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Frorti llnrper's Weekly.
The Honorable Edward Evorott.
Neither foreigners no'r nAtives?so far as
V?o hi'vd seen?haVe ever remarked that one j
of the most striking characteristics of emi- I
hent Anwrifatls is their flnlitnrlii fiir rir:itnrv_
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Public speaking has grown to be So fcoUtmon
Art Accomplishment, that thetaAro but few (
teitifcens of the United States Who aWe not (
prepared 10 deliver an impromptu stump ,
speech on some topift of general interest. (
Willi us, grocers, mechanics, editors, lawyers,
physicians, are. always prepared, rti a gener- ,
al thing, to harangue. The VeVorse is the
rule abroad ; in France and England the
men who ean speak in public are counted
on the fingers.
In itself the art of speaking fluently in
public is nothing ; it does but imply pro
fUnriily of ihoiight, and, except in few cases,
is Ho indication of the gift of eloquence. It
it an accident proceeding froth our system
of self-government. But it is natural that, i
where all can speak, ihany should speak
well; and, further, that of thtifte Many Some
few should ho excellent orators. There
may seem to be vain boasting in the remark
that the United States probably contains
Wore masters of eloquenco than any other
Coiintry Id the world; but there is reason to
suppose tliat such is the case.
Of all our orators, the foremost, by general
tOttBCrtt, Is Edward Everett. lie is tlu"golden-moUllled
orator"' whom young aspirants
to rattle strive to imitate. He is the
typo of the finished and perfect rhetorician,
lie w^s a fartldilft Ppeaker when the present
generation lay pul ing in the cradle. He has
hnade oratory the business and end of his
life. For forty years he has been a laborious
student, accumulating fact*, principles,
and doctrines. For forty years he has made
learning and oratory the business of his life ;
dipping into political life by the way just to
borrow from it whatever it had at the - service
o.f his peculiar aim, and relinquishing it
jfrbeti be had sucked It dry, It is natural
t that be should be at the present time the
tooat perfect orator not otlly of the United
BtatM, but perhaps of the world.
llfs life has been remarkably serene, and
happily contrived for his favorite pursuits.
' $orf? at t)nrchesWr, Massachusetts, in 1794,
* Ibe son of a New Engl mid clergyman, he
*?s edtfcal%L\**tl? tlie trtre which stict^a
father Wits likely to l?estow od hin nan. So
was bo, that at tbjrteeu lie (riatri$
eulated at tlarvard, and graduated With
hon^rafour, years later./ ?l is aptitude as a
iingu'inwas so ^notorious thai the rilling
'mx po^rere*of JQtffvard College kept their eye ott
^ ;oiifid soon after he left the tJ Diversity,
ftJbritiiie was twenty-one, fie !|m offered
the professorship of Greek? with the conditio^
that, if He" accepted it^ he must spend
*9i^''ffMr?;in Euro|*aii travel in order to
, i &U duti^p. iloW few joujig
fnenffit tb<* present day have such offers ex^
i? i i --j ? - :
* ; waavpw mem j. nnu now iar-sigi)te<l was
' U '? **& Mihid' feroarkable liberality to1816
We spool at
tW'gr^b^^e$Ne?t learning in Gcri
> <- cv 1 itiij
*1 tffti"'-' iw^raiiv'ife ft* y- fi-> . JiV . ir.* 1j?
many, Gottingen. l'uris was exhausted in
the winter of 1817-18. The spring anil
summer of 1818 were devoted to h closer
analysis of the fruits of Oxford and Cambridge
learning, and to delightful recreation
in the society of Sir Walter Scott, Lord
B^ron, Lord 'Jeffrey, Sir Humphrey Davy,
Sir Samuel Ilomillv. and others of eoual
V ? - - ~k
merit; the miluftin and winter were given
to a thorough calibration of Italy and
Greece. Let us'pause a moment to dwell
upon tile completeness of this training.
Wlint'man, having graduated at Harvard,
spending aftci ward four years in the. society
of the ablest men of France, Germany, and
England, and in the elabo ate study of the
great monuments of learning which generations
have erected in Europe, could fail to
make hie mark when became home? How
few at the present day enjoy such advantages!
Young men in our lime are in surh
a hurry to commence the actual business of
life, that they arc iinpatient of every thinsr
which adds to their apprenticeship. How
few, too, will r>ach I he etniuencu on which
Edward Everett Stands!
It was in 1819 tint Mr. Everett entered
upon tho discharge of his duties as Professor
of Greek at Harvard. It is not likely that
the chair was ever filled hy a Professor so
thoroughly fitted for the place. The duties,
however, were not strfii.ient to engross the
leistire of so active 'h fiiind .1* Mr. Everett's.
The editoYship of the North American Review
falling vacant, lie was invited to become
;? candiilate for the vacancy, ami tlic prefer
imce was at on?e given to him. Of the
merit of his performance as editor of that
periodical, it is enough to say that he raised
the Jieficio to the position it occupied some
pears sinc<\ and that its subsequent circulation
has been mainly due to the prestige of
liis efforts. Stress has been laid by biographers
of Mr. Everett upon the success with
which he vindicated the United States from
the criticisms of foreign writers ; he deserves
it.A 1 : 1 ---?
uiv vwiiiuiuiicuin liiry nave |>.uu llllli, Mill
his replies to foreign critics aro Ivutan atom
in the mass of his services to American literature
and the American mind. The
North American Review, under his direction.
was a fit compeer of the Edinburgh,
i?nd Everett no whit-inferior to Sydney
Sinitli and Jeffrey.
In 1324, when Mr. Everett was thirty
years of age, he began, simultaneously, his
t:areeV As a politician and as an orator. An
oration which he delivered in presence of
Lhe VCne'ra'.ilo Lafavette in that Vea^ nttrac.t
ed universal attention to llilfceXtVa'drdiuary
powers ; and from that Uirt? forth lite became
the Orator of ^assjAubtWlld?ft rank
wliicli even Daniel WtebsleV proudly conceded
to him. In the same year he was sent
to Congress from Middlesex. In the House
he was chiefly noted for hi a industrioU* habits
and vast learning. lie was an invaluable
man on committees, and frequently did the
whole work of the committee of which lie
was a member. On all debate of importance
his voir.ri hoiii-il hn? ho
sought to ut>;ke Speeches. What lie said
was brief slnd to the point. Strangers, especially
from New England, frequently
thronged the House when lie was to
speak, in the expectation of hearing a grand
oration ; but they were invariably disappointed.
Mr. Everett seemingly corisidered
that there was a place for all things, and
that Congress was not the place for Set Orations.
Aftet* teh ^eArS arduous lahor in Con<?ress.
\tr. Everett was elected Governor of Massachusetts.
which office lie filled to the satisfaction
of the people of that State for four
consecutive years, in 1839 ho was again
a candidate,hut was defeated bv one rote
out of over 100,000 cast. This defeat happily
left him free to accept the mission to
England, which was tendered hiiri by tile
administration of General Harrison in 1841,
1I? was absent four years, during which
time lie won goldeW opinions froni persons
ofevery class in Eilghtrfd. It is doubtful
Whether a?iy Aitlcrican statesman staminas
high hh Edward Everett in the British.judgment
at the present time. lie tfas described
by an* Englishman as a man firm
anil oc n r<n?lr /m tmnAi-lani
|^.<a...
questions, tetstf conciliatory as to load every
one to supposes th?( fie was ready to yi^ld
every poin^ in dispute*: keen attd close in
argument, "stuffed full of facta," and "as ttbntinate
a* Yankee m you could meet \Vit(i
In a rtionih's jourhey in New England/'
Op Uj? return to hi& own country (which
vtrfs & Matter pf deep regret to the British
aristot'f'acv arid government,) he assumed
tbe ?reaiaeot-8h?p of bis old University at
Cambridge. A forttirtrtte marriage?fortunate
elefy respect-r?had hftppily placed
|um beyond the necessity of daily labor for
a livelihood. lie win enabled Id igdulge to
his heart's content in*lhe studies which Wtfre
dear to him, and w^ob are the best solace
of life. Four years of retiremonl Wtb bi?
books must have proved a deftcious rec?ea<
tion to the statesman and orator.
Accident disturbed.. h? plea.?iing^ 1 ubora,
He w?s unespeotedty called to fills leading
offioe in' tba C*bipftt?the Sacr?iary?bip ol
State. H^baod^hwlil*^
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took himself to tbu drudgery of official life
with as much cheerfulness as ho had displayed
when his first public honors burst
upon him. His most important public act
?his letter on the Cuba question?was indited
and published after his resignation of
office ; but the character of the man gave
it as much importance as any official tenure
could have imparled ; and there is reason to
believe that it was not without influence on
the mind of the leading statesmen of England.
A subsequent brief senatorial career
justified I lie expectations which had been
entertained of Mr. Everett. He always
proved himself a philosopher and a sage,
lie held himself aloof from the petty squab
b'es of politician", and rose above the bi)dy
with which he was associated and the questions
on which he was called upon to give
Iris vote.
Ilis subsequent career has been tranquil.
He has appeared in public h? #m orator only.
His oration rtn Charity, which W last deliv
ered in litis 'city oft the ?d iftst. *, his Oration
on Washington, tlie profits of which are
destined fur the Washington Monument,
and which has done moro for that structure
than all the private contributions of the public
pnt together', his oVfttion on Astr'6n'oVn'y
at the opening of the Albany Geological
Hall, in August, 1856, ftre master-pieces of
eloquence wliu-li will live for centuries jitter
Burke, and Sheridan, and Patrick Henry,
and will lie learned by boys in schools in
ages far hidden in the future. The writer
had the good fortune to be in company with
the eminent Professor Baehc at the opening
of the Geoloj.cal llall in Albany. Professor
BAehe introduced Mr. Everett, and in a
few words, admirable As every thing Professor
Dache says, described the etVlotio'ris
which tlm "golden-mouthed orator" had
awakened in his young heart fohett he, A
boy at West Point-, liaii heard bin* deliver
an ornlion there twenty years before: As
tlie Professor regained his SeAt teArs railed
from his eVeS?leArA <jf gratitude?As lion
ore-Die to inm who sited tliem as IV3 tlie great
man whose career ranged them to fluvV-.
Like most finished orators, Mr. EveVett
does not trust to the inspiration of "lite moment.
He composes his speeches deliberately
in the cabinet, writes them oilt, cdniniits
them to memory, and repeats them before
hi* nildience. Nothing?not even his
gestures?are left to chance. Every tUihg
is elaborately studied. He respects the
public tort sincerely to run the risk of disappointing
them in any particular. Thds'e
who heard his oration on Tuesday will crtnfirm
the Assertion that he never does disappoint
his hearers : that in every respect?
thought, rhatter. manner, and delivery?he
realizes the "beau-ideal of the perfect
orator.
Tub Improvement 6f Burr's IlfcpbTAtion:?Aaron
Burr's reputation is in a very
fair tvay of being essentially improved; Mr.
Parton's half-Way championship ofhis character
liar, stimulated several persons to still
more Adventurousundertakings in the same
direction. Burr's profligac)* has .always
'been considered beyond dispilte. lie has
had the renutation. universally. of liavinor
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compromised more Women iri society thriii
any other man of his tithe, and the statement
of his first and most confidential biographer,
Matlievv L. I^avis, that he left behind
him greilt Quantities of damaging letters
from these ladies, hdS kept the \Vliole
country in a qiliveHngstslt'e of cUriosity and
indignation ever since.
But it is now boldly denied that any
Such letters were ever ia existence. Burr's
last friend, the lady with whom ho lived at
the eloseofhis life, has stated that she read
neaily all his correspondence,and that there
was nothing in it to bring a blush to the
check of any person ; and the venerable
JEdward", who was for many years
Burr's intimate friend, now writes a letter,,
slating that Burr himself assured him that
lhere* w?rn no letters in his collection v?hictj
would compromise or injtire the reputation
of any lady living.
It would be eilrious if, after rtll, Burr
. should be acquitted of the offences vVhich
have heaped so much odittrtl upon his head.
It is pretty generally conceded now liiat
his political crimes, which led to ltis trial
for treason then, would probably have made
<> :n... Ij..J nr..
iiiiii i re.tiuciib u no unu iivt'.u uiiy ye?r8
lrtt?*r?and l? by nd merirts Impossible that
a siirtilitr revolution trlay take place irr the
public judgment of his personal and social
charH-'ier. We shall be tery glad of any
revelation* which show Burr or any other
man to liaVe heap better than he has been
considered.?It. Y'timet.
jtiib vaLub of Female Beauty.?"Jiftt
about the la?t inheritance wHfch a parent
should wish his child, whether rrtale or fo
male, is personal beauty. It is abotit the
ptooreflt kind of a capital to starid iit the
world, with. Who ever anw a beaUty Wttfth
thus first red cent t We menu What the
world calls beauty, for there is a kind of
, beauty more than ?kin deep, which the
woifld does not recognise. It is ncrt of (brtt
Which we'rftoertk. But the gift Wfrotfi Mil
the fofo $o*r fools do jn Ecstasies titer artd
about?we should as Aoon n child of. cars
1 fthotlM ts?not quite Ao btpmijnl. And
[ men .your nanwonrre young^man, over ana
, ?b<j(it, tfhorti nil tfie foolish |cHooi-gjirl? Jlfe
in eo^mrM, ftjbftt of ci^ry
' being anybody ? A-^nd dealrOltit ?f *tfil.iiion
is l?eau'(>. Ffopi being fitted for (be
'A License to Marry.
A Licensc t<> Marry is often wanted when
it can't bo had, but a poor ono is better
than none, when a man is in a hurry?viz.,
namely, to wit, the following':
'"In the early days of Texan independence
and youth ah ecbehtric pen ins, still living
and feigning, was clerk of one of the western
prtnnlii><t Tlio villarrn mos nnii?
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od in the prairies, and the squire pastured
his cows on the broad acres around, bringing
them homo at night, and lotting them
gotogracs in the morning. lie kept a
bell on one of them to help him in finding
them ; but one morning, fts he was letting
them loose, he perceived that the clapper of
the bell was lost oiut, and, being unable to
find it, he made a substitute by making
fast his own office key. Not till ho had
reached h'is office did it occur to him that
he sho6ld want the key, but now finding
hiftiself locked out, ho betook himself to
other rfihtters, proposing t6 recover the key
at 'night. About noon a rough-and-ready
young Tefcart, in buckskin dress, came ridirt?
Tr?t6 town, inquired for the clerk, scared
him up, And asked for marriage a license.
"Sorry I can't accommodate you to-day,
but it is no go."
"Why not ? T'tf going to he spliced tonight,
ftncl ^ iViust have it whether or no."
"But the fact is," said the clerk, "my office
is locked uji, and my cow is tjonc awan
with the key /"
"The row !?what docs the cow want
with the key
So the old fellow told the whole story,
and the two set off for the prairie to find
the cattle and get the key. But the more
iliey looked the less they found, and finally
had t'dgivc it tip. A bright thought struck
tlio clerk of the county.
"I'll fix you tfVit !' ' sAid lie, and Young
TekA?? jumped a nid, so tickled was he to
know thAt he was to be fixed o'lU of the fix
he was in. They prdccded to a store closc
l?v the office, Attd tliero the county scribe
indited the following autograph :?
"Republic '6f Texas : To all who shall
see this present, greeting. Whereas I, tin
undersigned, clerk of thiS county having
this morning on though ted ly tied my office
key as a clapper into my cow's bell; and
Whereat tlie "said cow lias gone astray W
paHs unknown, bearing with her the said
Key, attd therefore the said key is non in
i''en'tdi est?that is, can't bo had : And
whereas one Ahner Barnes has made ap
.ill??:J- ?- ? <
pnuHLiun 10 me ror a marriage license, ant
the suid Abner persists that he cannot wail
until the cow comes back With tlife key
but i.-i cblnpelled by the Violence df his fuel
ings and the arrangements already made U
get married : Therefore these presents ar<
t'rt command any person legally aulhorizei
tocelebiate the rites of matrimony to joir
iiie said Abner BarncB to Rebecca Downs ;
and for doing so this shall bo vour suflicien
authority.
Given Under my hand and private seal
ort the doorstep of my oflicc?the seal ol
the offic:e being lot-ked up, and my cow
having gono away with tile key?this
fourth day of October, A. D., 1838.
IIbkrv Osdorn, Clerk." *
A Grkat Park is Nkw York.?Th<
Central Park of New York promises to bt
a grand affair. The whole amount allowed
by the Legislature ty be expended in laj'ing
it out is $1,500,000. It will contain se
ven hundred and seventy acres, one bun
dred and fifty of which will be set apart fo
a Crotoo reservoir, in liriticipation of th<
rapid growth of tlla city, and tile copse
ritlo'Hf Htfiidfifliilir fnr nn avIkAiini'l.U
vjuvnv kuuvou sj iwi cAiinuaviuic r>U|?|?M
of water. Tb'e commissioner!) have already
decided thai there' shall be four or more
crossings frorrl Ejfist td West, across tin
Park j thrft it shrill contain a parade groifm
of Odiri twenty td forty acres, three play
gl-dUnda oftbfee to ten acres each,, a hal
fb'r exhibitions and cotitterts, fin observatory
a skating ground, and an indefinite number
of fountains. toWer*, en trances,larches,
statttaty attd flower gal-dens.?0'n8 tlioU'
Rand erne hdndred and twenty men aro on
gaged in breaking stone and laying thg
slorio vfall that iatd enclose the grounds
This wall is to be about six feet In height
built of rough atone, btlt very evenly laid
Und is principally intended to keep caUli
from entering the park. A conftfderabli
pcrttion of it is alfefldy constructed. It ii
estimated that tile park will be entirely laii
Oiit and in eterj completed Tbf the uri
of the public ih tbree veil/*, but its talu<
#ill,-of coarse4 itigre&so With time.
^ i*<r
"Gieorge,JaU arj# .looking vfcry Srrtiling"
biU tf?fto4Hed {"?"The most delight
fill thing I I caogbt ttif Jenny byaarpriae
Tlhi* mornincLin her wrnpttlr, antf without
hdopt\ aifd l got the first $j*s I've.had Sine*
tfhalebbfle ifcirtA canie ?hto f&bi&n." X
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tfj^tqkltest what's the
weafcert yau e?er . heard of, 'bmri ina
water 17?"Wby. sir, th#-&er now-n-days.1
i tutor weaker than that
t %hat diink fo?-rf'*'Mo<fcer Scuttle's tea
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From 1 lie Central Georgian.
St. ValontiDe's Day.
Sunday, the 14t!i of February, is what
u?ed to l>t known when we were a boy as
Valentine's day. This would have been
considered unfortunate thirty years ago
among the young people, as they could not
have their quillings, candy pulling*, Ac.,
unless Saturday or Monday was substituted.
We never shall forget llio first occasion of
the kind that we wero thought old enough
to he allowed an invitation, nor the happy
feelings we experienced on tlie reception of
our first Vulcntine from Jenny Me
a little Irish girl just entered her teens. Tt
, was as all of them used to be, folded in the
shape'of a fan with serrated edges and
divers hearts of various "size eut with elegant
precision. '.Vithln its hollowed folds
was written divers verses which to U9 had
considerable CupidACy about them, such
as,
' Roses nrc rod find violets blue,
Suqnr's sweet, nnd so are yon,
The world is wide, the sea is deep.
So in voiir hi?lnvo.l ?rma ?t-n ,f
As some of our readers may l>e anxious
to know something of the origin of St. Valentine's
day and how it came to beset apart
for choosing mates for life, we append from
the Boston Post all that seems to be known
of the subject:
Mr. Douce, Whose attainments include
more erudition concerning the origin and
progress of English customs than any other j
atitiqYiarian possesses, must be referred to
upon this occasion. lie observes in his
"illustrations ofSbakspeare," concerning St.
, Valentino's day, lliat "it was iho practice
in ancient Koine, during a gre&t part of
this month, February, to celebrate the Lupercalia,
which were feasts in honor of Pan
and Juno, whence the latter deity was
named Febrnata, Fobrulis, arid Februlla.
On this occasion, amidst a variety of cerei
monies, the names of young women were
put into a box, from which they were
t drawn by the men as chance directed. The
pastors of the early Christian church, who
ny evurv possuue means enueavorea 10 eradicate
tlie vestiges of pagan superstitions,
. and chiefly by some communications of
r their forms, substiluted, in the present instance,
t lie names of particular saints instead
1 of those of ihe women, and as the festival
, of the Lupercalia had commenccd about
I the middle of February, they appear to have
. chosen St. Valentine's day for celebrating
I the new feast, because it occurred nearly at
. the same time. This is, in part, the opinion
I of a learned and rational compiler of the
t, "lives oftlio faints," tho Rev. Albat) Butler.
It would seem, however, that it was utterly
. impossible to extirpate altogether any cere*
j tnony to which tho common people had
been much nrr.iistorr.pr! n f-ipf it
j were easy (o prove in tracing'the oiigiu of
, various other popular superstitions. And
. accordingly tlie outline of the ancient ceroid
monies was preserved, but modified by some
adoption to the Christiritt system. It is
reasonable to sttpposo tliat the above prac^
tice of choosing mates would gradually become
reciprocal in the sexes; and that all
persons so chosen would be called Valen5
tines, from the day on which the ceremony
took place."
i'ORTUNE UP AND UOWN. 1 lie iJOSlOU
3 Ledger, of a late date publishes the follow!
ingr ;
I In 1787, a yoiltli, then residing in Maine
; owned a jack knife, which be, being of a
- somewhat trading and money making dis
positibh, sold foh a gallon of West India
r rum. This he retailed,and with the pros
ceeds he J)UrcliaSed two gallons, and - event
ually a brtrhel, which was followed in due
v time by a large Mock. In a word ho got
rich, and became "Squire of the district
through the possession and sale of ihe jacks'
knife; ah J rth itidoiiiitablo trailing indusi
try; lie died ttorth property in f-eal estate
and monp^, fralued at eighty thousand dolI
Jars. This toas divided *by tfefttaruent,
, among four children?three boys nnd a girl.
Luck, which seemed to -have been the
i guardian Angel ot the father, deserted the
chifdreh ; for fevery folly and extravagance
- thej could engage, ih seeriied ?to occupy
> their exclusive attention and' cultivation.
The daughter married unfor(u?y?tely, nnd
, her patrimony was soon thrown atfrt^'by
i, lierspcfi'dtHfitt of a htfsb'and. The sons
b weffe no more fortunate; and two of them
s died of dissipation, and in almost poverty;
s The daughter also dfe& The last of the.
1 family, for mfWiy years past, has . lifted on
a the kindness of those who knew him id ^iio, *
s de^4 6f; f>to?fjerit J, a? ?ride tfOtfld not
alfow bitfnb go to the poof fioif-rfi. A feto
da^a ago he died, suddenly and Unattended
i in a barn where.he had laid hitflself down
* i.'iiL JC. lib > *- * ? ; '*" -
iu unite n uruuKeu steep. ? vn DM pOOKSU
f being examined, ATf that *rnS foiind i/i'tbom
, ,w? a MTmir j)iec6 bl .etribg and a jack
an itf f>letoMt of that i'md;/oft bfJt lU *itopie
duplicate. * We ftL 06
\ drawn, in*whiter faabijn it may- auggegf ^
i* to thr reader?etiulng,v^^ tjjjft.
' . A;' Vv, 1 ' V"!
]?rom Godev's Lady's Book, for February.
My Valentine.
Give mo a form of modest grace,
A well-directed miud,
That henda not as the feeble twig,
With every changing wind.
Give me a cheek where rosc3 red
Iilend with the lily hue?
A mo.lest blunh, all free from filiates,
And joyous, happy, true.
Give the a merry, laughing eye,
Yet free from guile or art ;
Whose earnest glance shall ever bo
An index to the heart.
And he that heart al! free from stain?
Of high and noble aims ;
'1 hat oft can feel for others' woe,
Or melt at pitty's claims.
A lieurt wherein love's holv (tame
Shall liurn when troubles lower,
To gladden life or clieer the soul
In sorrow's darkest ituitr.
But better f.ir these, than nil,
Religion's Winning rny
ShouM guide her through life's gloomy night
To an eternal <!ay.
Goino to SruuAD IIkiiself."?We
find the following "hoop" rolling the rounds
of our exchanges; it is fiiom the San Francisco
Globe:
As n r.Awlir mnn-io/J a?:.U?i1..
from the country, wero promenading Montgomery
street last evening, their curiosity
was suddenly aroused l?y llio appcarancc of
some mysterious looking articles, dangling
in a large window. They eyed them with
Ihe deepest conrcrn, first on one side then
on (he oilier, until :it length the husbnud,
having completely exhausted his imaginative
powers, drawled out :
"Well, Sal, consarn my pieter ef them
ain't the cussedest looking things I ever
hcarn of." Then twisting himself about,
and giving the contents of the window another
look, he added, "What on airth kin
they be? What do you guess the darned
things are ?"
" WliV flrm'f rnii t-nmu
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and hoops!"
"Do you tell!" ejaculated Jake, softly ?
"Them's 'em, is they ?" and he again ran Ins
eyes about the strange apparel.
"I think they are so sweet," ventured
Sal, when, at the same moment, a lady
dressed in tho very height and breadth of
the fashion rushed along.
Jake had seen enough. His mind wns
made up. Sal, must liivo '"krincline
Without saying a word lie started to enter
the store, but was stopped at the door l>y
her with all sorts of entreaties not to carry
the joke any further. ButJukowas determined.
lie had taken a fancy to the goods,
and could not rest uutil his better half was
supplied with them. She drew hack, but
it was of no avail. IIo gathered her arm
tightly in his own., and making a long stride
into the establishment, exclaimed ?
"Come along, old gal.you're my wife now,
and cf you shan't spread yourself"
Eomund Burke's Idea of Perfect
Wife.?She is handsome, but it is not a
beauty arising from the features, from complexion,
or from shape. Shu has all throe
in a high degree, but it is not by these
that she touches the heart?it is all that
sweetness of temper, benevolenefe, innocence,
ami sensibility which a face can express,
that forms her beauty. Sh<! has a face that
just arouses your attention at first sight; it
prows upon you every moment, and you
wonder it did tfot more than raise attention
at first. Iler eyes have a mild lipht, but
awe when she pleases, I lie v command. Iik?>
a good Mail put of oilice, not by authority,
Imt l?y tirture. lier stature is not tall she
is hot tinule to be I lie admirations of every
One, but the happiness of one. Slie has the
firmness that does not exclude delicacy?
all the softness that dood not imply weakness.
Her voice is soft, low music, not
formed to rule in public assemblies, but to
charm those who can distinguish a companny
from a crowd ; it has its advantage,
you must come close to hear it. To desacriibe
her body, describe her mind?one is
the transcript of the other, lier under-1
standing is not shown in the variety of matter
it everts iUolf iipou, but* the goodness
of tl?e choice slie makes. Her politeness
flows rather from a natural disposition
to oblige, than any rules on that object,
and therefore nevqr fails to strike those
who understand good breeding, hnd those
who do not.
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TiIb Medicine op Lauohtek:?"It is
recorded of Dr. Griffin, (says a writer in the
"Atlantic."^ that. wlli>n rtf ?lw.
Andbver Theological Seminary, he convpn
ed the siqdenls at his room one evening,
njjd told them he had observed that they
were nil growing thfn and dyspcptical from
a ?egltct of the etercis? of Christain laughter,
ritid fia insisted upon it that they should
go thrO'&gh rf c^npany-d^l in it then, and
there. The doctor *ns an: immense manover
nix feet irt "with" * great amplitude
of cheat, and iflosj; magmteriaf manner#.
uH?re," said he ta the firnt; ^)yoti ittyst practice;
not*' bear me F* and^bureUng:out into
a sooOro&a laugh, he fairl* obliged his pu_JI.
i * ' #
m?, uiio UY WHO, W j?in, nil iqp wnoie W?re
ni most'convulsed, 4Th?t wjll do fat onto,"'
md the doctor, rAbd nt>w mind you keep
in practice V i ? , . * ?
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* * A fcfcriHeman ddrertW' <bf ihformatiori
Tb|g is almost worpoffa, Mrent^Adveri
The Englishman's Snuff-Box. .
The French papers have not, under tjie
influorico of the allience, ceased, to have
their j<>koa upon Knglishmaii, and one of
the drollest is told as follows, by the Union
Bretoiim*, from which we translate it: ?
Lord C. well known for his eeoentricitiel,1!:; v
went lately to the establishment of one of
our most celebrated workers in fancv nrti
oles.
l,f want you to make me,'' paid lie, a
ptmir iniX with a view of my chateau on (bo
lid
'it is very easily done," was tho reply,
"If my lord will furnish ine with the design."
"I will ; but I want also, at tho cntranco
of my chateau, a niche in which there shall
be a dog."
"That, 'oo, shall bo provided," answered
the workman.
"Hut I want also, that some means should
bo contrived by which, as soon as any ono
look* at tin: d?.>g, lio shall go bach into tho
niche, mid only reappear when bo is no
longer looked at.
The workman looked inquiringly, as if
to ascertain whether his customer was not
the victim of some mistification. Reassured
by his examination, and like a clever
man, understanding how to take advantage
<lf t hn 1)0 cniil I r\ (Ita ielimnn
" ' l,y ",v "UB' 'cum'tn
"What you ask of mo ia very hard to
comply with ; such a suuffbox will be very
expensive ; it will cost you a thousand
crowns.''
"Very well ; I will pay you a thousand
crowns."
"Then, my lord, it shall bo made according
to your wishes, and in a month I shall
have the honor of delivering it 'to you " , .
A month later the workman presented
himself to Lord 0.
' My lord," said he, "here is Your snuffbox."
Lord C. took it, examined it, and sai<\
"That is my chateau with its turrets^ and.
there is the uiclio by the door-way: Bull
see no clog."
"Did not your lordship," said tho workman,
"sav that you wished tho dog tc^' dia-"
appear when he was looked at ?"
"I did," replied his lordship.
"And that he should reappear when he
was no longer looked at ?"
"That is true, also," was tho reply.
"Well," said the workman, "you aro
looking at it, and the dog has gone into
the niche. Put the box in your pocket, and *
the dog will reappear immediately/'
Lord C. reflected a moment, and, then
exclaimed,'.'All right, all right." lie put
the box in his pocket, and took out of hist
nncL-i'l.lmfiL- l>onL- fiillc r\f n (lmimon/1
francs each, and handed them to the skilful
workman.
ITowtoImprove American IIcsba.nds::
?"The American husbands cultivates too'
little those ornamental qualities .which afi
dearer to women than house, dress, furiiiUire,
or costly apparels. lie is deficient in
imagination, and therefore lacks that element
of romance, without which it is difficult
to retain, however it may havo been
acquired, a lasting hold upon the affections
tif woman.
"Every woman Would like to regard her
husband as a hero; and when, after several
years, intimate association, she wafe tiffty
tho fact llijit lier male companion is merely
a common-place ready-reckoner, utterly
deficient in sympathy with all Iter : finer
feelings and her nublest hopes and asplra-"
'.ions, she feels as one suddenly Wakened
from a dream ; and tho itliiSt tlifncefortH
sink down into a homeless household drudge;
or open other sources of SVmpalhy. Sh&
has been imposed on?she feels it; nnd if,
meanwhile, the grosser nattire of the husband
lias driven hitfl alSb tb look for other
channels of enjoyrherif, you can readily see
that unless the wife is fortunate in providing;
f.ir herself and for her more aspiring and
and hopeful nature the means of rocovern^
her disappointed nfieetions, there must ,
i e a now recruit added to the army who
take rank as sharers in the unexplained
mystery of unhappy marriage. A thorough'
yearly or monthly reading oP'The Arabian'
Nights'* would restore many a husband 16'
the heart of his desparing wife?provided
that he had the heart and the imagination'
ot enjoy them.
Male and Fcsialr Capaijilitt or
Wouk :?"Nothing is so hard to woman as
a long, sternly strugle. In nrfatters physi-'
cal this is the thing tho muscles.of the fair
i> cannot stand. In mntters intellectual and*
moral,the long strain it is that beats therrf
I)n lint Irwrfct* partano n Va??/
........ V w livv IVVU _ IVI M lyilVWIinj c* XlQIf"
tuna, a IlandelfA; a Victoria Huga; Some *
American ladifi tell us* education litf* Stepped
tlio growth of these. fto ! itfesdarmfe*;'
These are not in nature. They can' babble
letters in ten minutes that " yoq codld "no'
more deliver to order in ten dftffc than *
rirer can play*lik<S ft fountain. Tljey can ?
sparkfe gems*of stories ;.they*c*'ri flash like
diamonds of poems; The entire* sex batf;
never produced one opera-flor oneepio'that '
mankind could tQlerate a tfriiVute ] and ijliy i
thpfifi cntnn h? Innw
-J ?..6,. ...gw ?b<U?g IOUUI'
Gut weak as they are in everything bnt the
affections, (an.cj there they are giants,J they
are all:overf)owing? while their- ga\Iop lists* r
FragelU Shall dance ariy ttfb tjf Jouf fla^orf
the dbftf' before four' ^ciobk,Ad thetV ,
dance onjtill peep <jf day, You tVUn^ft off
to your business, as usual, and coQttf. daa.ce
again the neoft night, aad~jK>' 6tt thfoifeh V
countless age*, 1 She *h> Vfitt$^.you '\aW
nr>f liinrr i? S?* ' IWIinl 0
: " T ^ " 4,M'"WU j??>/ wvwuwi
wrtlfa huifiacbe." ^ * ', , % i$
Jv-'-ffl i,' ^iW'flg. W/" .,
/ *I^#Ayp^4:^attrie^fcl^wr'
?aid an exultant,politician io om~''o?r .
Wastern Stated,]^ * ratto jbeife*
'ber of the'defeated party'.
said (1(6 latter, "we feci ft lit in Lw.rnfr
when lie was licked by dogs." \