accepted

   as the lord of their hearts' affections, and firmly united with one, his "chosen love," beneath the same bright star that rules their destiny for ever. The common confectionery make-believe kisses, wrapped in paper, with a verse to sweeten them, won't answer with them. We are certain they won't, for we once saw such a one handed to a beautiful young lady with the following:—

    I'd freely give whole years of bliss,

    To gather from thy lips one kiss.

   To which the following prompt and neat response was immediately returned:—

    Young men present these to their favourite Miss,

    And think by such means to entrap her;

    But la! they ne'er catch us with this kind of kiss,

    The right kind hain't got any wrapper.

   If you kiss a Mississippian gal she'll flare-up like a scorched feather, and return the compliment by bruising your sky-lights, or may-be giving the

    quid pro quo

   in the shape of a blunder-

    buss

   . Baltimore girls, more beautiful than any in the world, all meet you with a half-smiling, half-saucy, come-kiss-me-if-you-dare kind of a look, but you must be careful of the first essay. After that no difficulty will arise, unless you be caught attempting to kiss another—then look out for thundergust. When a Broome girl gets a

    smack

   , she exclaims, "If it was anybody else but you, I'd make a fuss about it."

   "

    She

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