Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.

FACTS AND FANCIES.
1t is reported that the great unknown
Osman Pasha is Sitting Bull in disguise.
The Russian cries "On to Constanti-
nOple," and then inquiries the nearest
way to St. Petersburg.-[Easto Free
Press.
The gentlemen Of the rifle club are
very gallant, but somehow they won't
have any misses at their matches if they
can help it. -[Stamford Advocate.
Circus companies don't consume any
oil nowadays to light up the canvas at
night. The houses are 30 light that
they don't need any lamps.-[Whitehall
Times.
Fighting for passes in the Balkans has
resulted in more deadheads than have
been carried on the railroads in this
country for FIVE years past. -Union
Argus.
A sickenirg story Of starvation comes
to US from India. The New York Sun
says the failure of crops there is owing
to the counting in Of a fraudulent
President" at Washington Morris
town Herald.
The miRister was talking of purity of
heart, aud the BOY wal dreaming Of fruit
cake. So when the good man said
What more can we have7" the boy re-
piled, You have had two pieces al
ready .'-[Rome Sentinel.
Emile Reber, a clerk on a New Hamp.
shire railroad. did not join the strikers,
and now a brother in France has died
and left him $4,000. People who have
brothers in France cannot be too guarded
in their conduct. -[Danbury News.
That boy who took down a hornets
nest, and undertook to carry it home,
thinking be had a bag OF treasures, lost
the bag on his way, but succeeded in
getting the hornets to accompany him to
his destination Hartford Sun. Globe,
Yes" said she, "a dish of ice cream
relaxes he muscles Of my heart; but
two dishes-ob, two dishesl-make me
feel as though | could love on and on
forever" SO he ordered the waiter to
bring on another dish, and counted not
the cost.
Rev. Charles H. Leinback, of Penn.
%sylvanis, claims that in the past thirteen
years he has preached 1850 sermons,
baptizsd 1910 infants and 80 adults,
preached $40 funeral sermons, married
5 Ocouplcs and administered communion
to 10000 persons.
A man who had been out nearly all
night told his wife on reaching home
that be had made the important discov.
cry that the earth had two moons as we'll
as Mars. Just before he got into bed he
tried 70 blow out two flames Of gas at
the same time, and in consequence his
wife places no confidence in bis impor.
tant discovery.
You, johnny, here it is half.past eight
o'clock, and you amt awake yet; don't
you know school begins this morning
Now come down right away. Do you
hesr2 This message hoated up many
q pair Of stairs this morning, and the
paler famiIias in yelling ii accompanied
himself On the banisters With the MUSICAL
railing Of . ans.
1t is becoming fashionable in remote
rural paris Tor people to be married on
horseback. The advantages Ct the Gus
tom are obvious While the clergyman
is closing his eyes TO pronounce the
nuptial beDediction the happy couple
can stick spurs into their chargers and
vanish without paying any fee, unless be
1s posted in the ways Of the country and
conducts the seryipe with his irusty shot
gun BY bis side.-Isxchaoge.
Miss MacMahon, Of Store. Vermont
who is IOl years Of age, was discovered
ihe other day at the tab doing her week
~ washing This comes Of living a li6
Of single blessedness. II Miss MacMa
hon had married some kind, loving hear
when she was IN her lwenlios. she nigh.
have worked herself 10 death befor,
reaching the age Of City years, aud thu
escaped bard labor At the wash tub il
hero age Norristovu Herald.
A wellGlIed pockeibook stopped a bal
and saved a mans NE in Virginia III,
other day A little later a whisky boltl,
10 q mans ipaide coat pocket turned ~
susanin's bullet 10 ihe same slsle. Tbl
moral Of this IL that when y man goes 4
Virginia be must either carry a well
dliel poesGbook Or o whisky lask. WI
should say the poctetbook was tho bes
preventive With tho bottle a mai
stands o pretty good chance Of gettinl
bot IN lhe ueok without tho aid o
a'g oibcr assassin sordatown BeG
aid