Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-20


tors are Of the fair sex.
In Germany, the fourth-class railroad
cars have no seats and the passengers
are huddled together like sheep for hun.
dreds Of miles
The French Government has decreed
that army officers must not marry unless
the bride has dowry of 25,G00 francs
Heretofore the limit has been 10000
francs.
At a recent Southern fair the millers
were made judges of the -four exhibited
and having only unmarked samples be-
fore them, almost every one voted
against his own brand.
How much did he leave2" inquired
a gentleman Of wsg, on learning the
death of a wealthy citizen. Every.
thing" responded the wag, he didn't
take dollar with him"
London is to have a joint stock com
pany for the importation of live Texas
cattle. the capital is to be 81 100000,
and the animals are to be transported
in between decks Of number of ocean
steamers.
Several Western papers have joined
in condemnation of the offering of prizes
at fairs for the best women eauestrians,
as they say the exercise is too trying
and kills most of the women engaging
in it.
A car is now in use on one of the
French railroads to which the Bessemer
steamer system has been applied. The
car is hung on elastic springs, and the
motion whilst travelling is said to be
almost imperceptible.
Birds nest earrings are something
new. They are of gold and represent a
birds nest, with the newly fedged little
things within, all with mouth open. The
manufacturer says he endeavored to get
these earrings up to true nature.
Her Imperial Highness, the Grand
Dachess Marie Pavlovna, appeared at
her wedding reception in the Russian
national robe Of pale rose tint trim
med with costly white laces. On her
head she wore the Kokushnick " of the
same material, starred with diamonds.
1t has been estimated that if the pop
ulation of London goes on incl easing at
its present rate it will exceed FIVE mil
lions by the end of the century, and that
should it continue at the same rate
during the next century, by the year
1000 it will have reached the enormous
aggregate of twenty. FIVE millions of in
habitants
The most startling intelligence in the
last number Of the London Court Jour
nal is the statement that one of the
green turtles sent to Her Majesty by the
er King of the Fiji Islands got a leg of
Edinburgs baby in its mouth and pro
voked a chorus of horror that could be
heard from Buckingham Palace to
Apsley House.
When Washburne and Grant we're ri
ding in an open coach in Galena, amid
the plaudits of vast crowd, Grant sat
silent and unmoved, while Washburne
took of his hat and bowed right and left
to every shout of applause. Father Jes-
sic, who was contemplating the scene,
naively observed, | really believe Wash
burne thinks he is Lysses"
That aged father who, in digging well,
was first startled at the depth Of rod
with a two-hundred feet jet of water
shooting into the air, and next by inAam-
mable gas escaping in sufocating volume
and ready to blaze at touch Of FIRE, must
have concluded, however unwillinglT,
that his ancestral acres we're located a
little nearer Pandemonium than the
avefage.
An old soldier in Sicily gave bis wife
a silk dress. HIS wife died and was bu-
ried 10 the dress. Some weeks after the
old soldier saw this dress on a woman in
the county, and, making inquiry, was
told she had purchased It from the Capu-
chin monks, who had the custody Of the
village cemetery. Ne reported the case
to the police, who investigated, and made
the discovery that q regular trade was
carried on in effects taken from dead
bodies. There was even trade in hair.
Two Brooklyn girls, belonging TO re-
spectacle and wealthy families, aud as
beautiful as only Brooklyn girls can be,
were stopped by policeman on Myrtle
avenue late on Thursday night as they
we're weaving along from side to side,
arm in arm, and singing at the top Of
their voices, We won't go home till
They we're promptly escorted
home without waiting til daylight doth
appear" and it was discovered that
bottle Of wine they had taken slyly from
the dinner table and drank in their bed
room was the cause Of their disgraceful
on the street, they having
stepped out Just for little fun " Is