Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-26


vocacy of the prisoner | am not GER
tain that this was. the Hon. John Rowan,
but think it was.
/ doubt whether any reader Of Hamil-
toms pamphlet rose from its perusal
with any doubt of his guilt. XXX,
The Music Of the Union The We'd
ding MarcE. '''' w e" '''
The report that Daniel Mcfarland has
been sent to an ninsane asylum is denied
by his friends. gabault ro gnb-ol
a Waste paper dealers will be interested
to know that the Patent Office Report =
is now going through the press at Wash
ington. ''' TO ~
The Unita Cattolica, paper published
in Rome, has assumed, and promises to
continue, black border until the Pope
| is restored ,i...s f..,, .4,,
| Mamma, can door speak ;G ?" Ger
tainly not, my dear. Then why did
you tell Anne, this morning, to answer
the door ~ :" 1t is time for you to go to
school, my dear. au.is. a s61t
At the New York Founding Asylum
on the parlor table they have contribu-
ton box in the shape of miniature
house, and labelled, : Boundlings' Bank
Interest Payable in Heaven. ~ n8i
A minister said to little, boy:
Johnny, tell me where God is and I'll
give you an orange" Johnny immedi-
atey responded. "Tell me where he is
not and I'll give you two" 1o4 sa3
The Chinese, ere queer people to go
to market A friend at San Francisco
writes that neighbor of his had just
| laid in his winters provisions-a hind
quarter Of a horse and two barrels OF
bull dogs 7o nrmsahk 9uo aod
IA cruel mother in Indiana recently
captured and married her daughter S in
tended, whereat the young lady took UNI
bragg; andby way Of dire revenge, set
off a half dozen lunches of fire-crackers
under the bridal couch. s5r b.at.a
A painter named Leish recently COM
mitted suicide by throwing himself from
steamboat on the passage from st.
Paul to st. Louis. He had deserted his
wife and family at the former city, in
tending to go to Texas, but being seized
with remorse of conscience on the
way, he gave his money to the clerk of
the boat, and jumped down between the
wheels before any attempt could be made
to prevent him. yaipd'1f m a.pgsng b
"A man in. Terre Haute, Ind, tells
story of barber who was shaving him
some time since The barber stopped a
few moments and procured a box on
which he mounted to continue his work..
The customer asked: what did you get
that box for?" To which the barber re-
piled, "The snakes are all over the floor,
sir, and want to get out of their way.
The customer insisted on finishing the
| job himself. 73-T n0 Tasg gWa aHt
In BIackhawk county, Iowa. there is
Mrs Samuel Sheen, who is the mother
of three pairs of twin boys and two
pairs Of twin girls, and in all, twelve
boys and six girls, all of whom arrived
at manhood and womanhood, except
one twin boy that died when three years
old. Mrs Sheen still survives her hus-
band, and had at one time seven boys in
the army One pair of twins went
through the war and died soon after
within q few hours of each other, but
thirty miles apart. i'' 80
DR.. Russell, writing to the London
Times, describing visit to the hospital
at Versailles, says: zone man was alive
with a ball lodged in his brain; he had
even been conscious. Another had the
side of his skull clean carried Of by
she'll and third, in a ward all by him
self, was--but ne, -it-was too horrible
the man was in. mania, and Mr.. Furly
and hurried into the next ward, whence
an orderly was sent to keep watch and
ward over the case. The, simpering
swagger and featherly Haunting of some
of,these marshals in their SALES would
be enough to make a man who was mere
ly nervous quite delirious. would not
spend night alone with Catinat and
Vitry for a large portion in my strongest
days" .s-rsi.s4 s.l - ,rrIr..tr
The question OF food has been con
sidered from every point Of view, of late
years, by writers on dietetics and ali
mehtation, and now it is the most impor-
tant of all questions 70 the besieged in
habitants Of Paris. A French physician
has, therefore, rendered animmense ser
vice tohis copntrymen by demonstrating
upon what diet human life can be most
economically sustained for a consider
able period Of time. Sincalarly enough,
a Smyrniote physician, Investigating the
same problem at the same time, has ar
rived at a precisely similar conclusion,
which is, that the wasted coffee berry Is
the substance that will best conserve the
/ bodily powers. The Frenchman tells us
that man may live for many months
on an ounce and quarter per diem Of
the following mixture Ten parts of cocoa
powder, FIVE each Of coffee and sugar,
and two Of tea. Provisions, therefore,
for a long siege, should include these
articles in large supply, The loss of tea
and coffee was the greatest Of the depri-
vations Of the Southern States during
1.-THE war, and the wretched substitutes
employed, for the latter article especially
wheat, rye, sweet potatoes, peanuts
Indian mcknight Of themselves have
reduced the disloyal drinkers TO subiec-