Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-13
FACTS AND PANCIEs.

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capital invested in draining to be re
turned every five years in the increase
i Of his crop. XIV
The experience Of many fancy farmers
I Is summed up in that of one who said
his cattle ate up his crops, and his hired
men ate up his cattle.
Make a roller; all crops are improved
by rolling at the proper season--winter
grain and meadows in the spring, and
sown crops Immediately after sowing.
! A golden rule for a young lady is to
converse always with her female friends
as if a gentleman were of the party, and
with young men as if her female COM
panions we're present.
| It will be interesting to the ladies to
know that the ex Empress Eugene now
dresses almost entirely in red and black,
and that her beautiful hair is beginning
to show threads of silver.
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Interesting but unpleasant revelations
have been lately made concerning the
adulteratioI of candy in New York
Terra alba, verdigris, red lead, amboline
and fusil oil are among the ingredients
employed. Some of them act as violent
poisons in the system.
Harper's Bazaar says: Ladies who
are renovating their black dresses Of last
season, whether of silk, cashmere or
alpaca, are advised that they can clean
them beautifully with borax and tepid
water. The proportions are a teaspoon
full of borax to quart of water"
An Irishmau went into Chicago
store, and says be, ibid you put in the
D. per you wanted man, SURF yes,
said the store keeper, and | distinctly
stated all applications must be made BY
mail IAN faith an its meself that's
a male, sure" said be; aud he was hired.
The Persian Ambassadors wife was
the star of the evening at VI Theirs last
reception. She wore an oriental cos
tune, a sort Of short robe Of green ma
,erial, ornamented with gold iii The
most fashionably DRESSED lady wa, Mar
hal McMahon's wife, and The most sim
ply dressed lady, Mss Theirs, daughter
of the ancient host.
When your wife begins to scold, let
her have it out. Put your feet upon q
chair, lol back at your ease, Light CT
gar and say nothing, but let the storm
pass on. II, however, you fad on reaec
tion that you deserve the thunder, put
your feet down, cease your "lolling,
put out your cigar, acknowledge your
error, kiss your wife and be a better
husband.
A Michigan schoolmaster writes: " /
viii spell emmy man, woomun or child
in the hull state for a dickshunary, or
kash priez of 500 lone hundred dollars
a side, the money to be awwardld by a
kommittee of clergymen or skool direck-
tors. There has been darned site Of
BLOWN about my spellin, now i want
them to put me up or to shet up.
wont be put down by passel Of igno
rammusses because | differ with noah
webster's stile of spellin.
In the great contest on the Saratoga
race course between Longfellow and
Harry Bassett it appears that the race
was won by one Of the most singular &C
cidents that ever occurred on a race
course. In the midst OF the course
Lsngfellow was seen to falter somewhat,
yet reached the goal but little behind the
successful horse in the fastest known
race. Examination showed that the
shoe plate of Longfellow had broken in
half, and curying up, had burieditself in
his foot. J
A Philadelphia mechanic has invented
patent cooler that will furnish cool and
pure water without the use of ice. The
apparatus, which consists Of an upright
cylinder Of boiler iron, lined, is sunk
into the ground, aud this gives tempe
nature Of ffty-six degrees. while the tenn
perature Of kydrant water 10 the summer
averages about eighty degrees. The
water is filtered of every impurity, leay
ing it as clear and cool as spring water.
In criminal case which was to have
been tried the other day before the
Assize Court at Versailles, NJ Jules
Favre was retained for one Of the pris-
oners, a woman accused with a male
companion Of holding intelligence with
the enemy during the war. Some Of the
jury, however, stated that they felt such
an antipsthy toward NJ Jules Favre that
they did not think they could divest
their minds Of prejudice against any
prisoner defended by him The judges
consequently decided that the case must
stand over.
A young man in an Iowa Catholic
church created quite an excitement re
\ Gently as the marriage bans OF a youth
fol couple were being read. BE arose
in mee,in, and in a loud voice forbade
them, giving his reasons, one Of which
was that he had a prior claim on the
young lady, having built house for her
use as bis wife. He even read love.
letters in church to prove it, aud so
aroused the friends Of the other side
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