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Ifl~fl~fA UA DVE RTISING AiB. Advertisements inserted at tert MAYA aind 75 cents for each subsequent insertior. IS PUBLISRED $10Do u re(o n e incertis rments t pDer~Ccut: IE\ ' <j'on a bove. EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, - Notices ofmeenbitarisandtribtc hi1 L~ ~IW' IJEJof respect, same rates per square as 'rdinina At Newberry, .C ~ v"adverrisements. -AtN wb r y 8 .Speial Notices in Localcolumn 15 ent - T e m s perpe linnu. erms,A Family Companio, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, in ariably in Advance. R1.VfI - -The s aDONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPe o T - The X markdenotes expiration o sub Vol XVII9 NEW BERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 1881. NO. 14. . TERMS CASH. cription. Pians 4nd Organs. C41 rA -IM g V --3 00 omoo 0 o qQ 4 o M w.,I w t "~ 0 )-3 02 0 tj Drusgs A Fancy Jrticles. DR. E. E. JACKSON, DftNGIST AND CilEMIST, COLUMBIA, S. C. Bemoved to store two doors next to Wheeler House. . full stock of Pare Medicines, Chemi eoig; Perfatmeries, Toilet Articles, Garden aur:yPield Seeds, always in store and at ccOrders poptly attended to. w lisceanJeess. A TR TICEONTHEIORE AND HIS. DISEASES. Cittiiininga a"Nndex of Diseases," which gived the symptoms, tuse, ant the best treatment of eacn ; a table giving all the principal drugs used for the horse, with the ordinary dose, effects, and antidote when a poison ; a tab;e with an engraving of the horse's teeth ft different ages, with rules for telling the age of the horse; and other val'ableniformation. Call and get a copy. For sale at IIERALD BOOK STORE. n Ag, 18, 34-tf. BEsJ. F. GRAFTON, STORY B. LuADD - HAr.BEar E. PAINE. Late Commlssio:-er of Patents. PAT E NT S. PAINE, GRAFTON & LADD, Attorneys-at-Law and Solicitors of Ameri can and Foreign Patents. 412 FnFrr STrnErT, WAsHUseTOx, D. C Practice patent law in all its branches ir the Patent Office, and In tho Supreme ani Circuit Courts of the United States. Pam palet sent Iree on receipt of stamp for post age. Sep. 1, 1880 36-tf. Preserve Your Old Books! E. R. STOKES, BlaEnk Book Manufacturei AED CGENEER BOOKBINDER. Has inQved opposite the City Hall, whern he is fully :prepared, with first-class work men, to do all kinds of work in his line. BLAN~K BOOKS RULED to any patteri and bound in any style desired. My facilities and loug acquaintance witl the business enable me to guarantee satisfac tion on orders for Bank Books, Rairoat Books, and Books for the use of Clerks o Court,.Sheriffs, Probate Judges. Masters ii Eqay and.other.County Officials. ~Pmihets, Magazines, Music, Newspaper and Periodicals, and ail kinds of publication bound on the moss reasonable terms and 11 the best manner. All orders promptly attended to. LR. STOK ES, astEetopposIte New City Hall, Oct. 8, 41-tf- Columbia, S. C NIWBERRY HOTEL - -BY A. W. T. SIMMONS. This elegant new Hotel is now open for th mepto o aestand thepo rrv travelling public. Godairy rooms, cona -beds, the best of fare, attentive, ac ~ Ja.e9,24-tf. .MisceUaneous. J. B. LEONARD Dealer in GROCERIES, Wines, Liquors, Segayn Tobacco, &c. Respectfully informs the public that hi stock is full and compiete in all lines. Choice Goods, Low Prices POLITE ATTENTION. Main Street, Newberry, S. C Nov. 24 48 tf IRON BITTERS, 'u"'0a"'d A Great Tonic. and a-e OwIC epeially In Inedig -ROJIIERS, vesWatoAp A Sure Appe . tgth, aek ej Enr,etc. Iten rfches1the blood strengthens the mui I and gives new l A C0pid,sWs2CL%e=. to te nerves. To th A ~ ~ ~ d colnaaee. adies. and chi - dre requiring recupei RAM lt~O ation this va.luabi rem;&3r can not be to RONgIER IflLDIC.Iu~ ily recornmendet -Vatbb medicine. a ke a cha - ~on the digestive ora T RS, mea w il move daxaBe.were. TRY IT. Sold by all Druggist, IRN BiTTERS, m almal For Delicate Temale BALTIMORE, Md. Wholesale by )OWIE & MOISE, Wholesal Draggists, Charleston, S. C. ZS-1y. NEVER FAILS To Give Entire Satisfaction A pill that has become standard .and having an unprecedented salefoirongbo the South, is GILDERTS Liver Pills They are honest, They are certain, They have no equa And are recommended by thousands as b ing ,nd doing all that the proprietors clai for them. Thev have never filed to have the d sired effe.ct where other pills haive been u1 successfully tried. W. E. PELHAM'S. Dec. 15, 47i-ly. FRED VON SANTEls 279 K1N8 ST., OHARLESTON, S. C. HEADQUARTERs FOR Children's Carriages, ,Veloeipedes, Croquet, &c IN and OUT DOOR GAMES TIOYS, at Wholesale and Retail, French Confectionery, Home 1ai Cream and Stick Candy, Rubber Goods, such as Clothing, Nu sery Sheeting, Eurekas, &c., &c. g;g Orders from thes country recei prompt attention. Jan. 19, 47-6m. 1880. 1880 GRAND ICENTREL ROTE] (Formerly the Wheeler House,) COLUM~BIA, S- C THIOEOUGlILY RENOVATED, EEFURNISRED AND EEFITTE TERiMS, $2.00 TO $300 PER DAY, JOHN T. WILLEY, Propriet' Nov. 10, 46-tf. HENRY BAYER, IMPORTEE 'oF BANANAS, COCOANUTS ANO ORANGE And Wholesale Dealer in Apples, Potatoen, Onions, &t 215 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ~*Prompt attention gWen to conna PAVILION HOTEL CHARLESTON, S. C. This popular and centrally located Hoi has been entirely renovated during the p summer and was REOPENED to the tral inlg public on August 16, 1880. eTerms, $2 and $2.50 per Day, E. T. GAITT-TARD, Nov. 17, 47-Cf., PROPRIE FOIl Vottop. I an TRUSTINU. be RY CARRIE V. SHAW. ha I am thinking of you, darling, As I watch the dying day, While the twilight dews are falling And the light fades slow away. h I shall think of you forever! When the autumn leaves are red I shall feel you once more near me, I shall hear the words you said. an When the winter snows are dropping; cri When the buds are born again, th And the April skies are weeping, As in pity, for my pain. I shall think of you, and ever, Till the close of life's bright day, When the dews of death are falling t And the light fades slow away. Ja all as WHIT LITTLE NELL DD, -00 --o--yo They were going hazel-nutting up in the north lot-the Philbrick , children and Little Nell. Little Nell was not one of the th Pbilbrick children ; in fact, she sti was not the most distant sort of ail a cousin to Will, Jack, and Polly. P" L lot She was Dick Long's daughter, lo and Dick Long bad been a poor, shiftless fellow, wbb cobbled shoes, L for a time, in the village, two th tr.iles from the Philbrick farm, and then went away to California sil never to be heard from again. He was not much loss, to be sh sure, so the neighbors thought, lit but it killed his wife, and when k she died, good Mrs. Philbrick ea opened her motherly heart and " arms to Little Nell, and took her in. Her real name was Henrietta, LI but Miss Jackson. the dressmaker, who read Charles Dickens' stories lit a great deal, called her one day, re 'Little Nell,' and it clung to her th ever after. P You see she was a quiet, shy it. little creature; with such big. soft, brown eyes, and such a sweet, cooing voice, that 'Henrietta' seemed too long and hard a name St for ber. bi It was Saturday afternoon; and, as I told you, Will and Jack and Polly and Little Nell were going c hazel.nutting. They each carried .a basket, and each basket had a' flaky apple turuover. These were for lunch, in case the children got hungry ; and we d know, don't we, that growing, -wide-awake boys and girls are al- h ' ways getting hungry? w It was a long time before they reached the north lot. Folly for got her 'kid fingers,' and had to *go back for them, else her poor little hands would have been e" stuek full of prickles. Then Jack must needs chase a.woodpecker aa [e long way while the three waitedb for him.b But they got their baskets full ~e of nuts, with their prickly coy- - erings, and ate their turnover- L -all but Jack. That is to say, Jack ate his turnover with the rest, but he had not filled his basket.h I think he had spent toe much of' the afternoon in chasing theb little red squirrels, and in balane- a. Ling.himself on the smooth log d which spanned the brook. :Now -the sun had gone down. It was r. growing late and chilly. Jack kicked crossly at a de-0 cayed stump.b 'You should have worked more and played less,' laughed Will, looking at his own heaped up basket.h 'Mind your own bread and but- t ter,' retorted Jack, savagely. 'Youd *, needn't be afraid of my asking ford any of yours.' It was not at all a nice way for a brother to talk. So thought~ Lit ry tIe Nell, and she slapped her hand _softly into Jack's. 'Come home I now, Jacky,' she said, 'and I'll give 'I you half' of' mine.' Jack laugh'd, ih and gav'e the old stump a parting kick. A cloud of dust flew up. ise Jack's foot had he'mmered its t m way through the rotten wood. el- The stump was hollow. Jack_ pulled his foot out, and after it rolled and rattled a rieb, brown stream of nuts-three quarts at j , t he very least ! It Rooray !' shouted Jack, caper wildly about. 'I don't want wl y of anybody's nuts, now !' rhen be seized his basket and to ;an to scoop in the treasure, by w ndfuls. Little Nell looked on with wide- th en eyes. 'Who put 'em there ?' >asked. tr It's a squirrel's store-house,' 3wered Will. Wasn't he a jolly little fellow ? d wasn't it lucky L kicked ?' ed Jack, briskly digging away decayed wood, to look for A re. 'ho big brown eyes ran over th tears, as Little Nell began to dorstand. 'Don't take them, So :k,' she pleaded. 'I'll give you An of mine.' All of yours ain't half so many fi is here ; and w hy shouldn't I ci ic 'em, I'd like to know ? Find I is having, Little Nell.' You didn't.say so when I found A ur ten-cent piece,' said Polly, ad inginhg her basket. ve Tack reddened, remembering t tut a time there had been about it ten-cent piece. 'You keep II, Polly Philbrick ' he said ; 'I it a chipmunk, an' a ten-cent ce isn't nuts. Ain't there a ,though ?' And it was quite in vain that se ttle Nell begged him to put s nm back. 3he walked home beside Polly, se eaDt and sorrowful. We might give ours, Polly,' ta 3 said ; 'turn them down. in a Lie heap side of the stump, yTLU W ow, where he could find them R sy. 0 Polly, what will he do, be ion he goes to his house and de they're all taken away ?' This was a long speech for Lit- w Nell to make. But Polly laughed at her. 'You b tLie goosey,' she said, 'the squir [ won't mind, and don't you a ink about it any more.' si But she did. She could not help or At the supper-table that night, a1 amma Philbrick counted noses. h iere was one missing; a little c( raight nose, under a pair of big, own eyes. 'Where is little Nell, children?' C 'I haven't seen her since we me home,' said Will. P 'Nor I,' qaid Jack. a 'I haven't, either,' said Polly, a ut I know where she's gone. d ek robbed a squirrel's hole to- cI y, and little Nell cried about it. " ic wanted to give the squirrel a er hazel-nuts, an' I wouldn'tF onder if that's where she is.'h 'W hat's that ?' asked Mr. Soule.h Mr. Soule was a drover, who ad come to buy Papa Philbrick's t ttle. He had very sharp black -es andi a snappy voice. Polly jumped. 'Oh!I' said she,d id upset her teacup. Then she ~ id to tell the story all over. 'Well, I never!' said Papa Phil-h -ick ; while the drover's black u res twinkled with delight.h Presently the door opened and ~ ittle Nell crept in, breathless, h ith red cheeks, and soft hair a own about her face. She put ~ 3r empty basket down gently. ~ 'Did Mister Chippy make a w, and say 'Thank'eo mum ?' ked Jack, with a laugh. 'Don't you tease the child i' or bred Papa Philbrick. Then Little Nell' had her sup ar. Mamma Philbrick gave her e se of the nicest gold-band china a wlS, full of milk, and a silver I >oon to sip it from. After that, Mr. Soule took her ' a his lap, and told her stories, in ' is sharp, snappy voice, until bed The next day but one, the chil- ~ ren went to the spot where Lit e Yell had left her hazel-nuts; ~ ut they had all disappeared. ittle Nell was quite sure the C uirrel had carried themn off to is new house. I think so too. But tbe best is not told. Whben Papa Phil brick come ome from the village postoffice, ne night, not long after this, e brought a little box, directed > 'Mr. Jonas Philbrick.' When the box was opened- ~ -guess ? It wa full of nuts of everyI ind,-walnuts, butternuts, pea uts, filberts, and castanas-'sheep -cs' Jack, nalled them.1 the entertainment of his friends sometimes at their expense. But 0: he vas as ready to take as to give. t< His critical mind sometimes ex- 6 posed him to repartee. . Half-a-dozen ministers were sit- o ting on the piazza of Congress e Hall at Saratoga; Dr. Parks, of' n West Point, continually addressed rr him as Dr. Plu-mer. At length g the Dr. turned upon him and a said : "Dr. Park, my name is Pium.er, a not Pla-mer." -li "Thank you," said the other,; h "my name is Parks, not Park." Dr. Plumer enjoyed this as much as h we all did, and not long afterward Y he picked me up for a remark in 81 which I had made the sentence so C involved, that the relation of the ) latter part to its proper antece- a dent was obscure arid perhaps lu- G dicrous. I forget what it was, a but I said: "It reminds me of tl Dr. Plumer's first sentence in a v sermon, when he said: 'I once h made a journey of a bundred jc miles to see my aged mother on G horseback.' " o: He was one of the ablest de- J baters of the age. His power in it the General Assembly was im mense. 'On 6e, platform or at a the bar, if be had been in civil u life, no orator or statesman of the si day would have surpassed him. d When he was settled in Rich- m mond, Va., a legal question in re- c gard to taxation of ministers came up, and the clergy appointed Dr. d Plumer to represent them in re- g sistan(-e to the proposed measure. e The bar of the State was arrayed p against him. The gentleman who I related the result to me said: t "He beat them all, and was wrong f besides." t He probably never did a better F work, and he said so bim;elf 1 when dying, than in the mighty1 mneting in Philadelphia, when he stood up and answered Mr. 6 Moody's questions in regard to the plan of salvation. The ques tions and answers were reported E in thousands of newspapers, and t were then made into a tract of 0 universal circulation. Dr. Plum- f mer was as full of the Holy e Spirit in giving those answers as the divines of the Westminster Assembly when they answered, e "What is God?" .tYet he was a man of sorrows. a All great natures are disciplined e by trials, and it may be that such men need far greater burdens than others to make them feel the Sweight. Probably the two great est of these were his separations e from the two Seminaries which he o served with vast ability and use. tfulness. When he was constrained I to retire from Allegheny, the ~pressure nearly br-eke his heart. I SHe came to New York and ~poured the grief of his soul into mine. I asked him to ride outa n n itb me, and strove to divert him d by pleasant talk and the sight of < s pleasing things. As we were re ,f* turning at the edge of evening, alwhen I thought he was less dis. I d turbed, he bowed his head on my ,g shoulder and wept sore, saying: I "I am in anguish of spirit: it Sseems as though 1 were forsaken I e of God and man." To me there was something awful in the sad. ness and despondency of such a yman. So it pleased God to bruise Ihim. Then grace triumphed, and the saint was made illustrious over sthe suffering man. Greater use Sfulness remained for him, and he went a way to his newly-opened4< e. field, a willing worker anywhere,1 ,bringing sons unto glory, like the ~Captain whom he followed, made gperfect through suffering. e He brought forth fruit, "e'en e down to old age." A son of thun o der and a son of consolation, R blended, with a voice like the voice of many waters when he ,b shouted, and soft as any lute in e, its lower tones, his natural force -d was not abated under the weight a of eighty years. Children and pa. rents hung on his lips as if one le were speaking who had risen from re the dead. This is one of the old >r prophets, they r-eady to say. And id the deep bass voice that came Ld from behind his, flowing vener-able my beard heightened the,illusion, and e. made the man in the pulpit pie r turesqu and sublime. There was a card, too. This it iat it said : 'From Master Chippy Squirrel the tender-hearted little gir >o gave him all her hazel-nuts. 'That's Little Nell?' shouted e childien. And Little Nell divided hci -asures happy as a queen. (Youth's Companion. PATRIARCH AND APOS. TLE. New York Observer. - the elements were mixed in him, that Nature might stand up d say to all the world, Tas WAS A XAY No other man so completely led my ideal of one of the an. mt patriarchs as the late Dr. umer. If Michael Angelo had rved him in marble for Moses oi >raham, the world would havt mired the genius that could in, nt such a model for a hero ol e early ages. He was an old man vhen young knew him when he was fifty d then thought him to be seven . Not because of infirmity. R< is strong when the "stronh en" are wont to "bow them ves." But his dignity, gravity lemnity, impressed you with nse of the venerable, and mado u feel his presence as that of, Lher. I remember when be first ap ared in the General Assemblj ith his great white beard. Dr >bert J. Breckinridge, a mem r also, said to me with his over iwing humor: 'Plumer ough have given us notice that h as going to bring that bear< ith him ; then we might hav :en ready for him-why, that' )od for twenty votes." It wa splendid beara. Long, soft, fine Iky, kemp with elegant care, a ice an ornament and a defene ainst cold, it seemed to becom, m as natural and necessary ti mplete his figure. Majesty was the word that ould apply to him, as the moR pressive term. When he ros the pulpit, or appeared on th atform, or in the midst of a grea sembly, his personal appearanc ruck to the heart of the at ence. They sat wondering wha uld be said worthy ->f such >rce. And his first words wer ways chosen with great care erhaps it was an epigram. Pe: aps an incident. As when eard him in Pittsburgh con ence his sermon in words lik iese : a sermon of consolation t lose in affliction: 'I1 am told the >ven young mothers are lyin ad in this city!i On how man ithis house are the badges< iourning ! And, oh how man earts are breaking that hang ot o signals of distress !" Aud the e said : "We are all sinners, an erefore are all sufferers." Tht. aving fastened the attention < l, he poured the oil of the Gosp ito their wounds and boun em up with the promises < od. He was wonderfully appropiat ihis preaching. It is probabl bat he often decided on the sul it after coming into the pulpi ut his discourses were carefull laborated, and he had hundret t his command which he could d ver witn or without a moment otice. I was with him in the ant om of a church in Brookly ihere he was to preach for m Ve had selected the hymns a) ropriate to the sermon he i ended to preach. After goir to the pulpit he surveyed tI *dience, and turning to me, I aid: 'I have determined1 hange my subject: PEAY Ft And then he preached wit eb fervor, freedom and fore at one whbo had often best im, said to me, "I never heard etter discourse.'' His stores of anecdote for tI lustration of divine truth wei bundant and always ready !i se. Only iDr. Guthtrie equall4 ur in this. In his letters at says for the press he was hapi n a story that fitted the plac nIcoud often relate t,hem fi The manner and circumstances ifri< his death were among the mys- I ries of Him whose ways are past pee riding out. Blessed be God, His und ays are higher and better than mi< irs. Very few of the martyrs per idured more physical agonies: jus )ne of them were sustained with san ore abundant effusions of divine mir mace. A painful disease required ble surgical operation, the anguish out E the disease being intolerable, I id the operation promising re wit ef if the sufferer survived. When pre is hour drew nigh, he said: mo "11 can. and do trust God who sai as always been a Father to me. ch es, I will trust him though he ute ay me. And has not Jesus col hrist given me many tokens of yot is love for more than sixty years, con id allowed me to preach his Oh ospel more than fifty-four years, he id shall I not look to him? I chi iink, too, the Blessed Comforter and ill be with me to the end. He gor as often made my heart leap for she y and sing praises. I believe in sai: od, the Father Almighty, Maker bin Heaven and Earth, and in my -sus Christ, His Son. I believe spc i the Holy Ghost." an< When the operation was over iste nd the symptoms were become ag< nfavorable for his recovery, he in- I sted that he had done his whole eel uty and the issue was altogether mc itb God. He declared with great mphasis: for "Jesus Christ has most lovingly ied for me, and brought in a lorious and everlasting right Dusness, which is infinitely well- Tb leasing in his Father's sight- wc trust him-I trust him only-I th< rust him altogether-I trust him pie >rever. I wanted to give my lik estimony that the Gospel I have reached for so many years has ot failed me in my hour of need. did not want to die without giv- ad Ig my testimony on this bed that ca 'rod is a faithful God." ofi So the days and nights passed cu -earily on, how wearly to him ne one can ever know. "I change in he place and keep the pain ;" "In- th upportable agony ; I am in a bu ame-on fire ;" "Quousque Do pr tine ? Quousque Donine I" (How su Dng, 0 Lord ?) again and again. he He said : "I know now wNal an he martyrs felt when tied to the 'Y take as witnesses for the truth. inj f I were lying here by the hands 't f men, I could not have clearer jut 'ews of truth. and of the all-suffi su iency of our; blessed religion-I wi m testing it as really as if bound wi .t the stake." he His mind often wandered ; and ta wake or asleep his ruling pas.. ba ion was strong in death, mto ar >reach the word, to speak to his th ellow-men. One who was with wi iim in these hours writes to me nu his incident : ro "In the middle of the night, vben the watchers beside him h hought him asleep, he sud lenly made in his c-learest voice great speech, beginnming, 'Friendsepe ~ or mnd fellow-citizens.' it was pa-4 riotic, fervid and eloquent. He sh losed by saying, "Surely, gen lemen, I have said enough ; if my r riend, Dr. Prime'-then raising re mis hand, he beckoned and called,c Prime.' (on opening his eyes he t Law where he was, and relapsed P nto silence." be No one hut myself can explain a be psychological fact: to me it is e nexpressibly sweet to know that r ~ven in his sleep or delirium, lying th n a diutant city, he should speak h( >f me as his friend and call out .0 me at the close of a public ad- Io Iress. But the mind flies from >neO scene to another with inap, of reciable rapidity: he was not fri reaebing, but when he came to d he close of his speech, he thought f prayer as following preaching, ind instantly did what he hadL nce done years ago. It was in a Western city. One Sabbath morn- b ng he was preaching to an au-m jience filling the church, pews, d< iisles, every inch of space was at lacked full. The sermon was sol 3mn : thbe stillness was painful : he closing passages were wonder- - all1y dramatic and impressive. I oi was sitting far away from the pul- di pit, toward the door. I did not dE cnow that he knew 1 was in the biouse. As he closed the sermon 2nd the Btile he aid:- "Will my in nd, Dr. Prime, please to pray." was startled by the, unex ted summons and was quite qual to such a service in the: Ist of the feelinC which 4thew vaded the assembly. ws such a scene, perhaps"the ie, that rose on .is wandering. d, in the last hours of liia ised life, when again7 4 an d to his friend. [s mind was all the Aime bus h his life-work. He announcid. aching in this house at 11 thisa rning and 4 t6is aft4rnoon I "we will jnow adjourn to tli reb," and then for several min' s preached, urging sinners to ie to Jesus. "The 'hurch bid come, the Spirit bids Yonu ie, Jesus himself says come. come, sinners, come !" And lived again in scenes of' hi dhood, in scool-boy days he talked of old f'riends lob . e. He asked. his dAg hter i had seen Tom Green ? She 1, "No, Father, I don';kidw ." "0 yes, you do ! He' old school tezrher." Tlien ke of the graves of his mothez [ sisters, and asked where min rs were settled who bad ln g one home. Lnd then be joined theminthe 'stial city. There shall be no re pain. lome at last! Fit companio Moses and David and Paul. Apostles, martyrs, prophets-there, Around the Saviour sfand. leaven send us oCher suh: e -Chrch longs for tbem.i. rld 1ants them. Send by wbb >a wilt send, 0 Lord,1kit t ase Thee, send us stalwart e - e Dr. Plumer. IREENT. rjaE WRoNG W RE.-Since he pti.)n of the new system'oi Is by members at the telp hoiei ice many 'fmistakes have -oc rred on account of wrong co tions, and sdme havei-esd amusing conversations. Fr a telephone bell in a-omin ent siness house rang and the pro. etor proceeded to atteAd to the unmons. A female voice was ard and the following qestion d answers ensued. eII s.' 'What time are you com, home to sdpper t6-nht. by, I've been to supper.' 4A t like to know whomi you tok 2 pr with ?' 'Why, 'with id - fe, of course.' 'How many yes have you. anyway ? 'Lool~ re, whom do you think you sre king with ?' 'With my bus~ ud, Mr.--.' 'Not miuch ; yoai a talking to Mr.-.' Uponi is the gentleman heard ascreaii ich appeared, to be echoeil bya mber of o',ber ladies in the same m.-Portland Advertiser. 'The sweetest voice I ever ard,' said the bishop,'cwas a woe n's. It was soft and low, but netrating ; musical and meas ed in its accr nits. but not pre e. We were on a steamer, and e murmured some commonplaie rds about the sednery, I do t member what she said, butI n never forget the exquisitely rder musical voice.' 'The sweat Svoice I ever heard,'~said tb'et -ofessor, 'was a man's. I had en out fishing nearly all day, d got back to the hotel about 3 lock. The man came out and. ared 'Dxm-NUR !' till it soure& e milk in the celler. -I -have ard other voices since then, bu L ver-' But the bishop, with a )k of intense disgust all overhbi e, had already walked away on't hearing,- and was lightinga sh cigar by himself.-Provi. nce Journal. As to being prepared for defeat. certainly am not. Any man bo is prepared for defeat would half defeated before he comn enced. I hope for suscess, shafh all in my power to secure it, d I trust to God for the rest. (Fazrragut A Pennsylvania man won four i wells in a lottery, and imume atele burst. into a fit of his irrikal.laughter. A "squeeze in grain"-Tread