Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-07
FACTS N FANCIES.

ping as a punishment for w~ife-beating.
Head for editorial in an exchange:
That Dam Bill" II wa about water,
but it looked queer.
you have lost your little Ratchet" is
the way of telling a man what he is,
when he is one -Erchange.
There's no special style Of engraving
engagement rings. A spiders web with
a fly in it is a very pretty device.
The London Times in a leading article
disspprovss of the proposed reduction
of the Presidents salsry from 5 O,OOOt
$25, 1000.
"Steptwo-miles" ia the name of an
Indian chieftain. he must be a product
of Weston civilization, = Commercial
Advertiser.
There is economy in travelling on the
fast mail trains, You make what o
eat so a great deal farther in a given
length of time.
The Princess Of Wales, according to a
polite fiction, is left in charge of England
during the absence Of the Queen on the
Continent and pending the return Of
the Prince.
A cold door-key held to the nose Of a
fainting woman on the Lake Shore rail
road had the effect to relieve her. The
chivalrous owner Of the key refused to
take a cent.
The Tichborne claimant has been re-
moved to the prison infrmary on account
Of an liberated leg, and a daily allow
ance of half a pound of meat, in ad-
dition to the customary ration of bread
and soup, has been made to him.
Name the mountains of Turkey"
said a teacher to a little eight year old
girl in one Of the Brooklyn schools.
The Belknap mountains" responded
the little miss. No my child, the Bel
kan mountains you NEAR. You have
been reading the newspapers"
A Frenchman will exhibit at our Cen.
%tennial a sofa which can also be con-
verted into a table, bed, trunk, washstand
and lounging chair. But until it can
also be changed into a fnetooth comb,
toothpic aud a pack of cards, the deni-
zens Of the far West will not take much
interest in it.-NOrr. Herald.
There was a French singer with a ire.
mendous voice who could not discover
what line in art he was best fitted for.
He went to Cherubini, who told him to
sing. He sang, and the foundations
trembled. well, illustrious master" he
said, when he had finished, what shall |
~become?' AN %auctioneer," was Cheru-
bini's curt reply.
Two young men went riding with two
Westbutg (Iowa) girls. A big dog, full
of fight, came belching through a fence.
One Of the young men drew a revolver,
!, blazed away at the dog, and succeeded
, in tearing of one Of his own fingers and
. depositing the bullet in the neck of one
Of the young ladies'. 1t was lucky for
the dog Chicago Tribune.
A Londen paper says that when walk
. ing long distances Weston chews the
/ dried leaf Of the coca" a weed indig-
, enous to Bolivia, which is said to act as
a most wonderful waste p%reventer," en-.
abling the person using it to sustain the
greatest physical exertion. 1t should
p have added that for short distances the
: Americans prefer a Glove.
An American girl was playing eroquet
in England last summer. What a horrid
scratch" said she, Indignantly, when
her mallet failed to do its duty and she
missed her shot. "0A, ny dearl' said
an English cousin, you should not use
e such slang expressions" What should
| have Said2" asked the American. "Yoa
might have said" replied the English
maiden, after ~canvassing her vocabulary
for a perfectly unexceptionable phrase
! you might have said, What a beastly
A=keT"
Maria Theresa Jennings and Clotilds
Samantha Jennings, gimme that are
bookl The idea of gals net moren
nineteen resdin' all about that are
Beecher scandal. And you professors,
tool Ef your poor mother was alive now,
what do you calkilate she'dsay2 Gimme
that sinful pamphlet till | destroy it,
} And the pious old deacon indignantly
took THE Story Of the Great Scandal
from them and set up till three o'clock
10 the morning reading it in the dining.
. room, with the door locked and his bat
hung over the keyhole.
An English paper recently announced
the marriage Of George Fawcett Rowe
to an American actress. A New York
reporter questioned Mr.. Rowe, who pro-
eeeded to say: 1T am not married to
T Miss Lisle, nor any other lady. | will
not marry q lady of my own profession.
Let us suppose two persons in the same
professional career united in the bonds
of the greatest intimacy, One Of them,
inevitably, must be more successful than
the other. Then will ensue jealousy on
h one side or the other. Either the lady is
surrounded by so many g~allants that the