The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, May 21, 1879, Image 1
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.
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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
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.-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.
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Blacksmithinlg,
Painting and
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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
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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."
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,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.
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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.