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DRESS.
Civilization vs.. the PecuIIarIties OF
Costume.


Civilization vs.. the PecuIiArities oi
Costume.
From the Cornhill Magaline.l
Are we more civilized in our dress
than in our dwellings2 Not whit Our
guide and ruler here is that irrepressible
tyrant we call fashion, and neither com.
fort nor beauty has word TO say. To
be sure men have discarded many alb
surdities, though they have retained
more. They held to their stiff shirt col
lars which rasp their necks, their wide
expanse Of linen front, which the very
act OF fastening rumples, their meaning
less swallow.tails, their hideous half,
their tight-fittinG military uniform, and
all the mysteries OF seam and gusset
and band, which are mere symbols OF
the art of cutting out and not necessary
to the comfort Of shape. But even with
the follies they retain they can move
about with ease and unhampered. Wo-
men, on the contrary, torture them
selves in the name Of fashion with
touching fidelity. They would as soon
forego their nationality as their stays
and the Thirty-nine Articles are less sa-
cred to them than their multiplicity
of garments all hanging from the waist
1t is to keep these up, and lessen their
heavy weight, that they put themselves
into steel cages which destroy all grace
OF line and all comfort Of movement,
save in walking. The beauty Of simple
ity is thing dead and done with in their
code. Heads are loaded with false hair
stuck about with lace, feathers, flow
ers, and colored glass; ears are pierced
chat bits of crystalized earth, or imi-
tations thereof, may be hung into
the holes; health is destroyed, and the
tender vital organs which nature has so
seduously protected by the outer casing
of ribs are compressed and crushed that
the waistband may be reduced to seven
teen inches; and the highest efforts Of
military genius are directed to the most
elaborate method of sewing one bit Of
stuff on to another bit of stuff, to the
confusion OF anything like leading line
or an Ineligible idea We laugh at the
Chinese golden waterlilies," the Pa
paun head-dress, the Hindoo nose-ring,
the African lip-distender; we laugh
while we look in the glass and compla-
Gently brush out our frills, and congrat-
ulate ourselves in looking stylish and
well got up" But our highest efforts
culminate in partial nakedness in the
middle of winter if we are women, in
black broadcloth in the dog days if we
are men-in absurd lengths OF silk trail
ing after us as we walk in the one case,
in a ridiculous pennon meandering at
our backs in the other; they culminate
in fashion, not in use, or beauty, or sim
plicity; but while we do thus dress with
out personal convenience or artistic
meaning, we have no true civilization in
the matter of our clothes. Modern mil
linery is neither art nor nature. 1t is
our translation of the primitive mans
delight in rags and gaudy colors; and
there is no essential difference between
the two. What difference there is con-
sists simply in conventional acceptance;
but the aesthetic base of each is the same.
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ECONOMY FOR WOMEN.
How to Make one Dress Serve for
Half DOzen-AIl from Starch.

The Scientific American says it is not
often that we find scientific items of any
special degree of interest to the fair sex,
who may perchance glance over our
pages; but now we believe we have got
one which is simply absorbing. Prob
ably, Madame or Miss, you are the pos
SCISSOR of summer dress, made from
some white diaphaneous material; and
it may also be imagined that during
your shopping you have inspected goods
of similar nature, only OF varying col
ors, from which you have purchased suf-
Gcient materials to construct a number
of those bewildering garments in com
parison with the intricacies Of which the
most works Of modern engineering fur
nish no parallel. Now, learned Ger
man professor has invented plan where
by your single white dress may be
changed as often as you desire to any
color you may fancy, and this in your
own laundry, so that hereafter the mon
ey which you would devote to several
robes of varying hues may be entirely
saved, while you may appear daily, if
you choose, in toilets of totally different
complexion. Inc process is very SIN
Pile, and consists in merely coloring the
starch used in the doing up.
Suppose white dress is to be tinted
a beautiful crimson: Three parts of
fuchsin, an analine color, which any
chemist can readily procure for you,
are dissolved in twenty parts of glycer-
inc and mixed in a mortar, with little
water Then ordinary starch, finely pull
verized, is stirred in, and the thick mass
is poured ont and dried on
blotting paper. The powder thus OBJ
tanned is used just the same as common
starch, and so applied to the fabric.
When the latter is dry it is slightly
sprinkled and pressed with a moderately
warm iron. BY means of other coloring
mixed as above described, any
desired tint may be obtained. We
should counsel, however, an avoidance
of damp localities, and strongly depIe-
cate going out in rain with it, as we
doubt the "fastness Of the dye, and !
would not be at all surprised to behold |
the garments shortly assume q rather
streaked and zebra-like appearance.
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rrnnrend1.s Tempernment.

Macready's father, manager and at
one time an actor, was a severe dlsci-
plinarian, but capital judge Of acting
and probably the severe training 10
which his famous son was subjected in
early life by his fastidious sire was one
of the principal causes Of that son 5
subsequent rise. When William Charles
played in his fathers theater, the mau-
ager always haunted the wings while his
son occupied the stage. The young ac-
tor having finished a scene successfully,
and retired, the father expressed his de-
light in no stinted terms, and a rich
Irish brogue; but when the case was
otherwise, the reproof was usually con
veyed in this manner. "Ah, holy PAUL
% vou call that acting2" Macready re-
turned to the parental roof after fulfill
inr bis FIRST engagement in the United
states sul the time Of his arrival at
home occurred during she forenoon,
when bic fathers company we're on the
stage rehearsing, the managers house
adjoining the theater. The younger
Nacready vas then thirty-ihree, and his
unsympatheiic nature vas painfully ap'
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GOMERY
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, VA.

nm.S DELIGHTFUL WATERING PLACE
will be open for the reception of visitors
on the FL iRST DAY OF JUNE NEXT.
Extensive additions of new furniture have
been added ana tne S aSd conve
every arrangem ent lor Ohe cohloI' anu 0oh'0
This is the most beautiful and extensively
improved of all the Numerous watering places
in the mountains of Virginia. All the usual
appliances for the comfort and amusement OF
the guests are provided, and Express, Ilcket.
Post and Telegraph Offices are found mere: =
The Bar will be under the management oi
Thornton A. Atkinson, and VIII DO sHppheo
with the best Of liquors.
BIG TU MN f l.,
on the Va. and Tenn. division of the A. NJ.
and o. r.. r. is the station al which you take
the car for the Springs-distant IL miles.
Round trip tickets can be procured ct all the
principal towns and cities.
q. A. COLHOUN, for twelve years the Resi-
dent Partner Of tho Allegheny Springs, will
assume the management. and he tenders to
his old patrons cordial welcome, and pledges
his efforts TO render their stay pleasant. We
propose to have none but the mostexperienced
servants. and ovr supplies OF every descrip-
and city afford. it is the intention OF the new
proprietors to so improve this property as TO
make it the
Lending watering place in the
Mountains of Virginia.
Its many natural attractions can be so inn
proved and ornamented as TO render TINS COM
paratively an easy task.
we employ none but the most experienced
seryants, and eur supplies OF every descrip-
tion will be selected from the best the country
and cities afford. go
rer month: for the month Of June, $40. Chil,
dren under ten and over two years old ana
coLH6HtN. WILSON a cOwAN.
PropristOrs.
Clerks: C. NJ. Obenebain. VIM. Wade Snd
Wm. +. Rose. o5-ll4
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ace arrived. The servants told him hur-
riedly what had occurred, whereupon he
told the lady that she must return imme-
diately 10 her apartments; and, as she
refused to do so, he removed her from
the room in a more forcible than gallant
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-03

|nHE GREAT SOUTHERN
j remedy for the cure of scrof-
ula, Screfulous Taint, Rheum-
'atism, White Swelling. Gout,
Goitre, Consumption, Bronchi-
tis,' Nervous Debility and ali
diseases arising from an i'm
pure condition of the Blood.
The merits ofthis preparation
are so well known that a pass
ing notice is but necessary to
remind thereaders ofthe neces-
sity Of always having q bottle
of this medicine among their
stock Of family necessities.
Certificates can be presented
from many leading Physicians,
Ministers, and heads of fami-
lies throughout the South. in
dOrsing in the highest terms
The Fluid Extract of Rosdddiis.
DR.. X. Wilson Carr Of Balti-
more says he has used il in cases
of Scrofula and other diseases
with much satisfaction.
DR.. T. C. Pugh of Baltimore
recommends it to all persons
suffersing with diseased Blood,
saying II is superior to any
preparation he has ever used.
Rev. .Dabney Ball Of the Bal
timore M. e. Conference
South says he has been so much
benefited by its use that he
cheerfully recommends it to all
his friends and acquaintances.
Craven & Co, Druggists, at
Gordohsyille, Va. say it never
has failed TO give satisfaction.
Samuel G McFadden, Muir
freesborO, Tennessee, says it
cured him ofRheumatism when
all else failed
Rosadalis is not a secret
quack preparation; its ingre-
dients are published on every
package. Show it to your Ply
sician and he will tell you it is
composed of the strongest al
teratives that exist, and is an
excellent Blood Purifier. Did
our space admit we could give
you testimonials from every
State in the South, and from
persons known to every man.
woman and child. either per-
sOnally or by reputation.
Rosadalis is sold by all Drug
gists.
CLEMENTS & Co.,
BALrMoRE. Sole Proprietors.
JOHN r. HENRY,
No. 8 COLLEGE PLACE,
Neio York. Wholesale agent.
cod dkw
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NOW Is THE TIME TO BUY
MEDICAL.
DIR. Curtis on Manhood
o0Olh EDITION

Revised and Corrected by the Author. L. DE-
F. CURTIS, NJ. D., etc., etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on the cause and cure
health is lost and how regained. II gives n
clear synopsis of the Impediments 10 Marriage,
the treatment of Exhausted Vitality, Nervous
and Physical Debility, and other diseases ap-
pertaining thereto, and the remedies therefor.
the results Of twenty years successful prac-
tice.
"CURTIS ON MANHOOD. > There is no
member Of society by whom this book will mt
be found useful. whether he be parent pre-
Price so cents. by mail Address the author,
DR.. CURTIS,
40-xviii39 9Tremont Place. Boston, Mass.
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GARD.

lHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE BEEN AU-
thoriIed by Eastern Capitalists to propose to
the people of Memphis and vicinity the es-
tablishment Ofa
NEW NATIONAL BANK,
with capital Of 100000 or 100000,
conditioned that they Cthe people Of Msmphisl
subscribe for one-thirI only Of the capital
stock.
We deem it unnecessary to call the Atteh-
ton Of our business community 70 the great
advantage 10 result from this liberal PROPOSE
ton to bring capital to our city, and hope it
will meet their prompt response.
Citizens and others will be called upon for
subscriptions Of stock. that the organization
may be completed without delay. a.. our
friends are nov ready to furnish their share
Of the capital.
Subscriptions nay also be made with either
Of the undersigned.
AMOS WOODRUFF,
J.J.BUSBT.
Ia. NELSON.
Memphis. Nay Il. ls73. 6-t
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BOARD:

servants. half price.
We have been fortunate this year in gather
ing a store of clear ice. so that guests may be
fully supplied. Address, for the pamphlet
containing analysis and description Of the
water, etc, JOS. l.. KING, Prop'r,
6S-9l Montyale Springs. East Tennessee.
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MoNTvALE SPRINGS.

THIS FAVORITE SUMMER RESORT. SIT
i uated in Blount county, East Tennessee,
will be opened for the reception of visitors on
the 18th of May. 1873, and maintained in a
style worthy the patronage of discriminating
puhlic. The marked beneficial results attend
ing the use of these waters in functional de-
ranRements Of the Liver. Bowels, Kidneys and
Skin, and the cure of chronic diseases, attest
their medical properties. All the accessories
for enjoyment and recreation at the best wa
terine places will be found here. Special at
fention will be given to the comfort and inn
proyement of invalids,
Visitors to Montvale necessarily pass over
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, making the city of Knoxville. Ten;
nessee, a point; thence via Knoxville and
Charleston railroad 70 Maryville. sixteen
miles, whence passengers are conveyed IN
mail stages. running in connection with the
trains, to the Springs, nine miles distant.
Return tickets can be obtained at all pTonir
nent points
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The Wrongs of Kings Daughter
Divorced and Deprived of Her
Chiidrem-Wttnes Her Sons
Wedding IncOgnitO-The Princess
and the Ballet Girl.
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ANTI.BILIOUS BITTERS
INDO-AM E RICANA.

They are composed of the same vegetable
and on the same principle as ny renowned
Pills Indo-Americana, famous all over Europe
for their purity. efficacy and virtue. 1t is also
the best appetizer ever invented, and an un-
failing preparation to reinforce and clear the
voice Of singers. This miraculous specific,
after having been analyzed by the Royal Med
ical College, procured me the BreDtns from
His Majesty the King of Italy. They. are no
humbug. and can be procured at all the prin-
oipal druggists and saloons in this city.
General Depot at Messrs. l.. POdesta a Co.'s,
23e Front street. and at retail at 50 Jefferson.
corner of Second street, Memphis. Tenn.
N. BIN order to guard against counter
feits here, l insert fac simile Of my trade
mark. with my initials. G. A. B. 2s-l07
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square.
Displayed advertisements will be charged
according 10 the SPACE occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines ofsolid type to
the inch.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per line
for each insertion.
To regular advertisers We offer superior in;
ducements, both as to rate of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices Of deaths and marriages, twenty
cents per line.
All bids for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether upon business or other
wise. must be addressed to
y. WHITMORE,
Pnhlishnr and prnnriniOr.
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Weekly Public Ledger,

Published every Tuesday at 50 per annum Tin
advanced; clubs Of Eve or more, 81 so.
Communications upon subjects Of general
interest TO the public are at all times accept
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
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Memphis. MsyILlsR
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-02-06
Why Endure That is Curab.e?

What can't be cured mnst be endured -
says the poverb; hut indigestion can be cured
aud therefore it is the merest Stupidity to en-
dure it. Dyspeptics have certainl Y a right t.
continue dyspecticst 20 the end of their DAYS
if they choose. but as il is not supposed that
any rational being perfers physical torment TO
ease and hrsth, The probability is that If all
sufferers from indigestion were convinced that
an absolute, infalliHe remedy for their COM
splaint existed, they would with one accord
resort TO it. We most emphaiically declare
that such remedy does exist, and that its
name is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Z he re.
cord of It's success extends over period Of
more than twenty years, and it Is fearlessly
alledged that during the whole of that tine it
has never failed TO afford permanent relief in
any disorder or arrangement of the stomat
that wss not organic, malignant, and incur
able. The testimonials that go 80 establish
this important fact can os counted by the
thousand. Stomach complaints that had
been aggravated By total disregard Of all
dietag rules, and intensified ano rendered
chronic by medical treatment or drastic pur-
gstlon, have In hundreds of instances been
cured within three months By ihe systematic
use oil this celebrated stomachic and altera-
tive. 1t should be remem bered that weak
ness of the digestive organs involves many
other ailments. BiliOusness. headache, nerv-
Gus debility, spasms, palpitation Of the heart,
rush OF blood to the heaL, nausea, vertigo
and sieepessness are its concomitants and re-
suits; and for all these the great vegetable ton
&c Is specibc. IT acts frst upon the stomach,
and through the stomach upon the secretory
and nervous systems and the bowels, its gen.
eral effect being always genial and beuefcent
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gMtbs.s
DTED.

s In this county, on Swan, Sunday, End
inst, of old age, Mrs. MARGARET .CRUMP-
TON, aged about SO years.
At his residence in Mulberry, January
31st, 1873, of old age, Mr.. CHARLES
MITCHELL, aged IS years II months and
Is days. s- ,
The deceased was born in Dinwiddie
county, Virginia, in the year 1916, where
helived number Of years. He then moved
to Oxford, Granville county, North Carroll
ma, in which place he lived up to the veal
1884 He moved to Tennessee in the year
1885, and afterward settled in Mulberry
Village in the year 1887, where he resided
up to the time Of his death. He was 8
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church for number Of years. He was q
devoted christian, and lived pious!life and
died happy in the glory Of God He leaves
a wife and children, and large circle of
friends to mourn his loss ..r..
Then weep no more, for ne has gone
With loved ones up on high,
To sing the song that Moses sung,
When he landed in the sky.
IT'S but the will of Him who said,
"Peace," to the rolling tide;
"'Tis but for thee and all mankind
/ on the cross have died"
At Blanche, in this county, Mrs. ANN
ELIZABETH BYERS, wife of Mr.. james
F. Byers, and daughter of Richard and Ma
~ Grantland. She was born March2, 1848
was married August 10, lS6T-professed
religion in August last, and left this world
in holy triumph January %, 1873.
Her relation as daughter, wife, mother
was of but short duration; yet long enough
to prove the dutifulness of the first, devO-
ton of the second, tenderness of the third,
and graces of the last. Death loves a shi-
ming mark, otherwise Sam Bef' would not
have died. Father, mother, sisters, kind
physician and neighbors miss her; but more
than all, the sorrowing husband and two
little motherless children. But she is gone
gone, but not lost. Heaven has won an
other jewel, and another angel-harp is tune
full in the new Jerusalem. No high-raised,
battlement- labored mound, thick wall, nor
moated gate could hinder spirit so pure,
on its entrance upon the rest that remains
to the people of God. We appear upon and
disappear from the stage of life, as wave
meets wave, and part upon the troubled va
tiers. Yet hope is buoyant:
at is the hope, the blissful hope,
Which Jesus grace has gwen;
The hope when days and years are past,
We all shall meet in heaven"
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ga Wiley Speck was commit

ga Wiley Speck was commit
ted to the Jail of this place on Fri
day last, for killing John Jeans on
the preceding Monday, at distille'
ry near Georges $ ore, in this coun'
ty. We are told that Speck was al
the distillery, where q crowd OF
men had collected, when he be
came involved in a dispute with
some Of the parties present. de
was in a dangerous mood and
threatening TO shoot, when Jean
stepped up and throwing open his
vest, told Speck in a bantering way
to try his weapon on him. Speck
took him at his word and fred
with fatal effect, then turning up
on the crowd he commenced
emptying the chambers Of bis
revolver unfortunately among
them. one person was wounded
in the right arm, and others were
grazed by the bullets. He at
tempted to cut, also, and one re
port says did wound one man il
three places, but another has i
that only cloth suffered from thu
knife. Jean was shot in the breast
and died in few minutes. SpecI
was arrested and taken before {
magistrate, who ordered him 4
Jail, to await trial before tn
Circuit Court. sscs
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ATTACHMENT SUIT.
Hannah wilson IS. D. NJ. Drake

Hannah Wilson as. d. n. Drake.
THE Plaintiff by agent R.. w. Wilson,
Il states on oath that the Defendant is
Indebted to her, and is a nonresident Of
The State and having obtained from Rane
Mckinney, Clerk Of the Circuit Court of
Lincoln county, Tennessee, an original at
tachment against the estate Of the Defen-
dant, returnable to the July term, 1871, of
the Circuit Court of said Lincoln county,
and the same having been levied on the De.
PENDANTS property, it is ordered by the
Clerk that the Defendant appear before said
Court at the courthouse in Fayetteville, on
the LIST Monday in March, 1878, to
defend said attachment suit, or it will be
proceeded with ex parte. 1t is further or
dered that this notice be published in the
FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER for four conSeeu-
i've weeks, Commanding said Defendant to
appear and defend said suit as aforesaid.
jan. 80 RANE MCKINNEY, CLERK.
mn q ~
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~ Qusenbe1ry Sc Bruce de

~ pusenbeEry &c Bruce de-
sire the people of LINCOLN coun-
ty to call and price their large
stock of grass seed, oats, clover,
&c. Also post yourselves in the
price. of Family Groceries and
the freights, and try them once
and see if they viii not sell you
groceries as cheap and seeds,gar-
den and field, cheaper than Nashville
after adding freights. Do not
forget to bring wheat, corn, lard,
bacon or greenbacks to pay fol
them, iA1l1itlGgA tsaLI1LJl.
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Atlanta, Georgia.

Reported weekly. for the OBSERVER, BY II
Z. Goa &; Bro, Produce WerchdntS.
Corn-white, 82@65; yellow, 2 bush,
1917 Oats, $500. -. Flour, per
sack, % fbs-fancy, 81 75@5 90; fam
- 00@4 so; extra,$3 1894 90; superfino,
9ona, So. =. Bacon-shOulders, 61a a;
hams 1o@1u. clear sides, $500. -.
Rye 5'i per bush, nomi nal, 80. Wheat,
Tennessee white COG W; red' t99
1 80. :. Onions, p Dbl. a 'Oo@4 g. lriS Sn
Potatoes. bbl,$3 50@4 So. Tenn. hay, 81 ~
al 20. ;. Meal, 80. j.. Lard, Dbl, 81 @9;
ms, 90 Clio Butter, 2O@25. Eggs, ESQ
80 Feathers. new, 6O@7o. Dry Hides,
1920. =. A sheeting, 12H @13. :. Is
Shifting, 1O@121k -. Cotton Yarns, l ~
@1 65 per bunch Apples, Dbl, 81 5O@4.
Corn, good demand, stocks very light
Wheat active, stocks very light. Rye and
Barley, scarcely any demand. Oats tend
upward. Flour in active request, light
stocks. Bacon fair demand, with very light
stocks. Hay in request, with very light
stocks Butter, Eggs, Onions and Dressed
| Poultry sell if fresh and sound.