Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.


Philadelphia is made lively by man
who shoots at people he never saw
before. c4lls8a
"a Night with Mosquito is the
title of a three column essay in cotem-
porary. gs .ig
The Chicago Post calls Walt Whitman
a poetical volcano, because he is a verse
after.
Encke's comet, now moving toward us,
will soon be visible to the astronomer s
telescope. ,.f,
Oil City has new paper, the DAILY
Derrick" whose mission is to elevate Z
journalism.
A considerate organ-grinder played
Hear me, Norma" before the Hartford
Deaf and Dumb Asylum during a whole
afternoon. aslIE
The Rev. DR.. Lord is delivering lee
lures on Moses at Dartmouth Col
lege; but there appears to be no rushes
to them. a
An illustration of the vulue of skilled
labor may be found in the fact that a
glass of whisky, price fifteen cents, is
manufactured from only about seventy
grains of corn. ID,
The largest rope in the world was
lately made in Birmingham, England.
1t is about six miles long, FIVE and a
quarter inches in circumference. and
weighs over sixty tons.
The newest word out is itzecninte-
poizeth, and it means in English man
who can't take joke, and "gets his
back up" at the merest triAe. Its Mex
lean definition is q hunchback dog.
Younger brother" What's the matter,
Mary; are you unhappy because neither
of those fellows you were flirting with at
croquet yesterday proposed to your
Mary Both did, Tom, and--I said yes
to the wrong one"
The religious census in Ireland shows
that of the population of 5,4O2, 75s, the
Roman Catholics number A, al 1888; the
Protestant Episcopahans, 683, 204; the
Presbyterians, OBS, 23s; and other reli-
gious denominations, 1928. ~
A very intelligent Virginia mule, being
hemmed in on railroad track by an
approaching train, jumped into cattle
guard, crouched down until the cars had
passed. and then jumped out and walked
off as if nothing had happened.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus notices
the new Probasco fountain on Fifth
street: "The Fountain at midnight; I
or, the Fountain at five o'clock in the
morning" will be hereafter the words Of
designation Of parting conspirators or
lovers in the Queen City Of the West.
A prospective bride and groom arrive
at Vincenhes, France. Bride getting
out Of her carriage, at the Office Of Mon
sieur lie Marie, tears her veil. Bride
groom says, Awkward. Bride says
nothing, until certain question impor-
tant to the ceremony is asked her; then
she says "No." Everybody but the BRIDE
groom responds, Served him right"
Few persons when reading of the ext
tension of the tramway system, think Of
the origin of the word. Tram is only an
abridged form Of Outram, the first de-
wiser of these iron roads having been
Mr. Outram, a Derbyshire gentleman Of
scientific attachments, relative Of the
late Sir James 0utram, whose statue on
he Thames embankment was recently
inaugurated.
Very recently, MerthaWalker, young
English woman, climbed the famous Mat
terhorn, over l4,7OO feet high, in com
pany with her father, aged sixty-6ye.
The Matterhorn is one of the most diff
cult of all the Alpine peaks to ascend,
and has rarely been attempted by wo-
man. The lady is well named, having
climbed Monts Blanc, Rosa, and other
peaks with little fatigue.
A picture Of life in Mexico: Two gen.
tlemen of the highest rank in society
meet in the evening in street in the
capital. What o'clock is it, senor2
politely asks the first. The other stops,
draws his revolver and covers his inter
locutor, then takes out his watch and
gives the desired information. Number
one thanks number two, without the
least surprise or remonstranee at the
measure of preeauhon.
A young gentleman of Richmond, Va,
made a ludierous aud rather embarrass-
ing mistake, few evenings ago, on the
arrival of the Seaboard and Roanoke
train at Portsmouth. Expecting the ar
rival Of his grandmother and a young
lady cousin on the train, he went to
Portsmouth to meet them. On the arri-
val of the train he FASTENED to the ladies
coach. md seeing his grandmother and
young lady, whom he supposed to be
his cousin, occupying the same seat, he
hurried up to them and saluted the young
lady with a hearty kiss right in the
mouth las he expressed it. Immediately
a gentleman sitting in the rear Of the
young lady arose and demanded, in irate
tones, what be meant by this insult.
Overwhelmed with confusion. the young