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S. J~I1IIU -E244* A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture Vol. X. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1874. No.1 THENHERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, It (NWreY 0. 1.,s 9f THOS, Fe GRENSKE4R Ed: tor and ProprieOr. Invariably in Ahvauce. Theer is itye t the expirl4o t 101- Tbq4 ma rk denotes* exp i!stioal ofbs KECILDREW'S ROOM. timmy e were brfght with smiles, ~ Be~t'war ryifgt'estrength ofber wiles, 4U .ftabe4.iVit 64w iiparkling about, i was t1ifting out; ~ S~tiur -,i"y with a mernysgh MWjpWou& ane might please the eye: - Yet I wondered bow much was owing to art. .-Ad.wethcr~ tbe eengt bad any part, And I stoke awy, in- the gatbering gloom, ~Qityup to the thildren's room. Tbere were no rustling satins there, "wq&blOOUr, no jeweled hair, NotWig too a ce for wear and tear I ~~&tingfaigli and biearty shout, *,$ frc1"s feet WenZ Pripps about, y.falessly fu.'andl out! HZ jbjjosoW gjMj poinp, lIo fwo.us from baving a merry romp, ,,_epvt. iAs tci, the walls are bane. .;Wvokvy nock tkem aWot and wather won't ~!~I~c4io ir*ality mues an& gloom, Wea-Lo as we .please in-the ChWdre'S r~ oom! 'Oe h orwW ssusbhine burst? m 442ftQW)bWA* my knee _'Ciemag twound my neck are thre! J," f I,41o madplay,~ - 'irge pead &r a leDger stay; I pwomised to tell her a Noff: t".ay! -Willy Ish ig 4or breatk ChOwAn, you'll ca inf squeeze me to Now. ymu've,potme- down ozL ;he. floor, Zlreal W O.T0 tfijed frr amythintv more! "Are you, then, so absolutely faultless ?" "I wish he would get his wife i new silk dress." said Mrs. Jaynes ford. "I'm -tired -of seeing tha cld figured poplin. Sarah had i new one last Sunday." "New!" cried Mrs. Caxgrove elevating her nose scornfully, "it'g nothing on earth but, the cinna mon-brown dyed black !" "You don't say so!" cried Mrs Jaynesford. "Did - know thal Ellen Black had an diashawl!' "My " interrogated the lady of the house. "And her ancle 1ail. last week !" -'Some people fail very comfort ably," sniffed Mrs. Jaynesford. And Helen Barr told me at the artists'reception last Thursday-' She checked herself as the dark blue velvet curtain, which fell over the embrasure of the bay-window, was lifted and her friend's husband sauntered forth. "I did not know you were there, Stephen," said Mrs. Caxgrove, coloring a little. "So I concluded!" he observed dryly. And taking up the little mite-chest, he held it with a smile toward the visitor. "I have no pennies," she said, glancing over the contents of her morocco portemonaie, and slight ly tossing her head, as she arose to take her leave. "The stingy creature !" ejacula ted Mrs. Caxgrove, when the door was clearly closed 'behind her, "I don't believe any one ever knew Myrtilla Jaynesford to give a cent in charity !" "See here, Lill," said her hus band, "I only wish I had a phono graphic report of your conversa tion for the last half hour." "Why ?" "Because you and your friend, Xrs. Jaynesford, were tearing the world into tatters! What does the Bible say about the unruly mem ber !" "Nonsense!" said Mrs. Cax Grove, reddening, "Myrtilla is a great gossip, but-" "I beg your pardon, Lill, but you were- bad." "1 don't believe it." - 'Let 'us make a bar je dy ear," said"Mr. Caxgrove. "I give tolerably good allowance for pin moneys every* week, don't I ?" "Yes; but what on earth has hat todo with it ?" - "Just this ;every time your togue touches a neighbor's mis ionsor seasdisparagingl of bp 664, you aball put a tooent leftsiMo the mit e.#hest.~ "1 would just as soon do it as ota said- Mrs. Cargrove, excited y. "I am sure I never-" "Is it a bargain?" -"Yes, of -course.. Ifit was Myr Mr. eor,ow"Caxgrove held out the mite b.est. Litla bit -her lip, but she ropped in the little bit of folded paper "Stephen you are too bad! To ake me uip so!" "But I -thought it was a bar gain" Mrs. Caxgrove sw ept indignant ly across the room. Presently she erked the bell-wire. "Susan," she said to the girl who answei-ed the summons, "do take those sickening tube roses say. Anybody might know when Mrs. Lawrence has had a ball at her house; she sends the second-hand flowers round among eri is the next-day.". ~~ sa r. C4giove, aily "-take thaflittle pa Woto in istress." - "St~plie," crid Mrs.Cargrove, I only-" "I know it-, my dear," said her husband, "If you say so, I release you from the agreement." "I don't wan't to be released," said Mrs. Cargrove, angrily. "Ac ident happens to be on your side ist now." "On the side ot the Home Mis sion, you mean," said the husband. "By the way, there's that note from Miss Dallas to be answered. are you forgotten it ?" "What shall I say ?" "Accept the invitation, I1 sup pose." "Oh, Stephen, I would so much rather go to the opera! It's always so stnpid at the Dallas,' with old rs. Dallas telling about her oughs and colds, and Jessie al ways full of the last' sewing cir :le." "Well, I suppose it isn't very lively," said Mr. Caxgrove, with a sy smile. "Ten cents, Lii!, if you please." "Why, Stephen, what have I said ?" Oh, to be sure," And Mrs. Cagrove could not help laughing~. "Well. it's worth ten cents to have the privilege of speaking my mind. Any way, I shall send re grets." "They'll be an awful fib then !" said Mr. Caxgrove. "nly a polite fietion. There, I t haven't a sheet of note paper left - Mrs. Captain Sibthorpe sent i and borrowed the last yesterda3 Mrs. Sibthorpe never returns an3 thing she borrows by any poss bility." "Like the wicked woman in th Scripture," said the husband. "To cents, my love." "It's too bad !" cried Lilla wit] flaming cheeks, "I didn't mean t be taken up this way," "I only wish Mrs. Jaynesford o: one of her set would call again, suid Mr. Caxgrove, roguishly. "There goes the bell now I" "I shall be on my guard," sai< the wife. "I do believe it's Mrs Montague, the very one of all oth ers I most wish to see. No, it isn' either, it's old Miss Ducey. Oh dear! now I shall be bored for i mortal half hour." "The Home Missiop again!" sai< Mr. Caxgrove, calmly presentinj the inexorable mite-chest, at th< same instant in which Miss Ducei was shown into the drawing room Miss Ducey had come to tel Mrs. Caxgrove-all the particular, of a recent wedding, and she stop ped an hour and a half. And wher she went away she circulated th< r<port that "poor Mrs. Caxgrore'i husband was really getting quit( insane on the subject of money for all the time she was there h( sat in the bay-window, pretending to be busy with a book, but ever3 now and then he would repeat t( himself, "Ten cents, ten cents, ter cents." "And, my dear," added Miss Du cey, "I never saw a person look s( mortified as Mrs. Caxgrove did. She turned .as red.as a beet." "Stephen," cried the wife, ai soon as her visitor had gone, "it'i too bad for you to make one re sponsible for the tongie of an olk tale-bearer like Miss Ducey! I couldn't stop her mouth!" "Of course not," said Stephen: "your mouth is the only one foi which you are accountable, an( has just got you into another ter cent difficulty. Upon my word, th Home Mission is making money at a railroad rate. Don't look at vexed, Lill, darling; all this only Iprores to you that you were real ly getting into an almost uncon se'ious habit of criticism and fault. finding." "But I 4eclare I won't be caught again," said Mrs. Caxgrove, reso -lutely. At the end of five minutes she came back with a telegram in her band. "You'll have to go to the depot Stephen," she said, "to meet the Ravens. Here is a telegraphic dispateh to say that they are oni their way to visit us. Oh, dear why can't they stay at home What shall I do with those three horrid, disagreeable young savages of children ? I declare, I'd rather pay-" "Ten cents, Mrs. Caxgrove,' said -her husband, and then he went to meet the train. At the end of the week the mite-cbest was opencd, and found to contain five dollars and thirty cents in fine money. "I didn't know that I1 was sc bad, Stephen," said Mrs. Cargrove half laughing, half crying, "for the future I will try to 'set a watch upon the door of my lips.'' Mr. Caxgrove counted out the money and sent it to Mr. Salter with a little note saying that the mite-chest had met with better luck than his wife had anticipated. "We'll set a little trap to cateb a bad habit again," he said laugh ingly to Lilla "I hope the money will do the Home Mission much good, but 1 am sure it has already wrought a good work in my owc little domestic mission." "I think so, too," said Lilla. (Christian Observer. RIDING AFTER REINDEERS.-l wanted to see the Laps, and drive a reindeer. They can go fifty miles an hour for two hours daily. The sledges are narrow and have an oscillating motion, and one un. accustomed to them will tumble out in all directions. You drivE with one line only ; that reaches from the animal's horns, and is tied around your arm. After you get pitched out, the reindeer stopi when he is tire'd of dr agging you through the snow. Sometimes they 'bout face and buck you out, and not unfrequently perform that task by kicking. I was keeled out by a kick and snatched along 20( yards at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. We drove to an ac quaintance who owned 4000 rein deer. I went into his tent. and found men, women, dogs, and other animals sleeping together, and I found so many fieas therE that I took my bag and went out to sleep in a snow-bank. [ Du ChaillWt THE APPROPRIATION BILL AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATON T( e MEET THE ORDINARY EXPENSES 0 THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR TH) FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING NO VEMBER 1, 1873. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by tht Senate and Bouse of Representa. tives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As. sembly, and by the authority of thi same, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated to the objects herein named out of the proceeds of the tax of 14 mills, levied in pursuance of See tion 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing No'vember 1, 1873, and to alter and amend the law in relation to the collection of tax es," that is to say :. 1. For the salary of the Govern or, $3,500; for the contingent fund of the Governor, $20,000; for the salary of the Governor'E Private Secretary, $2,000; for the salary of the Governor's Messen. ger, $500. 2. For the salary of the Lieuten ant Governor, $2,500. 3. For the salary of the Secreta ry of State, $3,000; for the salary of the Clerk of the Secretary of ),State. $1,800 ; for the contingent fund of theSecretary of State, 1, 000. 4. For the salary of the Comp. troller-General, $3,000; for the salary of the Clerk of the Comp troller-General, $1,800 ; for extra services in the oice of the Comp. troller-General, $2,000; for the contingent fund of the Comp. troller-General, $1,000; for the civil contingent fund, $15,000, to be drawn on the warrant of the Comptroller-General, on the appli. cation of the Attorney-General, to defray expenses of litigation in his department; for Abel Robbins, pensioner, $480, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller-Gener ,al; $2,700 for the payment of commissioners and managers of general and special elections held in the various Cour'ties of this State in the years 1871, 1872 and 1873; and $600, if so much be- ne eessary, for tbe payment of ex penses of the special election held in Beaufort County in 1871; said amounts to be drawn on the war rant of the Comptroller-General; $2,000, to be used by the Comp ' trollei--General, if so much be nec essary, t6'e drawn upon his war rant, for the purpose of the inspec tion of all Auditors' and Treasur ers' accounts by a competent par. ty-, subject to the direction of his office.. 5. For the salary of the State Treasurer, $2,500 for the salaries of the Chief Clerk and Book-keep. er of the State Treasurer, $1,800 for each ; for the contingent fund of the State Treasurer, $1.000. 6. Forghe salary of the Adjil tant and Inspector-General, $2, 500; for the salary of the Clerk of the Adju.tant and Inspector General, $1,000 , for the contingent fund of the Adjutant and Inspec tor-General, $1.000; for .the con tingent expenses of t he State mil itia, $5,000, to be used as follows, viz: $500 for the Military Hall in Charleston, to be drawn on the application of the Brigadier Gene. r-al, 1st Brigade, 2d Divisinn of the National Guard, approved by the Major General commanding 2d Di vision ; $500 for the armory of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division of the National Guard, at Columbia, to be drawn upon the application of the General commanding the bri gade, with the approval of the Governor ; $250 for the armory at Beauf'ort, to be drawn on the aip plication of the Brigadier-General of 2d Brigade, 2d Division, with the approval of the Major-Gener al commanding division ; $500 for the benefit of each properly organ ized regiment having at least 500 men enrolled and ready for duty, to be drawn upon the application of the Colonel of the said regi ment, which application shall be endorsed by the Brigadier and Major-General -commanding' the brigade and division to which such regiment is attached, and countersigned by the Governor ; and the Comptroller-General shall, upon the presentation of such ap plications, properly approved and signed, draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount or the respective applications, en dorsed by the Major-General com manding the division to which said regiments may be attached, and countersigned by the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 7. For the salary of the State Superintendent of Education, $2, Ka00- for the alary of the Clerk of the State Superintendent ofEd. teation, $1,000; for the contingen-t fund of the State Superintendent of Education, $1,000; for mileage ceriticates 'of the State: Board: 6i Education, S1,000-to be drawn on- the order of the State Superin. tendent of Education. 8. For the salary of the Attor. ney-General, $3000,; for the salary of the Attorney-General's Clerk, $1,000; for the contingent funo of the Attorney-General, $1,000. 9. For the salary of the Chie. Justice of the Supreme Court, $4, 000; for the salariei of the two Associate Justices, $7,000; for the Clerk of the Supreme Court,.who shall perform the duties of Libra. rian of said Court, $1,500; for the State Reporter, $1,500 ; for an at -tendant upon the, Library and rooms of the Supreme Court, $500, (said attendant to be appointed by and removable at the pLeasure of said Court;) for the purchase of books for the Supreme Court Library, $1,000-; for the contin gent expenses of the Supreme Court, $600-to be drawn on the order of the Chief Justice. 10. For-the sal'aries of the eight Circuit Judges, $28,000; for the salaries of the Judge of the Infe rior Court of Charleston County, $2.500; for the, salaries of the eight Circuit Solicitors, $8,000. 11. For the salary of Keeper of State -House and State, Librarian, $1,000; for the oitingent fund of State Librarian, $500; for the sal; aries of the two Watchmen of the State House and' Grounds, $600 each. 12. For the salary of the Super intendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, $2,500; for the salary of the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, $2,000. 13. For the salaries of the Coun - ty Auditors, $32,500; for the Clerk to the Auditor of Charleston Coun ty, $1,000. .14. Forthe-salariesof the Coun ty 'School Conimissioners, $32,200. 15. For the Health Officer, $5, 100; for quarantine expenses, $2:. 500; for the Keeper of Lazaretto, $400-to be drawn on the warrant of the Port Physician of Charles ton. 16. For the special election in Charleston County, $1,500-to be drawn on the warrant- of the Comptroller-Genera!. SEC. 2. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropri ated to the objects herein named outof the proceeds of the tax of 14 mills,levied in pursuance of Sec tion 2 of the Act recited in section 1 hereof-that is to say : 1. For the construction'and'sup port of the State Penitentiary,$5 1, 500-41,500 of which shall be used for transportation and clothing of discharged convicts, to be paid on on the warrant of the Comptroller General, on the application of the Superintendent, to be approved by the Board of Directors. 2. For the support of the State Lunatic Asylum, $65,000, $15,000 of which, if so much be necessary, to be applied .to the payment of salaries and wages of employees of said- institution, to be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller General, on the application of the Board of Regents. 3. For the support of the State Orphan Asylum, $25,000, to be paid in accordance with the law establishing the same. 4. For the Catawba Indians, $800. 5. For the support of the Insti tution for the Edlucation of~ the Deaf; DuImb and the Blind, $10,000, to b~e paid on the warrant of the Comptroller-general, upon the ap plication of the Chairman and Sec retary of the Board of Commis sioners of the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be drawn until the institution heretofore established shall be re-opened and in opera tion. 6. For the University of South Carolina, $27,850, toi be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller-Gener al, upon the application of the Secretary of the board of Trustees of the University ; for beneficiary scholarships in the said Univer sity, $6.400, to be paid in accor dance with the law establishing the same ; for the support of the preparatory school of the Univer sity, $2,500, to be paid on the war rant of the Comptroller-General, upon the applicatioa of the Secre tary of the Board of Trus4tees of the University ; for repairs to buildings of South Carolina Uni versity, $5,000, to be paid on the warrant of the President of the University, with the approval of the Trustees of the same, $500 of which shall be used for the repair of the library and repairing the books. 7. For Normal School purposes, '$600 to be paid on tho warrant of the Comptroller-General, upon the application of the Board of Regents of the N6rmal School. SEc.* 3. Th'at the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropri ated to the ojects herein named out of the proceeds of the tax- of 1. mills, levied pursuaift to Sec tion 4-of an Act-eWtitled "An Act to raise'suiplies foi' the fiscal'year commencing November' 1, 1873, and to Ulter and amend the law in relation to the collection of taxes." That is to say: L. For the payment ofthe sala ries and mileage of the meni bers of theGeneral Assembly,9103,000,ifso much be necessary, and the Clerks of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives are hereby authorized and directed -to farnish. to each member of their respective bodies a pay certificate for the amount .of his:salary and per diem,as fixed by an Act entitled "An Act to reg ulate the pay of the members of of the General Assembly, approved March 13, 1872. 0,2. For the payment of the ClerkL of the Engrossing and Enrolling Departments, Solicitors and Clerks of the Attorpey-General's- officer and other expenses common to.the two houses, the sum of $12,000, if so much be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be drawn on th6 order of the President of the Sen ate, countersigned by the Speaker of the House of Represciltatives. - 3. For the payment of the sub ordinate 'officers, employees and incidentiitexzenses of the $enate, the sum of $30,000 is hereby appro-. priated,,to be paid in such amounts as said body shall determine, 'upon the.order of the President of the Senate, attested by the Clerk of the same. 4. For the payment of the sub ordinate officers, employees and .incidental expenses of the House of Representatives, the sum of $45,000 is hereby appropriated,. to be paid in such amount as said 6ody shall determine, upon the or der of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, attested by the OClerk of.the sae.e -5.I For'thb paymient of expenT8es ofecurrent pririting, $25,000 is here-. by appropriated, to be paid on the order of the Clerks of the two Houses. 6. If the proceeds of the tax 1ev,. ied for the payment of the ex penses :ot the General Assemibly shall be insuffieienti to pay'in full the appropriations herein made, the State Treasurer is directed, af-. ter payinjg'thesa1aries and mileage of the members, to divide the re mainder pro rata between the House and Senate orders. SEo. 4. 1. That the sum of $300, .000 is hereby appropriated for the support and maintenance of pub. lie schools, out of the proceeds' of the tax of 2 mills, 'levied in pursu ancee'of Section 3 of the Act.before recited in Section 1 hereof. 2. That the sum realized from said levy, in excess of $300,000, is hereby appropriated to the pay. ment of teachers' claims for the years* 1871 and 1873; Provided, That the said exeess be apportion ed by the State Superintendent of Education, amongst the several Counties of the State, as 'hereinaf ter provided, and be paid pro rata upon teachers' claims in said Coun ties; and the State Superintendent of Education is hereby authorized and directed to apportion the said appropriations upon the- basis of school attendance ini the. several Counties of the State for the scho lastic year ending June 30, 1873; and the School Commissioners of the several Counties are hei-eby instructed to apportion the school funds of their respective Counties upon the basis of school atten dence in the various school dis tricts of their -said Counties, as aforesaid. SEC. 5. 1. For the payment of the balance due the Rcpublican Printing Company, on contract for current and permanent 'printing of the present session of the Gen eral Assembly, $54,000, to be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Act under which said con tract was awarded to the said com pany. 2. For payment of expenses of publishing the laws of the extra and regular sessions of the General Assembly, $25,000, out of the pro ceeds from phosphate royalty, to. be paid on the order of the Clerks of the two houses:. Provided, That no contract shall be made with any paper othier than those designated as the official papers of the State. SEC. 6. 'For the payment of the July interest upon the'consolida ion bonds ofthe State,such amount as may be necessary of the pro ceeds of the'- 1 mill tax levied in pursuance of Section 7 of the Act recited in Secion' 1 hereof; the surplus, if aniy, after paying said interest tn be annplid n the er. tincuishmen- of theprincipal of said debt, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce the volume'of the public debt, nl tO* proviNe or the aym I tf. sam" ap.proved December.22, 1873. SEc. 7. That tie monei herein :iproprited s"continin t fiuds. shall be drawn by the h ads of each depairtmentrespectivycl; and thev shall niake' to the Geneial Xssembly, at its next session, oir or befoi-e December~1, a detailed itatement of the iiSDoSItIcI madd thereof: Provided, That no officer authorized to imake conti-acts or draw funds from these appropria tions shall expend, or make a coni tract expending, au more money than has been appropriated. for suc d pdoieWihi-Act SE. 8 . Thi ' noney appropria ted in Section: 2.of this Actshall not be paid out except for ex ,penses incurred du-ink thelfiscal year commencing NXovember 1, 1873, and endirig October 31, f74; and it is hereby made'a felony for any officer to pay out any portion of tlie same otherwise than hereinr provided for; and, upon convic tion thereof, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment- at the dis cretion of the Court, .ot to ex'eed, two years' imprisonment': Provi ded, That 815,000, if'so 6 6"eh' be. necessary, of the am int appropri ated to the Lunatic AsyIninm'ay be applied to the payment of past due indebtedness foi services and aiges d --emplofdspirflbhe:I fiscal year ending November 1, 1874. SEc. 9. That for the payment'of s.ontingent accounts passed-at the special and:regular sessiots.of 1873, the sum of $25,000 be,and the same is hereby, appropriated,, to, be paid on the orders of the pre.iding of ficers, attested by the Clerks;of the two houses, respectively Approved, Marc-b9,;A. D.: 1874. CONVERSATINY.-ai4 -iE Le.nry Taylor: Conversation in Atruth, an exercise very dangerolus.to-the understanding when practiced to any large measure as an.art.-or an amusement. :To be.read1y.t.aspeak before he has tizme .t0. think, to say someting,apt and specious, somne thing wvhich he .may very well be sappossed to thioik, whben he has nothing to say that he really does think, to say wvhat is consistent with what he Jhas. said before, to touch topics lightly and let them go-these are the arts of a conver sationalisL liothing is8 searched out by conversation of -this kind, nothing is heartily believed,wheth er by those who say it or those who .hear it. It may be easy,. graceful, clever and sparkling, and bits of knowledge may .be plenti fully tossed to and fro in it; but it will be vain .and . unprofitable;.it may cultivate a certain, micaceous, sandy surface of' the mind, but all that lies below will be unmoved and unsunned. .To say that it is vain and a.nprofit,able, is, in deed, to say too little; for the habit of thinking with a view to conversa tional eff'ect, will inevitably cor rupt the understanding, Which will never again be sound and sincere. When a man milks a cow he should not attempt to smagke a, ei gar at the tiw.~ A young man out in the country tried it, and got along well enough until he lowered his head and touched the cow's flank' with the lighted end,of his weed. The next instant himsejf and cigar were dreadfully "put. off." The cow introducedi about two tons weight into'one of her hind legs, and then passed it u'nder the milker's left jaw. A D.etroit negro prisoner, on his way to the penitentiary for lar cny, was asked wha'. he thought, of his trial. He said: "When de lawyer dat 'fended me made his speech, 1 made sure dat I was go ing to take my ole hat -and walk right out of dat co't room; but when the other lawyer got up and commenced talking, I knew I was the biggest rascal on top of de. earf." An anfortunate man in New York is haunted by what ho terms "soul shadows." They used to: come upon him only at longine vals, but since Lhe tax on whisky has been reduced he has them two or three times a week. A colored gentleman went to consult one of the most co'nscien tios lawyer's, and after stating. the: ase, said: "Now, Mr.-, I know you's a lawyer, but I wish you would please sir, jis tell me de truf, 'bout dat mnatter." Uncooked cabbage or cold slaw is much mnore digestible-thau~eook ed cabbage, notwithstanding it is hard to believe. EXTEMPGAM96roIs, PR'%Y 'iE QUEER SEroUD The danger of extempora Wous prlayer is that-k rnayi degemrrate no theridicu1ous.. T efoin. stance, th ease. ohe,elder was invited to pray on the day af ter.a battle.and who 4aid: "O, Lord, I never seetsubh i d as i y'as yestfri aful I don tbolievoeou ever did!" Or take the case of-he .minister giving praise a- barivest tim "Wo thaik Thee,-O, L6rd, fdr -T?W gredt bounty'" said he;. Ilwe haik Thee for the fine 1Ca-: ther;. webank Thee for thcboun tiful harvest,, and that Thou bast erabWed us to gather in the wbeat througl ootiall this .istrzcL-withO the eceptioa f. farAer Mil's lit tie, hree-cornere4 patch down; in thehollow not worth mentioning." Dean RAMsey-if I i-emember rightly-tells ayettbettersory of the b .me kind. A Highland minister having-been requested by his flock to pray for 'better- ieathei, an'd i'in it the same time warned to b6 cautious in presenting.his petition, bocause the last time.he-had prayed for, better*weather adbcdtne.wdrse,' thus'expressed hims'elf;'!An'H'*0o, ~Lor, I b. a petition presnt, butI.maw; to,ge unco waryo'the. wordin'-o't.L YeYken, Lord, Chi kittle state the craps are all in. Justo sendi s ojj?,. A&thern, creein' r ee z e --.asil lsa the straes:and winna harrm the heed;' for-if ye& send 4rin', evin thfinderin' storm, e didthe last tiie I prayed focgade,wea-, ther, ye'll play the- very mis6hief' wi' the-aits, and fairlfspoil ai." A -egu1ar-examiIe of thb6effets' of devotional habits bver an igno rant-mind was recorded in .the newspapers, some :years ago A domestie servant- at Oanterbry was charged with stea1ing5 from her masters tilL TheLsun.-was missad imwaiately after she had made-offfrom her master's house; -and' whein taken into custdad piecegf* paper was' foity-d in ,4r posses.sion,.og ihichia skJ~ ad re ently wrtten a prayer suited~ to her cir6amstances. He're se do'py of' the strange 'dociinent: on me.one who is now bowed downs with grief-4 pity;~Lord, send me all' hings liat I miayb{Y-. He'al, Iprayyou, the brokgen heart ed woman. . Things; that. I re :quire: One sack of-flour, oe score of salt pork,- one-half ditto saIt beef, six pounds of sugar, one ditto tea, gne, ditto butter, six .ditto cheese, four. dittoeandles,pone-half ditto- coffee, two sacks- potatoes, one stone of coals,, hundr'ed of wood,, and two so{ereigns ta pay Mrs. Vinall fdf her kindness." Mrs. Vin all was. the woman .to. whose house she had gone when. running away from her' sitation. I may add that this pious 'young person, who apparently made sore of a favorable answer to -her peti tion by helping herself to the means of - purchasing what she needed, escaped scot-free, becanse it could not.be.shown that the money she was known to have ex pended on herself, after running away, was actually'the same mon ey her master had lost. In nothing, perhaps, is the hu morous side tof th6 -religious feel ing eihibited more than in the ca thedrals and other religious struc tures of:past ages., . That the build-. ers of these were influenced by a great deal of earnest sincerity, ad mits of little question. Yet. what queer details their works; present, what comicalities in stone, what absolute obscenities even in con neetion with all that is most sacred. What prompted these eccentrici ties ? Not irreligion, certainly ; probably mere grossness, or the absence of that culture which, in those days, draws a hard and fast line between. the fanciful anid the licentious, between the legit@aate ly artistic and the offensively sug gestive. But, in truth, we are-.it tie able to realize the middle age religious, life. It was something quite distinct. from anything of which we have experienced. It is hard even to understand the spirit animating men of later days; of Wilde, the poet, for example, vi ear of Aylmo, and one of the eject ed ministers of 1662, who is re mnemib.cred for doing a good thing in an incredibly bad manner.. He left six Biblastp one of the church es of his native town, St. Ives,, for which twelve persons,sixrmaLe adx six female7 were to throw dice in church on Whit-Tuesday, while .the mninister k-neWt and prayed God to "direct the lots to lis glo i-y." That is surely one of the niost remarkable prayers on re cord. Jack, iho is-at boarding school in the counbry,t''writes - horne: "Please send- me a -good- trap' to catch, a woodchuck and -i piece of carpet for me to say my prayers on." Advertisements ins~crted at the zate of *-I.CO per sq=m---wic-xr L.cuJ, z 75c. zVrc-eb subsequent tpertion. Double cOuTdTtsW& Wi kr cent on above. Notices'dMengs6ioiKeidttc ofTespect,simtuspr-wn-&v zy perine. - AdvertNsemau *not =LU vUb thi 1pum-* b6r of insertiO-WOOM-be UW-1-s'f 4"Ir rbid and 16. ~Igy. ~ :. Aer W -London ia 41M,g as 4 etagXefiW-:,dpp~ - bit , fe-rvA %a9i" IT~43S sa pEid 49-.stU:4.n ,ha:Oy ,The, eomm i e*o*, o~~ beats bua f eriai a.4 spo ite'llit t0ki *--aw ceeies-'45'"p 1 k ond,when men~ ~I0 Tco~~ep Wel s , peees buAhey 0 t &i tl in t e to teAstn'~ torkr, d-itors -Al.t~ tindonhen n c* your feller is down tothe house:"