As to the book itself. «
The short editorial from Jeff only “a fil
ler.”
Former indictment. Same case now.
Prosecution entering its -fiffh year.
Defendant will pray the Court to charge
you, that each pieces of literary work must be
judged on its own merits, and with reference
to the character of the subject; the object
which the context shows its author had in
view; and the established standards prevail-
As to the average woman, she won't love a
coward, if she knows it; and the wildest
scamps in the community are apt to be the
fascinators of the sweetest girls.
Don’t ask me why this is so, because I
can't explain it upon any other theory, than
that which makes a Book of Sermons the best
place to hide something in.
Didn’t the women start the French Revo
lution ?
Didn’t the women set fire to the com
bustibles, and throw our country into the war
fever, in 1861 ? They certainly did. Who
started the Franco-Prussian war of 1870?
The Empress Eugenie.
Who instigated the Civil Wars in France?
Queen Catherine de Medici.
Who pushed Charles the First into his
fatal conflict with the British Parliament?
His wife, Queen Henrietta.
Who caused Louis XIV. to repeal the act
of religious toleration, and plunge France
into the awful persecutions known as the
Dragonnades? Madame De Maintenon.
Who engulfed King*Louis XV. in the
Seven Years War, and lost France her im
perial colonies? Madame De Pompadour.
Who was Russia’s greatest conqueror?
Catherine the Great.
Who first put England’s navy in the proud
position which enables the national song to
ing among the highest-class of writers in that
particular sphere of authorship.
