Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-09-06

What constitutes true nobility1
Not wealth, nor name, nor outward pomp,
nor power;
Fools have them ali, ana Vicious men may be
The idols and the pageants Of an hour,
But 'tis to have good and honest heart.
Above all meAnnoss, and above ali crime,
And act tho right and honorable part,
In evcry circumstance of place and cline.
Things Wise ~ o Otherwise
1t is said that Beecher Is writing a
Ave act drama for Edwin Booth. Tho
hero is John Brown.
Don't touch the Lutte when drums nre
resOunding. A wise man remains still
when fools are speaking.
Tho city OF st. Paul had population
Ii 1900.
The entire population of ireland Is
estimated by the Registrar General at
1851 ,625 In the middle Of the year
1865.
An ungrntefnl son nj Boston, named
William Wallace, stole his mothers
feather bed, worth $40, and sold IL for
81, to take his girl riding. tho other
day.
Mamma.-."Charlic, L was very much
shocked to hear you singing Pop goes
the Weasel I'm churchill
Charlie--''Well, mamma, I saw every
body was singing-and 1t was the only
tune knew"
"Were you guarded In your conduct
while I'm New York 2t said u father To
his son who had just returned from his
visit TO the city. Eyes, sir, part Of tho
time by two policemen.
A Boston journal contains tho fol-
lowing advertisement: "a young gem
tleman on tho point Of getting married
IL desirous OF meeting q man of expert
ence to dissuade him from the step"
"What fine head your boy has ?"
said an admiring friend. "Yes,n said
tho fond father, she's chip OF the old
block-ain't you, my boy % .Yes,
father,n replied the boy, simy teacher
said yesterday that was young block
The Titusville, Pa, Herald says:
Base ball 10 raging fearfully through
out the oil region, sparing neither age
nor conditions. We eat base ball, talk
IL and act IL. The other night one of
the deacons of church In Franklin,
winding mp y petition To the Throne of
Grace, said: sAs we start for u home
run to Glory, don't let US by the devil
be caught OH the fiy!'"
Mr.. Hunt, In his volume ON tho
"Fourth Estate" thus sketches the pc
culiar duties Of n journalist:
",Fhe man who once becomes n jour
nalist must always bid farewell To inen-
tai rest or mental leisure. III he full
fills his duties truthfully. his attention
must be ever awake to whHt In passing
in the world, and his whole mind must
be devoted TO the instant examinakion,
and discussion, and record, or cWFvcnt
idlencss, with such literary labor ON his
shoulders. He has no days To spend
on catalogues, or In dreamy discursive
researches in public libraries. He has
no months 10 devote t0 the exhaustion
Of any one theme. What lie hns To
deal with must be taken up nc n mo-
mcnt's notice, be examined, tested,
and dismissed at once; and thus his
mind h ever kept occupied with the
mental necessity Of the worlds passing
hour"
The BABY.--Who knows not tho
beautiful group Of babe and mother,
sacred la nature, now sacred also In the
religious associations Of half the globe?
Welcome to the parents In the puny
struggler, strong In his wenkn his
little arms more Irresistible than the
soldiers, his lips touched with persua-
sion which Chatham and Pericles I'm
manhood had not. The small dcapot
asks 80 little that all nature and reason
are on his side. His ignorance Ii more
charming than NIL knowledge, and his
little sins more bewitchiBg than any
yt0tss A ~ Il A..
four sleeps, he COOS like pigeon-house,
sputters and spurns aud puts on his
faces of importance; and when he fssts
the little Pharisee fails not tn sound
his trumpet before him. Outof blocks,
thread-spools, cards, and checkers he
VIII build hi. pyramid with the gravity
Of Pallado, With an acoustic apparat-
us OF whistle and rattle he explores the
laws of sound. But chiefly, like senior
countrymen, the young American stud
les new and speedier modes of tralspor-
tation. Mistrusting the cunning OF his
small legs, he wishes To ride on the
neck and shoulders 0f all flesh. The
small enchapter nothing can Withstand
no seniority oi age, no gravity Of
grandsires, grand .damcs--alI fall an
easy prey he conforms to nobody, all
conform 10 him all caper and make
mouths, and babble and chirrup to him.
On the strongest shoulders he Rides, and
pulls the hair 0fiaurelcd heads. --R. w.
Emerson. a leIaas 4l
MODERN MoTHERs.-A writer I'm tho
Independent says: Imagine moth
or Living on such sweets and spices IN
would BIO as distasteful to the hungry
chsrub as its persistent grasping at tho
diamond ear.bobs would be annoying.
No !! Mol The tastes and requirements
Of gaycty and maternity are incongru-
GUS. Life, to lie cfiectiye, must be kept
simple. Fashion Is exacting, aud will
not lot her votaries divide or suspend
their worship. Babies, she says, orao-
nlnrly, ARE vulgar, They are trouble
some, and spoil the shape. My dears,
do better with your lives. Keep your
charms, and display them not at home.
Encourage the beautiful; tho useful
encourages itself. Adorn and glitter
Tempt batteries, and live upon them.
till you die! And they dare not ques-
tion or demur. The sweet boy who
nearly cost his mothers life must be
put away. Her life IL too precious to
be given to him for whom he was
saved. Once . day, or once a week, is
as often Ms abe can see him. She must
not stop In the dance TO think If he In
well, and warm, and sleeping. Resign
him she must to the purchased mercy
Of the stranger woman, and risk her
future and his forever" ss
SPEAKrEG Cross. You gain nothing
by q harsh word. What that boy
broke the pitcher, or puts his elbow
through the glass: do you mend either
by applying harsh epithets to him?
Does u make him careful In the future?
Does he love you better? nark, he is