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Year: 1873

der her flowing robes. and that, when her
head had fallen, the poor creature, in the
agony Of its grief, lay dowa precisely in
the severed place Of the neck. Is il
imaginable how the sympathy Of dumb
mourner could be more forcibly ex.
pressed2 Another story OF lighter
sort was recently published in the enter
tanning pages of Animal World" and
illustrates the same sentiment in less
tragic way. Ed


A lady was seriously i'll and confined
10 her bedroom, TO which her fayorite
dog was rarely granted entrance. The
servants Of the lady daily made beef tea
for her, and threw the meat, after the
juice had been extracted, to the dog
Apparently the brute came to the con-
clusion that his dear mistress was being
starved, or at all events, that his piece
OF meat would do her good. Waiting a
favorable opportunity, in the evening be
stole into her room with the beef in his
mouth, and when she awoke she found it
deposited as an offering of affection on
her pillow


Strangest and most suggestive of all
the anecdotes recorded Of dogs are the
numerous histories Of their drowning
themselves under conditions which al
most compel us to class the act as vol
untary and conscious suicide. Not long
ago many newspapers copied mournful
stery of a poor dog who was cruelty dis
carded in his old age by his master, and
after Intellectual efforts to find shelter in
another house, was seen deliberately to
stand gazing at the rushing waters Of
the Loire, then painfully lift himself on
his crippled limbs and leap into the
stream. The spectator held out a stick
to save him, but the beast gave him a
look of despair turned away his head,
and foated down without an effort to
save himself Similar incidents are to
be found in Jesses Anecdotes Of Dogs"
where we are told of the suicide of
handsome and valuable Newfoundland
dog belonging to Mr. Floyd, solicitor
at Holmfrth. The animal showed low
spirits for some days, and then was seen
to throw himself into the water, where he
endeavored to sink by keeping his legs
perfectly STILL Being dragged out, he
returned time after time to the river, till |
at last he succeeded in keeping his head
under water long enough to extinguish
life
Year: 1873

To clean kid gloves, first see that your
hands are clean; then put on your
gloves and wash them, as though you
were washing your hands, in basin of
spirits of turpentine., This method was
used in Paris, to the great profit of
many persons. The gloves should be
hung in the air, or some warm place, to
carry away the smell of the turpentine.


To raise the pile of velvet when
pressed down, cover hot smoothing
iron with a wet cloth and hold the velvet
firmly over it; the vapor from the cloth
passing through the velvet will raise the
pile, with the assistance Of light whisk,


In order to tell when vinegar has sui
phuric acid in it, mince the pickles with
glass or ivory knife and then pour
over them little weak ammonia. If a
blue color be produced, it is certain they
contain sulphuric acid. The above is
simple and certain test.


To remove INK or fruit stains from the
fingers, take cream OF tar tar, half an
ounce; powdered salt of sorrel, half an
ounce; mix. This is what is sold for
salts Of lemon.


The best method to make old silk look
like new, and one that is employed by
millions, is to sponge over the outside
with strong. cold black tea. The silk
should afterward be ironed on the out
side.


Honey and eastor-oil mixed are excOl-
lent for asthma. A teasponful may be
taken night and morning with great
benefit.


Rancid lard may be purified by trying
it over with little water adding few
sliced raw potatoes. The potatoes seem
70 remove the bad taste from the lard.


The white Of eggs with lime makes
good cement for broken china.
Year: 1873

What curious oaeuses get into court.
In London, recently. Mrs. Matilda
Heron was charged with assaulting her
husband. 1t appears that the wife went
to a party, and when she returned home
she found the horrid male creature
had retired to the nuptisl couch, and
wrapped himself up in the bed clothes so
thoroughly that there was not any left
for her. The insulted wife could not
stand this, and, as she expressed it, he
lay in the middle Of The bed. with the
clothes rolled so snugly round him that
l felt wild" This feeling Of wildness
induced her to violently lay claim to
her share Of the bed clothes, whereupon
he, aroused from his sweet slumbers,
struck her. She retaliated by making
an assault upon the vulnerable parts Of
his body with fire shovel The judge,
wretch that he was, decided in favor Of
his fellowman. SO now We presume il
is settled BY law that husband can
have all the bed clothes if he wants
them. nf
Year: 1873

in the advertising columns of the


Gazette of this early period had no,
our account already become too 70.
lumious for the general reader.


What We have written may perhaps
serve as food for the rejecting and
philosophic mind, intent upon not.
ing the curious and almost marvel
GUS changes that have been wrought
u the moral, social and political
condition Of the south within q very
few years. The war between the
states mot only set the bondsmen
free, but like the grave, levellcd all
mankind within their borders to
an equality and it is not impossi-
Bile but that Black Solomon and
Bill may have since taken their
seats not only upon the same juries
with their late masters, but may
hereafter aid in making the laws
that are to govern their old mas
tcrs and their children.
Year: 1873

Poetry is the interpreter of the
soul, and translates all thought into
ono language. While we eat tho
fruits of Autumn, it reminds US of
the blossoms of Spring and while
we inhale the odorous breath of
May, it foretells the frost OF Decem-
ber. 1t makes the marble of the
sculptor breathe, the canvass Of the
painter speak, and the anvil of tho
artisan ring a chime. 1t is the
handmaid ofreligion; the rose In the
wreath of the bride, and the chaplet
of the dead the mirth and music
of the marriage, and the awe and
silence of the burial. 1t is the voice
of peace, tho song of love,
and the sigh of sorrow. 1t
sparkles in the smile Of
hope, and glittcrs in the tear of rc-
gret. 1t is seen in the down-cast
eyes of modesty, or in the ingenu-
Gus expression Of manhood. IL is
heard in the song ola robin, seen
in the shape of a dove, or felt in
the down of a swan. 1t is the truly
beautiful, and the beautiful truth.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Platt thinks that the fruit distillaton OF the
country should be entirely relieved from taxation,
as the amount of revenue derived from this source
is not sufficient to compensate for the annoyance,
trouble and Generalization caused by the imposi-
ton and collection of the tax. Should increased
taxation become necessary, he is in favor OF in
creasng the tariff rates articles Of import where


il can be done without making the rates pTobbtory.
Year: 1873

iTUE BANKING AND CURRENCY COMhll LIE
ALL THE FINANCIAL MEASURES REFERRED TO TIE


COMMITTEE, TO BE CONSIDERED. AND THEIR


BEST FEATURES EMBODIED IN ONE BILL-ihE


QUESTION OF PROHIBITING BANKS FROM PAYING


INTEREST on DEPOSITS.


lBY TELEGRAPH 70 TUE TRIBUsRl


WAsIuNGToN Dec l5.-The Committee ON Banking
and Currency decided to-day not to report separately
upon any of the numerous financial measures re-
ferred to them, but to consider them all carefully,
and embody such features as they may indorse III
one general bill The question Of the expedlencl OF
passing law prohibiting the banks from paying
interest on call deposits discussed. MI Farwei
took decided ground against such legislation,
arpuing that the Government ought to go no
further than to secure the currency Of the
hanks. and that To attempt TO dictate TO them
the method of managing their affairs was an I'M
warrantable interference with private business.
Mr.. Phelps to whom bill had been referred on tins
subject. said he should be clearly Of the opinion
that the proposed legislation unjustiiabie. were
IL not for tine word National" in the name OF she
banks which led people to believe that they were
under the control of the General Government to a
much greater extent than was in reality true MI
Farwel thought the word National" ought to be
abandoned and the banks left perfectly free to
manage their business, except so far as furnishing
security for their circulation was concerned.


A resolution was agreed TO-, calling upon the Con-
troer of the Currency for statement a. to the al
fairs of the suspended First National Bank of ash
ington Mr. Kelley came in and requested the Com
mittee to give up his Intro oConvertibiiy Greenback
and Bond bill in order that it might he referred to
the Ways and Means Committee, where he claimed,
il belonged. This the Committee declined TO do on
the ground that it was a currency bill.
Year: 1873

Went Tor lt there ana tnen.


He set about to captiyate the blooming and
upsophisticated heiress, whose fortune the
rumor ran, consisted in lots tenements, and
hcredtaments in the city, with paying stocks
pud hard cash in proportion. He talked freely
with the ladys aunt, and spoke often Of his
capital and the admirable use he had made OF
il. He wooed the young maiden, and being
gentleman of taste and fashion and fine clothes:
he won her. The marriage day was set, but
before its arrival the young man called unex-
pcctedly at certain other emporium IN the
civ where ladies' dresses and ladies' under
wear were made, and lo he found his young
heiress in draggled dress of faded sea-green
sitting at a sewing machine, very laboriously
manipulating some frills with the identical hand
he had kissed In bis moments Of amorous and
moonlight devotion An eagle basking in the
sunlight could not be more surprised at a blow
from thunderbolt; pimble squirrel of the
forest uibbIiug the shell from nut, suddenly
struck iu the head by a rife ball, could not
have been more shocked. The young lady
raised her head saw the young capitalist gazing
in bewilderment upon her, and fingered only
long enough to upset the chair IN which she was
sitting, turn over one sewing machine and leap
over another, and, as a servant gill departs
when she lights on lot of substance which she
thlUES Will suit the constitution OF ner ageu
parents so the young heress left through the
door that opened in the rear Of the building In
which she labored for seventy-6ve cents per
day.


The moral of this story is SO plain that no one
can escape it. All is not gold that glitters.-
Young man, beware of the fortunes which are
picked up like blackberries at the Springs. Set
not your hearts on those Aeeeting treasures Of
earth, which pass away so soon, and are no
more Princes and poets baue been deceived
and the very elect are not infallible in their
Judgment about the value Of those midsummer
fortunes The Prince of Wales was astouDdcd
when he heard the expression of his fance,
II III so glad I'm going to be married because
then shall have some new gowns, and Lady
Wortey Montague instead of going to her
lover with a full purse and an elaborate ward
robe, wrote to him at the last hour, 81 shall
have tc go to your arms in my night gown; my
father says not shilling"


And young ladies, beware of the gay and
lasbiug capitalist you find at such resorts.
Ten to one his entire fortune is carried on bis
back At the Springs he talks Of investments,
of stocks aud dividends. When be gets you
he will talk of gums, gals, groceries, gin
ger, gin, aud will tell how hard it is to sup
port family on one thousand year-that
you had better take the dressmaker's bill to
your father with tears in your eyes.
Year: 1873

NJ LIZ w


Sealed proposals will be received until AU-
GUST 23d for DIGGING A WE'LL in the coal
cellar of the New Market Building-ssid we'll to
be feet diameter in the clear Of sufficient depth
for thorough drainage, and to be hricked up 1t
will also be covered over with inch all heart
Georgia pine or locust, secured to frame 4x6,
all heart The contractor will be required TO re-
move the dirt and leave the premises and street
free from Instructions, and be liable for all dam
age to the building and pavemcnt-thc sand dug
out Of the we'll to be the property of the city, but
must be removed to the street by contractor and
piled separately from the dirt. Bids must be
for per foot in depth. Right to reject reserved
hv the committee. JOS. HOPKINS,


aug l6-5t Chairman Com. ON Pub. Prop.
Year: 1873

language and profanity. This son and this mother
lived In continual fear and terror OF those threats
anu In daily apprehension OF their fuhlment.
Gentlemen OF the jury, look upon the prisoner
and you win see in him one whose young
lie has been oppressed, and whose youthful hopes
have been blghted in the very bud. Instead OF
youth animated with the aspirations natural to
ms age, looking forward to q career OF honorable
distinction worthy OF the two races from which he
springs he presents before you moody silent
and distracted look, bearing and demeanor, which
not all the love ana fond devotion OF mother has
ever changed. There was no malice In his heart
against his iather-no revengefu feelings to satisfy
beyond such as were aroused by the wrongs in
nicted on his mother. 1t was charged that he
came 10 TINS city premeditatng the act which he
perpetrateo Gentlemen, this is not so. He
came here with some sort OF hope
that he could have induced his rather 10
cease his persecution OF his mother, while he
with his uncle would have made trip to Europe.
he nad known enough of the fathers prosecutions
Oh MS mother to feel that he ought not to leave her
unprotected and without assurance OF exemption
from insult and wrong To secure that object he
came to the city, and. gentlemen you know the
result. When We present our side OF the case you
VIII conclude that the act which has brought this
youthful prisoner to the bar OF this Court the
prompting OF sons affection for q neglected and
wrOngcd mother.


Mr.. Beach concluded q very eloquent speech.
which visibly affected not only the prisoner and
his relatives near him, but the crowded audience
VINO sat out the case during a long session to the
adjournment of the Court.


Inc case VIII be resumed this morning.
Year: 1873

OF all MANHOOD ana truth, cruel parent and q
false husband, who violated all the sanctities OF
domestic life, who forgot or ignored all the propre
ties OF home and family who diSregarded every
obligation to those who should have looked to him
for kind and paternal care. You can imagine the
natural result or such treatment OF parent
towards his family. verify believe that II he had
himself carried into execution any OF the murder
GUS threats with which his letters were filed and
put upon his trial for homicide there is not
court or jury In the land that would not have pro-
nounced him mad. You could only say that he was
q very devil in himself and sent by the arch 1end
to persecute his wife and children.


Mr.. Beach intmated that he would give a his
tory OF some Of the more prominent and rcpulslve
instances IN the life OF the deceased, and had just
reverted to an alleged intrusion upon the seminary
OF young ladies in Saratoga, when


Mr. Phelps interrupted and appealed to the Court


Judge DAVIS held that the objection OF the Dis
trict Attorney was well taken, and further refer.
ence to the objectiona line OF argument was pro-


Mr.. Beach, continuing, said From the time Of
MS father's death he rarely lived with MS family.
In 1870 Mrs. Walworth came to New York. and for
her mother and his stepmother had life interest.
What she suffered during that time no tongue can
tell. The vile OF the son OF the great Chancellor
might well be proud-culttvated and accomplished,
nurtured In comfort and comparative luxury
that wife and mother, neglected and forsaken, was
sit In her lone and desolate home without nasural
tlemen, to SNOW you the sort OF life this
OF the natural effect which such family associations
would have upon the mind Of young and impress
sive boy. During these events he was q mere
fathers neglect aud husbands III treatment; ana
as he became older and as he stands before you
to-day he constituted himself the protector Of his
all these years letters were continually addressed
to the family by the deceased fraught with the
most malignant threats and breathing the ioulest
Year: 1873

q A MAN in Cincinnati on Friday fell
across circular saw, which took of
his left arm and heel and cut his heart
half In two He extricated himself,


ran fifty yards and fell dead. .h"i"is (
Year: 1873




In another column viii be found Al
advertisement addressed to the people
inviting them to meet tonight in mass
meeting to ratify the action of the
meeting of Monday night; also to nom
mate candidates for wharfmaster and
city tax-eollector, and appoint a
COMMITTEES to conduct the canvass.
This we think is good move, and We
trust the people thinking 50, too, will
fill the Operahouse tonight, perfect the
ticket and provide acommittee towhom
all can look for careful, skillful and
intelligent conduct Of the canvass.
It will develop no holiday work, and will
call for constant, steady labor on the
part of those who have so nobly enter
ed the service OF the people, regardless
of party, to secure the election Of ]. j..
Busby as mayor of Memphis. We hope
the Operahouse viii be filed, and that
the proceedings viii be marked by the
utmost decorum and a spirit on the part
Of all to abide by the results that may
he reached.
Year: 1873

We direct the particular and earnest
attention of all readers Of the APPEAL
to the card Of Mr.. Charles q. Locke
candidate for city tax-collector, subject
to the Endorsement of the mass-meet.
ing to be held tonight at the GreenlsH
Operahouse. We have known MI
Locke intimately for many years, and
know that he is in every sense a man
above fear or reprOach. As soldier sno
~ citizen, in every walk Of life, he has
stood at the top round Of the ladder
Prudent discreet, Straightforward, direct
he never turned his back on friend
or his face from 8 foe. he is worthy
Of the position he modestly aspires to,
ana if nominated tonight by his fellow
citizens, and elected in January, will be
found the right man in the right place.
He is 8 thorough business man, and we
feel certain would signalize his official
esreer BY the prompt collection of taxes
snd the enforcement of every law. We
indorse Mr.. Locke heartily and urge
him upon our friends for city tax col
Iaotor
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the terrible epidemic
through which our city has so recently
passed, and the great financial crisis that
has just swept over the country, we still
continue to maintain our stock in as full va.
riety and as completely assorted in every de.
partment as heretofore.


To you who are fortunate enough to be able
to purchase your Dry Goods for Cash, we offer
inducements unparalleled in the history Of
the Wholesale Dry Goods Trade of Memphis.


We are in the daily receipt Of goods OF all
descriptions in our line, purchased at re-
markably low figures, during and since the
panic, and which We offer you should you
favor Us with calp at prices that must COM
pei their transfer from our warerooms to your
shelves.


If in need of Dry Goods, either staple or
Fancy, Try us, and you wiz be convinced that
the Cheapest Market on the Continent IL
Memphis, and the HOUSE of most attractive
prices that Of
Year: 1873

the ideal one mentioned. Yet every


man in that regiment groaned and suf-


fered under the ehastisement. Coarse,


illiterate, brutal fellows, perhaps, they


were. Why should any of them mind


the taking away of a regimental flag ?


Common sense would laugh at such a


punishment for such men. But the
commander knew what he was about.
A fort was to be stormed at the top of a
long hill. The enterprise was pecu-
liarly perilous one, and one that re-
quired something more than iordnary
courage and ordinary persistence. The
commanding officer rode down the line
to the position occupied by the dis
graced regiment. "Meni" he cried,
"your colors are at the top of that hill
chargef' And charge they did, that
single regiment, up the long, cannon
swept hill, through the abattis, over the
ramparts, into the fort at last, n mere
handful of them left to receive the flag
again, for which more than two-thirds
of the brave fellows had gladly given
their lives There was no common
sense in the matter, else the fort never
could have taken at all. The poetry in
the souls of those rough soldiers over
bore all that, and who shall say that
the poetic was not the worthier and
more manly view?
Year: 1873

till the wind in moment made a ruiz
of the house and corpses of the bride


and groom. At Scandinavia a flour


mill, 60 by 40, was moved bodily about
/ four feet from its foundation and tilted
| all askew. It looks like a stiff hat
| knocked all aslant by violent contac
! with beam. Near by stone stable


was blown down, the roof being carried


across the yard and flung upon car
riage-house. At Grand Island the wind
blew in the windows in one gable of a


frame house, and lifted off the roof as


if by the explosion of barrel Of gun


powder, though not pane of glass in


the sides CT the house was cracked.


Among the many cases of death re-


rowing or extraordinary character. at


Cawker four bodies were found, one in


front of house, and so near the fence


that the gate, when opened, gsmote


against his cor!5se. At Lone tree ser


want in tavern went into the yard for


wood, CROPPED his way into the 70. d, and


died. Those who went out to seek in
lull of the storm stumbled over body
within forty yards of the house. 1t
was not that of the boy they sought but
of trapper, whose woodcraft had not
availed to guide him few steps further
to safety. At Hastings farmer named
Marshall went to feed his CATTLE The
barn was about 200 feet from the house,
directly in the rear, but the snow was
over the fences and he wandered to one
side and was suffocated. At Grand Is
land two men were lost in drift about
thirty feet apart. At Red Cloud Mrs.
Bent and her child tried to grope their
way to the next house, the wi d and
snow having rendered their own unten-
able. Five days after the two bodies
were found in the road less than fifty
yards from the refuge they sought. The
child had given way first, and the moth
er died beside it. Near Tehama they
found an unknown man, with dog
keeping watch over the dead body. At
Grafton, Mr.. Keller, his wife and child
tried to reach neighbor's house. They
ont was only half mile
the feebler ones tired and sat down to
rest, " it felt so warm" Only a minute,
they said. A childless widower strove
through the drifts and
reached the house, leaving all who bore
his name buried in the highway. At
woman is said to have left
her two children in the house while she
went for wood, and never to have re-
turned. The children only know that
she ''went out, there" and they ''wait-
ed and cried so long and so hard
Year: 1873

There's a little drawer in my chamber,
Guarded with tender care,
Where the dainty clothes are lying


That my darling shall never wear;
And there, while the hours are waning,
Till ths house is all at rest,
! sit, and fancy a baby


Close to my aching breast.
Nv darling's pretty, white garments,
I wrought them while sitting apart
While his mystic life was throbbing
Under my throbbing heart;
And often my happy dreaming


Breaks in little song.
Like the murmur of birds at brooding.
When the days ara warm and long.
I finished the dainty wardrobe,


And the drawer was almost fall
With robes of the finest muslin.


And robes of the whitest wool.
I folded them all together,


With rose for every pair,
Smiling and saying, Gem fragrant,
Fit for my prince to wear"
An the radiant summer morning,
So full of mothers joyt
"Thank God he is fair and perfect,
Ny beautiful newborn boy"
Let him wear the pretty, white garments
wrought while sitting apart,
Lay him, sweet and helpless,


There, close to my throbbing heart.
Many and many an evening


sit since my baby came.
Saying, "What do the angels call him ,"
For he died without name;
Sit while the hours are waning


And the house is all at rest,
And fancy baby nesting


Close to my aching breast.