Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-08
PERSONAL MENTION.

SENATOR ALLISON, of lows, is said to wesr
the highest and whites! collars in Washington.
A FARMER in Northern Mississippi has
cleared SIG an acre from his watermelon
crop.
WHEN Mr.. Msckay was ssked if he trav-
eled to Moscow iaeo9. he replied: "Oh, bless
you'll no. We travelled in a sleeper"
BISMARCK, according TO an Orleanist paper,
has said that there are but two men in Frspce
whom he fears, the Count de Paris as apoli-
ticiau and the Duke d'Aumsle as q warrior.
PRor. SHALER, of Harvard, put his YER
sion Of the DarWinisn theory very neatly.
He Gays that uIas-and The monkey started
from the same point, brt The monkey rrav-
eled IN a circle, while mans progress has
taken the shape Of a psrabols.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA objects to "public
fesd', sitting for hours at a crowded Tavern
table surrounded by viands you do nat wish
to eat and liquors you do not wish to drink"
This is a little urgra'eful from a man who
for years has been among the moet habitual
diners in London.
A YOUNG graduate of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, and son Of a prom
inent manufacturer in Mss 'schusetts, has
been le~arniog the wooden manufacturing bust
ness, and has been promoted from the woolA
room TO the cardins-room in one of Lewis
toms csrding mills.
THE guard Of an English railway carriage
recently refused to allow a naturalist 10 carry
a live hedgehog with him. The traveller,
indignant, pulled 4 turtle from his wallet,
and said, Take this, too" but the guard re-
piled, good-naturedly "Ho, NJ, cir. It's
dogs you can't carry; and dogs ID dogs, cats
| is dogs, and 'edgehogs is dog, but turtles lie
hinsects."
PpoF. ANTON WERNER haa Just completed
a panorama Of the Sedan battlefield, and it
will be shown TO the public by the German
| Emperor on his return from the South.
| There is now 10 be seen in Berlin a panora-
| ma of The attack on ST. Privat, which formed
! The French right flank on the day of Grave
| Iotte. A similar panorama Of the clvslry
! charge at Vionville, two days previously, is
1 in preparation.
The soma Of the Earl of Essex, who are
I supposed 10 be travelling through gipsy cara.
] vans ard camping in the open sir, have had
Z distinguished precedent for their conduct.
L Srxfes amu Uampeu OUT alone on "ths lea
l side" Of The hills. De Quincy Travelled with
| no other impeachment Tor covering than a
| portable tent. The E'sex boys, however, ere
accompanied by numbering caravans.
TIE Prince of Monaco has offered his rr.u-
| cipality to France for 100000 france. Il
| should he remembered that by the CONVEX
ton Of 1860, the principally passes directly
10 France i'll the event Of the present line dy-
| ing out. The Prince received last yesr $780,
| coo francs Tor bis right in the gambling ee-
| tablishment Of Monaco. Yet he is in fnan-
cial straits again. The Monaco concession
t. the b ancs does not expire until 1910.
MINISTER FoorE's reception By the King
| OF Corea is described in a letter that appears
in the San Francisco Post. Thousands upon
Thousands Of people lined the route as the
Americas rode TO the palace. The King, a
young man OF thirty-iwo years, wss clsd in
a long Owl OF crimson satin brocade, with a
large dragon crest upon his bre asst and back.
Two euuuchs stood on each side Of the
throne. For a few minutes rigii Formally
was observed. Then come one made the King
laugh and he grew quite jolly over wine and
Gig irs. The Queen and her ladies peeped in
all the lime by mears of peep holes"
Ills said thai; when President Arthur was
at Cape May, after the pubic reception was
over be received a card from a caller who
was very anxious 10 see him.-O1 being
showa in, the visitor proved to be a weather
beaten, middfe.sged man, whs grasped Mr..
Arthur cordially by the hand and informed
him that he "knowed" him as soon as he ''set
ayes on him." Hethen repeated hisname 10 the
p esident, and inquired if he remembered
that his visitor had gone to school 10 him.
The President then recalled thai, during one
of his vacations, he had. for the purpose of
raising much-neeced funds, taken several
| young fellows of about his own sgs TO i'm
part some college learning" TO, an the man
before him was one of them. The former
scholar combines the occupation OF fisherman
and restaursnt-keeper, and informed the
President that he was doing very we'll. The
President expressed his pleasure at the meet
ing, and he two parted With mutual expres-
s;ons Of good will and hopes for future hap
pines. The President said he got a grip oil
the hand which he would not forget for some
time TO come.