Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

the ship'buildlng port Oh Tue AN'
coast.
Pews in the fashionable New forl
churches may be had cheap since thu
panic.
A young candy merchant is of opinion
that hand made kisses are better than
the machine made article.
Female education finds a public advo-
cate in Madras, in the person OF lady
named Miss Steerungambah.
More thdn 1000 French and English
silk makers are said to have gone back
to Europe from Paterson, N. j.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal con-
cludes that the only way to reform
vicious women is to shoot bad men.
Twenty.six devoted females OF Rock
land, Maine, formed themselves into q
suffrage association on Monday last.
Brooklyn enters for the fasting cham
pionship young woman who is alleged
to have abstained from food for eight
years. rate
Lydia Sherman is the only female now
quartered in the Connecticut State
prison, so she can wear her hair as best
suits her convenience.
Japan does nothing by halves. At a
recent execution Of three criminals
there the victims were beheaded, their
brains scooped out, and their hearts cut
out. 9a
Gold mining seems TO have greatly
revived in Georgia. 1t is claimed that
up to the war twenty million dollars
had been extracted. Much activity is
displayed in opening new mines.
An exchange suggests that charity
begins at home, and adds that Boston
last year paid $4,000 for soup for the poor
and 81, 900 for refreshments for the city
government. Boston is not singular in
this, probably.
Map-making in New Hampshire does
not appear to be one of the exact
sciences, as the recent triangnlation of
the State shows that the position of some
of the largest towns on the map varied
ten miles from their true place.
The Grand Master of New Jersey Ma
sons recently decided that the use of
postal cards and unsealed circulars for
the purpose Of communicating Masonic
information through the mails is I'M
Masonic and must be discontinued.
State Senator Horrobin, Of Burling-
ton, Vt, has just brought from Paris the
" pianista," an attachment for piano,
playing operas and other pieces, by
simply turning crank. 1t cost lots Of
money, but saves the expense of music
lessons.
The conundrum over which Vicks-
burg is now agitated is to ascertain pre-
eisely how much more dangerous than
a burglar is the average vicksburg DO.
liceman. One of the force, in attempt
ing to capture one Of these gentry last
week, shot horse and two citizens, but
didn't catch or injSre the thief.
A farmer in New Hampshire lately
bought a rooster, which turned out to be
F" game " to most destructive degree.
He began by laying out cold an opposi-
ton rooster. Within three days Eve
turkeys had fallen before him, when he
was adjudged too chiyalrous for farm
and banished.
A remarkable illustration of the power
Of vegetab bic growth can be seen at
town in Maine, where toadstool has
grown up under the concrete walk,
breaking it and pushing it until it has
made room for itself. The concrete in
that place is nearly an inch thick, and
would hold up heavily loaded team.
Several Italian newspapers report that
number of Italian, French, Belgian,
German and Austrian capitalists are
about 70 form company for the pur.
chase OF convent properly at home
Their intention is said to be to leave the
monks and nuns in possession Of the
property aud the convent buildings and
thus to render the law suppressing the
religious orders at Rome illusOry.
The author Of the hymn, Rock Of
Ages Cleft for Ne. was an English Epir
oopal clergyman, named Toplady. The
author Of Abide with Ne" the we'll
known hymn chant, was the Rev. henry
Francis Lyle, Of Devon; and the popu-
lar hymn, Nearer, Ny God, 10 Thee
was the production Of Unitarian lady,