The Arkansas banner., 1850-12-10
Female Names.

 The peasaA. poet. Burns, asems to have been ai much attached it as the aathoF Of Childe Harold it is still the theme of ba-da and bArdings nauum bercd We might fIl eoiuma two here witl songs, soauets and ballads in the melody cf whcas verse the most musical ayiabea those which form the ehasmlRg Harne of Mary. Bat where sC much preseats Ilsslf. ws can quote nothing. We need quote aothIak, for
 "Tee ms-lf of the nsus has soaa ! tn,0 o1lseetnSs sSss Let the motto, the t6ssf yeu wil be the single line Of BFyon Walter Proctor: | "Here's a health to thre, May" | Sarah Is almost as common a n as Mary, bat 1t lacks the prestoe which it's historical and associations throw aroand the latter. It is also from the Hebrew. aud signifies pr,acess Ia poe. try it takes the form of Sally Sslls and is foa uJ In many love song and ballad. Sally is sometimes contracted to Sal, which is seither pes,Ica es- | phonious. sI.augsiax, sporting, prsttng Salie, Now tsll ue what s,ai be TNs tint ot sky, suBit starry, To which m iik "a thee! The spftes shades of heavens own blus These lnstrous eyes seem tB ,i,ins throagh" Susan, anatIIer nams of Hebrew oFigIn. signifies Lly In poetry it Is usually ia its contracted form of SWe. h Is pretty and is immortal ized In Gay s well known baiiad. The signi6cation of the name is very happily introduced ia the clos ing line "Aaiea, she cried, and waved her By hand" Ralph Hoyt, in a very graceful poem, entitled "M ' Sue" has the following liaes: s'.snd how oft.R have seaycd Mith the tis along the iaa,
 And with niaay pretty mad, Yet, ah of tsem fur
 For H she, wtom isSTe bes.
 iR the efalps cauid not be seen,
 Ne eeoRirntD. m tn nay 5east,
 No delight upon the greea
 But there garden nigb With its bower just a view,
 And si eraVed my hea5t and eye That swref Hly thefe-inY Sue" Mabel is probably derived from ms bella. signlfy- ing my fair, thoagh some suppose that 1t Is com trscted from snabLs, lovely amiahle. h Is q good name in either case, and worthy of being per. petuated. Mary Hewitt has ballad concerning, "Adse, my maiden Mabel" which is the only poem recol'ect in which the name occurs Ursula a nanse associated in our mind with homs- liness of face and goodness oI heart conceged under the veil Of a nun Is from the Latin, and signifies l notl ing amiabe than female bear. Who, knowing this. will give the to a ehiIdl Blanche one of the sweetest names ever borne by woman, Is -om the French, and signifies white or fair. Mary Howett makes the orange flower it's floral type. "Ah, Cousin Blanch., lets WhNsthc flower re-emhing thee?
 With .hn-e dnv~-Hks eyes af thine,
 And thy far hairs >ilken twae,
 With thy low broad ioreheal, white
 Az marble, aud as pareiy bright;
 With thy moui't so calm aud sweet,
 nd thX dI<eA handr Hild tact
 What's me nower most like b1 ttee'
 Blossom oi the orange tree s-' Lucy. in rs French from Lseis, signifies lscid and comes from the Latin.
 ''LBeyis golden sr,'' says Bryon Proctor. aud maay will echo the line. Lucy is a favorite name with almost every Wordswort has made it of the
 s'Names welded unto soas.' And lovely indeed is the maiden bearing that sweet name, whom nature proposes tO mould, at will, to her own taste
 ash. will be sportive the lawn
 That wld with sise the lawn,
 Or up the n,oantain sf'sinss
 And hers shaH bc the lFsathtg bam,
 And hers stc silence nsi the calm
 oi mute iascnsate things.
 The stus of midnight -lpali be dear
 To oh.r and sBe snail irat her
 In many secret place,
 Where nyuets taIfe theiI wiywRrtl round,
 And beauty hJrH oi mafmaf,tg -oafd
 Shall pass Iho hcr iace.
 AnI vital feelings of delight
 Small rear her iofia % stately height
 Her tifsn bosom swell;
 Such tilusits to Laey will give
 Nniic sie and { tlystiet se
 Here ia this bipey d H." Beatrice Is another naIae derived from the Latin. IL signifies who blesses or makes happy. No be appropriate for love J, siiectioa- ate and aIniab woman Beatrice has heen hoBored above all others by the poets Dlutc' Shakespeare. and Shelly, have, ia turn, thrown around il the charm of their numbers. and tiuksa H with thoughts both lovely and tragic.
 ..Io son Bea,rce chi ti faccio andarc." Caroline Is the feminine form Of Charles. or ther of its Latin equiyoeut Carotus. lt comes froGI the German, aud has the signihcation ot brave or valiant. The name has been born by women who have pioved themselves worthy of Inc 1ane. It IS not iu the manly breast alone that vaIor Is found or needed. There arc those who, having learned
 ---ssbow sus,nie a IiIng Il is
 To suifT and be stfong, have displayed a courage which shames that of the warrior on the battieheld. Carotius is sometimes abrevisted 10 Carrie, Callie and Cal.
 -I know a far young giri
 Vim II eye hke th. sky's own blue,
 Or a -prJ,g flower wheh its leaves
 Are bfigh with eaII, dew
 On thing halt earth aud half divine
 Ia she that tar young CaFp.ne.''
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