Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-28
ACT AND FANCIEs.

n hClCutluC mdH IL O8h EAohSAoSO
recently sent a petrifed Goldfish to his
niece as a wedding present.
Chang, the Chinese giant, has Joined
the Baptist church, but no preacher will
come forward to immense him.
Young swell-"I should like to have
my mustache dyed" Polite barber
Certainly. Did you bring it with your
Is there any material difference be-
tween rufling ones temper and getting
ones choler up2 We pause for a reply.
1t has leaked out in London that the
Vice-Royalty Of India was offered to
Lord Carnarvon first, and then to Lord
Lyons, before being rendered to Lord
Lytton.
The Grand Duke Michael Of Russia,
during his recent visit to Paris, called on
ex-President Theirs, and discussed the
organization of the various European
armies.
When a California woman defeated q
lion in q hsnd.to hand combat, the neigh
bors we're greatly astonished, but her
husband quietly remarked: "Oh, that's
nothing; that woman could lick the
devil"
At this season the question which in.
terests a boy is not 80 much whether bis
life will be crowned with glory and honor
as whether his new summers vest is
going to be made out of his fathers old
trousers.
When you reflect that at picnics g
hundred years ago it was the custom for
the girls to stand in a row and let the men
kiss them all goodbye, all this en-.
thusiasm about national progress seems
to be a grave mistake, -Norwick Bulle.
tin.
Charles Blanc, and elder brother Of
Louis Blanc, has been elected q mem
Der Of the French Academy. he has
never taken any part in politics, being
an art critic and a man Of letters, and
from l848 to 1852 be was director Of Fine
Arts.
Marshal Bazaine has published in
Spain an account of the part acted BY
him in the late Franco. Prussian war
Special prominence is being given 10 tht
siege and surrender Of Meiz, and he at
4 temptst to vindicate his conduct as a com
q mander.
{ Whose pordrait was dot2' asked
! Teuton of his friend as they we're goiDI
through a picture gallery. That
Henry Clay" was the reply. "Hendr.
Glay2" Eyes, to be sure, Henry Clay.
"Oh, der great cigar man" said be afte
a moment reflection.
c While the English excursionists wer
z on the Capitol Square in Richmond, Va
the other day, a fine looking EnglishmaI
pointed to a squirrel some distance of
and inquired of a citizen: Can 20
y tell me, sir, what hinsect that is hove
/ thereY' Citizen; That's a squirrel
e sir" John Bull; "Ohl ali thanks"
9 Mrs. A. 7. Stewart has given $500
e the permanent fund Of the Dramati
: Fund Association, and $1,000 to th
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t
Animals. The late Mr.. Stewart was on
of the incorporates Of the latter society
, and attended its first meeting Of organisi
ton.
l The Richmond Wing fears hat th
Centennial ia having a rather bad effeC
Z upon Virginian watering places, saying
" We hear of nobody who is %preparin
to go or thinking about going to h
springs this summer, but all seem Der
on seeing the Centennial, if it is only fc
a day,
The English Government is trying t
introduce the American caoutchouc Ire
into India, where India rubber is o.
tanned, but mostly from q creeping plan
IF Already the oinchona tree has been
IS successfully introduced that $1,000
worth Of bark was exported last year.
The GALAXY
A boy in one Of our public schools wi
fell out Of a tbird.story window when g
infant and hurt his medulla ~oblongat
has written a composition on the turtl
in which he says; "A turtle is not
90 frisky as a man, but he can stand a h
90 coal on his back longer witout squei
DO ing. "-B Brooklyn argus.
A letter from Superior, Wis, dat
June 9th, says that the head of La
Superior is still covered with ice 1
twenty miles down, Of @ thickness of Il
to twenty feet, and for miles it is a
i chored along the shore; and there is b
little prospect that the lake will be Gle
for twenty days. 1t seems hardly wor
a. while to go to the expense of thswiI
81 out so late in the season.
Is Mrs. Governor Hayes, OF Ohio, is d
10 scribed by a correspondent as a ia
z. sweet faced brunette, with Ell indeseri
81 ably charming minglirg Of high bred 7
=, serve and old fashioned heartiness
both voice, manner and bearing. Thoul
the mother of four sons-three near
ce grown men-and one daughter living a
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