Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-28
So there is no need to tell any one to
whom the following applies:
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS,

Don't wait for your fervor to cool be-
fore you act. The workmen at 8 foun-
dry might as well wait for the molten
iron to cool before pouring it into the
mould.
The great question of the present de-
csde is believed to be, after all not,
VIII the coming man drink wine?"
but 10 view of the scarcity and high
price Of house rents, /" Where will the
coming man liye?"
-"Sir,n said an old Scotch woman to
her minister, "I didns ken part of your
sermon yesterday "Indeed; what
was it ~ You said the Apostle used
the figure Of circ1lHlectstion and dinna
ken whatit means" is that all ?' It's
very plain. The figure of circumIocution
is merely periphrastic mode of dictiou. I"
"Oh sh ia that ali % said the good
woman; what Iuir fool were not TO
understand that p'
Nothing can exceed Greeley's horror
at Frank Blair's sO-cslled threat Of assss-
sination yet Greeley, two weeks ago,
wrote to the following effect: "Let
Philadelphia Republicans look out for
an army OF fraudulent Democratic
voters in October, and furnish such az
BlGy be caught Nth cefia8."
"'ri, strange such di1ere.ce there should bs
'rwixtl lweedledum and tw5edledee."
O'Connor, when in prison in January,
1885, at the time OF the great Irish strug.
gle for liberty, gave expression to this
lofty sentiment in letter to Lord Castle
reagh: Disloyslty, rebellion, and trea-
son are confounded by the mass Of man
kind, with the success that attends them :;
whilst with the magnanimous, success
conveys no acquittal, nor defeat condem-
nation" Ponder 1t well, and make the
application for yourself.
-Three noble guests at q hotel in Os-
tend, recently committed suicide under
extraordinary circumstances. The three
were seated at the table where they were
dining together, whs1 they were sud-
denly observed to fall back lifeless.
Every effort was made 20 restore them
but life was extinct. 1t was found that
the champagne glass of each one had
contained prussie acid, but no clue has
been obtained to the mysterious event.
Mr.. Mcdonald has nearly ready for
private exhibition his ideal statue of
Sonambuls,,' in which he has sought
to represent the highest type Of Ameri-
can female beauty. He hss'nearly ready
his Anatomical Horse, ~ and is engaged
on q small Anatomical Man, both of
which are intended to show all Of the ex-
ternal muscles Of the two nOblest Of ami
mails. In each the artist will give his
conception of the highest and most per-
feet animal organization.
Nothing could be in better taste than
Gov. hsymouris patriotic and graceful
tribute to President Johnson, with which
he signaliz I'd his first speech. 1t shows
that in the minds Of all lovers of their
country and true statesmen, the services
of the noble Tennesseean in Withstand
log the shock Of Radical despotism are
uOt destined to be forgotten. No man in
this country has been more reviled, and
no one will carry with him into retire.
ment clearer record nor a more glori.
Gus triumph of duty well performed.
"A murder of peculiar atrocity was
lately committed near Limoges, France.
A shoemaker's wife, named Rabinsud,
strangled her husband in his sleep and
afterwards eut his body into pieces. For
four days successively she went into the
woods and lanes about Limoges, scatter
ing little bits of her husbands body in
various directions, far and wide. Every
night she returned to her house and lay
down 10 sleep by the side of what was
left. Six days after the murder she put
on her best gown and danced at village
fete. She has been sentenced to penal
servitude for life.
Last month Mr.. P, an old naan
OF 20, committed suicide by hanging
himself from the bedpost in the Rue de
Ia h1quette, Paris, He left on the table
a paper containing the following: SAG
cuse no one of my death. l killed my
self because l could not do otherwise.
My grandfather cut his throat with
razor. My father and my eldest son
shot themselves. My daus shter Margaret
threw herself into the river two years
ago. And now / must obey the fate
which has attended my family for more
than 100 years.