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consider them, ON this theory, merely pair
OF bygone French 'haneurs," taking the
form OF swallows, TO gaze once more upon
the Elysian Fields OF Paris, which they
think better than those OF heaven, and
beyond measure reioiced 10 dip beak in
the beloved Seine? Conjecture wearies
itself over the problem, but assuredly tine
nestlings which the pair will rear can
never be considered commonplace swal-
lows. Thoy will say in Asia or Africa,
1--WE were Matched ON the top of the Eiifel
Tower and lived over the Paris Exposition
OF 1889, and we saw day by day thousands
OF wingless people climb laborioualy within
reach OF our nest, which our parents could
quit or return to with half stroke OF their
pinions. All, man is a very imperfect
and unfortunate creature, but he can build
wonderful edifces."
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

ural death soon after your Inauguration as
President. II was tho impertinent inter-
mcdding Of your son in Montana politics
that assured the Democrats control OF our
constitutional convention. II was his bar
tering OF Federal Offices IN Montana. some
Of them for private gain, others for private
pioue, that will prevent the Republicans
sending member OF tho House OF Rep
resentatives and two Senators TO Washing
ton next December"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

81. LOUIS Is working mp fast mail
train 10 the Southeast, 10 es TO control
trade In that section. Memphis should
look ia the same direction for tra1c. Tho
city whose daily newspapers, chronici.ng
the condition Of the markets, fins, reach TO
the towns Of n tributary territory is the
city which secures the attention Of bust.
ness men, and their attention secured
their business naturally iollowa This Is a
lruism worth careful study on the part OF
our business mon. Have We fast mail
trains 20 tributary lcniioricsg
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27
THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
MONDAY. l,;,, MAY AZ, 1890

IT hardly admits Of n doubt that in the
course OF time the hereditary principle Of
the English House Of Lords Will be- climb
mated. Some years since, when Mr..
Iabouchcrc made motion In the House
Of Commons t. abolish II, the motion did
not receive vote, but rocentya similar
motion was defeated but by forty one
votes. Many Of the Peers now favor the
movement.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

RrssEiL HAnEisoS, the son Si the Pres.
ideni. aspircs 10 the position Of represent.
ing Montana In the United States senate.
but he is held responsible Tor the recent
Democratic victory. A Montana Rcpub
liean. diAgustcj At young lIarrison's inicr.
ference In Montana politics, has written
the President letter. In which ho says.
''Pcrrnit the 10 inform you, sir, that on IN,
ith Of last. March Montana was reliably
Republican. aud would DO reliably Re
publican siill II your son Russell hat
broken bis neck or died a respectable nat.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

"a FEniSo Of general relief" says a st.
Louis exchange, twill follow the an.
nouncomcnt that the State Legislature
has adjourned sine die" This feeling Ia
no, confined TO Missouri, indeed, II is felt
In every State whore tho Legislature Is ON
the eve Of adiourning. Il is doubtful
compliment however, but the point Is
made clearer by the exchange whom II
adds eve are quito certain that, 30 far
as the people are concerned, the most sat.
idac,ory act Of the session was It's adj.
journmcnt"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

TurRE are in round numbers 1882, 600
people engaged in industries in the United
States, subdivided as follows In agricul-
turc, 1871, 200; in professional and per
sonal service, 100000; in trade and
transportation, 1000, 900, and in manuiac.
turing and mining, 100000. Outside Of
manufacturing and mining over 5000, 600
OF people arc engaged In industries not
protected and who have 10 pay a tax for
the benefit aud protection Of the 1900, 600.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

Thomas MeDonough, aiicrWari Com,no.
dorc McDonoush, at the tmc Of the ex.
plot related below, was young Licutcn.
ant lilo was In command Of a vessel ~.
ing In the harbor OF Gibraltar, at the time
England claimed the right Of impress.
menL one day while Lieut.. McDonough
was on shore, an armed party from the
British irigalo boarded his vessel and car.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.


To the Edlior Of The Appeal
Please correct the mis.aicment which
appeared in Tnr ATRIAL this morning,
under the head almost Disaster" as
no such affair occurred on tho East End
Dummy Line" Very respectfully.
q. II. BuScH,
General Manager.
with pleasure and apologies, Mr..
Bunch. II was the Prospect Park Road.
=Ep AprrAt1
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ni,rr I.Ieurnn.-

ST LOUIS No, May y -Riycr 1873 icct and
falling Arrived. city Of naion Rouge New Or
leans.
NEw oRLEANs La. May 2G-wenthcr partly
cloudy and warm. pcpafied city OF New OrlcauA
~ Louis
NiCksBuR0. Miss. May 26.-Riycr falling.
Moathef warm aud tultfy, Passed. up ooldta
Rule. CINCINNATI City Of NicksburF. - Louis
towboat ucorgc shinaN ohio River Passed down.
nchenck, Cincinnati ~ New orleans. toxis aud
VI Caifo, ~ Louis
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

TiE reduction Of letter postage from
two 10 one cent Is again talked Of among
the posto1icc authorities n, Washington.
but POSTMASTER! General wanimakcr IL 70.
ported 10 have said that when ho took
charge Of the department, no thought the
change a desirable one, but ho has reached
the conclusion that ircqnen, aud regular
service Is moro needed than a reduction
Of rates. In reducing postage, Of course,
no desire TO make the posloilicc pay or
toli-susiaining should interfere with tho
adoption Of a popular movement Ono
cent ought 10 DO sufficient 10 take q letter
20 " Iom any part Of the United States.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

Expcctant Old Gentleman any daugh-
ter said you wished 10 see me" Mysii-
fed Youth-'Sho did7 Why, she told me
you wished to see mc."-Pack.
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THE WEATHER.
Indications.

- WASHINGTON. May 90. 1882
For Mississippi Fair westerly winds; stationary
temperature.
For Arkansas showers, preceded by inir IN East
arm norton. northerly winds; slight changes in
temperature.
For Tennessee Fair followed by local showers
westerly winds slightly warmer in eastern portion
stationary temperature in western portion.
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THE MEMPHIS APPEAL.
TO CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS

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We cannot, NJ n rule, undertake TO return articles
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OUR NEW YORK OFFICE
Eastern Office Of THE APPEAL, No. y Tribune
Building. New York. j. L Van Dorcn, Special
Eastern Agent
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METEOROLOGICAL Report.

WAR DEPARTMENT, U. s. SIGNAL SERVICE
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May d. 1882
18th Mer. Timo. Bar. Temp nun,
. u. IN sssss's''Ne'N',
; pm ....... ..s',....s. s.'s's''-V'0'i -
Maximum temperature, 7G minimum tempera'
,urc, 5S Rainfall for day. .O2. River gauge, pm,
l5A Change in twcnty.iour hours, l.6 rise
, 1889-03-17

Some remarks in the editorial col
umns of The London Electrician have
called forth a letter from Professor
Lodge on the subject of the dissipation
of tho London fogs by means of cleo
trio discharges. At the Montreal
meeting of the British association, in
1884, Professor Lodge described some
experiments in which he condensed
smoke by means Of n brush discharge
from points connected with a static
electric machine. The subject was an
interesting one and attracted consider
able attention at the time; but 1t seems
that no experiments on a large scale
have since been attempted.
A number of possible applications
have been suggested-for example, it
has been proposed TO use an electric
discharge TO dfssipate the dust particles,
in flour and other mills, which have
been the cause of several disastrous
explosions, but the efficacy Of the plan
has not been tried. In the letter re-
ferred TO, Professor Lodge states that
he has been deferred from experiment
ing chiefly on account Of The great
initial expense necessary for a trial on
n large scale-an expense which he
estimates to be in the neighborhood of
$4,000. AS to the form of experiment,
he is not sure that u battery of an
enormous number of cells would not
be the most likely plan.
SO far, the largest experiment that
Professor Lodge has made has been
the clearing of q smoke filed room,
but the results were SO encouraging
that nc does not despair of condensing
the fog in n stagnant atmosphere. The
matter is n most interesting ono. We
have an entirely new field for %electri-
cal application, with n very substantial
promise of reward for success. There
are a number of possible applications
of the process-the clearing of smoke
from tunnels, the dissipation of dust
particles in mills, and the general
abatement of the smoke nuisance that
is so unpleasant in manufacturing
towns. Science.
, 1889-03-17

One of the most interesting remains
Of English literature in the Seven
teenth century is the ANATOMY of
Melancholy, written by Robert Bur
ton, who was inferred in Christ
Church cathedral, Oxford, ON the 9th
of January, 1889. This book was his
sole production, and it passed through
eight editions up to 1875, after which
1t fell into neglect. In the next cen
fury 1t was brought into notice by DR..
Samuel Johnson's remark that it was
the only book that took him out of bed
two hours sooner than he wished to
rise. Sterne was largely indebted to
Burton, and many other authors have
been poachers on the same preserve.
The latest edition of Burton's work
was published in 1949 in an 8vo, with
notes in which the quotations were
translated, explained and referred to
the respective authors from whom
they were derived. Burton was a
mathematician and a curious calcula-
tor of nativities. He died at very near
the time which he had some years be-
fore foretold from the calculation of
his own nativity, and which being
exact, several of the university stu
dents whispered among themselves
that, rather than that there should be
a mistake in the calculation, he sent
up his soul 10 heaven through a slip
about his neck.-Philadelphia Times.
, 1889-03-17

That Mary wore false hair, and Of
many different colors, there is every
reason to believe. Elizabeth is known
10 have had a collection of eighty
wigs, and her dear cousin, with the
unusual advantages of 70 many sea
sons in Paris, is not likely TO have
been far behind her. Among the state
ments of the accounts of her personal
expenditure are numerous items of
perruques de cheveux, and Sir Francis
Knollis, writing to Burleigh of the
ever faithful Mistress Mary Seton, the
finest busker, that is to say the finest
dresser of a woman's head of hair, that
is to be seen In any country" says,
"And among the pretty devices she did
set such a curled hair upon the queen,
that WINS said to be perewyke that
showed very delicately. And every
other day she hath a new device Of
head dressing, without any cost, and
yet setting forth a woman gayle
we'll" This variety and eccentricity
OF couture naturally adds to the con-
fusion, and makes greater the difficult
ty in identifying positively any of the
portraits or descriptions Of her. His
torians say that her mother was tall
and beautiful, that her father was
dlgnlned, having a fair complexion
and light hair; and other and contem-
poraneous historians say that she in
herited most of the characteristics of
her parents, being about the ordi-
nary size, with fair complexion and
Grecian features, and a nose some
what longer than a painter would care
10 perpetuate; her face was
oval, her forehead high and fine"
Froude, In later days, pictures her as
graceful alike in person and in intel
lect, and as possessing that peculiar
beauty In which the form Is lost in
the expression, and which every paint
er has represented differently; and
Brantome, one of the ancient chron-
@lclers, summing it all up in one fine
sentence, describes her at her mar
riage to the dauphin as being more
beauteous and charming than n celes-
tial goddess"
"An angel is like you, Kate, and
you are like an angel" was q very
pretty speech for Shakespeare's Henry
V to make to the French kings daugh-
Der, but it gives us of today no better no
ton Of Katherine's beauty than do all
the composite portraits by painters
and historians of the wondrous love
illness Of the queen of Scots. -Lau-
renee Hutton in The Century.
, 1889-03-17

In appearance M. du Maurier, the
artist of London Punch, bears a strik-
ing resemblance to Alma Tadema.
This likeness has given rise to many
amusing complications. Some time
ago at a dinner party he happened to
sit next to q daughter of his host. 81
cannot understand" remarked the
young lady, 'fhow people can be so
absurd as to mistake you for Mr..
Tadema. To me the likeness is very
slight" A little later she said: ooh,
l bought your photograph the other
day. Would you mind-er-putting
your autograph to it," Mr.. Du
Mlaurier expressed his willingness and
later on In the evening the young lady
conducted him TO u writing table and
handed him the photograph for his
signature. NJ. du Maurier looked al
it, sighed, and then laid it very gently
on the table. THAT" no said, lis Mr..
Alma Tadema's portrait. Chicago
Times
, 1889-03-17
primitive Marriar, No, So ra.y.

In a recent essay on the 'Philoso-
ply of marriage" a lady remarked
that nothing could be easier and sim
pier than Marriage in primitive
society. Now one ventures TO think
that as society advances, marriage be-
comes more, Instead of less, easy and
simple. The consequences are to be
found in what Is called surplus popu-
lation.n The savage made things o
difficult. Before a young brave of
the Kurnai can even hirt he has to
submit TO having his little finger top
joint cut off, TO having his front teeth
knocked out, to being rudely shaved
with a sharp stone, to being daubed
all over with mud, and TO q number
of other horrors neither simple o
easy. The young red Indian, In some
tribes, has to serve Is a slave for a
whole year in the cabin Of his future
father-in-law. Moreover, the rules
about who might marry whom were
VIGOROUSLY so difficult and complex
that often it must hardly have been
possible to marry at all.
Consider, likewise, the tribes III
which a man may not marry unless
he can buy a wife by offering a sister
in exchange, and recollect that the
OidtT llICll htEt NbllI W bihR up I'LL
available sisters, and that sisters who
seemed ''one too many if not two"
were slain when they were babies.
Without entering into the question Of
difficulties that surrounded the bride,
it is evident enough that marriage was
not in primitive, or at least in back
ward society, such plain sailing as
Mrs. Lynn Linton appears TO believe.
To be sure it was easy enough In India,
where the Gandharva ceremony con-
sisted merely in a lady and her lover
exchanging their wreaths of flowers,
while the Minitaree rite of shooting
arrows over the heads of the happy
pair was ~picturesquely simple. But
the difficulties before they came to the
ceremony were much greater than In
civilized society, or so ono is led 10
suppose. In fact, if people had con
sciously set to work TO make marriage
difficult and unattractive they could
hardly have succeeded better. Ap-
parently the course of truo love
never did run smooth" especially
among the Zulus, whom, as we all re
member, Cetewayo kept In q state of
military celibacy.-Androw Lang in
Longman's Magazine.
, 1889-03-17

Copyrighted lSSa, by n. Y. Associated PressI
APIA, Samoa, March 2, 1889, per
steamer Zealandria, San Francisco, March
l6.-During the past month the German
authorities, both consular and naval, have
maintained a state of inactivity. This
condition of affairs dates back to the ar
rival of the steamer Walnut with dis
patches for the German consul on jar.
%, and is no doubt the result of the or
ders then received The declaration of a
state of war in the Samoan islands seems
TO have become a lead letter.
The German CONSUL has made repeated
overtures to Mataafa looking toward an
adjustment of the quarrel and a conclus-
ion OF peace, but the terms prepared al
ways embodied strong German interest
In the future administration of affairs, to
which Mataafa declares he will under no
circumstances consent. Tamasese, with
his forces now reduced by the desertion of
about 600 warriors, still occupies the large
fort at Lutuannl.
There has been no collision between the
opposing forces for a long time. On Feb.
s a small skIrmish occurred, in which one
of Tamasese's strongest supporters, a high
chief IRON Savay, was killed.
On Feb. ? the English war vessel Royal,
Capt. Hand, was relieved by the Calliope.
Capt Kane. much TO the satisfaction of
English residents and consul. Not only
English residents in Samoa, but the New
Zealand press as well. severely ccnsurc
Capt Hand for his dilatory and lukewarm
actions during the recent troubles.
In the month of September Capt Fritz
announced the American and English
consular courts were considered by him as
open for the hearing of cases despite his
proclamation of martial law. Thus. by
acknowledging the ability of these courts to
perform their civil function undisturbed,
virtually ~abrogates the necessity Tor the
establishment of martial law, and gives
rather a farcial aspect to hal arbitrary act
on the part of the German commander.
Another fact proving the Germans rec
ognize their original stand to be untena-
bile is found in the reissue OF the Samoan
Times. the English newspaper which was
suspended BY the Germal consul as n dan
gerous organ. The temperance OF the
paper was without permission, but no
comment has been made on it by the
Germal consul.
, 1889-03-17

1t LIS puzzled the heads Of II gcoi
many youngsters 10 know how the
earth turns round. A German educa-
uonal Journal, published in Frankfort,
gives the following directions for prov
ing that the earth does move"
Take a good sized bowl, ill it nearly
full OF water, and place it upon the
floor of n room which is not exposed
10 shaking or Earring from the street
Sprinkle over the surface of the water
n coating of lycopodium powder-a
white substance which is sometimes
used for the purposes of the toilet, and
which can be obtained at almost n
a~pothecary's. Then upon the surface
Of this coating make, with powdered
charcoal, a straight black line, say an
inch or two in length.
Having made this little black mark
with the charcoal powder on the sur.
face Of the contents of the bowl, lay
down upon the floor, close to the bowl,
a stick or some other straight object
so that it will be exactly parallel with
the mark. If the line happens 10 be
parallel with n crack in the floor, or
with any stationary object in the room.
this will serve as we'll. Leave the
bowl u"ndisturbed for a few hours, and
then observe the position of the black
mark with reference TO the object that
it was parallel with. 1t will be found
TO have moved about, and to have
moved from east TO wcst-that is to
say, in the direction opposite TO That
of the movement Of the earth on its
axis. The earth, in simply revolving,
has carried the water and everything
else in the bowl around with il, but
the powder has been left behind q
little. The line will always be found
to have moved from cast TO west
which proves that everything else has
moved the other way."-Court Jour
nnl
, 1889-03-17

When n man who is not In the habit
of going away from homo takes n trip
to New York from here, for instance,
he has AN idea that all of his friends
and acquaintance should know it.
About three weeks ago n young law
yer and his wife started off ON q trip
to the metropolis. Before he left he
asked a friend what hotel he should
go to. Thinking to be funny, the
cruel friend gave him tho name of
the highest priced hostelry In Gotham.
He remained there twenty-four hours
at an expense of about Fl per hour,
then he swore at his friend and sought
moro modest quarters. Tho other
day he returned to Chicago full Of the
glories Of Now York. "Hallooln he
cried TO the first familiar face he met,
grabbing the man by the hand and
shaking 1t cordially. The man looked
mildly astonished at the demonstra-
ton, Just got back from New York, )"
explained the young man. Had O
great time" Then he rushed around
town shaking hands with every n
and explaining why he did so. Not
n in q hundred knew he had been
out of town. He was surprised and
annoyed TO learn that he had not been
missed, and he began to think that he
was not such n devil of a fellow after
all. He had forgotten that Chicagois
larger than it was when smaller than
1t Is. -Chicago Herald.
, 1889-03-17
Canary and Mirror.

A lady cites the following pretty in
cident Of the pleasure her canary
derived from seeing his reflection in a
bit of looking glass:
Some time ago | purchased q canary
at a bird store. The little creature was
thus accustomed to companionship of
Its kind At my home It was alone.
Tho pretty little songster was evil
IDENTIFY hoihesick. It would not sing,
1t would not eat, but Just dropped and
pinned. l talked to It, chirped to it,
and tried my best to cheer birdie up in
vain.
l was on the point of returning the
canary to the bird store, when a friend
said, Give him a piece Of looking
glass" / did SO. / put a piece OF
broken mirror as large as my two
hands outside the birds cage. and fas-
tened it there.
He hoped down from his perch
almost Immediately, and going up
close looked in, seeming delighted.
He chirped and hoped about, singing
and putting on all the pretty airs he
was master of.
He was not homesick at all after
that. He spends much of his time
before the glass, and when he goes to
sleep at night he will cuddle down as
close to the glass as he can very
likely thinking he is getting near to
that pretty bird he sees In the mirror.
/ often let him out into the room
where he can have more liberty. If l
put that bit Of glass anywhere in the
room he will find it, and spend most
of his time before it, and he sings his
sweetest songs to his own beautiful
rehection.-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-03-17
Tho Thert Of photographs.

There is a custom that prevails in
local circles among even conscientious
people TINT causes o greal deal of
trouble and Inconvenience, besides
oftentimes being the means OF the SOW
ering of friendships, and that is the
habit of stealing photographs from
albums. You cannot imagine how
often the thing Is done among the
people Of good social status. One lady
will call on another, and, while await
ing her In a drawing room, will pick
up an album or photograph case and,
seeing any picture she wishes, without
desiring TO manifest interest sufficient
to ask the owner for it, will deliberate
ly slip tin her pocket 1t never occurs
TO her that this Photographic theft is
self: "Oh, it's only a picture; what's
The differencef'-Chicsgo News.