Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-26
FACTS AND PANCIES.

Philadelphia gives employment to no
less than sixty thousand women-chi ely
in exhibiting their bonnets on Chestnut
street,
A Racine merchant used the following
words; "Tll be darned if l advertise in
any paper" and the next morning was
found dead in his bed.
The most glowing passages in a minis
ter's sermon will attract scarcely half the
attention that centers on the man who
blows his nose in church -FultonT Times
Poughkeepsie, according to the Press
Of that city, is the home of a woman so
cross-cyed that when she weeps tears
from her left eye they drop on her right
cheek.
The saddest thing in life is the spec
tacle afforded by a young person who has
burned all her hair off her forehead with
hot slate-pencil, and then can not afford
to buy row Of curls.
AS the formation and groth Of comets
tails is coming to be an interesting study
among our astronomers, why, we beg to
inquire, cant the Dsrwinian theory be
made useful in that directiou2
Three Montreal small boys plucked all
The feathers out Of three inofensive
pigeons just to see them bobble about
naked" AS they had stolen the birds,
they were sent to the Reformatory
School. "
The solid men Of Boston are thought
ful over the case of debtor who comes
to the meeting Of his creditors behind a
stylish pair Of horses and a bright-but.
toned driver, offers twenty-five cents on
the dollar and drives of again. GIN.
Com.
Recently in an English theater, the
stage manager struck a supernumerary
who had exasperated him behind the
scenes, whereupon the supernumersry
came before the footlights, and formally
announced to the audience that be had
resigned.
mo, gentlemen OF the jury" thunder
ed IN eloquent advocate, the other day
in Denver Court, this matter is for his
Honor to decide, who sits there sleeping
SO beautifully" His Honor opened both
eyes and mouth and said: "All owing
to your narcotic speech, sir
Washington ladies evidently do not
allow hard times tointerfere with their
desire to dress, fos the Star says Of them
TT is uniyersality the subject Of remark
that the dressing this season is more
magnificent than has ever been the case
before in Washington. Individual in
stances may be cited Of toilets hereto
fore seen that have fully equalsd those
new adOrning our saloons, but rich attire
is more generally adopted now than it
was in the past. The sole remainder
Of hard times is the fact that our season
has now nearly passed its second week
and no entertainments have yet been
given or announced comparing with the
balls which gave such eclat to our social
life three and four winters ago,
Most Of the worst typographical errors
with which che newspapers are annoyed
occur in this way. Whsneverthe father
Of stupid and worthless boy finds that
his child is too dull to learn anything, and
that no amount of coaxing or threaten
ing serves to stir its sluggish mind, he
takes il 10 a printinGsfice aud Worries
the proprietor into accepting it ss an
apprentice, II can not spell, it is inca
peble of learning to spell, and manu-
script is a mystery which it can never
master. II eau only blunder aud botch
it il lives to be ninety. An untsSchable
unobserving. heedless thing, tits thrust
into calling which requires superior
intelligence, thorough education, exten
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