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:-. ' . . .. .. ' | ' ' ' ' ''''''' '"'^ '''' "'''r' ' ''' ~~*-~r^--*~r-; - rj*j ry - NIGHT THE DAY, frlfiU ??N0T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ? v M BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. .'i }.i i . . frit">i >r .Mitf-i " ,?w.'.M ! S):!. VOLUME XII-NO. 29. LIM ? H?H*imd?Ji?i l'UT IT IN THU BANK. ."A penny saved, o peony gained" 13o prudent and discerning; No matter what your wants may bo, Don't Sf.end all you aro earning. ' VCP, lad! wo know tho will is strong, Temptations como in plenty; ?Tict fi ft on M dollars mcot your uccds, If you arc corning twenty. l?oy os you buy; don't run in debt (iront oomfort is in knowing That you oro freo from suits and duns, That you arc uo mau owing. So many things you'd like to have! Next mouth your pay increases. Look out, my lad. What will you do If then your income ceases? Dc generous, but bo always just; This lifo that we oro living, Would IOHO much pleasure with thc zest Wc feel iu joy of giving. How con you save, you'd liko to know? Tell, and you'll gladly hear it Ypjr pookcts is a dangerous place, Your baud is always near it. Put in thc bank all that you save, And thou you will hove rcuson To thunk us for tho good advice, When comes your cloudy season. You may have sunshine all your life! We hope you'll have no other! Then, with your savings in the bank, j Just lift sumo fallen brother. Tlie Fe II ec Law. Tho probability is that an opportunity will son bo given tho voters of tho several tuvnships in each -county in tho State, to dolore for or against tho proposed chang?' in the feu co law. It would bo well fur each voler to give thia subject that consideration wboh it morita. It is not a political quotion at all, aud politics should not bo dravn into it. At tho samo time, it is u question whioh oom,ems ull classes in society, from tho humblest laborer to thc hi?hi-Kt official. Deforc deciding as to tho right or wrong, advantages or disadvnntagcs, contemplated by tho law, it should first bo understood whatthe proposed law contemplates elTcotiog Clearly, nothing moro in proposed to be dono by tho new fence law than is dono by tho law now in force At present, every phntor is required, by law, to enclose his crops sud thus scouro thom from thc depra dations of his neighbors' stock. Tho pro posed law-thc law respecting thc adoption of whioh tho voters of thu several town ships will bc called in a short timo to volo -contemplates protecting tho orops of tho planters of tho county by requiring tho stock to bo enclosed. It is truo that thc low, as it now stands, does not compel any ono to fonoo his fields, but necessity doc? Tho law now in cxistouoo regards all un fenced lands as common pasturo grounds. In order that tho planter may bo able to receive damages in tho event hts crops aro destroyed by his neighbors' stock, his crops must bo secured by what is cailcd "a lawful fence." Tho proposed law docs not contemplate forcing any mon to keep stock; but it con templates foroing every stock owner to pre vent his stock from dcpriu'.ating upon Iiis neighbors' orops. It is clear that the pro posed law takes away from no citizen any right which bc now hos or can have All it aims at in this respect, is to protect tho rights of oil at tho lenst possible expenso to tho individua'!. To say that uo disadvantages would follow A chango in tho fenco law of tho State, ?rould bo unrcasonob!o. No man can .chango the location of his front gate, or of Iiis stables, or of any of tho fences or build inga on his plantation, without experiencing .Romo disadvantage Notwithstanding this foot, every former makes many ?nd great changes on his farm. Dcforo ho made thc .changes, he was fully nwnro of tho disud .vontoges which ho would experience Why .did he, in view of these disadvantages, still wake tho ohnngc? Simply, becouso tho advantages wero moro in number and ?greater in magnitude than tho disadvnntagcs. Ho was willing to suffer a small loss that ho might acquire a great gain. This is tho question which is presented io tho mind by tho proposed change in tho fenco luw. Whioh can bo fenced tho easier, the orops or tho etook? Tho luw grants every land ownor thc right to enclose every nore of land ho owns. Tho law, so long as this country remains a civilized land, never eon provont him from doing this. Tho only exception to this general rule is in caso publio roads poss through n man's farm. The roads ho oan not atop. They bolong to tho publio, and aro kept open for tho publio good. Thero is no ncod that limo nnd space bo consumed in attempting to provo that it will cost tho country far less to fonco tho stock than it docs to fence tho orop. No ono who knows anything about tho foots in tho ODBC, will Oall this statement in question. Leas than ono tenth of tho lands that aro cultivated, and, consequently fenced, will bo more than suffioiont to psBturo oil tho etook in the Stoto. Ono hundred rails will go farther in folioing tho stock, than will a thousand rails in folioing tho orops. This would bo a olear saving of nino hundred rails in a thousand. Lot it bo romcmbcrod in thia commotion, that, in themselves, rail tusking and fence building aro profitless labor, Thero is nothing in them that is productivo. Corn and cotton will prow QB well and produce ns much in a field without a fence, as in a field onoloscd with n rum ble wall. All that tho fence is designed to do, is to protect tho farm from being destroyed by domestic animals. Tho man who owns no laud can not say, "This new law is hatohed up for tho pur pose ot preventing mo from owning nny stock." In every well regulated govern ment, labor and capital oro mutually de pendent upon caoh othor. As tho ftneo law now exists, tho landholders 0f tho country con os easily prcveot ihoso who have noland from owning p'jok, as they possibly will bo ublo to do Vi iho chango is made io thc law. Every landholder hus tho right to fence up all his land, and thus keep all stock, except hts own, off his ianda, livery property owner knows perfectly well that whatever basa tendency to crush out thc laboring class of a country, destroys thc \aluo of property. Some persons object to any chango being mude in tho fence law because they will not bo ublc to pasturo their fields uftcr thc orops aro takon off them. This objection is based on tho incorrect deduction that tho luw proposes to prevent thc farmer from fencing his fields. That would bo tyranny. There is not a legislature or n State in tho United States, that dare make ?mob an en actment. It would bo a violation of thc laws of individual rights, guaranteed by thc Constitution of tho United States. Thc doy will never come in South Carolina when a man will not bo permitted to put a fence around any and all of his fields and pasture I hem us much and as long aa ho pleases. Tho proposed law only contemplates per mitting him, as ho sccs fit, to fenco or not fence, his fields; and simply requires him, in order to protect tho rights of others, to cnolosc his stock. Lot every voter, before ho casts his vote for or against thc proposed luw, put thc advantuges likely to result to thc county, by tho proposed change in thc law, in ono end of the scales, and tho disadvantages in thc other, and then cust his volo in favor of that law, tho advantages of which aro groutcst. On cool reflection, it will bc found timi thc prout disadvantage which will result from tho practioal adoption of tho proposed fence law, will bo nothing more than a temporary inconvenience-thc same kind of inconvenience which a mun experiences when ho removes old, rickety steps from his front door, and puts up new steps; or takes thc leaky roof off his house and puts on a ruin-proof roof, lt says a great deal in favor of tho proposed law that wherever it hus been tested, it hus given general satisfaction.- Yorkville Enquirer, MY PUNISHMENT. nv M. Bi w. ir. ''Just fifty dollars, Neville, only fifty'. You'll never miss it," I pleadingly said to my husband. "Mary, you know I would not willingly rofuso you any thing, but I cannot sparc fifty dollars just now." .'Oh, pshaw! You don't wish to gratify me-that's all!" I spoke hastily, half angrily, "That is unjust, Mary," he replied in a low tone "You do not know how much I need it, or you would, not insist." "Then would you havo mo go to thc opera looking liko a fright, or slay at home and make a hermit of myself?1" I turned from him and walked to thc window. In a moment he followed mc, and placing a fifty dollar bill on tho window sill before mo, suid kindly: "There is ibo money, Mary, but 1 would ruther have you remain at homo to night. Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop aro not fit compan ions for you, dear." I mudo him no reply nor turned to tell him goodby, and in ii moucnt I heard tho street door closed, and 1 was alone I did not sit down to think, for fear I should waver in my resolution. I had made up my mind to goto thc opera with Mrs. Win throp, and I would go, if only to let my husband seo that ho oould not control mc in everything, oven tho selection of my own associate?. So I throw on my wrapping, went out and bought no opera olook of tho richest material that I could find, ond when tho ourringo culled for mo nt six o'clock I. was ready. "O, what a superb montilla!" wore tho first words that Mrs. Winthrop spoko to mo when I took my sont in tho oarriogo. "Vin nie Brown has ono exactly liko it; sho tells mo that it cost her fifty dollars." I replied by answering tho question insin uated "I gavo that sum for mine." To bo frank, I felt ju&t tho slightest twinge of conscience os I made thc noknowl edgemont. A drive of about twenty min utes brought us to tho opera house, tho conversation meanwhile being made up of bits of fiottory on Mrs. Winthrop's por?, and, on my own, words vaguely expressing tho sense of gratification I experienced by hor m cu ni ti gloss phroses. Tho mupio was certainly ss grand ss I had ever heard but strungo to say, I was not an attentive lis tener. My costly cloak and dress I know woro duly appreciated and admired, but for all this I folt iii ot oaso. I wos beginning, in 8pito of myself to think seriously of my conduct. I oould liston to my connoionoo now, aftor I had readied tho oliraax of my desires, and accomplished a forbidden pur poso. In thought I Heed again tho fivo briof years of my married lifo. Had Novillo over given mo an unkind word? Never. Had ho over rofusod ruo any request, whothor trifling or important? WOB ho not now tho samo lover liko teodor husband that ho was ?vo yoors ago, when ho brought me, n btido, to a neat little eottago on tho outskirts of tho town, saying, ns he lcd mo' through the rooms, "'Tis plain and humble, Mary, but with your presonco to brighton it 'twill bo a little paradise to mo." I wus content with it then-content to reign queen of my husband's hcort and of our little dominion homo. Hut in a year or two thc sorpent orcpt into our .Eden, and I became its dupe I loved society, and was too cosily drawn into that whirlpool tItat ruins thousands a life of fashionable goycty. Thc conse quence was, that when 1 cuno td compare my owii humble cottage with tho handsome dwellings of some of my friends, it lost all its olden beauty and chectfulness. I grew discontented, and linally fancied myself really unhappy. So I coaxed Novillo to leave our littlo vino covered cottage and rent a handsome house in thc heart of thc city. He consented with extreme rcluc taucc, after vainly endeavoring to show mo tho necessity of remaining whore wo were for a timo at least, v until ho was better established in business. Now the music had becomcon annoyance, and I longed to return home, throw myself into his ?rms, and ask his forgiveness fur ?ll my petulance and wayward ness. J could boar it no longer, and whispering to Mrs. Winthrop, 1 plcudcd indisposition, ?nd begged that eho would excuso mc. llor husband ordered tho carriage, ossistcd mo in, nnd wc were soon driving homeward. Why wcro u 11 those rooms lighted? 1 queried, as I noticed, while yet somo dis tance owny lights gtuaming from the win dows of thc several apartments of my home. As wc neared the house, I could seo thut tho lights were moving, being carried by persons running hither and thither through thc house, seemingly in tbovwildcst confu sion. A great, wild, indescribable fear tugged at my heart, und scurocly waiting for the vehicle to stop ?ts motion, I sprang to thc sidewalk and rushed into thc hull. ? met four or Gvo persons coming out. I did not notice them, but passed breathlessly up thc stairway. On tho landing I mot tho housemaid her fucc blanched with terror. "Whut is it Martha?" I whispered hoarsely. "Whero is Neville?" "Oh, Mrs. Whatley! Is it you?" sho onx iously replied^. "Where is Neville?" I olmost screamed. "In there," thc frightened creature un awcrcd pointing to tho library door. 1 hurried to tho door, but before 1 could open it, a hand was laid heavily on my ann, and U struugcr's voioo said, ex citedly, "Mrs. Whatley, you must not go in there?" "I must and will!" I said hoarsely; and jerking myself freo from his grasp, I threw back thc lock, ?nd stood within tho apart ment. Lying ?herc before mo, his pallid face upturned to minc, was my Neville, my husband, dead-dead! I had come to sock his forgiveness too late. Would to Clod that I could say now that unconsciousness followed this terrible shock; then would I have boon spared, for a timo at least thc hellish torment that followed. A soul ' in perdition could scarcely huvo suffered moro. I knelt by his side, called him by thc old endearing names, prosed kiss after kiss on his lips and check and forehead. Hut my wildest appeal brought no response to those colorless lips, now forever and forever scaled. My burning kisses foll on a brow as cold as maible. 1 placed my hand above his heart. 'Twas hunhed. I smoothed tho clustering locks from his brow, und thus exposed n deep gfiph, extending fur bael: thc skull, and from which had been oozing a purplo stream. Tho family physician, whoso prcsctico I had not noticed, now carno forward and replaced tho masses of luir over tho wound I had uncovered, and taking mo by tho arm, bndo mo follow bim from tho room. I obeyed as passively as a child. "Can you bear to hoar tho full particulars now, Mrs. Whatley?" ho asked, when scated in a not ber apartment. "What oon I not boar?" I replied. "Have I not already home that knowledge which will becloud my whole future, thc very worst that Ood could possibly send? Yes, let mo hear it now." Ho told it briefly. "About on hour ogo, ns Mr. Whatley was returning homo, a pair of mettlesome horses broke ?way from their drivor, and oumo dusking down tho street with frightful speed. Just as ho turned tho cornov they carno full upon him; ono of tho animals struck him with his hoof;.ho lost his balance and fell, li is bond striking tho curb stono violently, and causing his death almost instantly." Then ho died without a word for mc. Tho thought was keon with anguish. Like ono in a dream I followed tho remains of my husband to tho cemetery, and rcturnod again to tho walls of my deso late homo. Weeks elapsed oro 1 become aware that wo hod lived for beyond our moons, and with this faot oamo tho knowl edge that tho fault was mino alone. Twenty years havo poescd, door reader, sinoo that night, twenty years of remorse and grief and bitterness. What oaro I for tho sunlight? It scorns to mock mo os it falls athwart my pago. Havo 1 not dar kened my lifo with on imponetrablo shadow! Twenty yearsl And to night I seo boforo me, os plainly os thon that sad, sweet, mournful face, turning from mo as ho said, "I would rather havo you remain et homo to-night, Mary;" and a fow boura later, that snmo dcai' faco ghastly with tho pallor of death. Render, if you aro a wife, may tho story of my punish ment save you from a similar futo. Gloso your heart to tho /lemons of anger and discontent Prize thc smile of your husband as your greatest reward, and part not for a day nor au hour in anger. I would sparo you tho remorse that embitters my lifo and enwraps my heart in thc barren ness of desolation. Lawn of tlio Stnlo. Joint Resolution to provide for thc rcorgani station of thc University of South Carolina, nnd of the State Normal School. Whereas experience hus demonstrated that thc existing methods of conducting tho University of South Carolina nro impracti cable, and unnecessarily expensive, and that thc results attained under them arc com mens?rale neither with thc design of tho legislature, nor with thc hopes of tho people who aro taxed for thc maintenance of these institutions of learning; nnd whereas sound public policy mnnifest'y dictates tho expe diency of placing these und similar institu tions, us far os may bo practicable, upon such a basis ns will enable them to afford thc largest possible educational udvuntuges to all classes of citizens at an outlay compntiblo with ibo present embarrassed condition of tho finances of tho State; therefore, lie it enacted, by tho Semite and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, now met ond eitting in Gcncrul Assembly,' und by the authority of tho same: SECTION 1. That his Excellency thc Governor bc, and he is hereby, directed to assume control of all tho property, real nnd personal, of thc Slate Universal and Normal School, now belonging to nnd ustd by these intitulions, nod to placo tho same in thc custody and under the management of some discreet nnd competent person, who shull have tho power, by und with the conscut of thc Governor to rent tho dwelling houses thereof to sui table tenants, and uso the pro ceeds arising from Buch routais iii keeping all thc property in good condition und re pair, and in compensating himself for his services in this regard: Provided, that suoh compensation shall bo determined by the Governor, und that an itemized account of the receipts and expenditures herein con templated shall bo transmitted, through tho Governor to tho General Assembly, nt its next regular session, and annually there after until it shall be otherwise ordered by the Legislature, SKO. 2 That his Excellency the Governor and tho Ronni of Trustees, who, together with thc Chairman of tho Commiltccs on education of thc Senate and of the House of Representatives, respectively shall consti tute u commission to inquire iuto and de vise plans for tho organization and mainten ance of uno university or collego for tho. whites nnd ono for the colored youths of thc State, whicli said universities or colleges shall bc kept separate and apart, but shall forever enjoy precisely tho same privileges and advantages with respect to their stund nrds of learning, and tho amounts of vevc nue to bo appropriated by tho Stute for their maintenance. This commission to report by bill or otherwise, at tho next regu lar session of the General Assembly, nnd lo rcccivo no compensation for thc services of its members. SKC. 3. That said commission shall suggest such measures ns they may deem necessary to secure n moro economical management of said institutions, und to consolidate where prncticublo tho different departments thereof. Approved Juuo 7, 1877. ?-^. -- -- Ci-usliiiii; out u linnie. [From thc Now York Journal of Commerce.] How can wo expect banks to do business and pay dividends in Now York when, be sides their other burdens, they arc weighted with such oppressive taxes? If the Dry Goods Rank winds up nnd takes ?1,000,000 more of capital out of circulation that misfortune will bc amit her testimony to tho oiucl folly of thc present system of bank taxation, national and Stato. Tho poiut ut nt which this bank proposes to go into liquidation might bc avoided but for thc tuxes. These aro "tho last feather that brooks tho oamol's back." Coming on top of thc other inovitablo expenses of running n bank, and tho prevalent business depres sion, they make tho reasons strong why the stockholders of tho Dry Goods Rank should consider tho expediency of closing out tho concern. Tho national taxes on this bank Inst your wero $ill,000, and tho Stato, county and city taxes 829,000, a total of just four per cent, on its whole capital. What hopo lins a bank of making headway against such odds as these? And how soon will some other banks bc obliged to itnitato tlie course forced upon this ono, or at least to reduce their oapital largely? Wo warned tho Legislature of tho result that would follow its refusal to correct tho injustice of the State banking law. Those who despised nnd laughed at our monitious will now real ize somo of tho consequences. Perhaps, by I tho timo tho next Logislaturo and Congress moot, tho lesson taught will bo impressive onough to forco from thom a roi COPO or mitigation of tho loads that aro now crush ing tho lifo out of our banks, < ? -- ? ? -. Tho Stato Treasurer's Monthly statomcnt for May, 1877, shows ?70,808.87 reooivod. and 8407 oxponded. For Juno tho receipts were 807,765.01 and expenditures $M.r>, . 712 89, loaving A balance in tho Treasury of ?80,800.12. Healthy llegulntlons. Judge- Bradley, of tho United States Court, nnd Erskioe, District Judge, nt tho recent session of tho Court at Athene, Georgia, have modo a general order which will hereafter prevent thc arrests of persons charged with offences ogoiust tlio rcvenuo luws upon insufficient evidence, whereby nindi useless expenso is onusod to thc government, aud tho personal liberty of tho people is unnecessarily interfered with. Had (bis order boen mude long ago, much tronido nnd pcrhnps many lives would htivo been Bayed. Preliminary to tho order, Judge Bradley says: "Ono oouso of thia evil scorns to bo the fact that warrants ure i.ssucd upon iii o nffi duvitof Boiuo officer; who, upon tho relation of others whoso ninnes arc not disclosed, swears that, upon information, he has reason to bcliove and doe? believe tho person charged has committed the offence charged. Tho District Judge, not being sutisficd that this is a sufficient ground for issuing u warrant of arrest, has desired my advice iu tho matter. After examination of thc subject we havo come to the conclusion that such an affidavit does not meet thc require monts of tho constitution, which, by tho fourth article of thc umcndmeuls, declares that tho right of thc pcoplo to be sccuro in their persons, housos, papers mid effects against unreasonable searches mid seizures shall not bo violated; and that no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup ported by oath or affirmation, describing tho place to be searched and tho persons bo seized. It is plain from this fundamental enunciation, as from the books of authority on criminal matters in common law, that the probablo cause referred to, nnd which must bc supported by oath or affirmation, must bc submitted to tho committing magis trale himself, mid not merely lo un official accuser, so that he, tho magistrate, may exercise his own judgment cu the sufficiency of the ground shown for believing tho ac cused person guilty; and this ground must amount to a probablo causo of belief or suspicion of thc party's guilt. lu other words, the magistrate ought to have before him thc ont h of t he real accuser, presented either in tho form of un nffidavit, or taken down by himself by personal examination, exhibiting tho facts on which thc chargo is bused, nud on which thc belief or suspicion of guilt is founded. The uingistruto may then judge for himself, and not trust to thc judgment of another, whether sufficient and probable cause exists for issuing a warrant. It is probable that by exercising this degree of caution, somo guilty person may escape publio prosecution; but it is better that somo guilty ones should escapo than that many innocent persons should bc sub jected to tho expenso and disgrace attendant upon being arrested upon a onmiunl charge; mid this was undoubtedly tho beneficent reason upon which tho constitutional pro vision rofcrrcd to was founded." Following this, tho Judgo made tho general order for tho guidance of Commis sioners io tho manner of issuing warrants of arrest against persons charged with crime, to wit: ''No warrant shall bo issued by any Com missioner of this court for tho scizuro or arrest of any person charged with n ci imo or offence against the laws of tho United States upon more belief, or suspicion of thc person making such charge; hut only upon probablo cause, supported by oath or affirm ation of suoh person, in which shall bc stated tho facts within his own knowledge constituting tho grounds for suoh belief or suspicion. in open court this, tho 31st day of Moy, 1877. JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, Circuit Judge. JOHN ERSKINE, Judge. Attest: Flt AN K A.,HAM, Deputy Clerk of said Court. WHAT Wn.r. MAKE HENS LAV?-Put two or moro quarts of water in n kettle, and ono largo seed pepper or two small ones, then put tho kettlo over thc fire. When tho water boils, stir in coarso Indian meal until you have a thick mush. Let it cook un hour or so. Peed hot. Il orso radish chopped fino mid stirred into mush os pre pared in the above directions, nnd for results wo ?rc getting from fivo to ten eggs per day; whereas, previous to feeding wo had not had eggs for a long timo. We hoar n great deni of complaint from other people about not gelling eggs. To such wo would warmly recommend oooked food, fed hot. Boiled npplo skins seasoned with red pepper; or boiled potatoes, seasoned with horse radish, ore good for feed; much better than uncooked food. Corn, when fod to thc hens by itself, lins a tendency to fatten hens rather than of producing tho moro profitable ogg laying. A spoonful of sulphur stirred with their feed occasionally, will rid thom of vermin and tono up their systems, lt is (-specially good for young ohiokous or turkeys. Out of a (look of ton hatohed last November, wo have lost btu ono. They havo boen fod on cooked food mostly, and aro growing finely. In tho Presbyterian Gcnoral Assembly, rooently oonvened in Chicago) tho commit tee, to which was rofcrrcd a memorial re lating td tho communion wino, reported that tho control of this subject should bo left to tho sessions of tho severn 1 churches, with recommendations that tho purest wino attainable ho vined. An amendment, Hint. intoxicating wino is not necessary at com munion, but that non- alcohol fruit of tho vino should ho used, was tabled, and tho report was adopted, WALHALLA COLLIS??. Walhulla is a plucky little pince, and is just now ulakine commcudnblo exertions in behalf of educulion. She now has a charter in sbnpo for establishing another eollcgo in ber midst. Wo leurn from tbo KKOWEK (Wulhullii) CpUJIlKlt that twenty of her citizens have subscribed ?500 euch, ond $000 moro had been raised up to June 28th with prospects of much more. Thc Collego is to bo inaugurated ntul conducted uuder tho auspices of tho Presbyterian Church. This is us it should bo. Thc Baptists hove their Forman University, tho Lutherans their Newberry College, tho Associate Rc formcd iheir Krskine, tho Methodists their Wofford, and now tho Prcsbyteiians aro to have their Walhalla College. This donoin iiiation is noted for its encouragement of learning, and they can no doubt support a first class institution in thin State. Hereto fore they have sent their boys mostly to Davidson College, N. C. Davidson is a good college, but wo hope soon to seo one ot Wulhulla, S. O.i equal to it. Success to tho ctitci pi ?i.e. - Newberry Herald. A SCHOOL BOY ON CORNS.-Corns r.ro of two kinds-vegetable and anima), Vege table corn grows in rows, und un i in ul coli? grows on toes. There arc several kinds of corn; there is thc unicorn, capricorn, com dodgers, field corn, and thc corn which i tho corn you foci most. It is 6oid, I believe, that gophers Uko corn, but persons having corns do not like to "go fur," if they cnn help it. Coros have kernels, ard colonels have corns. Vcgctablo corn grows on cars, but animal corn grows on feet nt tho other end of thc body. Another kind of coro is thc acorn; these grow on oaks, but thero is no hoax about tho com. Tho neoru is a corn with au indefinito article indeed. Try it and sec. Many a man when ho hus u I com wishes it was an acorn. Folks that hove corn sometimes scud for a doctor, and if thc doctor himself is corned ho probably won't do so well as if ho isn't. Tho doctor says oorns aro produced by tight boots and shoes, whioh is probably tho reason why when a man is tight they say ho is corned. If a firmer manages well bc oan got a good deal of corn on on acre, but 4 know of a farmer that has one corn that makes tho biggest ocher on his furm. Tho bigger crop of vegetable corn a man raises tho better he likes it; hut tho bigger crop of animal corn ho raiser thc better ho docs not Uko it. Another kind of corn is tho corn dodger. 'Tho way it is mado is very simple, and is as follows-that is, if you want, to know: You go along thc sticct and moot n man you know hus n corn, and a rough character; thou you stop on tho toe that has a corn o;i it, and sec if you haven't occa sion to dodge. IQ that woy you will find out what a corn dodger is. SocrAT. LiFB.-Any great movement for good in BOoinl lifo begins at homo. It begins with fut!.ors and mothers. Tho first and highest duty is to muko homo cheerful a.nd attractive. Husband and wife must do this for each other. Without this mutual affection will dry up. If they have chil dren, it is their duty to make homo sweet and precious to them. Children with good homes .seldom go to tho bad. Girls who have learned to trust their mother, in their whole round of thought, seldom get talked about. Boys who arc made to ?feel tho strength of u father's and thc tenderness of a mother's love, seldom runs wild. Their natural lovo of fun and mischief docs noe bind them over to thc devil's service. Pleasant, cheerful and bright homes, then, ' ore tho groat demand. They may bo poor, but they can still bc pleasant and attractive and good. Tho heart und spirit aro moro than furniture and dwelling. TUE KAUT.Y RISING DI'I.UMON.-For farmers and thoso who live in localities wh?>Vo people can retiro ot eight or nine o'clock ir? tho evening, tho old notion of eariy Tisiiig is still appropriate. But ho who is kept up till ten, oloven or twelve o'clock, and then rise at five or six because of tho teachings of some old ditty about "carly to vise," is committing a Bin ogainst his own soul. There is not ono man in 10,000 who eau afford to do without seven or eight boura sleep. AH that stuff written about groat men who slept only thrco or four hours a night is npochryphnl. They havo havo boen put upon suoh small allowances occa sionally and prospered; but no man ever yet kept healthy, in body and mind, for ii number of years, with less theo seven ov hours' elcop. If you can goto bcd .carly, then riso carly; if you cannot got to bcd till late, then risc lato, It may bo ns propor for ono man to risc ot eight ns it is fi r an other lo riso ut five. Let tho rousing bell bo rung nt least thirty minutes boforo your publio appearance. Physicians .say that? suddefi jump out of bcd givc? irregular motion to tho pulse. Givo us timo lifter you cal) to roll, ga/.o ot thc world full in tho ! face, and look boforo wo leap. CKKTAIN SION?.-If you brook a look? ing gloss, it is a sign you will havo to get another ono. If you help yourself to n pioco of butter whoo you already hnvo a picco on your plate, it is o certain sign that you havo two pieces. Novor start to go any whore or do anything on Friday, because you can't got a groat way boforo Sunday. If yon drop a fork ?nd it sticks in ?ha floor, it is u good fork. If you spill tho dishcloth on the floor, it 41 is a sign you'll havo to pick it up again. These signs all hold good iu u dry time,