Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-11
FACTS n FANUIES.

Oou carlos, IL is SAID, does not
like American cookery-his goose
was cooked in Spain.
Dom Pedro, before leaving this
country, left orders for 49, DOC 900
worth of American machinery.
Croquet is dead in St. Louis, and
base ball is dead in Philadelphia.
The country is still too new for
brain-work.
81 will follow her soon," said a
sad eyed man at the grave of his
wife. Within a month he was fol-
lowing another womar.
Chas. Lamb, when speaking of
one Of his rides on horseback re-
marked that all at once his horse
stopped but he kept right on"
Emerson Bennett, whose love
and Indian stories have so long de
lighted the vealy youth of America,
is treasurer of a Philadelphia chess
club.
1t is predicted that by the time
one OF two more presidential terms
have passed away, the women Of
this country will hold the balance
of power.
The British Army list, it is said,
this year, for the first time, entered
the name Of Queen Victoria at its
head as the chief commander of
the forces.
The saloon-kcepers of Virginia
City have formally resolved to take
"stoye-lid currency" meaning sill
Yer, only at the rate of eighty-seven
cents on a dollar.
"You are nuisance; I'll commit
you" said an offended Judge to a
noisy person in court. "You have
no right to commit a nuisance"
said the offender.
Charlotte Bremen, the only sister
of Frederika Bremen, in whose
literary labors she, to a considerable
degree participated, is dead. She
: was born in 1893.
"Mrs. Spinks," observed a board
er to his landlady, "the equal adj
iustment of this establishment
could be more safely secured if
there was less hair in the hash and
more in the mattresses"
An Illinois judge has decided
that a washing bill cannot be col
. lected, and any experienced washer
; woman will tell him that he is right
six times out of ten, which is prob
ably better than the average Of his
decisions.
The well-known naturalist and
explorer, 0doardo Beccari, after
four years and a half in Eastern
Malaysia and New Guinea, has re-
turned to Europe. He has come
2 home to publish an account Of his
many journeys.
. Tourist-"Are there any inns in
!. this village, my little man ?" Small
+ native-"'E es, sir, there be the Fox
and Lion, in Middle street, and the
Millend." Tourist-"Which is the
a best2' Small natiye-T dunno,
sir, but father allus gifts drunk at
the Cobblers, "-LOadoD Fun.
f How naturally one turns away,
. at this interval, from the works of
5 bards, sagesand philosophers, from
visions of statecraft and the phe-
4 nomena of political science, and
n signs for the matchless liberty Of
that civilization which permits a
e man to sit around all day in his
night shirt.
+ A young man living on flaw
{ thorne street, at the Highlands,
c took a trip of a mile ont in the
harbor the other day, on his back
4 in the water, being towed by a kite.
: He then entered a boat which fol-
lowed, and made successful expert
ments with the kite for a SAIL
Boston Advertiser.
I A member of the Southern Pres
byterian church some time ago
!, offered a prize of 5000 for a tract
upon "The Nature, Design, and
! Proper Observance of the Sabbath"
One hundred and eight manu-
scripts were received by the com
mittee of award, which was com,
o posed of the Rev. &. T. Baird, D. d.,
. the Rev. NJ. D. Hoge, D. d., and
IL D. Clo1 II m