, 1866-12-22
L,rcRAIsy cuHaoS1 rIEs.

4 persccutrd Hucscnot said: "YouF un.
christian yirulcnce against INC shall coat
hundreds Of People their lives" For t.is
remark he was brought bctorc a court Of JUS
tice, charged with Laroorlng the most bloody
designs II am inuoceut,'' " he replied. My
only meaning was, that I meant, since
could not preach, 10 E-ncaiet a. a physician"
The origin of Round Robin Is this: 1t was
na1nes. whether Of gods or of their friends,
in circle, that nonc might take oucncr at
seeing another'e name preferred to his own
Sailors. alone, preserve this custom IN Its pu-
Hty. for when Ruy rcnlol.strance is among
them, they sign 1t In n circle, and call 1t
Dr. Bnrney's anccdoic Of set of parish
officers might apply pretty near at hoinc-
These officers applied to stonctzen,, a ccle-
braied organ builder, to examine their organ
men :" saws be, Ayour organ be wort von hon.
dred pound, just now, veal. ! will spend vnn
hondfcd pound upon 1t, and it shall then be
% Dr.. Campbell and Lord Holland were talk
fnr upon The subject Of particular prori.
dcncc. While thus conyerssng, = well known
nayuaster aud contractor entered, full Of
health. Cpou being congratulated upon Ills
good health, "Ycs, Providence has been
very Kind to him, ior he had never known
lie left, Lord Holland said There, now,
Campbell there, now, ypn sec what ProyI-
dencc las been about-takin. care Of that
scoundrel's health, ioFsooth. sud not mind
Ing what becomes Of Your dropsical belly or
of my id HnSwo1mW
Let us sec what the ancients thought Of the
female sex:
It appears from Seneca, the Egyptians, in
tbc render of their nouns, pald delicate
compliment to tho fair Eek. In The four Gle.
mcnts, beginning with water, they assigned
The rough, boisterpus ocean. to tho na.cu-
line: While streams and fountains to the
frmipfne gender. OF the carta, rocks and
stones wcfc male, and arabic md meadow
lands Finale. Rough winds and hurricanes
were ms1c but the ~ ,e. aro xepnSs female
The Ru1naus, Judging from their poets, had
very little gn1lantry for the sex The women
Of flautus arc all bad aud In Terence, the
psidon Tor her husband in doing II. :.
III CNr<ne, p<ccori! Fa.toy, .sreri."
TIrriI Is yeyy seveIr. He tA1siiied both the
cra and character Of Dido, to render her
odioue. He makes Queen Amata turbulent
and tlFPlinE sna the rrnee.. Lasns 9 1nas 1adu
imprudcnt. All the female characters in
Horace are bad, and the only compliment he
paid was 10 Viva, wife Of Augustus, whom
he calls, IS Enioe, Ca,sdtus nasatstr, ndridr-
the lhdy coptentcd with ono husband.
Juvenal avows he scarcely ever heard o!
modest woman since The golden age. In an
cpistfe attributed TO St. Clement, he says,
speaking Of women: 'Lct us neither cat,
nor drink, nor inhublt, nor have anything In
common with them"
Females were no better treated by Anti
Quariaus.
!" Their Venus must be old, and want a
nose" Antony A. Wood shows o dislike ia
= his diary.
NThe Narden's garden must be altered,
new trees planted, all unnecessary, and ali
tn nlcAsc q woman"
Frirolous expenses to pleasure his proud
lady. Among ihc frivolous expenses WAS q
very large looking glass, for her to sec her
uely face aud body to the middle. and per-
laps lower, ETC. The great se1dcn says
aft Is reason a man that Will have VILE.
should be at the charge Of her trlnkets, and
pay ull EcoEes she sets on him. He that
keeps q monkey 1t Il tit that he should pay
for ihc glasses be breaks" This Is get very
good law as hussan3s will lind ont, should
they refuse to pay Madanc's bills.
However, the ladies, II desr1scd. ca1 re.
tort as for example. gentleman who had
married a secnrd time, often REQUIRED to the
beauty and virtues Of his first consort- "Ex-
cuse me, madame" said he, II cannot help
expressing my regrets for the dear deceased =
''Upon my honor" said the lady, u can
most heartily affirm that am as sincere a
uou1ner Tor her Us you can be.