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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets &c Vol. XI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1875. No. 37 THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry, S. 0. BY THOS. F. GRENEKER, Editor andproprietor. Terms, $9.50per 61UnH Invariably in Advance. .Pm fo "rdped at the expiration of time toc r=i ~4pa 17- The >4 mark denotes expiration of sub Ecription. SEAXD THE WAL NUT. A morso from the gray little town Of Newcastle -perched like a gull by the sea, On the Kittery side-where the banks shelve down To the lovely river's golden brown ' There towered, long since, an old pine tree. And across the stream, in a right bee-line Likel asery jauding the ruined fort Wasa lare-limbed walnut where the kine Huddle tegetber in shower and shine, Nibbling the herbage sparse and short. Sumv.r and winter those brave old trees Watched the blue river that slipped be tween Leaned to the sunshine and drank the breeze, Clothed lke eu m s, taking their ease, Now .6rpb*Agkow J. Xeen. 3aqamVm wkMznI was a lad I drited by with suspended oar, The wind the walnut semed so sad! Bat sl! what a blustering voice it had In1idrjj4Vne n th other shore! And often, in restless slumbers tost, I eemed to be drfting down the tide, Hearing the strident wind as it crost To die away ike a mournful ghost f te dftoping boughs on the other side. Perhaps'twas a boyish fantasy The dIm ofa dreamer, ha afraid That Ae wind grew sad In the walnut tre, But surged through the pine like the surging With a sound of a distant cannonade! Only afantasy! Who can tell? But I think 'twili haunt me to the end, Seeing what curious things befell Tewalnut tree, and the pine as well lirthey went together, friend and friend. Broazauamen dead broke war at last, And agim sea-dog of the quarter deck Teok th.gatn old pine for a missen-mast; -Iggj n4eMO:battle his spirit past, Anat ten n agea bytr ashattered wreek. With the Unioa ac1 across him laid, They bore him back to the town by the sea; The j~&4sregniem played, 'segzbt said, aha~d~th~1n9 of iiie walnut A AMRWOODMAN'S STORY. BY ILARY KYLE DAT-TAS. I'ed esman to give in without astruggle! ?If I do, my looks belie-me. - I,as born too far back Wet tobe a coward. And I tell you boys, a man who loves a gisigisafaid to try his-best to win beis is a4Ward, and no mis take. There are men who wait, I know, until they find out how she feels, making her tell her heart before they tell theirs. Now, a wo nru.whg is a true woman will nev *er dta and so, if she is worth much they lose her. And there are others who think too little of themselves, and afraid to say 'I love you' because they are not rich or andsme,or high in the world in some way. All nonsense. Robbie Enrns was right when he said: 'a man's a man, for a' that' If in your heart you know you are worthy of the girl you like, why go inad win. And fi she won't have you because you havn't a block of houses some where, or-a pretty face, or because you.don't.wear kid gloyes, thank Providence she didn't say yes, and look out for another. "WhenlIfell in love with Gussie Ring, I told her so. The first night I went home from singing school, over the commons, I put my arm about her waist and gave her a kiss to begin with, and said I, 'Gussie Ring you are the prettiest girl this side of the Mississippi, and rye al ways made up my mind that my wife should look just as you do.' "Nonsense, Mr. Fletcher !" said Gussie. . "'I mean it,' said I, 'and Gussie Ring, though we havn't known each other long, rm not afraid to risk it, areyo'" "'To risk what !' asked Gussie. "'Running in double harness, saidLI -WIlI.you hRave me, Gussie'! I hiave as pretty a little clearing as any man I know, and I mean to miake my fortune, and Trl show yotr .,. kind and consideratea huanban d short, Gussie said 'yes.' I bought her a ring with a blue stone in it, the next time I went to the city, and after that there was something in the way I stepped up to her that kept other fellows from offering her their attentions. "Some of them felt cut up by it, for out on the prairies pretty girls are valued as they are not I hear in your great cities. But John Mount felt the worst. He had tried hard to make Gussie like him, and had been favored by the old folks. I did not like the look of his eye. He had not a pleasant eye at the best, John hadn't. But it had never had just such a green gleam in it before,to my knowledge. "However, I was no coward, as I have said, and soon John cooled down and went on pretty much as before, and in the end I forgot all about him. Indeed, Gussie put everything else out of my thoughts. 'lhad bought some stock already, and among them some fme sheep, and as wolves were thick about us then, it was hard work to keep them all safe and sound. My house was about haff built, and while I was a bachelor I kept only one room to live in. Often in the night I jump ed up from bed just in time to miss a chance of a shot at one of the sneaking rascals who had come af ter the lambs, especially in the winter, time, when they were hun gry. "In the spring they^ almost van ished, but one day in May, just a month before the time set for our wedding, I heard the old noise, and though I could see no wolves, found that the youngest of lambs was gone. "I was in a desperate rage and vowed to exterminate that wolf from the face of the earth, and as many more like him as I could shoot. Having the lamb with him, I could trace him to his den. But I wondered who would go with me. It was a busy time and it would be hard to coaxe men from their clear ings, and a solitary wolf hunt was a dull affair. However, as I was cleaning my rifle outside my door, who should come along but John Mount, with his gun on his shoul der. "'What's up?t' asked John. "So I told him. "Tim your man,' said John. 'Next to an IndianrId like to take a shot at a wolf.' "You see John hated Indians, and had some reason, for his mo ther and father had both been scalp ed when he wasa baby, by the red devils, and he could remember peep ing out of his cradle and seeing his mother seized by her yellow hair and hearing her scream for help. So I said nothing of a pious nature about Indians being our fellow-crea tures, as maybe I ought ; though on the whole their actions put them more on a par with brutes, and just told John I should be glad of his company. "So we had breakfast together and off we started, with bear's meat and bread, and a bottle of some thing in cur pouches. "We traced the wolf sure enough to a den in the woods, but she was not there still. Her cubs were though,and some of the poor lamb's white coat and one of its feet was there, and that enraged me; and I took an oath that the wolf should pay for it. "John seemed to take a mighty interest in it too. He gave his advice. "'She's sure to come back,' he said, 'for here are the cubs you see. Wait quietly and we'll fix her yet.' "And we took our places just be hind some rocks and waited. Soon John whispered that he heard her comng. "'I don't'" said I. "'I do,' said he, 'Stoop down ; and I stooped. What Jack was doing I did not know until crack went his rifle and with it a pain through my side. I thought it was an accident and cried out: "'Good Heavens, John, you've shot me. But instead of answering me as I expected, he came up tc where I lay and bent over me. If I had seen his face sooner ] wouldn't have let him put my gut out of my reach as he did. K"'Shot, eh,' he asked. "'yes: I said,.for I hadn'tlooked at his face yet. 'Get me home as soon as you can, John.' And then I E saw his eyes. "'Home,' he said. 'You'll never f go home again, Tom Fletcher. I IJ shot you on purpose, and here you 1 shall lie until the wolves come 2 back. You thought you'd carry off I the girl I liked, eh. You're build ing your house, and getting ready I for your wedding. You poor fool I you thought I'd stand, by and let myself be cut out. Here you lie, I and here the wolves shall eat you, I while I go home to Gussie Ring. i She has always liked me, though you I came between us, and I'll have her i yet.' I "And then he gave me a cruel blow over the head, and left me, I I suppose for dead; for when I came to my senses I found that he a had dragged me into the wolfs den a just where the little cubs lay, and I one of them was nibbling at my coat, i and the other licking my face. I "I could not move, and I was as < weak as a. baby, and it was horrible 1 then knowing that the wolves would i be around me soon. I was young and life was bright to me. I could have faced death in another way, but 7 to meet such an end was terrible. 1 tried to crawl a little way but gave up the attempt. I screamed but there was no answer. Then I I thought of how Gussie would wait I for me and see me no more, and how perhaps in the end marry John Mount. Marry my murderer while the wolves were gnawing my bones. "Ah, it was horrible. It was a clear, bright day, and I could see the path along which any one who passed must have gone, I laid watch ing it, but all the morning no one came. I was hungry and thirsty, a drop of water would have been 3 worth my whole clearing to me just 1 then. I felt sure I was dying. "Oh, Gussie," I said to myself, "if I only might die on your bosom, but you will not even know the bones theyll fnd here soon are mine. I Perhaps you'll think I have left you I of my own will-and am a rascal. I John Mount will be sure to make you think so. Oh, will no one come. "And then I stared at the strip of road again until at last I saw a m~an on horseback ride across it.1 I tried to call to him but my voice had failed me. I could make noi sound. I could not even whistle, and while I was longing for him to pause--while my very life de pended on it, he rode past and1 out of sight. It was the most terrible moment I had yet ex perienced, but I had more to bear. All through that afternoon igures were constantly passing that open place. All the people Ihknew. My nearest neighbor, the clergy man, who had christened and was to have married me. A great black fellow, who, because I had been kind to him would have died for me. And at last Gussie herself on her own little horse with her knit ting basket tied to her waist. Go ing, as I guessed to see her marri ed sister. And I could make no sound which they could hear as I lay helpless in the shadow of the cave. "That last sight was too much for me. Gussie riding past-Gus sie leaving me-my own little dar ling who would wonder on the mnor row why I did not come, and won der og forever. "For now the day was closing and the evening shadows crept on apace, and I knew the wolves would be upon me soon. I tried to pray, but could not-I had forgotton the good words. Icould only think how fast the sun was sinking and how the red streaks were fading from the sky. "Soon it was all dusky twilight, and through itI heard the silky foot step of a beast. A pair of bright eyes gleamed-a low cry was uttered -the mother wolf was there. She walked around me-touched me seemed to examine me, and patter ed away again, and in two minutes more the whole pack were about me. I felt their hot breath-a my rid of red tongues burnt my face. Utterly powerless to defend myself, I lay there with their breath stream ing over me, knowing that there was no possible escape from my awful fate-lay there with the wolves de "And there-I woke up. Yes, tranger, it was the only way to get >ut of the fix, and I did it. And I ,ave a regular war-whoop when :found I was actually in my own >unk in my own cabin, with only ny old dog licking my face and )awing me. "After I had gone out to see about he sheep, I had returned and gone x> sleep again. "I had not touched my rifle, nor ad I seen John Mount. I had just aid there dreaming, and my own houghts of wolves and John dount's jealousy, and the dog's ntics had made my dream for ne. "As for John, I believe, though Le was a little jealous and has ugly >yes, he is a good fellow enough, ,nd would never think of shooting , white man, except in a fair fight. le was groomsman when I was aarried, and is our next door weighbor now, with seven children >f his own, and has laughed with ne often over my dream." C"-U ntm. ISAAC MERRITT SINGER. This eminent mechanician died it his residence at Old Paignton, iear Torquay, England on the 23d lay of July, 1875, in the sixty-fourth rear of his age. It rarely happens that a great in rentor permanently identifies his iame with the useful inventions he ,ives to the world. The men of tal t too often seize upon and carry )ff the fame which properly belongs o the men of genius. Still more -arely does it occur that the merito ious inventor secures the pecunia -y rewards which justly pertain to, ;he highest efforts of the mind. The subject of this notice was so 'ortunate as to actieve, in both re ;pects, a grand success. His name md reputation will be perpetuated )y a great manufacturing corpora on, whose beneficial operations ex .end over the whole civilized world, md he died in the possession and mjoyment of a colossal fortune. is father was a German, a mill vright by trade ; his mother a na bve of Rensselaer County, New york, where the future inventor was born. At an early day the family removed to Oswego, but the father net with little success in his busi ess, and the son, when about bwelve years of age, wi.ai very im perfect school education and no money, departed from a home to which he never returned. From that time forth, he fought the battle of life alone. He soon urned his mind to mechanical work, and maintained himself as a machinist but he never served any regular apprenticeship, and never pretended to be an accomplished rtizan. His mind naturally em ployed itself about novel means of reaching important results, and for many years, while engaged in inven tions, it was his practice to employ the simplest materials, such as a steel wire bent. to some peculiar shape, or a piece of sheet iron cut to some strange form, or a pine stick curiously whittled with a pocket knife, to elucidate the principles of some of the most useful and curious mechanical devices. The inventions being thus made, and the method of operation distinct. ly shown, any skilled artisan readi put them into permanent forni At one time Mr. Singer was engaged in the employment ol Messrs. Hoe, in the city of Neil York, as a machinist, and then de voted his leisure hours to stud3 for the stage. He enjoyed the ac quaintance, and, to a limited extent the instruction of Placide, Povey Clarke and others, who then adorn ed the stage of the old park thea Daring several years he was i theatrical manager, and gave fre quent reprsentations of plays in the interior cities of Ohio,Pennsylvania and New York. In a certain line of characters, he is said to "Myv acted with much success. To th4 close of his life he had an arden love for theatricals and music, an in the splendid mansion, which h had built within the last few years a theatre,ecomplete in all its appoini mes wa inclnded. While he was still a young man he invented a steam drilling ma chine,which was used with much ad vantage in the construction of vari ous railways and canals. Subse quently he invented a machine for carving wood, metals, or marble. While endeavoring to introduce his invention to public notice and use, his attention was casually directed to the sewing machine. At that time (A.D. 1850) though several patents on sewing devices had been granted in this-and other countries no prac ticl machine capable of profitable ebiploymeat to 1d- .ordinary IWdr0 had ever been p6duced Up to that time sewing machines ha been experimental merely and failed to be useful. In eleven days the first Singer sewing machine was invented and built complete. It continuedmuch that was new and useful, subsequent improvements, for which numerous patents were1 obtained, added greatly to the value ofthismachine; butit was successful aM4 profitable from the beginning to all concerned in it and, against all competition, has steadily and con tinuously increased in public favor, thus establishing the reputation of the inventor and securing him a vast foitune. In 1860, Mr. Singer re tired from the active management of business, and since that time has resided mainly abroad. After sev eral years' residence in Paris, he went with his family to England, and finally purchased an estate and settled down at Old Paign ton, near Torquay in Devonshire. The last years of his life were devoted to the improvement of that property, where he dispensed a liberal hospitality and to the poor of that neighborhood his death will be a severe bereavement. .JAu mD 2E FaR&z-There is a story related of Jarvis the dis. tinguished painter, to the effect that, walking down Broadway one day, he saw before him a dark-looking foreigner, bearing under his arm a small red cedar cigar-box. He step ped immediately into his "wake,' and whenevei-he met a friend (which was once in two or three minutes, for the popular artist knew every body,) he would beckon him with a wink to "fall into line," behind. By and by, the man turned down one of the cross streets, followed close ly by Jarvis and his "tail." Attract ed by the measured tread of so many feet, he turned around abrupt ly, and, seeing the procession that followed in his footsteps, he exclaim ed: "What'for de debble is dis? What for you take me, eh? What for youso muchecome after me, elht" "Sir," exclaimed Jarvis, with an air of profound respect, "we saw you going to the grave alone with the body of your dead infant and we took the opportunity to offer you our symapthy, and to follow your babe to the tomb." The man ex plained, in his broken manner, that the box contained only cigars, and he evinced his gratitude, for the interest which had been manifested in his behalf, by^ breaking it open and dispensing them very hiberally to the mourners.. ([cribner's Monthly. A Frenchman being hard up for a dinner, stole a sucking pig. He was caught soon after and brought before a magistrate. When called upon for his defense, he thus deliv ered himself: "Oh! Mon Dieu! I steal ze pig ! No sare! never! Aha, you shall see! I tell ze pig, vill hego wiz me i He says Ousi, Oui. And zen IL take him. Is zat vot you call steal ze pig, ven hego wiz me by his own -consent ?" He was found "not guilty" but musn't do so again. Au Indian came to a certain agent in the northern part of Iowa to procure some whiskey for a young warrior, who had been bitten by a rattlesnake. "Four quarts," repeat ed the agent with surprise; "as much as that ?" "Yes," replied the Indian, "four quarts-snake very big." Vices, like shadows, toward the evening of life grow great and mon strous. A miss quotation-"a thing o beauty is a boy forever." LACE Ma KING IN IRELAND. In 1846, during the great famine in Ireland, when so many thousands of children were left orphans, the Irish ladies addressed themselves to the task of finding occupations by which those children could earn a livelihood. Lady De Vere was the first to start the project of lace ma king in Curragh, county Limerick. She began by teaching the mistress of a school the art of making ap plication flowers, giving her own Brussels lace as patterns. The work was so good as soon to com mand a high price. It is known as. Irish or Curragh point, and is a very handsome lace, though rare ly seen in America. Since the estabis hMent of Lady DeVere's school, numbers of others have sprung up in various parts of Ireland. That at Belfast, founded by the late Jane Clarke, exhibited in 1851 fine imitations of old Spanish and Italian points. The Irish la cet is very beautiful. It is made of fax thread, the groundwork in cro chet, into which are introduced flow ers and patterns in admirable imi tation of antique raised Venice point. Irish Brussels is made at Clones, county Monaghan; irish guipure at Carrickmucross, in the same county; and the finest Valen ciennes, closely resembling the most beautiful lace of Ypres, is made in the schools of the Countess of Erne at Lishnakea, county Fer managh. There is also a lace school at Mallon, county Cork, under the superintendence of the nuns of a convent. How much suffering this industry has arrested in Ireland, and how much it has done to promote pros perity in the island, it is difficult to compute. At any rate, it will be seen that in- Ireland, as in almost every other country of Europe, lace making has been a resort in times of trouble or scarcity; and in every instance, when prosecuted with fidelity, and under such circum stances as to bring it into popular notice, it has proved a valuable source of wealth. Women in all ages have manifes ted a decided taste for any kind of light work that more or less devel ops the artistic imagination, or has to any extent the nature of recrea tion rather than labor. Can we not make this tendency of the feminine mind an available source of occu pation in this country ? Will not the wives and daughters of our prosperous people follow the exam ple of Lady DeVere, the Countess of Erne, and other irish ladies, and foster this industry which without such encouragement, has actually been commenced in this city?i We have one small lace school languish ing for want of cspital and fashion able patronage. Let this not be said any longer. New York and all the surrounding cities should be lace manufacturing centres, giving profitable employment to thous ands of young girls and women who cannot afford to work except in their own homes.--N.' Y'. Sun. NoT Mr PrMc.-A dispute having long existed in a gentleman's family between the maid and coachman, about fetching the cream for break fast, the gentleman one morning caled them before him that he might hear what they had to say, and decide accordingly. The maid pleaded that the coachman was lounging about the kitchen the greater part of the morning, and yet was so ill natured that he would not fetch the cream for her, not withstanding he saw she had so much to do as not to have a mo ment to spare. The coachman al leged that it was not his business. "Very well," said the master ; "but pray what do you call your business ?" "To take care of the horses, and clean and drive the coach," replied "You say right," answered the master, "and I do not expect you to do more than I hired you for ; but this I insist on, that every morn ing, before breakfast, you get the coach ready, and drive the maid to the farmer's for milk ; and I hope you will allow that to be part of your business." The coachman and the maiden soon after came to terms. r(Onc a Week. AN UNGALLANT JOKE. She came from Detroit, Michi gan, and her great pride was being an invalid.-She lost ropportuni ty in statingthat she came-lo Min nesota to recuperate. She did not hesitate to enter into -conversation with any person she came in con tact with, giving advice, climatolo gical or physiological, to invalids, and seeking the same from those of robust constitution. Her conversa ion was always prefaced with the introductory inquiry so common to visitors, "Did you come here for your health ?" She thus addressed a stalwart, ruddy.visaged young man at the dinner table of the Me ropolitan a few days since, and the following dialogue ensued: "Yes, madam, I came here proba bly the weakest person you ever saw. I had no use of my limbs; in fact, my bones were but little tough er than cartilages. I had no intel ligent control of a single muscle, nor the use of a single faculty." "Great heavens!" exclaimed the astonished auditor, "and you liv ed "I did, Miss, although I was de void of sight, was absolutely tooth less, unable to articulate a single wod, and depended on others for everything, being completely depri ved of all power tohelp myself. I commenced to gain immediately upon my arrival, and have scarcely experienced a sick day since, hence I can conscientiously recommend the climate." "Awonderful case," said the lady, "but do you think your lungs were affected ?" "They were probably sound, but possessed of so little vitality that, but for the most careful nursing, they must have ceased their func tions." - "I hope you found kina friends, sir?" "Indeedidi-madam; itisto them and the pure air of Minnesotw that I owe my life. My father's family were with me, but, unfortunately, my mother was prostrated by severe illness during the time of my great est prostration." "Ho0w sad! Pray, what was your diet and treatment ?" "My diet was the simplest possi ble, consisting only of milk, that be ing the only food my system would bear. As for treatment, I depended entirely upon the life-giving proper ties of Minnesota air and took no medicine except an occasional nar cotic when very restless. My im provemnent dated from my arrival. My limbs soon became strong, my sight and voice came to me slowly, and a full set of teeth, regular and frm, appeared." "RBemarkable, miraculous! Sure ly, sir, you must have been greatly reduced in flesh ?" "Madam, I weighed but nine pounds, I was born in Minnesota. Good day." [St. Paul Pioneer Press. THE MOST POWERFU WAR YEssEL IN THE WoRLD.-The British iron clad inflexible is now about one fourth completed, work having been begun upon her in Febru ary, 1874. Unless the progress of invention results in the pro. jecting of a still more formidable engine of marine warfare before the Inflexible is launched, she will pose sess the thickest armor, the heaviest guns, the largest displacement in tuns, the most machinery in the world, and probably prove more ex pensive than any other war vessel hitherto constructed. Sh e wil have engines for steering, for load ing guns, for hoisting shot and shell, for ventilation, for moving turrets, for lowering boats, and for turning the capstan as well as for propul sion. The vessel is little more than a floating castle, rectangular above water, 100 feet long, by 75 feet in width, and protected by 24 inches total thickness of iron. The twc turrets which are placed within the citadel are formed of iron of a sin gle thickness of 18 inches, and within each of them are two 80-tur guns, which can be trained to any point of the compass. The main engines work up t< 8,000 indicated horse power, ani the bunkers carry 1,200 tuns oj coal. The total cost of the vessel is placed at 2,605,000 dollars. (Scetfice Amenecan. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1 .00 per square-oneinch-for first insertion, uand 75c. for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements tenper cent on above. Notices of meetings,obituaries.and tribtes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 15 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the nim ber of insertions will be kept In till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts- made with rge adver tisers, with liberal deductions on above rates. Je. PauWaI.. Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. THE WMARRow.-It takes a great man to do a little thing some times. Who do you think invented that very simple thing called a wheelbarrow? Why no less a man than Leonardo da Vinci. And who was he? He was a musician, poet, painter, architect, sculptor, physiologist, en gineer, natural historian, botanist, and inventor, all in one. He wasn't a "Jack at all trades and master of none," either. He was a real mas ter of many arts, and a practical worker besides. When did he live? Somewhere about the time that Columbus discovered America. And where was he born? In the beautiful city of Florence in Italy. Perhaps some of you may feel a little better acquainted with him when I tell you that it was Leonardo da Vinci who painted one , of the grandest pictures in the world "The Last Supper,"-Q picture that has been copied many times, and engraved in several styles, so that almost every one has an idea of the arrangement and position at the ta ble of the figures of Our Lord and his disciples; though I am told that, without seeing the painting itself, no one can form a notion of how grand and beautifullit is. And only think of the thousands poor hard-working Americans who really own in their wheelbarrow, an original "work" of Leonardo da Vinci !-St. .NichLolas. A T H-E rE BBOE.-A couple of enterprising men, doing the clothing business in A tlanta, are interviewedby a customer in search of a coat. The--senior of the firm handles the newcomer,and soon finds "~a first class dilt." - In answer to the price the response is 'Eighteen dollars.' 'Well,sir, Ilike the coat very much but don't like the price.' 'Well mine frent, ze price is no thing so you like ze coat. We let you take 'em at fifteen dollars." The customer still complains at the price, saying that fifteen dollars was too much. This was too heavy for the dealer, so, taking his custo mer to the extreme end of the store, and drawing him into a dark corner, he whispers in his ear, 'Mine frent, 1 let you have zat coat for twelve dollars and a half.' 'Well, sir,' said the customer, 'I like your coat very much, and am satisfied with your price, yet I would like to know why this mysterious performance t' 'Vell, mine frient, you see dot lee tle man dere?i He was mine bro der. He got ze heart disease, and, so help me gracious, if he was to hear me tell you I take twelve dol lars and a half for zat coat he drop ded mit his track.' A Rochester paper .suggests -to Mr. Frost, who is languishing in the jail of that city, that he had better thaw out. The New York Herald aks, "Is there too much iron ?" Don't.know, but there is altogether too much steal. A Saratoga girl writes back home: "It is horrid here-not a man in town worth over $15,000. If a man makes himself a worm he must not complain if he is trod den upon. A duel is quickly managed. It only takes two seconds to arrange it. A negro was killed by another one in Charleston county on the 15th inst - There is no finite except unto death; no death except unto higher life. Soziie people act as if their print ing debts were like coffee and would settle themselves by standing. The world is only saved by the breah of school children.