Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-29
SHORI ITEMS.

Where ali the lost are crowned with aspho
And there Is no more sea
SHIRT HENS.
The Episcopal convention has iaker
action upon the ground Of the Cheney
controversy, aud adversely to tbs
claims Of that persistent minister. In
stead OF granting au alternate ph .ase
they solve the difficulty by declaring
as their c eviction that the word ire.
generate" as it occurs ia the service
for the baptism of infants, sis not Sc
used as to determine that a moral
change in the subject of baptism is
wrought in the sacrement."
The new st neck-tie of the period is
a straight band, with a rosette and
short fringed ends Of some pale or
bri ght-tinted ribbon. This neck tie,
with the ''clerical" collar thai has Just
been introduced for laity use, will
make a charming finish for the high
thrOated dresses which are again being
revived. Bare Threats in a few more
weeks VIII be at q discount. Ladies
have found by bitter experiences that
in this climate at least the good old
fashion is the best.
Here is q good one on the 'tstur
bugs" Three men were comparing
notes. One says, there is two bugs
to every stalk" Ascend one says,
"They have Cut down my early crop,
and are sitting on the fence waiting
iorthe late crop to come ""Pshaw,"
said the third, "You don't know any.
thing about it. l passed a seed store
the other day, and the bugs were In
there looking over the books to see
who had purchased seed potatoes
A New Hampshire paper says: We
have referred before to the case Of
smallpox that is at once the pride and
fear OF Suneock, and are now told of
an incident connected with it tending
to show that the professions Of men
are not so hollow as they are some
times said to be. The patient suffer
ing from the cheerful disease alluded
to was nurSed by her sister, who has
"a young man." This individual
seems to have been nightly stirred
up by the proximity of his beloved to
the pestilenee. Accordingly on the
Ist, "by the moonbeam's misty light"
he came in a close carriage and tOted
her of, regardless Of the consequences
he might incur, and is now guarding
the sdOred n in some safe and more
secluded spot. Such devotion is be-
You'd question, and ought to find ap-
probation with the damsel.
Australia is a convenient region of
romance, being too distant for close
investigation by the skepiical. For
example,: An English nobleman falls
in love with his mothers pretty maid,
a sort of Becky Sharp. She avoids
her noble lover and complains that
she is prosecuted" So MILFORD takes
a years "trip in Europe, becomes love-
sick as we'll as sea sick crossing the
channel, and writes her an offer OF
marriage. she doubts; he sWears
fidelity, and marries her privately. A
daughter is born, the mother dies and
the father wedS again. Twenty five
years elapse; the girl falls in love with
who has the misfortune to kill his
superior and is transported. She fol-
lows him to Botany Bay. In an sun
fortunate affAir'' her lover loses his
Life, and his disc0nsOlate lady-lOve
OGIUkL4Eo u AA11OuldAAcA III lAE uOUE6 I
of 9 poor settler. Her father was
childless; a ~persevering solicitor seeks
the daughter 70 long disowned, and
she becomes Lady Elizabeth Morton,
with 100000 q year.
A writer in the London Standard
describes q ssmost successful mode OF
drugging In use over the American
continent, which produces loss Of
strength and torpor, and which, in
the case of death resulting, defies the
most acute medical analysis" He was
himself once a victim of this drug
ging. He drank a mouthiul OF So
brandy, and in ten minutes az
ter he became giddy, lost the use Of
his limbs, and then consciousness, and
did not recover for some seven hours
sufficiently to enable him to walk. He
subsequently got acquainted with q
man who had hem employed at a
New York vault to enact the part of a
irugger, and this respectable and no |,
loubt reliable individual explained
he drugging process. Part OF a bot
lie Of any liquid Is decanted and the
pace filled up by tobacco smoke, ex-
from q clay pipe, well impreQ !,
40LCA WIN aAGOAAAACe AAO DOttA6 Is I
hen well shaken and filed up again !,
With the portion before taken out. 1t 1
5 then left to stand for q week or So; :
)ut flelt standing before use for q J
Ortnight death VIII De the result of :
thinking. /;
Having discovered an army register !
or the year 1909, a glance through it >
Ittracted notice to some names which :
subsequently, became famous: VIM +
ield Scott became captain of light ar. !
iElery in 1905. Edmund P. Gaines, 2
of I'd regiment of infantry, I
sos. Thomas s. Jessup, lieutenant +
tn infantry, lS08. He was quite q 4
'rominent actor in tbs Seminole war q
1887, and was afterwards quarter !
nasteT-general. Duff Green, well :
.nown to Washington politicians of q 4
asst generation, was second lieuten- +
Mt of It'll infantry, December IL, 1903. q
ut resigned on the 9th OF October. q
800. He was a veteran editor in his n
ay. William Gates, who command. o
Fort Lafayette during the slate z
npleasantness," was first lieutenant n
I artillery in November, 1907. George 4
for q longtime commissary- +,
eneral, was a captain of infantry In II
sos. Zachary Taylor, subsequently I.
resident Of the United States, and Il
Gro of Buena Vista, was q captain of y
November SO, 1910. William =
'uane, famous as editor Of the Aurora. y
as lisutenant-eOlOnel of rihemen' :,
uly, 1918, but resigned July 81, 1870 =
Washington Chronicle, OCTOBER 10. a.
An ambitious project has been h
by a small Los of rabbis at
frankfort to lead the scattered Chill. Ii
rem OF Israel back TO Palestine, and az
establish Jewish kingdom there II
nee more. Invitations to Join the be
reject have been printed in great DIS
lmbers, and are by this time eircu. Il
ting among the numerous members to
the ancient race throughout Ger. vi