Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-27

A little girl named Bessie Cole wa
found on the doorstep Of school hous,
at Peekskill, New York, last week, witt
her arms aud legs frozen. The poor
child on reaching school was too be
numbed with cold to open the door or tC
make her presence known to those
within.
Show us the family where good music
is cultivated, where the parents and
children are accustomed often to mingle
their voices together in song, aud We
will show you one, in almost every in
stance, where peace, harmony and love
prevail, and where the great vices have
no abiding-place.
A Brooklyn woman sued an under,
taker for injuries received by being
thrown from a carriage owned by him
while in funeral procession. On the
defendant showing that the woman had
violated the contract by leaving the pro
cession for the purpose Of making a
short cut to the burying-ground, the
Court granted non.suit.
Thousands Of acres Of land in Michi-
gan are covered with growth Of sweet
fern, which has hitherto been supposed
to be worthless, but it has been found
that for tanning purposes it is I'M
equalled, and that it yields forty per
cent. extract, while hemlock yields but
fourteen. 1t promises to be very val
liable.
A man at Salem, Massachusetts, re-
Gently overheard neighbor pityingly
remark that he was a henpeoked hus-
band. He went straight home, threw a
boot-jack at his wife, tore up two of her
best dresses, trampled on her bonnet,
and then went and smoked pipe in the
parlor, with his feet on the table in a
basket Of artificial flowers. He now
defies any man in Salem to accuse him
of being henpecked.
There is not vestige of the former
man left in Chief Justice Chase. His
most intimate friends do not recognize
him. From the handsome, smooth-faced,
portly man, he has become tall, heavy,
thin man, with yellow beard; his mind
is clear, but his voice is weak aud the
thin lips culver from paralysis. He goes
about, the ghost of his former self. =
Washington Letter.
A minister in Wilson, Massachusetts,
having married young couple, was
asked what was his price, and replied
that the law gave him two dollars.
"Well," said the bridegroom, if the
laws gives you two dollars, there is fifty
cents, so that you now have tive dsllars
and half" and the happy pair departed
before the surprised minister could ex-
plain.
A school teacher recently caught one
of the boys smiling, aud demanded the
reason Of the unreasonable levity. Moth
ing, mum," was the answer. II know
BETTER" said the teacher, severely;
nov tell me what it is. Johnny looked
frightened, as he mutteringly said, "I,ss-
see yern-newspaper sticking out, mum"
The teacher sat down suddenly and ar
ranged things.
The following conversation is reported
to have occurred between British tour
ist and steamboat pilot; THAT is
Black Mountain2" Yes, sir; highest
mountain above lake George" Amy
story or legend connected with that
mountain?p Lots of EN-. Two lovers
went up to that mountain once and
never came back again" Indeed
why; what became Of HEMP" Went
down on the other side"
DR.. Liebreich thinks that great deal
Of the short sightedness decrease in
endurance and acuteness of vision) in
England is the result Of the bad ar
of light in the school houses.
7 hhese evils may be prevented by caus-
ing the light to fall on the desk from the
lefthand side, and as much as possible
from above. The children should sit
erect, and the book should Be at least ten
inches from the eyes; il ought to be
placed at an angle Of twenty degrees for
writing, and forty degrees for reading
African adTices received by the
steamship Roquslls state that the Gold
Coast authorities captured the notrious
narauder aud guerilla chief AehEuDong
brother to the King Of Ashanteel. who
.aused 20 much trouble to the Dutch
While they we're in possession Of Elmins,
md dispatched him under an escort Of
ixty men Of the Second West Indian
Regiment TO Ashauisei but ON passing
through the Fanlee territory the natives
COX him By force from the guard, and
be is al present held by them as a pris-
1ner.
The surprising discovery has recently
been made that gun-cotton will explode
Is readily when damp. or even saturated
With water, as when dry, the only condi-
ion necessary 70 its explosion being its
with a portion Of the dry
substance. The practical advantages Of
his discovery are that It may now be
placed in magazines without danger,
nd be carried in its saturated state any
saere and By any mode Of conveyance
Without the slightest chance apparently
u disaster, since, so far as We know, no
.xplosioH can possibly take place unless