Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-02
THE NEWS.

The latest fashionable color in Paris
is called eau de M (water of the Nile.
1t is mixture of gray and green,
which gives satin the appearance of
flowing water.
There are two hundred lines of telC-
graph cOnyergiug at New York, and
seventy-five telegraph offices scattered
over the city, giving employment to
two hundred and fifty operators.
A nice young woman OF st. John,
Y. B., knocked down several of a gang
OF roWdies who attacked her male es-
cOrt on the way home from church,
aud put them all to flight. She will
soon undertake to protect him through
life.
A company of Russian vOcaliSts re-
Gently passed through Hamburg, on
their way to America. They propose
to treat us to SclaVic and Russian ma
tional songs, which are remarkable
for their pathOs.
When the Countess Andre de DAM
pierre died the other day, her servants
were so much absorbed by her funeral
that they neglected TO supply her pack
of hounds with provisions. \ few
days afterward one of the domestics
having entered their kennel, the dogs
fell upon him, tore him to pieces, and
literally ate him up.
A rich Greek merchant residing in
Rome had a rich daughter; the daugh-
ter had a Russian lover whom the
parent hated, so he invited him to
L.
maiden smelled the rat, and poisoned
herself. At last accounts, the Greek
was Offering rewards for the easiest
mode Of committing suicide.
Just fancy a group of medical stu
dents counting the pulse of a patient
Il miles away; yet that was what was
done a short time since, when DIR.
Upham, of Salem, exhibited to his
class the pulsatiOns OF patients in the
Boston hospital, Il miles of. A tele-
graph wire on the pulse received the
puIsati0ns and recorded them in the
distant lecturc-rOom by the Oscilla-
tons Of a ray Of magnetic light.
Vermont has taken an important
step to induce capitalists to engage in
manufacturing in that State. The
Legislature has exempted from taxa
ton for five years all manufacturing
establishments hereafter erected in the
State, and all the capital and machin-
cry used in operating them, and also
the capital and machinery put into
buildings already erected, but not
now used for manufacturing purposes,
whenever the capital used amounts TO
one thousand dollars or more.
There are indications that the ques-
ton OF repeal or modification Of the
income tax will cause excited and
prolonged discussion in the approach
ing session Of Congress. The matter
is of especial importance 10 large cor
poratiOnS and individuals of immense
income. Certain of these have COM
bined, it is alleged, and formed party
with q large aggregate fund subscribed
to use in Washington in lobbying a
repeal of the income tax, which eX-
pires by limitation next June, or fail
in this, to prevent a continuance Of
that law in 4 modified form, as Is pro-
posed by another party.
The Calcutta. Overland Nail of Oc-
tober 18th says of the fearful famine
still prevalent in India, that the re-
turn OF deaths in the northwest pro-
vinces for the month of October is
really appalling. In August last year
the deaths were %, ,265, but in August
Of the present year they rose to 81, ,j42.
Cholera and fever are the principal
causes of the increase, as from the for
mer the deaths rose from 1926 to 49,
sol, and from the latter from 13,000 to
5000. No doubt the debility of the
people caused by the scarcity has rem
dered them more liable to disease.
A st. Louis lawyer has discovered
that women already have the right to
vote, and that the agitation of woman
suffrage is behind the times. He
claims that the right to vote is con-
fcrred on women by the XINth
Amendment. His argument is as
follows: First, that the amendment
provides that "nO State shall abridge
the privileges and immunities of its
citizens" Second, that women are,
of course, citizens. Third, that the
elective franchise is privilege or inn
munity. Fourth, that therefore no
State can deny the right of woman
to exercise. the privilege" Here is a
chance for a test case.
\ Boston paper says: More than
thirty years ago, a Baptist clergyman
of this city, still living, admonished
/ his hearers, II they would die happy,
after making their peace with God, to
/ make their Wills. The Importance of
/ this injunction is quite apparent now
in the recent death of a lady in Lam
/ caster, Pa, who bequeathed the bal
/ ance OF her property, some 81, 600, 10
two churches, which becomes void, as
the execution of the will was less
/ than thirty days previous to her death
the Legislature having passed an act
providing against any bequest for re-
ligious or charitable uses, unless made
by deed or will at least one month be-
fore the decease of the testatOr."
A letter writer in the New York
ReuOltdiOR (wOman's rights organ,
says that ''within the past year many
thousands of women in England have
been admitted to vote in municipal
elections, / have recorded the fact o.
ladies presiding and making speeches
at public dinners. Courses OF scien.
tific lectures for ladies have been es
tablished in most of the large towns
Prof Huxley opens one next week in
London. The Ladies' College ha.
been established at Hitchin, near Lon
don, with luxurious accommodations
Each lady has private sitting-ro0m
and bedroom, el, gantly furnished
and the lectures are given by eminent
professors from the London and Cam
bridge universities. These universe
ties also hold regular examination
for ladies. Ladies are also admitted
, at Harrow to very advanced cours,
of study, and can now enter for ful
COURSES of study and medical degree
at Edinhurg. There was some Oppo
, sition here, but the ladies triumpheS