Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

NS" AVtAi " 10 oalui pdys OuI SzuUiUUU
a week for amusements.
Seattle, Washington Territory, is now
the largest exporter of coal on the Pacific
coas', Nanaimo ranking second.
0ne group of Sts!uary-the infantry
group-hez arrived in Springfield, for
position on the LincolR monument.
Laura A, Fair, whose trial for murder
created such a sensation in California q
few years ago, has gone into bankruptcy
An itinerant photographer down in
Maine held a woman's baby as security
while she went out to raise fifty cents TO
pay for its picture.
Young lady (who is tired of his com
pany): you amt d bit nervous. are you,
Mr.. Post2 All my gentlemen a%cquaint-
ances start when it strikes twelve"
1t is well enough to again remind the
people of this country that seven-tenths
of the chsmpagnes supposed to be made
in Europe are put up in the States.
Italian brigands now wear standing
collars, diamond pins and alligator
boots. 1t has always been suspected
there was money in it, if well followed
The people of Boston never say Have
yeu been to the revivalP" They in.
quire: Have you-a ah-been in at.
tendance upon the-a-sh-.he awaken
ing?'
They have JUST assassiusted a presi.
dent down 10 Paraguay, and he died so
nice and easy that they almost wish they
had saved him lor some festival coca.
sion.
OF the 497 members Of the present
German parliament 1873 belong to the
nobility. OF these I are princes, 80
counts, 20 barong, aud 60 have only the
prefix won"
1t has been found that sweet oil will
cure the bite of q rattlesnake, aud there
is no longer any use for excursionists to
carry around quart bottles containing
the other aAtidote.
A Philadelphia judge decides that .
railroad company is not responsible for
baggage further than to check it, pound
it to pieces, and preserve an ordinary
watch over The trunk handles.
Paterfamilias Ito his eldest son, who
is at Ysle)-" George, these are uncom.
mon good cigarsl l cant afford to
smoke such expensive cigars as these.
George (grandly) Fill your case--dll
your case, gov nor"
The report that the emperor OF Ger
many is to retire from bis position among
the efete monarchs of the Old World
and become a drummer Of a Boston firm
is an error. 1t arose from tue fac: that
he has received eighty foreign orders.
We have seen Que man who rivals
Mark Tapley in bis ability of rising su.
perior to misfortune. He says, Every.
talking about the hard times.
They're the easiest times | ever knew;
had anything to do Tor a month.
One class of pianists, says the Chi.
cago Tribune, nst only absorb them
selves in their music, but carry their
audience with them. Only two lady
have ever played here who ex
,elled in this trait. They were Essipoff
and Rive"
There are now 10 the Michigan Uui.
I'LL students, OF whom 1863 are
n the literary department, 800 10 the
.aw department, 2S6 in the medical de
partment, and 80 in the dental schools
arc 81 homeopathic etudents o.
medicine.
The London Times says that a very
remarkable success has been achieved
BY the society for the organization Of
charitable relief, which has now been in
existence some eight years and which
acts as a link between all the various
charities.
Kate Claxton says she never has
suffered from premonitions of FIRE or
any other disaster. She believes that as
a rule premOnitions are crazy and
y%roundless things, and the especial
heritage of mince-pie eaters, whose d.
is bad.