Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-06

at spreaeeagleism, but rational patriotism
and regard for the dignity and welfare Of our
country should never be wanting.
NEWS AND VIEWS.
The Army of the Potomac will meet in
Washington on the 10Th and 18th instant.
The GRAFTON will be delivered by the Hon.
Msginnis, OF Montana.
The New York Poultry Fanciers' Club
will hold its first annual exhibition at
Madison Square Garden, New York City,
on the 18th, 18th, 18th and 18th OF February.
NEVER despise small things. The mos
quito that sings sweetly by your bedside be-
comes a power when it gels lis work in. The
little tack thae lies so meekly on the floor
may turn in an unguarded moment and make
you howl with pain.
BEFORE adjourning, the recent ensilage
congress of New York adopted resolutions
expressing appreciation of the system of en-
silage, and recommending to the faI mers of
the United States its universal adoption as
the cheapest and bsst method of preserving
fodder crops.
The general conference Of he Evangelical
Alliance, which was appointed TO be held in
Stockholm, Sweden, this year, has been post
poned until September, 1884 at the request
of Bisbop B sckman, who thought the hold
ing OF the State Church Diet in the same
month would interfere with the conference.
The Rugby Colony in Tennessee shows
some indication that the dream of its pro,
jector, Mr.. Hughes, may be realized after all.
A great deal Of the land has been recently
sold for fruit growing, "a large canning fac.
DRY la being built, new settlers are coming
tn, the schools are hourishing, and new bust
nesshouses of yari, us kinds are in process OF
erection.
CHINA possesses the longest bridge ia the
world. Its at Lsgang, over an arm OF the
China Sea, and is i've miles long, built en-
iirely Of stone, seventy feet high, with road
way seventy feet wide, and has 800 arches.
the parapst is a balustrade, and each of the
pillars, which are seventy-fve feet apart,
supports pedestal on which is placed a lion,
twenty-one feet long, made of one block of
marble.
The one hundred and forty.sixth ami
versary Of the birthday Of Thomas Paine
was observed by meeting at the German
Masonic Temple, in East. Fifteenth street,
New York City, last Wednesday evening J
Wilson Macdonald presided. Remar Ia were
made by Courtlandt Palmer, s P. Putnam,
Louis f. Post, Stephen Pearl Andrews, Tn adj
dens B. Wakemap, and Cspt. Lloyd, OF New
Rochelle, in eulogy Of Paine's character and
sentiments.
A PITTsBURG expert declares that $4,000
900 worth OF coal is wasted each year in the
mining operations of that district. His
explanation is that beneath the main vein of
coal which averages four feet thick, is seam
of eighteen inches called bottom coal This
is softer than the regular bed, and after a
room is worked it cannot be taken out with
safety. The pillars which support the roof,
the smallest containing three tons of coal
and the largest twenty, are also abandoned.
OF the $3.50, 900 required for the Bartholdi
statue pedestal about $4,000 has been
pledged, and the subscriptions will possibly
iun up 10 100000. Without something in
the nature of popular subscription, the
balance will hardly be obtained, but If $780,.
600 ia raised by this method, it is thought
that the original subscribers will make up
The remaining $4,000. As the people Of
France present the Statue of Liberty 10 the
United States, il is certainly fit that the PEG.
pie of America should provide pedestal for
it to stand upon. '4tnis
The total eclipse of the sun on the 9th of
May next will last six minutes, and no longer
one will probably occur within The next 100
years. 1t will be partially visible in many
places, but few will see it 10 lis entirely, as
its path lies almost entirely through the
ocean, touching land nowhere but at Caro-
line Island, which il out of the track of any
established commerce or travel. The French
government has determined 10 send an expo
dItion 10 that island, and it is probable that
a grand international gathering of astrono
mers will meet there to take part in this
scientific quest.
The plan submitted by Gen. +. A. Walker
TO the Senate Special Committee to ascertain
the result OF The tenth census contemp plates a
reduction of he volume of The reports upon
special topics from Il 600 to about 5000
pages. This reduction will be accomplished
By the compression Of such parts of the re-
ports as are general in their character, though
the scope OF the completed work, according
10 Gen. Walker, will remain practically the
same as originally planned. Gen. Walker
says that the work of The census is not in 80
confused condition az recent reports would
indicate. Mr.. Seaton, in charge of the work,
is iucapscitated by mental and bodily i'll
| ness.
A ST.. LOUIS journal calls attention 10 the
fact that while Kentucky, Virginia and Mis-.
souri, Ggnorantly excluding the great 10.
bacco regions OF Tennesses), containing the
largest tobacco market known, after that oil
Louisville-Clarksville long been re-
| gard. d as the leading tobacco growing States
| of the Union, the business shows it's highest
! profits in the North. In other words, the
manufacture and sale of tobacco, in manu-.
tactured form, pays more than it pays TO
raise the plant. And yet the statement i,
made, and it Is Of value, that tobacco.raisipg
may be made greatly more profitable if ex.
haustiou OF the soil is avoided by proper in
dustry, intelligence and fertilization.
TIE Upton Record, anent the discussion
of the Southern homicide question BY tn,
press, sIys, editorially: at is a matter OF or
consequence 10 us whether we are better OF
worse than our Northern neighbors in this
regard. We should protect every man in il
life and liberty in our own country, snG
leave the Northern people to take care O
themselves. We know that murder and vic.
lence is OF frequent occurrence, and that il
is not punished as it should be. /. seult
be no consolation to us if we knew that W,
were better than the North. We know full
well that We are not what we ought TO be
and, save in few localities, our whole South
ern country seems not to improve in th
matter OF murder in private quaFels, ant
the acquittal Of the murderer"
4 VERY lew persons take 4 correct view o
the actual profit to farmers OF good roads, OIL
Of how much they can afford TO pay fer them
Our daily kilograms from the West supply
one hint. All along in autumn, and not IN
frequently during the winter, we can Tea,
between the lines Of those dispatches tina
business is active, the markets brisk, every
body cheerful in all departments of trade
manufactures, agriculture, etc., or the revers
of all this, according TO the state OF tn
country roads generally. 1t is fact that i
some years, for months together, the Who'll
traffic of the country, and the activity an
prosperity of all classes, are largely dimin
ished, and the losses incurred amount I
very many millions of dollars, because th
condition of the roads stops general inter
course and practically prevents the market
Jog OF grain crops at the proper season.
MR. WALTER P. PHILLIPS, whose syster
Of sleno.telegrsphJ has just been adopted b
the Mutual Union Telegraph Company,
rapidly perfeciing an automatic system b
which, in a test made last Saturday owe
QUO miles OF wire, important results wer
achieved. Messages were sent through
loop passing through Washington, Pa, an
received at the Office in Washington, d. c
as clearly and quickly as il sent from the on
Instrument to the other without the intel
vening distances. Mr., Phillips aims 10 avoi
the perfor ration of the slips. He transmit
from mairix prepared upon paper slips b
Morse operator, with an ordinary ke,
This strip is then run through clock-wot
arrangement at any desired rate OF epees
the result being taken at any 81 alton wit
the same linking apparatus used IN stenc
telegraPhing. A rate Of 290 words per mir
ute was easily attained, ~
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SHE woman who seeks relief from pal
by the free use of alcoholic stimulants an
narcotic drugs, finds what she seeks only Q
far as sensibility 10 destroyed or temperate