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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10

In the Now York postoficc
there is a clerk whose memory Of
the office brings him back to the
year 1885, when a young woman
used to cali every week for let
ter addressed to "Miss Mary H.
Russell, post Office" Tho regular.
ity Of her visits, her constant re-
serve, and the quic tncss, with which
she resented inquiry as to her his
tory and occupation excited in the
Office a curiosity which was never
gratifed. Until within ten years
she made her calls with accustomed
regularity and was never disap-
pointed in her expectation of a
letter. Since, she has not been
seen, but the letter come as of old.
They are forwarded to the dead
letter Office where they are opened,
but contain no clue to the identity
ot'eithert the writer orthe recipient.
In each is a IS note, with a line
saying when the next remittance
viii bs made Dotbilg more.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
From Gov. Uoffulan's address to the Albany
Medical College,.
MILD PILLS.

| would not say anything to
lower the tone Of your profession
Il or personal morals, but | fam
cy that there is a certain kind
Of deception which is not sin. |
was sitting at dinner once with
an esteemed country medical
friend, and noticed him rolling in
his fingers pills from the bread at
ais side. | asked his purpose,
and he replied that with that sim
pie remedy he had worked cure
in the case Of a lady who had con-
suited, in vain, somc of the most
celebrated physicians in the coun-
try; that she had slight relapse,
and had sent for him for some Of
the same pills which he had Civ
en- before. He did not seem to
think that he was doing very
wicked thing, nor did it strike me
that he was. l suppose he would
have been a little fustered if his
patient had asked him to write
out tho prescription. This be
knew she would not do. She had
faith in him, and in no one else,
and would have trusted no one
else to make up the pills. Wheth-
er this deception-a professional
white lie-was censurable accord
ing to professional ethics, [ can
not oay. The standard of morals
even among the faculty is, | am
sorry to say, not always the same.
Recently l saw a report ola suit
at law between two physicians.
1t was SANDER suit. The trial
involved, among other thiLss. in
quiry into the use of homeopathic
medicines by an al!opathic physi-
clan, and the professional pro-
priety Of so doing. One witness
Of high professional standing in
his own neighborhood; testified,
in substance, that if an allopathlc
doctor administered homeopathic
remedies without letting bis pa.
tient know the fact, it was quite
right and regular; but if he told
the patient that they were homeo-
pathic medicines, then be was
altogether wrong and irregular.
In other words, regularity lay
in the concealment Of the truth.
I, an unprofessional man, do not
mean to express my opinion upon
that point; but I do think my
friend with the bread-pills was
regular"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
HOW DRY IT WAS!

IN honest old farmer from the
country gave his recolIections Of
the late hot spell as follows:
1t WAS so dry we couldn't spare
water to put in our whisky.
The grass was so dry that every
time the wind blew it flew around
like so much ashes.
There wasn't q tear shed at
funeral for month.
The sun dried up all the cattle,
and burnt of tho hair till they
looked like Mexican dogs: and the
sheep ali like poodle puppies,
they shranz up SO.
We had TO soak all cur hogs 10
make 'em hold swill: and if any
cattle were killed in the morning,
they'd be dried beef at dark.
The woods dried up 50 that the
farmers chopped seasoned timbers
all through August, and there
amt ! match through all the coun-
try-in fact, no wedding since the
widow Glenn married old Baker,
three months ago.
What few grasshoppers are left
are all skin and legs, and I didn't
hear q tca,kcttle sing for six
months.
We eat our potatoes baked, they
being all ready, and we couldn't
spare water to boil 'em.
All the red-headed girls were
afraid to stir out Of the house in
daylight, and | tell you. [ was
afraid the devil had moved out Of
bis old home and settled down
with US for life.
Why, We had to haul water all
summer to keep the ferry running,
and-say, it's getting dry; let's
take suthin.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10

One HUNDRED FLoRINs FOR A
SINGLE HAIR.-A young aud poor
ly clad girl recently entereda bar
ber's shop in Vienna and told the
proprietor that he "must buy her
head" The friseur examined her
long, glossy, chestnut locks, and
began to bargain. He could give
her eight gulden, and no more
Hair was plentiful this year, the
price had fallen, there was less de-
mand, and other phrases Of the
kind. The little maiden's eyes
filled with tears, and she hesitated
a moment while threading her fu-
gers through her chestnut locks.
She finally threw herself into q
chair. "In Gods name," she gasp.
ed, "take it quickly" The bar
Der, satisfied with bis bargain, was
about to clinch it with his shears,
when gentleman who sat half
shaved, looking on told him to
stop. MY chilG," he said, "why
do you want to sell your beautiful
hair!' My mother has been near
ly five months i'll; l can't work
enough to support US, everything
has been sold OF pawned, and there
is not o penny in the house" (und
klein kreut=e7 I'm haus.) No, no, my
child,' said the stranger "if that
is the case l will buyit." He gave
the poor girl the note, the sight Of
which had dried her tears, and
took up the BARRIERS shears. Ia
king the locks in his hands, he
took the longest hair, cut it off
alone, and put it carefully in his
pocket-book, thus paying one hun
dred forms for q single hair. He
took the poor girls address, in
case ho should want to buy anoth,
er at the same rate. This charita-
bic man is only designated as the
chief OF a great industrial enter.
prise within the city.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10

Ned Clark stretched his grace:
full length lazily upon my Office
lounge, and assumed very serious
expressionof ,countenance. :"
Ned was my wife's cousin-a
g6odlooEing: wide-awake fellow,
possessed Of considerable property
and an insuferabIe amount Of self
esteem, which rendered him about
as happy amortal as ever existed.
But this morning be looked se'
rious.
:~ot>telI you, Tom," he said at
ength, II am in such . picklc-a
tantaLsing quaudaTy::" =: =.
sS>sWell, what's lp?' 1 asked,
half closing my book.
eAfter two miu1tes of silence, /
resumed my book and became ab'
sorbed in my study, when Ned
calculated. "Those Girls"
Ills, I'll eyes were fixed upon the
Shelf above my window, and mine
followed IN that direction, but l
saEanothing toscall forth his exc!a,
rnstion. :; - -
Returning to my book, l had
reached the bottom of the page
when was again startled by the
WORDS; this time in~a louder tone,
"Those girls!'''s =
"Wbere," l cried, now fully
aroused ."where are they con
cealed?" ..~
.ssBe calm my friend" interrupted
Ned 81 was merely informing
YOU of the cause of my quandary
l. is about those Norris girls, you
sec"
!s.Well, what have they done ?
1.asksd, laying down my book
"Anytning that requires my as
.sistance 2, it broach-ot-prom!!.sf
case ?"
Ned looked at me in undisguise'
disgust. -s-
:"You see it stands like this" n
went on, at length. II got &C
ouainted with Clara Norris the
Oldest girl, last summer, down a.
.tae-seashore,a and was really quite
taken in: with her. She is fine
eirl-was the belle of our SET
.satwas just upon the point Of
proposing, when she left But !
thought it was no matter: l =: cou'o q
inst as well attend to it. after !
camo to the city. So I called the
next day after my arrival. was
shewp ipte tbs paglas, sns Hss
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
FIRST JOKE.

"Elizabcth Mcnamara, the sight
Of that ere front door is not more
familiar to me than the fact that
you have been here somewhere in
the region Of forty times. What's
the charge, this time?"
"Taken a drap-a bit Of little
small drap."
"l've let you off. sent you up,
expostulated: pleaded and threat
cned, and ye: YOU come back here, .
he said, Il was thinking the other
day that if | ever peered OYER the
desl, at your freckled nose again:
and the charge was drunkenness.
I'd have you sawed in two with 1
! cross cut saw and the pieces split
up for kindIing,wood!" !"
"Don't DO it, sir-send me NJ
again.
Il shall make it three months" "
II don't care-only don't saw
me in twice." she gasped.
"WelI:" he said, after pondcrine g
over the case, "we've been to SIC
expense to get the saw, and Bijal
has anticipated great fun, but III
see what three months will do
! Go back and sit down or the stove.
hearth until the Black Maria goes
| nm
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
>O$

The celebrated Dir. Chalmers. in
one of his sermons, declares that
the practice Of courtesy had done
more for the happiness OF mankind
than the exercise Of the most un-
bounded charity. You can give
aims to very poor people only
you can be polite to all. You treat a
person whom you meeti in a friend
ly manne,: and he goes away pleas
ed. You are srutf toward him,
and his bad feelings are ronsed, he
is. is.discontentcd both with yon and
himself. You say 4 kind word
it costs you nothing-but how Of
ten it sladtens the heart Of an
other.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
COULDN'T STAND IT.

"Tbis Daniel Casey" said BVah
as he handed out the last man:
;:and l can tell you why he was
drunk"
"Well."
"Casey wasn't sobcr!!" contin-
ued the old jauitor,
His honor regarded him for a
long time without speaking, but
finally said:
The prisoner can 60, and Bijah,
if you ever sit down on this court
with another pun like that, and
are accidently shot next day, your
friends mustn't ask me for money
to help buy q woaDweDs'''
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
'vboro - orn nohlc moons q

There is one noble means Of
avenging ourselves sor unjust crit
icism: it is By doing still better,
and siIenci"g it solely by increaS-
ing excellence OF cur works. This
IS the only true way Of triumphing;
but. finstcal Of this: You under
take TO dispute, to defend: or to
criticisc by way ctrcprisal. YOU in
voIvc yourself in endless troubles
and diSquietadc<: disturb that tran
guilty which is 50 necessary 70
the successful exercise Of your
pursuit, and waste in harassiny
contests that precious time which
you should concentrate to Your
art.-LuNGUa.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
DIVORCED.
By ROSE TERRY

i@TS[5 6. : -& =
ssCastoay3So5s the child given to the father"
My darling! my darling! the midnight is
here
Togiaeand temp. me With longing and
I4hesS through the darkness thy sweet little
s.syoice. 49,. =.
Ike birds in their nests that in slunber re-
joice.
Ny darliagmy darsing! long night has
come;
Tan straying alone in the ashes Of home:
Iss ochoes of love and their answers Of
peace
All soiees.tha blessed me in. solitude cease; ss;
gave them my; love As. our Father gives
air; .. =. 80.
gave them M life without stint or COM
They used me and left me to die by the way
Ny darn1gt 1gtmy3ovetshou vert kinder than
they -
From thee in thy blossom, the sweetness OF
dawn. - -'.-3- .~-
7he perfume and faith Of thy life are not
gone;4 <.. a-~
Thou lowest for loves sake, not duty, nor
gain; 80 ~ -.
Life hath modelled thees nor sorrow, nor
pain. d, -.. .>.:--
All; would that together in some quiet
grave,
Or deeR an in2 the s oceans e long ss0ze@ins
wave,
Thy tiny arms around me; thy head on my
We sEO lay.sotevef in pass6nlessrest:5
In the night and the daytime long for thy
Idsssmsaat thou liest at rest in thy place;
IWaksraId call thee With pitisutprayer,
Ny darling! my darling! why art thou not
there! 20 80
O God! when Thou judgest the false and the
q tue s. q =. : $ :
Whensshe madness and passion Of living are
tayoggh,.s SS = = 4 ?
Task Of Thee only to give me above
This baby, who only hath apswe red my love!
-Scrbner's Monthly.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10

4 L G. Z 0 y s hNOWLEDGE OF
TINE.-An observant writer has
started the question whether ami
mails know when Sunday comes.
\ friend Of mine has a dog that a.
ways runs with the wagon. On
week days the wagon turns to the
right from the gate and goes down
to the factory. On Sunday it turns
to the left: and goes to church,
The dog runs ahead on Sunday
be turns to the left: and no init
nation is given. Six days the
sagacious animal run on in ad-
vance to the factory. Even the
horse understands the day as we'll
as the way to church. No one
that has passed 4 weekday in
Venice will have failed to-, see
the pigeons feed at the hour Of
noon. Far more than 100 Of these
little animals have come at noon
for their food. They never mis-
take the hour. They never come
at ten or eleven. When the bel!
of St. Marks begins TO clang out
the hour Of noon, not bird can
be seen; before the bell ceases
the air will be black, and doves by
the hundred fly to the windows.
On Sunday no grain is given. The
old bell Jars out twelve o'clock,
but no birds appear. They can
count-they know when Sunday
comes.-B0$t1N J3NrNdl.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
WHEN TIMES WILL GET BET
TER.

"Why don't the times get bet
ter %
This is question which is fre.
qucutly asked.
We think, says the Ledger, that
the times are getting bettcr-slow
Iy, but surely. And they will con-
tinue to grow better just about in
the ratio that industry increases
and extravaganza decreases.
We were reading, not long ago,
about great Belgium iron manu-
facturer, whose works cover eight
acres Of ground. His business
amounts to millions Of dollars per
annum, and be is able to undersell
rivals in all parts OF the world.
One Of the chief reasons Of his
ability thus to triumph over COM
petitors, is to be found in the facts
that his personal and family ex-
penses amount TO only sixteen
thousand francs (s3,20OO a year,
that he oversees his business HIM
self, and that ell his sons and SON.
in-laws work with him, and are as
industrious and economical as he
is.
How different the great manu-
facturers Of this country and their
families operate. An American
with such q business as this Bel
gian, would not be content with
living on paltry three thousand
two hundred dollars a year. His
sons would not put on leather
aprons and work at the bench
His daughters would not consent
to their husbands working like
day laborers.
No; he would have a costly es-
tablishment. They would al |
have costly establishments. His
sons would spend more for cigars
and dinners than sufices to ray all
the personal and family expenses
Of the Belgian iron king. His
daughters would expend three
thousand two hundred dollars in
their outlay for one grand fancy
ball. Newport, Saratoga, the Euro
pcan tour, and such like indul-
gences, would swallow up tens Of
thousands Of dollars per annum.
And in the absence Of the head
Of the establishment, away on
some fashionable tour, the cashier
would leave with the contents of
the treasury.
Of course; such concern would
have to charge high prices for all
its commodities. With all the ad,
vantages of a high tariff and the
cost of ocean transportation in its
favor, it could not compete with
the Belgian who, reinforced by all
his family, attends assiduously TO
bis business, and foregoes all the
fashionable fri7olities of the age.
1t is not to be expected that
anybody's family in this country
will initiate the Belgian iron
kings family; but it is not unroas'
enable to maintain that until in.
dustry and economy shall take the
lead Of idlcness and extravaganza
the times will not generally and
permanently get any better.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
FIRST JOKE.

Elizabeth Mcnamara, a woman
fifty years old, got off the first
Joke Of the season when she walk
ed out and announced that it was
her first appearance here. Bijah
laughed until his spcctacles fell off;
the clerk grinned like q copper
mine, and his honor stopped
pairing his apple, stuck his knife
into the desk, and replied:
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
g. .-AEEP,>
- ~ -

Keep to the right as the law directs.
Keep from the world thy friends defects
Keep ailtby thoughts on purest themes
Keep from thine eyes the notes and beams
Keep 'truethy deed. Thy homo, bright
Keep firm thy faith in God and right.
Keep free from every sin and stain.
Keep from the way $ that bringthee pain
Keep free thy tongue from words Of i'll.
sKseprigntrby aim and good thy will. .
Keep all thy acts from passion free.
Keep strong in hope no envy see.
Keep watchfal care o'er tongue and hand.
Keep firm tay feet by justice stand.
Keep true thy word, sacred thing.
KeepMou sss snares the tempters bring
Keep faith with each you call friend.
sKeep. in view the final end. -. F"
Keep from all hate and malice free.
Keep ftmsshy courage bold and strong:
Keep up the right and down the wrong. .,
Keep well the words Of wisdom's school,
Keep warm by night and by day keep COOL
~ DsyoRCED. :.
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Miseellaneous.
%
.AND WHEN I'M TO DIE"

"AND WHEN I'M TO DIE"
The hymn Of John Newton in
which the verse beginning with
! these words occurs, was a favorite
of the venerable Rowland Hill.
During tho last two or three years
of his life he frequently repeated
tho following lines:
"And when Pm to die,
Receive me III cry,
For Jesus hath loved me, cannot tell why.
Bat this do find,
We two are so joined,
He'll not be in Glory and leave me behind.
There are two incidents in his
old age connected with these
words which are deeply touching.
The last time ho occupied the pull
pit Of one Of his brethren near by,
and whom he sincerely loved, he
preached an excellent sermon
in behalf Of charitable institution.
He retired to the Vestry after SER
vice under great exhaustion. Here
he remained until all but himself
and the pastor had left the church.
At last he seemed to gather up
strength to take his departure, in
timating that it was probably the
last time he should have the privi
Icge of preaching in the pulpit. II
offered him my arm" says the pas
tor, which he declined, and then
followed him as he passed down
the aisle of the chapel. The lights
were nearly extinguishcd: the 81
lence profound; nothing indeed
was heard but the slow, majestic
tread Of his own footsteps, when
in an undcrtone he thus solilo-
quized:
"And when I'm to die" &c.
"To my heart" his friend adds,
"this was q scene of uneQualled
solempity, nor can ever recur to
it without a revival of that hallow-
ed sympathy it first awakened"
The other incident was upon
his deathbed. He was literally dy-
ing, and to all appearance uncon-
scious. A friend approached his
couch and began to repeat close
by his side the favorite lines
"And when Pm 70 die,
,.... Receive ME, I'll cry" &c.
The light came back to his fading
eye, smile o7erspread his face,
and his lips moved in vain at
tempts to articalate words which
had so often impaired joy to his
soul. This was the last sign of
consciousness be ever gave.
May not other Christians take
instruction, comfort and strength
from the example of this man Of
God? Tho work Of his eventful
life was ending, eternity was open
ing before him. But be claims no
merit before God. With the hui
mility of a little child be takes his
place at the foot of the Cross, an
absolute debtor to divine grace.
| There is much of both sound
theology and true-Chrlstian expe-
ricnco in the lines he so loved to
repeat. Let US mover forget that
Gods love to us does not como as
a return for our love to him. "W e
love him because be first loved us. ."
The wonder Of it is that it was to,
wards h1s enemies. If our hearts
have been brought under his pow.
cr, we can give no further account
of it, in it's origin or in it's opera
ton than this-"I have loved thee
with an everlasting love, therefore
with loving kindness have l draw
thee"
Happicst is that Christian who
can live most entirely under tho
power of this truth. Blessed in
deed is that death which has sheC
upon it the peace belonging to hin
who can say with an unwaverins
f&;ih, II know and feel that Jesu
has loved me, though I cannot tel
,rAv."-Centrai Presbyterian.
%--
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<0<

When the King Of Portugal adj
dresses his wife publicly he is Oh
ligcd to say "Fcry high and very
excellent Princess D. Maria Pa Of
Savoy, Queen Of Portrayal; my
dear; we'll beloved, and highly cs-
tcemed spouse, may yoalhoId your
Najesty's person in His sacred
keeping: But iii the seclasion Of
their very high and very excellent
private life his Majesty is very
apt to run on after this style
"D-n you Maria, where have you
put my suspenders?''
Avoid school-teacherS, for they
are always beginning to learn
what you have forgotten.
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Death is as necessary to our
constitution as sleep. We shall
be refreshed in tbs nqsDing.
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No. s..
CHARGE OF 4 DETROIT
JUDGE.
A NEW YEARS CALLER.

A NEW YEARS CALLER.
John Robinson made New Years
calls. He called on saloon.k keep
or, he called for liquor, called the
liquor good, and drank enough
to trip him up. Then he called
for police, and when the police
came be called them liars and
such.
II was having a little fun," he
explained, winking 1T his honor.
"John Robinson are YOU aware
that this is very solemn world"
said the court, "a world which has
ten heartaches to one smile? Don't
you know that the grim shadow
of grief rests upon every doorstep,
and that the tolnbstones in the
cemeteries almost outnumber the
trees in the forest? There's wailing
in every household, John Rob
inson-therc's GRIFFIN every heart.
And yet you claim that You were
only having little fun"
"That's all, yoar honor-it was
a, holiday"
ut was sad fun: John Robin
son. While all the rest of US were
swearing off and making double
back action resolves while you
were lying at the corner Of an alley
dead drunk. 1t is FIVE dollars or
sixty days: sir, and if this case was
before Chicago police judge he'd
make it FIVE hundred dollars or
2 lite sentence"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
SOME FIGURING,

SOME FIuC KIM.
Its the last time!" exclaimed
Anthony Hook as he was brought
out.
"You'vc decided to quit, eh ?"
ayes your honor yesterday
was my last drunk. I've been
counting up the cost, and I've
made up my mind to live sober
and save money after this
"Anthony Hook, you talk like
a man. 1t does me good to hear
a man speak up that way in this
day and age. It's like finding a
ten-dollar bill while one is paving
over the clothes. basket to discover
where the hired girl flung his Sun
day boots. Stand right up to
your resolution, sir. I've been
figuring a little, and l find that
if a man will stop drinking liquor,
tea and coffee, go baretooted, steal
his wood, get trusted for his pro
visions, cheat the landlord out of
his rent, stand up in church to
save pow-rentand live economical
ly in other respects, he can save
at least $500 per year. Now then
s5OOper year for 400 years is $780,
900. Just think Of that! With
out any effort to speak Of you can
in time be worth 100000. You
may 60 home, sir"
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:. gsIsftsh Story.
NEDs: 9UANDARg

Ned Clatk stretched his grace:
full length lazily upon my Office
lounge, and assumed q very serious
EXPRESSION of ,countenance. =: