Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-04-13
FACTS AND FASCIES.

IL sweet 10 De remembered. sighed
Spinks, when his cousin sent him keg
of maple sugar
New Mexico is in a great state of ex
citement at the prospect Of putting a
new star on the flag.
A Hoboken editor being challenged,
sent word in reply, When want to
die | can shoot myself.
Bears and wolves are said to have be.
come very numerous in France, owing
to the neglect of hunting during the
war.
An unappreciative brother says his
sister likes to wear tight gloves because
1t feels as if somebody were squeezing
her hand.
1t is said that there were a million
funerals last year in the United States,
costing not less than hundred million
dollars.
When you see a woman winding her
watch in horse-car you may make up
your mind that she has not had watch
very long.
Near Fort Ticonderoga recently a
wagon containing 1900 pounds of nitro.
glycerine fell over a bluff, bat fortunately
did not explode.
According to writer in the London
Times, the fifteen English marine insur.
ance companies lost $3.50, 900 in 1872,
not one realizing profit.
A hair cutting, shaving and general
fixing up match between two tonso-
rial artists recently took place at Buffalo
before a large and appreciative audi
ence.
Duluth, that lovely Duluth, where
the lemon trees bloom, and the gold
orange glows in the deep thicket's
gloom" has had an isothermal belt
under the ear, and her thermometer is
down to three degrees above zero.
The American Register of Paris in
forms us that dancing is going out OF
fashion in Europe, and says: "If men
and women could hirt as conveniently
and as pleasantly without its protection,
it would be given up altogether in civil
lied countries"
If you wish to drown yourself, kick
and splash about as violently as YOU
can, and you will soon 90 to the bottom.
But you remember that you are lighter
than water, and if you calmly and
steadily refrain from drawing your
breath while under the water, keep your
head raised and your arms under, you
will soon learn to float and swim like a
duck.
W. II. Wilson, well-known horse
trainer of Cynthiana KY, has invented
very ingenious bit, to be used on the
trotting horse, so neatly arranged that a
driver can give his horse liquid nourish-
ment during a heat without changing
his position. A rubber tube running
from the bit to the seat of the sulky,
where there is attached rubber bag for
water or spirit, from which the lightning
trotter can drink refreshment on his
fiery track without pausing.
In Indianapolis, the other day, a
three and-a- half year old child climbed
through an attic window and walked
along the edge of the roof, thirty two
feet from the ground, the whole length
of the house, and there stood uncon-
cerned and enjoying the prospect. She
was seen by the maid of all work, who
pleasantly calle out, Come down; I've
got something for you. "All yite."
cried the little one, and she retraced
her steps and disappeared through the
window in safety.
Where there is will there is a way
A young man who can Deither sing nor
play, treated his girls bedroom window
late Monday night to a recitation The
piece selected was that which so vividly
calls attention to the boy who stood on
the burning deck which, considering
the temperature OF this season. is full-of
comforting passages. His fervid ora
tory and graceful gestures, as he stood
there alone, up to his knees in snow.
made one Of tie most precious events
in cur history as village. .-Erehange.
Mayor Brown, Of st. Louis sends a
communication to the chief of police Of
that city, requesting him to inquire if it
is true that some of the sewing g-machine
companies are perpetrating a fraud on
many poor persons in the city by the
manner in which machines are rented
out for use. 1t is stated that an impress
sion is conveyed at the time OF the con-
tract for rent, that the machine is really
sold, to be paid for by instalments, when
il reality it can be and is reclaimed by
the company, and after a very consider
able amount has been paid on it.
Punch gives the following advice to an
Amphitryon: At your banquets, never
allow the wives to sit opposite their hus-
bands. Not only flirting Ii. e., fun is
rendered utterly impracticable under
such conditions, but there is a Gorgon-
ism in each others eyes which petri6es
their tongues when they catch sight Of
one another. Let every wife be seated
on the'same side as her husband, and as
far from him as possible; then, although |
it may be carried on in undertones, you /
will never find the conversation for a
single moment cease.
According to the Cincinnati Gazette,
Mr.. S. A. Bell, OF Plainield, Ohio, has
found under an ancient mound a guam
tiiy OF fragments Of bones OF young
children, with the tooth of a rodent ami
NAL which had been used as a neck
ornament These relics we're found in a
large bed Of coal and ashes, indicating
Il. sha g.. III 10-a~a1 uraaa Of