Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-01

and IL was subsequently discovered lnul
secured a curious collection of ancien
London directories and other ANIMALS o
the past, blazing in richly gilt Russia
Whether Mr.. Moffatt was equally fortu
! nate has not yet TRANSFERRED Y
] In the Dublin~theater it was the Gus
tom of the Irish gods to express thei
dislike or appreciation Of any person Of
performance by calling for a groan Of
clap. Whilst the Union was in agita
ton, and the ex-Minister very unpopular
blue Beard happened to be repre-
scented; when, after the duette of Pit
a-pat--pita-pat" ETC., fellow in the
gallery roared out" Come, now, my
homes groan for Pit, and a clap foi
Pat"
The inyariable formula for the exor-
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the throne of China, is in the following
terms, taken at random from the Pelin
Gazette: "Tso Tsun- Tang, degraded
three steps, but with retention Of rank,
Imperial Commissioner, Marquis of first
rank, and Governor General of Kansun
and Shensi, kneeliug, presents an adj
dress to the Throne. Looking up, he
requests the sacred glance on his rever-
ent memorial, sent by express, on the
subject" etc.
nMr Pugh, manager of the lecture
course in Philadelphia, when asked il in
travelling over the country Colonel Anna
Dickinson had ever been insulted, re-
piled: "Never but once. While travel
ing West she was asleep in a car at
night, with her head resting upon her
muff, on the back Of seat and q man
sat down beside her and pressed her
foot with his. Colonel Dickinson waken-
ed instantly, looked him full in the eye
and said, Do that again and | will call
the conductor and have you put of the
train. The man went into another car.
Commander Selfridge's report for. the
survey Of a route for the Darien Canal
has not yet been made public, but some
interesting statistics which it contains
have been made known. The most prae-
ticable route is that up the Atrato river,
from the Atlantic side at the Gulf of
Darien, and thence thirty-two miles to
the Pacific Ocean, at Cupica Bay. A
tunnel one hundred and seventy feet in
hight, seventy feet wide, and four miles
long, and a cutting sixty-tbree miles
long and two hundred and sixty-four
feet in depth, are the greatest engineer
ing difficulties This route requires nine
locks on the Atlantic and thirteen on
the Pacific, and the cost is estimated at
500, 100000, with 100000 put aside
to meet unexpected obstacles. ga
The Pueblo Colorado Chiefain gives
funny account of Chicago newspa-
per man who stopped in the fourishing
young city of Greeley, and, being athirst,
tried in vain to get a square drink. He
went up one street and down another;
he turned the corners Of alleys; he
sprang over bitches; he explored sheds
and out-houses; but the fluid forwhichl
bis soul yearned could nowhere be
found. He went haphazard into one
building which he thought might be "A
saloon" and encountered prayer.meet
ing. In another hall he found a farmers
club. Finally, he received trustworthy
information that there was not drop
of liquor in the place" He left, and
srote to his journal that the town Of
Greeley was without inhabitants, with.
out resources and without commerce. =,
Dueling, it is known, is positively for
hidden in the Prussian army. 4 short
time since two officers, quartered in one
of the Rhenish villages, had a slight al
tercation in beer saloon over some
dubious philosophical points-in Rants
doctrine, probably and it was mutually
agreed upon that blood alone was the
only means Of satisfying both parties
Not wishing to disobey the military law
concerning duels, they called for set Of
dice, and it was arranged that the loser
of two games out of three should blow
his brains out before morning-an idea
taken from Dumas comedy, Mademoiselle
de Belle Isle. The loser, who was a man
of honor, committed suicide on the spot.
Only the next day his adversary boosted
of his own bravery and valor to every
one who would listen.