Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-29
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

: the god of day.
: A Montmercy man sought a loftier
) cline with laudanum.
u The recent earthquake increased the
I flow of hot springs generally in Califor-
MIA.
A fond sister cowhided her brother in
Titusville the other day for slandering
her.
1t is rumored that the Crown Prince
of Germany will pay visit to the Uni
ted States next autumn.
South Bend, Ind, is ahead now with
triune cat: three heads, three breasts,
and three sets of fore-legs.
They have Dolly Warden" chills in
Georgia. The sufferer turns all sorts Of
colors, and is terribly bumped up.
Hard times in Persia induce the Gyp-
sizes to sell their daughters at the ridicu-
lousy insufficient sum of FIVE dollars.
A Wyoming papers fees for marriage
notices are las high as the ecstacy aud
liberality of the bridegroom may
prompt"
Richard l., who died in 1893, was not
known to have uttered an English word.
Edward l., who died in 1907, spoke Eng
lish but once.
Forty thousand Bibles were burned in
the Chicago fire, but owing to their not
being missed before, it has just come out
as an item Of news.
A pair of golden robins at Troy, N.
H., have hung their nest in the same
tree for sixteen years. 1t will soon be
time for their golden wedding.
A citizen of indianapolis who died
recently bequeathed $500 to purchase
ammunition to Kentuekian who had
frequently threatened to shoot him.
So strict is the liquor law at Edger-
ton. Wis, that one of the churches re-
Gently had to postpone communion SER
vice because no wine could be obtained.
Archbishop Manning, of London, has
forbidden the employment of female
vocalists in Roman Catholic churches
under his jurisdiction after September
next.
In reference to the gale that swept the
Representatives Chamber at Columbia,
S. c., a member remarked that it was
the first thing that had passed through
the House without pay.
A box containing black bear was re-
ceiyed at an express Office in San Fran
cisco the other day; outside was this in
scription: Black bear-Ef yew don't
want to get bit kepe your hands out of
the crax."
Queen Victoria and the Princess Of
Wales no longer wears chignons, while
Madame Theirs is said to dislike them,
as well as false hair. Shall the wigs
therefore be tumbled into the limbo of
the garrett
Here is the last witticism from the
minstrel hall: II say, Billy, General
Grant plays big game of billiards.
What game does he play, Baekus2"
Why, he plays the pocket game, of
course.
A man who was delivering a public
address in Lawrence, Mass, the other
evening, stepped over the edge Of the
platform, and striking on his feet,
calmly continued to come down TO the
level of my audience"
More pert than pleasant. Husband:
81 hope you have no objection to my
getting weighedG" Certainly not my
dear; but why ask the question: Only
to see, my love, if you would allow me
to have my weigh for once"
Who can tell why old.fashioned coun-
try people persist in calling lilacs " la
locks" and yiolets "voilets2" 1t is
probably done in obedience to the same
rule that makes valentine valentine "
in some peoples mouths.
All he Gould do, a Lafayette Qnd.
man couldn't light the lamp, though he
used every tooth in his wife's hair comb
for matches. But there was an explo-
sion next morning that the kerosene
wasn't responsible for.
Scene: Recitation in metaphysics. ,
Professor-Which is the most delicate
of the senses2 Senior-The sense Of
touch. Professor-Give an example. ,
SeLior-My chum can feel his mustache,
but no one can see it.
When called to order in the House Of
Commons for using the expression,
damned good-natured friends" Mr..
Bernal Osborne turned the laugh against {
his critics by asking if it we're not lawful
to quote the School for Scandal"
Guest-Shtrikesh me-in theshe Al
BAN n'gosh' ationsh, tactish Gov ment
been anything but jucidioush! Host
Jucidioushl good My dear boy, you
meant to shay dujishious, 81 sh' poshe2
Letsh join the ladieshl-PuRch.
An Iowa man recently died from swal-
lowing a pocketknife and injurious