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ADVERTISINC RATES. THE HERALD Ades IS PUBLISHED 7rTc. r'r each subsequent insertion. DonLe - column adverisements ten per cent on above. EVEY WEDNESDAY MORNING Notices ofmeetings,obituariesandtribute At Newberry C. K.\ BY THO. P. GRENKER, Advertisements not marked with the num Editor and Proprietor.cand e a de in la for Termns, $2.450joer o1MMum, J Inaia,si.dve. A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Invariably in Advance.___ r';; The paper is stopped at thle expiration Of'- - - -- ____ T iDn ihNans n iptb time for which it is paid.X oITemCsh t17 The mark denotes expiration of sub. X WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1874. scriptiou. - -. -EDNESDAY_M RNO.TG,DEC M'isceellaneouZs. TilE NEW YORK TRIB'E "The Leadin American Newspaper." FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY In the recent elections the people have declare< in favor of honesty in politics and independence injourniMsm. 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To-day, THE Nzw YoRK TRImUmE is undoubt edly the tirst of American newspapers; whatever my be said of its rivals, it has clearly won precedence of all, and very creditably does it represent the journalism of the country. While dealing with all the topics coming within the range of a newspaper, X Ez TaixunE makes a specialty of the great subject of agriculture. It becomes therefore a matter of vital importance to the country that the direction of the ideas of this vast section should be in able and conscien tions bands, and a matter for congratulation that the farmer's newspaper par excellence has the high standing of the Tnz TE=Busk:.-The N. Y. South. Tax NEw Yoar TaNrE is doing a great work in popularizing Science. by the publication of cheap extras tothat great daily.-Our Monthly, Clinton, S. C. American newspaper enterprise is probably at this time more fully illustrated in the daily itsues of Tux Nrw YoRK TaituNE than in any other journal.--Wilmington, N. C.. Star. 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We say, catndidly, we need your support The party in power have done their utmios to crush us by endeavoring to deprive us o le timate business, and all we ask is the su scriptioni of ever true Carolinian which will place us'beyond the reach o continigenecs. We are no adventurers, but Carolinians to the tuanor born-have been engaged ii the publication of this paper over eigh years-and( ask your patronage. believling that it will be given without, hesitation. SUBSCRIPTWON PRICE, $3 A YEAR, LI ADVANCE, with reductions to clubs. To Biusinesis Men and others, desiring t< advertise, we beg to say that, our circulas tion is much larger than that of any othe: -ppr in this County, w ithi large and increas ng lists in all the Middle and Eastern Coun ties of the State. Send one cent stamp for specimen copy . DAER & OSTEEN, Proprietors, W. G. KENNEDY, Editor. SUMTE R, S. C. July 29, So-tf. The Newberry Hotel, 0. 0. CHASE, Pr'prietor. I would respectfully inform may friend and the traveling public generally, that am renovating the Hotel preparatory to th. -approa'-hinIg seasons. The house is supplied with competent faithful, polite ar,dl attentive servants. Liberal reducti.n mad-e to weekly an monthly boarders. Apr. 22, iti-tf. Regular and Transient BOA RDING BY MRS. BREAZEALEs 43 PLAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. The loc.ation is conv'enie. t, being. rica thme bus iess portionm of the cit-ad.peeaut to the Gentral JHotel. Transren.t Board $ perdayMar. 11, 10-tf WHEELER HOUSE PRICES NOT REDUCED. The Proprietor of the Whee!er Hlout would respectfully iniform the traveling pul lie that, in order to amairntain the reputatiC of his House as a first class Hotel, hre wi continue his prices as heretofore, and gua antees to elve that satisfaction .which hi secured to~the House the reputation it no has. T. M. POLLOC0K, - Nov. 12, 45-tf'. Proprietor. Who Wants an Organ: Any one in need of one of Needhamf & SoI -Drgaus, will find it to their advantage i apply to the gyEBggLD QOFFICE #sa, 21, S-f .Miscellan eous. I. B. LEMNAR & C0., Whollesale and Retail Dealers in TOBACCO, Imported and Domestic Segars, Of which we always have on hand a large and superior stock. Imported and Domestic Wines and Liquors OF BEST QUALITIES. Always in store Pure North Carolina CORN WHISKEY, APPLE and PEACH BRANDIES. .. B. LEONARD & CO. Nov. 4, 44-3m. N. E. EBB & 0., COTTON BUY ERS, Will always PAY TIE NIGHEST MAR KET PRICES FOR COTTON, and also make LIiBERAL ADVANCES to parties wishing to bhip to either New York, Bos ton or Charieston. STOIGE ! STORIGE ! ! STORGE!!! Parties wishing to STORE COTTON will do well to call on MESSRS. JNO. E. WEBB & CO., who will store on the most reason able terms, also insure when desired. Sep. 23, 38-tf. F. N. PARKER, SUCCESSOR TO WEBE, JONES & PARER, (Between Pool's Hotel and the Post OMice,) DEALER IN HARNESS, SADDLES and LEATHER Havingbought the E_NTI RE STOCK of the Harness and Saddle Manufactory of Messrs. Webb, Jones & Parker, I am pre pared to do all kinds of work in this line. Also will keep on hand for sale, HARNESS, SADDLEs, &e., HARNESS LEATHER, SOLE LEATHER, UPPER LEATHER, &C., of the best and cheapest. REPAIRING and all work done to order At Cash Prices and at Shortest Notice Apr. 15, 15-tf. THE FALL SESSION OF THE NEWBERRY FEMALE ACADEMY ilL COMMENCE ON THE 15TH SEPT, A. P. PIFER, A. M.L, Principal, WITH COMPETENT AsSISTANTS. The advantages afforded by this institu don for a thoro::gh and complete educa tion, are second to no other in the State, while the Tuition is low, viz: from $12.50 to $22.50 in advance, or on satisfactory securities. Boarding in private families at moderate rates. For further particulars enquire of the Secretary of the Board, Mr. S. P. Boozer, or of A. P. PIFER, July 29), '30-tf. Principal. A. B. MORRISON, MERlI1 T TAILOR, NEWBERRY, S. C. Having permanently located in Newber r, I respectfully inform the citizens of thA townL and surrounding country, that I anm prepared to execute all orders which may be entrusted to me in my linc. My long experience as a Merchant Tailor, makes rne confident that I will give entire satisfaction, and all I aisk is a fair trial. Cutting in the latest style, and all work done in the neat gt manner. Place of business over Capt. J. F. Specss ,Jwery Store. Cleaning and Repairing done promptly. Sep. 30), 39-4mn. WM. C. BEE & Co., FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCIIATS, Adger's Wharf, Charleston, S. C. Liberal advances made upon consignmbents of Cotton and other produce to them in Charleston, or through them to their cor respondents in Liverpool, New York and Baltimore. Partitdar attenltion gilen to sale of upland Cottonm. WM. C. BEE, |ErGENE P. JERvEY, TUKo. D. JERvEY, LLiSs N. CH1soLN. Oct. 28, 4:3-4m. OUR NTHLY, -Is a religious Magazinie. Advocates Brotherly love among Chris Ilas a Local Department. A voctes Temnperaince. SScitille and Literary Notes. Twcntyfour Pages and Cover. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.O'. Subscriptions received at the Newberry No.11.45-tf.ntli~ EWERRY MERCHANTS SET A 6REAT DEAL OF TRADE - FROM LAURENS COUNTY. They will find it to their~ advantage to ad. vertise ini OUR MONTHLY, ov11, 45-tf. CLINTON, S. C. T OHN C. DIAL, COLUMBIA, S. C., -Has a full stock of Building Material, C arpenters', Blacksmiths', Masons' and T.n Als goods warranted as represented. srices as low as the lowest for good goods Orders with the cash, or satisfactory re ferences, promptly attended to. a Nov 4. 4-44iDv LOVE IN WINTER. BY RO1ERT13UCHANAN. 1. "Oh. love is like the roses, And every rose shall fall, For sure as Summer closes They perish, one and all. Then love, while leaves are on the trees, And birds sing in the bowers; When winter comes, too late 'twill be To pluck the happy flowers. It is a maiden singing, An ancient girt, in sooth; The dizzy ruou is ringing With her sh rill song of youth; The white keys sob as swift she tries Each shrill and shrieking scale: "Oh, love is like the ro,es!" cries This muslined nightingale. In a dark corner d3zing I cose my eyes and ears, And call up, while reposing, A glinmpse from other years; A genre-piciure, quaint and Dutch, I see from this dark seat, 'Tis full (if human brightness, such As makes remembrance sweet. II. Flat leagues of endless meadows (In Holland lies the scene), Where many pollard shadows O'er nut-hr3wn ditches lean; Gray clouds above that never break, Mists the pale sunbeams stripe, With groups of steaming cattle, make A landscape "after Cuyp." A windmill, and below it A cottage near a road, Where some meek pastoral poet Might make a glad abode; A cottage with a garden, where Prim squaresof pansies grow, And, sitting on agarden-chair, A dame with locks of snow. In trim black, trussed and bodiced, With petticoat of red, And on her bosom modest A kerchief white bespread. Alas! the breast that heaves below Is shriveled now and thin, Though vestal thoughts as white as snow Still palpitate within. Her hands are mittened nicely, And folded on her knee; Her lips, that meet precisely, Are moving quietly. She listeus while the dreamy bells O'er the dark flats intone Now come, now gone, in dying swells The Sabbath-sounds are blown. Her cheek a withered rose is, Her eyes a violet dim; Half in her chair she dozes, And hums a happy hymn. But soft! what wonder makes her start And lift her aged head, While the faint flutterings of her heart Just touch her cheeks with red? The latch clicks; through the gateway An aged wight steps slow, Then pauses, doffing straightway His broad-brimmed gay chapeau! Swallow-tailed coat of blue so grand, With buttons bright beside, He wears, and in his trembling hand A nosegay, ribbon-tied. His thin old legs trip lightly In breeches of nankeen, His wrinkled face looks brightly, So rosy, fresh and clean; For old he is and wrinkled plain, With locks of golden gray, And leaning on a tasseled cane, Hie hobbles on his way. Oh, sky lark, singing over The silent mill hard by, To this so happy lover Sing out with summer-cry! He hears thee, though his blood is cold, She hears, though deaf and weak; She stands to greet him, as of old, A blush upon her cheek, In Spring-time they were parted B3y some sad wind of woe; Forlorn and broken-hearted Each faltered, long ago; Tey parted: half a century Each took the path of pain He lived a bachelor, and she Was never wooed again. But when the Summer ended. When Autumn, too, wais dead, Wen every vision splendid Of youth and hope was fled, Againthese twain came face to face As in the long ago; They met within a sunless place In the season of the snow. "Oh, love is like the roses, Love comes and love must flee! Before the summer closes Love's sapture and love's glee!" Oh peace! for In the garden there He bows in raiment gay, Doffs hat, and with a courtly air Presents his fond bouquet. One day in every seven, While church-bells softly ring, The happy, silent heaven Beholds the self-same thing: The gay old boy within the gate, With ribbons at his knee; "When winter comes is love too late?" 0 Cupid, look and see! Oh, talk not of love's rapture, When youth ful lovers kiss; What mortal sight may capture A scene so sweet as this? Beside her now he sits and glows, While prim she sits, and proud, Then, spectacles upon his nose, Reads the week's news aloud! Pure, with no touch of passion, True, with no tinge of pain: Thus, in sweet Sabbath-fashion, They live their love again, She sees in him a happy boy Swift, agile, amorous-eyed; He sees in her his own heart's joy Youth, hope, love vivified! Content there he sits smoking His long Dutch pipe of wood; Gossiping oft and joking, As a gay lover should, And oft, while there in company They smile for love's sweet sake, Her sunff-box black she hands, and he A grave, deep pinch doth take! There gravely j'ovenescent, In sober Sabbath-joy, Mingling the past and present, . They sit, a maid and boy! "Oh, love is like thle roses!"-No! Thou foolish singer, cease! Love finds his fireside 'mid the snow, A nd smokes the pipe of peace! WINNING A DEW DRESS. .Suh .a beautiful nCw silk as Mrs. Leith has got," exelailmed Ton Vernon's wife as they werte eating"r brcakfast. "The loveliest shAle of a lavender. and trinimed with lace that must have cost at leasL three dollars a yard." It's just Oxquisite !" "Ot (curse," latighed Tom : " can forCeS0 what all this enthu siasm is leading to. My little household divinity has an idea in her head that she would look well in lavender silk." "I di-l not .ay anything of the kind." said Mrs. Vernon , but Tom knew by the way she said it that he had guessed pretty near the truth. "And the way in which she g,ot it makes it all the more enjoyable she says," went on Mrs. Vernon. "You know Leith's always telling bow easy it is to get the start ofa woman in a joke, or anything of that kind. It seems Mrs. Leith got the start of' him in some way, and he felt so cheap over it that he promised to get hicr the pretti est dress in regard to it. That's the way she earned her lavender silk." "Poor Leith I" laughed Ton. "I don't pity him, though. He ought to be able to hold his own with a woman. I'd like to see a woman get the start of me I" "I'll tell you what I'll do," said Mrs. Verncn, with a merry twin kle in her eye, and a view to busi ness. I'll agree to get the start of you in some way if you'll get me a lavender silk." "Agreed !" responded Tom. "But I'm afraid you won't have your new dress very Goon, my dear." "See if' I don't," said Mrs. Ver non, wisely. "It isn't such a hard thing to get the start of you men as you think it is. We could do it any day if we cared to try." "Oh !" laughed Tom, giving her a kiss as he spoke, "we are not conceited at all; are we !" "Not the least," answered his pretty wife; "you wait and see how the case stands by and by." "Well, I'll wait," answered Ton, rushing round distractedly in search of' his hat. "Where the dickens ?--I hear the train com ing, and i've eonly three minutes to get to the dcpot in. Oh, here it is, good-bye, Kittie, and irememr ber, 1 p)rediet that you will lose your neCw silk dress," anid with another kiss he was Mff. "Rathier a poor show for com-. fort," thought Tom Vernon, two or three days after, as he entered a crowded ear and looked about him for a vacant seat. Every seat was occupiedI. The poor fellow thought lie had got to make the best of it and take a standing ride homeward, when a young lady, at least he considered she was a young lady from her style ofdress,but could n't be cer tain of anything, because her face was hidden under a brown veil, beckon. ed hinm toward her, and offered him half her seat. Tom wvas always very suscepti ble. The fair sex had kept his heart in a continual nlutter before he married. Now, he felt sure that there wasn't a woman like Kittie in the wvorld, and yet he couldn't overcome his susceptibil ity. A pair of' bi'ighit eyes be witchied him for the time beiing. A smile from the pretty face was too much for him to resist. Thereforec, when this veiled lady offered him a seat beside her, Tom, with a faice that was very expres sive of' the p)leasur~e with wvhich he accep)ted the offer, came for Iward and sat down, wondering who it could be behind the birown veil. Sonie young lady who knew him by sight, be w as pretty sure, because there was something in the trim little figure that seemed rather fatmiliar to him. The train started with a jerk, and the young lady was nearly twitched off the seat. Tom help ed her to become settled, and in some way his band got entangled with hers, and he didn't try to disentangle it. The young lady didn't seem to have any very se rious objections to the si'uation, for she permitted Tom's fingers to cling to her own daintily gloved one under cover of her shawl. Tom said something once or twice, but the lady didn't seem in clined to talk much. It was perhaps a half-hour's ridle from the city to the place where Tom got off. A half-hour doesn't seem very long for Tom to get up a flirtation with.hiis young lady companion. Once or twice ian wQadQrd what his wife~ would .ay if she knew an about it. Bu then it was just to pass away th< t-ime, am!i there wa:in't any har in i-. Merely an innocerit aiuse ment. Just before reachking the statio: where T,omn lives, the train passet through a tunne10l. ItntO this tunel plunge<I t! train on this memorable vvening The lamps had not been light,l ii the car. and c eourse very tin was rapped in Iidnight dark. n CS . "May I have a kiss ?" whisp).r Tom, leaning toward the brown veil. "Just one," he pleaded. There wasn't any reply in words, but Tom, Whose armn had stolen abount the silent young lady'q waist, fe.lt a curious tremble shakce her. Le didn't know but what ihe was laughingr at him. "Silence gives consent," said Toml, and pulle(l an ay the brown veil and plumped a whopping kiss iomewhere in the vicinity of the ear. Just thcn the train dashed out )f the tunnel, and Torn hoped to see the face of his queer com panion. But the brown veil was 10down. The train stopped, and Tom got r1p to get off. So did his companion. A cold shiver rin all over him. What if the story should leak out! Ile hurried out of the car, and looked around at the door, to find the brown veil close behind him. Ile made a plunge for the plat. form, but he couldn't escape hi fate. The brown veil followed him. "Who the dickens can it be? thought Tom. "If it's any on< who's going to stay here awhile Kittie will be sure to hear of it and I don't know how I could ex plain it to her satisfactorily. Wo men are so particular." ".Iello, Ton !" called out friend, coming up just then. "Jusl from the city ?" "Yes," said Tom, who was medi tating a hasty retreat. "Who i: that woman in the brown veil Bernard ? She came up on th< train with me." "That woman in the brown veil?' said Bernard, looking about amoiq the crowd ; "I don't see any." Tom breathed freer. "I don't see her now. I don' know who she was. but there wa smethingc kind of familiar in he appearaneeC, I fancied. Good gra cious ?" Torn's last remark was causet by the app.earnce at his elbow o the identical lady in the browl veil. "I'd like to walk home wit] you, if you have no objection, whoe said, with a queer little trerm ble in he'r voice, as if a laugh wver ot far back of it. 8 With me !"' cried Tom,i aigh:;s "I-th at is-'' 'Oh. it doesn't make any dife enee.'' laughed the lady, and Tomn eyes wer'e sormething worth seeir; when lie heard that laugh. " Deni dear ! It's too good to keep ! 01 Torn ! Don't you know rme? Up wvent thre b.rowvn veil, an there stood Kitty, hier face l)e fctly co)ii uised withr merrimlen "I'l! be shot if' it isn't my wife ! cried Tom,. lookinrg as he wvante to faint, or do something equrall. di vertinrg.. "Didn't know your own wife! cried Bernard. "I declare, if thi isn't the richest joke of the seasoi I say, To'm, I must tell the boj about that. Oh I must really." "Just one," whispered Kittie Tom, with her eyes full of mii chief. "Silente gives consent." "Wouldn't you like another one Tom's face was as red as the rol in Kittic's hat. "If you'll keep still about that "You'll get me that lavend< sik," finished Kittie. "fes, I'll do it," cried Torm. "Just say it's a bargain." "And you'll never do so again added Kittie. "Never, as sure as my name Tom Vernon," said Tom, solem "Well on these terms, I agr to say nothing about it, but was so rich !" and Kittie couldn help laughing till she cried, "0 Tomn, to think of it !" Tonm declares that he knew wi the lady in the brown veil was: the time, but he can't make h wife believe it. She got the have der' silk, and the transaction bi< fair to be a lucky one for her, b cause if she wants anything she b only to say : "Just one !" and "! lence gives consent !" and Toi looking decidedly sheepish, is su o come to terms. A belle, upon being asked b fater's profession, said he "el balmedpork," she believed. I i a hoo.Qrer, BY S.PiR It is a true s.ying that "there an.d. indeed. there is no i'tin so h'thabl a the re iun:lorouUs inecients (of uur houhood days, at least to us.. lho can SOvi re ImIIm11ber every look and gesture of s,)me comic adventure or incident, over which at the time we so near ly split our sides, that we can't bear to have a woman's finger pok in7, us in the ribs even to this day without gtting excited. With this brief prolude, I will introd uee "Pat terson's Boy." Now it has always been an unanswered quest ion, "Who struck Billy Pat terson ?" but 1 am fully prepared to answer for "Patterson's Boy.' and solemnly declare that it wasn't I who pulled the string. In my younger days "Patter son's Boy" and i used to go for a sWimming bath every Sanday m1rn1tring' duriig the sunmmer in the Ohio river. We would go at an car ly hour, before sunrise, and, as he Was L slepy-hleaded youth, it re qi1ired a voice of thunder to rouse him from his snoring. I got tired of the strain on imy luni.s. and of seeing so many night-capped heads poked out of' the neighboring win dows, so I suggested to "Patter son's Boy" that he tie a string to his big toe every Saturday night, with the other end tied to the fence, and I could just quietly and gently pull the string, and wake hini without disturbing the neigh bors. This plan worked well for a time, but one night "Patterson's Boy" could not find any other string to attach to his too, but a strong, closely twisted cotton cord, called in the West a troll-line, strong enough to ho-ld the largest fish in the river; so he tied the string securely to his toe, and with the other end fastened to the fence, he wout to sleep in all the sweet security, of innocence, and soon his childlike snore was ming. ling with the joyous music of katv dids and jar bugs. There was ako an.other innoet youth who lived aeross the street from the pate natl mansion of "Patterson's Boy.' "The course of true love nover' did -run smooth." Now, of course, these boys loved each other, but a little tin p)leasantness sprang uip once be. tweenl th em, owing to a littli game of' mar bles in whichl "Patter soin's Boev" camne ont so far ahead that the other boy could niever tin. -derstand it; arnd it had been a puzzli~e t.o him ever since, although lie never cast any imp)utation on the honor of "Patterson's Boy,' and, genierously over'lookinig it. hie loved him as well as ever, and would go over and eat pie with him, whnenever they had a baking at Patterson's. One morniug, ho wevcr, thris boy got tip ear-ly to solve the pr'o blem of that game, and seeing th< string tied to the fence, lie though1 that might throw sonme light or the subject, especially as lie knew the other end was tied to the toe o: "Pttron's Boy." Now Patter son's calf was lying down by th< fence near the string, so the boy went up quietly, and patted th< ealf' on tile haiad petted it uin til lie hlad handisc idneb false pretences, and then he unifast 1eried the string from the fence an< tied it on over the little stubb: -horns of the calf; then he won over and sat on the gate-post t< wvatchl the result. IIn a few minutes I came walk~ ing along to wake "Patterson' Boy" for our sn im, and wvhen app~roached the fence the cal jumped up in fright, and starte on a run across the lot. 1 hear, "a terrible racket inside, and th tuniblirng over of tables, and chairs and then a veil from "Patterson Boy," as he camne through the wit dow with nothing on but his shirl and, with a kind of "halfhammon .hop. step and jump, ho wvent afte that calf; while the tail of his shin sailed out on the breeze arnd fib1 pod liked an election banner on 0w~indy day. HAway they went around th syar'd, over, the wood-pile, thiroug the garden, over beans, and pea. and tomato vines, and then disa; ~.peared in the corn, where the ra tie of' the dried corn blades an the yell of "Pattersoui's Boy" wv all that indicated anything int< erestirng.down there. But, rocket clack, they came back again, an "Patterson's Boy" had taken rdeath grip on that line to relies r the unpleasant strain on his to -and as the calf had got warme 3c up to his- work th-ey-were -makin beueLr time than ever. They made all the near cuts and and sharp turns a:l iurves around thiiat yard; a V i~ he tp barrd :*md ( pans, broke down :t the prouy knieked dow n a dlf: and smash all t:- *ars of 'res 're. a' then they isappeared for a inw menll un the wdC)(h-e w --atter-un's Boy" coid be hcard tnnying - hs lea-1 among the oid tr .< piledi up there. BIt it never got. readl y lively a nd inutesting until the calf up sut the bee-hive. Then the bnz zing of the bees, on that sweet a S-bbath morning, was so sugges tive of the land where milk and ihnev flows that it was strange ift "Patterson's Boy," didn't appre ci.ite it. I think he did, from the way he hopped, and danced, and JL yelled and kicked and roared. By this time Patterson came ont. and got an old seythe, and d mnowed around with it until he b cut that blasted old string. and got his only son ir the house, and by that time the neighbors began t to "omle in to look at him. They had put some more clothing on him. however, as that shirt lie started out with was now all gone. You couL1d'At reasonably ex)ect tl a shirt to last that boy long, seal. t loping around as "Patterson's Boy" did that morning. I went t in to look at him too. 14 It was interesting to look at him. 11is nose stuck out like a! large, full-grown tomato ; his ears e were as lare and thick as your t, hand ; his mouth looked like a hole C in a huckleberry dumpling; and his eyes-well, he didn't have any eyes; at least you couldn't see Y any. J It was an extraordinary occasion t to the family, but when I asked him if lie was going swimming with rue, and that other boy want- J I' ed him to play marbles, the Pat Lerson family thought we didn't c appreciate tie situation ; and old Patterson lifted us with his boot. THE LENGTHENING YEARS OF HAN.-Inl an interestit paper by g Dr. Edward Jarvis, in thle fifth an- r nual r.eport of the Massachusetts i! board of bealth, the following vital r statistics, past and present, of va- I rious countries, strikingly show v how the advance of civilization has prolonged life: In ancient Rome, in the period of 200) to 500r years after the christian era, thet aveirage duration of life in the I most favoired class was 30 years.t In tbe present century the av-r elrage longevity of perisons of the same class is 50) years. In the sixteenth century the averaget longevity in Geneva was 21.21t years ; between 1814 and 1833 it was 40.68, and as large apotn now live to 70, as lived to 43, 300 years ago. In 1693 the British grovernment borrowed money byt selling annuities on lives from in-t fancy up)ward, on the basis of the Iaverage longevity. T he treasurert received the priee and paid the annuities r-egularly. as l>ng as the annuitants lived. The contract was mutually satisfactory and pro titable. Ninety-seven years later, IMr. Pitt issued another tontine or scale of annuities, on the basis of the same expectation of life as in the pi-evious century. These latter . annuitants. however,!lived so much longer than their predecessors. that it p)roved to be a very costly loan for the government. It was found that while 10,000 of each sex in the Iirst tontine died under the age of 28 only 5,772, males, and 19.416 females in the second tontinme Idied at the same age of 100 years tlater. The average life of the annui tants of 1693 was 26.5 years, w hile shose of 1790 lived 33 yea-'s an d 9 -mouths after they were 30 years Sold. From these facts, says D)r. LJarvis, it is plain that life, in many jforms and manifestations, anti pro Ibably in allI, can be exp)ended in Ivigor. intensity and duration. uin Sder favorable circumstances amid w -hiich, and the conditions in which, any form of life is placed, should be brought into harmony with the law appointed for itsee tA WXoRD TO WIVES--No man ever truly pr-ospered in the world Iwithout the co-operation of his wife. If she unite in mutual 'endeavors or reward his labors *with an endearing smile, with what confidence will he resort to his merchandise or his farm, fly over lands, sail over seas, meet ddiffieulty and encounter danger knowing that his labor will be re Swarded by the sweets of home! YSolitude and disappointmenit enter dthe history of every man's life, aand lie is but half p)rovided for the Cvo'1age who finds an associate but for happy hours, while for months Sof darkness and distress no sym hi pLzin nartner is prepared. LONG-WINDED T.ALKERS. Men ar1e often talked to deth. It is a hard death to die. It is often the case that they th ::ve to de standing. i The long-winded talker is worse !i lan the drouth in Ju:, he et Iv CS down on you Ulo a swarm l ia ,d-hot mosquitoes and acts as Wi. 1u1gh he intended to stay. pa He never has anything of im- Ish Ortane to tall, if he had le could eff o it in a minute. ed While he is talki::g to you he is re lways looking the other way, of unting up the next victim. Ie kn 'iil hold you by the button and de: Llk for tiiree h-urs and a quarter; ho wd when he has got th1rough you eff a as weak as thoigh you had str ist come out of a hot bath. no Long-winded talkers are the sor cry vaiuest of mortals; they bu j,'t never talk to interest you, let ut to amase themselves. his They are as cheerful and as tre ighty as a bladder blown up with kil ie wind. for You can't escape one of these ter :liows any more than you can an ter .ist wind. th:1.. They are the worst thieves in ro< ic world, they steal tinic, a thing So >at cannot be replaced. wc I had rather be attacked by a It ,vo inch auger and a dozen gim fee ts all at once than have a long -inded talker get after me. They are worse than a female yo nimittee of five, to raise mouey gr > white wash the basement of the re: hurch. Tli You cannot only get rid of the ph "omCn, but make them all respect pC ou by subscribing seven dollars, he .st about twice what it will cost loi o do the whitewashing.-Bdlings. ta th A GiGANTIC PROJEcT.-The pro- to act of converting a portion of the w: ahara Desert into an inland sea dc ontinues to find favor, and it is un- no erstood thorough surveys with a dc iew to determine the precise ar aode of accomplishing this object o0 re under way by the French sO :overnment. As to whether the TI esult aimed at is desirable or not bu s at present a question of conside- C able discussion. On the one ed iand, the replacing of a large I as mount of desert-waste by water, to Lnd making seaports of interior )oints in Algeria, and the expected estoratiou of an amnple rain-fall St o various parts of northern Africa,p ire viewedl with favorable anticipa ions. On the other hand, it is b naintained that the sea will be p imp)ly an immense evaporationi >sin, which will sooni be clogged lf ip with sait ;or that a serious in erference will take place in the tl emount of heated air carried ti tcross the Mediterranean., which Iin rt present prevents the extension ti >f the Alpine glaciers. Should .his be interrupted, it is fearedt ,at increased glaciat ionm will en iue, possibly restoring a large por .ion of Central Europe to its con-p li tion: durii ng the rei ndeer e pGch. W hatever be the result of this ;reat enkgineiering operation, it is xtremely probable that it will bec ittempted by tile French authori- 0o ies. G IN SusO.-A lady once writ ingt .i letter to a young naval offlcer w' :h was almost astranger,thought. :Shaltl I el.>4e this as anybody would or shall I say a word for h my Ma:ster ?-' an,l lifting up her o for heCart a momen. It, She w.rote tel! ing him that his constant<:bange of a sne and p)lace was an apt ill us tration of the words. "iIere we s have 1no continuing city," and ask- h ed if he could say, "I seek one to n come." In trembling hand she fulded it and sent it off. Back came the answer: 'Thank you so mnuch for thlose kind words. My parents are dead. I am an r orphan, and no one has spoken to me like that since my mother died long years ago." The arrow, Shot at a venture. hlit home. and theI young man shortly after rejoiced in the fullness of the blessing ~of: the gospel of peace. Christians, : how often d, we close a letter "as anybody would," when we might say a word for Jesus. A singular circumstance is re ported to us by a gentleman from Booneville, Ky., who is reliable authority, as having recently oc curred in that place. An old hen came off her neSt with a brood of bran-new little chickens, hatcd out all her cggs save one, whiic h remained in the nest. Tile old cat belonging on the premises took possession of the nest and camne off~ a with a flock gf little cats and a chicken, she having hatched out the remaining egg. The whole family are doing well.n Buffalo has a female burglar on It sevnntaan vaars old. A NEW WEAPON. he New Orleans Picayune -es the aanexrtd description of : neatest instrument for a street h'. that has yet been produced : is a wpc:Yon with a sinister and lical a1pcarance that would ke even the bravest man tren . It consists first of an ordinary r of brass knuckles, rather trp, in order to produce a telling et. To one one end is attach a gimlet knife, to the other a olver, whose trigger forms one the divisions of the brass uckle. Thus armeda man might yan army. If he were to get d of one individual man, the ct is appalling; every blow he ikes with the knuckles would only break the assaulted per i's skull, but lodge a half.dozen lets in his heart, while the gim attachment is cutting away at throat. A man who had been ated to that weapon would be led at least a dozen times be e he knew what was the mat not only killed, but so bat ed, bruised, and cut to pieces, t a sardine box would prove a my cofin for his remains. m1ebody ought to name the apon ; it deserves a name. is small, but telling in its ef ts. DON'T ScoLD.-For the sake of r children, don't do it. It is a at misfortune to have children tred in the influence of a scold. c effect of the everlasting com Lining and fault-finding of such rsons is to make the young who ar it, unarniable, malicious, cal is-hearted,and they often learn to e pleasure in doing the very ings for which they receive such ngue-lashings. As they are al ts getting the blame of wrong ing, whether they deserve it or t, they tbink they might as well wrong as right. They lose all ibition to strive for the favorable inion of the fau!tfinder,since they a they always strive in vain. ius a scold is not only a nuisance, t a destroyer of the morals of iidren. If these, unloved dread people could only see themselves others see them they would flee the mountains in very shame. WICKED INGENUITY.-One of the btle methods of catching fish,emn oyed for years by poachers in a~land, is to fill a large stone ttlc with quicklime, then to >ur in water enough to nearly I the jar, and cork it up, secur g the cork to the neck of the ttle by copper wire. The bot is thrown into the water, and e pressure, caused by the work g of the lime, explodes the bot and stuns the fish, wvhich then >at helplessly on the surface of e water. Little Toby Foster's first comn sition was as follo ws : ROOsters. ROOsters can cro wieb liens nt they swallow their vittles hole use they hant any Teeth. Somec 'then Can fight orful they are ood to pick Wurmhs and Som mes help A Hen build A Nest imy never have but 2 Legs OOstrs never lay Eggs. A correspondent wants to know ow to break a cow that is afraid a woman. We haven't thought rificiently on the subject to give a answer, but in New Jersey, hen a cow is afraid of a womani, ie q:iicts the animal by simnply iding her back hair under the iilk pail. Thle amount of grain shipped by ie Americani line of steamers to iverpool from Philadelphia dlu ng August was nearly 350,000 ushels. Do not allow your dauighters to e taught letters by a man though e be a St. Paul, or St. F'rancis of ssium. T he saints are in heav There is a spell in woman's ighter, but not so dangerous as that of man, for his spells an.slaughter Utica girls all wear shoes withi n L on. Wifhout that they ;ouldn't fit. Have the courage to prefer comn art and prosperity to fashion in 1 things. Have the courage to wear your Id clothes until you can pay for ew ones. Hint to storekeepers: To make ione-Advertise. Good seldom or never come uin