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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
Vigorous Women.

i Physically our American wo-
men of to day present a striking
contrast with those Of ten years
ago. Wasp-like waists have dis
appeared. Delicate limbs, languid
countenances, and frail constitu-
tions generally have ceased to be
at a premium. and in their place
we have strong limbs, ruddy
cheeks, and robust constitutions.
The English women are yearly
becoming more the model. With
out becoming strong-minded, in
the common acceptation of the
term, our wives, daughters, and
sisters are becoming stronger
physically, We do not allude, of
course, to those whose lives are
devoted to a round of fashionable
gayety and dissipation. This
encouraging change is to a con-
siderable extent due to our out
door pastimes inaugurated among
the women. Horseback riding,
ten pins, croquet, billiards: ska
ting, and walking have ceased to
be confined to the stenrer sex. We-
men eagerly embrace these amuse-
ments, and seemingly derive all
the enjoyment they are capable
of yielding.
The English girl, who thinks
nothing of doing five mile walk
before breakfast, now finds COM
petitor in her American cousin.
Many of the most devoted and
skillfnl disciples of the curling art
belong to the other sex. Women
WELD their croquet.malIets, pocket
billiard-balls, and make ten strikes
with all the enthusiasm of the
male sex. A fondness and taste
for these pastimes should be fost.
cred and developed, instead of
being repressed and checked,
through fear of their making wo-
men unwomanly. Marriage" says
Michelet, "is the chief end of wo-
man." If such be the case, she
can attain it in no quicker way
than by presenting robust physi-
que, overfowing with animal life
and spirits, in contrast to weak,
puny constitution, bending before
any adverse wind.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
For the Young to Recollect.

The Bible is worth more than
all the other books which were
ever printed.
God is we'll pleased with what
Christ has done for us, and when
we are pleased with it, and lay
hold upon it with all our hearts,
God is well pleased with US for his
righteousness sake.
How poor, even in this beautiful
world, with the warm sun and
fresh air about us, which alone are
sufficient to make US glad, would
be life. if we could not make the
happiness of others.
When sin lies heavy, crosses lie
light; and on the contrary, where
crosses lie heavy, sins lie light.
Bad as men arc they dare not
appear to be open enemies to
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

Haskell had eight, Marshall Hodges
nine, and Robt. Il. Wardlaw nine.
Charles T. Haskell married a
daughter of Langdon Cheves.-
Several of his sons became distin-
guished field officers.
But the most remarkable case
was in Laurens District. Maj.
Geo. Anderson had thirteen sons
in the Confederate army. We
believe that this is without paral-
lei anywhere.
Some idea may be formed of
the healthiness of this remarkable
section from single fact. There
is Mrs. Bolts living in Abbeville
District, who is now sixty-eight
years of age. She said to the
writer: II have borne twelve
children, and raised eleven of
them. I have never been sick IN
my life, and never paid cent to
a doctor on my own account. -
Mrs. Bolts lost two gallant sons
in the Mexican war. She had in
the Confederate struggle four
sons, FIVE sons-in-law, three grand
sons, and two nephcws. She said :
"Some of my sons got wounded,
but all of them came home except
poor Tom, and be. was starved to
death in Elmlra." Some one re-
marked to Mrs. Bolts that she had
constitution and strength enough
to last till she was hundred
She replied, "Tbat's nothing, why
my mother lived till she was one
hundred and twenty, and was
courted when she was one hun
dred and seventeen !"
[NeU Eclectic.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

monest and most seductive means
of escape.
In dealing with this subject it is
too often forgotten that there is q
class of persons much concerned
in it who may suffer considerably
from the notion that flirting els
an innocent kind of amusement. !"
It was only last month that Lon
don barrister read out in court the
letters of an erratic bagman who
had Tilted dress-maker as bril-
llantly as a guardsman might have
Tilted the daughter of a rural
squire. Whenever these breach
of promise cases turn up, we may
observe the grossness of the vice
of Irritation with the gliding quite
rubbed off it.
In too many examples the wo4
man has suffered the worst betray
al, she not having as many things,
probably, to distract her mind as
her sister in higher circles. Here,
indeed, the amusement is not of
an innocent kind, and the counsel
for the defendant has, as we know,
constantly to struggle for a miti-
CATION Of damages by throwing in
observations as to the conduct Of
the plaintiff, also inconsistent with
the view that Irritation is harm
less recreation: But it may be
said that filtration is the luxury
of the rich; poor people cannot af-
ford the entertainment, or when
they 90 about it blunder into un-
seemly catastrophes. It is doubt
full whether the well.to-do after
all are not worse off from the GUS
tom than those beneath them.
Whatwas the meaning Of the girl of
the period scandal? Why are wo-
men accused Of heartless selfish
ness and extravaganza? 1t may
be, we suspect that they have
sickened of honest love when so
often disappointed Of it; and have
then taken to the drugged cup Of
Irritation. London this year has
not been free from strange rumors
of the consequences Of "this irpo-
cent kind of nonsense" in various
quarters. A little smoke in this
case shows a great deal of smoul-
dering fire, and modern society
needs no instructions or incitations
to "that bright and animated in
tercourse which makes the hours
pass so easily" The Saturday Re-
uiew hints that to 60 too far is to
spoil the sport. Like wine, or TO-
bacco, or the bycicle, you may
have too much of a good thing.
Filtration is one of the few accom-
plishments, luxuries, or sins, from
which we would recommend total
abstinence to the majority Of Ia
dies and gentlemen. Intimacies
will spring up of spontaneous
and agreeable kind between men
and women, which need in no re-
spect resemble that foolish, selfish,
or guilty exhibition of temporary
emotions mildly termed Irritation,
but which is simply constructive
apology for derelictiens Of modest
behavior: .......
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
How to be Handsome.

Now, not every one can have
good features. They are as God
made them; but almost any one
can look we'll, especially with good
health. It's hard to give rules in
a very short space, but in brief
these will do:
Keep clean !; wash freely and
universally, with cold water. All
the skin wants is leave to act
freely, and it will take care of it.
self. Its thousand Of air holes
must not be plugged up.
Eat regularly and simply. The
stomach can no more work all the
time. night and day, than a horse !;
it must have regular work and
regulas rest.
Coco. teeth are a help to good
looks. Brush them with soft
brust, especially at night. Go to
bed. with teeth clean. Of course,
to have white teeth, It's needfalto to
let tobacco alone. Every woman
knows that. And any powder or
wash for the teeth should be very
simple. Acids may whiten the
teeth, but they take off the enamel
or injure it.
Sleep IN a cool room, in pure air.
No one can have a clear skin who
breathes bad air. But more than
all, in order to look well, wake up
the mind and soul.
When the mind is awake, the
dull sleepy look passes away from
the eyes. l do not know that the
brain expands, but it seems to-.
Think, read; not trashy novels,
but books that have something in
them. Talk with people who
know something; hear lectures
and learn by them. This is one
good of preaching. 4 man thinks
and works and tells US the results.
And if we listen, and hear, and
understand, the mind and soul are
walked up.
Men say they can't afford books,
and sometimes they don't even pay
for their newspaper. In that case
it does them little good they
must feel so mean while they are
readingit.
But men can afford what they
really choose. If all the money
spent in selfindulgence, in hurt
fdl indulgence, was spent in books,
in selfimprovement, we should
see a change. Men would grow
handsome and women too. The
soul would shine out through the
eyes. We were not meant to be
mere animals.
Let US have books and read
them, and lectures and hear them,
and sermons and heed them.
lErchange.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

COOP ADv1cE.-Joseph Joslin,
Esq, Of Poulney, Vt, gave bis
daughter, on her marriage, the
following "words of wisdom, "
which will do for every pair:
Never talk at but to each other.
Never both manifest anger at
the same time.
Never speak loudly or bolster
ously to each other. .
Never reprove each other in
the presence of others.
Never find faalt or fret about
what cannot be helped.
Never find fault or fret al what
can be helped.
Neglect everybody else rather
than each other.
Never make q remark at the
others expense. -.
Love the Lord, and serve him
faithfully all the days Of thy life.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

CHINESE LABoRERs. are reports
which come in a rather strange way,
and need confirmation, says the St Louis
Republican, that number of thousands
of Chinamen, lately employed on the
Pacific Railroad, are on the way from
Omaha to the South. Such an immi-
grafton, if true, would occasion. not
little surprise in the public mind, having
an important bearing upon the ma
teria1 and political interest of the South
ern States. 1t would be an evidence, too,
of the shrewdness of John Chinaman,
and show that he keeps himself
thoroughly versed on what is going on
around him-more especially where his
pocket Is directly concerned. The ides
has found lodgmentin hisbrain that the
South needs labor, and just that sort of
labor which the Chinese can furnish
cheaper, if not better, than any other
people on earth. For q Chinaman has
Infinitely more industry and intefli-
gence than q negro man, and can grow
rich on what q negro will waste. He is the
man above all others, to work the cot
ton and sugar plantations of the Gulf
States, and to reconstruct on solid and
permanent basis the labor system of that
section. If an instalment Of Chinese
should succeed in gaining q foot-hold
there, others will follow, until tens Of
thousands of Celes tials will contribute to
the wealth and prosperity of the eoun-
try. It is the first time in the history
of the world that Asia and Africa are
brought face to face in social and econ.
omical antagonism; and the results will
be watched With the deepest interest BY
those who appreciate the gravity Of the
interests involved.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

A fatal Case Of, resulting from the
Removal of Ten Teeth from the
Upper jan a0hste under the sneu-
snce of Nitrous Oride Gas.-By
II. K. Steele, N. d., Dayton Ohio.
John E. P, aged 10, ofstrong
constitution, robust and in full
health, on the 1st of March last,
while under the influence of nj.
trous oxide gas, administered by a
dentist, had ten of the upper teeth
removed, for the purpose Of hav-
ing a full artificial set inserted.
HE felt some of the pain of the
operation, but was we'll able to en-
dure it, recovered apparently from
it's effects, and continued at his oc-
cupation, that Of farming. On
the 7th of March a twitching of
the lower lid ofthe right eye, with
tendency in it to draw down.
was observed by himselfandfrie
On the 9Th he applied to the den.
tist for relief, who made an external
application of chloroform, deem
ing that sufficient. The left eye,
however, became similarly affect
ed, and other symptoms were grad
ually manifested until the 18th, at
which time | first saw him (the
distance from the city, Z miles,
being probably a reason why l
was not sooner called). There
was then inability to separate the
jaws more than three-quarters of
an inch, a spastic contraction of
the masseter. There was retrac-
ton of the angles Of the mouth,
and an occasional clonic spasm of
the muscles Of the abdomen.
"Under the influence of a Ca
| thartic, with full doses of bella
donna and bromide of potas. and
ice,bags to the spine, two or three
hours sleep was obtained that
night, without, however, relaxa-
alton Of the jaws, or entire subsi-
dence of the abdominal spasm.
On the morning of the 18th there
was a pereeptible exageration OF
the symptoms, the spasms of the
abdominal muscles at times being
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

There is nothing so captivating
to others, pleasing and salutsry
to ourselves, as invariably good
humor and harmless pleasantly.
1t makes the very atmosphere re-
dolent with pleasure, and pro-
notes our bodily comfort and
health IN a manner totally an-
known to trenchant "minds" Of
fifty, and morose bachelors on the
wrong side of forty. The good ma
tured individual with jocoseness
passes through this mundane plan
net agreeable to himself and his
friends, strewing his path With a
fund of wit and humor, and exer-
cising a beneficial effect On his &C.
quaintances by setting the good ex-
ample of taking the world easy,
and exciting their risibles at times
very unceremoniously. The nat
ural consequence is, that such a
nalady as the blues is to him un-
heard of.
Lean, screwed-up visages, with
money written on every wrinkle,
give way to the jovial countenance
Of mirth-the roguish twinkling
eye, and substantial form of more
than ordinary rotundity. The
habit Of being pleasant is con-
tagious, and not only makes US
"bealthy, wealthy, and wise," and
lengtbens our lives by promoting
digestion and preventing the dis
composement of our mental equili-
'brum, but produces the same re-
suit in others, which should be a suf-
fcient incentive for US to keep con-
tinually in a spirit ofjovialty, and
in that manner denote the truth
of the popular adage that "Good
humor is the wine Of life"
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4 Military Family.
he Gamers family Of the South

The Capers family OF the oouIn
and we believe it is exclusively
a Southern family--made a re-
markable fighting record during
the late war. From the album of
a friend we send you the follow.
ing, as embracing the members of
this family who were soldiers un.
der the red-crossed banner of
Dixie in the Confederate army -
Two brigadier-generais, one COL
ouel of artillery, one lieut-col. of
artillery, two colonels of cavalry,
one major of artillery, one lieut.
colonel Of cavalry, four captains
of cavalry, three captains of in
fantry, three sergeants,, two chap
lsins, three surgeons, fourteen
privates,-making a total of
thirty-seven. These were with
out exception brothers, uncles, or
cousins. Nine were killed in bat
tie, three died Of wounds, two
died of disease, thirteen were
wounded more than once, seven
wounded once, and only three
came through safe. Eleven of
the officers were promoted for
gallantry on the field of battle:
G. T. L.
One of the Confederate Gene
rails Of this family is now an Epis-
copal minister at Greenville, S. G..
This recalls an incident at Oxford,
Miss. Gen: s., of "the late so.
called" preached his ordination
sermon there as an Episcopal
minister, on the same day that
Gen. L., Of the Baptist Church,
addressed his Baptist brethren
A wag remarked that the two
Generals were the representatives
of the army and navy Of the late
Confederate States-the Baptist
brother representing the navy.
The highland districts of South
Carolina are the healthiest and
finest portions of our coutry.-
The size of the families in this
favored region would astonish
New England. Mrs. Annie Jolly,
of Anderson District, had eight
sons in the Confederate army, six
Of whom were killed III battle
One of the survivors, Manson
Jolly, was a terror to the Federal
troops for months after the sur
render. In this same District
James Stevenson had eight sons
in the Confederate services; ASS
Bolt had nine, and James
Shirley eight. Three gentlemen ,;
met accidentally in Abbeville vii
lage, and found ont: in converse
tio1 together that they had in ali
26 sons in the army. Charles Z
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

A BEAUTIFUL THING.-What is
it, little girls? Guess, Shall we
tell you? Hark! 1t is a neat,
sweet, modest, virtuous little girl:
one who is cheerful as lark, pure
as a rose, charming as the lily,
lively as q squirrel, skippingly
obedient, quick as a fash to do
ijust right. At such a sight, oh !
clap your hands joyfully.-Golden
Rnle.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

.'Tain't de white, nor yet de black
folks, dat hab de most influence in dis
wcrl', but de yaller boys" said old Aunt
Chloe, as she jingled few gold coins
that had come dowa from former gen.
eration.-Exchange. '...
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

HosoRrxe Gop.-No man honors God,
no man justifes God also high a rata.
Us be who lays his hand upon his mouth.
when the rod of God is Upon bis back.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18

L4
WetMen, ssmetlmes, ID "ha'
we aeste oe mummy coh'
psts snssesyes Win isases' ou'
we'AsVeassyas no right 10 40 so.
'Yae aeases 'nay wen scorh tne w
e'eo9srisen. ~e, VINO % nse hou o
'Sursessesisahn Aae..ne. i- A-0 " nost ~
20 ssefaeF SeSp Sn1 "o'N ~ ns a.S
tSmenay Sanets iearh'LsS i,o ,e
thesanf, fereslSa|iro" 'ee le@.'
reverence, aIae power % every
great. people sas OF every hvlas
tree, depends sa aus not enaS!ns'
but secadrnsng and cotlci9olhg'
tire asors OF It's ancestors: Look-
irgbaek tostke history OF nations,
we may date the beginning OF
their decline from the moment
when hsyessssd TO De reVerent
2RhaaIt, kama accumuHAtl'e III
hsand aaGbrGa from the moment
mhbsn .thsstadandant fruit Oh age
lthiGiu s&hsn the hoiloWness OF
,heartsswhsnee the simp'leities OF
<custom sand sanews OF traoltlon
bad switAera away; Haa a men
Ebut guarded Etae righteous laws
aand proteeted the precious WORKS
eof theirfaahsrs, with half the To-
.dassry thsyhaye given to change
and to'gausge, they would not
now hass lheea seeking Tainly, in
,milienui& vsssons and mechanic
serFitades, the accomplishment OF
the prouase, ,msde to taem so long
sago: AS hhe days OF a tree, SO
ssare the 'days 'es my people, ana
anime elect =shaH long ENJOY the
work OF sRer aands they shaii
s1iot labor in vain, nor bring forth
for trouble; for they are the seeo
sof the blessed OF the LORD, ana
'their r'onspEsRg with them.
This fessen we we nave 10 .aAe
may receive from It's deatn. Il
ever In autumn, a Pensa'ehess
falls upon as as the leaVes orlls
by in their fading, may We not
wisely look up IN nope 10 tne'r
mighty monuments Bsnoio
how fair, bow far prolonged, IN
;arch and aasie, the avenues OF the
valleys! the frlnges OF the Nils;
eso stately, 80 eternal! the Joy OF
sman, the comfort OF all living
creatures. the glory of the earth,
they are but the monuments OF
those poor aeayes that hit family
lpast as to die. Let them not
pass, witheRt our understanding
their last counsel and example !;
that we, also, careless OF mona-
fment by the grave, may build It
iin the werld = monument by
which men may be taught to re-
member, ret where we died, but
whore We lived" f..
e,asj s.
aChristianity can at least, and
surely with no need Of argument,
affirm that it possesses practical
worth and power superior to that
sof any other system. The idea of
world-history. is not philosophy
but faith. 1t is an old doctrine,
which yet, like the forgetting of
it, must ever be new, that to DEM
'onstrate and promuigate truth
-5s not to enforce it; to establish
it in the heart and life OF man, TO
set it by the plowman IN the fur-
row, with the sailor on the ocean,
with the artizsn in the workshop
by the household flre, and IN the
Drawing market place, II must
have some power OF laying Its
hand on the instincts that lie deep
and half conscious in the bosom
The religious instinct is perhaps
the deepest and most powerful Of
ell; no agency will produce. a
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
<Tetanus."

A fatal Case Of, resulting from the
Removal of Ten Teeth from the
Upper jan whale under the ;nfu-
ence of Nitrous Oxide Gas.-By
E.K. Steele, N. d., Dayton Ohio.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-22
Attention, Tobacco Dealers.
CoNCERNING THE REPACKING AND REIN
sPECTIoN OF CERTAIN KINDS OF TOBACCO.
OFFICE or INTERNAL REVENUE, !
Washington Dec. %. 1868. (

OFFICE or INTERNAL REVENUE,
Washington Dec. %, 1868.
Section 70 of the Act of July 90, 49,
68, as amended by the Act of Dec. %,
1868, provides that after the 18th dav Of
February, 1869, no smoking or fine cut
chewing tobacco or snuff shall be sold or
offered for sale unless put up in pack
ages aud stamped as required by said act.
1t is represented that, Notwithstanding
the extension of time, many dealers will
be put to great inconvenience and expense
unless they can he permitted to repack
stocks on hand now in bulk packages into
the packages as now required by law,
under the supervision Of the proper off,
GERS of internal revenue.
In order to furnish the relief desired it
is directed that the reoacking and rein
spection Of such stocks may be made I'M
der the following regulations, viz:
Any dealer in manufactured tobacco
who has made true and correct inven-
tory and return of the same to the asses
sor of the district required as by section
78, may apply to such assessor, and on
submitting to him satisfactory proof that
the tobacco which the dealer desires to
repack and have reinspected was proper
ly inspected under the former law, and
was included in his inventory made pur-
suant to Section 70 of the Act of July
20, 1868, said assessor may direct an in
spector of tobacco for the district to SUI
pervise tho repacking. The tobacco
having been put up in the packages re-
CURED, may be packed in cases or en-.
closures of such size as the dealer may
desire.
1t will be the duty Of the Inspector to
personally supervise the packing in these
cases or enclosures, and when the work
is done he will transcribe upon each case
or enclosure the inspection marks and
brands upon the original packages, and
also marks as follows, viz: "Repacked
under my supervision" together with the
date, the State and district, and his own
name and official title; and he will i'm
mediately make detailed report to the
assessor showing tie number Of packa-
es branded, the kind and quantity in
each, and the name of the person or
firm for whom the reinspecton was made,
with the number of original packages,
and the original inspection marks or
brands upon each package. The inspec-
tors fee will be the same as heretofore
established in each district, to be paid by
the dealer for whom the work is done.
THOMAS HARLAND,
Acting Commissioner.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-22
DIED.

ODELL.-At Clifton, Jan. I6, Mrs. Esther
Odell. wife of Robert Odell, aged IS years.
The deceased, with her husband, was one
of the early settlers of Pierce county. having
come to the county in 1854. She was a menu
Der of the Baptist church, and an amiable
exemplary Christian mother. At good old
age she has gone down to the grave like a
shock of corn fully ripened. with the blissful
hope of glorious resurrection to life inn
mortal. Eighteen years ago she was bap-
tized by Rev. Bailey, who, on this occasion
was Unexpectedly called upon to preach her
funeral sermon. -.