Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-01

An auction sale Of dry goods aud no
tons was a side show at recent public
hanging in Georgia.
A Terre Haute mule saved valuable
horse for his owner few nights ago, b,
kicking the thief out Of the stable.
A Rockford (Ill,) ghost was exercised
last week by revolver in the hands o.
a skeptical citizen who had a spirit Of
his own.
The banged" style Of dressing la
dies hair on the forehead, is called IN
England "the Skye terrier. Not a
bad name for it.
A pianoforie maker says that oil all
manufactured things, pianos bear the
noblest character, since they are elassed
as grand, upright aud square.
Probably the most recent American
ism is that constructed by an Illinois
paper which says that Edwin Booth will
tragediate in certain town.
The pound sterling Of Great Britain
after the first Of next January is to be
legally valued in the United States at
four dollars, eighty.six cents and six and
a half mills.
An Irish paper concludes a biography
OF Robespierre with the following SEN
tence: This extraordinary man LETT no
children except his brother, who was
killed at the same time"
A case, involving the theh Of a tur-
key, was tried at Norwich, Ct, recently,
in which a woman who was one Of the
witnesses, said she could always reeog-
nixe turkeys "by their walk, their coun-
tenance and their manner of roosting.
The Boston Transcript remarks that
the United States is the only nation with
a coin known as the eagle. No coin of
the same value is in existence else
where. What objection, therefore, can
there be TO the American eagle spread
ing itseli2
In the town Of Nantes some fortune
tellers have recently been arrested on
the complaint Of several residents Of the
town, who testified that the leader had
duped them in describing the miracu-
lous powers possessed by her broth of
rats and elixir Of toads.
The sale of the effects Of NJ. Heindrich,
the former Partisan executioner, re-
vealed that he was strangely rapt with his
horrible pursuit. He had made large
collection of paintings and engravings,
whose subjects we're always connected
with capital punishment and its instru-
ments.
Corporal punishment is rarely inflicted
in the schools in Russia and Germany.
In France it is prohibited. In Switzer-
land school whippings are left to the
regulation Of the separate cantons. In
England there is constant and vigorous
whipping, and in America the custom is
dying out.
A Chicago paper tells a story of real
life thus: Because she did not have
boiled cabbage for dinner last Thursday
a Peoria husband wouldn't speak to his
wife all the rest of the day, stayed out
all night and took his meals down town
next day, and the next week he had
boiled cabbage three times day"
A North Carolina doctor, recently de-
ceased, bequeathed to another physician,
who was his intimate friend, his skele-
ton, to be set up where it would most
frequently remind the living Of the dead,
and do some good in furthering the
cause Of science. The bequest was de-
clned, and the body was buried entire.
The art of not hearing is fully as i'm
portant to domestic happiness as cul-
tivated ear, for which so much time aud
money are expended. There are SO
many things which are so painful to
hear, many Of which, if heard, would
disturb our wonted serenity, and mar
the peace and happiness within, that
one should study TO take in or shut out |
sounds at will.
Calling spade a spade is well in
theory, but not always expedient in
practice. A Philadelphia gentleman
visiting his betrothed recently in Ian
caster, called coach dog Dalmatian
hound, and was promptly informed
by the damsel that if he could not
refrain from profanity in her presence
they must henceforth be strangers.
Angora goats thrive remarkably well
in California, but it has been found that
they are liable to a peculiar danger.
They arc fond Of eating the nuts Of the
buckeye, bush which is found grow
ing in large quantities in districts where
the goats are kept. This food has a
poisonous effect apon them, and unless
remedies are speedily applied, the goats
sicken and die.
Massachusetts people seem 10 be en-
gagged in a sharp rivalry in the noble
occupation Of rat catching. The local
paper Of one Of the interior towns boasts
Of a single catch of twenty.three in a dry