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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-28

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
PISE BLUFF, Ark. Feb. 27.-Robcrt
Watkins arrived here today at his home,
under bond TO rcappear tomorrow at Lit
tie Rock. lie was warmly greeted by his
friends, who believe him incapable Of as
sassination.
The father and broiher-in-law Of Wat
kins assure your correspondent that no
has no motive 10 Tic 10 them, aud that no
will be able clearly to show an alibi at tho
time Of the ballot-box steal as well rs tho
assassination OF Col. Clayton.
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club was present and, when they were
seated a. the table, burst OF admiration
broke from all. The entertainment took
the form OF violet luncheon and the
happy conceit was beautifully carried out.
A cloth of violet silk covered the entire
table, which contained in the center a
great bank OF fragrant violets, while huge
bowls OF the same fragrant flowers were at
either end. The luncheon was served in
handsome sevres plates Of violet hue, and
candied vioets were beside each plate.
The clever idea of the charming hostess
was thoroughly enjoyed by the guests, who
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-28
COMPULSORY STREET sPRNKLINo.
How a Sum Too TrihlnR TO Mention WIN
Bring fnnumernblo Comforts.

How sum 100 TIMING 20 Mention VIII
Bring Innumerablo Comforts.
"what has become Of the agitation for
regular tax levy for street sprinkling pur-
poscs7" was inquired Of an ArrrAL re-
porter yesterday. lie gave Il up, where.
upon the inquirer continued: 81 was talk
ing With a gentleman from 81 Louis ycster.
day, aud the conversation turned upon
the city. ! calculated ON hearing some.
thing very Aattering, but the visitor
merely said. Il believe you have
very pretty city here, but hang me "
1 can see enough OF Il TO speak by the
cards, on account OF the dust Then tho
same gentleman told me something Of
how street sprinkling In st. Louis used 10
be- and h now. Before ID was made con-
pusory his tax amounted 10 sl1GO per
YEAR aiicrward II was brought down 10
$3.50. The same can be done here, and
how relieving Il will be- for everybody,
citizens aud visitors, especially during the
spring, summer aud fall months"
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ARKANsAs TARMnRs.
The Agricultural Association WIN Meet
at Little Rock Today.

nc Little Rock Today.
Special Dispatch 70 The Appeal
LrrrLE Rock, Ark, Feb. 27.-Thc Ar
kansas Agricultural Association will meet
in annual session here tomorrow, In
response 10 a call by tho president,
Col Zeb Ward, Of Little Rock. The
purpose OF the meeting is 10 advance
the interests Of the farming Glasses.
and at this time when the Legislature
IA in session good results are expected TO
follow. Progressive farmers from every
section Of the state are expected 20 be-
present, many having already arrived 10
attend the session. President Ward re-
cciycd kilograms today from Is. III. II.
Clark and $. w. Fordycc stating that they
would also be In attendance ut the meeting.
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WATKINS CASE.

It is Thought That Ho VIII DO Able to
Prove an Abb.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Feb. 27.-Uniled
States Commissioner Waters this morning
held Robert Watkins, the alleged Plum.
merville ballot.box thief, in 5000 bonds
TO appear at the rehearing Of his case on
Thurilay. Additional witnesses for both
sides have been summoned. Watkins ar.
rived at his home in Pine Bluff this noon,
and his friends say there is no doubt but
that he can prove an alibi.
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Mn lrr MrmwEuru, formerly Of Mem
phis, b prominently mentioned Tor the
Commissioncrhip Of Labor In Missouri.
As Mr. Mcrwc,hcr has q record Of re-.
markablc Successes In everything he has
undertaken, GOV. Francis could not do
better than appoint him.
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A FATAL WRECK.
SIX People Killed Outright and Twenty.
Four Wounded

Four Wounded.
ST. GEouoE, Feb. 27.-The st. Louis
express was wrecked here this even.
ing by going through n bridge.
The following Is list Of tho
killed: George Taggett, Of Mitchell;
William Wcmp, Of London; DE-. Swan and
A. W. Francis, Of Woodstock; Mr.. Me-
Lean, Of the firm Of Mclean & Bcccher,
Detroit, Mich; Mr.. Rains, Of Hamilton,
aud Capt Moore, Of Buntiord, both Of
the Salvation ARMY Mr. Peers, Of Wood.
stock. Twcnty-four persons were wounded.
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OBITUARY.


special Dispatch 10 Tho Appeal
Bolivar, Tenn, Feb. 27.-Tho Hon.
Jesse Normont died here this morning Of
typhoid fever iIc had been twice the
Representative Of this county In the Lcgis.
1ufuFn
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great deal less about the wishes OF the
protected manufacturer. The farmer is
coming into his own, and the country is
much safer on that account.
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MIS- j. =. kOulusou.
All parties and social gatherings are en-
ioyable. some are more thoroughly and
genuinely so than others; one OF the latter
was given on Tuesday night last at the
home-like and attractive residence OF Mr..
Cliff Page, No. 40j Court street extended.
The party was one OF progressive hearts,
and was given especially complimentary
to Miss Mary Randolph, Of Montgomery,
Ala, one of the most winsome lasses OF all
the fair ones Alabama has contributed 10
the society Of Memphis. All the prepara-
tons were unique and most carefully and
deliberately carried out. Mrs. Page and
her two daughters, Misses Kate Porter
and Belle Page, were earnest and indie
fatigable in making this one OF the very
merrest social gatherings OF happy hearts
during the present season. The supper
was simply perfect in all the daintness Of
its details. Those who were privileged 10
participate in this progression OF hearts
will ever remember with little thrills Il
palpitating pleasure the evening so spent
ut Mr.. Pages home. The first prizes were
won by Miss Randolph and X. h. Rich
ards. BOBBY prizes by Miss Mddge boy o
and u. 4. Harris, who tied with f. W..
Scruggs, and was successful in winning it
in the draw. Those present were:
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STRAINED TO ENORMITY.
THAT OBNOXIOUS FEATURE or
SPEAKER CLAPP'S BILL" =

The Real Language of the Section Deal
lug With Contracts by Advertisement
and Blddlng-It is Utterly Harm
less
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TIA Rev Dr. Sonncschcin. Of 81. louis,
one Of the oblc,i Of Jewish diyincs. aud a
speaker aud controyonialist Of national
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Mr.. Walter White, OF Memphis, travel
ing salesman for Orgill Bros, will be- mar
red tonight to Miss Maggie Macrae at 8
o'clock atthe Second Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. White entertained a number Of friends
at his rooms at the Peabody Hotel last
nf.sbt
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The marriage Of Miss 0ttie z. Doan TO
Mr.. +. W. Hardenslein will take place at
the Central Methodist Church at o'clock
this afternoon.
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no CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

OUR NEw YORK OFFICE
Eastern Office Of THE APPEAL No y Tribune
Building New York. J. D. Van Dorcn, Special
Eastern Agent
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Special guests were:
Mrs s I. Carnes, Mrs. A. Gordon Jones,
Mrs ]. S. lloblnsOn.
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THE WEATHER.
Indications.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
4 For Mississippi, Louisiana aud Arkan-
|oSS sas Rain; cooler eastcrly winds.
- For Tennessee and Kentucky; Rain;
eAflN siatlonAry tempemiure. variable winds.
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Maximum temperature Go minimum temper.
allure. $40.
River r'ading at s p. m, 2N2 change IN "a hours
rise as Rainfall for the past . hours 0.O2
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I,oca, meteorological Rcport.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb. ~, 1889.
Memphis War Department signal Service Reportl
- Mer Time. Har Icmp. Hum.
y N nm N ~ 40 gL0
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
1.-THE Last Ditch"

Retreating from the outposts of old
time argument, based on the inherent
inferiority of women, our opponents
now entrench themselves in 1.-The knock
down argument" as may justly call
it, viz: They that will not fight,
neither shall they vote" But if ever
there was last ditch, this is the one,
for when in all history did any contro-
versy divide any people along sex lines?
When Eve started a rebellion, Adam
Immediately joined it; when Ananias
falsified the returns, Sapphira followed
him; Deborah had her Barak, and St
Paul his Phebe; mon and women have
paired off, in every great movement
since the world began, and always will.
BY the laws of nature and of
Goa, there can never be was. between
the sexes, save now and then, in the re-
tirement of the family circle, a war of
words.-Frances E. Wiliard.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
An Impartial View.

1.-THE great point in regard to suf-
frage. so far as women are concerned,
is this: Suffrage is the recognition which
the State accords to manhood. Woman
hood does not exist for it, and presum-
ably, therefore, has no value. The vul-
gar and ignorant look upon it in this
way, and treat women accordingly.
The State ought to recognize those upon
whom it imposes taxes and burdens in
some other way than as punishable
creatures. If women are not allowed
to exist as citizens they ought not to be
taxed as citizens, and they should be as
free of punishment as they are declared
to be of responsibility. l like to be
governed myself by some one who UNI
derstands it, and l do not want any
part in it because I do not think l un-
derstand it. But if it is to be free
game in which everybody takes hand
"a dinner for which every one cooks
his own pOtatO-women should not be
left out, and can not be left out without
being heavily handicapped in the strug-
gle for that existence for which, once
imposed, must be maintained; and it is
not creditable to the great modern Re-
public to cast such a slur upon the wo-
men who helped to found it, or lower
them in the eyes of the brutal and igno-
rant to whom it opens its arms. "-Jen-
ME June.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
How to Cook Dried Fruit.

If you will consider that dried fruit
is fresh fruit, with the water dried out
of it and more or less dirt gathered
upon its surface, two things will occur
to you to do to make it become some
thing like fresh fruit First wash it
thoroughly. using if necessary several
changes of water, but be sure to get
the fruit clean. Then put it to soak
in clean water, completely covering the
fruit, and an inch of depth above it
Soak at least twelve hours and if the
fruit does not plump out very full.
keep it in until it will swell no moro.
Don't change the water in soaking,
and cook in the water the fruit was
soaked in. Boil gently for twenty
minutes, then set on back of stove to
simmer until the fruit is done and ten
der. using sugar in cooking according
to taste. Mixed apricots. peaches and
prunes, with few tart plums to lend
spiciness, make delicious dish.-Good
Housekeeping.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
UNCLE SANS wHlTE.wAsH

The Mixture Used to Shine Cp the light.
Houses ON the Coast
Excursionists who travel along the
sea-ccast in summer are often attract
cd by the remarkable wilderness of the
lighthouses. beacons and keepers
dwellings. and they wonder how these
guides to the mariner are kept in such
shining condition during the winter
as we'll as summer. The material
used is simply white-wash, and here is
the United States Government formula
for mixing a white-wash that when
properly made and applied gives q
white that does not easily wash or rub
off:
ITO ten parts of freshly-slacked lime
add one part of the best hydraulic CO.
ment. Mix well with salt water and
apply quite thin"
Sylvester's process for excluding
moisture from external walls consists
in using two washes or solutions for
covering the surface of brick walls,
one composed of soap and water
and one of alum and water. The
proportions are three-quarters of q
pound of soap to one gallon of water
and half pound of alum to four gall
Ions of water. Both substances must
be perfectly dissolved in water before
using. The walls should be perfectly
clean and dry. and the temperature Of
the air should not be below fifty de-
grees Fahrenheit when the compost
tions are applied. The first, or soap
wash, should be laid on when at boil
ing heat with fat brush, taking
care not to form froth on the brick
work. This wash should remain
twenty -four hours. so as to become
dry and hard before the second, or
alum wash, is applied, which should
be done in the same manner as the
first.
The temperature of this wash when
applied may be sixty degrees or seven
ty degrees, and it should also remain
twenty-four hours before a second coat
of the soap-wash is put on, and these
coats are to be repeated alternately
until the walls are made impervious
to water. The alum and soap thus
combined form an insoluble COM
pound, filling the pores of the mason.
ry, and entirely preventing the water
from penetrating the walls. Four
coatings will render bricks impene-
trable.-M Y Sun.
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against nature, but in accordance with
it, that she should have her share OF
power to settle and control questions
and interests in which she is 30 deeply
involved. Wendell Phillips asked:
docs our sense of natural justice die
tate that the being who is to suffer un-
der laws shall first personally assent to
them; that the being whose industry
government is to burden shall have 4
voice in fixing the character and
amount of that burden? Then. while
woman is admitted to the gallows, the
Jail, and the tax list, We have no right
to debar her from the ballot-bOx. -
Lucy Stone, in Christian Union.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
FERTILiZING TESTS.

The valuc of Ashes for Onions, Potatoes
and Other Vegetables.
Under certain conditions ashes ara
very valuable as garden manure, but
some discrimination must be made in
their application. My experience with
them is that they should be applied and
well worked in the soil before planting
the seed. Last year I tested them in
the hill with potatoes. l planted two
rows MANFRED with a liberal guam
tity of ashes, another with lime and
another with well rotted poultry
manure. All were applied in the
hill. The potatoes in the rows
where ashes were applied were
scabby-more so than l would like
the rest were entirely free, nice and
clean. In previous trials where the
ashes were scattered broadcast over
the land and thoroughly worked into
the soil they proved very beneficial,
without injuring the potatoes. as when
applied in the hills. Last year l plant
ed my satisfy in place where large
brush pile had been burned, leaving
heavy coat of ashes all over the hill.
which was afterwards we'll plowed and
narrowed and laid off in drills, in
which the seed was sOwn. l never had
a finer crop. The roots were large,
nice and smooth. The soil was new
black loan. Scarcely weed made ito
appearance, while the year before the
weeds were very troublesome, and as
the land had never been in cultivation
they were allowed to mature their
seed. A good top dressing of unleached
ashes is especially valuable for onions,
if not applied too thick; but to some
tender vegetables they do more harm
than good when used as top dressing.
They are especially good for loosening
a stiff soil. on which their effect will
be apparent for a long time, and in
the orchard l do not know of any
thing more valuable. The saving of
ashes will pay manifold. even at the
expense of building place for the
purpose of storing them. But to OBJ
tain the most profitable results they
should be thoroughly worked into the
soil, especially in the garden, and
should not be applied directly to root
crops. Finally. their effects are more
apparent on stiff. clayey or hard-pan
soil than on a black, sandy loam.-
Boston Globe.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Anti-Sunday Travelling Union
has existed in this country for about
touF years, and it has now about 1000
enrolled members.
-Many man might make better
Christian of himself if he would con-
slider the church as composed of MEM
bership OF which he is a sample.
- church in Pekin. China, sends a
contribution to the Presbyterian Board
OF Church Erection for the building of
churches on the western coast of our
own land.
-Twenty-eight thousand of the ST.
900 new members added to the New
York Baptist churches in the past
eight years came from the Sunday
schools
The 'union'' formed among the
evangelical" population of Holland
for the establishment of what are
known as Bible schools has now AL
such schools, with 1900 scholars,
representing a capital of 81. 900, 900.
Before Christianity entered India
lepers were treated with shocking in
humanity. Many of them were buried
alive. The English rulers have put a
stop to this custom. and for fourteen
years there has been a special Chris
tian mission to the 1S5, 900 lepers in
India.
The money given by the women
of the Presbyterian church in the
United States during the past sixteen
years amounts to 81, 15O, 900, repre-
senting the entire support of more
than 200 women missionaries, 200 ma
tive Bible readers and more than 15O
schools.
The Old Testament Student says
Franz Delitzsch's Hebrew translation
of the New Testament is having q
wonderful circulation among the
Jews. In less than ten years over
60, 1000 copies have been sold, mainly
among the Jews of Austria and South
Russia. The emigrant missionaries in
Liverpool and New York have found
readers among the emigrating Jews
for hundreds of copies.
Eight text books have been pub
lished by the State of California fol-
use in her public schools. and it is de-
signed in few years to supplant all
the books published by private con-
Germs. The best talent among the
local educators is employed in writing
these books and there are no middle
men. The State grammar is sold for
so cents, reduction of % cents on the
grammars formerly in use. The price
of the general history is so cents. in.
stead of 81. % under the old system.
The other books are proportionately re-
duced. A small per cent. of the money
received for these books is invested in
a sinking fund and it is estimated that
in twelve years the publication de-
partment will have paid for its plant
and will then be se!f-supporting. The
books thus far issued are highly
spoken of by most of the teachers.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
SERMONS IN CANDLES.
The Experiment Made by Mr.. Spurgeo
NOt Very Long Ago.

The Experiment Made by Mr.. Spurgeol
Not Very Long Ago.
Mr.. Sturgeon had occasion, SOM
time ago, to speak to a company o
theological students on the impor
lance of using illustrations in theil
preaching. A student observed tina
they found difficulty in getting illus
trations, whereupon Mr.. Sturgeon re
marked, in his bluff way. that illustra
tons enough might be found in tai
low candle. This was regarded as al
extravaganza of speech, whereupOr
the great preacher prepared lecture
to show what might be illustrated by
candles. In delivering his lecture he
used candles of various sizes and
colors, together with lanterns and
other suitable apparatus. Some OF
his points were characteristically
witty and keen. A nicely japanneG
but shut up box, filed with fine un.
used candles, illustrated an idle and
spiritless church. Several colossal
and highly colored but unlit candles
were shown, and with them a tiny
rush-light shining as best it could.
The big, handsome. unlit candles
might be Archbishops or doctors OF
divinity, or other persons OF culture
without piety, and the bright rush.
light might be some poor boy in a
Workshop whose life is beautiful.
MIR. Sturgeon showed an unlighted
candle in a splendid silver candlestick.
and then brightly burning one
stuck in a ginger-beer bottle. He
showed what a few people might do
by combining their good efforts by ex-
hibiting the combined light of twelve
candles. The folly of trying to light
a candle with the extinguisher still on
vas shown, and the dark lantern illus
trated the case of the people who make
no effort to let their light shine before
men. The lecturer then placed a candle
under a bushel and afterward placed the
bushel measure under the candle
the point of which was obvious. In
snuf1ing q candle he extinguished it
and remarked that Christians often did
q like mischief by unwise rebukes and
criticisms. The folly OF burning the
candle at both ends was illustrated.
The last illustration was number OF
lighted candles of various hues placed
together on one stand, representing
the Church's true diversity in unity,
all the different branches burning from
one stem and for one purpose, Some
one in the audience asked if the "dips"
did not give toe best light, whereupon
Mr.. Sturgeon said he was not sure OF
that and thought many ofthe dips
would be the better for another dip
ping. The lecture was received with
great amusement and showed Mr..
Spurgeon at his best. but It still re-
mains true that only the man OF genius
can find illustrations in common things
sermons in stones or in candles
Tho preachers are few who can WORK
The mines Of natural analogies.-HGTs.
ford C0xrask
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-03
WOMEN WHO WORK.

MDLLE JEANNE CHARwIN has passed
with the highest honors in the School
of Law, in Paris.
Miss MARY L. MORELAND has been
called to preach regularly in the NJ. E.
church, Eldena, Lee County. Ill.
Lucy STONE, whose advocacy of "wo-
mans rights" used to make the public
press and the lecture platform lively,
has just celebrated her SEVENTEEN
birthday, and is enjoying a hale old
age.
Mrs. GENERAL HANNAH, of Calvert.
Tex, is the lady to whom the women
of that State are indebted, more than
to any other. for the passage OF bill
by the Legislature appropriating $780,
600 to build reformatory for women.
MARTHA ELLEN HoLAHAN is station
agent and telegraph operator at Mill
vile. Mimi, village of two hundred
inhabitants on the narrow gauge divis-
ion of the st. Panl railroad. She is
twenty-seven years old. and manages
between trains to write enough good
poetry to win herself quite a rcputa-
ton.
Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. and
her daughter, Margaret Stanton Law
renee, of Omaha, recently visited Chi
cago. ILL.,, and Lafayette. Ind. At the
latter city parlor suffrage meeting
was held. at which one hundred gentle
men of prominence in that place were
present. and of these only one was OPP
posed to woman suffrage.
DIR. CAROLINE Z. HASTINGS. who has
been elected member of the Boston
school board, is practicing physician.
She was born in Barre, is a graduate of
the old Boston College, and for a num-
Der of years was professor in the
Boston University Medical School.
Previous to assuming the practice of
medicine as a profession, Miss Hastings
taught school in several towns in the
States.
Miss ANNIE ROMBERGER. of Philadel-
phia, is believed to be the first woman
dentist in America She entered the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur
gerry more than fifteen years ago, COM
pleted the course in spite of some OPP
position from students and faculty. and
graduated third in her class. For
twelve years she has been building up
her practice, which is now said to give
her an income of $1,000 a year.
Mrs. MARY E. WILBUR, the founder
of Wesleyan College. is one of Cincin-
MATHS old pioneers. She was one of the
first women to speak in public in the
West. She lectured in Pixies Opera
house. was introduced by Chief-Justice
Mclean. and was received with euthu-
siasm. 1t was just after Jenny Lind's
first appearance in Cincinnati. and
Mrs. Wilbur prefaced her remarks
with the argument that there vas NO
more harm in woman speaking be-
fore az audience than in singing TO
ona