Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-11
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
Four wives caudle the Khsdivs.

Isl true that in Agaeriea the chief
end of man is dividend2
DoLati is to have a monumeuti in Flor.
enee, because be fouud so many comets.
There aren't many ~centenarians, but
there are dead loads Of uarycentiaus.--
Graphic.
Mother Stewart is in Glasgow, insist
ing that water is the proper thing during
a Scotch mist.
james Gordon Bennett, one of the new
ssage-coach drivers in New York. paid
only $1,000 for his coach.
Said a justice to an ~o5streperous pris-
oner on trial: ave want nothing but
silence, and but little of that"
The new style Of bonnet goes by the
name OF the so~up-plate, and it is fastened
somehow to the back of the head.
St. Paul had no intention Of bribing
Agrappa, when he wound up his defense
by saying, Accept these bonds"
This time the n~eighborbood of Little
Rock has a woman fghter-a sort of
Joan Of Arkansas,-M 2. Herald.
Bunting has gone up a hundred per
cent, It is said, which is lucky for those
Who are engaged in its manufacture.
Miss Nude, the Toronto preacher, OBJ
jects to having her name spelled with
two IDS" and the Il" changed to an "a"
The war between the freight lines
going West is exceedingly hot, alto.
gether to the advantage Of the shippers.
In England, where the rink and spell
ing-bee epidemic prevails, they have got
to calling it the "foot-and-mo dis
ease"
One of Barnum's FIJI caunibals is
about to marry a cigar girl in New York,
and has pstitioned for permission to cut
his hair.
A Boston firm, it is said, works over
from FIVE to six hundred pounds Of rancid
butter every day, selling it again for new
aud good.
Winnie Ream is sand-papering her
Farragut statue, and declares with an
irresistible shake of her eurls that it ia a
lfe-like bust of Mr.. Lamar.-N. Y.
World.
A iuryman was asked if the Judge
had charged him. Faith" said he,
the little fellow lectured us a good
deal, but | don't think be means to
charge for it."
did you see Beecher, Mary2' Yes,
| saw the top Of his headl" "0h, pshawl
l saw the whole Of him when he got up
to give out the hymn" How did you
do itT" "Oh, l climbed up on the back
! of a pew" [Authenticl
f, Moliere was asked the reason why in
certain countries the King may assume
) the crown at fourteen years Of age, and
| cannot marry before eighteen2 ut is"
J answered Moliere. " because it is more
difficult to rule a wife than a kingdom"
9 The unique library Of Franz Hardin
; ger, the great Vienna book collector,
who died recently, is to be sold. 1t con
: taias 2l,00O volumes, and is rich in Ger
l man plays of the sixteenth century, ard
in the German classics, every edition of
which it contains.
"You cannot keep me down, shouted
. a somewhat windy orator at a public
meeting; though I may be pressed be-
: low the waves | rise again; you will find
that come to the surface, gentlemen"
Yes" said an old Whaler in the audi
ence, you come to blow"
Here is an iDfallible receipt for noto-
riety that has been successfully tried by
many; First, do something startling (no
matter what, then rare around Ike Q
loon" about it, then take to leeturing,
and, lastly, write al play aud appear on.
e the stage Chicago Journal.
. At Paris, a workingman, a Hebrew, a
e horny.handed shoemaker, entered the
canvass. He was running very we'll,
and was supported by some of the prom
inent papers. Finally it was discovered
q that he owned a house worth three hun
j bred and fifty francs, and the working
men threw him overheard. We have
!, taken effective means to bar any such
r catastrophe, in case we ever run for office.
I The British House of Commons is
s puzzled what to do with a petition from
2 the city of Boulogps, praying to be per-
y mitted to remain a British Consulate and
not be reduced to q Vice Consulate. The
Speaker has declared that the only SINH.
lar precedent was in 1881, when the Gre
tans petitioned the House for protection
/ against Turkey, which wssreieoted. A
is select committee has been appointed to
r investigate the question whether parlia-
ment can entertain foreign petitions.
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