Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-30
FACTS AND FANOIEs.

in Memphis.
A color that won't wash since the war
The dusky Dinahs.
Alexis is the only royal person who
can marry whom he chooses.
The phrenologist Fowler is at work
among the high foreheads of California.
Some of the most trusted lighthouse
keepers on the Atlantic coast are women.
A goose in her seyenty-seeond year is
the pride of rural household in Mis-
souri,.
A New York burglar went to foun-
dry in search Of brass, and got load of
lead. Ear
The French Government has refused
to sell its crown jewels to private per-
sons. raa ml
Georgia papers call Akerman "the
little hyena," and Bullock the little
low mental"
San Francisco has one-cent daily
paper just large enough to wrap a bo-
logna sausage in.
A sea lion, believed to weigh 1000
pounds, is engaging the attention Of the
Pacific slopers.
New Orleans claims that pig whose
ears are set so far back that he cannot
hear himself squeal.
A California Senator is playing Rich
ellen in a Sacramento theater, and
launches the curse of Rome with ability.
The births in Paris between June and
October, 1870, were about double what
they were between June and October,
1871.
An after Christmas Indianapolis paper
records that a dead-head latch string
at the hotels was vigorously yanked yes
terday"
The population of Virginia is said to
be declining, on account of the mi
grafton of people to more prosperous
regions.
The papers inform US that Writ Skies
nuptial tie was corn color; from
which it would appear that he has ae-
knowledged the corn after all.
A Virginia woman was recently cut
of in the midst of her uselessness at the
age of one hundred and eighteen years.
Tobacco did it.
DR.. Gull and DR.. Lowe are to be made
blosted aristocrats, with Bart, to the
end of their names-all because the
Prince of Wales didn't die.
Hypocrisy, of course, delights in the
most sublime Speculation, for, never in
tending to go beyond speculation, it
costs nothing to have it magnificent
Burke.
Generosity during life is very differ
ent thing from generosity in the hour of
death; one proceeds from genuine liber-
atty and benevolence; the other from
pride or fear.
New York prison officials are under
going the operation of being introduced
to Mr.. Soldatenkoff, Russian person
who is there to inquire about the Amer
lean prison systems.
The editor Of an Indiana paper, who
who has been under the weather for sew
eral days past, dismissed the attending
physician because he promised to effect
radical" cure.
A rich London musical amateur
gives splendid private parties, at which
the best professionals perform, but he in
vites only men. BE says womeu's pet
ticoats absorb the sound.
A Quaker's advice to his son on his
wedding day: When thee went a court
ing told thee to keep thy eyes wide
open; now that thou art married, tell
thee to keep them half shut.
Victor Emanuel is reported to have
had presentiment that he will die in
London, and for that reason, it is said,
he cannot, under any circumstances, be
persuaded TO visit the British capital.
A temperance lecturer being seen
coming out Of tavern wiping his
mouth, eiFectually disarmed criticism BY
explaining that be had severe tooth |
ache, and only went in " to get a Glove |
put in his tooth
The King of Siam has resolved to
avail himself of the knowledge and ex-
perience of English miners and men Of
science. Several Cornish tin miners
have been engaged TO work the Sismese
mines for precious metals.
Two damsels of Bedford, Ohio, are
considering proposition made them by
locsl pugilist. He offers to teach
them the art of boxing, paying their ex-
penses while under tuition, if, after be-
coming proficient, they will give public
exhibitions of their skill, providing to
pay each one hundred dollars per month |
for her services.
Beecher celebrated the Sunday be-
fore Christmas by preaching a purely
sensational sermon, in which he held
that the writings Of Thackeray and
Dickens we're as truly inspired as
those Of the Apostles, and declaring /
the prevalence Of skepticism as one of
the most cheering signs Of the times.
The conyaleseenee Of the Prince Of
Wales was doubtless fun for him, but
death to the peripatesie prophet. At
Frankfort Train said Il foretold the
destruction Of ChieagO-,hat very night
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