Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NE H E RA L-,D - mm ~ADVERTISINC RATES. flt.fMLU~Advertisemeins inserted at the rate of S1 ?A IS1 for each subsequent insertion. Duble EVERYNotices of meetings, obituaries and tribute of respect, same rates per aquare as ordinary At ewbry C. H.advertisements. By Thon. Fo & Ri H. Greneker,ocaccoumo0ie Editors and Proprietors. Iter of 'nsertions will be kept in till frbid aind charged accordingly. ?E&f6', U ?H *~~~ *__ tsec,ith cotrat ade we nithn larg vcr -.4nariably in Advance. J I.ggggggg ~tt=gpr- fs stomed at the expiration of t.t I "''a*""'Vo. VII WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1871. No. 43. Done with Net,esand Dispatch. 7 The X mark denotes expiration of sub eola 0 EMBGE JOHNSTONE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, '4EWBERRY, S. C. OFEICE ON LAW RANGE. July 19, 29-6m. S. FURMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND TRIAL JUSTICE. OFFICE' ON LAW RANGE. may 3, 18-ly. GRAESER & HARMON, CHARLESTON, S. C. THE Undersigned have formed a Co partnership for the transaction of a COT TON FACTORAGE AND GENERAL COM. MISSION BUSINESS. They tender theii services to their friends and the public, an shall be pleased to receive a call from them a. their office on BROWN & CO.'S WHARF CLARENCE A. GRAESER. THOMAS F. HARMON. 6est. 6, 36-3m. WM. J LAKE, Insurance Agent, NEWBERRY, S. C. AGENT FOR THE Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance Company. Assets over : : : : 82,000,000 Annual Income : 1.300.000 Insures against death from all causes. WM. J. LAKE, Newberry, S. C. Feb'. 22, S-tr. t 10R1MN & SCHUMPERT ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NEWBERRY, S. C. The undersigned have formed o Co-partnership in the practice of the Law, and can be found at their office in the building of the -Newberry Bank," front room, tp stairs. THOMAS S. MOORMAN, OSBORNE L. SCHUMPERT. Feb. 22, 8-tf. DR. H. BAER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, NO. 131 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 3, 18-tf. R. A. PRINCLE, COTTON SELLER AND PRODUCE BROKER, Central Wharr, Charleston, S. C. REFERENcEs: Charleston-HIon. C. L Lowndes. P'rest PRan1 of Charleston. W II. $mith. EY., Pres't Uiimoi Ban of Chbarle4on. Robert Ader. Eq .C jin. Pres ,at. Bank, Newberry. Consignments ot Cotton respectfblly solicited Prompt attention given to sales. Aug. 30. 35-3m~ C. R. HOLMES, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION M E RC HA NT ACCOMMODATION WHARF. CIIA RL E STO N, S. C. Aug. 23, 34-Sm. Kinsman &' Howell, Facors and Commissio C. 0. EBERHARDT, MKRCHIANT TAILQR MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. Invites the attention of the citizens of New berry, and up-country generally, to exan in. his stock of Piece Goods for Suits, whic cnsists of a handsome and large assort ment of the finest Cassimeres, Cloths an. Vestings ever offered in the city of Colun bia. Suits made on short notice, fits guarar seed and prices reasonable. Orders solicited. Sep. 27, 39-3rm. DR. E. C. JONES, SURGEON DENTIST, NEWBERlRY, S. C. Rooms over Mr. Mower's store, andi front of Herald of!ico. I take pleasure in.informing my friend and the public generally, that my denta rooms are now open, and that I am pre pared to execute all work in my professio in the most approved manner.. I am determined to devote my enti time and energy m Try p;-efesotn MRS. A. SILL, Formerly of Columbia, Fashionable Dress Maker, Respectfully informs the ladies of New berry, and the surrounding country, that she is located in the house immediately op posite the residence of Mr. M Foot, where she will be happy to receive all orders in her line. Dresses cut and made in latest styles, and any kind of sewing, all promptly atteuded to. She hopes by strict attention to business to merit a share of the patronage of the la dies of Newberry. Oct. 4, 40-1m. W. GRAHA. 0. X. BuTl.R. GRAHAM & BUTLER, COTTON FACTORS AND COJILSSIOX MERCHANTS, OFFICE NO. 6 M'INTOSH STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Will give their strict attention to the Sto rage and Sale of Cotton and other produce on Commission. Will furnish planters with Groceries. Bag ring, Ties, &c., at market rates, and will make the usual advances on Produce consigned. Oct. 4, 40-2m. J. R. THOMPSON, D. D. S. (Gradnate of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.) Office over McFall & Pool's Store. My patients receive the benefit of all the latest improvements in the profession. Special attention given to correction of Ir regularities in Children's Teeth. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. Terms very moderate. Sep. 27, 39-tf. C. F. JACKSON'S LARGE, BEAUTIFUL AND CHEAP STOCK of SPRING and SUMMER DRY GOODS, ALSO, Are now ready FOR SALE. And all CUS TOMERS wiil be SURE OF BARGAINS as the Stock will be sold at VERY SMALL PROFITS. NO HUMBUG. C. F JACKSON, Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. A pr. 5, 14-tf. PAT. H. DUCKETT, GIN I N D LOCKSMITH, CAN be found at Carolina ManufuNcturinz Company's Tin and Stove Shop, with a com plete stock of GUNS, PISTOLS & MATERIAL in his line, and will REPAIR Guns, Pis. tol., all kinds of Locks, Umbrellas, Para sols, Castors, &c. By doing good work at moderate prices, and being punctual to my business, I hope to receive a liberal patronace. I Mr. , 9tf. PAT. H. DUCKETT. A. P. PIFEE, X. A., : : : Principal. Miss FANNIE LEAVELL, :: Assistant. Prof. F. WERBER, : : Musical Dep't. This School will resume its exercises on the 21st September next. S. P. BOOZER, Esq., Sec. B'd. COL. S. FAIR, Pres't. Due West Female College. TITRTEENTHI year will open Oct. 2d, and close mi<ddle of next Jely. Past prosperity most enicouraigin.g. Lo cation pleasant and healthy. Faculty full and complete. Eight teachers. Course of instruction thorough. Government, that of a well ordered family. Expenses for the year, (2 sessions, 4i weeks), for board, (including fuel and wash ing,) and tuition in all literary studies, in 1cludine Latin..................l14.50 Fre:ich, Music, Drawing, Painting, &c., at. very reasonable rates. For'Catalogue address the President, J. I. BONNER, Due West, Abbeville Co., S. C. Sep. 6, 36-2m. PAUL 3. LALANE. 3. 1. LABOUSBELIRE. PAUL B. LALANE & CO., .A.TC TION, General Commission - AND WHIOLESALE GROCERS, 171 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. CONSIGNM1ENTS SOLICITED. REFar.NcE8.--Messrs. hart & Co.. McLoy & Rice. Messrs. Weagner & Monsees. Mr. J. Com,' mins. F. J. Roberts, Discount Clerk. People's National Bank. May 3. 18-6m. NEWBERRY HOTEL THIS eligible, commodious and well fur nished HOUSE, recently kept by Mr. Jor dan P. P'ool, is now under the management of Mr. S. B. Calcutt, who will spare neither time nor means to make it a first class Ho. tel. Terms moderate. Sept. 6, 1871. -_________ nFree Delivery. sAll goods SOLD BY US will be delivered free of Drayage to any one in Town, ora,ny one in 2 miles of the Court House, and at the Depot. Also to any one at Helena;i and we guarantee to sell goo-is as cheap as aav other house. LOVEL.\CE 2; WIIEELE. From Beecber's I1ustrated Magazine. A Word to Our Girls Abol Themselves. We do not feel like scoldii our girls or finding fault wi them; for if they have sense at spirit they would of course rese it, as we would advice given such a manner. But we wou like to have our girls listen to few suggestions which, we 1: lieve, if considered, they w thank us for and approve of suggestions and facte that are i separably counected with the own welfare and enjoyments, al that of many others also. 0 girls, as a general thing, are r ther sensible, and will accept ai approve truth ; but the difficul is to practice what they know be for their good, against tl force of fashion and amid the desire for gaiety and pleasut It is a fact that cannot be succes fully disputed, that our girls not enjoy good health. This true to such an extent that one surprised to meet with a your lady who has passed her twen tiel birthday and can say that she perfectly well. Now, who w say that this is not an alarmir state of affairs? It seems almo incredible that the asserti< should stand uncontradicted. But, reader, make a careful en meration of your female frienc in your own family and out of and tell us who there is of who it can be said, she is perfectly we Rarely you may find a case; b it will be so rare that if you thir of the children of the next gen ration, it will be with an inwa: groan of despair. Why is this? Our mothe were not so generally young w men of the same bodily conditio as those of to-day. There is n thing in climatic influences to i duce this degeneracy of heal among our girls ; hence, the cau must be looked for elsewhei And that there are specific caus is unquestionably true. The grandmothers of the yonng ladies were strong, healtl women, mothers of a dozen ch dren, good housewives and e amples of industry and cbeerft ness. The young woman of to-da who has been reared amidst t labors and cares of a large fami in a Western home, is a stron healthy woman; and so are t! laboring momen of our cities, evi -strong, and in good health. These grandmothers of ours d not dress as the children of the daughters do. This is one reasi why they are stronger and ha pier. They did not avoid all exerci of bodily strength; and this another reason why they h: health. "To him that hath sh: be given, and to him that ha not shall be taken away even th he seemeth to bave," need not limited to spiritual things ; on t contrary, it is literally true of n man's physical powers. To these two causes, viz: m of dress, and lack of physical e ercise, we attribute, in comm< with most others, the deplorat condition of the health of o girls. There is no reason mourn hopelessly over this s of things, for the causes are easi remedied, and that not by outl: of means, but by tho use of go common sense and some firmnec In dress, first let the remedy applied. Instead of the tight a ever tightening corse ts, put on an age when the bones are s< and flexible, let us have the co fortable and far more beauti. dress that leaves the ribs a chest to grow and develop nal rally and healthfully. Instead the (at first) gentle pressure, gr: ually drawing the ribs neal and nearer together, diminishi more vand more the size of t chest, giving less and less ro< to the lungs, let her have the f use and power of the lungs, ti will send- the healthful blo bounding through a healthy, v orous body, strengthened cheerful exercise in useful-a to her as well as others-help labor. Let us see our girls out in t open air several hours a day, a in the kitchen, and up stairs, tending to household duties se' rat other hours, instead of bei ing over fine sewing, or doi crochet work all day in dresi that cannot permit a wvoman breathe freely, and in which go health is unattainable. We might set forth the lo train of diseases, miseries a deaths that daily follow, as a n ral consequence, the terrible a shameful abuse of the bod which our girls bear about, t turing and suffering torture in turn, that early make desolb many households and poor a miserable others, that otherw might be homes of happiness a penty. We speak for the pres and future, when we pleadw our girls not to remain ignor: of the great wrong they are doi 1hcmsnvo n one ther in nt 4. entbralling themselves from the It harmful tyranny of dress and the deathly inactivity under which they are hopelessly trying to sus ig tain life and win happiness. h kd Sixteen Reasons. in A writer in an English journal Id gives the following plain and for a cible reasons for abstinence from e- the use of intoxicating liquors as ill a beverage. It is a view sanction - ed both by religion and common n. sense: ir 1. Because ale, porter, gin, rum, id brandy, etc., all contain a spirit ir which is calculated to derange the a- human system. id 2. Because none nf these drinks, y as an habitual beverage, are ever o useful, but always injurious to e persons in health, and many pro ir fessing Christians, both young e. and old have been ruined by them. s- 3. Because drunkenness is a be lo setting sin, and leades to idleness, is quarrelling, swearing, fighting, is stealing, adultery, murder, and almost every other sin, and finally to eternal misery. is 4. Because droking produces 11 poverty, bankruptcy, destruction of property, loss of reason, disease, s and premature death. n 5. Because a great deal of valu able time, labor, and capital are u. worse than wasted upon making, s vending and using the drinks. t' 6. Because over seventy millions m of money, being more than the whole revenue, are annually ex It pended upon them in the United k Kingdom, which ought to be laid e- out in food and manufactures. A 7. Because nearly six millions of bushels of good grain are annu rs ally destroyed in this Christian o. land to make these liquors, while s the markets are high and many of o. the poor are starving. n. S. Because intemperance ob .h structs the progress of civilization, se education, the religion of Jesus, e. and every useful reform. es 9. Because abstinence is sure and safe, but drinking mod - se erately is dangerous, and has led to all the drunkenness in the world. 10. Because I find I cannot ef , fectually warn the drunkard, or set him example unless I am my self an entire abstainer. l 11. Because I like to join those who are exerting themselves to promote the temporal and spirit e ual reformation and hap-Iness of % man. 12. Because it is important to id set a safe example of perfecting *ir sobriety to our children, friends, n and associates. p. 13. Because it is our Christian duty to deny ourselves even of se lawful things to promote the hap is piness of others. id 14. Because, while millions in ill time and eternity have repented bi of drinking, not one has ever re at pen ted of abstaining. be 15 Because, while no blessing le is pronounced upon drinking, God'i o-approval is frequently recorded in favor of abstinence. [See Jer. Jxxxv.; Luke i, 15; Rem. xiv, 21; .Prey. xx, 1.] a 16. Because Ishould be ashamed Ic to touch, taste, handle, or keep in ur my house, the article which is to -filling the land with dissipation, te vice, poverty, misery, lamentation lv and woe. >d EALY RIsINa.--We confes5 ss. that there is some philosophy in be the sentiments expressed in thc 'id extract below from the New York~ at Times. "A light breakfast, e aft cracker, and a pinch of salt," are m. all sheer nonsense. The writez ul says: rid All this talk about early rising ,is moonshine. The habit of turn of ing out of bed in the middle of the 4d- night suits some people ; let their -er enjoy it. But it is only folly tc ag lay down a general rule upon thE he subject. Some men are fit for no m thing all day after they have riset all early every morning. Their ener at gies are deadened, their imagin od tions are heavy, their spirits ar< ig depressed. It is said you can word by so well in the morming. Som nd people can, but others work bes ['l at night ;others again, in the af ternoon. Long trial and experi he ment form the only conclusmv nd tests on these points. As for get it- ting up early, because Professoi re- Gammon has written letters t< id- the papers proving the necessitj ng of it, let no one be geese enougl mes to do it. We all know the mode to man, aged eighty : "I invariablj od rise at five ; I' work three hours take a light breakfast-namely, gcracker and a pinch of salt-worl nd five hours moreo; never smoke at.. never drink anything. but barle: nd water ; eat no dinner, and go t< ies bed at six in the evening." I >r- anybody finds that donkeyfie< re- sort of life suit him, by all means s let him continue it. nd But few people would care ti ise live to eighty on those terms. I nd a man can not get all withere< nt and crumbled up on easier term th tban those, it is almost as wel t that he should depart before he i ng a nuisance to him~self and a bor isto neverybodv else. A Melancholy Sequel to Crime. The Camden Journal adds the following to the paragraph an nouncing the death of Silas and Sikes Ingram, which we published a few days ago: No one who reads this can fail to connect the names and circum stances with those of a crime re cently mentioned in this paper. They recall those of the Newman murder. What strange, strange phases of human nature are pre sented in this case! A young man, inebriated, kills his brother in-law, without any cause. He flees, and at the same time his fa ther disappears from his accus tomed walks; the son is pursued by the officers of the law ; nothing more is heard of either, until away in North Carolina, near Ra leigh, the two appear "sick and partially deranged." The son dies, leaving his fatther in a des perate situation. Did the poor old maa, lavishing his love upon his first-born, leave home and friends for the sake of soothing or sympathizing with, and helping to bear the remorse and anguish of his guilty and con scious-stricken boy? Did he yearn over him, "bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh ;" go along to help his offspring forget, in the excitement of a rew home and surroundings? Did be go to watch over his boy, who, though guilty of the murder. was crazed when the fatal deed was done, and guard him from from those who would snatch him from his yearning bosom to carry to the scaffold ? The young man's lips are closed in death. The law's vengeance cannot reach him now, for he has gone before a higher tribunal, the Court of Immaculate Justice. Intemperance was the direct cause of all this sad history. Re member that !-aniden Journal. THEM GOOD OLD DAzE.-IIow I do long (once in a while) for them good old daze. Them daze when there waz moi e fun in 30 cents than there iz now in 8 dollars and a quarter. Them daze when a man mar ried 145 pounds of woman, and less than 9 pounds (awl told) of enny thing else. How I do long for them good daze when edekashun konsisted in what men did well. Them daze when dekons were as austere as hoss redish, and min isters preached to men's souls in stead of their pockets. Them daze when politics was the exception and honesty the roole. Them daze when dorgs ,vunt known, and when brown bread and baked goose made a good din ner. Them daze when a man who wasn't bizzy was watched, and wher, women spun yarn to knit stockings. How 1 do long for the good old daze when now and then a gal baby was called Jerusha, and a boy wasn't spilt if he was named Jerrymier. And ye who have the fethers -and fuss of life, who have the cod tish of wealth without sense un der yore noze. e-urn beneath this tree and long an hour with me t'or the good old daze when men were shamed to be fools, and wo men fraid to be flirts. Josa BILLINGS. IIIsTornY of' CHIcC.o.--Chicago is situated on Lake Michigamn, at the mouth of Chicago River. The river affords thbe only good harbor on the West side of the lake near its Southern extremity, and to this fact the city owed its oi-iginal im portance. The name is of Indian origin, and is mentioned by the French Jesuit Missionary Mar quette, who first visited it in 1673. The town was first laid out in 1830, and organized in 1833, wvhen it contained only twenty-eight votes. In four years, the population in creased to 4,000. The rapid pro gross of Chicago since 1837 is pro bably unparalleled in the growth of cities. As early as 1854, it was announced that Chicago was the largest primary grain depot in the world. In all departments of -trade, it ranked among the first -cities of the Union. The colossal fortunes amassed by many of its citizens were freely expended in building up the city in a style of Iunsurpassed magnificence a n d gr-andeur. Chicago rated as the fifth city in the Union, according to the census of 1870. The popu. lation, as ascertained by the mar. shals, was reported to be 298,977. but it was claimed to bo several thousand more. Beware of any undertaking which is announced with a fiou ish of tru mpets. The instruments on which the subsequent perform. fanees will take place are0 too otten lp enny whistles. Female agitation is going be. yQnd civil suffrage. As the win ter' ball season approaches, she in stB on her right to bare arms A New Talking Machine. There is soon to be exhibited ir this city a combination of wood wire and India rubber-a machim -which can ,alk in any language say anything ; pronounce dis tinctly ; laugh, cry, hiss, shriek squeal; sing divinely in alto, so prano and basso; in short, do any thing of which the human voice it capable. This extrCordinary re Eult of ingenuity and perseveranc< ii the inventioa of Professor Faber of Vienna, and his nephew. Th< latter has brought it to this coun. try, after an extended tour through out Europe, during which it hat elicited the commendation of some of the greatest scientists of th< old world. A reporter visited the Prescot1 I Iouse, yesterday, for the purpost of testing it. It consists of a fan ey guildtd table, beneath whieli is a foot lovr for moving a bet. lows above. On top, are a com. bination of wires, strings, delicatc wooden levers, rubber tubes and trestle work forming the speaking machine. Behind is a bellows, which represents the lungs. The air is forced through a narrow aperture into a tube representing the wind-pipe, and thence into a large swelling representing the glottis. Thence it passes out through a ven t representing a hu man mouth, with movable lowei jaw, lips and tongue of India rub ber. Wires fron below push ul the jaw arid tongue, in imitatior of the human mouth and tongue giing expression to the sound ol the rushing air. Those wires, and others which act instead of teeth are worked by wooden levers, al the end of which are keys. There were fourteen levers an( wires, cach creating a ditferen1 sound when manipulated, and cer tain combinations of t h1 C i sounds produce a:,y sound ci syllablo asked for. A separat( lever makes a laughing sound Skillful manipulation of all thes< levers causes the artificial mouti to speak as well as that of a hu man being, except that there is n< inflection, aad the sound of th< final d or t is imperfect, being pro nounced like th. The principle i. a sort of inverse stenography combining the compotent sound. of syllables into perfect words A small box, furnished with piatn keys and filled with wires anc wooden slats, produces the sing ing in combination with a masi, made in imitation of the humai face and its organs of speech. Madame Faber, a modest look ing lady, played upon the key with great skill. There is n< humbug about it. Everyscntence short and long, every word asket for, no matter how difficult of pro nunciation, in English, French o German, was instantly re; reduce< with astonishing distinctness. It style of talking is as follows: "I-am-a-mere-mac-ine bath-I--can-talk-as-well-a -you-si r-r-r." Mr. Faber sai< that he was seven years endeavor ing to produce the sound of' i. T show howv he succeeded at last, h touched a number of keys and th machine said "Ms-sis-sip-pi. Several of the most difficult word were asked for-such as shrimpf sister, Paulina, aind the Gerima letters icks. upsilon, tzet, but al were pronounced with the g;eat est readiness. The utility of' tb machine may be questioned ; bu as a curiosity of ingenuity its sue( cess cannot he disputed. It is thi only ever perfected. There hav been others invented at differen periods, but their articulhtion ha been confined to a fe,w sentenem This can articulate anything. ([New York Sun, 6th. THlE Siz.a OF A LE.-In Wor cester, in a lawsuit, a plump fe male witness was asked by th council at what time the car; passed her house on a certain day She replied that she began knit ting at three o'clock, and kni twice around the leg of a stockin; before thre train passed. Of ceurs< the council then asked her hos long it would take her to ki twice round. Some one remarket that the time would depend on t size of' the stocking. The lad: readily replied that the stocking was for herself, and the cour could exercise its own judgrmen and guess as to the size and tim required. The answer brough down the bench, bar, jury and cit izens generally, who were pres 1ent. Do not talk about yourself o your family to the exclusion o other topics. What if you ar clever, and a little more so thai other people, it may be that folk w ill think so, whatever they ough to do. Never overwhelm your friend Iby begging them to make them selves at home, or they will sool wish they were there. Show b; your actions rather than you words that you are gldto se A Sad Scene. Yesterday about noon a crowd of men, women and children blocked up the sidewalk opposite No. 452 Sixth avenue, near Twen ty.eighth street. The excitment was caused by the appearance at the second-floor windows of that I ouse-which is a brick dwelling house of most respectable appear- 1 ance-of a lady attired in black, i whose eccentric actions naturally i arrested the attention of passers : i in the street, and so caused the I assemblage of a crowd of curious i gazers. The lady, who was of 1 prepossessing appearance and ap parently about twenty-five years < of age, would go from window to window, shutting and opening.how i with strange gestures waved with< her hands to the people in the i street. Sometimes she would ap. pear at a window with a lighted kerosene lamp in her hand, which t she would hold above her head t while she kept time with uplifted finger to some incantation tered i by her, Then, having scanned i the crowd for awhile through an opera glass, she pl.Lced a small silver bell upon the outer window sill, and, having tinkled it as if to I enjoin silence, proceeded to ad dress some vague reinarks to her i audience. Afterwards she pro- i daced a large photograph album, i which bhe opened and placed on i the window-sill, calling by hcr i gestures the attention of the peo- < ple outside to the pictures in it. i Her most touching action, though, I was when she came to tne window I with a hwge doll dressed in blue, w,hich she caressed and held to I her bosom as though it were a I real child. At this, many of the i women in the crowd, who knew i probably the sad history of the I hapless lady, could not refrain i from sheeding tears. There were i attendants in the room with the insane woman, but they did not in j any way intefere with herstrange aetions, wishing probably to hu mnor her and so prevent a more violent outbreak. It soon became known to the crowd that this un fortunate lady was the widow of the late Dr. Connolly, the terrible tragedy enacted by whom in West Eleventh street is fresh in the minds of our rea -..s. Utterly prostrated in mind by that event, she was sent by her friends to an awlum some time since, from wiich she was removed within a day or two, in the supposition that her mental equilibrium had been restored. After a while two po licemen entered the house. The blinds of the windows were then closed, and the s!reet was cleared by the police -From the New York World, Oct. 2. Waste Paper for Household r Uses. Few housekecper-s have time to blacken their stoves every day, or even every week. Many wash them in either clean water or dish water. This keeps them clean, but they look very brown. After a store has b3en blackened, it can be kept looking very well foir a long time by rubbing it with pa p)er every morning. If I oca Ssionmally find a drop of gravy or - fruit juice that the paper wvill not take off, I rub it with a wet clotb, but do not put on water eniough to take off the blacking. I find that rubbing with paper is a much tnicer way of keeping thd outside of uwy teakettle, coffee-pot, and tea. pot Sbright and clean, than the old way So washing them in suds. The in tside of coffee-pots and tea-pots should be rinsed in clear, water, and never in the dish water. Rubbing with dry paper is also the best way of polishing knives and tin-ware after scouring. T his - saves wvetting the knife-handles. - If a little flour be held on the pa Sper in rubbing tin ware and spoons. Sthey shine like now silver. For - polishing windows, nmirror-s, 'amp -chimneys, etc., I always use paper in pr-eference to any dry cloth. Preserves and pickles, keep much better if brown paper, instead or cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not so apt to mould if a Ipiece of writing-paper,ecut to fit the can, is laid directly on the top oft he fruit. Paper is much better to put under a carpet than straw. It is warmer, thinner, and makes less noise when one walks over it. A fair car pet can be made for a room not in constant use. by pas - ting several thicknesses of unews - paper on the floor, ovar them a coat of wall-paper, and giving it a coat of varnish, in cold weat her SI have often placed pae betw een f my bed-quilts, knowinig that two Sthicknesses of paper are as wvar-m ias a quilt. If it is necessary to Sstep on a ohair, always lay a pa-j t per on it ; this sav es rubbing the varnish. Children easily learn the habit of doing so.--Techenolo g gist. 2 The lat case of' modesty is that 7 of a young lady who discairded her r lover, a sea captain, because in e sneaking of one of his voyages, he sairl that he "hugged" the shore. Courting in Nebraska--Effect of a Scarcity of Women. A heavy dose of girls, none of Four hommopathic prescriptions, s what Nebraska needs. A party -f us were duck hunting the other Jay on the Kissouri bottoms. Night overtook us before we wer tware of it, and we were obliged ,o seek lodging at the first dwell ng we could find. It was a small )ne-story structure of three rooms, Lnd occupied by a family of six ather, mother, daughter, and three ions. The sons were all unmar -ied, and from the calls that wore nade afterwards, we judge the laughter was unmarried also. We iadn't been in the house five min ites when some kind of a vehicle [rove up and two young men vere ushered into the parlor 'traightway t h e mother a n d laughter held a whispered consul ation which closed with an invi ation to the sitting room for sup >er. It was evident the young nen calbrs had been to tea, ts hey staid in the parlor with 'sweet sixteen." Scarcely had we taken -ur seats t the table when a howl from he dogs out-doors announced an aher comer. He seemed to avoid he front door, and knocked at hat where our party was just sit ing to supper. The mother rose o answer the summons, when we were surprised by the daughter >pening the parlor door and rush rg forward with, "Don't git up, nother! It's one of my fellows I .;ome in, Jim ; how do you do?" And Jim entered in response to he cheery salutation. He made umself as comfortable as possible ill we had finished supper, when notber whispered consultation )roved that the "parlor is full as t ort to be," whispered by Miss, n resp:nse to some motherly sug estion. The old gentleman solved ,be question by inviting us into he kitchen to smoke. It was evi !ont that Jim didn't smoke, for he -emained in the sitting-room. We hould have doubtless enjoyed a juiet cigar, had not the old lady )pened the back door, and shouted it the top of her voice, "Come lound here to the back door!" It was another young man, and ,e fancied he lonked as if he bad :ome in rather late. Two young nen within the parlor, one in the iitting-roon and one in the kiteh n. What should be done? The ourLing business was getting hot! rhere was another talk between nother and daughter. It was evi lent their devices bad been ex. iausted. The old gentleman was :alled into the corner. Ie settled Ae question by a whisper: '-I'll be d-d if I'll move again intil the settin'-room is full." Into the sitting-room went num der four and we smoked. It was ull ten minutes before the next listurbers came and they entered Lhe kitchen with the air of old ac 1uaintances. We looked anxious ly at the host. Taking his pipe rom his mouth a single sentence relieved us: "Them's the widowers. Stick !" A nd we "stuck" and smoked on. For* the next half hour the girl must have been kept busy. The widowers had certainly a third of br time. It was 9 o'clock. We wished to go to bed, and the onily bed we had discovered was in the parlor. The old gentleman di rined our wishes, and said : "I'm sorry, gentlemen ! But his is one of the regular courtin' aights ! Thiem two fellers in the parlor never leaves afore mid night. wd the widowers allus stay all -ight. And that ain't the worst >f it. Dan'll be here at 10 o'clock. [and the boys always sleep in the aystack Friday nights. Yer wel yome to that I" The parlor, sitting-room and itchien full, we retreated to the :iaystack. In response to a ques ion on the point the old gentle man said that "Friday nights it's purty bad, but Sundays it's wass. Last Sun lay night there was ten on 'em, ad the girl is gettin' more and more pertikiler. The more she ets the more she wants I" On the hay-stack, with a stiff reeze driving away the mnusqui oes, we heard Dan drive up. One >f the last remarks of the old man >efo we fell asleep, wams, "Yes, entlemen, courtin's hot in Ne rasky !" And we believed him. .ebraska Correspondence Syracu.se Standard. A friend should be one in w hose taderstandiung and virtue wo enn squally confide, and wvhose opin on we can value at once for its iustuess and sincerity. It is not the most d amonstrativ-e >f our friends who care most about s. Scores of people wish us well who do not feel impelled to stop as on the street and say so. Miss Lydia Armstrong, ofGra t County, Indiana, advertises for a husband. "Money," s.he says. " no object, but he must be healt y ad willing to work."