Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Ingersou lives at Long Branch this sum-
mer. Any day his portIy form may be seen
riding indolently upon the pillows beyond
the region of surf, and making large, de-
faint hummock ON the line of the horizon.
Dio Lewis says that men become bald by
wearing the hat too constantly. How little
Dio knows about it can be shown by the
number of bald-headed editors; judges, shoe
makers, tailors and bookkeepers, who wear
their hats least of anybody.
Alexander Leslie, the retired banker OF
Aberdeen, Scotland, whose death was recently
announced, was the translator into English
of Nordenskjold's Voyage Of the Vega. He
also published a narrative of the Arctic
voyages OF that faraous explorer from 1858
to 1879. y
The house at Chiswick once occupied by
Hogarth, and after his death by Cary, the
translator of Dante, Is now Incidentally di-
lapidated. The garden is wilderness
haunted by stray swine, and Hogarth's null
dead. Fhe tomb of Hogarth, ia the neigh
boring churchyard, suffers like neglect.
The Darwin memorial fund in London
now amounts TO more than $4,000. 1t has
been decided by the committee in charge to
devote the fund TO the erection of marble
statue OF the great naturalist, and the trus-
tees of the British Museum will be asked to
allow it to be placed in the large hall of the
Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
One of the mistakes of Moses which Bob
Ingersoll forgot to mention was in the
prophet not making arrangements to charter
half dozen Inflexibes to throw 1700-pound
shot out OF eighty-ope-ton guns among the
Egyptians of the period. This would have
and the Jews would have got their travel
permits quicker than fabricated chain light
ning.-Puck.
The duke of Hamilton has declined Lord
Rosenbery's offer of So, 000, 600 for the Island
of Arran, on which Hamilton palace is sit
uated. The leland is near the mouth of the
Clyde. 1t is abont twenty miles long by
eight 10 eleven broad, and contains a super
fetal area Of 165 square miles, or 105,S14
acres, of which about $4,000 are cultivated.
1t is g rugged mountainous island, and not
some person who wishes to be known as a
landlord.
Justice William Ramsey, of the Supreme
Court of New York, who lately sentenced a
man to be hanged on Thursday, told a re-
porter of the Rochester Post Express that he
had never been BILE TO ascertain the particu-
lar time when judges commenced to order
the execution OF capital sentences on Fri
day; that for many years haugings were
u4eu upon any Jay Oh tue week except Cun-
day, and that he was convinced that the Gus
tom of selecting Friday was of co mpara-
lively recent origin.
When in his prime, the late Mr.. Soule was
one of the most prominent literary men on
the Pacific coast, occupying position SINH
lar to that held by George William Curtis, In
New York. He came prominently before
the public on all great occasions, and was the
person usually selected as poet upon the oc-
caslon of the opening Of fairs, etc. Among
his poems is an epic entitled Labor" and
few verses entitled ''The Rain,D which have
been republished in many papers. 1t is
thought that his poems and prose works may
be published.
Admiral Porter's office at his 100000
house in Washington IL quite a nautical GU
riosity shop. There are some old pieces of
furniture, few books in cases, a number of
and photographs on the walls. In
one corner are half hundred models of tor
pedoes, with very harmless tin tubes and
pine stems. On q stand on one side of the
room is a working model Of the steamer
Alarm Little brass guns and bits OF ships,
papers and documents, and books scattered
over three desks, a case of stuffed birds, and
countless things of interest catch the eye.
People Who suppose that Admiral Nichol-
son is called the "War Horse of the Navy"
because he sent word to Arab Pssha that if
fred upon he would fire back, are very much
mistaken. The history of the title, as told
in navy circles in Washington, is as follows;
When laced and buttoned lieutenant,
young Nicholson was once in company
where the term kors de combat was used.
Some one having asked what it meant, the
future hero promptly and proudly replied,
"a war horse,D and "War Horse Nicholson"
he was at once dubbed, and has been 80
styled ever since.