Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-03
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

hus proposal then, but longs Tor him now.
The Urn Cremation Society at Dres-
den has sent a circular to all other Gre
nation societies in EurOl e, inviting them
to send delegates to a congress to be
held at Dresden on the 9Th and 7th Of
June.
In France, particularly in all the
large cities, the women in neatly all
classes take particular pains with their
hands, so much so that they go regularly
to what is called a magnicure-that is, q
person who makes the care Of hands a
specially.
A preacher at Glasgow, Mo, hesitated
to tell a dying man that he would go
right to heaven till the dying mans
brother stabbed him twice in the head
and gave him more liberal ideas of the
mercies Of heaven.
So much delight was felt by the ladies
of Nevada City over the completion of
the railroad from that town to Colfax,
that they dubbed together AMI furnished
the passenger car with an elegant car
pet, mats, curtains and s%pittoons.
From London Fun Ton the hat and
cloak fsshions): Shocked and aston
ished verger-"You bad and wicked boy,
why don't you take off your hat in
churchP' Bad and wicked boy lover
come with guilt)-"If you please, sir,
Tn a little girl"
The following was the reply to the
question, (which of the two popular
London preachers do you like best2"
naming them: 81 like to hear Mr.. -
preach best, because l don't like any
preaching, and he comes nearest to moth
ing of any | ever heard"
An how far might a square be?'
said a patriot stranger to a patriot driver
4. of a Market street car, Sure, and if
ye was a Philaydelphian like meseli, ye
would know it was to the next corner"
AN isit, thin" said the patriot stranger,
{ "fWhat We New Yaarkers call a block?"
IAN it is."
: An intelligent foreigner, passing
through the streets of Philadelphia, took
out his notebook at the end Of a long
walk, and made a little memorandum to
the effect that "e~ighty.nine per centum
of the population of Philadelphia are
members of the powerful family Of
"Roomstolet.
Art received rather an awkward crit
cism from a free-and-essy young mar
:, wac recently met a sculptor in a sociaI
+. circle, and addressed him thus: Err
er-so you are the man-er-tbat makes
.f-er-mud heads2' And this was the
artists reply; " Er-er-not all OF EN-
| didn't make yours"
8 The project of removing Cleopatra
Needle to England has been recent,
revived in that country. The monunen
was presented to George ~ by the Pach,
OF Egypt more than fifty years ago, bur
1. every attempt to transport it has beer
a abandoned. Its natural location SEEM
!. to be ~Threadneedle street.
IL On the occasion of the German Em
press recent visit to Queen Victoria {
CONCERT for the benefit of the German
s. Hospital in London was given which wa,
attended by the Empress. The eoncerf
was a great success in every respect
n. The Duke CT Edinburgh accompanied
e one of the singers on the violin.
H A notorious witness in the Tiebbornt
case, Mrs. Mira Jury, called at a Londol
physicians house the other day to tel
him a lady would require his attendance
in a few hours. On leaving the hous
the doctor noticed from the parlor tina
nc she dropped some cigars, and stopped l.
pick them up, revealing part Of a valr
able rug under her skirt. Upon bein
or arrested numerous article were f9un
I. upon her which she had stolen lror
various places.
A genial professori in one OF the Scotc
II universities has a bright boy Of fou
years, whose only experience in churet
going was in Congregational form.
few Sabbaths since a relative was t
e. preach in the Episcopal church. and tn
professor permitted the child to accom-
4. pany him thither. All went on deco
rously until the minister, in bis whit
led robes, presented himself, when the littl
for fellow, with a tug at his sleeve, yer
;sb nearly upset the professors gravity b
Of wonderingly exclaiming, Papa, doe
Uncle Joseph sleep here2'
G" The English Patent Journal describe
re- a combination OF a foot.warming app
~ ratus with a boot. The heel of the DO,
is Of metal and hollow, and contains
supply Of artificial fuel, The heat iroI
of this is made to pass through channels
the inner sole, a part of which is place
IN upon a spring, so that the action Of tn
foot in walking acts lihe a bellows, draw
lay ing in the cold air by an aperture in tn
:0 heel, and driving the heated air into tn
boot. 4 modification of the apparatu
m. can, it is thought, be applied to hors
day shoes.
-, Every thief in the country will hear a
ssr. about those diamonds, and Mr.. and Mr.