St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-18

The following good one, from the Memphis
EHlIctin, is too good to be lost:
We have Iricntt-Or with the emphasis of
tue inimiIble TOO,llcs. We hare a friend, -
whom, for the once, we shall call the Major,
though his right to the prefix is somewhat ques-
tionable. Now the Alaior has-h;Ul through life
one besetting sin and that is an unconqucrable
love for u certain game of cards, Known as
TItgf Ufs, which is the French for twenty-one.
! This we'll known game, n fat wife and large
family, are about the only weakness that can
/ be laid to the Majors charge. How often he
has been married the record sayeth not
nor Is it important. Suffice that during over
thirty ODD years of the Majors wclllcd life. as
his wealth increased and his nalTS became gray,
one after another in regular succession, his
Lpard was hoEorcd with the presence of min
ature editions of himself, until the number hal
reached twenty, when the Major concluded
that things had gone far enuugh, and should
be stopped. But they didn't as the Major in
due time found out, for he had calculated
without consulting his wife. There were in
dicatiols of another bond of union and well
spring of happiness. The Major became ner-
vO,ls for his nomenclature was exhausted. In
his desperation he finally declared that. the
comm. heir to his name and fortunes, whether
boy or girl, should be named Kngt- Tn. Invain
the old woman demonstrated. The Major was in
exorablc. The new conner being the twenty
first, should wag his way through the world
with that appropriate title. In an ante-room
the Major awaited the announcement of the
little strangers sex. The nurse appeared and
10 the Majors horror, whispered the terrible
word d-.Twinsr = 'Bursted by thunder T yell
led the Major. Why Didn't stand on twen-
tyr e.. .-.s.- '~t '--
The WEDDTEa>RING FfSGER.-This is the
fourth finger on the left hand. Why this
particular digit should have received such 0
token of honor and trust beyond all its congo
ners both in Pagan ami Christian times, has
been variously interpreted. The most common
explanation is, according 10 Sir Thomas
Browne, "prcsuning therein that particular
vessel nerve vein, or artery, is conferred there
. TO from the heart" which direct vascular COM
rIunieation Browne shows to be anatomically
incorrect Macrobins gives another reason,
which many perhaps satisfy those anatOnists
who are not satisfied with the above. ''I'oi-
lex" )" he SAYS or thumb Whose Offices and gen.
eral usefulness are sufficiently indicated from
its Latin derivative pOlleo, aud from its Greek
equivalent, G,sticheiT, which means :as good as a
hand is too busy to be set apart for any such
special employment, the next finger to the
thumb being but half protected on that side,
besides having other work to do, IL also ineli-
| gible the opprobrium attaching to the mi,idle
finger, called RedieWs, puts it entirely out of
the question and as the little finger stands
exposed, and moreover too puny to enter the
; lists in such a contest, the spellsal honOrs
devolve naturally on psoRHbus, the wedding
finger" In the British Apollo, 1888, it is
urged that the fourth finger was chosen from
it's being not only less used than either of the
rest, kut more capable Of preserving a ring
from bruises; having this one quality peculiar
to itself. than it cannot BE- extended but i'm
company with some other finger, whereas the
rest may he stretched ont to their fall length
and straightneSs.-PopHiar EETWs EEduiaed.
RETIREMENT or GES. CAss FROM THE CAB
ISEr.-The Detroit Advertiser, Of the 9Th inst,
saws - - s-z
We hear rumor that General Cas-, very
probably, viii not remain much longer in Mr.
Buchanans Cabinet. The ruinor CONES from a
source 80 intimately connected with General
Cass, andso likely TO be privately posted with
regard 20 his feelings, that we are inesi7ed 70
place considerable reliance upon it.
NEWSPAPER ENTEnPRIsE.-Ihe Conference
at Washington, decided On the establishment
Of. religious journal in this city, on TUESDAY,
i-by vote of lO4 to .. is title il to BE- be
Baltimore Christian Advocate J" and it. editor,
most likely, DR.. Thess E. Bond It Il 70 .be
established npcn the jeint stock principle and
all It's profits over ten per cent. revert tos the
lconierence. in--n aslsg't s'sfsgss 49, -
q! go Ese ea-s ----- -Tssssss = - - g1@cr
/ - The Baltimore Comlesnce, In session II
Washington, has 6xed on Iesn@mEx. "a. q the
place of I'm nexk ahnnal naselille.