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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10


How b world wags, from the lawn to To,
close,
Who are our friends. and who are our foes.
Nobody knows.
How many wake, and now many sleep:
How many laugh, and now many weep;
How many SOW, and how many reap,
Nobody knOws.
How many pray, and how many sin;
How many lose, and how many win,
Nobody knows.
How many watch. and how many waltz
many tarry, and how many mate;
How many early, and how many late,
Nobody Knows
How many give, and how many take:
How many brew, and how many bake,
Nobody Knows.
How many smile, and o many sigh:
many sing, n how many cry
uan are low. and how many hirh,
Nobody knows.
many bless, and how many curse:
How many are better, and how many worse.
Nobody knows.
How the world wags, from the eve TO tie
dawn:
bow many love, and how many scoru:
no" many die, and how many are born.
Nobody knows
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speech is a wonderful gft,I feel,
but-@ some one, long before T~alleyrand
iMas invented for man that he might conceal
Ihs real thoughts ne had In his head.
Fpf j hoia there's truth in that motto oiden
opeeeh Hhilvern, but silence Is goldenF
sever argue with knaves or fools.
you know you've the right Of IL.
since ~
l0u. clearly against all logical rules.
" aste n on men whom 10 can't convince
10 the ancient maxim become beholden-
speech Is silvern, but silence Is goIdeni1
utter no word 70 folks at strife.
EounluketWOOppoueutz-on iseuourh.
ana ne'er intervene betWiXt man and vie.
FOR the -peacemaker gets from each side O
cuff.
your interference VIII both e~nhofden.
speech is s~ilvern, but silence is goldenlr
But-foremOst Of all-if married man.
Ne'er contradict what your spouse NAV saw.
Believe me, my friend, that the only plan
To escape the results Of your wedding dav
Is the simple plan in these words enfoldeu-
speech Is silgern, but silence IS goldenF'
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10


Many are of the opinion that The
Legislature just elected viii elect a
UCnited States Senator. This is a mis-
htakc. No such election will occur be-
hfore 1875. The contest for the Legisla-
hture two years from now viii he made
Toto turn on the Senatorial election. The
aaaspirsuts are numerous in all parts OF
q the State. The politicians IN every
3 State in the Union seem TO think that
Il the Senate is the great thester for the
g great display Of intellectual powers and
Z that cultivation which enables theiI
p possessor to WELD them with the most
5 signal effect. Formerly it had no great
& advantage in this respect over the
House Of Representatives; but since the
adoption OF the hour rule, necessitated
by the growing propensity 70 make long
g speeches, a debate, in the proper sense
( OF the term, rarely takes place in that
body, and the style Of oratory has de.
Perforated to such a degree that the SCI
efforts Of the most intellectual men fail
to produce much impression on the
& country. In the Senate, on the
b, contrary, where the number o.
members is but little more than
, one-fourth that in the other representa-
{ tive chamber, and the desire for orator.
{ cal display is reasonable and moderate,
not only are the prepared speeches Of a
D more elevated description, but the run
ming debates which often spring up, in
stead Of being mere personal discussions
often present the finest specimens Of
parliamentary e~loquence, n exhibit
great fertility Of. resource, profound
statesmanship, and a thorough knOwl-
edge Of the condition and wants Of the
country. The influence Of an able
and experienced Senator in direct
ing the policy Of the government,
and thus in q measure shaping the
destiny Of the country, must have
been very generally observed It Will be
within the recollection Of many readers
that the course which Mr.. Benton might
take ID the Senate upon the then pend
iUg o-a7on question in 1916 was a sub
jet 1f much greater solieitude to the
1 counrrr than that Of President Polk. It
was felt that his voice in his place would
have q far more powerful influenced the
settlement of the controversy than
the wishes or action Of the EX-
eeutve branch of the government;
and the President himself hesitated and
doubted, apparently afraid to act de-
cidedly until the intentions OF the Sem
ate had beer indicated by Mr.. Benton.
The great speeah OF the Senator virtual
ly settled the question. 1t removed all
doubt Of its smicable adjustment, quiet
ed the popular mind, previously much
excited by the wavering position Of the
government, and paved the way for a
cordial acquiescence in an abandonment
Of our extreme pretensions so danger
Ously asserted in Congress and out.
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RELEASED.
BY ADELIEE T. wHIrNEi


\ little, loW-celled room. -Four walls
whose blank shut out all else Oflife,
And crowded close within their bound
A world OF pain, and toll and STRIFE
Her world. Scarce Furthermore she kne,
OF Gods great globe that woudrously
Outrollsa glory of green earth.
And frames 10 with the restless sea.
-Four closer walls Of common pine:
And therein lying, cold and still.
The weary flesh thai long hath borne
us patient mystery Of III.
Regardless o Of work to do,
No queen 0 careless in erstate,
Hands crossed in an unbroken calm:
For other hands the work may wait.
Put BY her implements Of toll:
Put BY coarse, obtrusive sign:
She made Sabbath when She died,
And round her breathes n rest divine.
Put by, at last, beneath the I'D.
The exempted hands, the tranquil face
Up1ft her in her dreamless sleep,
And e a her gently from the place.
OF hath she gazed, with wistful eyes.
Out from that threshold on the night:
The narrow bouTn she crusseth now;
n standeth in the eternal light.
OFT h hath pressed, with aching feet.
those broken steps that reach the door
d~euceforth, with angels, she shall tread
heavens golden stair, for eyermorei
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10

THERE is D fact that should never
be forgotten, and surely it viii never be
denied that the speeches made by
Horace Greeley were faultless specimens
OF good taste and good English, and Of
excellent good sense. He Tore himself
wei through the contest, and has made
greater fame BY his speeches and letters
than was ever before won by a tireless
=" toiler Of the 4" Of newspanerdon
Greeley Is now eonfessedly great every-
where, and even great, as shown bv H.
quiet resumption Of his former modes =,
TIC DO the midst Of overwhelming de-
feat.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10

The election in the North turned
mainly upon hatred Of the South and Of
rebels like Cheauham. In this cOmmod-
ity consisted much Of the Radical stool,
in trade. 1t is a paying capital and
good investment; it seems that very
many in this latitude want shares in it.
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AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION.

Max Adeler says: 'That little affair
of Needham's that some of the papers
have BEEN telling about was certainly
unpleasant-at least to Needham. Need
ham, owned a deep-mouthed water-dOg,
which always bayed him welcome
home, and snatched mouthfuls of chops
out of the legs of strangers. Needham
took that faithful animal along with
him one day to guard his clothes while
he went in swimming. Needham bath
ed for an hour, and meanwhile the dog
went to sleep on Needham's garments.
When Needham came out the dog did
not recognize him in his nude condition,
and refused TO let him come near his
garments. Every time that Needham
would grab for a suspender or sock the
dog would bite a mOuthfRi out of his
arm and leg, and whenever
Needham would make a dive for a boot
or undershirtt that animal would seize
him by the calf and shake him. So
Needham stood there in the sun pretty
nearly roasted, and ne spent the after
noon lodging in and out of the water to
avoid the DOrcas societies and female
students at the bOarding-sehOOl and the
factory girls coming down the read. At
last, when the dog went 70 sleep, Need
ham crept up behind him, caught him
suddenly by the tail, and flung him
across the stream. Needham got most
ofhis clothes upon his bleeding body
and limbs, and the dog came Siding up
to him looking as If be expected 70 be
rewarded forhis extraordinary vigilance.
And yet they say that the dog is mans
best friend.p
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NEW USE FOR THE STEAM-JET

Mr.. c. w. Siemens, F FRS, who
ranks among the foremost English cleo
tricians and mechanical engineers, has
lately shown that the steam-jet hitherto
used only to quicken the Ere in a steam.
engine, is capable of improvement and
application TO many useful purposes.
The efficiency of the Jet depends upon
peculiarities in the construction ola tube
which cannot be populary described in a
few words; suffice it that the steam
rushes forth as a ring e|nvelOping q core
Of air, and this, with steam of only three
atmospheres' effective pressure, will ex-
haust air as thoroughly as an air-pump.
The jet occupies but little space and is
moderate in cost, and therefore can be
used in many places where an air-pump
would be too bulky o. too expensive,
The pneumatic dispatch tube, by which
dispatches are sent underground from
the city to Charing Cross, is in the whole
Of IFS circuit nearly fourmiles long. The
engine and air-pump by which this tube
was worked cost three thousand pounds;
three Of the steam-jets now do the same
work, and maintain 50 good a vacuum
that the "carriers'' in which the de-
spatches are enclosed travel at the rate
Of nearly fifteen miles an hour. v
adapting the jet to a double chambe
and exhausting the air, Mr.. Siemens
shows that water can be raised as read.
lily As by pumping. The chambers are
so constructed that as the one empties
the other fills, and 20 the flow Of water
is continuous. The cOntrivances made
use offor eeonomizing power and null
tiplying effect are singularly ingenious;
Rnd to prevent the noise that would be
'occasioned by the combined jet ofsteam
and air rushing from the open top Of the
delivery funnel of the exhauster. a
''sound-killer0 is placed On the top.
This s~ound-killer isa cylindrical metal
vessel containing a series Of perforated
wooden diaphragms, which have the
effect Of deadening noise. In any case
where exhaustion is required, the let
may be employed with advantage, and
already the manufacturers of sugar see
that il viii render them profitable SER
vice ia evaporating ~cane-juiee when in
the vacuum pans. There can be no
doubt hat 1t will be largely made use of
in the West Indies, where its simplicity
VIII recommendit to q population unac-
cnstomed to complicated machinery. 1t
VIII also be used for separating the mo-
iasses nom h sugar, and thus super
the present expensive and trouble I
some process. Another application of
the Jet Is la the production of a for
nealng pufPoses. The blast is admit
yea uhaer the fireplace, and with such
economy that cOal-dust Of the most in
terror quality can be used, while, all the
oulef things being equal, the production
80 y QUO and its quality inn
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NOVEMBER
mi M%EnIwErHEr

-
"Hot To arms for the deadly nghtl"
The echoing challenge sounds,
Into the broad arenas light
The peerless athlete bounds;
His giant limb erect and bare
Like rock ribbed pillars tower,
And hismassive corded sinews wear
The kingliness Of power.
He has hurled his Ieafy gauntlets down,
lie has barred his mighty breast,
And his brawny arms have The lGnces tliro'
In watchful, waiting rest;
ID scarlet berry ana purple vine
Their garlands round him tlirow,
And the white frost Jewels CLEAN and shine
On his haraghty, regal brow.
His reereant codrt have turned AMI fed
st the bugleis martial ring,
And his stalwar soldiers, cold n dead
On the field lie mouldering;
His banner, borne in his mighty n
Its folds 10 the fierce winds ding,
Last of his race, defiant tar
The dauntiers Autunn King.
Mild-eyed September Taught him first
A sisters faithful love,
And his manly heart into blossom burst
And its dewy garlands wove;
But The mighty Reaper his sickle swung,
And the snowy blossoms wave,
And the loving breeze the dirge has sung
over affections grave.
Soft Ger his waiting senses stole
October's crimson CLEAN,
Sleeping body, and heart, and soul
IN a burning passion dream;
LullinE hope 10 the perfect rest
BY full fruitiOn given,
Sinking to sleep on her glowing breast,
And dreaming that earth was heaven,
But the Reaper gathered the form so air
In his cold and ghostly arm,
Leaving the kingly lover there
Alone in the raging storm,
Where mOurnful memories wildly sweep.
And their maddening pageants swell,
Muttering curses dark and deep,
And deeming that earth was hell.
The mists OF doubt hang dark and drear,
Over his regal brow,
And the ghastly haunting shapes Of fear
Around him mock ana NOW;
The weird n~iglt-wind, with stealthy tread,
Walks mOaniu- rOundt the tomb,
Where his hup= and Joys, II loves lie dead
In their Hight, and song, and bloom.
Brother mon friend can the monarch boast;
sister nor love hath he;
Worn, and wearied, n tempest-tossed,
On the battles surging sea;
laundering down on the field OF Time
The hoOfs Of the fOemen ring,
Calmly he fronts them, in strength sublime,
And every inch a king"
The mad winds shrek, md the pillows roar,
And the forests rock and swing,
on the cOnquering legions pour
OF the mighty Winter King;
With cleaning blade and murderous hands,
The fOeman round him thrOng,
Firm as a rock the Athlete stands
The serrieu hosts among.
to the death % the monarch calls,
He quarter asks nor gives;
Pierced by a thousand wounds he falls
On the brown and crumbling leaves.
The scarlet holly-and fragrant pine
Their spicy incense throw.
And the shining laurel leaves entwine
To Wreathe his pallid brow.
and gray the mountains tower,
Azure and pearl the sky:
Iisty shapes through the forest pour,
Where he lays him down to die;
lrimsOn and gold the sunset clOud
His dying couch has spread,
The Indian summer Weayes his Shroud,
And the Autumn King lies dead.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10

KENTUCKY, ten thousand; Maryland,
two thousand; Missouri, thirty thou
sand; Georgia, and Texas, and Tennes-
see by ten thousand majority, vote for
Greeley and Brown. Those are most
reputable Southern States in point of in
teIigence and population.
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We have never seen a poetical de
scription Of November that was at all
satisfactory. It is always painted by
the poets pencil as withered shrunken
and somber, and full Of unmitigated
misery. Mrs. Lide Meriwether's de
seription, made from a new standpoint,
accurately delineates our November.
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FHOu THE GERMAN OF HEISE,


by JOHN T.. ruo1usOS.
LIS shall yet h wanderer, faded.
m grave al last rerfineq ~
IN the South. BE- paim-frces sbaa.aa
Under Endens BY the ghineg
nlaii ] IN some desert sterile
he eut0Inbed BY foreign hands
alall sleep. beyond Ilfes perfL-
~ some s~ea-eoast in the saudse
Wei! dods heaven viii shine rs BRIGHT,
Inere as acre arOund my bed.
Ana b stars for denth-lamps nivhttv
ShaN be hung above my head.
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From the ashes Of the old palace 81
the Tuileries will spring I'D another
palace, grander and more beautiful. The
plans adopted during the Empire will
be carried out under the administration
OF M. Thiers. The Pavilion de Marsen
will be rebuilt on the model of the Pa
vilion de Flore, on the other angle. The
Pavilion d LiHorloge will be erected
after the designs of Philibert Delerme.
Galleries, with arcades, are to replace
the wings, and the access Of the public
to the gardens OF the Tuileries viii thus
be left unrestricted. The work on the
palace viii not be undertaken, however,
before the Hotel de VILE is completed.
The latter is urgently needed for State
purposes, and its restoration is being
pushed 70 rapid completion
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10

Among the five million one hundred
and se~venty-fve thousand four hundred
and eighty-one OF foreign imports, al
New York last week, were large GUAM
ules OF fancy goods. II is estimated
That the importation Of fancy goods TO
the United states amount 10 about two
million three hundred and fftv tbou-
sand dollars per year. There is al pres
ent a larger stock Of this kind Of goods
in the market Than there ever was be-
fore. The approach Of the holidsy
season has given activity 70 the market.
Most Of the articles imported this year
comes from Vienna, the Paris market
having become zoo expensive, aud
many other kinds Of goods which were
once obtained entirely from the latter
city are now sought form the German
cities.
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A WORD.

4 frivolous word, a sharp retort,
A parting in angry haste,
The sun rose on a bower of bliss,
The loving look and the tender kiss,
Has set ON a barren waste.
Where pilgrims tread with weary feet,
Paths destined never more TO meet.
A frivolous word, a sharp retort,
A mOmen that biOts our years,
Two V are wrecked on a stormy shore
Where pillows Of passion surge and roar,
To break in a spray Of tears
Tears shed to blind the severed pair,
Drifting seaward, and drowning there.
A frivolous word. a sharp retort,
a flash from a passing cloud,
Two hearts are scathed TO their inmost
core,
Are ashes and dust forevermore.
Two faces turn 70 the crowd.
Masked by pride with a lifelong lie,
To hid the scars Of that agony.
A frivolous word a sharp retort,
An arrow at random sped,
II has cut in twain the mystic tie
That bOundt two souls in harmony,
sweet love lies bleeding or dead.
A poisoned shaft, with scarce an aim,
Has done a mischief sad as shame.
A frivolous word, "A sharp retort,
Alasi for the loves and lives
50 little q cause has rent apart,
Tearing the fondest heart from heart,
As a whiriwind rends and riyes,
Never to remit again,
But live ard diain secret pain.
A frivolous ord, a sharp retort,
Alasi That 10 should be So
The petulant speech, the careless tongue,
Have wrought more evil, lone more wrong,
Have brought 10 tie world more woe,
Than all the armies age TO age.
Records on history's blood-stained page.
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The railroads connecting Western
Asia and Eastern Europe are accused Of
carrying aroyal parsonage to whom nc
fare was charged-King Cholera. New
roads are even now projected, and an
iron network VIII Don connect these
countries. Mr.. J. Melton Radcliffe has
recently drawn attention to the diffusion
Of Asiatic cholera by this q So
important has the pamphlet Of MI. Rad
elnie been considered, that he was at
once elected a member Of the Imperial
Medlea society 81 the Caucasus, and his
report wa brought to the attention or
The last English Parliament By 4 Of
Us members. It's special interest Is based
upon the suggestion that a new route IA
now being opened for the conveyance Of
aslaac cooierainto Europe-that which.
uaVersing Irans-Caucasfa from east fo
west BY way Of Tifiis, brings dc Rla,h
sea INTO intimate relations with fha
Caspian and with Northern Persia.
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tHh3E were I've on six thousand white
meE al this county who did not vote in
de Presidential and other elections of
tuesaay. They had no choice between
Greeley and Grant, and cared nothing
for other issues involved in the oontasf
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There is no flock, however watched and tendeC
But ONE dead lamb is there;
There is no household, howsOee'r defended,
Bat has ONE vacant CHART
II. W. BONGFELLOW.
Sing ye low dirges, o winds of the night!
Beat with sad rhythm, o murmuring sea!
Hide all your faces, We stars that are bright,
Go under she cloud with me?
For AzRlSshadow
Has darkened our door,
And one paSseth outward
Shall enterno morel
Placidly sweet were her luminous ewes;
Golden and glossy her beautiful hair;
SOFT was her speech as "a lOve-iay that dies,
Trembling, on baim-freighted air;
But the sweet eyes are hidden
In endless eclipse,
And we hear not the music
That flowed from her lips!
Fold the soft hands on the u%nheaving breast
GaEnish the cnrsage with tube-rOses sweet;
Lift her up tenderly, mar not her rest,
Pass outward with nOiseleSs feet.
Far down in the valley,
Where tall willows weep,
In silence u~nbrOken,
our dead one shall sleep.
Sing We low dirges. o winds Of the night!
Beat with sad rhythm, o murmuring seal
Hide all your faces, We stars that are bright,
Go under the cloud with mel
We mourn her, our darling,
Our beautiful one,
Still tearfully praying,
'May GOd will be dOnei"
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STRENGTH AND A

DR.. Dio Lewis says: ait is quite a
common idea that health keeps pace
with strength. know intelligent per-
SONS who really think that you may de-
teTmine the comparative health Of a
company of men by measuring their
arms-that he whose arm measures
twelve inches is twice as healthy IS he
who measures but six. This strange and
thoughtless misapprehension has given
rise to all the mistakes thus far made in
the physical-culture movement. / have
a friend who can lift nine hundred
pounds, and yet is an habitual sufferer
from torpid liver, rheumatism and low
spirits. There are many similar cases.
The cartmen of our cities, who are our
strongest men, are far from the health
lest class, as physicians will testify. On
the contrary, l have many friends who
would staggeI under three hundred
pounds that are in capital trim. But l
need not elaborate a matter so familiar
with physicians and other observing
people. No test of health would proves
more faulty than a tape-line or a lift at
the seale-beam. Suppose two brothers
bank clerks-in bad health. They are
measured around the arm. Each marks
exactly ten inches. They try the scale
beam. The bar rises at exactly three
hundred pounds with each. Both seek
health. John goes to the gymnasium,
lifts heavy dumb-belis and kegs of
nails until he can put up Il hundred
aud twenty-five pounds and lift nine
hundred, and his arm reaches fifteen
inches. Thomas goes to the mountains,
fishes, hunts, spends delightful hours
with the young ladies, and plays cricket.
Upon measuring his arm we find it
scarcely larger than when he left town,
while he can't put up sixty pounds nor
lift five hundred. But who doubts
Thomas will return to the bank counter
the better man Of the two? John should
be the better man, if strength is the
principal or most essential condition of
health. a circus usually contains among
its performers a man who a lift a can
o weighing nearly or quite half a ton.
Then there are half a dozen riders and
vaulters, who have comparatively little
strength. If anybody suppose that the
man has better health than the
flexible, elastic ones, be has but to make
inquiries Of cireus-managers, as | have
done, and he will learn that the balance
Is found almost uniformly with the lat
ter. Agility and heXibility are far more
important than strength, and that fine
quality of the muscular fibre
comes only from an infinite rep
OF light and ever varying feats
far mora impOrfant than size