Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-02
Varieties.

HAlNttCHe
There is a distinction with a differ
ence between attic rooms and rheu-
MATES.
In the mountains of Wyoming
county bears are unusually numerous
this winter.
Butterflies apparently caught in
the meshes of the lace-work are used
to decorate ruches.
California salmon are being extern
siyely distributed in the streams of
West Virginia by the Fish Commits
sions ofthat State.
George, dear, don't you think it's
rather extravagant to eat butter with
that delicious jam?' mo, love, eco
nomical. Same piece OF bread does
for BOTH
A man who had sixty-ive dollars
stolen from him received a note with
S25, saying: II stole your money.
Remorse naws at my conshcns, and |
send some of it back, When remorse
naws again I'll send you some MORE
The Turkish Sultan's dinner par
ties are said to be rather joyless af-
fairs. The food is either cold or ILL
cooked, and the Turkish mobiles who
are admitted to the banquet sit in ut
ter silence, save when the Sultan adj
dresses them.
Mr.. W. w. Corcoran, of Washing
ington, is the possessor of the beauti-
full Seyres dessert service which was
once owned and used by George
Washington. 1t is supposed that
Mr.. Corcoran will present it to the
art gallery he has founded.
The New Haven Register says that
Mr.. Hayden's testimony has made a
very favorable impression in his be-
halt, and that there is a growing
feeling in that city that he is innocent
of the murder of Mary Stannard and
will be acquitted.
A cotemporary says Eve is as de-
serving OF a monument as Adam, and
he urges, give them a monument
apiece. But why not treat them as
this country has George Washington
give them a piece Of monument
Norristown Herald.
The will of S. S. Ward, the Presi-
dent of the Hartford Gas company,
who died last week, bequeaths $4,000
each to the American board of COM
missioners for foreign missions, the
American home missionary society,
the Presbyterian board of home mis-
siOns and the Presbyterian board of
foreign missions,
Probably you never heard of a GIN
gerbread barometer. A French edi-
tor has one-a general in gingerbread.
He buys one at a fair once a year and
nails it to the wall at home. Damp
weather softens and dry weather hard
ems gingerbread, and the editor can
tell, by touching the figure with his
finger, what kind of a day it is going
to be.
Although stag hunting is a great
and noble sport in England, the scar
city Of the game is such that nobody
is expected to kill the flying animal
when it is caught. Two men were
recently arrested there and fined $50
each for cutting the throat of a deer,
which, to escape the dogs in chase,
had taken refuge from its pursuers in
their barn.
The Moffet register, or 'bar-room
bell punch" is at last losing ground.
Resolutions and bills are coming in
to the Virginia Legislature from both
sides against it, and it appears to be
doomed. While some are in favor of
perfecting the present law, many more
appear to be in favor of abolishing it
altogether and returning to the old
specific license tax.
A ten-year-old who lives on the
Schenectady turnpike, near Albany.
N. Y, saved a small boy from freezing
to death on Saturday night. She
the baby sitting on a stone and
bitterly. She wrapped him M
in her shawl and carried him a long
distance to a station-house where he
was Don found by his father. The
who was barely able to walk.
had strayed from home, and his
parents were wild with anxiety. the
being cold and stormy, and the
road comparatively unfrequented.
Ladies maids in Sicily must be ac-
complished individuals, to Judge from
advertisement in a Roman paper "A
young lady is wanted for that island.
who must be from twenty to thirty
years, disengaged, and distinguished
education; very skillful with her
needle and in making up fine things.
She must be a sympathetic and ele-
CANT figure, and possess linen and
good enough for going out
with her young mistress" She must
send her photograph to SigDor Romeo.
and a gentleman in Rome will person
ally inspect those young ladies' who
may desire to compete for this situa-
ton.
Much color appears in modern dress.
but a lady of taste will know how to
the more subdued tints of the
cashmere patterns upon black or very
dark grounds, which looks well com
bined with plain cashmere or velvet.
The evening dress may be of wool and
silk brocade combined with plain silk
or satin, the front gathered. %draperies
at the side, and a semi train Of bro