Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-24
FACTS AND FANCIES.

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honest, lie, Us despise him.
The dictionary need DOT be kept omen
for the insertion Of the word "bulldozen
1t has he'd its dey
E'Eht Thousand tors Of copper from
the Lsks Superior mines were sent 10
Europe last year t. be manufactured
into cartridges,
Bosioa bales arc troubled about the
revival in The Bay State. They dote on
Moody, 6ul dJn't want to give up /" Bos.
ton and other dances.
Essipoffs manager says that she has
found her best audiences in Cincinnati
and Milwaukee. 1t ia astonishing how
easily beer and music mix.
Johnny, have you learned anything
during the week2' "Yeth' EN-" well
what is it?' Never to lead a small
trump when you hold both bowers"
a meeting will soon be held in Hpl.
land to determine the form which The
memorial of Spinoza shall take, and tho
time to hold his bicentenary celebration.
Fannie Fern said that tears were
infants most valuable and valued water.
privileges" Fannie bad infants hersalf
and ought to have known better Ii.
that.
Long ago, in Marlborough, w.. a
youth of nineteen married a maid of
hfty-seVen. he is now in his sixty fifth
year while she has rounded her n hmm.
dred and third.
1t was wittily said by the medical
brother of the famous William Ellerv
Cumming that he was not the DR.. Chan.
ming who preached, but the DR.. Chan.
ming who practiced.
Bob Ingersoll has lectnred in Pb;Ia.
delphia on The Liberty Of Man, Woman
and Child" 1t is to be hoped that se
has not been taking Liberties with Georre
Washington Childs.
Miss Kate Withers, daughter of sena.
tor Withers, of Virginia, was married 81
Richmond on the lltb to a gentleman
named Smith. The senator has ten IN.
married daughters left.
Attic last Harvard examination FORTY.
i've per cent. failed in algebra, and fnv.
two per cent. in English composition.
though but sixteen per cent. we're lack.
ing in Greek grammar.
The Rev. o. B rockingham has writ.
ten a book on primitive Christianity. Ia
thinks the best time to write about . -.
iiglon is when one has recovered from t.
or ia fairly convalescent.
When q man is treating a dashipp FL.
low to oysters, and sees his wife eomin,
INTO the restaurant, about all he can do
is to button his coat, cling to his chair
and trust in Providence.
Many a young lady, suffering from
Ollghted affection aud a resolution to die
at once, has been jsrked from the brink
OF the grave by reading the announce.
ment of a spring opening.
A young lady, writing to her swain.
said to have invited: Dear -. coma
and see us soon. We have Just got a
new lamp, that will turn down and mako
1t deliciously dark. Your aGsctionate-"
When a young MAJ encircles his part.
uer's waist for a dance, he will do wi.elv
to keep his fingers still, Nothing agera.
a young lady more than to imagine
you are trying to count the w~bslebopes
in her dFssg.
a man innocently spoiled a sermon
and prayer by exclaiming, while the tears
rolled down his cheeks, Lord, Tbou
knOwest | have been an awful sinner
chief among ten thousand and M
altogether lovely"
The Sultan keeps a steamer handy. 90
that in case of a coup d'etat he can ra.
tire from Constantinople, without wait.
ing for o call from the functionarv who
effects suicide with his little scissors upon
lnconvenient rulers.
The luxuriant Redpath writes TINT
Grant listens like a loaded mitrailleuss
AS soon as he answers a question or
ends a topic his lips bang together; ba
reaches out for a match, lights his cigar
again, faces you and never iuterrunts
you.
Applause in an Italian theat.- ia not
a sure sign of success. Tbera
was a case recently of q composer being
called before the curtain tweptv.fopr
times on the first performance of hi,
opera The theater Was closed the next
night.
Mrs Butler che English woman who
is with her Husband in Paris preaching
crusade against legalizing the social evil,
is described as a woman Of thirty five or
handsome, stylish and dressing in
black velvet, With q hat Of the same
trimmed with white lace.
Olive Logan says a life of quiet hone
comfort on a salary of twenty dollars a
is better than a levered existence.
involving hard travel, physical distorb.
ance, and mental anxiety, with q salary
Of $1,000 a week. Yet Olive "a ALWAYS