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oold'ehmids, sitter her marriage TO the pianist,
1t her home In London.
After dinner The tahles vere cleared away,
and Nffa Lind sat dnvn OIL the tofa at the end
II the tntIi0. / went forward to where 1,arnum
was sitting. ncnr the clerks office. j}arnuHl,'
sa1 .G..,, won't Sfa" Lind sing something for tho
"'Cansain,' aa,l he, turning on me-, .a,c you
gone raytng nnif MIss Lind Sing Ii a public
place like thisI Was, man, yuu mako nc
talixl. Miss Lind gets thoueand dollars Tor
every song ahc sings. Perhaps you've, got a
her tl!ss,..-and then ahe'li tell YOU 10 60 about
5our hlsocss.'
"!Alirlxst, parnum.' said I, well sce.'
"We'l, then, went into the pantry hu'l got
my neeer band together. There was one likely
young t'y among 'et,. who had such voice ns
you never heard. Twas younger then, constd.
erobiy, than am now, but could never hear
that hoy sing ouo OF hfs plantation ennrs
thought I'd Try him frat. So one Of the boys
kept time On his banjo, ard the fellow sang
over his song. It was about yellow girl who
ha'l bren s"Id on Into slavery from hcr Lou.
Il: ;'s1s soy 9s so ne % 9xn .s s-syi hea S sn
xoni> or tho lnue,c bcIorc or since. TIE wurda
'lt''n't exactly rhyme, nor the music wasn't
such as y"u a!oar au the opera, but knew 1t
would do. 10 got the t,oss together IN the
bnv sang hs song. Mise Lind listened
n ler crcs, too, when It was through.
five minutes alterwnrtt ehc Was at thu pia1,D
mud sung frat the tnusic of that sotIg an well rs
h!e cOu1d remember 1t, nnt tlleu song alter stug
II TER own. And not only that evening cit!lcrt
hnt every evening that she was on The ooat.
The nsutltst VI her troupe played too, and tie
oitler members OF the cotnpuny sang ur played,
and my ladies also, and sucl, cn.,certs there
never were Ia America before OF slflcr.
w gut to oS great fric',ds. and when We
reached Louisville aid my boat Iaitl rp on ac-
r.,unt of the tce, she ur1ge me 10 70 with her to
New York. It was on tic way that We stepped
at Ntavnra tell you. Dir. she was tho greatest,
and the most beautiful, and ttic best wutnu,
ever knew"
! think the Captain keeps few lhtle flowers
aud such trines that date back to Tint trip re-
ligsouslY Gy him to this day. lie hn. never mar
ried, believe. though hc was a comparatively
young INN In 80.
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~ now, women were the hrb,tcrs Of social dcs-
tiny, and Nine. Washington would feen 70 have
been little inclined, a ia Mrs. General, 10 alt
on the coacI,-box Of etiquette and drive tho nro-
nr1e.iss, four 1T hand. Therefore the New
YcaI's cccpilon was decent, dtrhr,us, and-it
must have tccn-luli. OuIy ofIIcfst station.
acknowledged merit, and character gained ad-
mittancc At all, and they were obliged 70 crime
in full dress. On tho evening of Jan. !. 15Itl,
Nine. WashInR.en held her rat lcvce. stand
ing By tho side OF the General shc received ilcr
guests. A. the clock struck .. she said pleas
antIy: Z" The icneral rctlrcs n 9. and usually
precctle him. Whrh little re.nark nrsNtucctf
Macbctn's "}o, gentlemen, go-And Atat.d not
upon tho order vi your going. but 10 At oncc."
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;, a story Of . wonderful memory comes from
evdney. Australia. 4 Prisoner set up 10 ILL dr.
lsuss III a!lbs, claiming lhst " the time ol tbs
eoblGsy ha wa3 at hou1 listening " the recital
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THE COURTS.
A Batch Of Admiralty Decisions by
Judge Bfodgetk
Applications for Dlyorcc-~-Judg-
ments and New Suits,

,o..n.J,- ', ~. .u...t.. r. .h ~.
49,. ro',.,', 49,, s.,."s, wv ~ ~ a,..",
Tor $"s*tso In favor of the libeflant. The facts
shaved that on the i1th day Of April. 1877 tho
schooner E1ya ,i,oorcl herself at the Nortl, Pier,
mt fnr fr,,,, IN. ttohthorss 11n ua., ,,ov tna
ss o.. 4t .''' ~ "o ~ ~, s"s
eea eta'' Q somewhat iafGef vessel, was towed
10 INC eah1e place, antl began tn make Inst to
the Elvn. Tie master Of tho latter vessel i'm
mctllatvly Informed the master OK the Eca Star
.,,.t I. ~. - -. Il,
'a, s"as ~ "a' unsafe 'oF ,oe t"o ve''c's ~ "e 70
Eesht1, as thefo was uaflEcf oi 4 nuftncastcfs
which would cause the vessels to b.
ian,mcl together. aud requested him To move
se""et. e,', 49,. .'so' ~ a's:"'o'' np"e'e', "As
pAlo ~ ..ns' a"u auo sesscis were t'oo1eh
Rofcast. The Captain and nearly ntl the crew
went home that night. It being Sunday. Dur.
TIM vrs,c,. ls.ar chaliro nn,t rhrvfno ~, ttc,r
ra..,.. r. ,,,.- "e ~"
4e'aess' lbe ihasteF VI tne fva 'na''e ahotner
request Of the mate Of the Sen Star to move, or
ytcra ctke, hut was refuard. III, sco stsr o,s,
49, -. r,,. .s ~" .s4t "''"
3e!usea 70 'e' LUG EWa nose anu 20 10 some
ots'cs dock. lie Etsa thcn began grinding
IL. buwcycr. tho lines parted, and sho
~. ,,.,,.,, .,n, ..,..,, ,I.a d. o..
o. .aS.l,
she was linen to"ea pack TO The
Just come, and there expended 1883 for repairs.
III rrrovcr tbt. amount. tin owner of f,a E,vn
nI,J ~, .rs.nn. i,,,at .f. ,,oton,,,,, ,in,,nss
meu s"' p'sne''' ''oe' Ho 4.i..oa"ta e'..a,eu
accident, or the act Of Ood that, moreover, It
was yellcstublis,1cd custom for tl,c u,asters
NJ vett.lt Il, ~, bouo sunday nIrh,. when tbc7
..'..s ,s 80. ~ ~ ,,.,s, :. m.. a,s, ,,s,'., ~.
vessels to Ilr two ABREAST ia tho river. II wns
t.loInrl1 TINT the Sea Star Nne Injured tu the
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Ma1auls Na4llnEtua'< New.iexe l.&c~p-
ti1n.
A New Year's reception Il The Wh1te House
WA murA more select sud formal atIa1 III ths
eaEly days OF the Republic .han II /. now. 1Leu,
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Stimulating, Not NourIal,lnf.
str. John u. Cough. in ircturc In England
referring to the T,,estEon whether al:,,tMI waa
food ur medicine, rcn'nrkc.'thnt in hts opnloil
It was "ycry n,ici. Ike sitting inwnun hornets
ntAt-sttnufatinE but not nuurshlnV.''
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who had either heard or imagined
that he heard that her children
were dead also.
And the news was told to Roger
Blair by kindly people who be-
lieved it thoroughly, and he had
borne it as best he could, and had
sailed the sea again, a weary,
heart broken man.
He had not found all his treas
ures, but that some were spared
was more than he had ever hoped !;
and the meeting between father
and daughter was like that be-
tween two arisen from the dead.
And so the rose bush had done
moro for Millicent than she could
have dreamed and to this day it
is the most cherished treasure in
the little home where the old man
lives with his two daughters; and
when once a month it's blossoms
fill the air with their fragrance,
they crowd about it as about the
shrine Of some sainted thing, and
whisper:
But for this we should still be
parted
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THAT BARREL.

Just as the last rays of the set
ting sun were gliding the church
spires and whitewashing the back
kitchens of Detroit the other af.
ternoon a man ard a barrel was
discovered at a stairway on Mon
roe avenue. He was a small man
and it was a big barrel, and pe-
destrians who saw him looking up
the stairs and back at the barrel
inferred that it was his intention
to elevate it to the third story.
But how ?
I'D rig a tackle and pully in
that third story window said the
first man who halted. 'That's
your easiest way and there's no
danger Of accident
He leaned against the lamp-post
to calculate on the length of rope
and the lifting power required and
along came a second man who
took in tho situation at a glance
and said:
Go and get some scantlings
fourteen feet long and lay 'em On
the stairs. Then two men can
roll that barrel up there as slick
as grease
The little man looked around in
a helpless SORT of way, and a third
man came clustering up and called
out:
Want to get that barrel up
stairs, eh? Well, now, fasten
your pulley at the head Of the
stairs and ten men dowA here can
snake the barrel up IN TO time.
Where's your tackle p
By this time the crowd had in
creased to twenty, and was pretty
evenly divided between a dead
lift through one Of the front win
dows and pulley at the top of
the stairs, but the man who sug.
gested the skids had a very loud
voice, and was determined to car
ry his point. Taking off his
coat he said:
4 know what I'm talking about,
and say that I can skid that bar
rel there alone. You just wait a
minute
He crossed the street to an un-
finished building and returned
with couple Of two by four
scantlings and laid them on the
stairs, and the crowd numbered
fifty.
You want this barrel on the
third floor do you?' he asked the
little man.
'Yes-but-but-'
But what!'
why, L was waiting for my wife
to get the clothes-horse out Of the
upper hall. She's all ready now,
and I'll take it up
EsAnd the little man shouldered
the barrel and trotted briskly up
stairs between the sklds. II was
empty.-DetroH Free Press.
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8aisesIIa'rsons. &
BORROWING.

To lend unto him that would
borrow, and give unto him that
asketh of thee, is both a Christian
and neighborly duty, and if the
practice is properly conducted
may be a convenience to all
around. But when all is on one
side it may become burden to
one party.
A good outfit Of nearly all kinds
of tools necessary to conduct my
gardening affairs, has always been
in my possession, but to keep
them, and in order, is the trouble.
One comes for a hoe, rake and
spade, they want to garden !;
another wants saddle to ride,
another a log chain, etc., until
half Of my things are out, and it
would be necessary for me to stop
work in the garden, if did not
have two complete sets of them.
1t is very seldom that borrow
from neighbors, for two good rea-
sons. One is that the practice is
unpleasant to me, and the other is
that very few have any thing
that I need.
But all this I could stand with
a sort of patience, if things bor-
rowed would be returned in due
time and in order but this is not
the case.
Five times out of six l must
send for them, and not unfre-
quently they come homo broken,
and always dull and rusty, if OF
iron and steel. In a few instances
after having an implement for a
year, the parties claimed it as
their own property; and it was
left with them rather than have a
difficulty but those same men
don't borrow from me again.
That neighbors can accommo-
date each other to mutual advan-
tage if it is properly conducted IS
very true, and then there is a
reciprocity Gas Pat says,) but
when it is all on one side it is a
severe tax.
This is written for the benefit
Of those who, in a measure, de-
pend upon borrowing, and do not
seem to think that thing bor-
rowed should be returned to the
owner in proper time, and in good
order. There are two things that
[ won't lend, a whitewash brush
and a piece Of soap. They both
came home about used up, and the
user won't buy new brush, and
to return a piece of soap is usually
forgotten.
Those who can afford it should
buy their own tools, and if they
must borrow tools, at least take
good core Of them and return as
soon as done using.-SANuEL MIL
LER.
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'MRss.'-A woman. who opened
a small millinery store in the
western part Of the city engaged
a painter to paint her sign.
When it came home the other day
she saw that it read: 'Mrss. J.
Blank etc., and she called out:
You have an extra IS in Mrs,
and you must paint the sign over
again
The painter saw the error, but
he didn't want the job of correct
ing it, and he replied
Madam, haven't you had two
husbands 2 -
Yes, SIR
You were a Mrs. when you lost
the first p
i was
tAnd do you think a woman can
60 on marrying forever, and not
lengthen out her title ? Mrs.
means a married woman or a
widow. Mrss. means q woman who
has been married twice and is
young enough to marry again,
and only yesterday a rich old coon
was in our shop and said If he had
any idea that you were heart
free he'd come up-'
'Ob, we'll, you can nail up the
sign,' she interrupted, aud it is
there to-day.
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geIsetsa Story.
But FOR THIS.
Millicent, Milliccnt, when is sup.

MlIllccnU, MllllCcllV, Wl4ti! - sup
per?'
God only knows, child
Perhaps I'd better pray for
some then,' said little Jane Blair,
solemnly.
Really l think you had said
Millicent, in a soft tone.
There she sat, staring into the
little fire on which their last atom
Of wood was burning, and seeing
in the red ashos, into which the
light wood dropped so quickly,
pictures Of the past, They had
never been rich people, but always
comfortable.
Her father was a seafaring man
first mato Of an ocean vessel
and her mother a tidyshousewife,
who made everything bright and
cozy. How ho used to sit telling
his adventures to them when he
was at home.
He would not have been a sailor
had there rot been sea serlcnts
and mermaids in them, but moth
ING was too wonderful for those
loving folk at home to credit ; and
indeed he probably believed them
himself.
The rooms had been pretty
with shells and coral branches, and
bright parrots in swinging cages
and pictures of ships upon the
wall.
It had been so different from
this wretched place in which the
two girls now llVeu.
But that was not all the love
was gone-the tender caro- that
parents have for their children.
The mother lay in ber groen
grave in a far-off cemetery and
who can point tho place of a ship
wrecked sailors grave?
Sue remembered so we'll how he
sailed away that last time-how
they looked after him, her mother
and herself-how they waited for
news, and waited in vain, until at
last there came TO them a sailor,
saved from the wreck of the Fly
ing Scud,' who told how she went
down in mid-seas at the dead Of
night, ablaze from one end to the
other; and how Roger Blair, the
first mate, was among the miss
ing.
After that, poverty and sorrow !;
departure from the dear old home;
toll in a strange city, sickness,
friendlessness, and, crowning woe
of all, the mothers death.
The girl had done her best for
her little sister ever since, but she
was not u very skillful needle
woman, and could not earn as
much as some others; and now
work had given out altogether,
and she, pretty and sweet and
good, and helpful in daughteriy
way about the house, was not
quite sure that she could win
bread for two IN any way-bread
and shelter and fire.
She was only seventeen, and a
frail little creature, with very lit
tie strength in her small body,
and now that matters were so bad,
who can wonder that she almost
despaired?
4 suppose it isn't quite supper
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ABOUT MACARONE.

1uC uiSL SGanZa OF Inc OlQ song
entitled Yankee Doodle runs:
yankee Doodle came to town,
Upon little pony;
lie stuck feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni."
1t is about this expression, Mac
aroni,' | wish to write what have
found ont by asking questions and
reading in books.
In England, during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, most of the dan
dified things ofthat time-such as
table-torks, etc.-came from Italy,
and were called 'macaroni,' which
is Italian, derived from Greek
work meaning very dainty
About the time of Oliver Crom-
we'll appeared verse which some
have thought was meant to make
fun of him. The verse runs:
''Yankee Doodle came to town.
Upon Kentish pony;
He stuck feather in bis hat,
And called it macaroni.'
But history says Cromwell came
from Huntingdon and I think he
was not the kind Of man to wear
feathers and brag of them. He
was stout, red-faced and rather
rough not slim and foppish.
In Sheridan's play, The School
for Scandal are these lines:
Sure, meyer was seen two such beartifui
ponies; :.-
Other horses are clowns, but these, maca-
ronis.
To give them this title, I'm sure can't be
wrong. ..,.-..
Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so
long"
Washington Irving tells US that,
in the war of the Revolution, some
Maryland regiments, who wore
very gay uniforms were known as
The Macaronis;' and ho adds
that they showed their game
spirit So, it seems, they could
fight we'll, besides dressing we'll.
Another author says: "A hun.
dred years ago the slang for a GER
tain sort of fop was 'macaroni.'
He was distinguished chiefly by
the strange way in which he
dressed his head !; and he wore
feathers in his hat -
This is all I have been able to
find out about the word 'Macaroni,'
used in the song Yankee Doodle >
and it seems to mean something
or somebody very dainty or fnical,
and to have very little to do with
the food called 'macaroni, al
though that also comes from Italy.
1St. Nicholas.
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SCARE H1M.-'Jack,' said a pref
ty girl to her brother the other
day, 4 want you to do something
for me-that's a good fellow
what is t?' growled Jack, who
is a brother of the period.
WHY, you know that wig
and moustache you used in the
theatricals up at the Featherly's ?
We'll p
We'll, won't you just put them
on and 60 to the concert tonight ?
Augustus and [ will be there, and
Jack, I want you to stare at me
the whole evening through your
glass;
WHAT! you want me to do
that p
Yes; and as we come out you
stand in the door and try to slip
NE note-take care that Gus
sees you, too
We'll, / declare +
Because, you see, jack, Gus
likes me, I know, but then he's aw-
ful slow, and he's we'll off, and
lots of other girls are after him,
and-he's got to be hurried up a
little as it were
But Jack very brutally declined,
which shows how precious little
sympathy girls get from their
own brothers nowadays.
GSan Francisco Ne1cs.
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Heaven must begin in our own
hearts or it will be no heaven for
US. Until man allows the spirit
Of love and truth to enter his own
soul and make an inward heaven,
NO outward heaven can do him
any good.
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Grief never sleeps-it watches
continually like a jealous husband.
Ali the world groans under its
sway, and it fears by sleeping, its
clutch will be loosened, and it's
prey then escape.
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To make anything very terri
bic, obscurity seems in general, to
be necessary. When we know
the full extent Of any danger,
when we can accustom our eyes to
it, a great deal of the apprehen-
sion vanishes.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-08-13

Men must not only pray that
God would help them, but they
must make an effort to help thom-
selves; God answers prayers in
such a way as to encourage the
performance of duty, not to neg
lect it.
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"
Doetrp.
a WEDDING.

a WEDDING.
The happy morn has smiling come;
Before Gods altar man and wife,
Hand clasped in hand, all silent stand,
One flesh, one life:
All me! ah mel
Is it for JOY or misery?
The parting words with friends are said,
The slippers and the rice are cast,
And to new life new man and wife
Have gayly passed:
All! mel ah me!
Is it to Joy or misery?
Is i. to live as God has willed,
In bonds of love and sympathy?
Is it to share or joy and care
Co-equally?
Is life to be
One grand soul-stirring harmony?
Or is it rather day by day
TO waken to their cruel fate?
With icy heart to drift apart.
And learn too late
That life must be
A dull dead waste Of misery!
Nay, God forbid but let them go
To such sweet life of perfect love
That hand in hand at length they'll stand
In heaven above,
And so may be
One life through all eternity.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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wonder whether he knows how
hungry | am ?
what shall | do p said Millicent
to herself, as she looked about the
room. 4 have sold everything
the clock, the books, even mo
theirs work-box and the parrot
There is nothing loft. The chi!c
will starve before morning. Oh
what shall | do
She arose and went to the win
dow, and looked down into the
street. It was dirty and narrow
and swarmcd with filthy chill
dren.
Opposite was a little drinking
shop, about which q blind man
with q fiddle drew q proftless
audience.
Nothing sweet or fresh or pure
met her eye there, but between
that scene and herself a sudden
breeze blew a beautiful screen
and there was waited to hel
through the broken glass an ex
quisite perfume.
On ths sill without stood a rose
in q broken teapot.
She had picked up the slip
among the rubbish cast out by 8
neighboring gardener, and it had
grown we'll in it's handful Of
earth.
To-day it had bloomed; per
feet rose, exquisite in shape, per
fume and color, dropped from the
stem, and beside it halfblown
bud gave promise Of another flow
er as lovely.
Until this moment Millicent: in
her anxiety, had forgotten her on c
treasure.
But for q gentle shower that
had fallen that morning, it might
have withered whore it stood, for
she had not even watered it.
Now a bright thought fitted
through her mind.
She had ofton seen children sell.
ing flowers in the street, and Ia
dies and gentlemen seemed glad to
buy them.
She would force herself to be
courageous.
She would 60 out into the street
with this rose and it's bud, and
some one would give her enough
to buy a loaf Of bread, or at least
q roll for little Jane.
She would do it-she would.
God would give her strength.
She tied on her hood and wrap
ped her shawl about her, and
the flower and leaf or
two, and that bright bud, that
seemed perhaps the fairer of the
two, bade Jane be good and wait
for her and won't down stairs and
out from the dingy cross street in
to Broadway.
There every one save herself
seemed gay and happy, and we'll
dressed.
She seemed to be q thing apart
a black blot in all this bright
ness.
She stood at a corner and held
out her flower, but it seemed that
no one heeded her.
At last she gathered courage to
touch one Of the ladies that=passed,
and say:
Buy a rose, lady-buy a rose!
Please buy rose
But the woman hurried by as
the rest had.
1t would not do to stand still.
She walked out slowly.
Whenever she caught a pleas
ant eye she hold out her bou-
quet, and repeated her prayer:
Buy a rose ? buy a rose?
But the sun was setting and
she was opposite the City Hall
Park, and still no one had bought
her flower.
She was growing desperate.
Some one.should buy it.
Jane should have bread that
night.
Buy rose! See Look at it |!
Sec how pretty it isl she cried, in
a voice sharpened by hunger and
sorrow. Look! You don't look
at it, or you'd buy it.
These street beggars should be
suppressed said tho stout man
she had addressed. Young wo-
man, I'll give you in charge if
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-08-13

Those beings are only fit for
solitude who like nobody, are like
nobody, and are liked by no.
body. :
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-08-13

If you should~take to yourself a
little Of the good advice you are
willing to give toethers, it would
do no harm.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-08-13

Have one settled purpose in
life, and If it be honorable it will
bring you reward.
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Of all created things, animate
or inanimate, We find 40 fools ex-
cept among mankind.