Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-14

was entirely successful, and Edison
still bears on his hands the marks That
resulted from using the cat as an in
ductor.
Archibald Forbes, the noted war
correspondent, has been the victim of
Irish wrath in a way which he will not
forget soon. Recently he was announc-
ed to lecture in Cork. For DAYS past
the city has been covered with pla-
cards calling attention to letters writ
ten by Mr.. Forbes in 1875. The house
was accordingly filled with a hostile
audience, who refused to listen to the
lecture. de retired, and the gas was
turned off.
The California house of representa-
tives is a much mixed body. 1t is
composed OF t~hirty-six Republicans /;
s~eventeed Workingmen fourteen
Democrats two New Constitution
and Republicans three Workingmen
and New Constitution two New Con-
stitution and Democrats; three Work
ingmen and Republicans one Union
and one New Constitution. The pro-
blem will be to make combinations of
these antagonistic elements.
A correspondent, speaking of Lord
Beaconsfeld, says; He has grown
quite spare. His glossy ringlets have
given place to a dull mass of black
hair, which bulges out from under a
silk hat over the ears and neck like
that of a typical German professor of
auld lang syne. From beneath his
well-marked eyebrows a pair of large
eyes, which shine brilliantly at times,
out usually repose languidly under
heavy lids more than half closed, take
in all that is passing around without
appearing to do So"
A Providence, r. l., dispatch to the
Washington Post says " Il is author
itatively stated here that ex-senator
Sprague, who has been for some weeks
engaged in taking private dispositions
for use in a divorce which he shortly
contemplated bringing against his wife,
became satisfied that he could adduce
no substantial proof with which to
sustain his former allegations against
Mrs. Sprague, and instructed his law
yers to proceed no further in the mat
ter. A reconciliation between the
husband and wife is looked for as the
eventual result of this"
Sam Ward, the veteran lobbyist, has
just returned from a pleasant visit to
England, where he has been lionized
by the political leaders. OF Mr..
Gladstone he says Il think him the
most remarkable man | ever saw.
When you consider that he is over
seventy years of age and in one week
he spoke ~forty-six columns of the
London Times you will have some
idea Of his vigOr. | heard his cele-
brated corn exchange speech, and |
shall never forget it. Though his
subject was a very dry One-that of.
finance-he kept his audience ~intently
interested all the time"
Mr.. Ole Bull has appeared in a new
character at a reception in Boston-as
a lecturer on philology. The Spanish
language, he said, is beautiful; the
English is stiff, like the EDglishman
himself. The Englishman says a nail
is a nail-not a big nail or a little nail;
but the Spaniard puts on his words a
beautiful twist land Ole Bull illus
trates by gesture to express his mean
ing better). The English are military
and quick. In Spanish you must spin
it out to make it grandiose and hexi-
bic. The Spanish can not depict a
situation in a few words. Everything
will be unfinished to him; and he will
have to jump-jump the whole time.
1t must be spun out so his system and
nerves will feel good.
The reception of Parnell in this
country, causes a hutter among the
land aristocraoy of England, who are
anxious to neutralize his influence
and thwart his efforts to collect means
to relieve the distress of the unfortu-
nate starving people. They fear the
effect OF a plain statement ofthe chief
cause Of the present distress from
responsible source, and have induced
Lord Dunraven to forward a state
ment covering five columns ofthe New
York Herald, which is now more OBJ
~seQuious to the ~aristocraey of Eng
land than a court journal. He speaks
in the same contemptuous terms Of
the Irish people which have marked
the centuries Of English denomiua-
ton, and exhibits the same unyil-
lingness to tighten oppression or re-
dress wrongs that generally moves the
nd-holding class who are in posses
sion, through the brutality and ra
pacity Of England's rulers from Crom
well down to the present day. He
says ii the people of ireland are dis.
satisfied with their situation they
ought to get out and leave their homes
for others who will not FIJI the air
With COMPLAINTS nor be continually
agitating for their rights. From the
dawn Ofcivilization there is no parallel
in the history of nations Of greater
persecution, vindictiveness or Outrage.
than thato IF England toEards the Irish
people. Justice may be long delayed
hut it will strike at last. -Pittsburg
Post.
THE PERSONNEL OF CONGRESS.