Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-25
CURRENT NEWS.

The house IN which LaZare Nicola;
CsrnOt, the French revOlutionist. lived
and died, at Msdgeburg, during hi:
exile, is now occupied by an insane
old woman, who believes herself to be
Queen Semiramis. It was of Carnot
that Bourbon de POise first said:
"rhiS man has organized victory"
The Polish Jews have the reputa-
ton Of being among the lOng-lived
people in Europe. One of their num-
ber, Leer, Chamanower, died recently
IN PrusSisn Poland, near TamOtschau,
in his II7th year. He is said to have
two brothers still living, aged reSpec-
lively 105 and 100 years.
A Madrid correspondent writes that
bull-fghters in Spain are growing SO
scarce that there is much difficulty in
procuring them for the exhibitions Of
that city, Granada and Seville.
Prices have been largely advanced
for picsdores and matadOres; but still
the supply is altogether inadequate to
the demand, which may be consid-
cred as new evidence that the brutal
sport is declining.
Musical geniuses are prOYerbially
sensitive. When Franz Liszt last
played on the piano at the Vatican
the Pope fell asleep during one of the
composers finest fantasies, which 50
enrsged the vain Hungarian that he
quilted Rome, and now swears he
will never return while Pho Nino
stays there.
The Belgian women seem to have a
particular talent for business. The
Sisters EVerbert in Brussels are the
largest lace manufacturers in the
world. DR.. De La Pierre, chief of the
dental college in Belgium, has his
wife as partner in his professional
1sbOrs. In BrUges, Liege, Ghent and
other cities, women are the associates
Of their husbands and fathers in
nearly all the departments of trade,
and discharge their duties most effec-
lively.
The Romans deserve well of the
friends Of italian unity. 1t was re-
ported ard believed that the dregs Of
political parties would rendezvous at
the Imperial City when the celebra-
ton of the first anniversary of its Oc.
cupatiOn by the Italian troops should
occur, and make disgraceiul demon
stratiOn. But the event passed of
with enthusiasm, decOrUm and peace,
proving that Italy has over France
the advantage Of being able to cele-
brate great national victories without
any attempt at gOvernmentre repression
or tumultUous disorder.
The election Of Mr.. Butt, the
Fthome rule" candidate for parliament
from Limerick, is not surprising. He
was early in the field-so early, in
fact, as 20 be quite alone. Then he
managed to secure some fame as g
martyr by being arrested for debt, and
subsequently he escaped from his
Saxon OppressOTs. He had the sup
port of the Dean OF Limerick, and
the entire cost Of the contest was paid
by popular subscription. His ad-
dresses IN Ireland were regarded as
zncendiary; but he is sent again to
parliament to make such speeches as
ne may think best adapted to that
neighbOrhOCd.
II the foreign commerce of Phila,
delphia figures small, in comparison
with that Of some OF her neighbOrs,
she looms up respectfully as a manu-
facturiDg center. Thus, the revised
census Of the manufactures of Phila-
delphia embraces the following statis-
tics Of the production Of dry goods in
that city, in 1870: Carpets, $40, ,000, 900;
prints, $500, 600; silks, $3,000,0O0; |
blankets, 3, ,290, 600; cOatings, 1858, 600; |
BalmOral skirts, 81 SOC, 600; worsted |
goods, 50 600, 600; fine dress goods, a.
200, 600; white cOttOns. g, 0OO, 600; |
cOl0red cottODs, S6,000,000; weddings,
braids, etc, s., ,0G0,O00 Total, $40 |
AL 900. 1t is estimated that in addi- |
ton 10 this about $40 SOC, 900 more not |
made there, foreign and domestic, are |
sold in that market, making the total |
dry goods trade of Philadelphia S60,- |
600, 900 year.
The ice trade of London is in the /
hands Of some half-dOzen merchants, |
and the article is kept in what are |
termed wells OF shades. One of these /
when filed contains 5000 tons OF |
rough ice. As it is shot in by the ice
getters il is broken up and well
packed together and levelled with
shOvels, forming in time q compact
mass, so solid that it has to be heWn
with axes when required for the mar
ket. The shrinking of this dense
block from the wall on all sides is
only six inches. This remarkable
tendency TO cohesion in pc ticles of
melting ice is known as regulation,
and was first noticed by Faraday,
who showed that il a slab of ice were
simply superpOsed upon another the
two would cOhere, even if i'm mmersed
in warm water. The cause of this
has been the subject of
much controversy, but the simplest
explanation appears to be that given
by Faraday himself. His reason is,
in brief, that liquid film immedi-
ately forms over the fractured surface
OF block Of ice; this film, being ex-
thin, on the pieces of ice
being brought together again the force
of cohesion is able to act across it, and
the liquid pass back into the solid
state, and the liquid is reunited by
regulated. Prof. Tyndal has shown
hat a fat cake of ice may be convert
ID into a hemispherical cup by simple
pressure in a mould, only very short
lime being required for the regulation
II the displaced and compressed frsg-
ments.
Tom Scott, the railroad king, was
10 Pittsburg yesterday, looking after
The interests Of one Of his lines.