Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-13

San Francisco,
In the city of Barahanagar, India, a
temperance club has been organized by
a native gentleman, Mr.. Sasipada Ban.
erjee, the members of which sing tenn
| peranee songs with earnestness and en-
thusiasm.
In Hartford not long since, where the
estate OF bankrupt upon settlement
only allowed dividend of one half Of
one per cent the highest dividend was
/ SIS on debt Of Sll, 900 to the wife Of
the bankrupt and the lowest was four
cents.
In Belgium q fruit grower has had
great success in communicating arti6-
cial Havors to natural fruit He pro-
cures the fruit and keeps it few sec
ouis in solution Of the favoring sub.
stance, and permits it to ripen subse-
quenily.
The lifting power of plants is well
Illustrated by an oak tree in South Had
ley, Mass. A rock had seam in it,
sud fbreus root from the oak crept
into the seam, grew, and lifted the rock,
weighing over ton, to a hight of one
foot.
That dog Of yourn few at me this
morning, and bit me on the leg, and l
now notify you that l intend to shoot it
the first time see it. THE dog is
not mad" Mad 1 know he is not
mad. What's he got to be mad about2
It's me that's mad"
Corruption in Prussia also General
Moltke's accounts we're recently found
to be wrong. He had drawn during the
war one wig and one paper of smoking
tobacco for which he had never account
ed to the proper authorities. Demand
for remuneration has been made.
The plaster model of Macdonald
colossal statue OF the late Fitz Green
Halleck, of Guilford, is now in the hands
ofthe molders for reproduction in bronze.
The poet is represented seated upon the
lawn in an antique chair, in the act of
writing. The statue and pedestal will
cost SIS, 900.
A Paris cab driver, who was sent to
take wedding party from church to the
breakfast, recognized in the bridegroom
man who had once put him in prison
for debt. Once fairly on the way, he
whipped up and drove away from the
other cabs, and landed the bride and
bridegroom, badly damaged, after an
hours hard drive, in a desolate rural
district on the wrong road. They got
home at midnight.
1t is reported from Florence that Mr..
Joaquin Miller, the poet Of the Sierras,
has eloped with an Italian married
woman. the mother of several children.
The affair is said to have produced
great connection 10 the society Of that
free.loving city. Though the report
comes well authenticated, we sincerely
trust that It may after all prove to be
unfounded.
In Mrs. Horace Mann's Kindergarten
at Cambridge the other day the question
was asked, What is order2" A boy Of
six raised his hand to answer. Order"
said he, " is heavens FIRST law" What
is dew2" was the next question. The
same little voice answered, i should
say dew was the moisture Of the atmos-
pierre" 1t was the son Of Mr.. ABBOTT.
editor Of the Radical newspaper, the
Index.
Mr.. w Rowlett writes to the London
Times from Leicester: 1t may be inter
esting to many Of your readers, who,
like myself, have long been admirers Of
Barry Cornwall poetry, 10 know what !
have just discovered-that the true
name Of the poet forms an anngram
originating the nom de plume by which
he has so long been distinguished, Peter
Barry Cornwall being an exact transpo-
sition Of Bryan Waller Proctor.
60; any medicine2' asked boy, en-
tering drug store, the other day. yes,
lots Of it. What do you want?" inquired
the clerk. "0h, it don't make any DIFF
ference, so its something lively. Dad is
fearful bad" What ails him7" asked
the clerk. Dunno" said the boy, but
he's run down awful. he just sits around
the stove all day and mopes. He hasn't
walloped mother since Christmas. l
guess he's going to die.
Our hard times have reached China
10 that country the demand for silkworm
eggs is so much smaller than usual that
there is great distress throughout the
country. SO, If ones resources are
shortened on this side Of the world, his
numerous daughters buy fewer silks, and
the manufacturer makes fewer calls for
his raw material, and so it goes from
point 10 point, and the last ripple Of our
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