He
went forward very Timidly, ready tc
turn and Fly for his Life at any mo.
ment, but all of sudden discovered
that the Dreaded Sounds had beer
uttered by II Donkey.
"See here, you Miserable Beast, wha,
are you trying to get at. anyhow" dc
manded the Traveller.
why, it is case of Self-Sacrifice, }"
replied the Donkey. "Instead of fStand-
ing in my stall come out and brave
the Inclement Weather to cheer the
belated Traveller with my voice and let
him know that Friends are near"
you old dunder-head, but it is your
voice which adds Terror to the mud
and darkness! Go Hence and let upy'
MORAL: The Blunders of Friends are
more to be Dreaded than the Machina-
tions of Enemies.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
THE ANT AND THE BEETLE.

One day while the Ant was rolling a
grain of corn over the ground a Beetle
happened along and inquired:
"My Industrious Friend, why all this
Labor?"
II am Working to get this Grain of
Corn into my StoreHouse for the Win
ter. must have u store laid by or /
shall Starve."
"But how Foolish to Work so hard
for it! You don't see me sweating
under the collar, and yet 1 get along
as we'll as most Insects"
"Yes, you are all right now because
it is Summer, but wait until the Winter
comes on. If you are Idle now you will
Perish then"
Thanks, my dear Ant, but don't
worry over the undersigned. Call on
me about the middle of January"
Time passed on. The Ant Worked
Industriously to lay by a Store, and as
the winter came on and she was con-
graduating herself on her Foresight
and Prudence, the Beetle came that
way. He was fat and sleek and in fine
spirits. and he halted to say:
Morning, Old Economy. How goes
it?"
II have two kinds of Eatables laid by
for the winter" replied the Ant, while
you"
while | am located in the Gov
ernor's Kitchen for the next six
months, and count on no less than
seven kinds of Food per day."
But how is that?"
"Simply that l work with my mouth.
while you work with your muscles. !
Talk Politics, while you talk Corn"
MORAL: Let's all Talk Politics. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
HERCULES AND THE woopMAS.


1t is related that Hercules was pass
ing through Forest one day when he
came upon Woodman who was Idle
and Inquired:
Have you amassed Wealth until you
no longer have to work."
NAY, my friend,' was the answer;
"but this Log needs Moving, and l
have not the Strength to Accomplish
the Task
80, as to that. I'll Lend you a
Hand" cheerfully replied Hercules.
and he seized the Log and Moved it
into the Position desired.
Returning over the same course a
week later, he found the same Wood
man again Idle, and to his Inquiries
the man Replied:
II was Waiting for you to Return
and Move another Log for me-"
MORAL: He who Helps the man who
can Help himself does him an injury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13

few scratches, but followed tho fe.
male, and overlook her in crippled
condition some half a mile up the
canon; a single bullet killed her. y
Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
The Cause of Fweddy's soIicit.,de.

"Cholly, I'm in n doosid bad pickle.
bah Jovor'
What's the ma5tah. Fweddy?"
al lost my valise on the wailwoad
twain yestahday. Cholly.'
THAT WASH tmuch of loss, was itP''
"Gwacious! 1t wasn't the value of
it, Cholly. BAIT it had my lunch in it
"a bottle Of beeah and some nawsty
wed hewwipgs. And the valise has
my name on it. II any body should
find it and Advertise the contents,
Cholly. bah Jove, | think / uhoula
aie.' Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-07-13
"A friend of Alexander Sullivi

"A friend of Alexander Sullivan
in this city is authority for the state
ment that he had personal knowledge
of the fact that, in case Of the election
OF James G. Blaine as President in
1884, seat in his Cabinet was to have
been assigned to Alexander Sullivan.
He had Mr.. Blaine's full promise to
that effect. Boston Herald.