Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-14
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Only twenty-five thousand Communists
still remain to be tried. siia4
The man-woman negroin Atlanta, Ca,
is becoming a nuisance. ~
The police of New Orleans wiile away
their spare time killing dogs.
In regard to newspapers, young ladies
prefer those which make the most hustle
They say that Kaiser VIM. was deeply
in love with Sontag, once upon time
We wont believe anything we hear OF
a lady's kiss unless we have it from hei
own mouth.
Detroit ferryboats occasionally whistle
for the championship, to the delight o
the passengers. sau
Titusvlle declares that Nilsson voice
is as musical as the aow of the heavies
lubricating oil. t~..sa tir aild
Hodges forte was stealing; his 'fort'
at present is Fort McHenry. Lynch
burg Republican. A''i'H ,t'' s'}
Balloonisis should be made amenahl,
to some other law besides the law o
gravitation. Boston Post.
Next to the busy bees, bootblackl
furnish the brightest example Of i'm
L n. b
proving the shining" hours. ,sn .,i
A female barber out West has re
tired from business on account Of tbt
arrival of little shaver"
The St. Louis Times department Of
" Feminitems has been succeeded by Q
horrible column of Salad for the Sex.ii
In a dispute between two Georgia
brothersin-law, the superiority Of a shot
gun over an ak was established beyond
a per adventure. q sia Ed MOL no a11
An Atlanta paper speaks Of a CO
temporary like this " Rough Rice, Of
the Rutledge Ringtail Roarer Reporter,
was in the city the other day" y
The Mississippi newspapers advise as
follows. I" Have you told your neighbor
that you would lend him horse to ride
to the polls if he hasn't one 2
General Wade Hampton is SO feeble
from nervous prostration that his
friends fear he cannot recover. His wife
lies very low, too, from late attack Of
paralysis. Ip ~
Persons claiming to be the heirs of,
Lazarous j. Powell, who died in Philar
lelphia in 1860, leaving an estate of
y, 900, 900. which was escheated to the
State, have put in an appearance and
want the money. alssf
The Kennebec (Me) journal has the
following advertisement; FoHnd--On
Saturday, September 30. an honest exile
IF Erin picked up in Augusta a physi-
clans satehel, containing medicine
enough to fill cemetery, Ii is at the
Journal Office ai
A girl of the period = comments
hus upon Mormonism: How absurd
our or five wives for one man, when the
act is, each woman in these times ought
o have four or five husbands. Itw0uld
AXE about that number to support her
lecently." .- i'n 'a''
AT Dieppe, in France, the following
notice has been issued by the police:
The bathing police are requested, when
/ lady is in danger OF drowning, to seize
Ter by the dress and not by the hair,
'hich oftentimes remains in their grasp
Newfoundland dogs will govern them
elves accordingly '''.l ~ Il
Josh Billings says; Most men con
EIDE that ii looks foolish to see a boy
Iragging a heavy sled up hill for the
Ieetin pleasure Of ridin' down again.
'ut it appears to me that the boy is a
age by the side Of young man who
Torks.hard all the week, and drinks up
is wages on Saturday night. /"
Among the sunday-schooI children of
certain church was a poor little fell
Dw. He could not tell the number Of
be house in which he lived, and was
harged when he next came 70 school
, bring it. The next time he appeared |
e was asked if he brought the number
No, sir" said he; " it was nailed on
ne door SO tight that / couldn't get it
e.
A clergyman who had been staying
ONE time at the house of a friend, on
ding away, called to him little Tommy |
ne four-year old son Of his host, and |
sked him what he should give him Tor
resent. Tommy, who had great re-
peel for the cloth" thought il his
uty to suggest something Of a religious
AZURE, 50 he announced hesitatingly'
II think / should like a Testament,
nd know ! sbceld ike a poRguu. ~
To the assertion that Buddhism is
quail if not superior to the religion Of
esus, Wendell Phillips replied, To !
\ this the answer is India, past and
resent. The Asiastie civilization has
liled from no lack offntelleetuai yigor1
r development, The force wanting was
spiritual one Body and braiA, with
ut soul, Asia rotied away From Con
Icius to Cicero there is light enough,
at no heat"
An eminent judge used to say that, in
S opinion, the very best thing ever said
: a witness to counsel was the reply !
ven to Missing, the barrister, at thei
ne leader Of his Circuit. He was de-
nding a prisoner charged with stealing
donkey. The prosecutor had left the
limal tied up to gate, and when he
turned it was gone Missing was very
we're in his examination Of the witness.
DO YOU mean 70 say. witness, the dom