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

French sardine packers are now put
tIbg mp sprats msckerel and even more
common species Tor the American
market.
The Boston papers speak Of the late
Charlotte Cushman as essentially q
Bostonian." Atlsst we have the key TO
her greatness.
A letter addressed to Andrew Charles
Courtswonh Pincknsy Sprstt Frakes
caused some delay in the post-office at
Gceencastle, Indiana, the other day,
Giovanni Pratt is he poet laureate of
Italy The number Of ihe year in which
Mr., Murphy emigreted 20 that sunny
Cline has, it must be confessed, escaped
US.
A Portsmouth baby which recently
d ID was mourned by f2ther and moth.
er. two grandfathers aud two grand
m others, three great-grsndlathers, and
three great-grandmothers.
An English critic says that the whole
philosophy Of musical composition,
broadly stated, is the art Of progressing
logically, and yet with apparent freedom
from one point of repose to another.
The Irish citizens Of Sacramento have
decided not to parade on St. Patrick's
day. Perhaps the fact that Sacramento
ia called the muddiest town in the world
has something to do with their decision.
Sir George Elliott. who purchased the
Egyptian railways for English capital
lists, commenced life as o pit boy in the
mines. BE is now the largest coal pro
prietor in the world, and member Of
Parliament
The other day Boston belle rushed
excitedly into the house of a friend to
exhibit Sl75 silk dress che had just
purchased, and incidentally mentioned
tust before her departure that her father
had failed. the day previous and shut up
his store. =
The wealthiest man among as is the
best, exclaimed Wordsworth, wko la
msnted the loss of plain living and high
thinking; and there is truth in Mr.
Smiles assertion that accumulation Of
money has become the great desire and
passion of age.lS aa rt,r
The New York Star relates that -four
reporters endeavobed to get at the harm.
less proceedings Of the secret session Of
Plymouth Church. One. disguised as 3
policeman, was found in the closet, One
was caught on his belly in the Sunday
school room. All four were suaked cut
and badly demorslized,
When the wind storm that recently de-
vastated Tejon Pass begar there we're
100000 sheep feeding on the plains,
thousands Of which we're blown into the
GRlcbes and buried by the driving sand
Over 80, 900 we're lost. On the San Emido
cattle which took refuge in the beds Of
streams were in some places buried out
oS sight,
Frederic Lemaitre died st cancer OF
the tongue, disease which prevented
him from speaking, or from taking any
nourishment ios some days before bis
death. Some one happened during
thsse later days to speak before him Of
Dejszst, The dying actor looked up
ward raised his hand to his voictl So
lips and waited kiss into space-s sig
niHcant aud pathetic gesture
A Nyack lady asks what the New York
boys with little boxes, like hand organs,
on their backs, mean by crying out,
Bay, sinner Madam, these young
gentlemen are perapatetic philosophers.
aud they mean to inCulcate the pOstu
late. MAKE hay while the sun shines.
They have a still more brief way of ex.
pressing their philosophy 10 "shinem."
! Lafayette and De Tocqueville fell into
the error Of believing that the EARLY pros
perity Of the United States was the re.
suit Of republican institutions, whereas
II really originated with the virtues of
men trained under tho English mon
arcbcal regime. NJ, LIE Play is Of opin.
ION that since tho publication OF Rous-
seaus "contrat Social no work hael
dope so much harm as De TeequSville's
! A. = y.