Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-23
FACTS n FANClES.

A mar who had q seoldlng wife, being
asked what he did for q living, replied
that he kept a dollhouse"
1t is anticipated that a large number
of candidates will present themselves
for the Harvard examinations for women
next year.
Mrs. Barney Williams has ordered a
costly monument to be erected over the
remains of her lamented husband in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Miss Blanche, daughter of the late
Msior-G General Rousseau, was recently
married in London to Lieutenant N. E.
Niles, United States Navy.
hats are off as we'll as pools, we pre-
sumo. Go round to the hatter's and
pay him your three per cent. like a little
mas.- Philadslphia Times.
1t was a State Senator, who, engaged
in q brown study in a street-car, walked
up to the conductors box and asked for
q quarters worth of chips"
Tweed has sent two barrels of Bass
ale to the officers of the frigate Franklin,
as an acknowledgment OF kindness re-
ceivsd during his late trip from Spain.
The old Countess of Montijo has
gained her case against the Paris journal
which asserted that her daughter, the ex-
Empress Eugene, was an illegitimOte
offspring.
2 pretty mustache counts for nothing
under an ugly nose.-Er. That depends.
Her nos may be r%etroussee, but it don't
follow that your mustache will count for
nothing under it.
The inhabitants Of the Fijiau Island
of Fotuna having committed a violent
and unprovoked assault upon an Ameri.
can sea captain, the American Consul
at that point has imposed a 6ne upon
the island OF $4,000.
There seems to be nothing like faith.
Oae of the descons Of a church in a
n~eighboring town recently wrote to a
friend: I'VE have secured the Rev. Mr..
Smith at salary Of 5000 a year, and are
hoping for a great work of grace
Nori0icb Bulletin.
The bears are plentiful in the Adrior-
daeks this winter. Recently six huge
bruins have been killed in hat region.
o. a recent Sunday q bear walked into
Mortified, N. Y, and when the people
came out Of church the bear sat near
the tavern and watched them file past.
Two gentlemen at a ball at Browns
Flat, Cal, one evening recently, cut
their throats-one by showing the other
how close he could draw a knife across
his throat without cutting It, the second
by explaining to a third party the man
ner in which number one had carved
himself.
l, February. 1901, when the House Of
Representatives was engaged in the
choice of a President, they we're in SEES
sion almost two weeks before Burr gave
in and Jefferson was chosen. The ses.
sion is recorded under one date, and no
recognition Of the lapse of time appears
on the journal.
All but two Of the orchestra Of the
Brooklyn theatei, on the night of the
disaster, escaped by the passage under
the stage. One Of the musicians who
escaped through the auditorium carried
with him his violin, which vas Of great
value, and although he was himself Sc
verely injured, the instrument escaped
without dsmsgs.
Madame Essipoff has touched one Bos
ton critic on a very tender spot. Il,
2 thus mysti6es his readers: THE %listene
Q feels that he is in the presence not Of
mere RutomGton-a machine that, like
| sky.rocket does brilliant work only
S Sensibilities more delicate than the aur.
Gle are touched, and respect for geniu
Q succeeds admiration for surface talent
J. The late Duke OF Brunswick left hi
$ whole private fortune 70 the city Of &c
7 neva, on condition that a mausoleum b
erected to his memory. The municips
5 authorities have decided that the mausC
! leum shall be erected at a cost Of a mil
: ion and a half Of francs, in the "Jardi
" des Alpes." It will have four stories
and will be surmounteG by & colo'Sa
equestrian statue.
n The remnants Of a balloon we're latel
n discovered on the coast Of Irslant
Sections Of a human skeleton we're j
: the basket, and also a pocketbook, wit
papers blurred by the action Of watt
and iucomprehensible 1t is thougl
d that the skeletor is chat Of Prince, OF
h Of the three balloonists who left Par
is during the siege, Of whom no report hi
n ever been received.
s, Among the latest European items
d intelligence is the statement that Qnet
/ Victoria wears very heavy boots. Her
tofore II has been Der natural impuls
when she came 10 a gate that wouldn
IS open easily, to climb over the fencei b
d il is altogether likely that, since adoptir
ID the habit Of wearing heavy boots, q
a, -. pl;. 10Th you