Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-20
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.


A rising mana balloonist.
, Hard to beat-a boiled egg.
A long drink-an hour glass.
A notice Of apeal-lightning.
He pres ches well who lives well.
A relative beauty-a pretty cousin.
A noose-paper-a marriage certif-
cate.
A paper that takes-a sherif's war
rant.
He that is hasty fishes in an empty
pond.
A pretender to the erown-a
chignOn.
The less wit a man has, the less he
knows he wants it.
Why Is love like a potato? Because
it shoots from the eye.
A consolation for the ladies-This
world abounds in Interpretations.
The three great conquerors Of the
world are Fashion, Love and Death.
Prefer loss before unjust gain, for
that brings grief but once; this for
ever.
An Oregon toast over a cup OF the
ardent-tHere's what makes US wear
old clothes"
When a pickpocket pulls at your
watch tell him plainly that you have
no time to spare.
Why is the treadmiIl like a true
convert? Because its turning is the
result of conviction.
You may CLEAN knowledge by read
ing, but you must separate the chat
from the wheat by thinking.
We have no right to put the earth
in mourning for our own trouble, but
many of us do it, nevertheless.
AS daylight can be seen through
very small holes, so little things viii
illustrate a PERSONS character.
Speaking of apples, it is remarkable
that the first apple in paradise should
have turned out the first pair.
A writer on school discipline says:
without a liberal use of the rod it is
impossible to make boys smart"
Why is innocence like an umbrella?
Because, when we have once lost it,
we may never hope to see it back.
An American paper spoke of a man
who " died without the aid of a ply
sicians" Such instances of death are
very rare.
A young lady pianist, who has been
practicing Z" Let me kiss him for his
mother" says the more she tries the
she likes it.
The worthiest people are the most
by SANDER, as we usually find
that to be the best fruit which the
birds have been pecking at. /,
The happiness Of the human race in
this world does not consist in our be-
ing devoid OF passions, but in our
learning to commandment.
Without virtue there can be no true
happiness; but we want love with
virtue to give as the good which this {
world is capable of bestowing. :
"A reformed gambler suggests that :
reason why Hamlet declined to {
: shuttle" was because he didn't want I
% have anything to do with the dell. s
Real fidelity may be rare, but it ex- !
SITS in the heart. They only deny its : :
worth and power who never loved I
friend, nor labored to make one I
!
A young man who was caught /
PRESSING his sweetheart to his bosom !
he other night, justifles himself on :
he ground that he has a right to strain q
lis own honey. K
P~oliteness is in business what STRAIT 8
gem is in a It gives power to d
leakness; 1t supplies great defieien- q
les. 1t is invincible either in the at Ct
ack or defense. a
The latest thing in corsets is said to d
9 the Fortuna We don't believe a:
!. We have good reason to suppose a.
nat the earliest and latest thing in Il
lrsets is woman. or corset is. d
Capital owes something more to n
dor than simply to use it; labor is to y
enlightened, Instructed, trained; .
adj capital must give the needed aid, u
both will be involved in ruin. y
Honest and courageous people have ~
cry little to say about either their II
iurage or their honesty. The sun
IS no need to boast of his brightness, or
~ the moon of her efulgence. ~
country editor who carries con- &c
aled weapons, is searching for the eli
ritter on health who seat he editors be
lie a circular recommending that th
rpetS should be taken up and beaten fro
cry month. no
Take away the Bible and you take III
ray the elect succession of inspired ref
an. Not a single patriarch, or priest, gle
prophet, or apostle, or evangelist is
t to proclaim or record q single !
oracle. as
e is very beautiful to see how the Pc
d who has bound His world into a "
at harmony by its very diversity, IA
! arranged for this sane end in His "a
irch, by giving the members fheir Sse
ierent faculties of work. al,
he shadows of the mind are like an,
Sc Of the body. In the morning OF r.
they lie behind us; at neon We no;
nple them under our feet; and in M
evening they stretch long and rao
peBing shadows before us. mo
Va are 81 work and learn. Life Jan
aid have its quiet pauses, in which poo
gather rest COR work, but no idle the
The poor are TO be ministered civi
the wicked to be reclaimed, and the
soFroWiug TO be c0mt0rted. 4he
Connecticut paper, sitting q
ned article on ssThe Bust OF Ir- 81
3" says the subject does not merit thel