Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-01

kind. man who calls his
wife bird must not be disappointed
if she asks him to buy feathers,--
L. S. has eighteen feminine editors.
-FloWer presents, are CONNIE Il
JaW.--Jet jeWelry sets are again
in vogue. girls we love what
they are, but in young men what they
promise TO be.-Eairs improve the
locality. Stockings with garters
attached are en regle.--Sangalli
has taken Fiick-Flock" to WASH
ington. Why are ladies ike
watches? Because they have beauti-
full faces, delicate hands, are more ad-
mired when full jewelled, and need
regulating very Often--Plush trim
med hats are affected by the bon.
t0H.--COntine your expenses, or
they will cOntine yOu.--Patti
has declined an offer of a million
of francs TO sing for ten months in the
new serious opera which Offenbach
has composed to a librettO by SardOu.
-Remember the poor. PlaidS
are all the gO.--Why do young la
dies whiten their faces? Because they
think the powder will make them go
OFF. "A widow is usually practi-
cal creature, who mends her condition
by re-pGiriRg.- was lately
paid $500 in gold to sing at one con
cert in Brighton, England.--Cab-
bages are poor this se;iSOn.--Mrs.
LiVerlnOrs has had a town in COlUra-
do named after her r--Mrs. Gaines
has offered her New Orleans contest
ants last chance for compromises
The daughter of Louisa Muhlbacb,
Miss Theodore Mundt, has been en-
gagged for the Leipsic stage.--Ihe
jersey cider crop is excellent, and
champagne is likely to be cheap
Negotiations are said by the English
papers to be on foot for the reduction
of the letter postage between the Uni
ted States aud Great Britain to three
pence sterling.-Emma =. PrOuty,
of Boston, pulled Il child from under
the wheel of a street car last Monday,
and the mother of the little one has
since presented Miss Z. with Yaiua-
bic gold watch, chain, ring, andsplen-
did silk dress, as souvenirs of her mer-
itOriOuS cOnduct.-ln q forest tree
lately cut down in Wisconsin was
found an Indian arrowhead complete
ly Embedded and grown over. 1t APP
pears, from counting the layers Of
wood over it, that ninety years have
elapsed since the arrow which ii
tipped was shot at the tree.-The
peCnle of Abyssinia are so well aware
of the great loss which their country
has suffered by the death of TheOdO-
rus, that they have begun 10 venerate
him as Il saint--Fne Augusta (Ga.) I
of the 27th Rit.. says that a
Mr.. Nelson sent to that Office, the day +.
before, a basket Of strawberries I
grown ia the open air! What T.
1Oes the Sorth say to that?-
Russian leather, called by the Rus 1
slams themselves Jucten, is usually .
iyed red with the aromatic sandal .
wood, and is celebrated Tor being free .
rom mould Ia damp situations, and /
lot only being proof against insects, l
lut repeiling them by It's OdOr, SO rs .
70 preserve books, in the binding OF 1
which it is used.-Dr. McCosh has
secured a fellowship in the Depart
nent Of Mental Science at Princeton
College. The student gaining this fel-
0wship will be allowed to continue
lis studies after graduating under the
aculty, or at a foreign university, as
ne may chO0se.-kisses and apples
ire very similar; they should never
De tasted without pairing. first
lass Chinese wife in San Francisco is /.
valued at SJO0.-The Jackson
TENN Tribune says: 1t cannot be
ienied that a party is being formed in
his State which will make opposition
% negro suffrage d cardinal element
n its political faith.-a model Of
he proposed bridge across the British
1hanRei j. TO be erected over the lake
n the BQis de BOulOgne. In con-
tructing the channel bridge, the piers
re to be ilo3ted TO the appointed spot,
nd then, the buOys being Withdrawn, /
hey fall into their position. Each
,ier is armed with telescope screws Of !
strength, which are worked
ntO the bed. The piers are so con
tructCd that water pOurs through
hem with little resistance; and each
,ieF is provided with a staircase, up
which, should vessels run foul OF
hem, the crew could run and go home
y train. Il