Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-08-24
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

pay to take her new blonde troupe
I Boston, and the papers candidly re
y pond barely"
/ The London Lancet says hy-blist
n about the size of your thumb nail place
= on bone felon and remaining there f
six hours, will bring the felon direct
! under the surface of the skin, when
can be instantly taken out with the poll
: Of needle or lancet.
f The new Criminal Court room on tn
corner of Jefferson and Second streets
is rapidly advancing towards compile
f ton. 1t is expected to have the cour
room and necessary Offices finished i
time for the next term of court on tn
third Monday of September next,
A black bear was killed yesterda.
near Black Fish bayou, Arkansas, b.
a DR.. Kimbro and Mr.. Comstock, of thi
city. Bruin weighed three hundred ant
sixty pounds when killed, and was sen
to this city last evening to be placed oil
the market by Victor d. Fuchs, of JET
ferson street. bf
The backbone of summer seems to b,
broken, and autumnal bree7es will carry
the perfume of withered flowers anC
dead leaves far and vide. The dog days
are passing away, and the fears of by
drophobia will be forgotten in the enjoy
nlent of that melancholy but delightful
season, Indian summer.
A queer thinker says the French have
the best hair-dressers and the most bald
headed men of any people in the world
the Americans the best dentists and
the most bad teeth of any people; the
English the best corn doctors and the
most corns of any residents on the
globe, and the Germans have the best
lager and the fewest drunkards.
The newspapers of Memphis are never
inflicted with fearful marriage notices
such as appear in The Times, of Bonn
bay, India. This latter paper in late
issue says: We are glad to learn that
the marriage of Mr.. Rugboonathdas
Madhondas, Kupola Bunia merchant of
Bombay, with Dhuncoorbai, the eldest
daughter Of Shet Gudburdas Mohundas,
and the widow of Luchmichand Durum-
se5, was celebrated yesterday at Chinch-
poogly,"
Hod Morris, the gambler who was
killed by Captain Wynn Cannon, on JEFF
ferson street, ON last Friday night, was
asked a few hours before he died what
word should be sent to his sister. He
replied, as he gasped for breath: Tell
her / died game" Apart from the
character of the man, there is some
thing to be admired in the game and
courage of the unfortunate whose life
was rapidly passing away, and whose
only thought was of facing death in a
dead game manner.
Mr.. Bryant, the poet and editor Of the
New York Evening Post, has (it is al
leged,) hung up catalogue of inter
dicted words chat no reporter is allowed
to use, under the pains and penalties of
dismissal. Among the communicated
words are bogus, authoress, poetess,
collided, debut, donate, donation, loafer,
located, ovation, predicate, pants, row
dies, secesh, roughs, osculate. (for kiss, }
indorse, (for approye) lady, flor wife, }
jubilant, flor rejoicing,) bugging, (for
capturing,) loaned, lfor lent,) posted,
flor informed realized (for obtained, }
and many other words Objectionable to
the hypercritieal philologist.
A Chicago journal in reply to a ques-
ton as to the best treatment to prevent
hydrophobia in dogs, replies We
don't know about the best, but if you
give your dog plenty of water he is pref
ty certain not to have the disease. The
better plan is to anchor him in about
one fathom of water so that his nose
will be about ten inches below the sur
face. In this way he can drink as much
as he wants, and any surplus he may
chance to swallow will be rather bene-
fit than an injury. This remedy ought
to be applied to the FIVE thousand use
less ours that infest the center and
suburbs of Memphis.
The habits of the animal man can be
seen TO perfection at our hotels and res
taurants. Some people use no napkins,
preferring q dirty handkerchief; others
tuck the napkins under their chins and
use them as bibs; some eat chicken with
their fingers, totally ignoring knives and
forks, and others pick their teeth at in.
tervals between the dishes. While eat
ing peas or rice they swallow six inches
of knife like an India juggler, and like
Oliver Twist, when soup is served, a. ask
for more" At fashionable restaurant.
they take of their coats and vests and
go at breakfast as if they were en-
gaging in prize fight, making as mucl
noise while eating as hog would in
corn-ield full Of roasting ears. wher
asked by the waiter if they are read,
for breakfast they reply, Turn he
loose"
A countryman took his seat at tav
ern table, opposite to gentleman VIII,
was indulging in bottle Of wine. Sun
posing the wine 10 be common property
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