Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-22
VARIETIES.

Time on the jump-Leap year.
Chicago Dialogue" Well, Jim, are
yon burnt out2" jim" Not /; ] don't
drink"
New York bellies are now said to select
their dresses to match the color Of their
poodles.
Josh Billings says knowing how to
sit square on bile without hurting is
one Of the lost arts.
1t has Just been discovered in Eng
land that the use Of tobacco produces
locomotorotaxy.
Lovers of buckwheat cakes, and their
name is legion, will be rejoiced to know
that the crop for 1871 is reported to be
an enormous one.
The kind of hats just now worn by
ladies are said to be reproductions OF the
styles worn for the last hundred years by
the women of the Swiss cantons.
An Illinois burglar slid down a chin
ney to get into store, but as the lire
place had been walled up he did not get
out until the occupants helped him.
An enterprising Detroit man is taking
orders for the delivery of buckwheat
cakes to families for breakfast. The
cakes are to be furnished cheaper than
they can be manufactured at home.
In French court recently, as wit
ness was about to give his testimony, the
advocate remarked: " wish to remark
to the court that this witness is entitled
to entire confidence, as he has not had
time to consult with his lawyer
A table just printed of the daily
wages paid in this country for mechani-
cal labor shows that for nearly all kinds
of handicraft work the average rates OF
wages is higher in the New England
States than in the Middle, Western or
Southern States.
Fanny, don't you think Mr.. Smythe
is handsome man? "0h, no, cam
endure him; he is homely enough. "
"Well, he's fortunate, at all events. An
old aunt has just died and left him $780,
O00 Indeed, is it true? Well, now
/ come to recollect, there is a certain
noble air about him, and he has a fine
eye-that cant be denied"
The Mayor of st. Louis has declined
to issue any more permits for wooden
buildings in that city. 1t is said that at
the West brick buildings cost only fifteen
per cent. more than wooden ones.
Somebody in New Jersey has discov-
cred coloring matter which will make
butter a beautiful yellow. He calls it
caroline" But an occasional carrot
in the COW feed would produce the same
effect in the butter.
An applicant for the position of do
nestle in Danbury family was asked
if she understood how to use kerosene.
Her reply exceeded the most sanguine
expectations: Use it, is it2 she ex-
claimed in tone of reproaehful expla-
nation, "give me can OF karyosane
and I'd never ask for the lift of a
She was not engaged.
An order has recently been issued by
the Chief of Police of Louisville, KY,
in regard to the manner OF replacing
street cars whenever they jump the
track on the paved streets. The car
must be put upon the track by lifting or
by any other means except the common
practice Of pulling on, which Injuries
the Nicolson pavement and is always dis
agreeable and dangerous to passengers
A young blacksmith in London has
undertaken to earn money during the
last two years il rather novel way.
Half crown fee is paid to the individual
who gives the first intelligence of the
breaking out of a fire. This diligent
youth has set FIRE to one hundred and
nine different buildings, with no other
purpose than obtaining the one hundred
and nine half crowns The last time he
was detected, and is now on trial.