The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-08

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Ligh u tancies not excluding,
BiaDc'ess wit, with nothing rude in,
Sometimes mildly interluding.
We make the following extract from its
pages, appearing under the head Of The
Toilet aud its Deyotee5
can old poet thus chaunts some good ad-
vice suited TO all
'le who would save your features norid
1.-the limbs, bright eyes, unwrinkled forehead
From ages devastation horrid,
Adapt this plan
'Iwillmtke, in climates cold or torrid,
halt old man.
- Avoid in youth luxurious diet;
Restrain the passions lawless riot
Devoted to domestic quiet,
BE wisely gay;
So shall ye, spite of ages fiat
Resist decay.
.'eeck no, in Mammon worship, pleasure
Bat ind yeur richest, dearest treasure
III book, friends, music polished leisure
Tile mind, not sense
Max tn sole scale by which We measure
-FOUR opulenoe.
"@This is he solaee this the science,
Lifes rurest sweetest, best appliance,
That IL appoints not man : reliance,
Whatcer his state;
Bat eli ilpngoS with calm defiance,
Tia fortune, fate
''Wc endorse the foregoing, and commend
it to thcladies. Will they accept it as a lit
tie advice gratis 1t is invidious to point
ont defects in beings SO near perfection, and
we cautio lsly refrain from such audacity !;
but that notorious punster, Punch, athrms,
s,herc are several things which YOU never can
by any account get lady-be she young or
old-to coufess to- Here are some Of them:
chat she laces tight; that her shoes are too
small for her that she is ever tired al q ball;
that she paints; that she is rs old as she
looks thnt she has been more than five min
utes dressing; that she has kept you waiting
that she blushed when a certain PERSONS
namc was mentioned that she ever says
thing she doesn't mean that she is fond OF
scandal; hat she emit keep secret that
she-She, Of all persons in the worlds in
love- that she doesn't want Il new bonnet
that size can do with one single thing less
wnau she is about TO. travel; that she hasn't
the disposition of an angel, or the temper Of
. saintor how else could she 20 through
one-hali If what she does ? That she doesn't
know better than every one else what is best
for her; that she is hirt or coquette that
she is ever in the wrong"
FROM the MYSTERIES OF MEDICINE, we ex-
tract the following anecdote of the celebrated
Abernethy
.'Abernethy'- mind disqualified him for
adopting that affected interest which distin-
cuisines many of the well-bred physicians,
and he heartily despised their little arts to
acquire popularity. He seemed 70 feel as if
he mentally expressed himself thus Here,
am ready to give You my advice, if you
want il : but you must take il as YOU find it ;
and if YOU don't like it, egad (his favoritc
word,) you may go about your business
don't want to have anything to do with You :
hold your tongue and be off, In some such
mood as this, he received a visit from lady,
one day, who was well acquainted with his
invlncble repugnance to her sex's predoni
nant disposition, and therefore forbore speak
ing but simply in reply to his laconic queries.
The consultation was conducted, during
three visits, in the following manner:
"lst Day.-[Lady enters and holds out
her hnger.) Aber.-sCut?' Lady.-SBite.'
A.-Dog = L.-'Parrot.' A.-sGo home
and poultice it,
I'D Day.-(Finger held out again A.
Better - L.-'W orse.' A.--sGo home
and poultce it again.
'3d Day.-(Finger held out as before
A. Detb6T IL w ell A. j GU re
the most sensible woman | ever met with.
Good-by. Get OUT y
For sale by r. B. Ogden, at the City Book
store.
SAALLpox AND YELLOW FEvER.-The ship
Empire State, Capt. Briggs, arrived at Quar-
antne on Sunday last, having had on board,
during her passage, thirty-three eases of
smallpox, eight of whom died on the passage,
and twenty-five Of whom were sent by the
Health Office to the Marine Hospital. This
ship brought into port els passengers.
The brig General Taylor, Capt. Waterman,
arrived on the 18th from Port Au Prince !;
lost half Of her crew by yellow fever during
the passage, and the Captain reports that at
Port Al Prince the disease is very prevalent
and fatal, Selling and cutting down many
senmcn who have heretofore visited that port
with impunity, and who were supposed to
have become accllmated to its infected at
mosphere. New York Express.
FILI-Buss-THRIsH. why are kisses like the
creation? Because they are made out of
nothing, and are very good