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the scene of universal %iiarity, and the dy-
ing cadences of the violin, accompanied IN
imagination by the tread of beautiful wo-
men, remind me that those stars now glitter
elsewhere, illuminating and making bright
other places, and that a dark shadow Is now
upon our pathway. A tribute to the sur
passing loneliness, the destinations, andtlie
heaven inspiring genus of woman IN the
nineteenth century, would be little else than
a repetition Of what has been spoken since
the power of God
.sCreatcd woman with a smile of heavenly grace.
And left thc smile that made her on her face"
The history of the world from the first
dawn of civilization to the present hour
from the decorated palace to the Lowry HOY
81, is but a narration of her power and SUI
prcmacy over man. The book of the past
presents no finer illustration of this tact
than the history Of the Inflated Anthony
.earth's orandest monarch-who had at one
period of his life swayed the destiny OF the
world with a bold and fearless hand-his
word alone, keeping in awe savage nations
who lived hundreds ofmilcs from the 'eter-
nal city, vet he was content to resign all
kingdom, power, and the splendid para
phrcnalia of r~o7alty, to bask in the sunshine
of woman's smile; when his friends in vain
urged his return to Rome, where, he was
told, the sceptre of power trembled IN his
grasp; he exclaimed:
Let Rome in Tyber melt, and the wide arch
Ofthc ranged empire fall. Here Is my space:
Kingdoms are clay.
True it is, her power Is not felt upor the
battle field. where armies meet III hostile
collision. where the bloody claymore AM
the torch of dcsolation rcvcl undlSturbcd
Bat a. the festive board, at the family hearth
and in the temple of the living God, she Is
the presiding genus of man, SotieninG down
the savage propcnsities, directing with .
master hand his aspirations, and guiding
and controlling by the magical power other
charms the harsh asperities of his nature
We are told that ScmcramiS buried the
bones Of nyriads of her subjects more than
4 thousand leagues from her kingdom in a
hos,i!, country, and only escaped horseifto
tell IF their fate; and old chronlclcrS tel
ithut in ancient times, when women %vaunted
their strength in the cabinet and the field
the fiat Of nations and Kingdoms was Spo-
ken with a siren tongue. | have heard .nel
who worshipped the God of ambition desire
rs their all, worldly fame; | have seen then
sit and gloat for hours on the mad dream
which assigns them a high place in til,
worlds history, and | have thought in IT,,
language of the gifted Byron,
| would not give the smile ofonc fair girl
For all the popular brca,hthat ever divided
4 naInc from nothing.
Tho Skv is overcast with clouds, yet
does not prevent cavalcade after cavalcad'
from vending their way towards the spo
which they are soon destincdto adorn witt
their smile, and long before the shades O
night had enveloped the earth, our Court
house presented an array of beauty and wit
hitherto unparalleled in the history of thu
..Prairic City" The festive lamps shon,
upon ebrave men and beautiful women
as they threaded the maze of the dance
All was Joy an gaiety-in fact it was a seen,
where the God of pleasure presided. An'
in casting the eye around on the innumer
able groups here and there assembled, it i
difficult to tell Oh which it would dwell TIL
longest, as possessing the most interest
see a belle from- moving in rega
majesty across the room, a hundred eve
are upon her stately form as il towers abov
those who surround her, and with the al
of an acknowledged sorceress, she seat
herself and coolly commences the cohe
sive power of her destinations, which is t
draw around her a crowd of admirers who
moth like, only fit around the bright ligh
which is to destroy them. Across the roor