Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-12

to tell how far Off his dinner is when the
bell rings.
The Brooklyn Argus says of the
Brooklyn detective that he is harm
less animal that likes to cara his money
looking wise, or lying around in the sun
shine scratching his back.
A lady entered drug store and asked
for bottle Of James experience. The
clerk informed her that Jane had not bet
tied her experience, but they could fur.
nish "JSyne's Expeetorant."
The mosquito is an insect that has no
blood except what he steals. AS an
aEesey for sinking artesisn wells he is
Unsurpassed. Confidence in his power
is the reason he always sings at his work
The most disappointed woman is the
lady Who had let of sarcasm for her
sou.in-law elect, and couldn't use it be-
cause the match was broken off on the
day before that appointed for the we'd
ding,
The other day Mrs. Walker sent by
express from Des Moines,. Iowa, to her
husband at Fort Dodge, their little two
yesr old child. The precious package
was daily labelled and billed, and went
through in good shape.
At the Paris Morgue there was exposed
last month the body of young woman,
aged about twenty, so wondrously beau
tiful that the authorities caused mold
to be taken of her. She was seen to
throw herself into the river.
" Short and pudgy women ought not
to wear belts. Critic Fashion Notes.
This is good advice thrown away. There
is not a woman in the world who be-
lieves it applies 10 her. Short and
pudgyl" Not for Josephine.
To show how love levels all inequali-
ties Of stations, Paris records wedding
wherein the bridegroom was three feet
four inches in hight and the bride six
feet and half. Which, manifestly, can
not be regarded as marriage of con-
venience."
The ethics of Lowell milkmen forbid
the stealing of customers from each
other, however silent they may be on the
subject of watering milk. Mr.. Grain
flched part of Mr. Cooper's route, and
was soundly whipped by Mr.. Cooper,
who was arrested for the assault and
fined $50. The other milkmen raised
the money by subscription to pay the
penalty.
NJ. d. Conway tells a good story of
Rothschild in his entertaining article on
" Decorative Art in England" in the
November Harper's. A fop once both
cred one of the Rothschilds by Boosting
Of set Of malachite stads he had just
bought, and asking the great banker if
be did not admire them. "0h, YET"
says Rothschild, very pretty indeed;
I've got a mantelpiece like that at
home"
Jeremy Taylor quantity says Of mar
riage, that it hath in it the labor Of love,
the delicacies of friendship, the bless
ings Of society and the union Of hearts
aud hands. 1t hath in it less of beauty,
but more of safety than single life; il
is more merry and more sad-fuller Of
joys ard sorrows. 1t lies under more
burdens, but is supported by the strength
OF love and charity, and these burdens
are all delightful.
A little girl, while playing on a rail-
road track at Eollidaysburg. Penn, got
her foot so wedged in a frog that she
was held fast. Her mother saw the pre-
dicameHt and heard an approaching
train. She ran to .the rescue of her
child, but could not extricate the foot
The train came on, and although the
engineer applied the brakes, it was
clear that it could not be stopped quick
enough. The mother, finding that the
girl could not be less than MANNED, held
her as far of the track as she could
while the cars went by. A foot was
crushed, but life was saved.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean writes thus OF the widow Of
President: On one Of the cosy, shady
streeta Of Nashville, the Boston Of the
South, 10 an old fashioned mansion Of
red brick, with vide, deep windows, and
q mammoth pillared piazza jutting out
like the bold forehead Of the famous
man that once lived there, is the house
of Mrs. James Knox Polk, widow Of the
lenth President Of the United States
one Of the Mothers OF the Nation. A
slender, graceful old lady, with snow
white neckerchief and folds Of curls that
lie Dat on each side Of her brow. She is
,eysnty.six years old, but her figure is
b. straight, Der step as quick and her
ives AZ bright a. the eyes Of e girl, &C
i've IN every benevolent scheme, gene
-ous 10 an extreme. hospitable according
IN the traditions Of Kentucky hospi- |