Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-01
FACTS N FANCIES.

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Teller"
The first volume of Jefferson Davis
autobiography will probably be ready in
the fall.
Mexico has q woman's rights pap
edited BY a fair cresture ~euphoniously
named Sonora Rafaelo Arevala.
a trunk has remained twenty. five
years in the depot at Bridgeport, Conn,
patiently waiting FOR its owner to reclaim
it.
wanted to get my wife some stylish
clothes" is the excuse OF a West Vir-
ginia postmaster for opening registered
letters.
A little boy seeing the swan plunge its
head under the water, called ont.
Mother, come and see the swan cast
anchor"
The new hat for young girls is the
Jockey with the round crown and the
visor brim. They are very handsome
and becoming.
Regular sashes are not worn, but there
are many arrangements Of lengthwise
silk folds, knots and loops for holding up
the skirts Of overdresses.
The favorite colors in bunting are navy
blue, dark nut brown, or myrtle green.
Dresses made Of this fabric are trimmed
with knife plaitings of the same material.
For oruamenting white muslin for
summer wear there is the new Fayeuse
opera-work in renaissance, designs that
that are said to be copied from antique
lace.
Young Lady-"o, I am so glad you
like birds; which kind do you admire
mOst@ Old Gentleman-"Well, think
a goose, with plenty of stufing, is about
as nice as any"
In England, as in the United States.
the retail bookseller is dying out, the
PoStofice Directory for 1876 showing
many less book.shops in London than in
any OF the years prior to 1856.
Pin tiny bouquets to your fan, lady.
1t you cant afford a fan with posies
deliberately painted upon it, the little
natural bouquets pinned to a palmer one
make the next best stylish thing.
DR.. Latham's great English Diction.
arr" will soon become accessible to
American libraries in q condensed form.
The London Examiner claims that in
photography it distances all rivals.
A New Hampshire woman, widowed
by a railroad accident, has sued the
company for the value of the suit Of
clothes the good man wore, and for
$4,000 for the damage done to him.
The Turkish question has revived such
interest in everything relating to Mo-
hammedanism that they have brought
out a cheap edition of the Koran in
London, and it is having a large sale.
A young man who married a woman
with seven sisters, and went to live in
the family came out the other day. and
sadly asked u neighbor whether it was
better to cut your strawberry bed bias
with inside plaitings, or pompadour with
nothing but plain insertion.
"Oh, heavens, save my wifsl" shouted
a man whose wife had fallen overheard
IN the Hudson river, recently. They sue.
ceeded in rescuing her. And her hus.
band tenderly embraced her, saying.
My dear, if you'd been drowned, what
should have dOne2 amt going to let
you carry the poCket-book again"
A Vermont paper has been looking
over the tax lists of its town. and 70.
marks; The idea that a man who dies
cannot take his money with him is ex-
pldded. According to our listers re-
port good share Of one mans money
mas gone somewhere since his death"
never saw such a restless child"
exclaimed the mother as she tried to fit
the boy with the les jacket. Tie little
fellow grew quiet and thoughtful for a
moment and then su ldenly exclaimed:
/ a.
know why am so, ma-the day God
made me guess the duat was a.aying
awful" later Ocean.
AT the recent Royal Academy dinner.
Mr.. Gladstone, in answering for "Litera.
ture' remarked that art teaches that no
diSproportionate development of the
different faculties can aspure real pro-
gress, and he illustrated by saying that
a sudden growth Of wealth aud luxury
leads 70 deformity in art, not progress.
A good story is told of a Boston law.
yer whose proclivities are high church.
and who thinks it needfulto SOW seed by
} all waters, and so has his note paper
branded with Scripture texts. The
other day he had occasion to write for q
favor from the chief justice, and he I'M
luckily used a sheet headed, "Ye are all
bought with a price" he didn't get it.
Miss Ida Hawlsy, who committed SUR
eide IN Hornellsville, N. Y, recently,
left the following explanation Of the act:
The cause is not modification or disap-
pointment. dread of tha Tutnra -. m