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ITEMS OF INTEREST.


IN, me uehcleney III lne wihter , hos crop II
~, " % - M.
ms SouIheTn states mao sixteen inliiion
hve hundred thousand acres In cotton last
year
The coronation of the car will lost 13, OOO,-
| O00r. The main expense will be Tor extra
policemen.
The last Paris Exposition cost 81 900, OOOf.
The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
cleared S2,5Oo,OO0.
At the usual Jog taken in the courts it
| will take the Land Court OF Great Britain
one hundred and fifteen years to dispose OF
| the cases already before it.
The nresence of sewage mines near oyster
beds has 40 poisonous an effect on the
biyalves that sickness sometimes results from
| caring them Tb- oysters acnnire a .sstaIen
| taste
p..I o,,.,
II Is sla'ed Una. Tue I1pi7copat Clelsy men :
! has paid S3I6 600 to the widows and orphans
| of deceased clergymep. and of this sum
| SI5 552 was Maid dnrino the last wear mast.
Inc total annual consumption Oh quinihe
throughout the world Is gwen at Two nun
bred and twenty thousand pounds, OF which
one-quarter Is used IN the onlted states
alone. In 1851 we imported nve hundred
| thousand ounces OF qulnlne and thlrty-two
thousand oaieS oil clncnona PARK. In ISoI
the importatlons were one-quarter larger
Two factory girls had been sentencedEto
four months imprisonment for drunkenness
IN Lowell, Massachusetts. Ihey were young
and their case excited sympathy IN court.
AS they were being taken out the othcers saw
their mother slip bottle OF WHISKY into the
pocket OF each. There was ne longer any
astoni-hment that they had onedrunkards
| go young. ga
An aged policeman of London, England,
was declared by the Courtof Chancery the
rightful heir to an estate worth 81 100000.
The estate has been in the hands of the COM
missioners since the murder of the heirs
grandfather in Manchester, in 1912. The
old man is now living at Newcastle, and is
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26

assembly in this county in 1881, and was
again defeated, although he didn't write
aay letter that time. He contributes every
Saturday 70 one of the daily papers col
umn or so OF matter which ne calls 'Satur-
day Miscellany" There is nothing remarka-
bic about 1t, only that it makes fat" for the
printers. He discusses various subjects, and
once in gre eat while attracts a little atten-
ton with what ne writes He has several
times taken the ground that perjury among
advanced thinkers ia no sin. He saws that
he never read account of the trial of
Henry Ward, and has never been known to
express an opinion regarding it. Mr..
Beecher's first wife died OF childbirth, and
By his second wife he has had 10 children.
he Is really eccentric character. Persons
who have known him intimately for years
say that he does nothing for effect, but is
honest and conscientious in everything he
does. The temperance people often denounce
him for the example he sets the young men
By his drinking; but his answer is: "Why dc
not young men follow my example and pray
we'll as drink? II they drink the way |
do no harm will come to them. do no,
drink to excess, and have no desire to. If
bad desire to / should not drink at ALL ,
Mr.. Beecher says very little regarding him.
self, and seems entirely wrapped up in his
church and Its different charities.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

Knoxville is preparing to hold an anti
polygamy meeting.
Miles of fences will have to be put up
along the river banks.
Trees are budding, and fruit-trees will
bloom in short while.
There is paper in Chattanooga which
the Times calls "Our Potmeal contemp orary."
A fine building is to be erected at Knox
vile as girls industrial home lunch-house.
S. S. Borgiss, OF McMinu county, who was
poisoned by arsenic on Friday, died on Sum
day.
The price of corn has declined in Middle
Tennessee. Distilleries will resume opera
tons.
1t is stated that the Knoxville Tribune is
for sale, and that new Democratic paper is
to be started there.
Colonel John Nicely, of Knoxville, has in
contemplation the erection of fine opera
house in the rear of his lot.
The Cumberland at Nashville has been
thirty feet above low water for the past six
weeks and some houses are still submerged.
Cumberland Plateau: "a stave-mill will
be located near Rugby soon by parties from
New York ... The board OF aid is adver-
Using for contracts for building new hotel
at Rugby"
The cadet who was poisoned by smoking
forty cigarettes was in a comatose state for
hours on Monday, and preparations for his
funeral were made. He revived, hoWever
but=his death seems probable.
The Henderson Herald coDgratulates that
town on not having an idle young man in it
il is something to be proud of .........A woman
with two children, driven from home by the
floods, were applicants last week for Hen
derson bounty.
At Lagrange an unsuccessful attempt was
made Saturday night to blow open the safe
of Mr.. w. L. Nickname, and Sunday the rob-
bsrs invaded the same gentleman's residence
and got nothing. The town wants a chief of
police, and offers one dollar and fifty cents
for the services of such an official
Guntersville has emerged from the waters.
Its immigration has been considerable, and
the demand for provisions Is assuming al
most a clamor. Breadstuffs are probably
more plentiful than they were this time last
year, but meat is decidedly scarcer. Corn,
however, is at present higher than 1t was al
any time last year, and meat will reach a
higher price than it did last season.
Chattanooga Times: "a history of Chana-
nooga is about to be published. Dust in
the streets and awnings at the windows u.
The Times reporter is prosecuting one OF hbe
police here for threatening to clean him
out The reporter had mentioned the Off
GERS unnecessary use of pistol in arresting
a negro. -. The editor of the Times Is sure
he saw the table rise and go about the room
at late sednce. Another editor has told how
the trick was done.o
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She Collapse az Speculation.

Indications are multiplying that the gil
gantic specGlations in some of the leading
staples, maintained for six months past at q
fearful cost TO the general interests of the
country, are approaching collapse. Some
of the principal actors have already sue
oumbed under the load imposed by declining
prices, and the eagerness of others to step
from UNDER Is plainly apparent. The decline
IN prices, however, Is met by corresponding
weakness in the foreign market, so that the
much-desired export basis recedes, as
natural consequence OF the pressure TO unload.
But the end cannot be lar away, and If
individual fortunes vanish in sweeping
disaster, the country at large viii exult,
rather than repine- The public verdict
will be, that those who conspire to main
tain exorbitant prices, to the detriment OF all
legitimate business interests, experience no
more than Just retribution if they are hoist
by their own petard. Their fate would be
like tEat OF the man in the fable who, hoping
to profit by the coming famine, boarded his
grain only 10 find heap Of putrefaction
when the doors were opened. The
gradual shrinkage OF values which
/ is beginning 10 attract great at
IGNITION in business circles. Is thus. noticed
| " writer who frequents the Pro luce Ex-
week ago at 81 $50, and May corn THE favor
lite option) at sixty-six and half cents.
| Since then the former has touched 81 25s
and the latter siIty-one and seyen-eightns
ceutI- March pork declined recently from
S1S 20 10 about SiS, and March lard from
Sl1 40to about Sll." In speculative bust
ness, where fortunes are gained or lost on
changes amounting 10 a fraction OF a cent,
the significance of figures like these
can be very easily understood. Al
ready there are many intelligent OBJ
servers who anticipate a speedy renewal Of
shipments by sea and rail, starting anew the
wheels Of commerce, checking the export Of
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Dreams, from n SeIeoIidc standpoint.
Popular Science Monthly

Dreams are night-thoughts. unchecked by
the judgment and uncontrolled by the ill.
1t Is not true that we do not reason In
dreams, that the exercise of the judgment Is
wholly suspended, and that the gill Is en-
tirely powerless or ceases to act. These FAC
ulties are not altogether in abeya nce, but
they doze while the subordinate powers of
the mind-those which play the part OF
picture-carriers and record hnders-ran-
sack the treasures of memory, and
mingss together in the direst confusion old
things and new. Imagination is not
active; but il remains Just enough awake to
supply the connecting links a. ich give seem
ing continuity to those parts of the phantas-
magoria which we chance TO remember on
recovering perfect self-consciousness, and
which being remembered, We call dreams"
No one remembers more than one dream,
unless he has reused from sleep more than
once. This experience has led to the infer
ence that dreams only occur at the morning
or in the act of waking. There are dreams
which take place in the process OF returning
to consciousness-for example, those lnsian-
taneoas scenes and spectaeles which are sug-
gested by the sound or feeling that arouses
The dreamer; bnt in result OF a long and
close study Of the subject with view 10 dis
cover the nature OF dreams and the
laws of dreaming, for medical PR
poses. in connection with the treat
r,ent of sleeplessness, 1 am persuaded
that dreams occur in the course OF sleep and
are wholly forgotten. That they DO not and
cannot take place In dsep sleep is probable
because deep sleep is genera sleep and
when this state prevails the subordinate fac,
ulties are sleeping, and the pictures and
records which compose dreams are not dis
tnrbed. To understand dreams we must I'M
derstaud sleep, and it il because the two
nhsnomena have not hitherto been studied
together that so little is generally known
about either.
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THE MEMPHIS APPEAL.
SUXDty, =: FEBRUARY go. 1852


That dollar Of our fathers" for the issue
Of which so strong an effort was made, l.
really becoming a troublesome matter. 1t
has deceived all the expectations of those
who desired It. So far are the people from
wanting the silver dollars that when the
treasury offered to send them free anywhere,
for gold or for greenbscks, they would not
take them. Certificates Of their deposit they
will accept, but not the coins; they remained
piling higher and higher with every passing
month, 40 that Congress il called upon, at
this very moment, to appropriate $4,000 to
build yet another vault to hold the thinga
the people will not pocket. So sensible Of
failure in this respect are the originators OF
the dollar movement, that even MIR. Buckner
and Mr.. Bland have declared in Congress
that the one and two dollar legal-tender
notes ought TO be Withdrawn that silver dol
lars might be used in their stead. In other
words, the very parties who declared that
the people were pining for a return to the
dollar Of their fathers, now have recourse to
the forcing system which says that, or
nothing" Coming dollars was to advance
silver to par, yet the silver dollar is to-day
worth twelve cents below dollar. Let the
United States coin the silver dollar, and
Europe was to restore silver TO its old posi-
ton; but England, France, Germany and
Italy refuse, after twice meeting our commits
sion on the subject to make silver standard,
or TO meet the United States commission
again. Not one of the things that was to
follow, internationally, our coinage of silver
has come to pass, and our own people will
not make up their minds to have the silver
dollars wheeled along with them in barroWs
when they go out to make payments or pur-
ohases. What, them are we coming more Of the
useless thing for, as basis for silver certifi-
Gates? We could give the certificates or sill
yer bars without coming at all The Ameri-
can people are practical and common-sense
folks; but What do they have twenty-five mil
lion one-dollar coins for that they do not like
and will not use, but which lie hidden
away in extensively constructed vaults in
the mint, like the unused treasure of mere
miser?
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Cotton N manufacturing Pays.
Rome (Ga.) Courier.

ROME kUdJ SOuIIer
The Eagle and Phoenix mill of Columbus,
is by far the largest cotton and wooden fac
tory under one management in the South,
aud has but few equals in magnitude in the
North. Its productions are varied, and its
fabrics are noted for their excellence. Hay-
ing been long in operation, and having ex-
tended the field for the sale of its fabrics
until il embraces every part OF the country,
this mill sffords a fair test of what can be
accomplished 10y this industry in the South
when properly managed. The annual re-
port of the Eagle and Phoenix factory for
the year 1881, just issued, shows that there
was an uninterrupted demand Tor its work
throughout the year, and that the product
of the mills was greater than ever before.
Its profits, too, were large and satisfactory,
notwithstanding some drawbacks from stop
ping on account of high water, etc. Though
The price of cotton goods for Z large part OF
the year was less than in 1880, the net profit
of the mills for the year, free of taxes,
interest, insolvent accounts, and all
other expenses, amounted to S2Q2,-
COS SO. In addition to this sum the
floating or commercial debt of the
company has been reduced S76,650 7S,
an expenditure of sle,l7S AZ was mad
for a new machine shop, tools and
machinery, and $30,l33 As was expended
for the completion OF Improvements. Add
ing these sums to the net profits, 1t will be
seen that the real earnings of the mills
amounted to 1924 ,973 15-or a little more
than twenty-five per centum upon the capt.
tai stock of the company. These results
ought surely to convince capitalists that cot
ton manufacturing at the South offers enc OF
the best fields for investment. There may
have been a few enterprises Of this sort
among us that did not pay, but the great
sHcce s. Of the mills at Columbus and Au-
gusta demouetrate hsvond csvil that with
competent management die business is safe
and profitable one. and one that sill largely
contribute to the prosperity Of every other
induSfrv
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26
MIR. FRED WOLFE,
Interviewed at Cincinnati by an Appeal
Correspondent, Gives Some En-
couraging Information
Regarding the Memphis, Selma and
Brunswick Road - The Memphis
and Kansas City Railroad.

From an Appeal Correspondence
CLScINNATI, February % Having noticed
the arrival of Mr.. Fred Wolfe in the city
from the South, in yesterday mornings pa
pers, determined to see him, If possible and
get all the inform alton L could in relation to
the Memphis Selma and Brunswick rail
road / had no difficulty in finding him.
He cheerfully lent me his ear, then said: 81
am Just from Jackson, Mississippi, ria Mont
gomery, Alabama. / met Major Busby and
others in Jackson, from Memphis. / also
met Generals Featherston and West, from
Holly Springs. The latter secured charter
for railroad from Holly Springs TO COrinth,
Mississippi. The legislature Of Mississippi
have passed measures OF a very liberal and
encouraging character. Under the proVl-
sions OF an act passed February 18th,
we are to commence work on the road from
Memphis to Selma and Brunswick within six
months from the passage OF the act. am
encouraged to believe the road from Mem
phis to Holly Springs will pay from the start,
and work will be commenced at Memphis
and Holly Springs both in q few months, in
time to complete the road by early autumn
tn Holly Springs. We are now at work on
the road near Eutaw, Alabama, and will push
right along to Columbus and Aberdeen. We
are also to complete the road from Meridian
to New Orleans during December Of this
year Negotiations are still pending for the
Kansas City and Memphis road. From Kan
sas City to Brunswick, Georgia, is an air
line twelve hundred and fifty miles long,"
The road is now fixed fact. Neither Mr..
Busby nor Mr.. Wolfe should be censured for
waiting until the legislature of Mississippi
met, and revived the charter, and secure en-
coursgement and all obstacles removed. 1t
should be remembered this road will cost a
great deal OF money, and it is commendable
and business-like in the managers to proceed
cautiously and prudently, There are those
upon the liue of the road whose patience is
sorely taxed, no doubt, bnt let them be of
good cheer, change their tactics and put their
shoulders TO the wheel, and ere the falling Of
the autumn leaf they viii ride into Memphis
on their much-coveted and long wished for
road-rememberipg Lord Bacon has said:
There be three things which make nation
great and prosperous, fertile soil, busy
workshops and an easy conveyance OF men
and things from place to place" EFF
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gold and returning to channels OF legitimate
pursuits enormous amounts Of capital now
otherwise employed. Taking lessons from
the past, however, it is safe to assume that
foreign buyers will not take hold greedily On
the fret symptom OF decline. The losses sus-
tanned in a p-otrscted arrangement of the
American export trade are too heavy to be
REIN bursed very soon On small margin OF
profit. But when the obstruction is once
fairly removed, and grain aud cotton 60 up
in conformity to the laws OF supply and de
mand, we will have no lack Of commercial
bills in regulating foreign exchange The
end wished for is fastened by the remarka-
bly, mild winter in the northwest, giving
promise of early and abundant crops.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26

who hss returned after dozen years abroad,
was skirt Of white silk ruffied to the waist
with Newport point" as the machine made
lace Of diAleneen il called, with a basque OF
bright-red plush. From under the ruffies of
the lace skirt peePed the tips OF the dearest
little pair Of red satin slippers, with high
heels, diamond buckles, and the fine texture
Of the red silk stockings visible on the arch
ing instep. Another damsel, returned after
few years finishing at "a French convent,
wore pale-blue brocade with a red satin
ribbon tied around her throat, a corsage bou-
quet of red roses, and the least little red
slippers that any full-grown mortal could
.tand in=Nen HorE Enshinns. -
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LITERARY NOTES.

Monsieur lola is said to have been SO de-
termined to make his picture of a great
Partisan shop realistic, that he got employ
ment ulder a feigned name in one OF the
largest, and remained there for several weeks.
Miss Dickens, the daughter of the novelist,
has spent the past year in compiling q
Charles Dickens &athday Book. Her sister
Kate, Mrs. Perugini, has furnished for 1t sew
eral illustrations, which have, by the way,
no association with her fathers work.
Henry Watterson, editor Of the Courier
Joaynol OF Louisville, will have an article on
Southern manners and characteristics in the
April number OF the Csl.tRTy. 1t is full of
viyacity and humor and is called oddities
of Southern Life"
The weight OF some OF the books lately
published in England l. subject Of complaint
there. They are so heavy that they cannot
be read with any comfort without a desk.
Rawlinson's ancient Egypt weighs two and
three-fourths pounds; the Memoirs Of Count
Miot d. Nelifo, three pounds; and the Jour
uaLs Of CaToline For is a source of many
aches TO hands and arms. -
Mr.. IopRfellow, who has eyer been seneF-
Gus and modest, long ago wroe to Mr. Bry-
ant a cordial note, which is published IN the
new Century LET me say" he .Srofe, "what
a staunch friend and admirer 81 yours have
been from the beginning, and acknowledge
how much owe to you, not only OF delight
but of culture When | look back upon my
caller verses, cannot but. smile to see how
much in them is really yours. 1t was an in
voluntary imitation, which most readily
confess, and say, as Dante says to Virgil:
~ A. loRio maestro, Y MIC dStore'"
An explanation af The terrors OF Dean
Stan!ey's handwriting has lsteiy hee2 Eiven
| by his friend, Max Muller. In one o. tae
| last talks which he had with the dean, Hull
| Ter complained about difficulty he fel. in
writing. which some doctors called scnrebe-
| krampf, oilers rheumatism, etc. "Ah, don't
you know" STANLEY b-oke in, that l have
! had something of the same kid all my life
| cannot control my fingers, and that Is vhJ
nv handwriting has always been sc
| wretched." The dean himself delighted II
| telling anecdotes about misunderstanding
| arising from his iliegibie letters.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-26
Red Lips and Ro.y Cheeks.


am an old physician, and have lost many
of my youthful prejudices- Learning of the great
good done by certain remedy In restoring u ro-
bust health former patient Of mine who suffered
severely from several chronic ailments resulting
from weak pulmonary, digestive and urinary or
gaIs, and whom was unable TO benefit with my
most careful treatment, determined TO prescribe
ii. have done and the results have inyarie bly,
been most satisfactory. Under its use the blood
becomes richer, the digestive, urinary and puimo
nary organs are made ssTong and perform their
natural functions readily and without pain; sll
decay seems TO be Immediately checked and the
progress Of the disease arrested; the pu'se be
comes fuller aud stronger, the lips red and the
cheeks rosy, the temperature increased and more
uniform the action OF the heart regular, and the
muscular strength greatly invigorated. In justice
to the inventors, will say this remedy is Browns
Iron Bitters; II is preparation of iron and vege-
table tonics contains no alcohol, and Is the only
preparation Of iron in perfectly aszmilsble form
and that does not slacken the teeth have never
known il to fail TO give perfect strength 70 every
part Of the body, OF 70 iDjure the most delicate
constitution have known II 70 assist in curing
many chronic diseases when all other remedies
had failed--A- u.