Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-20
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Marx Twain receives $500 a year
for being periodically funny In the
GALAXY.
Mrs. Ellen Key Blunt, sister, Of
Philip Barton Key, killed by Sickles,
is giving readings at Hamburg, Ger
many.
Reputation is what men and women
think of US. Character is what God
and angels know Of US.
Young swell: 81 say, boy, what do
you do with your clothes when you've
worn them Out?p Boy: {" Wears 'em
'ome agini'
The lady to whom ex-Secretary
Seward is engaged to be married Is
said to be Miss Olive Risley, daughter
of II. A. Risley, formerly special
agent of the Treasury.
When the English Secretary de-
manded an apology from Prussia for
the sinking of the British wal ships,
Bismarck began his reply after the
manner Of WOlsey: Ego et wrecks
meIs."
Mark Twain says: 81 have seen
slower people than / am-and more
deliberate people than 1 am-and
even quieter, and more l~istless, and
lazier people than / am. But they
were dead"
An unfortunate New Haven youth
was recently so convinced that he had
swallowed his two artificial teeth,
plate and all, that he suffered horrors
in imagination and a severe pain in
his stomach. He afterWard found the
teeth in his vest pocket.
California, looking over 1870, re-
jOices that il has seen during the year
the shipment Of the first bale Of home
raised silk, the raising Of the first
successful crop Of cotton, and the first
success in the manufacture Of beet
sugar.
George Crouch, commonly called
the Chevalier George, who was for
merly reporter for the New York Her
aid, and is now an attache Of Jim
Fisk, is considered the luckiest jour
nalist living. Fisk took him in
charge, and Crouch is now worth over
s., 900, 600.
One hundred and thirty thousand
German recruits have recently passed
through Baden on their way to the
seat Of war, and Baden artillery sol
diers have also been sent to the
for the further the theater of
operations extends the more men
become necessary.
81 think, " says DR.. John Brown, OF
Edinburg, ''that every family should
have a dog. 1t is like a perpetual
and then it betrays no secrets,
never sulks, asks no troublesome
questions, never gets into debt, nevert
comes down late to breakfast, and it
is always ready for a bit Of fun" II
DR.. Browns dog should take a fancy
a piece of his leg some fine day,
we bet he will change his mind.
The Paris garrison are still very
recklessin throwing their shells about.
At SeVres a woman had both her legs
away, a man had his arm
blown off and his side ripped open
both French peasants. If these shells |
could reach Versailles they would
3ause the death of their own people, /
men, women and children. The sol
iierS could move to places of security.
Where, it is asked, could the towns
go to?
The AIdiHe Press for January is a
very fine specimen of that beautiful
monthly publication, both in its pic
Orial and its literary contents. 1t
nanifests the determination Of the
not to fall behind the high
equation they have established for
be work. What the AldiHe Press
las been for the year that IS closed
nay be seen from the bound volume
which is now offered to the public.
Wat it will be for 1871 we have a
ratifying earnest in the January
lumber.
Twenty-three Trappists have quit.
ed their monastery at DOmbes, in
be Ain Department, and have joined
be Garde Mobile. A French prOvin-
.al journal which announces the fact
redicts that their d~evOtedness and
ravery in the field will be equal to
leir abnegatiOn and courage in the
and in agriculture, and it
llls on those who insult monks to
in the ranks Of the army aud prove
lemselve5 as patriotic and brave as
le men whom they honor with their
.vectiyes.
A "mild invasion" is almost a con- ]
ADDICTION in terms. Nevertheless, if
yer a city was mildly invaded-Oe- !
pied gently-that city lis Rouen. {
OF one shop is closed, nor, as far as I
ordinary observer can Judge, has !
.e petty commerce Of the town been
any way interfered with. But cap
al is too sensitive not to take fright
an actual occupation Of the enemy. F,
early all the great factories and
intwOrks, whose operations cOnsti-
te ROuen's wealth, are closed, and
% distress Of the unhappy work
is very great. i