Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-31

Mrs. General San9erson, OF Washing
ton, Ohio owns box said to have been
brought to America by Cortez when he
came to conquer Mexico 1t is inlaid
with ivory. 1t is said to be about 400
years old.
An Omaha burglar, aged seven, Sc
creted himself and n revolver in doc
tors office, the other day, intending to
blow the head off the medical man, rife
his lcorice jar and decamp, but the
desperado's mother spanked him out Of
the idea.
A member of the history class in q
large school near Springfield recently
closed recital of the pioneer work OF
Columbus by saying that "he did not
know the vast Importance and magni-
tude of his discoveries until after his
death.
Rhode Island takes the lead in New
England as to the average amount of
deposits to each depositor in its savings
banks, 1856 46; Connecticut is next,
1852 II; Maine the third, 1928 30; Mas
sachusetts the fourth, 1921 20; New
Hampshire the fifth, 1924 So.
81 wonder what causes the eyes of
young men of the present day to be so
weak?" said a young town lady to a
country aunt, who was reading the
Pilgrims Progress in the smallest
type without barneys. My dear" was
the tart response, " the eyes of young
men are, in these days, placed in the
weakest part"
M. Theirs advocated a responsible
ministry under the republic of lS4S
There is a story told about him having
lately said to friend, "Ah, you wish to
impose on me my maxim, lie roi regne
mais ne governe pas, but you are bad
scholars and DON t understand; that was
all very well under a monarchy, but
would never do under a republic
Very few people know that the chief
of the Cherokees is graduate of Pril ce-
ton College and man of culture; that
| the Cherokee nation has society organ
ganized ON the model OF modern civili-
cations, with newspapers, schools, court
houses and the like, or that the highest
prizes for cotton we're won at the st.
Louis Fair by the Chickasaws.
Scientific men do take so much pleas
ure IA discovering bugbears to scare the
world that it is but kind to indulge them
in their little vagaries. A Scotch phllos-
opher named Macadam is just now
chuckling over the discovery, pretended
or otherwise, that -four mills are apt to
explode and spread destruction around.
We never heard of one actually doing
anything of the sort, and so long as they
conduct themselves as heretofore, who
cares for the liability
A fractional fifty cent shipplaster was
presented by an old gentleman in this
county the other day for payment of a
small debt. He was informed that the
money was counterfeit, and on asking
for proof of the fact was told that the
likeness of Mr.. Lincoln did not look
right-it was too pale and dim. We'll,
but, says the old country gentleman in
all seriousness, You must recollect that
Mr.. Lincoln is dead" The bill was &C.
cepted. Montgomery (Ala.) Adrertiser.
A colored clergyman, while passing
through a North Carolina plantation
the other night, came across a pig-pen.
The pig was sleeping sweetly. The par
son stopped to think and looked around.
The night was dark; there was nobody
near. He aroused that pig; and the pig
only awoke to find him feeling for his
jugular vein. The vein was reached
after a struggle, the pig was executed
and the dark clergyman bore him in
triumph through the darkness of the
night to the home and fire Of his Dinah.
The parson now sleeps in his little cell.