The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-08-21
FEMALE BEAUTY.

/ beauty, anu 10 leave every iauy 10 rate lier
own charms. He said the tax would he
cheerfuIly paid, and very productive"
Fontenelle thus daintiy compliments
tho sex, when he compares women and
clocks-thc latter serve to point out tho
hours, the former to make us forget them"
"The standards OF beauty in woman
vary with thos. of taste. Socrates calls
beauty short,lived tyranny; Plato, Il
privilege Of nature hcolhrastus, a silent
cheat; Thcocri,us, Il delightful prejudice :;
Carncadcas, IL solitary kingdom and Aris-
totIc affirmed that it was better than all
the l-t:ers of recommendation in the
world"
With the modern Greeks and other ma
tions on tho shores of the Mediterranean
co,putency is the perfection of form in
woman !; and those very attributes which
disgust the western European, form the
attractions OF IN Oriental fair. 1t was
from the common ard admired shape of lis
country-womcn, that Eubcns in his pictures
delights SO much in Il vulgar and odious
plumpncss when his master was desirous
to represent the 'beautiful,' he had no idea
Of beauty under two hundred weight. lis
very graces arc all fat. But it should lie
remembered that all his models were Dutcl,
women. The lair is beautiful ornament
of women, but it has always been dis
puteu point which color most becomes il.
We account rcd hair IN abonina,ion but
i'll the time Of Elizabeth it found admirers,
and was i'll f,>!'icn. Mary Of Scotland,
though she had exquisite hair Of her own,
wore red fronts. Cleopatra WAS rel-haircI :;
and the Nc::etian ladies to this day coun
tcricit yellow l:.ir'
"-\tcr al that may bc said or saLg about
it, beauty is IN unJeniablc fact, and its ell
dowment not TO be li>raragcI. Sydney
Smith gives somc good advice OH tie sub
jecl. Never teach fulsome morality. How
cxquisileIy absurd TO teach girl that beauty
is of no value, dress Of no use Beauty i,
of value-her Whole prospects and happj-
ness in life may often depend upon new
gown or becoming bonnet; if she has five
grains Of common scnsc, she viii find this
out. Tile great thing is to teach her their
just value, and there must be something
better under the bonnet than pretty face,
for real happiness. But never sacrifice
truth '"-sulaa .tor tie Social.
Curious Habits Of -Nachemi.-The haL-
its Of these fish are very peculiar. And al
though they have been taken in immense
numbers for three quarters Of a century,
their habits arc not well understood. They
often move i'll immense bodies, apparently
filling the ocean for miles in extent. They
arc found near the surface. Sometimes
they will take the hook with great eager
ness; at other times, not mackcrel will
bite for days, although millions of them are
visible i'll the water. When they arc in the
mood Of taking the bait, ten, twenty, and
even thirty barrels arc taken by single
vessel in a few hours. They usually bite
most freely soon after sunrise in the morn
ing, and toward sunset ut evening. They
all cease 10 bite abou: Tic same time, as if
they were actuated by Il common impulse
They are easily frightened, and will descend
into deep water 1t has often happened
that fleet Of vessels have ncrii ;;i;i:.:- ;;i;i.- e.
the Cape, say mile OF two from the shore
in the midst Of a school of mackerel. and
taking them rapidly upon their decks, when
the firing of a gun, or the blast of the rock,
would send every maekcrcl falboms deep
into the water, as suddenly us though they
had been converted into so many pigs Of
lead, and perhaps it would be some hours
before they would re-appear. They are
caught more abundantly near the shore. and
very rarely out Of sight Of land OLD COL
ony 4Nlmoriul.
THE Largest Room.-Thc largest room
i'll the world is a St. Petersburg, Russia,
and is $50 feet in length and $50 feet in
breadth. by daylight il is used for militia
ry displays, and battalion can convenient
ly maneuver in it. In the evening it is
often converted into n vast ball room, when
it is warmed by sixteen prodigious stoves,
and 10000 wax tapers are required to light
it properly. Tho roof Of this structure isa
single arch of iron, the bars alone on which,
it rests weighing twelve thousand eight
hundred All thirty pounds. The most won
dcrful part of the room is, that there is