Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-18
Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

monument, and George Washington's 8
not up yet.
The happy land of canine" is in
Mexico. Mr.. Armijo, prosperous
Mexican farmer, keeps a flock of two
million sheep.
King Victor Emanuel always eats
alone. He can't bear to have his friends
hopping up every two minutes to tell
him that he oughtn't to eat with his knife.
George-"I say, Tom, do take carel
You nearly shot my father thenl" Tom
"'Sh don't say anything, there's good
fellow Take a shot at mineI Punch
Some Of the passengers taking the
trains through the Mt Gents tunnel
occasionally try to smuggle goods in des-
pite of the French and Italian Custom
houses at Modane.
The small retail sellers of wine in
France have taken largely to doctoring
the article, for the benefit of their pock-
cts and the enlarged public palate. A
good deal of the sophstication partakes
Of water.
There is rising boy in Springfield, Ill.
His farher said: "Now, George, you
may take your choice-go with me to
visit grandpa, or have new velocipede. I"
The urcbin scratched his head, and an
swered; iii ii 70 and see grandpa, and
make him buy the velooipede."
Camille" was played in St. Paul, and
the printed programme was nearly filed
With the advertisement of q cough med
icine, the pse Of which by the consump-
tive heroine, il was declared, would
have saved her from 8 premature grave
and Armand from bitter sorrow"
A Paris writer is wondering what be-
comes Of all the lost children Of Paris
He says: "The newspapers record their
disappearance almost daily. FvO quar-
ters ought to be we'll looked after, espe-
ciAlly as their operations are now very
active-the saussge-msking machines
and the schools Of medicines.
A farmer in Seymour, Ind, while ex-
smiuing bis corn crib the other day,
came across q small Jug, whose mouth
was stopped by the body Of a rat which
had tried to get iB bRt bad stuck fast.
On breaking the jug, he found fcET other
rats inside, all alive. The latter hsd
evidently crawled in, eaten till their
sides were stated out, and then found it
impossible to crawl Ost sgsiu.
A little fellow who was at neigkSor's
house about noon the other day watch
ed the preparations for dinner with
great deal Of interest, but when asked to
stay and eat something, he promptly re-
fused. "Why, yes, Johnny, you'd bet
ter stay" said the lady; why cau'tyou2"
well, cause" said the little fellow, ina
said | mustn't unless you ask me three
times" They invited him twice more
right of.
A husband and his wife took their in
fant son to the Rev. John Henry Jones
for baptism. What name2" asked the
clergyman. sc they were arranged before
the congregation. George Washing
ton Podgers," whispered the father,
mo; Isaac Newton Podgers," spoke
out the wife. Tut, tut," interrupted
the praanher; "my name is a good one;
take that. gshp Henry PodGers, | bap-
tie thee in the name Of tke Holy Ghost
Amen" The couple went away smiling
and the husband atterward said that the
preacher had ssyed him from the biggest
kind of row,
Ecuador is land of Sinking, fierce,
sanguinary beasts OF the forest whore
the jaguar lies in ambush on the branch,
and the coral snake, whose fangs ere
sudden death, turks under the lovely
passion-llowers. Murder Of the organ
lied and coldblooded variety might but
too well acclimatize itself in these fair
but ill-governed and restless regions,
where nature has denied repose even to
the earth ITSELF An Ecuadorian resi-
dent was asked what kind of q soil his
native land possessed for agriculture,
and replied, 1T is excellent, if only it
would keep still for month or two at
Iime.P-[London Telegraph.