The Nevada journal., 1857-12-11

tween those who at heart respect our
sex, and those who only make pre-
tence of doing so. She never betrays,
from mean vanity, the honorable love
which she cannot reciprocate. She new
er talks or laughs loudly in public, or
has the bad taste, and bad manners, to
disturb her neighbors in this way, at
concert, or opera. She is reverential at
church, or, at least, respects the feelings
OF those around her, who desire to be
so. She knows when to be silent-when
to speak-and how; in word she has
tact-l repeat it, tart, my hearers, with
out which the most beautiful woman is
but a tasteless fruit, songless bird, a
scentless flower, or. in other words, a
laundering numskull! FANNY FERN.
The MALE FLlRT-I is not necessa-
rily an exquisite; he is often careless of
his dress, paying much more attention
to the interior, tnan the exterior furnish
ing Of his head, and holdeth that the
propar study of mankind is-woman.
He often converseth with huency and
good sense, on all other topics of inter-
est, and may even be found in the garb
of priesthood. The male firt is an
adept at the kings English; looketh
kilIingly out of his eyos; seateth him
self on an ottoman at the feet of fair
ladies, and readeth poetry with we'll
practiced, tell-tale mtonations, and So
liciteth lock of hair, ring, or glove,
as keepsake; if granted, to be pri-
vately exhibited as trophy to bis gem
tleman friends. After the male firt
hath made what he considereth "an i'm
pression," he purposely absenteth him
self for awhile, to fan the ardor of the
supposed victims flame; then-as sud-
denly and unexpectedly re-appeareth,
more devoted, more ianguishing than
ever, onl y to repeat the same farce at
the end of a prolonged visitation. The
male tiirt keepeth a dozen affairs of this
kind on hand at once and pleaseth
himself, while shaving Of morning, in
rejecting upon the divers moods and di-
lemmas of his supposed victims, who are
often but giving him a long cord with
which to hang himself
The male firt being himself a hum
bug, is naturally suspicious, and bris-
tleth up Immediately at the most gim-
mering ghost of foul play from the other
side groweth facetious thereupon, and
mentioneth, as one of his infrmities,
constant tendency to joke upon all sub
jects. Lastly, the male firt, with all
his fancied penetration and victories, is
ingloriously caught at last, thanks to a
retributive justice, in the tolls of the
weakest, where he foundereth like a
mad leviathan, to the amusement of in
terested spectators! FANNY FERN.
At last honey bees have been intro
duced here -Four hives. and a stiff
price paid for them. DR.. Hillebrand
has charge of these, and they could not
be in better hands. But, hist a word
Of warning. The natives have way
of catching what is strange to them and
carrying round for sale what they deem
curiosity. If they trouble the bees
we hope they may be stung into peni-
tence. But let it be the care of every
one to discourage any such interference
These bees being preserved from harm,
there can be no doubt but that rapid
increase in the yield of fruit-trees, par
ticularly of peach-trees, and of straw
berries etc, etc, will be noticed, for
they are great fecundators, and while
laying by store for themselves do good
to US, a less industrious race. We re-
peat it, let nobody see them "bonneted"
al, i. Il
increase and multiply it will not be long
before their numbers will be sufficient to
allow of every island and district being
supplied with an insect of the most val
liable kind known to man.-P0lynesian
Honolulu.
OLD HoUSEs.-I love old houses best,
for the sake of the odd closets, and cup
boards, and good thick walls that don't
let the wind blow in, and little out-of-
the-way polyangular rooms with great
beams running across the ceiling-old
heart of oak, that has outlasted half
score generations, and chimney-pieces
with the date of the year carved above
them, and huge fire places that warmed
the shins of Englishmen before the
house of Hanover came over. The
most delightful associations that ever
made me feel, and think, and fall
dreaming, are excited by old buildings
not absolute ruins, but in a state of
decline. Even the clipped yews inter
est me; and if | found one in any gar
den that should become mine, in the
shape of a peacock, should be as proud
to keep his tail well spread as the man
who first carved him. In truth, l am
more disposed to connect myself by
sympathy with the ages which are past,
and by hope with those that are to come,
than to vex and irritate myself by any
lively int est about the existing gene
ration.-ISouthey to GroscenOr Bedford.
"You labor over-much on your COM
positions, DOCTOR" said fippant cler-
gyman to venerable divine. 81 write
a sermon in three hours, and make moth
ing Of aP $50 your congregation says,
"quoth the doctor.