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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c.
Vol. XIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAINUIARY 17, 1877. No. 3.
THEHERALD~
IS 2BBLIBBBD
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
At Newberry, S. C..
BY THOSI F. ORKNHKB,
Editor and Proprietor.
Termns, $2.50 per .lnn-unm,
Invariably in Advance.
9lY- The paper is stopped at the expiration of
tAiefor whiit ispaid.
Q"? The M mark denotes expiration of sub
ssrption.
Fottrn.
ONLY SIXTEEN DRESSES TO
WEAR.
BY JOE JOT, JR.
She had only sixteen dresses,
The poor, unfortunate thing!
And most of this scanty wardrobe
Was purchased and made in the spring.
She gazed upon it with sorrow
'Twas a terrible thing to bear;
And her heart nearly died within her
Only sixteen dresses to wear!
She thought of Eve in the garden,
And said that she never could see
Why she should got all of the pity
She deserved as much pity as she,
Was any one ever so needy?
She felt on the point of despair,
And thought there was no use of living
With but sixteen'dresses to wear!
She was not an extravagant woman,
And I never would intimate so;
If she was, she would have had fifty,
And be better supplied long ago,
But being excessively humble,
Her lot had been better to bear,
If a very few more had been added,
And she'd thirty dresses to wear.
Her povertyl worie hera reatly,
I had not come to a path full of]
soft, fragrant flowers. It was to a
be a fearful, if not a long struggle I
-likely both ; for, either I must i
turn the current of my darling's t
life, or we should go down togeth- 3
er. No earthly power could sepa- c
rate us now. But I was strong in
the great love I bore him, and my e
heart never once faltered. C
For a month after our marriage t
he came home regularly-his ap- z
parent occupation was head clerk 1
in a well known firm; but I knew, E
oh, pity ! that his real employment i
was far enough removed from any
thing as honorable as that-but y
then he began to return later, until a
one, two, three, and sometimes four t
o'clock would strike without bring- g
ing him. i:
I had resolved at first that I v
would always remain up until he a
came, thinking that I might thus I
have more hold upon him. My c
business was to save him. Nothing I
was too hard to be done if I might I
but reach that goal at last. c
As I said, he began to return la- t
ter now, and there grew to be a s
haggard look upon his face which c
it wa. dreadful to see, since I knew, s
only too well, what brought it e
there. But I tried to be patient
and whenever he came was careful c
not to make the slightest allusion c
to the lateness of the hour. It z
would not do with him. We sat c
down to supper, for I persisted in
having it invariably at his return ; -
and though I have seen his eyes fill t
many and many a time when he t
looked at me steadily as he had a
way of doing, he did not tell me his I
thoughts, and I pretended not to F
notice them while I attended to his
wants. i
It is an awful thing for a woman 1
bo see the husband of her love go- j
ing down steadily, but surely, be- E
fore her frightened eyes, and she
powerless to save. I had wondered
once how miserable, ill-treated
wives, whose husbands were scarce
ly fit to live, could still cling to
them; but though Allan was ten
der and kind when with me, I could
understand now, by my own heart,
how it was that they bore every
thing rather than separation.
A year went by and no visible 1
hange came ; but the constant anx
iety told upon my face. I wanted
to keep the signs back, but I eould<
not. Friends noticed it, and among
them the aunt who had taken my
dead mother's place. She had never
liked my husband ; and at the an
niversary of our marriage she came,
in solemn state, "to inquire into 1
matters," as she termed it.
"You are looking poorly, my
child," she said, opening the sub
ject at once. "Your marriage is,
perhaps, unhapppy?"
"There could not be a kinder
husband than Allan," my face flush
ing in a moment. "He has never
spoken a harsh word to me."
"But something has worn you to 1
a shadow," she~ went on, ignoring
my indignation: "and we all know
that Mr. Starr is not what he ought
to be."4
That was more than any wife
should bear tamely. I rose at
once.
"Such words must neither be
addressed to his wife, nor spoken
under his roof," I said angrily.
"My home is open to you never-1
theless," she urged with her keen1
eyes,which Ihated, because I feared
them, upon my fgee.
"My home is here where my
heart is," I retorted ; "I desire no
other"-.and with that our inter-1
view closed.
Allan heard in some way that my
aunt had called ; and he would not
be satisfied until I had told him1
her exact words.
"She is right," he said bitterly ;
"you would be far better off under
her roof than under mine."
I know he did it only to try me,1
for he had not the ghost of a fear
that I should choose my home
away from him.
"I did not think fit to tell her
so," I replied.
"But you believed it ? You be
lieved it, then ?"
His breath seemed to stop with
te intensity of his desire to read
what was really in my heart, and
he would have wormed the truth
from me whatever it had been.
"N I did not beliee it A llan."i
responded quietly, meeting and
wnswering the questioning doubt
vhich for the moment had leaped -
nto his eyes. "Wherever you are
aking me to, your own soul tells
ou I am powerless, and must from
hoice follow."
"You are a good, true angel," he
aid, with a strange tenderness up
on his lips, but though I was cer- r
ain he loved me with a strong ti
aan's strength, he did not, alas ! ie
ove me well enough to leave the b
ambler's den which was fast draw- R
ng him on to ruin. 0
Another year went by, another ti
ear of anxious dread and sorrow, ie
nd still another year was added b
o it, and all that love could sug
est or ingenuity invent, had failed t<
a accomplishing my purpose. I 1
was forced to acknowledge this, t
nd the admission made me trem- a
>le. Was I indeed, then, to go n
[own with this man to whom I was Y
ound by all the ties which can
)ind a human heart to that of an- t
>ther, down to an endless perdi- "
ion ? Or could I break the chord, tE
nd let him drift on alone? Drift t
on, out in the lonesome, boundless s
ea which swallows up its victims a
o piteously, and leaves no sign? P
"No, no," I cried, with my hands ti
lasped over my horror-stricken R
yes, to shut out the picture which 0
ny imagination so wildly portray- f
d. d
The 4th year after my marriage r
-four years seems like an eternity
o travel such a road as I had been tV
raveling-Allan came home at n
tusk ; and while I wondered what ti
iad come over him to bring up the c
iew and astonishing exultation n
hich I saw upon his face, he led fi
ne into the library and stepped si
>efore a painting of myself, which I
iad been one of my wedding pres- e
ints from him. C
"Four years ago that was an ex- '
ct likeness of my wife," he said. i
'She has changed since then." o
"But little, I trust," I answered. r
"She became my wife freely," he o
vent on ; "knowing well that I was d
hat the world calls, truly enough, bJ
wicked man." P
"Always good to me," I said, il
rough my tears, laying my hand V
rustingly in his. o
"Always cruel to you, my love, t
ince he thought more of his own V
~hosen sins than of your peace and t
leasure. But the wife who loved I
ne, thank heaven, and who has a
~tood bravely by me, has conquered
t last. For a year I have been a t'
ree man, free and honest ; and p
his is my new year's present to s
rou, best and truest of all women." 8
I was sobbing in his arms, so e
bankful and happy, I thought e
ieaven itself must have fallen to a
ny feet. Our little child, who is v
ast getting towards his teens, t
would never believe his father had 8
~ver been other than the best of I
nen, as, indeed, I hardly would L
nyself.
I am thankful, every day of my 0
ife, that I listened to my own (
ieart's promptings, instead of the i<
ounsel of those who meant, I fl
mow, to help me, but who would I
iave ruined us both, .had their t
ishes been fulfilled. C
"I take my tex dis mornin," said d
~colored preacher, "from dat por 8
ion ob de Scriptures whar de Pos- ~
e Paul pints his pistol to de Fe- 8
~ions." C
Albert SnEoks, of New York, d
lidn't like his name, and so voted ~
ider the name of Smith and was
rrested.e
_______ ___ e
The housewives of Vermont con- C
inue to use caraway seed in their ~
~ookies, the same as when Thomas ~
fefferson was a boy.
Election returns and returning C
>oards don't bother Sitting Bull
ny. The most he cares to know
s how General Crook has gone.
The women soldiers of Dahomey a
year boots, chew tobacco and v
swear, but refuse to talk politics. b
Only a mean man would take ad. I
rantage of this excitement to rob e
is neighbor's hen roost.
The essence of the beautiful is I
FOR THE HERALD.
ER WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Jan. 3rd, 1877.
Both political parties are al
3ady preparing for an inaugura
on ball. This inauguration ball
one of the afflictions it was
oped a Democratic triumph
'ould rid us of. The one on the
ecasion of Grant's first inaugura
on was had in the then unfin
hed North wing of the Treasury
uilding. It w'as a terrible jam.
ven Horace Greeley swore. That,
)O, was the time when Senator
Fye said to Mr. Greeley, when
ze latter sat down on the Sen
Lor's hat, "D-n it, Horace, you
Light have known it wouldn't fit
ou." Four 1years ago an enor
Lous frame building was erected
> hold the ball in. Luckily the
'eather was so cold that few at
;nded. On both these occasions
ie bills were left unpaid and the
:andal was National. These balls
aswer no good social or political
urpose, and the party first set
ng the example of dispensing
'ith them will receive the thanks
f the public. Here is a chance
>r the reform President-elect to
o good even before he is inaugu
ited.
With the meeting of Congress
>-day we shall have the begin
ing of the end of the Presiden
al contest. It is not now a se
ret that Democratic Congress
en are just now in possession of
tcts throwing new light on the
tuation in South Carolina and
'lorida and are more assured than
ver that both those States, fairly
aunted, should be given to Gov.
'ilden. I do not speak of Louis
tna, for there has been no doubt
f that. Your readers will have
ad the substance of the message
f Gov. Robinson, of New York,
elivered on the 2nd. It should
e understood that the following
ortions of it were written while
s author was in possession of all
he facts of the situation as it was
a that day, that they were known
:> M'r. Tilden in advance, and that
hey represent the views and de
armination of every Democrat in
Vashington at this time, and of
iany and influential Republicans:
"I1 pause here in this statement
a interpose in behalf of the peo
le of this great commonwealth a
olemn denial of the power of any
tate government or of the Fed
ral govern ment to vest such pow
r as are claimed by the Louisi
na Returning Board in any Can
assing Board whatever. While
hese things were going on in the
outh a member of the Cabinet at
Vashington was acting as Chair
an of a partisan National Coin
iittee, and with the co-operation
f some of his colleagues in the
labinet counseling and systemat
ally stimulating these desperate
1easures. The people of the
inited States will never consent
Shave their representatives in
ongress stripped of their powers,
r tolerate this usurpation by a
eputy of the Senate or by any
ingle person, still less by an of
cor who is frequently interested
s a candidate in the result of the
ount. In this serttiment and pur
ose the State of New York cor
ially concurs. Foremost among
L our American common wealths
1 population, in the variety and
xtent of her industries and inter
sts, she has in every vicissitude
f public affhirs put forth all her
trength, moral and physical, to
iaintain the existence and just
uthorities of the UJnion, and she
an never consent that the time
onsecrated methods of constitu
ional governmnent shall be supple
iented or overthrown by revolu
ionary expedients."
New Year's day was generally
berved here. The White House
ras packed, as usual. The gold
ice of the Foreign Ministers and
ttaches, and of the Army and
favy officers, all of whom attend
d, must have been a gorgeous
bing to look on, but would hard
r compare with the "outfit" of
'resident Grant's grand-daughbter,
ir months of ne, if the dclnrrip.
tion of it given is correct. Your
lady readers will understand and
appreciate it. She wore "a white
French lawn with lace insertings
over blue silk with bows of blue
ribbon down the back ; gold brace
lets with pendents of turquoise ;
gold necklace; solitaire diamond
ring, with turquoise guard ring,"
&c. That is painting the lily.
The Senate and House Commit
tees engaged in preparing a plan
for the counting of the electoral
vote have made no report as yet.
It is thought they will try to make
such a report as will be adopted
by Congress with Iittle~if any dis
cussion. They have completed
the examination of historical and
legal data bearing on the subject.
Senator Conkling, the member ap
pointed in place of Logan, has met
with the Committee but once.
NEMO.
WHY ADVERTISE?
People sometimes ask why does
Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
spend so much money in advertis
ing his family medicines, which
are so well known and surpass all
other remedies in popularity and
sale. It is well known that A. T.
Stewart considered it good policy,
and undoubtedly it paid him, to
spend many hundred thousand dol
lars in advertising his goods, yet
nobody questioned the excellence
of his merchandise. The grand
secret of success lies in offering
only goods which possess merit to
sustain themselves, and then
through liberal and persistent ad
vertising making the people thor
oughly acquainted with their good
qualities. Men do not succeed in
amassing great fortunes, establish-.
ing thriving and permanent busi
ness, and founding substantial in
stitutions like Dr. Pierce's Grand
Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo, which
costs over two hundred thousand
dollars, unless their business be
legitimate, their goods meritorious,
and their services which they ren
der the people genuine and valua
ble. Dr. Pierce does not attempt
to humbug you by telling you that
his Golden Medical Discovery will
cure all diseases. He says, "if
your lungs are half wasted by con
sumption, my Discovery will not
cure you, yet as a remedy for se
vere coughs, and all curable bron
chial, throat, and lung affections,
I believe it to be unsurpassed as a
remedy." The people have confi
dence in his medicines because he
does not over-recommend them,
and when tried they give satisfac
tion . 'His Medical Adviser, a book
of over nine hundred pages, illus
trated by two hundred. and eighty
two engravings and bound in cloth
and gilt, is offered to the people
at so moderate a price ($1.50, post
paid), that it is no wonder that
almost one hundred thousand have
already been sold. His memoran
dum books are on every druggist's
counter for free distribution.
Gamx's HuMon.-When Garrick
was in Paris, Preville, the celebrated
French actor, invited him to his
villa, and, being in a gay humor,
he proposed to go in one of the
hired coaches that regularly plied
between Paris and Versailles, on
which road Preville's villa was situ
ated. When they got in Garrick
ordered the coachman to drive on,
but the driver replied that he could
not until he got his compliment of
four passengers. A caprice imme
diately seized Garrick. He deter
mined to give his brother player a
specimen of his art. While the
coachmuan was attentively looking
out for passengers Garrick slipped
out at the opposite door, went
round the coach, and by his won
derful command of facial expres
sion, palmed himself off upon the
driver as a stranger. This he did
twice, and was admitted into the
coach each time as a fresh passen
ger, to the astonishment and admi
ration of Preville. Garrick slipped
out a third time and addressed
himself to the driver, who said, in
a surly tone, that he had "got his
compliment." He would have driv
en off without Garrick had not Pre
ville called out that as the stranger
appeared to be a very little man
they would accommodate him and1
make rnom for him.
AN EDITOR IN HEAVEN. I
Just as if editors were not in the a]
habit of going to Heaven ! We'll tl
venture to say that a greater por- i
tion of them go to that home of tl
those who have performed their Pl
mission of mercy on earth, than til
a other profession or calling that fe
poor mortals fill. ai
An editor in Heaven ! There's ci
nothing strange about that, at all. ai
It's almost a moral as well as pro- tc
fessional impossibility for them to le
go anywhere else. w
Once upon a time, after the de- ti
mise of a member of the "corps edi
torial," he presented himself at the
gates of the Holy City, and request
ed admission. The doorkeeper ask
ed him what had been his occupa
tion on terra firma. He replied B
that he was an editor. Well, said S
the watchman, we have a crowd of it
your kind here, now, and they all ti
came in as dead heads. If you can of
pay your passage you can come in, it
if not you must place yourself un- in
der the control of a personage you m
ruled tyranically below (meaning b<
the Devil.) Not having the where t(
with to go in, our brother of the it
quill and scissors posted off and m
presented himself at the entrance g
of Clootie's dark domains. - A very N
dark-complexioned gentleman stood o,
sentry, and asked in a gruff voice, y,
"Who comes ?" "An humble disci- ai
ple of Faust," was the calm reply. h
"Then hold on, you can't be admit- ii
ted," exclaimed the gentleman in w
black, evincing considerable agita- g,
tion, and fiercely scowling on him. tj
"Why not?" demanded the typo, B
who began to get huiffsh, and look- ti
ed around for a "sheep's foot," with li
which to force an entrance. b
"Well, sir," replied his sable.ma- a
jesty, "we let one of your profession h
in here many years ago, and he kept a
up a continual row with his former a
delinquent subscribers, and as we w
have more of that class of persons si
here than any other, we have passed h
a law prohibiting the admission of y,
any editors, only those who havep
advanced our interest in their pa u
pers on earth, and even those we
keep in a separate room by them- si
selves. You have published many o
things that operated against us, a
and always blamed the Devil for b
everything that went wrong, so you t4
can't come in. We enforce this fi
rule without respect to persons, for o
our own peace and safety. You can fi
just travel."
Casting a droll leer at the outside a
sentinel, our typographical friend a
started off again, determined to get p
in -up above. This time he took s,
with him an old file of his paper I
and presenting it to the guardian ,
of the Celestial City, requested that n
it might be carefully examined, and h
they would see whether he was en- h
titled to a free ticket. In due
course of time the conductor came
around and took him in telling that n
he published many good things and
had been a martyr to the cause of
a
human improvement, and that reso
lutions had been passed to admit
all members of the "art preserva
tive" who had abused the Devil
while below. He further added a
that they were punished enough by
their being with the "devil" all theirt
lives, their future punishment was
commuted. He further stated that
not one delinquent subscriber could
be found in all Heaven.
c
Giv Hm A CHMcE.-That hon- i
est man who is hopelessly in debt. g
An honest man's note never goes
out of date. An exempt homestead 9
does not pay a just claim. This is ~
true, but it is evident that many
men cannot pay all they owe, and if
creditors press them they can pay 1
only a very small part of it, and c
may be forced into bankruptcy to
protect innocent creditors.
Let every man find out exactly a
what he owes. Let him find out ast
nearly as possible what he can pay f
this fall, and what the next, and C
let him call all his creditors togeth- a
er and make a proposition for set- J
tlement. If he can pay five, ten, L
twenty-five, fifty or seventy-five per e
cent. in one, two or three years, 9
make the proposition and let the
creditor accept it, and get out pf e
debt.e
It is evident that old debts can il
not be paid dollar for dollar, and s
becas that cannot be done there E
e those who will pay nothing.
here are creditors who will have
I or no part of *the claim. When
iese two meet there can be no set
ement. How much better it is
Lat there should be a mutual sym=
ahy and a mutual effort to settle
Le matter. Put the debtor on his
et by showing him the way out,
id in his future prosperity the
editor will be as much benefitted
he will be. Sometimesit is well
forgive him all his debt and
t him go free. This at least
ould be christian like, and often
nes would be wise.
[La Grange Reporter.
BROGGS' EXPERIMENT.
Says the Yolo (Cal.) Mail:
roggs, who lives in Elliott's
)uthern Addition, ran across the
em the other day that "at night
iat a horse would refuse to step
i or over the body of a man laying
the road, but, as if impelled by.
stinct, would stop and remain
otionless until the matter should
investigated." Grave doubts as
the truth of the statement rose
Broggs' mind, and to settle the
atter for himself he resolved to
ive the thing a practical test.
ow Broggs has no horse, but does
kn a very intelligent and frisky
ung mule, so he thought it just
well to try:the experiment with
im. There-is a narrow lane lead
ig from the clover patch to the
ater trough, and he sent his little
)n Bobby to open the gate and
irn the mule out; meanwhile
roggs lay down full length across
ie lane, assuming an apparently
fe!ess attitude? The mule had
ren kept in the pasture all day,
zd consequently was very dry, so
e came waltzing down the lane at
great rate, and everything denoted
fair trial to the test. And so it
as ; but not exactly as Broggs de
red, although it confirmed him in
is skepticism. When within a
n-d or two the mule perceived the
rostrate form of his master, and
ith an explosion of sound which
as a -compromisive between the
iriek of a locomotive and the yell
a frightened mania,~ he bowed
p his back and flung his tail to the
reeze, elevated himself about fif
sen feet in the air, and, with all
>nr feet in a bunch, lit on the pit
Broggs' stomach. Then with a
andish laugh, he spread out his
set with a' scraping, lacerating
>und, and was offlike a flash, not
mnitting, however, to give the ex
erimenter a parting kick in the
nall of the back as he departed.
he price of the mule did not near
ay the doctor's bill, and Broggs is
ow calculating how many post
oles he will have to mortice before
e will get even on his experiment.
Publishers of newspapers-and
iore particularly local newspapers,
ave to depend mainly upon their
avertising columns for their sup
ort. Yet how many are there who
3em not to realize this fact. In
bead of giving their paper a liberal
avertising patronage, they perhaps
ive it none; and if a levee or en
3rtanment is got up in the place,
2e paper is expected to notice it
>r nothing.
Now if all the patronage that a
aper can expect is that of the lo
ility for whose interest it works,
;would seem that every one should
ive it the advertising that legiti
iately belongs to it, and not try to
et it without paying for it. There
a class of people that seem to
egrudge every dollar that goes to
ieir local papers; and still borrow
and read it, and are the severest
ritics of its shortcomings.
The publisher has to pay for Ia
or and paper, and every notice of
ny kind, in the nature ofan adver
[sement he ought to have his pay
r. He has got to get his living
ut of his advertising columns, and
ny society or individual can with
:ist as much propriety beg five dol
u-s of any other individual, as to
spect it gratuitously of a newspa
or.
Any man who does not think
nough of his town's paper; and
very trader who does not believe
1 advertising, should move into
ome town where they have no pa
er.--GrTdner Journa1
ADVERTISINC RATES.
Adverdsemefa eft l st aaO V
Notices oftmeetings,oblt rletmd ~I
of respect, same rates per sgaars as oW&W
advertisements.
Special notices in local eca''u 'i 5 "af
per lins.
Advertiseme.ntsa nt marked with tb nts
ber of insertion, will be Lept In tWU"foeOI
and charged accordingly.
Special cun-sts msde with. lar'adree"
disers, with liberal deducticns on abi ms
&FOR Pi. dme'
Done with Neatness and DlspIsiti
Terms Cash.
THE CAREFUL MOTHER AND
THE MODEL BOY.
The two- didn't belong to each
other; and this very good bay may
have been a little too -1aart and
saucy.
Little Mary was prettly dressed,
and staading in front of the house
waiting for her mother to.go out to
ride. A tidy boy dressed-in eb rse
clothes, was passing, when the lit.
Use girl said :
'Come here, boy, ad isi hands
wi'me. Idotaboydus'iMe you,
named Joey.'1
The boy lughed, shook bands
with her, and said:
'Ive got alittle girl.just Wo you,
only she hasn't any little cioak with
pussy fur on it!1'
Here a lady came out of thedoor,
and said :
'Mary, you miust not te& with
bad boys on thestreet.. I hope you
havn't taken anythingk froam her?I
Go right along, and never stop here
again, boy!I'

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