Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-19

person who shall attempt self-destruc
ton unsuccessfnlly.
A Boston paper says, their nasa
twang is not Yankee notion, nor pc
culiar to New England. 1t was com
mon among the Puritans and Covenan'
tiers of the Old World, who contracted
il from exhorting so much in the open
air."
At dinner party in Paris, given by
an American, each guest found valua'
BILE souvenir under his or her plate. The
ladies received rings, bouquet-holders,
lockets or fans; the gentlemen. cigar
cases, pocket-books etc.
Some of the towns in Vermont having
vaccinated most of their population, are
now a little inclined to grumble because
the smallpox does not come along.
There is general feeling there that all
the trouble has been taken for nothing.
North Germany has at her disposal an
army of 81 900, 900 men, France will soon
have 100000, Austria has more than
6OO, 900, and in few years Russia will
have 100000. The entire loss of Ger
many in the recent campaign is stated
to have been 10000 men.
A daughter of the poet Schiller is still
alive, and is married to the Count Won
Gleichen. His grandson, Baron Fritz
Won Schiller, is a retired officer in the
Austrian service, and as he is in failing
health and without issue, the name of
will become extinct at his de-
cease.
Euchre is the latest missionary agent.
Two young men at Taylor's Falls, Min
nesota, played the game on a recent Sun
day TO decide whether they should go to
church in the evening. And they went.
The general introduction of this oracle
would doubtless ae productive of great
reform.
Alasl even sardines are dangerous. A
nan in Newbury, N. c., cut his hand in
opening box of these oleaginous deli
,acies the other day, and the result was
hat his hand and arm began to SWELL
md he finally died. Are all the luxu
les of life conspiring together to destroy
Is for the iniquities of this degenerate
lge?
There is something expressive about
he pigeon-English of the Chinese, after
II. Thus one Of them, in describing a
all, thin man, with aquilihe nose, said
My can tell what fashion he makee
ook see. One tall man; no too muchee
tout; hab got one nose all the same
hat Mellican chickey."
The average American seems to have
wo formula with which to greet his
riends. Either defying good sense and
asks his victim; How is
hings2' or else kindly inquiries :
What's the good news today" The
me redeeming feature in this latter
Iuery is its assumption that good news
omes every day.
The Chevalier John Sobieski Stuart,
he eldest grand son Of the Young Pre-
ender, has just died in London. When
Dung, he held commission in the
'rench army, and served against the
british at the battle OF Waterloo, on
-hich occasion, it is stated, he was in
in saving the life Of Napo-
ION as he fed from the field. A younger
rother, Charles Edward Stuart, survives
i'm.
During the lifetime Of the late dow
ger, Lady Tichborne, she received from
be claimant Of the Tichborne estate, q
.tter which concluded thus: Z" God
less you, my dear mamma, aud may
ur Holy Mother protect you from your
fectionate son r C. Tichborne." Had
ne old lady lived to witness the denoue-
rent TO this curious adventure Of Ar
lur 0rton's, she would have reason to
elieve that the writer's prayer was an
wered.
A rumber Of hereditary monarchs,
ithout thrones to sit upon, have met at
.ntwerp to talk over their sorrows.
hey believe in their divine right to per
etual office-holding, and they have the
ndiyided sympathy of their relatives,
hose mouths water for governmental
ap. If these aggrieved gentlemen will
djourn until after our next Presidential
lection, their ranks may be swelled by
deposed despot from this side of the
.tlantic; and the Dents will add their
ympathy.
1t costs nothing to record mortgage
/ Russia, one dollar in Germany, three
ollars in France, and five dollars in
tally. In Turkey no property-owner
an give a mortgage on his real estate.
Then he loans money on it, he has to
btain a permit from the magistrates Of
is city or town, and they see to it that
e pays his creditors at the appointed
me. A Russian emAneipated serf can
OF sell his property except when the
hole of the taxpayers in his commu-
ity allow him TO do so.
A man was arrested ia Lancaster, Pa.
lst week, who candidly acknowledged
nat be had never done days work in