Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-29

can overlook State lines to educate the ignorant
and help the unfortunate.
Mr.. EUGENE MARTIN, ce.presideut of
the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, vicksburg and
nsfafasis TailEsAd- has inst Esturned from Green
is strong probability of branch line being built
| by Greenville. 50 says the Vieksburg Heratd.
| AN enthusiastic railroad meeting at
| ClaTksyil was addressed last Thursday evening
] by Nessrs. James E Bailey. John F. Heuse and D.
| the projected indiana, Alabama and Tennessee
| railroad. Several business firms of GAINESVILLE
subscribed most liberally-the subscriptions rang.
| ing from $1,000 to 5000.
| The Brownsville (Tex) Yallsy thinks that
/ Gov. ireland will do well to bear In mind the les
1 Hospital Service last fall. The aid OF concern,
| that i. simply part and parcel of the custom
house machine, and under the guise of humani-
tarianisrn steals our election, ought never to be
| invoked by governor of such a State as Texas.
THE usefulness of the National Board OF
| Health must be greatly impaired unless some way
can be found to provide for its current expenses
| This the board proposes to attempt by obtaining
control of the epidemic fund, which is at the dis
| position of the President. An effective organiza-
ton must be maintained in order to secure prompt
| and efficient work, and to do this money must be
had.
| FROM 1866 to 1875 there were seven ne
groes acknowledgements of Southern States,
two served in the United States Senate and thir-
There have been five negroes appointed as foreign
ministers; there have been ten negro members OF
partments at Washington there are go negroes
employed. They have now IA $50 schools, with an
attendance OF 72oS5s pupils
| SENATOR VANCE, OF North Carolina, is less
1 complimentary to his constituents than TO the
Senate. He found it necessary, he says, when ad-
he thought was good point, so to beat it into
the heads of bis hearers; but this would not do In
harder than those Of the average North carolinsn
I Senator Vance does not say how many thumps are
required to get good sensible idea into senator
IT is considered probable that Queen Vic
/ toria will, on the next anniversary of her birth
day, confer field-marshaPs baton upon her son
! ip-lsw the Prince Imperial of Germany. Such
4 addition of foreign prince to the roll of honor
airy British office. would not be without pre-
l cedent for in 1916 baton was bestowed upon the
4 late kiOg of Belgium, then Prince Leopold of Sake
1 CObnrg, and in 1915 similar honor was conferred
on the king of the Netherlands, who as Prince Of
/ Orange had commanded the Dutch contingent al
Waterloo.
/ Mr. LABoUCHERE distinguished himself by
J an amusing slip of spc sch in the House of Com
/ mons short time ago. Having question to ash
of titled member of the government, and being
4 in hurry about it, he sprang to his feet anc
l blurted out: would the Lord-?'' and then he
] stopped so that the House could have good tint
1 laughing When order was again restored he be
! gan again, properly, with: Would the noble
lord" ETC., while member below the Opposition
y
Bradlaugh's colleague should utter so pious all ex
| clamation"
| WISCONSIN, claims Tn at her system Of com
puls9ry- education has worked successfully. II
the year following the enactment of the law the
| two years, however, show still greater increase
IN 1850 the numberiof children between the age o
seven and Bfteen years attending the public aRC
| Der 223, 575-a gain of IS, 663. In the forme
year the percentage ofattendance Of these children
was slightly over eighty, while in the latter yea
| it was eighty-seyen. The increase of the schoo
population in the two years was only 1900.
THE Rev. abtz Pit Campbell, one OF the
bishops of the African Methodist Episcopa
| Church, was treated bTutally on the Western ant
fonFarnyc az H. Wg rc m from me reSen
lug bought first class ticket, and quietly taken
mis- seat in the only irstcass car in the train, hi
| dpetor amused himself by pointing revolve
and firing Yolleys of profanity at the bishop
| complaint against the conductor of the train ant
received the promise OF immediate investigation
| and action; out as yet he has had no advice O
| any action OF the company.
| New York Sun: "a number of literary
men interested in the spelling reform about Il
organize under the name of the Language Club
| Among the members will probably be Assistan
District Attorney A. ] Requier, the Rev. DR.. How
| ard Crosby. Prof Barnard, David Dudley Field
ex-Jgdge ". Il. Arnoux, II. Il. Boyeses. the Rev
| DR.. Whedon and Others. Mr.. Requier said tina
1
tenn OF phonetic spelling now used N the HON
| Journal. He was OF opinion that the reform mus
some difficulty in persuading peop to spell 'uhi
| losophy 'hlesofy,' or physic 'fsic; but he think
such spelling would gave much time and labor
| Mr.. HENRY e. Bowen, OF the New Yorf
INDEPENDENT recently made an extensive Southern
tour goin3 as far as Texas, whiting en- route III,
principal cities in Virginia, North and South
Carohoap Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky
lis hat 4lasaC tEnr,
| states is no lonper an unsolved problem-tha
| new life is swelling her veins, old customs anC
| prejudices are dying out and strong influences
are at work, which, at no distant day, viii bring
| her to the front ranks OF the producing and manu-
featuring States of the Union.'' Mr.. Bowen con
Jesse that the newspaper reader OF the North car
have no adequate idea of the vastly altered con
diLion of things in the South since the war.
The Royal Portuguese Association OF
Agriculture viii open an exposition at Lisbor
next May. American farmers and inventors o
agricultural implements are requested to send ex
hibits, which will be transported by tue Portu
| guese government free of charge from London tC
Lisbon and back. Special provision will be made
for the trial and competition of cultivaters, reap
ers, harvesters, etc., and for all improved water
wheels, turbines, windmills, hama aud powe
| pumps, irrigating and all other hydraulic ma
chimes, rural constructions in wood, comprising
cheap and convenient houses for workmen, Cart
and clearing of wood lands, the whole of tn,
means and appliances used in aparian culture anC
the whole series of preserved food-yegeiabIe ant
| animal-snd every variety of churns and cheese
making machinery.
| THE Scientific american publishes a lettel
| from Mr.. U. Cummings, of Buffalo, who describes
| himself as having spent lifetime in the manu-
| facture of lines and cements" Considering him
| self, therefore, TO be expert in concreies, Mr.
| Cummings, it appears on recent visit to New
York found his way 10 the Central Park, climbed
| up the pedestal ofthe Alexandrian obelisk anC
| set TO WORK to "Rlough our what he supposed tC
| be the hydraulic lime of which he imagined tn,
| obelisk to have been made by the Egyptians. %
think" says this truly enterprising investigator
| ''if had had time enough, and no policemen t
nose around and bother one, l could have takeI
| out bit of granite with my steel" The object o
| Mr.. Cummings, as he ipgenuOusly confeSses wa
to satisfy himself that it would pay him TO "ente
| into contract TO erect exact duplicates OF tn
obelisk in any city for SIS 600 each.i'
The Eynebburg Tobacco strike.
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