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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1873. No. 30. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED F.VERY WEDNSES)AY MOlRNING, At Newberry C. iL, BY THO. F. GRNEKEP1. Editor and Proprietor. Terms, S.50 per al-num, luvariably in Advance. qj-- Tha paper is stopped at the expii'ation of tiiue fur which it is paid. uy The X mark deuotes expiration of sub ,cription. T11E DAINTr WARDROBE. Theres a little drawer in :ny chamber, Gz:rdeA- with tender care, Where the dainty eloties are lying That ny darling shall ilever wear And there, while the hours are W iling, Till 'he house is all at rest, I sit, and fancy a baby Close to my aching bretst. MC darling's prety, wh ite garnicats, I wrought them while sitting apart, Wiiile his ivstic life was throbbiig I'uder ny throbbing heart And often nay happy dreamning Breaks in a little Song, LikL the murmur of' birds at brooding, W'hel .the days are warin and long. I tinivhed the dainty wardrobe, And the drawer was almost full White rolbs of the finest muslin, And robes ol the whitest wool. I folded them all together, Witia a rose for every pair, Smiling and saying, "Gem fragrant, Fit for a p:ince to wear." Ali ! the radiant summer morning, So fulf of a mother's joy "Th:nk God ! he is fair and perfect, Mv beautiftil new-born boy." Let hin wear the pretty, white garments I wrought while sitting :Ipart, Lay him, so sweet atid hielpless, There, close to ny throbbing h-eurt. Many and many an evening I sit, siuce my baLy came, 8tyi ig, "What do the angels cal! hini?" For he died without a name; Sit while the hours are waning, And the house is all at rest, .kLid fancy a baby-nestling Glose to my aching bireast. TURNING THE TABLES. --:0: Breakfast had just been cleared atway antd the little sitting-rloom wa.s very bright and cheerful in the vellow flood of' the April sun shine. There were pots of purple blossomed violets in the window seat, and a tirue-ribboned guitar yig on the sofa, and books piled onthe table, and close by the fire Mirs. Haven had seated herself at rher desk to write some letters. She was aL trim, compact little woman, with bright brownl hair, and eyes to match, and a resolute mouth that somehow carried out the expression of a nose that our French neigh bors p hi r a s e ttre. Lroutse." Mary Havent h a d a -character that you might see at a distance. As she sat there selecting her pen, and unscrewing the silver top of har inkstand, the door opened very softly, and a round full-moon thee appeared. "Mrs. Haven,' mem, if' you please." "Yes," said Mary Haven, descry ing at once by the infllhible ba r'ometer of a woman's ear the ris ing thun,der' storm in the domes. tie atmosphere below. "W hat is it, cook ?" "It's not that you are not a kind ~mistress, miem," said the cook, twisting the hem of' her checked utpr'on, "and the wages is good, not to sav company alowed once a~ week, antd Sunday ev'enings alway our's: but ther'e are some things flesh and blood can't stand, noC more' they can't metm; and I hain't nto patience with sur-h doin's, and if youl please suit yourself, mem, att a mnath s warni "Why, cook, what is the mat ter'?" "Some-can abide meddlin' with, maem, and some can't; and if' the bartrel of' mnaekerel sets onl the wrong corner, an' the sugar boxes atin't kept covered proper, it's thc mistress should tell me of'it, not the Master', an' if' Mr. Hlaven wants to be cook, mem, well ant good; but I won't stay in the sam( kitchen ! A nd cook flounced out, maltreat ing her apron, having her say. Mrs. Haven flushed scarlet. She arose and went down stairs to the eel ar, where her husband, minut his coat, was endeavoring to move a huge washing-machine. "You see, Bridget," he called otut, "this is the worst possibl< place the thing could stand in, ant --why, Mary, is it you ?" ..Yes, it is I," said Mr's. Haven "1 tho'ught yotu had gone to youl otice, Henry ?" -'I'm going presently'," said Mr -Haven. 'But you see, Mary, every thing down here is by sixes an se5vefls. It's well I come dowl occasionally. Cook has no mor, economy than a wild savage, an Bridget putS everything where shouldn't be. My dear', have yot lo.oked over the grocer's bill for: mtonlth ?" No, I haven't,' said Mi's. HI' eni. --Well, its quiie alarming. Ther' mtust be a leak somewhere ; an that reminds mnc-the mlal:sse i '... is dripipinig at the ratte of hal a pint a day'.'" -I will see to it,' she said. 'But you don't see to it, uly dear! I found a box of stale eggs on the top shelf-eggs, my dvar, that are completely wasted, wheii eggs are five cents apiece !' t Mrs. Haven turned and went up i stairs again, with a round, red spot grlowingc onI either cheek sig- i nal penions of the distu.bance,i withia. -She was not a- faultless t aigeI anv.more than other women't are, and she was very much out of t temper, as she walked up and down the room with her hand be. hind her, and her brown eyes glit tering with an ominous sparkle. 'Mary, have you seen my mem-n. orandum book ? asked her hus- i band, pulling ou his <loves. 'No, I bave not. Probably you will find it on the pantry shelf or anderBriget's machine,' answered i Mary, shortly. 'Now puss you are out of tem- * per,' said Mr. Haven, good humor edly, 'and how vci*v unreasonable v that is of you.' 'Henry,' said Mrs. Haven, laying t one hand appealingly on his f shoulder, and looking up in Lis face, 'you don't know how it mor tiflies and annoys me to have you r to interfere in my domestic af- I fairs. 'Aren't we a firm, Henry Ha ven & Wife ' he asked goolly, t 'and are not ours interest ideniti cal ? 'Yes; but Henry Haven has his department, and his wife ought to have hers.' 'That's all nonsense, my loV6.' 'Henry, you will oblige me by leaving the domestic concerns to my own.management ?' f '1 would do much to oblige you, my dear Mary, but I shall not con cede that point,' lie said, as he took his departure, leaving Mrs. Haven very indignant and medi tative Bridget's voice broke with Cel. tic accent upon her reverie. 'Please, ma'am, I found this lit. tie black book behind the flour barrel.' 'Thank you, Bridget; it is-31r. aven's.' She glanced mechanically at its pages as Bridget di6appeared. The i column devoted to that day was full of closely writen memoranda:_ r 'Soo Kartwyn & Dalooy about t the house in 12th street; do not t let them have it for $1,200. Call at McAllistor's and order the green i oilcloth instead of the buff one for t the office floor. Tell Martin to I proceed directly with the suit in t Russel vs. Russel. Remind clerk not to settle tailor's bill-altera tion to be made first. Go halves with Jordan in lot opposite Cen-i tral Park-' Thus indefinitely. I Mary Haven read the words without much interest, but pre. sently her eyes :brightened, and a rouguish suspicion of a smile be an to tremble around her reso-i lutelips. 'I am very glad I found this memorandum book,' she thought.1 -Let me see-Henry told me he was going to Brooklyn in the moning; there will be plenty of time.' She glanced at her watch and rang the bell. Bridget, will you step round the corner and tell them to send a car-riage for me immediately ?" Her bonnet and shawl were on long before the vehicle arrived, and she employed the surplus time in jotting down various addresses from the dirsetory. "Di-ive to Klartwyn & Dalcey's, No. 123 street." Mr. Kartwyn came to his office door, a dried-up lawyer, much as tonished at the unexpected appa rintioni of a pretty woman in a car riage. '-Good morning, Mr. Kartwyn!" said Mai-y, calmly. "I am Mrs. 1Haven. ~I called to let you know that you could have the house in 12th street for a thousand dollars a year. I suppose you ar-e aware that the property belongs to me!" Mrht. Kar-twyn bowed low, de lihe vith the bargamu he was about to secure. 'And now drive to McAllister's carpet store," said Mrs. Haven. She walked in with cool self possession. "Ha'en has concluded to take the buff oil-cloth," she said. Mr. McAllister stared, but enter ed the order in his books. "I will send it round immediate "Now the t a i 1 o r," thought Mayv. "ip&Seissorg. bad an olegant esalsmenit on a side street just -out of Broadway. Mary walked up to the counter calmly. M.r llaven's bill r-eceipted, if you please." The tailor presents the docu m et, which was pr-omptly paid. "Where now ma'am ?" said the *driver-. "Mr. Jordan's R e a I Estate Ag~ency, opposite -street." Ah, Mr-s. Haven, is it you?" said the agent cheerfully. "What can 1 do forn you this morning ?" ~"othing, thanks," said Mary, r'aously. "I came round to tell .ou that my husband has thought iettei-of the Central Park lot. He vill not take halt." "All right," said Jordan. "Smyth ,nd Parker are only waiting for he chance. I'll let 'em know im nediately." "1 don't think I've done quite nischief enough," said Mrs. Ha 'eu to herself. "I'll go down o the oflice now, turn the stove round and have Jack re-arrange he law books." So the carriage left Mrs. Haven t her husbaud's office in a iiar ow, down-town street. About an hour subsequently Mr. laven sauntered into the estab nient of Kartwyn & Dalcey. "About that 12th street lease, &r. Kartwyn ?" "Yes, sir," said the lawyer; rub. hi.g his iands. "A thousand dol ars is a very fair price. I don't .t all object to giving it." "Who the deuce is talking about thousand dollars?" demanded he puzzled Haven. "I don't mean o let you have it a cent !ess than fteon hundred." The lawyer looked amazed. "Mrs. Haven was here this, aorning, and told me it was her lroperty, and I could have it for thousand dollars!" "Mrs. Haven !" echoed the as onished husband. "But really, -ou know this is quite unbusiness ike!" ":1 don't kiiow whether it is or ot," returned the lawyer, stiffly. I know that Mrs. Haven spoke efore witnesses, and that the roperty is undeniably hers!" Mr. Haven retreated from the ield, vanquished but chafing. At the door of the carpet store Ir. Allister met him. "It's all right sir; the oil-cloth s half down by this time !" "Which oil-cloth ?" "The buff one, sir; cheap goods, 1rs. Haven was here and ordered t some time since. "The mischief she did !" "I hope there's no mistake, sir?" sked the dealer anxiously. "N-no," returned honest Hen y, disconsolately, adding to him elf, "What has got into Mary ?" s she crazed?" All things considered, it was tot *ciango thot Mr. Haveu was in l very amiable humor by the imn he reached Suipp & b,eissors. "I'd like to know what you nean by sending home such gar nents ?" he demanded, imperious y. "I won't wear 'em, unless ,bey are made over completely, ior will I pay the bill!" "Sig!" demanded the surprised ailor, "you are aware that our ule is, no alterations after the )ill is settled !" "'Very well, your bill isn't set led, and it won't be, either, in a iurry !" "Mrs. Haven. paid it sir, this norning," said t,he surprised tail >r, referring to his books. Mrs. Haven! How the uncalled r interference of "Mrs" staired aim in the face at every step. Of ourse there was no remonstran es to be made, however, and the liscomfitted husband left the es Lablishment. "I'll stop in at Jordan's any way," he thought, "and secure that lot ; it will be a capital specu tation." Mr. Jordan was standimg whist ling in front of' his gate with both bands in his pockets. He looked up as Henry Haven entered. "We!l, old fellow ?" "Suppose we clear up this busi ness about that Central Park lot," said aven, carelessly. "1 don't think I can do any better." "Your decision comes late," said Jordan, shrugging his shoulders. "I signed over to Smythe and Parker half an hour ago." "And by whose authority ?" Mr. Hlaven's brow was darken "Mrs. Haven's. She was here, a little while since, and told me you would not take the half lot. Mr. Haven bit his lips ! this was really growing a little provoking. lie left the real estate office abrupt ly, and went directly to his own office. .But had he not been tolerabcy certain of -his~ own number, he would not have recognized the. roos. Two men were on their knees, diligently hammering down the hard buff oil cloth. Jack, the office boy, had turned the stove round, so that its iron elbow pro0 jected into your face, very much as it would have said, . "~Take my arm!" And Mrs. Haven sat at his desk sorting and arranging papers with an industry worthy of a more legitimate cause. "Mary !" Mrs. Haven looked quietly up. "Yes, my dear; Jones vs. Brown; he belongs on the left hand pile. Really, Henry, the confusion of your papers is appalling !" "Contusion, madam ! I tell you they are in the most perfect or der, or, rather, they were before you got hold of them. Where are ~y law books ?" "Oh; 1 put them in the closet, the bindings were so dingy, and toel direrie and hand booke innia ennyemuch brighter!" "Mary, are you crazy ? It is scarcely becoming for a woman thus -to u s u r p her husband's place!! "We are a firm, my dear, at least so you told me this morning -Henry Haven & W ife--and therefore our interests are identi cal. "Yes, but-" "Consequently," went on Mary, mimicking her husband's rather pompous voice of the morning, "I shall beg the privilege of interfer ing whenuever I deem it advisa ble." Mr. Haven looked frowningly at his wife, but the wrinkles van ished out of his forehead at the smiling sunshine of Mary's eyes. "Mv dea.xr," said he, "it is rather late .to transact any more business to-day. Shall we walk home to gether?" And Mr. Haven must have left his "interferenc 3" principles at the office, for Mary never saw any more of them. Neither husband nor wife ever alluded to the subject again, but Mr. Haven was cured f his own bad habit. Mary's sim ple stratagem was worth a thous and remonstrances. Misadlantou5. DESCRIPTION OF THE XON STER AIR-SHIP NOW CON STRUCTING FOR PROFES SOR WISE. In answer to numerous inquiries on the subject, the New York Graphic, patron of the enterprise, gives the following details as to the dimensions, material, outfit, &c., of the balloon to be used in the great trans-Atlantic voyage. They are from specifications made by Mr. Donaldson: There will be two balloons, the largest of which will be 318 feet in circumference, 100 feet in diameter, and 110 feet in height. When inflated and r;eady to start, the extreme height of the appara tus, from the crown of the balloon to the keel of the life-boat., will be 160 feet. 4,316 yards of cloth. The mate rial is unbleached sheeting, of a thick, close quality, of the brand known as "Indian Orchard," pur chased from Eldridge, Durham & Co., 340 Broadway. The crown of the balloon will 6e doubled for a distance of 50 feet from the top, with 150 yards of the same ma terial, and a third thickness will be added of "Manchester Mills," bleached, of which 250 yards are required. There will be 14,080 yards, or eight miles of sowing, in whirch 10,137,600 stitches will be made. The stiching is now being performed at the show-rooi'ns of the Domestic Sewing' Machine Company, (corner of~ Broadway and Fourteenth street,.) by a force of twelve seamstresses. T hi e thread used is silk and cotton, the top spool being silk. The valve of the balloon will be three- feet in diameter, and maide of Spanish cedar, with a rubber-coated clap. per closing on a brass plate. The valve fixtures and top of the bal loon are the essential parts of' the apparatus, and are being construct d with special care to guard against any accideut of' derange met. The net-work will be corn posed of three-strand tarred rope, known as "marlin." Trhe width~ of the net will be 212 meshes, and its breaking strength will be 58, 300 pounds. 500 pounds of "mar lin" will be used. From the net ting, 53 ropes, i; inch in diameter, of Manilla, vwil connect with the concentrating rings. These ropes wvill each be 90 feet in length. o1 4,770 feet in the aggregate. Tfh< concentrating rings will be three in number, to guard against break age, and will be each 14 inches ir diaeter, each ring being of wooc iron bound. These rings will sur tai the car, life-boat and trailing rope, and will bear the strait when the anchor is thrown out ir landing. From the concentrating rings, 24 Manilla 1-inch ropes each 22 feet long, or requiring 52. feet in- all, will' depend. and forn the frames for an octagonal-shapet car. They will be kept in plac< by light hoops, made of ash. The lower ropes wvill be ec nected with net-work, and eve the net.'work at the bottomn of the car a light pine-door will be lai loosely, so that it can be throwl out if~required. The car will b covered with duck, of which fift: Iyards will be needed. Attached t Ithe side of the car will be a ligh iron windlass, from which the boa and trail rope can be raised an lowered as may be desired. Fror a pulley attached to the concer trating rings, a heavy Manill rope will fall down throughi ti car, arnd thence to a sling, attael ed to which will be the life-boa This boat will be of the most a' proved and careful constructio. It will have water-tight compar ments, sliding keel, and will t made so thbat it will be self-righ ing. The hoat will be provide wit a ompet oufitofoars and sails, and to it will be lashed in straments, guns, lines, &c., and provisions for thirty days, all in water-tight cases. The trial rope, by wh.ich the -ronaut (all main tait any desired altitude without resorting to ballast, will be of Ma nilif rope, 1f inch thick, and 1, 000 feet long The car will be ful ly provided with instruments, provisions,&c.,independeutlyof the boat. It will be so constructed that it can be taken apart piece meal and disposcd of as ballast. It will carry about 5,000 pounds of ballist. which will consist of bags of sand, each carefullly weighed arid marked. Among the instru ments to be carried in the car, thee .will be a galvanic battery, with an alarm, two barometers, two chronometer watches, a corn pound I herinonieter, a wet and dry bulb thermometer, a hygrometer, conponer, quadrant chart, para chutes with fire-balls attached, and so arranged as to explode when striking the water, so as to indicate the direction traversed, marine glasses, two vacuum tubes, a lime stove, &c. A number of carrier pigeons will be taken along and despatched at intervals on the route, with intelligence of the progress of the expedition. The smaller balloon will be for ty feet in height and thirty-four feet in diameter, and will be made from 408 yards of "Manchester Mills." Its net work will consume twenty pounds of forty thread cotton cord and six pounds of Ital ian hemp. It will be attached to the concentrating wings of the large balloon and will be used as may be'required to test the upper currents or assist in feeding the large balloon. The balloons will be coated with a varnish made of boiled linseed oil, beeswax and benzine, and of theso ingredients 1,000 gallons will be used. The capacity of the great bal loon will be 600,000 cubic feet of gas, but it will be inflated with but 400,000 cubic feet, which, at the height of one mile and three quarters, will expand sufficiently to fill the balloon. The lifting pow er of illuminating gas is about thirty-five vounds to the 1.000. feet, so that the balloon will have a lifting capacity of 11,600 pounds. The pressure will be*one and a half pounds to the square inch. iThe weight may be summed up as follows: Balloon, 4,000 pounds; net and ropes, 800 pounds; car, 100 pounds; boat, 1,000 pounds, drag rope, 600 pounds; anchor and grapnels. 300 pounds; sundries, 300 pounds; total, 7,100 pounds. Then 4,500 pounds will be allow ed for passengers and ballast. THE STRAY PERSIAN. "TiHE sUCCEsSOR OF CYRUS" PAINT ED IN IIIs TRUE COLORs. 'Familarity breeds contempt," runs the old adage, and the latest exemplificatiou of its truth is his Oriental Majesty, Nasser-ed-Din. the Shah of Persia. Wrapped in sombre obscui-ity from the survey of the Western world, rumors of his magnificence a i d splendor streamed through like the shift ing glories of thme sun in a cloudy occident. When lbe left his retire ment and emer-ged to the gaze of mankind, his splendor "faded into the light of common day,' and the impudent newspaper Imen, nOt having the fear of his royalty be fore their eyes, were quick to note the spo0ts uplon the luminary. The New York Tribune now sums up the observations made upon him, and presents this sorry picture: THlE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT iT. in spite of the glitter of those wonderful diamonds, and the glo ries of that blazing surtout, we suspect that the visit of the Shah to Europe has dispelled the last lin gering belief in the fabulous mnag. nificence of Eastern monarchies. The Shah of Pers'r was one of the most interesting of the two or three Oriental rulers of whom the rest of mankind kno-w little or no thing. Thd Mikado is no longer a mystery. The Sultan excites neither curiosity nor awe. Thc splendors of India are stories of the past. China is getting com men, and the Son of Heaven is on. .ly a boy. But the Shah has been - shrouded for ages in a golden veil oi romance. Travellers have learned l ittle abbut himi;his' subjects havc rarely been seen in Europe. Se. cluded from the outer world, ht r has reigned in unapproachabl< > majesty over a country whos t very name is eloquent to West ,t ern ears with tales of wonder an< Ienchantment, und the luxurian i fancies of the Eastern poets. . The glamour is all dispelled ai Nasser-ed-Din has j o urn ey e< e across the territory of the Fer .ingees with his enormous retinuc . Iscattering largesses worthy of th -Commander of the Faithful il . the "Ar-abian Nights," and spend - inig the revenues of an empirei me the diversion of a pleasure trip tand what a tawdry sort of Sha dhn oturns ont to be ! Wherever Ih go(s, his hosts are glad to get rid of him. He is vulgar; he is coarse; he is dirty; he is rude. If he is lodged in a palace, one trembles for the pictures, and resigns the carpets forever. His high-burn courtiers amuse themselves cut ting the flowers out of the tapes try, and the heads out of the roy al family portraits. If he proposes to prolong his visit, the honor is declined, and Czar and Kaiser and Queen show a like alacrity in passing him over ihe borler. He is bidden to a bnaquet, and after he has once sent a refusal, lie chan-es his royal mind, rises from his bed, and presents himself at the door of the distracted hust---when the meats are all cold and broken, and the guests have gone home. lie keeps an emperor w.Ltng for hours, and insults every lady of the court who is not handsome for even court-ladies are some times ugly. He advises Kaiser Wilheln to hang "that old woman Augusta." 'He bedaubs-the gowns of the royal ladies who sit beside him at dinner. Ile throws his food on the floor if he does not like it, and lie spits on the au dience when he goes to the opera. OX some other incidents of his tour perhaps it is*as well not to speak; maybe the stories are not true. We do not wonder when we are told that Queen Victoria was cross the other day at the review. But it wasvery unreasonable to expect the Shah to be agentleman. He has never been taught to think of the rights and feelings of other people. He has never been taught that he has an equal in the whole world. The essence of courtesy is con sideration for others, and how should he have learned that? He has been bred to selfishness and brutality; and it was not to be ex pected that he should k n o w enough to change his manners al together when he came in contact with a higher kind of civilization. Perhaps it is just as well that we have seen him as he is.' A fascin ating illusion has been dispelled ; but thd world is none the worse for learning the truth, even when error is so much more agreeable. THE SHAH. The Shah of Persia is a family man in the strictest sense of the word. He is one of the forty eight children of the late Abbas Mirza, who in turn, was the eldest of the 265 children of the cele brated Fath-All Shah. There is a budget of nephews, cousins and nieces. A family quarrel, under these circumstances, is something dreadful.to reflect upon. What an awe-inspiring collection of mothers in law there must be. He, himself is the father of six daughters and three sons, all grown up, or nearly so, though he is only forty years of age; and these have already pre sented him with twelve grandchil dren. What his butcher's. nema ker's and dry goods bills mus be, it is terrible to contempiate. It is true, that he can cut off the heads of- his trades-people when they prove too troublesome duns, which must be a great comfort to him if his rents and dividends do not come iu as regularly as they should, but his responsibilities are i'ery trying notwithstanding. According to the Paris Peigaro, the Shah's talismans are very nu merous, exceeding 200, and they are the most curious part of his baggage. The French writer gives some details of four. One is a gold star of five points, and is sup posed to have been possessed by the legendary Rustem. It is called Moirzoum, and has the reputation of making conspirators immediate ly confess. hen thec Shah's bro thier was accused of treason some time since, the star was shown him, and terrified and overcome by re morse, avo wed his iniquities. His confession was, of course,attribu ted to its efficacy. HIe was banished. The next important talisinan is a cube of amber which fell from Heay en in Mahomet's time. It is suppos ed to render the Shah invulnerable, and he wears it about his neck. Another is a little box of gold set in emeralds and blessed by the pro phet. It renders the royal family invisible as long as they are celi bates. The Shah had, however, numerous wives before it came in to his possession. Another talis man is a diamond set in one of his scimitars. which renders its posses sor invincible; and there is also a dagger with the same property, but it is ordained that those wvho use it should perish by it. It is, therefore, carefully kept shut up iu a sandal wood box, on which is engraved a verse of the Koran. It is said that the newspaperE -are the means of a great many la. dies "getting their backs up.' -The best conducted paper oftet ~ade a bustle among them, anc Snearly every panier is a newspa iper waist basket. 2 A fashionable lady named Sarah ;about starting for the springs wa a advised by her grandmother t< e takealonga her Sara-toga. QUEER PEOPLE. "It takes all sorts of people to uake a world," says the old adage, ind truly, there are a great many ;arieties of queer men and women nd qutcr societ tes and queer con nullities seattered all over the Larth whun one takes the trouble o look them up, as curious inVes igators do now and then. Allost every neighborhood fur isbes at least one oddity. We *einember one old man with a nania for litiration, whose fia (Witeo aniusement was sueing 1is ;ins a.l laugillers on all imagin db!e pretexts. Once in a suit. no niattcr how small the amount at sue mnight be, he would spare lei"ther money or timc to push ,he litigation just as far as the aw would let, it go, and that too n spite f the fact that in all )ther wat ters he was as penurious is a miser. We knew another nan once who, in riding on horse >ack, would always sit with his >mck toward the animal's head, >eeause he believed it a sin or anvbody to sit otherwise. )>1 horseback s i n c e Baalam's ime. Another, a neighbor of >f this one, would always go with )ut his hat as a rain began, and vould walk thus -or hours over iis farm. returning- only when the -ain ceased or night set in. An )ther would not allow on his table ;weet pickles or .ny salad-dres 3ing in which vinegar and sugar were mixed, even though he was ibundantly supplied with pickles >r dressing to his taste. In the ame neighborhood lived (and till lives, we believe) a gentleman who has belonged to seven differ ant churches, and whose oddities )f other kinds are innumerable. For many years he thought walk ing the only proper mode of loco motion, and so he walked every where, even to the city, forty miles away. Suddenly he became convinced that walking was not the proper thing, snd ceased to walk altogether outside the house. Somewhat less- strange than these was the case of a gentleman of high culture and courtly man ners, who would never, on any account, bid any one adieu, even when the separation was to last. but a day. lie would lav. deliber ate plans .to avoid this without seeming guilty ot discourtesy, and rarely wer failed to accomplish his purpose. But in any event he positively would not say good-bye; and if he could evade it by taking French leave or in any other way, he would abrupt* turn his back up on his friends and leave without a word. He went to Europe once for a journey of many months, anc gave no notice whatever of his intention to go, even to his own famnily. He left the house without baggage, apparently for a ten minutes' walk, and sent back a note by a servant, saying that he would wai't in New York for his trunk to arrive by express. A good many peculiarities, of which we are too apt to make sport, are the result~ of nervous disease. Several cases of the kind have come within our own knowl edge. O.no of them was that of a yo.ung man who would be seized with an irresistible impulse to touch, with hand or foot, some ob ject within sight. lie would rise from his desk, when wri.ting, and cross the office to touch a particu lar spot on the wall er- the leg of a p)articular chair. When walking along the street he would feel bound to touch a post here and a tree there, so that his progress was often seriously impeded by the nervous necessity. Sometimes the impulse would seize him after he had passed the object, and he would be compelled to return to it. His first -meeting with the lady who iftrwards became his wife was at- a -party where, seeing her, a stranger, on the opposite side of the room, he was suddenly impelled to cross the floor for the purpese of laying his finger on her nose, a proceeding which a friend of both had to explain and apologize for in an interview with the lady next day. The explanation led to an acquaintence which ripened'in to a friendship and ended in a mar riage. But if any novelist had told this life-story in a book, who wouldn't have thought it an utter ly improbable one?-Rearth and Home. A Baltimore physician, now in Vienna has invented an instrument to cure cross and squint eyes. It has been introduced into the hos pital at Vienna, and is well re ceived by the profession. Why are coals the most con tradictory articles known to comn mer-ce? Because when purchased instead of going to the buyer,. thel go to the cellar. IOne of the loveliest flowers nov, in is the sweet-pea. It has a pea cu!iar-beauty. When you go to the donkey' house, don't ask. if his ears ar 'lng. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of S1.00 per squaire--one inch forfirst insertion, and 75:. for each subsequent insertion. Dot blo column advertisements ten per cent on abo)ve. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tri!utes of-respect, iame rates per square as ordinary advertisemuents. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in "till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contrac:s made .with large adver tisers, with liberal deductious on above rates. JeO PRIXv Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. HOW THREE OHIOANS TOOK TH-E 4TH ON THE 3RD. The coming of the 4th of July was too tardy for three men of Columbus, Ohio, named Fleming, Webb and Huston. So they hired a hack, laid in a supply of fireworks. ind started for the country. Unfor tunately, there was no deficiency :f ;fire water," also matches and .igars. The party commenced tire Ith inside of the hack. by shooting )ff fire crackers amid the powder 1lled combustibles, but the back man remonstrated, and stopped it. When they came to a dark tunnel, the temptation was too great to re 3ist. They made the solid stone wall reverberate with shouts and -xplosio.ns, which set the horses ancing on their hindlegs. Then ihey lighted a torch inside the back. It threw a flickering light ipon the muddy roadway, which Wvezy now and then received the emains of an exploded cracker. All at once a fearful crackling com rnenced in the carriage. The iorses pricked up their ears and tarted. The noise increased, and he speed of the horses also. Pres mntly the whole hack seemed to be n a flame. It was but a moment )r two until the animals were madly dash ingforwardthroughthe loom, splashing mud and water in every direction, while the fiz ring, and whistling and crackling, 3nd terrible explosions of the fire works-jumping to the right and left, and under and over the fran tie animals, and over and round the driver-was almost enough to 3plit the stoutest horse's heart with fear and sink the beast into the mud with absolute terror. When the horses were stopped, Webb was found stretched on his back, with scarcely a stitch of clothing on his body. Huston did not appear to be so badly burned, but he was suffering severely, and bore up under it well until he got home. Webb died be fore noon. His wife and child, aged six or seven and his father and friends ivere notified in the morning, and were present when life ceased. The injured man was not conscious much after daylight. Two prophecies are just now agita ting tlie superstitious politicians of Eu rope. One is that of NostradaLmus, the French Seer of three hundred years ago, who predicted that the royal famn ily, in the person of Henry the V better known as the Count do Chain bord, would be exiled from the throne of France for forty years; that then an Irish king's descendant-31eMahon would restore the family to power,and that thereafter another dynasty, under stood in the light of comparatively mod era events to be the Bonapartist. would make a seizure of the throne. occupy it for a short while. and would theu be heard of no more. The second prophe cy is that of Marie Lataste. a French nun, who correctly foretold the year of Pope Gregory's death. the twenty-five years' pontificate of the present occeu pant of the Papal chair, the persee ation and bitterness lie would experience, and his fmnal triumph three years of mortification. So much of what she said has been verified by subse quent events, that th6 iRomnan clerical party confidently believe that the r'st will in good time, be fulfilled. This is the prediction that before the 20th day of September, 1873, the present Ital ian Government will be' overthrown, and the pre-1870 order of things re established. A it,tle girl attending a Danbury school lately had her dinner stolen. No clue could be obtained to the thief, although it was sought with tears. Finally a mild plan was hit upon. A tempting doughnut with a filling of cayenne peppe~ was placed in her pail, and the result was watched. Be fore noon a little boy was seen at the pump working it in a lively manner. tt seemned if he had had two hundred pairs of arms he could have used thoem. The fire was out. however, and enough of the structure saved to take across the knee for just a few minutes. The brakemen have a way of their own of yelling out names of stations, and sometimes twist a plain name into something not readily understood, or misundeistood, by passengers. The other day, as a train on the Detroit and Lansing Road was nearing Howell, one put his head into the car and shouted, "He-ow-ell:" almost leaving out the aow.'' An old woman on a front si at caught the full force of the word. aind she'erabbed her satchel, exclaiming: "Sak'es alive:' So near as that ? Do let me git off this side U" The young lady who refused to go into a rifle factory because some of the guns had no breeches on is spending a few days in the country. Let her stay. A Long Island farmer was throw n into a well last Friday, and the~n logs and stones thrown after him to make sure that he ws as well mur-dered. A shocking sight-Farmers gathering their sheaves of grain. Men and women are made from th. roar material-babies.