Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Ano A~uulauapOiis oootDlacks have Iust
formed a protective union. Any non
unionist who dares charge less than tea
cents for a shine is treated to a cold
bath under a street pump.
A man can persuade himself into al
most anything except an affection fog
the woman who is continually reminding
him that her daughter can't be imposed
upon so long as she is around to see jus
tice done.
Quite often the press is called upon to
the murder Of a wife by her
husband, and the immediate suicide of
the murderer. 1t is simply a case Of
putting the cart before the horse. Why
don't these fellows kill themselves frat.
The public would be better pleased.
The Toledo Blade has dipped deep
enough into mental philosophy to have,
observed that many men will patiently
sit for hours waiting for an adversary to-
make a move on a eheckerboard, who
will fly into a passion if compelled to
wait ten minutes for their dinners"
Olive Logan, during a recent lecture
at Ithica, New York, to an audience I'M
a%ppreciative Of her kind of humor, stop
ped in the course of her address and an
nounced that those unable to compre-
bend her jokes could have them ex
planned on personal application to her
after her lecture"
There is a great differencein climates.
4 Milwaukee man has invented a re-
markable horse-detacher, and the local
press is praising him forit. If a man in
Texas we're to invent such a machine his
health would be forever undermined in
less than t~wenty.four hours, and the ex-
ecrations Of two or three hundred Of his
fellow-citzens would make his last hours
the liveliest Of his lite.
One day a lady came in a carriage to-
ask Corot, the famous French painter
who has just died, for 1000 francs with
which to pay her rent. "she is we'll
dressed" said the maid, who had seen
her. II cant understand how any one
with such clothes can borrow money. If
were you | would refuse" Take that
to her, my child, said the artist, Offering
a bank note for the required sum, land
remember that poverty in silk is the worst
kind of poverty"
When Lacondamine, in the year I745,.
visited the region Of the Andes, the height
Of the City of Quito was determined at
1886 feet above the sea level. In 1903
this had decreased, according to HUM
boldt, to $50, In 1881, Bo~usingault
found it 1861, while Orion, in 1861, re-
duced it to $500; and finally Keiss or
Stubel, in 1870, found only 1856 feet
above the level Of the sea. Quito must,
therefore, be approaching the sea level at
the rate Of 240 feet in l25 years.
It is said of the venerable Charles
Tappan, Of Boston, who died lately at
Washington, that when a little boy in
Northampton he was playing in the
street with a neighbor's son, and q six
penny piece was found in the dust. The
boys quarrelled about the ownership OF
the coin; but young Tappan held it, and
the other boy gave in. Seventy years
afterward he encountered his playmate,
old and poor, in Pitts6eld, and paid him
the six pence with the accrued interest.
A Partisan family, while at dim err the
other evening, was astonished at receiv-
ing the following letter: IN. and Ma
dame: / have just learned that what l
have cooked for veal is piece Of the
butchers little nephew, who was a%ssassi-
mated by his uncle and sold in slices. I
do. not dare to come home. Marie
Marie was the name of their servant.
This horrible announcement created
quite a CONSERVATION, and all the family
began to feel pangs of indigestion, which
were not allayed until it was discovered
that the note was a hoax. The peIice
are looking for the practical joker.
When Rachel presented herself at the
Theatre Francois, sitter passing two or
three years at the Conseryatoire, she first
applied to Provost, another comedian of
this theater. ''You are not made for
the stage" said he; you had better go
on the boulevards and sell bouquets.
When she reached Samson, there was
some encouragement, IF | had your
organ" said he, II would work miracles."
Then put your genius into my voice"
replied she; "be my master" Later,
when she was the %favorite tragedienne
Of Paris, at the close of one Of her bril-
liant victories, she carried an armful of
flowers from the stage and deposited
them in the lap of Provost, saying
Wont you buy some2 You recollect
you advised me to sell them" Come"