Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-08
ALL SORTS.

IA iltiu Ol iGisiTk-iti6 SlSu pttlubSi.
The man of letter-the type.setter.
-" Light reading-A motto in
fire works.
What did the potter say TO the
clay? Beware.
Cork screws Fellows who spare
their wine.
Those who live in Omaha are
known as Omahogs.
Nights with Burns-Sitting up
with scalded babies.
The opposite of the seeds of dis
cOntent-Caraway seeds.
Heavy charges ofthelight brigade:
Gas bills.
The new back-gammOn-the Gre
clan bend.
"A first rate feller-an American
baek-wOOdsman.
An excellent cartoOn-the whist
ling of q locomotive.
The bonds in New York are styled
the British legation.
Josh Billings says marry young,
and, if circumstances require it, often.
An early spring-jumping out of
bed at five O'Clock in the morning.
-" A melancholy refection"-th
top of bald head in looking glass.
-" | despise mankind" said an ar
rOgant millionaire to a noted clergy
man. a see you have studied your
own nature deeply" was the quiet
reply.
An exchange says: We like the
RevolutiOnists, from the sweet little
girl boOk-keepers, to the hale old girl
publisher, who knows how to run a
newspaper office.
"A Madison avenue belle writes
from the White Mountains as follows:
" Its G,etidiy cold; I'm wrapped up in
shawls and have .JedgtiaIy red nose.
There are no eligible fellows here, and
| wish myself again at Saratoga"
The st. Louis Repu5lica7a says:
I" In Kansas City the hogs are cOu-
chant. In st. Joseph they are ram
pant. In Hannibal they are ambula-
tory. In neither situation are people
satisfied with having them in the
streets. So the papers say
AT Tit SEttoiNlC II II ts5-
sential to the health of our American
young ladies that they imbibe several
milk punches and other bar room
drinks after their morning plunge in
the surf. Our recently arrived Ger
man barOns tink dis ish fearful"
An indianapolis lawyer has re-
Ceived the following: ''Sir-ean get
a divors, q how soon on grounds that
/ eannqt support my wife have one
child, boy am willing to take care of
the boy, ans. imeaditIy 4 state what
il will cost. if it costs so can't pay
that much, Direct TO hox 240 Bur-
lington VT"
The slgnboard of a tavern, near
Strasbourg, France, bears the follow
ing inscription: "Strong beer and
wine Of the first quality. Customers
drinking more than twelve glasses
win be sent home in cab, free of
charge, in case they are unable tQ
walk" +
-phey have now at Saratoga a
Young lady possessing eight trunks OF
Partisan tbRetteS, several boxes of lin
glire. and a thousand dollars in rings,
earrings, brooches, necklaces and
other ornaments. Perhaps It is well
TO mention in this connection that
five years ago this fair dealoiseHe re-
sided over her fathers dram-shOp in
Sixth Avenue,
There Is profound truth in what
the New York Times says concerning
the power of the press in the country.
"There is" ii says, "no political Or
ganizatiOn or authority that can Pe.
sist it when il presents q united front.
God, however, has wisely combined
the powers with which He endows
His creatures with such fnfirmities
that Ii is only when they exert those
powers in harmony with His laws
that their full energy can be felt !"
james HoGg, the Ettriek Shep-
herd, used to relate, with much hu-
mOFous relish, an anecdote of the au-
thor of 1.-The Excursion" At s
meeting in the house Of Prof. Wilson,
on WindeEmere, In the autumn of
1916, where Wordsworth, Hogg, and
several other poets were present, the
evening became distinguished by a
remarkably brilliant bow, of the ma
ture of the aurora borealis, across the
.heavens. The party came out 10 see
it, and looked an faf some time In ad-
miration. Hogg remarked, |" IT is a
triumphal arch got up to cel2hFete
this meeting Of the poets.h He after
wards heard the future paet-laureate
whispering uncpaseiously to himself,
6 p0etsl poetsi What does the fellow
naeanY Where are they?'' In his
Convention there was but one noet
present,
The Rev. Rowland Hill used to
ride to and frorl church in a carriage,
This gave ofiense 20 Gne Of his mem-
bers az least, who went so far as to
hand in, among the notices, one re-
queStiHg the prayers OF the eongre-
cation for the pastor, who, yielding to
pride, is in the habit Of riding in his
carriage, not content, like his divine
Master, to ride upon an-ass.n II was
not until Mfr. Hiil had read the paper,
and observed the sensation created,