Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-20

names, instead OF their real ones, ana
two signed the given names Of their
husband, instead Of their own. Even II
the applications were admissible, these
six would be Ineligible
The scratched face Of an elderly citi-
zen who has young, handsome and
rather vain wife, is accounted for as
follows: my DEAR said she, people
say walk like an Andalusian. Do you
think SOP" "All but the An" was
the brutal reply; whereupon she went
for aim. ~ Indianapolis Journal.
A farmer on the road between Charl-
ton and Worcester, Mass, having been
terribly annoyed by drummers, put up
the sign; No sewing machine wanted
got onel' 1t was of no use, however,
the next drummer wanted to see the ma
chine; so now the farmer has put out;
Smallpox, and says that works first
rate. f 81. .
Emerson preached whole discourse
in few lines thus The accepted and
betrothed lover has lost the widest
charms of his maiden in her acceptance
of him. She was heaven whilst he
pursued her as a star-77she cannot be
heaven il she stoops to such one as
he"
The finest pair of match horses in the
United States was bought the other day
for the Mikado Of Japan in Jackson,
Michigan-blooded bays, seven years
old, sixteen and half hands high
and perfectly matched. As they have
nothing but mustangs in japan. it is
supposed these horses will astonish
the natives"
Walt Whitman is bachelor, but lives
in a very simple way. he has been
clerk in the departments at Washington
several years, but Secretary Harlan re-
moved him on the ground that man
who wrote Leaves Of Grass must be
immoral. On which profound principle
Of reasoning Swinburne should be sent
to prison and Robert Browning to a mad
house. b0
DR.. Prime, in his Travels in Japan,
says: Passing through street and
seeing some forty or fifty coppers hang
ing on as many nails at the front of a
shop (the copper coin has a hole in the
center) ! inquired what they were for,
and was told they were placed there by
the shopkeeper to save time and trouble
in answering the calls of the mendicants.
When one came along he simply took a
copper aud passed on, never abusing
the charity of the housekeeper by taking |
two" sei.s iisa fns
Lithofracteur is the name of newex-
plosive compound for blasting purposes,
With which experiments have recently |
been made in England. 1t is the inven-
ion of German professor, and is de-
,cribed as a stiff paste, of a dark brown
color, composed of nitro-glycerlne, gun
cotton, nitre, sulphur and particular
kind of earth. The advantage claimed
for it is that while it possessesall the ex-
plosive force of other materials, it will
burn without exploding. and only ex-
plodes when fired with percussion fuse.
The hymn which was specially written
for the thanksgiving services at st.
Paurs Cathedral, Cor the recovery of the
Prince of Wales, was sung to DR.. Wes-
ey's tune Aurelia." This tune is made
ID from the well-knowR air Aud Robin
Gray" and an English clergyman, writ
ng to London newspaper, finds fault
With its selection, because it is impos-
sible not to be reminded of MY father
broke his arm" and Ny mither she fell
,ick," and Of the COW that " was stole
away"
A Sacramento telegraph Office is rid
ling itself of loafers, The Bee says:
= A box running the full length of the
'front.' Of the Office on the outside has here
,ofore furnished tempting seat for the
aabitues. This has been covered with
zinc which has been connected with the
batteries that we're contained in the box.
person sitting upon the box without
,ouching his hands thereto will not feel
he electricity, but if his hands drop on
he box, or he puts them thereon TO as
list him in rising, he receives such
sudden and astonishing shock as sends
aim an unbelievable number Of feet to-
ward the lofty roof and the adjacent |
liver. Any good day a person may see
some of these unfortunates unexpectedly |
struck with this domesticated lightning
describing a ffty-feet parabola in the
air. et
ASHAMED OF HER CLOTH.
The Madeap FroIle of a Fifth Ave-
nue. Widow
From the New York Standard
Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, beautiful widow,
resides at No. 20s Fifth avenue, in a
palatial residence. A strange fancy
took possession Of Mrs. Ross mind-and
she is lady that turns all her fancies