Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-31


Very low cut dresses, fortunately fol
modesty and health, are not considered
fashionable.
1t is said that on clear day Nom
Blanc can be distinctly seen from Lyons
although more than one hundred miles
distant.
The tops Of the telegraph poles are
convenient seats for travellers in Mime
sofa. They are only about foot above
the snow.
A Chinese high priest has been fined
fifty dollars in San Francisco for intro
ducing too many squibs and Ere. crack
ers in the show st his joss house.
A shrewd old Yankee said he didn't
believe that there was any downright
cure for laziness In man; but he
said, 1--WE known a second wife to hurry
it some"
A sagacious German writer, complain
ing of the difficulties In the pronunoia.
ton Of the English language, cites the
word boz, which he says is pronounced
Dickens.
Parchment paper may be made by
dipping plotting paper 10 strong solu-
ton of alum, then drying and passing
It through concentrated sulphuric acid,
washing and drying slowly.
six feet in his boots exclaimed
Mrs. Beeswax; what will the impu-
deuce of this world come to, Wender2
Why, they might as we'll tel me that the
man had six heads in his hat,
We once heard woman of the world
say, The estate of vidowhood is
inconvenient, for one must have all the
modesty of a young girl without being
able to feign her ignorance,
The orator who told his hearers that
the eyes Of the vox populi were on them,
must be first cousin to the man on a
stump, who exclaimed, fellow.citizens,
we are surrounded by an incubus"
A Chicago editor says of his rivals
paper that 1t never contained but one
article which attracted attention, and
the proprietor of the concern was fined
five hundred dsllars for publishing that.
Gray hair has succeeded blonde as the
fashionable color, and the young ladies
in New York society are having their
hair bleached. The fashion has not
reached here yet, and Venus forbid that
it shall.
The members Of new gymnasium in
Harrisburg are practicing with credit
able zeal. One of the most persevering
has limbered to an extent that permits
him to go down two flights of stairs on
his back teeth.
The Jacksonville Journal states that a
blooming, blushing school girl called at
that Office the other day and inquired
for papers for week back" The idea
suggested was that she wanted them for
a panier.
An unfortunate man in New York is
haunted by what he terms "soul shad-
ows." They used to come upon him
only at long intervals; but since the
tax on WHISKY has been reduced, he has
them two or three times a week.
Velvet to touch and fair to sight
Is the cheek Of my darling. warm and bright.
Thus said one poet, and hundreds Of
his fellows have given the same admira-
ton different workings. But it isn't ex-
actly from the poetical and laudatory
standpoint that woman's cheek is cele-
brated.
The eompositors of the Louisville
Daily Commercial have formed a mutual
smallpox insurance company. When
one of the number is taken sick with
smallpox the rest each pay him dollar
a week to stay away from the office until
he RECEIVERS.
The best preventative against chapped
hands is to be careful, in washing, that
the soap is entirely washed of, and af-
terward to wipe the hands perfectly dry,
rubbing them briskly until there is not
the slightest feeling Of dampness.
An eccentric American died recently
in Leeds, England, through want Of the
common necessaries Of life. He made
it a rule to live upoA eight shillingS and
sixpence, about 81 % a week, which he
managed to do until recently, when he
died from old age and insufficient food.
he was p years Of age and said TO be
worth 100000.
Mr.. Gladstone, the Prime Minister Of
England, in a recent speech in Liver
pool, says that more wealth had been ac-
cumulated in that country since the
Of the last half century
than in all the preceding ages from ..e
time Of julius Caesar and again, Al
least as much wealth was created within
The last twenty years IS in the preeed-
inc ftv wears.