Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-20
FACTS AND FASCIEs.

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sary extravaganza at funerals.
"The Bohemian Girl" is t~hirty-four
years old. Isn't it about time to say
"The Bohemian Womsp2l- Worcester
Gazette.
A large number Of silk weavers at
Paterson, N. j. are about to organize a
COOPERATIVE Silk Manufacturers Asso.
citation"
The Lutheran church in Beaver City.
Pa, has an oil we'll on its premises, and
the flow is sufficient to pay sll the
church's expenses.
A st. Louis paper says that Mr.. John
B. Horitz, although Sc years Of age and
totally blind, still teaches music and
dancing in that city.
0. P. Fitzsimmons, the new United
States marshal for Georgia, used to re-
joice in the ownership of one hundred
aud t~wenty.three slaves.
A daughter of Senator Bayard is said
to be the most talented amateur actress
in Washington, and her "Ophelia" is
highly praised by the critics,
Philadelphia has saved over $l25,OO0
by reducing the salaries Of school teach.
ers ten per cent. The Dubious politician
had to cut down somebody to save him
self.
First fond Partisan mother of an &C.
tress-" Well, and how is your little girl
coming along2' Second ditto of ditto
-"0h, nicely. She never stops now be
fore a shop window where the jewelry is
paste"
General Sheridan comfortably repos-
ing in Chicago, remarks that all is quiet
on the Rio Grande, out then it is Sheri.
dan who once said that if he owned -
: and Texas, he would sell Texas and live
| 10 the other place.
A base, ignoble brute from Oil City
, says that when he sees a woman neither
fat nor fair, but forty, with q cardinal red
plume on her hat, it suggests to him a
? life and death struggle between nature
a and art, with art on top by a large ma
a jority,
! The culture of coffee in California ia
4 becoming profitable, The plant grows
as vigorously as in the coffee countries
e of South America, and yields a bean of
v strong aromatic favor. Central and
\ Southern California are the regions pc
ii culiarly favorable.
Sumner, in one of his letters in 1898,
4 says: II observed to Lord Jeffrey that l
lie thought Carlyle had changed his style
at very much since he wrote the article on
y Burns. Not at ALL said he, | will tell
= you why that is different from his other
Of articles-I altered it.
OF Mr.. Putnam Field, of Greenfield, Mas.
81 sachusetts, is preparing a %genealogy Of
NV the family of his name, who are all, in
Is, GLIDING Mr.. Cyrus W. Field and his
w. welLknown brothers, descendants of two
n "a Jonathan Fields. uncle and nephew, who
NO settled at Lsverett, Mass in 1852.
,h- Miss Dickey became engaged to marry
John B. Tytus il Middleton, Ohio. He
refused to keep his promise. On every
are Christmas day for four years she for
mslly proffered herself to him, and he
invariably declined to accept her. Now
she brings a suit for breach of promise.
When the workiDgmeu Of San Fran
cisco lately paraded, a conflict With the
me Cinnamon was anticipated, and the latter
4" climbed to the roofs of their houses to
RIM see the procession in safety. A com
zen pany Of regular artillery was kept ready
q for any emergency but there vas no
20 trouble.
Fps The coming dress for ladies doesn'l
leT touch the pavement by about three
10 inches. This will obviate the necessity
ith CT ladies wishing they had three hands
ties when out promenading, but some new
we method will have to be devised to keel
NJ. the sidewalks swept clean. -[NorristowG
es, Herald.
IN Ex-Governor Dingley, of Maine, pre-
%, SCENTS elaborate statistics to show tina
ZEN there is not proportiouately one.tentA o
1ur the liquor sold and used in that Stat
VI. that there was forty years ago, and tina
Sn. drunkenness, psuperism, and crimes o
ant violence having their origin in the use o
to liquor, have largely decreased.
';ss Children are quick to perceive tn
hts standard OF integrity held by thos'
les, around them, and to catch the prevailing
the tone Of moral feeling. When they hes
IN. injustice condemned in large things an,
palliated in small ones; when their owl
EN-. childish depreaations are treated viii
'me levity, or passed over with indifference
VIZ y - when deceitful practices are tolerated
Ibis and simply troublesome habits are pun
h a ished, it is not strange that they lear
aud to measure the guilt of dishonesty onl,
by the material loss or annoyance en-
ailed.-[Philadelphia Ledger.
Tor An Illuminated cross on the summit O
.ne the steeple of St. AuGustine's Church, il
the New York, stands out in bold relic