Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-09
ACT n FANCIES.

Babbitt is spending his soap at
at Saratoga.
A wild eagle was killed while
flying over Boston.
Shakespeare" has at last been
translated into modern Greek.
The country boy is poor indeed
if he doesn't own a two-dollar shot
gun.
Nevada rivers run into the
ground, like the man who always
borrows two dollars.
Mr. TennysOn's new edition of
his poems, annotated by himself,
will shortly appear in one volume.
Telegraph wires are fatter than
they have been for several seasons,
indicating that we shall have a Sc
we're winter.
NJ. Remains new book of "Dia-
logues and Philosophical Frag-
mentS," inculcateS the philosophy
of despair with great vigor.
The only way a farmer can get a
little even with a city visitor is to
borrow his silk umbrella to wear
while hunting the cows.
The English revision of the Old
Testament has been carried as far
as the seventeenth verse of the
twenty-third chapter of Ezekiel.
The beautiful golden vested bee
is sailing around vermillion potu-
MAS and carmine nasturtiums, get
ting up honey for buckwheat cakes.
A Third avenue woman fell down
the basement steps with a pail of
water, and her husband thought
he knew what was meant by "local
areas of rain"
A controversy over the use of the
Bible in public schools has arisen
in New South Wales. Strong op =
position has been shown to the
daily reading of it.
1t is proved by i scientist that
the little roots of a grapevine will
gradually turn away from their
original direction to entwine abone.
What is the use Of keeping a dog ?
/ The English are perpetually writ
ing up the localities of London.
Mr.. W. R. Douthwaite has now pro-
duced "Gray's Inn 4; Notes Illustra-
J tive of Its History and Antiqui-
ties"
+. Harriet Martineau left behind an
|, autobiography, which has been in
print, though not published, for
t several years. twill appear shortly,
4
, with an appendix covering the lat
: ter years of her life.
1t now appears that in order to
!, gain notoriety a Vienna correspond
: emit sent the telegram announcing
| that he and several other journal
lists had been either killed or wound
: ed. Himself he reported as killed.
Two suits which have just been
tried before Lord Penzance under
I the Public Worship Regulation act
5 have been decided adversely to the
n clergymen involved. Their names
. are the Rev. Arthur Tooth and the
! Rev. T.. P. Dale.
t In spite of the recent reports to
the contrary, an Old Catholic Con-
I ! gress will be held this year. 1t viii
: meet at Breslau, September 1924
1 About a month earlier, upon Au.
gust goth, DR.. Herzog, Bishop
b elect of the Christian Catholic
> Church of Switzerland, will be con.
:, secrated at Rheinfelden by Bishop
Q Reinkens.
e In spite of British GOODNESS ant
opposition the National Byron Me
" mortal Fund has got up to $4,000
This is not much compared witt
= the e200, 900 which the Prince Al
/, bert memorial statue cost, but il
IS deemed sufficient to attract artists
h from all parts of Europe ant
Ie America, who are invited to com
pete, sending in their models by
le October.
10 The Church of England Tenn
:. peranoe Society has for some triet
It the experiment of establishin,
n stalls for the sale of non-intoxicat
n ing drinks. Thirteen of thes
. stalls have been opened in London
and their success has encourage,