Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-27

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II fills Northerner with fruitless sor
row to read of peach trees in blossom IL
Savannah. asnsa loi
Two hundred and eight persons were
killed In the streets of London last year
by vehicles. aH..l
/ There are probably not more than hive
hundred Christian Jews in the whole
United States. 'an t.t
The average depth Of the Atlantic
ocean is three miles; that Of the Pacific
four miles. 'gn 'l'R
Swift thought the fate OF a double
dealer was to lose his power and keeI
his enemies. eilslt
1t certainly looks as though half oil
Europe would go on the war-path before
many moons.
The first organ built in America was
constructed by Edward Bromfeld, jr., in
Boston, in l745.
Cleanliness is. next to Goodness, If
that is So a cake Of good soap must be
better than poor sermon. 5ees
The fate Of the three Wisconsinesses
should teach the ladies that it is danger
Gus to lace tightly. OF corsetis.
One Of the severest trials which
the English press has experienced for
years has been the late Tichborne affair.
Those old spit curls of our grand
mothers have become the style again;
but they are known as Pomeranian ring
let's. .-sss,sas sea
An Illinois minister reproved party
Of lads who were playing cards in church
by some timely remarks regarding the
last trump. a aeme tas
There are only thirty-one convicted
murderers in the Michigan State prison,
but then it's not much of a year for muir
derers out there. asi
A subscription among Englishmen, to
place marble tablet on the wall OF the
house of the poet Keats, at Rome, has
been proposed. rnnl Z
The Empress of.Austria is very fond
of Minnie Hauck, the American prima
donna, and wishes her to make Vienna
her life residence. r if 81
A recent visitor to Mr.. Carlyle's study
says that IAN earthquake might turn il
upside down, but could not add to its
disarrangement," ~ isel1
A very old and much soiled resident
of Newtown having died, the Danbury
News pleasantly announces, Another
landmark gone. ys
Knoxville, Tenn, is so healthy that
the undertakes go about the streets and
despairingly ask those whom they meet
Amt you dead yet2R
Sir Walter Scott said the battle Of
Waterloo created in the British empire
fifteen thousand widows; sad commenta-
ny upon victory. Z @i @sae
In the game of mystery, svulgarly
called hash, as played at our boarding
houses, the tray is considered to be the
best trump-the ehopping tray.
The Governor Of Virginia is about to
commission four hundred colonels of
militia. The rest os the Virginians have
titles already.-Ne1 York Commercial.
The largest rope in the world has been
completed in Birmingham. 1t is about
six miles long, five and quarter inches
in circumference, and weighs over 60
tons. H4stN rsa ral
Carlyle, as industrious and as impof-
slble as ever, has had the pleasure Of
seeing $4,000 Of his Sartor Resartus sold
in the form of two shilling edition in
London. -
The latest story about Dr. Livingstone
is that he is imprisoned for debt, which
indicates a higher standard of eiviliza-
ton in Africa than is usually attributed
to that region.
A Western editors editorial state
ment, 1--WE are living at this moment
under absolute despotism," is explained
BY his cotempOrariesby the fact that he
has lately been married.
The following congratuiatory telegram
was received from Cincinnati BY we'd
ding party in Nashville +" Congratula-
tons on your nuptials; may your future
troubles be only little ones.
Profanity never did any maD the least
good. No man is richer, or happier or
wiser for it. 1t commends no one to So
ciety, it is disgusting to the refined aud
abominable to the good. t.trsI
The piano was invented by J, c.
Schroeder, Of Dresden, in the year I'LL.
The inventor at once presented a model
Of his invention to the court Of Saxony.
They Immediately became popular.
The Germans are indignant because
! Queen Victoria, in her recent speech in
Parliament, called the Imperial William
Emperor Of Germany, instead o. the
German Emperor" which is his real
title. s4
A New York farmer lanphad when his