Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-26
FACTS AND FASCIES.

year Of her reign and the 55th of her age.
1t is impossible to have the last word
with chemist, because he always has
retort
Rhode Island has passed the law Civ
ing discharged convicts one-tenth their
actual earnings.
Judge cowart, of Georgia, says that
the public have no right to form an
opinion in a criminal case.
1t is remarked that trees set an ex-
ample of politeness in always making
boughs before they take their leaves.
Nature provides no reserved seats for
the rich and dainty. When there is ice
on the pavement they sit where they can.
One Gail has asked the Mississippi
Legislature TO change his name as he
married Miss Breeze and is afraid of
squalls.
She lived at Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
was nine years old, skipped the rope
three hundred and fifty.one consecutive
times, and mingles with the angels.
Eli Love, of Wayne county, Ohio, re.
Gently climbed tree to shake down a
coon. Eli, however, fell down himself,
tore him bsdIv hefore thew d;scovered
the mistake
The absolute absence OF any atmos-
phere on the moon has never yet been
demonstrated, but only the fact that it
snnnosed IN he mncb more rastr;cted
than Is actnalIv the case-E Nelson
M r. A. W.
b;bit;on consayped ,ahle-ton comnosed
Of nortions of human mnscles fat
s;news and GLANDS iii natr;fed into a
s;ns,ia MOL hv Waz;n;s nrooass orJ
noi;sSoJ mil ;,s mrfa oa V SasamhIaJ
p parhje 10 'N
The castle from which the capital OF
the Gold Coast takes ITS name IS not a
very iormiuag'e analr. ~ y leareu ..as
. aiscnafge =, .ns iuhovApas suus ,i WIN
wI WI. l'S lapa hI S S an ~ u ~
s sue ~ 'u"''e WV" VI INC "no'e
euin'e'
a young man IN Asntaouia sought 70
assure MS sweetneart Dy strategy, so ne
TOOK ner out ier q poat rae, ana inIea!1
ened 70 Jump oVerDoaro ihto .ne lake II
she didnt consent 10 marry MIN. put
1t dld not WORK. She onered 10 pet MIN
uuiiSi Nc uaA0" wv ~
The bridge over the hentuehy river
on the southern rallroad VIII De tue
highest on the continent IL Is zi9 iees
above low water, ana mas span OF LOO
feet. The towers, erected by Jonn a;
Roebllng years ago, cost $lOOOOO and
rise 800 feet above low water.
Advices from China briefly announce
the taking of the city of Suhchon, in the
northeastern part Of the country, by the
victorious Chinese. The enemy were
Mahomedans, and this defeat Will, tor
time least, but a stop to Mahomedau
encroachments IN China: Accordingto
the civilized code OF Chinese customs
every male inhaDitant OF the captured
city was massaered.
Mrs. Moxon, Charles Lambs adopted
daughter Isola, Of whom Elias letters so
often speak afectienately, is now living
| in poverty in London. She was married
to Moxon, the poet and publisher, who
died in 1858, leaving her and family
solely dependent upon his business.
/ AApaCARSt.So 80 - -
continually. Tennyson has headed
subscription for her benefit.
An European correspondent tells us
that. according TO the etiquette of some
courts, when a Princess or other lady of
royal birth wishes to dance, she sends
an invitation to any of the gentlemen
present to dance with her, it not being
considered proper, unless the gentlemen
is of equally distinguished birth, for him
to ask the lady. American ladies would
probably like the custom to become
~, M. ewr, -
Mrs. ~or'e, Oh "es'nsiu mass, mas
sneezeu ner lace awry, ~ happened at
a parry, ana sne yalniy trieo 10 repress
~ tninSlng sIat sneeAlng was u9iauy-
nAe' Dut IL proEe out IN spite Oh ner'
ana at once sne Ielt a queer sensation IN
one Sneek: 1as sue Oh ner lace
sweIieu rap.aiY' urawlng up the corner
OF ner mouth m anu completely CLOSING
her eye: Inc PnyslcIahs say tnat me
trouble Is hlnu o. paralysis, caused oy
e enort 70 ayola sneezlng, ana tnat ner
lace IS permanently disngured'
An old bachelor ia Orleans county.