Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-16

panY with another boy, stepped OFF an
abrupt bluff bank in deep water, was ear
ried out by the strong current and
drowned. Efforts were made to recover
his body, which have so far been unsuc-
c~essful. He was about seven years Of age,
and a great fayorite with ali who know
him. The same paper says that it learns
" that two little sons of DIR. Jacques, of
Helena, aged respectively ten and twelve
years, were in the river bathing last Fri
day, and getting into deep water, both
we're drowned. Their bodies were taken
out, and the funeral took place on Satur-
day. The afflicted parents have the SYM
pathies OF the entire community liz their
sad bereavement haE
in this hot weather, the following
"Curious Thing" is quite useful to know:
Besides the fact that ice is lighter than
water, there Is another curious thing
about it which persons do not know, per-
haps-namely: Its purity. Alump of ice
melted viii always become purely dis
titled water. When the early navigators
of the Arctic seas got out of water they
melted fragments Of those vast mountains
of ice called ieebergs, and were astonished
to find that they yielded only fresh wa
ter. They thought that they were frozen
salt water, not knowing that they were
formed on the land and in some way
AhuntItO luNB tl6 SEA. Dub II bncI AdQ
been the result would have been all the
same. The fact is, the water in freezing
turns out of il all hat is not water-salt,
air, coloring matter and all impurities.
Frozen sea water makes fresh water ice.
If you freeze a basin of indigo water it
will make it as pure as that made of pure
rain water. When the cold Is vary sud
den these foreign matters have no time
to escape, either by rising or sinking;
nv,I sra tine nneunn1n1 NTH the leo lint
do not form any part of 1t.
Not long ago. two prominent criminal
lawyers of this city were employed on
opposite sides in a knotty case, owe in
Arkansas. They arrived at the county
seat the night previous to the trial of the
case, and put up at the same hotel. The
house being pretty full at the time, our
friends were domiciled for the night in a
log cabin adjoining the main building,
containing two rooms, separated from
each other by a rough log partition. On
retiring TO their quarters for the night,
one of the gentlemen put out his light
and seated himself at a window to enjoy
the cool night air, and think over his
case-or rather his clients case, in the
dark. The other also wished TO study up
some of The points, and after looking over
his brief, commenced walking the floor
and Illuminating. In a short time the
noise and hustle of a country tavern sub
sided, and darkness and silence reigned
supreme over the entire premises, except
in the 4" Judges 1--we forgot to say that
one is called General and the other Judge.
here in Memphis) room. He continued
pacing his room and turning and twisting
his case over in his mind. All at once he
stopped dead short in his march, and in q
s~oliloquising tone remarked, by I'd
/ do wish 1 had eLegen more shirtsI" The
General in the next room, " startled at
the silence broken by remarks so aptly
spoken" called out through a crack be-
tween the logs, II say, Judge, what do
you wish thai for7" The Judge was a lit
tie bit surprised at being overheard, but
promptly replied, "Well, l think every
gentleman ought to nave at least a dozen
shirts, and 1 Just lack eleven of having
that nnmberi"