Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-08
A person claiming 70 h.ra b..n !.

n petsou claiming TO have been a
preacher Of the gospel is lecturiug in
Boston on Conversion from christian
ity to iufdelity."
An old maid WAS heard to exclaim.
while sitting ct her toilet the other day:
Il can bear adversely, | can
hsrdships, aud Withstand the changes of
tickle fortune; bat oh, to live, and droop.
and die like atiagle pink cant en-.
dure ii; and what's mere l won't
Alta clnfercaes Of the Protestant Eois-
copal diocese Of central New York, q few
days AGO, Bishop Hare, who has done
good missionary service among the In
dams, said that he estimated that there
were 297 900 Indians in the United States,
Of whom $1,000 have adopted the Chris.
tiAn faith and have become civilized.
The Marquis of Conyngham has Just
received $4,000 for bis historical bu-
reau, inlaid with celebrated Sevres
plaques. he had previously refused
$4,000, offered by Baron Lionel de
Rothschild. The bureau was a present
from George III, to bis lordship's grand
mother, and is considered unique and
priceless.
A celebrated Emperor and conqueror
had himself placed ia his bier and the
prayers Of the church chanted around
him, that be could learn to familierize
himself with the inevitable decree Of
fate; hence, he is represented with one
hand holding q map, where all his con-
quests were traced, and the other clasp
ing a death s-head-the end of all riches,
glory and grandeur.
A project is to be introduced into the
French chambers for the marriage Of
priests. By it it is declared that 10 law
prohibits the marriage of priests, and a
penalty is Imposed on any civil officer
refusing to marry them. In other words,
it is intended tU legalize a violation of
the ordinances Of the Roman Catholic
church, and TO give the priests the same
rights as other ~Frenchmen.
A female architect has just opened an
office in Boston. A plan Of a house
which she exhibits has nineteen bay win
dows, forty-seven closets, no place for a
man to smoke in, and an i%nclosed ball
cony on each side, from which it is i'm
possible to look down into the neighbours
living rooms. The design is pronounced
by all ladies who have examined it as, of
course, really too far more than aw-
fully delicious"
Over in England: First Briton-" Hi
suppose you've card the news from
Hamerica2' Second Briton-"Hi eawn't
say that hi ave. hi don't take much
hinterest in Hamericau hafsirs." F. B.
=" Well, the Hamericans, you know,
ave 'ad what they called a republic.
Now the ole thing is gone, hand they'v re
put the government hunder o count"
s.. B.-"Him not ~hastonished at all.
Hi knew that blawsted country would
soon be haping hour institutions"
To Louisville graduates in medicine
the Hippocratie Oath is proposed. The
poor devils who take it bind themselves
not to give any deadly medicine to any
one. This is striking an insidiors blow
at the %proudest and best recognized pre-
rogstive of an NJ. D.. and is calculated
to cramp his genius. 1t is cruel and
tyrannical, or would be if graduates did
not learn from Hudibras:
"He that imposes an oath makes it,
Not he that for convenience takes it,"
Chicago Times.
A shoemaker in Stettin, Germany, had
bought a felt hat from a well known firm .
Soon after wearing it, though the hat
exerted no pressure, headache set in,
with frontal swelling, followed by pustu.
lar eruption. The eyes also became so
infamed that they closed, and the swell.
ing began to spread to the lower part Of
the face. 1t was evident that these symp,
toms were due to the wearing of the
hat, and-lhe latter having been submit
ted to examiaation by a chemist-it was
as~certained that the brown leather lining
was colored with poisonous anilipe.