Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-13

ways on hand one or two ~serviceabl
dresses Of black silk, mohair or alpaca
in addition TO eating onions an
wearing speotacles, the Boston girls ar
fearfully dirty, if the following is true
A physician in this city, says q Bos
ton paper, lately called at
house for the purpose of v~accinatinl
a young lady. After waiting until hi
patience was almost exhausted for hi
patient to appear, she presented he
right arm, when the following CONVEX
satiOn ensued: "Imust have your othe
arm, Miss; we don't innoculate tin
right arm" "Oh, dear" was the reply
+" Couldn'tyou do it on this arm? 1t haa
taken me twenty minutes to wash il
and I'm afraid il would take me an houl
to wash the other.n
Officers Walsh and Davis last nigh.
between eleven and twelve O'Clock, wer,
attracted by cries of "Ketch 'iml'
"Keteh 'imii and found the alarm
given by a burly negro man, who wa
running with all his might down the
street, as if in pursuit of some one. The
sounds were also heard coming from
parties some distance behind the negro,
and the officers were quick to discern
that the negro was pursued, aud
had adopted the cry as a deception.
The policemen soon overlook him,
when his pgrsuers came up, and charged
that he had slapped the tilp' of Mol
tado's saloon, at the corner of Main and
Gayoso streets. Upon examination the
money was found in the clenched fist OF
the negro, and taken from him, after
which he was marched off TO the station
house, and will tell the Recorder this
morning how he "tuck" it.
-Therewas misery on Jefferson street
yesterday. Mr.. s. lost his favorite dog,
for which he had been offered, on sew
eral occasions, the sum of seventy-hve
dollars. The dog was invaluable, though
SO diminutive that he was hardly visible
to the Unassisted eye. Two stout color
ed men were employed to take care of
this unique animal. Each Of them was
supplied with an opera-glass to look
after the charge; but in spite of these
precautions, the animal disappeared en-
tirely from view yesterday, and there
was waiting about the city in conse-
quenee. After setting two or three po-
licemen on the hunt, and offering a re"
ward of ten dollars and fifty cents for
the safe return Of little JEFF, he was dis
covered in the night half drowned il a
tumbler Of buttermilk that set on the
mantelpiece in Nh. SIS room. A Gu
rious result Of the misfortune was that
the little "black and TAM came out Of his
bath entirely grey.
In the case of the Life Association
of America Us. Constantine Mcguire,
judgment was rendered in Circuit Court
No. l, in st. Louis, in favor of defendant.
The circumstances of the case were as
follows: The Life Association held that
its assets were exempt from taxation by
law, but nevertheless an assessment was
made on it by the assessor of st. Louis
county, and the bill placed in the hands
Of Constantine Mcguire, then county
collector, for collection. The Life Asso-
citation refused to pay it, and MI.
Mcguire seized under execution GER
tain State bonds belonging to
the Association, amounting on their
face TO forty thousand dollars. These
bonds were replevied by the Life Associa-
ton, and a suit wa brought against Mr..
Mcguire to determine his right to seize
them, and, also, to settle the question as
to his right to charge interest on the bill
after it became delinquent. The judg-
ment Of the court was that plaintiff re-
turn to the collector S82, 555 in bonds, or
their value, at election of defendant,
and plaintiff is ordered to pay of said
sum S29, $50 II to the present collector,
in satisfaction Of tax bill of 1871, and an
additional tax Of ten per cent. thereon
for State, county and school purposes.
The telegraph tells a curious story of
an incident that shows the ludicrous
side of the Boston conflagration. 1t
tells of how a reporter for a daily paper
was placed in a somewhat dangerous,
but at the same time extremely ludicrous
He is a valiant youth; per-
he is one of those fellows who rush
where angels dare not tread. He had
gone into the stable and got a horse by
he halter, and was urging him out.
lust at the door there was standing a
quite deep tub, which happened to be
When opposite TO It the horse
ully into said receptacle. He was COM
Yedged in so tight that he could
lOt move. The smoke was pouring
thick, and frightened horses rush
ng around prOmiscously. Hekept hold
IF the halter, determined the horse
pun AAh4 bGa1 III A1E hOAnE !
seemed determined not to, for there he
stood. Finally, the hat and boots were
ieen by a man, and thinking there
be something else in the tub, he
pulled out said boots, and then followed
he rest Of the reporter. He immedi-
ately took a walk.
In his experiments to determine the
leat-condueting power of linen, cotton,
wool and silk, Sir Humphrey Davy
ound not only that these materials con-
heat in the order given above,
inen being the best, but also that the
ightness or lOoseness of weaving pos
essed an important influence. 1t is
therefore, evident that in the selection Of
clothing, and especially of that
. be worn next the skin, the materials
II least conducting power, as wool and
ilk, should be chosen, and the fabrics
hould be loosely woven. As regards
he external garments the same rules
.pply with equal force, but in this case
should be taken to remove over
oats and shawls when in a warm room:
specially should this pr~ecaution be OBJ
erved in the instance of the furs worn
y ladies. The habit of wearing these
for hours in succession while
hopping and visiting, often so weakens
be powers Of resistance in the wearers
hat they become the ready victims Of
Of the throat and lungs.
such an extent does this occur in
Sew York that many of tie most skill
physicians advise their patients to
discontinue the use Of furs, and the adj
ice is often followed with the most sat
results.
-EDQTORs APPEAL.-The dimness of
'as-lights on the north side of Court
treet, and between Third and Fourth,
) simply intolerable. l don't know the
ause. The gas filter has been through
he house, and has done everything pos
ible to remedy the evil, and yet we are
till in deplorable darkness. We can
read nor write after nightfal.
till / pay monthly gas-bills to my land
ord. 1 have appealed to the gas office,
nd have no remedy only to pay for that
7hich / do not get. / find that when
he gas-lights at the Exposition Hall are
that / can have excellent
ght and enough gas; but when the Ex-
is in fun blast, 1 am left in
arkness. But my profession and ne
essity compel me to toll at night, and
ct l have no stock in the Exposition,
nd am subjected to deprivation of COM
,rt and profitable labor by its consump-
on Of gas. IL the gas-malns are too
mall to supply private houses and the
exposition, the charges against private
consumers should be remitted. / not
My submit to darkness during the Ex-
o~sition's existence, but must pay my
.ndlord for it, who compels me to pay >
i'm monthly gas-bills, as per contract. {
.ught not the company at least remit
S charges along Court street during the (
opposition, at least where this depriya- Z
on Of light is confessed? NJ. N. NJ. I,
Personal.