Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-12-27

slipping and gliding from one to another;
and this engages ones sympathies al
the more when one sees walking beside
her the husband cr brother, Sfe9s
Sroad nulk of q creature, and with his
great hands snugly slowed away in the
esp&cious pockets OF his trousers. The
police regulations ara such that they
are not allowed on iheee stands Until
aotfiewhere between and s o'clock, and
they ara compelled to leave or move on" at
twelve. The result is that hundreds col
lect in nervous groups at all the entrances
to the street, and block the way to the
Boulevard Montmartre, into which the
Faubourg slips; bat when the sighal OF d |
eisn is given, these hundreds of eager
carts come down in swarms at a break
neck speed, up side streets, around sharp
corners, and pour in rushing, pell mell,
helter-skelter fashion up the Faubourg, |
strsinin9 every muscle and nerve and all |
their energetic force to reach, before q |
rival, the fSvorite places. This racing is |
simply the acme OF all courses. have |
frequently seen two or three, or even 8 |
dozen, men and women, all straining for |
the same spot, bring their carts together |
with q resolndipg crash; bending the con-
tents with flying leap all over the street. |
Such accidents are generally followed by
fight. Now, don't turn sick and imagine
most horrible things, Tor there is nothing
in the list OF comicalities that can equal
FRENCH FIGHT.
The combatsnts are just as gentle and
considerate, they never draw blood and
soil their beautiful and tidy b.ouses. No,
they never touch each other, but they do
danes around like demented folk with their
noses almost kissing, and accompany the
widest gesticulation with volume after VOL
ume of sxpletives. AS there are exception
al csses to all rules, just so it is in this
Sometimes two of the heavy, round and
stalwart looking danes become belligerent
and, as they generally mean business,
every one present is tscitly called upon to
separate them, which has its dangers and
is rather ticklish. Another Sight Fl Iequent.
ly seen in this quarter, in the early hours
of the morning, is that of both men and
women, but more frequently women, car
rying, hugged up close to them, yards Of
bread totally without wrapper OF any kind
except their arms, and they usually
exceeding dirty, and it makes lit
the weather may be, for / vsritably be-
lieve il it were pouring tropical floods
| they would still, with the same sang froid,
lug that staff of life along without COW
| ering. Ii enc doesn't turn cut into the
| gutter when passing the women, much
more than the men, they have a mischisv-
| Gus wsy OF grinding one up egainst the
| wall. If you attempt to hold your own
| you may expect to have the dusty ends of
the loaves wiped off on your elegant coat
sleeve. Owing TO the limited sidewalks
OF most of the crowded streets of Paris
one soon becomes accustomed to walking
in the middle of the way, but my unrea-
| sonarle desire, at fist, to cling to the foJt
| passengers right brought about many col
| lisions, which were generally followed by
much language and bad, on both sides, aud
nothing friendly. Walking in the streets
is rather dangerous, tco, for csbmen and
others DO great deal of reckless driving,
and the worst of it is it iwinked at by the
police. There isn't A/day thai passes
but so1e poor creature is knocked
| that, he is MANNED for life, which to the
poor is worse than death. Such accidents
sre seldom published by the journals oi
Paris. l asked
CABMAN
several days ago how much he earned,
counting in his pour boire, or drink money,
for days work. He answered that some
times he was able to make as much as 10
francs before midday, and for the rest
Of the time about the sane. This would
have surprised me much, if / had not
noticed q sly expression in his eye, and
hsre is the explanation: All the public
cabs are owned by ons company, and its
system of mana cement is, to say the least,
loose. The csbmsn are allowed to take
anything they can get over the regular
fare-one franc for one or two pereons
and two for three or more, within the wall
or barrier, az it is called. For strangers
they will make it very disagreeable if they
can, by insisting upon more poir boire
than 10 given, and from 20 TO 25 centimes
is sufficient. The company has number
of men in its employ who are located all
over Paris for the purpose of spying
upon the cabmen. For instance, one
of these quasi-detectives will take q
stand upon the Champ, Elysees and note
down in g memorandum book the num-
Der of every cab mat passes, and also
whether there is rare inside or not. That
same cab might be seen by another later
on in different part OF the city, and they
seldom leave their stands without pas
senger. By evening, or whatever the
time may be, Cabby is supposed tc
have made so much, which he has to
make good to the company. But unfor
tunately for them, it is diamond cut dia
mond, for Csbby is Just as smart as the
spy, and has found many ways of circum
venting him.
; Now that Christmas is nearing, the
shops commence to put on their hap
,, py appearance. The meat shops, espe
cially, have their contents SO daintily
dressed in fringed paper and ro
settes. You will see row aftel
row of inviting, appetizing looking
; chops, each one arrsyed in little pantel
|, cites, and great sides of beef rosetted in
, various beautiful arrangements OF color
and then, too, the workmen are so pic
, turesquely bloused, and so iauntil,
!, capped, and all look SO neat. The women
: even the poorest, show come effort at style
: They arrange their hair tastefnlly anC
!, wear such tidy boots. Their faces are al
: ways wreathed with smiles. No traces O
: the dissipated lives some of them lead ar,
visible. They believe IN turning the bee
side TO the world aud putting the best foo
, foremost. N. N. KKATING.