The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-26
WHAT THEY SAID.

Labor Agent w. L. evenson-There is
greater demand for farm laborers this year
than ever before. They are wanted in all
directions and cannot be found. l have
letters from Bowdre, Miss, offering $40
per month and board for farm hands, and
cannot find them at that, and am OF the
opinion that before crops are laid by the
farmers will be offering $25. Can they
pay 1t and make money? don't know;
they must look out for that themselves.
Cotton Merchant Handling cotton Is
not what II used to be. Time was when
we thought So 10 s. bale none too much,
but just now all that is changed. In the
halcyon days, extravagant methods were
adopted and are still adhered to, but usu-
ally at a loss. Cotton must be handled on
a narrow margin nowadays cotton men
must let down their expenses by doing
their own work as much as possible and
by saving in various ways. Some years
ago these small leaks did not count; now
they do. The old methods must be
abandoned, and newer and more econom-
ical ones introduced.
A. A. Gibson, Assistant Ticket Agent
We use about ten postage stamps day
now, where we used one before, in an
swering inquiries about Oklahoma. Peo-
pie still seem anxious TO learn all about
the country, and keep writing TO us.
Exporter-Its shame that the navica-
ton laws Of this country can't be modified
so that American shipping could be car
ried on under the American flag. You
can go TO New Orleans and see the wharves
lined with Spanish vessels built in En-
gland and purchased for very little more
than cost, while Americans cannot 90
into the markets OF the world TO purchase
u vessel.
Engineer-The scheme of DeLesseps TO
build ship channel across the Isthmus OF
Panama is q failure. lie is not the man a
great many people take him TO be. OF
course he took prominent part in the
Suez Canal project but II never paid a
cent until England got hold OF it. Tehuan-
tepec2 | don't know. America is the
strongest and the weakes, nation on EARTH
We can do anything and we can do moth
ing.
Justice Sanderln-I think when law
yers can find no better employment than
nosing around among ignorant people and
stirring up stripe and breeding lawsuits
they had better 20 back TO the cotton
patch and make an honest living
Justice Garyin-The new gamo law Of
Arkansas is q good one. Il is in the inter
est Of truth. Heretofore when l went
fishing had 10 promise Capt. o. IIaver.
will Pryde. Charley Armstrong and others
that would bring them each a string Of
fish. In this way have covered my inn
mortal soul with slate-roofing of preyar-
cations. Now, can tell them that the
law prohibits me. and that |, as func.
tionary OF the law, cannot set the exam
pie OF violating il. The law is good one.
Arthur Taylor-I'm ruinedl I'm all
broke up. Been 10 the races today and
lost 5000. That knocks me out There
was Sl.50 Of II cold cash.
John Mason-lt Is this way: We put in
81 apiece all around. then write the names
| OF the horses on slips OF paper. These slips
are tossed around in a hat and drawn out,
the one getting the winner takes the
money. There Is no commission to lose.
ThgIIon. Ed S. Carl Lee, Augusta. Ark.
Didn't you ever hear OF the bat Cave at
Batesville, Ark.7 mol Why, that Is the
greatest curiosity yet There is cave
there that runs in the mountain and into
the bowels Of the earth, no one knows how
far. The oriiice Is small and lined
with the hardest OF granite. No
one has ever penetrated the cave yet.
Parties have gone In 10 where the dome
rises high and where nature mocks art In
tho matter Of gorgeous pendants, lofty
pillars, long avenues, corridors, courts and
all manner OF things, In solid stone. There
are limpid streams, sparkling fountains,
glossy lakes and gurgling riyulets. There
are dcpresaiona, too, the proiundity Of
which no man knows. Parties have tried
10 measure the distance by dropping a
rock into the chasm and awaiting 20 hear
u strike the bottom, but their ralions al.
WAYS gave out while waiting, aud they had
10 return. Why Is IL called the bat cave?
oh, there are millions aud millions
Of bats IN there every day. They start
In just before day and come out just
after dark And you ought 10 see
them 90 In and come out They enter
with such force that they almost block
the mouth OF the cave and the displaced
air can find no exit. II roars outat times,
carrying with u dust and debris aud max.
| lux hNtHN AlhN NlaAnuts W utu lut
bats start out In the morning the case Is
reversed. They rush out ia such mum.
beers that the air cannot get iato the
vacuum. The ingress OF air increases In
force until the bats coming out are unable
30 make Roadway against Il and they fall
10 the earth cxhauscd. where the lie until
the vacuum fills, when they again proceed.
| To 500 the endless swarm one
would imagine that every bat between
the Andes and Apprentices lived there.
The owner OF the cave has fortune. You
see the bats have lived there for ages and
cons. aud tho accumulated birdlime is
sufficient 20 icriilizo every farm from Maine
30 California. Parties are engaged ship.
ping this stuff at present aud II Is valua-
bile. What will they do with the baisl
! don't know. They may use them 10
make dude shoes or furnish the animals
alive for tho stores Of the merchants who
do not advertise.
Constable Bob Ice One limo in the
old country | went fishing and caught a
Emo one. II Is againt the law there, but |
wanted that fish. tied a string through
IT, gills, aud taking of my coat, strapped
Il ON INV back. put on my coat 10 cover
II, aud started home. had not gone far
wncn WIS arrested. The fish was 30 biz
that six inches OF the tail hung below the
bottom Of my.coat, and the officer saw H. IL
cost my father cS 10 get me out Another
time but everybody ran away.
Deputy Criminal Court Clerk James II.
Huntpr-When man charged with muir