Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-10


Rshelais had written some sensible
pieces which the world did not regard at
all. III will write something" said he,
that they shall take notice Of" And
so he sat down to writing nonsense
IL would not be a woman, for then |
could no love her. says Montague.
Lady NJ. w. Montague says; THE
only objection have to beng = man is
that / should have to marry a woman"
One Of the Russia jeunesse doree has
made an enormous bet that he viii go
from ST. Petersburg to Vienna in twenty
one days in the saddle. This is three
times as far as the German officer went
in the same time.
The British Admiralty have arranged
for seRding out a naturalist in each Of
the Polar ships. The selection Of names
has been leis TO the Royal Society. Per
mission has not been granted for special
correspondents to accompany the expe-
dihon.
The portly Isabella and George Wash.
ingtOn we're both bora on the 22d of
February. Last month, while we were
hanging out flags and recalling the story
OF the little Ratchet, the S~paniards in
Paris were eongratulating their q%uondam
queen.
There is a young girl in Dubuque who
whistles so sweeily that people come
from long distances to hear her. She
has been offered 500 a week and ex-
penses to travel and perform in public,
bat her parents are well 81 and refuse
their consent.
Josie Mansfield is whooping it around
the country under an assumed name,
and while half the female hair in the
West stands mp straight at the mention
of her, two thirds Of Chicago's business
men visit the depots regularly just to see
her get off the cars.
The Duchess de Medina.CeIi is said %
possesses a pearl necklace which is a
family heirloom. IL is composed OF
twelve Or fourteen strings of large and
beautiful pearls, and is valued at $500.
600 When she wears it, the upper
string 6ts around her throat, while the
lowest falls below her waist.
An Iowa woman went 10 church one
Sunday and experienced religion
Arriving home, she called her children
about her and said: 81 am pious now
and AN going 10 give you W days tC
get religion. If You don't do it in thai
time III whale your hides of. hav,
learned my duty. Do you hear me2'
An Indiana man has sued for divorce
on the ground that his wife has hit hin
on one spot on his head with the rolling
pin for nineteen years, and his physician
tells him that he will certainly have soft
ening of the brain unless the woman Sc
lects some other point. She declares
that she is too old to change her habits
hence the suit.
What is glory2 Among Missouri poll
%ticians it is to get elected to the Legisla
ture, go to Jefferson, take cold at thu
capitol, die with pneumonia in a third
story back room Of a secohd.class board
inghouse, have resolutions Of respec
| passed BY the General Assembly and b.
escorted home by a committee of states
men. - Hannibal Courier.
A Baltimore lady of wealth and piety
is said TO have remained single until TN
age of forty years, refusing many offers
because she had resolved to marry n,
! man except a clergyman. A while az,
, she was welded to a penniless but devon
pastor Of a little church, and the honey
4 moon was hardly over before he resigneI
his charge and set up as a broker witt
her money.
!; Raoul Feval publishes the story tina
Napoleon's first thought in the disaste
at Sedan was 10 escape in disguise; tina
be proposed to put on the dress of
peasant and follow the byways througl
the forest to Megierea. NJ. Cornebois
inspector of the forest and supposed Il
be familiar with the paths, was lxel
v upon for a guide, but It took an hour t.
: find this person, and during that hou
the Emperor changed his mind.
Edinburgh gave the baby his opera ha
!. to keep it quiet while he had a little cor
versation with Mrs. Edinburgh about th
latter's mother. The baby was delighte,
and turned it over and over, guihg
and drilling charmingly. Accidental,
q baby touched the spring, the grown aeV
d ont with a bang, took baby square in tn
Q face and Frustrated il in its little bed
BY and by" said Mrs. Edinburgh, a
she lifted mp and endeavored to pacif,
the screaming infant, " by and by, Mr.
Edinburgh, ! suppose you'll be giyinI
the little darling your American revolve
to play with