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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

The GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
An American engineer in China
has been making a fresh examina-
ton of it's "Great WALL" The d.
mensions -hage been given so often
that We. need, not repeat them;
but the structure for a distance of
1928 miles is sicarried from pointto
point in a perfectly straight line,
across valleys and plains and over
hills, without the slightest regard
to the conGguration ofthe ground,
sometimes plunging. down Into
abysses a thousand feet deep.
Brooks and, smaller riyers are
bridged over by the wall, while: on
both banks of larger streams
strong u, hankiDg.': towers are
placed" Perhaps the Emperor
Nicholas had this contempt for
obstacles. in. mind when he solved
the problem of the best railroad
route between st. Petersburg and
Moscow by drawing g. aIstrsight .line
by a ruler betweenith points on
the map and having hte road con
structed as thus indicated ,,,,..d
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

A MINISTER'S WIEE.-She sus-
tains peculiar relations to the commu-
nifty. She is human just as other
women are, yet everybody expects her
to have qualities that raise her above
the common weaknesses Of life. Says
an exchange:
Everybody expects the ministers
wife to be model, and quite removed
from all the frailties and illnesses Of
mankind. She should be warranted
never to have the headache or neural
gia; she should have nerves of iron
and sinews of wire. She should be
cheerful, intellectual, pious and domes-
ticated ; she should be able to keep
her husbands house, cook his dinner,
light his: fires, and copy his sermons.
She should keep up the style of lady
on the wages of a day laborer, and al.
ways be at liberty for good works, and
ready to receive morning calls should
be,Secretary2to the Band of Hope,
the Dorcas Society and the Home
Missions. She should conduct the
Bible class and mothers meetings !;
should make clothing for the poor
and Cruel for the sick; finally, should
be pleased with everybody and every
thing, aud never desire any reward
beyond the satisfaction Of having done
her duty, and other peoples, too"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

A COOP WoMAN:-A good woman.
:aever grows old. Years: may GO over
her head, but if ,benevolence and yir..
tue dwell in her heart she is as cheer
full as when the spring Of life first
opened to her view. When we; look
upon a good woman, We never think
of her age. She looks as charming as
when the rose Of youth first bloomed
upon her cheek. That, rose has not
faded yet; it never will fade. In her
neighborhood she is the friend and
benefactor, in the church the deyout
-worshiper and exemplary Christian.
Who does not love and respect the
woman who has passed her days in
acts of kindness and mercy-who has
been the friend of man and Cod
whose whole life has been scene of
kindness and love, DEVOTION of;loVe
and religion ? We repeat, such wo-
man cannot grow old. She Will always
be fresh and buoyant in spirits, and
active in: humble deeds of mercy and
benevolence If a young lady desires
to retain the bloom and beauty Of
youth, let her not yield to the sway Of
fashion and folly; let her love truth
and virtue; and to the close Of life
she will retain those feelings which
now ma ke life appear a garden of
sweets ever fresh and new. , ...,., |
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

H1sroRIcAL.- Vow, ladies and
gentlemen" shouted the book
agent, "before the picnic concludes
l want to sell every one Of you a
COPY of the Life of Pocahontas.'
She was an Injun girl, Poky was
they called her Poky for short
but she wasn't the kind that
went around peddling baskets and
blow-guns. Not frequently. She
staid at home playing croquet in
the front yard, or went to tho
Ladies' Aid Society, didn't take
no copperas off O. nobody. The
celebrated John Smith came trav-
cling through them parts as agert
for. a family paper, but Poky
wouldn't let her father raise a
club. She married Smith after
ward, and the last act of her life
was to die Of consumption" Just
here Officer Uncle Sammy Jones
approached with a shot gun and
the meeting adjourned.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

LITTLE JoHNNYs STORY OF OLD
GAFFER.-And now fo1. story
about ole CATER Peters.
One day Jack 1Brily, which is
the wicked sailor, swears and eV-
erything, that he was goin by ole
CATERS house, and he foun him
digging a WE'LL and q boy was pull
lin up the rocks in a bucket with
a winlass. So Jack he give the
boy 2 bits, and sed:
"You 60 and git sum candy, and
III pull up for you when get
back," and the boy done it. Then
Jack he put his bull dog in the
bucket and let him down, and the
dog it jumped out in the we'll
with CATER, which hollered wild,
and the dog too. Then Jack he
got ole Gaferses' cat. and pitched
that down too, and the dog tackled
the cat between Gaferses' legs,
and the cat run it up CATER like
he was a tree, and all yellin' like in
gems. There wasent never such a
ftc.
After a while Jack he let the
bucket down and bauled old Gaf-
fer up with the winIass, looking
mighty beat, and his clothes tore
bad. Fore Gaffcr cud get his breth,
Jack sed q: "Tcll you wot, CATER,
if L hadent come along yude had a
pretty rough time Of it, cos that
boys gone for another cat."
Then CATER ne helped Jack git
the dog out, which had killed the
cat, and Jack and the dog they
went away, and when the boy
come in site, CATER he met him
morn halef way, and licked him
til he was sick abed.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

- VERY RICH. He had been sitting
still 80 long that the mother expected
to find him, asleep When she looked
around and asked: .
"Well, Harry, whot are you think:
ing of?' IT,. "
"Ma, are we very rich ?'' esolemn-
,ly inquired, by way of reply. "s..
"In one way We, are, she said,
"your father says he values me at
three million dollars, you at two mil;
lion, and the baby at one" '>''.
That closed. the conversation on
that subject, but next morning, as
Harry was getting. on his oyeFcoat, be
examined the new patch which had
been added, and coolly observed l.. !
I think father had better SELL
off about half of'you' or the whole of
the baby and get the rest Of us some.
decent duds to put on =: III l..
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

Hauk-Eye: All ofone long, hap
py hour mamma had been reading to
the little ones, Sunday afternoon, and
talking to them about heaven and the
argels, and showing them pictures Of
angels, with their snowy wings. Sud-
denly Jack shouted, Mother! When
I'm an angel I want to be Shanghai"
Shocked silence: on the part ofthe fam
lily circle, followed by the explanatory
clause by Jack, r Feathers on my legs:
YOU know p Mother dismissed the
little congregation without the usual
bennediction.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

OF the Academy OF MUSIC WneH
the opera was over, and fingered
in the lobby to watch the pass
ing Of the crowd. Young Fred
Saulter came up to them while
putting his pearl lorgnette in its
case.
"Nice house, eh p be said, lam
guidly. "Well dressed. See Fanny
Swan. Wretched taste for young
girls to wear diamonds! What
dye think of the new tenor, eh :?
Miserable, I say"
The older man answered him
civily and walked on, leaving him
with some lads of bis own age.
"What would Miss Swan say if
she heard that cub critlcizlng
her?" said DR.. Pomeroy. "The
most insuferable creature in the.
world to me is a conceited boy,
assuming the tone of a man ofpo-
sition, when he has not yet proved
his right to be alive"
Il thought young Saulter had
money" said one Of the party.
"Ho drives a fine horse, wears
clothes made by better tailor
than I can afford, and lunches at
the best restaurant"
money!" said the doctor, an
griIy. why, his father is head
sbookkeeper for Smiles 4 Son, with
a family of six. He strained every
nervc to educate this boy, who now
looks upon every practicable way
Of earning his living as plebelan.
LII warrant you the fello Y never
had twenty cents in bis pockets
Of his own earning. His restau-
rant and livery stable bills come
in to his poor old father at the
| end Of every month"
Meanwhile, young Saulter stood
complacontly twirling his opera
hat and watching the pretty girls
as they passed. He caught a
glimpse of his dapper little figure
in a great mirror-the waxod mus
| tache, lavender gloves, wired roses
| in his button-hole-and looked
pityingly after the doctor and his
friends.
"How those old fellows must
| envy us!' he said. "Wine, with
life in it's sparkle, and dregs, eh :?
Oh, by the way. l saw a curious
thing to-day! Dick Knight-you
remembe Knight in our class, who
took the scientific course to fit
him for a civil engineer? Well,
lit appears shat, times being so
hard, be could get no proper
work to do; so he has taken to
improper. Instead of laying by
as I have done, waiting quietly
for an opening for an educated
man to step into, be actually is
I'm ashamed to tell it !"
"What? What is be p asked
his listener.
"Driving an engine on the Gen.
trail road! Fact! | saw him, all
| grimy with smoke in his little
caboose to day. Good heavens!
l said, Knight, are you mad ?
| Not so mad as to starve, he
said, laughing.
Il asked him why his father did
not support him, and keep him
from such degradation. Then he
was mad.
"'Do you think I, with my big
strong body, will be burden on
an old man?' be said; and began
to talk nonsense about laziness
degrading man and that no man
WAS ever DEGRADED bv honest work,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

Look at. de pieanna, folkseas,Yg said
old Sam johnson, the other night, to
a roomful of his sable friends; "look
at de'pieanua. Dere'is'Bhar yous see
an. illegory, showing,the. proper spear
OBJ de, braek man.; Doan 4yous aee9ae
common notes, the white trash, down
in de lower row. all run stogedder Ike
a wFiitewashed boa fenceH An Up
10 the balconia: yous' see brack notes,
de. people oh color, arranged in select
assem- blies of tWos and frees"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

EARLY Rising AND BEAUTY.--The
early morning hours have a potent
effect on the complexion, and it is bet:
ter to see the sun rise, and sleep in
the middle of the day; If one must to
secure the necessary sleep. The pure
morning air has tonic effect on the
nerves and the circulation Of the blood.
Of course, the outdoor air is what is
needed. If too cold, plant yourself
at the sunniest window: American
women need more work in the open
air, if it is only that afforded by bal:
comics. .... .
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05
GIRLS, Do WHAT YOU dAN.:AaSaic

IL GIRLS, Do WHAT YOU CAN - Said
DR.. Cuyler to the:giFls at Packer In
stitute: ,""Let woman do whatever she
can do, we'll. Let her foley every
path Of usefulness wherein she can
walk racefully and without stumbling.
Can she set.type or make astelegraph
instrument; talk in. electric speech! !!
Then let her do ,thatl-gith a,;bappy
heart and to the: music of q merry
voice" Yes, and be amiably requested
by the foreman or manager to make
less noise. :..-.---.. ,hi "a ::..H.-.,(.,,.!
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05
BEGINNING THE DAY Alright

BEGINNING THE DAY ARIGHT.-It
is very desirable that every day be
begun right rather than wrong. Be-
gun right and it is pretty sure to end
right. We know the father Of large
family who always comes to the break
fast table with a smile, and who
wakes up good nature in every child
before the meal is over, which lasts
generally all day. '.'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

Il is now, announced on N the, an.
thority of an ''emiuent physician
that it is not, healthy to rise before
s O'Clock in the morning. This ap-
plies only to men, Wives, it is; said,
can rise at 7 and start the fire. as
heretofore. " -
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05
Miscellaneous.
90
A WORD ABOUT NEWSPA-
PERS.
Respectfully Dedicated to Those who Never
Pay the Printer.

Respectfully Dedicated to Those who Never
Pay the Printer.
The Gainesville Eagle is the last
to let fly few sharp pointed and
well-timed arrows at bores and
dead beats who are always to be
found wherever a newspaper is
published. The following is to the
point, and we move it's unanimous
adoption by the press of the coun.
try:
There is not perhaps in the
whole range Of business profess
sions or callings, one that is so
little understood, and about which
there are as many erroneous ideas
as that Of the conduct, privileges,
purposes and rights of newspa-
per. From it people expect more,
and propose to pay less than they
would dare to ask from any other
business in the world.
A great many very good people
seem to forget that newspapers
are business enterprises. They
ignore the fact that a newspaper
man is flesh and blood, and that
he must eat, drink, wear, live,
move and have being as any other
human biped. They seem to for
get that be has like passions, like
necessities, like cares, troubles and
anxieties with other men. Hence,
when be differs with them, when
be expresses an opinion in opposi-
tion to their own, with warmth
and vigor, they are ready to.de-
nounce him, and seem as much as
tonished as if an angel had flown
down from the outposts of heaven
and pelted them with a brickbat.
he is expected to be above and
beyond the. small wea; nesses Of
humanity, and soar aroun3 in the
elysian fields Of grandiloquent
genius, or leisurely browse in the
vernal pastures Of pure wisdom,
and see everything as every body
else sees it, and reconcile the vast
differences of opinion of lmperious
thousands.
But it is not in this alone that
the world mistakes us. Very ma
ny, very good people, good honest
souls, who would never think Of
asking their grocer to give them
q dimes worth of cheese, will ask
a newspaper man to sacrifice his
space, pay his printers to set up
the type, and wear out his materi-
al to do them y service, and ex-
pecs him to acquiesce SIS matter
of course. 1t is astonishing how
many people have axes to grind
which from their standpoint are
"matters Of public interest,"" ant
woe to the poor editor who can
not see it in that light.
There are two or three things
which many good honest people
need to be educated to understand:
One is chat editors are human.
They are liable to be mistaken,
and arc entitled to the same char
ity as other people who may do
likewise. Second, that they can
not live on wind and sleep on
fences, and must be paid for their
stock in trade, the same as a mer-
chant or any other business man.
Think, that a newspaper does not
belong to the world at large, but
to it's owners and conductors, and
that it cannot be made u sluicebox
through which to flow all the sur
plus bile OF a community or the
trashy off sloughing Of the brain
Of every nincumpoop VINO itches
to see his name in print.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

=, The, other day tie professor Of Ger
man. asked an. unregenerate Junior
what the. gender Of certain noun
was: The Junior quickly replied:
II think it is neuter, sir at any rate,
tits neu ter me.'tA ..,,":} Il. >d: ~
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"He'll be crushed 20 atoms !"

LIZ IL UO CA 0StlSO ~ eseOlAS
muttered one stout old man, stand
ing by DR.. Pomeroy.
But Dick had put steam upon
his engine. Apparently be did not
think Of leaving his post. There
he stood, with his hand on the
lever, calm and determined.
His huge machine sprang for
ward. It met the coming locomo-
tive with a crash that threw both
monsters upward, as if they had
risen to wrestle and throw each
other. Then Dicks engine was
thrown on one side; but the force
of the runaway train was over
come, and the machinery OF the
engine so injured that all move
ment was stopped. Dick was
hurled senseless several feet from
the place of the collision.
The stout old man and Dr.: Pom
eroy, with all the other men in
the depot, ran to Knight, picked
him up and carried him into the
IT,
waiting room, where he was lett
with the physicians.
"Well, WE'LL" said the old gen.
tleman, impatiently, as DR.. Pome-
roy came out, show is it? Will
he live?"
II think so. God forbid that
I.should have to take him home
dead to his old father!"
"You know him, then? Who
is he? Why, do you know what
| owe him7" and his voice broke.
"My little girl is aboard. that
train"
DR.. Pomeroy told Knights sto-
ry briefly, informing tie old gen.
tleman that he was thoroughly
educated, but that be looked upon
any work as better than depen-
dent idleness.
"He's the true grit, sir" was
the animated reply. "There's no
work so humble that a man can
not show the best qualities of
manhood in it, as we have seen
tonight. 1t is not the daring
courage I approved in him so
much as the presence Of mind, the
keen eye, to see what to do and
how to do it. Request Mr. Knight,
if you please, to call ON me at
ten tomorrow" he said to the
station master.
"Who is that" asked Fred
Saulter breatblessly Of the official.
"The president Of the road
Dick Knight, if he lives, has an
open road to fortune now, and he
deserves it," ...-
Fred Saulter crept into the car
to 60 home. His lavender gloves
were soiled, and the wired rose in
his button-hole was falling to
pieces with a sickly, decayed
smell. Life itself,was sickly and
decayed, he thought with a yawn !;
and he threw the wilted' rose out
of the window. Yes, and to all
concelted, efeminate natures like
his, it is likely TO prove as Saul
ter's imagination pictured it that
night.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

A7writerttells us.to place our hands
upon our hearts and feel its .mufaed
beat-that it will .sadden 8 US. True;
but not half SO much as placing our
hand upon our wallet, and realizing
from It's thiuness that We" must soon
become the muHed beat. t,.s 80
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

A teacher declined conscience "as
something within you that tells you
when you have done wrong 4 had
it once spoke up young towhead of
six summers, 'but' they had to send
for the doctor .,...,.. Ez...:1
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81, Observation-Disclosures Whoare IN
dulged too much, pampereds fedaen
delicacies, kept in hot houses, will
surely become efemiuate. Ttey ought
to trough it" enough to make them
tough and rugged; for tits only those
who can conquer in a world like ours
where the struggle for existence is so
great that only the strong win. T.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

Haste turns usually upon a: matter
of ten minutes too late, and may be
avoided by habit like that of Lord
Nelson, to which be ascribed his sue
cess in life, Of being ten minutes too
early. 't@ J! p '@
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

=. The. editor. who squashedaa juicy
cockroach With the. butt end Of his
lead pencil ard afterwards forgesfplly
sucked the same while wooing coy
expression, suddenly found a word,
but it proved to 5be foreign On the
subject under consideration..yf.H pa.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05
SOUTHERN RAISED
GARDEN SEED

Who will help me sell them ? Twill pay
the freight and send to any reliable party an
assortment of my Garden and Field Seeds,
and give 30 per cent. commission for selling,
and take back any part that may not be sold
at the end of the season.
Five cents per packet is too little, but as
large Northern houses put them down from
IDEAS of monopoly, 10 doubt, shall freely
sell accordingly, and take my chances
have, however, two grand advantages ::
First, sell to population having decided
preferences for Southern enterprise and
Southern men; and secondly, there is not
dear old woman in the South that does not
know that Buacombe Cabbage Seed are the
best in the world. Females make first rate
agents. SsSSfssSe2
don't keep such a variety to make a
bewildering list, but the best Of the usual
Garden and Field varieties, and try to keep
them fresh and sound, and sell them cheap.
Send your orders early.
Respectfully,
wv. VANDIVER,
Garden and Field Seed Producer,
Weaverville, n. c.
Oct. IS, 1s79-42-6t.
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In seeking to invent a troche to take
away the odor of2oniens; a. Quebec
druggist Invented something which
removed his breath; altogether The
man who gets ahead, of an. onion has
60: to peel his coat. - '''' -.
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Never judge girl IN the parlor, 'bu

Never judge girl IN the parlor, bu
try to catch her in the Kitchen.
= And fftbere you chance to see,
8. Nothing where it ought to be, -: =.
Unwashed dishes standing round, :.
While things needed can't be found,
Kitchen furniture all dusty,
Greasy sink, and stove lids rusty,
e: specked mirror, spotted floor, =
Finger marks upon the door, 49, ...'.'
Collaries, untidy gown, ~"
Oae sleeve up and one sleeve down, u,
Nails black and sour face, .a,.. .H..p
As though cooking could disgrace, -.
Seeing these in whole or part, ,.t;.
I" You'd better get your hat and start.
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If she doesn't want to run away
with him and doesn't like to tell him
so, she can send him cantaloupe and
he will know what it means if he ur-
derstands the language Of foVeIsrs
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

There is tied in the affairs Of some
unfortunate individuals, when taken
at high water leads on to fortune: It's
when they get tied to nice little
creature with Sl00,000.to her credit.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-11-05

It requires about as long to get a
girl we'll out Of her 10th year as for a
horse to get beyond 't8' years old this
spring" ..e,# ":::a:. ), - : q:
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UPON THE NASHUA.

UPON THE NASHUA.
BY EVA L. EMERY.
Last night, while sailing on the ses,
The tender moon looked down on me,
And seemed to write upon the tide
This legend strange, in letters wide:
"Tho' storms be rude, fear not, fear not,
For God hath never yet forgot"
A storm came down, and reckless bore
Our groaning bark from shore to shore.
Ere long, upon the inky main,
=, That same sweet legend shone again:
Tho storms be rude, fear not, fear not
For God hath never yet forgot"
So tho my soul be troubled now,
And tempest bid my courage bow.
Still will chant the sky-born hymn
read upon the waters dim:
s'Tho' storms be rude, fear not, fear not,
For God hath never yet forgot"
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i: She was fond Of rolling ten-pins ' -
.,g 3Butshe wore massive, coraf+ d&s'*.
She, dropped a ball upon it,a.,ii:aiI,F ,Fai
And as sure as you are, born ,a..,
A man about a half mile Of stuffed his in
gers in his ears and calIaaout- ;.7h"a
....,,. "Who's. BLOWN that fsh-horn 2" 2" =
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SsIsetsn Story.
BRAVE DICK.

BY REBECCA HARDING DAVIS.
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To be Womanly the greatest charm
of woman. s'S:sassz-.' q. - -.=