Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-18

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The marriage relation The motL-
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1t takes $4,000 worth Of grindstones
to make 100000 axes. s
Californiais astonished over atwenty-
FIVE pound carrot a.5a
Father Hyacinthe is reported to be
lecturing in Germany.
In the town of Vallejo, California
there is only one Bible.
In Marinette, Wisconsin, they take
kerosene on their raw oysters,
A man in London recently asked the
aid of the police to compel his son to
rise early.
The Sacramento Bee notices the death
OF Hackett, the great American Hag-
staff"
A New York letter carrier recently
found gold watch in lamp post letter.
box.
About one persop in fifty is said to
have good lnck in the South African
diamond fields M
The annual sermon before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature was from the text
"Thou shalt not steal"
Smokers of real Havana cigars will be
glad to know that the Connecticut to-
bacco crop is good one.
A neat, clean, fresh-aired sweet, cheer
full, well arranged house exerts moral
influence over its inmates. ea
The absence of gas is rather enjoyed
by New York bales, Such an opportu-
nifty for Airtations, you knos.
A Sacramento woman sued her hus-
band for divorce on the ground that he
was not sufficiently good looking.
A Peoria paper states that there is a
dry goods clerk in that city who can
bow so low as to wipe his nose on his
boots.
American tourists are carrying of the
temple Of Balbek "by the sackfuls, as
Scotchmsu writes to the London
Times.
The railFsad bridge across the Missis-
sippi at Prairie-du- Chen, completed last
month, is 3 mile and three-quarters in
length. 7rial
Henry Ward Beeeher stock is quoted
at twenty per cent. less than last year
at least the rental of his pews have fallen
to that extent. gcts1 I
Men make their wills when dying; wo-
men are not allowed the same legal pri-
gilege because they are held to have had
them during their lives
Thuswise do they eat philopenas in
0pelika, Alabama: The young lady takes
the almond between her teeth and the
young gentleman bites 1t of.
Caleraft does not fog hard enough to
suit the Londoners, who now rejoice that
the cat" is welded at Eewgate by
two powerful warders in the prime Of
life. 5a1
The Russian officers when dancing
with the ladies' invariably count the
time, un, deur, trOis, out loud, SO as
to be able to keep step with their part
ners
Monkeys in Buenos Ayres suffered
more severely than men by the recent
yellow fever plaugue there, showing that
the disease sone we have inherited from
our ancestors.
When lady tainted at Wisconsin
party, gentleman thought be could
resuscitate her by hitting her ear. She
recovered promptly. He is going around
with a poultice on his eye.
An excellent lady, in writing to one Of
her sons on the birth of his eldest child,
says. Give him an education, that his
life may be useful teach him religion
that his death may be happy"
A lady was urged by some friends to
marry Bidower, and as an argument
they spoke Of bis two beautiful chE-
dren. Children" replied the lady,
ARE ike toothpicks-a person wants
her own"
A prominent temperance man 10 Cam
bridge is said to have accumulated the
principal part Of his ample possessions
by selling rum over q bar. He never
saw the sin Of his conduct until he had
made his fortune.
The Dacca mushns are the very finest
of ALL One of tie best pieces which
found its way to England Ras ten yards
long by one yard wide. weighed only
three ounces two pennyweighis, and
could be passed through a very small
ring.
Elizabeth Churchill tells the girls that
the best novels ever written will hurt
them if they read nothing else-ihat they
will grow sentimental, morbid, snd self
seeking. while common duties will be-
come dis.asteful and common pleasures
insipid. Mrs. c. believes that half the
wretched marriages spring from the ro-
mantle vapid reading Of our gala, and
that she who can talk sensibly Of the
current topics Of the day, Who can tell
whether Santo Domingo is one Of The
Orkney Islands or not, and WHISTLER, on
the whole, she wants it annexed; who