Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-07-01
FACTS AND FANcIEs.

iua'No COWS, no cream" is the way an
intelligent compositor set up the words
mo cross, no crown"
American girls are Mortified to see the
fashionable ladies of England wearing
trailing light silks and lace shawls on
the street.
A Kentuckian being asked how much
corn he raised, answered About ten
barrels of whisky, besides what we waste
making bread"
The royal yacht of the King of
Greece recently caught fire at sea. An
aide de camp of the King was killed and
many men injured.
A paper says: 1--WE have adopted the
eight-hour system in this office. We
commence at eight o'clock in the morn
ing, and close at eight in the evening"
The recent increase in San Francisco
tea trade with Japan is something
remarkable. Last year it amounted to
l ZOO, 900 pounds; this year to 10, 100000
pounds.
A gentleman in Norwich, Conn. the
other day, laid his hand on buzz saw
"to see if it was going" He missed,
Immediately, three Of his fingers, and
concluded that it was.
A man once went to an eccentric law
yer to be qualified for some petty office.
The lawyer said to him, Hold up your
hand. I'll swear you, but all creation
couldn't qualify you
There is a boot.black in this city who
processes to tell customers character
from his stockings According to this
gifted youth, customer who has no
stockings has no character.
Grants favorite animals are the horse
and the dog. Greeley's favorite animals
are the COW, the sheep and the rig.
Thus Grants tastes are equine and ca
nine, while Greeley's are bovine and
porcine.
A Missouri legislator clinched an ar
gument against dogs, the other day, by
swearing that the money expended in
supporting 2l,OOO,0OO dogs in the United
States would buy 1874 100000 whisky
cocktails every year.
Chicago has woman sexton. She
does her duties well, but of course she
cannot altogether escape complaint. 1t
is not charged that she has too many
relatives, or anything of that kind, but
they do say that she reserves all the best
graves for the young men.
The philosophic Billings graphically
illustrates the difference between a
blunder and mistake: When man
puts down a bad umbrella and takes up
a good one" saith Josh, he makes
mistake; but when he puts down good
one and takes up bad one, he makes
blunder."
A New England advertiser wants "a
woman who fears the Lord and weighs
two hundred pounds" and the editor of
the sheet in which the advertisement ap-
pears remarks that the experience OF
most men is that woman who weighs
two hundred pounds rarely fears the Lord
or anybody else.
Bob" Jim, de men don't make such
fools of themselves about women as de
women do about men. If dey look at de
moon dey see a man in it. If dey hear
mouse nibbling it's man; and dey all
look under de bed last thing at night to
find a man. Why, l nebber looks under
my bed to find woman, does your
A Boston bride, whose groom remon-
strated with her at the wedding for in
dulging in rather indiscriminate bestowal
Of her last maiden kisses on a number
of her male friends, remarked with natu-
raj naivete that the gentlemen in ques-
ton had been in the habit Of kissing her
all her life, and she didn't see why they
should stop now.
One of the down-trodden in Indiana
lately applied for divorce, and the
Judge intimated his intention to decide
against her. The lady, alarmed, began
to shed tears, and her dignifed counsel,
edging his chair close to hers, whispered,
That's right, cry, cry like the ID, and
you'll get your decree" In less than
ten minutes she was made femme sole.
The Detroit Free Press says: "a To-
ledo negro named Gaul Smith passed
through this city yesterday for Saginaw
in chase of Mrs. Smith and a negro
named Edwards, who were on the elope.
If / find dat man, dare will be blood
shedr unused Smith, as he swung him
self on the platform of the Saginaw
train. and be doubled up pair OF lists
almost as large as peck measures.
A lady went into dry goods store in
Augusta, Ne, the other day, to purchase
a necktie. She looked at several varie-
ties-black, white, scarlet, striped, etc.
got down at last to the consideration OF
choosing between plain black and white.
Here her mind was evenly balanced for
some time; but she finally decided to
choose black. as her brother was very