Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-15
PERSONAL

Ell PERKINS, the great American liar, is
prevsric Aiipg around Saratoga.
A VERMONT villager has lis walk and
front yard paved with headstones from a
cemetery.
TALMAGE's brother, who is a preacher, is
described as "a quiet man, just the opposite
of thu Brooklyn divine"
CAPT. JAMES E. EADs has received from
the government "a, 800, 600 for his work at
the mouth of the Missis ,ippi.
FREDERICK I. STANLEY, OF New Britain,
Conn.,, who died recently, was the originator
of the lockmaking business for which that
city ia famous.
WILLIAM CHAMBERS, the Edinburgh pub
lisher, left $le0 900 for the restoration OF st.
Giles, the old church in that city famous
from its association with important events in
Scottish church history.
Dr.. FRENoY, the leading physician of
Aix-les-B sina, where go many people go TO
be cured of rheumatism, is a martyr to that
ailmen', though he is very successful in cur
ing others of the complaint.
CHARLES OCoNoR in a barber shop at
Nantucket; the barber, adjusting the towels:
"IPs q fine day sir; hope you are we'll, sir
how would you like to be shaved, sir?" SIN
silence, sir" And the barber talks no more.
WILLIAM BLACKS last novel, which, de-
spite The Princess of IauIe, is considered by
many people to be his besf, has caused much
discussion concerning the pronunciation OF
the heroine. name. Mr.. Black p%ronounces
it "Yo-lawned."
PROF. BAIRD, director of the Smithsonian
Institution and president Of the Fish Com
mission, while he rarely fails TO recognize a
species of fish, is ofIen at q loss TO call his
Il haaf- Ennun nuuaintauRa hu mama whan his
meets them casually.
"WHAT will poor mother dol" were the
only words uttered by q Boston newsboy
after being mortally wounded by u railroad
train. A passenger had offered him half 8
dollar for a certain paper, and he was trying
to hastily get it. at a station when the acct
| dent occurred.
ARTHUR S~HERBURNE HARDY, the author
| of But Yet q Woman, is a native OF Audover
| Mass., and is thirty-six years of age. III
entered West Point Academy, from which b,
was graduated in 1869 with a mathematics
reputation which secured him an election &c
a scientific profeesorship at Dartmouth Col
lege.
The "iades," who have displaced the
"dudes" at Long Branch, wear siiver-gray
frock coats, si!ver.gray tIght-6tting pants
looms, patent-leather gaiters, broad-brimmec
hats, fashion d after the expansive sombrero
and very high collars. 1t is said of then
that they hope to elude the papgs OF death
and gradually fade with the sunlight.
FoR many years DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes has been a regular attendant a
Kings chapel, one OF the Oldest churches il
| Boston, dating back TO a period before tbs
Revolutions. The Atlantic, for Septembe r
will contain a poem by him, which was sng
gested by the memorial tablets on its walls
especially those bearing the names of tn,
men who went forth from Kings chapel t.
fight for the Union and did not return.
THAT beau ideal Of war correspondence
Archibsh Forbes, has turned up ia SIr
Francisco with Sir Henry Parkes, the ex
premier OF New South Wales. Both gentle
men were in New York a few years ago, i
will be remembered. Sir Henry then cam,
as a commissioner from New South Wales L
endesvor to procure a revision of our tarif
on Australian wool. The famous war cor
respondent captured New York society snc
accompanied Uncle Sam Ward to Newport
He delivered lectures on Crowned Heads
Have Met" throughout the country, TO tn,
dsleclstion of large audiences and no Sun al
advantage to his exchequer. Z
MAKING Jam is one of the favorite holi
day recreations of President Grevy, accord
ing to the Paris Figaro, which tells us tina
the head of the republic may frequently b,
seen in his kitchen at Mont-sous-V audrey
enveloped in a large blue apron, and skim.
ming preserves over the fire. Everything il
the Presidents country home is of the plain
tst description. Sporting trophies ornamenI
the di~ning-room, the drawiDg.room is scant,
(! lily furnished in red damssk, and even tn,
boudoir of the Presidents daughter, Mime
| Wilson, contains no pretty feminine knick.
nacks, but is full of firearms, and collection,
OF coins and insects. NJ. Crews study il
hung with an ugly green paper, and the wall
are covered with books; while the bust O
Voltaire surmounts the clock. When no
engaged in his ~favorite pastime of shooting
NJ. Grevy strolls about the neighborhood il
an old blue cotton coat and big straw hat
talks to every peasant he meeis-csrefull.
eschewing politics, however-and delights Il
take children on his knee to recite to then
one of La Fontaine's fableF.