Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-20
FCTS AND FANCIEs.


two daughters, one eighteen and the
other twenty years of age.
The Indiana census brings to light a
matron who has nineteen children, with
but seven birthdays among them
A traiu.load of provisions shipped from
Chicago for Liverpool, recently made
the passage from Chicago to Queens.
town, in the "Farthia," from Boston, in
l3 days and 2O4 hours-the quickest on
record.
A number Of the residents of Pitts
burg have requested the newspapers Of
that city not to chronicle their departure
from town for the summer vacation, as
the burglars in that neighborhood are
thought to take advantage of such publ
cations to make attacks on houses left
without defenders.
A grindstone in cutlery factory at
Newark, N. j., burst a few days ago
whilst making 29O revolutions minute.
1t broke into FIVE fragments, one Of
which wounded workman seriously in
the head, whilst the other four went fly
ing through the shop in different direc.
tious, breaking machinery and work
benches.
The Esquimaux have an ingenius way
Of killing bears. They sharpen the ends
Of piece Of whalebone, foot or more
long, then bend it double and wrap it
closely in fat meat, which is exposed to
the air till it freezes. These treacherous
pellets are thrown TO the bear, which
bolts them whole. They thaw in his
stomach; the bent whalebone straightens,
and the sharp points pierce his vitals
whenever he attempts to move.
A lady writing from Berlin to the Gin
cinnati Gazette says: We next visited
the new palace, now used, with the ex-
ceptions of the rooms Of state, as the
summer residence of the Crown Prince
and his family. We enjoyed greatly its
many beautiful and valuable paintings
and all its choice old relics, not except
ing the chairs on which the greyhounds
of Frederic the Great reposed them
selves. We we're shown into this room
first, and the guide made great ado be-
cause some of the ladies, being very
tired, sat on them, and said that would
never do; those chairs we're to be pre-
served sacred to the memory of the dogs
Of Frederic, therefore women could not
sit on then"
A funny story comes from Long
Branch. At hop recently given there
bald-headed musician, who was sitting
Eddling away near one of the windows
felt something on his, head. Clapping
his hand to it he found that little
mouse, which had been concealed in the
lambroquin, had landed thereon and was
waltzing around like the other guests.
Instantly the musician dropped his bass
viol and gave chase to the intruder, who
sought refuge in the biggest hole in the
neighborhood by rushing lheadlong into
the bell of the large brass horn. The
performer on this instrument not discov-
ering at once the source of trouble, con.
tinued fruitlessly to blow on his horn,
when, by sudden blast, he expelled the
little mouse, who scampered off over the
floor, much to the CONSERVATION of the
dancers.
The following announcement lately
appeared in England; The court will 90
into mourning on Tuesday next, the 9th
inst, for his late Majesty. the Emperor
Ferdinand, uncle of the Emperor of
AustriP, namely; The ladies 70 wear
black dresses, white gloves, black. or
white shoes, feathers aud fans, pearls,
diamonds, or plain gold or silver orna-
ments. The gentlemen to wear black
court dress, with black swords and buc-
kles.' The court to change the mourn
l
ing on Tuesday, the 18th inst, namely
The ladies to wear black dresses, with
coloyed ribbons, flowers, feathers and
ornaments; or gray or white dresses,
with black ribbons, flowers, feathers and
ornaments; the gentlemen to continue
the same mourning. And on Friday, the
18th inst, the court to 60 out Of mourn
ing,
Beer, in solid form, but not spelled
with an i, is promised to the devotees of
malt by Frankfort Journal which, ac-
cording to the Pail Mall Gazette, gives
an account of public exhibition by a
chemist of brown powder, which, by
admixture with water, produces beer
which cannot be distinguished from that
drawn from the cask. The beer pow
der is very cheap, aud the Gazette thinks
that its introduction will put an end to
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