Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-04

from one station to another are good
either way.
Life, according to the Arabic proverb
is composed of two parts that which IL
past, a dream, and that which is to come
wish.
ACanada convict who recently jumped
into the lake at the prison and saved the
life of a drowning guard has been psr'
doned.
The huge red rat, so common in Lon.
don, has almost exterminated in Aus
tralia the native species. Now let EN-
bring on the cats.
Some juniors at Yale hirted most des-
perately with the Japs during their re-
cent visit, under the impression that they
were ladies'.
For the centennial celebration OF
American independence, Philadelphia
will erect building that will cover fifty
acres of ground.
Dragons are no longer considered de-
sirable by European masters in the art
of war, who now principally fancy light
ly equipped cavalry forces.
A Muscatine, Iowa, father is exercised
to know how his daughter discovered that
eating warm maple sugar makes gentle
mems mustaches scratchy.
Under the empire which be lampooned,
Rochefort had an income of $l36,OO0
year; under the republic for which he
sighed he munches a crust in a prison
cell.
Happy is the country that has no
history, as the schoolboy said on being
Aogged the third time for not knowing
who was Henry the sixths wife. =
Punch.
There are 1850 hunchbacks in Paris;
100 persons with only one arm; 1900
with only one leg; $50 legless, or NOV
ing along in a sort OF bowl on wheels;
1900 blind.
A Chicago woman tried to commit
suicide by swallowing two yards of shoe
strings, but had got SO accustomed to
lacing that they didn't have any effect
upon her.
There are two ways of going through
this world. One is to make the best OF
it, and the other is to make the worst of
it. Those who take the latter course
work for poor pay.
A man in Michigan narrowly escaped
being convicted six months ago of the
murder of boy who has just appeared
safe and sound, and ignorant Of the
whole proceedings.
A Western editor kindly says that
politician with whom he does not agree
was made about two days after the old
,oEtract for brains had expired and be-
ore the new one was made.
The Pope is hard upon the marriage
state, for he wittily said, on hearing that
Father Hyacinthe was married, The
saints be praised, the renegade has
taken his punishment into bis own hands.
The ways Of Providence are inscrutable."
The damages sustained by Americans
On the Mexican frontier within the last
six years are estimated at $4,000, 900.
Beside this, over three hundred Ameii-
can citizens have been killed by Mexi-
,an marauders. All the facts touching |
his destruction of life and property will |
appear in the forthcoming report to
Congress.
A loving heart and a pleasant counte-
nance are commodities which a man
should never fail to take home with him.
they will best season his food and soften /
lis pillow. 1t were great thing for a
nan that his wife aud children could
ruly say of him, "he never brought
/ frown or unhappiness across his
threshold.
The remnant Of the Seminole tribe in
Florida is divided into three families of
about twenty persons each. One of
.hese, of which Young Tiger Tail is
thief, is located about eight miles from
he mouth Of Miami river; another, I'M
Ter Old Tiger Tail, lives on Little river,
md the other presided over by Jumper,
ias settled near Biscayne bay.
The prefecture Of police, in Paris, has
,een informed that MOrmons are now
visiting Paris, trying to engage women
disposed to 20 to Utah to be married to
their fellow-believers. The passage out
Is naturally paid by these commissaries, /
Who. moreover, guarantee husband for
zach lady on her arrival N. Leon Say
does not approve Of this enticement Of
young females, and has given orders in