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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XX. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1884. No. 8. JHE HERALD IS PUBLISHED E IERY THURSDAY MORNING, At Newberry, S. C. BY THOS. F. GRENKER, Editor and Proprietor. low Terms, $2.0019er J Runi8, Invariably in Advance. ay- The aper is stop at the expiration of t' efrwhichitIil 17 The H mark denotes expiration of subscription. TERRIBLE CRASH! IN THE STOCK OF WINTER CLOTHING hich we are closing out at greatly reduced prices. 4-0 Men"s, Boy's and Children's Suits and Over Coats, at a Sacrifice. We desire to close out ihis Stock before moving to our large and commodious Store, which was for merly occupied by Bauknight & Co., one door north of our present location. M. L. KINARD, COLUMBIA, S. C. Swtftis Specif has been the bringing )alt and happb2ess to thousands who were pro manneld incnrable of iilood and Rhin Diseases. HEAR THE WiTN'ESSES! I am sure that Swift's Spcicsaved my life. 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In addition toa general practice pays especial attention to the treatment ol diseases of Females, and Chronic dis 1eases of all kinds including diseases of th Respiratory and Circulatory Sys tems-of the Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder. Rectumn, Liver, Stomach, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, of the Nervous Sys tern and Cancerous Sores and Ulcers. nmS?Onndene snlielted. RECONSTRUCTION. In a wagon made of willow Wheeled I once a little maiden. Ringlets shining on the pillow, Rolling hor.eward treasure-laden, Like a boat upon the billow. Ten years fled. Ah, how I missed her When we left the village school! But she said shed be my sister As we lingered by the pool, And I passionately kissed her. Teii imord fleeting years renew it. Little wagons wade of willow; Loving eyes are bent to view it: Loving hands adjust the pillow, And we've fitted rockers to it. V5sjullatt ton. NEWBERRY'S INDUSTRIAL LIFE. From the News and Courier. MANUFACTURES. 1. Number and kind of manu facturing establishments in county: Flour and grist mills, 15; foundries, and machine shops, 13; lumber mills, 13; other manufactures, 9, Total establishments, 50. Capital employed, $76,200. Value of annual product, $239,150. Number of per sons employed, 150. 2. Cotton mills, &c.: The New berry Cotton Mills, about to go in to operation at Newberry C. H., has $178,000 subscribed as its capi tal. This it is contemplated to in crease to $250,000. Its consump tion of Cotton per annum will be 3,200 bales of 500 pounds; product per annum will be 1,350,000 pounds a year, and 5,000,000 yards of cloth. It will operate 10,000 spindles, 350 looms, and employ 300 hands. 3. Number of flour and grist mills, 15. Names, locations and proprie tors : Aull Bros.-One and a half miles from Newberry. Caldwell & Son-Ten miles from Newberry. F. H. Dominick-Eleven miles from Newberry. P. H. Koon-Sixteen miles from Newberry. J. F. Miller-Eleven and a half miles from Newberry. Estate Piester-Ten miles from Newberry. B. Duncan-Eleven miles from Newberry. Wmn. Langford-Five miles from Newberry. E. Shumpert-Eight miles from Newberry. J. S. Keller-Fourteen miles from Newberry. - D. W. T. Kibler- Newberry C. I. Wheeler & Mosely-Prosperity. Berley & Wedemian-Pomaria. C. D. Spearman-Saluda Old own. H. 0. Hinson-Kinards Junctio-1. Capital employed, $46,000. Val e of annual products, $30,000. H ands employed, 43. Note. -Above is only an approx imate estimate, as these mills grind nly for toll and put none of their products on the market. Class of product: First quality of fiour, grist and meal. Rate of toll: Corn, one-tenth; wheat, one-twentieth. - W~ater or steam used: Steam at 10 mills, water at 5. Percentage of net profits, 10 per cent. Increase or decrease in bnisi ness in last twelve months, 20 per cent. increase. 4. Foundries and machine shops; Number, 13. Location and names of proprietors: S. W. Evans, Jas. Rollison, Can non & Phillips,-J. Taylor, J. Himes, Newberry. T. Sphel-One and a half miles from Newberry. Wmn. Wendt-Four and a quarter miles from Newberry. J. Glenn-Two miles from New berry. M. Worthy-Twelve and- a half miles from Newberry. J. Wicker-Sixteen miles from Newberry. J. Ruff-Eighteen miles from Newberry. P. Watts-Thirteen miles from Newberry. A- Moon-Eight miles from New bry. Number hands employed, 25. Capital employed, $2,300. Horse power used, 12-horse engine in one machine shop only. Value of pro duct per annum, $4,600. Note.-These shops are only op erated for doing repairs, and above value of annual product is an ap proximate estimate. Percentage of net profit, 50 per cent. Increase or decrease in the last twelve months, 20 per cent. decrease. 5. Lumber mills, &c. : Number, 13. Location and names of proprietors: Brown & Mosely-Twelve miles from Newberry. -D. C. Boland ~vnteen miles from Newberr.~ Aull & Bros-Two milesi from Newberry. Osnnin=gbm A BemaEeT miles from Newberry. Keitt &~Bros.-Fourteen miles. J. Duckert-Eighteen miles from Newberry. W. W. Riser.-Eleven miles from Newberry. Graham & Thomas-Eight miles from Newberry. J. Glenn-Two miles from New berry. Gull & Hay-Three miles from Newberry. A. Hawkins-Nine miles from Newberry. F. I. Dominick-Eleven miles from Newberry. Number of hands, 35. Number horses and mules, 44. Capital em ployed, $18,000. Value of annual product, $175,000. Class of machinery: Generally of good class. . Water or steam used: Steam in all. Amount of horse power used, 238 horse power or an average of 18 horse power to mill. Percentage of profit, 20 per cent. Increase or decrease in business in the last twelve months, 25 per cent. increase. 6. Turpentine stills, &c., none. 7. Other manufactories and num ber, 9. Capital employed, $9.900. Number of hands employed, 47. Value of annual produc* $29,550. MINEs, &C. Number of mines, nune, Number of quarries, 8. Location and names of proprietors: L. J. Jones, Jas. Crawford, New berry C. H. Glenn Rikard--Three miles from C. H. T. M. Lake-Three mil-_s from C. H. R. P. Clark-Seven miles from C. I. - D. R. Dickert-Fourteen miles from C. H. J. Caldwell-Ten miles from C. H. Class of Machinery: The most primitive. No other outfit but or dinary hand-drill and a derrick for removing the quarried stone. Th rock is even with the surface, and in a great many instances ten to twenty feet above the earth. The supply of granite of the best quality is simply inexhaustible in the coun ty, and large quatities 6f it may be obtained within three or four miles of railroad and two or three miles of water transportation. Capital employed: Little or no capital is employed, and very little is nece;sary-not more than $200. Value of annual outturn : The rock at mout'i of quarries worth $4, 000; delivered, worth $6,000. AGRICULTURE. I. Number and kind of improved implements, &c.: Sowers. of four different kinds, 12; reapers, of six different kinds, 7.; sulkey ploughs, of four different kinds, 4; guano distributors. c f tw alve kinds, 300; harrows, oi six kinds, 250; horse rakes, of six kin -13, 50; stump pul. lers of two kind~.. 2. Total improv ed implements. 93. Steam engines ased on farms, and horse power: Six'ty engines; ag gregate, 342 hors. power. 2. Head of improved stock, &c. -Sheep: Merino, 23; Bakewell, 8; Broad Tail, 10 grades of all, 80, Total import 3d sheep,. 123. Cattle : Jersey, 20; Grade 100; Guernsey, 4; Grade, 73. Total imported cat tie, 199. The Merino sheep and Jersey cow raost highly thought of. 3. Efficiency of colored labor as compared with last j ear, and with its efficiency five years ago? As compared with last year, a little more efficier.t: and with five years ago, decidedly better. The greatest improvement being within five miles of towns, the better class of negroes wishing to get near to schools and churches. This im provement, however, is not percep tible in the corporations. 4. The supply of colored labor as compared with the demand, and with the supply and demand last year and five years ago? As com pared with the present demand, it is 23 per cent. short; with demand last year, 25 per cent. short; with the demand five years ago, 5 per cent. short on account of increase in acreage planted,not on account of migration. 5. Proportion of white to colored farm labor? White, 20 per cent.; colored, 80 per et nt. 6. Hours of fufl days farm works Ten hours. 7. Wages paid male and female farm laborers? Males 30 cents per day; females, 35 cents. Or, for males, 100 am year, and females,$60, together with a patch of one acre, the product of which belongs exclu sively to laborer. Firewood, house and garden is also furnished labor er free of charge. 8. Work of women and children, white or colored, in the fields? One tenth of white women and children work in the fields. During cotton hoeing and picking 75 per cent. of colored wonfen and children work in fields; at other se asons they work but little. 9. Systems of labor most in use? The share, system, by contract, for fourtenths of entire crops gatto:ed. WhEn money is paid; males get $100 and females $60 per annum, e and house, garden and firewood. s 10. Average cost of producing e merchantable cotton? Eight cents ' per pound, or $40 pei bale of 500 pounds. 11. Per cent. of cost in raising, f picking. and ginning cotton? Rais- o ing costs 761 per cent.; and picking b 18T per cent., and ginning, 5 per n cent. . ti 12. Number and acreage of farms h worked exclusively by whites, and r, how they succeed? One-twentieth of the farms in this county i is worked exclusively by whites- m farms averaging 30 acres each. t] They succeed better than any other class of farms. .- il 13. Number and acreage of farms e worked exclusively by colored I people, and how they succeed? l About one-twentieth of the farms in sl this county is worked exclusively: s by colored people-farms averaging a 25 acres each. I t They succeed worse than any other < class of farmers, except in a few i, cases where they own the land. e: 14. The number and acreage of h farms owned, controlled or directed by whites,and worked by exclusively f with colored labor, or by white and a colored, and how they succeed in li each case? The number of farms b owned by whites is nineteen-twen- k tieths of all the farms in the coun- b ty. U The number of farms owned, F controlled or directed by whites. $ and worked exclusively with colored labor, is four-twentieths of all the 3 farms in the county. s The number of farms owned, con. T trolled or directed by whites, and si worked by white and colored labor, h is fourteen-twentieths of all the C farms in the county. t The number of farms owned con- n trolled and worked by whites exclu- c sively, is one-twentieth of farms in i the county. C The farms worked exclusively c by colored labor, under the control and direction of whites, succeed I moderately well only, because, in ii the absence of white managers, the o negroes fail, either from ignorance e or wilfully, to carry ont their in- f1 structions. t4 The farms worked by white and o colored succeed better than those t; worked exclusively by colored labor, a becaU3e the whites are more inclin- p ed to carry out the directions of the ti manager, and, from their superior b education and general good sense, they have a better knowledge of how the farm work should be done in the absence of the manager, to gether with their willingness to do better and more work than the ordi nary colored laborer. r Farms worked by whites exclusive ly? One-twenty of all farms; suc ceed better, and make more money than other farms of any description. Planter farms or farms operated by white proprietors, and worked white and colored labor employed by him, and paid by the wages system or any other? Number, fourteen-twentieths of all farms; av erage acreage to farm, 150 acres; average acres in several crops: Acres in cotton, 50; corn, 40; oats, 30; wheat 15; peas, 10;rye and bar- ~ ley, 3; sweet potatoes, 1; promis cuous, 1. Total, 150. Fair aver age yield per acre, with fair aver age ..ultivation, on fair average land,1 in fair average season : Cotton, 550 pounds seed cotton; corn, 12 bushels, oats, 20 bushels; wheat, 8 bushels; peas, 6 bushels; sweet po tatoes, 60 bushels; barley, 40 bush els; rye, 6 bushels; miscellaneous, Tenant farms or farms let to col ored tenants, over whom the pro. prietor has supervisory control? Number of such farms, four-twen-1 tieths of all farms in the county; average acreage to farm, 50 acres. Average acreage of several crops: Acres in cotton, 25; corn. 9; oats, 5; wheat, 5; peas, 4; rye and barley, 1; sweet potatoes, 1; promiscuous 0; total, 50. Average prodnet of ten:.nt farms, with average surroun h dings as above : Cotton, 400 pounds ~ seed cotton; corn, 8 bushe.ls; oats, 17 bushels; wheat, 6 bushels; peas, 5 bushels; sweet potatoes, 30 bush els; barley -25 bushels; rye, 3 bush els. I 15. The condition of colored far mers as landowners and tenants? Their condition as landowners is reasonably good; condition as ten ants bad. 16. Progress, of colored farmersa in making and saving money and acquiring land? Colored farmers are not making money, are not!c making progress, are not .acquiring land nor saving money.I 17. Number of foreign born im-!t migrants, their nationality, &c.? e There are 97, as follows: Germans, 1 80; English, 10; Irish, 6; Pole, 1. 1 The average rate of wages paid 1 them is: Males, $120; females, $76 per year. Their condition is good, and in most cases they own shall tracts of land. ~ 18. Operation of the Stock law? I The Stock law is operating well in this country. Its effect in reducing expenses is felt by all, and it isa a great saving of both money and I labor, whilst its effect in improving stock has also been great. One of, the hast farmera in this out3t, i xpressing his opinion of this law, ays: "It is the best law ever giv n us since Moses handed down the .en Commandments." 19. The Lien law and ts effect n the white and colored people, armers and merchants? The effect n the white man is generally good ut in some instances tends to iake him indolent. The effect on bc colored man is that it makes im more indolent than ever and eally does him harm. The effect on the merchant, if he prudent and careful, is good, but rith the majority it is bad, must of .em losing money by it. 20. The Prohibition law-its work. ig, good )r bad effect, and its gen. ral observance and enforcement ? 'be Prohibition law, outside of in rporated towns, is fully ob arved. The' Town of Prosperity, autheast of Newberry, has also dopted the Prohibition law, and ie consequent effect upon that >w.is very good, its morals being nproved a hundred per cent. Oth e incorporated towns in the county ave no Prohibition law. 21. Quantity and kind of land yr sale in the county, its character nd average price? There is very ttle land for sale in the county, ut there is a small quantity of all inds-sandy, clay, gravelly, tim ered and cleared, improved and nimproved. The average price is: 'or unimproved, $10; improved, 15 per acre. 22. Number of cotton gins, &c? iumber gins, 600; cost, $2,50 per aw, or an average of $125 to gin. 'he maximum outturn is; For team gin, 10 bales per day; for orse gins, 3 bales per day to gin. otton is hauled, on an average, wo miles to gin. Charge for gin. ing, 5 per cent. There are two leaners used, but their good effect not sufficient to encourage their ontinued use, though they do in rease the "life" of the gin. 23. Remarks, suggestions, &c.: n agriculture the greatest need felt ; a source from which farmers can btain money at a reasonable inter. st for a number of years-say, rom three to five-enabling them 3 make permanent improvements n their farms. Socially, the coun V'needs larger- and- more general ppropriations for educational pur ose; with these two wants supplied, lie progress of the county would e more rapid and more permanent. PROPOSED IN A STREET * CAR. From the Philadelphia Record. The bleak and uninviting inte. ior of a street car, with the ther. iometer twenty degrees below reezing point, was the scene of a roposal of marraige. The hour ras half-past nine; the car one of ie amber hued chariots of the Thir eenth and Fifteenth streets line, hiladelphia, and the interested arties a pretty girl of about 19 ummers, with dark eyes and rosy heeks, and a young man of two or bree and twenty. "Are you cold, Amelia?" came in entle tones across the car. "Yes, Charley,' was the half. rhispered reply. And Charley nuggled up close and took Ame. a's hand in his. He then glanced at her in a loving ray, looked across at the reporter, rho was apparently asleep, noticed bat the conductor was entirely oc upied in keeping Jhis feet warm, nd, after giving one or two coughs, aid, with a smile : "Do you recollect what I told you Le first time I met you, Amelia?'' "No, Charley. What?" "Why, that I had never been in >ve, and that it would be a cold .ay when I'd ask a girl to marry "Oh, yes, but why do you ask?" "Well, this is a very cold day, Lmelia, isn't it?" "Yes, Charley: but why?" and he blushed as she glanced up at im, and as his face drew nearer er. "Well, will you?'' There was a silence for a moment it for the jingle jingle of the bells nd the shuffling of the conductor's eet upon the icy platform. Then he slipped her hand into his, blush. d even rosier than before, and rhispered, "Yes." "Bless you, my children," ex* laimed the delighted reporter; and s the lovers half sta.rted up abashed t the unexpected discovery of their ecret the scribe shot out of the loorway and hurried away. It takes about six mnonths tc rain a canary so that it will fly tround a church and alight on the ride's shoulder at the right mo nent. Its everything in giving a ride the right send-off. Chinese proverb: Only correci rorself on the same principle thai ro correct others; and excuse oth. is on the same principle on whici ro excuse yourself. Sir Charles Wheatstone hs ,hown that a flash of lightning lasti ess than a millionth part of a se FROM THE DEPTHS. BY W. B. FOX. A thorough, moral and religious training in youth, is the true foun dation stone of every human life. It matters not how humble that; life may be, or in what land it has its existence, if the pure and holy influence of the religion of Christ comes into it, ameliorating and lif ting it up from the debased plane of existence to which the animal proclivities tend, it will be a shin ing light to guide the weary faint ing souls around it, and as a rock planted in the midst of the sea. Upon such a foundation you may build and the structure will stand firm and invincible, no matter how fiercely the waves of worldy strife and adversity dash around it. And yet, when we look round as we are pained to note how few young per sons there are who are building upon this foundation. How many are turning awry from the path of virtue and true man and womanhood, to barter the wealth of their souls away for. the paltry enjoyment which the world and its evanescent pleasure afford them. How many to stifle the voice of conscience and satiate depraved appetites and passions, and seeking the compan ionship of those whose corrupt na tures and influence can not fail to contaminate and blight all the pure and noble aspirations of their lives, and pave the pathway -to eternal dissolution. And how many par ents, by encouraging and allowing such associations; are opening the flood-gates of ruin upon their chil dren. Mammon is steadily strength ening his outposts and the damning degradations are sweeping wider and wider over our land. Parents are asking themselves-perhaps in vain-how they may shield the the sacred precincts of their family circles from the sacrilegious pres ence and ruining influence of that dead enemy to society-The Human Wolf. The man who has no other vocation in life than to prey upon and defame his own species, who uses the, talent and ability which God has given him, to seduce and entrap the unwary, leaving them scorned and loathed and cast as wrecks on life's tempest tossed ocean; and who, if need be, will not hesitate to drape about him the holy mantle of Christ, to accomplish his fiendish aims, and think it is no sacrilege. Take up any current newspaper of the day, that you will, and its bolumns teem with details of the inroads and encoachments that last and crime are making upon society every day. Each hour, almost, is rife with the fall of some high offi cial in the affairs of the state or clergy, and the lost and ruined is borne upon every wind.. 0, thoughtless man! Do these waiting cries of heart-broken an gnish find no echo in your heart? Will you, still unmindful of them, continue in the banquet hall of Pleasure, offering your own, and the souls of those poor young beings, whom you have dragged from the path of virtue, a willing sacrifice at the reeking shrine of debauchery and ruin? Beware ! you are tread ing the path that many have trod, but all have fallen. Think not the cleansing sword of justice will be stayed, or, that He who marks the sparrow's fall will suffer the blood of those poor young souls, made in His own likeness and image, to cry out in vain. A COLORED PREAChER DE FENDS WiFE-BEATING. "Dere is anudder matter we is noted for, beating our wives. Now dar de scriptur cams in again. De good book says: 'Husbands, keep your wives in submission.' And how is gwine to do dat thing? Why, beat 'em, to be sure, 'case dey needs it. Yes, gemmen, we is de kings of the yearth and we must rule de women, 'case if we don't rule them, dey is mighty app to rule us. Den, agin, we is the salt of the yearth, and we is not to keep pretty sharp to keep the yearth salted. Den, agin, we is the salt of the yearth, and we is got to keep pretty sharp to keep the yearth salted. Den, again, if you give a .woman an inch she is more app to take an L. So I 'vises you all to do your duty and keep the women in hand. "Now, sisters, I ain't in no wise 'posed to you when you don't-.get 'yond your.elfs, so I will close dis here lecture by wishing you all good luck and 'vising you to devote your time, your eddication and your 'complishments to us gemmen, case, as I said afore, we are de kings of the yearth, and you can't bu'st that fac' if your tongues are longer and your heads pretty strong. 1 'spects I don' make you sorter mad, but facs must be spoken, and aslItole you afore, thesalt got to be rather sharp to keep dis yearth salted, and it don't do in no wise to let de women think dey is no whar nigh the equals of we gemmen, case dey is monstrous easy to spile, and if dey gets do upper hand dey is more 'an app to keep it. SAdvertumem_ Inseted t 6: .$LOOVW su (one cWfor And oe0= eB& sueqsi Double clum. advertisemeats Ie on above. 2 Notices of meedap,obtlMres ando ofrespect, same ates per sqmase-7 Amda Notices in Localcolassawseen Ad veldlemeaft SOCURdLed Wuh~ ber er insertions wlbe tept IAW and chargedsee Speal coutracts made with bwsse tiers, with liberal dedoctionson JOB RIAWM DONE WITH NEATNESS AND D1$PATCf TERMS CASH. "I speaks from 'sperience, and sperience, my frens, bredren an sisters, is a good teacher, case any of you had my Eliza Jane (dr your wife you could tell den why I 'vises you to rule de women in. de 'ginning, case, 'fore de Lord,-'b dey get de start you had just w well try to move a r#ountain d rule a woman what yoa is loei to get sot in her ways.' NEWS irEMS. And now adder's poison is to be employed as a curative agent. Conklin thinks if the Repubea party wins next fall, it will bsb -means of Democratic votes. Skinner of N. C., has been seated as representative from that Stae Congress. The University of the Methlo Church has been located at Chatt nooga, Tenn. It is now reported that Mr. & Randall will not propose the tion of the internal revenue, 9 777 He is avowedly opposed to-there duction of the import duties. is platform, therefore, is "Do nothing?' The death .of Con nd Mackey is bringing out a um of persons who are. willing to in Mackey's old shoes. '1he lowing are mentioned. Robt T. B. Johnstone, S. J. Lee, T; Miller of Beaufort, Dr. W. CCree and the Everlasting Sam Lee. The State is now paying the RsEi road Commissioners to do nothtitM but hold their offices. [AbbevWe edism No danger of their complaintog soon of being wearied, or for some one to holdoktflt ,an spit on their hands. We. hold. The papers are talking about s ten-year old boy in A1tlta2wh has taken on a full beard and man's voice. Well that is we have lots of boys who strut. all the airs of a man, BourIal-S cane, throw their heads back, w - a cigar in their teeth, like adu looking at the sun, strut on me* side walk than topers, and allbt they have barely .passed it yrear. Much is being said about Mary Millers being about togl license as a steamboat cpata the Mississippi River. . . What difference between runl a steamboat and -running thing else on land. Half' otW farms in the land are run by women. Let them come to the front If they can run steamers and fwnrma why not give their husbands a back ' seat and let them try the bueiness a while. THIETWO BROTHE.R5. "Ten years ago," said a sed acquaintance of mine to his spent thrift brother, "we inherited $1500~ 000 apiece. You now have o1yal - $20,000 left. Instead of using your fortune in some sort of business, e, paying attention t(o its proial investment, you employed all .your time in spending it. You put horses - on the race-track, you made extrav' agent tours in Europe, you kept. yacht, and, worse than that, go gambled. I am now told that c. hare joined the new AmericanTuf Club. Thgt will probably flniskyou off during this winter. rmi not my brother's keeper, and I want to warn you that I don't intend to b When you've got to your last lar, don't come to me for help. That's all." "I don't suppose that you'v spent more than $5,000 a year personal living expenses since ye came into your inheritane,"am the response; "you haven't ha fast horse, nor a trip abroad, nora yacht, nor a game of chance, t any of the fun that I've got from 4 of those costly things. But IAR, dead sure that you codldn't T day raise a dollar more Ia hard cash than I can. Ynu've sunk your fortune just as quickly and x retrievably as I have, but the dif ference is that I've had aright good time, and you' haven't. there's no use denying it. I hy 1:ept as close a watch onyo you have on me. Thirty tiu~d. went in petroleum wells:~ wouldn't squirt, twent in zln' that.folks wouldn't- ielon,fy - mineb with outputs of stone won't- stew out a poundof silvers the ton, and so on tothe end of[* your fortune, except about as nxeek as I have got left. rve beelas fool, in soon parting with niy money, but so have you; butrbav he had ten years of jollity, against your ten of dull worry. Don't you go to leefuring me." receives about 8,000,00,000'o meteors every year, butth l increase the size.of the eri~ inch in-100,000,0yers. The Louisrille Feet asserttustie aai~t~ lfas life rnasi a Its was tbe aRiaub(di.'en