Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS.


maximum value of mans life Is SO,
Geo, when IL has to be paid for by /
railroad company.
It is said that there are more good
people than bad in the world, but the
bad get the upper hand merely be
cause they are bOlder.
The San Francisco boys play with
slings made of wire and rubber, with
which a buek-shOt can be driven
through half inch plank,
At Graz. city In Austria, there
have been serious disturbances, aris-
ing from the brewers Increasing the
price Of beer. The mob besie9ed the
breweries, and the military were
obliged to interfere to restore order.
Rubensteln's new opera, Fera.
mors," viii be given shortly at the
Vienna Imperial Opera-hOuse. This
will be his last production before his
departure for America with his mag
nihcent concert troupe.
Both houses of congress have passed
the bill relieving jams, jellies, sauces,
syrups, ETC., from taxation by the in
ternal revenue officers. The bill now
awaits the signature Of the President.
The assets of the Eagle Cotton Man
uiacturing company at Columbus,
Georgia, aggregate 81 ,513, ,746, and the
liabilities, exclusive of capital stock,
S159, ,419. The years profits were
$2O4, 327 ,35, subject, however, to a de-
ductiOn of $19,778 A on account Of in
terest. These profits have arisen from
six months full work with unskilled
labor.
The passers of counterfeit money are
more active than ever. A number of
new and half-fOrgotten old bogus bills
have been placed on the market, and
many people have been deceived and
made losers by them. The latest bO
gus issues embrace both the United
States legal-tender notes and the issues
Of the national banks.
Among the most precious of Thiers's
art treasures which were stolen, but
have been recovered and replaced in
his apartments, are marble statUette
by CanOva Of peasant holding a rab-
bit; an antique vase from the Emperor
of China's summer palace; a Minerva,
In massive silver, by Salvatore Mar
chi, and a great many choice brOnzes.
Four young gentlemen Of Dubuque
propose to start from that city fer
Cuba, on the opening Of navigation,
in q boat twenty-five feet in length
and six feet in beam, to be absent four
years. They intend to lay in stock
OF provisions to last six months, and
will go from Dubuque directly to the
Gulf of Mexico. Keeping close to
the coast, they will sail around the
Gulf to the shores Of Florida, thence
to Havana.
Professor John @. Draper has re-
Gently investigated the absorbing
power of different building materials,
to determine their relative value in
dampness and the formation
Of vegetable grOWths, which will, to-
gether with frost, aid in disintegra-
ton. He finds red brick more dura-
Bile than Nova Scotia stone, and white
brick is the most satisfactory material
tested.
The late Mr.. elliott, the great pen
manufacturer, was not only an ardent
admirer of the fne arts, but he also
had passion for collecting fine viO-
1ns, although not himself a player. He
possessed a very valuable collection
Jf the rarest instruments, including
several genuine OremOnas. In fact,
.he three great families of violin max |
ers Of Cremona were represented
.mati, Guarnerius and StradiyarIus.
Some OF these cost s400 each.
1t has been decided in a California
court that wife may habitually be
'hke NiObe, all tears" without nec-
;essarily deserving an all-tear-atiO
n her matrimonial relations. In a |
divorce suit there, the only evidence
or the lady plaintiff being that she
drew the weepin' of her
'ex, presumably in self-defense against |
marital aggression, the bench ruled |
hat such h'eye-Water gave no cause
or legal interference with the tied, /
md that a woman might both lach- |
'yme and lack reason for divorce.