KISSING.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 151, 26 April 1873, Page 2

K I S S I N G.

A nameless ready-rhymer somewhere sings :—: — When black and brown, locks interlace Or ncentcil. tresaes sweep youc face, Whilst laughter unto sighs give place. Ami pouting lips are present ; Or meek grey eyes droop still more meek, And dimples play at hide amY seek, There's but one language lips can speak, 'Tis brief; but rather pleasant. In the time of the Tudors, kissing for good manners'" sake was the rule of society. The victor iv the tournament could challenge the lips of the fairest fair whose bright eyes looked down upon his doughty deeds in the lists, and the proudest dame had to yield to his demand. Before footing it featly in the dance, the hvlies curtsied and were kissod by their partners. Many of tho dances had kissing accompaniments ; and gentlemen were held unmanned v if they refrained to kus again at the end of the dance i — What fool would dance, \ If that, when dance is dono,. Ho may not have at lady's lip, That which in dance he won ?- Not that lookers-on were loss privileged. When' Shakspeare's Lord Sandys sits down by Anne Bolcyn'a Hide, and she asks him if his father was mad, the merry courtier replies :—: — () very mad— exceedingly mad in love, too ; Rut he would cite none ; juit a% I do now lie would kiss thee twenty in a Drouth ; and suits the action to the word, all unrebuked. The Quaker lasses of the Maine Law State would appear to. have taken a hint from the ancients, since they fare ci edited with kissing yoitug men in. order to ascertain if they have been indulging in prohibited luxuries, thereby bringing, to gi icf those who Brandy drink, And never think That girls .it all din tell it ; They don't suppose A woman's nose Wiis cvit made to amell it. A libeller of the sex once wrote :—: — Men scorn to kiss .among themselves, And sc.ircc would kiss a brother; But women want to kiss so bad, They kiss ami kiss, each other. Piovoking an indignant lady to retortMen do not kiss among themselvts, It is well that they refrain ; The bittt r dose would vex them so, That they ne'er w ould kiss again. An somotiiues on poor woman's lips Is applied this nauseous lotion ; We luvvc to kisu among ourselves As a counteracting potion. Arguments are not needed to justify the old, old exercise , for If kissing were not lawful, The Ltwyeis would not use it ; ' And if it were not pious, The cloi-gy would not choose it. Jf it wtre not a dainty thing, The ladies would not crave it : And if it were not plentiful, The poor gnls could not have it. — Abudjjod ft oin. the London Mirror.

Mr Lowe. — In 1837 Mr Cobden ad vised »ome elector-} of Manchester, who were thinking of asking Mr Lowe- to Btand for that great borough, to '• see him und hear him before you choisc him." " Hear Mr Lowe," ho went on ; " I have heard him, and I will say this — ni«l in win* it I shall be borno out bv any impartial mnti in the ]louse of Commons that, considering he had some reputation for ability at Oxford and as a writer in Tin Times, be ii th<> most conspicuous failure in the Uou*e of Coaunons." These words rcnclTitrangel.T «ow ; but tlit-j wure said m 15".7. and with some little abatement and qimhf'u ition, they remained true till 18(56. Mr Lowe had achie\ed a certain degree of social • reputation before thai time; but he had not risen to more I than a secondary position in Parliament and in adminicle- j tion. A vote of the House of Commons had compelled him to retiro from office towards the close of Lord Palmerston's last Ministry ; and in the reconstruction of the Government by Lord Russell Mr Lowe was not included. He was, therefore free as an independent member to resist to the uttermost ) the Reform Bill of ISG6, and he did bo with an eagerness, a brilliancy, and nn effect which made him the parliamentary hero of "the day. The success was the success of a single session; nothing in Mr Lme's previous career had given any promise of tlie faculties which he then displayed ; nothing that he has done since has exhibited the same powers of debate. " Single-speech llsimilton," who was a very nblo man, and made some ordinarily good speeches besides the one which has earred him his name, h.n a sort of parallel in singlesession Lowe. . . • Mr Lowe as a politician is essentially of the nan ow mathematical type. From arbitrary premises, economical and political, which are onlj half true to start with, and which, for their proper application, need sometimes to be limited, sometimes to be enlarged by other truths which Mr Lowe leaves wholly out of account, he reasons rigidly to results which offend common sense and a largor reason. He fancies that with a pretty Q. E. D. he can demolish facts staring linn ill the face. . , . A keen, forcible, narrow mind, a scornful and cjnieal temper, and a faculty of epigrammatic expression and of ludicrous illustration, are the qualities with which Mr Lowe ha 9 made his mark in public life. As a Finance Minister he lias show n excessive ingenuity and imperfect good sense. His frugality is often profligate. Ho understands, with the Roman orator and statesman, •what a large revenue may be found in parsimony ; but ho * does not perceive that a larger revenue lies in wise and productive expenditure. _Hc_isJike a husbandman who should etore up instead of sowing his seed corn ; or a peasant who hides his guineas in an old stocking instead of putting them out at interest. In business, Mr Lowe lacks a perception of relative magnitudes. He has no sense of the comparative importance of things, and will fasten on subjects which should be left to clerks, and w ill remit to clerks what ho ought to keep in his own hand". But w hatever may be thought of Mr Lowe, he has been true to himself; and this is to his credit, though it might be wished that the «jlf to which he is true •were in some respects other than it i*. Perhaps it is different from what it appears. Mr Lowe probably lias many excellent and amiable qualities which he has never disclosed to the public. He certainly has the courage of his opinions in their bold assertion , and in their thorough application within the limits of the discretion allowed to him. At the same time, no one can charge him with insensibility to the necessity of compromise in action.— Daity News. Ovkr-wobk. — No one will accuse us of being inclined to exaggerate the evil effects of hard mental work ; on the contrary, we have lately been at considerable pains to show that, within "wide limits, a constant and rather high degree of intellectual acthity is a preserver rather than a destroyer of nenous health. It must not he overlooked, however, that the above is true only when the conditions of ordinary hypicne are not outrageously violated ; and that the addition of severe and harassing anxiety will often turn an otherwise beneficial nervous activity into a source of grave evil, of which the inaml ty to sleep is one of the most frequent. Of the latter and too inevitable sourco of mischief we do not propose to apeak ; but of the paiticular anti-hygienic practices which are really responsible for a great deal of nervous mischief in hard-worked people it may be useful to^say a few words. For instance, with regard to the important question — How long a time should be regarded as the minimum that should be spent in bed each twenty-four hours? We are, of course, speaking only of adults; and we think we may place the minimum at six hours for men and seven for women, an additional hour, or even two being taken whenever it i» practicable. Then, as regards night-w ork : how far is that specially prejudicial? We believo that for the young it is really injurious by the mere fact of its being night-work ; but for those wkoso organisms arc consolidated we greatly doubt if it be at all injurious per se. But there are sundry conditions inexorably requiring to be observed if night-work is to do no harm. First of all, there must be no curtailment of ttie allowance of bed above-mentioned, and this allowance of repose should be taken in a continuous manner. A man who works till 4 a.m. should after that lie in bed till 10, and, if possible, should get an additional hour's sleep, and a meal after it, before beginning another evening's work. Secondly, the light by which he works at night should be very white powerful and steady, and should be carefully concentrated on his books or paper ; insufficient flickering, or too diffused light is one of the moit serious causes of brain irritation which afflicts some night-w orkers. Again, "if a man shall not eat, neither shall he work," as somebody has said ; and this quaint inversion of tho Scriptural maxim is especially true of the class of men who both work hard and work at untimely hours. Abundant supplies of nutriment, with a moderate ration of stimulants (taken chiefly or entirely with meals) arc necessary, and a ilnal pipt of tobacco beforo turning into bod is very ilcsirablo for those with whose stomachs tobacco does not disagree. On the other hand, it need hardly bo said that excess in alcohol and excess in tobacco arc among the most powerful causes of insomnia, and hundreds of casesof the latter which have hastily been put down to " over-work " are duo to one or other of these two bad habits. Thero is one cause of consideration — viz., Intent heart disease. We believe this fact is occasionally overlooked, and would recommend that its possibility should always be taken into account, and strict examination be made for the signs of cardiac mischief. It has sometimes happened that an almost chance investigation of the chest has revealed the existence of quite unsuspected disease, after every remedy directed to the nervous system had failed to remove insomnia. — Lancet. JornNALtSTic Coubtfsifs. — I have just been scanning the columns of a newly-started up-country journal, and I am charmed with the newspaper amenities which seem to prevail in some of tho lately scttlod districts of the interior. The paper I now refer to hails from somewhere in tho region of Goulburn Valley, and from its noticos to correspondents clip something like the following : — (< Snap. — Wo make it a rule to refuse insertion to communications which might be regarded as at all scurrilous. As a specimen of what we consider inadmissible to our columns on this ground, we refer you to the following passages from your letter : — ' Your rival contemporary should desist from the practice of throwing stones. He lives in a glass house of the most brittle construction, and should remombcr that a man who defrauds a poor and honest laundress of her just claim upon him, who makes a practice of assaulting his wife's mother with a coffee-pot, and who swills cheap beer in inordinate quantities at low shanties, and pleads the liquor law in defence of nonpayment of his score, is "hardly the proper person to call in question the actions of his superiors. As a drunkard, a woman-beater, a common cheat, cr an unblushing liar, your rival contemporary, no doubt, has the advantage over jou ; but when ho attacks you on the score of incapacity as a journalist, you may safely leave it to your readers, Mr Editor to decide between jou.' Tho foregoing, though undoubtedly but the plain unvarnished truth, we fain would consider to be within the meaning of the term scurrilous ; and, acting upon our opinion, we alwajs decline to publish anything of tho kind. At the same timo wo fully realise the justness of your remarks, and thank jou for putting us on our guard by giving us the really painful disclosures concerning our rhal which are contained in the other portions of your letter." — " Janus," in the Maryborough Advertiser. There is a comical old Frenchman, named Carvallo, who is the terror and plaguo of the landlady's life on account of the sly digs he is always making in regard to any Httle irregularity about the table. Ho delights to torment the old lady, and never lets the occasion slip of gning her n roasting. The other day — strange as it may seem — we had hash for supper, and in the portion to which Mr Carvallo was helped ho discovered a fly. So, taking tho ilv out \ery tenderly, and laying it on the table, with the most eminently sympathising countennnce, he exclaimed, " Poor lissel fellow! He's been ros', he's been stew, and now he's been make into has*, and he's been very mooch abuse, too, by z 1 operation ; he's loss a leg, he's loss a wing, und he's loss his head ; 1 \cry mooch pity him ; but nevare mind, poor follow, you have escape tho misfortuno to be eat, and you sail nevnre be harm again no more." During Hair-Cutting —Will ho cut it well, or Hlwll 1 look nn object for the no\t ten days » Will he ask me how I would like it cut ? Will he talk to me ? Will he blow upon me ? Will lie snip a bit off mj car ? Will he prick my lip when he trims my moustache? Will he tell me that my hnir is getting rather thin at the top ? Will ho ask me whether I have tried, or would like to try, their marvellous balsam, or their wonderful wash, or their unrn ailed restorative ? Will the brushing business bring tears into my eyes ? Will ho part my hair on the wrong side ? Will uncomfortable hairs get between my collar and my neck ? Will he not, when all is over, say — " Wil there be anj thing for the toilette." A man out West w ants a patent on an invention calculated to prevent the- bungling method of executing criminals Mint has no grown bo common. In case the vertebrae- of the condemned are not scientifically dislocated at the first fall, the rope instantly lowers tho victim safely to the ground, lassoes the shcnfland his assistants, jorks them iifly feet into the air and drops, them on the nearest picket fence. This device is known as the " Automatic Ate>iger." The St. Ca/heriue's News mentions the case of » young man from the country who recently got intoxicated in the City of the Saints, and starting for home after dark, struck the racerourse, and continued walking all ni"ht around the track. Towards daylight, ho thought there was an unusual ■•tneoess about the, road. • -

On one occasion tho counsel of an American Court took exception to tho ruling ot the Court on a certain point, and a dispute arose. "It tho Court please," said the counsel, "I ■wish to refer to this book a moment," at the same tune picking up a law book. ••There'- no u«c o' jou referring to any books! " eiehuniedthc Court, augnW " 1 lime decided the p'nt!" "Hut, jour honor,' 1 per-*i-,t< d tin* attorney. " Now, 1 don't want to hear .tn> more im the subject !" jelled the Court. " I tell jnu agmli I haw decided the p'nt." " I toll you you are wioiij; ' " ti-t«.rteil tlio coun-cl "1 »m right ! " reiterated the Court " D.irn n i"gg''r il' I ain't! " " I say you ain't !" perilled the counsel. "Crier!" jelled •he Judge, " I adjourn tins Court lor ten mimiios! " -\nd jumping from the Bench, he pitched into tho counsel, and after a verj- lively lively light placed him hors dv combat, after which business was resumed. But it was not long before another misunderstanding arose. " Crier," said the Court, "we will adjourn tins time for twenty minutes'" and lie was about taking oil' his coit, when the counsel iiud, i "Never mind, Judge — keep jour place. The pm't is yielded. I My thumb's out of j'int, and I've sprained mj* shoulder." | A young lady who let her lids drop on being spoken to j tenderly by a young gentleman is anxious to recover them, and otters a handsome reward lor their restoratiom A nautical gentleman of her acquaintance assures her that they conlri not have been properlj lashed or they would not ha\e been lost. I One of tho candidates of the Hawaiian legislature is in i favour of tho repeal of tho kanawai hookamakama. Unreasonable man ! Dit. Hright's PjiosrnoDYxn.— Multitudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Debihtj, Nervous and Liter Complaints, Depression of Sph*its, Delusions, Uniltncss for liusiness or Study, Failure ot Hearing, NigM, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &.c , whose cases admit of permanent cuae by the new remedy l'hosphodj ne (Owmic Oxygon), which at once alla\ s ull irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to tho enfeebled constitution, and rapidlj cu>vs c\erj stage of these hitherto incurable ahd distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers througout the colonies, from whom pamphlets containing testimonials may bo obtained.—Caution : He particular to ask for Dr. Uright's l'hosphodj nc as imitations are abroad; and atoid purchasing single ottles, tho genuine article being sold in cases only. — Aitv, i