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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31
John as a Husband.

The Cinnamon may want wives,
the Massachusetts, spinsters may
want husbands. 1t isn't every
woman that would have John for
y husband, and it isn't every wo.
man John would have for wife
but human nature is human ma
ture, even in spite Of antipodal d.
verSities. If the Johns "do well''
in Massachusetts, those now there
will stay, and others will come.
The longer they remain the more
tolerablc they will become, and it
does not require an excessive
strain Of the fancy to imagine a
time when their oblique eyes, at
tenuatcd shins, pig-tails, chop
sticks, and hcatbenism will lose all
their responsiveness, and they them
selves grow TO be altogether lovely
in the spectacles Of the myopic
Massachusetts Puritauesses. Tho
very antipodes Of the two par
ties will accelerate their ap-
Proclamation, and perhaps precipi-
tate the dreadful calamity. The
missionary and proselytizing spirit
will break out with renewed ardor
in the bosoms Of the redundant
sex, and they will ycarn TO rescue
the Johns from their benighted
spiritual condition. They will
have them at Sunday schools, at
church, at sewing societies, fairs,
bazaars, pic-nics, and so forth.
John is . stubborn animal, tena-
cious in his faith, in his habits, in
his traditions, and in his views on
things in general; but he would
be as superhuman as the pictured
COLLINS and monsters on his own
battle banners if he could stand all
this. lie won't stand it; be is
clay, and yellow clay at that; he
will yield; he will forget the flow
cry kingdom, be will forget Cca-
fucius he will cut off his pig-tail; ;
he will drop his slippers and put
on North Adams boots; he will
lay aside his blue cotton blouse,
and put ou a bob-tailed coat; he
will wear eye, glasses; he will get
married to his d-heartcd Sun
day school teacher; and he will
bring over As, 900 other Johns, like
himself, to restore the social equi-
poise in Massachusetts,. A few
years ago the immigration and
multiplication of Irish in Massa-
chusctts, accompanied by the mi
grafton and diminution Of increase
of the native population, suggested
uncomfortable prospectivcs of a
not far distant day when Boston
would bo a cis-Atlantic Dublin,
and the land of the Pilgrims be
represented in Congress by a solid
delegation of Irish Democrats.
But the Chinese matter may in
tcrtcrc with this probability after
all. Boston may become city of
pagodas and joss-houses. and Ply
mouth Rock the site of a porcelain
tower. Massachusetts, may escape
being IIibcruian only by becoming
Chincse.-St, Louis Republican.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31

JAMES L. ORR.-Our exchanges
will do we'll to give publicity to
the following which we CLEAN from
the Richmond Dispatch, one Of
the very best papers published in
Virginia, so that every Palmetto
gentleman can know what is
thought Of the Hon. James L. Orr,
the would-be Senator Of South
Carolina. Read and pass it around:
GuGrIian.
CANDlD.-We admire the candor
of Hon. James L. Orr, of South
Carolina, who, without circumlo-
cution, avows that he intends to
act with the Republican party be-
cause it is SO strong that 1t will
inevitably rule that State for
years to come! There are a num-
Der Of patriots of this sort in Viz
ginia as well as in each of the
other States. They are acting,
and will continue for a time TO act,
with the Republican party because
it controls all the Federal offices !:
but let the Democrats come into
power, and these same slippery
knaves will be among tho bitterest
enemies Of Radicalism to be found
in the ranks Of the successful par
ty. Judge Orr, too, will Of course
resume his Democratic principles
whenever lie shall see a prospect
Of the Democracy ruling South
Carolina for i number Of years.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31
A BELIEVING HUsBANDA

A BELIEVING HusBANG.z
ring the trial of q case in.,.,, :,
vile, last week, a Witness; s'sesd ,o,d
in testifying to what 80 ~. VIZ W.,
him. TO this, Of coHse, inc 80 ~,
torneys objected a - nos.Id WI ui.u l.a1
a eeed orain to N "shust how it
vssa | When nNe attorney would
sins sHv, ont av6w do 30 know that?'
NV 1 vifsdd me" was the answer.
Th;s w repeated several times.
Pressfly, the judge, becoming un-
ablsso contain himself any longer,
ytsrrupted: Suppose your wife
were to tell you the heavens had
fallen, what would you think ?"
aVell, den l dinks dey vas down.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31
UoN1sF CAYE.-Mix with cold

uoM1sY CAKE.-Mix with cold
boiled hominy an equal quantity
of white -four until perfectly
smooth; add a teaspoonful of salt,
and thin off with buttermilk, III
part of which a teaspoontul ofsod;s
has been dissolved ; when of the
consistency of griddle cakes, add :.
desertspoonful Of melted butter
and bake as usual.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31

democratic at all times and
under all circumstances" has been
dropped from the title page Of the
New York Democrat.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31

Modern German scholars assert
that Vergil, and not Virgil, is the
corrcc: spelling Of the great Latin
poets name.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31

A Tribune correspondent says
that most of the Southern gentle
men at White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia, are the worst dressed
and the best hammered men in the
civilized world. Judges 60 to
dinner in linen coats, and Gene
rails breakfast in dress coats OF
an aRte-6eilum cut.
TIE FAT MES's GATHER1NG.-At
the recent Fat Mems Gathering
at Bridgeport, Conn, they, we're
assembled ono hundred and tour
persons, whose gross weight was
tuentythree thousand fre hundred
and Utytow pounds? The hea.
West man On tho list weighed
thrce-hundrcd and tuelre pounds.
Charleston can furnish 4 few men
who will beat 312! At the next
gathering we hope Charleston will
be represented by one Or more OF
her weighty men.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-31

Out Of debt, out Of danger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
Crickets and Grasshop-
D0rS.

Grasshoppers and crickets have
taken the field in the Pacific States
in formidable numbers. The grass
plants of the San Francisco plaza
suddenly disappeared under their
tread. The black crickets, in
belt one mile wide and of unknown
length, struck the Humboldt Riv-
er about six miles above Elko, and
crossed it. Its surface was black
ened for hours, and fishes gathered
from up and down the river to
feast upon them. 1t was found
that horses, driven into the col
umn of crickets, became fright
ened and could not be induced to
proceed. In Utah grasshoppers
are said to "subside" somewhat
after a flock of sheepis driven rap
idly about in field containing
them. Near Stockton, as a rail
road train wss going up a steep
grade in Echo Canon, it was brought
to a stop by these insects.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
InGallibility Dogma.

The schema of the dogma OF
Papal Infallibility, which has
been adopted in the Ecunenical
Council. contains FIVE canons as
follows:
l. If any man should say that
the Episcopal Chair of the Roman
Church is not the true and real
infallible chair of the Blessed Pc
ter, or that it has not been divine
ly chosen by God as the most solid
indefectible and incorruptible
rock of the whole Christian
Church, let him be anathema.
2. II any one should say that
there exists in the world another
infallible chair OF the truth of
the Gospel of Christ our Lord dis
tinct and separate from the chair
of Blessed st. Peter, let him be
anathema.
.. Ii any one should deny that
the divine magisterium Of the
chair of Blessed Peter is necessa-
ry to the true way OF salvation
for all men, whether unfaithful
or faithful, whether laymen or
bishops, let him be anathema.
4. If any one should say that
each Roman POntiff, legitimately
elected, is not by divine right, the
of Blessed Peter. even
in the gift of the infallibility for
teaching the church the word of
God pure from all corruption and
error. let him be anathema.
5. If any one should say that
councils are established by !
God in the church as power of
the divine flock in the
word of faith superior to the Ro-
man Pontiff, or equal to him, or
necessary by divine institution in
order that the magisterium of the
Roman Bishops should be pre-
served infallible, let him be ana
.hema.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
A Map for Every officer
Correspondence New York Herald.

Prince Waldbury took out a
map of the French province of
Alsace, which he said bad been
given him by the Typographical
department of the Prussian army
at Berlin. The French officer
looked at it carefully and asked
whether maps like that were plen-
tiful in the Prussian army. The
Prince said that they were, and
that almost every commissioned
officer carried one about with him.
mo wonder" replied the French
officer, "that you beat us on our
own ground, for you have infinite
ly better maps than we have of
our own provinces" These maps,
/ must tell you, of Alsace and
Lorraine, have been made by the
Prussians during the past few years.
| have one by me, and it helps me
wonderfully. They are accurate
in the minutest particulars.
M'MAHON's TOPOGRAPHY.
As a contrast to this I may tell
you that af er McMahon's flank
had been turned on Saturday the
Marshal himself rode on to the
farmhouse of a peasant, near Wo-
erth, and asked the road to Saw
erne, a place on which he had de-
termined to fall back.
Here, then, may be summed up
in a very few words the causes
which led to the results of Satur-
day last. On the French side i'm
mense bravery, great dash, and
utter recklessness as to suffering
or discomfort. On the Prussian
side overwhelming numbers, i'm
mense discipline, great order, great
forethought, and a perfect man.
of those small things
without which great achievements
in this world are impossible.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
How Advertising Pays.

The New York Journal of Com
meroe says of one of the Oldest
banking houses
We are pleased to learn from
its managers that they trace their
success in business to the benefits
of judicious advertising. Any
one would suppose that such a
bank, so long established and SO
widely known, might sell its bills
and drafts, and obtain collections
enough to satisfy any reasonable
ambition without dollar of out
lay for advertising. And SO it
might be said of Messrs. Brown
Bros. & Co, Duncan, Sherman &
Co., and other leading bankers,
whose advertisements appear all
the year in our columns. Messrs.
A. T. Stewart s Co., who are
more extensively known than any
other house on this continent, pay
US annually more money for ad-
vertising their business, than any
other of their would-be rivals If
a house is not well known it
should become so by liberal adver-
tising; and the better it becomes
known and the larger its business,
and the more independent it would
seem TO be, the better still does it
pay to advertise it. Advertising
is not only means of success, but
it is at once the evidence of it,
and a guaranty of its continuance.
Many noble houses date the deca-
dence of their trade from the sus-
pension of advertising.
The Baltimore San adds:
If this is true of such extensive
and well-established houses as
those named--and that it is no
one can doubt-how much more
forcibly does it apply to smaller
financial, mercantile, and other bu-
siness enterprises, and Particular
ly to those seeking to establish a
trade.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

Rev. Linus Parker, editor of
the New Orleans Advocate, has
recently been taking a Northern
and Eastern tour. Here is part
of bis description of the ride from
Buffalo to Albany:
The farm lands adjacent to the
New York Central Railroad, from
one extremity of the State to the
are rarely worth less than
$l00 per acre, and are often at a
much higher figure. The value
of lands throughout the North is
a matter of wonder. Nearly every
part of the country, we may safe
ly say nearly every neighborhoOd,
is reached by some railway, and
lands quite remote from the great
centers and thoroughfares are rare
ly held at less than $50 to S75.
We are at loss to know how any
reasonable per cent. can be real
lied from investments at these
prices but the people grow rich
er every year, and the country
prospers. The products on these
highest farms would seem not to
be particularly profitable. habor
is comparatively high, laboring
men receive by the month as much
as $25 or $50. Work by the day
in harvest and other emergencies
is very much higher.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
The Turcos at Wissem-
bOurg.

The Figaro gives, from private
letters, an account of the conduct
of the Turcos at Wissembourg
"They could never be brought Ic
obey the call to retreat, and, when
taxed with not attending to it,
would reply 'RitriteI' This hero.
lie ignorance it was that caused
five hundred of them to be taken
prisoners at Wissembourg. They
hurled themselves upon the Prus-
SLAMS without thinking of what
went on in their rear. They broke
and massacred whatever was in
their way. A regiment of the
Royal Guard was turned and
crushed by this human waterspout.
The remainder of the division,
crushed by the numerical superi.
ty OF its adversary, was forced to
yield ; the signal of retreat was
sounded, but the Turcos, accord
ing to custom, took no heed of it.
Gen. Douay galloped up to warn
them, but was struck by a ball
and fell mortally wounded. The
ardor of the Turcos was doubled.
They rushed upon another regi-
ment, and, in a raroxysm of fury,
made a wide passage through the
enemy's line of battle, which they
went through at the pas de charge,
producing an effect like a scythe
attached to a locomotive. They
were in the rear oftbeenemy. The
Chief de battalion put his lorgnette
to his eye. ''Hold, where are our
comrades 2 said he. He saw them
marching at a distance, perceived
his dangerous position, and tried
to force a fresh passage to rejoin
them. But what could 500 men
do against 100000? He was sur
rounded on all sides and compell-
ed to surrender with his brave de-
.achment."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
The UhIans.

The Uhlans, who are creating SO
much alarm in France by their
raids upon towns and villages, far
ahead of the line of march-of the
russian army, also give rise to
perplexing reports as to the posi-
ton of the German forces. The
UhIans are light cavalry, of Asia
tic origin, and were introduced in
70 the North OF Europe along with
The colonies of Tartars, who es-
fablished themselves, in Poland
and Lithuania. The name is de-
lived from a Tartar word signify.
ipg "brave." They are mounted
on light, active horses, and are
armed with sabre, lance, and lat
terIy with pistols or carbines. The
iance, from 6 to z feet long, is at
ssched to a stout leather cord fas-
fened to the left shoulder, and
passed around behind the back so
rs to allow it to be couched under
The right arm. Immediately be-
low the point of the lance is at
tached "a strip of gaudy-colored
cloth, designed by lis futtering
to frighten the enemy's horse;
The early dress was Turkish, and
the regiments or "polks," were dis
singuished from each other by red,
green, blue, and yellow uniforms.
The Austrians and Prussians first
borrowed this kind of light caval-
~ from the Poles, and in 1874
Marshal SAKE attempted 10 intro
6nce the Uhlans into the French
ssrvice, and a ''polk" of |, 900 men
v'as organized, but it was disband-
ed after the MarShaPS death. Rus
eia, Prussia, and Austria are the
only governments maintaining
Uhlan regiments, which are re-
united from Western Russia, 70
and and Gallicia.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

There is man living in Cal
houn county, Miss, who is sup
posed to be the strongest man in
the State, if not in the entire
South. He is thirty-fve years of
age, and weighs 225 pounds. He
has been known to carry three
bars of railroad iron, when it takes
from three to five ordinary men to
carry one. He can take cask
containing forty gallons of whisky
or water (the former is preferred,
we presume,) and raise it from
the ground and drink out of the
bunghOle with as much ease as
another could out of a common
pitcher; and he has frequently
taken a barrel of -four under each
arm, and balancing sack Of salt
on his head, carried them for sew
eral hundred yards with apparent
ly but little effort. He offers to
bet that he can lift thirteen hun
dred ponnds.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
gftuple Of tAe a3lnses.
"Father, Don't Go In"

"Father, Don't Go In"
A father bore upon his arm
A girl of tender years
She shivered sadly with the cold,
Her eyes were full of tears.
/ paused to see why she should weep,
A girl SO young and fair;
And why her father wore a look
Of horror and despair.
I did not need to tarry long
Her tears to understand;
For on gin-shop's half-shut door,
The father laid his hand.
Loud was the wintry wind without,
Louder was the noise within;
But o'er them all l heard her words,
30 father, don't go in !''
He turned him sternly from the door
And strobe along the street,
Thanking his young deliverer
With words and kisses sweet.
Strong were the few and gentle words
The little girl did speak,
But stronger far the silent tear
That trickled down her cheek.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

A gentleman in Galena, ILL.,,
keeps an ordinary tree toad in a
glass jar half filled with water.
Inside the jar is a diminutive
ladder, from the bottom OF the
vessel to the top. Just about the
water line is a perch, on which
his frogship is to be seen sitting
perfectly motionless as long as the
dry season lasts. On the slightest
indication of a change in the at
mosphere the frog quits his perch
and takes to the water, returning
to the landing only at intervals to
feed upon the flies that are thrown
into the jar.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

EHwO Dollars for one yess. Snsa-
F.a5& = edVenoe.
e1~ Single copies, Ten Gents esch.
lP ADVERTISEMENT inserted At One Dollar
per sdnsrs of Ten Lines or loss for the hrs'
inseszs5n; Fifty Cents for each continuance,
oF Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents PEI line.
o.7sA liberal deduction will be made TO
pslsons advertising for thres, six. nine, Or
kwsi4e months.
A. Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fits Dents per square.
fF The privilege OF yearly advertisers =
ssIictiy limited to their own immediate and
rsruIsr business; and the business OF an ad-
xeTsis;ng firm is not considered IS inclnding
kh1t 81 lis individual members. 0TNo de-
viation from these terms under any cifcuin-
etAn<es
6<r Advertisements not marked with the
nrebsr of insertions when handed in, will be
eunt;nued until ordered Oat, and payment
sx7cted.
f<- No advertisement inserted gratu.tously
HF Advertisements OF an sbusive>nsture
utII not be inserted at any price.
AZ Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
81 Sc paid in advance in every case.
~ Job Printing Of all kinds nestly
dess on New Type, and on as reasonable
tsr1as as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
APickle Watch.

The other day we met Wiggins,
and he had . silver cased watch
hunting Gaze at that. We had
lknown Virgins FIVE and twenty
tyears, and ever knew him to car
Try d watch before. We asked him
where he got it. He gave us a
ned and d leer, and said he would
tell us
@Last fall" he commenced, "T
killed the old brindle COW, aud put
rhe best part of her into the old
ihseftarrel. She was fat, and the
lbeef was nice; and l had nigh un-
| to full barrel. I didn'G want to,
make it very salty, 50 | setit out
in the shed, where the frost might
itcach it and keep it; and you'd
better believe it made good eating.
'One day my wife says to me-
says she, 'Wiggins, pears to me
our beef is going very fast went
and looked, and sure enough it
was going-rather faster than I
thought it ought to. I've noticed
it lowering unaecountably this long
time said my wife. Somebody
is stealing it; why don't you set
a trapY
"But my neighbors were all
good hearted kind of folks, though
one or two of 'em might be just
littleincIined to poke aroun lwhere
they did not belong, and / didn's
want to hurt them. / concluded,
however, that it would be best to
put the barrel, with what little
beef was left, down into the cellar,
aud / did it. Well, when the
beef was all used up, and / went
to clean out the barrel, | fo1nd
this watch in the pickle. 1t looked
to me like Tom Sherman's watch.
Tom had worked for me consider
abe, and | have seen him have
The watch, or one very much like
it. When / saw Tom / showed
him the watch, and be said right
off it was his.
"How did you lose p" said /.
81 carried it in my pocket with
out a chain, and / must have drop
ped it out when | was STOPPING"
said he.
"Well," said I, "then you must
nave been STOPPING over my beef
barrel, for / found it in the pickle r''
with that Tom looked kind o
iheepish, and guess be saw the
Wrinkle in my eye.
"Let me look at that watch
gain" said he.
"He looked at it little while,
md handed ii back to me.
''On the whole, Mr.. Wiggins,' -
aid he, II guess that amt my
watch, arter all. 1t must surely
'eIong to somebody else
sand with that he walked off.
"And then / carried the watch
o our jeweler, and be found that
he case had shut so tight that the
vorks hadn't been picked a bit;
nd for a dollar he cleaned it ua
n good shape, and setitto running.
t is fist rate time-keeper, and
reckon whoever took my beef
aid all it was worth"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

A singular death, reported by a
correspondent of the Courier-Jolr-
nal, occurred in TishomingO coun-
ty, Mississippi, a few days ago.
Mr.. Pennington, stout healthy
farmer, living about four miles
from Iuka, had slight chill last
Sunday. The day before he was
i'll excellent health. Monday
morning he felt the approach of
another chill and lay down on the
bed. After lying awhile he re-
marked to a member Of his family
that he had heard it said that spi-
der webs "were good for chills, "
and that he believed he would
try the remedy. Whereupon he
rose from the bed, and gathering
from the walls or ceiling Of the
room a web in which were three
''spider balls" as they are called,
swallowed them without much ado.
Immediately there was heard
within bis chest a faint sound as
if the balls had burst, and in ten
minutes he was dead. Very soon
bis throat, lips, and the whole OF
bis face were greatly swollen by
the action of the poison. Who
has not seen hundreds of young
spiders, not so large as a pin head,
swarm from one OF these balls when
broken open? And who but the
ilLfated Mississippian, would ever
have thought of swallowing a
spoonful of them as a remedy for
or for any thing else ?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22
Rev. John Wesley took a 60,

Rev. John Wesley took COM
mon sense view of the practice Of
fasting. He said it was OCCASION
ally useful as a substitute for ply
sic; but, as TO its being acceptable
to the Deity, a man might as ra-
tionally imagine that going naked
in severe frost would be of use
to his shivering soul, as think he
advanced step further in his spir-
itual career by eating a piece of
boiled turbot instead of q slice of
roast beef.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

In Wood county, Ohio, a wild.
ow was introduced to a man on
Saturday, was buggy-ridden on
Sunday, and married on Tuesday
The groom came home drunk
Wednesday night, and was kicked
out by the bride, who threw bis
baggage alter him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-22

SLIGHTLY CHEEKY.-A storekeep-
er recently sent a dunning letter
to a long-winded creditor, who re-
piled as follows : "You say you
are holding my note yet. That is
all right-perfectly right, just
keep holding on to it, and then if
you find your hands slipping. spit
on them and try again. Yours
afectionately."