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lia JJ J~B ifeS '^l?l U Jil m\ JLi ill LB TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE " NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1878. VOLUME XIII.-NO. 32. ^Professional Cards. xT. /. NORTON. W. J. 8TRIDL1N0 -0:0 NORTON & STRIBLING, iLttoi-noy? <v? Xjinrw, x WALHALLA, S. C. Moy 80, 1878 28-41 VM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VE11NER. KEITH & VERNER, A TT OR NE YS AT LAW A ND Solicitors in Equity, 'Will practico in tho Stato Courts on tho Eighth Judicial Circuit and iu tho United ?tatos Court Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S O Jan G, 187o 8 tf s. MCGOWAN, II. A. THOMPSON Abbeville S 0 Walhalla, S C MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATT OR NE Y S A T L A W, Will givt) prompt attention to all business confided to thom in tho State, County, and United States Courts. Office on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C ',.io junior partner, MK. THOMPSON, will also practice ?11 tho Courts ot' Picketts, Croen villo and Andorson. January, 1870 tf Ayer's Hair Vigor\ For restoring Gray Hair lo its natural Vitality and Color. W&f? A dressing -k^k*?8 winch is ut 01100 /?\ agreeable, healthy, and ef fectual for pre sorting tho hair. Faded or (/ray hair is soon restored to its original color, with the gloss and /res/mess of youth. Thin hair is thickened, falling hair checked, and baldness often, though not always, cured by its uso. Noth ing cnn roslorc tho h.air whore tho follicles are destroyed, or tho glaiulu atrophied and decayed. But such as remain can bc saved for usefulness ''ii>y this application. Instead of foul ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional uso will prevent tho hair from turning gray or lulling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which mako sotno preparations ?.lan gerons, and injurious to tho hair, tho Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can bc found so d?sir able. Containing neither oil nor dye, it docs not soil white cambric, and yet lasts long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy lustro ami a grateful perfume. Prepared by Dr, J. C. Ayer &. Co,, l*. acth ai mid Analytical Chumists, LOWELL, MASS. MARRIED P 1 ggf DR. BUTTS No. 12 N. Eighth 8r. St. Louis, Mo. Vho ha? had Greater experience In ?ho treatment of Iho .jual Iroirblcaof bolh malo and fctnalo than nny physician ,n the Weil, eivra tho rotuli, of hil lona mid .ncccMltil pratt leo In hia two Btw warka, jual published, entitled Tho PHYSIOLOGY OP MARRIAGE Tho PRIVATE MEDIOAL ADVISER Book? ?hit aro really Coli? oad BalMnilrnrtora In nil mat* tera pertaining to ifmihood and Won>ma>ooil. pud aiiunly wanllonBftlt. They arebeautlfnll/ llluflrated, and In plata ki.guoge, ca,My underwood. Tho two hook- embraroAW P?rtt?! a'ldcoritatn talltslt Information for both marrlcdaiid ilnglo.wltli all tho recent Improvement In medical treatment Jteadwhalourl.omopaperiiay i"Tlio knowledge Imported to Dr. Balta'new work? 1? In,m way of niicatloiiahlv char arter, but la aomelhliiK ?hat every cae thould fcauw. 'lao '.?.?t.,h? vlellm ofr?rly Indlierelion | ?lie Biin.oliicrwlw from ?Vi many,,111? her HM I? hoir riA' 1 1 lo. -8?. I /oula Journal. . I'Ol'UI/AH PBICKS-00 ot?. Mehi both In on? volume., St i In cloth ami 0,111, 2.1 et?, citra. Seul under eenl, on receipt o f pr leo Ul money or ?ttinps. I,OST. Tho foUowiog beautiful linos oro founded on foot, and first appeared in an Australian journal. Tho author, Mrs. Harriot Miller Davidson, is tho oldest daughter of thc lato Hugh Miller. ' Tho night fell suft and starlit On a beautiful harbor town, Whoro orosccnts of tall whito houses To thc gulden benoh crept dowo. Tho windows wcro set wide opeu To catch tho gentle uir, And out on tho darkening water Tho glimmering light shone fair. Tho children's clear young voices Hung out on tho quiet night, And tho sound of merry tnusio Aud of dancing footsteps light. Aud mingled with all tho gladness, From a church closo hy tho sea, Came tho sound of an organ pealing ? Its solemn melancholy. Tho people there were praying, And singing an evening psalm, And thc sound of their voices iloatcd Away ou tho waters calm. While some wero buying und selling Out in tho lighted street, Where the hum of many voices roso, Aud tho echo of many feet. And noone guessed among them all, Thutout in the harbor fair, A lonely mon was drowniug In duvkuoss and despair. For hours ho luis been clinging To a slender, drifting spar; Ile has drifted iu from wider seas Beyond tho harbor bur. And uow be kuows by his ditnmiog eye, And his tired and numbing baud, That hero at last thc end has come, Just within sight of land. Ho hears the m err / music, Ho hears thc chi!, -en call, Ho can catch a glimpse pf thc lighted rooms As tho slow waves liec and fall. Ho can hear tho organ pealing, And thc hymn's long -drawn refrain, And alow sigh bursts from h's heavy breo st lu his lust, long, lonely paiu. He knows that if he could but call, If his voico could reach tho lund, Full many a kindly heart would throb, And many a helping baud. But his breath is spent, his weary breast Heaves in low shuddering sighs; And thc lights ore slowly fading From his dim and tired eyes. Aud so ho siidts, and no ono knows, lu ult that, busy town, When out in their beautiful harbor That lonely man goes down. Oh, lund souls! pause in your praying, Stay awhile thc music sweet, Silence tho children's laughter, And tho sound of dancing feet. And listen, perchance, if near you, Fer want of oue tender hand, Some lonely soul may bc drowning Jiub within sight of thc laud. THE ELECTION LAW An Ad to Alter and Amend thc Law in Relation to Elections. SUCTION 1. Ec it enacted by tho Senate and llouso of Representatives cf tho State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in Genend Assembly, and by tho authority of ibo same, That each election hereafter held in this Stoto nt which there shall bo voted for members of Congress and Presidential Kleetors, it shall bo tho duty of tho proper Board of Commissioners of Elections for each county, to provide boxes for paoli election precinct, and two sets of mnuagors shall be appointed for each election precinct -ono for cadi box. On ono of said boxes shall bo lubollcd "For Members of Congress and Presidential Electors," und tho other, "State, Circuit and County O (Boors,"' aud they shall be kept, while the voting is pro gressing, separate and apart and not in tho sumo apartment. SKO, 2. There sh ali bc two tickets, writ ton or printed, or partly wr'tten and partly printed, Ono ticket shall contain thu name of tho person votod for as Represen ? tativo in Congressional District, und also tho names of persons voted for ns Presidential Elector*, with n proper designation attached to cooli namo, us to whether ho is voted for to represent tho Stato nt lurgc, or a particular Congressional District, ond shall bo depositod in tho 'box labelled, "For Members of Congress and Presidential Electors;" tho other ticket shall contain tho names of tho persons intended to bo votod for ns State and County officers, and tho olliccs to which such persons aro in tended to bo chosen, and shall bo deposited in tho box labelled, "Stato, Circuit and County Ollloors." SKO. 8. It shall bo tho duty of tho Go vernor, ona ho is hereby authorized and empowered, nt least sixty days prior to nay such election, to appoint two Boards of Commissioners of Election, consisting of three members ouch, for each county; both pulitioal parties shall be represented. Ouo shall bo uppointod and designated ns Coin - missioners of Klcotion for "Members of Congress oud Presidential Electors," ond tho other ns Commissioners of Election for "State, Circuit and County Officers." SF.C. 4. At thc closo of tho oleotion tho managers shall count tho votes and imiko out original return atid copy of tho result, and within three days nftor tho day thereof tho Chairmen of tho Boord of Managers, or ono of them who may bo designated by I thc Buard, shall deliver tu tho Commission ers of Election for "Members of Congress and Presidential Electors" tho poll lists and boxes labelled for "Members of Congress and Presidential Electors," with tho origi nal containing tho ballots, und within tho same timo, und in like manner, shall bo delivered to tho Commissioners of Elcotiou for "State, Circuit mid County Ollioers," thc poll lists and boxes lubcMed "State, Circuit and County Officers,'' containing tho ballots, with a similar original of the result of thc vote. SKC. 5. That in addition to thc Hoard of State Canvassers now provided by law, it shall bo thc duty of thc Governor, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, at least sixty days beforo uny such election as is above mentioned, to appoint a Board of State Canvassers, consisting of five members ono from cadi Congressional District, to bo known uud designated as tho Board of Stato Canvassers for "Members of Congress and Presidential Electors." Sur;. 0. It shall bo tho duty of such Board of Stato Canvassers, upou tho certi fied copies of tho Hoard of County Canvas sers for "Members of Congress und Presi dential Electors," to make u statement of thc votes cast and declare thc election of members of Congress and Presidential Electors, os is now or hereafter may bc required by law. Sue. 7. That tho polls shall bc open at eight o'clock in tho forenoon and close at live o'clock in thc afternoon. SKO. 8. All acts or paris of acts inconsist ent with this act bc; uud thc same is hereby, repealed. Approved Mitch 22, 1878. NCR s ly ?"2,04)0,000 a Year. ST. LOUIS, Juno 15.-A special com mittee of tho City Council of St. Louis has made a report strongly in favor of thc adoption of thc bell punch symtcm of taxing malt and nicoli die liquors. They say that "upon information furnished by a distinguished Virginian, they aro satisfied that tho revenue in Virginia this year will bc nearly doublo what it was last year, and thc Auditor of tho State asserts that its working is satisfactory to saluou proprietors und to the peoplo to such an extent that if it were put to a vote in Virginia now it would poss by moro than nine to ono." Thc committee claims that thc tax is not an involuntary one, but a voluntary tribute by thc consumer. Ile is not compelled to take tho drink, and tim saloon keeper is not charged with thc tax until hu has collected it from thc conan mer. Thc elfect of thc law would bo measura bly to decrease thc number uf cheap whis - key shops nnd to increase tho consumption of beer. Thc statistics in Richmond, Vu., for two months show that, in tint city in September, 1877, thoolooholic registrations were 120,880, and tho malt registrations 135,530. In tho month of April, 1878, after tho law had been somo tinto in full operation, the. number of alcoholic registra lions was 119,535, and of malt 150,807. Tho committee oro of opinion that upon thc dimuniliou cf alcoholic consumption, may bo safely predicted an increase of so briely and a dimunitioti of crime, thus decreasing tho necessary expenditures for po li?e und thc criminal courts and jails. Coming to tho important question of rcvonuc, thc committee estimates that 80U0 000 would bo realized iu St. Louis from beer alone, and that tho salo of whiskey, and other alcoholic drinks, would corlainly double this sum, thus showing a revenue from this mode of taxation of near ?2,000, 000 a year: Besides, tho floating popula tion, strangers as well as residents, would thus help to bear thc burden of taxation. Tho coininittco point a glowing picture of thc practical benefits likely to result from tho boll-punch. Tho now filthy streets would be well paved, tho bonded debt of tho city would bo rapidly retired, ond St. Louis, independent of creditors, would bo ono of tho happiest, os it is ono of thc most energetic and prosperous, cities of thc Union. Tho "Mu ii-Hut ci " Shot. A STALLION THAT HAS KILLED THURK MEN AND Dl8VIOUItBD TWKNTV OTHERS. MIDDLETON, May 3.-Tho Ilnmbletonian stallion, "lliainghom," ono of tho finest bred horses in Orango inty was killed by hi? ownor, Dr. J. A. Schultz, in tl is placo last night. Tho animal was twonty uino years old. An offer of 87,000 was onco refused for him. At two years of ago ho was considered tho coming suocessor of Old Ilamblctonion, his siro. Nineteen years ?go, however, ho began to exhibit signs of viciousness that increased as he grew older. Finally ho became almost entirely unmanageable and since thou ho hod boon known as tho "mon-oator." Ht had killod three men, and wounded, crip pled and disfigured twenty others. For fourteen years no one has dared to put him to n wagon until n short time ago. Br. Sobultz, who had owned him but u short timo, with tito nid of scvorni moo, got him in hurocss ?md to a wagon, and tried him. It was a dear oxpcrimont. Thu stallion bioko everything to pieces, and thc ductor waa himself saved by tho merest chancea. Many of tho leading horse train ers of tho country had tried their skill ot subduing him. Ho conquered them oil, and nearly killed one of them. Ono nf his latest exploits was thc seizing of a negro groom who had undertaken to keep him, tearing off tho luau's right cheek aud de stroying tho eye, and stripping tho flesh from his right arm. Tho groom became blind and paralizcd. Thc three men who preceded tho negro os grooms all uarrowly escaped with their lives. Ouc lost an ear, another had three Cngors and a thumb taken oft, and the third left his arm from the elbow iu the jaws of thc horse. It bo oamo impossible to got n groom for the stallion. No ono knew nt what moment tho brute would attack him. Dr Schultz at last made up his' mind that Hisingham was chronically iustiue and concluded to kill him before ho claimed another victim. As Hisingham stood in hts stall, glaring over tho manger at thc spectators who had entered tho stable to sec the man-eater die, five largo pistol balls wore shot into his head, directly between the eyes. They failed to brinn him down, and, uttering tho fiercest neighs, he modo frantic efforts to get over tho manger among thc bystundcis. As ninan drew th J attention of tho horse away, Dr. Schultz,, by a skillful thrust of u long knife, severed tho jugular vein, nud thc blood spurted out in a large stream. For a loug time Hisingham stood up under tho great flow of blood, relaxing uo effort to get ut tho men. At length he settled to thc floor, but to thc last moment maintained his fierce disposition. The last movement ho mudo was to attempt to seize Dr. Schultz with his teeth, tho doctor having gone into thc stall. Horsemen say that but for tho temper of this horse ho would have been worth S?1?,OOO. His skeleton is to bc set up in Dr. Schultz's office. AID &JBOIUIOW8I War. It is probably news to most of our read ers that, whilo Russia has been engoged in tho overthrow of Turkey, and thc rest of thc world, has been absorbed in watching thc performance and its Bide shows, a vigo rous and remarkable campaign has taken place in Eastern Turkestan, threatening tho Russian dependencies in that quarter of tho world: and resulting in tho rcsubjugation by the Chinois of. tho rebellious provinces of Western Kansuh and Eastern Turkestan, ending with thc capture of Knshgur, tho capital of thc lutter. Of these operations, covering, as n glance at the map will show, enormous distances (Koshgar is over 2,000 miles from Pcken, os thc crow flies), thc civilized world has remained in almost absoluto ignorance It was known io 1875-70 that tho Chineso Government was about to attempt a chastisement of tho northwestern rebels, including Yacoob Reg, thc Atuoor of Kasligor, who is perhaps more familiar te Western nations than any of the other leaders. Ry the close of 1870 all thc country North of tho Timi Shan mountains v.\is reduced, and it remained to proceed against Kashgar, some 900 miles distant, South of thc range. This was u fur moro formidable undertaking os tho strength of Kathgor was supposed to bo considerable. Tho invaders wcro met at tho frontier by a force whioh they over threw, and pushed rapidly forward, march ing 400 miles tn twenty ono days, in that time capturing three citied and wtuuing ono pitched battle, Tho fact that the day following this battle thc Chinese wcro nblc to continue their advance as on organized body is abundant cvidenco that their discipline is something moro than that of a barbaric horde. Tho campaign was energetically pushed after this, thc invaders being lav orcd by tho confusion into which Kashgnria was thrown by thc report of these unlooked for reverses. Tho principal cities foll, offering moro or less resistance, and in De cember, 1877, a battle was fought and won beforo Kashgar itself, which nt onoo sur rendered. Tho commanding olliccr of tho Chinese movement is Diu Kin Tang, and wc commend at least a superficial study of his campaign. Conducted as it was with at least un approach to Western modos of warfare, with a general stuff and coinmisi orals which must havo bcou admirable, und a sufficient artillery train, it should bo token ns a warning. Europo and America may yet learn that tho modern brccoh loader is on efficient weapon in tho bauds of tho despised Mongolian. An ordinary otlns will show thc main outlines of this remark able military nehiovemcnt. Tho advance had of COUrso to bo conducted aoross deserta and mun ntain without any of tho modern means of transportation, and it is very evi dent from thu distances marched and tho time occupied in doing it that tho (?hi?ese soldier is not tho contemptible person of whom wo havo been accustomed to think. Kashgar is not far from half way between Pekin and St. Petersburg, and already there aro prophets who anticipate moro dan ger to Europo from tho Mongolian than from tho Muscovite. As it is your duty and intorcst woll to support your minister, so it concerns you to pray earnestly for him, and caoh ono to do what in him Hos in alt rcspcots to encourage and help him; if this were dono by all members of tho church, I fool persuaded tho ministry would revivo in frcshnoss, anxious inquirers would bo moro numerous, and tho people of Hod moro rejoicing. \ I Tlic People and (lie Executive. Tho suggestion Grst mado through tho Medium that all oQiocs of appointment bo lilied by tho (lo ver nor only upon tho recom mendation of tho Democratic clubs in their primary assemblies has mot with very earnest popular approval and is gaining strcogth us it goes. -Such aotion is uot in tended to in any wuy intorfero with Ejecu tivo patronago as provided in tho constitu - tion and laws of tho State-it is meant ns a help and not as a hindrance to tho Go - vernor who, if moved by an ejo singlo to tho publio good and net by oousiderations of personal popularity, would bo rejoiced to reecivo wholesome suggestions and consido roto counsel from tho people, in whom after all tho strength and stability of all our in stitutions resides. It relieves him of a great responsibility and virtually remits tho dis position of nil such matters to the pooplo who have tho prescriptive right to bo heard on all questions affecting their interests. As it is, tho Governor makes his appointments upon pctitioos signed by a handful of men and by tho advice ot tho Seuators aud Representatives of tho differ ent counties!. Mistakes in tho selection of tho proper men have been so frequently made that it is now proposed to ottompt a reform in this direction-not that any ono questions tho wisdom or patriotism of tho Excoutivo iu distributing his favors but because tho common Democratic votera havo tho right to say who shall re?oive their ro turo*, collect their tuxes aud administer justice between thom. Tho plan proposed virtually amounts to an election and it is tho wisest and safest and bost woy out of many difficulties by which wo are sur rounded. Tho popular will should bo con - sulted-it can generally bo depended upou with almost perfect safety. No man uocd bc afraid to trust his chances to tho bolter judgment of tho people;. This is pure Democracy-this is tho truo idea of popu lar govern men t where all tho power resides with tho pooplo for whoso benefit and by whoso direotion tho laws aro administered. It is nob Wade Hampton os a personal entity who rules this State, but it is Wo do Hampton as tho chosen head, fcarloss, out spoken official representativo of tho wholo people of South Carolina. [Abbeville Medium. Tine Valley of thc Joi'dau, Tho Jordan Valley, from Lake Tiberias to thu Dead Sea, is about seventy miles in length. TUreo miles is its average breadth, although it widens at places into plains ten miles broad. .These plains are beautiful oases, which fact will remove the impres sions now popular, that tho whole region is a sterile desert. There are many streams running out of tho mountains on cither side, and in every case, whero tho river louves tho foot of thc hills, there is a ruinod village. Thora is little difficulty in picking out among these many of tho localities men tioned in tho Bible. Along tho course of thc Jordan wo find ruius of many of tho bridges bult by tho Hornaus. Ono of these, just below Lake Tiberias, consists of ten huge arches, and must havo boen a hand some structure. By irrigation tho Volloy of tho Jordan, embracing 200 square miles muy bo made as fertile as thc Nilo, and will support half a million cf people. Tho oxpense would bo trifling, and anything that grows in tho hot beds of tho world eau bo produced in tho Jordau Valley. Tho val ley and adj oi mug ones havo numerous hot sulphur springs. Somo milos cast of tho Jordan, just below Laka Tiberios, is a small basin containing a largo hot spring and somo ruios which indicate that it was at ono limo a popular resort. There aro ro mains of a large theatre and many houses that must havo been magnificent in their day. Tho wholo country is filled with ruins. There aro popular traditions that Sodom, Gomorrah and other wicked oities of the plain aro submerged. The boliof is erro neous, and tho Dead Sea has never exceeded its borders. These cities must have oxistcd at tho northern end of this body of water. Every link in tho chain ot' evidence loads to this belief. On tho plain nt tho north ern oad of the sea aro some rebuilt oitios, exactly corresponding in number and posi tion to tho oities of tho plain that wore destroyed by tho great conflagration men tioned iu tho Bible. At ona piuco aro three cities abovo ground, in "layers." First are tho mud houses of thc Arabs; noxt under these is a city built by tho Homans; still under that is a Hebrew oily, and still lower down, whero men havo turned up thu earth thirty or forty foot deep, thora aro tho ruius of still another ago. In ancient times, there cannot bo tho slightest doubt, this land was densely popu lated by a wealthy people. Tho ruios which dot tho country and tho foot that tho Homans thought it worthy of conquest provo tho assertion. There aro to bo soon still, among other things, tho remnants of roads mort thon live hundred miles built by tho Homans. Tho workmouship was superb, and even at this day tho drives aro frequently wcU prcsorved. Theso, too, go to show tho tonner importance of tho oountry which domondod suoh a oostly meaos of internal intercourse. Tho volloy is i n tel-soc tod with irrigating canals, built by tho ancients, showing that thoy had more intelligence titan any that havo lived thoro slade* Tho worst casu ot' selfishness that over has been presented to tho publio emanated from a youth who complained because his mother put n bigger mustard plaster on his younger brother than sho did on him. NEW DISCOVERIES OE REPUBLICAN EM BEZZLEMENTS.-So acoustotncd lies tho publio become to tho embezzlement o?' funds by tho Republican party, that what would ordinarily bo deemed a startling revelation seems to make but a slight impression. From Washington there comes a statement from tho Naval Committoo "that ?102,000, 000 in money has been expended sicco 1865, besides millions more in old stores, and that Secretary Robeson alone, in utter dk regard and contempt of law, has expended 8180,000,000." Tho roport coooludos by declaring "that tho rottenness of thc Navy Dopartmeut is beyond coucoption cud re commends tho President to have Robeson indicted." Ou tho very same day, tho 14th, Glover's Committee discovered a forced Treasury balauco of 819,000,000, brought about by a false entry on Juno 13, 1.865, at which timo McCullough was Sec retory and Spiuucr was Treasurer. Con nected with this falso entry waa a forgery and a secret issuo of ?19,000,000 of com pound interest notes, taken out of thc reve nue and not accounted for anywhere Nor did tho public dobt statement, for that month, account for thc sum as having been drawn from tho rcvonuo. Simultaneously with tho discoveries comes tho revelations that tho money to defray tho expenses of tho Republican visiting statesmen was paid by thc First National Bank, as a matter of acoommodation to thc Treasury Department and Mr. Hayes, and that the bank was guaranteed re-payment out of an antici pated appropriation whioh tho President was to recommend. Tho evidence that John Shcrmau knew how tho bills wcro paid, and countenanced thc assurances of re-payment, which were given to tho bank, ia on Die with the Secretary of tho Scnato Committee on Appropriations, nud specifies tho purposes for whioh tho money was to bo used, but studiously avoids saying how tho tuouoy was obtained, lt is believed that tho bank will loso nil thc money unless Sherman pays tho amount out of his own pookct.-Straight- Out Democrat. SPAKE MINUTES.-How much wo can accomplish in them if wc only try! If the farmer, while ho is waiting for his dinner to bo "dished up,'' would natl on that looso palling to tho gnrdon gato, or do five min utes' work on tho doorstep whioh needs repairing, or took up tho vino whioh tho storm hos beaten down, ho will feel nono tho worso for it wheu he sits down to din ner, and yet tho piooo of work will give him satisfaction overy tinto he thinks of it. Moro than this, tho mended gate will keep tho ohiokenn from destroying tho garden, thus saving him dollars of money and hours of timo. Tho mended stop may save somo member of the household a heavy fall, and perhaps broken bones. It certainly will add much to the stock of happiness to feel that it is all safo and sound. Tho vine over tho window gives n air of tasto and refinement to tho house, which is very diffe rent from thc effect produced by a ragged, wind-beaten vine trailing in thc path. How sadly these things aro neglected about too many households! For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoo the horso wu3 lost, For want of a horso thc rider was lost, And nil for tho want of u horso shoo nail. There is not much pootry in tho old ditty, but there is a good deal of truth in tho lessou it is intended to teach. It is quito as true indoors as out. Tho woman who is quick to observe little thiogs that need doing, who mends garments ns soon as possible after they aro lom--who docs not think it too much trouble lo get her needle and thread and sew a rent up in an odd fino minutes-will never havo her mending basket piled up so high it half distracts her to look at it. Thc forehanded housewife cuts her carpet rags a handful at a time, as she cuts out her work, instead of throwing all tho odds and onds in a barrel together until tho week before she wishes to soud it off to thc weaver. It seems to take no limo when sho outs them as sho makes them, and they oan be carefully stowed away io somo safo placo, and a smaller bag convenient into whioh tho out tings from doy to doy oro placod. IMPORTANCE OF CHEWING TIIK FOOD WELT..-Tho first operation in tho progress of digestion is to chow tho food thoroughly, and it is for this purpose and no other that wo aro provided with teeth. "Wo must not only ohew tho food to divide it, so it moy bo easily swallowod, but wo must chow it dooly ut tho samo timo, mixing it thoroughly with tho saliva whioh flows into tho mouth as possible. Now, thoro aro many persona who think that the only object of chewing is that thc food may bo moro readily swal lowod, and that if once tho food gets into the stomach-no matter as to tho condition -this orgnn will toke tho proper caro of it. It is a woll known foot, that has boon veri fied by aotual experiment, that tho food, when thoroughly mixed with saliva, is moro roadily digested than when little or no saliva is mixed with it. Tho saliva e flo o ts a chango in tho food, oven boforo it roaches tho stomach, which renders tho work of tlii. organ oomparativoly easy. This may bo proved by thoroughly mixing somo boil ing starch with thc salivo-tho stsroh will bo ohanged into a sugar. Tho objcot of tho saliva is to favor tho expression of tho voico, to moderato thirst, to assist tho sonso of tasto, to stimulate tho stomnoh and ex. oito it to activity, to aid tho digostion of food by a specific notion upon tho food itself, and to neutralizo any acidity of tho stoinaoh. A sermon's strength is not its tongth.