Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-17
FACTS AND FANCIEs.


tee.
England exported nearly 81 900, OOO,'
900 worth Of horses last year.
Gound has written a new opera, which
is to be produced in London.
Kalamazoo, Mich, claims to be the
largest village in the country.
Every dog has his day, and tits no less
true that every cat has her night.
An Alabama woman has just argued
and gained her own cause in court.
A novel, written by convict in the
Michigan State prison, is announced
Sixteen ex Confederate army officers
hold positions on the Union Pacific
road.
Rhyme is sometimes the master-head
of the servant of even the most exquis-
tie versifers.
At q ball in Washington, recently, the
floor was so well waxed, that some of
the ladies lost the heels of their shoes,
which stuck fast.
An old powder horn, lavishly orna-
mented, and inscribed with the words
BLACK Hawk, 1920" has been found
near Bloomington.
A cheerful giver put the following
note in pair of pantaloons sent to the
Michigan sufferers: There, take EN-.
Last pair I've got, Don't get burned out
again"
Wedding and invitation cards gener-
ally are now long and narrow, enclosed
10 an envelope of similar shape and
size, upon which should be the initials
of the prospective bride.
One of the gentle sex says that the
heaven Of the strong-minded woman is,
"Where buttons grow in their places,
and where men cease from bothering,
and needles are at rest.
The editor of Western paper writes:
Ny wife and l have separated. As we
both wanted to boss, and she was likely
to beat me, left her. She says she will
nail me yet believe her"
The Russian index to the affairs of
the press" is curious in containing an
index expurgatorius Of foreign litera-
ture, and thus pointing out to the inquis.
tive the forbidden fruit which they will,
therefore, be most anxious to taste.
A fall in the price of chignons is antici-
pated in consequence of the recent order
issued by the Japanese Government, re-
curing the natives TO cut OF their pig
tails. The hair market will shortly be
glutted with those appendages.
A nice distinction is drawn by Pa
risian paper between sincere suicides
and insincere suicides, the former being
those who really wish to get rid of life,
and the latter those who do violence to
themselves for TIE sake of gaining noto-
riety.
There is a new romance connected
with Sir Roger Tichborne, confirmed by
tive Australian journals, to the effect that
the said Sir Roger, under assumed
names, was twice married while living in
Australia, and is buried near Winsor,
beside his first wife. A woman now liv-
ing claims to be his widow. She has a
photograph of him, and also of members
Of his family.
When Charles Dickens first saw Ven
ice he thus wrote to his friend Foster,
with characteristic enthusiasm. Meth
ing in the world that you ever heard Of
Venice is equal to the magnificent and
reality. The widest visions
of the Arabian Nights are nothing to
to the piazzas of st. Mark and the first
impression Of the inside Of the church.
The gorgeous and wonderful reality of
Venice is beyond the fancy Of the wild
est dreamer. Opium couldn't build such
a place; enchantment couldn't shadow
It forth in vision. never saw the
thing before that should be afraid to
describe. But to tell what Venice is
feel to be an impossibility."