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FAIREST, SWEETEST, DEAREST,
Say, by what name can I impart
My sense, dear girl, of what thou art?
Nay, though to frown thou darest,
I’ll say thou art of girls the pride,
And though that modest lip may chide,
Mary, I’ll call thee—Fairest!
Yet no—that word can but express
The soft and winning loveliness
In which the sight thou meetest;
But not thy heart—thy temper, too—
So good, so sweet—ah! that will do!
Mary, I'll call thee—Sweetest!
But fairest, sweetest, vain would be
To speak the love I feel for thee,—
Why smil’st thou as thou hearest?
" Because,*’ she cried, “one little name
Is all I wish from thee to claim,—
That precious name is—Dearest!’*
Movements in Southern Society.
There has been a perfect cyclone of marriages
in Georgia the past two weeks. The weather con
tinues frosty. —Exchange.
The ladies of Greensboro, N.C., have formed an
“ Orphan’s Aid Association ” for the purpose of
raising funds during the winter for the orphans
at Oxford and Mars Hill.
The Union Sunday School, of Canton, Ga.,
has decided to raise a Christmas tree, and dis
pense its sweet fruitage of love, affection, and
young-heartedness on Christmas Eve.
Col. Feost and lady, of La Grange, Ga., gave
an elegant entertainment last week in honor of
Misses Harman and Kimbro, of Atlanta, Ga.,
guests of the accomplished Misses Frost.
The officers and teachers of the Baptist Sunday
School, of Valdosta, Ga., will arrange, for the
benefit of the children attending at the school,
a Christmas tree in the church on Christmas day.
With much reluctance the citizens of Tunnel
Hill part with Mr. Tom. Horne and his pleasant
family, and Mrs. Henry Hill, who left, with sev
eral other families, the seventh of this month,
for Texas.
We chronicle another marriege in Oxford, N.
C. The daughter of Mr. A. H. Cook, Begister
of Deeds for Granville, has been united to Mr.
Hobgood, of that county. Oxford is having a
carnival of marriages.
Mb. Frank P. Dunn, of Wake, and Miss Olivia
Tillery, of Halifax county, weire yesterday mar
ried at Enfield, N. C. The bridal couple, accom
panied by several friends from Halifax, were
registered at the Yarboro.
A shokt time ago the Rev. Mr. Shackford, of
the Methodist Church, bore off one of Oxford’s
beauties as his lovely bride, and now the Rev. F.
R. Griffith has just been united in the holy
bond to Miss Mary Blacknall, another of Ox
ford’s beauties.
The young men composing the brass band of
Butler, Ga., gave a grand supper to the citizens,
last week, which was enjoyed by every one. Fun
and good things of all kinds abounded, A huge
pumpkin was voted to J. L. Birch as being the
ugliest man present.
At the supper given by the Davis Guards, El-
berton, Ga., addresses were made by Messrs.
Hester Edwards, D. A. Matthews and E. M.
Rucker. Miss Minnie McIntosh was voted the
most popular young lady, and Mr. J. P. Shannon
the most popular gentleman.
On the second instant, Mr. Soil Ham and Miss
Emma Hall, and Mr. Jesse Hall and Miss Amanda
Glikerson, of Flemington, Ky., rode to the res
idence of Rev. C. B. Tussev, and were married
in the middle of the road, none of the parties
dismounting from their horses.
“The little belle of NewnRn, Ga., Miss Ella
P. Yancey, was married to Mr. John Manley, of
New York, in the Virginia House, on the six
teenth.” The bride and groom entered without
attendants, and the beautiful marriage ceremony
of the Methodist Episcopal Church was grace
fully performed by the Rev. Mr. Thigpen.
Mr. T. J. Febguson, one of the oldest settlers
of this section, with his sons, sons-in-law and
families, numbering in all about twenty persons,
left Griffin for Louisiana on yesterday, and some
others from the same neighborhood leave to-day.
We regret to lose such good citizens, and can
only hope they will find their new home the El
dorado imagination has pictured it.—Xews.
A brilliant wedding took place eight miles
west of Dawson on the fifteenth. At the resi
dence of Mr. J. W. Cannon, Miss Katie Cannon
and Mr. J. W. Thomas were united in the bonds
of matrimony. The attendants were Capt. J. A.
Fulton, with Miss Mattie Stewart, Mr. M. S.
Keith, with Miss Marianna Sears, Mr. Frank
Rutherford, with Miss Mary Pillsbury, Mr. Ed
gar Brown, with Miss Lizzie Woolbrigdt.
Marbiages in Memphis, and of Memphians
Elsewhere.—A great many brilliant marriages ,
have taken place in Memphis recently, and in
future we shall probably have fuller details of
such events in that thriving and cultivated city.
By Rev. Dr. Stainback, Mr. Albert H. Han
cock and Miss Corinne Duke.
By Rev. Dr. Landrum, Mr. John F. Holst and
and Miss Allie A. Bruce. Attendants—J. W.
Holst and Miss Carrie M. Bruce, S. O. Nelson
and Miss Lula Bruce.
In Florence, Ala., by Rev. Dr. Thompson,
Charles T. Phillips, of Memphis, Tenn., and
Miss Mary D. Andrews, of Florence, Ala.
In Desoto county, Miss., by Rev. Dr. S. Lan
drum, Dr. W. E. Morgan and Miss Julia Wool
dridge.
By Rev. Father T. V. Edelin, Mr. J. B. Wila-
berger and Miss Lizzie J. Babb, daughter of i
Benjamin Babb.
By Rev. Mr. Daniels, Mr.- T. E. Oliver and
Miss Kate White, daughter of A. J. White.
In Haywood county, Tenn., by Rev. T. A. Har
rison, Mr. R. L. Cochran, of Memphis, and Miss
Anna E. Gates, of Haywood county.
By Rev. George White, Mr. Norman L. Avery
and Miss Minnie F. Puller.
By Rev. S. B. Surratt. Mr. R. Lesley Jones, of
Miss., and Miss Josie B. Thompson, of Mem
phis.
By Rev. Mr. Daniels, Mr. N. W. Speers, Jr.,
Miss Clara A. C. Randle.
By Rev. G. Jones, S. O. Nelson, Jr., and Miss
Annie B. Horton.
In First Methodist Church, Memphis by Rev.
S. B. Surratt, of Memphis, Tenn., and Rev. Mr.
Plummer, of Collierville, Tenn., Mr. Boyd Bled
soe, of Collierville, and Miss Agnes Cash, of
Memphis. Also, at the same time, 51 r. Robert
J. Cash and Miss Ada Brownfield, both of Mem
phis, a double wedding.
By Rev. Dr. Gray, of La Grange, Mr. Henry
A. Swift, of La Grange, Tenn., and Miss Bettie
Guy, daughter of Col. W. W. Guy, of Memphis.
By Rev. W. E. Boggs, Mr. W. T. Bowdre, of
Senatobia, Miss., and Miss. J. S. Boylan.
By Rev. James A. Heard, Mr. F. G. Obenchain, ,
of Dallas, Texas, and Miss Anna Brown.
By Rev. Drs. White and Harris, Dr. J. W. j
Yance, of Greenville, S. C., and Miss Susa S.
Vance, of Memphis, authoress of “Lois Carroll.” (
RECENT SOUTHERN MARRIAGES.
Mr. Samuel A. Ferguson to Miss,Alice Fuston,
of Walnut Grove, Miss.
Mr. John L. Cooper, of Bedford, to Mrs. Sallie
W. Jamison, of Rutherford county, Tenn.
Mr. Thomas Beard to Miss Josephine Thomas,
of Dallas, Texas.
Mr. George W. Crowder to Mrs. Mary F. Nunn,
of Henderson county, Ky.
Mr.'Jolin C. Rhodes to Miss Susan Z. Mat
thews, of Breckinridge county, Ky.
YOUNG AMERICA IN FULL BLOOM.
A man of consequence, and consequently regardless
of consequences.
Mr. J. B. Herndon to Miss Ada Dowell, of
Breckinridge county, Ky.
Mr. Frank M. Nix to Miss Mary A. Collins, of
Breckinridge county, Ky.
Mr. Jacob M. Cougall to Miss Jennie Cloyd, of
Nashville. Tenn.
Mr. H. R. Raymond, Jr., of Opelika, Ala., to
Miss Phebe Alford, of Columbus, Ga.
Dr. R. P. Townsend, of Adairville, Ky., to
Miss Emma T. Smith, daughter of Doyle B.
Smith, Esq., of Todd county, Ky.
Mr. J. M. Fotliergill to Miss Helen Shelton,
of Bowling-Green, Ky.
Mr. Thomas L. Mabry to Miss Bettie Dabney,
of Montgomery county. Tenn.
Mr. Lounie Strader to Miss Mattie Vaughn, of
Green county, Ky.
Mr Elbert M. Bacon, of Austin, Texas, to Eliza
beth C. Lucas, daughter of Rev. H. E. Lucas, of
Athens, Ga.
Mr. John F. Foster, Jr., to Miss Sallie Mar
shall, daughter of W. H. Marshall, of Oconee
county.
Mr. Moses Gray, of Sullivan county, Tenn.,
to Miss Sallie C. Minnick, daughter of L. G.
Minnick, of Washington county, Va.
Mr. W. Henry Wells, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
to Miss Rosa Smith, of Athens.
Mr. Charles Goff, to Miss Maggie W T olf.
In Abington, Va., Mr. James M. Musselwhite
to Miss Sallie A. M. Crawford,
Mr. John Robinett to Miss Victoria Beavers,
of Cherokee, Ga.
Mr. James R. Barnes, of Gainsville, Ga., to
Miss Alma I. Evans, of Cherokee county, Ga.
Mr. A. A. Tidwell to Miss Mary Jane McCon
nell, of Cherokee county.
Mr. David Sawyer to Mrs. R. A. Fletcher, of
Terrell county.
Mr. J. B. Clarke to Miss Alice Houser, of Fort
Valley, Ga.,
GENERAL NEWS.
Gold in New York on the 22d 113$.
Cotton in New York on the 22d 12 13-16.
When William B. Astor died three thousand
houses in New York lost, but did not miss, their j
owner. I
The Collins’ Hotel and postoffice, in Dawson, j
Ga., were recently consumed by fire. The work
of an incendiary.
“ The National Greenback Party” has called a
National Convention at Indianapolis on May 17,
1876, when candidates for President and Vice-
President will be nominated.
The British Parliament, by proclamation in the
Official Gazette, is summoned to meet on the 8th
day of February, 1876, “for the dispatch of j
divers urgent and important affairs.”
A grand agricultural and industrial exposition
of the products of the Gulf States, to be held at
New Orleans in February, has been resolved |
upon by the people of the Crescent City.
Many thousands of laborers have been thrown
out of employment by the suspension of work
in the collieries in the Schuylkill Valley, Penn
sylvania. Look out for riots this winter.
Mr. George W. Killen, of Perry, Ga., killed his
hog, “Peter,” last Monday. It looked like a
beef and weighed 588 pounds gross, and 510 net.
The head weighed 53, and the hams, after being
trimmed very close, 57 each.
Several families of sterling worth and repu
tation are preparing to settle in Dalton, Sir.
Lampkin, formerly of Athens, Ga., now of For
syth, Mr. Meeks, of Marietta, and Mr. McCor- |
miek, are among the number.
The Republican National Committee will meet
on January 13th, at the Arlington Hotel, Wash
ington, for the purpose of fixing the time and
place for holding the next National Convention
for the nomination of President and Vice-Presi
dent.
The new Alabama Constitution, which has j
just been adopted by an overwhelming vote, for-
bids sectarian appropriations,and prohibits State
officers and members of the Legislature from
accepting free passes by railroad and other means ;
of transportation.
In Great Britain, there are 410,000 men em- !
ployed in the coal mines below ground, and 1
106.000 engaged above ground. The coal mined
each year amounts to 128.500,000 tons. On an
average, 1,000 men are killed every year, and
4.000 wounded. In tli6 last half century, 50,000
men have been killed in the mines, and some
200.000 were wounded.
The Princess Felix Salm-Salm—the Ameriean
lady whose husband fought for the Union in
America, for the Empire in Mexico, and was
killed in the Franco-German war—now has on
the eve of publication in London a work which
bitterly denounces Bazaine. who commanded the
French army of invasion in Mexico in 1864-5, 1
and declares that he was the occasion of all the
misfortunes that befel Maximillian.
“When Dark Comes.”
A little girl sat, at twilight, in her sick mama’s
room, busily thinking. All day she had been
full of fun and noise, and had many times wor
ried her poor tired mama.
“Ma,” said the little girl, “what do you sup
pose makes me get over my mischief, and begin
to act good, just about this time every night?”
“I do not know dear. Can you not tell?”
“ Well. I guess it’s because this is ichen the dark
conies. You know I am a little afraid of that.
And then, ma, I begin to think of all the naughty
things I’ve done to grieve you, and that perhaps
you might die before morning; and so I begin to
act good.”
“Oh,” thought I, “ how many of ns wait till ‘the
dark comes,' in the form of sickness or sorrow,
or trouble of some kind, before we ‘begin to act
good !’ How much better to be good while we
are enjoying life’s bright sunshine! and then, i
* when the dark comes.’—as it will, in a measure,
to all—we shall be ready to meet it without
fear.”
OUR ANCESTORS ON THE SLACK ROPE.
OUR MONKEY ANCESTORS.
You need not turn up your noses at them—they
were a jolly set, and they enjoyed themselves
famously, and that (according to latter-day phil
osophers) is the chief end of existence. If they
had no railroads and telegraphs, no whisky-
rings and tied-backs, and other results of civili
zation, they are never bothered with debts and
duns; they have no taxes, no sham governments,
no gout, no lightning-rod and insurance agents,
and other intolerable nuisances of civilized life.
They never get wrinkled before their time por
ing over ledgers, account books or printers'
proofs, and never grow so dyspeptically thin
they are ashamed of their shadows because ol
bolting their breakfast without having time to
chew it.
Our picture represents a family of our “rela
tions ” enjoying a regular holiday—Christmas,
perhaps—in slack-rope and gymnastic perform
ances. That old chap in the foreground, who is
giving lessons to the juniors, is a person of con-
j sequence, we conjecture—from the length of his
I tail. According to iEsop, the fox, like a fine
lady eii train, measures his consequence by the
| length of appendage he carries behind him, and
i we presume the same custom holds good in
monkey society. As the old stager in our pic
ture balances himself on the rope and looks
i around, fully conscious of his importance, his
| physiognomy bears a striking resemblance to
the faces of some of his human kinsfolk we have
seen sitting on committee benches and other
high places. *
ENIGMAS.
Enigma—No. 39.
I am composed of five letters.
My 2, 1, 4, is a species of monkey.
My 5, 4, 2, 5, is a fruit.
My 1, 2, 5, 4, is to cut off.
My 5, 4, 1, is a kind of silk.
My 5, 2, 1, is to knock.
My 5, 4, 2, 5, is to cut.
My 3, 2, 3, is a vulgar name for father.
My 4, 5, 2, a specified time.
My 3, 4, 1, 3, 4, 5, is a spice.
My 4, 2, 5, is an organ of the body.
My 5, 2, 5, 4, something extra, or unusual.
My 1, 4, 4, 5, is a title.
My whole is before you.
For the first correct solution of this, I will give,
as a prize, a pack of elegant visiting cards, with
the winner’s name printed on them. Answers
must be received within twenty days after the
paper is issued. G. H. Yenowine, Jr., Middle-
town, Ky.
Enlgmn-\'o. 40.
I am composed of fourteen letters.
My 2, 11, 5, 6, 7, is a means of communicating
ideas.
My 14, 12, 3, is the present time.
My 10, 5, 6, 7, will produce hydrophobia.
My 1. 8, 5, 14, 7, an excellent wine for the sick.
My 4, 12, 9, 7, is woman’s greatest benefactor.
My 10, 12, 13, is what few gentlemen do grace-
fully.
My whole is an old and skillful firm of physi
cians and surgeons, in Waco, Texas.
Monogram Puzzle—No. 1,
ROBINSON CRUSOE S ISLAND.
Every boy who has read the story of Robinson
Crusoe (and who has not?) will be glad to know
how that island looks to-day. The late Profes
sor Agassiz visited it long before his death, and
he wrote thus:
“ The Island of Juan Fernandez is more fa
mous from Defoe’s fiction than from Selkirk’s
history. Selkirk discovered the island in 1713,
and introduced goats. In 1771 an Italian was
left there, and subsisted on goats three years be
fore taken oft'. In October, 1804, a Scotch sailor,
Alexander Selkirk, was left here, and taken off
in 1809, having lived here four years and four
months in solitude, living, like his Italian pre
decessor, mostly on goats flesh. He told his story
to Defoe, and out of it grew ‘Robinson Crusoe.’
“There wild goats are still numerous here, j
and flocks of hundreds of them may be seen
upon the mountains. The island is about ten or
twelve miles long by four in beadth, the shores
mostly precipitous, and the mountain ridges
three thousand feet in height, The water around
the island is deep, and the whole appearance is
as if there had once been an extensive island
with a splendid rugged chain upon it, that sud
denly the bottom had been knocked from under
all except this patch of ten miles by four, and
all but this patch had sunk into the sea. Valleys
and mountain spurs and gentle slopes are all
cut off by this precipitous edge, and there are
but few places on the island where you can
effect a landing.
“There are to-day twelve persons, including
several children, living on the island. They
have good poultry and vegetables, splendid beef,
and can get goats by climbing after them. Other
things they purchase with the proceeds of their
beef, milk and poultry, for which they find a
market in passing ships, especially in American
whalers.
“We spent May day in rumbling about the
island and about its shores, gunning, fishing,
herborizing and collecting generally. Sharks,
crabs, crayfish, shrimps, mollusks of various
sorts, starfish, and sea urchins of divers kinds,
a few insects, some humming birds, etc., were
among the fruits of our labor. The plants of
the island bear a general resemblance to those
of the continent four hundred miles to the east
ward, which surprises me, as both the prevail- '
ieg winds and ocean currents are opposed to any
transmigration from the southern part of the j
continent.”
NIGHT IN THE MOON.
At last, however, night sets in. Gratefully it
comes after the sun has gathered up his smiting
beams and gone down to rest. All at once we
are plunged into comparative obscurity, for again
there is no twilight to stay the steps of departing
day. At one stride comes the dark; but, look
ing up into the sky, we behold one vast orb,
which pours down a milder and more benefi
cent splendor than the great lord of the sys
tem. It is such a moon as we terrestrials cannot
boast of, for it is thirteen times as large and lu
minous as our own. There it hangs in the firm
ament, without apparent change of place, as if
“fixed in its everlasting seat.” But not with
out change of surface, for this great globe is a
painted panorama, and, turning round majesti
cally on its axis, presents its oceans and conti
nents in grand succession. As Europe and Africa,
locking the Mediterranean in their embrace, roll
away to the right, the stormy Atlantic offers its
waters to view, and then the two Americas, with
their huge forests and vast prairies, pass under
inspection. Then the grand basin of the Pacific,
lit up with island fires, meets the gazer’s eye,
and as this glides over the scene, the eastern rim
of Asia and the upper portion of Australia sail
into sight. The Indian Ocean, and afterwards
the Arabian Sea, spread themselves out in their
subdued splendor; and thus, in four-and-twenty
hours, “the great rotundity we tread,” turns its
pictured countenance to the moon, and grandly
repays the listening lunarians by repeating, to
the best of its ability, the story of its birth. Nor
is the sky less marvelous in another respect, for
the absence of any atmospheric diffusion of light j
permits the constellations to shine out with a
distinctness which is never paralleled on earth.
They glitter like diamond points set in a firma- ;
ment of ebony. Stars and clusters which we
never see by the naked eye, flock into view, and
crowd the lunar heavens.
This monogram contains 22 letters, which form
the name of a city and state.
Let us hear from those who wanted something
new to solve.
Answers to Enigmas.
Enigma 32.—“When clouds are seen, wise men
put on their cloaks.” (In this enigma letter 33
is omitted, and it makes “their” to be spelled
“the-r,” but I suppose it means “their.”)
No. 33.—“A Postmaster’s Experience of Slab-
town. By M. T. Adkins.”
No. 35.—“ Atlanta Lodge Knights of Jericho.”
(In this enigma the third letter is omitted.)
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Sydney, Raleigh, asks: “How can I tell the
difference in sex in goldfish.” . . . By the color.
The males are a deep red, while the females are
pale, and sometimes of a very light color.
Nellie, Macon, says: “A friend argues that
Owen Meredith, author of “Lucile,” is a man.
I say that the author is a woman. Will you
please decide the question for us?” . . . Owen
Meredith is a son of Sir Bulwer Lyttcn.
Prairie Rose, Atlanta, says: “I am a young
miss of some sixteen summers, and would like
to know if it would be wrong to receive a ring
off a Christmas tree as a present from a gen
tleman friend. Please answer in your next
issue, as I would like to know before the 26th.”
... By no means. You are presumed not to
know who put the ring there for you.
Juzep, St. Mary's, asks: “If a gentleman, be
ing on intimate terms with a lady, takes her to
a ball, or other public place, and she accepts an
offer from another fellow to take her home,
without any provocation from her former escort,
has he the right to demand an apology from her,
or her reasons for treating him so?” . . . He
certainly has the right, and should know her
reasons for treating him with such indifference.
W. J. Haynes, Granbury, Texas, says: “Please
give me your opinion on this subject: Do you
| think there is more weight on the floor on which
I a press is sitting, when the pressman is print- j
' ing, than when not at work?” . . . There is
! more pressure on the floor where the pressman
j stands and pulls down on the lever, but that
i should probably be termed force, and not weight.
I If the plank on which he stands should be de-
; caved, it might hold his weight while standing
j still, but as he pulls down the lever of the press,
; he might go through. On the whole floor there
is no more weight, but a concentration of force
where the pressman stands and pulls.
Frank Carlton, Elm Glade, asks: “Can you
inform me in your next issue what will perma
nently remove superfluous hair? I’m horrid
ugly, but it is because the hair on my forehead
encroaches too near my eyebrows. I think I
have tried the tweezers sufficiently, without any
apparent effect. Do, please, tell me what to do !
about it. I’m afraid I’ll never gain the favor of !
the fair sex until my looks are improved.” ... I
Your case is hopeless. You are too closely re- t
lated to the monkey tribe. It is unfortunate for
you that you were not farther removed from the i
original ancestors of your race. But the leop- !
ard cannot change his spots.
J. B., Macon, Ga., says: “Lately, attheopera,
a stranger intimated to me his desire that I
should give my seat to the lady he was escort
ing. But I declined, for the reason that I was
sitting by a lady whom I had escorted to the
opera, and if I had given up my seat, I should
have been obliged to leave her. Was I right or
1 wrong?” . . . You were right. It was proper
to retain your seat, since you were the protector
of a lady; but, had you been alone, it would
; have been polite cheerfully to yield your seat in
. favor of a lady.
Miranda, of St. Louis, Mo., says: “Not long
since, at a party, a young lady consented to play,
after much urging; but when she had once com-
. menced it seemed as though she never would
stop. What do you think of such conduct ?” . . .
It is common, but in bad taste. In company, a
lady should not exhibit any anxiety to sing or
play, but, when asked, if she intends to sing or
play, she should accede at once, with polite sua-
1 vity. If she intends to do neither, she should
say so with becoming gravity and decision, stat
ing her reasons, if she chooses, provided they
are proper. After singing or playing once or
twice, she should give way to others. Remem
ber the saying: “A singer can, with difficulty,
be set going, and when going cannot be stopped’.”
Albert D., Memphis, Tenn., says: “ We were
talking of gloves, lately, and I thought a lady
should remove her gloves in church, and that
j when she shakes hands she should take off her
gloves. A friend corrected me, and said that it
( was wrong in both instances. As I can’t agree
; with him, I leave the matter to you. Let us hear
! from you in your column to correspondents.”
j Your friend was correct. A lady should wear
! nicely fitting gloves, and keep them on while in
j church, and not take them off to shake hands.
I You sometimes see men, very punctiliously,
I pulling off their gloves in the street to shake
hands with a friend. It is unnecessary to do so
at such times, and not required by real etiquette.
James, of Nashville, who, we fear, has not
seen very much of polite company, asks us three
easily answered questions: 1. Is it improper to
pick your teeth or clean your finger-nails in com
pany ? 2. Is it improper to look at my watch in
company? 3. Is it not improper to read a book
in company ? . . . To pick your teeth, cleaD
j your finger-nails, scratch your head, or pick
I your nose in company is not only improper, but
! disgusting. Spitting in company is also im-
j polite. 2. To consult your wateh frequently at
your own home is impolite, for it appears as if
you are wearied of your companions, and wished
them gone; to do so abroad, looks as if time was
dragging heavily, and you were calculating how
much longer you had to submit to such weari-
| someness. 3. To read in company is impolite,
j You may, however, look over a book of engrav-
I ings,—we allude to the formal dressing-room, or
| parlor.
George, of Chattanooga, says: “Please state,
I if you can, in your column to correspondents,
j who is the author of the saying, ‘ Hell is paved
j with good intentions.’” . . . Samuel Coleridge
[ attributes it to John Baxter, but Boswell, in his
“Life of Johnson,” under date of September 15,
j 1775, says: “He said one day, talking to an ac-
l quaintance on this subject, * Sir, hell is paved
| with good intentions;’ ” and below is a note by
j Malone: “ This is a proverbial saying. ‘Hell,’
I says Herbert, ‘ is full of good meanings and
I wishes.’” Croker, the last editor of Boswell’s
“ Johnson,” adds: “Johnson’s phrase has be-
| come so proverbial that it may seem rather late
I to ask what it means—why, ‘paved,’ perhaps, as
making the road easy, facilis descensus averni.
The true meaning of tiie apothegm must be,
‘ The road to hell is paved with good intentions,’
and, doubtless, was uttered by some stern old
divine as a warning not to let ‘ good intentions ’
miscarry. Without having been there, we ven
ture to affirm that ‘ hell is not paved with good
intentions,’ such things being all lost or dropped
S on the way. We think Felix (Acts 24:25), if al
lowed to express an opinion in a mild climate,
would agree with us.”
RoseDeVebe, Augusta, says: “I’ve read some
where that we owe the red rose to a kiss from
beauty’s lips. Can you give me the quotation ?
I cannot find it.” . . . We suppose you allude
to the origin of the blush imparted to the rose,
as beautifully expressed by Carey:
“ As erst, in Eden’s blissful bowers,
Young Eve surveyed her countless flowers.
An opening rose, of purest white,
She marked with eye that beamed delight;
Its leaves she kissed, and straight it drew
From beauty's lip the vermil hue.’*
The lines remind us of two pretty stanzas, sup
posed to have been addressed, with the present
of a white rose, by a follower of the house of
York (England) to a lady of the house of Lan
caster:
“ If this fair rose offend thy sight,
It on thy bosom wear:
’Twill blush to And itself less white,
And turn Lancastrian there.
“ But if thy ruby lip it spy,
As kiss it thou rnay’st deign,
With every pale ’twill lose its dye,
And Yorkist turn again.”
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