Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
1.-THE Happy Family :" Grant an
the politicians.

- Inc happy fanliy - OtaHI anu
the politicians.
George Francis Trains last is; " Re.
sOlUed, That selling England whole skins
for q sixpenee, and buying back the tails
for shilling, is plsyed cut"
The Dayton Ledger announces that
the names of candidates for Office must
be paid for, IS they "sre not running
the Ledger for fun any longer"
The parties who seem to have the
best chance OF feeding at the public crib
during the present administration, are
" reIativesn and "subscribers to the
house fund" None Of these lucky fell
lows need fear rejection, if they apply in
time.
Yesterday q special telegram to the
Press announced that, in the matter OF
certain appointments, it was highly
probable " Gen. Grant would take the
bull by the horns" II the bull hsppens
TO be a pOIiticisn, we wager ten to one he
will toss the General sky high.
1t is said that the number of Ritual
lists in England is exceedingly small.
Out of SIS churches in London only
eight use incense, and only fourteen are
ia favor of Euehsristie vestments. The
old-fsshioned high churchmen have,
therefore, some ground for the opinion
that advanced Hitualism is only one Of
the eccentricitics Of the day.
After q short, feeble ard contempti-
bic struggle, Mr.. Grant has at length
surrendered to the politicians. They
have now got him exactly where they
want him
So politicians thrive,
That with their motley faces and sly tricks,
oh
Their heads INST like a fox, TO rooms Of state
Tnen the whole BODY followsl
The entire area of the United King
dom under cultivation, il is reported, Is
returned As 45, ,652 545 acres in 1858, and
nearly 3S, coo, eco of this area were under
green crops and grass, tO-wit: IA. 649 54l
acres in England, ISL S5l in Wales,
2 2g5O,5IS in Scotland, Is I52022 in Ire
land, and 56 OF in the Channel Islands.
In some English counties turBips occupy
ten per cent. or more Of the entise cAlti-
waited crop.
Col. Parker, Of Gen. Grants staff, it
is now believed, will be nominated as
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs. His
familiarity with the habits Of the Indians,
it is said, prompts Las selection. He is
the officer, it will be remembered, who
arested some scandal by absenting HIM
self on :he day fixed for bis marriage,
and the blame was afterwards laid on
"b big Indian" into wnSss 5lgtches the
Colonel fell or dreamed he fell.N
The best method Of removing stains
from linen and cotton fabrics, produced
by spiIiing wine or vegetable juices, 6Onv
sists in moisteninE the surface affected
previously wettedj, with eOlption Of
hypO. sulphste of sOds, dissolved in not
water, and then adding on the point OF a
knife little pulveriZsd taFiSriG acid, and
rubbing this well in. After tho stain has
disappeared, the cloth may be washed
iu iukexsrm water, snd when dry no
trace of the stain will remain.
The New York Democrat thus sums
ND the Presidential record of L S. g.:
1.-TWO weeks President, with tSO Cab
inets already Two weeks 8 Pr, sident,
and twice defeated by Congress! Two
weeks 8 President, and slready ten per
cent. weaker than the day his election
Aud every hour from this To the close OF
his administration will mark his increase
of perplexities and decrease Of friends,
in exact proportion as, tried IN the cru
cibls OF events, he proves mentally In
sufficient fOg the times"
A silvering liquid, which has no
poisonous quality, may be prepared 0y
dissOlying one part lunar csustic IN
eighteen or twenty parts OF distilled wa
ter, adding one half part sal ammontSc
and two pREts Cf hypO-sulphate OF sOds,
aud then mixing the clear liquid thus
obtained to two parts Of vh!tlng. To
use it q portion OF this liquid is poured
into q dish and applied by means OF a
tooth brush, or any small brush, or BIZ
OF rag, to the article to be silveredi and
after 8 little rubbing fioe coating OF
silver will eppear. After it has been
ripssd of with wGteF, 1t may be dried
by means Of g cloth with little gentle
rubbing.
1t is stated that the Hosngho, one
Of the largest rivers in China, has re-
Gently changed, OF is changing its outlet,
and now enters the seS st point 800
miles north OF its recent mouth. 1t is
reported that the Rev. DIR. Martin, one
of the professors il the new University
at Pekin, recently walked dry Shod over
the spot where, in 1915, Lord Amhergt's
ianks lay, while the natives burned in
cense to insure favorable passage. 1t
is coniectured that in this deviation the
river il only returning to s bed on the
north side OF the highlands Of ShantuRg,
through vich 1t formerly flowed; end,
according to Chinese records, it has re-
pestedly shifted its channel, sometimes
divided by delta, sometimes entel1ng
the se6 by a single mouth.
Artificial stone, though it has failed
in several instances in this country to
furnish the requisite strength for build
ing purposes, yet is very popular abroad.
1t is stated that in the magnificent &C
queduct, now in course OF construction
IN France, to bring water fron the forest
OF FontainebleGu to Paris, some oil the
finest arcades on which the work is sup
ported ia crossing valleys are composed
Of mixture OF sand and cement ezclu-
sively, no stone Or brick being used AT
cherbourg, Barseilles and Algeria, loug
piers and docks have been constructed OF
artificial stone, and st Port Said, or the
Mediterranean, the engineers OF the Suez
Canal are building the sea walls OF blocks
OF pure sand aud hydraulic cement,
weighing two tons each. Two long piers,
respectively 500 and $500 feet long,
formed of this material, have been run
out into the sea.
GEN. JORDAN.