Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-07

wasn't there q renewal at the sottomP
Old Wsggles is cut in favor of walking
schools for young ladies. he says that
ont Of every ten that one meets now
waddle about like au intoxicated
duck, - oyristopn Herald.
Mr.. Proctor does rot believe it is a
good luck to see the moon over
your right shoulder; but be doesn't say
anything about trying to get both sides
Of a lamppost at the same time.
The most beautiful Princess 10 Europe
is Frederick, daughter Of the ex.Kiug Of
Hanover, whom she constantly attends
in his blindness and old age. Hand
some is that handsome does"
Mira. Livermore says there are 5 $780,
900 superauous women in the country
But they want seal.skfn saqdes, pull
back silks, four button kids and striped
stockings, jest the same as if they
weren't s%uperhuous.
Cincinnati brewers have shut down on
delinquent salson.keepers. Hitherto, by
purchasing of different brewers, keepers
Of saloons could run an entire rear with.
out paying a cent for their beer. They
run with a series Of hops.
1t is said q young Indiana schoolmis.
tress thrashed thirty-nine pupils in one
day. Some Patron OF Husbaudry ought
to secure the right and exhibit her at the
Centennial as q patent thrashing-ma.
chine Herald.
In the time Of Charles II tobacco was
supposed to be a mighty antidote to the
plague, and Hearne says, when ct Elton,
the worst Aoggings the studerts ever re.
ceived we're because they refused to
smoke. Nowadays, there are fellows
who think more Of smokin' than of Elton.
M. Platter, the celebrated lutanist or
lutte player, one evening dropped asleep
while playing, after partaking of an I'M
usually liberal supper; he continued to
discourse sweet music" correctly and
tastefully, until reused from his drowsy
nap by the noise Of bis lutte falling on
the Aoor.
The Chicago Journal rises to relate
that a richly dressed lady of intellectual
face walked down the fashiosable part o
State street last evening, never turning
to see what Others had on, and acted SO
modestly withal, that it provoked several
rowing butterflies of fashion into turning
up their noses and exclaiming. oh, she
is only n Of yer dedicated sort!'"
The London Bookseller, while admit.
ting that in the matter Of news collecting
the American newspapers are greatly
superior to the English, finds Aippency
and an absence of scholarly polish and
dignity in the daily journals Of the United
States, 1t says the experiment of Lon
don newspaper with foreign and political
news and local intelligence given with
the f%ullness of American metropolitan
journals is yet to be tried.
The natives over whom Victoria
wants to be empress have less confidence
in their rulers than ought to characterize
loving subjects, When the Prince was
at Delhi it was announced that the Brit
ISL troops would go through certain ma.
neuyers for his amusement. one OF them
being a mock assault on the city, When
the natives saw the announcement they
began to make preparations for leaving
the city, aud we're only prevented BY an
abandonment Of the proposed exhibition.
An old bachelor in Maine has beer
deferred from committing matrimony. in
o novel way. Thinking over the subject
seriously, and particularly the expense
OF maintaining a family, be SGT the table
IL his lonely abode with plates for bin.
self and an Imaginary wife aud Eve
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children. He then sat down to dine,
and as often as he helped himself to food
he put the same quantity on each Of tho
other plates aud surveyed the prospect.
at the same time computing the cost. The
result Of his examination raj so discour.
aging that be resolved not to marry.
This is part Of a sermon by a preacher
in Colorado. The boys understood il.
"Hoys, you'll End this life like a game Of
seven.up. You want to rave your ten,
and look out for game, an never beg
when you hold a good hand. Also, rec
ollect in the long run low counts as mucl
as high, if it is only a trump. The dew
has stocked the cards, but just play eu
honest, and when it comes your deal yel
boun' to get a winnin' hand every time.
and old spft.hOof will just have to JUMP
the game and look altsr = softer suap
Also, if you happen to turn Jack, call Il
luCky, bpt don't forget to remember tbaI
turning Jack is uncertain business, agai
never DO to bet on