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several nations. Through the perfora.
tions are hung various materials, such as
green crystal. gold stones, a single, and
sometimes agreat number Of gold rings.
In the South Sea islands polished fish
bones are the fashionable ne Plus altra
This must be rather troublesome to them
in blowing their noses; and the fact is,
some have informed us, that the Indian
and other ladies SO adorned never perform
this very useful operation. ~ srsr
The female head dress is carried in
some countries to singular extravaganza,
The Chinese fair carries on her head the
figure ola certain bird. The bird is COM
posed ofcopper, or of gold, according to
the quality of the person. The wings.
spread OUT fall over the front of the head
dress, and conceal the temples. The tail,
long and open. forms a beautiful tuft of
feathers. The beak covers the top of the
nose. The neck is fastened to the body
of the artificial animal by aspiring, that it
may the more freely play, and tremble at
the slightest motion.
The extravaganza of the Myantses is
far more ridiculous than the above. They
carry on their heads slight board. rath-
CT IouSot tuau q iOOIs ANU ooOut STA LuCur
es broad; with this they cover their hair,
and seal it with wax. They cannot lie
down nor lean without keeping the neck
straight; and, the country being woody,
it is not uncommon to find them with
their head dress entangled in tho trees.
Whenever they comb their hair. they
pass an hour by the FIRE in melting the
wax; but this combing is only performed
once or twice year.
The inhabitants of Natal wear caps, or
bonnets, from six to ten inches high,
composed of the fat of oxen. They then
gradually anoint the head with purer
grease. which mixing with the hair. fas
tens the bonnets for their lives.
The last is rather an improvement on
our system. We go in to supersede the
species Of oyster-shell speciously called a
bonnet. and the disposal of the hair au
natural, like the ladies of Natal. 1t might
effect rise in the price of tallow. but a
corresponding fall would counter balance
it. in the depreciation of velvet. satin,
leghorn. and straw; aud even our slim>
NEST ladies would come under the cate
CORY Of fair and fat.
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FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNA-
MESTS. ....f

If there be truth in the old adage that
variety is changing we think our rea.
ders will find in these gleauings of the di-
versfed style in which beauties of differ
ent nations adorn themselves, subject Of
congratulation that the faint ideas our fe-
males wear hanging off their heads re-
sembling bonnets, and the outer skeelton
of encrcling ribs with which they are
surrounded, are favorable specimens
compared 10 some Of those we are about
to describe.
The ladies of Japan gild their teeth
and those of the Indies paint them red.
The pearl Of teeth must be dyed black to
be beautiful in Guzuart. In Greenland
the women color their faces with blue aud
yellow. However fresh the complexion
OF a Muscovite may be, she would think
herself very ugly if she was not plaster
ed over with paint. The Chinese must
have their feet as diminstive as those OF
the she goats; and to render them thus.
their youth is passed in tortures. In an
cienl Persia an acquiline nose was often
thought worthy OF the crown, and il
there was any selection between two
princes, the people generally went by this
SlhOIlOh W "hl0sb1' L NO hOuoIu CT
SLAMS have strong aversion to red hair;
the Turks, on the contrary, are warm ad-
mirers of it. The female Houentot re.
ceives from the hand of her lover, not
silk or wreath Of flowers, but warm en-
trails and reeking tripe. to dress herself in
enyiable ornaments. In China, small,
round. red eyes are liked, and the girls
are continually plucking their eyebrows
that they may be thin and lon g. The
Turkish women dip gold brush in the
tincture of black drug. which they pass
over their eyebrows. Il is too visible by
day, but looks shiny by night They
tinge their nails with rose color. An
African beauty must have small eyes,
thick lips. large fat nose, and skin
beautifully black. The Emperor Of Mon
emotapa would not cnangeg his amiable
negress for the most brilliant European
beauty. An ornament for the nose ap
pears to US perfectly unnecessary. The
Peruvians. however, think otherwise; and
they hang on IL a weighty ring. the
thickness Of which is proportioned by the
rank of their husbands. The custom o
boring it. as our ladies do .heirears, eans
everybody else's,) is very common ii
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Correspondence of the London Times.
The PIunder of Lucknow.

Our men were in high delight with the
gay dresses Of the eunuchs which they
found in some Of the rooms. and it was
with difficulty they were induced to take
of the crowns of lace and peacocks'
plumes. aud bird-of- paradise feathers,
and the sword belts they struck over
their heads and shoulders. Here, as in
every other building. there were quauti-
ties OF kites, the flying of which seems a
tavorite amusement of these childish but
tsrocIous races. Goats, horses. the state
~ Cyrus cranes. tame monkeys. apes.
ante'oPes' numbers of paroquets in cages
were also appropriated by the men. But
1t was scarcely place for geological in.
vestigation. Lieut.. Col. Johnson. of
Wilson's staff; his brother, Can't. John.
son. the deputy quartermaster general.
headquarters' camp; Lord Seymour,
Lieutsnat Stewart. Bengal engineers, and.
myself, were looking at one of our men
who had decked himself out in fantas.
tic eunuch's attire. when shot evidently
from one of the rooms of the court passed
between us, and as they had been fred
at before from the same, they moved off
to another spot. Very soon afterward
man OF the Goth was shot through the
oody' aud Lieutenant Colonel Kelly, to
wnom had been speaking a moment be.
f0Fe' was struck by spent ball on the
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-09

NEBUcHADEEzzAR's HUEnso DIART.-
It is TO be hoped that the follBing remark
abl confederation Of Scripture. may not
meet with the fate OF Prof Maury's do
fence Of il, based ON the words round
which, unhappily, were not used by Joab
or any inspired writer: Jis s
ga correspondent Of the Northern En-
sign, says book is shortly 10 be publish
ed by Col. RawliDson upon further dis
coyeries he has made. He found Nebus
ehadnezzar's hunting diary, with notes.
and here and there portrait Of his dogs.
sketched BY himself, with bis name nn-
der it. He mentions init having been
i'll, and whilst he was deIirious he thought
he had been ont 70 Craze like the beasts
OF the field. L. not this wonderful cor.
roboration Of scripture? Rawlinson also
found pot Of preserves. in an excellent
state, and gave some 70 the Queen %
taste How little Nebuchadnezzar's cook
dreamed. when making them, that, tWen-
ty-fiye centuries alter The Qnesn Of Eng
land would eat some Of the identical pre-.
serves which figured at her rmaster's Ia
blel'irl hged q 8a8s npf fiea
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-09

CURE FOX HoILow. HoRE.-The "hol-
low horn" as il is called, is quite pre-
valent in this country at this season Of
the year, aud few words from me in re.
gard to its treatment, may not be upln.
teresting. Unless attended to in time. il
is at least very injurious 70 cattle. ,espe.
cially milch cows, and not unfrequenly
fatal. have remedy which 1 have
never known to fail, and Il is both simple
aud always at hand. Il is also an excel.
lent application for ordinary swsllings.
especially such as are caused by castrat-
ing. Il is good for bIistering feet. and
may be applied with the stocking on
But to the hollow horn, aud first q
synopsis Of the disease. E
Symptoms-First, twisting of the hair
and softness of the end of the tail. Sec.
ond. green, CLASSY duIluess Of the eyes
dry nose, loss Of appetite. aud conse-
quently loss of flesh, cold horns because
they get hollow from the effects Of . dis
eased brain and the pith of the bacl
bone. III z
Rsmedy.-Drench With from pint Z
quart ofgood soft soap according to thu
age and constitution. and II It does no
improve the appearance IN twenty-fou
hours, repeat the dose. Generally tie!
will eat heartily in few hours. Some
times they viii eat Il ID bran or meal
and If soap Is put in tub in the yaf'
they will lick Il voluntary as they nee
lis. You need mot fear they will eat NOR
than Is good for them. a little spirits {
turpentine put IN the cup Of the head
and slit In the tail. % let the blood 10,
lis useful. Boring the horns IS considere
4 barbarous practice.
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A SroRY WITH A MoRAL.-Mt. Bones, OF
the firm of Fossil, Bones d O.. was one OF
those remarkable money making men
whose uninterrupted success in trade had
been the wonder, and offered the material.
for the gossip Of the town for seven years.
Being Of a familiar turn of mind, he was
frequently interrogated and Invariably
gave as the secret OF his success. that he
minded his own business, .1'A'''
"A gentleman. met Mr.. Bones on the
Asssnpink bridge. He was evidently in
q brown study. Our friend ventnted to
disturb bis cogitations. q
'Mr. Bones, tell me how to make q
thousand dollars
Mr.. Bones continued looking intentiy
atthe water. AT last he yentuIed TO le.
DO you see that dam, my friend9'
Il certainly do
well here you may learn the secret Of
making money. That water would waste
away and be Of no practical use 70 any.
body but for the dam. That dam Il turns
to good account, makes Il perform some
useful purpose, and then suffers Il to pass
along. That large paper mill 10 kept in
constant motion by this simple economy.
Many mouths are fed In the manufacturo
Of the article of paper, and intelligence ia
scattered broadcast over the land on the
sheets that are daily turned ont; and in
the different processes ttro' which It pas
ses. money is made. So It is in the liy-
ing Of hundreds Of people. They get
enough OF money. II passes through
their hands every. day, and at the yoRr's
end they are no better of. What's'tha
reason? They want dam! Their exl
penditures are increasing, and no practi.
cal good is attended. They want them
up, SO that nothing will pass
through their hands without bringing
something back-without accomplishing
some useful purpose. Dam mp your ex-
penses, and you'll soon have enough oc>
casionally 20 spare little, Just like that
dam. Look at II my ftiendl' is4
flEeiton True Am1ieaa. p
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THE CALHOUN MoNUMENiT.--SoDE

l. -
Nations themselves are but the monuments,
OF deathess men, whom the Divine intents !.
Decree for mighty purposes. They rise
Superior, by their missions from the skies,
To thoughts of self: and, in self-sacr6ce,
Assert the race; guide, fashion, and inform,
Direct for conquest, gather from the storm,
And build in strength!
Their powerful arms maintain ra
The realm of Peace, and consecrate her reign
BY Justice, Truth, Projections. They defend
The land that gave them being, and commend
Her virtues to the love of other cIimes asr
That else had lapsed from weaknesses to crimes,
And so, TO ruin! They fOresee the fate, .-
And arm against the danger ere too late;
Meet the assaiIing foeman at the wall, sT'
And nobly conquer, or as nobly fall.
Their lives-devote TO patriot service-teach
How best TO build the tower and man the breach;
Their hands, outstretched in blessing rites have
made t# " "
The nations safe and sacred in their shade! .
We rear our umble column to the name
OF one who led our power and won US fame!
Whose wondrous genius, with Ithuriel spear,
Hath made the crouching fend start up in fear;
Smote the foul reptil, even lie lay .-...
CoiIed roand our altor, poisoning still his prey
Expelled the foe that threatened as u fate,
And saved from loss the sac red shield of State!
His lips spoke lightnngs! His immaculate
thought ........ ...
From seraph source, divinest fervor caught;
His firery argument, with eagle rush,
Spell'd mghtiest Senates into trembling hush,
While the grert bilowy thunders, echoing still :,
With rolling surges. round the Sacred Hill,
Strike with sharp terrors into nerveess awe,
The lnsidi Gus enemies of Right and Law!
Even to the last, still battling in the van,
For the great truths and natural rights Of man,
He died in harness, in the thick of strife,
His very death triumph-like his life!
The Great fall from us. We have need to fear,
When voice like his no longer thrills the ear!
Whom, in the Senate, owls and mousing things
Creep to high places, which were made for
wings,
'Tis need we sh Ould do homage, and impIore
Great shoulde rs, such as his white mantle bore!
IT'S reverence brings the prophet. If we praise
The perish'd virtue, uod its altar raise,
We may recall the genins. lost soon,
And find, 'mong other sons, u new Calhoun!
GILMORE SIMMs.
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ORIGIN OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA.

ORIGIN OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA.
"Pau and Virginia!' Who has not
been child. and felt the eye moisten
over the trials of those beautiful crea-
tions? The name OF Beruardin st. Pierre
should live until the end of time. and then
journey to a common grave with every
thing that is pure, and beautiful, and
true paul and imagination!" should
be his unfadiug epitaph.
Alas! that the duty OF the impartial
traveller should be to deadeu the bright
coloring of romance with the leaden brush
OF sober truth.
That Paul and Virginia never existed,
is fact that need not be mentioned here,
but that NJ. Moutendre and Mademoiselle
Gallon (upon whose sad fate the story
was based) did exist, and that they per.
ished BY an untimely and romantic death
is not to be questioned. The facts,
which may not be known to all readers,
were these and are related in the last let
ter of Lieutenant Hartstnin from the
Ma lritius.
Mademoiselle Gallon, aged eighteen,
and very beautiful. was returning from
France to Mauritius. NJ. Montendre was
a passenger by the same vessel; and very
naturally fell desperately in love. The
vessel was wrecked very near Port Louis
and most of the passengers and crew lost.
The lovers were on the ships forecastle.
among others, with the seas breaking
threatening by around them; others Of the
crew and passengers we're aft on the quar-
ter deck: Many were, it seems, trying
to save themselvs in one way or another.
some Of whom eventually succeeded. NJ.
Montendre might have been among these
latter, but he would not make the attempt
unless Mademoiselle Gallon would ac-
company him. This the lady shrank
from, as it would necessitate the remo>
val of her apperel. In vain the gentle
man implored her to resort to it, as the
only chance of escape-her resolution
remainded unshaken.
'Very well!" he added, az will die
with you'll" And the green waves wash>
ed mercifully over them. and the white
winding sheet. They were never seen
more-such was the death of "Paul and
Virginia" When last seen, he was
standing erect, with his strong arms
folded over hopeless breast. and she,
with depending hand resting upon his
neck. and eyes of despairing love lifted
to the averted ones of him who could now
no longer save her.
There is something grand in this piece
of self devotion, something sublimely
beautiful in the purity of this modssty
which shrank from violation butt not from
death. st. Pierre had q ground well
worthy the creations which his lofty gems
Iqs reared upon it. AlssI poor Paul and
Virginia" haA ,sssifassq sdi 10 7o.
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A Lady's opinion of Iady,s Man.

A Lady's Opinion of a Lady's Man.
Mrs. Stephens, inher excellent monthly
magazine, thus pitches in against class
of men which is becoming far too numei :
Gus:
Our own private opinion of the Iady's
man is, that he is throughly comtempti>
ble-a sort of specimen of the life hardly
worth thinking about-a nutshell with
the kernel withered up-a handful Of
foam drifting over the wine Of life, some>
thing not altogether unpleasant TO the
fancy, but of no earthly use. A woman
of sense would as soon put to sea. in
man. .of.war made Of shingles. or take up
her residence in card>house. as dream
of attaching herself to a lady killer. gs.,
Women worth the name are seldom
deceived into thinking our lady's man
the choicest specimen Of his sex, What
ever their ignorance may be. womanly
institution must tell them that the men
wo, lived for great objects and whose
spirits are SO firmly knit that they are
able to encounter the storms.of life-men
whose depth and warmth of feeling re.
semble the powerful current Of a mighty
river. and not the bubbles on its surface
who. II they love are never smltten by
mere beauty of form or features-thst
these men are far more worthy even Of
occupying their thoughts in idle moments
than the fops and men about town with
whose attentions they amuss themselves.
II We were to tell him this. he would on-
ly laugh; he has no pride about him. al
though full Of vanity; and it matters not
to him what We may broadly affirm or
quietly iusinuate. s 81
Soft aud delicate though he be, he is
as imperyious TO ridiclue as hod .carri-
er, and as regadless Of honest contempt
as q city Alderman. Were you to hand
him this article, he would take it to some
social party, and read it aloud in the
most mellihuogs voice as homage TO
his own attractions as aI ,
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THE LEGEND OF THE FORGET
ME-SOT.

A gallant knight and lady fair
Rovcd by the bright and winding Rhine;
In loves soft dream, thrice happy pairI
They watched the golden sun decline.
When 10, the lady on a rock
A tiny pale blue flower cspiod;
The knight, obodient to tho look,
With eagcrness to snatch it hiod:
He grnspod it, but so great his haste,
He slipped, and sank-ah, sad his lotI
He rose, to her the flower he cast,
And dying, cried "For-get mc-not!"
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nENN1E AND THE r1GER.

A fair little English boy lay sleeping IN
the shady veranda of his Indian home
The servant who was left with him was
unfaithful to her trust; and while he slept.
wandered away in search of pleasure
A treacherous tiger. prowling in search
of a pig or lamb for his supper. finding
the village very quiet, yentured in among
tho dwellings. The English gentlemen
were all absent, and most of the natives
were in the rice swamp or the paddy
field; while the white ladies exhausted
with the beat, were taking their rest. lit,
tie dreaming how careless were their
nurses. st
The treacherous tiger crept noiselessly
past .he deserted house, till he spied the
sweet little sleeper. Then with one bound
he sprang upon bin. grasped the flowing
white robe in his teeth, and darted off to
his native jungle. Having secured the
prize. he laid him down; and, as kitten
plays with the captive mouse. began
sporting with him. He walking round
and round. laid first one paw and then
another on the plump little feet, and look.
ed into his beautiful face as if his fero-
cious heart was already melted by its
sweetness. a
There was brave heart in little Ben.
ME. for he seemed not alarmed by his
strange companion. He was well used to
Nero. the large black house dog; the po.
MES were his chief fayorites; and he felt
inclined to look on the tiger. perhaps. as
an addition to his circle Of dumb friends.
Or if the glance of those eye balls. and
the display Of those dreadful teeth made
h 30 l.
turned the gaze, saying in baby language:
I'm not afraid OF you. for I've got faith.
er! You can't touch Bennie-Bennie's
got a mammal o. how strong this trust
in earthly love made that frail boyl Why
will not those who know that God is over
all, confde in him in times of danger, and
be at rest? H.
All this time The boy IS mother slept,
nor dreamed OF danger to her darling
The truant nurse. missing her little charge
few from house to house in search of
him. An aged native had heard the low
growl OF satisfaction. which, to his prac-
ticed ear. told that a tiger had seized his
prey. Taking his car5ine. he followed in
his trail. and secreted himself noiselessly
behind the bushes. He watched his op.
portunity to fire. trembling lest the charge
meant for the tiger might kill the boy
He took his aim and fired. The tiger
ran few steps towards the jungle. the
staggered and fell dead within a few
yards Of the little captive. Do you think
that mother could ever forget that kind
old native? Could she ever forget God.
who saved her darling from SO terrible a
death. wag
There is an enemy more dangerous
than any beast of the forest. who seeks to
destroy both soul and body-Satan,s W hom
the Scriptures call roaring lion" He
has many servants to watch like the tiger
for their prey; ready TO spring upon un-
guarded youth. God has warned us
against these spiritual foes, and promised
his protection to all who trust in him.
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heau. In the next court which was
sheltered from FIRE by the walls around
it. our men had made great seizure Of
rich plunder. They then burst into some
of the state apartments. and were en-.
gagged in dividing the spoils of shawls
and lace and embroidery ofgold and sill
yer and pearls. In nook off this court,
where there was little shade, we retired
to rest ourselves, as there were no means
of approaching the front, part of the
building being on FIRE, and explosions of
mines feared every moment. Two men
OF the Goth were in before US. and assist
ed later by some Of the seth, we saw
them appropriate moneys worth to make
them independent for life. The rooms
off this nook had been used as stores by
the King or some wealthy member of his
household. and each moment those men
went in only to emerge with a richer
trophy. In one box they found dia.
mond bracelets, emeralds, rubies, pearls,
and opals; all we're so large and bright
and badly set, that believed at the time
they were glass. In another was a pair
of gold mounted and jewelled duelling
pistols of English make. and the bill sta
ting that his Majesty the King of Dude
owed the maker E289. Then out they
came with bundles of swords. gold noun.
ted and jeweled. which they at once
mouningo. leaving the blades behind
them. Next came out huge chemical
laboratory; then gold saddle sloth,
studded with pearls; gold>handled riding
canes; then cups of agate a jade, gold>
mounted and jeweled; then-but must
really stop this brokers' inventory. The
happy posSessors of these riches were
quite mad with excitement. rs this
gold. sir?' is that diamond?' is
your honor sure that's raal goold? is
this string of little white stones (pearIs)
worth anything. gintlemen?' 1t was a
great drawback 10 have a conscience un-
der such clrcumstances-ag greater not to
have penny in ones pocket. for in this
country no one except au old stager on
the look out for loot carries farthing
about him. and. as one of the soldiers OBJ.
served. These here concerns only car
ries on ready money transactionsP He
was an experienced operator. that gen.
tlemau. Ifa native soldier came in and
walked off with any thing which hs found
in dark corner. out pounced our friend
upon him. rifle in hand. Leave that there,
[ tell you; put that there myself ! and
there was something in his eye which ex-
planned his meaning so clearly that the
article was at once abandoned, and ifI
found to be of value was retained; if not,
was made present Of Close to US were
large boxes of japanned work containing
literally thousands of cups aud vessels Of
jade. of crystal, and Of china. which the
soldiers were listlessly throwinw on the
ground and breaking into atoms. Had
the enemy made a strong attack on us at
that moment not one half of our troops
could have been collected to repel it. And
such were the scenes through every court
OF the many mansions Of the Kaiserbagh.