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a FEyV WORDS no TIE LADIES,

Many ladies, particularly mothers nursing,
complain Of q tired, listless feeling, or
complete exhaustion, on arising In the
morning. On the wife and mother de-
wolves the responsibility Of regulating the
duties OF the household. Her cares are
numerous, and the mental as well AS
physical powers are frequently called into
requisitiOn. She often fnds her slightest
occupation weary task and existence a
burden, while at the same time che has no
regular disease. HOSTETTER'S STO-
MACH BITTERS, if resorted to at this
period, will prove an unfailing remedy for
this annoying lassitude. The effects Of
this potent agent are soon seen in the rosy
cheek and elastic step Of the head Of the
family, as with restored health and re-
newed spirits she takes her accustomed
place in the family circle. If this friend in
need be regularly used, those depressing
symptoms will never be complained of, and
not only would lassitude not be expe-
rienced, but many diseases following its
advent be avoided. AS o MEDICAL
AGENT, it has no equal, while its pleasing
flavor and healthful effects have made it q
general favorite. It is free from all pro-
perties calculated to impair the system,
and its operations are at once mild, sooth-
ing and efficient. All who have used the
Bitters attest its virtues. and commend it
to use. 100 ~ bars Hrc d june 8 TO-
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NATIONAL DEBT.-The following
statement of the national debts OF
some of the principal nations, shows
that our own country does not com
pare unfavorable in this regard:
We owe now So, sos, ,125, 16O.
England, with smaller population
and poorest country, owes S4, ,O33,
794. 1856.
France owes So, $40, o29, 800; her
debt has increased one hundred and
thirty per cent. in thirteen years,
and increases yearly. while the popu-
lation remains almost stationary.
Austria owes $1,316, 1O3, 2Ol, and
has increased her debt one hundred
and eight per cent. in eighteen years.
Italy owes S1,071, 818, $40, and her
debt has increased in six years one
hundred and fifty eight per cent.
Prussia owes $245, FOG, 5O3, and has
lately spent much more than her in
come.
Spain, with less than half her
population, and not twentieth part
of our wealth or power, owes SS19,
SS7, 800.
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aas - a s O.. SUNDAY MORNING JUNE H. 1858

FRANKLM ON FREE MAsoNs. Free
Masonry, I admit, has its secrets. It
has secrets peculiar to itself, but of
what do these principally consist?
They consist of signs and tokens,
racter and qualification, which are
conferred after due course of instruc-
ton and examination. These are of
no small value; they speak q univer-
sal language, and are passport to
the support and attention Of the
world. They cannot be lost so long as
memory retains its powers. Let the
possessor of them be expatriated,
shipwrecked or imprisoned; let him
be stripped of everything he has in
the world, still these credentials
remain, and. are available for use as
circumstances may require. The
good effects which they have pro-
duced are established by the incon-
testible facts of history. They have
staid the uplifted hand of the de-
stroyer; they have softened the
aspiration of the tyrant; they have
subdued the rancor of malevolence,
and broken down the barriers of
political animosityy and sectarian
alienation. On the battlefield, in
the ,solitudes of the, ;uncultivated
forests, or in the busy haunts of
the crowded city, they have made
men, of the most hostile feelings and
most diversified conditions, rush to
the aid of each other with special
Joy and satisfaction that they have
been able to afford relief to brother
Mason. y. ~.
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SALE OF WIN LOTS
FOR

FOR
The New County Of Pickens.
THE UNDERSIGNED, Commits
l. sioners appointed by the Conven-
ton to select and locate the County
Site for the new Pickens County, will
sell to the highest bidder, at The new
location, on THURSDAY, the 25th
of June next, the LOTS ut Pickens
Court House, comprising respectively
half acre, one and two acre lots,
judicionsly laid out.
The location is hear Hunters store,
between Town and Wolf Creeks,
fourteen miles from Old Pickens G.
H., twenty miles from Greenville G.
H., and seventeen miles from Pendle-
ton village, i'll II healthy section. The
location is most desirable one,
being situated on beautiful plateau
and surrounded by fertile region,
with thrifty inhabitants.
There is on both Town and Wolf
Greeks fine WATER POWER, with
good SAW MILLS, and an abun-
dance of the best TIMBER near by.
The County Site is nearly eqni-
Ntiotuu1 potWceD hcOWec dIlu iouluua
Rivers, with fine view of the noun
tain, scenery, and will command n
large and profitable trade from the
mountains and from North Carolina.
TERMS OF SALE.-One.third cash; !;
balance in two instalments of sixty
and ninety days each. Purchasers to
give bond and surety for the pur-
chase money. Titles to be executed,
but not delivered until the bond for
the purchase money is fully paid.
Purchasers to pay extra for titles
and stamps.
JAMES LEWIS, Chairman,
JAMES H. AMBLER,
REESE BOWEN. ~, -
w. r. FIELD,
- J. E. HAGOOD,
!, ,,,-,.ti,,, Commissioners.
For further information, apply to
the undersigned, at Piekens Q. III.
i ''' 'f''' j. r. HAGOOD,
Sec. and Treas, Board Of Com.
May 2 s8
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( Judge Chase has written letter
expressing very strong interest in
the success of the political principles
he has always held, and saying he
should be very GLAD to see them
adopted by the Democratic party,
but expresses no desire for Presi-
dental nomination. On the contrary
he says he is quite willing to be out
of all political movements. ~
A very singular and Interesting re-
port from England says that the
Bishop of London has ordered that
the President Of the United States
shall be prayed for along with the
Queen and the Parliament.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Observation-Disclosures New Medical
PamphleS from the pen Of DR.. Curtis. The
Medical Times says of this work: 'sThis
valuable treatise on the cause and cure of
premature decline shows how health is
impaired through secret abuses Of youth
and manhood, and how easily regained. It
gives clear synopsis Of the impediments
to marriage, the cause and, effects of ner-
vous debility, and the remedies therefor" I"
A pocket edition of the above will be for
warded on receipt CO six stamps, by adj
dressing Doctor Curtis, No, 139 F street,
Washington, d. @. yd =. May 81 ~
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REBEL MURDERS IN South CARO-
LINA.-We learn from private
source that Mr.. Dill, Republican
member elect to the Legislature of
South Carolina, and two colored
Union men, were basely murdered by
band of armed whites, at the resi-
dence of the former, near Camden, 8.
O., on the night of the 5th instant.
A colored man, together with Mr..
Dill's wife, was desperately wounded
-nf1i ~ Forneys Chronicle.
Whoever chooses can believe For
ney. The killing, and wounding was
done; but of course not beoanas the
parties were Union people.
Australia is whispering Of eepara-
tion from England. st
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White Sulphur Springs,

Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs.
Grecnbrie7' County, West Virginia.
NHE undersigned, Lessees of this
Il old and we'll known WATERING
PLACE, announce that, encouraged
by the liberal patronage received last
season, they have largely added to
their accommodations, in comfort
and in appearance, and are prepared
to entertain 1,500 guests.
The BATHING ACCOMMODA-
TIONS are in fine order. HOT and
WARM SULPHUR BATHS, so emil
nently efficacious in many cases, are
at the command Of visitors at all
bours. In addition to other amuse-
ments, they have provide new and
elegant BOWLING ALLEY and
BILLIARD ROOM, conveniently
located. Prof. Rosenberger's cele-
brated FULL BRASS BAND has
been engaged for the season. A
good LIVERY STABLE will be kept
on the premises. a zo
The completion Of the Virginia
Central Railroad, to Covington,
leaves only twenty miles singing,
through q beautiful mountain coun-
try, over we'll graded turnpike.
TERMs--$3 per day, and $50 per
month. Children under ten years of
age, and colored servants half price.
White servants according to accom-
modations. PEYTON & co.
May 2 t15
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Heretofore most encouraging
exclamation has been .wade in. +"
Now most disoouraging one with
Jacobins. is t'Wade om" ~
It is singular that, in making up
boquets for danseuses, no florist has
ever suggested fig leaves.
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FOR SALE.

At Palmetto Iron Works, Columbia, s. G.
i Tubular Boiler and Saw Mill, complete.
Will be sold separately, if desired.
10 and 8-Horse Power ENGINE, suit
able for plantation use. .3!f"m 'sN
Keeps on hand Gin Segments, all sizes;
Plates and Balls for Cotton Screws; Sugar
Mills, with or without frames; all sizes.
tent Hand or Power Loom. One can be
seen in operation at the Works. M
Iron and Brass Castings made to order;
Mill Gearing, Pulleys, Hangers and Shaft
ing. Jobbing promptly attended to, and
all work warranted.
May 20 1mo GEO. A. SHELLS.
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Ths IRA ansfsr iS Of + the Z. sstatss--A , Dis
x n - grace TO he vVfped Ont go

!, ~ {, g Aks.sSe -, 10 HApeu .Out. Is .
q Tho bill, which has passed the
House Of Representatives, ..inaugu-
rating Southern State officers, is
merely, q bill to transfer the authority
to govern the Southern States from
the true people inhabiting aud here
tofore governing them to race of
negroes not previously. voters, and
not nov voters by any legal proceed
ing, together with the untrustworthy
!, whites who have formed an alliance
with them. = This wrong is grievous
! enough, but it is aggravated by the
serious injury it, infiicts UPON ali the
public interests. Woeful, indeed,
must be the conseq equences, moral apd
physical, Of a,revo1ution which trans-
fers the government Of country
from the substantial, educated, re-
fined, and wise part of society to
the uneducated, unrefined, inexpe-
rienced, absolutely ignorant and de-
based part of it. The world can have
no faith in q Government thus revo-
lutionized. There can be no conf
9dence, and, of course, no growth, no
increase. and only decline and decay
in that Government. 'rg
This is q wrong that the World
newspaper of New York assumes is
not to be redressed save by the
people who suffer it in their own
local force and power at the ballot
box. And what if the mass of igno-
rance foisted tyrannioally upon that
State is too multitudinous for q
change by that means? Is the wrong
to go unredressed? Are the interests
of this great nation to languish-its
power and dignity to be deprecated
and disgraced by this state of things,
produced by usurpation, lawlessness
and partisan ambition? We believe
not. The nation will rise in its ma
jesty and burst the disgusting bonds
with. which the noble spirit and
energy and progress OF half the
Union have been shackled. These
bonds have been forged by fanati-
cism and corruption, and they will be
torn asunder and stamped into the
dust by the American people. This
nation Is not to be consigned to the
fate Of the South American republics
by remitting its Government to the
control or to be tainted by monerel
and incompatible races. The Cauca-
sian race must rule here. Defeat
must come to that craven party
which shelters itself behind the pu-
sillanimous dictnin that there is no
redress for accomplished national
wrongs. But if party bravely and
devotedly arrays itself on the side of
the country. determined that she
shall arrive at that unparalleled
power and splendor under the rule of
the white man, which she can attain
under no other-and that if false
policies interpose, they must be re-
formed, or existing wrongs stand in
the way, they must be righted-if a
party, with this determination, takes
up the nations cause, and goes forth
with o courage worthy of the cause,
1T will be crowned with victory, to
the lasting honor and glory of the
American people.
M Richmond Dispatch.
re 't ---------->-s-S-----
REBEL MURDERS IN SOUTH CARO-
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FENHE CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK,
Il OF COLUMBIA, will deal in Exchange,
Gold and Silver coin, and do a general
Banking Business. The accounts or mer-
chants and others in Columbia, and in the
towns and country connected with it by
business, are respectfully solicited.
Collections attended to carefully and re
coin and other collateral security.
The Board of Directors meet. for the
transaction of business, EVERY MON
DAY, at 10 O'clock 8. III.
COLUMBIA, S. c., June G, 1868.
June 6 3mo
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SALAD OIL, &C.

lust received and freshly imported,
~ Genuine Bordeau OLIVE OIL, in
quarts and pints.
Crosse Blackweli's Pickles, assorted.
Hermetically Sealed PrunAs,
Smyrna Figs-small boxes
Malaga Raisins, London Layer, in whole,
half and quarter boxes.
Italian Maccaroni and Vcrmicelli,
Capers, Mushroom Catsup,
Worcestershire and other favOrite
Sauces. GEO. SYMMElS.
May 13
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BILLIARDS.

TN compliance with the request of
many lovers of the game, my
SALOON has been RE-OPENED.
A BAR is connected with the
Saloon, 1T wiici, Seeger' UNADUL-
TERATED LAGER BEER can
always be obtained; also, WINES,
BRANDIES, etc. G. D ERCKS.
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FURNITURE.

80 HAVING justreceived, n
an addition to my former ",
esaz-ss1'sa stock Of the above, IT1
offer, at low prices. a variety of
BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SIDE
BOARDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, PA
TENT IRON BEDSTEADS, PA
TENT COTS, PATENT SPRING
BEDS, SAFES, and other articles
too numerous to men tion. FURNI-
TURE and MATTRESSES MADE
TO ORDER. Particular attention
given to REPAIRING, PACKING
and JOBBING. a9
JEROME FAGAN,
Washington street,
April 2S Opposite Masonic Hall.
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TO RENT,

TO RENT.
NHE HOUSE and LOT on Richland
Il street, occupied at present by Capt.
Il. d. Sem. Inquire at Office of the
Southern Express Company. March 1S
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MILL FOR SALE.

MILL FOR SALE.
nNE of the best constructed PORTA-
" BILE BURR STONE MILLS, about
1.200 lbs. weight-suitable for wheat or
corn, and will grind from fifteen to twenty
bushels of corn per hour. Apply to #.
1|+ 80 JAMES HUNTER,
May o t3mo ~ Columbia. & g.
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STITCHING

STITCdING
nONE on the Sewing Machine, wheeler
~ & Wilson's,) at the ''Ladies' Indus
trial Association" LESSONS will also be
given, on the same emachiDe, to such ladies
as desire it, between the hours of q. m.
to 10 a. m. For terms, apply at the
{ Mav19 : 81 ~ - ssASSOOTATION.'
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Fresh Biscuit and Crackers.
0O BBLS. FRESH CRACKERS, for sale
~ low by L. & &. d. HOPE.
March 81
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A RARE CHANCE,

A RARE CHANCE.
A YOUNG LAWYER will find
N RICE'S and CONNER'S LAW
DIGESTS, and the STATUTES AT
LARGE; also, RICE on BANK
RUPTCY, JAMES on BANKRUPT
CY, at
DUFFIE e CHAPNIAN'S
Bookstore, Davis Building.
April % ".
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W. B. GULIcK, c.. J. IHEDELL,
Cashier. Teller.
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CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK,
COLUMBIA, s. C.
CAPITAL, O,OOO.
DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS.
L. D. CHILDs, Pres't. Maj. JNo. PRESTON, jr
DIR. j. w. PARKER. EDWARD HOPE.
GEORGE ". SwEpsoN, of North Carolina.
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Nia0ars SsAststed.

A letter 10 the New Yosk Tribune de-.
scribes certain strange phenomenon which
occurred at Niagara River and Falls last
week. The strong easseriy gals sen, the
waters Of Lake Eris westward, leaving the
Niagara River and tributaries lower than
were ever known beiore. Buffalo Greek
was 50 low that al the vessels in IL were
grounded, and Niagara Falls was rivuIe,
compared with its native grandeur. The
American branch WAS 80 denuded that one
could travel in its rocky bed without wet
ting his feet and mysteries that were never
before revealed came to light on that day.
Rocks that were heretofore Invisible np-
Peared in their iall-grown dslorni,y upon
the surface, and great Was tho constcrna-
ton among the fnny tribes The Three
Sisters were accessible TO foot passengers.
and many traversed where human foot had
never ,rod, with perfect IMMUNITY and dry
feet. Below the Falls was the wonder Of
wonders. The water was full twenty feet
lower than usual, and the oldest inhabitants
gazed in wonder nj the transformation.
Near Suspension Bridge the celebrated rock
ut whitmar's mill, upon which drowning
man caught and was rescued several years
ago, which barely projects its head above
the water, was laid hare twenty fee, above
the surface.
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The GREAT err or JAPAS.-A very er.
roneous idea Is indulsei in by many people
in relation to the largest CRY in the world.
Many confidently assert that London is far
superior, both in size and the number Off
inhabitants. hut such Is not the case. Jed
do, the capital Of Japan, is without exccp.
ton. the LARGEST and most populous city in
the world. IL contains tho vast number Of
1850, 900 dwellings and 100000 human
souls. Many the streets arc 10 japanese
rics in length, which is equivalent to %
English miles. The commerce Of Jeddo
Ear exceeds that Of any other city in the
world, aud the sea along the coast is con
stan,ly white with sails Of ships Their YES.
sells sail to the southern portion Of the EN-
pire, where they are laden with rice. tea,
seacoal. tobacco, silk. cotton and tropical
fruits, all Of which can find ready market
in the north, and then return freighted with
corn, salt. and various other product which
have market in the South.
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Cameo jewclry Is agan becoming very
fashionable. Rome, il is believed, is now
the chief seat Of the art Of camco-cu,ting,
two kinds OF which are produced-thosc
cut IN hard stone, and those cut in shell.
The stones most valuable for this purpose
are the oriental onyx and the sardonyx, pro-
rided tina, they have, a, least. two different
colors in parallel layers. Shell cameocs
arc GU, from large shells found on the Afri-
can and Brazilian coasts, AMI generally
show two layers, one white AMI the other n
pale coffee color or deep reddish orange.
Shells adapted Tor cameo cutting are dense,
thick, and consist usually Of three layers Of
differently colored shell material Tho
cheap medallions sold for canoes arc mere.
ly pressed glass.
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In the old town Of w, in the Pine
Tree State, lived one Of those unfortunate
lonls Of creation who had, in not a very
long lie, put on mourning for three depart
eel wives. But time assunges heart wounds
as well as those Of the flesh. In due time
fourth was inaugurated mistress Of his
heart and house. lie was very prudent
man. and suffered nothing to DO wasted.
When the new wife was putting things to
rights, while cleaning up the attic she came
across long piece OF board, and WINS about
launching il out Of the window, when little
Sadie interposed. and said ,"Oh, don't
mamma, that Is The board papa lays out his
rires on, and he ,ednts 10 safe IL" Never
theless, oui IL tcsni.
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important to the Afflicted.

DIR. DOW continuss 70 bs consulted Of his Of
Zoe Nos. : add . Eedisett street, Bostsa, o. al
d,ssssss Of PRIVATE OR DKLlCATB NATURE.
encs Dr. Dow has now the gratineatios q pssSsst-
ing the unfortunate with remedies that have never
JAILED 70 cure the most alarming easss Of 0ssev.
vAss and sy,hshs. Beneath his trsasmsnt, oil the
ey, Serosula. 8onorrh9s, Ulcsrs. Pain OF DIstrsss
In the rsgions Of prosrsstien. lnnsnnstiss sf The
Blsddsssnd Kidssys, Hydresels, Absssssss, Hu.
horrible symptoms sttsndieg thIs sisss Of disssss,
are made 70 become ~ harmless ~ The simplest
ailings Of child. Particular sttssttoe given 10
thstFsstnsst Of SEMINAL wSAkkcbB 10 81 hs
der DR.. Dows treatment . few days % weska uiil
BE- iurnIshsd viii plsassst rooms, ssd charges ior
beard moderate.
FS. Ladies' vhs arc trosbled With any disssss
pecullsr 70 their syvtsm Will md speedy relief BY
calling on DR.. DOW. - his once. No. Esdsseu
street.
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A correspondent Of the Maine Farther
who has becn visiting the Stnte Prison, says
that among ",he prisoners was one in whom
we felt a special interest He was fancy
painter. Tie worked in rooe, entirely
nlone. lie exhibited the skill ola true ar
list, and 80 great was his interest In his
work, that no spent much Of his tune in hrs
cell in reading books on the painters art,
and in painting. Some special exhibitions
ofhis skill were hanging on the wall Of his
studio. Most OF the men were entirely I'M
acquainted with their business when they
uttered the prison. We were informed by
The oveneer that il was rare that mechan
&c ever entered State Prison showing the
value ola good trade toa young man, TO
keep to him outof mischief"
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81 HAVE ORDERS NOT TO co. "-"I have
orders, positive orders, not to 20 THEREFOR
dsrs that dare not disobey," said youth
who was being tempted to smoking and
gambling saloon. "Come, don't be so wo-
manish, come along like man! p" shouted
the youths. "No: lcan't break order"
"What special orders have you got; come,
show them to US II you can. Show Us the
orders"
John took neat little book from his peck.
ct and read aloud: .Enter not into the
path OF the wicked, and 90 not in the way
Of evil men. Avoid Il. pass not near, turn
from il, and pass away" @Now," said
John, "you see my orders forbid my going
with you. They are Gods orders, and by
his help mean to keep ,heu."- Guide 10
Holiness.
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Major Gen. John A. Logan:

Al the time when we were in the midst
Of our var dnuy, and men had got thsir
pis,y and ihs~ patriotism 30 mixed up that
they dilnt know which from 'to,hsr, the
elder Of ono Of osr popular churches. hav-
ing finished his sermon and closed his BIZ
bic, tssked round pom his consregs,ion
with q oountenancc' which indicated that
No had sswe,hiue of inPosssncs to CON-
,nu.ica,e. The sudisncs. - In duty hound,
rusled Eais. and then subsidized into the
SIenos Of iuseass sxpsctxsion. Aftsr the
suspense psop'r tsior. the delivery OF .
wsiehty aaxer, the elder opened bin mouth
and announced. "Ths closing prayer will
be made by . brother.in' law Of General
Grant"
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One who has given the experiment, fair
trial, asserts tina, cold feet. and especially
those supcrlatively frigid feet that are KEEP,
chilled by perpirn,ion. may he relieved by
simple expedieu,. This Is to wear cotton
socksnes,,he skin wooden stockings outside
ofthem In the instance ofour informant,
the result was successful in keeping his
iee' warm and dry. The singular conse-
quenee also ensscd. thar a, nigh, he would
find the cotton socks quito dry, whilo the
outside WOODEN stockings would be perfect
" damp.