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- ADVERTISINC RATE6. THEHERALD Is PUBLISHED column advertents on EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry, S. C. Ntcsomeii,btiisfdtiue Special notices in Iocal. colun 15 centS BY THO. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. and charged accordingly. T erm s, $2 .450 p er .ln n u m , -- - tis th_i de c_o_n ra_er Invariably in Advance. A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. ,27 The paper is stopped at the expiration of time fordwatcthetxisration o Done with Neatness and Dispatch 37 The X mark denotes expiration of sub- Vol. XI. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1875. No. 50. ashs. scription. o*ttrp. [From the Chronicle and Sentinel.] MY LITTLE ROSE BUDS. The birds that are singing the cedars amor So blithesome, and cunning and gay, Are pretty and sweet in their innocent j< But I've song birds far sweeter than the 'Tis true they converse in a language t known To most mortals-but oh! an to me There's a meaning in every soft coo from t lips Of the babies I dance on my knee. No blossom, pink, pansy, or violet blue, That blooms in the gayest of bowers, Tho' lovely, are not half so fair to my sig As my rose-buds-my bright human fio ers. No gem from Golconda, no pearl from t sea, No jewels that queens fondly prize Are so bright as the imprisoned sunbeat that glow In the depths of my pet's sparkling eyes. The stream that goes gurgling 'mid dai! lined banks, Tho' sweet is its songs to the ear, Hath never such music such heart-thrillit notes, As in first baby lisping to me. Bird-fiower-gem-star-all beautiful things -Yet none half- so charming and bright As my too little rosebuds, my grand childr fair, -The.source of an endless delight. Young monarchs are they, and they royal reign In our househokd, all potent as Jove, All yield to the nod of these despots so sma But our sovereigns rule us through love Yes, "Baby" is king for a twelve month more, And grand-mamma, mother, and nurse Dilate on his beauties, his first tooth, ai oft With delight his wise doings rehearse. A babe in a house Is a well spring of joy, Saith Tupper the bard-I agree, Ourbousehold is blessed-we have two bal boys, Both well springs of pleasure to me. It seems but as yesterday fondly I watch My Clarence, with pride 'stand alone;' Or smiled to hear Allie say mamma "o plain;" Now both dandle babes of their own. First Ab' : was monarch, but when he h, rated -A month or so came princely Lee, His right to dispute-nor could Solomon t Which one is the dearer to me. Not rivals are they-but the rather like twit I bold them enshrined in my heart; And of my fond pride, and grand-mothez love, Give each rose-bud a generous part. R. A. L. How Jack L0st HIS P0Sitio "Well, my little man, you a: here on time, I see," said Mr. Jon4 to Jack Knowles as he stepped int his store one morning, "that is good beginning, and I hope yc will always be prompt in meetin every engagement, and energetic:i attending to your duties." "I will try to be both, sir," Ja< answered ; and just at that mome: he thought that nothing con temptbhim to break any part of b word. "Come this way, and I will te you what you have to do." Mr. Jones then led him into bi counting room, and kindly plac< his hand on his head while he sai "Now, Jack, you know the ba gain between your mother and mn self is that you come into my far ily as my own child. Do whatev * I ask you to do, quickly and chee * fully, and try to make yourself ua ful all the time. You will be e pected to run errands, such as ce rying small packages home for et tomers, going to the post-office, d livering messages, and assisting t] clerks in whatever way you can. In return, I expect to clothe a: feed you, send you to school duri the winter months, and, if you pro yourself worthy, will advance y< in your position in the store. Re: ly I do not need a boy, but I dotil for your mother's sake. Do y< agree to the terms ?" "Yes, sir, and I am very gratel to you-indeed I am-and y shall see by my work how mu I love my mother and von." Ja spoke these words earnestly. ] meant all he said. "I believe you my boy, and a -- do all I can to help you keep yo good resolutions." "'Thank you, sir." "Your place will be in 'dhe sal< I: room ; remember to help all y can." "I will, sir. You may depe on me. Mr. Jones turned to his de and .Tak hastened to da. somethai to show Mr. Jones how desirous was to please him, and how nic I he would do his work. In an hour or two the room gan to fill with customers, and S( 'all the clerks were busy as tl could be. Jack was nearly eve I where, with his pleasant "Let , help you, please," and when nic came, all were ready to praise 1 he eirand boy for good nature a willing assistance. That night J, slept sweetly. He had done whole duty. His employer appr ed his conduct, but, what was b t ter than all, his conscience wl pered: "Peace, you've done rigl e The sun was just peeping over I hills when Jack rose next mornii and as soon as the store was oper he was in his place. All day, as I day before, Jack was busy. WI. the store was closed he left hap3 but his limbs were tired; the w( he had to perform was more t1: '9 he was accustomed to do, but did not complain. - Thus matters went on. J gradually rose in the confidence all who knew him, and, if a m sage was to be sent in haste, a pa ly age delivered promptly, or a ch( cashed at the bank, Jack was I boy to do it. His word was c, sidered truth itself. One day ( > of the clerks wished to send a pa age to the express office. Calli Jack, he said: "Take this to 1 office, quick: run please. I wi it to go out to-day, and I am afr you will be too late." Away Jack bounded, but had3 ). gone far before he heard some ( shout: "Hallo! Jack Know], a wait for a fellow. I am going t way. z"I can't, Bill; I must hurry w this package." "Wait till I catch up. I am I ing that way." - Bill hastened a come up with Jack, who never st, 11 ped until Bill Smith seized him the shoulder, saying: "Wait a 1 Don't kill yourself. Whose is t] . you got ? Where are you goi What's the hurry ?" "It is MUr. Johnson's;- I am - ing' to the express offie. I afraid I will be too late ; if you with me you must run." So sayi: he shook off Bill's hand and si 1, away, leaving his companion behii muttering to himself: "Such a b He'd kill himself, if old Jones eany of them clerks told him sYou wouldn't catch me working ti way for nobody." He turned afind some one who had more l a re than Jack. g"Here, sir, please ; send t npackage to-day, sir, please," s kJack to the clerk in the expr itoffice stopping two or three tin d to get his breath. is"All right ; you are just in tii smy little man ; two minutes mc land the offce would have close "Oh, I am glad I didn't wait is Bill Smith !" he said, half alo dThen after stopping a moment :rest, he hastened back with a lis rstep feeling that he had done rig and this pleasant feeling more il ~paid for his trouble. "Just in tij Mr. Johnson; two minutes m r would have been too late." "Thank you, thank you, J'a I will not forget this favor." "No thanks are due me; I h -only done my duty." s-A few days afterwards, Mr. Jo: ecalled Jack into the counting -ro _and handed him a package, sayi A"This was left for you." J gopened it and found a beant yBible with his name in gilt lett eon the side, while on a fly-leaf read: "Tfo the boy who is alw -s on time. J." Tears of joy came i 2shis eyes as he stammered, "I d< deserve it." u"I am sure I know nothing ab that," said Mr. Jones ; "I supp h some one thought you did, ort k would not have given it to you, Ieadded kindly. "It must be Mr. Johnson," ilhe hurried off to find that ger ilman, but he was busy and conti red so all day. Jack thought was unusually industrious for could never see him at leisure, s could not tell him how much u prized the little gift. Mr. John read it in his eyes, e.nd that was d the thanks lie wanted. I"Here, Jack, take this check: s,get it cashed. The amount is igndamd doll:us and seventy he cents. Count the money before ely you leave the bank." The banker knew Jack; besidec be- Mr. Jones had told him to let Jaci ion have money whenever he sent him iey so he had no difficulty in getting ry- money on the check. After it waE me paid to him,he stopped and commen ht ced to count it slowly. he "Don't you think I have given nd you the right amount ?" said thE 6ek cashier, vexed to see the little fellow [iis slowly turning the bills, and count )v- ing, "Ten, twenty, twenty-five, for et- ty-five." is- "Are you satisfied now ?" said t." the cashier, with a contemptuous he curl of his lip. ig, "No, sir, this is not right." ed "Boy! what do you mean by nof he right ?" en "Yes, sir; not right. I want only y, one hundred dollars and seventy rk five cents, and you have given me an one hundred and seventy-five dol he lars." "Impossible!" ,ck "Look and see." of He looked and saw that Jack was es- correct. He then paid him the right k- amount, saying in an undertone, ck "Whew! beat by a boy!" he Jack thought he had done noth )n- ing worthy of comment, and there ne fore, never mentioned the occur ,k- rence to is employer. ng One evening, just before closing, ;he Mr. Jones summoned all the clerks Lnt into the counting room, and then ,id called Jack. When he had taken his seat among them, Mr. Jones arose iot and slowly said; "Jack Knowles, it ine is my duty to tell you that you are s! no longer an errand boy inmy store.' iat He then sat down. For a moment Jack was speechless. The eyes of ith all the clerks were upon him. Sud denly recovering himeelf,and speak o- ing through tears and choking emo nd tion, he said: "Oh, Mr. Jones 1 >p- what have I done? what have I by done?" )it. "These gentlemen will tell you,' iat he coolly answered. "Mr. Johnsor g ? may speak first." Mr. Johnson arose and said: "H so- runs all the way to the express of im fice when there is a possibility o: go being too late." Henderson said: g, "He is always on hand when a pack ed age is to be delivered." Mr. id, Holmes, the bookkeeper: "He helps y!me post my books at night." Mr. or Henley : "I heard him tell the cash. to. ier of the Union Bank that he paid iat him too much once last summer.' to Mr. Howe: "He is always neat and is- tidy, and can tie up a package as quickly and as nicely as I can." his "Now, boy," said Mr. Jones, rid scarcely able to keep a straight face 5s as he saw Jack's look of mingled es surprise, joy and fear ; "you see what you have done, and I say ne, again, we do not want you as ai re, errand boy, but make you a clerli d." in a department of the store." for Then t h e gentlemen preseni ad- grasped him by the hand and con to gratulated him, sayi.ng, "You havi rht lost one place, but secured a bette3 ht, one." ian Not many days hence there wil ne, be seen the sign, Jones & Knowles are in Shepardsville. So much for a.r obliging disposition, attention t< :k ; interest of employer, strict honesty energy and punctuality. wve NOT AFRAID OF THE DEvIL.-A co] aes ored man named Nelson is owing om butcher on Beanbien street five o: ng, six dollars, and after trying in vait ick to collect the money, the butche: Iful and a friend put their heads togethi ers er the other night and laid a plan he About midnight they called at Ne] iys son's house, and he was awakene< rito by a rap on the widow. )f't "Who's dar?" he called out. "The Devil !" solemnly repliei out the butcher. ose "You is hey ?" 2ey "Yes. I want you !" he "What fur ?" "You refuse to pay your butcher mnd and I am sent to take you to th tle- bottomless pit !" nlu- "You is ?" he "I am ! Come forth at once ! he "Ize comin'!" replied the old ne mnd gro, as he jumped out of bed; he can't pay dat six dollars half as eas; son in any odder way, an' de ole 'oman' all so mighty cross Ize glad to gi 'way from home." mnd The butcher and his friend di< one not wait for Mr. Nelson to com SOUTH CAROLINA 1I1SE RALS AT THE CENTEN NI&L. An opportunity to exhibit to the people of the other sections of this country, and to the world general ly, the mineral resources of this State, such as may never recur, is presented in the contemplated for mation, under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution of Wash ington, and by authority of the gene ral government, of a National Mu seum,to illustrate the mineral wealth of the United States and its chief mining and metallurgical products, at the 'international exhibition to be held in Philadelphia in the cen tennial year 1876. "A representation of the great variety of universal productions of the country has not yet been syste matically collected and exhibited by the general government. Such a collection, formed and arranged with skill and discrimination, is im portant for the purpose of present ing a general view of the extent and variety of these productions at the exhibition, and will constitute a portion of the national museum, where it will be permanently ar ranged after the exhibition. "At each of the great internation al exhibitions abroad the respective governments caused liberal and me thodical displays of mining indus try and its products to be made co-' ordinately with agriculture and its products. These displays were not. only of great direct service to the; countries making them,but advanced the knowledge of geology, mineral ogy, mining and metallurgy. In making such collections the govern ments of Europe had the advantage of the aid of organized corps of mine engineers in the service of the State. In the absence of such an organization in the United States, a great part of the labor of obtain ing a just representation of its mineral wealth must be left to vol untary patriotic effort." Prof. Win. Blake, of New Haven, Conn., well known to the scientific world by his geological and mining reports,as also to the American pub lic by the able manner in which he discharged the duties of an United States commissioner at the world's fair at Vienna, 1873, has been en trusted with the organization and general directions of this national museum. With him are associated a co-operavive committee of special ists and men of science throughout the country, who are to assist in the collection and forwarding of specimens illustrative of the miner al deposits of their sections. The undersigned, having been appoint ed a member of this committee, cordially and earnestly invites all individuals and companies owning lands, containing ores and other mineral beds, as also all persons interested in the development of our natural resources, to unite with him in forming such a collection of the mineral wealth of this State as shall not only reflect credit upon a community far from unconscious of the acknowledged wealth of its mines, but may, at the same time, exhibit the mineral products, now so little known abroad, and, as yet, hardly utilized at home, which are merely awaiting the coming of icapital to prove a source of revenue to a comparatively impoverished people. A complete collection of the various ores of South Carolina, embracing the products of her gold, copper, iron, manganese, kao lin, corundum, mica, phosphatic and other mines, exposed to view before the eyes of the world, first at the centennial exhibition, and af terwards in the permanent museum of the Smithsonian Institution at ,Washington, would serve as the Sstrongest attraction to labor and capital alike. It is needless to add that there is a deplorable want of accurate knowledge as to the varied and valuable mineral deposits of this State, even among her own cit Sizens, which may properly be as cribed to the lack of any large and illustrative collection of her miner al products. The contemplated Smuseum would not only obviate this sad deficiency, but prove a safe re pository for such valuable specimens as might be useful to the the scien tist who should desire to study and describe the resources of our mines. Parties desirous of sending mine rals and ores for the national muse am, are requested to commvnicate with the undersigned, who will for ward them all necessary informa ion on the subject. The time is 5hort before the opening of the cen benial, and those who delay col ecting and forwarding their speci nens incur risk of being deprived >f this opportunity to exhibit. Newspapers in the interior of the tate are most respectfully request Od to give this notice circulation. CHARLES U. SHEMD, JR. Medical College of the State of 3oath Carolina, Charleston. PLAIn TALKTO GmLs.-Your ev ry day toilet is part of your char eter. A girl who looks like a fury >r a sloven in the morning, is not o be trusted, however finely she nay look in the evening. No mat :er how humble your room may be, here are eight things it should ,ontain, viz: A mirror, washstand, oap, towel, comb and hair, nail and :ooth brushes. They are just as ssential as your breakfast, before which you should make good use )f them. Parents who fail to far iish their children with such appli mces, not only make a mistake, but i sin of omission. Look tidy in ,he morning, and after the dinner work is over, improve your toilet. Ylake it a rule of your daily life to ' dress up" for the afternoon. Four dress may not, need not be mnything better than calico, but with a ribbon or flower, or some bit )f ornament, you can have an air )f self-respect and satisfaction that lways comes with being well-dress 3d. A girl with fine sensibilities sannot help feeling embarrassed nd awkward in a ragged and dirty ress, with her hair unkempt 5hould a neighbor come in. More >ver, your self-respect should de nand the decent apparelling of your body. You should make it a point to look as well as you can, even t you are sure that no one will see you but yourself. TTE IN DREss-.The French woman's rule in dress is a good >ne-to modify prevailing fashions b~ suit her own taiste. In a word every woman in P ari s fresses to suit her individual ancy, and consequently we have hat infinite variety in P a r i s tyles. As a rule, with few excep tions, French women study what will become them, more than what is the extreme of fashion, and com bine the two so as not to appear ecentrc or old fashioned, and yet rot wear anything unbecoming just because it is fashionable. A French woman never cares to have many dresses, or, as they express it, toi ettes at a time; because a dress never looks fresh and new that has been hanging up or laid by for some time. She keeps one dress for early morning wear on the street, another for visits, and another for house wear. She adds a fourth for soirees or receptions, if she can afford it. Whenever she takes off a dress she folds it up and lays it by (she never hangs it up) and thus her toilets, always look fresh and new. The power ofkindnessisportrayed in the following: A poor woman used to give an elephant, who often pass ed her stall in the market, a hand ful of greens, of which he was very fond. One day he was in a great fury, and broke away from his keep er, and came raging down the mar ket place. Every one fled and in her haste the market woman forgot her little child. But the furious elephant, instead of tramping it to death picked it up tenderly and laid it on one side in a place of safety. Do you think she was sorry she gave him his handful of greens as he went by? No, we never lose by a kind action no mattter to whom it is done. Young women are advised to set good examples, because young men are always following them. Consolation ~for old maids misorenn never come singly.' A TREMENDOUS BATTLE. g M. ANDIS. X'STTGER'S CONFLICT WITH THE ROCKING CHAIR. Old McStinger was going to bed r< a little wavy the other night, and 0, not wishing to disturb Mrs. Me- v Stinger, who has a tongue like a rat-tail file he thought it just as 3 well not to turn on the gas. He got on very well until he reached the door of the chamber where his pa tient wife lay sleeping. Here he la paused a moment balancing on his Ic heels like a pole on a juggler's nose. s] Then he made a dash for it in order t to make a bee line across the floor. c< Mrs. MeStinger, with her usual b; exemplary fortitude, had placed the . rocking chair with such gifted skill d, that no man could come into the Y1 room without running over it; so the first thing he knew, McStinger t stubbed his toe nail offlagainst the e rocker, which knocked the seat it against the crazy bone of his knee, and made one of the long arms fr prod him in the stomach. Simulta- y neously he fell over the chair cross- a] wise, and it kicked him behind his back before he could get up from n: the floor, as he stood on all fours. sl The el gagement was now fully t< opened. When a man begins fall- s1 ing over rocking chairs in a dark room, he ought always to have three y days rations and forty rounds. ei Before McStinger could get up straight, his knee came down on i one of the long rockers behind, and the back of the chair came down on a his head with a whack that laid him V out flat on the floor, and before he IE could move the chair kicked him b three times in the tenderest part of n his ribs with the sh. p end of this rocker. This made him perfectly r furious, and he scrambled up and g ma le a blind rush at the chair deter- f< mined to blow up the enemy's works. % He ran square against the back, and it rocked forward with him, 0 turning a complete somersault over n the handles, throwing MeStinger half way across the room and land- f< ing on top of him, digging into t his abdomen like a bull's horns, as he lay spread out on the under side. y It would have been a good thing f! for McStinger if he had lain still t then and let the chair have its own way.e It lay flat on his back with the t long points of the rockers embrac ing his abdomen, and didn't seem to want to do anything active just a then. B u t McStinger couldn't r make up his mind to give it up yet. b He rolled over sideways and upset a the chair. It fell with a crash on b its side, giving him a furious dig in C the liver, which made Him straight- a en out his 1 e g a spasmodical- T ly, barking one shin from the i instep to the knee on the rock- a er which hung in the air, and get ting the chair on its feet again, g where it stood rocking backward h~ and forward at him, like a wary i old ram making feints of bucking v its adversary in order to throw him a off his guard. The blow in the side very nearly finished McStinger, e and while lying there rubbing his a wind back again he was just begin- k ning to reflect whether his honor o required him to proceed any fur- t ther in the affair, when Mrs. Mc- ft Stinger suddenly began screaming all the names in the crimes act, un " der the impression that the Charley Ross abductors were trying to com- t mit a burglary, bigamy, robbery, z and everything else. t Up to this time she had been p speechless with terror, and had lain I there trembling, shedding perspira. b tion, and accumulating shrieking t power, until she had gained the screaming capacity of a camel-back s engine. She had just reached her t third sforzando fortissino acceler ando, when old McStinger succeed ed in getting to his feet once more, t and became dimly visible to Mrs. f McStinger. With one last wild t parting shriek, she sprang from the s bed and made a dash for the door a near which the rocking chair still z stood, menacing the whole universe a with a butting motion. Mrs. Mc- '< Stinger had no time for inv< stiga- g tion just then, and she pitched into 1 and over the rocking chair,and clear i on down stairs, the chair after her, turning over and over, and kicking Mrs. McStinger every bump, until they both landed in the hail below,t here the chair broke all to atoms. his ended the fight. If wives will learn from this sad :.ory not to leave rocking- chairs ;anding around the middle of the >om for their poor husbands to fall ver, we shall not have written in un. [ORAL COURAGE IN DAILY LIFE. "Moral Courage," was printed in rge letters as the caption of the fol wing items, and placed in a con >icuous place on the door of a sys .matic merchant in New York, for )stant reference, and furnished y him for publication: Have the courage to discharge a abt while you have the money in yur pocket. Have the courage to do without iat which you do not need, how rer much your eyes may covet Have the courage to speak to a iend in a seedy coat, even though >u are in company with a rich one Ad richly attired. Have the courage to speak your ind when it is necessary that you lould do so, and hold your )ngue when it is prudent that you iould do so. Have the courage to own that )u are poor and thus disarm pov ety of its sting. Have the courage to tell a man hy you refuse to credit him. Have the courage to cut the most ,reeable acquaintance you have hen you are convinced that he eks principle-a friend should ear with a friend's infirmities, but ot with his vices. Have the courage to show your aspect for honesty, in whatever aise it appears, and your contempt r dishonesty and duplicity, by homsoever exhibited. Have the courage to wear your Id clothes until you can pay for ew ones. Have the courage to prefer com )rt and propriety to fashion in all aings. Have the courage to acknowledge our ignorance, rather than to seek r knowledge under false pre. mses. Have the courage in providing an aterinment for your friends not aexceed your means. A Rat Girvrs&a.--A few days go as I was passing through a retty shady street, where some oys were playing at base ball, mong their number was a lame oy, seemingly about twelve years d-a pale, sickly looking child upported on two crutches, and rho evidently found much difficulty i walking, even with such assist nce. The lame boy wished to join the ame ; for he did not seem to see ow much his infirmity would be i his own way, and how much it rould hinder the progress of such tive sport as base ball. His companions, good naturedly nough, tried to persuade him to and one side and let another .take is place ; and I was glad that none f them hinted that he would be in lie way, but they all objected for 3ar he would hurt himself. "Why Jimmy," said one at last, you can't run you know." "Oh, hush !" said another-the llest boy in the party, "Never iind, 'llrun for him,' and he ook his place by Jimmy's side, repared to act. "If you were like i," he said aside to the other oys, "you would not want to be old of it all the time." As I passed on, I thought to my elf that there was a true little gen eman.-Child's World. A Chicago man hid his wife's false eeth in the coal shed to keep her co going to a sociable. She had a stay at home; but she wept and creeched and told him, "I more an gaf begieve you gnowah aboud ay geefe, gou miggerable, bowl-eg ~ed kief ; I coug tear the eyge out >gour nagty mean, sgeakin mig ~erable sgougrel ;" and so he didn't ave such a good time after all. It Lon't pay to fool with edged tools. .Why do honest ducks dip their leads under water ? To liquidate .hir little bills. A BAD MAN. He slid into a butcher store on Central avenue the other evening, and took a seat on the far end of the counter. Ho was a tall placid man with an old gingham umbrella cnder his arm, and when the butch er asked him what he wanted, he said: "Nothin' particular. Jest drop ped in to see how you was gettin' The butcher looked at him won. Jering what business it was of his, anyhow; but he was too busy with sustomers to pay much atten tion to a man who had only drop ped in to see how he was getting Finally the man broke silence again: "Snug little place you've got here." "Snug enough," said the man of meat. "Yes," continued the tall man, "a man must crawl before he can walk. Ever read the lives of dis tinguished men ?" The butcher said he hadn't; fidn't have time. "Ah sir," said the tall man, "if you had you would know how great fortanes are made from small beginnings. A. T. Stewart started around with a pack on his back. Presideat Grant used to ride a male in a tanbark ring, at fifty cents a day, and look at him now-in every 'ring' in the country that has got any money in it." "All truo, sir," said the butcher, who intends to vote for old Bill Allen. "Look at Boss Tweed; he used to drive dray, and now he is worth over. a million dollars and is in jail." "Can that be so ?" said the butcher meditatively. "Of course it's so," said the tall man; "and there are thous ands of others whom I could men tion who began business without a cent, and are rich men to-day. I tell you, my friend, a man to be successful nowadays must make all he can and keep all he can lay his hands on. Here the stranger remarked that he must be going, and took his departure; and when a neIgh bor dropped in shortly after to get a five dollar bill changed, the butcher couldn't change it. The reader can imagine where the butcher's money went. THE DEATH HIss.-Woman's love! Is there anything like it? A Canadian's wife has just died in Raleigh, and he has taken her to Canada, and he has taken her home to bury her under the na tive sod. She died in a land of strangers, but left behind her the name of a beloved wife. It was love in death. He saw her sinking fast ; he knew it was con sumption. He nursed her like a child, the great strong man, and there they were in the room to gether the night she died. She wanted to see out, to gaze once more at the world outside, bat he entreated her against it, and told her that to take her up woula make her worse, but she told him she was dying anyway, and he lifted her tenderly in his arms, and walked with her about the room, holding her to his breast and showing her this object and that, pointing out every pleasant thing, and she kissed him with every breath till the last breath was gone,and the kiss died cold on his cheek. Woman's love! When God made man, He put all heaven in woman's love!l and told him to win it and be worthy of it. Kind words are among the most valuable "of cheap things. They often reclaim the erring, lift up the fallen, and prompt to noble deeds. They encourage the faithless, cheer the hopeless, and -gladden the hearts of the desponding. Who then will not use kind words? They cost very little, and result in the happiness of the speaker and the object both. "My faith," says De Quincy, '"is that a great man may be an infidel, by a rare possibility, bit an intel leet of the highest order must build upon Christianity."