Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-29
VARIETIES.

T%hirty-one marriages were announce
ed in Saturdays Philadelphia Ledger,
Victor Hugo is very gallant and
kisses the hand Of every lady to whom
he is introduced.
S~unfowers and peacock feathers are
the favorite designs for canvas work,
and are worked in their natural colors.
A clever English teacher has origi-
mated the idea of shopping classes, in
which girls might be taught how to
buy dress and housekeeping goods,
Governor Mcclellan, of New Jersey,
and family, will move into the Cook
mansion, on West State street, Tren-
ton, on January lst next.
Agnes Nelson, a pretty silk weaver,
Of Patterson, N. j., reluctantly en-
gagged herself to a young man, and
now has run away to escape marrying
him.
Parson Rather drowsy weather
this, Farmer Jones'" Farmer j.
AYE, parson, so it be minds one O
sermon time, don't it Plum.
Nj. Says yacht Henrietta and the
steamer Toilette, which remained in
the harbor Of Norfolk, Va, for several
days, have sailed for Jacksonville,
Florida.
The Paris Bourse mourns the death
Of its bell ringer, who used to strike
one solemn knell every day just before
the commencement of financial oper-
ations.
The return of the curls is announc
ed by French authorities in hair dress.
ing, and also the adoption of a sort OF
round crown of flowers made of small
daises and silver lilies of the valley
and placed behind the head and very
low down,
Mamma" said the little one, do
you know what you are going to give
me for Christmas ?" why, yes"
said the mother, ''of course know
We'll, for merey's sake, don't tell
me, responded puss, with great We
%hemence.- Boston Transcript.
A great novelty, which can at pres
ent only be obtained at one Partisan
house, is the cuirass Veronese. The
c%uirass is of silk elastic material, man
ufactured for this purpose, and hav-
ing the appearance of heavy faille or
glace silk. The secret of this silk is
that it fits into the figure over the
bust and hips without a crease. 1t is
worn without a belt,
Christianity has made progress in
the Fiji Islands to an extent which
is surprising. There are at present
84l chapels and 291 other places at
which preaching is held, with IS mis-
sionaries busily engaged in preparing
the way for others. The membership
numbers 1924 persons, and there are
besides 5,43l persons whose admission
to membership will probably follow
soon.
There appeared last week in the
obituary columns of the Public Ledger
notices Of the deaths of seventeen per
sons-eight men and nine Women
who had lived 60 or beyond the adj.
yanced age Of eighty years to wit
Sarah Simcox, 50; Ann Smith. so.
Elizabeth Kelly, so; Ann Monaghan.
50; Alexander Greeves, 81; BENJAMIN
Booth, 81; Mrs. B. Dolan, 81: Nancy
Alton, 50; Richard Glassen, ST., 81
Mary Delaney, 81 John Douglass, "a:
Thomas T. Smiley, NJ. d., 81: Ezekiel
Clayton, s.; William Rambo, So: Abb.
gal Oler, 81; Mary Thomas, 80; and
Joseph Lower, 80,
increase OF population, always
and under all circumstances. can he
taken as a proof of increasing pros.
perity, the kingdom of Greesa has
since its liberation from the Turkish
yoke, entered with prodigious speed
ON its career of development. Ac-
eording to a report recently published
by the Statistical Bureau in Athens
the population of the country num,
bered $4,000 in 1893; 1884 n
1869, and 100000 in 1879: .hat Is. Il
has been triplea IN less than ffty
years, In 1863, the Ionian Islands
with 10000 Inhabitants, were incor-
porated with thu kingdom, but with
the exception Of this one mechanical
addition to the population, the increae
is due to the vitality of the nation
Other figures from the same report
also show the yigor Of the devotion.
ment. Athens had only 1900 inhab.
itants in 1888; it has now $4,000 Pa.
tras, the principal city Of the Pelon-
onnesus, had only 5000; it has nnw
$4,000, and Pir@us, which has NOV,
in 1893,