Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-18
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Mark Twain proposes to visit England
again next spring.
A Eighty sort of man that TIVE ed, says
Mt Greene, Of Boston
Antoine Vestier has been busted in
bronze for the French Institute.
King Mtesa has three hundred wives.
No wonder he wants missionary.
Paul Boyton is coming back from
London with new life-saving scheme
for breaking through-the+ce skaters.
Mother.of-pearl ornaments are all the
rage just nov, but still good big hand
kerchiet IS the thing for ths ,apther.
Swinburne hos nearly cou.pia ed a new
dramatic poem, which will be out about
Christmas. The subject is ;ssSen from
Greek Mythology.
A young man near Niles, Mich +,
thought TO make his powder fne by
grinding it in a coffee mill The new
kitchen is well under way.
A Detroit woman could think of but
twenty-nine different ingredients to put
into mince pie, aud she wept at the
idea Of losing her powers Of memory.
Capoul, the tenor, published a card in
the Paris papers recently, delicately de-
nying the report that he was engaged to
marry Miss Sophie Hebron, the soprano
An immense ledge oil isinglass has
been found in the mountains near Snake
river, Idaho. 1t is thirty feet wide, and
one of the most valuable discoveries Of
the kind ever made.
1t took Sir Isaac Newten less than
three years to thoroughly digest the prin-
ciples Of gravitation, while an Indiana
farmer has spent eleven years trying to
find out why COW never kicks until the
pail is two-thirds full
A Talking match between two old
maids. for $15 a side, come of in Boston
| last week. The winner ran up to 1873
words per minute, and would have
reached 200, it is believed, had she not
unfortunately loosend four Of her front
| teeth and split her palate.
Ns. John Brougham happening to be
seated BY the side ofCOroner Connery, of
New York, aud feeling thirsty, said to
that gentleman. What will you driuk2'
"a little claret," responded his friend
. Claret!" exclaimed Mr.. Brougham,
" Claret for coronerl Why, there's no
body in that"
A gentleman once called on the late
Mr.. Astor to solicit donation for q
charitable purpose. He gave S. why,
Mr.. Astor, said the solicitor, 'how is it
you give so little2 Your sen John Jacob
gave us 800" "Well, replied the old
man, He can afford it, he has rich
father aud haven't"
The fortune left by the Duke Of Mo-
dena amounts to over thirty millions Of
dollars. 1t will be divided between three
persons-his eldest sister, the Countess
de Chambord; his younger sister, the
DucheeS Maria Beatrice, widow of the
Infante Don JPsn de Bourbon and the
mother of Don Carlos, spd finally, his
niece, the daughter Of his deceased
brother Ferdinand, whose death occurred
in ls4O.
When Fortuuy w&s painting his grand
picture, la yicaria, be mentioned one
day before Meissonier, that he needed a
m odel for o cavalry officer. Il will be
| your model" cried the wsrm-hearted
sovereign Of Fine Art. Come to Poissy
aud will sit for you The offer was
accepted and the original skotch-the
portrait Of Meisaonier by Fortuny--was
given by the widow of the latter to Mr..
Stewart, Of Philadelphia.
Middle.aged oOlOnels seem to be
I lSueptably susceptible to feminine
charms Following laaaire Baker
comes the tidiugs thst the Hon. Colonel
CHaords important office al iho HoFse
Guards, has become vacsVt BY that
officer having jeff his country, whers he
has a wife and large fsHily with another
goman, Colonel Clifford is EicteEie
Gross men, and has always been regarded
ss 9 most Galsas officer He comes Of
. very eucieut and eslimahle Roman
Catholic houss, the cliHords OF Chad
leigh The present peer is his brother.