Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-09
ODDS AND ENDS

How was the ark propelled? By
a Noah, Of course.
/ Wauted-A fresh covering for the
bell that was pealed.
Worcester is the only photographer
who defines the word scaIlaWag.
Connecting link between the ami
NAL and vegetable kingdOms-Hash.
Nothing cOnquers obstinacy like
cold weather-it brings every man TO
his sneeZe.
A Warning-The man who tried 20
arrange his hair with an ice pick got
it into a nice pickle.
MOnOgrams have broken out fierce
ly IN two new plaCes-Jhe corners Of
gentlemen s collars and the gaUntlets
of ladies' gloves.
A paper has this advertisement:
Two sisters want washing" We
fear that millions Of brothers are in
the same predicament.
No young can now begin business
in New York unless he is wealthy.
A man needs a small fortune to be
able 70 rent one room on Broadway.
A young lady, upon one occasion,
requested her lover to define love
" Well, Sal, said he, sit is to me an
inward irrepressibility and an out
ward all-Overness. ."
"Can I see you home?7 said a Peo-
ria chap TO a young lady at a pa rty
the other night. 'NO, sir, ," she re-
piled, and the laudauUm he took kept
a stomach pump going all night.
The railway from st. Petersburg to
Revel, on the Baltic, two hundred
miles long, has been opened, and /
gives Russian merchants a fair Opp0r-
tUnity Of competing with England In /
the Baltic trade.
He who endeth the year free flOm /
debt and with honor, ended it with /
riches and glory. Therefore envy not /
tine man who embl8zOneth his wealth /
but cheats his creditors, and thereby /
his own soul.
In Belfast, ireland, may be seen /
the following inscription on a tomb
stone:
d" Here lies the body Of Thomas Round.
VINO went 70 sea and never was found:
Bis people imagine he UusG have been
drowned"
The women Of Cincinnati are talk.
ing of getting up petition to the city
praying that since profit
gate women must be registered aC-
cOTding 10 law, that prOfllgate men be
forced 10 make the same public con
lessi0n of their habits.
The L2deDeyldgace Beige continues to
give the names OF French officers,
now prisoners Of war in Germany,
who protest against reinstatiug N8pO-
leon III. Among the names are those
Of Count ChanaleiIles, Generals De
COurcy and PichOt and Colonel LenaI.
General Robert Anderson, of Fort /
Sumter fame, is living with his fami-
.y in Venice. Like Mrs. Lincoln, he
thinks Republicans, espe-
,ially Radical Republicans, are un-
grateful, and has shaken the dust of
bis feet and left the country in which
they rule.
Ten reasons why a woman marries:
[. For g home. 2. For family inter
ssts. 3. To prefix Mrs. to her name
and avoid being an old maid. 4. To
have her bills paid. 5. Because her
riends marry. g Because she wants
money. 7. She wants to travel 8.
For spite. 9. She wants sympathy. /
10 and last. Because she loves.
Louisville is to have q new paper
he first Of tebTu8ry-the L8dgeT. 1t Z
will be published by a stock company, ]
managed by Luciau Mathews, of the (
New Albany lLud J Ledger, and ed
ted by Colonel James A. Dawson. |
Of the Land Office, assisted |
'y Thomas Petit, Of the OWensbOro
Monitor. Tt starts with q capital Of
$4,000, which viii have to be in
reased 10 make it a success.
The new issue of coin notes pro- +
,Osed from the Treasury is to be or
iameuted with a 1eW back composed (
If a beautiful grouping Of the cold J
.0iDs OF the Uuised States, so dis q
,layed as TO expose both surfaces Of
8ch coin. The various coins have
ieen photographed and arranged in
he proper form to be sent TO the en-
.raver, and will, when completed,
make an elegant and appropriate fin
sh to the backs Of the new notes.
The cleanest city in the world is !
3rOch, ia Holland, where no horse !
Y carriage has ever been permitted :
o enter, and where everything is !
-ept with most scrupulOus neatness.
Before entering many of the houses :
.Ou are required to remove your =
hoes. 1t is said that the Emperor OF /
russia was compelled TO comply with | /,
mis- custom in his recent visit to that y
lace.
Young men who 20 to see girls have {
dOpted 8 novel method Of obtaining f
Kisses. They assert, on the authority b
# scientific writers, that the cOncas- q
ion produced by kiss viii cause the / b
lame OF q gas jet to flicker, and easily e
induce the girl to experiment ia the e
interest Of science. The first kiss or /,
WO the parties watch the fame to see n
{ flicker, but soon become so inter. b
sted in the experiments as 10 let it h
.icker if it wants to. d
Disraeli at sixty-three has a general n
ir Of feebleness akin to old ace. q
hOugh his hair is still curly and d
lack, unmarked with gray, and bis q
We has lost none of its fire and mis- q
hief He is very happy with his q
7ife. and attentive TO her, and al h
aOugh she i5 seventy-nine she would
ardly be set down as an old woman,
nd might pass for smart seventy q
7ben seen on the promenade in full Il
,alking dress. she was, a long time a
20, a successful milliner, and mar b
led a Mr.. Lewis, who dying left her e
handsome estate, 1900 per aunum, 4
rhich, Joined to the eX-Premier's. | a
as enabled them to maintain town a
nd country establishments cCmmen- | p
Irate with his preteUsiOns and auc. / tl
asses in the political arena. u