Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-07
PERSONAL MENTION.

gland, the Ri. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
made an interesting address on edaca-
ton, in which he said that he did not believe
| in cheap school buildings Sull less did he
| believe in cheap education. Anything more
mean and contemplate than The doctrine OF
chesp education he never heard OF. The
national education given in the elementary
schools should be the best possible Of its kind.
A GROUP of Prussian officers in Berlin
| were one evening discussing and ridiculing
| Gambetta and his armies, when the veteran
| field marshal, Count Won Moltke, who was
| among them, quietly remarked: "4es, gen.
| tlemen, that is all very we'll; but remember
| that after Metz and Sedan, when we thought
| the war over, those improvised armies held
their own against Us for five months. 1t
| took ne a month 10 beat the great disciplined
| armies, but five months to beat Gambetta's
| raw recruits. His levee en- Bsasse 90 aston
| ished US soldiers-whatever you scofers and
| CARPET knights may think-that we shall
have to study this question during many
long years Of peace"
A PARIS paper tells an amusing story, The
scene of which is laid in a village in The
Iudre ct Loire, where a quarrel has been
! raging between the mayor and local school
master. The latter was recently summoned
TO appear before the project OF the depart
meni, TO whom he complained OF the mayors
negligence. an proof Of this he showed an
official report, written by himself, and con-
I; tanning the following passage: "We have
| no case of hydrophobia or madness 10 report,
unless it be that OF the mayor and corpora
| ton, who are idiots and rsviDg madmen."
The mayor signed and stamped the docu-
ment without reading it, little dreaming that
| il would be used as evidence against himself
with the project.
The Episcopal clergy are evidently not at
all in sy mpathy with the views Of the Rev
: r. Heber Newton. All of them so far seen
| by the Mai! and Express reporter unite in
| condemnation of such herelical opinions,
and stoutly msintain that their church is as
| orthodox as any in existence, and no more
| tolerant of heresy within its bounds than the
Presbyterian. The Rev. Samuel Cooke,
DID, of St. Bsrtholomew's church, at Madi-
son avenue and Forty fourth street, New
York, when asked about Mr.. Newton's posi-
ton, said: 81 came to the conclusion two
years ago that Mr.. Newton was half crszy;
that he was, tbeologically at least, out of his
mind; and since that time have not thought
it worth while to pay any attention TO any
thing he might says
LIEUT. PHILIP P. POWELL, OF the Ninth
United STATES Cavalry "a colored regimeni),
is probably the only ex-Confederste soldier
| now holding a commission IN the United
States army. He was born in Virginia, and
when quite young entered the Confederate
service and served 10 the ell Of the war.
He afterwsrd studied law and was admitted
10 the bar, but, having acquired taste for
military service, he enlisted as a private SOL
der in the United States army. He 'ssed
through the several non-commissioned
grades, and embraced the opportunity of
| promotion from the ranks. His political
disabilities having been removed, he passed
| a most crsditable examination and received
his commission as second lieutenanf. He
was assigned 10 the Ninth Cavalry. Lieut..
Powell is a relative Of the Hon. Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia.
TIE young Prince of Naples, the future
King of Italy, will be known, when he comes
to the throne, as Victor Emmanuel III. He
is now in his fourteenth year, and will be a
we'll educated thorarcb. Naturally, also, he
is thought 10 be well endowed. The prince
has Just become a student in the Military
College at Naples, where he was born. In
Sardinia and Italy military education of
the SONS OF royalty is matter of-course, in
which respect, 30 lar as heirs apparent are
concerned, the practice is unlike that which
prevails in England, where, it is said, not
one king for two centuries has had a military
education. But younger members of the
Eoglish royal family are always connected
with the army or navy. The Prince of Ma
Piles "has ro humbug about him." and is 10
be put through a regular course of training,
like any piebeian.
A CORRESPONDENT writes TO the Pail Mall
Gazette: 81 have heard a conversation be-.
tween three eminent members of the An.
thropological Socicly on TIE brain OF Gam
beta. Wto could have supp osed that in
size, weight, and general struc IRE that or
gan was more feminine than masculine.
The convolulio1s were delicatelv and sharply
I modelled, and there was not much space
wasted In cellular tissue. 1t was in a most
healthy 8 ate wien Gambeita died, although
his intelec; betrayed signs of fatigue. Dr.
Broca holds to the opinion that the decline
in intellectual power was due to asthmatic
affection from which Gambe,ta latterly suf-
fered, and the attendant COMPOSITIONS. The
third convolulion, in which the faculty of
language is supposed TO reside, is Of an alb.
normal development. Were DR.. Broca TO
have beea shown the ce.abral org an OF Gam
be Ia without having been told from what
head it was taken, he should have said that
II belonged TO woman who had well exer-
cised all her mental faculties"
A TALL, fne-looking man and stately,
pleasartfeatured lady were ushered into
the parlor Of the residence of the Rev.
DIR. Thomas II. Sill, at 234 West Thirty
ninth street, New Yorx, a few days ago.
When tie clergyman entered the gentleman
arose and said with a smile: I'VE would
like 10 get married, if you please" DR..
Sill, who is rector of st. Chrysostom's
Episcopal chapel, then learned that
the visitors were Mr.. Joseph McCullom,
the actor, and Mrs. David p. Bowers,
the actress. He opened his prayer-book
after an interval and read the marriage
service while the couple stood before him.
Mr.. McCullom produced a plain gold ring,
placed it on the finger OF his bride and
they were pronounced man and wife.
"They we're very agreeable people indeed"
said DR.. Sill. "They had intended TO be
married by another clergyman, but he was
not at home when they called and therefore
they came to me. The notice of the mar
riage created pleasant surprise in dramatic
circles, though the event had been expected
for some time. Mr.. McCullom was born in
Buffalo in 1888 and m sde bis debut in 1859.
He appeared in New York as leading man
10 tire support Of Mrs. Bowers in the Winter.
Garden in 1866. Since then he has travelled
throBgh America with her. Mrs. Bowers was
born in Stamford, Conn, 10 1880. Her father
was the Rev. WIN. A. Crocker a prominent
| Episcopal clergyman. She made her debut
when only sixteen at the old Park Theater
in this city. She has been three times
married.
LAST Thursday the death OF Adrian North,
. wealthy gambler OF Louisville, Ky, &C.
Cured at the Peabody Hotel. Among the
sporting fraternity Mr.. NorIh had for any
years been among the wealthIest, the luck
lest, the most intelligent and the best born.
The Courier Journal gives a lengthy account
| OF his life. Ii seems he was bonn in LOUIS
| VILE in 1913 His father was OF the bank
ing firm of North & Bassett, said TO be the
| first banking concern organized in the city
of Louisville. The elder North died in l845.
leaving a large estate TO his wife, who died
about five months ago. There was another
SOD, Romeo, who was known for years 10
banking circles. BE has been dead some
time. This left Adrian the sole survivor of
the family, and to him descended the fortune
| left 10 his mother when the son was but two
years of age. 1t amounted TO $4,000
principally in money and bonds. Tbe fine
family residence OF the Norths, at No. 723
Third street, has for years b4en noted as one
| oil the handsomest in Louisville. Every
| thing was done for this man in bis youth 10
| enable him 10 Gil an honored place among
his fellow-men, but room after leaving Har-
| ward College he began a life of ease and
idleness, which obtained the mastery OF him
aud made him confirmed gambler. He
came from Harvard graduate OF the uDi-
| versity and of the medical school OF that
great college. He never prac iced, though
being full fedged doctor Of medicine. He
| was a man Of splendid mental attachments,
| q lover Of literature, a good conversation