The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, September 08, 1880, Image 1

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ADVERTISIXG RATES. THE HERALD T H H R AL Adverti,emnents in.erted at the.rate of is S1.00 per square (one inch )for first insertion, and 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. IS PUBLISHED -b holumn advertisemeDis ten per icsn -VERY WEDNESDAY MONIN G, N oe f m b i a r or* respect, same rates per .square as ordinai y A$ NWh0117, . 0-Special N..tices in Local column 15 cen t per line. It Newberry .* S. C. (d *risnens R -Adlvertisemeints not marked with the num BY TH09. F. GRENEKRR, her of sertions will ek and charged accordingly. Editor and Proprietor. ti cntrc ade o arge e 'Ferens, $2.90 per SIPi 111121, A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Tuvariably in Advance. *___________*_____ -~_ - -- - .* -- - -~ -- --DNE WITil NEATNESS AND DIPATCH -:a,n T h e p ap er is sto p p ed st th e e x p ira tion o f - - - time for which it is paid. subVol. XVI WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1880. No. 37- TERMS CASH. eliiellaneOuuS. PROVERBS. PROVERBS. 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"Sour stomachr sick All above sold by headache and dizzl druggists. Hop Bitters wth few doses." ocheser Z. Send for Circular. BURIAL CARE& R . ClAPMAN &ON Respectfully announce that they have on hand the largest and best variLty o BrU RIAL t ASES ever brought to Newberry, consisting of Fisk's Metalic Cases, Embalming Cases, Rosewood Cases. Together with CFFINS of their own Make, Which are the best and cheapest in the place. Having a FINE HEARSE they are pre pared to furnish Funerals in town or coun try in the most approved manner. Particular attention given to the walling up of graves when desired. Give us a call and ask our prices. R. C. CHAPMAN & SON. May 7, 1S79. 19-tf. A CARD. (PHO TOG RIA PH.) Clarks' Superior Photos. Know everybody, by these presents Greeting. That we are prepared to do all kinds of portrait and landscape work in the finest style known to the art. Ferro types, photographs, from card to 8x10 inches in size, large and small, old and young, finished in India ink, crayon, water or oil color, at prices never before ap -proached in this country. The season of landscape or out-door pic tures being upon us, we are prepared to take views of residences, or any kind of out-door picture, sterreoscopic or single large views, if sufficient encouragement is offered we will view up Newberry. If you wish pictures of your homes nlow is the time. Everybody should have a picture of their home. Visit the gallery and leave your order. The more thast will take pictures the cheaper will they come. CLARK BROS. Apr. 21, 17-tf. DR. J7. W- sIMI'50N- J- WISTAXt SDISN SIMPSON & SIMPSON, - ?RoPRIEToRS GLENN SPRINGS, Spartanbnrg County, 8o. Ca. OPENI TO VISITORS ALL THE YEAR ROUND. Accessible from Union C. HI., on the Spartanburg & Union R. R , sixteen miles South-east of the Springs, arid from 8p:ar tanburg G. H., twelve miles North. Thecre are good Livery Stables at each of these points. RATES OP BOARD, COTTAGE RENT, &C. For Single Meals...............$ '75 For a Day......-............... 2 00 For aWeek per Day.............1 75 For a Month per Day............1 15 Cottage Rent, per tenement, 8 rooms per month................... 10 00 Cottage Rent, whole cottage, 6 rooms per month.................- 1 00 Water per Gallon (vessels extra at cost).................---- 1 Feb. 20, 8-tf. Preserve Your Old Books ! E. R. STOKES, Blank Book Manufacturer AND GENERAL8BOOBINDERl. Has moved opposite the City Hall, where he is fully prepared, with first-class work men, to do all kinds of work in his line. BLANK BOOKS RULED to any pattern and bound in any style desired. My facilities and long acquamntance with the business enable me to guarantee satisfac tion on orders for Bank Books, Raitroad Books, and Books for the use of Clerks of Court, Sheriffs, Probate Judges. Masters in Equity, and other County Officials. Pamphlets, Magazines, MJusic, Newspapers and Periodicals, and all kinds of publications bound on the most reasonable terms and in the best manner. All orders promptly attended to. E. R.STOKES, Main Stret, opposite New City Hall, Oot. 8, 41-tf. _Columbia. S. C. Another Lot of Seasides. A large and varied lot of SEASIDE NOVELS, just received at IIERAL~D BOOg flE Feb. 25, 9-if. Dy Goods and .i1'otioiis. SUNE SCHEDULE!I -AT ECUDSIN RATISI C. F. JCK OI -OF COLUMBIA, S. C. This well known and popular Dry Goods House, to keep in the Ktrict line of duty, offers inducements to the Public in all line's of goods, which will be sold for the rest of the season IT SENSITION PRICES! Regardless of Cost or Consequences. A proof of the pudding is chewing the bag, so come and see me or send an order. Satisfaction guaranteed. C. F. JACKSON. July 14, 29-tf. .iscellaneous. 'Rn i Highly recome nded fluTITflOto the public for all dis InUI DI ILf~)9 eases requiring a certain A Great Tonic. and e cient TONIC; especially in Iandgee tion, DVspepsia, RON B ERS, term:ttet Fe. LI vere Wanzt of.p Sure Appetizer. . Los, of PPe tregt>s.Lack of zn~ergyj, ete. It en p riches the blood, I tT{ RS strengthens the mus ilolt cles and gives new life IRON- BES ged,laie,an:e A Complete Strengthener. to t'he nerves. To the a?ed. ation tis luable IRON BIIERSh, rem~cnt ne to A Valuable Medicine. ighl recmend I RON UIN dspeti s" Not solas a everage. T RY IT. IRON ITTE S ldby all Druggists, For De!!eate Females-. BAL T IMOR E, Md. Wh lolesale by D)oWIE & MolsE, Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S. C. 15-ly. MRS. EMMA F. BLEASE, PROPRIETRESS, NEWBERRY, S. C. This commodiouS and spacious Hotel .si now open and fully prepared to entertain Te Fur-1iture of every description is new, and no et1ort will be spared to make all per sons patronizing the establishment at home. The Rooms in this Hotel are spacious, well lighted, and the best ventilatedl of any The otel is furnshed with fine cistern and well water. and the table is guarantaed to be the best in the place. TERMS REASONABLE. July 21, 1880. 30-1y. DUE WEST FEMA L E_COLL EGE. More prosperous last year than usual; annually growing in popular favor; twen ty-one years under the same admmuistration; empovys only the best teachers ; depends upon mnerit i~or success ; and offers the best advantages for the least money. 8162.00 pays hoard and tuition for one year. "The next College year will open Monday, the 4th October. Send for Circular, to Rixv. J. I. BONNERL, President~, Due West, Abbeville County, S. C. Aug. 4. :32-60t. BLANK BOOKS. BLANK BOOKS. MEMORANDUM BOOKSe MEMORANDUM BOOKS. A large variety just received and for sale at the HERALD BOOK STORE. Mar. 24, 13-tf. THE BEAUFORT_CRESCENT, INDEPENDENTI.Y DEMOCRATIC. S. H. RODGERS, Editor. Published at Beaufort, S. C., every Thursda.0 Subscription $2 a Year, mn Advance. Send for Specimen Copy. j Jly 91, 30-tf. BESIDE TIE SEA. A little blosssom by the sea, All tempest-torn looked up to me, And shook its bright head smilingly: "I will love, I will live And be glad in the world, Tho' the sweetest part be gone." The stone was cold, the sea waves beat In endless surge about its feet, But still I heard the winds repeat: "I will love, I will live And be glad in the world, Tho' the sweetest part be gone." Beside the sea, the barren sea, Tho' beats my heart rebelliously, I breathe, oh, life, a song to thee: "I will love, I will live And be glad in the world, Tho' the sweetest part be gone." -Eya L. Emery. TlE (iRL Th IIALDESS -0 Helen Charlington was as whit< as the ermine cloak which sh( had wrapped about her head anc faee. Perhaps it was the nighl air that made her shiver; but sh< faced Doctor Warren Bolton witL a determination which needec no words for its expression. 'But Helen- ' 'Listen to me. If you cannot come to-night, do not come to me again anywhere. It is the end between us.' 'Helen, Helen !' Her eyes had not left his face. 'Are you going ?' she said slow lv. For an instant he seemed tc waver ; but only for an instant. 'I am going, Helen," he said ar slowly ; 'if you ever want me I will come back to you.' He doubted afterward if she had even heard the wordp sc quickly did she turn away from him. He caught the dazzle of thc rilliantly lighted room which she etered, turned his face to the arkness and the cold again, and tode off where duty waited for him. The'Charlingtons wore called 'i ard family,' not from any socia sortcomings, but on account o: teir well-known obstinacy. Seti harlington was one of the lar est manufacturers in Riverford nd in the numerous strikes among its operatives, always held his owr gainst the.m longer and mort successively than any other mill wner. He had discarded his only on for some slight disobedience Rumor said that his wife, whc ad died when the boy was born ad gone gladly out of a home ir ,vbich she had never known hap iness. There was but one othei cild, a daughter, 'the image o er father,' every one agreed anc he impression prevailed in River ord that she wss exactly like hin n disposition. A few who kneu te facts asserted that she had ta ken her brother's part with suel determination that both of then ad been ordered to leave the house never to return to it ; Hel n being prevented from doing s< nly by the refusal of her brothe. to allow her to sacrifice herself t< his interests. Thbat Helen and he: father was too much alike to agre< was well known, though theil lives ran in such different direc tions that they seldom clashed Mr. Charlingtoni's time was speni among the looms and spindles o his factor~y to which he would no wholly trust any overseer. Hi; daughter was a social favorite She enjoyed a life of singular free dom, and with abundance of moc ney at her command ,gathere< about her in her father's hous< whatever friends she pleased t< select. Mr. Charlington was gla< to see any display which could b made with bis money, althoug. too busy in tmaking more to tak time for any comfort of his on Helen after her engagemen to Doctor Bolton, found herse] for the first time in her life in position where she was occasior ally called upon for some self-sa< rifice. For this her previous lif had wholly unfitted her. Mac as she loved Warren Bolton tb new relation between them ha not existed six weeks before the; had ,a- somy times and word: le was a popular young physi edan, with a large practice among the mill operatives, and Helen, though neither a jealous nor ca pricious woman, was exacting and unreasonable. She ignored the poverty and wretchedness of the world. TIhat there wasa good (leal of it She knew in a vague, general sort of way ; for Dr. Bol ton, he was content to have it so. It would have been his first in stinct to shield her from anything disagreeable or painful, had she I needed such protection. But for himself he reserved the right of ministering to the afflicted, asking no help in his work, but submit ting to no interf-;rence. His own comfort and convenience he was always ready to sacrifice to her, that of his ;)atients, even the poorest among them-never! and slight as the causes of their quar. rels had been, they involved a principle vit" to both. The old New England fashion of a Thanksgiving dinner bad al ways been bold in the Charling ton family, and Helen's invited guests always made a gala day of what would have been in Seth Charlington's house a very somber festival. On this particular occa sion she had arranged a little dif ferent programme. The preced ing summer Mr. Charlington had built a fine cottage on the bluffs by the seaside, five miles south of Riverford, and it was Helen's fan- } cy to invite the guests, who at i different times had sojourned there with her, to a thanksgiving par ty by the side of tbe sea. Her father humored what he called one of her many unaccountable whims. The sleighing was fine, the weather pe:fect, and it would have been hard to find a merrier party than the one assembled at the ocean at that unaccustomed season. But Dr. Bolton was ab sent. Helen had not waited for him. She had received a note from him before they left the city, saying that business detained him, and he should, if possible, drive down to the cottage later in the day. She was terribly annoyed at the disappointment. She had always made thanksgiving her greatest holiday of the year, and never before had anything occur red to mar its pleasure. 'Heartless and selfish where I am concerned,' was the feeling with which she crushed in her hand the little note. It was sure ly too brief and curt to be love like, that was true, but Iclen re.. fused to consider under what pain ful pressure it was probably writ ten. The whole day passed without his appearance, every hour inten sifying Helen's anger against him. It was nearly ten o'clock before he entered the house, pale and worn, and without removing his over coat, he made his way directly to Mr. Charlington. A few anima ted words passed between them, evidently disappointing the doc tor, who, crossing the room to Hlel en, said hurriedly. I'Come thjis way one minute. I must go directly back to the city-' Her first impulse was to turn away from him. Her second to make him answer for what she considered nothing less than an insult. She followed him without a word to the front door, where he stepped outside so as not to be foverheard; but one glance at her face made him realize the useless ness of wor-ds. 'You must trust me, Helen,' he said, 'until I can explain,' but she would not listen, making her own terms. And so they parted. S'If you ever want me, I will come to you.' Over and over she eard the words, and hated her self for hearing them, as she mov ed, smiling and brilliant, among her guests. IIer father was ap parntl at his ease, but she knew by the red ypot on his forehead that something had disturbed him. The Thanksgiving party was a great success. At precisely twelve o'clock the sleighs were brought to the door, and all returned to the city, separating for their sev ral homes wvith many hearty con .atui.o- to the host and host Mr. Charlington's face was still flushed. Even the drive in the snowy air had not lessened his color. Helen removed ber wrap pings, and sat down facing him. 'Doctor Bolton had some news for you, father. What was it?' lie glowed at her angrily. 'Nothing pleasant for you to hear, Helen.' 'I bave heard things before that were not pleasant,' was the ans wer. 'and I have a special reason for wanting to know.' 'Doctor Bolton made a discov ery in his visit to-day. Your bro ther Edgar is in Riverford Hos pital, brought there yesterday, he tells me, from New York.' At the mention of her brother's name Helen sprang to her feet. And you ' she gasped. '1 am in no way responsible. Edgar took his own own course. I told him that if he left the house that night, he need never return to it. For once he obeyed me.' 'Father, father! And you can be so cruel! It's thanksgiving night.' 'Did you forget that,' be sneer ed, 'when you sent Bo!'on away with almost the same words. I heard them accidentally.' Appeal was useless,Helen knew. Without another word she left the room. At six o'clock that morning she was driven to the hospital, and shown to her bro ther's room. Doctor Bolton had spent the night there ; but that very hour Edgar had passed be yond the need of any human friends. Helen stood rigid by her brother's bedside. 'Be is to be brought to my fa ther s house,' she said without looking toward the doctor, who waited silently, and without ano ther word she passed him. At the door she hesitated an instant, looking back at the liv. ing and the dead, the only too she had ever loved on earth. But Warren Biolton's taco was hidden in his hands, and, crushing the impulse that had moved her, she made her way out into the street. Her father was alone at the breakfast table. 'Edgar will be brought home to day,' she said sharply. 'You had your way with him when he was live, 1. take mine now he is dead,' nd she passed on her solitary way up-stairs. Tfhe paths of Helen Charlington and Waren Bolton never crossed ach other He heard of her of ten as a brilliant member of so iety to which she pro-eminently belonged. She knew nothing of im, as his work and time were given to a class of the communi ty with which she could have no thing in common. Thanksgiving had never been observed in the family after the day spent at the seashore. Fa ther and daughter passed it sep)a rately, and if it was an anniversa ry for either, it was never spoken f. It was four years afterward that Helen, a few days before the annual holiday, announced her in tention of spending it at the sea side cottage. It was really ad lightful month, a prolongation of the Indian summer, but Thanks giving Day dawned as bleak and ceerless as the heart of the lone ly woman by the sea. Toward oon a storm came up, the day wore away in a tempest, wh:ch lulled at nightfall. Helen, wrap ped in her solitary musings, and watching the roll of the enormous breakers on the beach, was inter ruted by her- maid. 'One of the fishermen from the sore would like to speak to you, Miss Charlington.' He entered as she spoke, a,n old weather-beaten man, evidentiy in great distr-ess. 'It's my boy,' he explainedi, 'burt, my lady. They brought him ashore, and the Riverford Doctor has come down to see him, but it's a bit of the brandy that's wanting, lady, and I thought may be you would have it to give me.' As the maid left the room to get the needed supply, she asked, 'Doctor Bolton ?' 'Oh, yes, lady, the doctor who is so good to the poor fisher folks. He always comes when we need hm, God bless him. though it's little of the money he gets from any of us.' The old man hurried away with: the brandy. A few minutes latei a servant was dispatched with at immense basket of provisions, and a note which ran 'WARREN, you said if I ever wanted you, you would come tc me. If there is less hardness in your heart than in our fanily blood, come and spend Thanks. giving evening with 'HELEN.' It was fully three hours later before Doctor Bolton stepped upon the cottage piazza. It was duty first then, as it had always been, but a waman met him at the door, eager, impetuous, radiant. With one look into his intense, loving eyes, she threw her arms about him. - 'Take inc back,' she cried, 'here in the very same spot where I was so cruel yeare ago. I have want ed you all the time, Warren.' And as he folded her close to his heart, he realized the love which could conquer the Charling ton hardness, was a love worth waiting for, and to both it was in deed a Thanksgiving. SHERMAN'S IDEAS OF LAW As Set Forth in his Letters to Gen. Hancock. NEW YoRK, August 26.--"The Life of Nen. Hancock," published to day by D. Appleton & Co., contains his correspondence with Gen. Sher can, of December, 1876, and Jan ary, 1877, in the course of which the letter already given to the public was written at Carondelet, Mo , De cember 28th, and was addressed to Gen. Sherman. The latter wrote De .ember 4th, granting Gen. Hancock's application for leave of absence to go to Carondelet, and his letter made the following allusions, (the only ones to political affairs :) Referring to orders sent by the President to Gen. Ruger, command ing the department of the South, Gen. Sherman said: "Political orders to Ruger at Columbia I prefer should go from the President to him through the secretary of war. They were not military. I dislike much to have our soldiers used in concert with a legis lative body, but the orders coming from the President thus far have pre vented a collision of arms between in. flamed partisans." A letter from Gen. Hancock, (not included in the published correspon dence,) expresses some uneasiness on account of a newspaper report which he had seen stating that he was to be ordered from New York, and appears to have furnished occasion for the following letter from Gen. Sherman: HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF U. S. WAsHINGTON, ID. C., Dec. 17, 1876. yg .Dear General : Lest your peace of mind may be disturbed by a foolish report bandied in the news papers about your. being ordered from New York, I will tell you thast there is not a word of truth in it. Neither the President nor the secretary of war has ever intimated to me such a purpose, and I know I have never said a word or written a syllable to that efect. I see in the Republican of St. Louis that not only was the order ade, but that I destroyed it and tore out the leaves of the record book con taining the copy. The whole thing was and is an in vention by somebody who wanted to create a sensation. The same is true about John Sherman's intriguing to be President of the Senate that he night be President ad interim. He has told me that he has never heard the subject broached. That he would not accept the place, as he preferred to be, what he is now, chairman of the Senate committee on finance. The let ter concludes "No serious changes in command are being contemplated, and when they arc you may be sure that I will give you the earliest notice. There are men on mischief intent, who would gladly sow the seeds of dissension among us of the army." Truly, your friend. W. T. SHERMAN. This letter is followed by the Coron delet letter, to which Gen. Sherman replied as follows: IIEADQUARTERs ARMY OF U. S., WAsu1NoTON, P. C., Jan. 2, 1877. Gem W R H ancock, Neto York : DEAR GENERAL-l did not receiv your most interesting letter of De cenber 28 from Carondelet, Mo., till yesterday. I am very glad to have your views in extenso upon a subject of such vital importance Our stand ard opinious are most informed on the~ practice of our predecessors. But a great change was made after the close of the civil war by amendments to the Constitution giving to freed slaves certain civil and political rights and empowering Congress to make law: necessary to the enforcement of these rights. This power is new and abso lute, and Congress has enacted laws with which we are not yet familiar and accustomed. See Pages 348, 359 and 350 Revised Statutes, Section 1,989. edition 1873-74. As a matter of fact I dislike to have our army used in these conflicts, but the President has a lawful right to use the army and navy, and has exercised the right as he believes lawfully and rightfully, 'and our duty has been and is to sus tain him with zeal and siucerity. As to the presidential election we are in no manner required to take the least action, but recognize him as President whom the lawfully appointed officers declare to be such person. I hope and pray that Congress will agree on some method before the day and hour arrives. But in case of a failure to elect by or before 4th of March there will be a vacancy in both the offices of President and Vice-President, in which event the President of the Sen ate becomes President pro tempore, and a new election will have to be held under the law of 1792. See tittle 3, chapter 1, pages 21, 22 and 23, Re vised Statutes. It is well we should. compare notes and agree before the crisis is upon us, but I surly hope we may pass this ordeal safely and peacefully. I will be pleased to hear from you at any time. W. T. SHERMAN. The next letter published is from Gen. Hancock to Gen. Sherman, dated New York, January 2. It is as follows: Gen. W. T. Sherman, U. S. Army, Washington. D. C. : GENERAL: An anonymous com munication to the Secretary of War, dated Louisville, Ky., December 16, 1876, reached my headquarters on the 27th of that month from the office of the Adjutant-General of the army. It represents that in "the contem plated uprising of the people to en force the inauguration of Tilden and Hendricks, the depot at Jeffersonville is to be seized and is expected to arm and.elothe the Indiana army of Demo crats. "The endorsement on this com munication, made at United States Headquarters dated December 26, 1876, is as follows : "Official copy re ferred to Major-Gen. W. S. Hancock, commanding division of the Atlantic ; may draw company from Gen.- Ruger. commanding department of the South and post at Jeffersonville Depot, with orders to protect it against any dan ger. The terms of the endorsement imply the exercise of discretion on my part, which leads me to write you be fore taking action. In my judge ment there is no danger of the kind the anonymous communication sets forth, or any other kind at Jefferson ville Depot to justify the movement of troops to that place. Such a move ment, it seems to me, would create or increase apprehesion for which there is no real foundation. Tnere are no arms or ammunition at Jeffersonville Depot, and if such a force as is re ferred to be raised for rebellious pur poses, it is not likely that it would begin by seizing a depot of army uni forms, and, therefore, if there are grounds for the action of the govern ment, I see no danger in the delay which will result from this presenta tion of the subject to you. If, how ever, in your better judgment a cow p.ny should be sent there, it shall be promptly done as soon as you notify me to that effect. As I have already said, I do not act at once because in your instructions you say I "may'' send a company there, which I con strue as leaving it somewhat discre tionary with me. I returned on the 31st of December, 1876, from St. Louis. I am, very truly yours, W1INFELD S. HANcocK, Major-General Commanding. On 19th January Gen. Hancock wrote to Gen. Sherman that he had been so busy that he had not yet writ ten as he intended in reply to the ac knowedgent f hs leterfro Caroudelet. le says: "I wished to notice simply your reference to the revised statutes and one or two other points in a brief way. I will do so yet, but not to-day as I am house hunting. The proposition for the joint commission insures a peaceful solution. of the P'residential question if it becomes a law, and in my opinion gives to Gen. Hayes chances he did not have before. I have considered that Mr. Tilden's chances were im pregnable, not so Mr. Hendricks. Now it seems to mue that Governor Hayes has something more than an equal chance, but definite results can not be foreshadowed. Fortunately trouble need not be provided against by the use of the army should the bill become a law. If the bill passes and Gen. Grant vetoes it Mr. Tilden's chances will be stronger than before, certainly if he and his friends sup ported the measure. Public opinion will strengthen his position. The danger in compromising the question or a joint commission is that the defeated candidate might appeal to the Supreme Court on the grounds of an illegal (unconstitutional) decision. I am, very truly yours, WILFIELD S. HANCOCK." Gen. Sherman writes the closing letter of the correspondence as pub lished. (It is dated Washington, Jan uary 29th.) He says : "The passage of the bill for counting the electoral vote being approved by the President ends, in my judgment, all possible danger of confusion or disorder In connection with the Presidential im broglio. I feel ceatain that the dual governments in South Carolina and Lousiana will be decided by the same means which determines who is to bt the next President of the United States. I therefore, with the con sent and approval of the secretary of war now absent, want to return the troops temporarily detached as soon as possible to the posts occupied before the election, with this exception, that twelve companies (now thirteen,) or the equivalent of a regiment, remain here in Washington for a time." The remainaier of the letter relates to the disposition of troops to be or dered back from the South. Sometimes, when I look back over my life, says Burdetto, 1 am amazed to see now the pages.of its record are dotted with hair breadth escapes. I[ escaped the dangers and hardsbips of the Rev olutionary war by waiting until the war had been over about six ty years before I got born. When the Brooklyn Theatre burned I was in Burlington. When the yellow fever broke out in New Orleans I was in Minnesota, apd immediately skipped out for Can ada. Whben I was a boy in school one day all the boys in school were flogged all round for robbing an apple orchard, and the flog ging didn't do a bit of good, for every beggar of them had the cholera morbus all that night, just the same. And I ? IL was attend in g another school, twenty-three miles distant. When all of my brothers and sisters were down with the scarlet fev'er, I was down South in the army, and when I read the letters from home I laughed alond to think of my great gfood fortune, and that I would only have to be shot at once or twice a week, instead of having to take medicine three times a day. When a man comes to the office with a little bill, nine times out of ten I am out. And if; by some asto.nishing bl under, I am ini, then, indeed, I am more unfortunate, but the man is in no better luck than before. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre ; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain. When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone. The more we do, the more we can do ; the more busy wve are, the more leisure we have. Calumny would soon starve and die of itself if nobody took it in and gave it lodging. If~ some folks had their way about this world how few people connld lien .ominetab1n in it.