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Year: 1875

A cotemporary, speaking of heroic
women, says, as rule, that bravery and
heroism do not accompany beauty, and
instances Joan of Arc, who was not
handsome, though a true heroine; the
Maid of Saragossa was also a very plain
person; also naming other instances in
corroboration of the idea. The rule is
not an infallible one, certainly, and no
doubt by little research one might
easily support the opposite proposition.
Without time upon our hands to rake
over the musty records of the past, one
striking instance of beauty and heroism
combined occurs to us, relating to the
lovely Madame du Frenoy, French
lady of great personal beauty, and who
became famous for her extraordinary
and gallant conduct on more than one
occasion. She was remarkable for the
delicacy of her beauty, and its refined
and touching character, yet she could be
bold when the occasion required-bold
as lioness.


Madame du Frenoy was once on board
of polacre in the Mediterranean,
bound for Genoa. 1t was during the
wild days of Algerine pirates in those
waters, and corsair attacked the vessel.
The rover ranging alongside by means
of his strongly-manned sweeps, poured
broadside into the polacre, then cast
ing his grapnels, prepared to carry the
vessel by boarding, the piratical captain
leading his men and cutting down all
before him. The crew of the polacre
made stout resistance, because they
knew that to yield was simply to be muir
dered half hour later, but being so
largely outnumbered they began to be
disheartened, many of them lying dead
and bleeding upon the deck. 1t was a
very unequal contest-a peaceful crew
defending themselves against an organ
lied band of corsairs, and the polacre's s
men were about to submit to the enemy
when the tide of battle was suddenly
changed.


Madame du Frenoy rushed out of the
cabin with pistol in her hand and shot
the leader of the pirates dead; then
seizing cutlass from dying sailor, she
cut with vigorous arm right and left
among the corsairs, giving terrible
wounds in their faces and upon their
heads. She seemed endowed with SUI
perhuman strength, and paused In
amazement, actually dazed by her won
drous beauty and her deeds. The crew
of the polacre rallied at the sight, and
drove the invaders from their deck. The
pirates thought that Saint had come to
theprotection of the polacre, and SO made
hasty retreat.


For this brave and gallant conduct
the Grand Master of the Knights Of
Malta sent, as present, costly brace.
let of rrlbies to Madame du Frenoy, and
she was received with acclamations by
the people of Genoa.
Year: 1875

Oliver Wendell Holmes writes: "Our
landlady's daughter is young lady of
some pretensions to gentility. She wears
her bonnet well back upon her head, which
is known to all to be mark of high
breeding. She wears her trains very
long, as the great ladies do in Europe.
To be sure their dresses are SO made only
to sweep the tapestried floors of chateaus
and palaces; as those odious aristocrats
of the other side do not go dragging
through the mud in silks and satins, but,
forsooth, must ride in coaches when
they are in full dress. 1t is true that,
considering various habits of the Ameri-
can people, also the little accidents which
the best kept sidewalks are liable to, a
lady who has swept a mile of them is not
exactly in such a condition that one
would care to be her neighbor. But
confound the make-believe women we
have turned loose in our streets Where
do they come from? Not out of Boston
parlors, I trust. Why there isn't beast
or a bird that would drag its tail through
the dirt in the way these creatures do
their dresses. Because queen or a
luClooo WCttIS lOuS IOUtS Ou SICde OOSo-
sions, maid of all work or factory girl
thinks she must make herself nuisance
by trailing about with her-pah that's
what I call getting vulgarity into your
bones and marrow. Making believe
what you are not is the essence of vul-
garity. Show over dirt is the one attri-
butte of vulgar people. If any man can
walk behind one of these women and see
what she rakes up rs she goes, and NOT
feel squeamish, he has got tough stom-
ach. 1 wouldn't let one of 'em into
my room without serving them as David
served Gaul at the cave in the wilder
ness-cut off his skirts, sir, cut off his
skirts. Don't tell me that true lady
ever sacrifices the duty of keeping al
about her sweet and clean to the wish O.
making vulgar show. won't believe
it of lady. There are some things tina
no fashion has a right to touch, ant
cleanliness is one of those things. If {
woman wishes to show that her husband
or father has got money which she want
and means to spend, but doesn't know
how, let her buy yard or two of sill
and pin it to her dress when she goe
out to walk, but let her unpin it befor


she goes into the house"
Year: 1875

Never cut flowers during intense sun
shine, nor keep them exposed to the sun
or wind. Do not collect them in large
bundles, or tie them together, as this
hastens their decay. Do not pull them,
but cut them cleanly off the plant with a
sharp knife-not with scissors. When
taken indoors, place them in the shade
and reduce them to the required length
of stalk with a sharp knife, by which the
tube, through which they draw up water,
is not torn and mutilated, and the water
is permitted to ascend freely whereas,
if the stems are bruised OF lacerated, the
pores are closed up. Use pure water to
set them in, or pure white sand in q
state of saturation, sticking the ends OF
the stakes into it, but not in crowded
manner. If in water alone, it ought to
be changed daily, and thin slice should
be cut off the ends of the stalks at every
change of water.
Year: 1875

Too meek by half was he who came
A-wooing me one mC-n,
For he thought SO little Of himself
I learned to sl:are his scorn.
At night had 4 suitor, vain
As the vainest in tho land;
Almost he seemed TO condescend
In the offer of his hand.
In one who pressed his suit, missed
Courage and manly pride;
And how could think of such one
As a leader and guide?
And then there came a worshipper,
With such undoubting trust,
That when he knelt he seemed not worth
Uprais sing from the dust.
The next was never in the wrong,
Was not to) smooth nor rough;
So faultless aud so good was he,
Tliat that WIS fault enough.
But one, the last of all who came.
know not how to paint;
No angel do / seem to him


He scarcely calls me saint!
He hath such sins and weaknesses
As mortal man befall;
He hath thousand faults, and yet
love him with them all.
He never asked me yea nor nay.
Nor knelt TO me one hour;
But he took my heart and holds my heart
With lovers tender power.
And bow, as needs I must, and say,
In proud humility,
loves might is right, and 1 yield at last
To manhood's royalty.
Year: 1875

BOXING THE EARs.-The drum of the
ear is as thin as thin paper, and is
stretched like curtain between the air
outside and that within and thus, hav-
ing to support 1t, and being extremely
delicate, a slap with the hand on the side
of the face, made with the force which
sudden and violent anger gives it, has in
multitudes of cases ruptured this deli
cate membrane, resulting in the affection
of deafness for life, AS the right hand
Is almost always ttsed, it is the left ear
which is stricken !; this aids in account
ing foa the fast that the left car is more
| frequently affected with deafness than
! the right.
Year: 1875

The Chicago Tribune thus plausibly
explains the increase in the divorce bust
ness "Under existing laws a woman
can recover through tho aid of an idiot
jury such heavy damages from default
ing lover that matrimony and divorce
are preferable to a suit for breach of
promise as being cheaper and less an
noying. The coming man will marry
and desert instead of paying heavy dam
ages for momentary weakness"
Year: 1875

The Burlington HaUkeye thus refers
to Spring Hill, one of Burlington's most
fourishing suburbs /: ''And here it was
only yesterday morning that the favor
ite dog of one of the most respected
families up there-a dog which never ate
a mouthful of anything in his life with
out napkin under his chin and solid
silver fork in his paw, crawled under the
barn and dragged out sk-sku- -skun-
well, we forget what they did call it, but
it was awful, and when the dog went
into the parlor and crawled under the
sofa, he had the entire house to himself
until the gentlemen of the family came
up from down town."


In the Cincinnati Commercial we find
some interesting figures relating to mu-
nicipal debts. Following is compare
tive table of the existing public debts of
the principal cities at the latest date pub
lished
Year: 1875

+ liling a paper is nice business. Ii
we publish Jokes people say we are rattle.
headed. Ii we omit Jokes they say we
ale an old fossil. Ii We publish original
matter they damn US for not giving selec-
tions. Il we publish selections folks say
We are lazy Tor not writing something
they had not read in some other paper.
II we give man complimentary notice
we are censured Tor being partial. Ii we
DO not give complimentary notices folks
say we are hog. If we insert articles
that please the ladies, the men are
jeslous. II we do not cater 10 the wishes
oil the ladies The paper is not lit to make
hustle OF. II we speak we'll oi the acts
of The President folks say We dare not do
otherwise. II we censure him we are
called traitor. II we remain in our
office and attend 10 our business, lolks
say we are too proud 10 mingle with our
fellows. Ii we 90 out they say we never
attend to our business. ii we do not pay
our bills promptly folks say we are not
TO be trusted. Ii we do pay promptly
they say we stole The money. Ii we
wear poor clothes they say business is
bad. Ii We wear good clothes they say
We never paid for them Now. what is
u fellow to do' Some may say we stole
this item from some other paper; and SO
we did.
Year: 1875

CHARLIE Ross. In conversation with
a reporter of the Philadelphia Times, on
Friday morning, the father of Charlie
Ross said " If my boy had been found,
you may rest assured that the press of
Philadelphia and the country would
know of it Immediately. | feel too
grateful for the deep interest they have,
in common with the general public, man
ifested in his welfare and recovery to
keep the tidings, whether good or bad,
from them an instant. In ten days or a
week / expect that Westervelt will be
brought up for trial, and then his con-
nection with the case may be thoroughly
ventilated. Westervelt says the boy
was alive when his brother-in-law, Mosh-
er, was killed, and this part of his story
believe. But he has told so many diff
ferent stories about his connection with
the matter that it is difficult TO know
which to credit. / feel satisfied that he
was one of the parties interested. Char
lies mother has abiding faith that her
boy is in the land of the living, and will
vet be recovered. 1t would be relief
to us to know his fate-whether dead or
alive. We are constantly receiving re-
ports, all Of which we follow up"
Year: 1875

There is time enough to do many
things, if the person is seriously concen-
trated in his work, and does not squander
his mind and time by half work, Moth
ing is so bad as that. There are many
persons who think they are working
when in truth they are only dawdling
over their work with half attention
There is time enough thrown away
every day to enable any one earnest
mind to do more than many man does
with his whole day. All depends upon
love of the work on which one is engag-
ed, and in concentration of ones facul-
ties. 1t is, in my opinion, better to be
utterly idle, and lie fallow to influences,
than to muddle away hours, in half
"~-'-s2 ssSs'sS5, NlisrlSe isDvI rUsu,
and to an active mind mure rest than
laziness. / have always found in music
a more complete refreshment of my
mind after a hard days work in my
studio, than even sleep could give, The
faculties and powers and interests are
thrown in a different direction, and
while one series works the other reposes.
After an entire change of occupation
one returns with fresh zest and vigor to
the work he has left +; whereas if the
thoughts are constantly treading the
same path, they soon, as it were, wear
rut in the mind out of which they
cannot extricate themselves, and this
begets in the end mannerism and self
repetition. Still more, the various arts
are but different exercises of correla-
tive powers. They each in turn refresh
and enlarge the imaginative and motive
powers, and extend their sphere. Each,
as it were, is echoed and reflected into
the other The harmonies of color and
form and tones and words are closely
related to each other, and but different
expressions of merely the same thing.
A sculptor's work will be cold if he is
not sensitive to color and music and a
painters work will be loose and vague
unless his mind has been trained to the
absoluteness of form and outline Meth.
er can compose well his lines and forms
unless he possess that innate sense Of
balance and modulation which is de,
veloped by music-W. ". Story IN
BLackaoood's Magazine.
Year: 1875

II must have been the impression of the
casual spectator of the busy scenes upon
the principal streets yesterday, that the
thought uppermost in the minds Of the
people was where to buy and what to buy
The stores were literally threnged with
young and old, all busy in the examine.
ton Of some article with which to gladden.
the heart Of a friend or relative, as a
Christmas gift. shop-keepes stood upon
their feet the whole day through and ia,
into the night; their faces beaming with
smiles Of pleasantness, as means of in.
weighing customer into the purchase Of
goods, while the language used was of that
oily, unctious kind, we'll calculated 10
place the article before you az The one Of
your fancy.


To the spectator il wa. sight Of con.
siderable amusement 10 notice the different
scenes presented. There was the little lisp.
ing girl who wanted a doll or some childish
bauble, and further on was the maiden
who wanted a pocketbook or a pair Of
kid gloves OR pair Of slippers, she ex.
amined critically in her dainty fingers,
and as she revolged the thought in her
mind Of how happy, the young man
would be at the receipt Of such gift, the
smile Of satisfaction in her face was the
index Of her feelings. Then we reverse
the scene; this tim ) it is a young man, he
wants to look at a pair of opera glasses,
but as he bites his finger nails and re.
fleets little, he comes 10 the conclusion
that it is not pair Of opera glasses after
all that he wants, but Al, album, in which
he can see the counterfeit Of himself every
time he turns the leaves, but little further
reflection leads him to the belief that "he
be hanged if he knows what lie wants
after ALL" but he finally takes something
and stuffs it away in his pocket to make
that heart happy which he wants to claim
a. his own. '~a


And as you 90 on through the large
crowd Of purchasers you come TO
Year: 1875

We must apologize to our readers down
the State for The HERALD having failed
10 reach them by the early trains for the
past two mornings. 1t is attributable to
the fact that some necessary improve
ments are in progress in our press rooms
which has interfered with the working de-
tails Of the Office. But we assure them
that it shall not occur again,as The HER
AID will in few days, as soon as all the
Improvements now being made have been
completed, be the mo.t perfect print
ing establishment in the State.
Year: 1875

TH1s MORNING the repsirsmen Of the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
over whose wire the telegraphic dispatches
10 this paper are taken, will introduce in
10 the editorial rooms Of The MORNING
HERALD, an instrument for better facili-
tating the reception Of dispatches. This
will place us directly in communication
with all prrts Of the world where telegraph
communication extends. The public are
invited to call and inspect the work.
Year: 1875

be thankful that 1 was possessed
of such treasure, and i will never
without protest, hear or read g
jest at the expense of mans wife's
mother !"


30 saying Mr.. Luther handed
me his paper, and started off at q
pretty brisk gait, considering that
his left leg had been once condemn
ed by a council of learned doctors
and was only saved through the
kindly intervention of the much
traduced mother-in-law.
Year: 1875

l have seldom seen a man who
seemed to love and revere wife's
mother as do you. How is IT,
Please explain"


81 WILL" he said rising and drag
ging his chair in doors, and sitting
down near me.


"When l married Maria Cool
idge," he began, 81 was as l am
now, an architect in good circum-
stances. i owned the house that
old Judge Hogarth lives in, had
two horses, and a wagon and car
riage, and a goodly amount OF
money loaned out on good notes
of responsible men. Maria had
often broached the subject Of our
housekeeping, and limited that the
house was too big for two. !
knew of course what she was

driving at, but always pretended
not to, and she never mustered
courage to suggest that her mother
live with us till after we were mar
ried, and on our way home from
our wedding tour, and I spent
money like a fool, and / wished
afterwards that we had staid at
home like sensible folks and saved
the money for time of need.


"Well, as I said before, we were
on our way home before Maria
came to the point, but l had been
expecting it all along and had my
mind made up. So when the ques-
ton came, Cant my mother live
with us?" ! answered very prompt
ly,-'Nop And / shall never for
get, as long as live, how Maria
looked. She turned as pale as
death, and as cold as stone, but she
never said q word. Then l went
on to explain to her that no house
was ever built large enough for
two women, and that we didn't
want third person around all the
time. / told her that l should Of
course take care of her mother,
and see that she never came to
want but that I'd seen enough of
mothers living with their daughters.


GAIL this time she never spoke,
but kept her eyes fixed upon me,
and such scorn and contempt i
never saw expressed by pair of
eyes. l had the advantage of her,
for we were in crowded car, and
she didn't want to make a scene.
/ was glad of it, too,-mcan, sneak
ing, cowardly devil that I was
But the strain was too great on
her, and she tainted dead away in
my arms.


"When we got home, | took a
hack and told the driver to drive
to the house on the hill, but Maria
cried so hard and begged so piteous-
" to be taken to her mothers that
l had to give in. We had to drive
right where we could see our own
house, and it was all lit up. l was
surprised to see it, and told the
driver VIC would go there and
see what was up. We drove up
to the front steps, and Mrs. Cool
idge came out to meet us, and
Maria threw herself into her arms
crying as If her heart would break
OF course / was very angry at such
an exhibition, but held my tenn
per and consoled myself, man-like,
by thinking that she would get
over 1t when she had cried it out.


"Mother Coolidge had supper al
ready, and In short time we were
all at the tablo but mono Of us
enjoyed the good cheer very heart.
lily. I was so mad / could scarcely
swallow, for thought il was a con.
trived plan on the old lady's par
to get foothold in my house, ant
I was swearing inwardly that hel
little plan should fail. Maria laugh
cd Historically all through th'
meal, and gulped down her food ant
tears together. Mother Cocliig'
iigited as II she sat on nettles, ant
guess we were all glad when w
could leave the table.
Year: 1875

queer notions as to what manhood
consists in. They picture their big
brother, who lords 1t oUer them, as
the typical man. He is the one they
would initiate, and at the same time
they hate HIM profoundly.


If he chews tobacco let him guard
we'll his pockets or the young scions
will steal it.


If he swears, then let him rest as
sured that Johnny and Sammy and
Dick will be sure to regard it as a
manly trait. And to be a man is
what every boy aspires to. Yes, sir,
l mean it, every boy wants to be a
man. The trouble is, boys are liable
to mistake the real elements Of man.
hood. If the boy grows up in the
society of those who measure man
by the hardness of his fist then he
will want to be bruiser. When l
was little boy mother bought me a
set of Abbot's histories. I read all
about William the Conqueror. Rich
ard the Lion-hearted and Alexander
the Great, and host of others. Like
all other boys l wanted to be a man
and got to thinking generals the
proper men to initiate. Then / read
of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jack
son, and other statesmen. The states
man was for time my ideal man.
But the lives and labors of such men
as Ben Franklin struck me as most
charming. And what does Johnny
think now? He thinks that if moth
ers would take pains to show the
little Dicks and Harrys what consti
tutes the true man, the little fellows
would try to initiate him instead IF
some spurious ideal. For, depend
upon it, all boys aoa"t to be men.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Chronicle says
that Robert Christie, Of the Protero,
suggests a remedy for the scarlet
fever which he AYERS has invariably
proved successful. 1t is very simple,
and lies within the reach of those
whose limited means preclude them
from employing the services Of q
physician. 1t is this: "Take an on
ion and cut it it halves, cut out por-
ton of the centre, and into the cavity
put spoonful of saffron; put the
pieces together, then wrap in cloth
and bake III an oven until the onion
is cooked so that the juice will run
freely, then squeeze out all the juice
and give the patient teaspoontul, at
the same time rubbing the chest and
throat with goose-greasc or rancid
bacon, if there is cough or soreness
in the throat. In a short time the
fever will break out in an eruption
all over the body. All that is then
necessary is to keep the patient warm
and protected from draught, and re-
covery is certain"


Mr.. Christie says that he has been
employing this remedy for many
years, and never knew it to fail when
proper care was taken of the patient
after Its application. One family, in
which there were FIVE children down
with the disease at one time recently
used this simple remedy upon his
telling them Of it, and every one Of
the little ones recovered in a short
time.
Year: 1875

l used to be boy, once. l was
born at very early age; in fact,
was so young that was almost dis
couraged. Poor littler me! How
could l have the patience to wait till
should grow up and be a GREAT BIG
MAN!


Oh dear! And then my big broth
er used to abuse me. Didn't hate
him, though! "Just wait till l get
big enough, old boy, and l will show
YOU what stuff little johnny is made
Of" ed to tell him. Ha! ha!
asked him the other day how old he
was when he pounded me so unmer'
cifully. "Only thirteen" he said,
with a laugh. 1t is SO funny. Why,
thought him as blg as father, and
twice as strong; he used to knock
me about so roughly. But then l had
my revenge. You see l had two
younger brothers. l could make
them toe the mark all wanted to-
and they didn't dare tell, either. Yet
see if they did I'd come down harder
next time. Sometimes they would
combine forces against me, and then
they made it lively. l wanted to
lord it over somebody. All boys
have similar feelings. mean all
boys who are good for anything
Of course l am not talking about
poky. mulletheaded boys. The poky
boys have their use, however. They
were made for smart boys to govern.


How l used to pity weak, timid
boys! Poor little things! They
should have been girls in the first
place. I used to think that mothers
made a great mistake when they
dressed them up in trowsers. But
then women always did have strange
notions about such things. AS l was
saying, all WI, timid boys should
have been girls. They are not fit to
make men of, and-they would make
awful poor women. The boys like
to see fight, even the timid ones en-
joy it, if they are safe over a fence
or under the protection of some big
brother; for no big brother will allow
another boy to abuse younger scion
of the family. That he regards as
his exclusive privilege. How | used
to admire a mate on board a Missis-
sippi steamer. How he would swear
at the men AMI kick and cuff them
about! "Surely," thought l, "he is a
man that is a man" Boys have such