Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-13
FAors AND PANClES.
Il. WHITMORR,
PuhliRher and prnDrietny

Very young. very old, and ints mper-
ate persona are dying Of the mild winter,
Canada is said TO be having the cold
weather usual there at this time OF year.
The nervepulp of New York German
has been educated to ITO glasses Of beer
8 day and he never goes home drunk.
Miss Alice @. Mute, Of Chicago, is
winning fame as q shorthand reporter.
She succeeded in getting down all the
absurd medical talk in a malpractice
case the other day.
The Cincinnati Times Gays that New
Years day is one on which women queen
it. The queen business has been getting
down in the world long time, bat this
is the finishing blow.
Ralph Waldo Rnerson, 10 sn uu.
guarded moment, asserted that the ac-
tivity Of animals ia marked BY unerriug
good sense; and now he ia asked if he
nSver cav brindle dog chasing it's tail.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent Of
the London Telegraph says the second
brother Of the Car, the Grand Duke
Nicholas, has been sxilsd to the Cau-
cacus for four monthS on account Of his
heavy Indebtedness and disorderly life.
Poole. the renowned tailor Of London,
is tall, robust. square, lubberly, old
raw-boned chap, but he can cut the finest
coat and trousers in all Europe, and
crowned heads bow to his scissors. He
passes for more than the ninth part Of a
man.
Signor Conto, BpAniArd, who lately
returned home from this country, has
been talking to the members Of the press
at Madrid, and informing them that #
Spain fought, America would fall to
pieces; so ct lsss. writes Madrid cor
respondent
The editor OF Washington. Ga. ps-
per Ia doctor. keeps q drug store, has q
general news agency. superintends a
stationery shop and is agent for guano
: Smnsbv,N IL man 5pf his capac;tv
we ve liviugin some communities his fel.
low citizens would leave no stone uns
turne tuntil they had msde him justice
Of the vesce.
A sub. Sriber writing from Camp Stan-
baugh, W, 'omins, under date Of the 9th
mat, says: "on the seth ult. an old
man died in Atlantic City, Wyoming,
and a Rev. Mr.. Buck delivered the
funeral sermon, for which be received
Eve dollars, and within fifteen minutes
from the close of NE sermon l saw him
in saloon playing poKet with the FIVE
That evening ne was 1850 winner. The
people here think BpEk q mighty fine
man. - GlenR's Falls (AN ~ Reppb
hedn.
Mrs Blake, Of New YorE. has brought
o suit for $4,000 damages sEainst Ars.
Van Winkle, who, it is alleged, has led
Mr.. Blake sstrSy. The novelty Of the
suit excites a good deal Of interest, and
It will doubtless be followed by Others of
q like nature. Something more than a
mere msvrisge certificate is necessary
to keep unsuspecting husbands from
falling into the snAres Of designing
women, and Mrs. Blakss example Should
be generally initiated il our defonseleSs
sex is ever To amount 10 anything.
He was an elderly man, OCT his vol.
preserved ccnutenauee expanded iu q
genial smile that made him look ten
years younger, ss be said, Inevsr al low
myself to borrow trouble. somO people
Gro alwas trying 70 effect that.lOAu, bat !
am not Of their sort" Aud again he
smiled diFusng light and cheerfpluesS
over the group With whom he coPSsrsed.
somo Ave hundred miles away, the poor,
.ovaTTworked sister oftAe happy man was
boarding, and striving % bring uudsr
oOuholhiu six wosthlesS and troubleSo me
children. and 81 the same time sseldng
tg,teach her own ill'ciad, ill.fed aud nu'
merUul progeny to walk in the ways Of
n iyhteauSneSI Thigv vas Why the elderly
MIN withths genial smils spoke so cheer
tul Iy, anal vbsn bis good sisters health
Sc bily dsrGted rom hsF ana she lay
dorm ADD died he s,ill borrowed no