Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-08

Mrs. Robert S. Todd, niece of Mrs.
Lincoln, died at Paris, KY, on the 24th.
She was married only few months
since.
Avoid arguments with ladies. In
spinning yarns among silks and satins,
man will always be worsted and twist
ed, and finally wound up.
A youthful political aspirant after a
canvass harangue, met his particular
friend with well, my dear sir, did you
hear my last spsech2" 81 hope So"
Happy bridegroom: "More money,
madam more money! Have you for
gotten that my money has bought every
thing you possess-the very dress you
strnd in?" Fair bride: mo, sirl Nor
have | forgotten that your money has
bought what stands in It'll
The cunderango, alledged to be cure
for cancer is not a tree, as has been
supposed, but a vine similar to the grape,
and its fruit is about twelve inches long
and four in diameter. The sap Of the
vine is of the color of milk, and this is
believed to contain the valuable elements
of the vine.
A drawing master, worrying his pupil
with contemptuous remarks upon his
lack of ability ended by asking: Now,
sir if you were going to draw me, what
part of me would you commence irst?'
The boy, with meaning look into his
masters face, answered very quietly;
Your neck, sir"
Clara, love but thee alonel" Thus
sighed the tender youth. 40, hear me,
then, my passion own with trembling
lips and earnest tones; indeed, ! speak
the truth. He paused, the blush o err
spread her cheek; she let him draw her
near; scarce for emotion could she
speak, yet did she ask in accents meek,
How much have you week2
"Now, young people" said a profes-
sor of natural history to his class;
now, then, as to hens; hen has the
capacity of laying just six hundred
eggs, and no more, and she finishes the
job in just about five years; now wha
is to be done with her after that2' "Cu
off her head and sell her for sprinl
chicken" exclaimed an urchin whost
father dealt in poultry.
A woman went into a store and asked
the proprietor if he had any black hens
eggs. "Don't know one kind from the
other" said he; but there's basketful
of eggs there on the counter well
then, help yourself" said the dealer
She did SO, paying the ordinary price.
What was the grocers chagrin upon the
customers departure to find all of his
large eggs gone and nothing but small
unsaleable ones remaining.
The city Of Charlestown, Mass. is on
trial before the Superior Court, under an
Indictment for manslaughter, in causing
the death of James Gonlay, who was
drowned last November by falling from
bridge where the railing was defective.
This is the first case under the new law
by which a city or a corporation can be
indicted for manslaughter, the amount
recovered to go to the heirs of the de-
ceased party instead of the State.
An exchange says: "At this time Of
the year many ladies are troubled to
death with flies during the day, and mos
quitoes during the night. A very simple
remedy to dispense these annoying in-
sects is to let few drops of carbolc
acid evaporate in the room. A few
drops poured upon the clothes will keep
the winged pests at safe distance; aud
if the pure crystalized acid is used NO
great annoyance will result to human
beings"
Dr. Ralph l.. Parsons, of the New
York City Lunatic Asylum, adds his ex-
perience to that of others, in showing
that an intense and continual longing
to see once more his native home will
sometimes give rise to insanity in those
who have left it for foreign land. he
regards nostalgia" which is the medi-
cal name for inconsistencies" as an
important cause of insanity wherever ii
shows itself among our foreign popula-
ton, and he is of the opi-ion that the
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