Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-29

owners for their insectivcrous propensI-
ties. o ..sEsse. ssg.sQ ~ al w.
Kansas has been invaded by am army
Of toads which local paper says was
three,quarters of mile long in ITS
march iasy isal "a. /,
a Aristocratic Kentnckians are in a
furry because the son Of the President
of Berea College has eloped with pretty
mulatto girl. $40 y 47iei; !
z Gone where white man can open
on Sunday is the inscriptionsleit in the
window of deserted barber.shop in
New Bedford. aasailsl AsPa sAii@ hes asal
A lightning exchange commences an
item "As we go to press a man named
Sullivan is being run over by pony en-
CINE on the railroad. N1s..,,
I If you want to have a statue set up in
your honor as the tribute Of a grateful
people come to Memphis and invent a
bed-bug exterminator. Hm
An affectionate bug nestled under the
waistcoat of a Covington man in church.
II required nine of the brethren to hold
him down until he could be searched.
In Iowa there blooms newspaper
which tells of fire thus: John Bald
win Of Grundy county owned adjective
fue. He doesn'town it now. boss $780,
What's the difference between a man
cutting the end of his nose. and a boy
who has just learned task2 One les
sens his nose, and the other knows his
lesson.
A correspondent Of a Maine paper
wants to know some remedy for striped
bugs. We should suppose the remedy |
depended very much on what ails the
bugs. "
Editing a paper is very much like
an umbrella on windy day
everybody thinks he could manage bet
ter than the one who has hold of the
handle.
A youth Of Franklin, o., calculates
that during the past FIVE years he has
walked 1880 miles in visiting the
maiden upon whom his affections are
,entered. t..s sllaas g
A petriGed fish, eight feet long and
Iix feet in girth, waslateIy found in Kan
as, and a petrifed turtle was found
orty feet under ground few days agoJ
n Iowa. i
Saratoga bellies are raving because
,aper in that place asserts that the pref
lest girl in that section is an Indian
maiden that sells bead-work at the
prings. lae rilf fts L
The tendency of woman-kind is to
iagnify trifes. There's woman in
Illinois who wants a divorce simply be-
ause her husband beats her with an I
ON bootjack. m Ii
Our American centenariesa viii have
> look out for their laurels. Turin,
tally, boasts eighty women over CEN
airy old, the youngest being lO2 and the
ldest III. ra sJ l.
Eight lines of railroads are now under
obstruction in Northern Texas Many i
these are extensions of Eastern lines, 9
nd three are links in the transconti-
entail system. th
A fungus which grows on the calcare- i
US rocks Of Florida is said to possess
arcotic properties, and to be used by !
he natives to some extent as substi- |
ate for tobacco. ti
Professor Wanklyn states that fltra- ,
on Of water through beds or layers Of G
orous material suffices to destroy any I
lbuminoid dissolved in the water, con-
erting it into ammonia. eTteT aaFIl s
I'm afraid I'm sitti ng on your crino- !
ne, masm." "Ohl never mind, sir, !;
8 of no consequence; you can't hurt 5
I" mo, ma am. it's not that; but the t
thing hurts me. "
The st. Paul Chamber Of Commerce {
Ikes the only copy Of the London Times 4
lat goes into Minnesota, and pays $40 =
year for it. There is such rush for it !,
lat it has TO be kept under lock and key. I
A newly discovered lead mine is in
peration in Illinois, on the Mississippi. .
be veins Of mineral extend toward the \
yer, and the miners are actually work I
q underneath the " father Of waters."
The rattle Of the rattlesnake is for
Re purpose Of initiating the sound of \
lie Cieola and other insects that form G
lie food Of many birds, and SO attract o
Ie latter within the reach Of the ser o
snt. h-H
Medical societies are warned not to ask
certain Western minister to preach .
r them. He has his text ready: In =
s disease Asa sought not to the Lord, o
1t to his physicians. And Asa slept .
ith his fathers" o
The Santa Barbara. Cal, Press says o
lat there are least one hundred square g
lies Of government land 10 that county
erfectly adapted to the cultivation of
he finest varieties of grapes, olives. q
ranges and nuts. d