Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-20
FACTS AND FANCIES.

ion.
A man can borrow trouble without
giving security.
Meissonier, the French painter, pa.
rades himself with ribbons aud crosses
on his coat.
A New Bedford mans tape-worm at
tanned longitude Of niJlety feet before it
succumbed to medical treatment.
A number of the citizens of Dublin
have resolved to forward to the Queen a
request to visit the Irish capital this
year.
According TO recent census the popu-
lAtion Of Japan is 33,SOO,615, which
shows and increase Of 1879, 1850, within the
last three years. Ef
The medical officers OF health Of the
city Of London have been discussing the
prospects Of reappearance of the
plague in England and on the continent.
Some witnesses who refused recently at
Rome to be sworn on the Scriptures, have
been sentenced to six days imprison-
ment and to pay the cost Of their con.
viction.
Joey Gougenheim, the oncewell-known
actress, is a mstron and the wife Of Mr..
Constable, owner of silver mines in
Australia, but she pines for the footlights,
and desires to make her temperance in
San Francisco. LiCJ-
Spelling for the drinks is a fsvorits
diversion in Virginia City. A man there
propounded a word sounding like hal.
lakin, and walked over the town with it.
After winning about six thousand drinks
he spelt it himself thus-halcyon.
A recent Spanish medical journal says
the tallest living specimen of the human
race is a young man from Alcccsr, 26
years Of age, and 9 feet % inches in
height, named Augustin Luengo Capilla,
who has lately been presented to the
King of Spain.
A few weeks ago, in Paris country
man, with his wife, was witnessing q
piece, at the fourth act of which there
was storm. At the second thunder-claI
the wife pushed her husband, saying
81 was expecting this, for l have felt the
storm in my limbs all the last week"
She was a Cincinnati belle-her father
stuck pigs for living-and as her impa
tient sdorer urged the appointment of {
day she could not but pity hin. 81
yearn as much as you do, Alphonse,
she said with sigh, I" but we must wait
Taller's down and porks fstterh ever.
The San Francisco Examiner object
to new school reader, because it con
tains Buchanan Reads poem, "Sheri
dams Ride" which, it says, is designed
to hold up to tie admiration Of tn
young aud rising generation one Of th'
worst characters who has ever figured il
the military annals ofany country.
, An enterprising Chinaman at Col
/. Hill, Nevada, recently mounted the 70
lowing sign handsomely painted on hi
newly established wash house: A
Charlie; washing done dam cheap. Vii
tuous public opinion soon obliged him t
take down the sign aud put up one wit
less scripture in it,
Dr.. Newman, in a recent sermon
preached the killing Of Abel by Cair
: He requested his hearers to remembe
! that the first funeral was the work of
murderer. Think ms brethern," b
said, "of that sad funeral procession.
Laura nudgsd me and whispered, "nt
such large procession, but very selec
None but the Hrst families, What is
fpuerAl procession among three. = Wasl
ihgton Correspondence. e4
Ia New York court has refused to pul
VI J: ish an imitator Of a trademark, bscau'
Z, the original trademark purported to I
TO- placed on pint and quart bottles
:; z when in reality the pint bottles contain'
90 less than a pint, end the quart bottl
- less than quart Thus one cheat seFv
81 10 punish another, and the devil ID Q
NJ Sblsd 70 balance some Of bis books VIII
~ hia de6tsra are stilI il tha assk.