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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. 1l. XV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1879. No. 21. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY. WVDNE SDAY 1 N I NG, Newberry, S. V. BY THOS, F. GRENERKitl d0itor atdPioprietor. I tvari:ably in Advance. -- per istkfolpped at the expir:tiln 01 T-is important or-an Weighs but about three pound;, a "I l thebTlooud in a livinz person abou:t three. g.!!ons ) passs through it at least once ev,:ry lhalf ho-r, to have the bite and lo'her inpuriis strained os fiter,i from it. 8-ifle is naural purgative of the bowc's, and if the Liver becoimes torpid it is not neparated from the blood, but carria through the veins to all parts of the systcm, and in trving to es cape through the poires of the skin, causes it to turn vellow or a dirty brown color. The stem ach econes diseased, and Dyspepsia, Indi H gestion, Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Jaundice, Chills, Malarial Fevers, Piles, Sick and Sour Stomach. an d general debility follow. .M1ERRELL'S HEIATINE, the great vegetable dis covery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw off from one to two ounces of bile each time the blood passies through it, as long as there is an excess of bile: and the'effect of even a few doses upon yellow complexion ora brdwnilirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it-they being the first symptoms to disappear. The cure of all bilious diseases and Liver complaint is made certain by taking HEPA TTSE in accord ance with directions. Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist if a fair trial is iven. SOLD AS!A StBS-TITUTE FOR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 250Cts. and $1500 LUNGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least one-third cf all death's victims, arises from the Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stupefies as the work of death goes on. S nrIo,ooo will be paid if Opium ori Morphine, or __any prepar'ation of Opium, Morphine or Prus sic Acid, can be found in the GL.OBE-FrowER CoUGH SYRUP, which has Cured people who are living to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that ~Consumption is incurable. GLOBE FL.owER ~,COUGH SYRUP will. cure tt .when all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, SAsthma, Bronchitis, and alt diseases of the throat and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., Hon, Geo...Pea ! ~res ~~ac ad be condaced that t :iho be ie oucan b by gt G Ft. ( ~~S' no TrochprgLo e ore enget SE at.y all -Grave mistakes .,re made in the treat;nent of lldisatses thit arise from poison isthe blood. .-4Not -one case of Scrofula, Syphiiis, WVhite Swelling., Wcero4s&ores and;Skin,Disease, im - ta thousand, is treated without the useofM - ~cury in some form. Mercury rots the bones, and-the diseases it produces are worse than any other. kind of blood or skin diseas. can'be. - DRt. PEatERToN'S S'TILLXNGIA, _or E 3 ~LnT i Te' oly~nedicine up on wiich a hope of recoveg. from Scrofula, Syphilis and Mercurial diseases in alt stages, can be reason ably founded, and that will cure Cancer. Ci,,o gili be pad by the prop ~ rs if I.be cur,g aby ngreiet not puAly geta Price by all Druggists $1.oo. G.OE. FLOwER CouG;H SmuR and MER alt Druggists in 25 cent and $t1.oo bottles. A.F. MEEEEEI4 C0., Proprietors PHILADEIUPHIA..PA. Dec. 4. 49-ly. The subscribier haing houh thirle e'oek of the firm of. Tavlor & Co.,.wilt contiue to condutct the buisi~ne's in all of itsvariolis bra'inches of Wheelwright Work, Blacksmithinlg, Painting and Trimming. All of shch ill be donie in first class style. I have a choic ant weoll sl . stock of seat.oned mai-teial and wtill buiildl 90UJBLE AND SINGLE SEAT BUGGIES for sale and to order, of any style or pat tern, promiptly, and <.:uhrantE Sarisfacetionl, as I w.ill emp!ovi ntie but the bes-t and most careful workmnf - and spare nio pains to make my t-ork' first class. -OLD CARRIA(ES AND) B-GGIES renio vated and made to look eq{ual to new~i. RLEPAIRINGi done in the b.est manner and with dispatch. WorI rzdpolr iMnei.;-I LOWElSTr CASH PRICE4. A liieral' patronage respectfully solicited. .SHOP O.PPOSITE~ JAL, Mar. 12, 11-3m. ' INTRODUCED, 1865. A TORPI LIVER is the fruitful source of rni der:es, prom ..- i t :enung whiha1 DYSPEPSIA, SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS, DYSENTE f, &;LI0US FEVER, AGUE AND FEVER, JAUNDICE, PILES,.RHEUMA11iSM, KIDNEY COM PLAINT, COLIC, ETC. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of Appetite and Nausea, the bowels are costiva, but sometimes alternate with looseness, PFin in the He"d, accompanicd ivith- auffsensationin the back part,Pan in the right side and upder the shoulder lblde, kullness after eating, with adisin elination to exertion of body or mind, Irri tabilitytof~temper,~Low spirits, Lcss of memory, with a feeig of having neglected some duty, General weariness; -Dizziness, Fl~utferingat the Heart, Dots before the eyes,_Yellow Skin, Headache_generally over the right_eye,_Restlessness at_night with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine. IF THESE WANINlRE UNXEEEDED SERIOBS DISEASES WkL SOON BE E9ELOPED. TUTT'S PI'S are especialif adapted to sueh cases, a single dose effects such a chapge of feeling as to astonish the sufferer. TUTT'S 'PILLS are coinponuded from auibstapces that are free from any properties that can injure the most delierte organization. They Search, Cleanse, Purify, and Invigorate the entire system. Bvreliejing the ene gorged Liver, they cleanse t6e. blood from poionous Uatiors, and t.hu*wpqrt he'42th.nd vitality to the body, causing the bowels to act naturally, without which no one can feel well. A Noted Divine says: Dr. TUTr:-Dear Sir: For ten years I havo been a martyr to L)Tspepsia, Cqnasdpation tnd Piles. Last Strin "orPi were reacinuiunded to. me. I used th (but with little fith). I at no a well man, have good appetizt, digestion);,erfect, recular stools, piles gone. and [ have gained dwrtypoudssolid flesh. Thyare worth tTieir weighiE ingu. REv. R L SIMM.S).N Louisville, Ky. TUTT'S PILLS. Their first effect is to Increase the Appetite, and cause the body to Take on Flesh, thus the system is nourihed, and by their Tonic Ae tiqu on the Digestive Organs, Regular Stools are produced. DO, J. F. HAYWOOD, OF NEW YORK, SAYS: "Few diseases exist that cannat ho relieved by re storing the Liver to its normual fitetis, and for this purpose no remedy has ever bee*n hmai.t d that has as happy an effect as T UTT'S PILLS." SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS. Office 35 MuIrray S:reet, New York. EF Dr. TUTT'S MANUAL of Valuabe Ia,for mation and Useful Receipts " will be miLedf, e on application. TUTT'S HAIR YE GRAY UHarn on WmeTREnis changed to a G.~ossY BLacn b ' a sin ;ie applicatio;n of ti.i4 UnJ:- I, im parts a a atural COlor, acts I: ataneu:.ny. ::ad is Offioe, 35 Murray St., New York. OLD AND REVABLE DR. SANFORD'S LIVER INVIGORATOR is a Standard Family Remedy for , diseases of the Liver, Stomach i ad Bovrels. -It is Purely V5mbte. It~iiever q~ Cathartic n TR~Y 8 0 IT S 00 \ 0~ A p.\, ,1617 NEW YOR'H1OPPINMS s i Esta.rlishedi- ;.e iales a ,EverytLhinig boaght with taste and di conedted wjiWs Apey.VYiend for en~ cular with prices. Dest city reference Address MRS8. ELLEN LAMAR, .7; ,llroad*wp,de W York.. Passengers on. Voth,,the up and. 4ow 11trairs haie-the t ithfie for DINNE~R Aston, th~ei..unctiVon:o the G. & .C. R. R Iand thieS.TU.& C.'R.R Fare,w ell prepared, and tg char rei sonable. MRS. M. A: E LKINS. SOct. 9, 41-tf. 0 UIR 4'HO01R. There's J'zie Soplia, And Ann Maria, V itli Obadiah, And Jedekiah, In our choir, And Jane Sophia soprano sings So hIgh yont'd think her voice had wings To soar above all earthly things, W hen she leads off on Sunday; Wiile Ann Mai-ia's ailto choice e Rings out in suchli harmonious voice That'sinners in the church rejoice, And wish she'd sing till Mon,lay. And Ohadiah's tenor, high, IS unsurpassed heneath the sky; Just hear him sing "Sweet By-and-Bye," And you will sit and wonder. While Jedekah's bass profound Goes down so low it jars the ground, And wakes the eicoes miles around, Like distant-rolling thunder. Talk not to us of Patti's fame, Of Nicolii's tenor tame,. Of Cary's alto-hut a name Or Whitney's on.ddrous basso! They sing no more like Jane Sophia Aud Ann Maria, Obadiah And Jedekiah, idour choir. Than cats sing like Tomaso! -Musical Record. M MIDNMIT PERIL, 0 A THRILLING SKETCH OF BACK. WOODS LIFE. -0 The. night of the 170h of Octo ber-shall I ever forget its pitchy darkness, the roar of the autum nal wind through the lonoly for ests. and the incessant. downpour of rain ? 'This comes of short cuts,' .1 muttered to myself, as I plodded along, keeping close to the trunks of the trees to avoid the ravine, through which I-eould hear the roar of the turbulent stream forty or fifty feet below. My blood ran cold as I thlought what might be te possible consequence of a i is step or a move in the wrn di rection. Why had I not been contenited to keep) in the right road ? Hold on ! was that a light,-or are my eyes playing me false ? I stopped, holding 6n to the low, resinous boughs of a hem loek that grewv on the edge of' the bank, for it actually seemed that the wiru would seize mue bodily and hurl mue down the precipitous It was a light, thank .Provi. dence ! it was a light, and no ignis fatuus to lure me on to de struction and death'. '.lallo-o-o ! My 'voice ,rang through the~ woods like a clarion. I plunged oti through the tan gled vines, dense briers, and rocky Wjank s, un til, grad ually near ing, I' could perceivp ta figure wrapped in an oil cloth cloak, or cape, carrying a lantern. As the dim light fell upon his face, I al most. recQiled. Would not soli tude in the woods .b.e preferable to the companionship of' this withered, wrinkled old man ? But it, was too late to recede now. 'WV hat's ,wanting ?' he snarled, with a peculiar motion of' the lips, that seezied to leave his yel low teeth all bare. 'I am almost lost in the woods; cani you direct me to R sta tion ?' 'Yes ;R stagon i twelve milsfrom here.' el[Iyelve m iles!' 'Can yoiu tell me of aAy Sh~' oe I coid'tobtahu for the night ?' - - Wher are you going ?' .dp)re w's, dowt nbly -th4 AMaple sq~ it a tav'ern ?' . 'No.' W~Von.ld they take me for the night ? I could pay them well.' His' ey=es glLumed; the yellibw Istunps stood revealed once more. 'Z guess -sm.fogs don't stop there.' 'It is not far from here ?' 'Not very ; about half a mile.' 'Then make haste an.d let us areach it. 1 am drenched to the skin.' We plodded on, my companion mre than keeping pace with me. Pr.. ntl we lef the edge of the ravmine, entering w t.1ned like a trackless woods, and. keeping straight on until the . lights I gleamed fitfully throught the wet j foliaget. It was a ruinous old place, with f th6 wiiows all drawn to one z side, as if the foundation hal settled, and the yAllars and a rude t porch nearly rotted away. . A woman answered my fellow traveler's knock. My companion< whispered a word or two to her, and she turned to me willi simioth,< voluble words of welcome. She regretted the poverty of her 1 accommnodlationsi1; bUt I was Wel come to them, such as they were. i '\Vhere is Isaac ?' demanded my gllide. 'Lie is not comle in vet., I sat down on a wooden bench beside the fire and ate a few mouthfuls of bread. ' -should like to retire as soon Is possible,' I said, for my w%ear: ness was excessive. 'Certainly.' The woman startedI up with aluerity. 'Where are yQu going to put him 1' asked the guid'e. 'Up eban-.ber.' 'Put him in Isaac's room.' '.IN0. 'It's the most comfortable.' 'I tell you 'no.' Bt here I ~ interriupted the whispered colloquy. '1 am no.t particular-I don't care. where you lodge. tmo, only make haste.' So I was conducLed up -a steep ladder that stood in the corner 1 of tie room into an apart.nenlt,I ceiled.with sloped beams and ven tilated by one small window, where a cot-bedstead, crowded i close against the board -partition, i and a pine table, with -two or I three chairs, formed the sole at- i tempts at furniture. The woman set the light-an old oil lamp--a'n the table. 'Anything more I can give- sir?' I 'Nothing, thaink you.' 'A L four o'clock in the morning, ifg-ou please, I must walk over to R statiori in time for thle seven o'clock express.' 'E'li be sure to call you, sir.' She withdrew, leaving me alone in the gloomny little apartment. I sat clown with no very agree able sensation. '1 will sit down and \vrite to Alice,' I thoughlt; 'that will soothle my nerves and quiet me, per has.' J descended the ladder ; the fire still glowed redly on the hearthi1 beneath ; my, compgnion and the woman sat beside it, talking in a low tone, and a third person sat at the table eating, a short, stout, villainous-looking man, in red flan nel shirt anId muddy trousers. I asked for writing materials, and returned to my room to write to my wife. 'My dear Alice' I paused an.d laid down my pen as I concluded the. wvords, half smiling to think what she would say could she know of my strange quarters. Nlot till both sheets were cov. ered did I lay aside my pen and prepare for slumber. As I folded ngr iaper I happened to glance toward the couch. Was it the gleam of a human eye observing me - through thle bot4rd 1 prttion, or was it my own fancy ? 'here . was a ergek there, but on ly black darkness beyond, yet 1 could have sworn that something had sparkled balefully at me. I took out my watch. it wats one o'clock. It wvas scarcely worth yhie for me to undress for three h.urs' sleep. i would hio d4\vn in my clothes gnd snatch what sluber 4 coul.d. So, placing my vaie at the head of my bed, and barricading the lock less door with two chairs, I extinguished the ligh, and y down. At first I was very wakeful, but gradually a soft drowsiness seem ed to steal over me like a misty mantle, until all of a sudden some svartling electric thrill coursed through my veins, and I sat up, excited and trembling. A luminous softness seemed to glow through the room-no light of the moon or the stars was ever so penetrating-an~d by the little . VlhOW I sad Alicm my wife, ress in fnoatinrg garnwn1i1ts of vhite, with her 1ong. gclden hair :notted back by a blue ribbon. 'pparently she was coming to me vith out. stretched hand.5 and eyes ll of wili, arxious tender. less. I sprang to my feet and rushed oward her ; but as I reached ,he window the fair apparition comed to valnish into tihe storry hlrkiess, and I was left alone. kt the sefsaime instant t he report >f a pistol sounded ; I coultd-see ,he jagged stream of fire above he pillow, straight through the iery sl)ot whero, ten seconds ince, my head had lamn. With anl instantaucous realiza. ion of my eanger, I swung myself >ver the edge of the window, jump ng some eight or ten feet into tan led bushes below; and as I crouch. .d there, recovering my breath, i ear-d the tramp of footsteps into ny room. 'Is he dead ?' cried a voice up ,e ladder-the smooth, deceitTu 7ice of the woman with the alf-closed eyes. 'Of'course he is,' growled a voice >ck ; 'that charge would have illed ten men. A light there. jnick ? and tell Tom to be ready. A cold, agonizing shudder ran bhrough me. What a don of mid, iight murderers had I fallen in ,o! And how fearfully narrow :uad been my escape! With the speed that only mor al terror can give, I rushed birough the wood, now illumina 'ed by a faint glimmer of star gh. I know not what impulse uided my footsteps. I never ball know how many timos I 3rossed my own track, or how lose I stood to the ravine; )ut a merciful Providence en :ompassed me with a guiding ind protecting care, for when the norning dawned, with faint, red >ars of orient light against the tormy eastern sky, I was close o the high roa d, some seven niles from R-. Once at the town, I told my tory to the police, and a detach ecnt was sent with me to the spot. After much searching and many alse alarms, we succeeded in find. ig the ruinous old house, but it was empty-our birds had flown ; aor (did 1 recover my valise and atch and chain, which latter 1 .ad left under my p)illow. 'It's Dre w's gang,' said the eader of Lhe police, 'and they've :roubled us these two years. I on't think though, they'll come >ak here just at present.' Nor did they. But th.e strangest part of my tory is yet to come. Some three weeks subsequently I received a etter from my sister, who wvas with Alice in her English home i letter whose intelligence filled ne with surprise. ' must tell you something very strange,' wrote my sister, 'that bappened on the night of the 17th >f October. Alice had not been well for some time ; in fact, shc ad been confined ito her bed for early a week, and I was sitting eside her reading. It was late; he clock had struck one, when all at once she seemed to faint away, rowing white and ri-gid a.s a orpse. I hastened to call assis Gance ; but all our efforts to re Itore animation were in vain. I was just about sending for the loctor, when her senses returned is suddnly as they had left her, nd she sat up in bed, pushing up 'er hair and looking wildly aroqud 'Alice,' I exclaimedI', 'how you nave terrified us all !- Are you 'Not ill,' she answered, 'but I reel so strange." Gracie, I have een with my husband !" 'And all of our reason ings failed o convince her of the impossibili y of her assertions. She persist;s o this momcnt that she saw you ad was with you on the morn 'ng of the 18th of October. Where ud how she cannot tell, but we ,hink it must have' been in a ream. She is better now, and I tv'ish you could see how fast she s improving.* This is my plain, unvarnished l.a I do not pretend to explain or a(-eoint for its mysteries. I simply relato ftacts. fiet psvchlo lorists u1nravel the habyrinthical Skf In, I am) not superstitionls, neither do I believe in gh*osts, WaitSor appaitios, bt this t.hing I do know-that, althiough my N wife was in England in body I on the m11orning. of the 18th of Otober, he. spirIL- surely stood before me in New Yorlk in the momenit of the deadly peril that m11enacel me. It may he that t( Lhe subtlo instinct and strength of a wife's holy love 141 things are possible ; but Alice surely saved my life. OTisrdlantous. FOR THE IIERALD. New Y1i Fashtons.. Costumes-Millinery-Out Door Garments Wigs-Manias-Purchasing Agencies. COSTUMES. No woman need be very tired or very busy, for we find ready made garments at such re sonable figures that persons of the mt midjrate means can afford to purchase. Linen agits are of course a thing of the past, but in their place for general wear we find neat wash costumes wade half tight jacket, overskirt and underskirt marked as low as six or seven dollars. The patterns are in great variety checks, plaids, stripes, polka dots, and small floral figures. Colors are equal. ly diversified; both grave and gay, and groundwork dark as well as light. At higher prices costumes are of satino momic cloth, or coteli ne, t-o say no thing of figured jaconets for indoor wear, while in white, costumes are in all gradations, from the lawn morning dress at $5, to elaborate dotted, plain and figured muslins finished with Bre ton lace and bows of ribbon. Soft, thin wool costumes cowmence at about $14. Ulsters in thin mixed wool are excellent for hard usage consequent upon summner traveling, etc., and these commence at $6, a very nice one cost ing $10. Mohair ulsters begin at $4.50; linen ulsters at $3. Never theless there are many ladies who wish to make their dresses at home or have them made, so I will add a word or two in regard to new and desirable de signs. The Deosia princess.dress may be mentioned among these as quite elegant and having the advantage of being adapted both to silk, wool and wash material. Trimmed skirts are very fashionable and here we find the Florimel train, especially suited to handsome fabrics. The Nelida bas. quine or Valerie basque would give a distinguished finish. The Birena is an excellent model for an overskirt of wash material, while in the way of a half fitting jacket, the Serena can be recomnmended... MILLINERY. Dainty dress bonnets are sometimes made of white or colored canton crape, trimmed with fine flowcrs and Breton lace, ribbon or satin. Satiu or satin ribfon indeed, we see employed per. petually. There is a rage for it and in dressy costumes it is constantly sub stituted for silk. Fine black straws are also trimmed with black or white Breton lace, and flowers, and black lace bonnets similarly finished are made on frames. Mixed straws in colors to match the fashionable mixed goods are greatly in vogue, but not to the exclusion of brown or beige color ed. Middle aged ladies for ordinary wear, select the English walking hat, or if it is desired to show the forehead, shapes flaring to one side, or prettily curving around the face and without strings may be substituted. Young ladies wear turbans, shapes fancifully caught on the sides, or round brims coming low over the forehead and rising at the back where rich boquets of flowers fill in the vacancy. OUT DOOR GARMENTS. There is quite a rage for beige and the pale yellow shades-especially the former. The fancy crops out every where in Millinery costumes, and in out door garments, for there is a run on beige colored cloth sacques and mantalets commencing at about six dollars and going up to twenty. They are worn with costumes of any kind. These ideas, however, do not preclude the sale of black silk and cashmere garments more or less richly trimmed with French or black Breton lace fringe and jet. Leading stores ask nnons pries for these latter styles, but tHwy can he m:VIO to order at con paratively n.derate figures. BEWARE OF WIGS. Should an innocent minded indi vidual (a country merchant for exam ple) visit our city, let him not fall a victim to the charnms of some fair lady who (apparently) is endowed beyond her sisters, with an abundant mass of Titian red hair. I feel it my duty to state plainly that that upsopliisticated looking creature wears a wig Others who don't wear wigs are fresh from the dyer's 1umda, and the (uestion might be proposed for a debating so ciety, which of the two methods of looking fashionable is to be preferred ? Why red hair (also callcd gold) should be fashionable and which of the two roads to distinction shoa'43 be taken, is beyond t1w to determine. THE LATEST MANIAS. Homilies were indited all over the country on the folly of a young lady who mArried beneath her, but directly after we find others who do just the same thing, and papas with carriages are everywhere in a state of alarm. 'Tis strange how e.aipie becomes contagiolls. Pince the fact has be come known that three printers woke up one morning to find themselves winners each of five thousand dollars in the Louisiana State Lottery, I have received I would not like to say how many letters on the subject. Each and all I advise with the wisdom of an owl, but what's the use ? So my good friends if you are determined to risk your twa dollars on a ticket, preachments on my part are not likely tQ cause you* to desist. If you don't win that five or fifty thousand dollars, you'll always think you might have done so. Do not understand me as decrying the Louisiana State Lottery in particular, for beyond question its dealings are fair, and if you. must take a risk, you certainly run less risk in that than in any other institution of the kind. Ladies sometimes write asking me, also, to select different ar ticles for them, - etc. I am always happy to be of service, but not always having time at command, I have form ed--as is becoming known-a connec tion with the Purchasing Agency con ducted by Mrs. Ellen Lamar, 877 Broadway. She devotes herself ex clusively to the wants of out of town residents, add is an example of what may be done by integrity and energy. In person or by agents she often visits five or six leading houses-before a se lection is made, and thus having the entire city at command she has the largest opportunities for choice, for oftentimes an establishment which is excellent in one department is weak in another. Circulars with prices are forwarded on application, and letters of enquiry receive careful answers.. LUCY CARTER. When I was a young man I was always in a hurry to hold the big end of the log and do all the lift ing. Noss I am older I seize hold of the small end and do all the grunting. Wise men make the mistakes and fools the blunders, and this is about all the difference between them.-Josh Billings. A woman cured her husband of staying out late at night, by going to the door when he came home and whispering through the key hole, "Is that -you, Willie ?" Her husband's name is John, and he sleeps with one eye open and a revolver under his pillow. A philosopher asserts that the reason why ladies' teeth decay sooner than gentiemen 's is because of the friction of the tongue and the swveetness of the lhps. -I have seen a young man who despised the counsel of the wise and the advice of the good, and his career end in poverty and wretchedness. What a difference between civ ilities and acts of real friendship; how easy to obtain the former, and at times how hard to get the latter. Truthfulness is a corner stone in character, and if it be not firm ly laid in youth there will always be a weak spot in the foundation. If the loved ones could come back to earth only long enough to be forgiven, it would relieve many a remorsefl heart. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate, of 51.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion and 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent. on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributf s of respect, same rates per square as ordinai y aIvertisements. Special Notices in Local column 15 cents per linte. Advertisements not maiked with the num her of insertious will be kept in till forbid, , Speeial contracts made with large adver tisers, w iti liberal deductions on above rats Jon PR I.TLW D0F WITrIT NI..ATNSs ANT DnISPATC. TERMS CASH. GOOD 1U11MOR IN THE FAM ELY. Goott humor is 1-ightly reckoned a most valuathle aid to happy home lif'. Ai equally gocd and useful fa'ulIM. is a senlse of humor or the Capacity to have a litile fu along with ihe humdrui cares and work of life, We all know how it bright-ux up things gcenerally toihuve :a lively, witty cotmpanion who sees the ridiviulou.- points of things a.nd who can turn n anlllnoy anee into an occasion for Iaugihter. IL does a great deal better to laugh over some domestic mishaps than to ely or scold over them. M,Xny homes and lives are dull because they are allowed to be come too deoply impressed with a sense of the eares and responsi. bilities of life to recognize its bright and especially its Tuirthful side. Into such a household, good but dull, the advent of a witty, humorous friend is like sunshine on a cloudy day. While it is always oppressive to hear persons constantly striving to say witty or funny things, it is comfortable, seeing what a bright ener a little fun is, to make an effort to have some at home. It is well to turn Off an impatient question sometimes, and to regard it from a humorous point of view, instead of becoming irritated about it. ".Wife, what is the reason I can never find a clean shirt?" ex claimed a good but rather impa tient husband, after rummaging, all tbrough the wrong drawer. - His wife looked at him steadily for a moment, half inclined to be provoked ; then with a co'mical look she said : "I never could guess conundrums; I give it up." Then he laughed, and they both lafighed, and she went and got his ahfrt, and he felt ashamed of himself and kissed her; and then she felt happy, and so what might have been an occasion for bard words and unkind feelings became just the contrary, all through the litti'e vein of humor that cropped out to the surface. Some people have a pec'uliar* faculty for giving a humorous turn to things when they are reproved. It does just as well oftentimes to laugh things off as to scold them off. Laughter is better than tears. Let us have a little more of it at home.-Saturday Evening Post. BEN BUTLER AND DAMNATION. -Mr. Benjamin Butler was in his youth destined by his mother to ~ be- a Baptist ministA, and she sent him to Waterville college for preparation, Mr. .Bland, a new biographer, relates tbat one of the professors delivered a sermon in the chapel, in which he said : "1. None but the elect can be saved. 2. Of so-called Christians, proba bly not more than one in a hun dred will be saved. 3.. Heathen people will have more considera tion of the Almighty in futurd life than men of Christian nations, who hear but do not profit by the word of God." After hearing this .sermon young Butler peti tioned the fabulty to relieve him from further attendance upon preaching upon the ground that according to the proportion stated, not above six persons in the col lege could possibly be saved ; and as there were nine worthy pro fessors, all of them doctors of di vinity, it would be presumnptious~ for him, a poor student, to hope for even the 'remotest chance of salvation ; hence in attending church, he was only mnaking his damnation more certain and terri ble. It is a curious fact that on the track of knavery a misplaced switch will .be found somewhere, and it is sure to wreck the train.