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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

," FLIRTING AS FINE ARf.-Ths
sciente Of society amounts to little true
art unless a certain genius goes with
the knowledge; and who will deny
that there is certain natural gift for
social influence, as there is for all beau
tiful arts! Some persons have a rare
social witchery who have not any 9TH
er form of genius, and some women, of
very moderate abilities in other re-
spects, have an art Of pleasing that
amounts to fascination. Ole woman
in famous attire will gather q great
crowd of notables in grand house and
give them great supper, and all shall
be flat and dull while some winsome
little body, without any fiashy costume
or parade, and even without rare bean.
ty, will entertain her circle of guests
in charming way of her own, and
make them all at home with her and
each other. She plays upon their var
ious tempers and traits and associations
as master hand plays upon harp or
piano. l have sometimes thought that
wolnanly charm, and perhaps even
what in the best sense is called flirting.
could be made one of the fine arts, and
consesrated to charity, and even to
religion. That bright girl takes that
half a dozen stripllngs ia hand, and
touches each in turn with playful grace,
until they are willing captives to her
spell, and ready to buy her pincushions
or watch chains at the fair, or 90 to
her church and worship by hel prayer
book. There is line, indeed, beyond
which this flirting ceases to be a fine
art, and beeomes quite business-hke and
urtilitarian, a practical operation in
making market and bagglng hus-
banda useful but not always ideal
result. Yet. as the world goes, great
deal of true missionary work is done
by charming women in managing men
in an artistic and Legitimate way, and
the Virgin Mary has not all the work
OF such intercession in her hands or in
her eyes,, although Henry Heine
naughtily called her the counter girl of
the Catholic Church, who won over
the Goths and Vandals. DIR. Samuel
Osgood, in Ha1per's Magazine for
Nay. .t. ,.f
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

Only those women who have not the
money to dress can fully appreciate
the chrushing weight which society
ruthiessly heaps upon this disability.
10 be unable to :'dress" is to be treated
with almost disrespect in the car, the
boat, at the public gathering, in the
street, and the shop to be ignored !;
to feel the shrug of contempt, the sheer
OF levlty, and the smile of scorn to DO
thrust aside; to be laughed at; to be
unceremoniously displaced to be cru
ely driven out of good society; to
have your heart, your intelligence, your
thought, your virtue, your character
held as nothing against silk; to be
stung; to be outraged to be proscrib-
ed; to be insulted; all this and much
more for the lack of money so Dress"
1t matters net whether this rule of
society is right or wrong, the fact re-
mains to blight and to ruin. The fash
lonabls lady thinks nothing of paying
$75 for making dress, made up Of
forty yards Of silk, at from 81 to $40
per yard. These are the women who
rule the street, drawing rooms, theatres
dare we say churches. After such
the lesser lights take pattern. What
defence have the girls who who work
from "a to $40 per week against this
array?
The rich can be fashionable, the poor
cannot by honest means. The poor
Industrious shop girl look dpen even
$50 dresses and they ore beyond hef
reach. There is a $40 gulf between
her and them--between her and the
respect and attehtion of society Her
virtue will span the chasm. She longs
to lift the load of poverty, to receive
the caresses of society; to be freed
from bondage, She sells herself t.
shell for dress. After the first step il
taken, it is not long before all useful
labor. is eschewed, and the foul vice
made to be the only service of income.
This is NO picture, but what happens
every day, and is plain statement Of
how the recruits to bro,hels are made.
This mania for ddress'' il stiesasta-
ting our society and demoraliAink
American women to an alarming OK
tent The wives and daughters of the
rich men who lead society in this fears
full race Of extravaganza are respon=
sible for great share of the prostitu-
ton which curses the nation as well
as for thousands of business failures,
scattered families. and long train Of
miseries among us under the cover of
Keeping up appearances. Let those
who have the courage take this lesson
and act upon it. -Ic,.a.t...ais - }-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

= e nscxnAn WI. n. yowI1. .. .. DE1ArrAHH
nEcKHAM DELAPIANE / co.
GENERAL COMM SION NE bCHAN6,
AGENTS for sprague Mower. And dealers in
paw sAIT PLASTER, SEED, FERTILlzKR, &c
~' No Is KM0 STREET,
N ALEXANDRIA, VA.
p.r,aev,,r attention paid to the selling Of Flour,
On-. - feb 1S-f
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01
ShenaAdodh Herald.
ADVERTISING aAyrs :

Advertisements win be inserted n Exs peai1 -
quare Of ten lines, less for the f,st ist3qn md
90 cents for eaoh subsequent Insertion.
Unless the number OF Insertions be narAed uysu ~
manuscript, n win be published unlta svrsdd ~
charged accordingly.
Notices in the'localcGsann win IL 6stssts - a5ii
the advertising rates.
Advertisements for three month"; cr lonse- -. =.
serted at lower, rates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01
Yoftifxi.
A PRAYER.


God, comfort my beloved! Since not to me
The gracious task Is givcn, upon my breast
Tohold him safe from sorrow and from tears,
Wilt THOU not give him Joy, and peace and rest'
God, comfort my beloved.
Since It's net mine to cheer him on at morn
By tender words to tread his toisome way
Nor mine Mt noon to greet him with smile,
Nor mine to whisper love at close OF day.
God, comfort my beloved.
Like some scathed tree in solitary wood
Torn by the winters gale or bIghting snow,
He stands alone while beating rains descend,
And fercest winds with might resistless blow
God comfort my beloved.
would that could be some tender plant
Some evergreen or closely cinging vine,
That round and round this solitary tree
with close embrace my tendrils might twine
And comfort my beloved.
would that thus SO lovingly entwined,
A glow of warmth his dropping head might know,
And so caressing, shielding, guarding still,
And never parting, vine would grow
To comfort my beloved.
vain wish, vain hope, fate mocks the snaoo~y oros
Since not to me the gracious task Is given,
With ewes, hands, heart aud soul, appraised pray,
fwoud that my prayer could pierce the tender
Heavenly ..-
God comfort my beloved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

IJOOE JOHNSON, -..,..-.
= II II successor to Fowl b o) :
GENERAL oMMISSION MER HANTs,
For tue sale ofevery description of
FLOUR, GRAIN, COUNTRY PRODUCE &c
No. 2 PRINCE STREET, a'- aa
ts .- ALEXANDRIA.
Consignn,ents solicited Bags furnished when order
ed Agents New York Steamship Company. Goods
Forwarded fres Of connnnlssSoa. june Is
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

ArALTBY BOUSE,
M R. HOGAN, ...PsofaIHToD
BALTIMORE, Md.
This ouee having been thoroughly RENTED and r.
urnishsd renders its accommodations second to nons
n the eity june II
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

q FACTORY FULL CLOTH vv-,
G-4 For Bale by A. DANNEHs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

~ REEN'S MANSION HOUSE,
" ALEXANDRIA, VA.
JAMES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PROPRIETOR.
Is firsi-eass hotel in every respect. Tho citizens
Of valley having bushes in Alexandria or WAshing-
ton and travellers going North South, will ind this
agreeable resting place the route, as it does not
require the early start by several hours from WASH
ington or Baltimore. Cars and Steamboats, leave Al
ekAndria Washington and return every hour from
a.. NJ to ~ P. NJ. hss Jan. III
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

TAYLOR HOTEL,
AIN STREET, WINCHESTER, VA.
This house SO favoraby known to the travelling pub
10 has recently been rented and furnished in thu most
approved STYLE making it of the hrst class hotels IN
AZ Va,av ri virginia Nov. ST..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

Will run ia connection with all the trains and Steam
boats. Bar and Billiard Room attached Sep 2S-u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-01

THE CALM DIGNITY OF GENERAL LEE
amid these trying scenes, the deep
emotion with which the men heard his
noble farewell address, and crowded
arcu I'd t, shake his han l,how they wers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

rNO LBT-HANDSoMELY FURNISHED HOUSE. IN
complete order. three stories, high basement. 253
WeNTwenty fourth street Apply the premises. Fine
ncehborhood; Belgian pavement on street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

ITO LET-THE FIRST CLASS FOUR STORY HIGH
stoop brown stone front House No East Thirty sixth
street To desirable tenant the rent will be made sas
factory. For permit apply 10 II. ". LUDLOW CO.. No.
Pine street or 80 East Seventeenth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

HANDSOMELY FURNISHED FOUR STORY ENG
lish basement House in West Thirty fourth street,
Tor S2l2 per month Address HOUSE. box 1888 Herald
Uptown Branch Office
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

rNO LET-FURNISHED BROWN STONE FOUR STORY
English basement House. West Thirty fourth street.
near Seventh avenue. Apply to the owner 24o West
Forty fourth street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

1'O LET-FOUR STORY HOUSE 246 WEST TWENTY.
firth St four story House, 497 Seventh avenue; Store,
corner Fifty seventh street and Second Apply
nj 259 West ond street. or 10 O. r. WEEKS 2a
East Twenty NTH street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

1,o LET-THE HALF UPPER OR LOWER PART OF
1 high soop brown stone front House at 37 East
Sixty second street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

ITO LET-THREE STORY ENGLISH BASEMENT
i brown stone House, ISL West Fifty second street;
good location; portion reserved for physicians Office
rent 81 $50 a year. Call from to 4 r. NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

mo LET SALE OR EXCHANGE, FOR HARDWARE.
i House Furnishing Goods &c House Ia rooms. 4
Lots near steamboat landing and depot, Bergen Point
Address j. H., box $50 Herald office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

RIO RENT-A CORNER LIQUOR STORE AND AID.
Joining House tand Store) The corner has been occu
pied the above business for the last Ia This
property situated in the best business Of Sixth
avenue. CUFF FARQUHARSON,
Ill West Thirty tn street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

T,o LET-WELI. AND FULLY FURNISHED BROWN
stone House. 25x6) PA East Fourteenth street; rent
low TO desirable party.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

1NO LET-FURNISHED, FIRST CLASS HOUSES.
near 9th avenue, 9th. oath, 42d, 46th streets Mad
ison and Lee ington avenues, above AID street
SLADE u co. q Union square.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

no LET-THE FURNISHED HOUSE 266 WEST
Fourth street between Christopher and West Tenth
streets house In good order and well furnished; rent
reasonable. Apply to v. 5. WOODRUFF. 10 West Forty
sixth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

AN EXTRA SIZED ELEGANTLY FURNISHED FOUR
n story high stoop brown stone House to et-Four-
teenth street. near Fifth avenue.
II HODSON 4 CO., IT'S Fifth avenue,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

RIO LET-DwELLING NO. 10, WEST FIFTEENTH
j street w II. MUM, No. "a West Twenty 81 xth street
Before eleven after two.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

rTNo LET-FURNISHED IN WEST FORTY SEVENTH
street. full sized four story high soop House. supebly
furnished ana IN splendid order be leased from
70 three years rent low 10 responsible party Apply to
LAWRENCE, i92 Front street, lS West Forty seventh
street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

HANDSOMELY FURNISHED SMALL BROWN STONE
1 use..iurniturc Tor sale and House to rent or
would sell al together very handsome and convenient,
and not expensive Apply premises. 2i9 East seventy
second street or at lS7 Canal street SfISBEE
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

A T 5000 A YEAR-wITH CARPETS AND CHANDR-
~ ers four story brown stone House West Forty
second street. near st Cloud Hotel
WILLIAM TUCKER, 800 Fifth avenue
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

1NO LET-CHARMING FRENCH ROOF HOUSE.
i minutes from Liberty ferry, III rooms;
all improvements; rent $50 per month. Apply A. NJ.
CAPEN, 36l Broadway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-13

NUM-. the elegant House No West twenty ghti
street now occupied by the Army and Navy Clubs suit
office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
Remains of Aztec Civilization.
The Tulare (Cal.) Times of January
II has the subioined sketch =

The Tulare (Cal.) Times of January
II has the subjoined sketch =
P. d. Green informs us that in the
vicinity of Tehachipi there are numer-
GUS and varied remains and evidences
of ancient Aztec civilization. There
are on the sides of the hills, running
in different directions, well defined
aqueducts and bitches. The soil is a
firm cement, which does not wash away.
In these bitches, there are giant oak
trees growing, as large and evidently as
old as those of the surrounding forests,
showing that the bitches must have been
constructed hundreds and, perhaps,
thousands of years ago.
One of these leads to silver bearing
ledge on which shafts had been sunk,
and from the bottom of which shaft
drifts rum in different directions, showing
that the aborigines had mined for the
precious metal in the days of old. This
old mine was rediscovered by the Mar
beau brothers, known in this vicinity,
who worked for a. considerable time in
and from the self-same shafts first sunk
by the ancient inhabitants of this Con-
tinent. The lode did not prove as rich
as it was hoped it would, and the Mar
beau brothers finally abandoned it. In
running a water ditch through this re-
gion Green once had occasion to remove
a venerable oak tree.
In taking away the roots he observed
that Immediately under where the tree
had stood the soil was different from
the cement surrounding itpartook
of the nature of vegetable mould and
debris, being very soft and easily pene-
trated. Following down, an ancient
shaft was easily traced, and on removing
the debris was most clearly defined, the
walls remaining perpendicular, intact
and solid At the bottom of this shaft
the skeleton of man was found, imme-
diately underneath and covered by q
pile of ashes, remaining from some
ancient fire. The tree growing over
this shaft was evidently hundreds OF
years old, showing that the excavation
had been made long centuries before
the advent of the Spapiards,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
The Murderers' Plea of Insanity,

The public have often been asked to
believe that sane men do not commit
murders, and ingenious counsel have
repeatedly saved their clients from the
infiction of the extreme penalty of the
law by interposing the plea of insanity
at the outset of the criminal proceed
ings, and by holding steadily to that
plea through all the successive steps of
exception, appeal, re-argument, re-trial,
and petitions for the exercise of Execu-
tive clemency. These efforts are too
often crowned with success. Several
instances of the kind have occurred du-
ring the past two or three years, and
the men whose deeds of blood should
have consigned them to the gallows,
are pursuing their avocations unmo-
Tested by the law, and apparently as
sane as those with whom they daily
come in contact. The plea of insanity
having been accepted by a jury as a
condonement for murder, the murderer
walks abroad, though declared to have
been out of his mind, and he afterward
remains at liberty, to repeat his crime
at any moment when he pleases to do so.
The law which suffers this wrong to
exist needs immediate amendment. 1t
is essential to the well-being of society
that sufficient safeguards for human
life be provided by the act of the legis-
lative authority; and the constant null
tiplication of murders, followed by the
interposition Of the usual plea of insan-
ity and consequent responsibility,
proves that the danger of our present
methods is not to be regarded lightly.
A simple amendment of the law of homi-
eide would meet and conquer the diff
Guilty If, in a capital case, the prison
er interposes the defence of insanity,
the jury, if they acquit on that ground,
should be required to bring in a special
verdict announcing the fact; and if the
murderer be absolved from the death
penalty for that reason, the Court
should be empowered to restrain him
thenceforth. With consequences thus
punitory and restraining, the plea of
temporary alteration would cease to be
effective for the final release of the
criminal Escaping the gallows, he
would be compelled to pass the remain
der of his days in strict confinement
within the walls Of Lunatic Asylum
the community would no longer be in
terror of repetition of his bloody
work the majesty of the law would be
vindicated; and the dangerous classes
would pause before incurring the seri-
GUS risk of punishment only one de-
gree less terrible than that of death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
Professional Experts.

The Saturday Re0iew, in an article
upon the professional experts who tes-
tify upon questions of insanity, uses
the following forcible language: cit
is often said that lunacy is spreading.
We do not know how that may be ; but
at any rate there is one form of insanity
which is evidently getting worse and
worse, and that is the morbid delusions
of the mad doctors themselves. They
seem to be very much in the position of
the poor gentleman who thought that
all the people in the world were mad
except himself. There is nothing
which their morbid and distempered
imaginations will not pervert into evil
dence of raging lunacy. Their conduct
betrays all the familiar indications of
mental neutrality-suspicious., brood
ing over one idea, violent language, ex-
aggerated expressions, repetitions of
unmeaning phrases. 1t is time perhaps
that the weapons which they use against
the peace and order of society should be
turned against themselves. If grand
commission dc luaatico were held on the
experts, their evidence against each
other would probably be sufficient to
justify their all being locked up out of
the way.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
Taste i'm Dress.

1t is well to follow the mandates of
Dame Fashion to a certain extent, when
they are not injurious to health or
absolutely opposed to good taste 1t
does not show good sense to persist in
wearing garments so old-fashioned as
to attract attention neither is it sensi-
BILE or in good taste to adopt the ex-
treme of fashion, especially if that
fashion is, to say the least, of doubtful
beauty. For example, many ladies are
apparently unconscious of the ridicule
to which they expose themselves by
their absurd use of monstrous paniers.
This addition to dress can scarcely be
called ga thing of beauty in itself,
and when affixed in its appointed place
it sometimes produces most ludicrous
effect, and often positively deforms the
human figure. Why can not ladies of
really good taste show it by following
fashion in such moderation that they
can be distinguished from those who,
destitute of taste themselves, are forced
blindly to adopt every style, or to follow
the dictates of their dress makers =?
Especially for the street should such
costumes be discarded as will render
one conspicuous. A true lady never
desires to attract the gaze of rude eyes
in public places.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
" For ThOughts.v
'ansy on his breast she laid,

A pansy on his breast she laid,
Splendid and dark with Tyrean dyes;
Take it; tits like your tender eyes,
Deep as the midnight heaven, she said.
The rich rose mantling in her cheek,
Before him like the dawn she stood,
Pausing upon life's hight, subdued,
Yet triumphing, both proud and meek.
And white, as winter stars, intense
With steadfast fire, his brilliant face
Bent toward her with an eager grace,
Pale with rapture half suspense.
''You give mo then athought, o sweet ~
He cried, and kissed the purple flower,
And bowed by loves resistless power,
Trembling he sank before her feet.
She crowned his beautiful bowed head
With one caress of her white hand;
I" Rise up my flower of all the land,
For all my thoughts are yours" she said.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22

A Peoria man arose the morning after
n storm and found his dog kennel buried
under a drift as high as church. He
worked for half an hour to dig his dog
out, and then went down town and told
his clerks what he had done, adding,
"A merciful man is merciful to his
beasts" But after he had left home
the neighbors saw his wife and daugh-
ter shoveling paths through the snow,
and carrying in coal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22

A Newfoundland dog not long since
placed himself between his masters
child and the open CRATE toward which
it was crawling in Nashua, N. H., and
remainded there, though scorched and
blistered, until persons came into the
room and rescued the child. And some
body poisoned that dog the other day,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22

A bill making profane swearing a
penal offence has been introduced into
the Georgia Legislature,
, 1873-02-20
SOUTH EVANSTON.

The election at Boutl. Evanston, Tueaday
night, roaulted IN tho election Of tho following
gentlemen for Trustoes: Colonel ]. B. Adams
Collins Bhackelforl, sylvostor Goodenow,
Thomas II. Watson, and a. L. Warron, who will
hold their ofllco until the April election.
Tho LakeBdcs will meet tonight at tho resi-
denco OF j. N. Williams, ESQ.,, on 1Iinman
ayonno. Thoro are to 10 tho usual literary e1-
erclBea and tableaux.
rho TruHtooH Of tho village met Oh
Tuesday evening, bnt owing to tue sickness
Of Hugh Il White, tho attorneys Of the Board,
they adjourned to moet on tho ilrst Tuesday III
Maroh.
Tho festival and tabloaux given by the
ladies Of Bt Marks Episcopal Church at Lyon's
Hall, Tuesday night was quiet but pleasant
affair, The attendance was not as large as
might hayo beon expected, but all enjoyed
themselves,
b. L. Moody read the Bible last night at High
land Park. The hall WAS we'll filled and The
occasion yory pleasant aud nrnftahle one.