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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature' Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. Xi. WEDNESDAY MOR4 G, AUGUST 23, 1876. No 34. THE HERALD -IS PUBLISURD EVERY wjfsrolIG af z rer sa pe,- -mu Luaitaotes expirsuiou Of sUb-. Of keigthe kitchen neav. WMt the clumsy toueb of am~ "And tecf~ ~dw. He wTm.the eA &tW4. CIMAMM bm go" ithbe,thought of each lTteione.. As--te:v,% ned food? 4k~ CIL A chapga4a tba-easebol kuow, And the uWbkT And stgAe 'fIwd you o0. Xc Ideot~om COMe; HNe oMr-tlt" king should come to solicit yourf "Isolena took that pledge, and io1ishe is-mistress of imminense'es bates, and one of the most beautiful women in the world." The king, who acted as if he had I dieady got rid of his legitimate wife, by thiq time become deep- i lyinterested in the subject. "Gvini," he said, "how does this' archioness look T "Your majesty, I have truly never seen a face worthier to adorn a I bhrone than she. She is the fair- 3 ,st.daghterwjhom Italy,,the land )f rtly nn, ever gav "birth I Eo. Tall, slender, majestic, with a I iomplexion of marble, and features i which Phidias would have gladly i .h,Weled in stone, she has.on her ripe lis the tempting smile of Cu- 1 id, and in ber black eyes all the I Ire of the goddess of love." ,-old like- to-naka her A- I juaintance- but that has to be done I a a verydiscreet manner." . Afker"hemming and hawing for ai ong while, 6Gavini .suggested that ie himself might go to Corsica, and I nake oirinres to the beautiful narchieness. The king eagerly embraced this >ffer. "You shall go, Gavini," lie-cried. I 4Go toMontpas, my treasurer, and Iraw as mny.livres in gdld as you ieed."] "Btff ydib majesty," said the val l, "money is_not suffieient for such Lmis~-ocg tJ)Mave to that "What? "A position." VWhat position " "I ought to be clothed with the ] -ank of airini ter, your majesty." The king looked at-his valet for 1Ph mi ihou saing tia ih most rimpuderst -rstaIeer aw. Bu ideaisaEoodone. Ees, you shall for once go as my en roy to Corsica Prer&l uipo.4 tfe narcioness, whose charms you ex-i al so entiunastialy, to come to Paris, and IIshall reward you riglit1 royaly.' On the following.day Gavini, to whom royal creatias - had been given, te the dismay of the ,king's minister of state, set out for Gorsi mea. He had a large retinue of ser vants, and was in perfect keeping with the exalted position to which bis laster had so suddenly arisen. In the course of time he arrived in Ajaccio, and~ called with all his attendants upon the Marchioness solena Della Balko. He had not exaggerated her harms. h ws indeed, a most charming arim~ttetivewoman. Upon:presenting the- credentials to her he said: "My royal master, your excellen cy, has intru~sted me to bi-ing about more. cordial relations between France and the island of which you aemistress, if notby divine right, at least by the right of your suir passing beauty, as well as by virtue of the time honored clam of your ancestors." The compliment was not lost up on the handsome creature. She dismissed the valet envoy in -the most gracious manner. '.I willcapture her easily," thought. Gavini, as he took his departure. ~I believed she was too intelligent to be gulled by such transparent flattery. Very well-so much the et&r foxme." But a young admirer (i the marhioness, Signor Conde deWfao, h in years gone by had been at thegay court of France, had recog nized him. The conde solicited a private in terview with the muarchioness after Gavini had withdrawn. At fArst she hesitated to grant the request, because the Conde had often urged her to give hunlher band. But he was so persistent this time that she went with him to her boudoir. "Isolsna," he said to her, "do you know who that man is ?" "The envoy of the king of France, Cionde," shie replied. "His creden tals show it." "That may be, Isolep.a," he re plied, "but I am sure that the king, in sending the fellow" "The fellow 1 "Yes the fellow, Isolena. I am mre that the king, in sending the ellow to you, has played a very )ontemptible trick upon you." "How so?" "Because this pretended envoy a no other than King Francis' body "A menial!" she cried, with flash ng eyes. "Yes, the lowest of the low-he vho dresses and undresses. his-ma esty of France' "And the king could put such an d4nt on me. by sending such a ascal to me?" "It is not yet all, Isolena. This 4avini is a-6rsican-a serf of your athe?'s 4ho fled the country twen y years ago beqause he had com nitted several disgraceful thefts." The beautiful marchioness was )y this time so enraged thatshe ut red the following terrible oath: ''Had I to-day King Francis in y power I should cause him to erish as miserably as the dog vhom he has sent to me. I swear t, even should I lose my own life md ruin this whole island which I ove so well?" At midnight on the same day 3vini -was dragged -from his bed md. thrust into a dungeon. Six hours later he was confronted >y. the- executioner and the in ignanttm%rchioness. "You are about to die," she said, "Th sacred person of an escaped erf and thief 1" she elaim,d-*Ga rn*i, 1 know who you are." "The envoy of the king Of Trance." "You inean p dis val. .#liten ome. IMh-l.'iviyour feshatorn rom y9r limbs withreahot pin Wers if y3d ioot confess what in nfam...ons _m, ontrage.As to. wed roto me id. pety of an en $$*i elT&oice korke t.l nviolabilit$A iio e She ordered the executioner to xrture him. The prisoner was placed n a roodeas beneh,ad; then 4hie exe mioner,9ter bindlig'bim begun ao taar ofl' his flesh withrxed-hot For ten minutes the victim, hough uttering the most unearthly lls, refused to confess. At ha, when the agony became too great, he told the marchioness what he.hadacme to Gorsica for. 2his still gdded to her fury. She ten orered (ayisii t6 -he"be headed, and sent his head in a giass jar fiilet with white Corsican wine to the king of France... Francis -the First was beside him self with rage upon receiving thie ghastly present. He organiz~ed a secret naval ex pedition to Corsica, and caused [solea4o be kidnapped. :SheTlnded at Marseilles.in Teb uary, 1571. The 'king was there t the time. He refused to see "Have her hair cropped," he or dered, "have her clad in hempen garments and then whipped through~ the streets of the city !" This was done on the following The beautiful marchioness .suf fered the torture with astonishing fortitude. Not a cry of pain escaped her tightly compressed lips as the exe cuitioner's lash descended upon hei naked back. At last she opened her mouth ; a stream of blood issued from it. "Who will avenge me ?" sh< gasped. She was avenged a few monthi later when Francis I. was over powered at Pavia, and so badl2 beaten that he exclaimed: "All is lost save honor !" The Chinamen in California, ii the expectation of being driver from the country, are sending homn $1 remains of their dead. In casei where only the bo~es a,re left, scru pulous care is taken to miss none as they believe to leave one behin< otldimperil the soul of the dea< person. A paper is spread -by th grave, and upon it the skeleton i ai,. cnbiece, until all is cou PROPER CLOTHING *O THE FEET. A cold is lookedupon as of littl or no consequence ; but often 1 cold, carelessly taken, settles, upo; the lungs and ends in consumption There is no more prolific sourCA of colds than insufficient or impro per clothing for the feet, especiall3 in cold and inclement weather. India Rubber is impervioUS tc the.wet but it can only be worn hj most persons a little while ata tim( without experiencing unpleasant ef feets from it. It confines the in sensible perspiration, producing moisture and a cold, disagreeabk sensation, and often causing head ache. Leather is the material whic must be mainly depended upon foi protection of the feet, and aboul the most essential thing is thie1 soles, of the best leather. In wel weather they are indispensable, ani even when. the .ground an& side walks are dry in cold weather Ah cold strikes instantly through this soles-or, to speak more -scientific ally, the heat is instantly conductei out of the feet-and semreely a8y thing can be mormdetrimentta health. Wear thick soles, therefore always in winter,whether the weatb er be wet or- dry. The old-fashioned notion was tha thick wooleu stockings were requi site to keep the feet warm. in win ter, and the grand-dames of a for mer generation, before the inven tions of machinery for the manufae ture ofcalmost.everything. had beei made, would hardly indulge a, te minutes social chat witheat,at th same o4me keeping their fingers i motiob. with the knitting niedlee soiimportantdil they deem - t kp the finily e suppli& w warm socks. -Bu this is foId ti havWbeen a mistak& Thin AoI socks at least, for men-Are foun to be much warmer than thick wool en ones. The woolen socks cans the feet to perspire, and asthb moisture cools they become chiled Persons who have suffered from cold feet as long as they wore wool en stockings, have ceased fu com~ plain as soon as they have cyiagei them for cotton. THE Wowr - F A DOLLA. farmer came into our offEceo 0 Monday :and paid. us a- dollar:oj subscription, an4 we observed tha it was the same old ragged dolla that we had received from anothe person on the day before. So w put a detectiveon the back track c tie dollai- to see what it had bee1 doing sineSaturday. We remembered having paid out to a printer, and learne< through the detective that he ha paid it out for board; the has house.market-woman had paid it t a butcher for beef; the butcher ha paid it to afarmer as part payO a fat steer ; the farmer had paid:j to a merchant for a calico dress the merchant had deposited.it in bank ; the bank had paid it out o a check .drawn by another merebar to pay ateamsterfor hauling goodE the teamster had paid it to a mille for a sack of flour.; the miller ha paid it to a farmer on a load < wheat ; the farmer had paid it to book store for school books; t# book store had paidit to agroce for sugar and coffee ; the groec had .paid it to afarmer for butt4 and eggs, and the farmer who ls received it, paid it to us on sul scription as above stated. Thus we see the work of one de lar had paid thirteen dollars 4 debts between Saturday night am Monday afternogn, without a cer of silver orgold to back it. Intl proper understanding of the wor of this dollar lies the secret of pro perity. Keep your money movi and there will be no hard timecari Lno more panics. "Are you a Christian ?" asked minister of a forlorn looking ma -at an inquiry meeting, who had t ken a front seat. "No," he ariswe Ied sadly, "Thu a guano agent." When the Declaration of id Spendence was* signed, there we: only two steam-engines, of the era esti design in the United States. I TOUGHTS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. re scheming demands om mscience. The wife makes the home, and the home makes the man. ItMissjnding re why other folks should be patient. Nothing is difficult ;it is only we who are indolent. Weie saints their own carvers, )(391j tcut theiEoban hn gers. . bungra_thrq.,getheirbrains much,exercise and little food. ,v$rybgdy laughs at a monkey, butnobody respects them. enunciation remains sorrow, thotigh a sorrow borne willingly. Animals are su c h agreeable friends.-they. .ask no questions, they pass no.criticism. Blows are sarcasms turned stu pid; wit is aform of force that leatafthe limbs at rest. t--Adesire to say things which no ow, else said makes some people l so things nobody ought to say. -., a mist the heights can, for the t nstepart, see eseh other but the L Vle8sOcamot. -The-rttproof of a man's inea I pogity for anything is his endeavor A x the stgma of 'failure upon Ferfet loye has .aReath of poe. trywhiich can ealtr the relations of tbo.least -instrWted human beings. jR we wereobliged to pay to en Winto life how may of us1ould - an 4the return of our money on -ur lav iwrought. in our en +husiasm as electricityisinwrought t i4 the air, exalting its power by a _Wgtle presence. g neerand denunee is a very e 4sy way of assuming a great deal 4; wisdom and concealing a great > pl of ignorance. PUN(TUAL= n ALL -TMNGS.-It is .astonishing how many people there I are who negleot punctuality. Thou sands, ve failed in life from this acanse lone.. It is not only ase riols iice .in. itself,. but it,is the friiful -parent of numerous.other vices, so that he who becomes the victim, of .itse.ts involved in toils - from which it is almost impossible to esa.It makes the merchant wasteful of time; it saps the buisi neiss reputation of the lawyer, and L it injures the prospects Qf me 1 hanics who might otherwise rise 1 o fortune ; in a word, there isinet t a profession, nor' situation in life, which is not liable to the canlker of r this destructive habit. B In mercantile affairs, punctuality 'f is as important as in military. 1 iany are the insaces in which the neglect to renew an insurabce t punctually has led to a serious loss. Hundreds of city merchants are 1now suffering in consequence of the want of punctuality among their o Western customers in paying up i acounts. With sound policy do a the banks insist, under the penalty .t of a protest, on the punctual pay ; ment of notes; for were they to do a otherwise, commercial transactions a would fall into inextricable con it fusion. Many and many a time has ; the failure of one man to meet his obligations brought on the ruin of a a score of others, just as the top f pli'g down, in a line of bricks, a te master brick causes the fall of e all the rest. r "Perhaps there is no class of men r less punctual than mechanics. Do r you want an upholster?i He rarely i comes' when he agrees. So with ,- carpenters, painters and nearly all others. Tailors and shoemakers 1. often do not have their articles i home in time. The consequence is that thousands remain poor all their it lives, who, if they were more faith e ful to their word, would secuire a k a large run of custom, and so make - their foi-tunes. Be punctual, if you g would succeed. A boy in a Sunday school pro posed a question to be answered a the following Sunday: "How many letters does the "Bible contain !1 The answer was three millions, five -hundred and thirty thousand, three hundred and thirty-three. The su perintendent says to James: "Is - that right?" "No, sir," was the ,e prompt reply. "Will you please j. tell us how many there are, then ?~ HOLD ON. Hold on to your tongue when you are just ready to swear, lie or speak hsarshly or use an imiproper word. Hold on to your hand when about to strike, pinch, steal or do an im proper act. Hold on to-your foot when you are on. the point of kicking, running away from study, or pursuing the path of error, or shame, or crime. Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited, or imposed upon, .or others are angry'about you. Hold on to your heart when evil associates seek your company and invite you to join in their mirth and revelry. Hold on to your name at all times, for it is more value to you than gold, high places, or fashion allie attire. Hld on tothe truth, for it will serve you well and do you good throughout eternity. Hold on 'to, your virtue-it i.s above allprice to you in all times and places. -Hold on to your good characte, for it isand ever willbe your best wealth. A BF&rrxmu TIBUrE 'T0 A iWo -rBE.--Children, look in those eyes, listen to that dear voice, notice the feeling of even asingle touch that is even bestowed upon you by that gentle hanid! Make much of it while you have the most preeious of all gift- loving mother. Bead the unfathomable love in those eyes; the kind axiety of that tone and look, however slight your pain. In after life you may have friends fond, dear friendsj but never will you have again the inexpressible loveiand gentlenessi lavisbted upon you wh1elh non~e but a mother be tows --0esr do LsighMiay trou bles iLth the dak uncaring world, for thc sweet, deep security I felt when, of an evening, nestling inher bosom, I listened to some quiet tale, suitable to myage,read1inher tender antiring voice. Nevrban I forget her sweet glances cast upon me when I appeared.asleep ; never her kiss of peace at night. Years have passed away since we laid-her beside my father in the old church yard; and' stil her voice whispers from the grave, and her eye watches over me, as I visit spots long since hallowed to-the memory of my mo ther. BE Mar.-Never try 40Q keep out of a man's way when you are owing him anything, unless it is a thrashing. -It is bad enough, in all conscience, to be in debt, but do not make your condition worse by growing manr wnder its pressure. When you absolutely cannot pay up at the appointed time, don't make him think you are sick. Don't skulk about in any street to avoid meeting your creditor ; don't go around the first corner when you catch sight of him ~before he has seen you. A,ll such conduet is un many. No doubt you are averse to standirg face 'to.face with a mnan to whom you are a debtor, pay-day past and you are a debtor still-it is mortifying, very, but it is only one of the natural consequences of borrowing, and as you have incur redthe penalty, why meet it like a man. Face your creditor, let him know that you neither forget the debt or underrate his patience with you. Say frankly that you are very sorry to see him out of his money, and that you will pay him as fast and as soon as you can. If a cat doth meet a cat on a gar den wal, and if a cat doth greet a ca, oh, why need they squall? Ev ery Tommy has his Tabby waiting on the wall, and yet he welcomes her approach by an unearthly yawl. And if a kitten wish to court upon the garden wall, why don't he sit and sweetly smile, and not sit up the bawl, and lift his precious back up high and show his teeth and moan, as if 'twere colik more than love that made that fellow groan ? We can~ better and more safely do withot eating for a week than have no sleep for three or four days. Politeness of mind consists in thikngchasteandrefmfed thoughts WANTED A FARN. A Detroit real estate agent was waited on by a tall man with a weed in his hat, who saidhehad the cash to pay for a farm, pro vided he could get one to Wut. The agent smiled him to a seat,and brought out his register of descriS tions. He had several farms reg istered on is books, and hehadno doubt that he eoul4 suit the would-be purchaser. Tbe stranger remarked: "What. I want is a farm of about three hundred acres." "ve got it," replied the dealer. "d like about six big hills on it "Here she is-here's a farm, wih.exactly ixhillson it." 'I want.a lake exactly in the cen tre of the farm." "Here you are. Here is a-farm with a lake exactly in the cent& ' "And I want:a big-natural cavern in one of the bills."- - "Here you are. There's a cave on this farm that can't be beat." The stranger drew a long breath and went on: "I want a farm of three hun dred acres, but one hundred acres must be marsh land." "Here she is" was the ready xe ply. "Just three hundred aesW in the farm, and just one.hndred in marsh land. "I must have a waterfall twenty six. feet high on the farm, on tinued the stranger.. "Here you are. This farm has a natural waterfall of twenty-fve feet and eie*en ilies. I don'tsuppose an inch, more or less, on a water faR aMonUts to much. "We, no but I want a windmill o0 oneofetEe iR "Tia is put last year," was the calm reply -Ik~ was sometie before the strangst thoughef nything else, but'iafy said: "There must be a church right across the road from.thebous." "One built there last summer, sir." "Itmnistbeah rik chureb." "So it is." "Has it an organ?" "It has." "Then! I can't buy the farm of you," said the stranger rising' to go. "If there is anything Ihate, it is a church organ, and you can see for yourself thatlIwould bein a state of continual misery. The farm suits mie first-rate, but I can't go that organ," Just what estimate those two men placed upon each other's vera ity as they separated will never be knowi. Kissme JoDGE gErTE.-Theda Vance got here Aunt Abby Houab called at lie'Tai%oiima said she was bound to see him. It happen ed that Vance and Settle were both in their rooms, Vance in No. 8 and Settle in No. 9. The clerkiried to stave off the old woman and told her Vance was then asleep and did't want to be disturbed. But she would listen to no reason. "I'm bound to see that boy," she said, and climbed the steps with her stick. The floor boy pointed her the way and she mistook No. 9 .for the room. She opened the door softly and the curtains were let down, the blinds closed, and the room dark as night, and there lay Judge Settle, stethed out, taking a comfortable nap. Aunt Abby threw her arms around him and gavebhim a smack.. The Judge sprang up and looked wild, and Aunt. Abby staggered back exelaiming: "Why this ain't Vance ! This is you, Tom." She looked at him steadily a few seconds, and said, making for the washstand, "I like you right smart, Tomn; but I'm obleeged to wash my mouth after kissing a radicaL" This was the irst salute of the campaign at Ral eig.-7News. Mrs. Carnoyle, living on thefarm ofGeorge Glasseock, Breckenridge County, Ky., has a child five years of age that is boneless. It is well developed in every particular, and itslimbcan be bent in a circular ADVERTISINC RATESS Advertisements inserted at the rate oft$1.0 per square-one inch-for first insertdon, and '75c. for each subsequent insertion. DOuble column advertismentsteuperCemtof abOTe Notices of meetings, obituaries and h*WStt of respect, same rate per squmr as ordi=a7 adverdisement4. SpeciitiieIn.local. columno 15 cents perUm-e. - .. . Ad 1= ber rorw *m.Iw*wiuk 4R_3w_:fGAM and charged SccopUbg"y& .~ Sp0cial coftwa" n~ew~'w advar Done with Nesatness and Dispath BE1 IST FOR Axc.wipAPZR -The venerable Ourtis.riL46of the Boston Commercial _ BwUIx* lately made a Hie mpech *64 *1 semblage of Press Me2,Minb&SW he said: What th2, meoema . newspaper businessI Alt a4j* In a rel in pomeal oet a ple holi:ow-ctedd sg~n bf wenty4f.' or: 1ltee iwaxied upon-'me. qU4V U a suilar natare. HeLa w thousand dollax* Pd,ajst~a ated, hrm 'CO6,.SVA: i #teIV join. with somebOdYAto "Stt' r sta~apw side the businews owe of AkO ~esft to doYi. oi plety f mn6 to OUAItv&i6 it is-not tle-satn~l~~~~~ for braka2 . reea nW tw~ mrmpte b.* a Wair-Mer. 4