Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-08-07

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Cushman cleared $4,000 last year.
One of the raress and most pleasing
Of flowers is the pink of poli,eness.
According to the last census, there are
in the United States 5.49 persons to every
dwelling.
London's great thoroughfare, Ludgate
Hill, is to be paved with American wood
at cost of $4,000.
The Albany State Library contains
the papers on which Major Andre was
convicted as a spy,
1t took two hunters and sixteen dogs
to catch wild cat weighing twenty-five
pounds in Florida lately.
The Emperor of Russia viii persist in
wearing soft hat, much to the chagrin
of those who believe it unbecoming his
dignity.
He-Neyer-Weeps is the name of Red
Clouds only brother. and some Of the
papers disrespectfully speak of him rs
Old-Dry-Up.
By all means cultivate the habit OF
saving the most unpleasant things in
the sweetest way; nothing ike sugaring
NORWOOD.
The verb to love" says wicked
French writer, is an active verb, which
runs until it sinks exhausted into the
essy chair of marriage"
Young ladies' at Newport, when they
see a girl prettier than themselves, in
sinuatingly remark. She doesn't pat on
her rouge well at all.
A Minnesota man was lately carried
forty feet by the lightning and set down
unihjured. Perhaps electricity can be
utilized for big bundles yetA
Mr.. Peter Cox, colored Broolzlynite,
aged lOl, started off well on his second
century the other day by taking unto
himself blooming wife of 80.
1t is said that men who never drink
between meals, are less troubled with
thirst, and generally less distressed by
the heat, than those who drink freely.
A son of Mr.. Hickman, of Harrison
county, KY, was recently bitten BY rat
tlesnake, and after suffering few hours,
was cured by poultice made of green
tobacco.
The most stupendous canal in the
world is one in China, which passes over
two thousand miles, and through forty
one cities; it was commenced in the
tenth century.
Metallic roofs are said to be the best
guards against lightning as the roof
instantly distributes the electric fluid
over its surface. and by SO doing pre-
vents all danger.
A young, pretty and wealthy Omaha
widow, who had lost three husbands,
took advantage of leap year" by spir-
itual direction, proposed to the fourth
and has now married him.
The Chicago Post says that the less a
man knows and the more he is known
the better is bis chance Of becoming a
doctor of divinity. This may be true Of
some colleges, but not Of all.
On a late Sunday in indianapolis a
busy humble bee" fairly drove Deacon
BaIdam out Of church by its persistent
but vain endeavor to gather honey from
his bald pate. His bears grease had
been favored with mornings glory.
Peoria was treated to Saturday night
sensation. A railroad conductor wife
tracked him to a saloon. She found him
at seven up" she gave him one up BY
the coat collar and overturned the tables
of the money changers. cooked pistol
on the remonstrative bartender, and
marched her halfcocked spouse home,
as if to the yictors belonged the spoiis.
The japanese government has found
it desirable to announce that, although
some time ago it granted to men the
privilege Of wearing their hair according
to their fancy, it did not propose to allow
any such freedom on the part Of women.
On the fifth Of that month notification
was issued forbidding them to cut their
hair short or in any other way TO depart
from the old fashion, which becomes
them SO we'll
The grand jury Of criminal court in
London recently indited themselves, not
as nuisance precisely, but as a super
fluffy. They expressed the belief that
the function Of grand jury is fully dis
charged by the inquiries Of the commit
ting magistrate. In regard 70 this pre-
sentiment, the common sergeant Of the
court very decidedly disagreed with the
grand jury. believing the existence Of
that body to be essential TO an effective
administration Of justice.
The Director Of the Meteorological
Observatory. in New York, has just pub
lished a report, in which be maintains
that the clearing Of land does not dimin-
ish the amount Of rainfall; that no
change in the climate Of the Atlantic
States has occurred within a century;
that surface changes through agriculture,
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