Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-11


son in Missouri, and made so many new
friends who knew no other name that
he was almost compelled to have his
nickname legaliZed. His wonderful
Typographical mathematician abilities
sre mentioned. To those Who have
only known him specifically this will
seem almost incredible. Great mathe-
maticians are generally plOdders. Reck-
less, rafting JEFF Thompson is no plOd-
der, yet it is certain that he has few
superiors as 8 natural mathematician.
While he was an assistant engineer on
the Hannibal and st. Joseph road, teach
| ing himselftO know and perform well his
duties, and always the life Of the camp,
he invented some methods of calcula-
ton which have been adopted on all the
railroads Of the country. His letters to
his friends are rare specimens Of wit,
humor, extravaganza, oddly, sense and
reason. / have seen some Of these that
were doggerel of no mean description,
evidently thrown off as rapidly as his
pen could travel. But I shall make this
too long if L do not compel myself to
stop, because l always find myself
warming up whenever l see his name
or begin to review my recOllectiOns of
him. I know he is sometimes regarded
with contempt by men who have vastly
! more OWlishness, but not a 1.-THE of the
real wisdom that he has. His st. Joe
friends, who have recently given him
so warm a greeting, cannot send after
him more earnest wishes for his welfare
than A. T. S.
More Advice for Farmers.
EDITORS APPEAL-Now that the po-
liticaI battle is over, "the next thing
will be something else" Decidedly the
most important to the farmer viii be the
devising ways and means Oh living until
the next crop of "nubbins'' is made. 1t
is the general impression that q large
breadth Of land is being sOWn with
wheat for q forage crop. This is very
proper, and the result doubtless will be
satisfactory if the right course is pur-
sued; but it will be to the contrary if the
poorest land considered "not fit for cot
tOn") is selected, and the wheat be
scratched in with an old One-hOrse turn
ing pillow that cannot be cOaxed TO a
greater depth than two inches. Every
farmer knows that large yields are not
obtained from poor land, and he should
know thatits tillsge is not Temunerative.
If he is disposed to enrich it with home
made manure, or to resuscitate it by
blowing in green crops, or to restore it
in some manner, he should altogether
abandon farming on the uplands. If he
will but take the trouble to confne all
his cattle at night and save their drip
pings-haul leaves and put them in his
lots and stalls, and gather up rotten logs
and other mould from the woods, be VIII
find that he can accomplish much in the
matter Of manurinS. II he desires to
revive by blowing in green crops, the
easiest and cheapest way is to pioW in
peas that do not rot in the ground in
winter, and rye; the peas viii start to
growing after the rye is taken off, and
when sufficient number of pods, to re-
seed the lsnd are matured, the vines
and peas may be plowed in and small
grain again sOwn. This process of tax
ing off crop Of grain and blowing in a
crop Of peas may be continued, I be-
lieve, for years, at least have had peas
to reproduce themselves for four con-
secutive years from q single planting.
Rye will thrive on poorer land than any
other grain, and If cut when in bloom
makes good hay; if cut in the tough
doUgh-state and left in the field in
shocks, until sufficiently dried, and is
then thrashed and ground and mixed
with the cut-up straw, dampened, it
makes excellent food for cattle, pillow
animals not excepted. A very simple
thrasher can be improvised by turning
down barrel on the tight floor of the
barn or empty room, and the bundles
thrashed over the barrel. For the bene-
1T of those who have never tried
chopped stuff, " will here state that
fed my mules during the last blowing
h. .,.af a.
middle of August, on wheat, prepared
as sucn, with but One-third the usual
allowance of corn. BAILEY STATION.
our Stale Debt and Taxes.
EDITORS APPEAL-A new general as
sembly having been elected ia Tennes-
see, it may not be out OF place TO discuss
in your widely circulated journal such
measures as sh uld be brought to the
notice of our lawmakers. During the
late canvass it was conceded by all that
the financial condition of the State
should receive the early and most ear !
nest attention of our legislators. In this
connection the bonded and other debt
Of the State looms up most prominently, !
and the question of taxes is indissolubly |
connected with that debt At least |
of the members elected to |
the legislature are pledged under the |
Democratic platform against increasing !
the tax over the present rate. The ques- |
ton will naturally present itself to their |
minds as to the best mode of alternating |
the oppressed condition of the people. |
This condition has been created by stTin- |
gency in or scarcity OF money. The |
general complaint is, that there is no
money in the country, and such being |
To- k r,r,AH L..
person may be, he win receive but little |
for his products. For this stringency
the Federal government is mostly re-
for the cry Of "hard tinles''
comes up from every State in the Union,
and is not restricted to Tennessee. But
the former Legislators of our State are in
some degree responsible for the scarcity
Of money in Tennessee. They
have enacted usury laws and imposed
penalties upon persons who loan money
on interest over certain amount. while
the owner Of real estate, or of any per-
sonal property, can rent or hire his prop
erty for any sum he can get. Money is
taxed in Tennessee, whether the owner
use it or permit it to remain idle in the
vaults Of bank. This is right, for
while A. receives..a support from the
rent ofhis real estate, b. gains the same
oy the use of his capital, and both live |,
under and are protected by the same
avs, and should equally bear their share
lf the expense Of supporting the govern
nent. The true principle Of Republican
government is, that the State should
give equal protection to ali and at the
same time impose equal taxation upon
al, according to the amount Of property
hey possess, and receive protection at
he hands OF the State. Now am sorry
10 say that this principle has not been
ollowed closely in Tennessee. We tax
,apital just as high as we tax real estate
md personal property, yet we restrict d
he owner OF capital in the use of his
money and forbid him from lending il
t for a higher rate Of interest per annum
han ten per cent. On the other hand,
he owner of property-say, for
of horse-can hhe
t out for an amount that may
let him one, two or perhaps three
hundred per cent, and there is no law
o restrain him in his operations. This
5 not just nor equitable. 1t is class leg
Station, and it causes the capitalist to
cave the State or send bis money to
ther places where it viii have an equal 7
nance with other values. II he does S
Ieither of these he is ever struggling to I
et men elected to the legislature who q
viii relieve capital of all taxation. In b
his manner q struggle is continually 4
PROGRESSING between capital and proper Z
v, when, by the wise provisions Of law, r
ach should aid the other. The owners Q
{ lands need money to develop their =
iches, and the capitalist is ever looking
ut for place to make investment Of d
is money. If the law permits the cap
alist to meet the land owner on an
1ual footing, the latter can obtain
loney in Tennessee to enable him to 7
lake his fields blossom with the cotton n