Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-02
6i MEMPHIS TENN: MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER g. 1871.

Silver coffin trimmings are hired ou
for private funerals in Lewiston, Maine
to be returned after the ceremony.
Throw bouquet and q card of thanks
to serenaders when you can't invite them
in. II you havn't card, throw the
water pitcher or a booijack
The Sultan has been beset by Yankee
fire-engine makers, who want to supply
his capital with their useful wares. He
finally ordered pairof extinguishers
for the palace, having first tried one on
a riotous crowd of his wives who had got
up blazing row in the harem. In five
minutes they all expressed themselves
very much put out about it.
Kangaroo tail is now imported into
England from Australia, in tin cans, and
is becoming favorite luxury with gour-
mands. One of the papers says those
who are vegetarians because they object
to the destruction of animal life, can eat
this meat without scruples, as the tails
of kangaroos are so large that they
must be an Inconvenience to their
owners, while by placing them under the
influence of chloroform their tails can
be painlessly amputated and packed in
tins before they are aware Of the opera
ton.
A new thieving dodge has come up.
1t is practiced on railroads, with consid.
cradle success, by lady. She enters
car, and finding gentleman sitting
alone, asks if the other seat is occupied.
The gentleman, OF course, motions her
to be seated, when she politely asks him
if he will not allow her to sit by the win
dow. OF course this request is also
granted, and she becomes seated. Pre-
sently she finds that there is not air
enough in the car, aud requests the gem
tleman to raise the window He at once
rises TO do so, and rs he bends over her
she picks his pocket or removes his
watch which she passes to male con-
federate in the next seat behind her.
1t is both laborious and costly to oc-
cupy high social position in England if
the Spectator understands the matter.
"A frst-class leader of society, with a
frst-class fortune" the Spectator says,
to be on a level with his position,
wants or chooses to think Ne wants, a
house in London, house on the river,
two palaces at least in the country, a
shooting-box in the Highlands, hotel
in Paris as costly as his London house,
a villa at Como, floor at Rome, an es-
tablishment in Cairo or Constantinople,
a yacht, a theater, and a racing stud.
To enjoy all these, and pay the cost
Of maintaining them, must be a terrible
tax upon the patience and purse of the
unhappy victim.
A Detroit husband recently came upon
his wife in the wood-house, where she was
being kissed by the family physician at
the rate Of about forty smacks to the
minute. Husband at once took up the
Greeley line Of argument, under the force
of which the doctor made his escape,
while the poor woman began to shed CO.
pious tears. What are you blubbering
about, you jade?" roared the indignant
man. Alas replied she, weep be-
cause your utter want of confidence in
me terribly afflicts my sensitive nature.
At this the black cloud gradually faded
away from the good man face, and with
his eyes fixed upon the ground he walked
slowly away from the spot plunged in the
deepest meditation.