Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-14
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


A person advertises in London papt
for secondhand artificial teeth.
The President can now boast of n
peated victories in Pennsylvania.
Cooks in the Russian army lose
months pay every time they spoil din
ner.
The new way of ladies dressing tn
hair on the top of the head is called tn
Josephine.
The western bank of the Missouri, a
Omaha, is being washed away at thu
rate of six inches day.
The Arizona diamonds are said to b.
as big as Kansas peaches; but the siz'
of the latter is not stated.
Cordelia Howard, the original Eva o
Uncle Toms Cabin" is still in the
flesh, and is wife and mother.
Arthur Dardennes, last survivor o.
the destroyers of the Bastile in 1889
died recently in hospital at Paris.
A tourist who was asked in what part
of Switzerland he felt the heat most,
replied, when l was going to Berne.
The first ballot of the Laura Fair
jury showed ten for acquittal, and two
for murder in the first degree verdict.
A Kentucky pioneer has just died who
saw, when twelve years old, only one log
cabin on the spot where Louisville now
stands.
Heavy embroidered black silk dresses
are now the rage among the upper
ten" of London, and, of course, will
soon be here.
Though grocers' scales do not ordina-
rily give great weight, a pair of them
has been used in evidence in Chicago
murder case.
Cumulative of Stanley, an ambitious
Connecticut man is fitting up an expe-
dition to search for the author of " Beau
tiful Snow"
An exchange announces on the death
of lady that she " lived fifty years with
her husband, and died in confident hope
Of better life.
Crawford, the Topeka murderer is de-
sirous Of being hanged, and expresses
himself as preferring death and hell to a
life in the penitentiary.
Brick Pomeroy says he has been Of
fered $4,000 to support Greeley. The
Grant men who hold the election funds
are evidently shrewd fellows.
A St. Paul man, forgetting his hymn
book last Sunday, returned home unex-
pectedly, and is now in the agonies of
the first case of domestic infelicity.
There is nothing like good definition,
as teacher thought when he explained
the meaning Of old maid as a woman
who had been made very long time.
A pretty young widow was regarding
herself in a mirror in her chamber.
While trying on her widows cap she ex-
claimed: Behold the real cap of lib
ertyl"
A lady with a very inbarmOnious voice
insisted upon singing at recent party.
What does she call that?" inquired a
guest. 1.-The Tempest, l think" an
swered another. Don't be alarmed, Z"
said sea captain present. ats no
tempest. It's only squall and will soon
be over
The New York Times says: Since
the passage of the Metropolitan Excise
law, which prohibited the sale of liquors
on Sunday, the number Of Sunday ar
rests for drunkenness have been d.
minished nearly one half, and about
three thousand Of the worst rum holes
nave closed altogether.
According to the character or extent
of your business, set aside liberable
percentage for your advertising Keep
yourself increasingly before the public,
and it matters not what business of util-
ity you may be engaged in, for if in
diligently and industriously pursued a
fortune will be the result.
1t is a remarkable fact that Germany
is not recovering from the effects Of the
late war as rapidly as France. Her
taxation is, of course, somewhat lower,
and her treasury is filed to overAowing
with tribute money. Nevertheless, the
prices Of all commodities are steadily
fising. Rents have increased enor-
mously.
The French Attache Militaire at Ber-
lin, coming home from the maneuvers
the other day, threw bis burning cigar
into one Of the spittoons, when a ter
rife explosion took place, knocking the