Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-26

which binds the minds OF the human
race in stupid, narrow minded ignorance
there is nothing more delusive than the
often quoted proverb, 81 Man proposes
IL hope, Mrs. Giles, said lady who
was canvassing for a choir at the village
church, you will persuade your hus'
baud to join us. | am told he has a
sonorous voice" "A sonorous voice.
marm2' said Mrs. Giles, "Ah, you
should hear it comm out Of his nose
when he's asleep
Mrs. S. S. Evans. of Tomah, Wiscon-
sin, died very suddenly, under peculiar
circumstances, few evenings since.
She was seated with her two daughters
when an unknown man entered the room,
at sight of whom the lady went into con-
yulsions. The stranger Immediately
went away, and Mrs. Evans died in few
minutes. Soon after death black spots
appeared on her back.
A little while ago poor wood cutter,
without family or relatives, died in the
utmost misery at st. Imier, Canton
Berne. A little while before his death
he had purchased lottery ticket, and a
day or two after his decease the an
nouncement arrived that he was the
winner of 5000 francs. AS he leaves no
heir, the above sum sum reverts to the
State.
A writer in the Woman's Journal
thinks it is nonsense to talk about wo-
men placing too much of their clothing
about their hips, for the reason that the
d" center or muscular and nervous force
in a woman lies in her hips; and weights
bearing on the pelvic arch can be car
ried more easily than if they press on
any other part Of the body. A woman s
shoulders are weak compared to those of
a man, and the burden of dress laid upon
them would be intolerably oppressive"
AS a rule, says Trinculo, don't think
men are fascinated by business women,
and women, as a sex, only admire them
in the newspapers. For my part, | like
that gentle sort that can't tell a box OF
sardines from bale of cotton; nice,
soft, PUPPY, innocent, impractical angels
hat don't write plays, don't know any
hing about money, except that it is to
be got rid of as soon as possible, and
give a rap for their rights, if the
world will only give them few duties.
he is ironical or not, we leave
our readers to determine
Sir John Mcneil, once British envoy
% the Court of Persia, was for long
lime prosecuted by mendicant dervis,
Who, refusing TO take no for an answer,
himself in his Excellency's
garden and proceeded to annoy him in
'arious ways. Having been warned that
I would be dangerous to get rid OF his
,isitor by any forcible process, Sir John
a bricklayer and said,
Build me a wall round that bowling
Deggar in my garden, and then roof it
n" The dervis looked on composedly
While the wall rose slowly round him,
md made more noise than ever; but
vhen he perceived that they really
meant to shut him up in tomb alive,
lie jumped over the lower part Of the
vail and rushed away like a maniac.
,ir John was probably the only Euro
,ean who ever got the better Of dervis.
Ladies who are dissatisfied with the
.olored hair which nature gave them,
md are ambitious to obtain golden
ocks, had better take warning by the
ate of Angelina Brown, a young per
on who recently went to an English
Magistrate for advice. She wished TO
AVE golden hair, aud applied to some
hair dyers to effect the re-
Iuired alteration. They gave her bot
lie of hair dye, which she carefully APP
,lied. The first result was that her hair
.ame out in large quantities, aud her
head was so tender that she could
hardly touch it. Poor Angelina was
hen recommended to try another PREF
lrs;ion, which she did. and that turned
what little hair she had left very red
hot golden" at all. The magistrate,
however, could neither bring back her
lair or change its color, so the disconsO-
ate Angelina is compelled to endure the
esuIts Of her foolish vanity.
The fair sex in Japan are not always
reated with the consideration they find
elsewhere. Kiota, so long the sacred
lily Of Japan, has long been the chosen
lone Of poets and poetesses. Indeed,
shatever stroug mindedness existed
Imong japanese women found lie con-
lenial resort in that sequestered capital.
With the departure Of the Imperial fam
y, however, departed the ancient Gus
ons and traditional rights Of the strong
minded fair ones A case Of genuine
Masculine rebellion d recorded in The