Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-29

Que rePheu 'nht sue was glau ne " I
drink liquor.
Germany's new expedition to the
Arctic regions is to consist of two
steamers, and its estimated cost is set
down at $25O,OOO.
They tell Of a Judge in Washington
who is so small that he never takes a
bath without the fear of being drawn
through the waste pipe.
The submarine tunnel to connect Eng
land and France continues to be dis
cussed in English newspapers. 1t is
said that experimental shafts on each
coast are shogtly to be sunk.
The Madeleine, in Paris, narrowly
escaped destruction by fire recently.
The drapery around the high altar took
fire, but the flames we're extinguished
before much damage was done.
The latest funny poet thus accounts
for the joy Of the man who was happy
on the lone sea shore" y:
And why? In that vessel that lsft the bay
His mother-in-law had sailed,
To a trOpic country far away,
Where tigers and snakes preVaile d.
The astronomical clock usGl BY the
English party which took observations
of the transit of Venus at Cair will, it
is said, be presented to the Egyptian
Government as a mark of appreciation
for the kind offices rendered.
A musical journal of Mil an gives a
list of the new operas brou ght out in
Italy during 1874. The number is
th~irty-fve, being an increase on the pre-
ceding year, when it was Oh lily twenty.
four, while in 1872 ifty.two were pro.
duced.
Where's the molasses, Bif2" said a
~red-headed woman sharply TO her son,
who had returned with an empty jug.
None in the city, mother. Every gro
Gerry has a big blackboard outs1de, with
the letters chslked on it, N. O. Mo-
lasses.'"
During the year 1874 the life.bt,ats Of
the National Life-boat Institution saved
543 lives on the British coast, and saved
10 vessels from destruction. The lnsti.
tuition also granted rewards to fishermen
and others, for saving 40 Ii yes dur ing
the year, making a grand total Of 5l9
lives saved.
A maj entered a ticket Office in San
Francisco recently aud asked for a ticket
for Destination" To prove THAI he
was not mistaken, he pointed to a notice
which read Passengers who intend
going farther than YokohOma are re-
quested to purchase through tickets to
destination
A Japanese gentleman, tw~enty.four
years of age, said to be a son of the
Mikado's principal physician, has just
taken his degree as a Doctor of Medi-
cine at the University of Berlin. The
Japanese doctor is row preparing for
practical experience in Austria, Italy,
and France, after which he intends to
visit England.
A writer from Berlin thus describes a
German military bow: Imagine an oak
plank six feet in hight, with a hinge in
the middle, draw itself up to a perpeD-
diculsr, and, with a quick movement,
snap the hinge so that the upper part
suddenly springs forward and back
again, and you will ha We some idea Of
the gracefulness Of the executed move.
ment, and Of the shock one gets when
being introduced to a German military
SWELL
Kate, who lives in Brooklyn, and
writes to n Of the New York papers,
expresses her wonder that men gene
rally are not better skilled in the art o.
looking at a pretty woman in the street
cars. She says that all girls are pleased
TO have their attractions recognized in .
certain gentle way-uhe eyes lingering
for an instant only--but that a pro
longed stare from a nan, no matte how
handsome he may be, excites no thin,
but a feeling Of annoyance and dilIgust
Rev. G. H. spurgson thus respon DIS t.
a request Of a Boston Lecture Bpreal
that he visit this country: "ltis no
possible for me to leave my work e,tcep
Tor short interval to rest. | have nj
one to occupy my pulpit, preside owe
my charch, look after the college, govern
the o%rphanage, superintend the colpor
teurs, edit the Magazine, etc. l mus
keep my hand IN the oar till ! die.
see no hope Of my visiting America
much as ] would like to greet the breth
rem there. Compensate is not an item
OF consideration. Nothing, indeed
could compensate my c Conscience if
left my work and any h arm came Of it
i know, within a little, what can do
and feel that I cannot conscieutiousll
attempt a work in Amer ics to which
am not called, to the injury Of tina
which now engrosses all my time anC