Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-24

practices what this cheerful neologisI
calls " nsturepsthy."
"A gentleman sold q piece OF land in
Des MOines, Iowa, fifteen years ago, fol-
$500. Last week he bought it back fol
S27 900.
"A Rochester manufactures has sr
order for $4,000 worth Of lamps Of diff
ferent sorts for the Union Pacific Rail
road.
There are upwards of $50 thorough.
/ fares in London which belong to pri-
vate owners and are barred from the
public.
Sherman, 8424 feet above water level
is the highest point ON tue Union Pa
cifc. The Central Pacific gets up tC
7O42.
Travel in Cleveland street cars has
increased thirty-thPee per cent. sincet the
small sheet iron stoves were introduced
into the cars.
Public Protestant worship has been
organized at Madrid, Spain, by 3 COM
mittee of English, German and Swiss
Professionals.
Robert Bonner's "Flatbush Maid" re-
| Gently visited Hartford, Conn, under an
| assumed name, and took all the wind
| out Of tbs horse fanciers.
The old folio pulpit Bible, with its
| original binding sud brass mountings,
! used by old Samuel Wesley, end his soma
John and Charles, is now offered for sale.
In New York city the n~eighbnrhood Of
the nCstOfiee is said TO be freguented by
boys who sell postage stamps at reduced
rates, which they Esge stolen from their
employers.
"A student Of the Assyrian tablets in
the British Museun places the date oil
Abraham at 1920 before Christ, nearly
400 years earlier than Fishers chro'
nology.
There is q Miss 0odsey in Kentucky
who has slept for nineteen years except
for intervals of ten minutes q dozen
times q day, during which she eats. She
is intellectual.
The Congregational church at Mari.
boro', Mass, has u Bible presented by
ThOmss Tileston, OF Boston, January LIST,
1898. 1t is q folio, published by Isaiah
Thomas, Of Worcester, in 1871.
Lieut. Gen. Cumback, of IOdiana,
who has been nominated for the United
States Senate, by the Radicals, wss 6
Paymaster during the war. a proper
kLhAuluk lOl . LehAlGGA OUAGAOEs
The following is from the New York
Hsrdld's personal advertisements /:
Mrs. Z. NJ. Wake some slip
perry l. II T, soak your feet and stop be-
Ing PERSONAL II is expensive, and the
Herald don't trust.-Van."
"A young lady in Rochester, who had
been standing with her back TO 3 hot
fire, lesped up and shrieked violently
the moment she sat down on a chair.
The Duplex Elliptic" had steel wires
in il.
1t is said the clergy cost the United
States Sl2,000, 600 annually the crimi-
nails $40, 000, coo; tie LAWYERS, $50, 000, GOO;
strong drink, $500, 600, eco. The clergy
and lawyers. SS2 000, 600 rum and Grim
inaIs, S240,0 o0, 600.
st. Louis hss g new patent veloci-
pede. The back of the rider is supported
by a clamp, which acts as a tiller. 1t
has two back wheels five feet in diane
ter, and is moved by both the arms and
legs.
Father Ignatius has just been al
fenced by the Bishop of London for
threatening to eXcommunicate 8 young
lady who had " broken her solemn life
vow Of obedience to him, received and
taken ia the name Of the Most holy
Trinity"
Pho TX shows great unessiness con
corning tue danger to which the Catholic
Church is exposed Ia Spain. He is par
ticularly frightened at the danger threat
eEsng the unity Of the faith, which had
eve formed the glory of that Catholic
nation
The celebrated race horse Kentucky
has been finally Withdrawn from the
turf, and will In future be devoted to the
stud. He has won in purses aud stakes
$1,000, and Is now owned by August
Belmont, and kept in his stables st
Brooklyn, Long Island. Dir. Belmont
paid SIS. 900 for him.
Charles A. Dana, of the Sun, and
John Ewinton, f'the Times. appeared
yesterday with hair cropped in the style
known as "fled." This neat and up-
pretending style, it is reported, is likely
to become popular among the editorial
profession, entirely replacing the long
locks introduced by the TyIuDs people.
~. Y. Mal 1871.
One advantage of Gen. Buffers
financial plan is In danger Of being over-
looked. When it is adopted there will
be no further use for gold or silver as
money, and the amount now in the
hands Of brokers-which tasy will of
course dispose Of for a merely nominal
amount ia I" certificates Of value will
find its way into the shops Of the Jewell
ers to be manufactured into earrings,
breastpins and toOtbpicks. Articles OF
gold and silverwsre will be2cEae cheap
and common. 1t is certificate OF
which viii hereafter count with
us.-Bost0n Post,
PATS idea Of sympathy was q good
one. He had been long trying to get
Bridget to give him a parting kiss. FL
nally, as a last resort, he turned away,
"Good bye, Bidd. Sure and We
haven't any sympathy for me at all J"
" sympathy, is it2 And what dye name
by that, Patrick ?" "Come here, Biddy,
and III be after telling ye. When Hove
you 50 that I'D like TO bite a piece right
out OF u swate cheek, and ye feels as
II ye'dIke to have me do so-thRt's sym-