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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.” ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 Special to Advertisers.—We have uniformly de clined to insert advertisements in this paper at any price, but the pressure to secure eveu a small space in it has been very great, and we have reluctantly consented to open two columns to a few first-class advertisers. None others need apply. Fifty cents per line will be charged for each and every insertion. 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