Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-31
FACTS AND FANoIEs.

day calls in New York. "a
The Empress of Russia is going TO
spend the winter in Jerusalem. ,.
Chestnuts are selling as low as one
dollar per bushel in York county.
Hamletis to be brought out in England
with real brook for Ophelia to drown
in.
A New word coined for the use of the
present generation is "ApOthecareless-
ness" rTI 9IVlH
1t is proposed in Baltimore to erect q
monument to the late VIM. Prescott
Smith
A prominent citizen Of Olympia, W.
T., has been sued by squaw for breach
of promise. e1AfA
Mr.. sothern has son (Ly;ton) who is
playing with him, and shows decided
dramatic talent. rds
In Boston. a man, for splitting tobacco
juice out Of window on passing hat,
has been fined $3.50.
And now New Orleans is to have
grand industrial exposition, with build
ing costing $4,000.
A Kansas billiard table is described as
having old boots for pockets and broken
hoe handles for cues.
An elderly gentleman is shocked to
learn that every fashionable young lady
carries paper to back her.
st. Paul, Minnesota, has already had
$4,000 spent on its new custom-house'
which is still incomplete, -
By recent law in New Hampshire a
woman divorced from her husband can
again assume her maiden name.
Woman ought to do all she can to
make this earth paradise for man, as
| il was all her fault he lost the other.
Emily Faithful has masculine conn
tenance, partly made up of a large
mouth, and dark and piercing eyes.
Within year the consumption of
opium in this country has increased
about 100000 ounces per month.
Fretting is both useless and unneces-
r
sary; it does no good and great deal OF
harm, yet it is almost universal sin.
Have you heard my last speechY
asked a political haranguer OF wit.
az sincerely hope SO" was the reply.
Alphonse Karr has in his library the
skull of lady be once loved, and that
of a servant notorious for robbing him.
The fashionable kind of walking cane
is plain stick, made from palm leaf
stalk, with little silver cord around it.
The parliament Of England recently
appropriated the sum of $4,000 for the
purchase of paintings during the current
year. o.
The railroads of New England have
done profitable business the past six
months, and are declaring good diyi-
dends. as7i. 4a
A peculiar kind Of powder, that inva-
riably misses FIRE, is sold for duelling
purposes by a storekeeper at Brasshear,
Louisiana.
American travellers, it is said, in the
last two years, purchased over four thou
sand "quills with which Lamartine wrote
Joscelyn.'"
One Missouri editor says of another,
that his ears would do for awnings to q
ten-story Wholesale hog packing estab-
lishment.
The Empress Eugene has discarded
fashionable dress, and during her late
stay at Cowes appeared only in black,
simply made.
Hsrdup says the report Of a debut
always reminds him of his record at the
bank, because it is generally an over
drawn account" ter g-a
The young ladies of Chicago have re-
Gently established Personal Beauty
League" The iects of the society
are not stated.
When you visit Germany don't be per
suaded to become the guest Of the EN-
peror. He hes only two meals a day,
and slim at that.
Can young lady who refuses an offer
be justly accused Of slight Of hand1 was
the last question up for debate in the
Keokonack lyceum.
A reporter describing the dresses at a
fashionable assembly in Boston, re-
marks: THE larger part of the dresses
we're literally on the floor"
There is one thing you see here that
you don't in London" said a native Il
an Englishman. What is that7" asked
the foreigner. Your shadow"
To make boy deceitful, parent hs
only to require him, whenever he re
turns home, to give an accurate accoun
Of his doings during his absence.
A boy whom some one was question
: ing about his home affairs was aske'
DO you have family prayersH mo,
he promptly replied, ''but we have fou
bay windows"
A milk dealer who, on opening ca
of milk, found large bullfrog swimmin
about, sent word to the farmer who SUI
Piled him, that be thought his mil
strainer was entirely too eoaFae.
A strong.mindea woman in Deiro
made the following gentle reply to
politician who had called at her hoess
get .sher husband 10 go to the pols az
5 vote: no, sir, he can't go He'swashir
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