Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-21
FACTS AND FANCIRS.

was an immence black bear direct from
Canada, who rode calamity into port on
a cake of ice.
A woman may not have as much hair
as a comet, nor so many belts as Jupiter,
but she stands at the head Of the mys-
teries of the universe.
Don Carlos has had to 90 back to
Vienna and live with bis mother-in-law.
This shows why he fought so desperately
for four years. Graphic.
Many a woman, who is too feeble to
peel a dozen potatoes for dinner, will
walk four miles past a rivals house to
display a>new dress, and prsnce back
home like a three-year old ely.
A hoydenish Vermont girl recently
killed a wolf, and now she wears the tail
on her bonnet, How much more pious
she would be if she had gone to Sunday
school and winked at the librarian.
The attention Of the various police de-
partments of the country is respectfully
called to the fact that numerous persons
are going about %unprovided with an orig.
inal letter from George Washington.
A man who contracted a debt Of SLAB
promised to pay it in two installments.
Last week he forwarded $ll, and prom
ised to send the other $43 as 1901 as the
times got better. -Norristown Herald.
Mr.. Ruskin, in a recent lecture on
Precious Stones advised the ladies to
have their gems set uncut, and said that
the ruby in the British crown was the
most beautiful uncut precious stone in
the world.
At a recent meeting of the London
School Board a highly influential de-.
putatiou Of noblemen and merchants
presented a memorial urging the advisa-
bility Of establishing penny savings
banks in connection With every public
school.
A bill before the California Legislature
would, if passed, prohibit the sale Of in
toxicsting liquors within four miles Of
the State University; and the San Fran
cisco Chronicle says the title should be,
IAN act to promote pedestrianism among
the students"
The Philadelphia boot.blacks have de
cided not charge over ten cents for
backing a pair Of boots during the Cen.
t%ennial. This will allow a good macy
people to 60 down there who would
otherwise have been forced to stay at
home. Detroit Free Press.
A convict in the Chester county pa
jail has educated a mouse. 1t leaps
over bars, climbs poles, walks backward
and climbs 3 little ladder. Its owner
curtailed it to subdue its spirit and
ducked it in q pail Of cold water when il
was disobedient, with the above result.
In Waco. Texas. recently q mule at.
tackled a yearling calf very savagely.
The calf tried to get away but could not,
and at last turned on the mule, which was
biting and kicking it, and butted him
%squarely in the forehead. The mule
staggered and fell dead; the calf was
unhurt.
Macaulay could repeat all Demos
themes by heart, all Milton, a great part
|, Of the bible in English and the New
Testament in Greek. he took great de
|, light in the bible, and there we're few
better biblical scholars than he. And
yet he couldn't shovel the snow of 6
sidewalk without putting bis foot in it.
, A Rew religious movement is reported
among some Of the non.Aryan tribes o.
India, under the leadership Of one Soor
jee. He breaches worship of one God
peace and good will. His followers take
an oath to abstain from all crimes ant
ofenses, spirituous liquors, and causing
death to any living thing. They binC
themselves to live BY the produce Of the
soil, and to battle before eating.
Sheffield. England, has had a remarka
: bic wake. An old woman died in a small
! house in the suburbs. The body was IaiC
: on a table, covered with a sheet, and TO
. nine successive nights the widest revelr,
|. was carried on in the room, money beinl
|. collected each day to defrsy the night.
expenses. At length the sanitary author
tiles put a stop to this, and the body wa
. buried. But England is the embodiment
Of the highest civilization.
: Anew idea in life insurance has aprun,
! up in the Southwest The author woul
4 have attached to all policies an agree
l. ment to the effect hat the insuranc
company promises, in case the insure,
becomes the victim Of chronic disessl
affecting his prospects of longevity
b which skilled medical advice, combines
n with climatic treatment can great!
: mollify, to furnish that advice gratuit
ously, aud also, il needed, to loan tn
insured a given amount Of bis polio
y with which he may be enabled to 90
the climate prescribed"
b. The Director General Of the Geolog
}, cal Survey Of Great Britain asks for sui
a Elementary funds to complete dee
y borings in the lowest strata Of the Wea