Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-03

A Msjor in the United States army was
crossing from England in one of the
Cunsrd steamers, when one afternoon a
hand on deck played yankee Doodle" "
A gruff Englishmsn who stood by in
quired whether that was the tune the old
COW died of. mot at all" retorted the
Msjor, that is the tune the old Bull
died o."
For the encouragement of the growth
of forest trees on the Western prsiries, it
has been proposed in Congress to give
an additional quarter section of prairie
land to every settler who shall plant and
keep in healthy growth grove of trees
of not less than twenty acres, each acre
to contain not less than two hundred
trees.
DR.. M. P. Tarner, of Des Moines, has
invented velocipede street railway car,
for which his claim for patent has been
allowed. The following is q description
of the model which has been constructed: /:
ut is seven feet wide, fourteen feet long,
aud the hight of ordinary street cara.
The coach is placed upon two double
fanged wheels, which may be OF any size,
fixed in the center of the car, and boxed
up Around this boxing are made seats
sufficient for sixteen persons, the passen.
gers facing toward the outside of the car,
the entrance being at the end These
center wheels run on q single rail, which
is ell that is reqaired. On the outside of
the car are fixed two common carriage
wheels, of the same diameter of the CEN
ter wheels, which run on wooden stringers
level with the center rail, for the purpose
ofsIeadying the car.
The advocates of the propriety of send
ing women to Congress can cite numer-
ous precedents, among them the
following: sin the Saxon Wittas, or
Parliaments, the ladies of birth and
quality sat in council Bsde records that
the Asbess Hilda presided in an eccle-
sisstical synod. In Wighfred's great
council at Beeconceld. A. D. 694, the
abbesses sat and delibereted, and five of
them signed DEGREES of that council
along with the king, bishops and mobiles.
King Edgar's charter to the Abbey of
CroWlaud, A. ID. 96l, was the consent Of
the mobiles and abbesses who sigued the
charter. In Henry Ill g and Edward rs
time, four abbesses we're summoned to
Parliament In the 35th of EiN ard III.
ten countesses we're summoned to appear
in Parliament, but by their proxies,
though whether these proxies we're to be |
men or women was not stated"
A novel case was tried at Mexican, Pa,
las week. There is in that neighborhood |
& Uaited Brethren Church, the pastor of |
which desired to carry out strictly the
rules of the society, and separate the
males aud the females during church ser
vice. To this end he gave notice that
the women must cit upon one side of the
and the men upon the other. Oa
Sunday young man and woman went
here to worship, but refused to be sepa.
rated. The result was disturbances, and
he young man and his abeitors were
,ried for disturbing q religious meeting.
Il was shown on the trial that although
Iuch 3 rule was a part of the internal reg
ilations of that denomination, il had
,ever been enforced before 10 that ''mest-
ng. house" In view of this, the jury
brought in verdict that the young man
lad q right to cit with bis friend, but as q
warming not to attempt it again against
be protest Of the minister, they put half
he cost upon him, /