Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-31


are more than 100000 coins com
cealed ~ the noighborhood Of the am
oicnt city Nearly l,OOO,eOO have ut
ready boen dug up. The proprietor oil
the land claims the treasure, ms dc alno
the workmen and the State. '
A Pennsylvania newspaper has made
the grand discovery Of an old woman
who is the grandmother Of four sets Of
twins. That may be something re-
markable, but we can hardly see what
direct credit the grandmother can claim
in tie mattcr--New York Mail
VIM. Shaw, a California editor, has OBJ
tanned patent for a peculiar construo'
ton OF the ordinary movable types, and
also for correcting instrument. The
lower shoulder Of the types extends
down oneffh, aud terminates in a
little slot or nick, cast in still deeper, so
that when the correcting tool is slipped
down between the lines the hook fits
into the slot. She correcting tool is
made Of fine piece Of watch spring,
doubled up at the end, so as to form
hook, and this bit Of spring is held in
the ordinary nippers used by printers,
A man in Hindostan was accused Of
stealing a sheep and was confronted
with the repuied owner in presence Of
the Judge. Not being able to decide
the ownership, and knowing the custom
of the shepherds and the habits Of the
sheep, the Judge sent one Of the men
into another room, ordered in the sheep,
and asked the accuser to call it to HIM,
the a. NAL would not 60, but the man
in the other room gave a peculiar
(" eluck," at which The sheep bounded to
him at once, and the ownership decided.
Our dressy, extrsvagant New York
ladies may find an excellent example in
the Queens ofEurope The Empress OF
Germany dresses very plainly. Her dry
goods bills are less than those of the
wives Of merchant princes OF Berlin.
The Queen of Denmark drives out in a
calico dress, and dear old Princess Bis
marck, fresh and comely when past
sixty, superintends her farm work, goes
about the house with great bunch of
keys at her girdle, and erhouse is filled
with knitted quilts and curtains, the
evidences of her skill and industry.
Mr. Roberts is member Of the San
Francisco Board of Aldermen, and he
has sufficiently caught the spirit of re-
form to rise above free passes on the
horse cars. He offered the following
resolution at meeting Of the Board:
Resolved, That we, as members of this
Board, will Eot use passes from the city
railroads, or any other railroads leading
into the city; nor will we accept free
passes on any such roads; and we
hereby request the city railroad compa-
MES to grant no free passes to any city
or county officers, and to recall all
granted prior to this date. y His fell
lows, however, could not find it in their
hearts to sacrifice themselves for glo-
rious principle, and the resolution was
lost by eleven to one.
A recent writer says: ITO those IN
learned in the mysteries of female APP
parel, the names now a-days given to
different shades Of color are puzzling
and meaningless enough What idea,
for instance, does Ashes Of Roses, as APP
piled to color, convey to the ordinary
mind? Is Moonlight on the Water any
less puzzling, and do we really get any
conception OF fabrics hue from the
more descriptive London Smoker But
fantastic as these names are, those
which were current in Paris three quar-
tiers OF century ago were stranger and
more ,unsuggestive. What would one
conceive such eolors to be as Toad in
Love, Sacred MouGe, Wonderful Lamp,
Last Sigh of Jocko, Suppressed Signs
and Muds of PARISH Yet all these APP
pellations, and many more equally
bizarre, together with some that are so
unrefned as to be positively offensive to
modern tastes, were in common use IN
the French capital ,at the beginning OF