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It PU[BLISHED EVER WED-NIDAY MOIZING, ADVERT ISING RATES. Advertiemedts inserted t of #t of A1.00 per square (one inch.) for fvst tiseraon, nv ]Donbe column advertisemets ten per cent. itn above. ~ii flNotices of meetings, obituaries and trihi M. eR WEVEDA 1O0NG oDES A Mbo-NI of respect, same rates per square as ordinay At Y wbery, . C. *~.ad vertisemen ts. 4 Special Notices in Local column 15 eer ts -~ BY .~per line. TH~. RKKRKB, iand cbarged ::ccordingly. Qadito~ and.roprietor. ______________ ______-- * tisers, with liberail deductions on.a bove rates. -~ ~' ~ . . A amily Companion, Devoted to -Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c.-: ion of.. .. ~DONE WITINEA TNESS AND DhIsPATrCf. - f .. -'W D E D Y MO NN ,J N A Y 0 88 o 5. TERMS CASH. ~The mark deotes epirationl of sub Vol. XI...W D E D Y M R NG JA UY30 188 .J:U Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. WITCHIES'AND EEIELRV: At the New Store, on Hotel Lot. I have now on hand a large and elegant it Y assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, -Silver-and Plated Ware, B VIOIN AND GUITAR STRINGS, L SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLE CASES, y WEDDINg MI BIRTHDAY PRESENTS.I IN ENDLESS VARIETY. I All orders by mail promptly-attended to. m Watchmaking and Repairing Do e Cheaply and with Dispatch. D Call and examine my stock and prices. EDUARD SCHOLTZ. I Nov. 2I1- -t . . iscelUane us., VEGETINE. An Ecellent Medicine. SPRINGFIELD. 0., Feb. 28, 187. B This is to certify that I have used VEGE TIN&i manufactured by H. &. Stevens, Bos ton, Mass.. fbr Rheumatism and General 0 Prostration of the Nervous System, with good success. I reeommend VEGETINE as Yours very trul , C. V.VANDEGRIFT. Mr. Vandeqrift,-of the finrm of Vandegrift & HTffiman, is a well-known business man in this-plsce.having one ofthelargest'stores in Springfield,.q Our -inister's Wife. hoUIsvILLE, Ky., Feb. 10, 1877. MR. H.Ri STEVENS. - DEAR SIR: Three years ago I was suffering terribly with Inflammatory Rheumatism. Our minister's wife advised me to take VEGETINE. After taking one bottle, I was f entirely relieved. This -year, feeling a re i turn of the disewe, 1 again commenced tak ing it, and am being benefited greatly. It also greatly improves digestin; Respectfully, Mas. A. BALLARD. 1 1011West Jefferson Street. Safe and Sure. MR. H. R. ST2N-. . In 187;) your Vegetine was recomiended tj to me; and, yielding to the persuasions of a friend, I-consented to try it. At the time I was suffering from general debility and ner vous prostration, superinduced by over f work and irregular habits. , Its wondertul r strengtheningand curatfve properties seem ed to eftect m debilitated system from the first dose; A.d. under its persistent use I rapidly recovered, gi1ning more than usual . health And good feeling. , Sinee then I have not hesitated to give VEGETINE my most 'unqualifed indorsement as being a safe. sure, and powerful agentr in promoting health and -restoring the wasted system to d . new life and energy- VEGETINE is- the only medicine I use, an as long as I live I never expect to find a better. Yors truly, W. H. CLARIj, d -' htrey Street, ltghany, Penn. The follwii ltter from Rev. G. W.. Mallslteld, ormerly pastor of the Metlbodist IEpiscopal Church, Hyvde Park, a-nd at pres-a cnt settled in Lowell, must convince every one who r.eads..Iis letter of the wonderfulb curative qualities of EGETINE as a thorou~gh clasrand purifier of the blood. HfYDE PARK, MASS, Feb.. 15, 187(;. Ms. H. R. STEVENS. Deai- Sir,-About ten years ago my healtha failed through the depleting effects of dys- S pesa'-nearly -a- -ear tater i was attacked 3 >y typhoid-fever in its worst form. It set- g te:-lnmy back, ~dd to'k ~ihe form of a large deep-seated absc-ess, which wa fifteen u months in gathering. I had two surgical operations by-the best skill in the State. but &, receivegtnolpeanentL enre. I suffered, reat pamn at times, and was constantly I( "weakened by a profuse discharge. I also, lost small pieces of boxie at different times. h Matrs.raU.on thus-about-sevenl years, till ay, 1874, when a friend recommended me Si to go to your office, and talk to you of the virtue of VEGETINE. I did so. and by your kindness passed through your manufactory,h notine the ingredients, &c., by which your remeYy is produced, I By what I saw and heard4I gained some confidence iniTEGETINE. I eommenced taking it soon after, but ifelt worse from its effects; still I persevered, f . and soon felt it was benefiting me in other respects. Yet 1 -did'iot see the results I desired tilli had taken it faithfully for a lit tle more than a year, when the difficulty m e the back was cured ; and for nine months I have enjoyed the best of health. I have in that time.gained twenty-five pounds of flesh, being heavier than ever be fore in my lite, and I was never more able to perform laborithe-i now. . bDurig tiie-past--few -weeks I had a scrofu lous swelling as large as my fist gather on 1Itook VEEE faithfully; and it removed - it level with the surface in a month. I think I should have been cured of my main trou- e ble sooner if I- bad taken 'larger doses, after having become accustomned to its ef- ii -1et your patrons troubled with scrofula bj or kidney disease understand that it takes time to cure chronic diseases; and, if they b~ will patiently take VEGETINE, it will; in my I judgment cure them. ~I ,With grat obitons Iam ry rul,S Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. L t, VECETINE .. -Prepared by n.U.R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. ' VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGISTS, ~ -Jan. 9, 2-4t. Corner of Pratt & Nance:Streets, C SNEWBERRY, S. C. IWholesale and Retail Dealers in I obccedBSa ars ies,&1 Together with . I Of best brands.,a.nd warraated. ( ~rench and.Amercan. CON FECTIONERIES, IYTAXGE: VARIETY. of Together with SHELF GOODS for FAMILY e-USE. Mar. 28, 13-1y. IPAVILION HOTEL, f a- Charleston, S (. G. T. ALFQB'D & CO Prorrietors STATE OFS OUTH CAROLINA COUNTLOF NJElVBE . n ~ S~Q ep a ett.-Porec osure of Mortgage. ' By virtue.of a.hattel Mortgage given b Thomas Titus and Joseph Mtffett to Isaa AP lV l, - er Q qjrt Housf on ga in &brory, A. I 187, at public outcry, and to the highec bidder,,N T wo (2) Horses. D. B. WHEELER, s. -. c. Jan.; - ?3 50 STATE .QF. SOU':. QAROLINA 6UNt (F EWBERRY. C. V omer, doteeldsre . Ms. of Abrham -thur. .1ocgage. ]*w05 -bf *Vh;AteMoi-9;e givej by ibraham Arthur to C. V. Cromer, I wil * it iesFirs M6daji' February, A. D. 1878, at pubU< outcry, and to the highest bidder, TWO (2) MULES. January 18, 1878-4-2t f3 51 STAMftiffF BOUWAROLINA CoU NT4 .i . WBERRY. ~ J 4.,Rika4A' f .e A. Ri *&di*4! VIS!iliAm6th . ' ard an others. Petition to Sell Land in Aid of Personalt. to Pay Debts. =, die ordet Pro above stated case, to, me. direoed, I wil sell, at Newberry Court House, on the Firs -Mondae .g bAeblg A:" P-1 publi, outcrV, and1 ioe highestbidder, the Res Estate og (eorg .Rikrd, dee'd..in twi separate ta.ts,,a4161lows TRACT NO. 1-Containing EIGHTI ACMES, more or less, bounded by lands o J. D. Wedaman,.by lands of Estate of Johi Riser, Levi-4oAs and-others. TRACTNO. 2.-Containing ONE H UN DRED AtD EIGHTY ARFRS, more o less, bQuded by japids of J. . D. Wedama and others, and by.waters of Cannon' creek. TERMS-One-third cash; the balace el a credit of one and.two years in two. equa annual installments, with interest from da; of sale, the credit poction to be secured b; bond of the purchaser aud a mortgage o the premises sold.. Purchaser to pay fo papers. D. B. WHEELER, s. x. c. Jan. 19, 1878-4-2t . 7 00 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF 1EWBERRY." IN THE COURT OF PROBATE John H. Stockman and others, vs. Jas. W In obedie*lben$.d.-der*n. t$g Prc bate Courst': ?oe;liery IuAy. t i directed, in the above stated ease. 1 wil -- .sell, at Newberry Coprt-. Eouse, ON THI FI jDASD N FSRARY NEX'I -wiL n aua ire of le, and to zh highest bidder, the Real Estate of. Wile: M. Stoekusan, deceased, consisting 0 EIGHTY .ACRES, more, or ,less, situate 1v.iigg avd being in~ the Goau( of Newberr: and State aforesaid, bounded by lands o Mary Ann Long, Jacob Kibler Adam Hart man, John Schumpert and others. a credit until the le io'emner, "188, be secured by bond of the purchaser and t mortgage ot the premises. Purchaser aC pay for papers. D. B. WHEELER, s. is. . STATE.,OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY . OF NEWBERRY. The State Ex. Rel., The Town Council c Newberry, vs. James W. -Stockmnan ani Susannah Byvle. By virtue of a Warrant to me directe< in the above stated case, I will sell, at New berry Oourt House, on the First Monday i Febrsary, A. D. 1878, at' public outcry and to the highest bidder, ONE[1] PIANO. Levied on as the property of .Susannal .Boyle. TERMS.CASE. D. B. W HEELER, s. N. C. January 19, 1878-4-2t - 3 50 STATE OF .SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWB,ERRY. H. (3. Wilson vs. Adam King and Jess Wi son.-Attachment .nder Lien. By virtue of a Warrant of At.tachmnent t rme dicected, in the above stated.case, will sell'on Tuesday, the. Fifth day of Fet riiary, A. .D.1878, at the residence of Adar King, the following property, to-wit: 25 Bushels Corn, more.or. less. 2 Bushels Peas, more or less. 600 lbs. Fodder,. more orr less. 200 lbs. Shucks, more or less. Levied oin as the property of Adam Kini TERMS CASH. D. B. WHEELER, s. N. c. Ja;2 884 t3 50 ST AT? ROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Dowie & Moise, By. vitsuyof a.n Execution in the abo~ stated-case, and of suBdry otherEiecutioi against the D~efendants toime directed, will sell,'at Newberry Court House, on ti First Monday in. FArnary, A. D. 1878, public outcry, - arid to the highest bidde the entire stock~ of Drugs, Medicines, Sho Gases, Counters, &c., of !the Defendant Pope & Wardlatw. TERMS CASH. D. B. WHEELER, s. N. C. Jan. 19, 1878-4-2t t3 50 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN2 COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. 'John F'. Glyinph, -- is. E. S. lgh. By virtue of ani exycution.o. me direet< in the above stated case, r will sell, at Ne berry Court Hjuse, ON SALE-DAY FEBRUARY,'at public outcry, and . to 11 highest. biddel-, all that tract or parcel land situate in the County and State afor said, containing SEVENTY-FIYE ACRE more or lnss, and bounded by lands of Wai Suber and John -F. Glymnph. Letied on the property of E. S. Sligh, deceased. Terms C.?sh. Purchaser to pay for p pers. D. B. WHEELER, s. s. c. Ja 13 187--.. t5 BEAUTIFUL TIIINGS. eautiful faces are those that wear matters little If dark or fair hole-souled honesty printed there. eautiful eyes are those that show, ike crystal panes where earth fires glow. eautiful thoughts that burn below. eautiful lips are those whose words 3ap from the heart like songs of birds, et whose utterance prudence girds. autiful hands are those that do ork that is earnest and bLve and true, oment by moment, the long day through, eautiful feet are those that go E. kindly ministries to,an.d.fro own lowliest way% if God wills so. autiful shoulders are those that bear aseless burdens of homely care, 'ith patient grace and daily prayer. Mautiful lives are those that bless, lent rivers of happiness hose hidden fountains but few may guess. autiful twilight at set of sun; attifal goal, with race well run; mautiful rest, with work well done. eautiful graves, where grasses creep, 'here brown leaves fall, where drifts lie deep, ver worn-out hands-oh, beautiful sleep! 1ARRIET'S TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS. -0 A SKETCH FROM LIFE. BY J. W31. VAN NAMEE, M. D. "It is very cold to-day, Harriet, tid Mr. Grey, as he looked out of e window. "I cannot bear to ink of your long walk.". "Never mind, father, I am used ) it now, and the exercise is good >r me." "No, no, child, not with such a in- shawl around you ; I never reamed that a child of mine ould ever bavo to work as you o, it, makes my-heart ache to see ow thin and pale you are grow tg." "You otily imagine it, father, I am as well no w -as I have ever een, and I do not find my duties > very arduous; you must not lowv yourself to become low irited, you will soon be well, nd then you can resume your sit ation, and we will bc very happy gain. I wish that I could stay mger to cheer you up, but I must urry or I shall be late at the ore," and she pinned her thin bawl 9 round her, tied her worsted ood closely under her chin, and ent out into the clear, cold, fros 7 air. A rapid walk of' ten or fteen minutes brought her to the ~ore of Arnold & Lee, which she tered and imediately corn ened the duties of' the day. Mr-, Grey bad been a merchant Philadelphia, and had lived in >mfort and even elegance for any years, but misfortune mark d him as its victim, and one even g he came home with a troubled row, and in a faltering voice t-ld is family that he wvas a bankrupt. iverything, house, furniture and ilver, was sacrificed under the ammer of' the auctioneer, and be merchant accepted a situation ffered him as a clerk in a firm with which he was well ac uainted, at a salary of one thou and dollars a year. He provided for his little family. onsisting of himself, wife, and wo daughters, Harriet and Laura, oarded in a comfortable but eap boarding house, and en .eavored to - keep up a healthful low of spirits,) in spite of his vordly troubles. But mnisfortunes ever come singly, is an old say ng, at least it applied to Mr. frey's case exactly, for no sooner tad they become accustomed to heir new home and new style of iving, than Mrs. Grey was sud eoly taken ill, and, in three ays, died, leaving little Laura only two years old to the care md guidance of Harriet, a grow ng girl of seventeen. It was a severe blow to the lit e family,. for Mrs. Grey had been devoted wife and a true mother, md now that misfortune had over aken them, the loss was doubly et.. But they knew that their oss was her gain,and tried bravely .o bar their oss wit h Christiann fortitude. For one year thcy I lived in the boarding-house, al- t ways looking on the brightest ( side of the picture of life, and t keeping the flowers of hope and It faith fresh and bright in the gar- i den of the hart. f But the "Lord chasteneth those I whom he loveth," and again sor row's dark wing fanned the brow i of Mr. Grey, and darkened the 8 pathway of his children. 6 One evening he came home t from the store with a severe head ache, and the next moinlng he was seized with a violent fever. t For weeks he lingered between r life and death, and when the dark L angel left his side, permitting him s to remain yet a little longer on A the earth, be was so reduced in t strength that it would be months r before he would be able to resume d his duties at the store. Is Harriet felt that, she must do y something immediately, for they t were already deeply in debt and it L would take a good deal of monpy to support the family until her father became fully recovered. The first step to be taken was - to find a place in which to live with less expense than the board ing-house they occupied. After two days of weary search ing, she succeeded in finding two poorly furnished rooms, which she succeeded in securing at a weekly rent of two dollars. To these miserable lodgings she removed her father, still unable to sit up, and her little sister. Her next step was to secure for i: herself a situationP as clerk in the c large dry goods .store of Arnold s & Lee on Arch street. For her t services there she received five a dollars a week, and her small sal- s ary bad supportea the family for f, over four manths, when the con- 5 versation occurred that opened f our sketch. Howard Lee, the junior partner t of the firm of Ar.nold & Lee, had C known Mr. Grey when he was a e successful merchant, and in many ec wayc assisted the broken down t family.t Every morning when Harriet i: entered the store he gave her a a kindly word and a pleasant smile, s and every Saturday night sent s something home for the invalid father. These little attentions, r insignificant in themselves,eheered v the heart of the toiling girl and i made a pleasant streak of sunshine i in her direary path. Mr. Grey's recovery was ver~y i slow ;how could it be otherwise, when he was denied the comforts and indulgences so necessary to r an invalid ? And as day after day passed by and he became ap) parently no better, hope died out from his heart and gloomy thoughts continually f i t t,e d a through his brain. Four months, I said, Harriet E Grey had supported her father and sister by her daily toil, and during those months she had grown old, deep care lines lurked around the mouth once dimpled with smiles, and the eyes which once shone bright as diamonds, were dimmed and sunken. Harriet Grey had been delicately reared, and misfortune, care and toil sat heavily upon her. "How is your father, to-day, arriet ?" I~ I "o better, I fear; h:e recovers so slowly that change for the bet ter' is almost imperceptible." "I am sorry to hear this, for you are killing yourself in order to keep your family alive. You have grown very thin and sad since you came to the store." "I know it, but how can 1 help it. I cannot give up and die. We must live, and there is none but myself to, work. I try not to Ithink my lot is hard, but some times I am almost dIriven to de spair ; I never realized before how bitter it was to be poor. "Harriet, I am a plain, blunt man, a man of but few words, and always say just what I mean. When I saw you in your father's house surrounded by wealth anda refinement, I loved you, and as I have watched your struggles since misfortu.ne ov brtook you, :1I no w ask you to become my wife." It is not necessary to give the ] im, but let it suffice it to say hat she never stood behind the ounter at Arnold & Lee's again, hat in two weeks she became a iride, and her father and sister vere surrounded by all the con orts of an elegant and luxurious [one. Mr. Grey recovered rapidly, and n a few months occupied the po ition of confidential clerk in the Lore where his daughter had oiled so diligently and uncon? lainingiy. The clouds that had darkened he pathway . of the noble girl olled away, and ,.unshine filled erpath with a perfect flood of Dft and happy light. Through 11 her troubles and triais her rust was in Him who heareth the avens when they cry, and she id not forget Him when his hand ,attered blessings around her,but ith a meek and trusting heart banked Him for the goodness He ad.seen fit to show her. FOR THE HERALD. MROADBRIM'S NEW YORK 1 LETTER. .No. 53. ife Among the River Pirates-The Masked Robbers' Fate-The Two Brides-Dramatic Rebellion-Stocks--Chitchat, etc. It is not alone in the stately iansions of the Fifth Avenue, nor i its art museums, or theatres, or i hurches, that Xew York life is 1 een. The villainy of Wall street E rokers, and the perjury of bank : nd insurance presidents, are but : ingle phases of that social life, the : >nndation of which is laid on a olcano. Pass down two blocks < :om Wall street toward the west : nd you find a life the like of which ] he heart of man could scarcely : onceive to exist in a civilized and nlightened community. Trinity huirch stands like an awful sentinel etween the two,-the representa ive of all that is rich or aristocratic a morals or religion ; the broad nd splendid avenue toward Wall treet being opened wide as a tanding invitation for Dives and is friends to enter; while the huge ocky barrier at the back seems to all out the road to Heaven from: be desperate wretches who live at s base, and who need a heavenly iinistration as it was seldom needed y mortal men before. For whole blocks the neighbor ood is inhabited by pirates ar.d iver thieves, and the scum and re ase of our foreign population. he murderer from foreign lands r from distant cities in the States ere finds congenial companions, mong robbers and assassins like imself. They may not have the xtensive nomenclature of crime 2ade famous by the griminal classes ,f London and Paris, but even here heir intercourse is interlarded with ords and exclamations, the inter retation of which. can only be ound in the thieves' lexicon or the racksman's dictionary. Along the wharves exists a race nlike any other class to be found a the city. Many of them are re ruits from foreign lands-En ~land,. Ireland, France, Italy and pain furnishing much of the ma erial of which it is composed. Al aost every man has served a longer >r shorter term in State's Prison ; nd among the guild the man who tas served two or three terms ranks afinitely above the unfortunate coundrel who has had the bad luck o serve only one. The recruits or this terrible army are not likely o give out, for the wharves swarmn ith hundreds of half-grown boys hose only business, is theft, who ise in the morning from some ogshead or dry goods box where hey have passed the night, without nowing or caring where they will . ay their heads when the sun goes [own. They all have the same ard, old, pinched look; all of hem chew tobacco and smoke and iear. A cop, as they call a po iceman, is their natural and here litary enemy, while all the stray ragabond dogs and social pariahs are their friends. Last October a ittle colony of them was discovered they had shared their home wit the river rats which swarm in th' vicinity. The proceeds of a mult tude of robberies were brought t light, the captain of the band, desperate robber about twelve yeai old, being sent to the Refori School, from which he escaped i less than a week; and, although i is known that he has organize inother gang which has planne ind carried out a number of Su< .essful robberies. so far the oficer aave been unable to lay bands o: aim or to find where he makes hi aead-quarters. \ Jim Brady, Da: Skelleyj, Portuguese Mike, - Frene Pete and Italian Joe are fair type )f the desperate clpss who, as rive hieves and masked robbers, hav nade their names a terror to tb owns and villages along the rivei It is just two years ago thi nonth that a gentleman and hi amily were seated at their table, ittle way above the village of Hak ings, enjoying their evening mea Uhe building was a beautiful coi age, only a short distance froE he river bank, and the interio vas furnished with that exquisit aste which denotes refinement a vell as wealth. A bright fire sent heerful glow into the room, an he family chatted and laughed, fo 1l was happiness and joy withi bat pleasant household, which ni ,loud or shadow seemed to mai lhe young wife had jost handet ier husband a cup of tea, which h vas in the act of raising to his lipE ,vhen a face masked with a covei ng of black crape was rudel; bhrust in tl e door. Mrs. Faulkne creamed and swooned, but M Faulkner, thinking it was only th ractical joke of s9me friendc ushed forward to re-assure hi vife; his illusion, however, wa luickly dispelled, for one of th -obbers struck him a blow on th lead with the butt of a pistol whic] 'ractured his skull and left him oi ;he floor for dead. The differen nembers of the family were secur y bound and the house was tho1 >ughly ransacked, everything tha vas easily portable being carrie< >ff. The saddest portion of th story is yet to be told. Mr. Faulls ier lingered for weeks, recovering sonsciousness long enongh to tel ;he dreadful story and then diec Eis wife became a raving maniac 2ever having recovered from th hock. Their two children ar worse than orphans, and this is a] ~hat remains of that happy home ol ~he Hudson. Five men were engaed in th obbery, and of the five only on emains (Jim Brady, and he is il state's Prison) Dan Skelley wa tilled by the chief mate of th 'Ocean King," while trying t >reak into her cabin at night. .Poi aiguese Mik~e was killed by a watcl man close to Martin's stores a yea go this month. French Pete wa rowned while trying to escap from the police, and Italian Joe he last of the gang, died in Belle vue Hospital, having been des gerately cut by a fellow country man in a murderous affray on Bas er street. The death of the tw iver pirates at Bay Ridge, wh ~idnapped Charley Ross, is stil ~resh on the record. Plently, hov ver, still remain. You can fini them, at night, down in the cellar )f Greenwich and Washingto: treets, through Cherry and Wate streets, and over on the river street >f Brooklyn. Their lights hav~ been under a bushel for the pas ~ew weeks, because the Excise Con issioners, under the' decision c the new Excise Law, have mad hem close their dens. A dance house without whisky is a ver; lame affair, and for the time being Lhe soaker's society have crape ol bheir hats, mourning for the goo< >1d times when red eye was onl: hree cents a drink, and Excise laws were unknown. The work of purification sti] goes on. Last week we sent D; Lambert, the President of th Security Life Insurance Co., t State's Prison ; this week we set Theodore R. Wetmore, the Vice Prsident, to the Penitentiary fo ane year. Both these men wer aver 50 years of age, holding hig: social position both as church men bers and professing Christian: Both were perjurers, and both hav h This week has been a hard on< Is on brides. Just across the river a: i- Jersey City, a young man, the sor o of wealthy parents, was to have a been married on Tuesday night t. *s one of the most beautiful young n ladies in the city, the daughter of e n wealthy and influential politician. it The company was gathered in the d most fashionable church in town to d witness the ceremony, the bride > was ready, and the clergyman stood s with his book in his hand, but the a bidegroom came not, and has not s come yet. Grief fills the soul of a the deceived young girl, and so far a no word has been heard from the s villainous poltroon who has jilted r her. The other case is sadder still. e Here, too,. the bridal party was e gathered, and all was ready. The groom was seen only a short time s before the ceremony was to take s place. A gentleman went to the bride's house to conduct her to the church, when a messenger rushed . in and handed him a despatch. It - was from an undertaker across the a river informing him tha his friend r had blown his brains out. No e cause is assippae for the dreadful s act, and the.young bride, prostrated a by the terrible shock, lingers be i tween life and death. A fight is now going on between a theatrical managers and the public D for low priaes. The low-priced the aters are now doing all the busi I ness. Some people are foolish e enough to believe that a second rate ;, actor, or even a first-class actor, - should not receive more than the y President of the United States. r Ten thousand dollars is considered good pay for a Supreme Judge of e the United States-a position de ;, manding not only the grandest s ability, but the most sterling char s acter, while walking gentlemen like e Montague or Coughlan would con e sider themselves insulted by any such sum, and dramatic tramps a like Boucicault are cheap at two or t three thousand a week. Verily, we -. are fallen upon evil times, when it -costs two dollars and two and a t half to look at these dramatid no I nentities. Among them they have e done more in the last ten years to -debauch and deprave the public g taste than twenty years can undo; il the salt and pepper has! been taken l. out of manhood, womanhood has i, been dishonored by their modern e dramatic types, and our youth, e dazzled by their glare and tinsel, il have been debauched beyond re a claim. The trailing skirt and flaunting style of the bedizened e Parisian lorette have invaded our e homes, and for this social decadence a we are indebted to the exhibitions s of the stage. I hope the effort at e low prices will succeed, for I believe o in a good, wholesome drama. 1 -believe ini those -noble dramatic v characters which elevate and purify r the taste, which make men in love s with virtue and liberty. Not in e the "East Lynnes" nor "Divorces" i, nor "Marriages" nor "Camilles" :- need we look for dramatic millenium. i- The cry is now, low prices and re -form. Six suicides and three mur -ders head the criminal calendar of o the week. o The weather is miserable, the il stock-market feverish and unsettled, a- business almost at a stand-still, and I everybody hoping for better times, s in which they are joined by a Truly yours, r BROADBRIM. e SCOPE OF A NEWSPAPER.-A t newspaper is a window through L- which men look out on what is ~f going on in the world. Without e a newspaper a man is shut up in a ~- small room, and knows little or y nothing of what is happening out Sside of himself. In our day, the a newspaper .will keep a sensible :1 man in sympathy with the world's y current history. It is an unfold s ing encyclopedia and unbound book, forever issuing and never ll finished. Always bear this in .mind, and never fail to take, and e more particularly, pay for your o home paper.- Fogelsville (Pa.) t Messenger. r Large quantities of figs are said e to be drying in California, but it is doubtful whether the business is profitable. The imported fig e now sells in this mnarke' at ten ents pe- nound, retail J!RESENT DOING.-Do nOt live a single hour ofyour life without do. ing exactly what is to be done in it, and going straight through it from beginning to end. Work, pray, study, whatever it is-take hold at once, and finish it up squarely and clearly, and then at tend to the next thing, without lotting any moment drop out be tween. It is wonJerftil to see how many hours prompt people coiotrive to make of a day ; it is as if they picked up the time the dawdler& lost. And if ever you fnd yourself where you, have so many things upon you that you hardly know how to be gin, take hold of the very first one that comes to band, and you will find the rest all fall in file and fol low after like a company of well drilled soldiers; and though work may be hard to meet when it charges in a squad, it is easy vanquished if you can bring it into line. No. man ever largely succeeded who just looked his work in the face. The idea that a person has two ears merely for symmetry, or to keep his head from being lop sided, has been exploded. One of the Vienna professors has been making some experiments which lead to the conclusion that two ears are abselutely necessary in determiring correctly the direction from which a sound comes. He has found that persons who are deaf in one, car usually suppose that sounds come from the direc tion in which the sound ear hap pens to be turned. The return of the whales to their old grounds in the South Atlantic. from which they have been missed for over two years, has given a wonderful impulse to the whaling business. Since the recent improvement in the catch no less than fourteen new whale ships (an unprecedented number, it is said) have been placed upon the stocks. Over $20,000,000 of gold yearly passes over the gold balance scales in the United States Mint. A newt balance has just been made, hay in~g a capacity of 10,000 troy ounces (about 600 pounds) in each pan. The attempt to propagate shad in fresh wvater has proved success ful, a five-and half pounder having been caught in Lake Ontario, where the fry were placed by Seth Green in 1872. England has become so fond of American apples that it is esti mated she can certainly take an average of from 12,000 to 15,000 barrels a week for the whole mar ket year of nine months. A contemporary wonders whe ther Cain and Abel ever had the mumps or the whooping cough. Very probably. Its certain at-all events, that their mother had Adam. Are blacksmiths, who make a living by forging, or carpenters, whbo do a little counter-fitting, any worse than men who sell iron and steel for a living? Diogenes heing asked, "The biting of which beast is the most dangerous ?" answered, "If you mean wild beast, 'tis the slan derer ; if tame ones, the flatterer.9~ There are about 7,000,000 'voters in the United States and say 70, 000 federal office-holders. Hence only one voter in 100 can have an office. Chicago has been left between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 within a few years, for the establishment of public libraries. A noble be quest. Ashes from the recent eruption at Cotopaxi, in Ecuador, are said to have fallen at a distance of 1,000 miles from the volcano. During the last ten ye'ars.the Italian government haseonfiscated - and sold at public auction $106, 000.000 worth of ehnrch property.