Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-29

Premiums will be offered at the Go
lumbus, Georgia. fair, to the finest babies
aged six months, twelve months and two
years respectively, to be valued at sew
enty-fve, fifty and twenty-five dollars.
There are nine Princes Of the house o.
Bonaparte, but not one of them is witt
the French army, or taking any par
with the French Republic, Young Bona
parte Patterson is with his regim mt, and
is the only member Of the family who
seems willing TO take any personal risl
to defend the honor of his house anc
race.
Among the Frenchmen who came tc
help us in the Revolutionary War were
Nicholas Fouquette and his son, Mark
Antoine, who taught our people to make
gunpowder, and thus did great service
in recognition Of which the Continental
Congress appropriated 5000 liyres as a
testimonial to them. The father died
soon after the war, but the son married
a Massachusetts, girl, and their descend
ants lately, in rumaging some old papers,
found proof Of the money due them, and
have placed their claims In the hands Of
Ben Butler for prosecution,
The present session Of Washington
College opened under the most aattering
auspices. The students all assembled
in the chapel and, after tho usual serv-
ice, conducted by Rev. DIR. Pendleton,
General Lee made a number of an
nouncements concerning the organiza-
ton of the classes, and expressed the
earnest hope that both professors and
students would attend regularly the
daily prayers at the chapel. 1t was,
perhaps, the longest speech which the
old hero ever made, Every morning
since the chapel has been largely at
tended, and the classes have been stead
lily proceeding with their reorganization.
Says the Chicago Post: ave drink,
every one of us, pair of boots year,
We carry iron enough in qRg blood, CON
stantly to make horseshoe. We have
clay enough in our frames to make, if
properly separated and baked, a dozen
good sized bricks. We eat, here in Chi
cago, at least peck of dirt month
no, that is not too large an estimate.
The man who carelessly tips a glass of
lager into his stomach little reflects that
he has begun the manufacture of hat,
yet such is the case The malt Of the
beer assimilateg with the ehyle and forms
a sort of felt-the very same so often
seen in hat factories. But not being in
stantly utilized, it Ia lost, Still further
it is estimated the bones Of every adult
person require to be fed with lime enough
to make a marble mantel every eight
months"
What "shtshi" is to the Russians
smorgos is to the Swedes. A recent
traveller was puzzled at 6rst BY The
smorgos liable Smorgos consists of @
numerous collections Sof small glas.
dishes containing title scraps of all kind;
of eatables, generally raw, such as dried
fish, raw herrings, tiny slices Of smoked
salmon or sausages, dried reindeer
scraped cheese, barley bread and othel
variety of black bread and biscuit. In
the center Of the Viands stand two large
decaHters, one Of gin, the other weak
curaooa Every one commences the
substantial breakfast as well as dinner
by rushing to the smorgos table, the gen
tlemen drinking freely of spirits, the
ladies, as a rule, avoiding them. II
certainly" says our traveller, does look
odd to see lady take piece Of bread
with her fingers lay il in the palm of hel
left hand, spread it9with butter, and plas
ter on the top Of this raw split herring
and then away to the large table and sit
down to breakfast or dinleF, as the case
may be- We found the custom rather tC
our advantage at the refreshment sta
tons, as all the passengers, making a
once for the smorgos, left US in undivided
possession THE solids.