Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-08

Gycerise is said to be used extensive
ly in the manufacture Of wine.
A song that is just now very popular
in London hos the following chorus:
/ saw Esau kissing Kate.
And the fact is we all three saw;
For I saw Essu: he saw me.
And she saw saw Esau.
Cairo, in Egypt, besides its four hun.
dred mosques, has Catholic, Greek, q
Coppic, Lutheran and en- Episcopal
church. .,.ra.1
"Blue.sky.flled-with music" is the
name of SsnecsIndian girl near Buffalo,
who has jnst married = pale face She
must be one of those AZ Eolian wind in
struments. hfF tr 4T
A correspondent of the Charleston
Nevs says that "Shoo Fly" was sung
there BY negroes who worked on the
rebel Notifications, and that their favor
ite was another lively chant, when de
days work is done, won't You hollor'
A woman doctor in Boston (Sarah A.
Fietcher) has turned her home into q hos.
pital for the shelter and reformation OF
inebriates. II 10 said that che has sac
ceeded without moscy cid in reclaiming
a large number OF the victims of intem-
perRnce. s-,f trers lis u.
A Cleveland father tied rope about
the body Of his little boy and threw him
into the river as punishment for play.
ing on it's bank. As he was drawing the
child in the rope parted, and the inhu :
man chsstisement nearly resulted IN q
tragedy, for the little fellow vas rescued
only with great difficulty and danger.
There is q war in Cincinnati between
the Chamber of Commerce and church.
The former is to put up building over.
looking the latter's graveyard, and Tor
fear of desecrstion the ehurchman talk OF
building high fence, shutting out light
and air. unless they are paid at the rate
of 800 window. oss
This is the latest story from Paris t:
/" A musician at Monaco casino lately
bought bottle of champagne, and sitting
down to the piano, be played the gsyest
music and drank his wine, until but q
single glass remained; into this he
poured a vial of prussic acid, drank it
off, and began a solemn funeral march,
which only ended with his death" i'
One Of the largest importations Of dia-
monds ever entered in the New York
Custom House was passed on Friday OF
last week. The gems were appraised BY
the European Custom House officials at
SIOO, 900 in gold. The duties here
amounted to $4,000 gold. The dia-
monds we're imported by leading dealer
in precious stones. The entire collec-
ton was inclosed in cssket about the
size of small cigar box. ta
We have a good fish story from Mary
land. As it runs, q man fishing in a
river in that State fonnd that his hook
was attached to something, and pulling it
up with aome difficulty, discovered at the
end of his line jug holding about half a
gallon. Not wishing to lose his only
hook, he demolished the jug, and to his
great astonishment found that the hook
had been swallowed by monster cst-f fish
exactly the sizs and shape of the jug
Wounds made by the teeth often prove
poisonous. & man il Detroit struck an
other in the teeth Christmas day, cutting
his own knuckIes thereby. The hand
swelled and became very much infismed,
and since then the flesh has decsyed from
the wounded finger. The diseased bone
has been scraped, but without effect, and
the physicians think amputation will be
necessary.
The human heart is a marvellous pump
ing machine. Its energy equals one
third of the total daily force of all the
muscles of strong man itexceeds by
one-third the labor of the muscles 10 q
boat race, estimated by equal weights OF
muscle; and it is twenty times the force
of the muscles used in climbing, and eight
times the force of the most powerful en-
CINE yet invented by man, viz: the loco
motive Alp engine Bavaria" which
lifted herself through 27OO feet in one
hourl
Before the recent excitements in Paris,
says o correspondent, the American
colony there, especially recent iuporta-
tons, have shown the usual svidity for q
court presentation. The serious question
in these affairs is the decollette feature
for ladies past their youth, and of lean
habit. The court rule requires bare neck
and shoulders, but for those who are of
Pharaoh's loan kline, and have no pearls
or diamonds to cover the bone and the
shriveled hssh, the rule is exceedingly
vexatious. So say the ladies.
One Of the isvited to the soiree ct the
Russian Legation saw its mistress thus:
NINE. de Catacszy swept toward rs,
snd we were electrified BY her beauty.
All reports we had heard Of her bad
failed to give us any idea Of her magni6-
cence. She was dressed in the richest OF
black velvets made With train, and the
loose Turkish saeque that sbe wore, OF
the same material, was heavily embroi-
dered with gold. But this rich trimming
was scarcely more dszzling in effect than
her wealth of golden hair. This hair,
which ell admit is natural in quantity ss
we'll as in hue, is Of that miraculous
color about which painters rave, and IN
looking at Il any degree Of rapture seems
admissible. And in addition, the superb
woman possesses a complexion Of re-
markabls olesrness and perfect form.
linen too, The atmosphere Of courts is
about her, and she makes one under
stand what innate majesty is possible TO