Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-07
FiNE6UT.

Crow Dog, who killed Spotted Tail,
is not a bad looking Indian. He wears
a blue uniform; and on bis shoulders
are the straps Of a Ere. lieutenant Of
the United States army.
When Secretary Kirkwood lived in
Iowa he smoked a corncob pipe, and
it is regarded by some Iowa people as
a matter of regret that he exchanged
it for cigars.
Mrs. Lincoln's health has improved,
and she will spend the autumn and
winter with her son in Washington.
A North Carolina journal speaks Of
one class OF politicians as the 'holier
than thou brigade.
The $50 Shakers (two-thirds
women) in the Endfeld IN. H. set,
Element have property valued at $4,000
for each person.
This year there have been many re-
ports Of deaths which resulted from
the administration Of morphine for
quinine.
Longfellow loves trailing vines. He
drives in a phaeton in clear weather,
and frequently rides his handsome
mare Belle.
The report that Senator Edmunds
was ill has been contrsdicted. His
summer vacation has benefited him
greatly, and he is now in excellent
health.
MI. Rudolph, brother Of Mrs. Gar
field, says that his sisters faith has
always been strong regarding the
Presidents recovery, and she *
presses implicit confidence in DR..
Bliss and his treatment Of the case.
General Butler, who has been at
Rockland, in Maine, was summoned
by telegraph to his sons deathbed,
but failed to reach Gloucester in time.
Mr.. Butler was a genial young fellow
of fine abilities, and his future as a
lawyer seemed full of promise.
The New Orleans Democrat rays
that the staring national fault is gush,
tall talk and exaggeration. 1t adds
that Governors, having been sucked
on the skim milk of sentimentality,
abolish law and turn thieves, burglars
and murderers loose upon the com.
munity.
An experienced stableman says that
the best livery horse is one not too
heavy, that will steadily travel five or
six miles an hour without urging. A
free traveller cannot stand livery
work; and if he goes from eight to ten
miles an hour will be in very poor con-
dition and will soon be used up.
The deaths from the explosion Of
kerosene cans in the hands Of servant
girls who build fires have been very
numerous this year. and the Lowell
Citizen, finding that this country con-
sumes thousands Of barrels of kerO-
sene in a day, wonders how many
servant girls there are to the barrel.
A temperance agitator once re-
marked to Artemus Ward as the lat
ter was about to take a drink: "Look
not upon the wine when it is red in
the cup" That amt wine" said
Artemus. That's old rye" at
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like
an adder" continued the agitator.
."0h, no it don't" retorted Artemus,
"ifyou put plenty Of sugar in it"
For some unknown reason, the
Chinese government recently issued a
decree commanding its subjects to
abstain from shaving the head for a
period Of one hundred days. Detect
ed in the act of d~isObeying this arbi-
trary injunction. nearly sixty persons
in the city of Foochow alone were
sentenced to receive a castigation with
bamboo rods, and to pay fine amount
ing to about Sc % apiece. Before
liberation the heads Of the offenders
were carefully painted and vanished,
as a warning to other rebelliously in
clined citizens.