Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-17

Brooklyn, Iowa, has nlne-year ola
thief, who was educated on dime novels.
An editor says: 1--WE are living at this
moment under an absolute despotism. "
We suspect he married the wrong wo-
man.
Female teachers are very scarce in
California. Matrimony is what ails
them.
The gold mines of Peru are more COM
pletely exhausted than those of Cali
fornia.
Waves forty feet high dashed over the
quays at Naples during a recent hurrl-
cane.
Brazil is Newfouhdlands best custom
er for Goldfish, and Portugal the next
best.
A man accused of bigamy says his
only fault was an appetite for spare
ribs.
The debutantes ct Washington won't
notice youths who do not wear high
beavers.
The debt of Milwaukee is larger than
that of the State of Wisconsin-viz.,
81, 26O 900.
If your wife has Mysteries, shake her.
An English physician says that it is a
certain cure.
Jersey justice allows the criminal to
take his choice between the regular army
and the penitentiary.
Noble county, Ohio, hasn't single
saloon in its territory. They are all
labelled drug stores.
An Indian girl has raised $500 worth
of broom corn this year. 1t will cost
considerable to handle 1t.
English papers predict that Ameri-
cans won't use the postal cards a month
before they will become Disguised.
A London man rewarded the person
who found his pocketbook by offering to
&" shake for the drinks with him.
An Indiana woman laments that her
husband had not better sense than to
take the best sheet to hang himself.
Though behind in a good many things,
Pennsylvania is the first State in the
Union to organize cooperative kraut
factories.
Lucca twists up her own hair in musk
scented tissue-paper, and battles her
throat in a mug Of lager each night be-
fore retiring.
China has new imperial flag, Of tri-
angular shape the bunting of deep yel-
low, and blue devil eating boiled lob
ster in the center.
Auckland latest news state that Mao
ris wives are once more being exchanged
for goods by unappreciative husbands
residing on the east coast.
Thu The death Of Napoleon in exile con.
firms the predictions Of gypsy woman
made in Paris in 1903. that two Napo-
Icons will reign and die away"
"There is one kind of secondhand
article that shouldn't object to, said
Softkins, and that is young, hand
some, amiable and rich widow"
I'VE will meet in heaven, husband,
DEAR" is the affectionate inscription
which an Arkansas woman has had
carved on the tombstone Of every one
Of her five departed husbands.
Barnum has more pluck than money,
but as long as he can get time on few
elephants and lions, and the gorilla is
willing to wait until the end Of the month
for his salary, the great Snowman is all
right.
The Indiana Legislature IS trying 70
tinker up the shackly divorce laws Of
that State. 1t is said, "One restriction
proposed is that parties who are divorced
shall not remarry to any other persons
for period Of Eve years"
A lovely Des Moines girl arises at
four o'clock every Monday morning aud
does the family washing, then prepares
the frugal meal Of pancakes and coffee
for all hands, whom she arouses with a
hot poker. She is as lively as she is
beautiful
Miss sAlie shannon, lately married
in Kansas. was q daughter Of Wilson
Shannon, one Of the early Territorial
Governors. Her chief claim 10 distiuc