Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-01

FACTS AND FANCIEs.


I'm going to where won't have to
cook beansl was the farewell sentence
Of an Ohio woman who left this vale Of
tears few days since.
what is the relative weight bearing
capacity Of hips and shoulders2" seems
to be one Of the dress questions hard to
determine, judging from the conflicting
views Of the correspondents published in
the Woman's Journal.
The Presbyterians have gone into the
seaside summer resort business, like the
Methodists. That denomination has
purchased tract at Cape May, between
the town and the light house. and have
formed a society called the Sea Grove
Association toput the enterprise through.
A hotel to accommodate 200 guests is to
be erected there at once.
The two kings Of Siam are having a
royal row, and one Of them is hiding.
In Siam they have a kind Of viee-king,
whose business it is to draw a salary and
loaf around waiting for the other king
to die, and it is this vice-king who has
originated the trouble and who has been
compelled to assume an incognito for
the sake Of his head in consequence.
To blow out your brains is not the
only way to use pistol when you are
ill-treated by woman. A Partisan stu
dent has hit upon new course. Rejec-
ted by an actress, Mile Dianie, he
opened fire upon the young lady from
the orchestra stalls with his revolver.
But he was en- abominable shot and
missed every time at the risk Of decim.
ating the troupe.
The ability to procure luxuries often
whets the appetite for them, until persons
who are brought up in most extreme
simplicity and frugality become perfect
Sybarites in their devotion to costly
pleasures. Amongst all classes Of
society we see extravaganza keeping
pace with prosperity, and, indeed, out
stripping it; realizing ArchbishopWhate.
ley's paradox that, "The larger income,
the harder it is to live within it.
Alfred Tennyson is considerable
land owner, having manors in Lincoln.
shire and the Isle Of Wight, ana estates
with residences in the Isle and in Surrey.
His house at Haslemere, in Surrey was
occupied by Earl Russell during the
writing Of his "Reeollections." Tenny.
sons pen has yielded him such an abun.
dsnt harvest Of wealth that the coniec.
ture is made that he was thinking Of
himself when he wrote, The poet in a
golden cline was born"
A Washington correspondent SAYS:
1t is curious fact that while Welcker
and other leading restaurateurs here
have been avowing their purpose to Be.
come Alpine monks, and go to making
'Benedictine' sooner than cater to col
ored people, they have been permitted
as guests at Delmonico's, in democratic
New York, for years. The only require.
ment in that most fastidious of restau.
rants, kept by gentlemen for gentlemen,
are propriety Of demeanor, deeency in
personal attire, and a reasonable alac-
rity in the settlement of accounts"
AT Lafayette, Oregon, one night dur
ing the recent "cold snap" young
lady heated a good,sized rock and placed
it in the foot Of her bed for the purpose
Of keeping her pedal extremities tropical.
She succeeded admirably. Almost any
one could keep their feet warm when the
foot of the bed was on fire. The rock
burned through a feather-bed, two or
three pairs of blankets, quilts, etc. The
next time the experiment is tried the
rock will not be so hot.
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