Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-25

Rod the previous yezr, are very encouraging !
We quote from Reports of General Superin- |
tendent Burke, the figures showing The gross
receipts for the time mentioned to be S25l,-
609 49, and an increase in net receipts FOR the
same period Of S90,745 81 The prospects
are that the receipts will be greater this year
than any other in the history OF the road.
On the 18th instant 4 bill was intro
duced in the Legislature to make gambling
q felony, punishable by fine of from 800
to 5000 and imprisonment from one TO two
year, in the penitentisry. The Somsrvllle
Falcon hopes it will pass, and says: we be-
lieve in liberty OF speech and liberty oil ac-
ton 10 the fullest extent, provided that
speech or sction ipiUre no one. But this
enormously sirocious evil oanHot be INDUCED
in without bringing heartaches, misery and
want God did not intend that men should
enjoy 'illgotten game.
Col. A. S. Colya-, of the Nashville Amer
lean, in response to the toast Of The Press"
at the banquet given the dentists OF the State
on Thursday, sid that q time like this de-
mands strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands:
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without
Tall men. suH-crowned who live above the fog
In public duty and private thinking;
For, while the rabble with their thumb-worn
Their large professions and their little deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10! Freedom veeps,
Wrong rules the law, and Justice sleeps.
Prof. Goret, who is an expert chemist
and physicist, maintains that the functions
of trees in streets are by no means limited
to acting as screens for wayfarers who shun
the sunshine; since trees temper the heat,
and serve as a protection against the dust,
while the evaporation from their leaves
keeps the surrounding atmosphere cool and
moist; and, analogously, he points out one
of the best means for refreshing the air in a
sick chamber is to place plants and shrubs
therein and sprinkle them with water. The
public will probably be disposed to agree
with Prof Goret. The genial shade of trees
under fierce sun will be esteemed heaithful
as well as refreshing, at least until vastly
better evidence to the contrary is sdduced.
A greater number OF shade trees in Memphis
would be appreciated.
-Cne of the the reasons why saleswomen
\ have SO hard time and are 80 hardly and
often unjustly judged is that there are 50
many OF them who practically depreciate
| their own occupation. 1t is all very well TO
| point out other kinds of work in which wo'
men might proftably engage, but most Of
these require a special training that is moi
always easy to obtain, and it is not strange
| that so many young women, as well az young
min, seek employment in some branch Of
| trade. But when young man goes into a
| shop he usually expects TO devote his time
and thought TO learning as much as he cat
about The business. Too many girls, on the
other hand, look on their employment only
as dissgreeable necessity, which they are
10 get away from as soon as they can. While
| they feel thus about il they can never make
good saleswomen; they can never be success
| full; they can never gain respect either fol
themselves or for their calling.
The hotel loafer generally goes buttonee
| up TO the chin and carries a cane; has fla
shoes and pants very shiny about the knees
coat very rusty about the collar and ha
out of style; what little apparent linen hs
7 shows is paper or celluloid, and be has si1
or eight pawn tickets on hand always. How
he lives is a mystery, yet live he Toes, and b.
| picks up dollar here and there in a M ar
velous way. Perhaps he has wife whit
rents rooms; maybe he has daughter who's
husband tolerates him; possibly-nay, very
hkely-somebodye lse's daughter, leading al
awful life, supports him in idleness. He i
one OF that large body who think "the worlt
owes them living" but who will not thinl
that they owe the world Il Dor for that living
He is poorly fed and half clad, and SOM
| day he is stricken i'll, and, like all drinkin,
men when sickness lays hand on them, b
dies, and his friends and relatives are gla
he is gone.