Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-05
FACTS AND FANCIES.

to be suffering from the depredatiohs OF
the fish-eating crocodiles.
Cannibalism fourishes in America.
Here, for instance, is an advertisement
for "a good girl to cook.
The pictures and sketches of the late
Sir Edwin Landseer are to be sold in the
spring. They are expected to realize
from $25O,OOO to 100000
libra Darlington of Chester county,
Penn, recently discovered a tortoise
marked ~. D., 1920, which he recog-
nized as the work of his hand ifty-three
years ago.
The London Times estimates that
74,OO0,O0O bushels of wheat will be re-
quired from this country to supply the
markets of Europe until the crop of 1874
is harvested.
A lecturer recently telegraphed to
temperance organization that he would
lecture on "A Taste for Naples and
Rome" The telegraph got it " A Taste
for Apples and Rum"
A Boston man wouldn't invest his
money in Dubuque after finding that the
Mayor didn't know anything about Ply
mouth Rock, and didn't care cuss
for George Washington.
The bonded aud floating debt of Chi
cago has been increased since 1869 by
So per cent, or from $S,l89,37l to $l5,-
393,332. The expenditures for four
years have amounted to go, 100000.
New Orleans recently received by
railroad in one day from various sources
6346 bales of cotton, which the Picayune
says is the largest quantity every re-
ceived in single day by that means.
The register of the dead bodies found
in the Seine aud exposed at the Morgue,
Paris, bears the strange name Of lie
Livre des Maccabees." Why it is so
called has long been and is still puzzle
to French philolOgists.
Gail Hamilton says: Not the least
of the many benefits wrought US by the
clergy is the sweet somnolence which so
gently and benignly broods over a
weary and happy congregation on a sui
try Sunday afternoon.
In Castro Valley, Alameda county,
Cal, there is forest Of Australian gum
trees covering over one hundred acres.
The trees were planted only three and a
half years ago, and some have attained
a hight Of fifty feet and diameter OF
twelve inches.
Official figures in relation to the trade
and commerce of Canada show them TO
be in a most prosperous condition.
Fiscal returns for the year ending June
30, 1873, exhibit an increase in the total
commerce of no less than S26 ,S4S,3l8
over the previous year.
Ne one would hesitate to pronounce
Marshal MacMahon Of Celtic origin at a
single glance. His features are deci-
dedly Milesian; his head we'll modelled,
and his expression frank and soldierly,
and, above all, honest. Unless the sci-
ence os physiognomy is utterly false,
there is nothing Of the selfish despot in
this man.
"In life's great game Of poker, as the
aged minister tearfully observed in his
funeral discourse, "our deceased brother
has thrown down his hand, which, per
NIT me to say, brethren, was equal to
four aces and a queen-he has surren-
dered his chips, drained his glass to the
dregs, and walked out.
A young married lady is the sensation
in social circles in England just now.
She is Hindoo, from Madras, who, al
though belonging to high caste, has
yentured not only to cross the ocean,
but also to mix freely in London soci-
ETY., and to conform generally to the
social customs Of the country. Accom-
panied by her husband she has visited
the chief objects Of interest in y, me-
tropohs and in several Of our provincial
cities. She is the first Hiudoo lady who
has broken through the barriers Of pref.
udice and caste in order to visit England
! In report Of recent case tried in a
ST. Louis court, in =hieh the plaintiff
was a widow, the following dialogue oe
CURED between counsel for the defense
and one Of the witnesses on the othel
side, Mr. Murphy, are you any relation
to the plaintifY' No, sir, l am notT
" Don't YOU expect 20 be9' Such :
thing might happen" Now. are YOU