Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-15

Of the Federal government are nearly, bu
not quite, sufficient to meet the great prob
lem in which the whole country should tax
and unhagging interest.
A new use has been discovered for pota
toes. They can be converted into a sub
stance resembling celuIoid by peeling them
and, after soaking in water impregnateC
with eight parts of sulphuric acid, drying
and pressing between sheets of blotting pa
per. In France pipes are made of This sub
| stance scarcely distinguishabIe from meer
schaum. By subjectiDg the mass to grea
| pressure, billiard balls can be made of it
rivaliug ivory in hardness.
During the last ak months 30S5 horse:
| have been used for food in Berlin. The
| warm sausages sold in the streets at night are
mostly of equine origin. When prominent
restaurant keeper failed come years ago the
most conspicuous among his creditors was q
| horss-butcher, which throws a side-light on
| the roast bee" that used to be served up to
his guests. The poor are the chief buyers,
but there are not a few gourmands who look
| upon horse flesh as a delicacy.
The electric light has found a novel en-
ployment in the hands of some ingenious
FreDchmen, who have lately, BY permission
OF their government, been experimenting
with it az a lure for ish. The lamp was
contained in an alright globe, and was
lowered at night into the sea, with the re-
suit that thousands Of fish of all sizes were
attracted to its brilliant light. Boats fur
nished with nets gradually closed in upon
the living mass, and made a great haul of
fish.
The enterprising people of Baltimore are
considering the advantage of forming q stock
company with a capital of $500, 900, for the
purpose Of holding an interests ate exhibition
Of -
ing to the plan permanent buildings would
be erected in the expectation of annual ex-
hibitions after that year. The success OF
similar enterprises in Chicago and Cincin-
natl is thought to be 4 Sufficient guarantee
that failure would be impossible in Balti-
more.
The Finnish newspapers record q striking
instance OF the extent to which the land on
the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia is being
gradually upheaved. 1t appears that on
yuae %, 1855, a land surveyor named Erik
Klingiur, residing in the parish Of Bergo,
between the town of Nikolaistsdt and
Kasko, made an excavation in the smooth
rock at an elevation of two inches above the
level Of the sea. On being lately measured
the present hight was found, after lapse Of
127 years, to be six feet five inches above the
sea level.
Two years ago the coming winter, North
western Iowa was literally showed in and
transportation almost entirely ceased. Then
it was found that the supply of fuel was
totally inadequate to the demand, and the
people kept from freezing only by chopping
up fences and outhouses. The mild weather
OF last winter made only slight demand
upon the stores of fuel which had been pru-
IDENTITY laid in, but the lesson was not lost,
and already arrangements have been made
to battle any possible combination of the ele-
menis so far as coal can do it.
A real asphalte pavement, such as may
be seen in Paris and London, is never to be
COMPOUNDED with the pretended limitations
denominations of coal.tar and the like-of
which we have had so many experiences.
These things are not TO be considered for
any Important thoroughfares, but every en-
gineer knows that good asphalte pave
ment on a concrete foundation combines
more of the essential qualities of good
pavement than anythiog else, including
even granite blocks, except for the hard
pound Of central thoroughfares in town.
'The forests of Lonisiana," says the Times
Democrat "teem with trees fit for ship-build-
ing; skilled ship carpenters are plentiful
among Us, while hundreds of excellent sea-
Dep, who now gain preeariou5 livelihood
in coasting vessels, might, by engaging in
this new line of business not only support
could by economy and careful management
secure competency for their old age. There
are numerous idle boys who infest our streets
10 whom such life would he delightful,
while a 4 ct of Southern fishing vessels
would prove fine nursery for future South
ern seamen."
The retail clerks OF london have long
been contendiDg for early closing on SAT-
urdays of the establishments in which they
IL Z
the fashionable est ablishments, largely pa
tronized by people of rank, have met with
some success, but with those which have
working people for their main support Sat-
urday is the busiest day of the week. Ac-
a new start has been made, and
selected for. the rest day. In nu-
merous instances there is not the same OBJ
lection to an early shutting on Thursday as
On Saturday, and the movement is meeting
with encouraging success.
The largest marble tablet, representing the
signing OF he social compact in the cabin
Of the Mayfower, designed to be placed in
The base of the Plymouth monument, has
just been completed and shipped to its des-
tination by the Hallowell (Me) Granite |
Company. This is the finest and most elabor-
ate piece OF work ever executed at Halo
well, says The Boston Journal, being cut in
marble by two Italians, who have been en-
gagged on it about six months The size of
The tablet is shout three by Eve feet. The
igures, thirteen in number, stand out in
bold relief; the expression of each face is
lifelike and earnest. The large statue rep
Education, which is to be placed on
one corner of the Plymouth monument, has
also been completed by the Hsllowell Granite
Company and shipped. 1t is cut from one
block of granite which weighed in the rough
state about 100 tons, but in its completed
condition weighs about twenty TONI.