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CLINTON, S. JOHN C. DIA] COLUMBIA, S. C., Has a full stock of Building Mate Carpenters', Blacksmiths', Masons' and'l necrs' Tools. All goods warranted as represente< Prices as low as the lowest for good go Orders with the cash, or satisfactory ferenoes, promptly attended to. Nov. A_,AA-Sm. A,*: AWTRIS. EDMUND C. STED31AN. How know we but in you shining space, Some gracions Being with ilis peers aflight S, Seraphic in the scale of life, and bleit Eyen as we , the happy angels are ge But such a fortunate one, upon the course To some fair biar, may check his mates awhile, And point to this our Earth, and gently say: 'S "in that dark planet-slowly round its sun Turning an arid gira, while either pole Is ice, but midway on whose rugged sides There springs a thick-set verdure into growth, na Forced ,v the vapors of perturbed seas 11 Within that world a race less blest than we, Dwell, and eke out their lives with sordid toil. A sad and feeble folk, of narrowed sense; Their forms are weak and wan, and grinding pains Subdue them, burning heat and biting cold; Their simply counted years are l.rief as few, And into sunless graves successive tribes [n mournful generations wander down. Yet that eternal knowledge, unrevealed, Which breathes through all created things, and lifts Ourselves thus nearer to its Source unknown Something of this is theirs, feeding desire e To question more and so to work and thrive s. After their fashion; and the secret laws Of beauty and of force they seek them out And bend them to their use, and then-they die, A sad, sad race, a melancholy world! Since what is sent to light uieir little round Breeds in them va;u ambitions, and they yearn For immortality, and haply find Something within of an immortal sort, To feel, and know, aLd love, were it but pure. So dream they empty dreams of after-life, Build temples for a warring host of creeds, - And strive against their fate, and strive in vain. Is it not pitiful? They die-they die! They lose the individual hold of thougt; And with their corporal substance, all the train Of petty memories that made their life Returneth whence it came. They cannot know How low, an- poor of action, is their part In the unending scale-where even we, With all our clear and high intelligence, Long-living, wisdom-crowned, are yet no more of Than the fine dust of Heaven's trackless -e- way! te. -How know we, but this hour some glorious S, one R, May thus compassionate and gently scorn, 4 As we the beasts, our unrequited lives, G And curious pity Itoid the happy throng High-poised, upon their course to so:ne fair St star. -Galaxy. 1HEAVEN. Oft weeping memory sits alone, Beside some grave at even; And calls upon some spirit flown, Oh, say, shall those on earth our own, Be ours agaIn-in heaven ? V Amid the lone sepulchral shades, Where sleep our dear ones riven, Is not some lingering spirit near To tell if those divided here, 1Unite and known-in heaven? Shall friends who o'er the waste of life, By the same storms are driven: - Shall thtey recount, in realms of bliss, - The fortunes and the tears of this, te And love again-inl heaven? 50 The warmest love on earth is still tImperfect when 'tis given; teBut there's a purer clime above, he Where perfect hearts in perfect love er Unite; and this-is heaven. If love on eartht is but "in part," As light and shade at even; if sIn doth plant a thtora between The truest hearts, ther-e is, I ween, LA perfect love-in Heaven. Oh, happy world! Oh glorious placelI eWhere all who are forgiven, er Shall find their loved and lost below, mn And hearts, like meeting streams shall flow, av Forever one-in Heaven. :, TUHE T WO STA RS. he at- IThere exists a tradition that a wish will be fulfi lied if expressed while a star is fall k's ing-] ly It was here that we lingered, Carina, One sweet summer night by the sea, When the world seemed an Eden of gladness, And only for you and for mae. It was hero that your blue eyes so tender Gave back all I whispered of love, As we gazed at two stars that together Were smiling in heaven above. But your little hand tremisled, Carina ,We wish what was never to be nts As one star fell, and only the other in Kept watch over you, love, and me. Ld You are from ray side now, Carina, I linger alone by the sea; of For my love dream is o'er, and a shadow Has darkened between you and me. tAnd I try to forget you, but ever There smiles through the mist of my tears -Your old look of love like a sunbeam That gleams out of dear bygone years. And I think of the two stars, Carina, ris And the wish that was never to be, Till a voice at my heart whispered softly Of a heaven still for you and for me. PHYSIC. LINES BY AN INVALID. ' Don.'t von th ink you're looking ill? STry a blister, draught, and pill!" This on every side one hears Each friend something volunteers "Ague! What cold hands you've got!' "Fever-when your hand's so hot!" ad- Contradictory advice Gratis, dear though at the price. C"Doctor A you ought to see!" C."You should call on Doctor B!" r "Why not try the water-cure?" L, "Take a Turkish bath, for sure!" Cock-alorum's pill terrific, Bunkum's only congh specific, ia Dooham's ointment, Chousamn's plaster ra Still they send me fast and faster. How I hate their smell and sight ad I would fain be ill ontright; re- Typhoid, cholera, or phthisic, So I could get rid of physic Ph-si-physaoph-niy8oiC gtitcrD .4or. A LOVE STORY. JY LOTTIE. -0 1 was in a great distress of min There I was, with all my sun Inr clothes, arid favorite book! ny mosquito netting, and faie work, feeling settled for the surr mCr, and my seapegrace icphe--i Harry, head and ears in love wit the daugliter of our landlady. le was just twenty-onC year of age, and had been a terror t us ever since he caie into bout and trowsers. He was never out of mischie never frce from bumps and bruise of all kinds, always in disgrac at school, always inl hot watc at bome, unt10 lie was thirtee years old. Then he re;w manisl and nearly drove us wild, an poisoned himself to death, wit vigorous efforts to learn to smok< Just as he got well over that idee he established a habit of fallingl love, arid this habit he pursue, with an energy and go-aheadativt ness, which in any other brane' of business, would have made hi fortune. Ho went to college, but collegc are the very hot beds of sentimen and tomfoolery, and Harry learE ed more nonsense than Greek, i rmy estimation. However, he kept his hea above water, and we lived throung it, until this vacation of which am speaking. Then I packed my trunks, too him away from Kitty Clinton, black-eyed divinity, who lived i our street, and away we vent t a cosv old plac in New Ham shire, where there was plenty t eat, a trout brook, a itckleberr, hiW, and, as I fondly hoped, i girls. We had been there three day, when our landlady's daughtei Rubie, came home from soni where, where she bad certainl acquired a charming array of air and graces, learned to "do" he hair in the lastest fashion ou and dress herself in a manner rea ly very trim. and becoming. As a natural conseqnence, Ha: ry fell in love with her. I kne very well that he would, when b invited her to go fishing wvith hir andl 1 saw themn wandering awa with the basket between thren but I was hardly preupared for tb outbreak which foilowed. "I have made up my mind last, Annie, and nobody in tl worlId c-an change me. I am g< ing to marry," was the first shoel "IIarry Ester !" "Yes, I am. My mind is full made up. Uncle Tom says the] is nothing in this world like se tling ear-ly in life. A man wvit a good wife has got the best ar surest kind of capital- Just loo at Rubie. She is as smart as round' drozen of our city girls." "Nonsense !" "Oh, of courise, you will call nonsense. I didn't expect els< but you may as wvell reconei yourself to it, first as last, I shi marr-y her. You had better wi Ito mother about it." Such a case of liter-al indiffe ence, I never heard. I had e peted at least, a little show humanity, but here lie was, wvi all the' assurance in the worn confessing to his unparalleled foIl and actually asking me to wri to his mother. I did write. said "Margaret, I think the boy mad, andl I am going to divest m~ self of every atom of responsibi ty. He is bent upon marryyr this curly headed, r-osy cheek country girl. and I dare say might do wor-se. But whlatev happens, please bear- in mind, th: I have no part in it." I expected an immediate ar val of one half of the family, b. nobody camne, arid I had nothi: left mec to (10 but to watch wvi terrible misgivings, the progre of the silliest of all love stories. I har-dly blamed him,w hen I cot compose my-self sufficiently forget his youth and inexperien< for- Rubie Blake was a pretty gi with a nice lot of fair curls, her- own, a complexion like t heart of a delicate white rose, a eyes as blue, arnd sunny, as summer skies. Then she was neat and light foot, and light of heart, and k( the whole hiouse in a glow of de fulness, and she was industrio1 and not at all too good to dor long calico apron, and go out ii te kitchen and cook, wash dish or iron her own collars and hai kerchiefs. She was sensible, a could talk on any real sound, pr ical subject with~ na much men any young la I ever Imlet a taken atg r she realy was yotun- lady worth kIowing. But She wasn't tle (,irl for1 oul Harry, and really the worli dii not hold one for him. lic wa too young to drearn of marryi nL and when he did niarry it must 1 Some one-Soe just :a little bet 1- ter than girl., in ,ommiton. So I said, with iany a sigh Rubio is a good girl, aud ver1. prettv on,, too. but then she wil never do for Ia!rry. I watched the progress of thei: affection with indignation, fo there wasn't the sliglhtest bashful U 'I ness abutt either of them. larr' kissed her hand, and pulled he curls, and said nonsensical thing: to her, under mv very eyes, an( she laughed, and gave hii wicket glances that shocked me. r They- rodoe out on moonligh1 eve3nings, they found out all thi by places and nooks on the farm they sang duetts. an.d acted as d( people in love-like lunaties. I delivered a lecture ever) night for two weeks, and then got tired, and wrote letters hint ing that it would be well to sen for us to come home. Failing in that, I devoted Ir self .o my f.ncy work, and .r formed sone curious feats inl tat ting and a n stitch. But my anxiety never ceased and I nentally resolved, that one< out of this dilemma, henceforti I my nephews and nicees nigh take care of themselves. I Every lane has its turning, an just as I was in a state of absolut, despair, I came to a turning poin in mine. a One night I had retired to iii chamber, and was on the point 0 going to bed, when there came short, sharp rap at my door. 0 1 opened it, and Harry entered closing the door behind him. o "Aintie, I am going home. Th< train leaves here at twenty min utes past seven in the iorninL and I thought you might not ge down so early in the morning, si Y I would run in to-night and sal good bye. You can stay, of c'ourse as long as yoi please, and whet you are ready to come home, fif ther, or one of the boys, will ru down and see to you." "Are you not coming back ?" asked, in perfect astonishment. e "No! I tired of these everlasl ~ing old hills and fields, and want Ychange," he said, snapping Ii ~hand kerchief at a fly on the wal e with extraordinary unconcern. "Ah ! I thought you could liv Lhere forever, and never care t *e know anything more of the busti Sand turmoil of city life?" "Well, I thought so then but have changed my mind, and I al Ygoing home." e "And leave Rubic! What wr 'sheC do?"' h"I think she is quite able to tali d care of herself." k I opened my eyes in surprise. a "W hy, .Iarry ! I thought yc was going to marry her," I sat "I had an idea of it, but it's a over, now. '' What is the matter ?" ec IIe kicked the table, and the lreplied. t "I asked her to-night to marr me, and she laughed and said th: r- she had been engagved for tv years to that clod-hopper wvl tends the mill, up above here; at Lthat they had a little quarrel ju dbefore we caime, andl h.as on Yflirted with me to torment him. te They~ have 'madIe-urp,' and I e: go-'to grass I supipose." 1 smothiered a lau&h, and tri< is to ofTer cousolation, but ima< 3- such poor1 progress, that he we h-' out with so'mething like tears ihis eves, slammninrg the dooirs, ar d in mayother ways proving e mue that lie was sorely hiurt, ni er angered. at Somebody asks. "DIidl he ~ over it ?" ii Bless you, yes ;and has had t dozen more just such spells. Ev< gs as I write, lie is walking past r th window with a charming lit asgrl, who is on a visit from Ne York, to a friend of' ours, and wv Id has said, 'yes,' to his ardent pi to posal of marriage, and wears up e, her f'ore.finger', the very ring l, gave him ;1 haven't an idea 'b all what the rascal has told hei', e never loved before in all his wvi d ed life ; and she, poor innocent I e lieves him. I would like to tell her t ofwhole truth ;she would not belie pt me, so let it go. r They are all alike ! is, IRandolph, Mass., has a sh< .astring factory which turns c ito annually $75,000 worth of th< a' useful but not very costly artiel id _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ d The Richmond .Enquirer has ae. "Letter from Louisa" every wet as She's a. court-house. r MiAGIC. I11'1*1Ns TRCi%"S-3lORE WoNDER FlL THA.N SPIRITVI,l MANITESTA e TioNs. (Ine of ie nost adroit jugglers O' the presenl t age Was Robert HoU lin, a Fren,hian, who for many I year.s gave fash onable entertain nents in Paris. Houdin wrote his r intobiography, and related many . cnrious feats performed by him in his professional career. On one occasion he was invited to display Ihis art before King Louis Phil lippe and his court, at the chateau of St. Cloud. IIoudin invented a trick cspecially for this royal and noble assemblage, and received un bourd(ed applause for his success. Ile boirowed from the king and his courtiers six hindkerchiefs, which he made into a parcei and laid on the table. Then at his request dif ferent persons wrote on cards the iname of the p!ace whither they desired their haodkerchiets to be invisibly transported. When this was done he begged the king to take three of the cards at hazard, and choose froni them the place. he Inlight consider the most SulitalC. Let ime see. said Loilis hillippo. .what thiI one says. '1 desire the handkerchiefs to be found be neatl oneC of the cand,elabra on the nantlepiece.' Ai! that is too easy for a soreerer, so we will pass on to the next card; 'The handker chiefs are to be t1tosported to the t dome of the In1valides.' T Ii a t won!d suit us, but it is much too far-not for the handkerchiefs, but for us. -Ah ab !"' the king ad ded. as he looked at the last eard, "I am afraid, monsieur Robert IIoudin, I am about to embarrasE you. )o you know what this card lproposes?" Iroudin, with a respect ful bow, declared that he did not, Well," responded his majesty, "il t is desired that you senld the hand - kerchiefs to a spot beneath thE roots of the last orange tree ot the right of the avenue of St Cloud. I1oudin, afrected the ut most nonchalance. "Only that i sire ?" he said. "iDeign to order and I will obey." The king gav( I gave certain directions in a loN voice, and immediately a numbei tof his' atttendants hurried off to th4 aoratnge tree to watch it. IIe ther s said, "I select the orange tree.' . Iloudin's first business now is t( send the handkerchiefs on theil e travels. So lie placed them be o neath a bell of opaque glass, and e taking his wand ordered them t< fly to the spot the king had chosen I Ie raised the bell, the little pare n was no longer there, and a whit< turtle (love had taken its place. I The king then walked quickly t< the door, whence he looked in th<' : direction of the orange tree to as sure himself that the guards wer< there, and( wVhen this was done hi ' began to smile and shrug his shoul 1 ders. "Ah Monsieur R o b e r 11 Iloudin,'" lie saidl ironically, "'I fea: much for the virtue of your magi staff." Then lie added, as lie re :n turned to the end of the roon w here several servants were stand y ing. "Tell WXilliam to dig iimm t diately below the last tree at th o end of the avenue and bring in o carefully what he finds there-i id he does find anything." The tend st ant proceeded1 to the orange trec ly The eairth at the side of the tre - was carefully removed, and dowl tn among the roots, after muel groping, a small iron box, eatem d with rust, was found. It bore ever le appearance of having been in thi at groundl for many years. This et in rious "find" was cleansed from it d mould and brought in, and place to by the side of the king. Tb dgreatest excitement and imp: tience prevailed on all sides. 1i01 t dini brougnt, perched on his fingel the dove to the king, and aroun a its neck his majesty discovered nlittle rusty key. At the desire < lthe conjurer lhe unloosed it an le opened the box. The first objec wthat met his eve was a time-disco io ored p)ice of' parchment, upo -which he read :"This day, the 6t n June, 1786, this iron box, con tail I ing six handkerchiefs, was plac t ameng the roots of an orange tr< lie by me, B3alsamno, count of Caglie :k- tro. to serve in performing an a >of magic, which will be excut( on the same day sixty years bene he before Louis Philliprz, J,Orlean ye and his family." "There is ce tainly witchcraft about this." cri< the king, and then he looked aga and found in the bottom of ti >box a parcel sealed with a we utknown seal of the famous Caglic ses tro. lie broke it and opened t1 eparcel, and there were six han a kerchiefs v'hich but five minut i. before were lying on the conjure> tale. Was not thia triok as ma1r:ble as the pnroding of " ie King" frum a dark eabinet ? IIoudin was eniployed by tl French government to go to A giers oi a novvi llis:io. T1 Marabout priests exercised grez influence over the natives, becai. they were able to perform certai feats of juggiery, which they pr, tended proved their diviue powe These Marabouts were tienmies the French and encouraged turbi lence among the Arabs. The go ernment thought dhat niiht b a good stroke of policy to sen iIoudin throuih the colony pe forming his miracles and demoi S-1traing to the nIative6 that French sorcerer was greater tha an Arab sorcerer. Accordingi 11oudiu appeared before large at diences,begin ning in the city of A geria. At the first of these pe formnances he introduced a bo which became heavy or light v his order. This box was brough by him to the footlights and wbil holding it in his hands he declare to his hearers that he possesse the power to depriv. the mo, powerful man of his strength an restore it at wil. He invited an ioe who thought himself stron enough to come on the itage. A Arab of m11iddle height, but we built and mituscular, caie to hi side with great assurance. "At oU strong?" asked loudin mea: uring him from head to foot. "O yes," he replied carelessly. "Ai you sure that you will always r main so ?" "Quite sure." "Yo are mistaken," said Houdin, "f( in an instant I will rob you < your strength, and you shall b come as a little child." The Ara smiled disdainfully. Houdin tol him to lift the box. le stoope and lifted it without any effor and said coldly, "Is that all ?" With an imposing gesture 1oudi solemnly pronounced the word "Behold you are weaker thv a woman ; now lift the box The Hercules grabbed the bc quite confidently, but to his asto ishment, it would not budge. 1 attacked it vigorously over ar over again, while his countrymt sat looking, on in silent wondc but it resisted. He vainly expen ed on this box a strength whit would have raised an enormoi weight, until at length, pantin exhausted, and red with anger, I buried his face in his burnous ax retired from the stage. Houd does not explain the secret of th strange trick by which he ma< bodies heavy or light at will, at without apparently touching ther Ibut it was a favorite of his, at often exhibited to his fashionab Parisian audiences. At the same exhibition in i geria of which we have writte -Houdin invited one of the audien to come on the stage. A your Moor, about twenty years of as -tall, well built and richly dresse advanced. There was a plain t ble on the stage (the space betwve -the top and the floor being u tmistakably Open]) which HIoud rasked him to mount. When did so, Hloudin covered him wi -an enormous cloth cone, and stantly removing it, the Moor w -gone. This trick produced - panic in the audience. Screamir S"It is the evil one !" they c!amb< edc ovcr the benches in wild tern fand rushed out the door into t street, where, in the public stre -rubbing his eyes in stupefacti Candi wondering hiow hocgot the 'they found the young Moor. SWhile in the interior, Hou< gave an open air exhibition to t r wildsonsof thedesert. Rleprete: C ed that hie was invulnerable and -ifred to let a Marabout shoot at hi B There was a great c rowd,and a v d dictive.looking fellow came out it and claimed to have the hox - of killing the hated Frcnchm; - The pistols were handed to Hoi 'in, who called attention to1 fact that the vents were clear aThe Marab>ut put in a faiir cha. of powder and drove thew dhome. Among the bullets p~ tduced Htoud in chose one whi h le open!y put in the pistol, an Swas also rammed down. By b same proCess theO second pis a- was loaded. Everybody wvatel d with the most profound solemni eC Houdin posted himself fi f t e .paces from the Marabout with t evincing the slightest emoti d The Marabout immediately sei , one of the pistols and, on Houdi , giving the signal, took a deli r- rate aim at him. The pistol w d off, and the ball appeared betw f the majician's teeth. More an e than ever, the Marabouat trio< - seize the pistol. "You could s injure me," said Houdin; "'but t shall see that my aim is n d- dangerous than yours. Lool s the wvall." He pulled the trig; ' and on the newly white-was . wall annarA a large pateh - b>m exactiy at the spot w.cr l .ed. The "larabout wen le up to dipped Iis fniger in th 1- blou i and rai.ing t tu his mouth e covi::eed himuseli: of the reality tt hVini he acquired this certaint' ie hiS a41rMs fell. and his head buwc 0 On his elist as it he were annihi late.l. It wa; evident for th rmoient he doubted everYthinig >f even the prophet. This seerning.3 1- incomprehensible feat. Houdir per"oried with prepared balls e With bullet-mould and a bit o d wax mixed with lampblack he hn( manufactured a very fitir imitatior bullet. Another bullet of the ;ami a material he had filled with blood Of course, it was by slight o Y band that he changed the bullet forced upon him by the Maratou and substituted his own. At - old trick enabled him to get th< X real bullet between his teeth whil the waxen one was shattered t< t pieces. So with the second ball e it was shattered upon striking thi d wall, but a spot of blood was pro d duced. If Ilioudin had not ex it plained this part it would be quit d as wonderful to most people a y the phenomena of Spirituaiim and could have been passed off a n (ood evidence of spirit agency. I N IiWhn William II. Seward mad, a his tour around the world, lie wit -e nessed some performances of jug glers of India that were quite sur i, prising. lie saw a man climb -c bare pole sixty feet high, stand 3- ing in the open air, and whe; U he reached the top he mysteriou, >r ly disappeared. After a while hi feet re-appeared, then his legs an a- body, and he came down. H1 b claimed no supernatural power d How did he do it ? There was a d Indian juggler who had a little de t, on the Bowery, in New York, afei years ago. He was a dirty fellov n and respectable persons were nc 8, much disposed to venture int m his place. A gentleman told th writer that, moved by curiosit > once, be went in. The juggle i- made him sit on the floor. In [e moment two figures appearentl id human, rose out of the floor i m obedience to the wand of the cot juror. They grew to the ordin: ry height of a human being. Tb h visitor made a motion to ris< is when the figures sank throug the floor instantlv. An examin: ic tion of the place betrayed no vis ible solution to the ingenious pe in formance. Ic IHOW TO TREAT A WIFE. n, First, get a wife ; secondly, 1 ipatient. You may have great tr le als and perplexities in your but ness with the world; but do no I- therefore, carry to your home n, cloudy or contracted brow. Yoi c wife may have many ti ials, whic g though of less magnitude me , have been as hard to bear. d, kind conciliating word a tend< a- look will do wonders in chasim en from her brow all clouds of gloor n- You encounter your difficrulties in 'the open air, fanned by the hea be en's cool breezes ; but your wi th is often shut in from these healt in- ful influences, and her health fail .s and her spirits lose their clastic a ty-. But oh ! bear with her, si ig, has trials and sorrows to whi< ar- you are a stranger, but whi< -or your tenderness can deprive of: he their anguish. Notice kindly h tlittle attentions and efforts to pi on mote your comfort. Do not tal re, them all as a matter of course, a~ pass them by, at the game tir lin being very sure to observe at ,he omission of what you may consi id- r duty to you. Do not treat h of- with indifference, if you would n m. sear and palsy her heart wbil in- watered by kindness, would of the latest day of your existen< ior throb with sincere and consta an. affection. Sometimes yield yc id- wishes to hers. She has prefi ie ences as strong as you, and it m .- be just as trying to yield b -go choice, as you. Do you find ad hard to yield sometimes ? Thi 'o you it is not difficult for her ch, give up always ? If you ne, I it ield to her wishes there is d; Lhe ger she will think you are selfit tol and cai-e only for yourself; a med with such feelings she cannot lc ty. as she might. Again, show yo e n self manly. so that your wife m out 'look up to, and feel that you v on. act nobly, and that she can c< zed fide in your judgment. be- A beau dismissed by a be ent and an arrow dismissed by a b( een are apt to start off in a hurry. i to It seems to us babies mnii not drive a "spanking team." tore If it seems good, a sewing t at chine may be likened unto a k hed Are ladies called "Mum" beca f they talk so little? t IIARTFORD, CONV., Oct. 5. 1874. Mis.s K. V. White: DEAR .L.DAM :-1 regret exceed ingly being unable to accept your kind invitation (also Mr. P. G. . Dutl's) to be present at your I commencement exercises, but the annoying and vexatious illness which still hangs about me to gether with some business engage ments, will prevent. The illness, f to which I refer, is a severe cold I took in New York last winter, during the lecture season. Perhaps the recital of how I tried to cure this cold mv serve instead of the F few remarks you so politely asked me to make to thefriends and pu pils. The first time I began to sneeze, a friend told mo to go bathe my feet in hot water and go to bed. I did so. Shortly after, another friend told me to get up and take a cold shower bath. I did that also. Within the hour, another friend assured me that it was poli cy to .!d a cold and starve a fe s ver. I had both. So I thought it best to fill myself' up for the cold, and let the fever starve awhile. In a case of this kind I seldom do e things by halves; I ate pretty heartily. 1 conferred my custom upon a stranger, who had just opened his restaurant on Cort a landt street, near the hotel, that morning, paying so much for a full meal. He waited near me in respectful silence until I had fin ished feeding my cold, when he inquired if the people about New e York were much afflicted with colds. I told him I thcught they were. Ie then went out and took n in his sign. 1 started up toward the office, and on the way encountered an other bosom friend, who told me o that a quart of salt water would e come as near curing a' cold as any y thing in the world. I hardly thought I had room for it, but I a tried it anyhow. The result was surprising. I believe I threw up n my immortal soul. Now, as I fgive my experience only for the benefit of those of your friends e who are troubled with the distem per, I feel that they will see the h propriety of my cautioning them . against such portions of it as proved inefficient with me, and - acting upon this conviction, I warn them against warm salt water. It may be a good enough remedy, but I think it rathe~r too severe. If I had another cold in the head, eand there was no co,irse left me i_ to take but either an earthquake ior a quart of warm salt water, I twould take my chances on the a earthquake. After this every ir body in the hotel became interest bed, and I took all sorts of reme dies-hot lemonade, cold lemon A ade, pepper tea, boneset, stewed r Quaker, hound syrup, onions and loaf sugar, lemons and brown nsugar, vinegar and loaf sugar, five ibottles of fir balsam. eight bottles Scherry pectoral, and ten bottles of fe Uncle Sem's remedy, but all with bout effect. One of the prescrip. tions given hy an old lady was -well, it was dreadful. She mixed Sa decoc tion composed of molasses, h catnip, peppermint, aquafortis, tur h pentine, kerosene and various dl other drugs, and instructnd me e to take a wineglassful every fif oteen minutes. I never took but ce one dose; that was enough. I had 1 to take to my bed and remain there 2e two entire days. When 1 felt bet ster more things were recommend d. od. I was desperate and willing er to take anything. Plain gin was ot recommended, then gin and mo eh lasses, then gin and onions. I to took al! three. I detected nc e, particular result, however, excepi nt that I had acquired a breath lik< ua turkey buzzard, and had t( ar- change my boarding-place. A aythis new place they suggested er different remedy to any yet tried iA sheet bath was recommended nk I had never refused a remedy yet to and it seemed poor policy to comn 'er mence then ; therefore I deter mn- iroted to take a sheet bath, thougi shI had no idea what sort of ar nd rangement it was. It was ad ye ministered at midnight, and th ur- weathe rwas very frosty. My bacl ay a nd breast were stripped, and ,ii sheet (there appeared to be a thous y- and yards of it) soaked in ice wa ter was wound around me until. resembled a swab for a coluimbiad le, It is a cruel expedient. Whe the chilly rag touches one's warr flesh it makes him start with sud den violence and gasp for breath ht just as men do in the death agon5 It froze the marrow in my bone and stopped the beating of m; na. heart. I thought my time haa ss. come. When I recovered fror this a friend recommended the ap ase plication of a mustard plaster t my breast. I believe that woul lave cured me ettectually it it had not been for young Clemens. When I went to bed I put the musturd plaster where I could reach it when I should be ready for it. But John Clemens got wingry -in the night and eat it up. I never saw any child have such an' appetite. I am confident that lie would have eaten me if I had been healthy. After all this ex perience you cannot wonder that I dread going to New York, and feel obliged to decline your kind invitation. Wishing you a pleas ant and successful time, I remain very respectfully, S. L. CI.EMEN-S (Mark Twain-) FIX UP. The farm, we mean, including the house and grounds around it, the barn and barn-yard, the shed, the poultry-house, the orchard, the fields. Don't be slovenly any long er. Nail fast those loose boards that have played the tune of "Hard Times" during every wind storm for the last two or three years. Mend the holes in the roof through which the rain-drops have pattered on the barn-floor for so long a time, and put new plank in the floor where these sam- leak holes have rotted it out. One of the doors of the wagon-shed needs a new hinge and the door of the cow-stable has been lying on the ground all summer; fix t h e m right away. And we noticed when you drove out with the last load, that the hinge gate-post was sagged so much that you could hardly open it, and the frequ int repetitions of the effort have worn the ground away in the shape of an are whose radius is the length of the gate. Straighten up that post and don't leave the job until your four-year old boy can open the gate with his little finger. Then your front yard! We drove by there the other day qnd took an inventory of its contents. . Three old boxes; one ash-leach; two plows; an old bench; a lot of lumber, spoiled; the wood-pile; a sixteen-year-old sleigh; a pile of debris-rags, old boots: shoes, etc., and, worst of all, a dog. You smile, reader, and are ready by this time to accuse ns of exaggeration, but it is actually true. The owner was an acquaintance, and we called his attention to the dog, which was fast becoming a nuis ance to the public, to say nothing of his own family. Re informed us that the dog had died the day before, and he hadt?t found time to remove the carcass yet. "What will you do with it ?" we inquired. "T a k e it to the woods," says he. "Well, now, see here, my friend," we replied, "the Scriptures say that a living dog is better than a dead lion. I would modify that a little and say a dead dog is better than a living lion. Most of dogs are of no value what ever till they are dead, and then people loose all that ever was, or ever will be of any use, by not knowing what to do with them." "How's that ?" says our friend. "W~hat shall I do with it. ?" "Take it to the manure beap, not to the woods, where it will fill the air for miles around with disease. Why, my friend, the most valuable gases for manurial purposes are continually escaping from that dog's carcass, and if you will bury it in absorbents you can save the most of these gases and raise wheat enough from them to pay for a small portion of the sheep he has killed or the cold potatoes and meat he has eaten. You have a swamp over there-just haul out a wagon-load of the muck and pile it over that dead dog, adding a bushel of quick-lime, and the 'm'e will become the most valuan,.e wagon.load of manure you ever hauled out." IOur friend thanked us for the advice, promised to fix up the front yard, and we drover on, wonder ing why farmers, who have so many natural advantages in their favor, should be content with such unpleasant surroundings. Don't attempt to sod the grounds about the house ; it involves too much labor, especially if they are exten : ive. Plow them up, manure thor oughly with well composted ma . nure, pulverize effectually, and -then sow lawn grass thickly and rake it in lightly with a hand-rake. -If your work is done well you will have a far nicer sod the next year, and a much smoother lawn than you could possibly make with sod. (Ohio Farmer. s if you have not ordered any jet trmmng on your dresses you may :1as well die at once, -Good advice in these dry times for heads of families and girls