The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-20
lie had switched of


some seven years ago lie had switched OIL
to hotel scaping. {
Gen. Butler said to Washington news.
paper man few years ago u have hau al
kinds Of abuse and am used to It, nave
been called eggything-cyerything ne |
added, with an iidaqd slant to his le't eye
lid, except FOOL and no one eve
called me that"
NJ Rousian, the-Brench Minister 10 the
United States, is man OF medium hight
with dark hair and eyes and closely 'rllhilcu
mustachc. lie Is one OF the most popular
members of the Diplomatic Corps at wash
ineion. He isnbschcor, fond OF society
and great dlhefout
The four sons Of the King OF Siam, who
with their tutors and suite, have been tray
cling through India and the Continent Oh
Europe, have arrived in London. AFTER
stay of some months IN England they pro-
pose to return home by tie way oil the
United States, Japan and China
The real reason for the sudden departure
OF Senator Cameron for Europe is sald 10
have been the state OF his health. He has
been threatened with recurrence OF |
trouble which caused him great distress
few years ago and his physician ordered INN
peremptorily to drop all Official cares and
go abroad.
Says Washington correspondent: THE
autograph lends are getting in their work at
the White House, and each mail brings
fresh load for the Presidents signature. lie
always humos the senders and inscrbcs in
l II. H..
corner of tho page, in neat feminine hand,
the Presidents wife writes Mrs. Harrison. "
The Cottage Hotel at Elbcron and he cot
tage of Charles G.. Fancklyn, in which
, President Garfield died, were sold at public
{ sale recently. The sale had been ordered
under a foreclosure suit and included the
hotel and cottage furniture and 23l, 900
. square feet Of land. The furniture used
4 during President Garheld's occupancy Is
= still in the cottage.
An American newspaper syndicate re-
Gently offered William H. Gladstone the sum
n Of S25, 900 for a series Of twenty-five articles
IT on subjects OF current interest The follow
= ing reply has been received from Mr.. Glad
p. stone "At my age the stock OF brain power
does not wax but wancs, and the public calls
u upon my time leave me only a fluctuating
d residue to dispose Of All idea of a series OF
IT efforts Is, therefore, have finally decided,
= wholly beyond my power TO embrace
=, Mrs. Cleveland is soon TO be the recipient
of AN elegant souvenir in the shape OF an
B. album containing the autographs OF the
y, members Of the Authors Club of New York
, spread upon leaves Of the finest parchment
= The signatures were collected through The
efforts Of DIR. Edward Eggeston, and thu
10 book has been artistlcally bound by one o.
Of the most skillful bookbinders in the ooun
/" try. II is to be presented TO Mrs. CLEVELAND
-, In remembrance OF the many courtesies sh
= extended to the authors while she was hv
~ ing in the White House.
at Ex-senator Malone, Of Virginia, grow
a moro picturesque every year. His hal
grows longer and whittier his body thinner
and his face moro woazcncd. But there is II
h, suspicion OF are IN his eyes They are O
- bright and piercing rs ever, and, like mo-
w brown ewes, have youthful appearance !
oil strange contrast TO the aged face In whic
m. they are set Mahonos mail since he Ia
Ia been In Washington, has been enormou
lie saws he thinks lac has had at least OF
!" letter. pleading or threatening, from eac
lei Republican In Virginia.
d. A gypsy evangelist has appeared in {,
VS. West Says the Cincinnati E.2uirer "Gyp'
an. Smith broke down all prejudice ON sunda
at Trinity Church. lie speaks as II con
nu posing cable dispatches at a cost OF doll
To- a word He has but little use for adjective
in No one can fail TO understand him. lie b
ia, far superior tact TO Sam Jones In manip
lating a congregation. lie uses no slang a.
io' Is never vulgar. Sometimes, like an auror
ISL light he shoots up n scintillating flame
are sloquoncc, aud l. always luminous Al
ll,, the question il, can he turn the enthusas
Of his hearers into cold cash by those fam
"" OF eloqucncc2
w. On last Sunday morning the ci.y cf Ric
are mond was almost without an adult negro /
md habltanL The entire black population h
-, gone to the banks OF the James River 10 :
u.s. the biggest baptism ever known among I
ana colorcd churches. About 800 were y
ted under the water and many more are to 4
les. low. A procession Of the converts "
"a. formed. In which the women wore VIII
robes, and some Of the richer ones DIRECTED
10 dresses made for the purpose. A crowd
tlet over 5000 people lined the river bar
this aud the Rev. John Jasper, the astroI
,,,. mcr minister, performed tho ooremor
The Harvard boys took possession Of I
" Hollis Street Thcaior, In Boston, on sat
AN day night to bid farewell to the Lond
most Gaicty Company. Several hundred studc
his. nllcd the lrst four rows Of the orchestra,
:. - well as all the prosconium boxes. II
'"' iayorito was greeted with an uprOariousn
only TO be likened 10 that heard at a gr
political meeting In the midst Of an oNcit
l., campaign. All the principal ladies Of
~" company wore crimson roses aud shoy
the consciousness Of the presence Of u
Or OF cHubcrant friends by frequent gags, viii
niger thodgh Greek 10 the main part Of the AZ
cncc, made the boys simply yell with
the light
Well. a. Loois. Like u would.
d, NEw oRLEANs, La, May ia spo,
'ne TO tho IiBios. Democrat, from koscius
O''' Miss, says. James Mitchell (colorcd), v