Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-02
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
A very full load of black diamond:
at the Exposition is not BY any means
an unattractive sight these chilly eve
nings.
Monroe street, east Of Main, isfull oi
lumber and brick, to be used in the re.
construction Of that portion Of the burnt
district.
The little scientific toy P~lanchette is
coming into use again under the aus
pices Of the Spiritists. The office of il
now is to measure the non-physical force
Of the body.
Our New York money telegram this
morning states, on the authority of the
New York Commercial that the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad first mort
gage bonds are in default.
Yesterday was a holiday in the
Catholic and Episcopal Churches. Be
ing All Saints Day. there were services
in the churches. The holy eucharist
was dispensed in Grace Church at ten
o'clock.
One Of our hotels was so jammed
with ladies yesterday that the tables in
the dining-room were filed three times
with relays of the breezy beauties before
the bachelors could get a sniff at the So
worry cruel.
The aesthetic police who attend tie
Exposition being deeply sympathetic IN
their natures, have suffered much re-
Gently from seeing the ladies compelled
to sit on seats where men have been in
dulging in the exercise Of expectOration
previously.
The announcement viii come with
startling suddenness upon the political
people. There are only three clear days
between now and election. Ifyou have
any work TO do, dear reader, go at ID at
once. There is no time to be lost. Next
Tuesday will be a great day IN the land.
The pupils of the Hickory Wythe
Academy, about n hundred strong,
visited the Exposition yesterday. They
travelled on the railroad, and We're de
cidedly the prettiest girls in the city
while here. Our stock Of bachelors
will diminish rapidly from this hence
forth and forever.
Here is how to make money bet
ting. Bet n hundred dollars to two
hundred that Grant viii be elected, then
bet one hundred to two hundred that
Greeley will be elected. Thus you will
have two hundred out at risk with the
certainty OF getting three hundred back
no matter who wins. Charge nothing
for the hint.
The Exposition directors did a wise
thing in adopting the advice Of the APP
PEAL about winding up the show with a
superb masquerade ball. There is about
time enough to prepare for such a Jete,
Two weeks is long enough. Every one
who may desire to attend can now set to
work and have their costumes COM
pleted by the time the day arrives.
A Cincinnati paper on the Admins
tration side of the question thus speaks
of our Congressional triangle: a Ten
nessee. observer OF the contest for Con-
gresham at Large in that State esti-
mates that Cheatham will lead john
son, and that Maynard viii come on
ahead Of both. Our only fear is that
Cheatham-an eX-Rebel General, who
has the regular nomination Of the Gree
ley party-wil run so far in advance Of
johnson IS to spoil Maynard's chances
-Inasmuch as there will be twenty
five names more or less on the ticket
next Tuesday, we feel the judges and
clerks will be indebted 10 US for a bright
suggestion that will benefit them might
lily. II will take ten or twelve hours 10
count the votes IN some Of wards.
In view Of this fact. would it not be a
good thing to count the votes as they
are pOlled? Open the box every hour,
and proceed with the count. In this
way the counting might be completed
by ten O'Clock at night.
Two ladies complain Of injustice
done another by judges at the Fair, who
awarded the premium for the best fancy
hair work. We are not dealers in the
commodity, and, Of course, have no opiu-
ion 10 give, but their note tells that there
was a marvellous specimen Of work of
this material, composed of hair from the
heads of two hundred and forty persons.
Every flower that grows was made Of il,
and a beautiful wreath encircled Noah's
ARK, also made Of hair. The wreath
that took the premium was made, u
fair correspondents say, Of horse hair.
They forget that the Fair was, to a great
extent, a horse show, and none the worse
for that. Managers Of fairs should have
committees to determine the value of
such things, whose dreamy ideas are al
ways wool-gathering.
We are singularly ignorant about
feasts. Yesterday was the anniversary
OF a 'high old feast' which has been
observed in Europe for ages. II is sort
Of thanksgiving-feasts Of nuts, apples
and other fruits; stealing cabbage and
ducking in tubs of water; eating mashed
potatoes and blacking each others faces;
making matches (which means pop
ping the question: are the principal
amusements Of the time. Il is All
Saints Day-a day on which all saint
are honored. The calendar contains
only the names Of a few, whereas there
must be millions Of them whose anne
are unknown. The greatest saints, per
haps, are those who have lived and died
u~nnoticed by the world. All these are
honored on g All Saints DAY." To-day
il devoted to HAl Souls which means
all those who have not yet entered into
the full possession Of the beatific glory.
The faithful are expected 10 pray ior
these afflicted spirits to-day. Thus it Is
we are brought into Communion" WITH
the dead.
-Spooney and pGetical people are al
ways talking about the sweetness and
innocence of children, about their an
gelic natures and their youthful bliss.
This IS all folly. II is not only poetical
exsggeratiOn, but poetical error. There
IS emphatieally no truth in it. Youth
Is the age of selfisbness and brutality
are no divine instincts, no sym
no affection beyond that cher
shed for candy OF dumplings. Carlisle
calls IL the age when the airy and gJr-
yeous cities Of hope have not yet dwin-
He'd into the mean clay hamlets OF
and boys by their nature are yet
and free, aye, free to throw
and put orange peels in the path
way Of nervous old ladies in order that
hey may enjoy a wolfsh laugh when
she "slips up and breaks her hip.
and girls hate each other with cor
dial animosity, and when they fight
hey go into il ike tigers. They read o.
and blOodshed with first-clas8
pleasure, and honor highwaymen,
and cut-thrOats I'm a horribly de-
gout way. Youth is the age Of wicked
ness.