Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-09

FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

THE price of a wife in Siberia is eight
dogs, and some Of them are considered dear at
in the articles of barter is, to all appearances,
very slight.
Mrs. WALSH, of Savannah, Ga, grand
niece of the famous preacher, George Whitfield.
whose body lies beneath the pulpit of old
Presbyterian church in Newburyport, Mass, is
the first relative who has ever visited his tomb.
A KANSAS woman was jawing her hus-
band the other day, when cyclone came along.
He turned pale as DEATH but the woman kept on
scolding, and the cyclone lodged around the
woodpile and sneaked of with its tail between its
legs.
A Los ANGELES rancher has raised
pumpkin SO large that his two children use half
each for a cradle This may seem very wonderful
full grown policemen have been found asleep on
single beet.-.San Francisco Post.
A BosroN lady, having more than once
pestered New, York friend with her pitiful sur
in measure satisfe with this explanation:
THE truth is, madam, l have never felt that l
was good enough TO go to Boston.
WHILE thirty couples were spooning on
the porch of Long Branch hotel, the other night
some wicked wretch stuck his head around the
your husband!'' Immediately twenty women
uttered suppressed shrieks and arising, fed TO
their rooms,
"MAY l have the honor to conduct your
gentleman of the lady from the country, who is
staying with some friends whom she is visiting
was the response. why, of course, and you can
take me, too. That's what we came here for.
a PENNSYLVANIA mother observed her
two little girls petting and teasing object on
went out to see what amused them, and
paralyzed by terror on discovering that it was
large rattlesnake, which, on seeing her, changed
from law good nature to anger. Itwas killed be-
fore any harm resulted.
Mrs. MARY YoUNG completed the Tooth
year Of her life this week, in good health and
sons and four daughters, nine are now living
and every one attained good old age, was mar
eightyfve grandchildren, 51l0 great -grandchil-
dred and seven great-great- Grandchildren.
VANITY and love OF ornament carry peo-
pie to queer lengths. 4 n aged and very poor
glass earrings. The lobe of the right ear
pierced in the usual way, and contained its orna-
ment, but the left ear was so scarred and mangled
As to present surface large enough TO be bored.
of white thread passed around the ear.
THE Hon. ID. w. Voorhees, is attorney
suing merchant in Greencastle, in the same
State, for $4,000 damages for alleged breach of
Gently married, denies that he ever engaged to
marry the plaintiff but says he did employ her to
highly hpon the neat and skiTifai manner % I'M in
which she did the work.
\ WOMAN in Hong Kong, who bears the
nickname of THE Great Rat was arrested for
hearing that The Great Rat was at last caught,
mistook the meaning of the phrase, and thought
the court and its entrances were crowded with
large multitude of people eager to see the mon
thaS ahd he Poee
had hard work to disperse them.
| DURING Miss Mary Anderson's last visit
| to Chicago she called upon Prof Swing and his
| daughter while they were yet at breakfast, took
; into SERVICES AZ the Cathedral of the Holy Name
Msf flynn fadSfsffa afaGHf f sbe
| said afterward TO an inquirori As for papa, you
snyS Seeming to imply p that the liberal
clergyman followed her into the Cathedral.
IT has been particularly noticed lately
that the daughters of the Prince and Princess of
Wales are always dressed with great neatness
and with a charming simplicity, 1t would be
well if the mqthers Of many of the other children,
girls, Who are c6istantly seen about Were to imi-
tate the Princess in this respect and array their
m S f y.aFs MG iam t "a Sendy m
TUNES which their distempered tancies loads them
to think becoming.
HooD mountain, in Washington Terri
tory, was recently ascended by large party.
They reach an elevation of L so feet, where they
A., spent several hours. When abovo tiio snaw line
! the men esHs.Epeted q sleigh, and treated the
etrated a distance of 100 feet. There was cease
less grip Gfwater from the roofo the iee-encased
in from tie sfumbsrias fres below, from whence
| a loud kissing noise arose. 4 rock hurled down
| produced deafening reverbeFation.
APRoPos OF the forthcoming publication
of the Duke Of Saxe-Coburg's private memoirs,
the NJ .id-~aAss Gazette relates story which has
been current in couft circles. A younger son OF
the Duke of Argyll, so ran the legend, who wished
to marry a untitled lady, not unnaturaIly asked
| his fathers consent to that step. The Duke re-
piled that personally he had no objection TO the
I match: but, in view of the fact that his eldest
/ son had espoused daughter of the Queen, he
thought it right TO take her majesty pleasure on
the subject before expressing his formal approval
| since the death of the Prince Ca9sprt she had
been in the habit of consulting the Duke OF SAKE
| Coburg on all family Affairs. The matter wa;
therefore referred to Duke Ernest, who replied
that since the uni6catiOn of I3ermeny he had
made IL a rule to ask for the Emperors opinion
on all important questions: The case now came
before the Kaiser, who decided that. as n constr
tutional sovereign, he was bound to ascertain the
views Of his prime minister. Happily for the now
anxious pair of lovers the iron chancellor had NJ
wish to consult anybody, and decided that th'