The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-01
PEOPLE or NOTE.

IT Is calculated that the Popes Jubilee
presents are worth s2OOOOODO.
Prince BISMARCK has declined tbb title Of
Duke on the ground that he is not In POI
silion 10 support the dignity.
SIR JosErn Curry, the well known English
Judge, was at oxford In 1852 captain Of the
finest boat crew ever known at either uni
verity,
Tnr late Count Corti, the great Italian
diplomat, in his will declared on his honor
that ho had Served his country with fidelity
aud love, and with no regard forpcrsonal in
tcrcsts."
NJ. PASCAL, who has been noted for many
years because OF his intimacy with Prince
Napoleon, killed himself recently. lie was
rich, but rather than spend his money he
fred q bullet into his head
GEoR0E FRANCIs TRAIN has contracted for
n lecture tour with the provision that twenty
or more minutes Of each lecture shall be
devoted TO exploiting the history and pur-
poses Of the city of Omaha.
CHARLES snrNEr, Of Mansfield, Mass. II
youngstcr not old enough to talk plainly,
is an expert harmonica player. Neither Of
his parents is musician, but the boy is
able TO play any tune after hearing it once.
TnE chemist, DR.. Bi,choG, Of the Berlin
health bureau, has discovered tho presence
Of arsenic IN the coloring matter used in the
manufacture Of the dark kinds Of beer, due
10 the introduction Of adulicm;cd starchs SUI
gar
TE late Prince Peter Wittgonstcin
| left to his sister, the Princess tlohonloho-
| Schillingsfurst wife of the G0vcrnor-Gcncral
OF Elsass- Lothringcn, estates in Ru,sin worth
;l5,OOO,0Oo, but the Car has forbidden her
10 occupy them on the ground that no FOR
cigncr can hold property in Russia.
TnE London Tine' seems to share Queen
vctorn's admiration for the Batlcnbcr@
OF Prince Alexander Il says ole Is one Of
| the most brave, most gentle most yulorous
and most handsome Of living princes. In all
the idyls ol poetry there has not indeed been
a more perfect hero than Prince Alexander
The whole story 1T his campaign against the
Srryians sounds like an epic. lie started
with nu inferior force. by his pluck, his
energy, and his extraordinary talent rs %
,tulcH,t hc turned all the odds that were
against him, aud came out victorious from a
campaign In which everybody prophcsicd
his failure"
SENATOR WADE lIAuiToN tells this story
about Senator "Icb" Vanccs inst case in the
North Carolina supreme court Ills client
had been worstcd in the lower court, aud
Vance took an appeal. Il was his inst argi-
mcnt In the court, aud he took great pains
with II. When the court came O. render "a
decision the chief justice quoted vancc's ar
gun elt In full. As he was proceeding Vance
looked proudly around nj the other lawyer,
aud chccrfully rubbed hi, hands. TO his
mind that was the greatest argument ever
presented g. a court The court read Nance's
argument through aud then said: For these
reasons We affirm the decision II the court
below" Vance was dumioundcd. Ills own
argument was used rs the basis II decision
against his client
Ia. J. W.. JoNrs the gallant Confederate
veteran. was standing with some friends on
Broad street bridge waiting for the procession
ON Decoration day. II wonder" some on,
asked, ~ any body Of troops ever moved
exactly on timer
"Ncycr," replied the Doctor quietly, 81
imnginc. since Sloncwall Jackson died"
Tliissccmcd 10 set the rcminisccntial mood
aud the Doctor continued.
"liy the way, do you ever hear tho Close %
the prayer made by Father Dubcrt, the brave
Catholic Priest. who was Chaplin OF Hay
brigade II was In New Orleans on biz
Confederate day, aud Father Dubcrt wa
praying. lie had culoglfcd the Confederate
soldier In Cen. stoncwall Jackson In par
ticular when he closed with these words
and now, Almighty God, our Father, thol
knovcih when hou made up thy mind tina
the Couisdersoy should he defeated In WI
thou found Il necessary 10 remove thy ser
want, stonewall Jackson, before thou could,
accomplish thy purposcl"-- iilaHia Coasiiia
ton.