Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08


Kalakaua puts forth a good degree of
proficiency at the piano, and exhibits
some comprehension Of Massachusetts,
machinery.
One of the principal hotels of Chicago
recovered from its embarrassments re-
Gently, but not until it had discharged
three bell boys.
Only $1,000 has been raised toward a
monument for Meade, and his friends
are beginning to think that the battle Of
Gettysburg was fought in vain.
Alexis is said to be the handsomest
man in Europe, and New England re-
members with gratitude hat he paid a
merited tribute to baked beans in his
book on America.
A melting sermon being preached ina
country parish, all fell a-weeping but
one man, who. when asked why he did
not weep with the rest, said, "0h, | be-
long to another PARISH"
John Bull imagines himself ridof bar
barism because dueling and prize-6ght-
ing have gone out of fashion in Albion.
BE is evidently not aware of the recent
narrow escape of a baby from hanging
in one Of his provinces.
One Of the rules of q new club in
London, composed of members Of both
sexes requires that candidates for ad-
mission must receive the unanimous
vote of eighteen jurors, one adverse vote
being sufficient to reject.
A sympathetic newsboy in Lexington,
KY, seeing a convicted murderer on his
way to prison for life, gave him a news
paper, saying: I'm sorry fur yer,
~boss-that's the best | kin do" 1t was
the first kindness shown to the prisoner,
and he quite broke down with emotion,
while the witness Of the scene rewarded
the boy with currency.
In Hartford, a wealthy gentleman ia
about giving q donation of sl0O,0 900 for
the establishment Of a free industrial
school. He desires that in addition to
other instruction the boys shall have the
opportunity Of learning any Of the prin-
cipal trades, whilst the girls shall be
taught the practical duties Of the house.
hold or be trained for any occupation
adapted to their tastes and capacities.
The new year is now fairly set agoing
down the ringing grooves of time. We
have had our celebration, with mirth and
feasting, Of its birth. and now come the
sober realities Of twelve long months Of
labor
while men must work and ome must weep,
And the sooner It's over the sooner to sleep.
Like Mr.. Wegg, if to couple the fancies
Of that literary gentleman and the above
extract be not a triHe ~sacrilegious, the
barren prospect before us warrants the
dropping into a bit Of melancholy poetry.
The destruction Of ~man-eaters, tigers
and leopards by means Of strychnine
proved so effective in the C~oimbatore
district in Madras that the loss Of human
life has been reduced to nil during the
present year, and the number Of cattle
killed has been much less than usual.
Fiftythree tigers and thirty-two cattle
killing leopards have been destroyed
within the twelve months, the majority
Of them by means Of poisoned bats pre-
pared by order Of the village magistrates
and the others by shootingand trapping.
Although the Wild beasts thus disposed
Of we're most Of them only cattle killers,
Il is stated that by their destruction
there is a much less chance of man,
eaters being developed.
The soul-stirring Mrs. Burnhau
writes from Gotham: Josephine Mans
Geld, as good-looking as ever, is in town.
She rejoices in e verdict, and il a yer.
dict is a nice thing to have, she can re-
joice, but when she gets the $25, 900 sh,
will rejoice still more, and that jubilee
will not occur till her old age needi
cheering. Mrs. Lucy Fisk took things
very easy during Jim's life, but she
doesn't propose to gil his place and pro
vide for his lady friends after his death,
When she put M the B~attleboro monu.
ment, she said: Lay perfectly quiet
dear James; Stokes may be pardonedi
Gould may be converted, but Josephine
will never gets dollar And Fisk just
braced himself against bis 6fty.tor tomb
stone and his wifels assurance and rested
like q lamb"