Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-25

A musician, noticing that his friends
wesried at his performance, remarked:
you are aware that this is a very diff
cult passage Il wish it was impossi-
Bile" replied one.
The most polite thing for a gentleman
to do who has invited a young lady to 90 to
the thester or opera, is to buy the tickets
somewhat before the entertainment, and
send them to her, so that if anything
happens to prevent his going, she may
secure an escort and use the tickets.
The theatrical censor in London made
a little speech recently, in which he
stated his utmost efforts had been put
forth to keep off the English stage "all
the French filth imported from Paris" a
kind Providence having aided him.
Paris thereupon took up the gauntlet,
and replied substantially as follows:
You play pieces which our public would
hiss; for the rest it is rather curious that
when your Prince of Wales, and Lords,
as well as all other foreign Princes, visit
France, the first thing they think of is to
telegraph for boxes in our smallest
theaters."
A poor woman, bound for San Francis
co on a Union Pacific train, was obliged
to leave that train on the 2lst ult., and
became a mother at Papillion Station on
the 22d. The conductor at once tele-
graphed from Papillion: HE weighs
twelve pounds, and his name is George
Washington" All the passengers in
the coach, upon hearing the announce.
meut, gave three cheers for George
Washington. Then they Clipped in and
bought a little Ratchet and sent it to the
youth, bidding him, also, follow the ex-
ample OF his illustrious namesake.
A funny joke, and all the more palat-
able as its truth car be vouched for, says
a New Jersey paper, occurred at a prom
inent church in that State. II seems
that a worthy deacon had been very in
dustrious in selling a new church book,
costing seventy FIVE cents. At the SER
vice In question the minister, just before
Diminishing the congregation, rose and
said: "All ye who have children to bap-
TIE will please present them next Sab
bath" The deacon, who by the way was
q little deaf, having an eye on selling
the books, aud supposing the pastor was
referring 10 them, Immediately jumped
up and shouted: "All who havn't can get
as many as you want by calling on me,
at s%eventy-fve cents each"
Charles Warren Stoddard writes from
Venice Of Rossi, the tragediau, and says;
Speaking of Rossi's death scenes, |
lately saw him in King Lear, aud with
much Indifferent acting, aud some few
points that were brilliant and startling.
he gave the most horrible realistic death
I scene have ever witnessed on the stage
| After Lear's madness, followed by his
~imbecility, he seems to die Of a broken
heart; the fountain of his life was and
denly dried up; for a moment he swayed
to and fro like one who has received his
death-stroke; there was an agonizinp
struggle for breath, and then the light
went out 10 the eyes, the lower Jaw drop.
ped and hung quiyering on the breast
the face actually turned pale, and q
shudder ran through the Kings frame
that seemed to communicate something
Of its awful reality to the audience, fol
the house was deathly still. | have
thought Of that death scene a hundred
times; it is one never to be forgotten