Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-18

Muititudinous and beautifully varied
are the methods of accommodating q
conjugal difference. Probably the
most effectual is that adopted by Mr..
John @. Clinton, of Lynn, Massaehu-
sets. He FIRST argued the points in
dispute with blunt instrument, then
he enforced conviction with can of
kerosene oil, and finally soothed the re-
sulting agitation with a lighted ' fam
beau A man has to pass through but
one such domestic broil in a lifetime;
aherward be broils elsewhere.
The King of Burmah is lucky mon
arch. He possesses a family of missing
links, hairy human subjects with the
os coccygis unusually developed The
mother is forty-fve years of age, her son
twenty, and her daughter eleven; and all
three are covered in every part of their
body, faces included, with hair varying
| in length from three inches to foot
and exactly the color and texture OF
that on Skye terrier The King, 1T is
said, sets great store by the monstrosii-
ties, and thinks the King Of Slams white
elephants are very poor in comparison.
The King of Siam, on the other hand,
pooh-poohs the shaggy family. ala'l
Here Is the Boston Posts sketch OF
Alexis on Bunker Hill; 1.-The Grand
Duke Alexis was then cheered by
another very large assemblage, and after
acknowledging the courtesy was noticed
to gaze steady upon the monument Tor
about quarter of minute, surveying
J 1t from top to bottom with his lustrous
eyes, smile played about his lips and
he appeared to be saying something to
) himself. He was shown the spot where
Warren fell, but did not remark, as is
) reported of an Englishman docking firs'
at the spot and then to the top Of the
monument), did it hurt him much .
= In the southern part Of California they
I. practice singular methods of identitca'
ton. A sheriff having ordered con.
siderable reward for the capture, dead
+ or alive of desperate noted for the
+ peculiar confguration of his feet, thai
a person was duly killed, and had one o.
e his feet cut off and sent in as proof thai
/; the usual mistake had not in this case
e been made. Two weeks later some per
sons discovered the remains OF his
e starved wife and babe, and thoughttuily
: removed their scalps for the use of the
: Coroner.
Garibaldi is said to be greatly de
pressed by the political outlook in Eu
rope. Garibaldi is now an old man, anc
IL he permits himself to worry about
trifes of that character he will certainly
' die. Moreover, he ought to die. Further
more. everybody who worries about the
condition of his fellow beings ought to
die. These are the w-etches whose med
: ding causes all the trouble. Our respect
Tor the earnest sOuls VIM OH-- ~ --'
t for the good Of mankind-as they hap
pen to understand it-grows marveiousiy
less the longer we live. We yearn for
q law making patriotism felony and phi
lanthropy capital o9ense.
An sutsider would be astonished al
? the piles of signatureless communica'
! tons that are every week thrust unread
. into the waste-paper basket, which forms
SO prominent an adjunct to the desk Of
every hardened editor. The people who
waste their time in penning useless prose
, and verse" prose and worse" poor
Tom Hood used to call it--have, we may
presume, some definite hope Of accom-
! plishing an object Possibly it is fame
and certainly it is pecuniary reward, for
the notes which accompany these manu-
! scripts usually convey the information
more or less candidly thstis the articles
are inserted check mailed to this OF
that address will be cheerfully received