Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02
FACTS AND FANCIES.

SeimS mVie uiamOuuS lnan any
woman in Europe,
There is more gambling at Monaco
this season han ever.
A French NJ. D. says the human sys.
TEN is liable to 24OO disorders.
Happiness a b. made quite as we'll
OF cheap materials as of dear ones.
There are 100 Protestant churches.
with 80, 900 registered members, in Tur-
key.
Dresden is called the heaven Of broken.
down American iamilies -people of more
name than bank notes.
The Emperor William reads American
papers regularly, and is much interested
in the political muddIe.
The Shah of Persia has rented a house
in Paris for the spring of 1878, when be
proposes to visit the city.
Brighton is to have still another skat.
lug rink built on an entirely new and
very novel plan, it is said.
Alfred Edward tells his children how
he used to saddle elephants in India, and
20 for a quiet little trot.
The Prince of Orange, son Of the
Queen of Holland, lately gave a supper
to the leading actresses in Paris.
Vanillius is made from ~beechwood in
Germany, and is a substance resembling
in favor and odor the vanilla bean.
Chinese immigration has fallen Off at
San Francisco very rapidly, the depart
ures exceeding the arrivals by over 600.
1t is no secret hat the Gear hates his
English sonin.law, because of shabby
trertment Of his wife in public on several
occasions.
American papers are sold in raany
places in Paris and Berlin. New York
papers are in special demand in the
former city.
A senator once remarked of Senator
Edmunds, that if the Lords prayer were
presented to the senate he would insist
upon amending it.
The Lacedemonians, says the World,
murdered sickly children, although not
to the extent TO which they are slaugh.
tered in New York.
Havre is to have new docks after the
Liverpool plan. The government will
carry out the project. The expense is
put down at many millions.
The Rev. B. F. Watson, colored, Meth.
odist, is chaplain Of the Colorado State
Senste. There are no colored members
in either branch of tie legislature.
The Duke Of Edinburg wears, it is sol.
EMMY rumored, a bracelet on one wrist
a chain cable of gold-and is striving to
set the fashion OF such decoration.
Artificial violets are sold in Paris to a
great extent, They resemble the natu-
raj ones, and have the same perfume.
They are made Of Chinese silk, dyed.
Won MOltke denies that he is writing q
history Of the late war between his coun-
try and France; and what is more, he
wants to fad the man who said be was.
An advertisement in a New York
newspaper invites =" anyone desiring to
sell s~uperauous wedding presents to ad-
dress Cash Customer at q given place"
A San Francisco clerk paid $50 a
month for his rooms, afr So dinners, and
smoked Csc cigars. The 6rm overhauled
his accounts, and found them $2l, 900
short.
The religion that this country needs is
n that will make a man remember that
it is just as cold for bis wife to get up
and build a Ere as for himself Yonkers
Gazette.
"Mar proposes" but there are still
81, 700 more women than men in Massa-
chusetts.- = orristOwa Herald. Then
what does he stop there for2 Why don't
he 20 on2
The sun was working a fraction over
nine hours a day all last week. This
item did not originate in Pittsburg.
Dwsllers about there bad lost al. track
of the orb of day.
Great Britain paid over 500, 600, zoo
for Intoxicating drinks in 1875. 1t can
told how much America paid in
the same time, SO much Of it was charged.
-Danbury NeDs.
Two Daubury %elergymen have asked
for a decrease IN salary because of the
prevailing depression in business" We
with great anxiety the decision of
their congregations.
We have it upon the word of the
Brooklyn Argos that a young American
prima donna recently from Milan has
been engaged as a substitute for a steam