Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-30
FACTS N FANCIES.

1t is reported that the Russian Grand
Duke Alexis is about to make another
visit to Australia.
The death is announced of William
Mercer, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Canadian Masons.
Up to latest advices there had been !
2O,5O4 persons arrested in Paris for par
ticipation in the Instruction of the
Commune.
The wife of Boss Tweed recently met
with an accident which deprived her of
one of her eyes. Her youngest son ex-
ploded a percussion cap close to her
face.
From Ce%nstantinople it is reported
that the news of the famine in Asia
Minor is OF an increasingly distressing
character, aud there is much disease
among the sufferers, and that many
deaths OCCUR every day.
At a recent distribution Of prizes by
the School Board at Leeds, England, one
Of the female pupils gave a practical
illustration of the "Woman's Rights"
by carrying off all the prizes, distancing
in every branch her competitors of the
sterner sex.
A few weeks sincea Chicago drummer
saw a young lady blowing in a field in
Macoupin county, Illinois. he stopped
to ask: when do you begin cradlingP"
Not till heads are better filled than
yours" was the sententious reply. The
young man passed mnsingly on.
Mrs. Lovit, of Springfield, has forced
her husband and three grown up soDs to
take board at a neighbours as she finds it
impossible to spare time for homework
while the Tilton-Beeche trial is going
on. She is a slow reader, and it is only
by beginning at daylight that she is ena-
bled to keep up with the evidence.
The night of the first of January was
a bad one for the Parisians. 1t rained
during the day and froze in the evening,
making the streets very slippery, and as
it was holiday time the streets we're
crowded, and many accidents happened.
No less than 1860 persons injured them
selves by falling, of whom six were
killed, and 252 were taken to the hos
pitfalls with broken limbs.
A young lady in San Francisco had
been dancing with a partner who eyiden-
tly pleased her, and, wishing generously
to share the pleasure, she introduced
him to another lady, thus: miss Jones,
allow me to introduce you to Mr., Waltz.
err, a bully dancer, you betl Why, he
whizzed me round the room so that my
feet never touched the floor except
when he quit his hold to take a new
grab"
An old man lay on his death.bed in
indianapolis the other day, surrounded
bysive or six children and his second
wife. He was on the point of signing
his will, when a dispute arose between
the prospective widow and orphans con-
corning the distribution Of the property,
eliminating in an actual hand.to.haud
fight. Quiet vas not restored till the
police interfered.
The Queen of England daughters are
examples to the rest Of the fashionable
world in industry and taste. At the
Royal Swiss cottage each Of the princes
ses has a garden which she cultivates
with her own hands. They have learned
to cook, and they frequently sit down to
a meal prepared by one or the other.
Louise, wife of the Marquis Of Lorne, is
a clever artist, and all of them are ac-
complshed in some way or other, besides
being excellent linguists.
The following, from a St. Louis paper,
is given as one instance Of suffering
among the poor this winter. The papers
all over the country report similar cases
every day: The girl died from the
want of proper care, and from exposure
to the cold. She had to 90 every day TO
the soup.house for a bucket Of soup for
her parents. She wore a thin calico
dress and a light skirt, but no shoes,
stockings or underclothing. In this con-
dition she visited the soup.house on the
coolest days Of last week, the distance
between the institution and her home
being one mile.
A Rockmand county IN. ~ girl,
who was recently finished at a fash
ionable seminary, has begun a diary.
ier mischievous young brother cut out
the FIRST entry and it got into print. Here
is a portion Of it: Sunday Night-It
has just struck IL and | Am still writing.
What are these thoughts that surge
across my hearth What is this strange
longing after the unattainable2 Am l
what / really seem, or is it, as it were,
not so much the in6nitesimal as the un-
speskable2 Let me be calm. | have
reread Don Juan to day. Ali alasl
will there ever be auothe! Byron3 May