Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-26


emotional chap, going down the 81 Law
renee, was giving an excited and graphic
description Of Niagara Falls to a meek
looking John Bull. 81 tell you, SIR
said the bore, them falls is a wonderful
manifestation of divine power. = Q The
International and submissive English
man replied, meekly: "Indeed Yesl
| dare say" That was the only way he
manifested his emotion. i'1t
Acertain beadle had fancied the manse
housemaid; but at loss for an oppor-
tunity to declare himself, one day-a
Sunday-when his duties were ended, he
looked sheepish, and said Mary, wad
ye tax turn, Mary7" He led her to
the churchyard, and pointing With his
finger, got out; my fowk lie there,
Mary; wad We like to lie thereg' The
grave hint was taken, and she became
his wife, but does not yet lie there.
The Titusville Herald notices "qui-
nine biscuit" as the latest novelty in
the medicinal pastry line. Each bis
cult, it says, contains one-fourIh of a
grain of quinine, and the taste is SO
concealed that hearty individual can
put them down until the hair on the
back of his head begins to curl, without
knowing what he is taking. Next we
shall have castor oil sponge cake, buchu-
rious bread and squill pancakes for
table delicacies and all frst-class drug
stores have a bake-shop and lunch-room
attached to the prescription department.
Old Dicky S. is a very wealthy but
a very iIliterate East India merchant.
One day Dicky took pair of compasses
and set about examining large map of
India, the margin of which was illus
trated with drawings Of the wild and do
nestle animals of the country. Sud-
denly he dropped the compass in amaze
ment. O. 1t can't belt amt in the
order of natur' that it should bel I'm
possiblel ridiculeuslp Why, what's
the matter2" "Wot's the matter2 Wy
this Bengal tiger is ninety miles long" "
Dicky had measured the tiger BY the
scale of the map.
The kind Of amusements with which
the inhabitants of Virginia City, Ne
vada, are wont to beguile their leisure
hours can hardly be considered of an
elevating character. But short time
ago they had a bull and bear tourna-
ment, and now their opera-house has
been the scene between dogs and cats.
At first the cats had things their own
way, but the dogs picked up courage and
managed to carry off the palm Of VIC
tory. The struggle must have been a
desperate one, since we read that the
contestants fought so rapidly that it
reminded one of bunch of fre-crackers
exploding and whirling about" When
people find "sport" in such scenes, no
wonder that they pick their teeth with
bowie.knives and shoot one another just
to make their cemeteries look respect
able.
The editor of the Home Journal writes
from London as follows: " Many Ameri-
can ladies go to Europe with the main
idea of replenishing their wardrobe, and
in this they are sensible, for almost
everything that lady desires to wear,
or gentleman, for that matter, can be
bought for half price or less on the other
side. The soft and richlooking seal
skin basques, for instance, that will be
all the rage in this country during the
coming winter, and which in New York
cost one hundred dollars or more, can be
bought in fashionable London shops for
about forty dollars Black and fancy
silks in London are little more than
half the New York rate, and SO with
charges. Gentlemen's
finest kid gloves are sold for one dollar
a superior quality of silk hat. from the
most stylish maker, costs but soye-
reign, and winter trousers are made by
a swell tailor for twenty-five shillings
five dollars and fifty cents the same as
4 Broadway house would turn out for
fifteen dollars, and so with other articles
If male and female attire.