Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-11
FACTS AMI FANCIES.

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The mos patient objects in the shane
of humanity are frogs.
COd.liver oil is good for consumption
and so are buckwheat cakes.
Many a fellow is like a pig; You never
look at him for a straight tale.
Men wounded by the explosion of
bomb-shells are wounded mortarly.
The most thriftless Of all agricultural
pursuits is the sowing of wild oats.
In books and periodicals, lies are writ.
ten on paper; in c~hurchyards, on mar.
BILE.
Locking a scolding woman in a room
is generally the only way to shut her up.
Are you fond of tongue, sirP'' II was
always fond Of tongue, but l like it still"
1t is impossible for an artist to take
the likeness Of a red-nosed man in white
cJlors.
An old bachelor says that the talk of
women is usually about men; even their
laugh is but hel hel bel"
If you think you are too tall, marry
an extravagant woman, and you will soon
lind yourself short enough.
Look here, printer, you have not
punetuated my poem at all well, sir,
| am not a pointer-Tm a setter"
Why should potatoes grow better than
other ve~getables2 Because they have
eyes to see what they are doing.
If you uss a drearm, take IRE that in
shooting off your am you don't shoot
of youc hand.
1t is absurd to suppose that a man can
speak above hi, breath, since his mouth
is below his nose.
What is that which every man can di.
vide, but no one can see where it has
been dividcd2 Water.
They can stay at home and darn. if
they can't stand on the street corners
and swear. This refers to m
Why is HYmsn represented with a
torch2 To throw a light on thoee little
imperfections Love is blind to.
An Albany woman, after looking un.
der her bed every night for a man for
more than twenty years, found one the
other light. de was a burglar.
Kate Field has not only made a great
Success in London with her play, Ex.
tremes Meet, but has written a life of
DR.. Schliemann. We are proud of Kate.
She is the Woman Who Dares," and is
also the woman who does.
The alphabets of different nations
contain the following letters: English,
26i French, 81 italian, 20; Spanish, q;
German, 26i Sclavonic q; Russian, Al:
Latin, 22i Greek, "a; Hebrew, ETC., %;
Arabic, Is; Persian, 80; Turkish, 80;
SAnscrit so; Chinese, 24e.
Stumbling into his room, he sat down
GA the edge of the bed and s~oliloquized
thus: Fee wet, tight boots, a sore on
one han an a felon on t'other, and no
boot jack in the house. Sings got to be
different. Either mus get married, else
get a bootjaek-wishall | doP'
a certain first lord of the English ad.
m'ralty on his first trip down the Thames
in a rather leaky vessel observed the
men working at the pumps. Dear
mel be said, II did not know you had
a well on board, captain; but l an really
very glad, as do detest river water"
George Eliot says that girls are deli.
cate vessels, in which is borne onward
through the ages the treasure of human
affection. George, George, you don't
know anything about it. Did you ever
take a weeks salary into a ladies' res.
taurant and try to fill one of these del
icate vessels" with ice cream, LAYER
cake and chocolate caramels2
The Partisan theatrical year, ending
March 81, 1877, has been, on the whole
not so remunerative as was the previous
year. Fifteen theaters show g falling
oft In the receipts. On the other hand.
ten theaters show an increase over the
receipts OF last year. But the entire
year shows a falling OF in all the thea
ters collectively of upward Of $3.50, 900.
They were returning from a moonlight
excursion to Roekaway. The sea was
quite rough. and the little steamer rose
and fell, with every ~pulsation of the
great deep, like the hustle Ct a stormy
woman. After studying the sky and
ocean for absut an hour in silence, he
turned to her and said: Dear Geor.
gina, you will be mias2 You will give
me your hand and hearth" "Oh,
Alfred" she answered, turning deadly
pale I'D rater give you my stomach"
brooklyn Argus.
Versatile talent in an actor ut q pnblic
entertainment is everything, but the wo-
man vino travels around The nonntrr dnr.