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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18
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WRITING GOOD ENGE.ESla.
: il;iNCiI NUr Tl!uEUUGIILY TAUGHT N
'HfiE SCHOOLS.

Ii VIC were to assert that not one
college student i'll four couIi write
halfa dozen pages Of his own COM
Position III sl;cil Il :nanncr that any
well known printing establishment
would he willing to publish them
without alteration, it would doubt
less seem TO many Persons ike 9
very strange statement. We do hot
make this assertion. Perhaps it
would not be true. But if it were
made by any one else, we should
Dy no means feel sure enough OF its
incorrectness to contradict it. 1t
IS certain that c very large part Of
our educated youth Of both sexes
arc unable to put their thoughts on
paper without numerous inacoura
cics.
Perhaps the most frequent eIrors
OF educated people i'll writing are
those connected with punctuation
That many mistakes Of this kind
are made is not wonderful There
is a good deal Of difference OF
opinion as to what constitutes cor
rectness in this respect. But the
circumstance that ii is no. always
easy to determine what point should
be used i'll a particular place is 70
reason for writing as il punctuation
had never been invented. If man
is in doubt whether to wear q light
coat or a heavy one on September
day. it docs not necessarily follow
th::t hc should SO nhis shirt sleeves.
The diversity oi theories i'll regard
to punctuation does not render, for
instance. letter on several indie
pendent subjects without q single
full stop. except the one at the
end. crcditablc to the education Of
the individual who writes it. or to
the institution at which he or she
has been taught.
Another class OF crrors which
must be mentioned is that Of mis-
taiiesin grammar. These, tits true.
are much lessfrequent among young
people Of education than defcien-
cies in respect to punctuation
Yet there are thousands Of such
persons, who would be highly in
dignant at the charge of writing
rngrammatical English, to whom
a gentle hint that, for instance, the
objective case OF the pronoun who
always ends with an m, OF a little
instruction in regard to the proper
+; use of the auxiiaries shall an(
will" might be Of material service
If the more advanced students il
some Of our colleges orfemale semi
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How II Is.-A patron Of Ger
tain newspaper once said TO the
publisher: Mr.. Printer, how is it
you have never called on me for
pay for your papcr?" "Oh," said
the man Of types: Eve never ask J.
gentleman tormoncy.'' "indeed,"
replied the patron, chow do you
manage to get along when they
don't 2ay?" ':Why," said the ed
itor, "alter a certain time we con-
ciudc that he is not gentleman.
and We ask him." "Oh-ah-yes
i sec: Mr.. Editor, please give
me a receipt" and hands him q '.
"M"kc my name all right on your
books"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18

TnEEE WAS 4 SPIDER On HIS HEAD.
Old NJ. Col.amorc is very deaf
The oihcr Sunday, in the midst Of
the services. Nj. Hotf. who sits i'm
mcdiately behind lIr. Collamore, saw
q spider travelling over the latter's
bald head His first impulse was
to nudge him and tell him all about
it, but he remembered that Nj. Col
lamore was deaf. 50 he lifted up his
hand and brushed the spider Off
Iiof; didn't aim quite high enough,
and consequently, i'll his nervous
ness he hit old Collamore quite a Sc
we're blow. The old gentleman turn
cd round in 4 rage to see WHO dared
take such Il liberty with him. and
Hotfbegan to explain: with gestures,
the cause Of the occurrence. But
Collamorc. in q loud voice, demand
cd what it meant. It was very pain
full to Hoif. The eyes Of the congre-
CATION wee upon him, and he grew
red in the face. There was spider
on your head" 4 white place on
my head, hey! S'poscn there is.
what's that to y,ou? ?" said Collamore;
you'll know what it is to be bald
headed yourself some day. 1t was
Il spider" shrieked Hoh, while the
congregation smiled and the perspj-
ration began to roll of his face
"Certainly it's widcr.' said Cola
more. 'anI got more i'll It than
YOURS. Bat lctit alone-do you mind?
You may let my head alone in
church" ''lir. Callamore, s4lIeked
Hoff: There was bug on your
heal. and T brushed him oft-this
way. and Hof' made another ges-
turc at ColIamoTcs head. The Old
man thought he was going to fight
him then and there. and hurting
hymn book at Rof, he seized the
kncoiing stool on the floor Of the
pew. and was about to bang Nr.
iiotf, when the sexton interfered.-
IN explanation was written on the
hy-leaf of the hymn book. where
upon lIr. Collamorc apolosizcl in
2 boistcrous voice, and resumed his
sea-. Then the services proceed
cd. They think. Of asking M. Col
lamore to worship elsewhere.
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GIVE lolR CHILD 4 PArER.-A
child beginning TO read bccomcsdc-
lighted with 4 ancwspaper, because
he reads Of names and things
which are familiar, and nc will
progress accordingly. y news-
paper in one year is worth quar-
ter's schooIinsto q child. Every IA,
thcr must consider that information
is connected with advanccmcnt.-
The mother Of 4 family: being one
Of its heads and having more i'm
mediate charge Of children should
herself be instructed. 4 mind oc-
cupicd becomes fortified against
the ills of life, and is braced for
emergency. Children amused by
reading or study, are, Of course:
more considerate and easily gov
erncd. How many thoughtless
young men have spent their earn
ings in a tavern or grog-shop who
ought to have been reading! How
many parents who have not spent
twenty dollars for books for their
families, would have given thous,
ands to reclaim son or daughter
who had ignorantly, thoughtless.
| ly, fallen into temptation.
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TIE GID COUPLE.

They sat in the sun together,
Till the day was almost done,
And then, at its close, an angel
Stepped over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together,
lie touched their eyeiiIs wiz! balm,
Aud their last breath 1oa;cd upward
Like the close of q solemn psalm.
Like bridal pair they traycrScd
The unseen, mystical road
That leads to the Beautiful City,
Whose Builder and Maker is God.
Perhaps, in that miracle co"ntly,
They will give her lost youth b.,cH,
And the flowers Of vanished sprins;ime
Shall bloom in the spirits track.
One draughs of the living waters
Shall restore his maniiool's prime,
And eternal years Shall ncasurc
The love that outiives time.
But the shapes they left behind :hcm-
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred % US BIZ the kisses
The angel imprinted there
Wen hiic away in the mcado",
When the sun is low il the west,
Where tho .iooubcamS caaGot find tll> =,
Nor the wind disturb their rest.
But we,Hles no teil-raie tombstone,
With its age and date arise
Ger the two who arc old no longer
In their Fathers house in the $SicS.
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Coon. BY.-It is hard word to
speak. Some may laugh that it
ShoMld be, but let them. ley
hearts arc never kind. 1t is i
word that has chokcI many &n
uttcrancc. and started many ! tear.
The hand is claspcd, the word is
spoken, VIC part, and are out on
the ocean 0! timo-we 60 TO meet
again-whcrc ?-God Only knows.
1t may hc soon, may be never.
Take care that Your good by DC
not . cold onc--it may be the last
one that You can give. Ere you
meet again deaths cold hand may
have closed his eyes and chained
his lips forever. All, he may
have died thinking you loved him
not. Again, it may be q long sep
aration. Friends crowd on and
Civ you their hands. II "
DO so" detect in each good-by tho
love that fingers there; and how
may you bear with you the mem
ory Of these parting words many
days? We must separate. Tea
not yourself away with a careless
boldness that defes all love, bu
make your words linger-giv'
your heart full utterance-and i
tears fall, what Of it? Tears ar
not unmanly.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18

2JoefrD.
T.
Ns.'s'S'E::-:s HAIR.

On, loosen The sncod ;hat YOU wear, Janctte
Let me taug!c my ha!:j IN yoar hair, NY
pet
For the world to me had 10 dajnticr sight
Than your brown hair yelling your shoulder:
white,
As tangled my hand in your hair, my pet
1t was brown with I golden gloss, jane;tc
Ii was finer than silk o. tic floss, my pet;
Twas a beautiful mist falling down 10 you.
wrist,
Twas thing to b: braided and jewcied and
kissed,
'Fwas the loveiest hair in the world, my pet
My aru, WIS tue arm OF i c'Jwn, ]anc.te,
It WAS S;ncwy, briSt!cl aid brown, my pct,
But warmly and softly il loved 10 circss
Your round white neck and yo3: wealth 0;
, tresS,
Yonr beautiful plenty Of hair, my pet.
Your eyes had s swimming gloss, Jancttc,
Revealing the dear old story, ny per,
They were gray, with that c!;aS;cned ,ingc
OF Ike sky.
When the trout leaps qaic!;cs; 20 snatch lhc
fy--s
And they matched with your golden hair,
my pct.
Your lips-but have no words, Janctt",
Thcv were as f.cSi! Us :hc t"ittcr Cl' birds,
mypet,
When The spring IS Young and the roses arc
wet
With dew DROPS in cac'! rcd bosom ser,
And they suited your goid-brown lair, lay
=. pet
Oh, you tangled my life in YOU: iair, JAnctte,
Twas i Silken and golden snare, my pet;
Blu. so gentle the bondage. hay soul ill i'm
plore
The right to continue 4 Slave cYcrmore,
With my fingers enmcShcd in your hair, my
pet.
X y . y
Thus ever dream o.: what you were .I&acitc,
With your lips, and yourcyes, and your hair,
my pet,
In the darkness Of deSoiate years moan,
Aud my tears fall bitterly over the sto@c
That covers your golden hair, my pet.
Miles OReiiiy.
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Selesteb s4erg.
IN 4 TIGERS JAWS.

''Captain Savage. YOU wart to in
dulgein q tiger-hunt, doyon? Now,
if you take my advice-and ! have
gained my experience by actua!
practice-you will do nothing OF the
kind. l could show you some scars
on my body that would frjgAten
you-the results of my last hunting
adventure. T have been on the
coast of Africa over five years, and
although repeatedly urged to join
parties on grand hunt, [ have in
.yariabIy refused. My last expe-
rience was a warming to me.
:N'ill you spin your yarn, Ar.
Hastings? I should like to hear
it, and we can do but little else this
hot day
"Certainly I'll relate it, and
I hope you will profit by What you
hear. The officers here are a reckless
good-natured crowd, but care little
for life. They are. in one sense Of
the word, banisled from France.and
obliged to perform garrison duty OF
this barren, isolated rock, known
as Gorie. If you should join them
in one OF their expeditions, not be-
ing accustomed to tiger shooting.
you might regret your haste for the
remainder Of your life, But III
spin you the yarn. as you term it,
and then ifyou insist upon ventur-
inginto the depths Of the great Saha-
III. YOU are at liberty to DO so: but
you will find that wild beasts are
not the only danger to be appre-
handed.
1T was during the first year l
was on the coast that was induced
to join o party Of friends on a hunt
ting expedition to the desert. Our
party was composed of Captain La,
Moyne, Major de Brissac, a mer.
chant by the name Of Nairabeau:
and myself: Then there were the
officers servants, who looked aftel
the rifles, ammunition, and baskets
containing our lunch.
eve formed quite g. caravan az
we started out from Ruhsque one
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18
SLENDER FEET.

P"ris;an women arc noted for
their ti"y feet, na. low ankles, and
archcd In>tcp. We learn every
day that the small archcd foot is :.
>is" OF nobility, = rule that admits
oi many exceptions. Generally,
The ari$tocratic footis fine, slender,
ncr'oHS.'lciicatc; the plebeian short
and gross.
The English have the fiat foot.
The Russians have enormous feet,
as heavily attached as those Of an
elephant. For this reason, it is said
the Russian princess invented .rain
robes.
The American women are ac-
knowIcdycd to have beautiful
feet.
The fascinating forms and man.
ncrs of the "ladics Of Cadiz," the
theme Of old ballads: retain all the
famous celebrity. Every one has
heard of the dark, glancing eyes
their pretty hands, "skilI,d" in
the mice conduct Of the fan ;"
their feet dainty and fairy-like; "of
which Il glimpse is one Of the last
precious tavors accorded to lovers
signs and tears and, more than
all, their walk.
The beauty Of feet does not con-
sist in their smallness so much as in
their symmetry and grace OF out
line, and in their being short or
extremely small.
The feet Of the Venus de Mcdicis
cxcitaothe admiration of every one
who looks at the beautiful statue.
In the outline Of their extremity
they approach the elegant form Of
the eilipsis, and are founded from
the proportions Of nature, that Of
six TO one between the feet and
the body, the standard Of measure
ment adopted by the large body
Of the scaIptors Of antiquity.
The natural projection of the
second toe: which gives it the clip
tic form: is arrested III its develop
ment by compression of the boot
or shoe: and thus its beauty is mar
led and its elastic tread imped-
cd.
There is always q similarity in
the natural shape Of the thumb
and foot Of the same person. If
the hand is plump, rounded, and
dimplcd, with delicate wrist, so
arc the feet dimpled on the first
joints of the toes and ankles softly
rounded.
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EEa9s5 OFTEN ,iEsy E.AE.

It has been demonstrated that. 1T
crii:!iH intervals, When food is
r~r..ivr;i into tie stomach. GA :tric
juj.." is s,,r.:jcI to ,jig"s; Il, 4nl
tina: no more gastric j,ri:o j., >rcro-
t;.,i t'sa>i is required for the GiScs-
ton .: til" proper quantity ot food.
liz person cat twice o. thrice L
day. at regular periods. tic gastric
juice is sccscte 4 by the stomach 20
,;'s~St tnv fool it Las received. Ii.
while the food is being digvstcd
more food is introduced INTO the
stomach, digestion, in relation to
the food already in tho stomach, is
arrested. Eoc instance: a person
takes, in the morning, apiece OF
bread and several potatoes now,
it will take about three hours for
the stomach to dispose Of that food.
Suppose the person, about an hour
after eating this food takes a piece
Of bread and an apple o. two: what
would happen? The digestion that
WAS going on in the stomach would
Immediately stop. and not be re-
sjuncd until the food that was re-
ceivcd last was brought into the
condition Of the first. Suppose he
took food cYcry hour what would
DC the consequence? Tie stomach
would become prcmaturc!y worn
out: and could do nothing perfect
ly-worl;ino all the time without
res. But i the person possessed
a good constitution and = large
amount Of vital power, he would
not feel, at first, this drain upon
his system. bat sooner or later he
would have to pay the penalty Of
outraged nature. For instance: a
person may lave 4 large capital in
bank: he can live upon the interest
very we'll: but he draws upon his
capital. He docs not feel this drain
at first, because he has 50 large a
bank account; but il he keeps on,
lie will become, sooner or later. &
bankrupt. Some persons have an
enormous amount Of ality--guod
constitutions. Il is said Of these
persons nothing hurts them: they
can eat and drink anything with
impurity. This is a fatal mistake );
sec now many years Of life they are
cutting off by such foolishness. II
such persons live to the age Of
seventy OF eighty, they might have
reached the age Of one hundred OF
more Years: by better dlctic habits.
.Sricncc u Hculth.
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>~c

MAJ I NOT s;NoKE ?-Tobacco is
one Of the most yirulent poisons in
nature. It acts not only upon the
brain and spinal chord. but cspe-
cially upon the great sympathetic
system cf nerves, which is the very
citadel Of organic life, and which
supplies the ncrvoas influence re-
quircd by the heart, arteries. lungs,
and digestive organs, to enable
them to perform their functions.
liza small drop Of the oil Of to-
bacco be rubbed on the tongue of
a cat. it brings on commissions, and
death in two minutes; a single leaf,
dipped in hot water, and laid upon
tie pit Of the stomach. OF applied
to spot where the external surface
Of the skin is abraded: produces
fearful and often fatal results
Smoking dcadens the intellect. Ma
pol:on III. issued al etlict forbid
ding the Use of tobacco by certain
classes of students, and this is his
reason: He placed Il number Of
students. non-smokers, with an
equal number OF students who did
smoke. and, after a years study, it
was found that the n0n.smokers
were thirty per cent. ahead Of their
smoking competitors. This is a pill,
for our student who smoke Ito d.
gest. Tobacco smoke also Injuries
tAe lungs: and last, but not least,
the morals. One cigar day leads to
a dozen thence to drinking, it's inc
vitable accompaniment, and from
moderate drinking. TO excess, and
so on. We might increase our argu,
mcnt tenfold. but rerJum $1tsa-
pieHt:.-.SoieNce Of Ucdlth.
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Il OH Maker thought it wrong
for Adam to remain single when
there was no woman on earth. how
criminally wrong arc the old bachc-
lors with the world full Of pretty
girls
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$@c

They believe in fashion in Tcpc-
ha, and when Nj. Williams wouldn't t
put On q mourning band for the
death Of hi: wife, they dragged him
through a creek and shaved his
head.
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The next largest bells to big
Ben" in England, are "Peter" Of
York, and big Tom" Of Oxford
The former weighs over - tons,
and gives the note + sharp :; the
latter weighs over Z tons, and
is generally considered to give the
note 4,
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\ wag. in what he knows about
farmin :. gives a very good plan to
remove widows weeds. He says q
good-looking man has only to say
wilt thou, and they wilt.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18

One good trait in Brooklyn girls
is that they don't care to "sass"
their parents much before the age
of thirteen or fourteen years.
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The Congregational Church in
Illinois numbers 20,177 members,
an increase in the churches report
ing Of 1,185, bcing61 greater than
the previous year.
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When a poor young lady hens
handkerchiefs for rich bachelor,
she is evidently sewing that she
may reap.
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No man can read about these
burglalies without a determination
toshave his wife sleep on the front
side of the bed.
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If a healthy mother.in law can t
stimulate a man to eloquence, Of
what account is wine?
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They havea woman's bathing club
in Pittsfeld, Mass.
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How to avoid sea sickness-kecp
away from the water.