Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-21
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

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Numerous babies are now being born
on the railway trains in different parts
OF the country.
Good gloves have risen in price, Two
dollars is asked for one-button gloves
and two dollars and fifty cents for the
two-buttoned; forevery additional button
twenty-five cents more is asked. IF
An official statement recently made
shows that the British Government en-
ploys in the suppression Of the slave
trade total of thirty-two ships, carry
ing two hundred and twenty-three guns,
of which thirteen ships carrying eighty
two guns, are stationed on the coast Of
North America and the West Indies.
A young man in Maine, who had made
all his arrangements TO marry the
daughter Of hotel-keeper in that State,
a few days ago was astounded by a de-
mand from her father for her board
during the entire time in which they
had been engaged" about four years.
The youth suddenly disappeared from
town. ..At sa4 a
Idleness is the badge of gentry, the
bane of body and mind, the nurse of
naughtiness, the step-mother of discl7
pline, the chief author of all mischief,
one Of the deadly sins, the cushion upon
which the devil chiefly reposes, and a
great cause not only of melancholy, but
of many other diseases; for the mind is
naturally active, and if it be not occn-
pied about some honest business, 1t
PUSHES into mischief or sinks in melan-
choly,
The Seven Wise Men Of Greece bare
credited with the following notices.
Solon-Know myself.
Chilo-Make good use of time.
Pittacus-Seek proper opportunity.
Bias-Most of mankind are wicked;
Periander-Anything can be effected
by industry.
Cloboulus-Be moderate in all things.
Thales--Delays are dangerous.
The motto of David Crockett, Be
sure you're right, and then go ahead
equals anything uttered by the famous
Greeks in their best days.
The Pail Mall Gazette argues that
perhaps one Of the chief reasons why
there is SO much intemperance in Eng
land is to be found in the fact of the
difficulty of obtaining good fruit at a
cheap price. Very few of the inhabi-
tants of London, it is asserted, have
ever tasted peach, and grapes, it is
contended, are luxuries only consumed
by the wealthy. Oranges and sour ap-
pies, it is stated, are the only fruit within
the control Of the poorer classes, and
nectarines and apricots are very seldom
seen, and in a few years, will totally
disappear Strawberries, which, twenty
five years ago were very plentiful it is
stated, are now exceedingly rare, and
the poorer classes are totally deprived
of this agreeable diet. Stale cabbages
and unripe mouldy fruit are retailed at
lexorbitant prices at the green-grocer
shops in London, and the Pail Nall Ga
zette advises that great improvements
should be introduced in the packing Of
fruit and vegetables, inasmuch as there
are few trades more profitable than
market gardening.
Chicago is going to be the paradise Of
schoolmaams. Its Board Of Education
has voted to pay Miss Haven and Miss
Barnard two of the city grammar school
principals, salaries equal to those OF
men who are teachers in the same grade.
This is a righteous act--a-small thing IN
itself, but a great sign Of the future.
The increase Of compensation is ineon
siderable, and the resolution of the
Board affects but two women; but the
principle upon which it was based, and
the argument by which it was justified
are of universal application. Compen
sation should be graded according to tbs
work to be done, and the qualification
for that work, rather than by the sex o
the teacher or principal" said the salary
committee in their manly report on thu
memorial of these two ladies' Thes'
true and weighty words are worthy
consideration by school boards every
where. Of course Chicago and he
school officials cannot consistently sta.
where they now stapd-the salaries
all grades Of teachers must necessaril
| he equalized at an early date. TN
right to equal compensation for equa
work and equal qualifications IS one 10
which every woman and every higt
minded man should contend increasingly
The example set by Chicago in the ma
ter Of schoolmaams' salaries ought I
! shame some of our older eommhAitl'
into doing what has been disgraeeiull
delayed or neglected. ora
Visiting is made most serious bus
|, ness in China, and every individual
responsibility must have a servant
carry and present his card. A Chimes
card is not white little bit OF past
board, but huge sheet Of scarlet pape
with the name inscribed in large chara
tiers; the more mammoth-like the chara
E ter the more grand and respectable II !
Cards are of several kinds. Ihere
the plain card, a single sheet OF scari'
paper, with the name written or stampe
nearest the right hand and topmost SIDE
This is employed on common occasion
Then there is the official card, most
used by mandarines on visits OF Ger
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