Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-11

The question on the streets now is not
"Who struck Billy Patterson 2 " bat
"How goes Andy johnson 7" The Ap-
peaTs special says the strength of Moses
|" is steadily on the increase" while the
Apalanche's special asserts that "he is
gaining no strength" Statements more
contradictory could not be manufactured
at any price. People are looking out for
facts, but they get only fudge.
A free-and easy lawyer of this city,
with no hair on the top of his head
"where the wool ought to grow" says be
will shortly create sensation in Alder
manic circles by writing little comedy
to be called "Paw Greasing. or the
Manner in which Fat Jobs are Managed
by the Board" We bespesk for the
comedy warm reception and q long
run.
The sage of Chelsea, in London, says
spiritualism is nothing more nor less than
"ultra-brptalism and liturgy of dead-sea
apes" but We have sage in Chelsea,
North Memphis, who says he knows more
about supermundane matters than he
does about the business of this world.
He lives on pig's.feet and persimmonp.
New England clpbs of pantaloonists
are going to reconstruct woman. Ifthey
make no better Job of it than New Eng
land politicians have in reoonstructing
Mississippi and Arkansas, the result OF
their labors will be a very ugly thing to
lock upon, new as it may be in the his
tory of humanity.
The gals and the gulls now 60 together.
Madam Fashion has at last introduced
rare specimens from the world of orni-
thology into her museum of millinery.
The latest style for young ladies is q
small hat with seagull On the top Of it.
This may be called feather-headed folly,
and tits suggested that the song u would
/ were bird" be changed to u want to
wear bird"
The bench is coming to q pretty pass
in Mississippi in fact it has almost got
down to the level of stool. A carpet.
Dagger who went from here down there
and was made judge recently decided
!. tbst ths intermarriage of whites and
BLACKS 10 lsVfar'il Mississippi, the law
Of the State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing" Shade of BIackstonel o Moses
Let us have peace
In Shakespeare time no woman ever
appeared on the stage. But progress aud
civilization have had forced marches
since the tine of Elizabeth and the great
poets. Now every gin who ieagns TO read
roughly wants to be ohatterer in nesh-
colored tights. The day may not be far
distant when no man will appear on the
stage.
In consequence of the heavy tax upon
whisky, a large quantity of the ardent
now sold in this city is mixed with fusel-
oil, which 10 more active than alcohol.
A small drausht Of this mixture will
cause nausea and headache, and large
draught may prove fatal. The object Of
legislation now seems TO be TO poison the
people and make money.
If any of our friends should be fool
enough to swallow dose of nitro-glyc.
crime, in place of glass Of lager-beer,
let them try cupful of hot black coffee
az an antidote. A temperance friend
suggests that il would be better to drink
coffee all the time. and never mind beer.
That may be correct, but people won't
always do what's best.
Henry Ward Beecher says the man
who has fought in the very jaws of per-
dition is better than he who has never
fought in any battle, and that the nearer
men live to hell the better they are. II
such be the case, those who daily fight in
Hell's half Acre, in this city, must be
pretty heroic and kind hesrted sort OF
people. Perhsps "tbeir gilt is fire.
burned end does not RUB OF.
Here lu Memphis brokers trouble
themselves with little else than the move
ments of King Cotton; in New York
brokers and spectators are in pretty
stew about the vsgsries of King Nam
mon. There is an old saying that "time
Is money" but so far We have had no
manic about it. The fellow who took time
by the forelock has kicked the bucket. A
singh official wants TO knoy il there's
chance Of taking Asmnon BY any lock ,
A French physician has obtained
iincture from coal-tsr which disintec,s
dead bodies aud prevents putrefaction.
As most Of cur cemeteries are close to
the city, and are not very free from
poisonous exhalstions, we should like TO
see the tincture used and the remains Of
our friends preserved from decay. Here
is a chance for a new business, one at
which mosey can be made and the health
Of the city improved. rnrr
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