Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-06

ordinary palm Leaf and selling at a
little less than q halfpenny each.
From ten thousand to fifteen thou
sand peOple-the vast majority women
on the road trying 10 get as
near az possible to where the god was
bathing. It Is in such a scene as this
that one Is brought face to face with
the masses Of the people. And how
dociIe they arel They had come from
great distances. Some were Unmists-
foOtsOFe and weary, very many
were old, nearly worn out, and posi-
bly, anxious for the last time to see
the god bathed. The faces of the
young girls l thought more Wearied-
looking still-faees not pretty in any
case that / saw and very ugly in some,
but with an expression that it Wasfm-
possible no look upon without pity.
The London Court Journal says that
dark hair, 81 long neglected and de-
spised, is again in the ascendant. The
blonde is gradually resumins her
place side by side, not above, the bru-
nette. The blonde is now declared to
have maintained her rule so long by
variety of artifice, and can, now that
her cunning devices are known, BE-
classified as follows: The Gothic Irish
(reddish), the Saxon English ozark
Yellow, the little ridiculous blonde
(shOrt, curly, GOLDEN, the eephalic
blonde (Orange tint, and the lynn
phatie blonde (pale straw COLOR.
Among all these the eephalic orange
golden has always beea considered the
most to be dreaded by men who seek
for peace Of mind, a calm life, and q
happy end.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy writes rom
London: "I assisted the other night
at a rather melancholy entertainments.
1t was the performance Of Otto Gold
schmidt's sacred pastoral, Ruth the
principal soprano part in which Was
taken by his renowned wife, Jenny
Lind. There was a brilliant house
~resOlute to be pleased. Jenny Lind
had a grand reception, the cOfdiality
of which was undoubtedly enhanced
by the general desire to mark a sense
of indignation at the Wanton and cruel
calumnies which lately assailed her
self and her husband. But It was a
heavy and mOurnful business. Can
that be Jenny Lind?' some Of the
younger listeners whispered. That
heavy, hOmely matrOn-that striving
singer with the worn out voice which
struggles so painfully with the high
notes and is so hOarse with the low
What was the PicOlOmini mania, the
Patti mania, the Nilsson mania, when
compared with the madness for Jenny
Lind? And now what reIlains2
Nothing, it seems to me, except a
knowledge Of music and high artistic
purpose. No fancies, no art could do
anything with that wrecked and faded
voice. Nothing limited TO me of the
Jenny Lind of iame."
The Inter national Society appears
TO be bent on carrying out its pro-
gramme to the bitter end. According
to the dispatches from Paris q plot
aiming at nothing less than the cap
ture Of marseilles by means of whole
sale eOndagration has been discovered
by the authorities. 1t seems, then,
that the InternatiOnais, OF Commune
lists, or whatever they may call them
selves, have not stated their incendiary
greed. Their plan Of operations in
Guided other cities, such as Nancy and
BOurges, which were to have shared
the fate of M~arseilles. All this seems
almost too fantastic for belief. Per-
maps those papers which the authOri-
ties are reported to have found have
reference to CONGREGATIONS planned TO
take place simultaneously with the
burning OF Paris, for such, we be-
lieve, was the programme Of the dy-
ing Commune. We cannot see how
the international Society can advance
its interests by wholesale incendiar-
rnnm HNlNnnw nnmu ~ a. -
the old social edifice. When the
houses are all burned to the ground
the old social ediice may indeed bs
said to have ceased to exist.
General M0ltke has addressed the
following fetter to the eitizsas of Luz
beck, in acknowledgment Of their
having presented him with the free
dom OF the city: 81 have received
with gratitude from your represen-
tatiOn the spleadidly and artistieally
executed document which eonles
upon me the title Of a burgess OF Lu-
beck. The numerous monuments OF
power, OF patriotism and Of benefl-
cenee, recalling the Time when Lubbock
stood at the head Of the confederation
OF eities-a confederation whose feets
commanded the sea and made war
with kingdOms-the venerable town
hall, the lofty towers, the protecting
bulWarks with their shady trees, the
great ships upon the narrow river,
the ancient gates-One OF which Is so
admirably represented IN the dOeu-
ment you have sent me-are the ear
lest -TeeOilectiOns of nay childhood.
But, i~neffaeeable as they are, there re-
manned IN my heart the impatienee
with which L then witnessed the VIC
lent prepOnderanee OF France. NV
whole life has been spent under the
feeling OF the pOwerlessness OF Ger
many against her Oyer-eXacting
neighbOr, until st last, under the fa0
of Prussia, the nation has risen to the
struggle which, by Gods help, has as
sured the Union and the strength OF
the country. And in that struggle
the children Of your city, brave
among the bfavest, have taken part.
May a long and happy peace e0mpen-
safe US for the sacrifices which were
inevitable; and may Germany, with
her ancient and venerable Lubbock,
develop her greatness ana march for
ward to new destinies."
The recently reported earthquakes
give to the theories Of Professor Fred.
Mohr --Of the University of Bonn,
published in 1866, a renewed interest.
Unable to receive the popular theory
that the earth was once a melted
mass, because the silicates found IN
many of the Olden rocks, if once
melted, possess certain chemical and
physical properties which they never
after lose, and which do not distin-
guish them in nature in their cfys-
taline form, he sudpOses that the inte-
riOr of the earth Is similar to its sur
face, except that it is more thorough
iy saturated with water. The noun
he says, are continually grow
ing from beneath, the inorganic mat
ter in the water slowly crystalizing
and pushing the range upward.
Sometimes, according to Prof. Mohr,
the water dissOiYe5 away the earth,
making a cave miles, perhaps, in ex-
tent; the roof of this not being strong
enough to uphold the mass Of earth
above gives away, and this causes one
Of those great commissions which we
call se6rthquakes. The friction caused
by this falling produces heat enough
to melt the rocks and convert the wa
ter into steam, and this accounts iOr
the volcanic phenomena which gen
orally attend earthquakes. The Pro
lessor thinks that his theory IS sus-
by the fact that earthquake
in ~coneentrie and ever increas-
ing circles, and also because the water
Of the sea on such occasions has been
to reeede, flowing toward the
center Of the eOnvulsiOn and then re-
turn, overlooking the highest marks.
Lorna aud Louise.