Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-24
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lished q hundred thousand dollars worth
Of nothing.
Herman Linde, the great German
Shakspeareau reader, is giving recitals
in English in Cincinnati social circles.
Two millions and a half dollars worth
Of American dried fruits have been sold
in Europe during the last twelve months.
Senator Don Cameron's daughter pre-.
sides over his household, and is great
deal prettisr and swester than her grand
father.
The great advantage about a lean wife
is that you don't have to call in a car.
penter every time she falls dowa stairs.
Eastern Free Press.
One Kentucky farmer appropriates
the yearly product of enc acre Of his
farm to the purchase of reading matter
for himself and family.
There is a new paper in Cincinnati
called the Sunday Breakfast Table. In
Boston it would have been called the
Sabbath Fish B~all.-[Worcester Press.
When a tramp comes to you with the
declaration that he is a missionary, just
getting back from the fsmine-stricken
districts Of India, what are you going to
do about IT'D
A reading,room at Newport, Rhode
Island, built and furnished by Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, was dedicated last week. 1t
is to be used by poor people in the north
ern part of the city.
The Boston Advertiser editor likes
only two at the table when a goose is to
be eaten-himself aud the other goose.
Why not make three by inviting some
little duck to dine with you ?-[New
York Herald.
Charley Cochran, Goldsmith Maids
trainer, says the famous trotter will not
again appear on the turf. Her best mile
was 2:l4, while her winnings aggregate
1896, coo. She has travelled 100, 600 miles
over railways.
The Princess Caroline, Of Denmark,
the great, rea t-granddaughter Of George
II, has just celebrated her eighty-fOurth
birthday. She is the oldest royal prin-
cess in Europe, though they are not a
short lived set.
A servant who prided herself on living
in q " genteel family defined it, on be.
ing questioned, as one where they keep
a carriage, have three or four kinds of
wine, and never pay a bill the first time
it's called for"
The newest German pianist who will
visit London is Frau Thekla Erdmans.
dorferfchtner. That is q kind Of up
right, grand, three round,four-square old
seven and a half octave name; amt it?
New York Herald.
Secretary McCrary drove back from
his first review as secretary Of war in a
thoughtful mood. q have learned two
astonishing things" said he; " l rank
Gen. Sherman, and the artillery wears
red sewed on their pants. Washington
Letter.
Mercedes, future queen Of Spain, has
a pecullarity-she is rarely seen without
coral ornaments Of some sort. 1t is for
this reason, probably, that coral has be-
CONF very fashionable in Paris; a single
row of fine coral beads now costs there
from 5000 to $3.50.
Pauline Lucca has chosen Vienna for
her permanent home from November L,
1877. She promised to sing in the Art.
ist Club on November II, refusing any
recompense. In January Nine Lucca
will go to Madrid, where she has to sing
twelve times for 10000 francs.
The incest and most effective thing for
tobacco chewers 10 swear off on is boiled
chestnuts. Ben commenced on a half a
pint per day, but he is now able to chew
up aquart. 1t is so much cheaper than
tabacco, and it doesn't make him spit by
the yard, and he only has to eat two
meals a day .-[Graphic.
The vintage in the Hsutes de Pyre.
nees Says Galignani's Messenger) is not
yet terminated. The vines are, so 10
say, inexhsustibIe. Everybody is seek
ing in all directions for casks. Never in
the memory of man has such a rich crop,
as far as quantity goes, been seen. As
for quality, it will rival those of 1865
and 1870, and many people believe that
1t viii surpass them.
Commodore Charles Morgan, the ia.
nous steamship mar Of the South At
l%aniic and the Gulf of Mexico, now WINS
Eve eighths Of the Texas Central rail.
road. He is over eighty years old. The
road and its rolling stock, its lands ant
franchises, stretching from Houston to
Denison, a distance of 300 miles, with
branches of 100 more, is valued a. $40,
OOO, 900.
Leighton made his appearance among
the San Francisco stock spectators sew
eral months ago, and told several Of then
as a secret, that he represented New
York brokers who had pooled S., OOO, OOC
for the purpose Of a heavy operation il
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