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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, -News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1875. No. 34. T-H E HE R A L D IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry, S. C. BY TH09, F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. Terms, $2.50 per efnnum, Invariably in Advance. gy The paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is paid. o7 The >4 markIdenotes expiration of sub scription. A SONG OF SUMMER. Come to the wildwoods wild, Thou city-biding child o come to th, meadows mild. Come where the world is still, Where the eagle sweeps at wiU O'erthe green embosomed hill. Where the great oak rears its head From cool and mossy bed, Apd,the earth and sky do wed. Where the bright sun brightly beams, And men live on in dreams, And maidens sing to streams. Where the jaunty blue-bells nod, And wand-like waves the golden rod, Aeb1ue4yed violet gems the sod. Come, ye weary-hearted, come, And_listen to the busy hum Of bes;an bear the pheasants drum. Swing the rifle to the shoulder, Tramp the lowlands, climb the boulder, Teach the grizzles to be bolder. Hunt the buffalo and the deer, Chase the grey fox to his lair, Handle well the knife and spear. e as fe cbe; dneve %fot fonxdledthee 3oeond &a will the green wood tree. E. D. P. MR. DINKIE'S REVENGE. -0 Naturally, my dear, a body meets with many singular people in the course of keeping boarders. I think the queerest folk that ever were, have come and boarded with me, since Mr. Johnson left me with three little children to 4arn my living by the most un grateful task tbat ever was even gu11up&n a woman's shoulders ; for there are people that never think you can do enough for 'em, and peo ple that haven't any considera fery ur ftettugs, and t a tur key .happe.ns to be tough, ask if it wasever known for certain what became of the pair that went into Noah's ark, and the like of that, you know; and there are people thaLt have whimsies, and want raw- mneat or scorched cinders, and people that can't bear any thing fried, and people that won't touch pork, and people that take airs and don't pay, and people that are so far from what they pretend to be that you have to mention to'them that their rooms are wajkted2 and all sorts of p.eople who do all sorts of queer things. One of the queerest things I ever knew to be done by any boarder was done, I must say, by Mr Pinkie. Me came to board with me about livf years ago, just at Christmas time.. He was a bachelor about fifty years old, I should judge, and his face was smooth-shaved and he wore a mahogany-colored wig, and he was rather particular in his dress. He'd just met with a disappointment-not in love, mind you, but in money. He had made himself a slave to a rich old uncle for twenty years, expecting to be his heir ; put up with all sorts of treatment ; been huffed and scolded and sneered at morning, noon and night ; never said a word; but just went on grinningand rubbing his hands and speaking about his "dear uncle," until the old man died, when he left him only a hundred a year for his life. Alter that he came to board with me. There was boarding with me at the same time a maiden lady named Swiffles. She was about as old as Mr. Dinkie, and she was very rich. She wore diamonde in her ears so big and so, shiny that I1 wonder the thieves let her come ho~me alive with 'em on. And she had the same kind of dia monds on her fingers. She had three pets, a dog with curly woo] and a kitten all white except a nose, and a green-and-red parrot. Day times she had them in her room,but she hired an extra room for -them~ and they slept in it and it was comi cal to see them. Poll in her cage and the dog and kitten in a sort o; basket-cradle, with refreshment ~s~t 'em in ease they shonid be hun She wasn't very handsome, but she was of a very good family; and though she wanted extras she paid for 'em. I remember asking her once why she hadn't married, and she said she always felt that the male sex was beneath her, and that she couldn't promise to obey any of 'em. She asked me if I didn't feel to despise 'em myself; and I said some of 'em I did, and some again I didn't. She had written a lecture, I think for the puspose of putting 'em down, and she was ago ing to deliver it in my parlor one night, only I says to her, says I, "Miss Swiffles," says I, "I'm only a poor widow, depending on my boarders for a living, and as most of 'em are of the male sex, it might give 'em offense to tell'em all them dreadful things about them selves, and how you despised 'em so, Miss Swiffles." So she gave up the idea, and I was thankful. Well, after Mr. Dinkie came, I noticed Miss Swiffles and he used to argue together a good deal. Sometimes, too, he used to see her to church andvto lectures. I had my eyes about me, and I noticed that she used to dress herself up v e r y smart indeed after he came. Then he came and asked me how much I reckoned she had a year. And she asked. me what I calculated he owned. I told him that I'd heard she had ten thousand pounds, and I told her what~he had, and how he got it. I couldn't tell what she thought, but I made up my mind that there'd be a match between 'em for I've always no ticed the more a lady talks against the gentlemen the more apt she is to have the first one that makes her an offer. Yes, I'd made up my min4-to that when, one day, I was sitting on the porch outside the back parlor window, stoning cher ries-for if the girl .does it she puts more in her mouth than she does in the pan-when I heard Miss Swiffles come into the parlor, and about three minutes after, Mr. Dinkie he came in. I'd like to remark, just here, that far from me a listening I'm above it ; but I wasn't called upon to go away, and I couldn't help hearing, and this is what I did hear: I"Miss Swiffles," said Mr. Dinkie, "I am rejoiced to find you alone." "Ah !" said Miss Swiffles. "I have long wished for such an opportunity." "Indeed," said Miss Swiffles. "You can guess why !" asked Mr. Dinkie. ".No, sir, I can't," answered Miss Swiffles. "Is this the coquetry of your sex?" asked Mr. Dinkie. "Have you not seen that I adore you ?" "No," said Miss Swiffles. "I have hiddegx my emotions better than I supposed I could," said Mr. Dinkie. "My dear Miss Swiffles, here on my knees allow me to offer you my hand and heart, and beg you accept them and the life long devotion of-" "Get up, Mr. Dinkie," said Miss Swiffles. "Don't make a goose of yourself. I understand that you ask mue to marry you ?" "Adorable,. creature," said Mr. Dinkie, "you put the question I would have asked into the most concise form." "I'll put the answer into the same form," said Miss Swiffies. "No !" "You cannot expect me to relin quish my hopes at once," said Mr. Dinkie. -"May I ask why you are not disposed to consider my pro. position ? Will you not consider it, and answer it more at leis ure ?" "I have considered,"' said Miss Swiffles. "But why ?" said Mr. Dinkie. "Well, if you want to know why," said Miss Swiffles, "because I lhke to be my own mistress. I have plenty of money as you know, and three charming.pets, who are worth more than any six men I ever met. I didn't marry when I was a good-looking girl, because evnthen I couldn't be sure any man wanted me and not Imy property; and now I am an Iugly old woman, I shan't throw myself into the arms of the fir,st . forn-nter, who has nalenlated that an old maid will marry any one who asks her. You waited for dead men's shoes twenty years, I understand. Now, probably, you wish to wait for mine ? That's why I say 'No,' Mr. Dinkie." Next thing I- heard was the door slam. Mr. Dinkie was gone, and Miss Swiffies was laughing to herself on the sofa. I couldn't help it. I just peeked into the window, and says I: "Hurrah, Miss Swiffies, three cheers I It was as good as a play." "Tisn't the first man I've served so," said Miss Swiffles rubbing her nose. "0, they are a mean set, these men," and away she walked, with her diamonds glitter ing. We didn't see much of Mr. Dinkie for some days, and then he told me he was going abroad with an invalid gentleman. So, of course, I knew I was go ing to lose a boarder. But I was surprised when one afternoon 1 re ceived this note: "My DEAR MADAM: Upon the eve of my departure upon a jour ney whence I may never return, I desire to feel myself in harmony with all with whom I have had any slight difference. Therefore, will you permit m'e to give a little sup per to several members of your es tablishment? You yourself, of course, Miss Swiffies, Mr. Rogers, and a friend of my own who will join us. Time, to-morrow eve ning. An answer will oblige, Yours truly, BENJAMIN DINKIE." Of course I agreed, and when I saw Miss Swiffies she said the man had a better temper than she thought. And so that very eve ning we all walked into Mr. Din kie's room. He had had the bead stead put away, and hired an ex tension table. And theie was Mr. Dinkie with a dark complexioned gentleman and two waiters. Mr. Dinkie did the honors beau tifully. He made us a little speech, and he said all sorts of fine things. Aad such a supper-all hot, and very curious; pies with queer crusts, all ornamented,andragouts, and dear knows what, and wines and things. We all ate heartily and Miss Swifiles heartiest of all. We enjoyed ourselves, I tell von, and the dark gentleman, Mr. Mosler, sang us songs afterward. At twelve o'clock, Mr. Dinkie arose. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "the time for parting has come. I must be on board the steamer in two hours. Mosler, the same obligation, lies on you. We part perhaps forever. Adieu." Hie shook hands all around. When he camne to Miss Swiffles he gave her a little note. "No, he ain't," said I. Miss Swiffes went up stairs very slowly. I saw her wipe a tear away as she went, and 1 stopped to put out the hall lamp. I h a d done it and bolted the front door when all of.a sudden the house was filled with shrieks. It was Misis Swiffles' voice I knew, and she was screaming for help. "She's found a burglar in her room to murder her for her dia monds at last," I said to myself, and away I rushed and up came all the boarders, and we stood in the room where she stood, holding a letter in her hand, and shrieking like mad. "O0! where is he ?" I1 asked. "Where's the burglar ?" "Go after him!I" she cried. "Catch him-bring him back Mr. Dinkie, Mr. Dinkie !" "He's told her he'd commit sui ide on her account. "0, dear! 0, dear !" "O0! I'm so ill," cried Miss Swiffles-"so ill! Open the window! I'm poisoned 0! Ah !" "Poisoned !" says I. "0! 0! !" "Read that," says she falling over upon the sofa, very sick in deed. "Read-that !" "Mr. Rogers," says 1, "I havn't got my specs." Mr. Rogers took the letter and read it aloud : "You ridiculous old fury, did you believe that a man could forgive such insults as you heaped upon me? I have had my revenge upon you and' that puppy Rogers. I am only sorry I was obliged to in clude that simple old soul, Mrs. Jhnsn Yon enjoyed your suD per, didn't you ? I hope so. Mos ler and I enjoyed the cooking. Mosler is a fine cook. Parrot pate, poodle pie, kitten ragout, are good dishes. We took care not to cat of them, but you have had your fill. I entered your pets' apartment at eight, and had them stolen and hot upon the ta ble at eleven. Mosler has kept a hotel and knows a thing or two. "I wish you joy of your supper, and a good night's rest. You were right about my motive in propo sing to you. I'm really glad you said no. By, by. BENJAMIN DINKIE." Well, my dears, it was all true. The pots were gone, and I've no doubt we had our fill, as Mr. Din kie said, of parrot pate and poo dlo pie and kitten ragout; and Mr. Rogers and Miss Swiffles were very sick, and I had to send for the doctor; and that's the way Mr. Din kie had his revenge. C? ttUntous. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION There are doubtless many cases where fire originates from slow and gradual oxidation-usually the proof of the inception of these fires is lost in the entire conflagration that ensaes. I write this account of a recent one of this class that has transpired, at the request of some underwriters. It is the only case I have found, in the experience I have stated, where the proofs sur vived-to be seen by the claimant, the adjuster and the public. The fire occurred on the 7th of June, at Marshall, Mich., t h e property damaged and destroyed was owned by Smiley and Henderson, gentle men of known probity and integri ty. The goods consisted of a fine s t o c k of drugs and medicines, paints, oils, varnish, &c., the usual country retail prescription stock. The insurance was about one-half, or less than the cash value of the stock. A box containing fine planing mill chips of shavings, that had been saturated on the floor, with linseed oil, turpentine, the leakage of casks and barrels, containing the same, was pl a ced most thoughtlessly upon the head of a barrel containing boiled linseed oil. These chips are often used for packing goods, and they were so received, by S. & H. with goods that they had purchased. This class of goods, with var nish, and wines and liquors for medicinical use, were kept in the rear part of the store ; a slight wooden partition, about seven feet high had been constructed to sep arate them in a slight degree from the other stock. The store is very tight, no open ings or panes of broken glass ex isted, and this circumstance alQne prevented a large confiagration. It was closed at the usual ti le at night. At four o'clock the next morning, a person who was pass ing observed dense smoke escaping from the key hole and crevice un der the door. He ran'to Dr. Smi ly's dwelling, procured the keys telling him that he believed there was fire in his store. Upon its be ing opened it was found to be fill ed with dense, pungent black smoke,and the fire was nearly out. The box with fine chips had disap peared ; the boiled linseed oil was nearly consumed ; the staves were burned down witlgn fifteen inches of the lower heading, and only a few gallons of the oil was left. The staves of both a barrel of wine and of whiskey, that stood very near to the barrel of oil were carbonized so that they could be perforated with a bodkin ; the barrels were valueless. Near by stood a barrel of turpentine. The combustion was sufficient to draw the varnish from it-to blister it. Theore was not a place in the en tire store, as large as the head of a pin that was not covered with a coating of lamp-black-underlaid was a fine vapor from grease. The cabinet drawers that contain d r u g s and various substan'ces did not protect their contents. This smoke appeared in a thin de posit in each drawer, blackening brimstone, bi-carbonate of* soda, and all the contents of the draw er, doing the same kind of dam ge in their ces. How did this fire occur? Wha caused it? The store was tQ< well fastened when it was opene< to suppose it was the act of an in cendiary; besides, the charactei of the combustion was more sug gestive of some interference t< extinguish the fire than any hu man agency to excite it. I think that there can be n( reasonable doubt that it was pro duced by the vegetable tissues saturated with oil and turpentine spread over considerable surfac( and producing a species of gradna oxidation. The oily mass absorb ed'and condensed the air withit its pores. The temperature wa. not elevated rapidly,. not enougi so to create a flame. It burned it this way all night. What agency extinguished tlik fire? Near at hand were poteni aids to give it light, and even tc produce explosion. The origin o: the fire is to me much more s wonder than its extinction. Du. ring this long combustion the ox ygen in the store was comsumed -each hour it became less. The store was so tight that no atmos. pheric air could get in. After*. s few hours, the atmosphere was en tirely supplanted by different gasei -the most prominent would b( carbolic acid gas-this we knom extinguishes burning substances of all kinds. It is also incapable of supporting the respiration oj animals. Here then is a fire that create itself. Contact of. vegetable and diying oils, with a porous carbon, aceous substance produced the fire It extinguishes itself (althougi surrounded by agencies to giv< it giant strength,). because th( room is vcry tight and retains th< carbonic acid gas untill all com. bustion ceases. The fire went oal as a lamp often will in the botton of a well if the same is filled witt carbonic acid gas. This test ii often made before sending men t( work in wells. If the lamp won' burn, the man can't live there. Let every merchint, and mann facturer who reads this profit b the information and see to it tha the oil waste is take'n careof, an< that it is not allowed to come ii contact with any porous vegetabli fibrous matter. In places wher< oils are kept pans under the fan cets are the best. Sawdust o: wood-shavings should never bi used. Sand or gravel is good yet not as desirable as pans, whici save the oil. The conditions that produc spontaneous combustion may occu at any time, unless great care i used, and when they do a fire ma' be predicted with certainty. Gunpowder does not destroy it self-the match has to be applie< by another agent-and it report to us the mischief it has done in stantly. Spontaneous combustion insidu ously creates the "Prometheal heat" that noiselessly, but effect ively sets fire to our property an< destroys it.-H. T. STRINGHAM~ Adjuster. MAKING A BEGINNING.-RemeII ber, in all things that if you d noti, you will never come t an end. The first weed pulled 11 in the garden, the first seed set i the ground, the first dime put i the savings bank, and the fire mile traveled on a journey are a important things; they make beginning, and therefore give hope, a promise, a pledge, an assui ance that you are in earnest wit] that vyhich you have undertaker How many a poor,idle, erring, bei itating outcast, is now creepin and crawling his way throug the world, who might have held u his head and prospered, if, instea of putting off his resolutionsc amendment and industry he ha only made a beginning. After th beginning, persevere to the end. (Blousehold .Magazine. The opinion is be co mi n strengthened every day that th man who first made a shirt to bu ton behind did more for the wo:'] than one who has discovered fiy comets. No heroes at all for us, if thei herism consists in being not mel t. THE CHEERFUL FACE. 'Next to sunlight of heaven is . the sunlight of a cheerful face. There is no mistaking it-the bright eye, the unclouded brow, the sunny smile-all tell of that which dwells within. Who has not felt its electrifying influences ? one glance at this face lifts us at once out of the mists and shad ows, away from tears and repin ings, into the beautiful realms of hope. One cheerful face in a household will keep everything bright and warm within. Envy, hatred, malice, selfishness, despon dency, and a host of evil passions may lark around the door, they I may even look within but they never enter and abide there-the cheerful face puts them all to flight. It may be a very plain face, but there is something in it that we feel we cannot express, and its cheerful look sends the blood dan cing through our veins for very joy. We turn toward the sun, and its warm, genial influence refreshes and strenghens our fainting spirits. Ab, there is a world of magic in the plain cheerfulface! It charms us with a spell of eternity and we would not exchange it for all the soulless beauty that ever graced the fairest form. It may be a very little one that r we nestle upon our bosom or sing to sleep in our arms with a low, sweet melody; but it is such a bright, cheery face ! The scintil lations of joyous spirits are flash ing from every feature. And what a power it has over the household, binding each heart to gether in tenderness and love and sympathy! shadows may darken around us, but somehow this face ever shines * betweed. And it shines so brightly that the shadows cannot remain, and silently they creep away into the dark corners, and remain there till the cheerful face is gone. it may be a wrinkled face, but it is all the dearer for that, and not the less bright. We linger bnear it, and gaze tenderly upon it and say; "God bless the cheerful face !" We must keep it with us as Slong as we can, for home will lose Smuch brightness when the cheer ful face is gone. rAnd after it has gone, how the Sremembrance of it purifies and softens o ur wayward nature! SWhen care and sorrow would snap our heartstrings asunder, this Swrinkled face looks down upo n Sus, the painful tension gz:ows light Ser, and the way is less heavy. As is the spirit, mind and disposition, so are the features. iA BaU.-Don't read the an nexed extract to your wife, young man, because it is likely to make her cry. The girl is generally educated on novels, and her first disappoint ment comes in the quiet inidiffer ence of the husband after the honeymoon. "Y ou love me no longer," said a bride of a few months to her beter half in gown and slippers. "Why do you say that, pass ?" he asked, quietly re Smoving a cigar from his lips. D "You do not caress me and call P me pet names; you no longer a seek so anxiously for my company; was the tearful answer. "My tdear," continued the aggravating [wretch, "did you ever notice a a man running after a car ? How a he does run-over stone, through -mud, regardless of everything, till he reaches the car, and he seizes -. hold and swings on. -Then hie quiet Sly seats himself and reads the pa gper." "And what does that mean?" h "An illustration, my dear. The car P is as important to the man after d he gets in as when he is chasing it, but the manifestation is no d longer called for. I would have e shot any one who would have put himself in my way when in pur suit of you, as I would shoot any one now who would come between g us, but as a proof of my love you e insist on my running after the car. - Learn to-smoke, my dear, and be d a philosopher. The two combined e will clear the brain, quiet the nerves, open the pores and improve tbc digestion." 1.We love inst and wise men. THE INTENSITY OF DIFFERENT COLORED LIGHTS.-An experiment recently made at Trieste, to test the intensity of various colored lights, is worth recording in these columns, as it is naturally a mat ter of some interest to photograph ers. The experiment was a practical one and designed for the purpose of discovering how far lights of different colors pene trate darkness, and whether they would be of any value for the lan terns of light-houses. Of course a white light is seen at a much great er distance than any colored illumi nation, and it is singular, too, as many of our readers have, no doubt, remarked. when viewing a fountain illuminated by various colors, that when the white light is thrown upon the drops these appear at their best. At ftrst we may admire the violet; then a ru by light is thrown upon the falling water, and we pronounce in favor of that; then, perhaps, green, or ange, and blue illumination follow, all securing our admiration in turn, until, at last the white light is again turned on, and its brilliancy and intensity give at once finer effects than the others. In the experi ment at Trieste, half a dozen lan terns with carefully selected glass, and all furnished with oil and wicks of a like character, were set burning on the beach, and then observations were taken by a par ty of sailors in a boat. At half a league distant the dark blue lan tern was invisible, and the deep blue one almost so, so that there could be -no doubt of their unservi cableness for light-houses or bea cons. Of all the colors the green was visible for the longest distance with the exception of the -red, -which ranked next to the white in brilliancy. It is only the green and the red-such, indeed, as our railways make use of-that are ca pable of employment, and the green light the Trieste authorities only recommend in the vicinity of whito and red lights, as from a short distance an insolated green light begins t o look like a white one. (The Photographic News. EGYPTIAN MAXIMS .-Bev. Dr. J. P. Thompson, in his "Notes on Egyptology," in the Bibliothica Sacra gives the following maxims from the ancient Egyptians : Do not take on airs. Do not maltreat an inferior ; respect the aged. Do not save thy life at the ex pense of another's. Do not pervert the heart of thy comrade if it is pure. Do not make sport of those who are dependent upon thee. Do not maltreat a woman, whose strength is less than thine own ; let her find in thee a protec tor. If from a humble condition thou hast become powerful and the first in the city of.opulence, let not riches make thee proud, for the first Author of these good things is God. If thou art intelligent bring, up thy son in the love of God. If he is courageous and active and in crease thy property, give him a better recompense. But if the son whom thou hast begotten is a fool, do not turn thy heart away from him, for he is thy son. A SUFFEaING CAPITALIST.--"Yes, these are awful hard times," said a La Salle street broker, as he stood on his steps, talking to a firiend last evening. "Mighty tough, I expect," was the reply. "Why," said the broker, "I've been investing and investing for a year back-a pile of money, I assure you-and I find I've been losing like fury." "Indeed ?" "It's as true as I'm living. If I've lost a cent I've lost more than $300,000." "No I" "Certain," continued the broker, "and what cramps me, I feel the worst is that fully $150 of it was my own !" Then the friends retired to a secluded spot and "smiled." [Chicago Journal. Test is a decisive trial. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square-one inch-for first insertion, a.d 75c. for each subsequent insertion. DouM!e column advertisements tenper cent on abo- e. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements., Specialnotices in tocal. column 15 ceits per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions w1iR be-kept in till forbid andinged aecordingly. Spca otrachs made ihlgeav ti th above rates. Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. AN ECCENTRIC JUDGE-LAWYERS SHOULD NOT BE ASsES.-Judge Underwood, of Rome, to four young lawyers who had just pass ed an-xamination in-kie-eeu*e "Young gentlemen, I want to say a thing or two to you. You have passed as good an examination as usual, perhaps better; but you don't know - anything. Like t h o s e young fellows just backfrom their graduation college, you think you know a great deal. That is a great mistake. If you ever get to be of any account, you will be sur prised at your present ignorance. Don't be too big for.your breeches. Go round to the justices' - court. Try to learn something. Don't be afraid. Set off upon a high key. You will, no doubt, speak a great deal of nonsense, but you will have one consolation; nobody will know it. The great mass of mankind take sound for sense never mind about your case-pitch in. You are about as apt to win as lose. Don't be ashamed of the wise-looking justice. He don't know a thing. He is a dead beat on knowledge. Stand to your rack fodder or no fodder, and you will see daylight after awhile. The community gen erally supposes that you- will be rascals. There is no absolute ne cessity that you should. You may be .smart without being tricky. Lawyers ought to be gentlemen. Some o f them don't come up to the standard and are a disgrace to the fraternity. They know miore than any other race generally, and not much in particular. Theysion't know anything about sand stones, carboniferous periods, and ancient land animals known as fossils. Men that make out they know a great dearton these-subjects don't know much. They are humbugs superb humbugs. They are ancient land animals themselves, and will ultimately be fossils. You are dis missed with the sincere hope of the Court that you wlli not make asses of yourselves. [Courier-Jourital. THE DUNKERS' LovE FEA~ST. The Reading Penn., Times 'says that the annual love feast iof the Dunkers is in progress on the farm of Mr. Johnson Miller, near Litiz, on the line of the Reading and Columbia railroad. The exercises are held in a barn, the . northern side of which is occupi.ed by the women and children, and on the south side the men. sit, entirely searated from their wives, sisters, and sweethearts by a stout plank platform five feet high, their hats laid on an extension of boards, which serve as a very convenient hat rack. Bishop David Garlick, of Mount Joy, directs the religious services, assisted -by three or four preachers from other counties. The services are conducted in the English and German language, ser mons, singing, and prayers alterna ting in the two languages. No hymn-books are used, the words being lined out by the preacher in the singing tone of the olden time, and the congregation heartily re sponding. There are five meeting houses in the district, one near Li tiz, one near'Manheim one at Pe tersburg, one at :Mount Hope, and the other ot Graybill's near Penn ville. A large concourse of people are in attendance. The general expenses axe paid by voluntary contributions, and the provisions are furnished by the members ac cording to their means. None of the clerical order receive any salary. The place of worship is delightfully cool, and its rude and novel appearance in no wise de tract from the fervor or effective ness of the services. The prac tice of the men kissing each other is, one of the striking fea tures of their salutations. A farmer on the road between harlton and Worcester, Mass., having been terribly annoyed by drummers, put up a sign: "No sewing machines wanted here; got one." It was of no use ; the next drummer wanted to see the ma chine, "and perhaps h-e'd hitch up a trade." So the farmer put up: Gt atihe small-pox here." -That