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i WHOLE Sl’M II E K 09, One opiuron, jlx , . Uoe column, three moat Half oolumu, one your . .60 00 Half column, six mouths 30 00 _ Half column, three monthB 20 00 very Dear I Wi Qusrtor column, one year 30 00 1 Quarter column, one year 3UUU i * t Quarter ooiumn.six months 20 oo just a year ago, but as I can DOW Ai,hi4ai> Anlitm'tt flu...a m nil Hi a 19.00 ~ 1. .1 . 1 1 It t , t Quarter column, three months .12 00 'Communications of a political character, cl Wrt.tfca written ip a Ivocacy cf defense of tne claims of aspirants for office; 15 cents per line. Announcement of Candidates $5 00. U$al Advertisements Will be inserted at the following rates Sheriff sales, per square.. . $3 CO {Sheriff's mortgage sales, 6 00 Application for letters Of administration 4 00 Application for letters of gnardirnship 4 00 Dismission from administration 6 00 Dismission from gnardiahship; 6 00 Par leave to sell land 400 Application tor homestead*. 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00 hale of real estate by administrators, exeett- t .rs and guardians, per square ..8 00 {Sale ol perishable property, ten days....U Of Estrny notices, 30 days 00. . All bills fot advertising ih this papot ate due on the first appearance of the advertise ment will bf- presented when the money is needed. ... „ ; . look and calmly recall each thought each word, each act,I think I wp| write it down us a word to all who may find themselves similarly eir* cumstanced, hoping with a}l my THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BENN8. Editor and Publisher* Subscription Prick $1.00. Pku Annum. TUESDAY, HEPTEMBEE 17th 1878, LANIER HOUSE, I. DUB, Proprleto, TliIS HOUSE is now provided with every necessary convenience for the accommodation and comfort of its patrons. The location' desirable and convenient to the business por tion of the city. The Tables Have tho heat the market affda. Onini- [even thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-three cents.’ ‘Humph I less than 1 supposed Write out a receipt tor that amount.’ He left the stove, and came aud heart,that the number may few. J looke ^ over m y shoulder while 1 Id the first place, my nrfme is wrote * ^ajio handled free ot charge. Tie Bar is supplied wuh the best *iue* aud liquors. Qubbx : “Why will men smoke common tobacco, when they can buy Marbnrg Bros. 'fral of North Carolina,' at the same price ?’’ feb 6th-ly. JtVtflfhuipm. you can engage in. $5 Ulj to $20 per day made by any worker ol either sex. right in their own localities. Particulars and wimples worth $5 free. Im prove your spurn time at this business. Afl- dres.i Stinson Jfc ijq., Portland, Min mi. a week in your own town. $5 kOutfit free. No risk. Header, if ^yonwanta business at which persons of either sex can raakf great )>ay iftl the time they_work, paiticuiars to H. H^li-ett k CoTPhrtUuvd Frederick Putnaiu. I am, and have been for the last ten years, the foreman and book-keeper of the large lumber establishment of William Winston & Co.,and hope to be for another decade, unless something better turns up. Mr. Winston is the-resident partner and manager of the manufactur ing part of the business. The other members ot the firm,of which there are two, live io the city, at the loot ol the lake, and attend to tbWjNHles of the lumber, which we senditthem by vessels, This is by far tho largest share of what the mill cuts, although the amount of our sales directly from the mill, to supply the coun try to the west of us,is quite large. Well, one cold December even ing, j'tst as I was preparing for home, I heard footsteps ou the crattking snow outside, and pres ently the office door flow opeu, as though some one in haste had giv* eu it a push, admitting a tall, stout, well-dressed man, with a small traveliug-bag.iu one hand and a shawl thrown over one arm. I was alone, Mr. Winston hav ing gone to the house some half hour before, locking’the safe, in which we kept our books and pa pers, and taking the key with him as usual. I had olosed the damper to the stove, put on my oveicoat, and was just in the actot turning down the lamp—but of course 1 waited. ''Good-evening, sir," said the man, bustling up to the stovc,and SEE * Itheumai&ni Quinckli/ . Cured. ‘-Durango's Uht nuiatic Remedy," ' tqn groat Intki&al v, 1\1 jsdic.nr. will positively cure, auy case of ltlu-uiuatism on the fuce ol the ear Ui. Price $1 ft bottle,six belli oh, $6 Isold by till Wholesale and Retail Druggists. Don't f.iil to send for oircniatto Holphousiino ienUiy. Dtf - ’ * " r 7 ' '' & Bentley. Druggists. Woebi Dgton. 1). C. titwwn? i * not crtHi ‘y earneJ » 4 4 M times, but it cun be made in 0 Q 9 Wirofl^nontba by any either sex, in any part Of the country who in willing to work steadily at the employ! that we, furnish. $66 per week in your town. Yofnnoccf not. be away lrom home ntght. You can give your whole time to the Work ot only your spare moments. VV v. have agenjfte rtjttkiOftPter $20 pertlhy- All wifo engage Tit once'fcau make money lust. At the present time money cannot be made so • easily and ntpidiy a Any ether business. It costs nothing to t*jrtu$ bunin-ss. tterins and $5 Outfit su e. wAddreea' at once, If.' 1 HfLnRir' & Oo.. Portland, Maine Ang.t4-ly fi0LDr hreeabotH ,you curf!t MJgolil yon •We need u person in towtiip uta jmbeeriiitioiis for v-e 1 diaiJCt «ni &*»•** tienutthe righT foot, “tins W fusion gone to the houw?” I answered he had. “When?'’ I u-us afraid of it, He drew out hie waich—a very fine one, 1 thought. ‘1 will not have time to go up,’ he said. “The train ia due in fif teen minutes.’ ‘Is tlrere any tiling I can d<J?’ I asked. ‘I want to leave some money with Winster. I intended to stoj lu town a day or two, but I hav, juat got a dispatch that call* un home.’ *\ H ‘ W ha^yianie^pfvT^ % ‘ ifiderson, of indersunvittB^ knew. himMhed, tfiough linn! &en him but once before. He lukl been one of onr bos! ’.n.^Veetern cugtbmers. I ( llt ,| * flWen, for tho (eiison that durin t(ie past year his payments had net been so prompt,. 1„ f'aet, been was considerably behind,and Win ston had that very day told write hip, am} ‘jiujjdi him > sxtulSa, little,’ as be exfii&seil it. The letter was then in the hreust-poek et of my overcoat. ‘Yoacau leave the money with me, sir, and I will give yerft a fp T ‘It is all right, Mr, Putnam, I know you now. You’ve been with Winston a long time. I can tell your signature anywhere. 1 He drew from an inside pocket a larke blacK wallet, very round and full, and counting out eleveu different piles ot bank-notes, he told me to run them over. It was a short and easy task,for each pile contained just teu one hundred dollar bills. The balance was in fives, tens and twenties, and it took more time to couut them; hut at last we got it so both were satisfied. At this moment we heaid the whistle for the station. Anderson sprang for his traveling-bag, giv ing me a hasty handshake, was off on the run. I closed the door and counted the money again. Findiug it all right, I wrapped a piece of news paper around it, aud slipped it into my overcoat pocket I did not feel quite easy to have so much money about me; but Winston’s house was at least mile distant, I concluded to keep it until morning, when 1 could de posit it in the bank. 1 closed the damper again,drew on my gloves, took the olfice key from the nail just over the door, aud stepped up to put out the light. As 1 did so, I saw a bit of paper on the floor, which oo pick up, I saw was the receipt I wrote for Mr. Anderson. He had dropped it in his hurry, I put it iu iny. pocket,and thought uo more Ubout it, only that I would mail it to him. 1 would have done it then, but as the last mail for- that day had gone out on the train which took Mr. Anderson, I could do it just as well in the morning. Then, too, I was in something ol a hurry that night, tor 1 had au appointment; aud I may as well state here, it was with a young lady, who, I hoped would be wife before many months. I hastened to my boardiug-pla ate my supper,and then went o to Mr Warner’s wearing the ov coat with the money iu it,*» 1 not feel easy about leaving it iny mom. Carrie was at hoi Of course,as she was expecting o aud, leaving my coat aud hat the Imll, I weut into the parlor do not think a repetition of conversation would be very int esting, so I will pass it, men remarking that nothing occur; to disturb me until*I arose to tAci locked myself in. my leave. Carrie Went into the entry for my coat and hat, so I might put them on by the warm fire, hut she came back with only my hat. •Why, Fred, you certainly did not venture out on such a night a* this withernam overcoat?" -No boat P I exclaimed, in . nsv tyfyut Almost stunned ui*. next moment 1 tore past her like a madman,as 1 was. T, coat was gone 1 Then 1 was unnefYutl, ed at the stair-rail, T( ju6t in time to BUjJfCri v'luyself* Carrie came running out, her face pale with alarm. •Oh, Fred? are you sick ? Let rue call mother and the doctor ! You are as white as a sheet!’ ‘No, no Carrie l’ 1 entreated. ‘There, I am better uow,’ And I was better. 1 was strong, all at oncb—desperately strong. And what brought about this change? That simple receipt. Which l had in my pocket. Anderson had nothing to 3lmw that the money had been paid; and was not my unaided word us good us his ? I was foolish enough to believe that 1 could brave it through, aud I grew confident and quite easy at once. There, Carrie, I am much bet ter now. The room was too warm, I guess. So some sneaking thief has dodged in fttld stole ray coat? Well, let it go. It was au eld one, and now I’ll have a new One,’. ‘Bur was there nothing in the pockets?' asked Carrie. It is strange how suspicious guilt will make u». I really thought. Carrie suspected me, and an angry reply was oh the end of tongue. I suppressed it,however, and uttered a falsehood instead. ‘Nothing of consequence, Car rie, A good pair of gloves and some other trifliug notions * I am glad it is no worse, Fred, Now, if you will wait a moment, I will get you one of futhei’s coats to wear home.’ Thus equipped,'I left her. You may guess my slumbers that night were not very sound, uor very refreshing, l never pass ed a more miserable night., and in the morning my haggard looks weiethe subject of remark. ‘Why,Fred, you look as though you had met a legion of ghosts last night:"' said Winston. What ;s the matter ?'' ‘I had a had night of it/' I an swered, with a sickly smile. ‘And you have auother if you're not careful. You had better keep quiet to-day. By-the-way, did you write to Anderson ?'* I do not know how l managed to reply, for the question set me to shivering from head to foot,and Coward that l was, I had at last resolved on self-destruction, commenced my preparation^ It the sa;qe calmness anddelib- iou that 1 would have used iu hb ifi061 cfM^ruon transaction. I wrote a short explanation for Car rie, another,for Mr. Winatoo, a third rtr my poor mother, and I sealed them nil. lu a fourth en velope I enclosed the receipt to Mr. Anderson. Ail this accom plished, I went to ray secretary iud took out the weapou of death. It was simply a revolver, small aud insignificant enough iu ap« pearauce, hut. all-sufficient. Having examined the cartridges to hiake sUre there would be no failure, l sat down before the fire to gather courage. It may be iutere$ting to kaow that no courage came to me,for the desperation—the growiug fear of life—I can in no wise call by that uame. It was simply cowardice. Yet, whatever you may term it, it was all-sufficient for the time. It nerved my arm,and lifting the re volver, 1 placed its coll, death- dealiug muzzle against my fore head. lu another second 1 should have beeu lifeless; but just aS my finger begau to press tho trigger, there came a tap at my door. It startled me, and, hastily con- cealiug my weapon, 1 called out that 1 could admit no ono. “Not me, Fred ?’* 1 knew Carrie’s voice, aud a ‘aiming to look on her lovely face got the mastery of me. Quietly slipping the tell-tale letters,which l had left ou the table, into my pocket, 1 opened the door. “Oh, Fred, are you real sick l'* exclaimed Carrie, the moment the light fell on my faco. “Why did you not send for me ? An’t /oil better ?’* “Worse/' I answered, huskily; “but Carrie—good heavens 1” As I uttered this exclamation I started buck, aud then forward, aud then—I scarecly know what, for hanging across Carrie's arm was my overcoat 1” Recovering from my astonish- merit, I snatched it from her, and thrust ray hand into the pocket. I drew out elevea thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and tweuty-three cents. You have heard about, and per haps seen, the singular capers ot a madman, or the wild antics of those cruzed with rum, or the gro tesque dancing of savages* Well, judging from what Carrie told me and from the appearauce’ of my apartment after it was all over, i am led to believe that were it pos sible to concentrate Hie three above mentioned species of deraoLS into one there caporing and dancing woWJt]! appear tame iu comparison with mine that night. But I cooled down after awhile, just in time to save Carries head a thump from the chair or the wash- stand, which I had selected as part-' • tiers iu my crazy waltz. * j Then l naked for an explanation. It | was the siuplist thing imaginable. 1 ] do not know why 1 hid not thought of it before. It was simply a blunder ; of Carries father. He had mistaken | my ( bit for his own and worn it down! towii, never dronming that a small Winston sent, a doctor round,but fbrtune was lying idly in the pocKet* I refused t6 «ee him. Then Win-1 ston came himself, but I would * door to it* I made a clean brerist of not open the fiuor. Then my laud- the whole (King excepting myj,st.mp “ 1 , ' or nit her my rosolvo at self-deatrur- taily came.then Borne ot my tellow boarders; but I turned them all e seemed tor hesitate, which da*, d *>rtol. way, lor the thought 1 106 1 *«•»• the fWuy .flashed upon me so tion No «ue ever guessed that part of it, mid 1 tell it to-day for the first time. 1 sent Mr. Andorson his receipt, bunded over the money to Mt Win- sum*, uni went right ou with my du- tiei, a wiser and a bettor man,I hope/ I passed,and the night came ou|« brought me uo relief. “Car. you! ,, . .... - . ... ■.. ... *• .. And to-morrow, Cod willing* 1 *ot gwtt* wHuA l meditating ? shall lead Carrie to the alter* mmamm ■ ■ i. v