Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-12
FACTS AMI FANCIEs.

bret narte lot skates,
NJ. Hoel de Saint Gilbert, the last page
Of Marie Antoinette, died recently at or
near Vienna at the age Of lO4 years.
Aimee is now kicking up her heels in
Cuba, and as business is good, she no
doubt feels she is Havana good time
Nep York World.
A man may forget his business, his
and all the sacred obligations OF
life, but he always remembers where be
got that counterfeit bill.
When Harper's Bazaar comes to us
with four patterns for First Communion
Dresses" it would appear that Fashion
had invaded the kingdom Of heaven.
A Chicago mar thinks that the worst
speller ought to get the dictionary, and
the winner should have a wreath Of
sorrel, or some other garden sass, like
them Greeks"
A bouquet of cut flowers, including
roses, %vioietS and lilies, was received by
a young lady in Cass county, Indiana,
last week from a friend in California.
They came through in ten days, and
we're as fresh and fragrant as the day
they we're picked.
When hanging is too good for a man,
we suggest that the following be the
sentence: Judge-"Prisoner, l sentence
you to read the examinations and cross
examinations Of the Beeeher. Tilton case
until you are dead, and may God have
mercy on your soul"
In Massachusetts, it is not believed
that a man is insane when he tries to
commit suicide. Mr.. Costley, who is to
be hanged there shortly, is watched night
and day, that he may not poison himself
instead of yielding up his ghost at the
expense Of the Commonwealth.
A game of chess between Europe and
New York, which was started in 1859 by
correspondence vas recently concluded,
after having been in progress for sixteen
years. The contestants were DR.. Breu-
Finger, of Pforzheim, in Baden, Ger
many, and F. A. Brenzininger, of Nav
York. The New York player won the
game.
A woman in an Ohio penitentiary re-
Gently received %aletter from her husband
which the warden, who had held the
office for many years, says is the 6rstin-
stance on record of a female prisoner
receiving a letter from her husband, al
though the male prisoners continually
receive letters from their female friends
and relatives.
1t is doubtful whether the immense
roses seen on some Of the spring bonnets
can be found in nature. The idea of a
rose about eight inches in diameter is
rather ridiculous. And the hues and
colOrs of these imaginary flowers are SC
gaudyl Such impossible yellow, and
such a peculiar pink But, then, fash
ion is often ridiculous and peculiar.
The law of succession to the Chinese
throne is peculiar. In the event Of tn,
Emperor dying childless, the throne fall
to the nearest male Of the imperial famil,
young enough to have been the late
rulers son. The Emperor can nominal,
his successor, but his choice is limited t,
the reiguing house, and is subject to tn
above law as to age.
The strike among the golfers in Soutl
Wales, which has lasted six weeks, still
continues, and is causing much distress
in some localities. In tho parish o
Merthyr, for instance, a sixth Of tn
whole population is dependent upon tn
poor rates. The strike vas caused by
reduction in wages, which the coal OWL
ers felt obliged to make in view of tn
present depression in the coal and irol
trades.
As he thus %discoursed, he kept hitch
ing his chair nearer to the dear object o
his affections until he had got within
arms length, when reaching out he too
her tiny white hand in his and com
menced, Wilt thou, dearest, share
little cot-a-att-tle c.c-cot-co--" A
which the damsel jumped up, exclaim
ing, You wretch, you; amt 70,
ashamed of yourself r. and left 1,
room highly indignant. he says ~
going to say COTTAGE" it str Oh ;, ,
throat, and he says he think ,ho
lady is painfully mod .t-o.t,.
Times. S
Justiano Roxas, me CaEfa.,;o -,
MARIAN died at s. .nta Cruz in that stp
Two weeks ago. at the az q Of one h