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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

A SWEET TEMPER.-No tra!y of
character is more valuable in a
woman than the possession Of q
sweet temper. It IS like the
flowers that spring up in our
path way, reviving and cheering
US. Home can mover be made
happy without it. Let a man 60
home at night, wearied and worn
out by the tolls Of the day, and
how soothing is a word dictated
by good disposition. 1t is sun
shine falling upon the heart. He
is happy and the cares of life are
forgotten. A sweet temper has a
soothing influence over the minds
Of the whole family. Where it is
found in the wife and mother, you
observe kindness and love pre-
dominating over the natural feel
ings of a bad heart. Smiles, kind
words, and looks characterize the
children, and peace and love have
their dwelling place there. Study
then, to acquire and retain sweet
temper. 1t is more valuable than
gold, and captivates more than
beauty, and to the close of life re-
tains all its powers.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
SsIsetsS Story. s
pRBiCHING and PRACTICE
DOMESTIC STORY.

"Poor woman! What thous-
and pities it is for her" said
Mrs. Grimes, with feeling; II
wonder how she stands it. If my
husband were to act so it would
kill me-" -.:. go =.
Il could never stard it in the
world" added Mrs. Pitts. at is
. dreadful situation for a woman
to be placed in! Mr.. Larkin
used to-be one Of the best~of men,
and took the BEST possible care Of
bis family. For years there was
not Il happier woman in town
than his wife, and now it makes
ones heart ache to look at her.
Oh, it must be one Of the most
heart-rending things in the world
to have a drunken husband"
"Well, all I've got TO say,
spoke up Mrs. Peters with warmth,
lis, that 1 don't pity her much"
'"Why, Mrs. Peters How can
you talk so?''
"Well, | don't. Any woman
who will live with drunken hus-
band don't deserve pity. Why
don't she leave him %
THAT is easier said than done,
Mrs. Peters"
Il should think it q great deal
easier to leave than to live with a
drunken husband, and have my
life tormented.out Of me. If my
husband were to do so, | would
part before twenty four hours"
Now, Mrs. Peters husband was
a. most excellent man, and a sober
man withal, and bis wife wss ten
derly attached to him. In regard
20 his ever becoming a drunkard,
she had as little fear as OF his
running off and leaving her. Still
when she made this last remark,
she looked toward him (for he was
presently with stern and slgnlh
cant expression on her counte-
nance. This was. not really meant
for him, but tor the imaginary IN
dividual she had supposed as bear
ing the relation toward her OF q
drunken husband.
"You would, would you ?" Mr..
Peters replied to the warmly ex-
pressed resolution uttered by his
wife.
Yes, that | would" half laugh
IiugIy and half seriously retortod
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
GENUINE Hosp1rAL1ry - T

GENUINE HOSPITALITY - The
true hospitality Of the home is
never loudly demonstrative. 1t
never overwbelms you with it's
greeting, though you have not
a doubt of it's sincerity. You are
not disturbed by the creaking of
the domestic machinery, suddenly
impelled at unwonted speed for
your accommodation. Quietly it
does it's work, that it may put
you in peaceable possession Of its
results. He is not the true host,
she is not the best hostess,
who is ever going to and fro with
hurried action and furried man
ner and unnatural zeal, which i'm
plies forced effort to affect a hos
pitable appearance, but rather the
one who takes your coming with
quiet dignity and noiseless pains
taking; who never obtrudes at
tention, yet is very attentive all
the while; who makes you, in q
word, cat home"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
4 BUSINESS WOMAN.

Few men are inclined to grant
women the credit Of having any
business tact or of doing business
IN a business way; but they must
come down in the case OF the De-
troit widow whose personal effects
are now being ovcrhaulcd by an
administrator. She made no will,
but the private papers in her desk
explained al! that. The first pa
per on the bundle was lndorsed:
"Offer Of marriage from Mr..
Respectfully declined on the
ground Of his STOPPING shoulders
and defective vision. Contents
private.
The next paper was indorsed:
"Schedule B, showing that I
have just enough to bury me-"
"A dalnty-looking epistle bore
the Endorsement in red ink:
"Numb ber 'G.'-Conditionaf offer
of marriage from Mr.. S. declined
with thanks"
A bill sent from a millinery
house bore the following in pen-
Gil:
"Paid the within in presence Of
the cook the day Mr.. C. called
and offered me his hand and
heart parlor stove fell down same
day"
A bill Of s28.38, sent from
grocery house, was indorsed:
''Settled the within for $25, as I
had never had the sardines as
charged. Paid the money the
day the cook i own stairs. Re-
Jected Mr.. BIS offer to wed him
just before the bill came in.
An official envelope containing
several papers was marked:
"Various epistles limiting at
marriage; orthography generally
poor, grammar terrible, construc-
tion very bad. Answered each
one kindly but firmly
A pink-colored letter without
envelope was marked:
"Gushing offer of marriage from
young Mr.. Y. Ink very poor and
no pathos in his expressions. This
is his second direct offer. De-
clined on the ground Of his youth"
| A bill for 81, balance due on 3
cloak was filed: ~
"Paid this after a sharp dispute
in The presence OF Sarah, VINO
hurt her nose same day. Mr.. L.
was in the parlor at the time.
Proposed before he left; gently
but firmly declined offer on ac-
count of his Deafness"
Detroit Free Press.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

rehounded, struck the other side,
and then fell heavily upon the
floor.
The dreadful truth instantly
flashed upon her. He was drunk.
For moment her heart ceased to
beat, her head recled, and she had
then to lean against the wall to
keep from falling. Then all the
tender emotions of her heart
rushed freely into activity. 1t was
her own husband who lay before
her overcome by the master
spirit Of strong drink.
With almost super h uma IN
strength she raised him up, al
though q large man, and supported
him with her arm until she got
him up stairs and laid upon the
bed. By this time he seemed per-
fectly stupid, and only mumbled
lncoherent replies to the frequent
and tender opportunities Of his
wife.
After some time she got him
undresscd and in bed. But he
grew more and more stupid every
moment.
"Oh! what if he should die"
the poor wife moaned anxiously,
while the tears that bad at first
gushed out still continued to flow
freely. She also washed his face
with cold water, and tried various
means to arouse him from the
lcthargy Of drunkenness. But all
to no purpose.
At last, despairing of success,
she lay down beside him, in tears,
throw her arms around his neck,
and laid her face against his. She
had lain thus for about five min
utes, when her husband called her
name in whisper. i
Oh, how eagerly did she listen,
after her response to his call
"If my husband we're to do So"
AS he said this, still in a whis-
per, but very expressive one, he
looked her steadily in the face,
with a roguish twinkle of the
eyes, and q quivering Of the lips,
the muscles Of which could with
difficulty restrain from wreathing
those expressive organs into a
merry smile.
Mrs. Peters understood the
whole scene in moment, and
boxed her husbands ears souudly
on the spot for very joy, while he
laughed unit! his sides ached as
bad as his ears.
In all after discussions upon
the various unfortunate relations
of man and wife, Mrs. Peters was
very careful how she declared her
course Of action, were she placed
under similar circumstance. If in
any case she was led unthinkingly
to do so, the remark of her hus-
band, made with peculiar in
fection Of the voice-"Oh, yes !
If my husband were to do so"-
had the happiest effect imaginable,
and instantly put an end to the
improbable discussion.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
GOOD ADv1cE.-Says the Eimira

GOOD ADVICE.-Says the Elmlra
Gazette: mo, don't learn a
trade, young man. You might
soil your hands, wilt your shirt
collar, and spoil your complexion
sweating. Go hang your chin
over a counter learn to talk
twaddle to the ladies part your
hair in the middle !; make an ass
Of yourself generally, and work
for wages that wouldn't support a
Chinese laundryman on rice fed
rats and leave big enough BAL
ance to pay bis washwoman-just
because it is a little more genteel
in the eyes of the people whose
pride prevents them from pound
ing rock or hewing wood, and
whose poverty pinches worse than
one Of those patent cross.legged
clothes pins, if tho truth were on
ly told"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

The BARRIERS PoLE.-EVery
part of the barber's pole formerly
had especial significance. The gilt
knob at the top was once brass
basin, with a notch in side used
to fit under the chin to facilitate
the lathering and washing Of the
customers. The BARRIERS were
formerly surgeons at least, all the
venesectinn was performed by
them. The pole represents the
staff held by persons who were
bled in the arm; and the two
spiral ribbons painted around it
we're originally actual bandages-s
one for cording or binding the
arm to cause. the flow of blood,
and the other for dressing the
puncture afterward. The whole
was significant of the baroer's
twin occupations-sha7ing and
bloodlettiug. =
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
MtsteIIameoms.
CD
BATHING.

Cleanliness is surely next to
godlincss. | do not think an in
dividuai can be physically unclean
and morally pure. One Of the
greatest causcseof skin diseases is
the lack Of the use ofwatcr. There
is all times and under ali circum
stances a shedding Of the epith-
elium Of the skin. It comes off in
scales, which if not removed, will
close the pores of the skin and
prevent the free respiration that
is constantly taking place. One
Of natures modes of disposipg Of
her surplus heat and waste matter
is by sending them out through
the pores Of the skin. In fact
so essential is this to the physical
economy that if the body be COW
cred with coat Of varnish for
even a short time death will occur.
From this you will observe how
important it is for us to keep
every pore open. To do this we
must bathe. | will not stop to
speak of the benefits to be derived
from the employment of Turkish
or other baths, but bathe regularly
and often. Every man, woman
and child should bathe twice a
week at least, and oftener when
the employment followed is such
as to render it necessary. Now it
may seem strange, but most peo-
pie don't bathe once a month on
an average, and one half Of those
who do, do it in such a way that
no good comes from it. While
sponging ones self off is better
than not bathing at all, yet it is
not as beneficial as it should be.
It is not necessary that you have
a bath room, with all the modern
conveniences. All you need is 8
warm room and a few gallons Of
water, some soap and a sponge.
1t requires no skill to use them.
Use the bath if you would pre-
serve your health. l remember
Of hearing a doctor tell patient
to take a warm bath. The patient
afterward said: "That's the fust
water that has touched my back
ia sixteen years." The man that
will not wash himself oftener than
that is a brute.
Physically we are a nation Of
invalids. We can never be aught
else as long as we antagonize all
the laws of hygiene by our daily
lives. The neglect of cleanliness
is one of the most fragrant causes
Of disease. Then keep your body
clean, and my word for it you will
instinctively loath and abhor all
that IS vile and filthy. A physi.
cally impure man or woman is an
object of aversion to everybody.
Regard cleanliness as a cardinal
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Story in the World: A young
lady was sitting with a gallant
captain in a charmingly decorated
recess. On her knee was dimin-
utive niece. In the adjoining
room with the door open, we're
the rest of the company. Says
the little niece, in jealous and
very audible voice, "Auntie, kiss
me, too." | leave you to imagine
what had just happened. you
should say twlce, Ethel dear taoo
is not grammar y was the imme
diate rejoinder. Clever girl that I!
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
LEGAH. PRINCIPALS ECS5.
NESS.

Like ali general rules the follow,
irg arc subject in particular cases,
to exceptions and qualifications:
Ignorance Of the law excuses
no one.
A mistake as to facts may re-
l!eve one from the obligations Of
u contract u mistake as to the law,
never.
The contracts Of u minor, unless
for nccessaries, are voidable.
A lunatic cannot enter into a
binding contract.
Fraud vitiates any contract.
Drunkenness, if it amounts to
incapacity, will render contract
void.
Contracts entered into on Sun
day, in the ordinary course of
business, are void.
The acts and contracts Of one
partner, in the course of the part
nership business, bind all the rest.
The acts and contracts Of an
agent within the scope of his
agency. bind the principal.
Contracts entered into without
consideration, unless under seal,
may be voided.
No consideration is good in law
which is illegal or contrary to
public policy and good morals.
A note, payment Of which might
be successfully resisted in suit
between the original parties, may
be valid and binding in the hands
Of third parties, innocent holders
for value, without notice.
A debt is not paid when a note
is given and accepted for the
amount. If the note is not paid
the original debt is revived.
To revive a debt barred by linn
itation an acknowledgement of it's
existence as a sabsisting debt, &C.
complained by q promise to pay,
or under circumstances from
which the law will imply such
promise, is necessary.
Part payment of a debt barred
by limitations will revive the
whole debt, which will hold good
until limitations run again from
the date Of such partial payment.
Each individual in firm is liza
bic for the full amount of the debts
Of the firm, except in cases Of
special or limited partnership.
If debtor owe several debts to
the same creditor and pay sum
Of money, he has the right to de.
signate the particular debt to
which the payment shall apply !;
otherwise the creditor may ap-
propriate it to that of the longest
standing, or for which he has least
security.
A will to pass real estate must
be in writing, signed by the tes
tator.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Anger is like a full-hot horse,
who, being allowed his way, self
mettle tires him.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

How many men there are who
think they are making themselves
ridiculous.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Have one settled purpose in life,
and if it be honorable it will bring
YOU re eward.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Do not delight in the misfortune
Of others, for you know not at
what moment you may fall.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Mommsen is in Italy, comptet-
ing his historical and arch@ologi-s
cal Investigations.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Man believes himself always
greater than he is, and is esteemed
less than be is worth.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

What I desire that others
should not do to me, [ equally
desire not to do to them.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

A man owes his success in his
life work to the woman who
walks beside him.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

A man without a character is
as unfortunate as Congressman
without a cork-screw.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

You may be brought 10 poverty
because you do not make a right
use of riches.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Those days are lost in which
we do no good. Those worse
than lost in which we do evil.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Wisconsin has 2O,OOO,OOO acres
of land which have never been
broken or felt the plow.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Be severe to yourself, and in
dulgent to others; you thus avoid
all resentment.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Have one settled purpose in
life, and if it be honorable it will
bring you reward.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Think not of faults committed
in the past, when one has reformed
his conduct.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07
"
Dostrpp.
TIE: Beauties OF GRTEO
e.as.A9sEEV.

TEzE: UTgES OF GRTRO'
e.4sAasEsY.
A pretty deer is dear to me-
hare with downv hair;
A hart love with all my heart,
But barely bear i bear.
'Tis plain that no ore takes plane
To have . pair Of pe;.rs,
Although rake nay take rake
To tear away the tares.
Sops rays raise thyme; Time RACES all,
And through the whole holes wear;
A scribe in writing right may write
The fluid air for the solid heir,
Robertson is not Roberts son,
Nor did he rob Burt's son;
Yet Roberts sun is Robins sun,
And everybody's sun,
Beer Oft % brings bier to man;
Coughing coffin brings;
And too much ale will make US all,
AS we'll as other things.
The person lies who says he liss
When he is not reclining,
And when consumptive folks decline
They all decline declining.
Quails do not quail before storm;
A bough will bow before it;
We cannot rein the rain at all
No earthly power reigns DER it.
The DYER dyes awhile then dies
To & - he's always trying
Until, upon his dying bed,
He thinks no more Of dyeing.
A son Of Mars mars many son;
All lDeys must have their days;
And every knight should have his night
To him who weighs his ways.
IT'S meet that man should mete out meat
To feed the fortunate feed'd one;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
Alas! lass is sometimes false;
Of faults maid is made
Her waist is but barren waste;
Though stayed, she is not staid.
The springs shoot forth each spring, and
shoots
Shoot forward, one and all;
Though summer kills the aoWers, it leaves
The leaves to fall in fall.
I would story here commence,
But you might think it stale;
So we'll suppose that we have reached
The tail-end Of our tale!
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

How to acquire short hand
Fool around buzz saw.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Less wisdom is required to
make money than to keep it Sc
curely when made.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

Nothing so lubricates the mus
cles as sweet toll.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

How many sleeves has a coat
of arms?
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-07

"Poor woman! What thous-
and pities it is for her!' said
Mrs. Grimes, with feeling; II
wonder how she stands it. If my
husband were to act so it would
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19
Booty IN A FLOWER BED.-A theft OF

Do'II IN a Low LIZ DED.-i CntII OF
100000 from the mint In San Francisco has
been traced, and the plumber has been dis
covered In a curious manner. 4 colored
Waterman named Smith was suspected, and
his house was examined without the dis
coyery of anything. The officers then arm
ed themselves with spades and began to in
vestlgate the soil of the yard. They first
discovered IN several places unmistakable
traces of smelling work. This cheered them
on. and they continued turning over all the
soil until in a corner of the yard near the
fence they struck iron, and their spades
turned up battered and rusty iron furnace,
hammered fiat and rusted away. Examin-
Ing 1t and the fragments of friedrich which
We're buried around it, they found in the
CLASSY crust which had gathered on them
while IN use fragments of gold. The pieces,
which were clobular in form, varied in size
from a pea to a pinhead. Carrying this to
the city prison, they confronted Smith with
II. He betrayed no surprise, but professed
ignorance OF 1t, saying that it had probably
been thrown over the fence and covered with
soil by a natural process.
Nothing daunted, the industrious shovel
ers went back and attacked a fower-bed,
which they before had neglected. There,
about two feet under the surface, an earthen
pot stopped the progress of the spade.
Dragging 1t out they found 1t to be OF large
size and covered at the top with melted wax.
Knocking this away, a saucer revealed it
self, and removing this there were revealed
seven solid crucib!e-shaped cones of yellow
gold. representing $4,000 in value. This
also they carried to Smith, and his confess
sion followed Immediately. He said that
soon after his appointment as night watch
man, on the 9th Of June, 1875, he began to
seek a means of increasing his salary. In
roaming through the rooms wherein the
separating tanks are kept he found the means
by which he was Misunderstanding small
quantities at a time-to take $50, 900 in three
years. The bullion is placed in the tanks
and treated with acid and water to remove
the silver. The gold falls to the bottom in
the shape of a fine black precipitate, and
the silver solution is washed away. To
wash the precipitate a hole is left in the
cover of each tank for the insertion of the
the hose, and although the tanks are locked
every night the hole, by mere removal ofthe
hose, is left open. Constructing a lock spoon
by bending a thin strip of zinc at the end, he
picked up a few spoonfuls worth, perhaps,
$40 each every night, and carried it home
in his pocket the next morning. He pro
ceeded to buy a furnace and crucibles and
began smelling operations, turning the black
powder into yellow gold by melting it and
selling the lump to various bullion dealers OF
the city.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

ARRANGEMENT OF RooMs.-Give your
appartmentseNpr character Rooms
which mean nothing are cherries indeed.
Study light and shade, the combination and
arrangement of drapery, furniture and pie
lures. Allow nothing to look isolated, but
let everything present have an air Of socia-
bility. Observe a room Immediately after a
number of persons nave left it, and then, as
you arrange the furniture, disturb as little
as possible the relative positions OF chairs,
ottomas and sofas. Place two or three
chairs in a conversational attitude III a CHEEKY
corner. an ottoman within easy distance of a
sofa, a chair near your stand OF stereoscoplc
views of engravings, and one where a good
light will tall on the book you may reach
from the table. Make little studies Of ef-
tect which shall repay the more than usual
observer, and do not leave it possible for one
to make the criticism which applies to 50
many homes even of wealth and elegance
Zine carpets, handsome furniture, a few
pictures and elegant nothings-but how
dreary.' The chilling atmosphere IS felt al
once, and we cannot divest ourselves Of the
idea hat we must maintain a stiff and Sc
we're demeanor to accord with the spirit o.
the place. Make your homes. then. 50 cosy
and cheerful that if we visit you we may be
joyous and unreStriined, and not feel our
selves out OF harmony with our surround
lngS.