Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-09
PERSONAL.

Mr.. c. H. STEARN has adapted small In
candescent electric lamps to the illumination
OF objects under the microscope, and has ex-
hibited the brilliant results 10 the British
Royal Microscopical Society.
The Louisville Argus, in its column OF
"Glances,r says: "a psrsgrapher, as gen.
eral proposition. is 8 DID fool who think.
the msny.eyed Argus has evidently studied
the scriptures, with prayerful heart, especi.
ally the paragraph: "Ob! man, know thy
SELF"
THE Port Gibson RepeiUe characterize,
| Gen. Beauregard's criticisms of Hon. Jeffer.
son Davis as shooting pop-guns at Gibralta.
The Tupeio Journal says the RereiHe is cor
rect; the public are not disposed 10 listen
with any degree OF patience or respect "a
criticism OF Mr.. Davis from the manager oil
a lottery company.
The Baltimore Day, OF Saturday, gives
an account of the arrest and committal 10
| jail of an Italian sailor for stealing and hid.
ing on his vessel hand-organ. We think
as the fellow was going to take the machine
Of torture out of the country. he ought to
have been discharged with the thanks Of the
Court as public bsnefactor.
Four hundred American citizens, who at.
feet contempt for royalty and aristocrscy
begged the British minister at Washington
for an invitation to the reception in honor oil
| the Marquis OF Lorne, but their request was
refused and their petitions were kept A
refreshing commentary on the boosted repub.
licanism of the country and the Retrospect
of American Society"
CHARLES A. BRosIUs, of Germany, h d
the misfortune to die recently and leave ar
estate Of $33, 100000. He had no family
and left no will, so the money is to be di.
vided by the German courts among the rela-
tives, most of whom reside in this country.
Two of the heirs are ia st. Louis, another at
Knightstown, Iod., and several at Bslleville
Ill. They will ali be made rich, provided
the lawyers do not get the money.
The Yszoo Herald notices that the cause
OF the difficulty at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, at Starksville, Miss, il
still unexplained, bu, the time will come
when the crooked places will be m ade straight
and the dark places filed with the light oil
knowledge. We don't think the professors
who left the institution feel very much sg
| grieved, else they would rush into print and
| show wherein a grievous wrong was done
| There is no law in the way of their doing &c
that We know of.
The number OF students In the German
universities has risen from 1870, in 1872
| to %, 1874 10 the summer of 1882, and the
| great proportion hasten, as soon as they have
taken their degrees, to enter the learned pro
| fessiops. The government sees in this tend
ency danger 10 the trade, commerce and all
| the material interests of the country, anc
therefore sounds warning which ought tc
be needed. Even 10 America some Of the
professions are already crowded.
The Knoxville Chronicle, of Monday, says
| that Prof w. G. McAdoo received letter
from Col H. ID. Capers yesterday, informing
him tina. Gen. Fitz Lee, the great Confed
rrate cavalry leader, will deliver a lecture le
the citizens of Knoxville on Tuesday even
ing, February 20, 1888. on the "Battle o
| Chsncellorsville." He will be accompanied
by Mr.. L. VIM. Jones, and, we doubt not, viii
| be greeted with an immense audience. Tue
distinguished lecturer is making tour il
the interest OF the Southern Historical So
ciety.
| The famous pianist, DIR. Hans von Bulow
| mas lately become the inmate of lupatit
asylum, and another pianist OF great dis
| tinctiou, Herr Carl Heymanu, has Just beer
| placed in an asylum for the second time. A
| st. Petersburg critic argues that much piano
forte playing must have driven these artist,
mad, and that pianoforte-playing in genera
is so exhausting 10 nerve power as to inducs
insanity. To attain anything like perfection
in the art good physical constitution and
much horsepower are, no doubt, necessary
But the number of pianists who are quite al
sane as those who listen to them is still very
large.
The New York Commercial Advertiser tell
of a man who, in gaping, disloeated his Jaw
A surgeon returned The bose TO the proper
position and made his charge, which b,
thought too high and refused 10 pay. The
surgeon changed the conversation and soor
told his best stery. The patient laughed 81
heartily that the bone became displaced, auC
the surgeon reset it after receiving psymen
in advance. Now, whenever that man feel
sleepy he securely binds his jaw with hand
kerchief, and when at party he imagine
any body is going to tell funny yarn hi
| just clasps his hand over his mouth ant
dashes out of the room.