Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-21
FACTS AND FANCrEs.

o The Governor OF Victoria gets $4,000
yearly.
Yale Seniors wear kid gloves TO rec
/ tations.
Japan proposes to educate compu
sorily.
0fwhat nation are all stoe king-meud
ers2 Dar-nation-
A church is to be built III London OF
penny subscriptions.
A sister of Mrs. Hy@cinthe lives il
Wabash, Minnesota.
Counterfeit postage stamps have at
tanned large circulation.
The German Crown Prince has jus
completed bis forty-6rst year.
The people of Brazil consume Amer
can fine cut tobacco quite freely
Trollope, the novelist, is in San Fran
cisco, arrived from New Zealnnd,
Fanny Ferns fayorite frolic was Il
curl her hair with thu, FILTERED pages OIL
her Euclid.
Two acres of Fairhaven oysters yield
better inc' ,me than the best fai:m in
Connecticut.
Ia Car ada there are twenty seven
towns a. id villages that have Meladels-
sohn ocieties.
TAey are having pleasant little show
ers in India. About foot of rain gen.
orally falls in an evening
Miss Dixon. Southern lady of adj
mired skill in penmanship. writes with
both hands simultaneously.
Salt Lake City rejoices in the posses
sion of young lady who climbs the
highest mountains and descen DIS into the
deepest mines.
French champagne isn't third of a
crop, but the champagne which has an
ancestry in the sour apple tre,' will be
more abundant than usual.
In their new iron-clad, Peter the Great,
the Russians are acknowledged to pos
sess the most powerful ship in the world.
Her construction and armament will
cost trihe less than 100000.
A meddlesome man, who was watch
ing his wife bake pies Saturday, stepped
with his bare feet on a warm stove-lid,
and then stepped up in the air a few
PAGES, and has now g one West.
Mrs. A. ]. Dunway, editress Of the
New Northwest, nov, has seat at the
reporters desk in tie legislative hall at
Salem, Oregon.
The newspapers Of the country are
urged to warn advertisers that postmas-
ters are forbidden by law to deliver let
tiers addressed TO initials or fictitious
names unless sen's to the care of some
responsible perso n.
Massachusetts, is in a bad way. She
has got to have new Episcopal Bishop,
but can't find a man to take the place
WHO'S not either TOO high, too broad,
or too low"
II it hadn't been for Mansard roofs
and the epizootic, Boston might have
been saved. A mysterious providence,
in conjunction with mysterious passion
for Paris architectural fashions, did the
business.
A little boy named Skinner, Of SYRIA
cuse, Ind, lately achieved great success
in the parts of David and Goliah, both
together. He was swinging a sling
about his head, when it hit him under
the ear, killing him instantly.
Quite number Of islands in the Pa
cifc have become partially Anglicized
and speak corrupt sort Of English. This
result has been brought about by the de-
sertion of British seamen, who have re-
NAMED and settled on the islands.
By recent ruling Of the Postofice
Department letter-csrriers are required,
while on their rounds, to receive all let
tiers prepaid by postage stamps that may
be handed them for mailing, but are
strictly forbidden to delay their deliv-
cries by waiting for such letters.
A lazy dyspeptie was bewailing his
own misfortunes, and speaking with a
friend on the lattcr's hearty appearance
What do you do to make yourself so
strong and healthy inquired the dys-
peptic. Live on fruit alone, answered
the friend. What kind of fruit2 The
fruit of industry and am never
troubled with indigestion.
A thoughtful writer suggests that
every firm Of architects should contain
at least one lady partner, to plan pan
tries, closets, shelves, hooks and places
to tuck away things in dwelling houses,
an evident necessity, of which architects
of the male persuasion have hitherto
failed to comprehend or provide for.
San Francisco has been interested in
a strange insurance case. A laborer de-
cided to insure his life for $1,000, and
went to the LEGAL agency Of New York
company and took the necessary steps.
The agents forwarded the papers 10 New
York for policy, and in a day or two
after the papers had been sent the man
was murdered. The agents then tele-
graphed to New York and prevented the
issue Of the policy. The widow sued for
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