Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-19

Wu1Ous We uhHda Sna1 our tAoIoAoAeS
give Memphis q fair trial"
The claims against the Government
continue to go in. Middle Tennessee sends
in these: Davidson county, e122,s60 %;
Williamson county, 1880; Rutherford
county, SI1,359; Warren county, f92 30;
Giles county, $1,2eo so; Msury county,
Z, $3.50 90; Smith county, &l,317; Sumner
county, $17, 287 %; Wilson county, fi,150i
Marshall county, 1898 0S; Coffee county,
$7,155; Chesthsm county, f1,400. Total,
Sls0,1IS SS.
Very complimentary to the President
of the st. Louis City Council is the Times,
Of that city, which says: "Elon G. Smith
has had q SIS 90 cane presented to him.
That's just about the amount he Is worth,
although we regret to say that the cane
was handed to him and not laid on him."
This is the poor, weak mortal, who sold
himself when the Council stood q tie. He
Is now President Of the Council, and de-
spised by everybody in st. Louis.
Squire Miller had q misfortune yes
tsrday. A negro was brought before him
for trial, for wife-whiPplng. The Squire
thought IL prudent to hne him hve dol
lars, which the negro could not pay. he
was placed In the custody of g constable,
who turned his back upon b culprit.
But this was a dangerous proceeding in
the large and loop-hoIed Office Of Squire;
Miller; for no sooner had the constable
turned his back than the colored turned
and walked out somehow. There is no
telling how. He is free, anyhow.
There was a heather Chinee fight in
the Recorders Court yesterday morning.
One of the Celestials had been decoyed
into 1905" where be lost 81 30-nesrly all
he had. He wsnt tothe ststion-house and
rolled out his sibilsnts in the most bewil-
dsring fashion to Captain Athey, who
thought the simplest way to square mat
ters was to send a policeman with Mr.,
Chinee. When the offending girl was
brought before the Recorder yesterday,
interpreting and g~esticulating with great
vehemsnce. The girl was fined i've dol
lars, and John was sent away without his
money-just the thing he wanted to get.
Mattresses of all social arts, women
are supreme in that of delicate, but dead
ly ~snubbing. The cold stare with which
they can freeze o to you roots II you
imagine hat to-day is to be after the pat
tern of yesterday; that q warm sdieu, no
greeting in full assembly; the calm
serenity with which they contra
dict you, and, without periphrssis
or an apology, give you, essen
italy, the lie direct; the seraphic in
nocence with which they ignore the posi-
bility of an offense in their blind assertion,
If logical deduction goes for anything, that
you are q fool or a knsve, OF perhaps both;
the dexterity with which they can strike
hard, when seeming to be only playing
with the fools-an these rank them full
professors of the great art Of snub. And,
to do them justice, they are in want
of an occasion whereby to prove their
efficiency.
"A remarkable character in Dublin
thirty or forty years ago, was q blind beg
gar, known as Zozimus, who recited or
acclaimed pieces of his composition,
i-nterspersed with odd ssides to the crowd.
of his striking and effective readings
was that of q romantic version of the
story of Moses in the bulrushes. He al
prefsced by inquiring, "Is there q
crowd about me now? Is there any black
guard hereto Hssenin' to meP" Having
been satisfied on these points, Zozimus is
reported to have delivered q series Of
of which the following may serve
as q specimen:
In Egypt's land upon the BANKS of Nile,
King haraoh's daughter went TO battle in
She tux her dip, then walked into the land.
And 70 dry her royal pelt she ran along the
bulrush tripped her, whereupon she saw
A smiling baby IA a wRd o. straw,
che tux Il up, and said with accents mild,
Az - N0 49, Il
A strong man falleth. He visiteth a
q fs~ro-bsnk-he loseth all. AS the gray
approached he walked sad and de-
Iected down one Of our principal streets
&c Waxeth wrOth, and the more he
thought of his fOolishnsss the more wroth
be became. He approached an uasUs-
man, who, with his foot propped
up on q doorstep, STOPPING over, was
tying his shoe. The victim of
faro saw the breach. Here was an object
IN which TO vent his spleen, regardless Of
The consequences. He loOsened his femur
and its attachments, and the whole of the
meta carpets Of his right foot went thun-
iering into shOe-ty6r's rear. A pause.
J. 7, recovered himself and gszed upon
lis opponent. "Whst are you kicking
for, sir7 I was only tying my shoe"
On Il, you are always tying your
and on went the irste loser at faro,
while the ssssiled gsz9d after him in
mute amusement. "I suppose I do wrong
ome people by tying that shoe so much"
Philosophers are not all dead
There is in this town a bar-ometricsl
Gentleman who early every morning
makes his appearance with his hat drawn
veil down over his eyes. After about
Wo drinks his hat rises to about the mid
lie of his for~ehead-after q few more 1t
ises to the top of his forehead, and by
our or five O'Clock it boldly but grace
ully rests on b extreme rear OF his
lsssic head. When the hat Is well over
lis eyes, it evidences that there is or has
cen q storm, and as it rises it,it infallibly
indicates fair and balmy weather. It Is
sd to see him at early dawn, when the
.srometer is low n threatening; put 1t
J altogether lovely to behold him at even
ide when the barometer is high, and his
uddy face CLEANS like q setting sun
When there's sunshine in the heart,
And the hat is on the pole,
rue pleasure, as of old, seems to start
From the bottom Of a nicely-hsvored
bowl. !
Our voluntary contributor, we fear,
as seriously if not fatally injured himself {
he made love to 3 girl who worked a 1
swing-machine. On Saturday she saw !
i'm standing smoking OF the corner &
during working hours" That was suh- j
lent. 1.-The hsunts hat NEW him once
new him 40 more" and an old gent with 7
double barrel" guards the door against I
Billy sees his mistake. He
lould have gone to the suburbs and
noked that borrowed cigar. All his l
right dreams Of being supported by that i
creature have ded-his gal has 3
taken away. He is as litigious IS
Gylrymple, and insists on damages, s
nd ccuse our lightning msn-'tor," L
Nd Billy, "if you had not called the az d
milton of the folks to the innocent pas 3
me OF standing on the corners, all would a
been WE'LL" Our funny man thus I
It's OF Billy's visit in search Of redress: v
q banged at the Ssncho's portal. b
be Tyler met him. "Dupray," c
id Billy, you've taken my Gala 2
sy." The inky devil turned to t
There was g besmishness about il
q eVe-then there came q sound Of rush.
& footsteps. Poor Billy had gone a I
and left G-Lick with Locke as he f
,bbled through the lower door. But il
o black guardian cried in dismsy: ode
an win die-send for de priest" Oil n
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