Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-23
FACTS AND FANCTES.

The pink of peliteness " is the rarest
flower generally found in garden or
ho iseheld.
1t has been cold enough in Kansas to
FIRE eze whisky, and some of the drunk
arr Is there have become solid men.
The question now is, who is the poor.
est-the man with no coat on his stom.
ach, or the man with no coat on his
back2
Were q man but to think of it, the
responsibility of not acting is sometimes
infinitely greater than that Of the most
rasl act.
1T was the cry, of dying man, whose
lif e had been, sad to say, poorly spent;
Oh, that my influence could be gath
red up and buried with me.
A woman with pure taste never fills
her fingers with rings. She is content
for the world to know that she has the
means for such vulgar display, but not
the taste.
In reply to young writer who wished
\ to know which magazine will give me
the highest position quickest2" cotem-
porary advised powder magazine" I"
! il you contribute fiery article.
The ianitor of the New Hampshire
'State.house counts among his perqui-
sites the privilege Of raising poultry in
the basement. The stock is reported to
thrive admirably under the hatchway
while the Legislature is sitting
"Did you steal the complainant's
coat2' asked magistrate of seedy
individual who was arraigned before
him. II decline to crafty the morbid
curiosity of the public by answering
that question" responded the seedy in
dividual, with a glance at the reporters.
A young bride who had been fashiona-
bly, educated was asked by her fond
husband to attend to the ordering Of the
dinner, as he shouldn't have time to 60
to market. 1t is fact that she blandy
requested the butcher to send home q
leg of tongue, seventeen pounds of
steak and two halibut."
Oliver Wendell Holmes in a recent
medical article, maintains that rhythmi-
cal instin cts have physiological origin
in respiration, and thinks "one can
hardly do ubt that Spenser breathed hab-
itually more slowly than Prior. and that
Anacreon had quicker respiration than
Homer"
Several rifles used by Daniel Boone
in Indian fighting are kept as relics in
Kentucky. 1t is said the owner Of each
points to the notches on Its stock, ex'
plains that they are the record of the
number Of savages shot with the weapon,
and repudiates the genuineness of the
other six.
Even in the saloons opinions upon
grave subjects are expressed forcibly.
A gentleman slightly under the influence
of the intoxicating bowl furnished proof
of this fact night or two ago. Whs
ky, zur," he said, bic -brightens the
intellect. 1t ought to be introduced into
the public schools, zurl"-Boston Ad.
Uerh'ser.
A little girl braids the hair of one who
sat IN front of her, instead OF studying,
when the teacher remarks: Home is
the place for arranging hair, not here
What would you think to see me braid.
ing my hair in school2" Presently
Susan's hand is raised, and the teacher
supposing she wishes to ask some ques.
ton about the lesson, mods, when she
hears the following: Mary says your
hair is false, and you wouldn't dare to do
it herep
Mr.. Kent a resident of Rochester,
heard his door bell ring, and going out
quickly found baby on the steps and a
man running around the corner. He
chased the man, collared him after
long race and discovered him to be DR..
Elijah L. Wood, well known young
physician Of that city. Wood had been
paid fifty dollars by the mother of the
baby to rid her of it in this way, she
choosing Mr.. Kent's house because he
had just Lost little child, and so she
hoped he might welcome this one in its