Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-22
pACfs AND PANCIRs.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Walker proposes
: Walker 1000 miles in 1000 hours in sA
Francisco, aud says Il is no feat sin
ply the power ofthe mind over the phys
cal structure
A doctor Of Portsmouth protest
against the tolling of bells at funerals
He thinks the sound has depresS'n
effect upon the sick, and cannot prove
source Of much enjoyment 10 the dc
parted.
The antique and les moyens ages AT
ruling styles in all articles 10 household
furniture except wives Strange to say
in this latter particular. the rule is, th'
more modern the article the better
Marrying deceased wiie's sister i'm
plies either that the husband has treated
his FIRST wife very kindly or very cruelty
lIf kindly, the sister wishes to experience
the same treatment; ifcruelly TO avenge
it.
1t is considered a big thing in Sara
toga to have cold fried potatoes Tor
lunch. or "munch," as it is elegantly
called there Moreover, they sip cham
pagne with them. and expect to get
home alive.
AT the Caledonian Club games in
Scranton, Pennsylvania, the feature OF
the day was fat womRn's race Tor new
bonnet. The leanest contestant weighed
1870 pounds. Three others weighed 2OO'
242 and psi pounds.
A Cincinnati young man who had
read in his city papers that Cleveland
girls always replied "youbet' when ten
dered an offer of marriage, tried the ex-
pertinent with one Of them, and the only
reply he got was you getl"
To tease Brown, OF Cairo, little, his
wife borrowed neighbors baby and put
il on her doorstep, and then discovered"
it and went for Brown. He said: Why,
| gave her three hundred dollars aud
sent her to Chicago last week " and the
jsking wife is after a divorce.
Miss Rootes, of Rolling Prairie, In
diana, imagines she is a mare, eats
grass, stamps and kicks up The judge
won't order her to be sent to the asylum,
because he says, she is no more crazy
than many men of his acquaintance who
are always using horse.talk.
A gentleman who takes a business
view Of most things, when recently
asked respecting person of quite
poetic temperament, replied, "Oh, he is
one of those men who have soarings at
ter the Infinite, and divings after the
uufathomable, but who never pay cash.
A dog supposed to be mad was killed
on Beaubien street yesterday, and the
crowdhad not dispersed before the en-
ragged owner appeared. "Who killed
my dog2" he yelled. trembling with pas.
sion. The crowd informed him under
what circumstances the animal had been
killed, when the man exclaimed: Madl
What a set Of darned fools Why, that's
a licensed dog l"-Detrou Free Press.
A North Main street gentleman saw
his boy in front of the house throwing a
ball in the air last evening. He hadn't
played ball himself for thirty years, and
knew nothing of the kind of ball ball
clubs have introduced in the past few
years, but he felt the old spirit rising in
him at the memory of former triumphs,
and he held up his hands and told his
boy to :" let her slide" She slid. he
caught it full and fair, and then dropped
it and started into the house with his
eyes full of tears and his hands under
his arms. The youth subsequently in
formed another boy that he could plainly
hear the old mans" bones snap
DdnJury Necs.
Somebody who has been studying the
matter OF the form and substance OF the
human hairi different races, finds that
the hair Of the North American Indian
is cylindrical, that OF the white race is
oval, and that Of the negro may be term
ed elliptical 1t is also found that when
.he hair is cylindrical, the stretching and
shrinking powers are equal on all sides
of the flament, and this condition gives
it the lank, straight appearance Of that
of the pure blood Indian. The oval
hair displays greater number Of fibres
upon the Aattened side than elsewhere,
a condition which gives to such hair a
tendency to curl or curve in that direc-
ton. When eecentrically elliptical, it
not only always curls, but often assumes
a spiral shape, as on the head Of the
negro. The hair of the Chinese is near
ly cylindrical, and hence it is that curl
ed hair is almost unknown among that
people.
So many persons have been drowned
lately that might have saved themselves
by little more knowledge on the subject
Of the buoyancy Of water, that we indulge
in a scientific hint or two to day on GER
tain principles that govern the art OF
rotation Remember, II you fall over
board, that only your head is heavier
than wafar Your hodv and limbs are