Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-17

invited out to dejeuner the day before
and was going to a tete champetre the
next day" The professor Of the college
was surprised to receive a telegram from
the "old mar" day or two after, say
ing, "if you can't keep my daughter
away from those blasted menageries and
side-shows, / will come down and see
what ails her.
A Canadian family lately crossed Lake
Michigan, bringing with them an ances-
tor who had lain in Dominion soil for
twenty-seven years. A storm arising
the superstitious sailors attributed it all
to the presence of the dead body, aud
promptly pitched the latter overheard.
Some new cars on local railroad run
ming into Boston, unlike the old ones
which they had replaced, are quite with
out mirrors. The young ladies don't
like the new cars, because they soy that
without the mirrors Irritation is impossi-
BILE.
The editor of a Western paper, having
been accused of something Of which he
was innocent. modestly denies the i'm
parchment as follows; Amy one who
alleges such allegations as alleged, draws
an unwarranted inference from the as
sumption"
"What dogs are these, Jasper" in
quired gentleman Of lad who was
dragging couple of waspish looking
terriers along Prince street, Edinburg.
al dinna ken, sir, replied the urchin.
They came with the Dumfries coach,
and they ate the direction, and dinna ken
where TO gang"
The government of British Guiana are
using every means to induce an immi-
grafton Of East Indian coolies, Offering
to pay their passage, supply them with
clothing and comforts, and guarantee
liberty Of religious freedom after their
arrival. Their appeal to the gentler sex
is certainly Of an enticing character.
Females will find immense advantages.
Those who are married viii be fully pro-
tected, and those who wish to marry viii
have excellent offers from their well-to-
do countrymen,
A private letter from Yokohama, bear
ing date Of September 2 says that, from
Shanghai en- route to New Haven, there
had then been brought thirty-seven Chi
nese, thirty-one os whom we're boys
ranging in age from nine to twelve
years, and who come to this country
under the patronage Of their Govern
ment to be educated. They are fine
looking, manly set Of fellows, who, after
their intended residence of fifteen years
in foreign parts shall have ended, will
return to the East with all the expert
ence and knowledge gained by them in
the West. A hundred more boys are
soon to be sent out in similar way. In
company with the thirty-one lads we're
three mandarins, one of whom had his
wife, three daughters and three sons
with him, all of them having received a
thorough English education. The young
ladies are said to be handsome, and very
good musicians.
The following instance Of " adipocure,
a peculiar form of decomposition which
dead bodies sometimes undergo, is given
in the Tribune of South Bend, Ind. 1t
appears that about two years ago. u lady
of that city, who died from over-exertion,
was buried there, and that recently the
grave was opened for the purpose of
transferring the remains to another rest
ing place. The persons employed found
themselves unable to move the coffin on
account of It's great weight, arising, it
was supposed, from the petrefaction Of
the corpse. On raising the coffin from
the grave it was opened, and although
petrefaction had not taken place, the
corpse was az perfect as the day it was
placed in the coffin. After it had been
brought to this city, a more careful ex-
animation was given it. 1t was esti-
mated to weigh about two hundred
pounds. The whole body was perfectly
even to such parts as the
Tongue, which could be moved back and
forth in the mouth. The expression of !
he face was retained, and the color of
he face was natural, except for its waxy
appearance. The shroud, when exposed
% the air, fell to dust. 1t was an in I
stance of that kind Of conversion Of the
lesh of dead body into what is called
adipoeure, which looks very much !
ike spermaciti. Similar cases, though I
ARE, have been known to occur in Phila-
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