Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-11
PERSONAL.

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER will succeed
the late W. A. seaver as editor of 1.-THE Drawer''
in HGrpeT's Monthly.
JOSH BILLINGS says: "Don't harry eggs
IN your coat-tail pocket. Eggs amt good after
BIEKsTADT, the artist who has been accused
OF lobbying through Congress the bill providing
Tor increased duties on foreign works of art, Gays
that to the contrary he does not Think there should
country. and that America needs all the good art
she can get.
MGR. DEL FEATE, the pap,l nuncio 10
Chilli has left the country in high dudgeon at the
treatment OF his Church by the republic, and ex-
cornmu uicates the whole country. II is said he
did rot dare to face the popular Indignation of
Valparaiso, but crossed the mountains into Bue-
nos AyIeI TO sail for Rome.
The sopbomores of Dartmouth College
are funny fellows. One of their latest Jokes was
to lard the Keats OF their professors This insult
to the seats of learning has led to the suspension
Of good many OF them, but the memory of that
slippery day will, no doubt, console them for the
loss OF the championship of the college dignitaries
HISTORIAN BANCROFT once pubiished a
volume OF poems of which he is now not at all
proud. The little book was issued in 1923, and
copies of itare hard to find. At a recent sale a
copy sold for $40. The purchaser wrote to Mr. Ban
croft: "Csn secure other copi.s?' By return mail
he received the reply: PLENTY OF them-at the
same price"
SEVERAL London Saturday journals are
discussing 1.-THE family next door," with the con-
elusiOn that not TO snow your immediate neigh
Dor is the best policy. The family next door, ac-
leave one alone but frequently insists upon assert
ing ITSELF Ii the lady OF the house happens TO be
good breeding cannot recognize or resent
For quarter OF century there has been
= subdued story that Wendell Phillips is to be
pitied in being the gentle OF a wife who has
oeen an invalid for nearly thirty years. This
man, of whom Horace Greeley said that he is the
one orator whose speeches have the same elo-
quence whether read or spoken, recently said in a
hearty phrase which covers everything: mo one
but me knows how good she is"
WHILE Senator Beck wss gazing into The
clear water at Glen Cove Springs Fla. the other
day. his goldfrsmed glasses slipped off and as
open his mouth and swallow them As these were
the same glasses adds the Louisvills Courier sur-
ing over an aTmy-wagon load Of tariff statistics
that fish is now fitted to lead the fnny tribe in
biting for revenue only.
Nh. PETER CooPER's career shows him to
have been one of the greatest Americans and the
noblest of men. He learned thres trades before
he WAS tWenty-one; bis genius enabled him to
rank high as an inventor; he was Pre-eminently a
man of affairs, his knowledge of men and bust
ness securing success in every venture; and most
imRor ant OF all, he was broad and practical
philanthrePist, who labored constantly for the ele
walton and advancement of the masses of the
people.
A REFORMED gambler is drawing crowds
in New York 6ya lecture exporting the odds and
chances in all gambling games with cards. He
says of New York what is true of Chicago that
there is not square game in that city. If some
bucket-shop gambler in this city would enlighten
the public as to the mysteries of that game, he
would be public benefactor, even If he did not
draw q crowd The bad feature of il is however
that the bucket-shop scalawags never reform,
while gamblers with cards do. This may be owing
10 the fact that the latter have the most moral
principle to go in on.
Two of the most ridiculous accidents
have occurred during the past month we have ever
heard One in Richmond, last week, when Judge
Richardson, of the Supreme Court, while reclin-
81 y joke judge Lacy told him that he actually
dslocated RIB, and doctors were called in. The
yawniBg and scratching his head IN front OF q
bright fire, and live coal popped down his throat
and SO burnt him that he had TO receive medica.
attention. He concluded the next time he yawned
TO keep his mouth shut
1HE Nashville correspondent OF the Lou
sville Courier Journal writes that paper that Col
Marsh T. Polk is improving in health, but still
suffers great deal from the mental and physical
pain caused by his experience in the wilds Of Tex
as, and mis- imprisonment in the county Jail His
Dondsmen are preparing to settle with the State,
the Legislature having adopted a resolution per
hitting them to square the account in q way mat
will save them considerable amount. II is said
that Folks silver mines in Mexico are aging well
and that in few years he will be able TO repay
his bonasmen. Notwithstanding his downfall,
Polk has innumsrsble friends, who would render
nlm financial assistance now, or at any other time
50 strong is their sympathy for one who yielded 10
temptation, and dragged an honorable name in
the dust.
IhE apie ffOFtdence cor espopueht Ol thc
Nav York Nal dad Express attempts 20 show the
situation in Rhode Island: GENERALLY the Re
publican ring has had 1t all its own way and The
result Of the elections has been discounted weeks
in advance OF late, however, there has grown up
vast amount OF dissa tsisctiOn in the Republican
party, many of whose members we've not satisfied
TO be mere puppets for Two or three men VINO in
timated in advance the candidates tsey desired
nominated. The ring has as its principal sup
port the Providence Journal OF which Senator
Anthony Is proprietor. Senator Aidrieh is not In
harmony with senator Anthony and Is not IN
favor Of the ring. The Republican governor
elect was not, has been asserted, the choice Of
the machine members of the party, but OF senator
AldIich. The sprsgue campaign was poorly
managed. The boom started well. but It's pro-
jeet0rs were unable TO keep 1t up so that after all
the ring succeeded in retaining power.