Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

The japanese circumvent the wicked
flea with a trap, instead Of with the 6n-
ger and thumb. sf59s
The estimated yield Of metals in Cali.
fornia and Oregon for this year is, gold
$34, OOO, 900, silver $27. 900. 600.
Canada buys more American organs
than any other country, and England
and Scotland take nearly all cur oil cake.
A New York clergyman received an
envelope containing $500, simply rark-
ed for payment iato the city treasury 81
conscience money.
Marlboro, Mass boasts a maa who
has originated fifteen newspapers, all
but one Of which are COW published.
That one was in Washington.
The Oxford commissioners, now cit.
ting at Oxford, asked one gentleman 276
questions about prosesserships, which
were answered in one and one half hours.
The people OF the Argentine Republic
are busily engaged in preparing articles
for the Paris exhibition. The govern.
ment has appropriated $60,OOO for the
object.
The Mason county Ky grand jury
recommends that the whippiug-post DO
re-established to check petty thievinR,
and reduce expenses Of keeping priso-
ners in jail.
1t is supposed the Bank Of England
holds $l2, 600. 900 deposits belonging to
the Southern ~Conlederacy. which this
government lays claim to and is trying
20 get hold of.
A young girl in a theater in London
gets $500 a week for diving from a perch
ninety feet downward to a net. She
drops head first. turns on the way, aud
strikes on her back.
To have cranberries plump and firm
stew them for twenty minutes, allowing
a half cup of water and two cups Of
sugar to each quart Of fcuit. Do not stir
them while they are cooking.
The Italian government has decided
to return to the royal family Of the late
kingdom of Naples tkeir estates. which
we're seized at the time the country wal
absorbed into that Of Italy.
The captain general OF Havana will
give a fete in honor of King Alfonso's
marriage, the cost of which will be $780,
600. New furniture for the occasion has
been imported from New York.
Mr.. Richard Grant White latest critic
is the Indianapolis Journal, which pro-
ceeds to show that his phrase ''sQuealiDg
pork isinadmissable, inasmuch as when
a hog becomes pork he loses the power
to squeal.
The Washington Star says it has been
decided to abolish the office of third as.
sistant secretary of State on the retire.
ment of the present incumbent, Mr.,
Campbell, who has been appointed con.
sui at Basic.
Japan has 1891 postofices, which dis.
tributed last year $4,000, 900 letters and
postal cards and 5.OOO,O 900 pagers. Pos.
tai cards, stamped wrappers, money
orders and savings banks are allincluded
in the system.
1t is stated hat the value Of ground in
and about Berlin, which went up n o
mously during the period Immediately
subsequent to the war Of 1901, and
the payment of the war indemnify By
France, has fallen as enormously of late.
At a Dubuque wedding, the other day,
among the wedding presents ostenta.
tiOusly displayed was a 800 bill, a pre-
sent from the doting iatherto his dazzling
daughter, After the guests had departed
the old man coOlly rolled up the bill aud
put it in his vest pocket, and that was
the end Of it.
According to a record kept by a resi-.
dent Of North Lebanon, Pa, SNOW fell
on twenty five days last winter. The first
snow was on the l4th Of October, cover
ing the ground one.half inch. Up 10
December 29th last year, there we're ten
snow storms, The last sses Of the win.
ter fell on the 18th Of March. The total
snowfall Of the season aggregated 67A