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ORIGINAL ESSAY"WHAT
CONSTITUTES A LADY."
The observ&blo distinctions between tlio
most civilized races of mon, and ihoso which
are rude and uncultivated, will be found to
Consist cliietly in personal mauuora and
f modes of social life.
That which distinguishes a roan of true
refinement and gentle culture from hiiu
who is unrefined, unpolishod and ignorant,
so far as mere outward manifestations go, is
fouud to consist in little things?in tho actions?the
gait?tho countonance, and the
amnberleas items which enter iuto tho character
of our personal manners.
The polite world bavo attached a difiiiilo
meaning to the words?-gentleman and
by which these terms mo made to iucludo
an assemblage?a combination of elements
and qualifications, which it would ho exceedingly
difficult to describe or enumerate;
but which, notwithstanding, every person
of ordinary intelligence perfectly and readily
understands.
These words mean something more
than a distinction of sox: they moan nioro
than a discrimination between the rich and
the poor; they mark mora important dislince
tioua than thoso between tho lord of tho
manor auil the peasant ploughman, who
cultivates tho soil. Indeed, the poasant
may be in no mean sense a gentleman,
while tho owner of tho castle might be a
narrow, coarse and vulgar specimen of tho
gentu homo. I may refer now to Mies
Cook's admirable poem ou "Nature's Gentleman"
for a most accurate and truthful delineation
gS thoso .characteristics of geetiJUy
in the rougher sex; and, as these hasty observations
aredoiigued mainly (or the benefit of
the fairer and gentler portion of humanity,
I may devote the lime to a running sketch
of the points most noteworthy in the obaracter
of a lady.
Tho strict and habitual observance of (be
external deportment of a ladg becomes easy
and natural in thoso cases where the
Atari is gentle, and pure, and good.
Not only our words, but our actions and
manners, How out from the heart, and partake
of its nature ami diameter, as the
stream proceeds from its fountain.
Hut independently of the particular state
of the moral being, culturo and care, odu*
cation aud habit, may accomplish much in
the work of deportment.
> Without attempting any very systematic
k or philosophical method of enumerating
some ?f the marks and evidences of true
gentility mi woman, I shall procood to note
a few of these characteristics sis tlioy may
suggest thomseVes to my mind.
1. The first wlAch occurs to me, is Simplicity.
A. lady novot protends to a atnto of
ibeltng which she does not really experience.
She docs not aj)\c\ an accomplishment
she does not possess. She does not
Assume a friendship not acknowledged at
^ heart.
White sho seeks to treat cvoty one with
politeness?which is nothing nine than a
proper regard for the feelings of a fellow
being?she wi'l not mislead any acquaint
ance by an afleetaliou of regard \ihicb tho
heart disowns.
Simplicity requires us to be what wo
.Ht?ein, ami to seem what wo are. All affbctalion
is incompatible with that beautiful
simplicity of cliarnclor, so charming in hor
to whom wo award tho qualities of a porfoct
lady.
2. Tbs next index of truo refinement and
porfection, in tlio character of a lady, is Sincerity.
Truthfulness, frankness, and reliability,
are integral and essential elements in that
ooronot of virtues which crowns tho genuine
lady.
This virtue implies faithfulness in friendship.
It implies that simple truth and
honesty of purpose aro tho rootivo to osr
words and our actions. It excludes all I
mere protension and double-dealing, h I
is a glass, in which and through which our j'
friends road our hearts, and ostiraato our I
characters. Tt scorns all artful disguise, i
and exocratos all Defrayal of confidence, and I
all treachery iu social intercourse. It is 1
closely allied to another virtue, which we i
notice as a third element in the character of i
a lady?a sacred and uudeviating regard i
to j I
Bai
V bo
ha
truth, and count it no merit; but thoy would Inn
hold falsehood in uniuixed comtempt and soi
scorn. to
A falao woman realizes the conception of
an angel fallen?no longer a blessed thing oil
of light, and love, and goodness; but a thing go
of evil, and a spirit of darkness! no
4. Another element in the character of a un
lady, is lteGuemcut of Taste?a chastened tin
purity of feeling. * civ
Ladies never indulge the contemplation all
of low imagos and vulgar ideas. Ladies im
ignoro tho existence of ali and everything lh<
calculated to shock tlso refined feasibility.
Thoy choose wof to know that tliero is any- by
thing impure, anything obscene, anything ret
corrupt and unclean, in the social and mor *' di<
al world in which they raovo. Thoy nov
er utter an indecent word?thoy never tole- m<
rato an indecent word. Ladies shrink from dj<
obscouity as they would shrink from a pu- 8ci
trid carcass. They avoid its contact as they wc
would avoid tho contagion of a deadly as
plaguo. It is possible that/molts, in some sh<
instances, may ain against purity of taste, wi
or purity of language; but ladies never do. an
Maqy of tho miuor points in the finished tai
character of a lady might be noted, if time lib
allowed us to do so. A few only can bo tci
pointed out fac
Ladies always troat their seniors with do- ro<
feronco and respect. If you should ever bil
see a young woman pulling on airs, and for
exhibiting nnger toward a senior?an elder tin
person of either sex?you will, of course, an
pity hor, and say mentally, "Poor girl! she a
is an upstart. If she only knew what coTt- de
slitutes a luily.r> Ladies norcr repeat any en
unkind words spoken of a third person in lot
their presence. Of all tho definito marks cei
of coarseues* and vulgarity in woman, that If
of gosaip-mougoring, tnlo-hearing, and mis- nn
chief making, nro the meanest and most gh
prominent. no
Ladies never bear tales?they never sepa- m<
tu fmntli?neror ccndosTOUd to ttiO COtl- oil
loiuplihlo littleness of dealing out second- be
hand slaudor. rei
Ladies are distinguished for their deport- stc
meat in public places, and iu company geu- on
orally. They never bawl out loud words it,
?uevor screech out loud laughter?and nov- inj
cr make themselves couspicuous iu any
way. Ln
In cliurch, they novor turn to gaze about, coi
nor whisper in ouch others1 ears, without it
is a pressing necessity?never mako faces is
and giggle?always pay duo and proper re- lyj
>pect to tho solemnity of christian worship, wc
Their purpose is, iu public places, never to do
attract attention, if it can I: avoided. La- tin
dies always avoid feeling, or showing tern- ho
per, as far as it is possible. Self possession, tin
i .. ? ? - ? ?
nuu i? (>iujici ctMiirui over ino iceinigii, arc we
peculiar to persons of culture nnd refinement.
pH
Perhaps the most unmistakeablo distinc- ,jj(
tiou between Indie* nnd other women, will
bo observod in their doportment toward n i
gentlemen, nnd their conduct in (ho pres- ou
once of gentloincu. f
Ladies, coming into the company of tlie
other sex, remain perfectly calm and ration- _uj
nl; other women occasionally become n little
... we
craeed and lligbty.
Ladic* converso in the usual key and m,
tone of voice; other women sometimes tind hjj
it necessary to talk very loud, and close with
H little squall.
Ludies find no inconvenience in acting
nnturnlly and sensibly?supposing meu to
bo intelligent beings, and endowed with
taste, reason and judgmont !fko themselves; tjj(
other women, by sonio strap go logic, or n
strango magic, deem it highly necessary to ^
change tho charactor of their deportment.
Ladies sit, or walk, or talk, or act as usual, j(|
and as becoming tho dig lily of womanhood;
other women feel obliged to do some- ^
thing out of tho usual lino. j-s
Ladies, pacing near a group of gontle
men, but not mingling with them, movo ou (j0,
oxactly as though the gontlemou were not ftU)
there?aa though they did not exist?thoy cjr,
betray no consciousness of their prosenco
or vicinity; other womon cor.ceivo it duo to wo
themselves, and to their feminine unluro, to ^
make a diuonstration. H I
They hardly know how tkis is to bo done; wa
hut it never will do, so they seein to think,
to let the opportunity pass unimproved. >
rho gentlemen must kno\# that tec know
they aro soinewhore aboutl A loud call
sftor some fomale friend?a rocolloctioti jf0
that they have forgotten something that spr
must be instantly looked after?a sudden pro
inspiration to run out and gatbor a flower?
?n unaccountable influence from .St. Cecilia ^
to indulge in vocal music loud enough to
bo heard--or, iu the absence of all these tun
L Li ii L _ JL'.-l'.-l
tuuato conjunctions, the sash needs raiser
lowering; or the blind needs closing}
opening; the glass, or rme of water conning
a bunch of flowers, has stood quite
\g enough, and must now be poured out
tho window or door, and replenished;
on llie principle of kindness, doubtless,
>posing the men, poor fellows, would
per and dio of broken heart should they
denied at least ono peep at so muoh of
mau lovoliness.
The silly men, on tho other hand, go on
igbing in derision, and bavo no moro
ise than to suppose tho fair onos wanted
get n peep at therul
Lndios aro uot accustomed to regard men
her rs monsters to bo run from, or ns
is to be pursued. They neither blush
r grin at them?they noither veil nor
roil their faces before them. They uoitr
encourage impertinence, nor repot
ility, on tho part of men. They effoctuy
punish and repress tho rudo stare, or
pertinent attitude, by refusing to bestow
i most distnut uotico on such an act.
Other women manifest their resentment
staring back again, or gesticulating in
urn, on tho principle of "fight it out or
Lndios attach a deep significance, a holy
nning, to the word?Love! This is the
! on which all tho rest of woman's conous
and sentient existence is cast. Other
>mon bandy the hackneyed torn* about
they wonld "my bonnet," or "my
oes." Ladies fall in lore with objects?
tli natures deemed worthy and noble;
d tho extinction of tho flnrao is nearly
itamouut to blowing out tW> lamp ol
A Other women fall in loro once a quar',
and discard tho old lovo for every now
:o! Ladies entertain a high and solofhn
;ard for the feelings, affections and sensiilios
of a genorous hoart, and would not,
a world, attract its devotions merely for
i3 lovo of admiration, or tiio excitement ol
intrigue, or a flirtation, and then dismiss
bruised, woundod, and deceived confi
nco! Other women, sometimes, experico
especial delight in having half-a-dozon
rors?professing regard for each, and deiving
all; truo to no ono?falso to %ll.
you should ever obserro such a perverted
lure, drop a tear over it. It is woman's
>riou# nature sadly pervertcdl And be
t loo sovero in your denunciations, re
smbering, that sho who has decoivoJ all
iters, will at last eufter tho bilieruoss ol
ing deceived! Having bartered without
morse in hearts, sho will, most likely, bo>w
her heart?all sho lias of a heart?on
o who will cast it away and trample on
as an oulworu thing not worth tho koepNo
one possessing tho high qualities of a
dy can cvor sloop to play the part of a
quetto or tlirL
Lady?young or olJ, maiden or matron ?
a term dcscriptivo of tho most lovely
po of our humanity. No pioco of God's
rrkmanship this sido tho Paradise of bliss
serves so much tho devotion of man's na
re. Sho shods a light over tho sphere ol
r duties lass holy and blessed only than
a light of Heaven. Her lovo is a prize
>rtu less only than the love of God.
Something in Iho nature of practical apcation
ought, ]>erlinps, to bo added to
sso meagre sketches.
livery young woman, blcsed with ordiry
intellect, may bocomc a?Lady. Ifcr
tward fortunes are not important to this
.ull. Sho may be tho mistress of a castle,
a palace; or sho may bo tho humble tent
of a cabin of log-*: sho inay command
alth and surround herself with tho coinit',
luxuries, and elegaacies of life: or she
iy bo the solitary servant, and perform
her own labor; sho may bo reduced, in
lay, from a state ?f splendid afflucnoo to
state of straitened povorty, and yet, in
:h and all of those relations, bo the pert
Lady, blessing everything around lier
J blessed by every heart coming within
) sphere of her intluoncc. Sho who does
t become a Lady?sho who remains
rolom, coarse, and vulgar, will fail?misibly
fail?-of accomplishing her high deay
in life. If she be a mother, she will
>bably have coarse and vulgar children.
a rnintmniiMi ulm 511 1... I.. l
? I v.., W..W fill I'VJ IIVUIUUU Ul
regarded by ber acquaintance*. In
>rt, alio will bo out of placo?out of posi11?ouo
inoro than enough?an infliction
I a drag on all social aud intellectual
clos.
A Lady is lovo-1 and rospccted by all?
iconie to all society?has a place assign
her among the virtuous and the good ?
light aud a blessing adorning tlio path
y of^icuian life.
"?vrian Wiiuat.?A gentleman from
ibama received from the Patent Oflico
ju spring wheat from the "Farm of Abran,"
at tho foot of Mount Carinel, in the
ly Land, which ho sowed during the past
ing. It camo to maturity in seven weeks,
duced a Urge full head, with a berry in
ry respect equal to tho original. This
eat is reputed to ripen in Syria in sixty
's from sowing. It will llins he seen
t our climate hastened ;ti period of ina*
fly cloven days.
ULL-. -i-i .H.J. ?\
Plundering a Melon Patch.
Ab Ashley was ? real, live Tfoosier, no- l"
toriott* for everything in general, and steal- *
ing molons in particular. In melon time,
he was the dread of tho whole neighborhood;
for when ho visited a patch, he made ?
it a rule never to loavo it until it was en* .a
tirely destroyed. This was a singular trait ^
fn hts character?something unncconntablo
?for, aside from this, ho was considorod
i ono of the best follows in the world. Stealing
molons, and plundering patches, Reom- c<
ed to bo a part of his naturo, for it was ori- ?'
dent that it did not arise from any niggard- ?
ly disposition or selfish motives. lie was !
a real open-hoartod kind of an individual, 1
always growing moro melons than any- R
body else, and giving tbera away moro ?
thau anybody else. They wort no object
to him, yet ho could not resist tho tempta- I1
lion to steal from his neighbors, just for tho '!
fun of tho thing, llut, ns some ono said, \
"It is a'/long lano that has no turn;" and .
likewiso, had Ab to!lowed up the practice of ?
stealing melons ull his life, ho would have
got to bo a melon thiei of long standing. J
liut such a stale of things was not destined 1
to last always?"A change cauio o'or tho a
spirit of his dream." * n.
I recollect ouco, in melon jfcason, somo r<
three or four youngsters citlcJ at Ab's
house, and aftor telling him**of tho "fino ^
patch" that Deacon Aikers -mid, -proposed a
to visit it. Ab was on band, without a
momeut's hesitancy, and so the company Jj
set out as soon as it was fairly dark.
, Before procoeding furthor, I may say of ,
Ab, in tho Inngungo of the poet, tlJlo loved
whiskey" as well as ho did melons; and ns P
the boys, in whose company ho was, IiaU '
' looked to the fuluro and brought along a
bountiful supply of tho "good critter," ho
, was soon enjoying himself hugely, llound
And round went tho black bottle, and on ,
wont the company. Thoy soon got to be
very merry?so much so that apparently *
they paid no attention io the road or path,
but went through the woods and brush, 1
tho saina ns if they had been walking on r. ,
bam floor. y
At longih, after winding about in various
ways, and overcoming many obstacles, such
, as fallen trees and "worm fences," that lay "
in their route, thoy arrived at tho patch, j
r and pitched over tho enclosure. Yo gods,
what a sightl Tlioro lay tho lingo molons, *
1 so thick that eur adrcnturers could scarcely ^
walk for them# There tlicy lay, groat
mealy "red cores," apparently calling out ^
in their owiT language, "Ari.-*o, slash and
cat!" They wore nono of your iittlo, long,
"wizzlcd up" things such as find their way 1
to tho majket stands, an 1 which ono would j1
supposo had fallen from tho vino in a fit of 1
i lh<i "blue devil?;" but thoy wore trreat.
, plump, jolly, good-natured fellows, many r
of which wcro already showing their red J
interior, having, apparently, burst their
sides with laughter.
F Ab vr.u riglu in his glory, and so, haul,
ing out his jack-kuifo, ho fill to slashing .
around with a vengeance. The olheis fob |
lowed his example, and very soon tboro ,
was a sad havoc in the melon patch.
llaving satisfied his appetite, Ab fell to
stamping and crushing open nil that caino
in his way. The other boys hesitated to
participate at lirst, urging that it was really ,
loo bad to treat iho old Deacon in such a
' manner; but Ab swore it was good euougli
for the old hypocrite, and that ho would "
not leave as "long as there was a uiolon with w
a whole hide. Finding thoro was uo slopping
Lira, they lent a hand to the performance,
and very soon every melon was des- .
1 troyod; aud not only that, but tho vines ^
were pulled up and heaped in ono coruor y
: of the patch.
"Now," said Ab, mounting tho pile,
which was some five or six feet high, "give
' mo the black botllo, and let me drink tho '?
old Deacon's health?that good man, in j
honor of whom wu'vo just oreclcd this
monument."
Tho bottle was passed up, and Ab bo- .
gan?
-\ueacoti AiKors?.May 1)0 live to plant
many a patch liko this, hii<1 may Ab Ash- j
loy and Ilia friends have tho honor of harvestin'
it for 'c-m."
1 All 6wung their hats around throo times
iti silence.
"Now, boy*," said he, "as I ain't much
drunk vet, 'spose I give another ono for us .
all to drink)" U
Tho consent was unanimous, and after
thinking a moment, and holding the bottle
up to let the moonlight shine through it, j
, ho delivered himself of the following, to tho
tune of "I >and v Jim from (.'arolino:"
' e
"1 Icre's old black li t. Y<>u wclcomo guyt, ^
You've uft disturbed mo my rcht;
You ilraiu luy pockets, su.?i my purse,
Aud make my ?lnrueil oi.l cial l??ok w? rsc."
Tip lier round liip hurrah! h
i Tip lor rouud Ml break of day, j,
Tip her round?hip hurrah! .
We'll not go lioino till break of day."
I labs wont around thrco times, nftor 11
, which tho bottle started, and mado a liko
I number of revolutions. I*
i "Now fetch mo that pole yonder, till 1 , ci
erect a standard, to show that man has ?1
heon to the summit, and then tho work'ii j r<
bo complete," said Ab. : si
The pole was brought, atid after tearing n l>
strip oil an old cotton h w kerchief, and at- 1
1 Inching it to tho end of the polo, Ab stuck l>
j 11 uj? 111 mo puo 01 vine , dismounted, and i si
they nil started fur lionio. In ft spi&e of <?<
I time truly incredible they arrived nt Ab's I
residence. Ab pressed his friends to stay i b
' till morning, but they would not hear of it. f,
Soino pressing bu.dncM, of courso, prevent- u
< cd; and so ihoy set out, leaving him to o
, snooze off the b id efforts of bad wiiiskoy. { ?
Karly next morning, \b Ashloy, aroused oi
from his sound slumber bv one of his little h,
sous running to his bed, and calling out: i
'Tap, pap, pnp! (Jet up. quick?quicker! ai
( SoiueV* hooked all 'ei ?'er?Vr water t?;
I melyons!" ! ct
"What!" exclaimed Ab. ! w
"Why, some -aorno'u hooked all 'er wa p|
tor melyons, an'?nn' ? an'- an' smashed t!
'em up!"
I Ab arose cursing and swearing, vowing
. that he'd find some duo b which to iden \ i
I lify the villains, and '.lieu they might look ' in
i,i. Hi " -j i
lit for rough times. He went to t
itch?what a sight presented itself!
whole melon, nor even a vine, was loft
I had met a total destruction.
"Where'n thundor and lightnin' coulc
been last night, that I didn't hear the
rnal villains! It's lucky for 'em I did
car 'em, or some of 'era'd been Uoad nc
/hat could-they a done with the vine
ud he.
Casting bis eyes along the fenoe, lie <1
vrerod the vines nicely piled up, lik<
nail hay stack. From the lop of the p
ood a pole, with a strip of red rag flo
ig from the end of it. Ah started towai
; but beforo proceeding many steps,
oppod and began to think. Soinolbi
^cuied to bo coming up in bis tnind.
ut, ho muttered to himself, "Can it bo
dream? or did I actually do ilf' Wj
ig a little longer, ho said, "No, by tin
er, it's no dreaml Tliam cussod l>ov*
? ,
\ on can go. Ono of us will ring if
rant you. 1 don't know which of us it \
o; hut one of us will ring."
Tho waiter bowed and retired.
Itrummcl then said: "1 know you 1
nll'ce; so I do. When wo hnvo finished
ro will proceed to business."
"So 1 am black balled,"hissed tho di
ist between his loeth.
"Most certaiuly. Vow, tny dear lord, a
in tho challenged party, 1 claim tho rij
f dictating tho terms. Hero is a pisto
oro aro dice. Wo will throw for
hanco. In other respect^JWo aro <p
ijual. If you fall, you will huvo a wid
> mourn your doath. If I perish, I rI
?nve a disconsolate tailor to weep iny fal
the battled bravo put down his cup,*
ift the room. Hrununol rejoined
ionds; and when tho story gyt around
to clubs, Lord Doloraino was so much
oyed that ho went suddenly out of tow
A JoKF. Foil SkLFISH lluSHAXDS.? L
illonborough was onco about to go on
ircuit, when Lady Kllenborottgh said t
io should liko to accompany him.
?pliod tlmt lie had no objection, provi?
io did not encumber tho carriage w
andboxes, which woro his uttor abliorrci
tiring tho first day's journey Lord Ell
orougli, happening to strotch his lc
ruck his fool against something below
wU. lie discovered that it was a bandb
p went tho window and out wont l
and box, The coachman stopped, and
>otineii, thinking that tho bandbox 1
itublod out of tho window bv some ext
rdiuary chance, woro going to pick it
hen Lord Kllonborougii furiously cal
ut, "l>iivo on!" Tho bandbox was aceo
igly left by tho ditch side. Having roa
I tlio county town whore ho was to oft
lo as judge, Lord Kllunborough procoe<
? array himself tor his appearance in l
juri iiuuso. -.now, S ilij llO, "WltOrO'ft I
ig? whero's my wig''1 "My I*>rd,"
lietl his attendant, "it was thrown out
lecartinge window."
Nr.w 1'atkk. I'Iio mm who mvle i
ft .ion on tho heai t of n coqnetm 1
ktn out a pa ton t tor blone cutting.
een a playlu* olT on mo. Blast ihoir
irnal whiskoy, ? wish they had it nil
loir cussed in'nrds, rod hotl Mind, I I
ou, I'll bo ovon with 'em, if it takes mc
undred years from now," and then ca
n awful volley of curses, such as co
over appear in print, llo fairly blubbe
ght out with rage.
It was, indeed, true?the boys bad b<
laying off on him?for after getting li
littlo "tight," they had brought him bi
> bis own mclon-pa!ch; and, uuder the i
rossion that it was Deacon Aiker's, lie 1
cstrovod it.
It is said that Ab Ashley was no
nown to assist in the plundering of a ino
atch after that eventful night. It cu
iin.?Porter's Spirit of the Times.
Beau Brummel.
In tbo palmy days of Georgo, Prince
Vales, there was a club celebrated for
ishion and cxclusiveness, number!
mong its members tbo Prince, Brumri
beridan, A*c.; indood all woro men of
rst water in fashion, politics, or literati
A vacancy occurring, Lord Dolorai
lie fatuous duellist, applied for admissi
u.spooling that bis quarrelsomo propei
03 might militnto against him, Lio cal
pon every member the morning bef
lit ballot, and very plainly intimated t
o should consider tbo rejection as a r
onal affront, and demand satisfaction fr
very ono severally, except tbo Prince
Vales, whoso position as heir to tbo thrt
rotectod him.
On the night in question, Lord Delora
rent to tho club, sent up his card, and
nested to know if tho balloting was ot
ml whclhor ho had boon elected. As
ad been blackballed, an answer was s
lint ho had iiot boon, thoro boing, unfoi
atoly, a black ball in tbo box. Ho a
lie it niter up again to any that, as it ni
>o a misiako, ho wished to see the cbAirn
f tho club. Tho l'ritico was about riei
a comply with this outrageous requ
.lion Brummel volunteered to Bntisfy
iceiisod duellist. Tolling the waiter
bow Lord Doloraino into a private rot
o advanced in his blandest mnunor i
aid:
"My dear Doloraino, it's truly unfoi
ato; but you aro blackballed."
Tbo other replied, "Quito a mislako. \
ad bolter try again."
"No uso," returned tho fop, "for lb
raa not a while ball in tho ballot; but p
ait. Allow tno to ring."
When tiro vraitor appeared, Brumt
lid:
' Charles, bring mo a pistol and col
>r two." Lord Doloraino stared insilor
When tbo waiter brought tho artic
lean lirummel said: "1 beg you pard
diaries, but 1 hato forgotten a died box
I Miring this interval lSnmimel tall
bout llio weather, tho crop?, and tho ni
ivolous things, Lord Dolornino gazing
itn with a sovoio expression of com
nnco.
When the waiter brought tho dico >
lio box liraimnel smiled #t liim ?ov;
he A Word for Crinoline.
In the merciless war waged by the press M1
on hoopt, wo are glad to eco that thero are
. . one or two gallantly standing up for woman's
right to regulate tho fashion of their
,n" costume as they please. For ourselves, we .?
n would not reduce the latitude of the grace- .
Tn ful contour a single thread, but we would
* venture to bint a wish that they would J
.. curtail the longitude just an inch or so, to ?
19 avoid the dirty oftico of street Rweopcra. b1
War on Hoop9. - Tho crinoline, one of jj
" 0 the most beneficial inventions of thisiuven- ^
V tive ago, is the object of ridicule with mnny. 0
'j R persons, who are continually hnrping upori ^
10 the defects and exaggerations of the fashion, for
the reason that their medial faculties '
.. cannot comprehend the subject in all its 111
R length and breadth, or oUo for the reason P'
u that they wish to appear witty, and, as they cf
'n have no wit of their own, retail tho chance
shafts which brighter intellects carelessly ^
1P* drop in their way. An cxchango paper ^
.! says it is "whispered about Now York that 1
0 the railroad companies will shortly call a
1 R convention to discuss tho expediency of P
levying toll upon crinoline. The proposi- .
u . tion is to charge ladies sporting hoops .
r double fare, in consequence of tho space
they fill.** If this bo meant for a joke, it .
\on does as little credit to the mind as to the '
1 ^ heart of tho originator; if it is tho record y
of an actual intention, then it only shows .
11 J that there are a few candidates for the asy- .
,a luia for the idiotic and feeble minded yet .
left uncared for. With a certain Now York ,
. contemporary, wo are glad to ??e that tho .
u'j adoption of thia healthy and graceful arli- .
re clo of dress is almost universal, and wo ^
hope to witness the day wlteu every Ameii- j
can lady will conform to the custom.
, The women of the present generation ?
of i * - V
Muiuguig nUT?IIU?gOS ITOIQ 1116
' general uso of the crinoline; and, knowing
.n8 that, they hare defied ridicule and scorned
\? ' nowor fashions. Even the Empress Euge10
nie, who unwittingly blessed her sex by 8|
,ro' making it the mode, has vainly attempted
n0' to introduco a froshor style. If the ladioi *,
?"' will stand bv the light crinolino, and still
!*'j dispense with eight out of the ten skirts ?
,c thoy wero wont to wear, tho generation yet ?
.or? to come will be healthier and stronger, con
ia sumption and kindred diseases of the chost
>cr" will be fewer, life be longer, and naturo
oin. belter fitted for all tho duties which pertain
? to the wife and the mother in a civilised j!
3110 community. Tho New York News, in al- ^
hiding to this subioct, pleasantly says: 44 Wo .
1,10 aro decidedly of opinion that the ladies
r0* have a right to do as they please; wo think '
f?r' also, they enn manage tneir own affairs almoat
as well as we can do it for them, and /
en in the hoop business wa are ready to ao- ^
' knowledgo that they have shown a great ?
on deal of solid sonse. Don't giro up your
us hoops, Indies! Lot men rave, and scold, !
,KU and stew till they are tired?you have the j J
f'ght of the matter?don't concede a solita | ?
- ry tncti of pnvemont room!"
"J0 [Boston Traveller. "
10 ? ?. g
),n' A Max Phopobino to Marry AxcrrriER 11
lml Max?Ante-Mortkm Examination*.?Somo 0
timo ago, it will be remembered, a singular 0
*u* caso cauio up iu the Richmond, Vn., courts, c'
in which a young man named Lipscomb (1
ou sued auothor youug man named Thomas P
Linton for broach of promiso. Linton, it 0
oro seems, was of such remarkably feminine apray
poaraueo that his friends ca?ily persuaded
Lipscomb that ho was a female in disguiso,
n?l and so enamored did he becomo of Linton I
as to ask and reccivo a promise of marriage, g
F?e which, of course, tho latter was unable to
ice- fulfil. But on attempting to explain why ti
less ho could not "como to time," tho fond "lor- v
cn? or" wouldn't beliovo a word of it, and full b
in tho belief that his inamorata was a wo- a
:e,l man, and uothing shorter, ho sued for breach n
?*1 ol promiso. Tho caso created no little ox- tl
wl citomont in Richmond. n
ll?* An examination by five experienced phy: I
siciaps was ordored by the court, so that ii
theio should bo no possibility of mistake, t
".?? and tlioy reported that Linton was undouht- /
edly a man; so Lipscomb lost both his lady- ti
*'11 love and his lawsuit. Linton has recently ii
arrived in this city, and such was his wo- ii
inaniah appearance, that suspicion was ere- c
ike ated as to his sex, and tho Guards were fi
l,? about to arrest him, and would hare done b
so, but for tho interference of a person who n
lfcl* knew the young nnn. Last night Linton n
again got into trouble, through falling into!
w ' tho hands of a party of young men who bc='ht
licved hint to bo sailing under false colors, p
? and wero about to have an examination to p
tho tc->i tlie matter. A gentleman cognisant of |,
'to tho history of Linton happened to he prea- j
ow ent, and upon bis representation Linton v
tall ?as s^t freo. Reminine beauty would seem 0
te- to Ihj anything but a d cm ruble gift for a Ii
ini-l man.? Washington Star. u
his ^m- - j
in How Many Mii.ks a I'rix rail's UaxoI
an- Travels.?Though a printer may bo sit- n.
ting all <Juy, yet in his own way lie is a
f j great traveller, (?r at least his hand is,) as n
we shall prove. A good piinler will set
I "C eiglit thousand ems a day, or about twentyljl
jour thousand letters. Tho distance travel- -j
V led over by his hand will average about 0
c' otio h*>t per letter, going to tho boxes in t,
II ^ which they are contained, and of course re- ^
,c<" turning, making two feet every letter ho' 1,
Hets. This would uiaLo a distance each j |,
day of forty eight thousand fool, or mora t,
than nine miles; and in the course of tho e
'JX' year, leaving out Sundays, that member y
>lnivn nvrv.?% luiuo IIIUUMlia IllllOH. I j|
>?d A few ilny* ago, in oue of the Western, a
cities, a man named Billy Smith was fined ?
p. $3 for n^r a plump article of breathing
led humanity weighing 250 lbs?the wife of a
rd- | Dutchman, who witnessod tho larceny, .
i'h- ; which "made hiin so mad ho could not j
iei- speak." If the size is to bo taken into con- !
b'd sideralicn, the kiss must be act down as '
ihe cheap.
re- Two persons contending sharply on mat p
0j- tcrs icgarding tho late North Devon eleclion,
got to rather high words, when one
said, you never catch a lie coming out of a
m my mouth. I he other replied?yon may i t!
us well **v that, they fly out so fast that n<v | i:
bvaly can catch 'cm. > c
LI' II " gHggri
Thk National Wabhxkoto* Montrint.?This
strucluro is situated about tLJ
iddle of the river line of the oil/, back OA
grassy point formed by the river mod aa
let jutting eastward into Um laml, only A
w rod* from, the centre of the original
istrict of Columbia. It is boljow stone
>elisk, built on a solid rock foundation,
k fuel squnro at the base, sunk 8 (bet in the v
'ound, and rising It \-2 fe?t above
round; the obelisk itself being 65 lect - ..'
(unro at its base on tbis foundation,
signed to reach 500 feet clear of the "
undntion, or 517 1-2 feet above gfownU, r ' ^
i bo externally cased with marble, inrnally
decorated with various devices, . f
imorig which will be interspersed the
mny engraved blocks contributed from all
!?rU of the world,) capped with a magnifi*
ml glass dome, and ascended oo the in* ' - ?
do by spiral stairs. When completed,
lis monument will bo the highest artificial *< '
ructure io the world, being 37 1-2 feet : .
igber than tho Great Pyramid of Egypt
nd is estimated by scientific men to bo enable
of enduring thousands of years.
Tho following are the heights of some of '
io principal monuments, domes, Ac., Id
io world: St. Antoine's column at Home,
35 feet; principal tower of the Sinithsouian
istituto, 145; Trajan's column at Rome,
45; Napoleon's ooluron at Paris, 150;
Washington's column at Baltimore, 180;
re great obelisk at Thebes, 200; Bunker
Lill Monument at Boston, 220; column of
>e!hl, 2G2; Triuity Church . steeple, Ne*
ork, 264; the conteraplate'd new dottle of
ie Capitol, 300; dome of St. Paul's Catboral,
London, 820; tower of Manlius, 850;
>wer of tho Cathedral of Strasbourg, 400;
ome of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome, 405;
reat pyramid of Egypt, 480; National
Washington Monument, 517 1-2.
[ Washington Union.
Civitnr u a Forttnb*?Civility Is a
irtune itself, for a courteous man always
Liccseds well in lifo, and that even when
ersons of ability sometimes fail. The fit* .
tous Duke of Marlborough is a caso id
oiut. It was said of him by one content*
orary that his agreeable manners often
en verted an enemy into a friend; and, by
nother, that it was more pleasing to be do*
ied a favor by hie grace than to receive
ne from olhor men. The gracioua manor
of Charlei James Fox preserved bim
om personal dislikes even at a lima whan
.. - w uiiv*|I?VIVU?J Wits VHkOfl up
y ilto cow catcher ami curried tomo d??uico,
licr licad at one *ido of the !?>oomolivQ,
or feet at llie other, and tlien tumbled
eel* user bead down an embankment, af?r
which *he *ro*e, ?<hr>.>k herself, nod walkd
off, to the great j >y of her miserable
wuer, who li;ul rushed fioiu hi* house at
ho tiiwl appearance of danger to hla pet,
ud followed iho train with iinprecaliona
ad criea of "stop the darned thing?stop
erf
During the last moment* of Winn, 4
Lochester printer, who lately died, he ?m
eard to say, having relapsed into a MinielirioiN
state, "I hih on my last stickful?
am o>ming to a paragraph, and I suppose
'II have to wail for old death to put in the
oiiod."
If you desire to he certain that your eggs
ro good and fresh, put them in water; If
he huts turn up they ate not fie*h. Thia
? in infallible tnle to distinguish a good
gg from a tad one.
o wits political!/ the most unpopular man ,
t the kingdom. Tho history of the couo7
is fall of such examples of saocess oh*
tined by civility. The experience of eve*
IT man furnishes, if we bat recall the past;
oqueut instances where conciliatory -manors
bare made the fortunes of phyaichuuu
iwyers, divines, politicians, merchants, and
ideed individuals of all pursuits. On be*
ig introduced to it stranger, bis liability,
r the reverse, creAtes instauWnfcously n .
rejudico against bird. To riled, civility is*
r fact, what beauty is to a wont an; it is *
cneral passport to favor, a letter of reoom*
lendation written in language that every
no understands. The host of rueo bare
ften injured themselves by irritable and
onseqnent rudeness, as the greatest sconnrcls
haro frequently succeeded by tlieit
lausablo manners. Of two men, equal id
titer rospects, the courteous one lias twice
ho chance for fortuue.
OnA.rn Vikb Cottisos.?Wo find in the
7/u'on of a late date the following paravaph:
"Believing thstthe interests of our coun*
ry require that cuttings of all the native
fihl grapes indigenous to our soil should
o collected, with a view of testing their
(luMtHlinn to tl?a ?*v\noMiw ?^:t -?I *,:
, ? -r- ?? J V |,v"* ???HI VII"
lato of the different sections of the Union,
Lie Commissioner of Patents has made arungcmcnts
for thoir collection with Major
I. 0. Williams. M.ijor Williams has been
jstructed to enter upon his duties oo thd
st day of 'August. Ho will proceed td
trkansas and Texas, nn<l, in making teleoions
of cuttings, will bo particular in notig
the character of the soil and the aspect
i which such cuttings aro found, their ldal
names, and the period at which iheifr
uit is matured. Major Williams has also
con instructed to collect the seeds or stooee
f any other native wild fruits which he mat
leet with in the performance of his duty.
Diamond cut Diamond.?A couple of
atent "safe" sharper* got hold of a suposod
groenhorc, yesterday, near one of the
otols, whom they found to be so extraorinarilv
verdant that caution on their part
ras entirely laid aside. Greeny was ready
uough to go it bliud on their "safe," but
is wild had got all bis tuonoy, and he
ranted a good pretext to gel it out of her.
o lie borrowed n gold watch of the sharpr?,
in order to show it to bis wife as a doirod
purchase?entered the hotel?stepped
Ut of another door?and the sharpers have
ot seen him since.? AW York Sun.
As the Cliioopeo train was going ?p o*
'hursday morning, a cow that strayed upII
tlu\ I r?rtlr *-1 ^