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4j, A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1879. No. 29. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED &VERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry, S. C. BY THO9. P. GREEKE, Editor and Proprietor. Terms, $2.00 per Junnm, Invariably in Advance. TY th paper is stopped at the expiration of time for whLich it is paid. 37 The > mark denotes expiration of sub eription. Clothing. HEAD-QUARTERS FOR OLOTIHING. Our stock of Men's, Youths' and Boy's CLOTJTING AND FURTISHING GOODS, For SPRING and SUMMER, is now com plete, and is second to no establishment of 4he kind in the State. No pains is beiug fpared to keep it first class in every respect. In addition to our Ready-Made Clothing, -&c., we are prepared to get up suits, or any garment, to order, guaranteeing satisfaction in every particular, furnishing several hun dred samples of different fabrics from which to seleet. We respectfully solicit a trial of our skill in this direction, feeling sure that if those of our people who are wont to send abroad for their Clothing will give us an opportunity we will seecre to them equal satisfacion and save them monzy, We call attention te our Furcishing Goods Department, especially to our Lain ded and Unlaundried Sh!rts, of the latter we eWsim to sell the best $1.00 Shirt to be foand le any market. Also to our stock of Men's ad Boy's Hats, embracing Stiff and Soft Cassimeres, Mackinaw., Leghorns, &c., all of the latest st yes. We invite examina tion of all; if you are not pleased do not they.Respectfully, !RMiT &L Ws \I.0PPQOKL No. 4 Mollohon Row, MEWBERRY, S. C. Apr. 23, l7-71y. Ke Le KINARD, At the Oldi Btan& of Swaffield's. Opposite the Wheeler Honse, COLUMBIA, S. 0., Has inst opened one of the L ARGEST ANJD BEST SELECTED STOCKS of SPRING AND SUMMER OCL OTHING, HATS, CAPS, AND F,urnishing Goods Ever offered in the City of Columbia. The etyles of Spring Clothing are very handsome and very cheap. Men's Suits, $1.75 to $25.00. Youths' Suits, $3.00 to $12.00. Boy's Suits, 4 to 10 years, $1.50, $2.00, and up to $1000. Hats at all prices. A GOOD STRAW HAT, only 10 eents. sI-IIRTS The celebrated STAR SHIRT, manufac tared expressly for fine retail trade. I will take measures and have the Star Shirt made to order and guarantee a fit. Also, the MONARCH PATENT BOUNTD BOSOM UNLsAUNDRIED SHIRT, the best in the market, for *9.00 per dozen. gg' A liberal discount to Ministers. Apr. 23, 11-Sm. Woatches, Clocks, Jewelry. WAfTBIES AND JEIIELlRY At the lNew Store on Hotel Lot. I have now on hand a large and elegant assortment of WATCRES, CLOCKS, JEWEL.RY, Silver and Plated Ware, VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS, SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLE CASES, WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, [ N ENDLESS TARIETY. 'Mit orders by mail promptly attended to, Watchmaking and Repairing Done Cheaply and with Dispatch. Cal! and examine my stock and prices. EDUARD SCHOLTZ. Nov. 21, 47-tf. MCHANT TILORING, COLUMBIA, S. C. The undersigned has the best appointed exclusive TAILO)RING ESTABLISIENT IN THE STATE. MiscellaneouS. TT ILLSI INTRODUCED, 1865. A TORPID LIVER is the fruitful source of many diseaseS, proTi neut amoug which are DYSPEPSIA, SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS, DYSENTERY, BiLIOUS FEVER, AGUE AND FEVER, JAUNDICE, PILES, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM PLAINT, COLIC, ETC. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss ofAVpette and Nausea, the bowels re costive, but sometineq Alternate with iosenes, in in theHead;o5mp;amed itaiuhsensationin the backpart,Pain in the right side and under the shoulder badi,fullness after eating,_with a disin afination to exerion fody crmmd, Irri tability~of temper, Low spirits, Loss of memory, withife~ling of having neglected some duty, General weariness; Dizziness, p ~ltteringat the Heart. Dots before the Yellow Skin, Headache generally 'eit e. Restlessness at night with tful dreams, bighii golcred Urine. 1F THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHERD SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TUTT'S PILLS are especially adapted to such cases, a single dose effects such p change of feeling as to astonish tho sufferer. TUTT'S PILLS a" .coxapounded from snbstaice that are free' from any properties that can in,;ure the most delicate organization. They aarch Cleanset Purify, and Inviqor&t* the et System. By rolleving the ene gorged Livrer. they cleanse the blood from poisonou's hutigra, and thus Impart health and vitality to the bod- causing the bowels to act naturally,' with which no one can feel well. A Noted Divine says: Dr.'FaT=:-Qsar Sir -For tenyears I have be a martyr to D5epsia, dodatipation and Piles. las Spring your Pills were reeommended to me: r used them (but with little hLith). 1 am now a well man, 4 have good appetite, digs fet regular &toois, ils gono. andE[havega.e forty Sounds solid flesb. .e worth thei r n Luisville,Ky. TUTT'S PILLS, eirs effect !s to Increase the Appetite adcaude the liody fQTke~ Fleaih, tbus the ytem is nourished, and b tieir Tnic Ace tasn on the Digestive Organs," Regula Stools are produced. DR, J. F. HAYWOOD, OF NEW YORK, SAYS: 'V AeadaA*ses erist that cannot be relieved by re. SQLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS. pg ep .3Murray street, New Yoric. W? Dr. TUTTy MiNA of Valuable Infor mation and Useful Receipts" vill be matiledfre, on application. TUT T'S HAIR DYE, ar Hi on W sS ean eJ to a G.Loss a. as prin water.o by Duists, - sent by express on ec,1a pf fl Office, 35 Murray St., New V'1 . OLD AND RELIABLE. DR. SAno's Lmm~ LIGroR is Standard Family Remedy for ,' diseases of $11e Isiver, Stomach and Bowels. -It is Iturely Vegetable.- It never $ Debilitates-It is Cathartic and ITS ' 0 ' 1 * 0 0 ' s\8 he \0 'Inviora.tor ~''has been used M iii ' inm practice J for more than .45 years, llllwith unprecedented rs.sults. ~SEND FOR CIRCULAR. S, T, W,SANFO D, M.,\rf ANY~ DRUGGLaI't- l . r*lti- o L) 10- - - A pr. 16, 16-l y. NRW1 YOR SllOPP1NW. ama r ichdn Ag6ocb1 Establishede Reliable. Everything bought with taste and dis cretion. N. Y. Correspondent of HERALD connected with this Agency. Send for cir cular with prices. Best city references. Address MRS. ELLEN LAMAR, 877 Broadway, New York. A pr. 9, 15-tf. ISTON INNER HOL8E.1 IPasseners on both the up and down Itrains have the usual time for DINNER at Aston, the junction of the G. & C. R. R., and the S. U. & C. R. R. Fare well prepared, and the charge rea jsonable. MRS. MI. A. ELKINS. OcL 9541l-4f. (ERSES FOR THE KITCHEN. Iways have lobster sauce with salmon, nd put mint sauce your roasted lamb on. a dressing salad mind this law Vith two bard yolks use one that's raw. oast veal with rich stock gravy serve: Lnd pickled mushrooms, too, observe. toast pork, sans apple sauce, past doubt, s "Hamlet" with the Prince left out. our mutton chops with paper cover, Lud make them amber brown all over. roil lightly your beefsteak-to fry it Lrgues contempt of Christian diet. 'o roast spring chickens is to spoil 'em rust split 'em down the back and broil'em. t gives true epicures the vapors o see boiled mutton minus capers, he cook deserves a hearty cuffling V ho serves roast fowls with tasteless stuffing. melts require egg and biscuit powder )on't put fat pork in your clam chowder. Egg sauce-few make it right, alas! s good with bluefish or with bass. ice oyster sauce gives zest to cod fish, when fresh, to f,east a god. 3ut one might rhyme for weeks this way. ind still have lots of things to say. nd so I'll close, for, reader mine, 7his is about the hour I dine. -S. Ward, Vestibull Rex. A DUSBAF'S BOSE8 -0 "I wish ypp Won!d tell James, ,vhen he comes in, to turn the cows nto the lower lot. And if Turpini alls, tell him I have concluded o take those sheep-I want the nerinos. And wbile I am getting eady, please take my memoran lum book and note down four har iess straps, five pounds of' nails, ud a gip'et, half a jockey strap, Lnd-and-yes, I believe that is l. I forgot them when I made >ut the items this morning." Mrs. Streeter rose wearily, laid icr sleeping babe carefully in its rib, and proceeded to record the rtidpe named. She was young, lot over twenty-five, bgt t6e com >lexion was sadly faded, and faint ines were already marking the vhite forehead, while the tired yes told of care, and hinted trongly of an~ unsatisfied heart. And this tbin-checked, pink yed woman had been called a >eauty only seven years before! Lnd when she gave her hand to gewton Streeter she could say vhst few girls can, "I married my irst love.' Judge Streeter, the father, was upposed to be wealthy. But oon after his son's marriage a nancial crisis came, and tbs thou ands dwindled into hundreds. It was false pride, perhaps, but he young man shrank from a po ition ignder those who had once ooked up to him, and his thoughts ,rned wistfully toward the Wes ,en prairies. He expected objections from his oung and accomplished wife. But e saw with his pyos, gn was iot only willing, but eager, to go Lnd help him make a home that ihould be all their own. The pur :basing of a. prairie team, some ~rming implements, and the ez eose of building a small house, exhausted his capital; and the oung couple commenced1 their arried life as many others had ione who had been blessed with heir advantages, Thbe small dwell ng contained but thbree sleeping partets, and this fact, added ,o their uncertain income, induced Ers. Streoter to take upon herself ,he entire egre of the household. T wo children had come in the ;even years to nestle in her bosom. But one, a fairy child of thbree sum ers, had slid away from them, and was now sleeping beneath the lowers of t ly prairies; and the ared wife had sighed as she look. 3d on the cold, folded hands. "She will never toil as I have one; but oh, I wanted her so mueb," the lonely mother sobbed Mr. Stree ter was considered a wealthy farmor. His acres bad broadened and his stock increased. Physically and mentally strong, ad with a gentle loving wife ever stu\tying his tastes and wishes, why shonld he wear ont fast ? But of her. Naturally frail, she had been like a willow bend ing beneath a burden voluntarily taken up. With the exception of an efficient girl for a few weeks when little Mary died, she had performed all the labor required in the house since she became its mistress. Newton Streeter took the mem orand um, glanced hastily at the neatly-written items, and then he stepped into the light buggy 4nd drove away. But no longer might she linger, for tho sponge was waiting in the kitchen to be kneaded, and the baby's naps were like angel's visits. And before the task was well over his bugle note sounded to arms, and the fretful child was taken up and caressed and s(oth ed to quiotness. She was consciois of a strange dizziness. When she arose from a stooping position her head was aching miserably, and her eyes seemed burning. What was con ing over her? She must be ill. U[, no; sie bad no time foK that. And then her thoughts drifted away to the dear old home of childhood, and she asked herself, for the first time, if she had done wisely to leave it for this life ofl, toil and care ? it wa.i a dangerous cuestion for a wife and mother, and she clasp ed her child more closely to sup press in her heart the disloyal answer. When Mr. Streeter returned ex ultant over the (toilars he had d, posited in the bank, be found no supper prepared, and his wife help!sss upon the bed, with cheeks flushed with fever, and the wail ing child distracting her with de mands for care. A physician and nurse were soon summoned from the city, and the weary wife enjoyed t'be luxury of being ill. But convalescence soon follow ed ; and before leaving his patient the old doctor, a close observer 'and a deep thinker, took the hus band aside and asked : "id you kno>y what brought this fever on your wife, Mr. Streeter? You have worked her nearly to death." "You are speaking of my wife, not my horse." "Gr'an ted ; and I say again you areworking her to death." "Really, doctor, such language is unpardonable." "And yet you will pardon it. And furthermore, by your great love for the self-sacriScing woman we have just left, 4. sha.ll perform an operation on your eyes that you may see as I see." And then he placed the cold, hard facts befor'e him, from the time she became a bride, beautiful and accomplished, to the village, up to date of present illness, in which domestic' cares only had bauntcd her in feverish dieams. In concluding be added: "1 truly believe, if she takes up her old burdens ait once, that be fore the year hias passed the grave or an insane asylum will re ceive her." The strong man shuddered. "As 4-eIaven is my witness, sir, I have only permitted, not ex acted, this sacrifice. She volun tarily took her place by my side, nd has uncomplainingly kept step with me." "No, she has not kept step, to follow your own figure. Unable to keep up with your long, rapid strides, she has fallen, faint and fotsore, by the way.. I tell you she must 'have rest for both mind and body, or I will not answer for the result. And it would be bet ter found away from home." "Yes; 1 begin to comprehend, and it can be found away." And offering his hand, "I will take care, doctor, that you do not get a chance to administer another such dose to me." Mr. Str-eeter went back to the room where his wife was sitting propped up by pillows, and a gush of unutterable tecnderness swelled in his heart as he glanced at her pale face and almost tjransparent hands. Hie sat down beside her and said, softly: "You don't know how glad I am that yonn are better." "Thank you. Yes; 1 am almost well now-shall soon be able to be in the kitchen. I am sure I must be sadly needed there by this time." "No, you are not needed there. By the way, would you like to have me put the farm to rent this summer, and you take the boy and go back to the old granite hills ?" "Oh, could you ? May I go?" and the voice quivered with o, citemont ; then wistfully, "but the expense, Newton. It wquld put us back so much-" "Yes, there it is ; the old doctor was right," he thought. And then aloud, "Do you know what I went to the city for the day you were ill?" ".o depogit some money for more land I think you said," she replied, wearily. "Yes; but I do not need that land. I have far more land than I can cultivate now. And you shall have that money-at least all you want of it-and go home ;nd stay .ll the sumaer, qnd try to get some of your blood back, I shall write to-day that you are coning." Mrs. Streeter could not believe it was not one of her feverish dreams. at it all ogme qbopt in good time, and she arrived safely at bome, where she was petted and caressed to her heart's content. "You are all trying to spoil me," she would expostulate; "I shall pever be fit for a farmer's wife any ;o 'e2" And thus among loving friends riding, walking and, when at home, reading, music and'writing long letters to her husband, the summer wore swiftly away. And now he had written that he was comg, 9n h, w4s count ing the days that must elapse ere she could look upon his face and be clasped to his heart. She was eager to grow now. Her holiday was over. Health had returned, and not an instant did she shrink from the ol<d life, And when the husband came and saw the wonder one summer had wrought, he again told him self that the good doctor was right. A few day? Were gveP MP the old friends, and then they turned their faces toward their Western home. It was evening when they ar rived, and the wife looked with bewilderment on the change. A. handomp front 444~ be added to the old dwelling ;and before she had time to question she was ushered into a~ parlortewly fur nished and already lighted. An elegant piano stood in a recess evidently constructed for its re ception. She turned tQwer4 her husband to assure herself that he, too, had not changed into something or somebody else. But the merry twinkle in his eye tcld her he a a pjoeying her surprise, and slowly she bega.n to realize the whole sit uation. Yes, now she understood his strange reluctance to meontion wat he was doaing, and his will. igness to have her remain, even after she had expressed her anxiety to return, "Qorne, I have more to show you I" and he showed her into a large, commodious room, fu rnish, ed for her own sleeping apart mnt, even to her baby's crib. "This is for you. And now lay aside your dusty garments and prepare for tea; it must have boep edyan hour ago, .I will go and When he returned he found his little wife sitting in her little rocker and weeping silently. "Have 1 wounded where I wish ed to heal ?" he asked, reproach fully. "Forgive me," she said, smil ing ; "I am a goose, but a tired winged one, you know. And I am so happy to be at home in such a home, that I have no words in which to tell my happiness." He stooped t- kiss the offered lips. And what a different life it was-busy, not burdened. Time for the wvants of the mind as well as the body. Good help in the kitchen all the time, and choice ,reain fr.any leisnre hour. The farm was an unfailing source of income, fully defraying all expense, with a balance in favor. "Been improving, I see," said Dr. Meeker, as he reined in his ight carriage to the neat fence. "Yes, doctor. Come in ; I want to show you all the improve ments. Here, Mary, the doctor wants to see you." And as she came to gpeet him, rosy with health and happiness, he nodded his head ut her hus band. "Yes, that will do," and then glancing at the open piano, "I am going to stay just long enough to hear oue tune play9d. Wiii yo; favor we T" and with the old gal. jqntry, Otted so awkwardly to his brusque manner, he led her to the instrument, and stood, hat in hand, while she played. [American Monthly. 1tizeeUueo25. iP9UpT1bG A CRQWDQ1 A gentleman passing by an un attractive show window the other day stopped and began looking at an old-fashioned square clock ex hibited for sale (price $1.75.) It so closely rpseTb1e4 t4p time piece that he had so many times gazed upon with affection in his old home, that he began to ex amine it, musing meanwhile on the many scenes of his boyhood days that would coine bac tQ his pemory. 4e seemed so absorbed in what was before him that another gentleman p a s s i n g thought he would take a look, and likewise came to a standstill in front of the window i %n Oid, wom4n, gpig by with a basket, 4ad her feminine curiosity arous ed, and partly to rest, sat down her burden, and, adjusting her rbawl, turned her eyes in the- di rection of the big square clock ; a couple of small boys, rolling hoop, next stopped to see whb*t 'aa going on ; and all the time the nucleus of the gathering was un doubtedly ruminating on th ehap py past, unconscious of his sur oundings. In about five miue a crowd ot twenty-fye people frm the different walks in life had halted before that same win dow, all eagerly stretching their necks to get a peep at what was the central object of view. The crowd grew larger each su9cced ing mninute, god4 the maia inside ubed dlown to the back of the store to black his boots and smnooth down his hair, in anticipation of a big rush of trade; and the origi nal cause of the commotion was still revolving in his mind the joys of his boyhood, utterly ob livious of the r.pidly gathering mutitude, who by this time bad begun to push and crowd each other, in order to see what was the matter. In a momnent more the clerks in the various stores near by had started on a dead run for the spot, and the fever spread ing, five hundred or miore, men, womeni gnd children, all broke in to a canter, bound to reach the scene of disaster in time to get a good seat. EIvery team that came dowvn that street reined up, and, in less time than it takes to tell it, the. street and sidewalks were one surging mass of humanity, horses and wagons, yelling, swear ing and fighting, and the first man tat stopped was still indulging in reminiscences of the days of his pastoral simplicity. Just then a policeman strolled in sight, and, noticing something a little una sual, became a little nervous and somewhat mixed, pulled the fire alarm hastily, and another guar dian of the pea"3e down the cor nr of the block let drive in the same way, pulling in an alarm from another box. Whang, whang, whang, went the fire bell, box 4-11-44, anid every other conceiv able niumber. The fire depart ment started out in three diffe rent directions, with the entire town at its heels, yeH4ing, "Where's the fire ?" and the black smoke from the steamers, and the rum bling' of the heavy wheels, with the gongs and bells of the hose carriages and hook and ladder +,.m.ks, made up a bedlamatic comn pound of rackets that would have awakened the dead, if it were pos sible; but the man that was the prime cause of all the hubbub had his eyes fixed unmovedly on the object that first attracted his at tention, apparently dreaming of the golden days of the past.. Af ter a time the confusion came to an end, and he walked of, having won a bot of Sve dollars that be could stand still and draw a big ger crowd than any walking-match in the country. [New Raven Register. WOMEN AND VWSPAPERS. 'John,' said Mrs. Sanscript to her husband last week, 'I've been reading the paper.' 'That's notbin',' grunted John. "I've seen people before who read newspapers.' 'Yes, but there are several things in the papers I can't un derstand.' 'Then dgn't read thei;n.. ory things are gotten up pur posely to bother women. Now, here is a column headed 'Base Ball.' What is base ball, John ?' 'Don't yon know what base ball is ? Happy woman! you hay not lived in vain.' '4eretays that 'The Hart fords could not collar Cummings's curves.' What under the sun are Cummings's curves ?' 'It's the way he delivers the ball.' 'is tO:9 ball 9.0gned V' 'o, you booby.' 'Then how does he deliver it?' 'I mean pitches it.' ' 'Oh! Here it says 'Jones mqJed the ball after a ha run.1 What was thAt ball doing after a hard run ?' 'Had'nt you better confine your research to the obituary and mar riage columns, Mary, with an oc casional advertisement thrown in to vary the monotony ?' 'Yes, but John, I waa$ to know l There's M4rs. Racket, over the way, who goes to all the base ball games, and comes home to talk me blind about 'fly fouls; <base hits,' 'sky scrapera1' and all those thinga. 4ior heaven's sake, John, what is a sky scraper ?' 'Compose yourself; old woman. You are treading on dangerous ground ; your feet are on slippery rocks, while raging billows roll beneath.' 'Mercy a me. What do you mean l' 'I mean, my dear madam, that whenever -a woman begins to pry about among fair balls, base hits,I daisy cutters, home runs, and kin dred subjects, she's in danger ofI being lost.' 'Well, I confess I'm completely lost to know what the newspaper means whben it says Addy stole a base while the spectators ap plauded. Thve we come to such a pass that society will applaud a thief? Why wasn't Addy ar rested ? Now here's Manning put out by Start, assisted by Carey, and I can't see that he did any thing wrong, either. Jemima Christopher! Here it says that .Pike fle w out ; I don't believe a word of it. I never saw a man fly yet, and I won't believe it can be done till I see it with my own eyes. John, what makes these newspaper men lie so horribly ?' John was asleep, and Mrs. San script turned gloomily, not to say, skeptically, to the letter list for in formation. Newspapers were not made for women. Mrs. Goodington's grandson grad uates to-day, and the old lady is quite beside herself with joy. She told us last evening, as she fanned herself with a feather fan that she has cherished, as she says, "nigh on to forty year," .that "the dear boy is a member of the sinner class, and she is going out to see him gravitated by his alum martyr." She said she hoped it wouldn't hurt the dear boy much, for if anything serious should happen to him, she added, "I should never forgive myself for letting him go to the universalist at all; he'd better have no edification at all." [Boston Transcript. History makes haste to record 1great deeds, but often -neglects good ones. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion an1d 75 cents for cach subsequent insertior. Double column adveri-tiewcuts ten per cent. on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributA s of respect, saTne rates per square as ordinay advertisemen ts. Special Notices in Local column 1 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid, ind charged accordingly. Special contrnets uade with large --dver risers, with liberal deductions ou above rates --: 0: JOB P RI.VTI.VG DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCI. TERMS CASH. DOWN FINg. 'Get your tickets at the wagon !' 5creamed the doorkeeper of the -ircus yesterday to a young man with a girl on his arm who had a bandful of small change. 'This is ,he third Lime you have come bere wILhout tickets, when voi kuow I can't take motley.' The young man and hii girl fell back, and as thc'Y did not go near the ticket wago, and yet seemed very anxio-us to see the circus, a t 'iods Witided citizen edged around and inquired of the young man: 'Why don't you buy tickets if you want to go in ?' 'Cause I'm short' was the whis pered reply. = didn't 'low enough for incidentals when I was figger., ing on the cost of this tbing, but I don't want the gal to know it ! 1-ow much are-you short ? 'Only five ccots. I figgered that ten shillings would pay all expenses, but I got left; Wa spent ten cents for peanuts, tor cents on the street cars, and five in candy. I had just.a doller left to pay otni way in, when the gal. gct a peanut stuck in her throat and I had to buy a glass of lemon,. aide to wash it down. Didn't do-sa though, till I1 had pounded her on~ the back rr 'n fifty times and tried tco pi one & them fire hy. drants up by the roots!' 'I'll lend you five cents to make up your dollar,' said t'ne citizen. 'You will? By gosh ! but that lets me out? i'd made up my mind to tell the gal that the tigers bad got loose and the hyenas had run mad, but she's long-headed and might not have believed it. Thankee, sir, and the fast time I'm in town I'll pay it back. Hang it iI orter figgered on 'leven shillings 'stead of ten, but you've made me~ happy for life. Come, Bets '-Detroit Free P.tess. HOW HE SETTLED AC COUNTS. The method by which a China man punished bis wife for infidel ity is calculated to strike terror to the heart of all her erring sister. hood. The injured husband had, through his employment on a steamer, been absent from home for long periods of time, during which the cause of evil was con tracted, and, at the close of the old year, the husband, returning~ home to enjoy thbe usual festivities, found his neig bborhoc'd all alive with the story of his wife's un faithfulness. These live coals of tale-bearing gave additional heat to his anger; but he contrived to conceal his feeling from his wife, and hurriedly left home under the pretense of going to Han kow ; but instead of leaving, he, with a few trusty friends, secreted themselves in the neighborhood, prepared to obtain a cruel redress before the - fire of his anger cooled down. The unfortunate man, ignorant o'f the fatal trap, entered the house of the woman, and, both being surprised, were secured by the watchers, who speedily severed their heads from their bodies and carried the i mer to the district magis tie, be fore whom the guilt of the mur dered was decided by a test ; both hea.ds were put into a tub of water and set in motion by vigorous stirring; .the heads meeting face to face decided their guilt. Such is the povwer of custom-eustom. more cruel Gan law, for it demands the death of both. It is said that if the man had but killed the intrudtr, he would be liable to punishment for murder ; but, hav ing effected a double murder, ho escaped with a formal whipping and received a reward in cash. In these cases, the district, to purge itmel ot such evils, destroys the