Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-30

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talked of horses he found him a yer
different sort Of person.
Says the Norwich Bulletin; In til
pale, translucent moonlight which no'
nightly battles the earth, the distan
roar of the falls, the weird note Of tn
peacock and the hoarse snort Of tn
bull calf, make life up town perpetua
romance.
NJ. Idiot, Frenchman, has invente
q machine for stopping runaway horse
Instantly. Electricity, at the control
the driver. is the means employed. Tn
horse is violently shocked, and so mucI
surprised that he instantly comes to
halt.
A Michigan man has invented hunt
ing boat that weighs only fourteen an
half pounds. He can fold it up an,
carry it on his back, and il a storm
overtakes him on the water he can rul
his boat ashore, take it apart, and us
it as a tent. ,ff 5aa
The enemies of King Amadeus ssser
that he cannot write the Spanish Ian
guage correctly. Perhaps not, but wha
would be thought of us if we shot anC
brickbatted President Grant because h
couldn't write the English language cor
rectly?
Sir Rounded Palmer declined the re
ward Of thirty thousand pounds for his
services at Geneva; he was sufficiently
rewarded by the consciousness of having
served his country, you know. But Their
he accepted the Lord Chancellorship
which ia snug thing.
A female teacher of grammar sehoo
at Concord, N. H., boxed small girl'i
ears SO hard with book, few days
since, that the child's life is despairsd of.
The school board, regarding this muir
QcTOub COuuutb Cn CACbooA'N AAbS'
promptly discharged the teacher.
H. D. Newcomb, of Louisville, Presi-
dent of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, is, with his family, making an
extensive tour of the Continent in the
magnificent Pullman palace car built
for the private use OF Colonel Tom Scott,
the Pennsylvania Railroad King.
A London lady who had her purse
snatched recently, received note from
the thief signed ian unfortunate, the
writer saying that it was his first oHense,
and that starvation and inability to find
work had led him to it. He promised to
return the amount If he was prosperedi
if not, he should probably steal more
from somebody.
This season the dictates Of fashion are
less imperative than usual, and allow
ladies much greater latitude in the
choice of their toilets. An almost end
less variety of styles are exhibited by
milliners and dressmakers, from which
to select, and ladies' may consult their
individual taste without being compelled
to adopt anything Of an inharmonious
character, simply because it is the mode.
A gentleman, renowned amongst his
CIRCLE for his driving proclivities, re-
Gently, on bis wedding day, received a
present from a sporting friend of the
model in silver with gold buckles, of a
set of harness for one horse. The affair
was about fourteen inches long, and Of
considerable artistic merit. As the giver
has SARCASTIC turn, the belief is enter
tanned that there was ,aeTs in u than
met the eye.
Speaking Of the late James r. Spauld
ing, at ona time chief editorial writer o.
the New York Courier and Enquirer
who died at Dover, n. H., on the It'll
instant, the Springfield Republican says
1.-THE breaking out OF the war separated
him from noted Mobile lady, the au
thoress Of Beuiah, to whom he wal
engaged, and he afterward married
lady from one 0f ths towns on the Nortf
rivsr. but she soon beeaHe iRsaHs, aEf
survives him 10 that condition
If you match piece Of silk By day
I light in a store, and take II home, It I
very probable you viii find by gasligh
that the match is no match at all. We
do not kpeW iris from personal expe
rienee, but the ladies isil W 80, and thel
insist that therefore all such mstehe.
should be made by gaslight (othel
matches whenever conveniently. 1t il
ON this account that the majority Of oul
stores have gasiit Fooaa.
Talking about Newman, he's got hacl
to his old tricks. Upon last Sunday b,
converted and baptized one of the In
dian delegation brought ON here at
heavy exPsnse that we may have peace
1t was called Swell Head, or some sor
Of Tail, we forget what kind. He wen
in with all his war paint on, the mos
terrible looking fellow ever known in tn
scalping line, and when the reyerenl
gentleman got through with the free us
Of holy water ell the paint was gone
aud Tom Gillespie recognized a dirt,
halibreed teamster by the name Of Lac.
Jim, one Of the most peaceful, inonensiv
individuals on the plains. What happ,
eject baptism has in regenerating will
Indians Washington Cqpitol.
In some countries Of Lover Austri
and Syria, among the pessaptry, Their
exists the singular habit Of arsenic eat
, ing. These poison eaters have a doubt
, aim; first they wish to give themselves
BY this dangerous habit, a fresh an
healthy appearance, and q certain d.
gree Of ebonpoint. Many Of the peasau
girls. and even the men, have recours
to this expedient from coqDetry aud
desire to please; and il is remarkabl
What success they attain, fer the youn
! toxaphagi poison eaters), are distiI