Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-19

A good sort of man ives recently asked
to subscribe for a chandelier for the
church. Now" said he, whats the
use of chandelier? After you get it
you can't get any one to play on it.
i Mrs. David Calm, of San Francisco,
ratified Off 50, 900 set Of diamonds to aid
the French cause and her husband drew
the prize, though there were three thou
sand other ticket holders.
aA Kentucky newspaper published the
obituary of man reported to be dead
giving both his good and bad qualities.
The man, who was still in the land of the
living, thereupon sued the editor for H.
bel, laying his damages at $4,000
There are probably $4,000, 900 acres of
sterile plains between the Mississippi
river and the Rocky Mountains. Some
Of them are too barren to produce any
thing, while some could be made pro-
ductive by irrigation.
The English journals are commenting
upon the fact that four Peers of Parlia-
ment, to-wit, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Earl of Westmoreland and the Baron
De Mauley, ARE all wiping out their debts
by taking advantage of the bankrupt
| law,
In the Proceedings of the Yearly
Meeting of Friends in England for the
year 1870, much concern is expressed
for "some of our members still engaged
in the sale Intoxicating liquors, and
a desire that they see it their duty to
relinquish trade so dangerous" 4"
One-half the sugar mills of Louisiana
are at work, and it is said the yield of
sugar will be larger than that of the
past year, in spite of the bad effects of
the drouth upon the cans While the
troubles in Cuba continue the sugar
crop of this country is of more than or
dinary Importance.
In a sketch of the condition of the
workingmen of Paris, written before the
war, writer in Chambers journal says:
"The Paris workman has no grandchil-
dren-hard work careless living and
drunkenness combined, not only destroy
the man, but his children are weak and
unable to battle with the stern necessi-
ties of life; they die out early for want
of stamina, leaving in their turn off
spring who never reach maturity. In
fact, were il not for the constant influx
from the provinces, the Partisan artisan
would soon be, extinct. Spite of all the
government has done for him, the Paris
workman is ever discontented, and ready
always to cry; Anything for changerp
AS illustrative of the healthfal infu-
ence of furnishing an attractive and ele-
waiting means Of amusement and enter |
tainmeut at such prices as will render
them generally accessible TO the poorest
classes, the experience of the Crystal |
Palace in London is in point For six
teen years that institution has been in |
operation under a wise and charitable |
arrangement, by which musical enter |
tainments and amusements of every sort |
have been furnished at a merely nomi- |
nal expense to visitors, during which |
time 24,000,000 people, workmen and |
those of the poorer classes, have availed /
themselves of its privileges, and not
more than a dozen cases of intemper-
ance or irregularity have been reported
by the police as connected with the nu-
merouslgatherings at the place.
Ida Lewis, the heroine Of Lime Rock.
who was married few weeks ago,we un-
derstand, received from the late Mr.. Pea
body the sum Of $1,000. The money was
placed in trust for the benefit Of the
young lady; therefore Ida was not a
dowerless bride. 1t is astonishing that
a woman Of the light frame of the old |
lighthouse-keepers daughter, should be
able to pull so strong an oar. She weighs
less than one hundred pounds, but is
1.-THE and sinewy. Her hands are large.
feet ditto, and what is not very pretty in
a heroine whose name has been enshrined
in song. she does not show much respect
for Lindley Murray. But then she per
formed a gallant act, aud the people /
honor gallantry wherever they find it.
By the way, Ida was a mother at the
time of her recent marriages. mother
and not a widow. A certain Captain in
the navy was the lover Of the lighthouse
keepers daughter when he wore the uni
form Of a midshipman. ... ..