National Republican., 1873-12-11
MISS FAITHFUL oy america"

A London correspondent states that Miss Emily
.Faithfulrecently lee nred on "America" ut West.
bourne hail beforc large audience. ''Sho spoke
In her usual vigorous and straightforward way,
and It was lecture calculated to eniighton her
hearers upon tho political aud social condition
across the waters Tho only two things which
she saw In America which exooiled her snticlpa-
tions we've Niagara Falls and vassar college. Al
delighted BY the met that she never sa but three
drunken mon In America and not q single drunken
woman. She gave some nceount Of an interview
with Grant, In which the President seemed asN-
ious that all women should have the right to work
In any way, and Just us hard as possible, but was
.Faiihiuii has pisiniy not been Impressed by the
Wisdom with which the transatlantic world isyoy.
erncd, and has returned with the confession that
she prefers tho nominal Queen Of England 10 the
potcntate President OF the United States. She
thinks that tho women In America are by no
this country. have only space 10 note here tho
criticisms OF Miss Faithful, hut must take care to
say that her more numerous tributes to the char.
meter OF the American people, to their intelli-
gonee, and their homes were cordial and elo-
qucnt"
TIE faith In lcsson-bOOks and readings Is one Of
tho sup istI Inns OF the age. Even as appliances
to Intellectual culture books arc realty over
estimatcd. Something gathered from printed
tion; but, II gathered by observation of life mud
nature, 70 supposed NOT thus to enter. Reading 4
another mans faculties, Instead OF directly
through ones faculties; and such is the preynlli
blns that the indirect learning Is thought prefer.
able 10 tho direct learning, and usurls the name
oil cultivation. ....
wnES woman shall have learned that devotion
to IN ilealiked man II not her only object In Iic
she will havo advanced u long stride toward
the independence sh0 has so often crayed and
never possessed: To make her existence ~ IarEe
that loving Will not inonopOlIe It, u the secret
which will grant that social equality which will
make her less plnything, aud warrant her In
demanding respect aud affection.
A LOUISIANA turkey-cOck, mamie sting u de.
sire to "sct,n was recently placed upon thirty
common hon egas and, strange ns It may seem,
the gohbier stuck TO his nest with rnIsianry
that might have shamcd the frUHlts Of his race,
In due time the thirty eggs, every single one ul
them, hatghed out, but the gol,blcr proved . p,or
nurse, for his efforts to hover them were 20 awk.
ward that he killed nearly all Of them.
TnE great worrers OF lire are the so-cailcd
'litllc things" which are from day to ,lny ura,l-
justcd, tn they h,sten thoir victims Ike net.
THE men who die OF "oyerwork" are NOT 80 ulurl,
destroyed by their great and usofil lRhOrs rs hy
the yexatious trlhcs which they pccumulatg, till
thcy produce condition Of chronic fever and uli.
rest XIV.
A pAsnINs BELLE oi Green Bay, RIss., n Mis-
Ruth Taylor, few days since, was presented with
sill; dress for her galantry In taking hold uf n
snanner and helping to pull tho engine to lirr
The hrcmen have had To add two hundred foot
10 the rolc since then. All Tho girls want slii
'dresscH.
THErE Is nothing that viii SO dIsarm and de
press certain sensitive natures as conscious In
terlUrly of dress. Until degree of familiarity
@ nS Spr& &pt IL id OSS" "% arS T.
his dress either holds l,iIa ~ IN his Uwu scltTe
spsct or compcls hin MT Vi 70. splEcuAtvmpt
"YoUR future husband seem very eSdcilng; he
has been slipnlatinr Cor ali sirs 0I thlngs," said
mother to n daughter WIN was on ihr paint OI
being married. "NCyor mint mamml," sild tho
aHeclu lunatc girl, who was already hFlssp for thC
wedding, "thcse arc his last wishes"
An OLD MAN In Illinois chewod tobacco sxty
years, then took to hard drinking for twenty-five
moro, reads the paper by moonlight, walks -four
miles before breakfast i6r u dram, attends TO thi
wants Of his Old and feeble grandchildren AM
snperlntends The funerals OF the entire neighbo'
hood willI energy aud animation.