Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-20

cences of some hours spent with Longfellow
This will be followed by another contsining
"Reminiscences of Emerson.
Teacher-"What is a scorer Pupil
"The number of runs made at a cricket
match" Teacher-"No, no; what mean is.
how much does a score signify numerically.
What idea does it give you? That is to say,
If l were TO tell you that 1 had score of
horses, what would you think?' Pupil
"Please, marin, l should think you was
stufin' me-"
They were counting: "What makes the
stars so dim Tonight" che said, softly.
Your eyes are so much brighter" he wills
pered, pressing her hand. They are married
now. 81 wonder how many telegraph poles
it would take to reach the stars from here?'
she said, musingly. "One, if it was long
enough" he growled. "Why don't you talk
common sense~
The human stomach is not what it should
be. Indeed, ii Is one of the simplest and
cheapest OF stomachs, and we need not won
der that 1t gives us so much trouble. If we
look at the compound stomaehs of the camel,
IN some OF which digestion goes on at high
pressure and in others at low pressure, we
can understand how much behind the age
are our old-fashioned, direct acting stomachs.
Mr.. George j. Holyoke, the well-kuown
farmers advocate in England, has been al
lowed a small sum from the British govern
ment to come here and make a report upon
emigration" His object is to learn the best
fields in this country and Canada for
English farmers and laborers, and to supply
the fullest information about wages, cost of
living and transportation, the best routes, etc.
Mr.. Isaac Holden, who at the age of sev-
enty-fve is a member of the British House OF
Commons, is an example of physical and
mental vigor continued to old age. Since he
has been seventy he has built palace which
cost e1000 900. He gave feast to his fam
lily on one of his recent birthdays, and when
they came to the table his daughters found
in each of their napkins check for 100000.
Psychological: This is a funny doctriner'
exclaimed Brown, who had been reading of
metempsychosis. "The idea of the hum an
soul entering the body of an animal! Ac-
cordiug to this doctrine, my soul, after l get
through with it, may inhabit the body of a
jackassp "And why not?" asked Fogg, de-
murely. at would certainly feel more at
home there than anywhere else."-Boston
Transcript.
Washington correspondents say it is idle
for Humphrey Marshal's son TO deny the
genuiueness of the letter OF his father to
General Lee, as the original is in the pur-
chased rebel archives in Washington, as. is
also the original of the letter TO Governor
Magofin, which was referred to in the letter
to Lee. The letter TO the governor bears
date of March %, 1852, and was written
from Lebanon, KY.
The names of Ex-senator John II. Mitchell
and Ex-Attorney-G General Williams are al
ready mentioned for the Oregon senatorship.
Among the other prominent men likely to be
considered are Judge Boise, OF the Oregon
Supreme Court, J. n. Dolph, who stands at
the head of the bar there, and was formerly
Ex-senator Mitchell's law partner; Exon
gresham Rufus Mallory and w. Lair Hill,
editor of the Oregonidn.
The funeral took place at Alex andris, Va,
recently OF Colonel William r. Mclean, who
had the singular fortune TO own and reside
upon the fields of Bull Run and Appoma ttox
when the two armies met at these two places
at the beginning and end of the war. After
Bull Rim, anticipating continued hostilities
in that neighborhood, he bought farm near
the Appomattox river, to which he removed
his family. 1t was on this farm that General
Lee completed the formal act of surrender.
Talks too much: Scene-A small lawn on
Seneca street. Time-Noon. Personages-
A parrot summing itself on porch beside Its
open cage, and strange dog wandering upon
the lawn. The parrot speaks first: "Sick!
Sick Sick himw The dog, with ears and
tail erect, looks about for something upon
which TO charge; he espies the parrot and an
exciting scene ensues. From out the con-
fused mass of dog hair and parrot feathers
comes the shrill cry: "Git out! DIN you
git out" Dog breaks for street. Parrot
after looking at herself from head to foot
gravely exclaims: "Polly, you talk toe
much r'-CyereLand Voice.