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NIGHT THE DAV, TH?U CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN VOLUME XII.---NO. 33. A UV M.- UIXICU UUICUIIIHIIl I'm a broken hearted Dcutschor, Yot villed mit oriof ant ?nam0? I dolls yon vot dordroublo Ifh,--^ I doosn't Jtuow my name. Yon dinka it ferry vunny, oh? Von you der story hoar, You viii not wonder don so mooch, lt vas BO ehtrange und quoor. Mein madder had two lidd'o dwins Dey vos ind ond moin brudor; Vo looks BO very muoh aliko No von knew vioh from toiler. Ooo of der poys was Yowcup. ?J Und IlanB dor oder's, nome; Vo both got oollod tho same. Veil, von of Us got toad Yaw, Mynheer, dat is so; Dut-vcdder Haus or Y a won p, Mein muddcr she don't know. Und so I nm in droublop; I gain't git droo mein bcd Veddcr I'm Hans vol's liviug, Or Yawoup vot is ted. FENCE OU NO Whether wo should enclose our orops ond "turn out" tho remainder of our farms, or fence up tho pasture and leavo the culti vated portions Unprotected by any kind of fenoo save tho law of thc land, om questions that have now and thon agitated tho minds of tho people of every ouo of thc StotcB of this Union. Firm adherents can bc found to both sides of the question. Wo confess to never having become clearly settled in our opinion upon this subject. When wo seo our noblo forests felled annually by thc thousands of aores to pro cure frosh land to cultivate; ofter wo have, hy a most slovenly system, galled and im'4 povcrished as many more fertile ocres; when wo know that for more economy could bc practiced upon tho farm by avoiding tho necessity of having BO many thousands of roils mauled every winter; when wo know that almost every faruihouso burus as much wood in euch lire place as ought to supply dwelling and kitchen and wash house, during tho cold season; when wo know that a strip of land ten feet wido running around every sido of tho field, and this frequently the best land in tho field, is lost to cultiva tion boca uso of thc fence; when we nh ow that every negro in thc South will have a cow, and never thinks ho is a freeman until ho can tic Iiis own COW'B bonis to her fore foot lo keep her from jumping the fenco that ho won't fix up; when wo think of tho thousands of dollars that aro lost to tho intrinsio wealth of tho country by the mauling and hauling and building and re pairing that is necessary to keep up thc loncos around our farms; when wo think of tho provooatious to say hard word? whou fox huntors, tramps, jumping oattlo or other nuisances make gaps in our fences, ?nd ?cannot bo punished for it; when wo think how easy it would bo to mako a fat oow out 'of a poor ono, a profita^?r cow out of an oxponsivo ono, if th? owner was Bim ply cotnpollod to keep it up, tako care of it, ^?ced -tt^tYoaTit as tho returns would provo it should bo treated; whoo wo thiuk it is tho crops that brings in tho money and en riches tho county, and not tito forests or past tiro lands, and are tboroforo tho more worthy of lawful protection on that account; whon wo 'think how muoh bettor ono good oow is than abord of pooroncs; when wc think how easy it in to herd estilo and sheep and ovon hogs to gether, Bo that they will noed but tho ou ro of a single poi son a few hours oaoh day co prevent their strolling out of sight; When wo think what a pleasure lt is, what a real luxury to sit nnd watch improved herds pasturing and .grazing over luxurient meadows and fields; 'WO Bay, when Wo think of all those things, wo oau but wonder legislation has not long cinoo required our fanners to set about improving their stock by abolishing tho .oxisting fenoo law and allowing our broad acres to bo cultivated without tho miles nnd miles of hideous worm fences everywhere 10400. Dut then, when wo hnvo l?okod ot tho ?other sido of this question, and thought how ignorant most of our pooplo aro, oven X>t tho old cs tab lieii ed law on this subj cot, nnd how sparsely settled our country is, und bow muoh easier it is to endoso a cultivated Hold than it would bo to enclose all tho re mainder of thc majority of Southorn farms, nnd how ovory farmer would think ho was bound to fence in all tho balonoo of his lands if ho woro pormittod to throw out his fields, and what a small proportion of tho laboring classes throughout tho South aro landowners (oven though every ono (hatean own a oow) and that olnss aro oppressed to n Btook low, booauso thoy think that all tho unonoloBod pastero lands aro, by a natural right, as froo to the> cows as to tho owner of tho pasturo, and of what minor impor tando to our farmers the oare of Btook is When compared to tho infatuation that thoy havo for tho "cotton pntoh," and what won dorful sooial and industrial revolution it Would mako to establish a stock law and abolish fe neos, wo havo halted botwoon two opinions. Much bab be said on both sidos ol' this question, und moro, on tho other, )ook ai ie aa you will, Absence of fonocn is nu ovid orlon of pro gressive farming, When wo go into a city, a town or village, (and there aro some of these Inst In tho United States) whore tho roses grow, as lt were, "out doors/' and the vegetable gar dona, oto not eooloseUj we I ty I ac oooo KUOW thetq, jg- an ordinance there preventing tlQd^mUig ot large, and with {?gfr ?S"? ???0dUtel, coupled the housed and wolliT"' *ho.ro nro 08rofu?y the people have/ {od' nnd?10."?ooaeqaoooo, But if wo s/pl?ot? of tntlk and pavomen/0- * J?th its streets closed, or ev/8 fiUh-v? and?he. 0 8 ?" ?D: sud ridor<,n,a fftrm Wlth Wgh "staked coming tA fcnoe8? *? Y,6 T'lon? T denredat/'0 consluston that idler? and round a"0'8? ^our f?ote(* au<* horned, aro "Wa/,'oout' uJ&onoo heard a man say a travclor could *?..?flono from Northern ?Missouri iuto Iowa Cud tell, without being informed, when ho entered tho latter Stato, bcoauso all thc forming evidences were so much moro pro gressive and thrifty; and ho attributed it ail to tho fact that tho stock wcro enclosed in Iowa and the orops wcro not: while in Missouri tho reverso was tho case. Wo havo been told, too, that iu North Carolina, where the option was given to counties to voto "fenco or no fence," wherever "no fence" prevailed thc pcoplo havo become reconciled to it, farms have improved, cattle havo increased in number and valuo, and tho farmers would not, if they could, return to tho "old rut." Wo havo olso heard grumblers at several places whore wc have seen the no fenco law in force, but wo did not regard their complaints, because tho thing scorned chronic, and wo all know "there aro somo mon who would suffer tor turo if they had no opportunity to grumble. Fences aro by no menus universal through out tho Union. Several of tho Northwcct ern States require owners to enclose their stock. In portions of North Carolina, Vir ginia and ono or two Northeastern States, thc same law prevails. In one or two of tho Southwestern States tho effort has been made, but without success, to abolish fences. In Europo land is too valuable to be appropriated to fences. In England hedges eupcrccdcd fences, and now hedges are con sidered objectionable because their roots monopolizo too much land. Throughout Franco and Northern Italy, and Control and Northern Mu ropo, fences are almost un known. Often the divisions of land do not appear at all. Wiro fences were often abolished, and tho only landmarks arc stone pu?ts ot tho corners of tho land to designate thc outlines,-D. Wyatt Aiken, ?rt News and Courier. Acts Passed by tim General As gcmbly al Ibo JGxli'u Session of 18TT. An oct to iuvcsligoto and ascertain tho actual bona fide indebtedness of tho various counties in this Stato, and to rogulatc the manner of paying tho samo. Be it enacted, by tho Scnato and IIouso of Representatives of tho Stato of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of tho samo: SECTION 1. That upon tho petition of fifty tax payers of any county in tho State, stating that said county is iu debt, and that tho validity of said debt or somo portion thereof is doubted and challenged, it shall bo tho duty of tho Governor of tho Stato to appoint n commission, consisting of three competent and discreet citizens of said county to investigate and ascertain tho truo and real Lona fide indebtedness of said county, who shall report in writing to tho Board of County Commissioners a statement of said bona fide indebtedness, and shall report to tho G emeral Assembly at its next session thc amount of said bona fide indebt edness. SRO. 2. That the said commission shall have tho powor to send for porsonsand papers, be authorized to swoar witnesses, and to nail all persons having claims to appear before it, and establish such claims, after duo and sufficient notioo, by publication of thirty days in tho paper of said county; that pond iug said investigation tho propor officers ol said oounty and counties aro hereby directed and restrained from lovying and collecting any special tax for tho paymont of tho said post oounty dobt, orcatcd prior to tho first day of Novombor, A. D. 1876. SKO. 8. That tho members of said oom mission shall oaoh bc entitled to re?oive $2 por diem for oaoh day actually employod in such work, not to oxocod in all thirtj days. Approved Juno ll, 1877. An Aot to pr?vido for tho custody of offi oial bonds of oounty officers, and foi tho oxamination of tho same from timo ct timo. SECTION 1. Jte il enacted by tho Sonato nw llouso of HoproBonU?vos of tho Stato of Sou tl Carolina, now mot and sitting in Genora Asiiomhly, and by ho authority of tho sar,p That sootion 7 of chapter 28, of title ., o tho revised statutes of South Carolina, bi amended by striking out the words "publii officers of this State." SEO. 2. That tho sureties to the severn bonds of the oounty offioorr heroin reforret to, and required by law, shall bo in over oaso oitizons of tho sovcral counties in whiol their principals respectfully hold ornoo. Approved Juno 9, 1877. An Act to altor and ropoal sootion 20 of a aot ontitled "An aot to regulato attach moots," approved Soptcmbor 24, 186? SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Sonat and IIouso of Representatives of the Stat of South Carolina, now mot and sitting i General Assombly and by tho authority c the same, That tho first ton words of seotio 20 of an aot entitled "An act to tegulal httflohmcnta," opprovod Hoptombor 24 1868, bo Btrickon out, ond tbo rights and remedies in suoh onsen oxisting beforo t' o passago of said aot aro hereby restored. SEO. 2. That tho powers and duties formerly oxcroiscd by Magistrates, so far as thc samo related to distress for rent, bo and tho samo aro hereby, conferred upon Triol Justices. Approved Juno 8, 1877. An Act to amond sections 55 and 56, chap ter 120, of tho revised statutes, relativo to liens on crops SECTION 1. Bc il enacted by tho Senate and I?OUHO of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by tho authority of tho sante, That sections 55 and 56, diopter 120 of thc revised statutes, relative to lien on crops, ond oil amendments thereto, aro hereby repealed on and after tho 1st of January, 1878. SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts in consistent with this not bo, and thc samo aro hereby, repealed. Approved Juno 8, 1877. Tho low? Convention. WASHINGTON, Juno 28.-Thc action of tho Dos Moines (Iowa) Convention, being thc first State Convention, has boon oloscly watahod. Tho financial planks aro ns fol lows: 4th. Tho public credit should bo sacredly maintained and all obligations ot tho government honestly discharged, ansi that wc favor tho carly attainment of cur rency convertible with coin, and thcrcforo advooato a gradual resumption of specie payments by continuous and steady steps. 5th. Tho silver dollar, having been a legal unit of value from tho foundation of the Federal Govornmont until 1873, tho law under whioh its coinago was suspended should bc rcpeolcd at tho earliest possible doy, and silver mado with gold a legal tender in payment of all debts, both public and private. Wo also boliovo that tho present volume of ourroncy should be main tained until tho wonts of trade and commerce demand its further contraction. At the conclusion of tho reading, a resolution en dorsing tho President und bis policy was oifcrcd by Mr. Healy as an amendment to tho first resolution. This created ou inde soribablo uproar and was received with tumult, in whioh woro mingled vooiforous protests and hisses. The Chair rulod thc resolution as not being germain to tho subject. An amendment endorsing tho President's policy and saying it would secure tho results asked for in tho third resolution of the report of the com mittee was thon offered to that resolution, and met with tho samo result. Tho third resolution, os presented by tho oommittce, was then adopted. Aftor this, nil tho rest of tho resolutions of tho oommittoo wore adopted. Mr. Cutts offored tho following resolution: Resolved, That thc BO-callcd Southern policy whioh has been inaugurated and pursued by tho present national administra tion is in accordance with tho principles of tho Republican party. This was received amid goncral tumult. Dr. Bardsley moved that it bc referred to thc Committee on Resolutions. Mr. Merriam, of Keokuk County, moved, amid groot cx oitomcnt, that the resolution ho tabled, whioh waa adopted by about a thrco-fourths vote. A Wonderful Discovery. ( Dr. J. W. Davonport, a nativo of South Carolina, but who has boen for several years residing in Dallas, Texas, has modo a ohom inal discovery, which bids fair to provo of incalculable benefit to tho human family, while it will also completely revolutionize all methods hcrctoforo in vogue for tho preservation of fresh meats, vegetables, fruits, deo. Tho discovery is thus described by tbo Now Orleans Democrat: A learned and praotical physician-Dr. J. W. Davenport, of Dallas, Texas-has modo a discovery, and obtained tho patent therefor, whioh promises to bo of incalculable value and usefulness to tho prosont and future generations. It is simply the ascer tainment of ibo ohomioal components of a fluid for keeping nil kinds of fruits, vegeta bles and meats fresh, sweet and pure. Tho aim of tho ingenious chemist has been to discover tho ingredients of a picklo whioh would arrest tho process of decomposition and extinguish tho germ, of decay of nil animal and vogotablo siibstanoos without impairing their flavor or imparting to thom any injurious effect. It is ?implo a picklo of tho most in?xpensivo sort, costing infi nitely less than brino or vinegar, in whioh any moat or vogotablo may bo kept in vessels submerged for months, and when taken out will bo found as pure and frosh os when tho vegetables carno from tho gordon or tho meat from tho butcher's stall. This pioklo may bo furnished and prepared at a cost of four oonts per barrel. The pioklc is so nearly taatlcBS and palntoblo aa to demonstrate its innocuousness, and yet from tho specimen wo saw yesterday at 61 Carondelet street, green oom whioh had boon immersed in it for twolvo months, when boiled, could not bo distinguished from tho oom whioh had boon gothored that morning. Mutton and pork ohops, and ovon fat papabottos, placed in this pioklo wooks ago, whon subjected to boat, had preserved all their original fresh ness and flavor. No ono would evor suepoot that they had over been brought in contact with any ohemioai tiuid or aubstanuo. It would appear that this fluid is far moro effootivo and roliablo in preserving vegeta bles and moats in their original freshness than tho strong brine used in preserving salt meats. This fact hoing established, tho superiority both for nourishment and health of frosh over salt meats would seouro its universal adoption, pud provo invaluable for uso on ships, in armies, and oh planta* tioos. Tho ?implo nnti-soorbutic offcuts of su oh a preservation of fresh meat and vogo blcs would fonder jt of incalculabto benefit. Tho Dallas (Texas) Commercial, pub lished in Pr. Davenport's town, speaks in tho highest terms of the discovery, tho editor hating had ample opportunities of testing thc samo. In tho issue of tho (Com mercial of May 14th, tho editor saya: To-day tho writer visited Dr. Davenport's rcBidonoo, and reinspected smuo of tho materials which hovo been preserved by the process. -Tho demonstration of its success aro as.complete as tho cvidonocs of tho sonoc9 of sight, touch and tasto could make thom. Groen corn, pluokcd now nearly two years ago, is ns fresh, nutritious and os sweet as if tito shuoks hod just boen taken from it. Tomatoes arc, by virtue of tho prescrvntivo, always ripo and luscious. Asparagus can't wilt after subjection to'the Doctor's troatmcnt. And passing from the vegetable kingdom to tho animal, tho ex periments-perhaps wo should say triumphs arc startling, * -***- jn abort, Dr. Davenport hos discovered and applied an antiseptic principle whioh bids fair to do away with all canning and dessioaling busi ness. lie can instruct whoever will, nt a cost that is a more trifle, to have a garden all thc year round, to have fresh meats for ever, and tho applicability of bis process is almost limitless. Mr. Ii. G. Strauss, who ono bo seen at tho store of M. Strauss & Son, in Yorkville, has on exhibition oom, fruit and vogctables preserved by this process over twelve months ugo, retaining their original freshness as if tlicy had been plucked but yesterday. Mr. Strauss will bo pleased to show the samples to any ono interested ou tho subjeotof keep ing fresh fruits and vegetables throughout tho your. Thu Street ol Hell. Tn 1870 tbcro was in the United States 140,000 licensed liquor saloons. If formed into a street with saloons on each sido, allowing twenty feet to each saloon, they would make a street two hundred and sixty, fivo miles long. Lot us imagine them brought together in auoh a street and let us suppose- tho moderato drinkers and their families oro marohing into it at the uppor cud. j Go with mo if you hovo tho nervo and patience, and Bland ut tho lowor end and let ussoo what thatstroet tums out in one year. What army ia this that comes marohing down tho stroct in solid column, live abreast cxtonding five hundred' and seventy miles? It is tho anny of 6,000,000 mon and women who go daily and constantly to tho saloons for intoxicating drinks as n bovorago. Marching tweuty mites a day and it will tako thom more than twenty-eight days to go by. Now they aro gone, and close in their rear comes another army marohing fivo abreast nud sixty miles in length. In it there aro 530,000 confirmed drunkards. There arc mon and wooton who havo lost cootrokof their appotitcs, nud who are in tho regular habit of getting drunk and making beasts of themselves. Marohing two abreast tho army is 150 miles long. Sonn thom closely. There aro grey haired men and fair haired boys. There aro, nins! many women in tho army sunk to dooper depths than tho men, booauso of tho greater heights from whioh they fell, lt will take thom Rcvon days to go by. It is Q sud and sickening sight, but turn not away yet, for thoro cornea another army -100,000 criminals, from jails and prisons and peniteutiarics they como. At tho head of the army comes a long line of poraons whoso hands aro smeared with human blood. With ropes around their neoks they aro on tho way to tho guilows. Othors aro going to prison for lifo. Evory orimo known to our laws has bcon committed by these persons while under tho influence of strong drink. But hark li wheoco cornea those yolla, and who those bound with strong chaina and guarded by armed men'/ Thoy aro raving maniacs, made iso by strong drink. Their eyes aro tormontod by awful sights, and their ears ring with horrid sounds. Slimy reptiles crawl slowly down their backs, and fiends from boll torment thom beforo their time. They ure gono now, nud wo breath more freely. Dut what gloom is this that pervades tho air, and what long tido of black coming down tho street? It is tho lino of funeral Kroce?sions. Ono hundrod thousand who avo diod tho drunkard's death aro boing oarried to their graves. Drunkards do not havo many friends to mourn thoir loss, and wo put thirty of thoir funeral processions into ? milo. Wo thus have a procession 3,833 milos long, lt will toko a good part of tho year for thom to go by, for fuuoral processions movo slowly, yes, most of thom do, but onoo in a whilo on unooflined oorpso is driven rapidly by and wo boar tho brutal, ! driver sing, "Quiok rattlo his bones, rattle his bonos, Over tho stones! He's only a paupor whom nobody owns." Look into tho coffins as they go by. Seo the doad drunkards! Somo diod of delirium tremens, end tho. lines of toi rot are still marked on thoir faces. 8omo froze to death by thc roadside, ton drunk to reach their homes. Homo stumbled from tho wharf and wore drowned; somo wandered into tho woods and died, and rotted on tho eurfaoo of tho earth; somo blow their own brains oat; somo wcro fearfully etabbod in drunken brawls; como nero roasted in burn iug buildings; others wcro crushed ia shopolcBB masses under tho cara. They died in various ways, but strong drink killed them ntl, and ott their tombstones, if they hovo any, may bo fitly inscribed, "Ile died a drunkard's death." Close behind them conies another long lino of funeral processions, but they aro numerously attended by mourning frionds. They con tain tho remains of those who havo met death through tho carelessness and cruelty of drunkon men. Somo died of broken hearts; somo wcro foully murdered by druken husbands and fathers; somo Wcro burned to death in buildings sot on fire by drunkon men; sonic were horribly manglod on railroads because of drunken engineers or Aug naen;somo were blown up on a steam boat because a drunkcu captain ran a race with a rival boat. But hero comes another army-thc child' rcn-innocent ones, upon whom hos been visited tho iniquities of their fathers. How many aro there? Two hundred thousand! Marohing two abreast they extend up tho street thirty miles. Mach one must bear through life tho stigma of being a drunk ard's child. Thoy aro reduced to poverty, want and beggary. Thoy livo iu iguorance and vico. Somo of tho children are mourning with hunger and some aro shivering with cold. A largo number of thom aro idiots, mode Buoh before they were boru by brutal, drunken fathers. And, worse than all tho rest, many of thom havo inherited a love for liquor and are growing up to toko the places and do the deeds of their fathers. They will fill up the ranks of tho awful army of dru ii kai dy that moves in unbroken column down to death. It has taken nearly a year for tho street to empty itsolf of its year's work. And close in tho rear comes tho Vanguard of the noxt yoar's Bupply. And if this is what liquor I-.ns dono in one year in our great oountry, what must bo its results iu all tho world through tho long centuries. Thus fur wo havo listened to tho story that tho figures toll. Tho givo only thc outlino of tho terrible tragedy that is going on arouud us. They cannot picturo to US tho wretuhed squalor of a drunkard's home. They caonol tell us how roany unkind and cruel word: strong drink has caused, otherwise, kine and tender hearted husbands and fathers tc utter to their doar ones. They cannot tel us how many heavy blows bavo fallen fron tho drunkard's hand upon thoso whom it ii his duty to love, cherish and protcot. Th oj cannot tell us how many fond expectation! and bright hopes which the young brido hat of tho futuro nave boon blasted and turnee to bitterest gal). They cannot number th< long, weary hours of night, during Whicl she hos anxiously awaited, and yet foarfullj dreaded tho hoavy foot fall at tho door Figures cannot toll us how many fioatding tears thc wives of drunkards have shed, not how many prayers of bitter anguish and cries of agony God has hoard thom utter, Thoy cannot toll us how many mothers have worn out body and soul iu providing foi children whom a drunkcu father has loft destitute They cannot toll us how many mothers' hearts havo broken grief as thej saw a darling son becoming a drunkard Thoy oannoi tell us how many gray bain havo gono down in sorrrow to tho grave mouroing over drunken ohildron. Th oj oannot tell us bow many bard fought battles tho drunkard, in bis sober moments, hat with tho terrible appetite; how many time* ho has walkod his room in despair, tempted CO commit suicido because bo could noi oonquor the demon. And finally wo oanuoi search tho reoords of tho othor world, ant see how many souls have been shut ont fron that holy place whero no drunkard evoi cn tors, and banished to tho regions of eterna death by tho Gory demon of drink. What man, what woman, what child would not voto to havo that wholo street with its awful trafilo in tho infornal s tn fi' sunk to tho lowest depths of pordition, ant covered ton thousand fathoms deep undo tho ourses of tho univorso? cu iii Feet. Cold feet usually result from uncquo circulation. Pcoplo of activo minds wil bo muoh relieved by woariog, at tiroct during their montai ta sks, u linen or cotto skull-osp, frequently wrung out in col water. Tho brain is ooolcd and sent mot naturally to tho oxtrcmitics. A brilliar Now York minister was compollod to wril his sermons with his fcot in a hot bath, prominent hydropathist advised tho wi head-cap, which worked liko u oharm, nn dispensed with tho inconvenient tub * water. Tho fcot should bo washed in tepid wad ovory day or two; but do not put thom in water BO hot as to make thom tendor. J oonoluding tho bath, dip them into qui oold water, whioh oloscs tho pores naturall and then wipo and rub thom entirely di and warm. Woor broad, heavy-soled, capacious boot with a loose insolo. Tho foot appen smaller and moro gentcol in a boot qui largo for it, than in ono in whioh tho coi? pression compels the sides to ovorjut t solo and look tight over tho instep or toi Ladies should remember this fact, which so wc*' known to fashionable ahoomakoi A stylish doalor waa daily compliment about his email feet and nrioely fitting boo a compliment whioh his wife also ahar among her lady frionds. Tho sooret w thoy novor pinohod their fcot, IT > w< No. 8, while his wifo Woro tho popular a of fives. Ho oould put ou a ?ix, or his w a four, or perhaps a throe. My wearing boots of the fora? of their feot, or ampio size, tho boots remained in graceful shape. Tho gentleman's boots were nearly No. 9 in length; so mado to loud proportion and add comfort iu walking. Chango your boots often, tu uso, tboy absorb moisture from within nnd without, and by frequent chango and drying will bo much warmer. If you ) aven't two pairs, remove tho insoles and dr/ them thoroughly with tho boots each night. Tho potent Covered cork insole is a nice thing for thoso who can otford them, if they do not sweat tho feet. But tho smooth, stiff leather insolo is tho best for all people; and ono good pair will wear out several poire of bodts. If your feet sweat easily, and the? chill from thc dampness, wear light cotton stock ings with your wool socks over them. Just try this expedient, ond sec how nico and worin your fcot feel. Ladies who ride will find a large pair of socks, over shoe nod all, a prent comfort; When your feet a tb cold, ?.top abd warm them; No business at thc desk, thc counter, tho bench; no domestic task or social or conventional circumstance is of so gravo importance ns to worm one's feet when they are oold. You can't afford the hazard to health incurred by indifference to tho dis comfort na taro is giving you as a premoni tion of danger^ Mnny a little discoso has ctept in through tho toes which found its way to organio abodo in lungs or heart or brain, and there developed until it cast n death bolt. Keep your feet dry. Self aoting rubbers -on and off with a kiok-aro the grandest life-preservers of tho ago. But if, by acci dent, you wot your feet, don't bo foolish, and Bit till death-damp steals to your vitals; i or, Btill moro foolish, be frightened into a fever. Exerciso common BCOSO, and remove tho wot stockings. If chilly, toko a worm foot bath, dosing, os usual, with a "cold dip,'* and wipe and rub entirely dry; and foel and bc tho botter for the accident. If, in a judioious way, people would wet their feet oftener-clear up to their cars-it Would bo better for their health. Tho Image of Christ. Tho imago of Christ drawn by tho pencil of tho Spirit, to which Scripture dircbt? our aims, is painted in such eolors that it is impossible often to contemplate it without it irresistibly affootipg thc heart. As tho bodily eye that has looked long nt the HUH retains a bright imago of it, so tho spiritual oye that gazes steadfastly on tho face of Christ is filled with light. Wo carry this imago with us wherever we go, and it blends with all our thoughts and actious. It never ocascs to bo a atudy to us, over growing moro bright and beautiful as wo gaze upon it, revealing in contrast, more and moro tho darkness of our own hearts. I have said it ia with us at conversation os it is in spring when tho sun melts tho snow in the fields and on tho mountain side, but upon tho highest peaks and in tho deepest valley patohes of it Btill romain. So thc mys of tho spiritual sun may pcuotrato our souls, and still tb uro romain in eooh heart heights and depths wi...'0 yet all in cold and bard. How muoh must still bo melted away, ho is first aware who conscientiously yields him self up to tho disciplino of Scripture. Tho longer wo contemplate Christ tho moro do we discover how unlike him wo are, how selfishness has ponotratcd our inmost nature, how poor Wo aro in humility, in love. When wo enter this Behool of discipline, it docs not seem BO. This beholding ourselves in tho image of Christ bas tho peculiarity that whilst wo moro and more discover tho darkness in us, upon ns all the while un conscious it is pouring its light. Paul hos oxprcssod this io a particularly rich passage in his lotter to the Corinthians. Ho says, "But wo all, with open fooe, beholding an in a glass tho glory of the Lord, arc ohonged into tho aomo image, from glory to glory, even as by tho Spirit of the Lord." A wonderfully rich saying, indeed. Just aa when wo behold ourselves in a mctalho mirror, ho would say, it spreads over us it? own cfiulgonco; so wo Christiana looking with unveiled faoo at Christ, as into tho mioror of humanity, aro adorned with his light, made partakers of his Spirit, ohangod os from glory to glory into tho samo re splendent imago. Buring tho pastnlx weeks, Senator Ron? som, of North Carolina, hos been appealing to tho Prosidcut and Scotetary of tho Treasury for an amnesty for oil his pcoplo ohnrged with violating tho internal revenuo laws. Tho Senator hos been in Washington for the Inst two days on this matter. It is said ho ho9 concluded an arrangement, with the Intornnl Ilovonuo Department, by whioh all oases in North Carolina can bo compro I miscd with tho government, under certain restrictions. Tho terms uro understood to bosotisfaotory to General Loach, John N. Staples and Thomoa B. Keogh, who aro I attorney? for tho whiskey and tobacco mon of North Carolinn. Tho terms wiil bo modo Known as soon as tho formal arrangoin^nta aro oomplctcd with thc nttornoys. Mr. Tilden says ho had no snob income a? tho government claims ho had, and that ho paid all tho ta* the law required. Ho admits that ho neglected to make returns somo years, but bo pata tho ponalty thorofor. Pejrfsf fM<l| Juno 23.-A hydrophobia caso at Mahoney City attracts muoh attontion. Mr. Fostor, tho victim, is still living. When offered water or ice he is seised with convul siono. He suffers dreadfully. Ho was bitten, povou months ago by a pet terrier.