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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1875. No. 18. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED F~EYWEDNESDAY MOE~XI.NG, At '.Newberry, S. C. BY'-THWe. F GRNM1~Rf, Editor and Proprietor. "junvarha&l in Advance. i T;,&r is-t&ed at the expiration of a7 The 8 mark denotes expiration of Sub sCliption. THE KINGDOM OF I[OME* a# tj%,wht, and fitWu and drearily H ind -iMe the 4ies-of the se; Little care I, as here I sing cheerily, Wife at ajy_" pd babe dw my knee; King.' kiqr, crown we thv-kfag; :Romp is the kingdoTm an d Love is the Flubhes the lovelight on the dear faces, Dearer and dearer as onward we go. w eidus a"Places B ~ ea with =r"h~ h King, king, crown me king; Home is itU! k1jagdom amdUeve is the king! Flashes the loveligbt, increasing in glory, RAMn-rom-b 'g _yes, with warmtLb IM t 90otetth weet .Story,! I-Tfingr e shidows'tiat-over U srdll. King, ling, crown me the king; Haiiethe kingj&m aud Love is the king! Richer thnmiser with perishing treasure, Sav ed with a service no conquest could 1hpoky wit 'forfttne that words cannot meas - ure, light-hearted I on, the hearth-stone can sing, King, king, crown me tbe king; Home is the kingdom and Love is the )King! -W. RAN-x=x Durrics ,9,Gf 7E ME A-PJ1, AND ILL . SHOW YOU A SHOW."9 'No, because your husband is dii ferent, and values his wife's lovE while John cares. for me only a: his housekeeper.' 'I don't think that,' said Janet 'although I know that he said to m husband the other day that court ing time was the happiest of man's life. William reminded bin that there is greater happines than that, even on earth, if mCI but give their hearts to Christ I know John did not alter hi opiniou, bnthe-went away think ingof' his courting time as a *jo' too great to.be exceeded.' 'Dear fallow !' cried Madge, smil ing through her tears; 'I do believ< be was very happy then, I re memberl used to listen for his stel as rsat with my dear mother b3 the fire, longing for the happines of seeing him.' 'Just so,' said Jan'et; 'do yot ever feel like that now ?' Madge hesitated. 'Well, no, not exactly.' 'And why not?' 'Oh, 1 don't know,' said Madge 'married people give up that sorl of thing.' 'Love, do you mean?' asked Ja net. 'No, but what people call being sentimental,' said Mrs. Harley. 'Longing to see your husband is a proper sentiment,' replied Ja net. 'But some people are ridiculous ly foolish before others,' reasoned Hadge. 'That proves they want sense L am not likely to approve of that, is William would soon tell you ill I want is that wives should [et their husbands know they are still loved.' 'But men are so vain,' said adge, 'that it is dangerous tc how them.much attention.' Her friend looked up. 'Oh, Madge, what are you say ng? Have you then married with the notion that it is not good for John to believe you love him ? 'Say I and him; do not talk 0 husbands4m general, but of yourE in particular.' 'He thinks quite enough of him. self already, I assure you.' 'My degr Madge,' said Janei smiling, 'woul'd it do you any harm to receive a little more at ention from your husband.' 'Of course not. ] wish he'd try, and Mrs. Harley laughed at the idea. 'Then you don't think enougt of yourself already ? And no thing would make you vain, I sup pose ?' Madge colored, and all the mor< when she perceived that Willian Matson had come in quietly and was~ now standing behind Janet's chair. This of course, put an end to the conversation. Madge retired to her own home to think of Ja net's words and to confess secret Ly that they were. wise. Hours passed before John Har Ley returned home. He was man of good abilities, and well tc do in the world; and having mar ied Madge because he truly loved her, he had expected to have happy home. But partly becaust he was reserved and sensitive, and partly because Madge feared t< make him vain, they had growl very cold toward each other,. s cold that John began to think the ale-house a more comfortable plac< than his own fireside. That night the rain fell in tor rents, the wind howled, and i was not until the midnight hou had arrived that Harley left th< public house and hastened towar< his cottage; he was wet througi when he at length crossed the threshold ; he was gruffly, mutter ed, 'used to that;' but he was no 'used' to the tone and look wit! which his wife drew near to wel come him, nor to find dry clothei by a crackling fire, and slippers o1 the hearth; nor to hear no re proach for late hours, and dirt' foot- marks as he sat in his arm chair. Some change had come t< Madge, he was very sure. Sb wore a dress he had bought he years ago, with a neat linen colla around the neck, and had a cai trimmed with white ribbons, o1 her head. 'You're smart, Madge,' he e, claimed at last, when he has stared at her for some time in si lence. 'Who has been here wortl dressing for to-night ?' 'No one until you came,' sail Madge, half laughing. 'I ? Nonsense, you didn't dres for me!l' cried John. 'You won't believe it, perhaps but, I did. I have been talkin with Mrs. Matson this evening and she gave me some very goo advice. So now, John, wha would you like to have for you supper ?" John, who was wont to steal t the shelf at night and conteri himself with anything he could find, thought Madge's offer too 5 excellent to be refused, and very soon a very large bowl of choco late was steaming on the table. 7'Then his wife sat down, for a - wonder, by his side, and talked a little, and listened, and look pleas ed, when at last, as if he could not s help it, he said: 'Dear old Madge!' That was' enough; her elbow a somehew found its way then to - the arm of his great chair, and she r sat quietly at the fire. After a while John spoke again - 'Madge. dear, do you remember the old days when we used to sit! si(le by side in your mother's I kitchen ?' 'Yes.' 'I was a younger man, then, Madge, and as they told me, hand some; now * I am growing older, and plainer, duller. Then you you loved me; do you love me still?' She looked up in his face, and her eyes answered him. It was t like g9ing back to the old days to i feel his arm around her as her t head lay on his shoulder, and to I hear once again the kind words < meant for her ears alone. She never once asked if this < would make him 'vain.' She knew, E as if by instinct; that it was ma- i king him a wiser, more thought- I ful, more earnest-hearted man.- z And when, after a happy silence,. t ho took down the Bible and read a chapter, as he had been wont to I read to her mother in former times, she bowed her head and I prayed. Yes, prayed--for pardon through the blood of - Jesus Christ-for I strength to fulfill ovory duty in i the future-for the all-powerful i influence of the Spirit, for bless- i ings on her husband .evermore. She prayed-and not in vain. FEMALE INFLUENCE. The masculine half of' the crea tion has a thousand ways of ad vocating its own* thoughts, sup p9rting its own principles, dis seminating its own opinions, plead ing for its'projects. The feminine1 half of society has none. Gentle- i men can make public speeches, they can lecture, they can talk in the' clubs. Ladies can't make . public speeches; if they think of . lecturing, they are taunted with impertinent allusions to "Mrs. >Candle," and nobody says "Hear! h ear!'' and they have no clubs to ifrequent. More than all, men ihave a thousand brazen trumpets l with which to shako the world, in the form of the various journals. - Women have but one gentle voice - amid the noises of the press. It is right, and well, and fitting that -men should take the brunt of life's Shard labor. If there must be war, Smen must fight; if the world needs - food they must toil; if science be a necessity, they must think. Let Sthe lords of* the creation do all Sthis. No woman ofoommon sense will dispute their right to take >the lead in the responsibilities of Sof life. Let them enjoy every > means established usages afford >to strengthen their prerogative. >Let them have their public speak ing, and their lecturing rostrums, - and their talk in the clubs. t Let~ them have, what is far more, e a hearing in every land through the voice of a free pres_s echoing Ito the ends cf the earth. T1he wo imen of America are proud that a their fathers, their husbands, their -brothers, should be thus powerful. t Only let it be granted, at the same i time, that there may be subjects -which the intelligence of man may not touch so happily as the tact of i woman. They have their own views on various subjects, differ r ent, but still in harmony with - those of the powers that be ! They > yield, without the slightest hesita s tion the whole army of journals to r the use of man,'contenting them e selves with retaining only the >, means of expressing an opinion, a which, they trust, may sometimes be useful to their own sex, in their :own way. The ladies have an ar 1 gument in their favor, which, they -are quite sure, the gentlemen will a not dispute with them. They can find fault with them Sselves. There is no wound to our elf-love when we point out our s own defects, for we show our own strength when we detect our own Sweaknesses. And this brings us Sto the responsibility of woman Sof woman as a wife. Many dis d honest men pass through life un ,t detected, but they have the sword r of Damocles continually hanging by its single hair over their heads. o Generally, they are kind, friend t ly, libeal men. They are friend. ly, because they are kind, and lib eral because they hrd friendly. It is difficult for a man of genial dis position to live on a small, unde viating income. The world is so full of pleasures, and he mixes with so many men who seem to treat money as a drug. Large sumsi pass through his hands and his Dwn modicum is so trifling. It is 3nly by practicing the most severe ,conomy that he can make ends eet; and he ought to have more, because he himself manages the .oncern which brings in all the noney, and his principal isen*joy. ng the profits of his labor, only ,oming to the counting-house for tn hour or so, and then driving iome in his carriage to that splen lid suburban villa, while he can iardly afford the vulgar omnibus. ind so the clerk goes home. Elome.! Is it a place of'sa.ety, or L place of temptation to him ? Ile omes within the woman's pro -ince; is it for good or for evil ? Ne cast to the winds every hought of intentional wrong, for ve can hardly imagine an excep ion in which the wife. would :nowingly become the destroyer f her own husband. She has mar -ied young, and ?he knows little ir nothing of the value of money. he has taste, and she desires its ndulgence. Her husband brings ier home such pretty presents, nd she is so pleased; and all hose nice things make the house o cheerful; and that new piano as such a sweet tone; and those ,enuino China jars 4re so nuch )etter than Italian casts, or even ier showy Arcade vases. And hen her good man is so kind, on y he is a little dull just now, ha -assed with business ; she must nake hin gc out with her a little nore. Stop, wife! Wherever, who ver you may be, pause. You are >n the briqk of a precipice. The iafety of all you hold dear hangs ou rour next step. Not only the in erests of time, but the interests )f eternity, may be entrusted to ~our keeping. }very wife knows ~er husband's income, or ought o know it. That knowledge bould be the guide of her conduct. L clear understanding respecting lomestic expenses is necessary to be peace of every (4yelling. If it y little, "Better is a dinner of ierbs where love is, than a stal id oz and hatred therewith." If t be ample, let it be enjoyed with il thankfulness. We believe thas artners in privation are more to ~ach other than partners in wealth. Phose who have suffered together ove more than those who have re joiced together. Love'is "the drop >f honey in the draught of gall." When the wife, seeing her duty, las made up her mind to this, she ill brighten her little home with smilee that will make it a region, >f perpetual sun-shine. She will 1ever even imply a wish for ~hings which are the appendages >f wealth. She knows they could >nly be purchased. at a cost from which she turns shudderingly. 'ollowing with the acuteness of a quickened affection every turn >f her husband's thoughts, if she should see that he leans towards he world's good things, that he gives orders to his wine merchant beyond the bounds of their en Forced temperate indu.lgence, that ity luxuries are sent home to her, then let her bestir herself for his afety and her own, for they, are indissolubly united. Let her take [er woman's power into her own bands; and, by all the gentle arts f love, and the powerful argu Lents of truth, let her win him back to contentment with the lot that Heaven has bestowed, and 3 forcing him to acknowledge that its best blessing is his wife. HOW TO Fix THE CLocK.-WVhen the clock stops, do not take it in to the repair shop till you have tried se follows: Take off the pointers and the face; take oft thbe pend ulum nd its wire. Remove the ratch et from the "tick" wheel, and the clock will run down with great velocity ; let it go ; the increasing peed wears a&way the gunri and dust from the pinions-the clock cleans itself. If you have any sperm oil, put the least bit on the axels. Put the machinery togeth er, and. nine times in ten it will run just as well as if it had been taken to the shop. in fact, this is the way most shopmen clean clocks. If, instead of a pendulum, the clock has a watch escapoment, the latter can be taken out in an instant, without taking the~ work apart, and the result is the same. It takes about twenty minutes to clean a brass clock, ahd saves a dollar. - - - . - - Order is heaven's first law, and it as never been r.enealed. THE FASHION&BLE COM PLAINT. In the course of a lecture cently delivered in New York, ] Lyman said: "Heart disease, among both dies and gentlemen, is the c most in vogue at present. A si onym for pseudo heart disease indigestion. False modes of'dre by crowding the heart, cause to beat irregularly. Remedy t dress, and the heart will healtbf ly perform its functions. T heart is almost the last org to become diseased, because it h L great work to do. Nature ma it strong and supplied it with Few nerves as possible. Wom who faint, as a rule, have t 3mall cavities for heart and lun( Fainting is a provision of natu For the reinstatement of the boi by allowing the heart a brief i pite. When the stomach is u 'oubtedly distended by food, t 2eart is crowded and complaii Tood straight shoilders are esse .ial to woman. If she possess in erect form, 'a woman's hes 3as better opportunity to be venly and healthfully. Many mistake a palpitating se ation of the muscular wall bat portion of the stomach nei st the heart for an affectii )f the heart. Adipose or fat ICcumulations around the hea vill often renier. its beating labc 1d or heavy. The heart is n owever, diseased ; it is on working under difficulties. Pr< ,ration also affects the beating ,he heart, causing it to pulsa more rapidly. Strength will i move this difficulty. -It is a the ry with some physicians that in iatural life the heart beats only ,ertain number of times. If ti be so, running up and down stai ntense excitement, hurry, by i -reasing the number of heart-be, in a minute, diminish the leng )f one's life. ft is a well knoN ract that a race horse Is not lo: ived, because having such a rand upon the action of t beart, tIle liegrt.muscles wear c sooner than they otherwise wouk RED TAPE IN FRANcE.-T Paris Gaulois gives an account the state of things with referen po th~e great telescope offered M1. Bishoffsheim to the Paris< servatory, remarking that it i~ a -nificantecommentary on the se Lug, "They manage things bett in France." It appears that the spring of the present ye M. .i3ishoffsbeim sent to M1. Lev< rier an order for 26,000f, to be e: ployed in the mariufacture of great telescope, .rt might be 30 posed that M. Leverrier would once direct such an instrument be made; but nol he went phank the dlonor, and to infoi him that the gift must be made the Minister for instruction. T banker tore up his check a wrote another in favor of t M.inister who was g.uite tak aback on seeing it, and request M. Bishoffsheim to send not check but money-not to him, b to the Minister of Finance t banker sent the money with a no expa'ining its purpose to the Mi ister of Finance, where the o eials declared they could not ta it, and told the clerk to go to notary and have a deed proper registered after which they wvo see if they had power to recei the money. M1. Bishoffshiem, w was too determined on doing go to science to profit by this less in "How not to do it," persist in bothering the officials, and: ter four months of parleyit drawing up and signing dce and settlements, he at last got t money paid. 31. Leverrier tb went to order the telescope, at naturailly for a work of such mi nitude the 'optician asked for advance. M1. Leverrier gave h an order on the Minister of ance, but this order proved to mere waste paper, and the affa remains in this state at the prese moment. A gentleman passing the ph ground of a public school was fronted by the boys, and was vised to complain to the princi] which he did: "I have be abused by some rascals of t place, and I came to acquaint y of it, as I understand you are t principal." An illinois farmer, who has foi teen children and a healthy wi says that the bottom of the po to bin seems made of India rt er. The -th --day +-ufalo named Fothrda marriedfaloum gilahed martheg,marrieduahyou welt whouldmotdeher,iatog qus nraalth a enn14dt biva h ar um [- THREE THINGS. Three things that never becom re- rusty: The money of the bcnev )r. olent, the shoes of the butcher horse, and a woman's tongue. la- Three things that are as gooi ne as the best: Brown bread in farm ine, well water in thirst, and i great coat in cold weather. Three things as good as thei: it better: Dirty vater to extinguist he a fire, an ugly wife to a blind man al- and a wooden sword to a coward he Three things of short continu an ance: A lady's love, a chip fire anD as a brook's flood. de Three things that never oughi as to be from home: The cat, th( en chimnef, and the wife. 00 Tbree essentials to a false story s - teller: A good memory, a bold re face, and.fools for his audience. ly Three things seen in a peacock; -e- The garb of an angel, the walk ol n- a thief, and the voice of- the devil be Three things it is unwise tc Is. boast of: The flavor of thy ale, the n- beauty of thy wife, and the con. es tents of thy purse. rt Three miseries of a man's house: at A smoky chimney, a dripping roof and a scolding wife. n- Three things that should not be of seen in a printing office: A loafer Lr-- who talks to the printers during >n work hours, a person who meddles ty with and makes "pi" of the type, rt and one who reads the article on r- the compositor's case before it i; ot ready for his eye. ly . - - - - )s- A VICTIMIZED YOUNG MAN. of An amusing story is told of n te young American gentleman who, -e- while sojourning in Paris, invited :o. two demoiselles to accompany him a to the theater. He secured three a seats, and drove to the house ol is his friends, half hoping that one rs, was indisposed, so that his felicity n- might be- unbounded. The tw< ts -wore awaiting him, and their mo th ther as well, who kindly invited vn herself to chaperon the party, and Ig intimated that her daughters could le- under no circumstances go with. be out her. There was ho hoel fo at it. The four crqwv<ed into thi ." carriage. No fourth seat could( be obtained adjacent to the three he already secured, or even on th4 of same tier, and during three long ce acts the three ladies sat in a bos by while our young American gazed >b- et them with feelings ungutterable Sa from his seat in the parquette. .y- The dr ama over, only cabs, with er room for two, could be obtained in to convey the party home. Here, ar then wasa dilemma--which young ar- lady should he select a~s his cab com. n- panion ? They were both charm a ing, and the matter was difficuli p.. to decide. The old lady settled at it, however, to her satisfaction, if to to the annoyance of our now mis. to erable countryman. "Hortensi -m and Sophie, you go in this cab. to Mlonsieur and I will follow you ii he the next." The young gentlemat rd now thinks that French socie he customs are barbarous. en -'- --* * --~ ed NOT PATIAL TO FAsT HORsas, a-We have often thought thai ut if we had a fast horse, one that be could go in about 2:40, one tha1 4idn't eat any ,oats, that life would indeed be sweet. But sinci we rode up home with Fred. Ring ke the other day, we can get along a wi-thout a fast horse. Before w< lyfairly got in the cutter the mar< id started, and we sat down on tb ye ragged edge of a soup bone tha hoFred. was taking home for his dog od Holding our hat on with one hand onand keeping from spilling out witl ed the other, we went whooping u] Sby the Congregational church and at every step the mare wouki :ssend snow balls from her feet fly he ing by our head. Ever and anoi en a ball would hit us on the side o d, the nose, and again in the stomach and then graze our ear. We shu our eyes, repeated all the good lit tie Sunday school verses we couk think of, and sighed for a sofi be place to fall if the cutter tippe( iir over, but in a minute we wor :nt home, with .no damage excep an italic nose and a heaving bpsont full of;ello w snow. Fred. said h< would stop for us and take us dowr town, but we seem to like wvalking the best. It is good exercie I d-l anybody should give us a fas enmare, we should always lay it U] e against him.-La Crosse (Wis. Sun. on__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Le Inspired being:-"Whe.nce, oh whence, I a d i e s , whence, oh whence came the marvelous in ir- stinet, that prmtdthe minutt fe, being originally contained in this ta- fragile egg shell, to burst the cal ib- careous envelope that secluded it from the glories of -the oute wedf!" Chorus of admiring Ia an dies: "Whence, oh, whence indeed rig Mr. Honeycomb '' Master Tom ite my :-."Perhapse the little begga1 at was afraid he'd be boiled I" STRANGE MATCHES.-It is a historical fact that Frederick c Prussia formed the ideaof compel ing unions between the tallest c s the two sexes in his dominions, i, the hope of having an army c giants. The reader Will in a] - probability, recollect the followin ludicrous incident: It so happenei that during a rather long ride, th, rI king passed a particularly tal young woman, an utter stranger He alighted from his horse, an< insisted upon her delivering a let ter to the demanding officer of hi crack regiment. The letter con tained the mandate that the bear er was instantly to be married t< the tallest unmarried man in th4 service. The young woman wAI somewhat terrified, and, not under standing the transaction, gave at old woman the letter, which wa. conveyed to the commanding offi cer, and this old woman was, in g short time married to the hand somest and finest man in the crach regiment. It is not necessary t say that the marriage was an un happy one-particularly so to th< old wonan. In this connectior comes another anecdote. A riel saddler directed in his will thai his only child, a daughter, shoulc be deprived of the whole of hi fortune unless she married a sad. dler. A young earl, in order to wit the bride, actually served an ap. prenticeship of seven years'to a sad dler, and afterwards bound himsel] . to the rich saddler's daughter fox life. B3ut the union was anything but ahappyone; the bride, neithei by birth nor breeding a .lady, re flected little credit on her bride groom's choice; and repeated quar rels were followed by separation So it is with all unequal matches gold and brass won't unite. Nov els tells us that felicity followet the union of Lord Fitzgerald t< Mary Ann Jones, quite ignorinj Mary Ann's predisposition to ret knucklesand unshapely feet, whict peculiarities finally make my lord'1 life burdensome. N o v e 1 s ari amusing, but not to be relied oi in "matters of. the heart," as rule. Oonamon sense says, "Young folks, marry within the bo undar: ofy our social and religious circle. MAKING MONEY OUT OF PAN :CAKES.-The Belfast (Me.) J0urnaa ttells howan enterprising woman if m aling nioney theise; "It isnot or .that article of .diet made by out Sgrandmothers that we are t< t speak, but a pancake of a less di ,gestible nature manufactured al the Belfast shQe factory. Nothing -in the shape of leather is allowec -to go to waste in that institution Even the shavings from the soli leather have their use, and fron them the pancakes are made. These shavings are placed upor a table before the operatives, wh< - separate and carefiully spread then out within a small casting witi paste, in layers, like raisins in a ho: I-first leather, then paste, and th< whole patted down compactly. When a cakse is completed, it il about one foot in length, foul inches wide and half an inch ir thickness. They are then lait away to dry and in three or foui clays are ready for use, which i to be cut up into inner heel lifts Their manufacture is not a ver3 pleasant job, as the gi:ls wh< make them are up to their elbowl in paste. When the factory firs Sstarted, this work was given t< ~Alma House at four cents per cake -She became so expert that abh could easily make 100 per day SBeingan enterprising woman, an< Sseeing money ahead, she close< a contract with the proprietori for the sole manufacture, at foul cents a piece, and then hired help To-day she has an apartment of the sale-room, and employs Si: z"omen, who turn out from 300 t< S400 a day. THE WAY A Boy WAKEs UP. SIt is morning. Daylight streami into the windows; the sun shines oi the bill-tops. The sounds of stir ring life are beginning to be hear! about the house. Watch the boy Still and motionless as a figure o marble! As you look, the gate: of sletp are suddenly unlocked SHe is awake in a twinkling Lawake all over. His blue eyes are wide open and bright-his lipi part with a shout-his legs fl2 out in different directions-hii arms in rapid motion-he flopi ,over with a springLt-in ten see ,onds he has turned a couple os - somersaults, and presents beford Syou a living illustration of perpel 3 ual motion. There is no delibe - rate yawning, no stretching of in I dolent limbs, no lazy rubbing o e sleepy eyes, no gradually becom~ - in~g awake about it. With a snai , like a pistol shot, he is thorough h yawakeadkcigWd L'aaet h o n fec a tilyar whair.ad ikng e awake to the top end of each pa r tienlar hair. n BROKEN FRIENDSHIP.-Fricnd. >f ship is a good deal like china. It I- is very durable and beautiful as f long as it is quite whole; but break a it and all the cement in the world f will never quite repair the damage. I You may stick the pieces to gether so that, at a distance, it looks nearly as well as ever; but it S won't hold hot water. It is always 1 ready to deceive you- if you trust it; and it is on the whole, a very I worthless thing, fit only to be put - empty on a shelf and forgotten s there. The finer and more delicate it - is, the .more utter the rain. A m e r e acquaintanceship, which needs only a little ill-humor to 3 keep it up, may be closely - puttied like that old yellow basin in the store closet; but tenderness, and trust, and sweet exchange of - confidence, can no more be yours when angry words have broken - them, than can those delicate porcelain tea-cups, which were splintered to pieces, be restored to their original excellence. The slightest crack will spoil the ring, and you had better search for a new friend than mend the old one. And all this has nothing to do with forgiveness. One may for give and be forgiven, but the deed has been done, and the word said; the flowers and the gilding are gone. The formal "making-up," especially between two women, is of no more avail than the won. derful cements that have made a cracked ugliness of the china vase that you expected to be your "joy - forever." - Handled delicately, washed to purity in the waters of truth, con fided to no careless, unsympathiz - ing hands, friendship may last I two lives out; but it "does not > pay" to try to mend it. Once broken it is spoiled forever. IF I HAD LEIsuEE.-"If I had leisure, I would repair that weak place in my fence," said a farmer. He had none, however, and while drinking older with a neighbor, the cows broke in and injured a Sprime piece of corn. He had leis ure then to repair his fence, but it did not bring back his corn. -"If I had leisure," said a wheel Sright, last Winter, "I would alter my stove-pipe, for I know it is not, safe." But he did not find time, and when his shop caught fire, and burned down, he found leisure to build another'. "If I had leisure;" said a me chanic, "I should have my work done in seasoti." The man thinks his time has been all occupied, but. be was not at work till after sun Srise; he quit work at five o'clock; smoked a cigar after dinner, and Sspent two hours on the .street~ talking nonsense with an idler, S"if 1 had leisure," said a mer chant, I would pay more atten Stion to accou'nts." The chance is, my friend, if you had leisure, you would probably pay less attention a to the matter than you do now. The thing lacking with hundreds of' farmers who till the soil is, no more leisure,-but more resolution S--the spirit to 'do-to do now. If the farmer who sees the fence in a poor condition would only act at once, how much might be saved. It 'would prevent breechy cattle creating quarrels among neigh Sbors, that in many cases termi nate in lawsuits, which take near-. 'ly all they are both worth to pay 3 the lawyers.-Annual of Phrenol -ogy and Physiognomy for 1875. HE WOULD TRY IT.-Anl old gent living in fhe country called at the office of the gas company in Chicago the other day, having a two quart pail in his hand and Sasked: "Is this where they sell gas ?" "Yes, sir, we can furnish you with gas,"' replied the clerk. "Well," said the old man as - he Spulled the cover off his pail, "I've heerd a good deal about gas, and jmy wifi's heerd a good deal about gas, and I'll take two.quarts along fand try it. How much is it a Squart?" When he was imformed that . gas was a vapor, and the method of burning it was explained, he sighed and said: "Hannah will be awfully disap pointed." . 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Terms Cash. now A WOMAN BUYS MEAT. When a woman enters a butch er-shop to select a piece of meat for dinner, she has her mind made up to take mutton roast. There fore, when tbe butcher rubs his bands ,and asks her what,she will have, she promptly replies:. "I'll take some of that mat-" She stops there. Her eye has caught sight of.a ham, and she* suddenly decides to take han. "iIs that nice hami?" she in-, quires. "Best ham I ever,saw, madame. How much?" "Well, yon may give m6 three p-Well, I don't know either. IKY husband was saying he'd like some sausage. Have you"any'reil nice sausage?" !Plenty, madame. -Now, then, how much saasage.-ill yon have?". git's pork sausag, ii itr? "Yes, ma'am" "Well, I suppose a pond would be enough for our small family, but-bat-,, "Shall I weigh a pound, ma-, dame?"' "I was just wondering if a veal pot-pie wouldn't suit him better," she answered. " Youa'have veal, I