Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-06

at the rate OF seventeen minutes "och'
Female orchestras are to be employed
in some of the New York theaters this
season.
The servants are said TO be the real
aristocrats at Newport, and to regulate
the close OF the season.
The announcement is made that Lon
don contains 100000 cats, but who took
the census is not stated.
Praise your wife for all the good quail
tiles she has; you may rest assured
that her deficiencies are fully counter
balanced by your own.
A persevering young gentleman, who
is paying attention to Miss Florence
Fitz Flirt, says he regrets to state that
Florence is still on the Ali MOI
Washington Irving once said OF pom
pous American diplomatist Ali he is
great man; man of great weight.
When he goes to the west, the east tips
up"
The narrow gauge railroad in Color
ado is successful. Though but three
miles and half are in operation, heavy
trains pass over it with ease at the rate
of thirty miles an hour.
Some people are never contented.
After having all their limbs broken,
their heads smashed, and their brains
knocked out, they will actually go to law
and try to get further damages.
In Germany, the BARRIERS have struck
for FIVE cents for hair-cutting, and two
and a-half cents for shaving. They are
now receiving three and a-half cents
and one and a-half cents respectively.
The fall and winter crop of female lee
turers bid fair to be very heavy. All
sorts Of subjects will be introduced.
" How to Keep Down the Family is
announced by beautiful Indiana lady
of twenty-five. "
YOU'D better look out for your hOss's
feet above here mister" said ragged
boy to reading traveller. WhyY' said
the gentleman, nervously pulling up.
" Cos, there's fork in the road there"
was the candid reply.
A San Francisco dispatch says the
Aleutien islanders killed 10000 fur seals
this season, but being unable to sell
more than half the skins threw the re-
mainder into the sea. The skins thrown
away, if properly cured, would be worth |
$5OO,OOO
On Staten Island, recently, wedding
was delayed by the non-appearance of
the bridegroom. A messenger was
finally sent after him, but was met by |
his father who told him to go back and
tell the guests that he had put his son
to bed three hours ago." There was no
A newspaper in India contains an adj |
vertisement for wife, in which the adj |
vertiser says she is to be mot European,
fair, handsome, educated, fond of study
ing, very amiable, fond of housekeep-
ing, and must in every sense Of the
word be poor, as money is not at all
wanted.
Collins Of the new artificial stone,
which hardens after being exposed to
the air-warranted close fit, alright
and to last forever-are the latest modern
In case Of any failure of
these warrants the occupants can obtain
the return of their money by calling on
the patentee.
After long scientific researches, emf
nent French savants declare that the
excessive use of brandy and absinthe
differ in results. brandy producing
tremor and delirium, while absinthe
expenditures epilepsy. There being
small choice, hard drinkers may select
either means of destruction indifierently.
A letter from Paris says that in one
forenoon three American families spent
together $4,000 francs ($4S00) at the
Grand Magazin dn Louvre. A re-
cent shipment to one firm in New York
comprised six hundred ball dresses,
averaging 700f. each; eight hundred |
averaging 60Of each; n thousand aver
aging 500f. each, and two thousand
priced each at 25Of
Two women recently appeared at the
Philadelphia Morgue and asked if there
were any dead bodies there On being
told that drowned man lay there, one
of them asked permission to place the
dead mans hands upon her goitered
neck. Three times she performed the
remedial ceremony and departed. The
New York method of kissing the back
Of jackass seems preferable.
An old woman Of Koshkonong, Wis,
who lost a goose two years ago through
abe vindictiveness of an amateur sports
man, has commenced suit for damages
in the sum of $50 She calculates that
il the slain fowl had lived, and multi
piled in accordance with natural laws,
the sale Of the flesh and feathers of its
descendants would have brought her the
designated sum in greenbacks,
Some years ago a fve-year old boy,
after saying his evening prayer, asked:
" Mother, will father go to heaven when
he dies2" (His father was large man