Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-12
n. WMITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Secretary Chandler was once cIer
at Nashua, New Hampshire
Hops grow wild in great abundance in
Arizona-a fair article for brewing pur-
poses.
There is.a good prospect Of a duel be-
tween two life insurance agents in
Leavenworth.
A Chicago man lately advertised for
q wife that has got the stamps; looks
and age no object"
Ann Connolly, Of San Francisco, aged
seventy five, has instituted suit for
divorce from her husband, aged seventy
three.
Vassar girls believe in fish diet as a
good thing for the brain, and never miss
hooking any sucker who falls in their
way.
The Bank Of California, under the
management of Mr.. Ralston, paid
eighteen per cent. dividend on its entire
capital.
Five young American ladies have
larely received honor certificates" from
the examiners of the University of Ok
ford, England.
An exclusively colored panel in a
Louisiana court lately returned the
written conclusion I'VE, the verdict,
find the jury guilty"
Bret Harte calls his new story Gabriel
Conroy. he might have called it Will
liam Brown or John H. Washington, but
the golden moment has passed.
A rogue in Sacramento has been emf.
nently successful in passing for mem
Der Of the Legislature. He kept up the
character by borrowing money, moi pay
ing his hotel bill, treating everybody and
getting free pass East to attend the
Centennial.
Mrs. Livermore, in her new lecture on
"SuperAuous Women" says that the
privileges which are being showered
upon women at the present time are such
as to dazzle her and during the next
twenty-five years the outpouring Of
privileges will overwhelm her, but in the
end will result in great good.
An exchange wants to know why
somebody don't invent some kind of a
button-hole for campaign purposes that
withstand the strain ofcandaidtes' fingers.
Something metallic, that will stand
wear and tear, or better still, an electtri-
cal buttonhole, something that would
make an Office seeker feel as though he
had been struck by lightning il be
touched it.
The most ferocious and uncompro.
missing apostle Of etiquette to be found
anywhere is the cheap clearinghouse
aristocrat. he is the least tolerant oi
all narrow persons, and his naughty con-
tempt for the many inferior people with
whom he is unavoidably thrown in con-
tact is something too withering to be
adequately described.
1t cannot be that the spirit Of poetry
is dead As long as there are women
and flowers the divine afilatus can't be
exhausted, whatever may happen to the
reader This little fragment, ss it Is
called, from the Brooklyn Argus, is a
real heart-reacher.
Hers was face
Whose occult charm no limner's art
Could steal; whose nameless grace
Elusive was, as light that falls
Where waters part.
A face SO fair,
So haunted with sweet mysteries,
~ seem U II Ihco httTuy ltOul holf MY htouce
Aud not Of one who e'er
Had breakfasted on buckwheat cakes,
Or dined on beans.
The wedding Of Mrs, Moulton at Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, lately, to Nor
wegian gentleman with the unpro
nounceable name Of lie CHAMELEON d,
Hegermann Lendenchronn, included
some curious Norwegian customs, on'
feature being wedding carpet brough
over from Norway for the occasion. /
is piece of workmanship Of quaint de
sign and beauty and fabulous value, like
an Indian shawl. Upon it unnumberec
Norwegian brides Of the uupronouncea
) Bile name have rested their little fee
while the minister pronounced the myI
f,o ,vnr1s of haatr,..l