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$?2 per annum, to be paid before the year expiri JOHN H. ZITTLE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR $?2 per a mum, to be p lid before the year exp'res f amihj i\eu>spapev? Det3otc& to ?eiteral Intelligence, OlbDcrtising, Citerature, iilorcilitii, Agriculture, ~U*ts anb Sciences, Jttatkfts* &rc., Src. vol.. 0. SHEEtetoSTOWI. JEFFERSON COUNTY, VA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAIU'H -24, I860. NO- W 08?SCZ UKAt'lUCL Ll.N fcS T! pip is a wot 11 w# have not sppn. And ti HP can ne'er that world destroy , Where mortal I'oolftep* hath tint been ? No ear hath caught ihe sound of j ?y. There i-" a roei'?ti, Infiier far, Tii, hi s. g- 0 tiffin w or poeH sing ? ISrijhter than sifminer** beauties are, Atu! suit r than the tints of earing. TIiptc if a world with h!es?in<! ble?t, I'evond what prophets e'er foretold, \ ir inig!'1 '',e tongue o.' an angel guest, \ picture ??f that world unfold. 1 1 is hcAy and s'rene ! The tand of glory and repose ! No darkness dims the radietit scenp, Nor sorrow's tear within tt flows. It is not fanned hv summer's gale, "l is not refreshed by vernal showers ; I never needs the moonbeams pale. Nor are there known the evening hours. No, no ! that world is ever bright With azure radiance all its own ! The streams of uncreated light Flow round from the eternal throne. Tl ere forms that mortals may not see, Too glorious for tt.e eye to trace, And clad in peeiless majesty. Move forwaid with unaltered grace. In vain the philosophic eye May setk to view the lull abode, Or find it in the curtained sky ? It Is the dwtWn lace of God ! THERE'S ROOM LXOUUH FOR ALL. "What nerd of all this fuia and strife, Earh warring with his brother ? "Whv should wp, in the crowd of life, K^ep trampling down each oilier ? Is there no goal tlut c*n be won. Without a squ^ez* to ^a?n it ? No other way <>1 getting on, Bot scrambling to obtain u ? Oh, fellow-men, hear wisdom, then. In friendly warning c:dl ? ?'Yoor claims divide, l he woilil \* wide ? There's room enough for all!"' t&IZ jL' SjUsb ? rJ ifc U U J? The K.tMimorc Conference Resolutions on Slavery. The Baltimore Conference adjourned at tuchrsier. Va., Wednesday niglit. The committee on the memorials presented from Churches in Virginia, on ihe sub j ct of slavery, ask:ng the expunging of the rule on flavery; the dissolution of our connnction with the Northern Confer fnefs, am! the incessant agitation of the t-lnvtry question in our periodical lnera made a report. The report declines to expunge the rule, on the ground that the Conference "should yield neither to the extremists uf the North nor Soulh," and also declines a separation from the Northern Conference until forced to do go by a violation of its rijjhts, as now held under the discipline. It goes on : In reference to llie character of our lit erature alluded to, while wc deeply de plore the fact that it has, in some instan ces, b. c>me such as ?rc.iii neither sanc tion nor circulate, yet we are g!ad to know, as far as the newspaper press is concerned, we have an advocate of our own at Baltimore, in the ability of whose editor, an I in his fidelity to our interests, we can implicitly confide. There is another fact which wc beg leave to mention. The country is now unusually agitated upon the question of slavery, and the dissolution of the Union is spoken of with a freedom, and even sought, in some quartet, with an eager ross that .most painfully shucks our feel i.icrs of patriotism. Ciod forbid that this confederation of Stales should ever do aught to aid or promote these treasonable ill?- ign?. And it is onr deliberate conviction that another division of the Church would have a feariul tendency in that direction. At present there is not a Church in the land, whose government i9 strongly connexion nl, which is divided by strictlyState lines; not one. And we cannot but believe that any such separation must weaken the bonds which so happily hold us together as a nation. If the two sections of the Union cannot 1 hold together a* Christians, will they be able to do it as citizens and civilians ? While we, therelore, deeply sympathize with our brethren, the memorialists, in the troubles ahich they allege are upon them, we would affectionately remind them tjiat the General Conference is the p'nee where all such memorial* should he addressed ? that body possessing the sole legislative authority of the Church, the Annual Conferences being clothed only with administrative and judicial func tions. In vie v of the foregoing considerations, your committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions : Jiesolved, 1st. That we sincerely de plore the agitation of the slavery question 'i both in the Church and Slate, and earnest ly hope and fervently pray that this dis creditable and disastrous sttife may spee- j dily cease litsilvnf, 2J. That tfiis Conference, disclaims having the leant sympathy with | abolitionism. On the contrary, we are determined not to hold connection wiih any L>- lesiastical body thai makts lion fclavrholdtug a condition of membership in the Church, and thai we are opposed to 'any inquisition upon the motives underly ing the relations of master and tlave. Resolved, 3d. That the subject of sla very should be committed exclusively to the jurisdiction of the respective Confer ence in which it may be found to exist. IktsofvtH, 4 ill. That no ;tetion of the, i General Conference can influence us to | {violate our principles and practices, as in dicated in the f>reg >ing declaratfons; but j : that we will stand by the rights and in 1 terejsts of our people to the last extremity. Jiesolved, 5th. That our mission, as ministers of the New Testament, is to preach the Gospel of the Son of Cod, both to master and slave, and to devote our selves wholly to our appropriate work of I winning souis to Christ. Jiesolved , Oth. That we solemnly re I inonstrate against the continual aggressive i discussion of the slavery question in the i newpp.ipers and periodicals of the Church. Jiesolved, 7ih. That the publishing funds and establishments of the Church are common property, held in trust by the General Conference for our common and equal use. Resolved , 8t!i. That any such use of our cviinmnn publishing funds, newspa-j pers, period icals, <$:<?. , as precludes our people from ihe benefits of them, while ihey are in no filse or leg i li mate relation to the Union, but are faithful to its cove i uaiits, is an abuse o( trust. The resolutions were received with ap ! plause from the galleries and adopted | unanimously. Is the Millenium at Hand 1 The Rev. Or. Cumming, the note<i London preacher, believes thai we are upon the eve of ihe Millenium. In dis courses recently delivered in Leeds, he gave interpretations of pa-sages in the Hook of Daniel and the Apocalypse, which are novel if not convincing. We quote from a brief report in an English paper : He said ihe^jear 1807 seemed to end 6,000 years ?? tlie world's hi tory, and from the earliest periods onward it had been the almost universal belief that the six days of creation were typical of those 0,000 years, and that the seventh day of creation, or the Sabbath, was typical of the millenial rest of 1,000 years. But he would say that, supposing this were so, they were at this moment 110 years short of the 0,000 years. Il is a remarkable fact, ? 1 however, that the ablest chronologists ir respective of all prophetic theories, had shown that a mistake of upwards of 100 years had been made in calculating the chronology of the woild, and that the year 181)0 of the Christian era began not from the year 4.004 of the world's history, but in the ye?r 4,138, and that the year of Christ's hi th was live years before that or in 4,1 32. If his pietuises were J'ist. then tliev were ai that moment within seven years of Hie exhaustion of the 0,000 years j so that if 1867 was to be the termination o| this economy, they had arrived at the Sat urday evening cf the world's long and dreary week. If this were so, it was a magnificent thought thai there were come in that assembly who would never die. They were just plunging into days such as they had never before seen ; an Euro pean war was looming, more dreadful than that through which they had recently passed, and when these things happened lit would be seen that the sentiments he had uttered were not the dreams of fanati cism, but the words of soberness and truth. convinced that England would emerge from the m ills t of these vials of wrath ; she was seperated from ihe great apostacy at the era of the Kef<ir matron, and had never again joined her : and he believed there was now more living vital evangt lical Crisiianity in this country than there had been for 500 years before. His study of prophecy did not make him a gloomy, a desponding, or a sad man ; but whilst God's precepts taught him his duties, His providence lighted up his heart with the sunshine ofj Heaven, and gave him a lupe that bright ened more and more to the periect day. A Mother's Grave. Where can a letnpJe be lound more ho ly?where an alter more sacred, wherein and whereat lo worship w i ih SO pure a devotion? where the heart can pour out its must fervent aspirations ? where the offering of affection can so sincerely pre sent its sacrifice, as at a mother's grave? Ay, here it is, that memory delights to linger, delights 10 dwell, and cell to rec ollection the bright image, when by her side, sharing her joys and sorrows ? re ceiving instruction, blessings and comforts from the purity and kindness of a heart too holy and devotional for this life. Col. Paunileroy lias orgauized and in tends to lead a strong force against the In- ? dians in New Mexico, A Strange and Pretty Woman Falls in the Aram of a Bachelor in a ltailroad Car and Sleeps. The traveler who has been fortunate enough lo ait beside an unknown beauty in a railway cariia^e and has htd conver sational power brought into play by her spirit of sociability, can readily compre hend the bliss of a good looking bachelor whose car adventure we are about to re late. This worthy gentleman was a passen ger on the Central Railroad on Monday last, and happened to be in the car that was pretty well stocked wiih humanity. He had managed to retain a seat from the commencement of the journey, until the trfein had reached a stopping place wheie a fresh supply of travelers had entered n when he very gallantly surrendered it to an old lady a.id made up his mind to stand up a while. Now it happened that a young and stylish looking lady noticed the act, and so well pleaseJ was she to see an old woman treated politely that she at once removed the carpet bag froj> one end of the s at she occupied and invited the gentleman to take its place. Nothing loth, our hero accepted the modest invita tion, and was soon engaged in a friendly conversation with the belle of the train. They chatted in a lively style until "the shades ol night" were falling fast, when the young lady's utterance grew slower, then indistinct, and then ceased altogether, for she was sleeping. Not being disposed to follow her exam ple, the gentleman amused himself by watching his fellow passengers, and was only reminded of his companion's presence by her head touching his shoulder. Mor pheus had her completely in his folds, and by a series ol graceful nods she uncon sciously sought the support ol her rail road acquaintance. The bachelor was delighted at the first gentle touch, but his pleasures, when in the sweet abandonment of sleep her form nestled down until the whole weight bore entirely upon him baffles description. | The better to support lus heavy burden I lie placed his arm around her waist and gave himself up to the delirium of the mo | went. Aficr passing the next station, a gentle man entered the car containing the per sons above referred to and commenced examining the faces of each occupant, as though he were ti ti anarch of some friend. In the darkness of the hour he passed the sleeper and her supporter without notic ing them, and it was only when he turn ed to retrace his steps that the scene at tracted his attention. In a moment the shade of anxiety on his features were succeeded by a frown, and he stepped quickly to the side of the fair sleeper. As his hand fell heavily upon her shoul der, she started, opened her eyes and sprang to her feet, "blushing celestial rosy red." Before the bachelor could speak, the new comer politely informed him he would take care of his own wife if he had no objections, and straightway led the la dy to another seat. The explanation that ensued unfolded the fact that the lady had been absent for some time on a visit, and was then, relum ing to the arms of her faithful husband, whose impatience had led him to meet her half way. Eager to greet her, he had entered the car only to find her in the arms of a stranger. Of course, the stran ger told how it happened, but the frown did not pass away until they left the car. Ladies should be careful how they fall asleep on the wrong vest pattern. The Age. This is a fa*t age, and he who lags be hind and due* not,ite.ep ported in the re forms and improvements of the age, is of but little value to the present generation, or to himself, he may play the drone and eat the fruit of others labor. And when he dies his name u ill die and rot wilh his useless body, he will leave no land mark behind him to tell that he ever existed. How different the history of the man who keeps up with the age in which he lives, lie is always ready to aci and that promptly in all the reforms of the age. striving to do something noble andj useful, something tiiat will benefit the age in which he lives, he is no drone or slug gard, but his hands do wilh all their might whatever is presented to them that is useful and beneficial, his mind is also active, inventing something that will be useful, that will lighten the labor anJ bur ihen of mankind. Henry Winter Davit. The Christian Banner, a baptist paper, published at Fredericksburg, Va., thus comments on the vote of Henry Winter Davis to moke Mr. Pennington Speaker : "There is no peaceful locality for a traitor. Execrated by Heaven, scorned b) earth, hissed by Hell's deepest damn* ed, with legions of loathing vipers forever gnawing at the fountain of vitality, he is sent adrift through immeasurable space, continually lashed with a thousand scor pion thongs, while his awful wailings rend the air, *My punishment is greater than 1 can bear." Why are husbands like duugli ? Be cause women k-necd them. The Governor of Iowa ?n<l the Escape of Coppfc. Gov. Kirkwood, ol Iowa, whose duplic ity in preventing the ? arrest of Barclay Coppic in thai State, after a requisition from Virginia had been sent for hnn, was exposed in a recent message of (.Jov. Liv elier to the Legislature*, has sent a mes sage to the Iowa House of Delegates in tended as a reply to (3ov. L.'s charge*. (He asserts that the reason he did not is sue a warrant was the informality of the requisition, fie denies the charge that he sent information to Coppic, "directly or j indirectly," and says ? The fact that an agent of Virginia was here with a requisition for Coppic became publicly known in (the place soMy through the act- of that agent himself. I denied myself what I greatly desired, the privilege of consultation with gentlemen in whose opinion I had confidence touch ing the legaliiy of the>papers submitted to to me, lest the matter might thereby, through inad veriaoee:, become k.iown. After I had communicated to him my de termination not to grant him the warrant demanded, he sat in my office conversing freely with me on the subject. During our conversation otner persons came in on business w$th me, anil to my surprise he continued his conversation in their presence/ I saidito him that I had supposed he would not wish his business i to be made public, to which he replied that as the warrant hadtbeen refused he did not care who knewjhis business, and | continued the conversation. In this man ner the fart that a requisition had been made for ('oppic became known in this 'place, and I am credibly informed it wis well known in Iowa City to many persons that the agent of Virginia was on his way ( to this place with said requisition before lie reached here. ' ? "I wish I had. Capital." 1 This was the exclamation of a stout, hearty, but lazy young man, the other | day. | Now, suppose you had capital ? what would you do with it ? Let me tell you, you have capital. Haven't you got hands | and feet, and body and muscle, and bone and brains, and don't you cal them capi tal. What more capital did God give to anybody ! Oh ! but they are not money, say you. Hut they are more than mon ejk .. If you will u.*e them they w?!l nuke ' money, and nobody can take them from you. Don't you know how to use them? If you don't it is time you were learning. Take hold of the first jdough or hoe, 01 jack plane or broad axf that you can find, and go to work. Your capital will so ?n yitldyou a large interest. Aye, bui there's the rub ; you ijon't want to work, you want money or credit that you may 1 play the gentleman and speculate, and end by playing vagabond, or you want a plantation and negroes, that you may hfre an overseer to attend Jo them while you run about over the country and dissipate and get in debt ; or you want to inarrv some rich girl who may be foolish enough to take you for fine j clothes and good looks, that she may support you. Shame upon you ypung man ! Go to work with the capital, you have, you'll soon make interest upon it, and with it to give you as much mO|iey as you want and make you feel like a man. If you can'i make money upon what capital you have, 1 you couldn't make it if you had a million of dollars in money. t If you don't know how to use bone and muscle and brains, you would not know l)ow to use gold. If, you let the capital you have lie idle and waste and rust out, it would be the same thing, with you if you had gold ; you, would only know how to waste. Then don't stand about )ike a great helpless child, wajting for somebody to come and feed you, but go to work. Take the first work you can find, no matter what it is, so that you be sure to do it like Hilly Gray did his drumming ? well, j Yef, manage the capital you already! have ; you will soorf have plenty more to manage ; if you can't or wont't manage, ihe capital God bu* given you, you will never have any other to manage. Do you hear ? j The Legislature. Some one has given the Viiginia Index a sort description of our lav-makers in the House of Delegates. From a hurried gl nice at the names, we find that there are 52 farmers in the House ; 51 law yers ; 15 merchants ; 11 physicians; 5 ex clerks : 4 hotel-keepers : 3 mechan ics ; 3 editors ; 3 ex-merchants ; 2 a sheriff* ; 1 literary gentleman ; 1 politi cian ; 1 tobacconist* and 1 speculator in general. One hundred and seven of the members are married ; thirty-one are sin gle and thirteen are widower*. A Sharp Transaction ? An exchange paper s ates that a fellow in Venango county, Pa., profited in the following manner by the "oil excitement.** now prevailing so extensively in the Western and North-wes ern part of Pennsylvania : He bored a hole on hi* land, poured a barnlofoil in it, and then called his neighbors to see the largo yield. The re sult was that he sold his hnd for $2,000 in cash, pocketed the muuey, viled his boots and "slid." Til K SCOLD. -4 If there's one thing that is dreadful in 1 i f f , I It is <?? he lied to a turbulent w ife ; For she'll !>.. ni^li your joys, With her turbulent noise, And she's fieree in aitkek as a host of Se po)'.?. I have been in some houses whose own ers were rich, But, I tell you, I'd rather reside in a ditch, Than possess their whole store, | And a mighty sight more. It it all must be shared wuh a quarrel some bore. You may talk about terrors in viriots (or ins* On land, on sea, amid dangers and storms. Hut trie worst of litem all Are the terrors that fail * Ou the head of a man, in a feminine brawl. Her lonfitip will torment you by night ami by day. Till the llesh on your bones lias been wasted away ; Though to ple?!>e her inclined, She will call yon unkind. And will i ve yon no peace, but a piecr , ul her mind. AK ! often you'll wish some irspectable hearse Would bear to the grave either you or your curse ; i For what can you do ! With a termagant, who, The moment you walk hi, will walk into I )'ou f Don't bid on a woman accustomed to scold, If you g pi lipr you'll find you're egre giously sold ; If you marry a shrew, You will find it is true, When you've taken her in you're taken i in lo- . Progress in Arming Virginia. We understand that the Commissioners appointed by the Governor under the act for arming the Stale, have j ??s I returned from a vi*it of a week to Washington and Harper's Ferry, underlain n for the pur pose of collecting inforiiialloTT as to me besi description of arm#, am! machinery for the making of arms. While in Wash ington, they had repeated conferences aitli the ordinance officers of the Army and Navy, including Cupl. M.j. Ramsey, and Capt. Maynadier of the Ai my, and Capt. Dahlgren of the Navy, all of whom intcresfed themselves in the ob ject of the commission, and assisted the commissioners wiili iheir advice. The commissioners found a Hoard of OlTi eers convened by the sl-cretary of War, enga ged in lesiing all kinds ol small arms, and were advised by tlm Ordnance otlicers of both services lo relraiu from large puicha ses of breach-loading arms until further lefts had been applied. We believe that is the intention ol the Hoard for the pre sent to confine tl'eir purchases to the Minnie muskets arid rifle, and sabre* and pistols for cavalry J They intend pulling the armory in a condition for the manu facture of arms as soon as possible, and to make such purchases of arms as are need ed for the immediate use without necessa ry delay. As the U. S. Government does not sell the Minnie muskets and rifle, and no private company manufactures them as a regular business, some delay wiP occur in the purchase of them, especially as great precaution is necessary to avoid fraud and bad workmanship. The Hoard also contemplate additional experiments at Lexington, with breech-loading arms and rifled cannon. ? Richmond Dtrpaich. A Substitute for PreserYe*. A lady writer in an exchange, comma* nicaies the following bit of infoimation obtained where she "took tea last ??A dish of what I took to be prtserve* was passed to me, which, upon tasting, I was 8 u i priced to learn contained no frui . The ease w nli which it was prepared, and the trifling cost of matetials, are not its chief recommendations, for anlt-s* my lasting apparatus deceived me, si it i> not usually wont to do, it is emphatically a lip-top substitute for apple-sauce, apple butter, tomato preserves and all that so t nf thing. Its preparation is as follows :j Moderately boil a pint of molanses from five to twenty minutes, according lo its consistency, then add three eggs tho roughly beaten, hastily stirring them in, ind continue to H(m| a few minutes longei, when season with a nutmeg or lemon. ' To Makf. Gkay Hair Black. ? It is Mated thai <* liquid thai will color the hu man hair black, an I nut stain the >km, may be made by taking one part of b^y rum, three parts of olive oil, and one part of good brandy, by measure. The hair iimi i be washed with the mixture evtrv morning, and hi ? thort time ihe use of it will make the hair a beautiful black, without injuring ii in th^e least. The ar ticles must be of the best quality, mixed in a bottle, and always shaken well before being applied. ? Valley Furmtr. A Mack?republican, who idisginfa that t r f, itor of the Harrisbnrg 'I e'e^Nph ha? lione Itun iiiju?ticc, demand of the ed iior 10 ,4Jo him injustice." The editor replies that lie cannot, on account of lh? high j>: ice of liemp. A couple of Kcntuckians lately visited Boston, and sat down to dinner at the Re vere Home. Codfish baiU were served at the t ble, and one of the keninefcians : taking tliem for corn-dodgers,^ ptocreded to brake one in two. (jetting t he e cent of it, he turned to his partner and remark* ed, in the tno*t 'solemn manner, 4,Somt illing dead iu that, Tom ! Col. Henton on^e said that Senator Douglas' coal tail was too ri??se to the liroiind for him ever to be President, It is said there are four primer# in tho ptesent Congress, w !io got there by keep ing bail company. ??In short, ladies and jrendemen,'* paid an overpowered orator, "I can only say ? beg leave to add ? I desire lo assure you, that I wish 1 had a window in my bosom, so \ on mijjlit see the emotions of my heart.'' \ i-l?.?r boy in the gul'ery : " Won't a pane in the stomach do, sir V* "Why, uncle Dew little, how dew you dew ? Dew come and rest a little w hile, dew ; how does aunt Fanny dew, nr.il how is she dewing now ? And dew tell us about the news ? and how the children drew, and how docs the craps up your way diw.M He that willingly takes from my good name, unwilling!) -adds to my ieu;yd. M<?re 1 1 e :i r l ?* pine away in *rrret ?n? guish, for the want of kindness from iIm?*h who ?hould be thoir com lor tors, than for any oilier calamity in life. If we work upon marble, it will peripf ; if we uork on In a?*? time will etlace it ; if we rear temples, they will crumble into du?t ; if we work upon iminoiul minds ? if w e imbue them w uli h principles, v\ ith a just fear of (I oil and of their lellow - men, we engrave on the>e tsblels so#i*e thing winch no time csn elfire, but which wiil bi iif hten to all eternity.? Daniel " If'ebsftr. li is a shame tint there are mnnv jami Iit'8 dial do not take a j?.i j*?t. If 1 1 ? % y would ronuitJfr the advantage* it &fl"rd?, tlu'V won !?!, it reasonable, immediately subscribe lor a paper. Every man ought lo pay his debt*, ** near as possible, ii lie 19 honest he u ill ccrlainhj try. A Western editor lays : ??Wood, chips, coke, coal, corn-cobs, feathers, rutin, *aw dust, shavings, splinters, dry Irate*, "Id r;jgp, It nee rails, barndoors. Hints, or any thing that Mill burn or stiikw fiie, ukeu on subscription at this ofiice.* It is a/i old saying that Time wails for no man, but the lair sex would have us believe that he ii gal ! an t enough to Matt for the lailics. An artist painted a cow and cabtvgc to natural thai ihpy had i?? be ?r|>ar?teti ? tit** cow having i Oiuui triced eating the cab bage. The barber who d rested the head "f a barrel lias been engaged to curl the lock* of a canal. The best light to light a man ihglngJi the world, is a pair ol gentle, bright eyes in a loving companion. A man who was sentenced to he tiling was veiled by hi* Wife, wtitt #aid? ?My (tear, would y*u like the ihildien to sit) you executed ?' **No,' rej lied he. ?Thai's just like you,' said *t?e, *(t>r you never w anted the children to have * little enjoyment. Doctor, saio a youne Mi**, of ihe ? heeled modesty to liool.' *Ma aent me to tell you thai nMer Maria Kufhemu hol ey Louisa Minerva Klmiy Jane has got a ?>re above the jm*l of lirr led fuot, bt ureen H?? wristjand shoulder.' u A minisirr j ailed at the lmu*e of ? y friend of hia iht; other day, and foutid the wHe in tears. / < 'What i* the mailer, my food eie^T *Uh my djar JoLn, my i?m<1 hu?Mp. has iuu d??J ?nh Hidow Ottith -nd I'm out of snuff.' ; Pompey said he onee worked for# man who raised hit wages ftn high that ho cojld only reach thea? once in iwb ytaia. A man in battle ia not allowed lo whis tle to keep hit coumge up, and th? whi*l> ling ol the bullets duesn't have thai tsu* dency. 'I'he best way to bumble a proud man ia to take no notice of bun. > ff-od cure for dyspepsia, ia lo collect biiia fur a newspaper, It that don't gi?? too an appetite, you might aa well a?-l| your stomach for tnpe and be done with it. ??Whit's in a dress !" asks a popular writer. Sometimes a good deal, and sometimes a precious little ? -ii