Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-13
FAOTs AND fAKCiES.

a young lady says she longs for in.
gers like the prongs Of a pi,chfork, with
diamond rings enough to Gil them to the
ends.
Young ladies in Rome viii petition
Congress to pass an enabling act, to en-.
able the old folks to go to bed at 9 o'clock
Sunday evening. -[Rome Sentinel.
In reply to a question as to the num-
Der Of lecture bureaus in the country:
" There is a lecture bureau in every
mans house. Terms mostly free"
The mao who expects to swear off a
month from nov can be selected by the
size Of the guild be takes when he gets
hold of another mans box. -[Detroit
Free Press.
Several exchanges are giving directions
How TO dress The most sensible way
is to stay in bed until the fire is started,
and then take your clothes under FOUR
arm and tiot out to the dining room
stove -Rome Sentinel.
The strike of the New York cigar
makers still continues, but reports are
current in that city hat a compromise
is about to be effected between employers
and hands, whereby the latter will return
to work within a week or ten days.
Says the Washington (Pa. Reporter:
1t is COW believed that Rande, the
Western desperate, is John 7, Edwards,
whe escaped from the Washington Jail
With Briceland, the Allingham murderer.
Rande, whoever be may be, is familiar
with various localities in Washington
county"
The latest Kentucky romance is thus
epitomized by the Louisville Courier.
Journal: "Isham Dalton and wife, of
Ballard county, separated, she taking an
only child, a little girl of eight summers,
and a mule, their only live stock. Last
week he brought suit Tor the possession
OF the child, but accepted the tender of
the mule as a compromise"
Captain Richard Burton, the famous
African traveller, now English consul at
Trieste, has set out for Meilah with a
strong force of soldiers and marines
furnished by the Khedive, to complete
his exploration of the old gold and silver
mines Of the land of indian. After
wards he may take the g~overnorship of
Darfour and press some pet ideas of ex-
ploration in Central Africa.
A young lady who is studying French
lately wrote to her parents that she was
invited out to a '%deieuner' the day be-
fore, and was going to a 'fete ohampetre'
the next day" The professor of the
college was surprised to receive a dis.
patch from the "old man" o day or two
after, saying, IF you can't keep my girl
away from these blarsted measgeries
and side-shews, l will come down and
see what sils her"
When Mr.. Vanderbilt drove Lady Mac
and Small Hopes on the Fleetwood track
in 2:23-the best double team time on
retord-he remarked that still better
time could be made. Small Hopes, be
said, had pulled the entire load, and With
an equally handy and speedy mate could
trot to the pole in 2:2O. He has been
looking for a better mate, and has found
him, as Western turfmen believe, in
Little Fred, a trotter for which be has
paid $4,000. The sale was made in
Chicago last Friday. Little Fred al
ready has a record Of 40 on the Buffalo
track.
Andrew johnson, it is said, preserved
ell his papers, and died leaving them in
the upper story Of a shop in Greenville.
Throughout his life he carefully saved
oil papers, and even took to Oreenville
complete files Of three daily newspapers
of New York covering his presidential
term. OF kilograms alone he must have
left mora than 3 hushel in a compaot
form, He saved them all; none were
considered Of SO little Importance as not
to be worth saving. He remarked opce
how little space a folded letter took up,
and what small trouble to save them.
and how important they sometimes be-
came.
The roaming leopard that has terrified
residents in the viciniry of Marion,
Ohio, for the past month, was killed on
Saturday, six miles west of thai place.
Mr.. Burnison, an engineer on the Bee
Line railroad, while hunting, discov-
cred the leopard in a tree, and gave the
alarm. Samuel johnson and Ed Kessler
started with guns, and the leopard made
for johnson, threw him down and bit his
arms and face. Kessler broke his gun
over him and killed him. The animal
ia said to be a ine specimen, seven feet
long, powerful and beautiful.
The World, since the opening Of cat
shows, has discovered that cats are really
of surpaaaiRg Importance to the World
OfRee, where giant minds most do con
gregate. The argument proceeds thus:
Glover cannot be fractiGed without the
Intervention Of bees. The deadliest
ENEMIES Of bees are field mice, which in
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