The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-06-24
Place for Bachelors,

A sprlghtly amusing American cores
pondent IN Paris, thus describes the RAGE
OF kissing in ia Belle, Frances"
The almost universal custom of kissing
IN Paris seems at first singular to stran.
ger, coming from country where the
proprieiies of life rarely permit you to
take lady's hand--much less to salute
her. An France, to kiss a lady with
whom you are not intimate, ON meeting
her, Is very common; especially is this
the case, If she is a married lady. Not
only the members of the family, but all
the guests, expect to salute the lady of
The house on coming down in the morn.
ing. But though the modest American
may, perhaps, escape the ceremony on
ordinary occasions, yet on New Years
morning il is imperative. On that day
1 came down to my coffee about nine o.
clock.
sat down quietly, bidding Madam
bon jour, as on ordinary occasions. In a
few moments she was at my elbow, with /:
Mons. B., ] am angry with you"
expressed, of course, my regret, and
ignorance of having given her any reason.
Ah!' said she, "you know very well
the reason. 1t is because YOU did not
embrace me this morning when YOU came
down."
Madame was lady of perhaps TWEEN
weight, with jet-black, glossy hair, and
clear, fair complexion. She was very
beautiful had she been plain, | should
have felt less embarrassed She waited
as though expecting me to atone for my
neglect; but how could l, before the
whole table | sat all this time tremb-
ling in my seat AT length Madame said
" Mons. r., embrassea moi"
The worst had come. | arose tremb-
lingly, put my white, bloodless lips, all
greasy with butter and wet with coffee
flor in my embarrassment had dropped
my napkin, to those of Madame. This
was my first French kiss -
Lmposltion.-There is a custom that is
prevalent among newspapers of the South
that is not only an imposition. but an
outrage, upon subscribers. We allude to
he publishing of portion of story, or
'rize tale, that only appears las whole)
n some Of the large Eastern weeklies.-
The object of this is to excite the inter-
'sts of the readers and cause them, in
many instances, to subscribe for aban-
loned abolition sheets mot knowing the !
haracter of the paper in order to finish
he story.
We had intended for sometime to al
nde to this evil, and the matter was for
IDLY brought to mind, day or two since
y receiving proposition, from highly
esponslble source, too, to pay us for pub
shlng several columns of story of this
haracter. This is not the first time such
PROPOSITIONS have been made to this pa
er, all of which we have rejected, be-
ause of the palpable injustice it would
Q doing our subscribers. |
Helena (Arh.J Shield. !
Do Right,-Have courage to do right. !
That should you care for the boislerous i
ugh, the scoruful look, the pointed fng- J.
or the profane jest Would they who :
eat with indifference, when they see /,
)ur upright virtue and unbounding in q
gritty, lift finger to remove diff 2
llty from your path that indiscretion or 3
lpudence had raised No. They pas D
d by on the other side. When a man 2
Is brought himself to the threshold of
e grave by intemperance, how many of p
old companions call to see him Not F
'e. Remember, they who now turn up M
cir noses and curl up their lips at your G
nct rectltude, are not your friends
ave courage, then, to turn away from !
cir presence, have courage to do right,
I'd you cannot fail to reap the glorious
wards of an honest, upright life. :
% An entire Chinese regiment has {
zen sentenced to wear women's clothes
+ five years, for having abandoned an
ltenabe fort, during the recent attack Z
Canton by the French and English 1(
rces. II