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Show SOMETHING ABOUT KISSES- The Chicago Inter. Ocean observes that there have been some famous kisses iu history, aud some have been important in shaping political events. And it instances: When Cardinal John, of Lorraine, w s presented to tlie Duchess of tiavoy, she gave him her hand to kUe. The great churchman church-man was indignant. "I'll not be treated in this manner," said he; "I kiss the queen, my mistress,and shall 1 not kiss you who are only a Duchess?" Duch-ess?" And despite the resistance resist-ance of the proud little Portuguese princess, he kissed her squarely in the mouth. Voltaire w;is once publicly pub-licly kissed by the young and lovely I Countess dfi Villura ivhn .-..n wuuirsa u v mars, wno was compelled com-pelled to this salute by the clarquen in the pit, wh were mad with enthusiasm en-thusiasm over the great writer. Georgiana, dutchess of Devonshire gave Steel, a butcher, a kiss for a ote, and auotuer lady, equally beautiful. beau-tiful. Jane, dutches of (.ion Jen, re-emitd re-emitd a regiment in a.-imilar manner. man-ner. Shewas in the h ibit of putting a shilling between her teeth, thonum usually handed to reiruiis lo bind the barg: in, and invited ai;y man who lilhd the pinsical requirements of a soUier to take the silv-r from its pi ce, and become one of the famous Niuety-setond. Said Daniel O'Connell, in securing votes (or his favorite candidate, "Let no woman salute the man who voles against them." Of course he carried the day. The portrait painter, Gilbert Stuart, once met a lady in Boston who said to him: "I have just seen your likeness, Mr. Stuart, aid kissed it because it was so much like you." "And did it kiss you in return?" said he. "No," rephtd thelauy. "Then," returned the gallant painter, "it was j not like me." Speaking of kissing, the remarks of Kev. Svduev Smith on the subject are rj;irtirnlnrlv 1 1 pertinent: "We are in favor." says he, "of a certain amount of shyness when a kiss is proposed, hut it should not be long; and when the fair one gives it, let there be soul in it. If she close ner eyes and sigh immediately after it, the (fleet is greater. Sue should be careful not to slobber a kiss, but give it as a humming bird runs his bill into a homy suckle deep, but delicate. Tuern is much virtue in la kiss when woll delivered. We have the memory of one we reeeired in our youth which lasted us forty years, and '. we believe it will be one of tho lust' thniRs we shall think of when wo die. ' ' j |