Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.

tops and pull.
Men who have violated the law are al
ways open to conviction"
WOgner's march for Philadelphia ends
with the sounds of artillery and distant
musketry.
Nilsson demands $1,000 a night, and
Strakosch istn search of another prima-
donna for next year.
DR.. Kenealy, N, P, of Tichborne trial
notoriety, proposes to make a lecturing
tour in the United State.
The well-known hymn, Rock of
Ages, was written in March, l776, by
Augustus Montague Toplady.
A resident of Manchester, who prefers
to remain anonymous, has given $780,.
600 tor an art gallery in that city.
During the heavy gale on the New
England coast recently large numbers Of
fish were blown ashore and captured BY
the inhabitants.
A Persian proverb says: There are
only two days for which to feel anxious.
One is the day that is past, the other is
the day to come"
Oatmeal is strongly recommended by
Casselrs Family Magazine as a cheap
food for bone as well as brain, muscle
as well as MUD"
Houston proposes to exhibit at the
Texas State fair a woman who is only
thirty years old, and is the mother of
eighteen children.
He was ffty.fve. She would marry
him if he dyed his whiskers and hair.
He did, then she wouldn't. he sues for
damages, This in Detroit.
At the Sorosis dinner in New York
one Of them toasted the gentlemen"
and hoped that the shadows of these in
ferior persons might never grow less.
Message and reply sent and received
at a Connecticut telegraph Office: a
am dying; come as soon as you can" al
connot Gomez when you die let me
know"
People won't patronize art now-s-
days." said a disguised artist, as he left
a pictare for sale the other day. "They
throw away their money on bread snd
butter"
The Graphic publishes a portrait Of
Emma Chisholm, the Illinois girl after
whom the Emma Mine was named. The
young lady is now attending school in
Chicago Chicago Tribune.
A letter for Joseph Kzmigietski" is
awaiting its owner in the Danville (Pa.)
%postOfice. The postmaster and his
family are meantime all going around
with their jaws done up in sings.
A Washington correspondent does not
admire the mouth of Senator Chris.
tane7's wife, but kindly adds that 1T
will be fairer to view when care shall
have given length to the upper lip"
Lotta's fountain in San Francisco is
placed at the intersection of two impor-
tant streets, where people are not only
reminded Of the sparkling beverage, but
are compelled to make a slight detour.
The love Of gold does not always gov
ern, for a St. Joseph, Mo-. girl recently
refused a wealthy sutton because he ate
beans with a knife. -Nep York World.
'Rah for the St. 10. girl, Served him
right.
At a recent school examination at
Bonn the question was asked "Who is
to blame for the division Of the Jewish
Empire after the death Of Solomon
And a girl promptly answered; BIS
marUk."
The monument to John and Charles
Wesley has been placed in Westminster
Abbey, but has not yet been unveiled.
1t stands near that of Isaac Watts.
: They talk Of calling it W~esleyminster
Abbey, hereafter.
Two large drapery firms in London
have private chaplsirst to whom they pay
a salary each of $25OO for attending
every morning TO offer prayer and give
addresses to the young men and women
in their employ.
Won Bulow cannot undertake t. return
musical manuscripts submitted to him
for an opinion. His usdal plan in this
country is to muttsr the largest sized
German oaths and tear il upin the pres
ence Of cue composer