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b2w-. -~- ZZ Ra Ig IMEW on A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1879. No. 15. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOIlNING, At Newberry, S. C. BY THOSt F. GRENEKER, Editor aud Proprietor. rerins, seo per danum, luvariably in Advance. tne paper is topped ut the expirti o f iwe for w;i,ci it is paA. - The mark dentes expiration or sub erption . Pscelilneouits. The subscriber hving bo,git the -vock of the firmt of J. Taylor & Co , wib contjnu.e to conduct the businuess in ali of its various branches of Wheelwright Work, Blacksmithing, Painting and .Trimming. All of whiIeh will be done in first e*---ss style. I have a choice and well selected stock of seasoned material and will build ]DOUBLE AND SINGLE SEAT BUGGIES for sale and to order, of any style or pat tern, promptly, and guaranteE satisfaction, as I will employ noue but the best and most careful workmen; arid spare no pains to make my work first clek5 OLD CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES reno vated and made to Inok equal to new. REPAIRING done in the best manner and with dispatch. HORSESHOEING and PLANTATION WORK promptly done. All of the above wiil be executed AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. A liberal patronage respectfully solicited. J. TAYLOR, SHOP OPPOSITE JALl, NEWBERRY, S. C. Mar. 12, 11-3m. POMARIA NURE Thrifty, healthy and acclimated FRUIT TREES, From earliest to latest.* Decidnous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubbery, CRAPE VINES, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, Roses, Dahlias ,Etc., Etc. For sale at Pomaria Nurseries. Orders filled correctly and satisfaction guaranteed For Catalogue or i-'formatizon, address J. A. SUMMER, POMARIA, S. C. Jan. 15, 3-3m. 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The above popular Magazine and the Newberry HERALD will be furnished to new subscribers at the low rate of 8.3 for the t wo. Feb. 5, 6-tf. NOTICE! I would announce to my friends and the public generally, that I have the atgency for the sale of the following named Fertilizers: Palmetto Acid Phosphate. Entaw Ammoniated Fertili zer. Merryman's Ammoniated Dissolved Bones. Allison & Addison's Corn u~1~t~ Manure for Cotton. ,I, rICE t-OTTON. The undersigned ask to c.-i atention of the Flrnwes and 'lech mes Lo their new supply of STEEL PLOWS, of all kinds, STEEL SHAPES, PLOW STOCKS Of the "Avery Patent." AXIES, Of all grades and prices. SPADES, SHOVELS, MANURE FORKS, Of all kinds. Picks, Grubbing Hoes, &c. Also, a splendid lot of Carpenters' and Blacksmiths' Tools, All laid in at prices that will meet the low price of cotton. Call and see for yourselves, at the Hardware Store of CoPPOCK & JOHNSON No. 3, Mollohon Row. Jan. 1, 1S79. 1-if GRAIN CRADLES. Senu's, Counts' and Northern make, at the lowest prices. Call and ;ee samples. COPPOCK & JOHNSON. Apr. 2, 14-tt. NEW NOTICE, Look out for the best Swede's Iron, Brade's Crown Hoes, Axes of all kinds, Trace Chains, &e. They can be found at he Hardware Store of COPPOCK & JOHNSON. Also, Agents for best nake of Buggies and Carriages. -Jan. 15, 3-tf. NOTICE TO FAMEIE Also, a freAi lot of Wazn and Riding Saddles, Wagon Breeching, Lines and Col lars, Sole and Upper Lother, Harness and Whang Leather. All of which will ')e of fered at low pri,_es. Agents for all kinds Maebinery. COPPOCK & JOHNSON. Sep. 2, 1878-36-tf. Clothing. ctOIIHOFOR EVERYB0O D! NEW STOCK! NEW PRICES! WRIGT & JIl IJOPPOCJK Respectfully call attention to their splen did stock of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING. THE CHEAPEST AND MOST COMPL.ETE Ever Offered to the Public. BUSINESS AND DRESS SUITS IT ROUi BED PRItES! Which Defy Vompetition. Hats, Shoes, Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises. S H I RTS, LOWER THAN EVER. And all other kinds of GENTLEMEN'S and YOUT HS' FURNISUING GOODS. No. 4, Mollohon Row. CALL AND BE CONVINCED. R. H. WRICH"T. J. W. COPPOCK. Sep. 25, 39-tf. Notice of Settlement and Final Discharge. The undersigned, Execntor of John H. Graham, deceased, will make a finial settle ment on the said estate on the Fourteenth dty of Arril, 1879, in the office of the Judge of Probate for Newberry County, and immee.iately there after apply for a final discharge as such executor. F. D. GRAHAM, Executor of John H. Graham, deceased. March 12, 11-5t. FOUNDRY NOTICE. TiHE undersigned would respectfu!!y in form: hlis irfriend and the fr ienids of Mr. PE PER KIND, that he has bought the PII(E NIX IRON WORKS, of Columnbia, s. C., d is now preparted to do all kinds of aork i the manufacture of STE4AM ENGiNES, from five-horse power to any size, Boilers, Saw, Grist and Gane Mills, all kinds ot Ag. ricultural Implements, Iron and Brass G.ast igs, Golumns for stores, of all descriptions, Railings for Balconies arid Cemeteries, and Repairing of~ all kinds of machinery. Mr. Peter Kind will superintend the busi. ness, and all orders sent shall have prompl attention. Reasonable prices, and good work done by the best mechanics. Direct all orders to G. DIEROKS, Or, PETER KIND, Superim.endent, foi G. Diercks, Columbia, S. C. Mar. 19, 12-tf. "NES ER ONE RhOIE N MO." The following little poem, which is con sidered by all who have re4d it a master piece, is from the pen of Mis. F. G. De Fon taine, of Charleston, S. C., and will touch a teuder chord in every breast. It is partie ularly appropriate at this season: Ise been waiting long for de good ole time, Dat'll nebber come no mo', When I used'to work and rock an' sing, In de little cabin do'. My Sam was dar wid his fiddle Po' Sam-he's gone-done dead; Dead for de want ob food an' clothes, An' de sheiter ober head. An' little Mose, well, he's dead, too; How he used to dance an' sing! While Jim and Polly, an' all de res', Went roun' and roun' de ring. Old missis-bless her dear ole soul Would laff till her sides gib way, An' massa'd stop at my cabin jest To say, "How's ole mammy to-day?" De boys-I mean ole inassa's boys Dy lubbed old mammy, too, W ho nussed 'em eb'ry blessed one, Clean down to little mas' Loo. Po' Massa Loo! He went to fight But he nebber come back no mo'; We heard dat he fell wid a ball in his breast In front of de battle roar. He put his arms aroun' my neck An' say; "31ammy, I love you so!" He didn't see no harm in dat, Do his mammy was black an' po.' Ole miss is died wid a broken beart When de lass of de boys was killed, An' massa bowed his head an' cried Dat his cap ob sorrow was filled. An' here I've sot a waitin' an' a waitin' For de good time comin' no mo', An' I see ole miss4s a callin' nammy Across from de udder slo'. geltch {tory. ETIIEL. "Into each life some rain mu:t fall, Some days must be dark and dreary." Mrs. Forrester's ball was the most brilliant affair of the season. E1 crv one said so, and. of course, "every one" could not be wrong. A dazzling mixture of lights and flowers ; flashing jewels on gleam ing white neeks and arms; an at mosphere of "tropical odors sweet. er than musk," and floating around in the kaleidoscopic mazes of the dance, men and women with beautirul faces and eyes of a tropical dusk. But the bright particular star of the evening-the lovely girl over whose patrician beauty so ciety raved-was missing. In a flower-em bowered retreat, with her satin robes trailing in shim mring~ folds softly around her, Etel Stuart sat alone. The sweet face wa bent thoughtfully down wardJ, and the thick, tropical foliage concealed her from the pasinig glance. But some oue has Idiscovered her. Miss Stuart, so you are here! (with a sign of relief.) 1 arrived about half an hour since, and was just making up lmy. mind to go when I remembered your fancy for stealing awayfo yourim portunate admirers to sit and muse in some silent conserva tory." The thoughtful face lighted up with a radiant smile as the girl made room for the speaker by her side. "And why should you have Idetermined to take your depar ture so soon ? It w ere scarcely comn plientary to our hostess and your many fatir friends." "Ethel !" It was but a word softly spoken, and the silenice that followed was painful, for- at the sound of her name uttered in a tonte which was in itself almost a caress, the girl stated, the delicate eeks blanch. ed, and a gloom of pain gathered like a shadow in her eyes. Put ing up her hands as if to ward of some imnpendinig evil, Ethel ex elaimed: "Oh, D)octor Murray, don't don't speak any farther !" Randolph Murray impulsively sprag to his feet. "And why should I not speak Ifarther? You have seen what was in my heart these past weeks. Ah, Ethel! I read my answet long ago in your beautiful eyes !' "You do not-cannot mean it ?' she began in a dazed sort of way but he interrupted her in a slow deep voice that carried his w~hoh oul in its tone: "It is too late to Sav that, Or anything, but that I love you with the love that comes but once in a man's life." '-S- short a time-so short," she broke in. "I know it is short ; but it has see:med Ion,,g to me, for I loved you the first monerit we met." '-Oh, stop !" she fajirly groaned; "it is wicked for mne to listen. "Wicked!" -'Yes;" she had also arisen, and stood fa-.ing him. "Oh, Dr. Mur ray, forgive me ! I did not foresee this. 1 am engaged to another!" For an instant the strong man reeled and the soft light whihe shed its subdued lustre on the fr avrant flowers arourid him, changed to murky darkness be fore his eyes. With a strong effort he mastered his emotion. '-Do not reproach yourself, or say 'forgive me,' Miss Stuart, for it is all my own fault. I see I have been mistaken. What I took for love ~was only a kindly liking." HIe offered her bis arm as he finished speaking. Ethel shivered as with cold, as she placed her lit. tie white gloved hand upon it and together they re-entered the I ball-room. As Ethel Stuart sat in her room that nirht, listlessly untwining the golden braids, a stormy conflict was raging in her heart. Hers was no common case-she was the promised wife of one man, and alas ! felt that she loved another. At an early age her parents had died, leaving her and an older brother alone in the world. The brother, who had always been a trial to his parents, . laced his little sistcr in a boarding school, and ta'ing his halt of the large I ortune left, had gone abroad. Thus Ethel had grown up, never knowing the protecting blessing o parient love, compelled to think and act for herself. She left school and entered so ciety and at the age of twenty had never met any man to whom her heart went out, acknowledg ing him its master. Even those who knew her best called her re served, incapable of passion ate at tach ment. Then she had met Henry Merle. From the first he made his ad miration for her very evident. He was handsome, wealthy, and possessed of great culture. and Ethel, advised by all who knew er well enough to advise. when he offered himself, did not say him nay, but told him frankly how she felt towards him. That she did not love him with that p)assionate love such as she read of, but she liked him better tban any one else. lie was contented, morre than contentedi, to secure the object of his admiration at any price ; and the lovely girl, thinking that at last she had fouiid a quiet haven from the giddy w hirl of society, wich she had never loved, ac cepted him. His property in the W~est Indies needed his supervision, and placing a diamond solitaire on the slender finger of his promised bride, he had gone with the under standing that in the spring, on his return, they would be married. It was about this time Ethel met Randolph MIurray. He was a young physician of small means, but with a clear, intelligent in telecit, and active hands, and it was not long before her womanly penetration recognized his worth. Without the slightest percep tion of her danger, Ethel had drifted into a friendsbip with him, and now the end had come. Before her on her toilet-table lay a letter announcing her be trothed's speedy return, and that eveninrg Randolph Murray had started to life in her heart, by his unexpectsd avo wal, a feelinig wbhieh he girl felt through every tibre oft her framne, would be cruelly hard to suppress. But that it must be suppressed, driven away, she knewv, for her word was sol emnly given. The week passed. Dr. Murnay removed to the west, much to the surprise of all bis friends and pa trons (but Ethel knew why.) And it was the time for Mr. MneIa's retn.n ELhel was agrain per."ectly candid, as was her nia ture, and told him all. adding th t he was free to break their en gagemen" t ; but if leld her to it, she would do her duty and be a faithful wite to him. Henry Merle was a man of the world. Love was only a nane to him ; he had palled of its sweeil. long before he met the girl now Speaking to him, with the p'ale pleading face and heavy eyes. He knew Ethel bad a fortune, and that she was the most beautiful woman lie had ever seen, so he clung fast to his prize, and never thougbt of letting her go. The preparations for the mar riage were ravidly going on, w hen Ethel's quiet was rudely broken by one of those terrible shocks which sometimes come in peo Ple's lives. Her brother, who had left her when their parents died, and who had seemed to have forgotten her very existence, was a forger to a large amount. le had spent his own fortune, gone from b_d to worse, and now every paper throughout the land was full of the detai!s of his crime. But Ethel rose superior to the blow, which would have crushed a weaker nature. She did not sit down to think, but acted ponipt. ly. And her action saved him from further dishonor. Money, some say, is the "root of all evil;" but oitcuer it is the root of a good deal of good ; and Etheil, with a thankful heart, gave all of hers to cover the stolen amount, and the offender was allowed to rea.Uin in merciful oblivion in a foreign country. Now the excitement was over Ethel had time to think. She had not seen Henry Merle during all the sad trial shu had so bravely passed through ; but she did riot think it strange, as she knew that hi,; time was very much taken up in business, and her thoughts delt upon him anid their ap proacing marriage with a nearer approaeb to real tenderness than ever before. It was sweet to feel that there was some one to share her trouble witb her-some one to whom she had a right to look for comfort. But a letter came, statirrg that the writer had thought over the story she had once told him, and had decided it would be injustice for him to hold her to her en gagement. But Ethel saw through the spciu words, and now, poor girl, the waves of bitterness did indeed overwhelm her. No one to turn to, her money gone, and with it those friends who smile when fortune smiles, and worstL of all, Ethl felt her trst in hiumnan natnure going So she sat, one afternoon, in her little lodging house room, sadly forming her plians for the future, when a tap came upon the door. It' opened and there stood the manly image she had ruthlessly driven from her heart. "E thel ! my poor d arling !" The poor girl rose, hesitated, and then with a low, glad cry sprang into the outstretched arms. "Oh, my pr-ecious one ! can I take the right to comfort you ! I only just heard of your trouble. I never once thought that the Arnold Stuart I read of was your brother ; and then, when I heard your engagement was broken, I imagined bowv it was, and came on the wings of the wind." He paused, and lifting the drooping head with his firm hand, he gazed long and earnestly into the lustrous eyes, and then quietly nressed his own lips to the sweet, trembling mouith. In that kiss Ethel felt all her troubles vanish. And so it always is-the darke'.t hour is always just before the dawning. New Haven, Conn., residents employ about 500 telephones, con nected by seventy miles of wire. Venetian glass is again in favor, Iand many handsome vases and or naments are made of it. A deaf mute who was arrested in New York had eleven pairs of tolen nnntaloons. T-IE ART UF LEAVING. It is Disraeli. wh.1o, in "Lthair," puts into the mouth of Theodora LIe sentiment that no one should ,ver say good bye, but in depart n should fade away like a sum ner Cloud. We have often been -onstrained to wonder whether Ahc Earl of Beaconsfield wrote iis after an interview with a riend who understood 'not the rt of leaving. For in the nar owest and choicest circle of rierids and acquaintances there 1re usually some persons whose isits or calls, whether of business >r of pleasure, are marred by the act -that they do not seem to inow how to go. Schiiler wrote to Goethe con erning the visit of Madame de tael to the Court of Weimar, -She ought to know when it is ime to go;" and from what we an learn of that good lady's do >arture we infler that at the time >f her going she still further )ored the great poets by her .edious farewells. For when a rienid departs we are eitber glad, sorry or indifferent. If we are dad, we desire to be brief; if we re sorry, the quicker the painful Scene is ended the better, if we re indifferent, we grudge the iraft upon our time if we are >usy, as the most of us are, with he pressing affairs of life. The art of* leaving is less under tood by women than by men. The habits of business, the recog nized fact that to a business man time is money. the throng and press and exactness of business life, al tend to make men the best possible exemplars of the fine art >f leaving, and leaving at once. A business man's call is usually a n11del of good manners in this i.e spect. When he has said what he as to say, he takes his hat, says good evening," and is out of your resence without giving any time r chance for the too often tedious nd em barrassing commfonlaces f mutual invitations to call, whieb seem to be a kind of necessary social formula. In striking contrast to this neat nd skillful method of cutting short an interview is the too com non social practice of visitors vho, commencing to leave, seem emporarily to abandon the pur pose and then follow it up by a umber of unsuccessful attempts to accomplish their intention ; as thogh it were a kind of compli ment to'the person visited to ap par loth to part company. Who an not at once recall the visitor who starts, then thinks of some hing else to say ; rises, and hiks of another subject of con versation ;gets nearly to the door and receives another revelation; reaches the door. and, most prob. ably, holding it open, is aroused o a degree of mental brilliancy that threatens his own health and that of his host by long detaining both in a cold draft while be dis ourses ? What a tax on the p)atiece and politeness of the lis tener who vainly strives, by as sentingr instanitly to ever~y pr'opo sition, to end t he interview anid break 'the restraining bond ofj )oite attention ! Occasionally, indeed, business men and business hours are robbed 'if work and complacency by tbe advent of the visitor who lingers. The busy lawyer, having been made the recipient of the confi ece of his client, not unfre quently finds that, business at tended to, his ear is made prisoner by the p)artinlg remarks, discus sions and observations of his un sophisticated patron. Thue editor vho has in an unguarded moment accpt2d an article from a new youitributor may deem himself for unate, and judge the contributor to be possessed of rare good sense, if his act does not procure for him a lingering interview. Clergy men are perhaps the most im posed on of all classes by visitors of this sort ; and few have the cour age or the confidence to inquire of the caller, as was the custom of a celebrated arch bishop, "H1ave you anything more to say to me?" .a.d on receiving a negative an swer to repiv. -Well, I have noth ing mor( to say to yo 0; let us be about t-.e Lord's busi ness ;Good even in." ihe speaker who end1s his ad dress sudenlv, wh-bile the interest of his audJi.ec is at fill, without any "lastIv. " finally." "in con c.' sioti, or "one word more," al ways leaves ti.e be.t impression, and the calier or visitto, whether on business or for pleasure, de parting leaves behind him a grvate ful sense of relief and good will who understands and )1 tices with skill and expedition the fine art of leaving. (St. Louis Evening Post. DANGEROUS SMOKE AND DRI NK. Several physicians of this city have united in pointing out the dangers i.eidont to the smoking of Cigarettes, which practice is now becoming much more prevalent than it has been at any for mer time. Where a few years ago therc was but a singiv brand of eigarettes-the Cuban-there are now 358 different kinds in the market, sormAe composed of tobacco of varying degrees of vileness, descending down to stuff little better than dirty refu-e. It is stated that not one-fiftieth as much of the mucous surface of the body is covered by cigar smoke as by the inhaled smoke of i cigrarette ; that in )persons of nervous temperament eigarette smoking produces constitutional effects, anld is prolific of vertigo, dimness of visiol, dyspepsia and bronchial discases. Old pipes are known to be directly poisonous, and we published oct long ago the furmidabie list o. deleterious chemicals which are taken into the system whin eigars are smoked. Iii the present instance the reader might re-peruse that list and add to t pyrogallic and pyrolignleous acids flrm the paper envelope of th)e cigarette, besides the fumes of the decayed paste with which that envelope is fas tened. Adulterated or rather miserable imita:ions of wines aud liquors are also becoming very common. Re cen tly an establishmen t in this city was seized by the sheriff, and a well known druggist was requested to analyze the comflpounds sold under tbe name of wine. The results are interesting. Ilere, for instance, is port w ine coneocted of newv cider, herry brandy', alum, spirits, al kanet root andu tartarie acid. Cherry bran dy. orspirit, sugar, and oil of bitter abn:onds. the last prob ably from coal rar. Out of 45 gallons of so-called old bourbon whisky, 40 gallons wer.e alcohol flavored with saltpeter and fuse! oil. Tihe concoetions are bad enough, but the expert thought that they were not so injurious as pure liquor, an opinion with which most peop)le, we imnaginc, will h ard ly agree.-Bientific Amae-iean. IN ICF:LAND.-Menl and women. masters and servants, all inhabit the same room, while cleanliness is not much attended to ; but poor as they are, and accustomed to great lprivations, they set an ex ample of cheerful contentment. The beauty of the young girls is remarkable ; their fair hair falls in long plaits, partially covered by a black cloth coif, daintily worn on one side of the head, and fin ished at the top with a tassale of colored silk run through a silver or steel buckle, which floats on the shoulder. It reminds the traveler of the Greek bead-dress ; but the blue eyes, with their sweet, benev olent expression, soon recall to his mind their Danish origin. The dress is miade of the cloth woven in the country, and on festival days the bodice is gaily adorned with silver braid arid velvet, while the belt and sleeves are ornamen ted with silver devices, beautifully cased and oft.en of great value. On wet and cold days the shawl becomes a useful mantilla, com pletely enveloping the bead, and defending the wearer from the effects of the frequent storms. ([Chamber's .Journal. Proud persons have few real friends. AI)VERTISING IATES. Adverti-ements iuscrtcd at tie rat* ot .i1.00 per square (one inch) for first inse.tion .i7-5 eents for e:nch ubsreqi:ent inserron. NO:icvs ef mCtint^-, obitIu:irf- oand tribur( s -arlpe, :ne rz:e, per slaeas ordinary Sr.in! N,>q:ce!s in Luca! column 15 Ce:s Advertiseens not mrked u ith the num 'er fiim- !inr,s will be t'pt in till forabid, SprCi:. r.::--a . nadUl %-nith large sdver -.5.-- ::i:o al 0euc 1ns 1 :, bove rates D-:NE w NTl ::A.:ss ..:N> I4.ATCer. TERMS CASH. IiE' ( IvEi-H - E..' TO 91E AVE-N. ihe Describes th- Home Beyond the Grave and Goes Into Rhapso:ies Ov..r the New ,Ternsakmr. N ieBlc b : tM: -vear-old Airl of, Grccn count. Wis., who, %Vs she e-lims. wnt to heaven Aui.ng a :i i cl. :,:. IHv recovered er' formIr ibe j. ic r strange xp ei c n pressions are b]us rchaed : S;e was subject to ine diCeaOe :uni epileptic fits. n the. h: attnk of the latter the rail ferm eculd scarcely be held by st r'oIng person,s. Thiree days %fter the first cojii uisions, both Ipper and lowe exteerities were paralyzed. The least exertion, 2ven the takiiIg of a spoonful of water, would. cause her to sink away till the pulsation of the beart could not be noticed, nor -ould any pilse be discovered in the wrist. They turned her gent. ly on the shect, and that.would rause the sinking spellis. About 2 o'clock in the afternoonl she sank away, growing weaker and weaker until about 3. Her ex tremities became very cold, and they thought her gently and hap pily "passing over the iver." All at once a change passed over her featuires, a sweet smile ilt mina ting her countenance, and tbe most intense delight seemed por trayed and lingered on her face till it fairily shone. All at once, to the atstoniishment of all, she raised her little hands in the at titude of listening intently, chang ing her positionl continually, and seemingr to listen with all the power of' her being. She con tinued in this state for nearly three houtrs, seeming perf'ectly un conscious of al sur-rounding ob jects and sounds. And now comes the strange and miraculous story of' the girl: "It seem~ed as though I was walking through a pleasant country till I came to a place that surely was heaven. There were str;ets all p)aved with gold, and such beauti ful fountLains, as clear as crystal, that seemed to rise up and then fall in bright sparkling drops. I laid down on a soft grassy bank to rest neatr a fouut.aint when my grandpa that has beeni dead six years camne to me and said I should go back and take care o? my little sister till she was large enoughb to take care of' herself. My little brother who I had never seen camne to me and told me he was my brother', and he played such sweet music for me on a golden harp. A erown of'gold en circled his head. He was all dressed in gleaming white, and so was gr'andpa. And he did not look so old as when here, and his eyes were perfect, not blind of the one he used to be. His voice sounded so familiar. "Then, O0! I can hardly tell, I saw Jesus all iobed in white, a dazzling crown on his head. He sat on such a beautiful high seat that was on a raised platform. All seemed of gold, and there were beautiful trees, flowers, streams and f'ountains of clear water around the throne and every w here. Angels were flying around, bright crowns upon their heads, and golden harps in their hands, and they played the sweetest music that I ever heard. I felt so sorry at first when grandpa told me 1 should go back, and tako the place of my dear' mother, and she should corne. WVhen I first seemed to get to this beautiful place the sweet word welcome! welcome ! ec'hoed all around. I saw so many things that words fail to tell them now. TJ.he an gels said they would cure me, that 1 should take no nmedicine, and 1 knoas I shlli get well."