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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XIX. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1883. No. 50. "r 1$ PIIU$8IHD . IiY THURSDAY ORNING, -t Newberry, B. C. BY TO. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. 17 ems,~ per .uus invariably In Advance. -Ef l hener is s topd at the expiratica of -7- The H mark denotes expiration of subscription. "No lad can get on without it." Detroi (M'eh.) Advertiser. -CHEAPEST AND BEST. Siendid reminms br Getting up Clubs. dlustrated"Goid Gif." Large-Size Steel Engraving. Extra Copy for 1881. FU,SrIzE PAPER PATTERNS. -.rrSpplement will be given in ueaborfor UIeB, cota ng uisz tern fr a or clda dress. Every ssbsoaGiber receive, during the year, aftherb 0wot more, alone, pmao?'s MAeAznea is the best and thela'-books. It gives more -fWrh money, an ombines greater mer it., m anyother. 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All busi ~ moasaedn with Paet,whether be g 8 -1OS.1thCursPrmt $25,000! In Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Carpets, Clothing, &c. &c., to be sold at remarkably low figures at the Grand Dry Goods Emporium of W. T. TARRANT. A few hints will not be amiss to buy a right thing, buy where you are sure to find the goods for sale to be correct in style and of the best quality. Do not make your purchases until you have, seen my magnificent stock of goods, the largest that ever was in this City. The cry poor crops has occas ioned much complaint of dull times. My sales however have been good and I have no complaint to make on that score, but in order to give additional eclat to trade I shall ofer this week HIGHLY INTERESTING -BARGAINS Particularly in departments referred, to in this advertisement, viz :Woman's best grade Bay State Shoes ? $1.25, worth 1.50; Men's Boots 2.50 formerly sold for 3.00; Boys boots 1.00, sold for 1.50; Chas. Heiser's, hand made Gait ers 6.50 formerly sold 7.50; Ladys', Misses, and Children's shoes in propor tion. I defy competition in the Shoe and Boot trade. DRESS GOODS! Best Gro Grain Silks 1.00 to 1.50, sold for 1.50 to 2.00 per yard. My Cash meres, Satins, and all Dress Goods have been reduced in price. I have the largest stock in this department that has ever been exhibited in New berry. L48. JCIKTS & LOAKS Of which I have a beautiful line, and will sell them now at amazingly low prices. Cloaks that I sold for $4.00, I will now sell for 3.00, and all the rest in proportion. Las. Jackets (Walking) reduced greatly in price. :-: Cassimere & Jeans :-: [ can beat the town in, both in Price and Quality. READY MADE CLOTHING, en's Suits from $5.00 to $30, reduced trom $4.00 to $25. Boys suits in prc portion. SADDLES, Cbe best stock of Kentucky saddles his-sids of Louisville Ky., .also Har ess, ritdles,Thips, -SaddleBlnkets, rhich.I am selling loyer than ever before. CARPES AN RUGS From 25c. to 93c. per yd. Brussels hat I sold for $1, now 90e. Rubber Etugs, r,c. To be cenvinced fellow cit. seas that I mean business give me a call before purchasing. POLITE SALESMdEN ALd no unnecessary solicitatlontobuy. Very respectfully, W. T. TARIANT. Sep't.-3m. [mportant Notice. Buying and selling for CASH ONLY I am enabled to offer to the public IMPORTED Awa AMERICAN BRANDIES, (IAKS AND TOBAIXCO, so the tinestand best French Brandies, the celebrated BAKER RYE for family use, at prices which defy COMPETITION. PORTNBR'S TIVOLI BEER for family use, one dozen Pint Bottles t 1.00 All orders will receive prompt atten tion. With thanks for former patron age to this house, I respectfully solicit continuance of the same. -0. KLETTNER, Under Newberry Opera House. june 11, 24-7mos. oettra. F OUR OWN. h If I had only known in the morning n How wearily all the day The words unkind Would trouble my mind I said when you. went away, a: I had been more careful, darling, p Nor given you needless pain ; tl Be " -vex "our own," ti With look and tone, We might never take back again. W hi For though in the quiet evening. You may give me the kiss of peace, p, Yet, it might be, ti That never for me, ti The pain of the heat should cease. W How many go forth in the morning c That never come home at night ! Si And hearts have been broken, t For harsh words spoken, t That sorrow can never set right. tr ti We have careful thoughts for the hi stranger, - P And smiles for the sometime guest ; C But off't for "our own," d The bitter tone, it Though we love "our own" the best. Oh ! lips, with the curve impatient ! a Oh ! brow, with that look of scorn! b1 'Twere a cruel fate, b Were the night too late, ro undo the work of the morn. s( el gi MR ?LAGE OF I LIFE. h to "That girl has done nothing but Is 3rovoke and annoy me ever since fr the came from school three months ci ago. I wish, Carrie. you would of send her away somewhere-any- al where out of my sight. She is the bl lague of my life." or Miss Carrie Ives looked 'pleas tntly up from her reading,. her qt >lump finger marking the para. ?l iraph that had been. interrupted y( )y her brother's impatient speech. "Why, Fred, what has the child th tone now ?" she inquired. . His fine, pale, grave face flushed bi I little, and a hall confused expres f dion came into his serious, gray yes. "This is the young vandal's latest w chievement in the impertinent a ine !" he said, with a short laugh Il )f chagrin as he pushed toward her a Ag volume of some abstruse work tnd turned the fly-leaf. Thereon had been sketched an te nimitable portrait of himself, sit- de ing in his familiar and scholarly th Lttitude in his leathern chair before hi uis library table-an inelegant st study gown hanging ungracefully rom his large shoulders-and the th uand that supported a Websterian *j uead clutching an untidy bhock of yP uair. It was too consummate a re- t semblance to be gratifying, and al- ca ;ogether too exact for caricature; cli ;he dexterous pencil had not in the east exaggerated the peculiarities >f Frederick Ives, for he had his ~ >wn little eccentricities and man aerisms, just as we all have, if wes yhose to admit the fact.c "It is an amazing likeness ofm yourself, Fred," was his sister's b aughing comment. "Possibly." he returned in thattl aalf mortified, half angry manner, 'and I dare say it may be good for i man to see himself occasionally is 'others' see him. But this sort >f embellishment is not precisely * lesirable in a valuable book of I science. Jessie Evelyn is b'ecom- ai ing quite too mischievous, Carrie; s and I fear ifryou cannot provide as some elsewhere for her, I shall feel m ~ompelled to leave you..," "0, Fred !" the gentle little lady 3ried in dismay. "Surely you can aot mean that ? Jessie must really ne4 stay with me while she is a minor bi and remains unmarried. If you wi world be less captious toward her, gC perhaps she would be more amiable w3 toward you... You treat her as if she were a little vixen, and she re- gi sents it by being as vixenly as pos- th ible; but that is a woman's way, I gl suppose," she added humorously. bi "I know nothing about women lo and .heir ways," he answered grimly. s1 "But you could try to win Jes. d< sie's liking, Fred," she returned ol coaxingly. 01 "I win her liking," he repeated bi in a strange, harsh voice. "You sug gest what is not possible, Carry-it w is only too obvious that our protege th detests me." lo Just then a dark, swift something al rushed passed the window outside. T It was only a handsome, smiling ci girl riding a. superb black horse h: rapidly up the gravelled path to- dl ward the stables; but at the sight n: Carrie uttered a quick cry of sur- uj prise and amusement, and the man vi started to his feet, his features ashy and his limbs unsteady. q "I advised Jessie not to ride at ce all. I forebade her going near that hi horse," he exclaimed after a long, na incredulous stare at the composed rider and admirably behaved ani- ul mal "Iwande- aka isno kUn r .1 'b "She has subjugated your horse, red, just as she manages to subju ate everything else which opposes er," the lady said admiringly. Dbserve her and allow her olever ess. She has metamorphosed my ld black cloth mantle into a really retty habit; with characteristic igenuity she has arranged your ian's saddle to suit a lady's seat; ad she has utilized your best silk at, Fred-it becomes her too with iat bit of deep gauze about the il crown." "I detest anything mannish in a oman," Fred declared crossly as e resumed his leathern chair. Certainly the gentleman had ex erienced very little peace since iat perverse girl of seventeen iat incarnation of audacity and itchery, had invaded the tranquil >untry home of his indulgent )inster sister. If he wished a lit e season of particular quietude, te tinkle of the piano and a dis actingly sweet voice would sound rough the house. If he consulted is labored notes upon some es cially favored historical or poeti il work, his equanimity would be isturbed by keen and pertinent terpolations that his own wit had ever suggested. If he attempted iy remonstrance, she would blunt s censure with a pun and defy re ike by an ingenious repartee. be would affect scientific themes iat she might disconcert him by me problem too difficult for his ncidation; she dared his opinions id challenged his sentiments; she re the colors, the flowers, the ms she knew he most disliked; id she was. indeed the plague of s life. "Why do you always wear the paz, Miss Evelyn ?" he asked her ter that day. He had glanced up with a ready own at 'the exquisite shape and iarming brunnette face, perceiving ly the yellow gem he whimsically )ominated, glittering in her coal ack hair and amid the white laces her bosom. "As an amulet," she replied tickly, merrily and meaningly. t is a preservative against poison, in know." The speech was not quite civil; e laughing glance of the big ack eyes was saucy and signifi nt; but her manner was the per etion of innocent playfulness. Fred's frowning face crimsoned. "What monster of iniquity would ,sh to harm -o gentle and gracious lady ?" lie retorted, with ungal t irony. She regardv-d him for a moment th a curiot.3ly intent and ques ming look, 1 efore which his coun nance sudh nly changed-sud nly he see:.ied defensive rather an aggressive, as one who feared s own weakness rather than the rength of the enemy. Perhaps she discerned some ing in his uneasiness that she Ifully declined to understand; rhaps she comprehended a pain at thrilled her more than she .red to acknowkt ;e-for she, too, tanged. "Mr. Ives," shs. began at length, [th a singular new splendor in her reet smile and a singular new reetness in her voice, "any sar ,s is absurd between you and e. The cand1id truth is so much tter always, even if it be dis reeable. I am perfectly aware at you detest me; that everything do displeases or annoys you. >u have given me abundant proof your dislike, and never yet ucsafed me a kindness nor a cour y. It is youi who are ungentle un who are u,gracious. Why you e sot- 4-may not inquire; but I all implore our dear Carrie to nd me away, and trust that you ay never again be afflicted with e presence of so luckless a per n as myself." And while he marveled in this w amiability, this charming com nation of humility and dignity, thout sincerity or a snare, she had ne, leaving him somewhat be Idered and wholly uncomfortable. "I have a mind to try the subju ted black horse myself," he ought presently, as he noted the eam of a white dress and an am r scarf among the trees up the ng shady road. But the black horss had not been bjugated for Fred's pleasure, evi ~ntly. The mettle than had been >edient to the sligzhtest command one dainty, daring girl, had not ~en tamed for his control. Jessie, pausing by the pleasant yside, was suddenly startled by e unsteady tramp of hoofs, and oked up to behold the unmanag'e le animal galloping toward her. he next instant he tossed his vi ous head aloft and reared on his maches; simultaneously, the sad e girth snapped asunder, and the ifortuuate rider was precipitated >on the level sward almost at her ~ry feet. "0 Fred, are you hurt ?" she in iired in tones of tenderest con ~rn, as shie knelt down besides m ai slipped her pretty arm be ~ai his fallen head. 'Yt/," he answered gazing straight lnto her anxious eyes. "I am rt to death for love of the girl who hates me, who fancies that I have disliked her." It was an odd love-making, doubtlessly; but there and then, holding fast the little willful hand, the lover rehearsed the ancient and delectable story. "Of course I will marry you, Fred," she assured him sweetly. "I always knew I was doomed to be the plague of your life." r.tUanccns. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER From Our Regular Correspondent. DECEMBER, 11th, 1883. The represenatives of fifty mil lions of people are all here. I am looking down from the gallery of the House of Represenatives upon the writhing mass-the statesmen,the demagogues, the men of ideas, and the men of schemes. The hour has not yet struck, that little tyrant, the gavel, has not yet called the House to order, and such a con fusion of men and voices on the floor has seldom been seen and heard since Babel. It is a study in cotemporary history to see and know these men. They are repre sentatives, and representative of every diversified interest of a people and a country, now known among statesmen and philosophers, at home and abroad, to be the greatest and the most interesting experiment in the annals of nations. They are also representative of the political success or failure, hope or despair of ten thonsand individual or cor porate *interests. Never before in the history of this planet have so many people, so much wealth, so great a hetrogenety of energy, thought and enterprise, assayed to live and move and have their being in harmony under one government, and that too not of the sword, or sceptre. It is remarkable and ed ifying to those who are capable of thinking of it. Now the sharp rat-a-tat of the gavel breaks upon the confusion of voices below and a miracle of silence pervades the chamber, broken only by the voice of the chaplain in prayer. The roll call follows, then the installa tion btae new speaker and now the House is ready for business. The first thing that impresses an old habitue of the House gallery is the remarkable changes in the fron tier line that divides the Demo cratic from the Republican mem bers. The Democratic line has been extended far over toward. the right, and the Republicans have the ap pearance of being crowded into a corner. It is time indeed for the Republican party to be crowded out entirely. It has had its day; has worked its ruin, and ruined its work. It has stolen every thing from the Presidency to pos tage stamps. It has tramped ->n the constitution, packed the Su preme Court, debauched the civil service, demoralized the army,.and wrecked the navy in a gulf of job bery. The youth and miraculous elasticity of the country has alone preserved it from the deathly grasp of the destroyer. Great heavens ! to think of the decline of a party whose history must be that it com menced with Greely and ended with. Mahone. But to return to Congress. Tlhe remnant of the Re publicans there will have to do something more than wave a shirt with counterfeit crimson spots. The IIouse is overwhelmingly dem ocratic. Under the new apportion ment its total membership is 323 of whom 194 are democrats in good and regular party standing. The orthodox republican strepgth is on ly 118, leaving a remnant of 13 without fixed party ties. Thus it will be seen that on everything out side of unanimous consent or two thirds legislation, the democrats. have a good working majority, and therefore they will not labor under the disadvantage which hamprered them when last in power. of trying to rule by a majority which was generally less than a quorum. The larger part of the democratic members represent the west and south, and party measures will be apt to reflect the prevailing views of those sections. This will be particularly so with Mr. Carlisle in the chair to make up the standing committees, and direct the pro ceedings. Many of these measures will excite lively opposition on the republican side, and hence we may? look for an interesting session, in the course of which the issues in the now approaching presidential campaign will be clearly worked out. In making conjectures as to the chairmanship of important com mittees in the new House an ele ment of uncertainty enters into all calculations, in conversation last night Speaker Carlisle said that the committees would be organized with a v-iew solely to the fitness of the members for the various sub jects of legislation that would com mand the attention of Congress, and without undue regard to their relations to him in the recent con I UNCLE -REMUS PLOWING. Uncle Remus walked in to the Constitution office one morning recently after an absence of several days. He seemed to be rather fagged out., and yet there was a humorous twinkle in his eye. "I speck you all genterrens done got de notion dat I'm a mighty kuse ole creetur," he said, chuckling sheepishly. "lie has been in more trouble," said one of the young men to an other, in a confidential tone, but load enough for Uncle Remus to bear. "If there's any trouble in Fulton country the old wretch will shut his eyes and walk right into it. "Trufe, too !" exclaimed Uncle Remus with unction ; "dat's the Lord's trufe. Look lak I done got ter dem p'ints whar I ougbt ter Eettle down en' do lak t'er folks, but the mo' w'at I try ter settle 'down de wuss trou ble I draps inter. I done got so I feared ter tu'n a cornder, kase I mos' know old Satan done got some kinder trap set for me. I'm miglrty kuse-mighty kuse." "Well, what's the difficulty now? You look as if you had just fought your wa3 out of one of Satan's traps" "Ides got out er bed, bless you!" There was a hint of boasfulness in the old man's tone. "I bin layin' up same lak man in hospital, en I bin had mo doctor truck dan de law lows; but spite or dat I got 1 mo'so' places 'roun' monks my ribs den a man w'at bin run over wid de kyars, I is, mon." "Well, we might just as well suspend operations and let him us all about it," exclaimed the i police reporter, flinging down his I pencil in ddspair. "Nobody can l pursue the literary calling in. the 1 building where that old repro- I bate does his talking." "Ter day," said Uncle Remus, ignoring the police reporter, "Mars John holler me up en say he want some grass seed sowed in do peach t orchard. He say he want de grono' broke up good, en den he want de seeds borrered in. I ax'im whar bouts is I gwine ter git a hose, en he up'n.'low" better go borzr. one, eu wiles 'm borryin' de bossI bet ter borrer de horrer.. I tuck't traipse over dat neighborhood plum twell dinner time, en I ain't git no hose. Dis man say he done loant his'n out, and t'er man say he I bleedz ter do some plowin' hisse'f. "Bimeby. I struck up wid Brer I Plato, I did, en he say he kin make out fer ter loan me his boss, ef I'll take good care un 'im. Brer Plato's boss bline ez bat, en yet bline hoss better dan no hoss. So I tuck im, I en I pat de gear on, en I carried 'im home en broke up do groun' eni bliize do ho waz dat ole hoss move < right 'long. Atter I git do groun'1 plowed en horror, en I tuck'n ax< Miss Salley 'bout it, kase Mars John done gene down town. Miss Sally she up'n say dey want no horrors in her time, en she 'low I I better git a bresb en drag it cross do groun' en do lak'folks done we'n< folks had some sense, Wid dat J goes, I does, en I cuts me down a good size tree, en drug 'or inter do back yard.. "Ever'body," continued Uncle Remus, "wnz tennin ter der own business. Misas Sally, she 'uz dus tin' 'roun' in do back po'ch whar doe- want no dust', en Sis Tempy, she 'uz chunkin' up ships 'roan' deo wash pot en singin' one or dem at glory chunes. I stop do hoss at do back steps fer ter ax Miss Sally sump'n en des 'bout dat time dat ar nigger 'oman wet messup do w'ite folks vittles fer'm start ter fling do dish water out do winder, en de pan come wid it-kerblimidv blam--blam !'' "What then?" one of the young men asked, as Uncle Remus paused. "Gentermnens, you oughter dos seed dat ole bline hose. He sorter squat en den he lipped up in do a'r en natally tuck wings. Do fuss pass he make he fling me plum thoo Miss Sally honeysuckle vine en wrop me roun' de chanyberry tree. Den he run over do wash pot en knock Sis Tempy down en drag dat big bresh 'crosst 'or. Let 'lone dat, he drng bat dig bresh 'crosst Sis Tempy do wrong way. Genter- ~ mens don't talk! I hear Sis Tempy ~ groanin' 'bout some kinder stiffness in do jints, but do way she shuck dem shins in do a'r waz scan'lous. a Mo' speshually w'en do hili water I lak ter know is dish yer: Ef dat ar I oss is bline, how kin ho see for ter run 'cross Sih Tempy? Now I dat w'at I lak ter know. "Sis Tempy done sent me wud," said Uncle Remus, looking serious, ~ "dat I'll be a lots older man dan I w'at I is fo I gits her fergivance, en I speck dat's so, kaze dose yer I old time niggers is a heap me' servigus dan w'at dey wuz fo' do I war. I'm gwineter give Sis Tempy fum do washpot run under or. She des fecht one squall en riz frum dar, en make fer de house 4 en w'en she riz look lak all 'or cloze bin cut bobtail-" 1 "What became of the horse '! "Shoo! dat hoes gallop off in < plowed groun' en fall down, en tin I git whar he is, he done had a na He des lay dar des ez ca'm ez dead pig in de sunshine. W'at lak ter know is dish yer: Ef dat r boss is bline, how kin he see fer to run 'eros Sis Tempy ? Now d w'at I laker know. You yeard wn ho'n !' FOR LOVE OF A LITTLE CHILD. In a factory in Cincinnati thei is a workman who had one sma invalid child at home. He wrougl at his trade with exemplary fidel ty, being always in the shop wit the opening of the day. He manage< however, to bear each evening t the bedside of his "wee lad," as 1 cailed him, a flower, a bit of ribbo Dr a fragment of crimson glass-ii deed anything that would lie ou Dn the white counterpane and giv a .color to the room. He was a quie unsentimental man, but never wer bome at night without somethin that would make the wan face ligh up with joy at his return. He neve said to a living soul that he love that boy so much. Still he wer )n patiently loving him. 'And b3 and-bye he moved that whole sho into positively real, but unconsciou: rellowship with him. The workme made curious little jars and cup npon wheels, and painted dimint tive pictures down their sides b Pore they stuck them in the corner >f the kiln at burning time. On :rought some fruit in the bulge < is apron, and another engraving n a rude scrap-book. Not one c hem whispered a word, for thi olemn thing was not to be talke rbout. They put them in the ol nan's hat, where he found them, s ie understood all about it; and, be iei'e it or not, cynics, as you wil >ut it is a fact that the entire pot ;ery full of men, of rather coars iber by nature, grew quiet as th nonths drifted, becoming gentli tnd kind, and some dropped sweat ng as the weary look on the pa ient fellow-worker's face to< hem beyond mistake that the ir vitable shadow was drawing nearei 5o, when the bell tolled, and th ittle coffin came out of the lowh loor, around the corner out of=sight here stood one 100 stalwait worl ngmen from the pottery with thei lean clothes on, most of whon rave half a day's time for the priv lege of taking part in the simpl )rocession, and following to it rave that small burden of a chil( )robably not one had ever seen. CHINESE MAGIC. A gentleman who has lived among ,he Chinese tells, as an illustratib >f their abilities as magicians, a neident that took place under hi >wn eye, and in his own rooni rhere apparently there was n hbance for deception. The magician was- naked fror he waist upward, and his on] nagical instrument seemed to b strip of white cloth twisted abou uis loins. Taking a dish of or :ooked rice the juggler coveredi vih his mysterious girdle, equal ed before it and began his incar ations. During this process hi >are arms were passing to and fr >eneath the cloth, and this was a he gentleman saw him do. A ast the linen was removed, and lo here were six plates filled wit: :ooked edibles of various kind: while a dish of boiled rice had r >laced the one containing' ra, ice._ Another gentleman, describini mow he was deluded, says:, "A juggler in the open stree eized a boy five or six years of age Iragged him struggling into th ~ircle, threw him on his back, ani n spite of the boy's agonized crie nud the remonstrances of the pec >le, apparently nearly decapitate< irn. The victim gradually be ame motionless, while the bloo< treamed from the wound. Final] he magician removed the knife nuttered a few words, called alon< o the child, who soon showe< igns of life, and at last raised bin o his feet, when the boy appearee inharmed. Both actors in thiu trange scene were liberally re rarded by the crowd, and the bo: an off, to play with his wondering ompanions." Young Mr. Brown was making u evening call, when his best girl'i ittle brother approached hini ani iegged the loan of his whistle Whistle ?" queried Mr. Brown, "] ave no whistle." "Well, paps sys you have," continned the littl4 ringless angel, "and that you ar4 Il the time wetting it." Just thei he sheriff and two deputiei ame in and levied on the furni ure, which somewhat relieve< ~ounug Brown of his embarrass nent. A Texas owl mistook a sleepini nan's head for a chicken, and fast ned its claws into his hair and calp. "Well ! What's ths matte Low, old woman?" said the assailed s he awoke. Adverhsemens inserted at the rate _t $1.00 per square (one inch) for Art iaetisa, and 75 cents for each subsequent tasertior: Double column advertisements tea per cent on above. Notices of meetings,obituaries andbuts - of respect, same rates per square as ordinaty advernisements. Special Notices in Local column 15 cent perline. Advertisements not marked with tie num ber of insertions will be kept- in tfibibi and charged accordingl. , Special contracts made with large adser Users, with liberal eductionsoc aboverates --:o: JOB PRIATLu SDONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH TERMS CASH. T le CARE OF THE FEET. ie. ,. When the feet are damp and cold a it is impossible to deep well. There I will be a cough, or sore throat, or Lr hoarseness, sick headache, or some r other annoyance. Lt If cold and dry, the feet should y be soaked in hot water for ten minutes every night and when wiped and dried, rub into them well, ten or fifteen drops of sweet oil; do this patiently with the hands, rubbing the oil into the soles of the -e feet particularly. 11 On getting up in the morning, it dip both feet at once into water as i- cold as the air of the room, half h ankle deep for a minute in summer; 1. half a minute, or less in winter; '< o rubbing one foot with the other, e then wipe dry, and if convenient,. n holding them to the fire, rubbing i- them with the hand until perfectly t dry and warm in every part. e If the feet are damp and cld, b, attend on1y to the morning wash. t ing, but at night always remove the g stockings and hold the feet to the it fire rubbing them with the hands r for fifteen minutes. and get imme. I diately into bed. t Under any circumstances as of ten as the feet are cold enough to p attract attention, draw off the Y , stockings, and hold them to the fire; if the feet are much inclined s to dampness, put on a pair of dry L- stockings, leaving the damp ones before the fire to be ready for s another change. B Some persons' feet are more f comfortable, even in winter, in cot s ton, others in woolen stockings. f Each must be guided by his own s feelings. Sometimes two pairs of I thin stockings keep the feet warmer I than one pair which is thicker than D both. The thin pairs may be of the same or of different materials, , and that which is best next to the _ feet, should be determined by the e feelings of the person. e Sometimes the feet are rendered e more comfortable by basting half .an inch thickness of curled.hair on .a piece of thick cloth, slipping this I into the stoeking, with the hair next . to the skin to be removed at night, .and placed before the fire to be Sperfectly dried by morning. Peg sons who walk a great deal during'2 ,the day, should on coming hoge; .for 'the night, rerme their abses r and stockings, hold the feet to the i fire until perfectly dry; put on a . dry pair, and wear slippers for the a rest of the evening. 3 Boots and gaiters keep the feer 2 j damp, unclean and noisome, by pre venting the escape of the insensl'le 5 perspiration and odor which are constantly emanating froma healthy feet, hence the old-fashior.ed shoe is the best for health for the > strengthening of the aniles, by habj ituating them to s'ipport them. selves. S Pieces of newsp: per wrapped around the feet over the stockings keep the feet rema. lkably warmn. Cold feet arise from the want of vigorous circulation in them; this is - often remedied by putting them in hot water in a wooden vessel, soas 'to cover the toes; in about ten min- ' utes put in cold water, the e6lder Sthe better, of the same depth, for " half a minute; the object being to 'produce a shock, calculated to drawr ' the warm bloo: to the soles; this ' may be done on retiring and rising. 1Nothing' should be censidered a L trouble, which can have even a slight tendency to keep the feet~ 2 warm', because there never can be recovery from disease or substan - tial good health without it-Ex. "An' they tell me that you've got a glass eye," said an old woman to an acquaintance whom she had t not seen for some time. ."Yes, got * a glass eye." "Can you see onten it?" -"Oh, no." "Why, it looks like I you oughter see through it, the glass is so clear. Why don't you get one so transpert that you can 1 see tbrough it ?" A Norristown married man can heavily discount Vennor as a prog nosticatory. When the former starts for home at 1 a. m. he always predicts a "storm" within an hour, andl never made a miss but once; ; and then he found his wife sound asleep when he reached home. Next morning she declared that she had been drugged. A credulous man said to a wag, who had a wooden leg. "How came you to have a wooden leg?" "Why" answered the wag, "my father h'ad one, so had my grandfather. It runs in the blood." Too thick underclothing is said to cause unnatural redness of the face and nose, but this will never. induce some men to substitute a red flannel shirt for a whisky punch. Widows, like opportunities, should be embraced. The right of commanding is the fruit of labor, the price of courage. ~ High prices is a 'preventg,e of I consumption. ,The - coming eais a serious movement on foot