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Vol. VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1872. No. 34. THE HERALD Is PUBLISHED VEY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. F. & R. H. Greneker, Editors andProprietors. Invariably in Advance. Lp The paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is paid. Ew The X mark denotes expiration of sub scription. OFFICIAL. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina, Regular Session, 1871 and 1872. AN ACT TO CHARTER THE UNION SAVINGS BANK, OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That *S. L. Leapbart, John Meigban, J. P. Southern, G. M. Walker, William Glaze, Richard Wearn, W. B. Nash, William Si mons, James Davis, and George Symm-rs, together with such oth er persons as are now, or may hereafter be, associated with them, shall be, and they are hereby, con stituted and made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Union Savings Bank, of Columbia, South Carolina," and by this name and style shall be, and is hereby, made capable in law to have, purchase, enjoy and retain, to it and its successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels and effects, of what kind or quality Roever, and the same to sell, alien or dispose of, to sue and be.sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in Courts of re cord, or any other place whatso ever; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and, also to ordain and put in execution such by-laws and regulations as may seem necessa ry and convenient for the govern ment of the said corporation, not being contrary to the laws of the State or the Constitution thereof. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shafl not be less than twenty thousand dollars, which may be increased from time to time to asum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and shall be paid 'n an' accumulated as herein4fter provided. SEC. 3. The said corporation shall have power and authority to invest its capital stock or other funds in bank or other stocks in the purchase of bonds of United States, bonds issued by this or any other State of the United States, and in bonds of any incorporated company; to lend money uponl personal or real security ; to dis count bonds, notes and bills of exchange, and to- guarantee the payment of notes, bonds. bills of exchange, or other evidences of debt. SEC. 4. The said corporation shall receive deposits from any person or persons, and all such de posits shall be invested as the Board of Directors may deem most advantageous, and in accord ance with Section 3; and inte-est shall be allowed to the depositors thereof as may be directed or pro vided for by the by-laws of the in stitution. SEe. 5. Each subscriber to stock in this bank shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, pay at the office of the bank one dollar per share of his or her subscrip tion ; and any subscriber faihing to do so, shall be fined five cents per share for such delinquency, and for each succeeding ten days of such delinquency ten cents per share additional; and if, at the expiration of two months, such delinquency shall still exist, the stock shall be sold at public auc tion, the proceeds of which shall be paid to such delinquent stock. holder, after deducting all fines that may be charged against him, and his proportion of all losses sustained and expenses incurred by the institution in the course of his business. SEC. 6. As soon as the stock be comes of the value of one hundred dollars per share, scrip shall be is sued to each stockholder for the number of shares standing in his or her name on the books of' the 2' institution, signed by the Presi dent and Cashier, with the corpo rate seal of the bank affixed, from which time the pay ment of month ly instalments shall cease. SEc. 7. Any stockholder, at any time prior to the stock becoming of the value of one hundred dol r lars per share, may withdraw from the institution, upon written no tice being given at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors; and, at the expiration of ninety days, the institution shall pay to said stockholder the actual value of his or her stock at the date of notice of withdirawal-the month ly instalment of' such stockholder ceasing from date of said notice, or said stockholder may sell or transfer his or her interest to any other person, the purchaser being placed on an equality with the other stockholders. SEC. S. By actual value of the stock is meatut the amount paid in y-ea stckoldr,.together with his or her proportion of any pro fits, and deducting therefrom his or her proportion of any losses that have occurred, and withhold ing his or her proportion of' any investment about which the Board of Directors may be doubtful, un til they are satisfied. SEC. 9. As soon after the stock becomes of the value of one hun dred dollars per share, and scrip is issued therefor, the Directors may make dividends, at such times, tind of so much of the profits of the bank, as shall appear to them advisable. SEC. 10. There shall be elected, as soon after the ratification of this Act as the corporators and subscribers may deem advisable, and annually thereafter, seven Di rectors from their number, who shall appoint one of their number President, and may fill any vacan cy occurring in the Board, unless it be by removal, in which case the members shall fill the same in general meeting. The Board shall appoint (to hold at its pleasure) the subordinate officers and agents, prescribe their duties and compen sation, and take from them such bonds, with security, as it may I'deem advisable. SEC. 11. It shall be competent, at any general meeting of stock. holders, to change the time of holding tht- annual meeting; and extra meetings may be called at any time, upon a written applica tion to the Board of Directors, signed by stockholders represent ing not less than one-half of the capital stock; and, at all meetings of stockholders, each share shall entitle its holder to one vote, and a representation of a majority of the entire stock by the holders in person, or by their proxies, shall be requisite to constitute a quo rum. SEC. 12. The said company is hereby declared to be capable in law of holding and exercising the office of Executor by appointment of any testator, the oflice of ad ministrator of the testator oi in testate by appointment of' the Court of Probate, the office of guardian, or other trustee, of any estate which may be held in trust by appointment of any person or Court of competent authority to make such appointment; and the office of trustee under any mort gage. And, in any such case, the said company, as executor, admin istrator or trustee, shall be sub ject to the same measure of' ac countability, and to the same rules and regulations of law, which per tain to such trusts when held and exercised by natural persons, ex cept that, in lieu of any bond to be required of said company for the administration of any trust, the capital stock and other assets of the company shall stand pledged for the faithful discharge of any such trust. SEC. 13. The said corporation shall have authority to establish branch offices at such points in this State as the Directors may elect: Provided, That the business transaction at such branch offices shall constitute a part of the gene ral business of the bank, and shall be reported to the office in Colum bia, at least once a month. SEC. 14. This Act shall be deem ed a public Act, and shall be judi cially taken notice of without spe cial pleading; and the charter ranted shall be in force from its passage, and continue in force for a period of thirty years. 'Approved March 13, 18'72. 0NATT INCORPORATE THE BULL RERAND PORT ROYAL RAIL ROAD COMPANY. SECTIoN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and H-ouse of Representa tives of the State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same : That for the purpose of estab lishing a rail road from some p)oint on Bull River to a junction with the Port Royal Rail Road at a point at or near Whale Biranch, a charter, with the rights and privi leges incidental to the sarr.e, be, and the same is hereby, granted to, and vested in, D. C. Wilson, Robert S malls, J. G. Thompson. W.JWhpper., J. 31. Crofut, N. B. My;er-s, F. E. Wilder, J. B. Bas comb, W. M. French, Samuel Green, P. L. Wiggin, S. B. Thomp son, Alfred Williams, M. Pollitzer, P. Coxum, W. E. Towne, J. S. Brown, J. S. Mobley, and their associates ; and when a company shall be formed, in compliance with the conditions herein pre scribed, it shall be known by the name of the Bull River and Port Royal Rail Road Company, and shall haive a corporate existence, as a body politic, in perpetuity. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be one million (1,000,000) dollars, in shares of twenty-five dollars each ; and, in c-der to raise the said gapital stock, it shall ha iawful to open Ibooks 'of subscription in such places, and at such times, as may be deemed for the best interest of the cr.poration, under the direc tion of the corporators. The times and places for receiving such sub. scriptions to be determined by a majority of the incorporators, but should such majority fail to fix such times and such places, they may be fixed by any four of the corporators hereinbefore named, they having first given due notice of the same in any newspaper pub lished in Beaufort or Charleston Counties; and said subscription books shall be kept open for twen I ty days from such time, and at such places, as said corporators may determine. When fifty thous and shall have been subscribed. the said corporators, or any four of them, shall give notice, by pub lication for at least ten days, ofi the time and place of meeting, for organization. SEC. 3. Whenever the said sum of fifty thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the subscribers, their executors, administrators, and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, incorpora ted into a company, with all the rights, powers and privileges con ferred upon the "Port Royal Rail Road Company," by an Act enti tied "An Act to charter the Port Royal Rail Road Company," rati fled December the 21st, A. D. 1857: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt said company from the provisions of Section 1, of Chapter 63, of the General Statutes. SEC. 4. That said "Bull River River and Port Royal Rail Com pany" shall have power to mort gage its property and franchise, and issue bonds, at such rates of interest, and upon such terms and conditions. and for such uses and purposes of said corporation, as the Board of Directors thereof may deem expedient. SEC. 5. Tnat no other rail road shall be constructed, with a termi nus, or point of beginning, within ten miles of line of said "Bull Riv er and Port Royal Rail Road" for a period of ten years. SEC. 6. That the said company shall have the right to build bridges across navigable rivers: Provided, They shall put in good and suffi cient draws, shall construct neces sary stations and turnouts, and shall have one or more tracks to the road, with such gauge as will correspond with that of the Port Royal Rail Road. SEC. 7. Nothing herein contain ed shall be so construed as to ex empt the said company from the payment of taxes. SEC. 8. Said rail road shall be commenced within one year, and completed within seven years, af ter the passage of this Act. Approved March 12, 1872. AN ACT TO CHARTER TVE LANCA TER AND CAMDEN RAILROAD COM PANY, OF soUTH CAROLINA. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene. ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That, for the purpose of estab lishing a rail road company, from Camden to Lancaster, that a char ter, with the rights and privileges incidental to the same, be, and is hereby, granted to, and vested in, H. J. Hickson, iR. WV. Cousart, Jo seph Clark, J. F. G. MvJittag, B. J. Witherspoon, D. C. Wolfe, WV. M. Shannon, J. B. Kershaw, W. Z. Leitner, Mannes Baum, Samn'l Boykin, T. F. McDow, S. H. Brew er, Li. J. Patterson and John Ker shaw, and their associates, ..and when a company shall be formed, in compliance with the conditions herein prescribed, it shall be known by the name of the Lancaster and Camden Rail Road Company, and shall have a corporate existence, as a body politic, in perpetuity. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be one mil lion dollars. in shares of twenty five dollars, or five acres of land each ; and, in order to raise the said capital stock, it shall be law ful to open books of subscription in such places, and at such times, as may be deemed for the best mn terests of the corporation, under the direction of the corporators ; the times and places for receiving such subscriptions to be determin ed by a majority of the corpora. tors; but should a majority fail to fix such times and places, then such times and places may be fix Ied by any six of the corporators hereinbefore named, having given due notice of the same in any newspaper or newspapers of the State ; and the subscription books shall be kept open for twenty days, from such times, and at such places, as said corporation may de termine; that, on each share of stock subscribed, or land to the value of each share so subscribed, the said subscribers shall pay two dollars to the corporators, who shal~ 4@psit the same in someNa tional or State bank. When fifty thousand dollars, or the value thereof in land shall bave been subscribed, the said corporators, or any six of them, shall give no te, by nnhlication, for at least ten days, of the time and place of meeting for organization. SEC. 3. Whenever the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or the value thereof in land, shall have been subscribed, the subscribers, their executors, administrators and as sizns, shall be and they are here by declared to be incorporated into a company, and shall have all the rights and privileges conferred upon the South Carolina Central Rail Road Company, ratified--: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so con strued as to exempt the said company from payment of taxes; Provided, farther, That this Act shall not be construed so as to bind the State to endorse, guaran tee, or aid said road; Provided, further, That nothing herein con tained shall be construed as to exempt said company from the provisions of Section 1, of Chap ter 63, of the General Statutes. SEC. 4. That the said company shall have the right to construct necessary stations, and turnouts, with one or more tracts to the, road: Provided, That the said road shall be commenced within one year, and completed within five years, after the passage of this Act, or the charter thereof shall be forfeited: And provided, further, That the said road shall be subject to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to declare the manner by which the land, or the right of way over the landsl of persons or corporations may be taken for the construction and uses of railways, and other works of internal improvement," ratified September 22, A. D. 1868. SEC. 5. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and continue in force for twenty-one years. Approved March 13, 1872. Spectrum Analysis. In the whole history of science there is nothing more wonderful than the discovery or invention (it would be difficult to say which is the more correct term) of spec trum analysis. Thirteen years ago it had no existence whatever as a mode of scientific inquiry. Not five years had passed from the day when Kirchhoff announced the true meaning of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, before Huggins and Miller were telling astronomers of the terrestrial ele ments existing in the stars. Then the great secret of the gaseous nebule was revealed by Huggins, and soon after the structure of comets began to interpreted. The importance of the new mode of reserch in all problems of chemi cal analysis, as a delicate test for determining the presence of poi sons as a means of improving many processes of manufacture, and as an aid in almost every branch of scientific inquiry, be come each year more clearly re cognized. We have seen Sorby analyzing by its means the color ing-matter of plants, andl the en tomologist comparing the spec. tram of the glow-worm and the fire fly. The microscopist em ploys the powers of the new an alysis to solve problems which the magnifying powers of his in struments would be altogether unable to cope with. Nothing, in fine, seems too vast or too minute, too distant or too near at hand, for this wonderful instrument of research, which deals as readily with the mass of Sirius, a thou sand times larger and a million times farther away than our sun, as with ten-thousandth part of a grain of' matter in a flame within a few inches of the spectroscopic tube.-Spectator. BE ALwAYS STIcKING IN A TREE. -"Jack, when you hae naething else to do, be ye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing when you are sleeping." The above death-bed injunction of the old Scot to his son, is well wvorthy the attention and accep tance of all sons of modern days. If closely followed, it could not do otherwise than lead to many a paying investment, for every tree in the right place is a thing of' value, and if put there in an "odd spell," it may be reckoned as having been obtained at next to no cost. And since each year ad ded to its age increases its size, and, consequently, its value, the insignificant outlay necessary to obtain, and place it into position, may be counted so much capital, put out at compound interest. [Exchange. The stories cf the man and wife who came to grief in a dispute as to whether it was a rat or mouse that crossed the room, and of that no less historic couple who died the death, in a quarrel, of "knife or scissors," are both pat to shame by a married twain in Jackson, Tenn. Having a little dispute as to which way a bed should be placed in an apartment, the hus band convinced his unruly spouse simply by beating her to deatL.. Subscribe for the Herald. For the Herald. Sister Minnie. "Oh! I am so unhappy," ex elaimed little Hettie one day to her mother; "I cannot sleep at night, thinking bow unkind I was to sister Minnie when living, and now shp is dead I cannot ask her forgiveness," and the child covered her face with her bands, sobbed as if her heart would break, and au'ded : "I was often angry and spoke crossly to her, ind she was alwayssokind tome." 'What did you do to your sister that grieves you so much ?" asked Rettie's mother ; the little girl replied, "We were one day in the lower-garden, and you know, aiother, what beautiful flowers bloomed on her beds, for she did aot permit weeds to grow near Ohem, and watched them with so nuch care. That evening she was bending over the Hyacinths md I pushed her; she fell on one md broke it, and I ran off laugh ng." "What did your sister do yr say, my child ?" "She said 3othing, but she cried and walked imong the flowers and shrubbery, is if she wanted no one to see aer." "You were very wicked ind rude," answered Hettie's mo Lher; "I am not surprised that your conscience does not permit you to sleep at night. Did you aot feel mortified afterwards ?" 'Yes, mother, but I could not tell her that I was." "My dear child, f yon had acknowledged to your sister that you had wronged her, you would have been spared much pain and mortification." "I want ,d to ask her to forgive me when 5he was sick, but she was too weak to talk. Mother, she often talked about angels-said she wanted to be one, then she would sing beautiful hymns and play on ! harp with golden strings. Mo ther, I want to go where Minnie is." "My child, your sister is aow an angel in Heavan. If my laughter will ask God to change her heart, and correct the faults 3f her disposition, He will answer her prayer, and in his appointed time will transplant her from aarth to that beautiful region, there you will meet your lament ed sister, who perhaps will be first to welcome you to that land of bliss." These little girls were members of the Sabbath School; already had the instructive les sons taken effect, for Minnie was a flower unfaded, yet prepared to die. Hettie followed her mother's advice ; her prayers were certain ly answered. She became an ami able and pious girl, very much loved by her friends, but was ever afterwards sad. Every evening she would walk to her sister's grave and hang a wreath of flow ers over the tomb, as a token of her affection. Dear little friends, always be kind to your sisters and brothers and companions ; you will be so much happier, and if they are suddenly removed, you will not be left to sad reflections. MIMOSA. [For the Herald. Home. There is no aord in the En glish vocabulary that is more mu sical, or soul-stirring, than the word Home. There are few, I imagine, who have not experi enced its effect, though it is rela ted of the author of the beautiful poem, "Home, Sweet Home," that he never had a home, and often times, as he passed the magnifi cent abodes of the affluent, and heard the inmates chanting his song, he had not where to repose his head, nor a penny to purchase the next meal. We frequently see a splendid mansion, furnished in the most Elegant style. Na ture and art are almost exhausted in endeavoring to beautify it, that it may render to the possessor's happiness ; but it fails to perform its office if love is wanting. It does not deserve the name of home if the heart is not there. The inmates merely abide in a place of magnificent misery. It would be mocking to apply the epithet of Home. Have you not seen the rough soldier, or sailor, who apparently had lost all ten. derness, or affection, weep over a missive, that had been borne across the deep, from his lonely companion ? or at the mention of the name of his little prattling in nocent, that he had left in a dis tant land ? Even the criminal can be dissolved in tears at the mention of home, when the asso ciation is connected with a pray ing mother. Where love reigns, there is no place like home, be it ever so humble. There the sky is of a deeper hue, the birds sing more sweetly, the foliage of the trees more graceful, the flowers yield a sweeter perfume, the crystal wave from the spring more refreshing, the fare more in viting, whether simple or sump tuous; there an atmosphere oi love surrounds the fireside ; there angels hover, and flowers of affec tion bloom, and trees of content ment blossom and bear fruit; all nature appears fair and beautiful, almost a Paradise on Earth. MIMOSA. For the Herald. Estrangement. Though the mind is susceptible of acute anguish, from many sources, there is no feeling which paralyzes the faculties, and be numbs the affections, as the ago nizing, soul-torturing, living death of estrangement, wbich is fre quently experienced by parents, children, husbands or wives. This feeling no doubt arises in the first instance from obstinacy on the part of the part of the child, and over-exactness on that of the pa rent. Just imagine a parent and child so much estranged as to ap proach each other with all the conventionaliti3s that are due strangers. No words of encour agement from the father, as he returns from his office, weary and languid; no smile lights up the conDtonance; no welcome from the voice of youth. Thus flow ers of feeling fade at their birth, though blooming in Spring, they do not flourish in the atmosphere of Estrangement. In the case of husband and wife. If persons of .wealth, they are surrounded by every luxury that the soul can desire, but when mutual confi dence or affection ceases to exist, all is mockery to the possessor; the only result is, splendid misery. The hollow smiles and set phrases to which they have accustomed themselves, are breaking their hearts, for they are conscious of liv ing a sinful, aimless life, and of having buried talents which were intrusted to their charge. At length the hand of Time severs the silver cord, and Death breaks the golden bowl of one or the other. When too late to make reparation, they are roused from this dreadful state of apa thy, to a returning sense of rea son, but overwhelmed with bitter remorse and deep humiliation, knowing the grave covers all er rors and imperfections ; inconsola ble, because conscious of having made almost a Hell of this bright world, instead of 'a temporary Paradise. If persons would avert much future misery, how easy, with the aid of that great Being, to cultivate a spirit of meekness and- forbearance, which would enable them to bear and forbear with frail human nature. VIOLA. TiHE SMIH FAMIL.-We give place to the following as the only sati4factory explanation we have met with concerning the generos ity with which the world has been besprinkled with a certain in offending family : It has always been a mystery to us where all the Smiths came from; but while lately visiting a neighboring city, the matter was satisfactorily explained by the ap pearance of a large sign over the door of a factory, with the an nouncement that this was the "Smith Manufacturing Company." The Chicago woman who mar ried a man in jail, brags that she is "the -only girl in town who knows where her fellow stays of nights." An Owen, Ky., girl, being un der age, got married by proxy the other day. Beware of a young lady who calls you by your Christian name the first time she meets you. The White Headed Yankee Boy who Set Type for Mr. Redfleld. The following letter appears in the New York Democrat: From 1831 to 1834 I was carry ing on the businessof stereotyping at 216 William street, and most of the time was employing a great many compositors, not a few of whom have since earned a large share of fame in the world. From the days of Franklin even to those of Greeley the composing room has graduated its full quota of the men who have distinguished them selves in the history of the coun try. Why shouldn't the institu tion be incorporated, have a fac ulty, and the authority to confer degrees? Why shouldn't it make LL. D's as well as old H.-ivard? It was in 1832 or 1833, I think, that being at one time much in need of more compositors, I asked those in the office to let the fact be known at their respective board ing houses. Among otbers who applied for work in response to this call was a queer looking chap brought in by one of the hands in the office. He was of rather more than medium height; his hair was almost white, his face quite so, and entirely beardless, and he walked with a shuffling uncertain gait. He wore a very old white bat and fustian pantaloons which lid not come down to his boots, and these completed a personality which I had never met with in a aompositor, and turning to Sey mour, who brought him in, I in juired if that fellow was a com positor. He replied, "He's aqueer looking fellow but they say he's a good workman." Being too much in want of help to be very particu lar about the personal appearance >f a compositor, I gave him a case ind copy, and you mayjudge of my surprise when I tell you that his weekly bills exceeded by from thirty to fifty per cent. those of the other compositors by his side who were on the same work. And what was equally remarkable, no matter how rapidly he picked up the type with his fingers, the Btream of talk that rolled from his tongue was never interrupted. He talked incessantly. When he made out his first bill I learned that his name was Horace Gree ley. In those days be was a composi tor, and he was a good one. He set type rapidly and made a clean proof. When he was a young man he did his work well, and now that he is an old one, and there is a big "take" ahead to give out, I propose that we give it to him. J. S. REDFIELD. New York, July 10, 1872. Hoor YOURLABO.-Do not be above your business. He who turns his nose up at his work, quarrels with his bread and butter. He is a poor smith who is afraid of his own spark; there is some discom fort in all trades except chimney sweeping. If sailors gave up going to sea because of the wet; if bakers left off baking bread because it was hot work; if plowmen would not plow because of cold, and tailors would not make our clothes for fear of pricking their fingers, what a pass we would come to. iNonsense, my fine fellow, there's no shame about any honest calling; don't be afi-aid of soiling your hands, there's plenty of soap to be had. All trades are good to good traders. Lucifer matches may pay well if you sell enough of them. You cannot get honey if you are frightened at the bees, nor plant corn if you are afraid to get mud on your boots. When bars of iron melt under the South winds; when you dig the fields with tooth-picks, blow ships along with a fan, ma nure the crops with lavender wa ter, and grow plum cakes in flower-pots, there will be a fine~ time for all, but until the millen nium comes we shall have a deal to put up with. WATr NEXT ?-1n the upper part of Lee county lives a gentle man who had a bull dog of the female persuasion which had five puppies. In a fight with a huge moccasin she was bitten several times and died of the wounds. The pups were only twenty days old. He prized them muchly, and devised the foliowing for their support. He had a female goat which had lost her kids. He caught the goat and taught the pups to draw their daily lecteal rations from her. But he had to catch her first with another dog. She became shy and wouldn't come about the house, so he had to go with his dog after her, in a few days she learned what she had to do and now all he does is to see her and whistle for his dog and she makes for the house, leaps the yard fence and calls up her strange nurselings, and while in the yard she will not allow the dog to approach them and ap pears very much attached to them. The pups should be named Ro mnulus and Remus.-Sumteer Re nunlicn. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of ,:1.>0 per square-one inch-forfirst insertion, and ,1 for each subsequent insertion. Doub'e column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinaiy advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertiser-ents not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductious on above rates "/D plar"Ma Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. Self-Reliance. There is nothing more likely to result in a successful career than confident self-reliance. It is as tonishing how much more a youth will accomplish who relies upon himself, than one who depends upon others for assistance. Hav ing first ascertained the direction in, and the means by which his object is to be reached, let him put his whole energies to work, and with unflagging industry press forward. The young man who, instead of rising at five sleeps till seven or eight, and who spends his evening on the corners, or in the companionship of those who are wanting in laudable ambition, rarely ever wins a position of hon or achieves a reputation above that enjoyed by the common masses. In a country like oars, where the avenues to honor and wealth are open to all, there is no reasonable excuse that can be of fered for a man's failure to achieve one or the other, or both. Ill health or extraordinary misfortune may keep him down, but these are the exceptions that establish the rule. Few men know of how much they are capable until they have first thoroughly tested their abilities. An hour of each eve ning, spent with some good author, or in th- study of some branch of uesful science, will, in the course of a few years, give to a young man who thus devotes this small portion of his time an amount of in forrr.ation, literary and scientiflc, which cannot fail to fit him for positions to which he could never properly aspire without the atten tion to study. SAD-A M1sUNDERSTANDING.-A person is responsible for this story: "Poor Jones died while you were away last summer. In all my ex perience I never saw so disconso late and grief-broken a creature as poor little Mrs. Jones. It was very sudden, you know. 1 went to the house as soon as I heard of it; I offered my sympathy, but her sorrow was uncontrollable. I1 such eases I think it best that the mourner should be left alone; so I prepared to depart. "'I will leave you, poor beloved one,' said I, with this injunction: 'Pray-pray that God will vouch safe His comforter; that he will enable you to perceive the promis ed bow in the-' "'Oh rector,' she burst in; how 'can you think of such a thing? It's too-too-too premature, I'm sure! "And," continued the old gentle man, checking the off rein and wheeling away from the gate, "after some cogitation I fancied that I discovered that the bow I was talking about and the 'beau' she was thinking about wasn't the same kind of bow at all." DIDN'T LIKE 3IUTTON.-A good story is told of the recent exellent performance of Handel's Messiah at the Broadway Baptist church. A farmer took his wife to hear the grand music, so splendidly rendered on that occasion, and, after listening with ap parent enjoyment, the pair became suddenly interested in one of the grand choruses : "We all, like sheep, have gone astray." First a sharp soprano voice exclaimed : "We all, like sheep.-'' Next, a deep bass voice uttered, in the most earnest tones : We all, like sheep Then all the singers at once assert ed : "We all like sheep-" "Darned if I do !" exclaimed old rusticus to his partner. "I like heef and bacon, but I can't bear shecep meat !" There was an audible titter in that immediate vicinity but the splendid music attracted attention from the pair, and they quietly slipped out. ([Courier-Journal. How TO ENJOY LIFE.-It is won derful to what an extent people believe happiness depends on not being obliged to labor. Honest hearty, con tended labor is the only source of happiness, as well as the only guarantee of life. Idleness and luxury induce premature decay much faster than many trades regarded as the most ex haustive and fatal to lengevity. La bor in general actually increases the term of life. It is the lack of occu pation that annually destroys so many of the wealthy, who, having nothing to do, play the part of drones, and, like them, make a speedy exit, while the busy bee fills out its day in use fulness and honor. READING SPEcTAcLES.-An Irish man, seeing persons reading with spectacles, went to buy a pair to enable himself to read. He tried several pairs, and told the shop man he could not read with any of them. "Zan you read at all?" asked the shopman. "No,'' was the reply ; "if I could, do you think 1 would be such a goose as to buy spectacles ?" Mr. Cobb recently married iMiss Wee. He knew that they were meant to be joined as soon as he