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MOON'S PHASBES.— DECEMBER, 1855.

First Quarter 4th day, 1th. 14nt. evening. WwW. Fall Meon Lith day, Sh. 5Um..cyening. NK, Last Quarter 19th day, 2h. 30m. morning. S. E. New Moon @7th day, 4h. 2m. morning. EEN: &. > ! Miscellaneous. LOLOL LOLOL LOL NL ALO AANA A elle 1 MET HER IN THE WILD-ROSE DELL. 1 met her in the wild-rose dell, When dews were glittering on the wheat ; And now ’tis heaven for me to tell

The magic beauty of her feet. They twinkled as she tripped along,

With erace no maiden queen could ‘own ; Her voice was like a hridal song,

Her mouth a rose in sunlight blown !

hae all esemed Paradice to me,

frvedbshe its hallowed anvel-oenest,

whose form ! ad ta b ke Wandering bird beside its nest

Is . | eull “ho rit : i rose;

Night's jewels in their crimson hold ; And saw each daisy's orb unclose

‘heir | like d yps of starry gold. And charmed I lingered near each spot,

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That lent a ] re to tl ne-— TI how 1 henaly at ot rus

ut ple like some remem! | thing—

Thr which t ! of age ean traee,

The charm that first taveht love to sine. For t n look,

Of all thines beantiful on eart!

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fhonghts spring to an immortal birth ! And she the maiden of the dell,

Was beautiful as stars above ; Lier brow white as the lily’s bell,

Her mouth a ruby cup of love!

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\ few yeata since, at the base of this mound, a chief re- | youn : i gilded, whose daughter was a ¢g rl of uncommen beauty ; an }]

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; ef course, she had many admirers among the young braves of her nation. Her nature was

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aleve the arts of a coquette; and loving one among them | all. ond only ene, she kesitated not to let ber preference be |

known, not only to the Young KMagle whe had wou her heart, but also to those whose suit she had rejected, Among the rejeeted suitors one ulone so laid it to heart us to desire re- venge. He, te Prowling Wolf, was filled with rage, and tuok little pams to conceal his enmity, though he manifested no desire fur open violence. Both these young men were brave, both skilled in the use of weapons, which, far away in the buffalo plains, had sometimes been used in battle; but while Young Figle was noble, generous in spirit, and swayed

by such high impulses as a young savage may feel, the W olf)

was veserved, dark and sullen; and his naturally lowering brow seemed, after the maiden had refused him, to settle into i The friends of the Young Eagle feared py in the smiles of

an habitual scewl. fur his sifety. Tle, however, was too hap; his chosén btide to troable himself concerning the enmity of another, especially when he knew himself to be his equal

both in strength and skill. ‘Ihe happy couple were in the

habit of meeting at the tep of the mound— Young Kagle armed with a revolver he, had received from a white. One

summer evening, just as the san was up, Young Eagle sought the top of the moun! for the purpose of meeting his future bride, for their marriave was agreed anon, and the appointed day was near. Que side of this mound isa naked rock, which for thirty feet or more is almost perpendicular. Just on the edge of this precipice is a foot path, and by ita large, flat sandstone rock forms a convenient seat for those who survey the valley, while in low bushes are scattered over a part of the crest of the Wand. On this roek Young Eagle gat bim dows to await the maiden’s contiug. few momeuts the bushes rustled near him; and rising, as he thought, to meet her, a tomahawk flashe d by. his head, and the next momeut he was in the arms of a strong man, and forced 'to the brink of a precipice. The eyes of the two niet in the moonlight, and each knew that the stragzle was for life. Pinioved as his arms were. by the other’s grasp, the ¥agle frustrated the first effort of bis foe, and then a desper- ate wrestle, a death wrestle, followed, in which each was thoroughly maddened. The grasp of the Wolf was broken, and each instantly grasping his adversary by the throat with his left hand, sought his weapon with the right—the one his knife, the other his revolver.. In the struggle, the handle of the knife of Wolf had been turned in the girdle, and missing it at the fist grasp, ere he could recover himself, the re- volver was at his breast and the bullet through his heart.

One fiash of hatred from the closing eye, and the arm of the,

dying warrior relaxed; aud as the body sank, the Eagle hurled it over the precipice, and in his wrath fired bullet after bullet into the corpse as it rolled heavily down ; and, this not satisfying his revenge, he ran round and down the side of the mound, and tore off the scalp of his foe. There had been no witness of the combat, for the young gir) did not arrive till its termination, when her lover was scalping his victim. His life was therefore in imminent danger from the justice of his tribe, and he knew that his only chance was to stand upon his defence. ‘This chance arose from the eustoms of the Indians, that if the murderer escaped the bicw of the avenger of blood—the nearest relative of the victim—the family were at liberty to accept a ransom for the ) life of their kinsman. The Young Hagle at once took his resolution, sustained by the. advice of his friends. Com- pletely armed, he took possession of the top of the mound, | which was so shaped that while he himself wes concealed, no one could approach him by day without being exposed to

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Chis is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free-——eEurrpwes.

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‘and warned, and shielled him with every art that the roused Reapine Oxv’s own Paren.—We believe that asa general ‘thing, our subscribers are as honorable men as can be found | the Railway King bas fallen, we copy froma late London

spirit could suggest, and which could be practiced. he brother of the Wolf prowled about the fortress night |

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To show how low

anywhere, Occasionally we meet with instances of a different paper the following uccount of a scene in the Bankruptcy

character.

Now and then a wo-begone moneyless epistle, Court, before Commissioner Goulburn, ou the 7th October

. 1 for action would be to: place himself, helpless and without) makes its advent to-our office, from some subscriber who last':—

care, within the rangecof the young warrior’s rifle, and at night he could not even put his feot upon its base without the baying of the hound giving his master warning. He atlength

weenannnnmeee hit upon a stratagem; and by careful observation of his young | * J/y paper,” eh ? a y s ; : You have taken a paper, and read a paper, but | contractors, and for which they had been offered £150,

, wife, who was frequently going and coming, that she might, ‘supply her husband with food, and succeeded in imitating her _dvess, walk, and manner so completely, that he hoped to _ deceive both dog and man, His scheme wasskilfully executed. The dog wagged his tail, and his master spoke to the avenger

but sudden!y the gallant hound, discovering his mistake, threw |

hasn’t paid a cent for his paper for years, but which conclades | with the laconic injunction—* Stop my paper.”

for years!

was it your'paper? Your paper, forsooth! Why, the very |

Qu such | the Court to a compromise which the assiguces pr occasions we are tempted to soliloquize somewhat as follows: make with reference to a bill of exchange tor £1000, bearin Why, man, you haven't owned a paper) the names of Mr. George Hudson and Mr. Mould, railway

“Mr. Johusou, for assignees, applied for the sanction of to

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Commissioner: Hudson! Hudson! What Hadson is it%

ink that erases your nawe from the subseription list was paid|—Mr. Johnson: The celebrated George Hudson, the Jats

for with other people’s money!) Step your paper!

Why, | Railway King.

The Commissioner looked incredulous.

Mr.

ger | you might as well talk about stopping the revolution of your | Johnson assured ‘the court that it was righUy informed, ,as his wife when there were only a few feet between them ; | earth—or commanding your sun to stop the supply of your The Commissioners: Is it eome to this that his acceptance

daylight? Goto—man! ‘ Pay whatthou owest,” and the’

for £1000 is to be compromised for £150? Mr. Johnson :

. . . > ° . sta ; ; ‘ 1a »| Phe aster y : vor . z ‘himself with a yell upon the throat of the enemy, and bore | next time thou writest to an editor fur a discontinuance, be The assignees vousider themselves very fortunate in getting ‘him to the ground. The Young Eagle now deprived him of} sure that thy request is accompanied with enough of money that sum. lis Honor: Well, if the official assignee and

his weapens, and pinioned his arms; but thé next moment, to render “stop my paper,” other thdn a mere igure of | the trade assignee coneur in thinking it a beneficial com.

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from an impulse of generosity, he set him free, aud sent him | home armed as usual, This was the turning-point of the savage drama.

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speech. So much for tue soliloquy. Now for the contrast.

have never seen, but who ir obviously an honest man. It is

promise, let it be so. “Mr. Jolwson: That is really the

We have just opened a letter, (rom a subscriber whom we: opinion.” ;

it thus seems that £150 is considered a good settlement

_shedder of blood surrendered himself to the justice of the tribe | a model letter, Thanks to our kind friends, we are receiving | of a debt of £1000 from George Hudson, the millionaire !

to offer a ransom, or if that was rejected, to lay down his life Without resistance. At the day appointed, the parties met in an Open space with hundreds to witness. the scene around.—-

many such, He says: 1 must apulogize for not ponding | the money before. I have been a reader of the Lxaminer | for many. years. I haye always paid in advance until the:

He to whom men and women of the highest rank in ogland a few years since bowed obsequiously, is now totally insol- vent. The wealth to which homage was thus paid, was not

The Eagle, all unarmed, was first seated on the ground, then | present year. IL find that I do not feel right when I take{ acquaired by honorable means. and like all ill-gotton gains é , a ’ } p y > > £ ’

by his side was laid down a large knife with which he was to | he slain if the ransom was not accepted. By his side sat his| wife, her hand clasped in his, while the eyes even of old men’ were dim with tears, Over against them, and so near that) | the fatal knife could be easily seized, stood the family-of the slain Wolf, the father at the head, by whom the question of| | life or death was to be settled. He seemed deep!y moved, and | sad rather than revengeful, A red blanket was now produced and spread upon the ground, It signified that blood had been | shed which was not yet washed away, the crimson stain} remaining. Next a blanket of blue was spread over the redj one, It expressed the hope that the blood might be washed } out in heaven, and remembered no more; and last a blanket | purely white was spread over all, significant of a des‘re that

no where in earth or in heaven a stain of blood should remain, | ing bis cane and demolishing a decauter of gin that stood op ‘and that every where, and by all, it should be forgiven and | the sideboard.

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These blankets, thus spread over, were to receive the ran- som. The friends of Ragle brought goods of various kinds, and piled them high before the father of the slain. He con- sidered then a moment in silenee, an] then turned his eyes to the fatal knife. The wile of the Eagle threw her arms! around her husband’s neck, and tarned her eyes iwploringly | full on the old man’s face, without.a word. Ue had stretched | his hand towards the knife when he met that }uok. He paused —his fingers moved convulsively, but they did-not grasp the ‘handle. His lips quivered, and then there was a tear in his ,eye. “ Pather,” said the brother, “ he spared my life.” The old man turned away. “ I aceept the ransom,” he said, ‘ the blood of my son is washed away. I see no stain now on the ‘hand of the Eagle, and he shall be in the place of my son.”

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A younG Lavy prawn uw a Lorreny.—We extract’ the | following from a letter from Paris, puvlished in the New | York Daily Times :

Nearly a year ago a young lady in France, named Sophie Van Behr, conceived the singular idea of disposing of herself in marriage by means of a lottery. She was thirty years j old, tired of a life of celibacy, and in despair of not finding }a husband with enough means at his command to suit her views, she announced, therefore, that her handsome but rather

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Michael’s, Crooked-lane, before the Prince of Orange, by the

your paper outof the office. I send you fifteen shillings, which | you will please place to my eredit, “L shall then have the pleasure of reading my own paper.” sieeribrtiveine-vieoediinen tp —wnlaatsettuaiiiae

A Patrasty Hiy.— The following item is taken from the Memphis Christian Advocate, and is emphatica!l!y a guod hit:

An iuvalid once sent for a physician, and after detaining him for some time with a description of his pains, aches, &e., he thus summed up : “ Now, doctor, you have humbugged me long enough with your good-for-nothing pills and worth- less syrups ; they don’t touch the real difficulty, I wish you; to strike at the cause of my ailments, if it is in your power to| reach it.” ;

« It shall be done,” said the doctor, at the same time lift-

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Crookep Atrocrruga.-—According to one of Cole's M S. a pamphlet published in 1703 has the following odd title :— “The Deformity of Sin cured; a sermon preached at St.

Rev. J. Crookshanks. Sold by _Mathew- Denton, at the Crooked Billet, near Cripplegate aud by all other booksellers.” The words of the text ure—“ Every Crooked path shall be made straight :” and the Prince before whom it was preached, was deformed. in-person. —_————_—_—__ -—__+ mee We want Reform, but not alone In voting at Electious— We want, as may be quickly shown, Reform in all directions.

The girls whose lengt'y garments trail Through md, and wet, and snow tov, Should try Reform, and so curtail The frightful lengths they go to.

The bonnet should protect the head, Not shoulders, from the weather ; Reform it, girls ; as Shakespeare said,

“Reform it altogether.”’

The city needs Reform, they say, Iu watering and draining ;

mature person should be disposed of on the following terms ;

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| order that she might decide on their acceptability as husbands, ) The subseribers of course were te be single men. The sub- yseriptions were to be placed ia the hands of a notary as fast |as made, and the drawing was not to take place till all the francs was complete.

| Not quite a year elapsed before the shares were al] taken. | The drawing recently took place in the office of the notary, | who'held the subseriptions and the money, in presence of two magistrates, A thousand numbers were placed in an urn, the /subscribers being numbered in order as their names: were in- iseribeJ.. The urn was thoroughly shaken up, a blind hand | was thrust in and No. $49 withdrawn, The happy individual who subscribed No. 449 was a Tunisian General, who had j already oceupied the public attention by his orientiai eaprices, ’ But the lady was neither frightened at the turban, nor the ‘beard, nor the religion, nor.of the hurem of the happy bar- ‘arian, who hastened to marry her, and to pocket, his five }bundred thousand frances. The happy couple have left for | Tunis, where they will reside.

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A Saanp Jury.—A few years ago, when the famous ‘reform measure the ‘* County Court” system was in vogue, there was a trial called ou in ove of the interior counties of Michigan. A jury was called, the case was heard, and ‘twelve wise men withdrew to deliberate. After a short absence, they returned iuto court and took their seats. The roll being called, the Judge asked them if they had agreed

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Foreman. Young man, we have. Judge, Well, sir, for whom do you find?

She created a lottery with 500 shares of a thousand franes | Subscribers were to present themselves in person, in |

'shares were taken, that is, when the sum of half a million |

Of squandering money day by day,

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An Unpetirvine Conaxrcarion.—lLt is related of Bishop Ravenscroft that when, on one occasion of his reading prayers in a country village, the people gave no audible response to | his pronunciation of the Apostles’ Creed, he deliberately paused, and asked in solemn tones, “ Am | the only man here present who believes in God !”

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Unpeserved Ixsury.—When Henderson was introduced to Dr. Jchnson in Bolt Court, the conversation turned on dramatic subjects. Henderson asked the doctor’s opinion of ithe new-tragedy of “ Dido” and its author. “ Sir,” said 1} Johnson, “ { never did the man an injury, yet he would read his tragedy to me.”

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Folks also are complaining.

it has fled from the guilty possessor, Can anybody stil] doubt— That honesty is the best policy ?

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Tae May wirn tas Waerrt-34 rnow.— Boston, Nov. 7.— Major Ben Perely Poore, late Fillmore candidate for Con-, gress, in the 6th district, arrived in the city this afternoon, with his wheel-barrow and barrel of apples, which he had wheeled all the way from Newbury, 36 miles, in two and a half days. The job was in fulfilment of a bet with Colonel Kurbank, Fremont State Senator elect, that Fillmore would get more votes in Massachusetts than Fremont.

The Major, wheeling his apples, was escorted up State street, about 2 o'clock, by the Fillmore Clubs of Boston and Charleston, a military company, and mounted cavaleade of citizens. The novelty of the performance collected many thousands, and the Major was greete’ with tremendous and tumultuous applause on all sides. He delivered the apples on the steps of the Tremont house, where both gentlemen delivered congratulatory speeches, mounted on.the barrel. Probably 10,000 people were pre sent.

Tue Rocvsries or Courrsnye.—Tt may appear startling, but perhaps the greatest duplicity in life is the scason of courtship. Affection is a most arrant traitor, and, like the rapt astronomer, whilst gazing on the stars we fall into a pit. We deceive ourselves in our ‘regard of another, and wa deceive another in the false representation of ourselves We put on our best garments without at all suspecting the holiday dress of our companion. Suitors in each other's eyes are as perfect as those once were who now lie in churchyards— affectionate brothers, dutiful sons, and sincere friends. “ Rogues all,” have a prescriptive title to this language when they are six feet in the earth, atid all suitors claim as equal an estate when over head and ears in love.

Discovery or a Roman Virea, The’ remains of x Roman villa, which promises to be a very interesting unc have just been found sear Linley Hall, Shropshire, the sent of the ancient border famiiy of More. The site, near upon the houndary line of Wales, isnot far distant from the minine districts of the parish Shelve, where numerous traces of the Romau lead mining operations are still visible, and pigs of lead with the’ name of the Emperor Hadrian stamped upon them have been found at no great distance from Linley.

A Consuren Cueckmatep.—A professor of masic, who recently gave an entertainment in an English seaport, was bragging pretty largely of his sleight-of-hand feats in tho public room of one of the hotels, after his performance was over. <A gentleman present offered to bet him that he would make everything ou the table disappear in less than a minute. The professor at once booked the wager, when the other screwed out the gas. The disappearance was complete, and the professor confessed himself ‘* sold.”

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Tue Fasston ov Naruns’s Drvss Never Cuanars.—There is one fashion that never changes. The sparkling eye, the coral lip, the rose leaf blushing oa the cheek, the rounded

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A Lrrerau Comentance.—A gaoler had received strict | orders not to keep any prisoners in solitary confinement. 'Once when he had but two in charge, one escaped, and he | was obliged, in consequence, to kick the other out of doors, | to comply with the regulations, "i, 690

Matrimon1aL Prprper.—Scolding is the pepper of ma- trimony, and the ladies are the pepper boxes! So says an old fogy bachelor. We would give his name, but are afraid that the peace of the neighbourhood migat be disturbed by the noise of a broom handle. —~—O 6

GrocrarntcaL.—* Class in middle-aged geography, stand | up. What is a pyramid ?”’—* A pile of men in a circus, one on top of t’other.” “ Where is Egypt ?’—* Where it allers was.” “ Where is that, you young vagabond, you ?” —** Dunno, sir.”

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Foreman. For ourselves. Judge. What do you mean, sir?

Foreman. We mean that we have found a verdict for ‘one of the parties, which you can have by paying our fees. | Judge. But, sir, you have been regularly empannelled, | and are bound to,deliver your verdict now, and look to the county for your pay.

Foreman. Now, Judge, don’t talk so. Itsnouse, Dll) be hanged if you can have the verdict until! you pay us our fees. We understand how to get our pay in the County Court, but this one horse court we don’s understand.

One of the Dukes of Ormond, when Lord Butler, pro-

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his fire—and he had two devoted and skillful allies, which, | mised his Chaplain, the Rev. Joseph Somebody, a good living ; together with -his position, rendered him far more than a! but on succeeding to the eStates forgot the promise. The match for his single adversary, the avenger of blood-——the first time the Chaplain preached before the Duke he selected brother of the Wolf. ‘These allies were his bride and a as his text, “yet did not the Chief Butler remember Joseph, large sagacious hound, which had lovg been his hunting but forgot him.” The living came the next week,

companion, aod had guarded him many a night when : = camping on the prairies. The girl had ‘in her veins the blood! — An English’ cockney at the Balls of Niagara, when asked of Lndian heroes, and she quailed not. She demanded with how ‘he -liked the Falls, replied :—* They’re ’andsome— lofty enthusiam to be. made his wife, and then, acquainted , quite:so ; but they don’t quite hanswer my hexpectations ; With every stratagem of savage war, and every faculty , besides, hi got thoroughly vetted aud Joss my ‘at. Hi pewfer | sharpened by affection and her husband's danger, she watched | to look at ’em in an engraving, in ’ot weather, and in the ’ouse.

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An Englishman observed a stone roll downastaircase. It bumped on every stair till it came to the bottom ; there of course it rested. ‘That stone,’ said he, * resembles the na- tional debt of my country ; it has bumped on every grade of the community, but its weight rests on the lowest.’

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The butler of Lord Bruxfield gave up his place beeanse | his Lordship’s wife was always scolding him, ‘ Lord ?’ ex- | claimed his master, ‘ ye’ve little to complain o’; you may be thankfu’ ye're not married to her.’

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DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONEY IN RHYME, Acri money defiles the human breast, Har money soothes the soul to rest, Cere money, words to men addressed, Testi money, evidence to attest, Patri money, evidence of bequest, Matri money, state to make you blest, Ready money, what many love the best.

It is an extraordinary fact that when people come to what is commonly called high words, they generally use low language.

form, the elastic step are always in fashion. Health, rosy, bounding, gladsome health, is never out of fashion ; what pilgrimages are made, what prayers are uttered for its possession! Failing in the pursuit, what treasures are lavished in concealing its loss or counterfeiting its charm !— Midliner’s Guide. ; el One Moprst.—An exchange paper says :-—“ A clergyman at the South in sending a sermon for publication in the National Preacher, observes incidentally—* [ should have no objection to your obtaining for me the title of D. D. from some North- ern College. [am a very popular man at the South, and T think it would have a tendency to harmonize the North and South.’ ” ———— ++ Onan or “A Brick.”—When you say, in a phrase which is now Americanized, such and such a wan is “a brick.” do you think of, or do you know the origin of it? It is this - An eastern Prince, on being asked, “Where are the fortifications of your city #” replied, pointing to his soldiers, “every man you see is a brick !” eb The Duke of Marlborough being indisposed, was pressed by his Dachess to take some medicine ; she, with her usual warmth, added, I'll be hanged if it don’t prove serviceable.’ Dr. Garth being present, said,‘ Do take it then, my Lord, for it must be of service one way or other.’ Oe ‘No wan,’ said a weslthy bat weak-minded barrister, ‘should be admitted to the bar who has not an independent landed property.’—* May I ask,’ suid Curran, ‘ how many acres mukes a wiseacre ?’

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New York Lapies.—A writer in a New. York paper speaks of a lady who wears upon one dress a full mile of fringe trimming! Another young lady in New York has adorned a single dress with 750. yards of ribbon.

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Deicare Arrentions.—In the tenth centory to eat out of the same plate, and drink out of the same cup, was con- sidered a mark of gallantry, and the best possible uader- standing between a Jady and gentleman.