Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
PARAGRAPHS.

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Round Table on "Grifith Gaunt," which
earned for Sweetzer a cruel roasting,
and a law suit, has been discovered in
Indianapolis. His name is Hippard.
John Stuart Mill has edited a new
edition of Analysis of the Phenomena
of the Human Mind" a work by his
father, John Mill, which has been some
time out of print. Alexander Balm,
George Grote and others, contribute
notes to it.
The Springfield Republican des-
cribes Lucy Stone as having "none of
those traits with which popular preiu-
dice endows the strong-minded woman
she is neither querulous, nor self-cOn-
eeited, nor masculine, nor more unrea-
sOnable than it is the prerogative of
women to be but she has a clear, vigo-
rous mind, a warm heart, a firm deter
mination, and, what is so rare a gift, the
power to charm an audience both by
what she says, and the manner of saying
it."
-0nslow s.. Ames. the neWly-elected
Governor of New Hampshire, isa " self
made man." In 1885 he was ticket
master at Cove-ly. From this position
he soon rose to that of superintendent of
the Northern Railroad, the business of
which, for over twenty years, be has
managed with marked financial ability,
skill, and good judgment, both as Super
intendent and President. The latter Of
fee he still holds, and that of President
of the Old Colony and Newport Rail-
roads.
Miss Charlotte Mary Yonge, author
of " TIE Heir of Redclyfe," is editing a
shilling London magazine, The Monthly
Packet. This lady, who was born in
the year 1923, devoted a great portion of
the proceeds Of "The Heir of Red
clyffe," her most successful novel, to
fitting out the missionary schooner
" Southern Cross" for the use of DR..
Selwyn, then Bishop of New Zealand
and now Bishop of Liehfeld, and gave
$4,000, the profits of her ." Daisy
Chain for the building of a Missionary
College in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Montreal Gazette snufs danger
in the distance in Bismarck's congratu-
lation to Grant, and says There is
something grimly significant Of his ten
dency to forcibly make that future his
own, in the prompt congratulation of
the parallel bayonet chieftain who rules
the most ambitious state of the older
world. We we're used to think, in times
past, that the Russo-American alliance
made an ominous conjunction. 1t is not
improbable that we shall see, hereafter,
that the Grant and Bismarck brother
hood is still more So"
The renowned revivalist, Jacob
lately from California, preached
At the Baptist church in Battle Greek,
Michigan, a few evenings ago. Among
4 goodly number of other things be
his opinion of singing in heaven :
. Why" said he, " the greatest croaker
IN earth will, when he gets to heaven,
have a voice as much sweeter than the
voice of Jenny Lind, as hers is much
,weeter than the braying of an ass"
b., a noted ~splrltuallst, called upon
Mr.. Knapp while he was in town, and
Turing the conversation said Elder,
7ou and l are getting old enough to
to think about crossing over the
liver to the other side have you got
7our ticket and everything in READINGS? !"
Elder X. looked at him a moment, and
hen said doctor, do you intend to
or will you attempt to paddle
Yourself across in a stolen dugout?
Should you succeed in reaching the
opposite shore | fear that Gods pickets
viii not suffer you to land. Doctor, your
icket is bad, get it exchanged now,
While you can" The doctor concluded
hat he was making nothing out of the
lder, and very politely took his leave.