Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-18

How do the loafers live?
Isn't il about time old Santa Claus got
his sleigh ready2
What has become Of the Memphis
Fonografc Society?
Should not the Gymnasium Club be
given a warm support?
What has become of the straw hats, the
flies and the mosquitoes2
Is Vennor a prophet because he can't
predict cold weather in winter?
Why should a citizen wait until forced
by law to lay a new pavement
How long before Mother Earth will put
on her white nightcap, otherwise, her snow
cap?
Doesn't the shooting gallery industry
seem to flourish better here than ever be-
fore?
Doesn't it seem as if the breaks in the
meshes of the law were growing larger
every day?
Is it aesthetic for certain Memphis
undertaken and doctor to reside in the
same house?
Isn't it rather-well or rather too utter,
~, all but, for Nashville to talk about
having a prize drill again so soon?
What subject so quickly fades from the
public mind as an election, no matter
which way the country is saved?
Who will be most benefited by the
Congressional river excursion, the people
or the pleasure seeking politicians
Did the river commission desire to es-
cape observation that they came and de-
parted darkly and at dead ofnight?
If the farmers could pick out all the
cotton raw in the fields would any of
them complain Of hard times this winter?
Why do hunters who 20 from the city
TO Nonconnsh bottom always take "pock-
ct pistols along? Is alcohol good ammu-
nition2
Wouldn't it be well to put a shed over
"Hadden's Hydrolith" if the inventor
desires it to remain passable in bad
weather.
Doesn't it seem from the marriage rec.
ords that the young ladies are about to
eclipse the cotton men in the way Of spec
Uniting futures?
Is it impossible for the young lady of
tho day to feel religious in plain clothes,
and il not why will so many remain at
home tomorrow?
Wouldn't it be good scheme for the
muscleless young ladies of society to or
ganize a calisthenic club in opposition to
the gymnasium club?
How many young men are deliberating
whether it is best to cover up new suit
Of clothes with shabby overcoat, or
shabby suit with new overooat?
Isn't there some significance in the fact
that great many persons have abandoned
the umbrella system in despair and pro-
vded themselves with rubber coats2
Why does Jones, of Adams street, al
ways eat Glove after going out to inter-
view the comet, the aurora borealis and
other sparkling contraptions every morn
ing?
From the dull business done by the fu-
ture department of the Cotton Exchange,
is it not evident that Memphis men are
too modest to be known Us "bulls and
besrs?'
What is more like an old cobblestone
pavement after a drenching rain than the
parquette Of the theater on nights when
abbreviated costumes are worn on the
stage?
Are not the officials to be compliment
ed for enforcing all laws likely to put US
on bettere footing with our country
cousins-notably that relating to the
proper housing Of cotton2
Is it true, as asserted, that the actual
church attendance here, and elsewhere, is
less according to population than it was
ten years ago; and much less than it was
twenty years back, and if so, why so2
While so many streets and alleys are
being paved, would it rot be good idea
to pave the way to the total abolition of
those dens of infamy where clandestine
meetings are held-places not at all covered
by those who argue in favor of ''neees-
sary evil and whose existence swells the
number Of unfortunates who come under
the ban of society?