Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-27

Long dresses have almost entirely
gone out of fashion.
Ladies are beginning to return to the
primitive style Of wearing their hair
parted in the middle.
A raid upon the fortune-tellers has
been begun by the authorities of Lon
don, and they are being driven from
the city.
A blind OK, recently sold in Minnesota,
broke from the enclosure of its purchaser,
swan n river and walked twenty miles
to its old home.
The Solicitor General in the Itch
borne trial gets $3.50 day for his trou-
BILE. No .wonder he manufactures queries
by the thousand and hurls them week
after week at the claimant.
Rossini's Guillaume Tell was lately
produced at the Theater Royal, Munich,
in most magnificent style. The scenery
was all painted from views taken on the
different spots represented. fa
The Khedive of Egypt is so well salts
fed with his American officers that on n
recent occasion he declined the proiler
of the services OF several French officers
who desired to enter his army.
Why should young ladies set good ex-
amples2 Because young men are so apt
to follow them.
1t is rumored in theatrical circles that
Mr. Fechter may possibly open the
Fourteenth Street Theater New York,
next autumn, with a French company,
for the production of French drama IN
the original.
That was a far-seeing philanthropist
who lately died in Boston, and left a
provision in his will that a ten cent
stamp should be sent to the Secretary OF
the Treasury, to be put on interest TILL
the amount should pay the national debt.
In Paris Mrs. Kate Chase Spragne
bought six and half yards of lace, the
finest ever made, for $4,000; and the
sbop where il was sold retained photo
graph of the costly fabric, and has it on
exhibition.
The King of BELGIUM is described as a
man thirty-fve or thirty-six years of age,
over six feet high, and of very graceful
form. His complexion is fair, his fea-
lures regular and extremely gentle in
expression, though firm enough to indl-
cate character and insure respect
Seventeen Saratoga trunks, two large |
boxes, three hampers, three small car
pet-bags, two bird-cages, a brace of dogs, |
a French maid, two easy chairs and & |
mirror, comprised the baggage of q fash
ionable Philadelphia family who recently
arrived at Cape May.
A young lady thought it would be in
teresting to faint at an evening party
when one of the company be-
gan bathing her head with vinegar, upon
which she started up and exclaimed;
a For goodness sake, put nothing on that
will spoil the color of my hair
"A contemporary prints this item: A
Chicago man presented his wife with a
block of wood as token of admiration.
She received it on the forehead, and was
10 overcome with gratitude that she
ainted away. The generous husband
las also given twenty-five dollars to the
police justice.
A gentleman of Connecticut, who is
omething of sportsman, went to sleep
n church on one of the late warm Sun
lays, and dreamed he was hunting rab-
its. During an eloquent passage in the {
ermon he espied in his dream rabbit ]
nd startled the congregation by shout
ng there he goes. i
Ladies at the watering places find that
ime sometimes hangs very heavy on 2
heir hands, and the whole day is spent
n looking forward to the evening, when j
here is music and dancing and the
est. In the mornings they sit round !
l groups and read a little, gossip a v
tile, while b
Work or the fan supplies each pause of =
chat,
With singing. laughing. ogling and all
that"