Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-30


The origin of the word mHff, applied
to fool, is said to be that muff holds
a woman's hand without squeezing it.
In the event of Maryland and Vir-
ginia not being able to agree on their
new boundary line, it is proposed to
leave it to be decided by the Hon. Jere.
miah S. Black.
| A model husband from the land of fic.
ton" He admired his wife SO much
that he used to light the candle three
times every night to look at her; and
became a very celebrated bankrupt two
or three times.
Religion down in Mason county, KY,
crops out among the women in the prac-
teal but novel form of ladies calico
church club, every member of which is
pledged to attend church in plain calico,
without bustles hoops or jewelry.
A female help in Chicago who owned
up, to having left seven places in year,
acknowledged to new Missis;" I've
been looking for place with an old
couple with property, who would con.
slider me like daughter"
Victorien Sardou, the French drama
tist is black haired, blue.eyed, slight and
pale. In one position his face resem-
bles, according to an observant writer,
that of fawn. There is wit and a
touch Of malice in his smile.
The latest discovery about Worth, the
Paris mantua maker, is that he is an
lrishman by birth, and speaks French
with the exact and elegant accent known
only to Tpperary. His real name is
William Mahoney.
Rev. Mr.. SpurgeOn's church in Lon
don reports this year one hundred and
twenty-five lay preachers among its mem
bers. The lay force is regarded as an
element of great strength in the work
ing force of the congregation.
When young man sits down on a
slippery pavement with such violence AS
to barely escape swallowing the roof Of
his mouth, there is nothing that will so
powerfully prompt him to give indica-
tions of having done it on purpose as
the satisfaction depicted in the swee.
face of the window opposite.
Miss Hulett, the Chicago lawyer, looks
after the interests Of her clients in way
that is energetic if not according to the
code. She snatched hundred dollars
from the hands of Mr.. Holden and gave
it to her client, that being the amount
for which she had sued. The shortening
of the laws processes, however, has re-
suited in her arrest.
The caution of the New Englander in
giving an answer to a direct question
was illustrated to me, says a correspon-
dent, the other day when | asked an
Eastern friend of mine, whose family
were not noted for very active habits,
Was not your fathers death very sud-
denY Slowly drawing one hand from
his pocket, and pulling down his beard,
the interrogated cautiously replied
Wa al, rather sudden for him"
When old Lord Holland lay dying,
George Selwyn, who had morbid love
for seeing corpses, executions, death
beds aud the like, was a constant visitor
of his. :" If Mr.. Selwyn calls to-mor-
row, said the master of the house, " be
sure he is admitted; for if am alive |
shall be glad to see him, and if am
dead he will be glad to see me IA
stroke of humor only surpassed by Sell
wyr himself, who, when the friends of
Charles James Fox were discussing
project for paying his gambling debts,
and wondering how he would take it
THAT is, if he would not be offended by
such an offer) Take it'' cried the
wit; why, quarterly, of course"
Mr.. Rosenthal, the celebrated French
chess player, recently performed at Paris
another of those surprising mental feats
for which he is so famous. He played
at the Palais Royal twenty seven games
OF chess at once with that number Of the
best French and foreign chess players,
It was stipulated that Mr. Rozenthal
should have only one minute for each
move, passing along the twenty-seven
tables in order. OF course each of his
antagonists had time to study his game
while Mr. Rozenthal was busy at the
other twenty-six tables. 1t is quite un-
necessary to point out the mental strain
Of keeping thus in mind so large a num-
Der of games at once, during the time
they lasted, which was from nine o'clock
at night until two o'clock in the morn
ing The result was marvellous. Mr..
Rozenthal won twenty.three games, three
were drawn, and he lost only one, which
was gained by a Hungarian player
named Rakowski, who thus achieved
victory of which he may well be proud.
The author Michelet, recently deceas-
ed, was not exempt from household
troubles. Michelet was strongly attached
to his son-in-law, NJ Dumesnil, but it
seems that this gentleman could not get
on with his motherin-law. They we're
long at war, and when, on the death
of his wife, he married again toe
the sake Of his children, he could no
longer endure the presence of Nine.
Michelet. Heaceused her of working to
get all the property into her hands and
to defrsud his children. Under these
circumstances Michelet was turned away
from his son-In-law and lived constantly
under the eyes Of his wife. Suspecting
the latter in everything, and having had
reason, as be supposed, to accuse her of
doing him many wrongs, Dumesnil came
10 with the officers Of the law the mo-
ment the death of the author was certain.
OF course Nine. Miehelet is furious, and
she quotes from her husband works, in
L. ,rr,oa1 - tba nuhlfa N ahou that he