Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-23
NOTES AND COMMENT.


river bridge at New York show that %, 900
to 10000 persons cross a day. On Sum
days the number is greater, reaching
$4,000.
THousANDs Of men have commenced at
the bottom OF the ladder, and stayed there.
Others have carried bricks and mortar and
reached the top by honest industry.-Nesc
Orleans Picay,iIae.
JAPAN is unnecessarily cruel to her po-
lice. A late press regulation compels, edi-
tors to hold original manuscripts three
weeks to permit thelr pertisal by the po
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
GENEVA, the former refuge of the perse
cuted for religions sake, has just driven
out the Salvation Army; and Mrs. Booth,
of the said army, has been imprisoned at
NeuFcliatel for violating the order prohib-
iting the holding OF meetings.
DURING the year 1882 there were GRIM
inally prosecuted in Germany 403, ,604
persons, OF whom 1868 were convicted.
1t follows that out of every 1000 persons
in Germany nine appeared in criminal
court and seven were convicted.
''THE smell of fresh paint in room may
be effectually gotten rid of by placing
onions have been'sliced, says an exchange.
To take away the Smell Of tie onions, burn
the house down.-OI City Derrick.
The Florida canal is to be 136 miles
long, 230 feet wide and thirty feet deep.
We can only remark that if they make a
good point in this canal business, like
all other points its dimensions will proba-
| bly, lack length, breadth and thickness.
THE signature of King Canonicus, as at
tached to the deed that he and his
| nephew, Miantonomi, gave to Roger Will
liams, has been enlarged, and is to be cut
on the face of the Canonicus memorial,
soon to be dedicated by the Rhode Island
Historical Society.
A LARGE torpedo boat-as large as the
one made recently for the Russian navy
has been launched at Chiswick, England.
The vessel is finely designed, and is armed
with four nineteen-foot torpedoes and two
steel shell-machine guns. She has en-
| long. The speed contracted for Is eighteen
knots. This vessel was built for the Vic
torian government, and is a larger and
more powerful vessel of its class than can
be found in the navy of England.
THERE were more German born foreigners
in this country in 1880 than of any nation
atty, the number of Germans out of a
| total OF over 5000 900 being 500, 742. The
Irish born, who were next in number
were 1,S55, 1927, which was hardly an ap.
| preciable gain over the figures for 1880
which showed gain CT 100000. Figures
of to-day show that this movement con
tinues. The, multiplying people like the
| Germans and the Irish and the Americana
of the South will inherit the earth at last
They will not forfeit their possession unit
they fall into the bestiality of the Pagan
empire of Rome and into the modern i'm
provements" of portions of France and
New England.
THE remarkable work of charity con
Quoted at Bristol, England, by Mr.. Muller
prospered last year, and when the veal
closed there remained about S11 900 to the
credit of the orphans for whose benefit the
Ashley Down institution is carried on
From the annual report it appears tha
22l1 orphans were under Mr.. Muller.
care during the past year. Of these, forty
three boys were apprenticed, 146 girls were
sent out to service, and four were appoint
ed teachers OF the rest. The most wonder
full feature of this great work is that it is
carried on entirely by voluntary contribu
tions, and Mr.. Muller has never once
made application for assistance.
EVERYBODY, says California paper, ha'
heard of the jinrikisha, the small two
wheeled cart in which travellers in JapaI
are drawn about the country by men in
stead of animals, but 1t is not everybody
who knows that this cart is not an ancien
Japanese method of conveyance, but wa.
first suggested to the people by cart in
troduced in the islands a few years ago by
an American. The Yokohama hda say
a government return shows that there ar,
now over 100000 jinrikishas in the coun
try, and at least 100000 able-bodied mel
are constantly employed in dragging then
about. 1t is argued that the substitution
of animal labor would free this army O
men to engage in other useful occupations
THE excavations which have been insti
tuted in Rome by the Collegio Roman,
are proving to be rich in Egyptian treas
ures. An obelisk which was recentl,
found, and which has been removed I,
the Piazza del Collegio Romano, is in
wonderful state of preservation. A col
respondent of the London Ddily Nelrs, i
! speaking of it, says: at is covered fror
; top to bottom with splendid hisroglyph
les. 1t is the very counterpart of the on
J standing in the Piazza of the Pantheon
! and the two must have stood together i
: front of the temple of Isis, where the on
} last excavated was found" Among othe
: things found during the recent excavation
were cynocephalus OF black granite, wit
2 excellently executed hieroglyphics, a
t altar with bas-reliefs on three sides, piece
of the reliefs that covered all the walls {
the temple, ard other fragments.
: THE ice-machine which an old sea car
tain intends to take to East London, Sout
Africa, will make four tons of ice eac
: day, and as ice now costs sixty-two and
half cents pound in East London, tn
captain hopes to make some money by h
: venture. About year ago a gentlema
? ? who owns and operates a mine in tn
n tra1 .fS G., II.
=, dor set up five-ton machine in the lit
u city where he has an Office. In order
: overcome the conservatism of the inhabi
ants and create demand for his good
!, he gave away ice daily for several montl
to the leading families of the city. Whe
= at last he began to sell his ice for five cen
!. pound, very few persons would buy
but the number of his customers gradual
increased until the entire product of IL
machine was taken. He will now tai
another freezer from this country to Ss
. Salvador. The cost of production is vel
$. small in comparison with the price tn
= l. can be obtained in tropical countries.
q AT the recent congress of america
. lists" at Copenhagen, DIR. Loffier of tn
n city read treatise on "The Scandinavia
q Discovery of America" in which he cor
n batted Mr.. Bancrofts opinion of Il
Il worthlessness of the stories of early No
4 wegian discoveries OF America, maintai
n ing that the description OF Leifs lege
!. dary'voyage to Labrador, Nova Scotia, al
4 the wine land'' in the year 1000 A.
q. agrees perfectly with the actual climat
o condition of these regions, the "wil
4 land" being most probably Virginia. TIL
q the earliest visitors of the Western hemi
# phere left moi traces OF their presen
o DR.. Loffter thinks not surprising, as it
q not to be assumed that they came to {
: tablish colonies. Mr.. Steenstrup, of Il
,e Museum of Copenhagen, read paper
o the ancient Morse ruins of Greenlar
q which Lieut.. Holen examined al
D. sketched three years ago. Among 9th
a subjects discussed was the tradition g
cording TO which the first Spanish co
querors discovered the sign of the crc
in various localities where it was once /
: lieved Christianity was introduced by L
Apostle Thomas.