Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-10
FACTS N FANCIES.

Germany ard her husband occupies a
single room in Washington, where be is
practicing law. This man came very
near being chief justice Of the Supreme
Court.
Among the wedding presents received
by Miss Hannah R9thschild was a beau
tiful silver tea service from August Bel.
mont, OF New York, The Rothschild
relatives fairly heaped gems of all kinds
upon the bride.
The first money which Blackwood, Of
Edinburgh, paid an American was given
to John Neal. Mr.. Neal bought with it
a gold pencil, and this pencil is now on
exhibition in a loan collection CT heir.
looms in Portland, Me.
The old South Church in Boston con.
tinually wants to know what it shall do
to be saved. The Christian trustees may
yet want to get the thing insured heavily
and employ some wicked person to burn
it down.--lPicayune.
If skirts are unhealthy, why is it that
ladies who drop them in behalf of panta.
looms are the scrawniest, AID the 5parest-
faced, and the snarlingest, d~yspepticest
and uninyitingest Of their sex? 1t seems
to US that that question ought to be an.
swered.
One night the master Of the house over
heard an exchange Of kisses ia the CORR
dor; be struck a match and discovered
the chsmbermaid and the valet; she
blushed, held down her head, and said,
IL thought it was you, sir, 1 had en-.
countered."
At bed time little Willie was saying
the usual prayer at his mothers knee.
and having got as far as IF 1 should
die before l wake" hesitated. "WelI,
what's nextP' asked his mother. "Well,
| s'pose the next thing would be a fu.
neral"
Joseph Cook said the other day: 1T
there is any young man in this audience
about to be married to a y young woman
Of his " age, that future wife is now
living somewhere upon the earth" This
is very gratifying. We were afraid she
had moved. -[Buffalo Express.
At twenty you know everything, at
thirty you have your doubts, at forty
there are some things you don't know,
at Fifty you are sure Of your ignorance,
and after that you read Mr.. Beecher's
sermon on everlasting punishment and
hope he is right.-[Boston Courier.
The Fall River, Mass, manufacturers
the other day found that over.production
demanded either that the mills should be
stopped or the workmen paid less. Not
Wishing to throw the men out of employ
uent, the managers decided to adopt the
latter plan, whereupon a lot of " labor
agitators" came from a neighboriug city
and attempted to set on foot a general
strike.
A Liverpool bird-dealer has been fined
SIS and costs for going Gu a spree and
leaving his birds and animals unfed.
Some were dead, others weak and tot
tering with starvation, and others had
literally gone mad. On the same day a
teamster was fined $50 and costs for leav-
ing a horse unfe} till it began to devoar
the wood of an old box.
There is a delicious frankuess and
sociability about the customs of the good
people Of Tuscarora, as witness the fol-
lowing from the Times Review: A pair
Of inebriates had a musl on their way
hone last night, and ole Of them pulled
out a pistol and shot at his companion,
but missed him. He then took him BY
he arm and said, now, DIN you, come
home"
A Frenchmsn has compiled a table of
comparative statistics, showing that cap.
ilal punishment, wherever publicly in,
aicted by hanging, shooting or guillodu.
ing, attracts nowadays a larger c.owd of
curious spectators than in the foreuo;ng
portion Of this century. This result, he
explains, is due to the Improved faeili.
ties for travel, aud a more intense cray.
ing for the study of physiology from the
life.
The wise daughter is the pride of her
father, yea, her mother also doth delight
in her; but the foolish maiden bringeth
sorrow. She hangeth on the front gate;
she tippeth up her hat over her left ear;
her eye is full of the Old Nick; she
glanceth over her shoulder when she
promenades on Main street. Her hand.
kerchiet is also seen. Then the dry gods
clerk says "Hol hsl" He smile..h 10
himself; be maketh mistakes in the
measure of calico.
New York has a law Prohibiting organ
grinders from playing in the morning
before > o'clock One Of the fraternity
remarks oftf.,s statute: Dat eez a vera
bad law, You know how dat came a
lASt No. Den l tell you. Dat law
YES made for de beople da, get drunk at
night and want to sleepe in de morning.
Vone morning dere vas an organ grinder
dat play in front Of vone Of dem alder.
mans houses until de alderman e geta