Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-09

who shot Major Larkns, is at present IN
Oregon, and is, Of course, the object of
much curiosity. She is but twenty-three
years old, handsome, Of petite figure
and with tender blue eyes"
Nobody surpasses me ia this spe.
cialty," said Cincinnati girl to her new
lover the other night, as she gave him a
parting kiss with report to it like that
Of a pistol. The astonished youth
walked away wondering where that girl
got her experience.
A professional man not far from State
street, Boston, returning to his office one
day, after substantial lunch, said com
placently to his assistant: Mr.. Pitkin,
the world looks differently to man when
he has three inches of rum in him.
Yes" replied the junior, without a
moments hesitation, land he looks diff
fereut to the world
A Paris letter says that not long ago a
gentleman on coming home from the
theater was surprised at the hubbub in
the porter's lodge. he soon learned the
cause-his mother-in.law had suddenly
expired. he invited the persons present
to note that he had just returned from
the theater, as he wished to be in posi-
ton to establish an alibi.
A trunk checked for Chicago at the
depot had the following inscrip-
ton pasted on it, written in deli
cate hand. For heavens sake, play
light on this trunk. All I've got is in
it, and every cent in my pocket / will
have to spend to get divorce from a
worthless husband. Troy Times.
Miss Anna NJ Lee, the daughter of q
Philadelphian, has made success as a
painter in London. The gallant Colonel
Forney says there is no painting in her
room half so interesting as herself, and
describes her as about twenty-five years
old, with Eight yet strong figure, a
broad, firm mouth and dark eyes.
Pity the poor Celestials. They are to
learn French after OllendorFs system;
and so now, no doubt, the young Mon
golians are studying in their Ollendor
such passages at this: Have you the old
horse of your dead grandmother mo,
have not the old horse of my dead
grandmother, but 1 have the small
squirrel of my old step-father."
Figaro's reporter always saw at the
Paris executions an old man dressed in
black, of distinguished appearance, and
who always took an intense interest in
all the details, and was on familiar terms
with all the functionaries. For a long
while the reporter was mystifed, and
finally resorted to an interview. His
man proved to be an ex-dignitary of the
guillotine. He had been the assistant
for many years of Heindreich, the former
executioner. He attends the executions
out OF feeling of inconsistencies for his
ancient occupation. In his retirement
he has made himself a little guillotine,
and guillotiues rats and mice at his
home.
A correspondent says that st. Pat
rick's grave, at Dewnpatrick, " lies in
the highest and most central position in
the otherwise decently kept churchyard
surrounding Downpatrick Cathedral
and is the one spot OF earth in the
whole place that appears given up to
complete neglect and dissertation.
Around are graves and gravestones
ancient and modern, all well ordered
and neatly kept, some showing the re
cent touch of hands directed by loving
care, while the one which strangers
would have expected to find most hon.
pred and revered is the only dishonored
grave among them ALL The unsightly
hole, unmarked by cross or slab, now
half filed with loose rubble of broken
bricks, stones and earth, is disgrace tC
the people Of Down"
Here isa notice printed years ago on
the programmes Of Buttons Theater;
THE regular frequenters Of Burton''
Theater have desired the manager Ia
state that the fdgety people who occa
sionally disturb the audience by rising
some time before the conclusion of the
entertainment, pushing their way out
standing up to put on their overcoats, OF
to shawl ladies, are most earnestly re
quested to respect the feelings Of those
who desire to see the whole performance
in quiet. Every one has an undoubted
right to leave a theater when he will, bu
a moment or SOS delay cannot make
much matter in an evenings entertain
ment, especially when il is known thai
the patrons Of this house consider thu
disturbance as an annoyance. The man
ager also respectfully hints that it i
most distressing to the ladies and gen
tlemen on the stage" The application
Of this is just as sharp as ever It was
though the animals who interrupt tn
end Of a drsma noE.a-days are brutalll