Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-06

as she did.
A Paris correspondent sends this as a
good story, why are yog crying so, my
child2 inquired mamma of her grown
up daughter. Because Mile b. gave
me a slap in the face" And did you
return III" mo, as gave her one
first
A waterfall 1000 feet high has been
discovered in British Guinea by the Gov
ernor Surveyor of that colony. In 1870
the great Kaieteur Fall, 1896 feet wide
and $50 feet high, was discovered by the
same gentleman, who has rendered many
services to geographical science.
Plaques never come singly. We have
had the cholera in this country this sea-
son. and now are threatened with a visl-
tation Of Gerald Massey, the maniac
English poet, who proposes next winter
to read US his own illusions and to lee
ture on the conundrum, Why does not
the Almighty slay the devil2"
Punch has pathetic picture of mar.
ried couple on calling trip. As they
wait at the door where they have rung
the bell, Augustus is thus cautioned;
Augustus love, let me beg of you, do
not give way to any insane demonstra-
tions Of delight before the servant, if she
says they're not at home"
Dr. Short is a great snake fancier
and learned naturalist in Madras. He
kept cobras in his house as other people
keep birds, but FIVE of his Young snakes
have escaped from confinement and are
now seereted in the doctors resideace,
so that he has been obliged to move out
while the search for them goes on. There
is dark rumor that this reptile has had
something TO DO with the death Of the
learned doctor washerwoman.
1t ia related of distinguished lawyer,
who observed that his wife always de-
layed ten or twelve minutes before she
came down to dinner, being 10th to lose
so much precious time daily, he COM
menced the composition of work which
he prosecuted only while he was thus
kept waiting. The result was, at the
end Of fifteen years, book in three
volumes quarto, which has met with a
large sale and is much esteemed.
The same causes deter men in Great
Britain from participating in public at
fairs that prevent men in our country, if
we may Judge from what is said by the
Saturday Review. Zone Of the great
est of the obstacles that deter men Of
character and principle from standing
for boroughs as candidates fer Parlia-
ment is the number of pledges which
they find themselves obliged TO give.
Men of standing and promise regard
this as an unworthy sacrifice Of their
political independence.
A wise man in the East, that is in
Springfield, Mass, says that 1t you wish
TO determine whether your watch keeps
good time or not you should select any
given star from the corner Of window
sash, or through any small hole, and note
the precise instant at which the star dis
appears behind chimney, or other sta
tionary object within a short distance.
If from the came standpoint the same
star disappears earlier by three minutes
aud fiity.six seconds the next night, and
by seven minutes and fifty-twe seconds
the third night, the watch is right to the
half Of a second.
1t is said dat a young gentleman OF
Neosho, No, accepted an invitation to
read the Declaration Of Independence
to a patriotic meeting somewhere an the
country on the Fourth, and on going to
the designated place bad neglected TO
provide himself with a copy thereof.
Mounting the stand, however, an article
was furnished him by some one in at
tendance, which be read nearly through
to the wondering crowd before he dis
covered it to be the Declaration Of
Principles as enunciated in the platform
Of The Charleston Convention OF 1850.
A Russian countess living in Paris
felt it necessary to try a change OF air.
The chief companion Of her journeys
vas little dog. which she carried IN
her NUT, her sleeve or her pocket. AZ
Milan, Toto, the pet died. His mistress
invited al the dogs in Milan 10 the fu-
neral. three hundred mourners ap-
peared. and each vas supplied with q
pail covered with silver tears. After the
ceremony the three hundred we're in
viied 70 psrtake Of the funeral baked
meats. but here good conduct and phil
osophy failed them, and tbe feast broke
I'd abruptly. the Riot act had 70 Be e.
forced but not until one Of The gusHti
had been torn 70 pieces between the aouI
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