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Benefits of Sunshine.

Scclusion from sunshine is ono :of
the misfortuncs Of our civilized life.
The same cause which makes the po-
tato vines white and sickly, when
grown in the dark cellars. operates to
produce the pale, sickly girls that are
reared in our parlors. Expose eithor
to tho rays of the sun, and they be-
gin to show color, health and strength.
One of the ablest lawyers in our
country, o victim Of long and hard
brain labor, camc to me a year ago
suffering from partial paralysis. The
right leg and hip were reduced in size,
with constant pain in tho loins. lie
was obliged in coming up stairs to lift
up the left foot first, dragging the
right foot after it,. Palo, feeble, mis-
erable, he told me he had been failing
for several years, and closed with,
"My work is done. At sixty I find
myself worn out"
I directed him to lie down under a
large window and.allow tho sun to
shine on every part of his body; at
first ten minutes q day, increasing the
time until he could expose himself to
the direct rays Of the sun for full
hour. His habits were not essentially
altered IN any other particular. In
six months nc came running up stairs
like vigorous man Of forty, and de-
clared, with sparkling eyes, 81 have
twenty years more of work in me-"
l havo assisted many dyspeptic,
neuralgia, rheumatic and hypochon-
driacal people into health by the sun
euro. I have so many facts illustra-
ting the wonderful power of tho SUMS
direct rays in curing certain classes
of invalids that 1 have seriously
thought OF publishing work to be
denominated tho "Sun Cure. ."-Homt
and Health.
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Wonderful sagaeity Of q Dog.

The Portland (Me.) Press says:
"The following story, strange as it
may appear, is vouched by several
witnesses whose testimony is un-
impeachable. A short time ago a
female Newfoundland dog was in
the habit of coming to the house
of a lady in this city who would
throw to it pieces of cold meat,
which the dog would eat, and, hav-
ing satisfied it's hunger, 60 away
again. So confirmed did this hab-
it become, that at q certain hour
daily the lady would expect the
dog and the animal would put in
an appearance. A few days ago,
before feeding her, the lady said to
her, why don't you bring me one
of your puppies?' repeating the
question several times as she stood
at the window, the dog looking at
her in the face with an expression
of intelligence, as if it understood
every word the lady said. The
next day, to the lady sastonishment
at the usual hour, the dog returned,
and 10, and behold! was accompa-
MED bya little puppy. The lady
fed both dogs, and then took up
the puppy into the window, when
the old dog scampered OFF and did
not return for three days. At the
end of that time the dog again ap-
peared, when, after feeding it, the
lady said, Next, time bring all
your puppies, I want to see them =
and yesterday morning, sure
enough, the dog returned, accom-
panied By three newfoundland pups
Several Of the ineighbors saw the
whole transaction, and declared
that they considered this one Of
the most wonderful proofs Of the
sagacity of the dog they have ever
known. Where the dog came
from and to whom it belongs is not
known, but we have the name Of
the lady and also of those who
were eye-witnesses to the occur
rences as narrated by u.s.
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The Ruts of Life.

Get out of them if you wish to 1.-Two
long. Mon and women must have
recreation, must have amusement,
must have diversion. 1t is whole
some for the mind to break away
from it's daily vocation or employ
menl every night. The man who
goes from his counting house or his
Workshop at the close of the day,
and does not leave it behind him, but
sits at the family table in moodiness,
brooding over past occurrences, weigh
ing probabilities, casting conjectures,
LAYING plans, and.when the meal is
over sits thinking, thinking, thinking,
by the hour, and goes to bed TO toss
and tumble. and worry, cannot live
long, the brain or the heart must gilYF!e give
way. :.
In the Island of Cuba, tho wagon
roads lead over hills mado Of limo
stone; the wheels havc run in the
same track for generations and have
30 worn into the solid stone that the
hubs scrape the surface, and there is
no getting out of tho rut until the
bottom of the hill is reached. So in
the lives of many, the mind, under
the influence of worldly care, gcts to
run in q particular track; in other
cases, the occupations arc Of such an
iusufferable samenoss from ono years
end to another that it's workings be-
comes mechanical, and out Of these
lines they cannot work at all; hence
the stupidity of such large portion
of the farming population Of all coun:
tries; the peasants Of England and
Ireland, France and Germany and
Russia as we i. -.
And our wives, in large towns and
cities, sweep and dust and arrange,
md wash and sow and provide, in ono
incessant round, summer and winter
No wonder they grow thin and care.
worn. and weak and nervous. Got
out of tho ruts, all of you-pay q
noi.,hborly visit throe nights in a
week, or for two afternoons lot thore
be q ''let up"
Get out of the rut, reader, two or
tbrco hours a week, and there will be
no time lost by it in the long run; to-
# oiyos activity to the moral nature
it. eultivates tho affections; it wakc'
nm observation it exercises comparl
son it gives breadth of view on al
subjects; it makes q man moro man
! lv. il makes q woman moro woman
jv-Hulps Journal Of Health.
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CANT Cor EN-" Three of
the dirtiest, most ragged little rag
amufiins in this city entered one of
magnificent drug stores in the place.
Marching up to the counter, one
said:
81 want cents worth of rock
candy"
"Get out, you ragamufin! We
don't sell q cents worth Of rock
candy"
Slowly and sadly they filed out
of the store. On the sidewalk a
consultation took place. They re-
entered the door.
"Mister, do you sell three cents
worth Of rock candy"
eyes,"
"Well, we amt got 'em!' and
the procession moved out again.
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ABBEVIILE s. c.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 81 1871


Just as sudden at, last. Then I put. a
soft blanket over Orlando, and Sat in
my sewing chair all night. Oh, how
heavily he breathed! And had, as
you may fancy, the most dreadful
fears. Lie might havo killed himself
by his ovcr-application to business, for
all that [ knew. The perfect ones 60
first, it is said.
/, Oh,'how differently should I have
felt had anything happened to my be-
loved Orlando. He has not had 80
exhausting day since, and I think
ho secs the folly of overwork though
if courts will keep open so late, what
can poor lawyers do? L think it is
very inconsiderate of the judge. I
wonder whether he has o wife-the
mean old thing.
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Work During Sleep.

Ihose cases IN winch the Saln IL
hard at work during sleep, instead of
being totally oblivious Of everything,
may be called dreaming or somnam-
bulism, according to the mode in
which the activity displays itself:
Many of them arc full of interest.
Some men have done really hard men,
tai work while at sleep. Condorcet
finished a train of calculations in his
sleep which had much puzzled him
during the day. In 1856 a collcgian
noticed the peculiarities of a fellow
student, who was rather stupid than
otherwise during bis waking hours,
but who had got through some excel
lent work In geometry and algebra
during sleep. Condillac and Franklin
both worked correctly during some of
their shopping hours.
The work done partakcs in many
cases more of the nature. Of imagina-
tive composition than of scientific
calculations. +.
Thus a stanza Of excellent verse is
in print, which Sir John Hcrschel is
said to have composed while asleep,
and to have rocolIectcd when he
awoko. Goethe often set down on
paper, during the day, thoughts and
ideas which had presented themselves
to him during sleep on the preceding
night. A gentleman one night dream
cd that he was playing an entirely y
new game of cards with three friends;
when ho awoke tho structure and
rules of the game, as created in the
dream, came one by one into his men,
ory and he found them so ingenious
that hc afterwards frequently played
the game.
Coleridgc is said to have composed
his fragment Of "Kubla Khan du-
ring sleep. lie had one evening been
reading Purchas' "Pilgrim;'' some of
the romantic incidents struck his fan
cy; he went to sleep and his busy
brain composed "Kubla Khan."-
When he awoke in the morning he
wrote out what his mind had inven-
ted in sleep, until interrupted by a
visitor with whom he convcrsed for
an hour on business matters; but
alasl he could never again recall the
thread of the story, and thus "Kubla
Khan" remains fragment, DR.. Good
mentions the case Of gentleman
who in his sleep composed an ode in
six stanzas and set it to music.
Tartini, tho celebrated italian vio-
linist, one night dreamed that tho
devil appeared unto him, challenged
him to a trial of skill on tho fiddle,
and played a piece wonderful for its
beauty and difficulty; when Tartini
awoke he could not remember the ex-
act notes, but he could reproduce the
general character of tho music, which
he did in q composition ever since
known as the "Devil's Sonata" Lord
Thurlow, when a youth at college,
found himself ono evening unable to
finish piece Of Latin composition
that he had undertaken; ho went TO
bed full of tho subject, fell asleep,
finished his Latin in his sleep, romem-
bcrod it next morning, and was com
pIimonted on the feliciteus. form
which it presented.-AH tie Year
Round.
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REMEDY FOR Low SPIRITS. A phi

REMEDY FOR Low SpIR1Ts.A phi
losophical writer says that exercise
for the body, occupation for the
mind, these arc the grand consti-
tucnts of health and happiness. the
cardinal points upon which every
thing turns. Motion seems to be q
great preserving principle of ma
ture, to which even inanimate
things are subject; for the winds
waves, the earth itself, arc restless,
and the waving of trees, shrubs and
flowers is known to be an essential
part of their. economy. A fixed
rule of taking several hours exer-
else every day, if possible in the
open air-if not, under cover-will
be almost certain to secure one ex
emption from disease, as well as
attacks of low spirits, or e7anui-
that monster who is ever waylaying
the rich and indolcnt. Low spir'
its cannotexist in the atmophere o.
bodily and mental activity.
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BY W, LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
A SUMMER DAY.

There's gaping rent in the curtain,
That longs for needle and thread;
There's garment that ought to be fin
~. ished,
And book that wants to be read.
There's letter that ought to be answer
ed,
There are clothes to fold away,
And I know these tasks are waiting,
And ought to be done to-day.
But how can mend the curtain
While watching the esilvery cloud?
And how can finish the garment
When the robin calls so loud?
And the whispered trees are telling
Such stories above my head,
That / cannot but lie and listen,
And the book is all unread.
If Itry to read the letter, ...
lam sure one half the words
Wal be in the curious language
OF my chattering friends, the birds.
The lilacs bloom in the sunshine,
The roses nod and smile,
And the clothes that ought to be folded
And ironed, must wait awhile.
, I lie in the cooling shadows,
And gaze at the summer sky,
Bidding the cares and troubles,
And trials of life pass by.
The beautiful summer blossoms
Are falling about my feet,
And the dreamy air is laden =.
With their odors rare and sweet.
The honey-bces hum in the clover,
The grasses rise and fall,
The robin stops and listens
AS he hears the brown thrush call.
And the birds sing to me softly,
Tie butterfly flies away
Oh. what could he sweeter than living
This beautiful summer day.?
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said Mrs. Darling. And Harry Clif.
ford passed his plato for second sup

said Mrs. Darling. And Harry Cliff
ford passed his plate for a second sup
ply.
II remember tho day they were
brcwcd, or baked, or whatever it is
you call it," said he, with an arch
glance at Ursula.
Suddenly old DR.. Darling grew
purple in tho face, and began tc
cough violently. Every one started
up. .
'aITe's swallowed tho spoonl" cried
Miss Bradbury.
| "Oh, OH" he's got the appoplcxyr'
screamed Mrs. Darling, Historically
"Unc1o! dearest unele!' piped up
poor little Ursula, vaguely catching
at q glass of water.
But DR.. Darling recovered without
any more (dis astrous) symptoms.
'It isn't the spoon, and | don't
como of an apoplcctic family said
hc.' "But upon my word, this is
about tho biggest blackberry I over
camo perilously near swallowing!'
And he held out his wifc's pearl
brooch, boiled up in tho blackbcrrics |
There was momentary silence
around the table; and then it was
broken by Mrs. Darling ono of
these blessed old ladies who nevor
sec au inch beyond thoir own specta-
cled noses.
"My goodness graciousl said Mrs.
Darling; ''how could it over have
come into the preserved blackb erries?
I-dou't-scc-"
"But 1 dor said DR.. Darling, look
ing provolsingly knowing. ayes; l
SEQ q good many things now that l
didn't sec before"
And Harry, glancing across tho ia
bio at Ursula, was somewhat consoled
to perceive that hor check was q
shade more scarlet, if that were posi-
bio than his own.
He followed the old doctor into his
Office when the evening meal WAS con-
cluded-Ursula did not know how
shesvcr would have lived through it.,
were it not for Mrs. Darling's delight
full obtuseaess, and Sophy Bradbury's
surfacc-charm Of manncr-and plung-
cd boldly into the matter.
"Doctor-" he began, valiantl y !;
but the old gentleman interrupted
him.
"Therc's no need of any cxplana-
,ion my boy" ho said. 81 know now
why you didn't want to marry Miss
Bradbury. And | don't say that l
blame you much; only I came very
near choking To death with Ursula's
blackberry jam!"
And Doctor Darling lau ghed again
until, had his spouse been present, she
would surely have thought second
attack Of apoplexy among the incvit-
ablcs.
"Little Ursulal" ho added. "Who
would havo thought of it? Well,
you shall have my blessing"
The pearls were all discolorcd, and
the gold of tho o!d-fashioned brooch
tarnishcd with the alchemy Of cook
ing but Ursula keeps that old orna-
mcnt yet, moro tcndcrly treasured
than all tho modern knick-knacls
with which her young husband loads
her toilct-tablc. And every year,
when she preserves blackbcrrics, Dr..
Darling comes to tea, and makes pen
dcrous witticisms, and prctends to
search in tho crystal prcscrvc-dish for
"boilcd brooch!"
But then jolly old gentlemen will
havo their jokes.
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"STAY BY ALL MEANs."-A Cjncin

"STAY BY ALL MEANS" "A Cjncin-
natl dentist, who had become nervous
by frequent burglaries in his vicinity,
was somewhat startled recently by
having o man como daily at the samo
hour each evening, and sit on his
doorstep. He finally suggested that,
if it would bo all the same TO him, he
would be pleased to have him divide
his attentions, and sit on some neigh
bor's doorstep for while.
"But it wouldn't be tho same,"
shouted tho visitor in return, "nor
anything like it. You ore a dentist,
and havo an Internal aching tooth
that haven't the courage to have
pulled. come here every afternoon
trying to make up my mind to have it
out, and as soon as | como in sight OF
your house it stops aching, and as
long as | sit on your doorstep, where
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the confounded thing knows it can
get pulled if. it gives trouble, I have
some rest. Now, if you want me TO
20 to another dentist, I will"
"Oh, no." was the reply "under
those circumstances, stay by oil
means, my friend"
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KEEP AWAY FROM BAD HABITS.
No person ever got stung by hor-
nets who kept away from where
they were. 1t is just so with bad
habits.
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TRUE FRIENDS. - Value the
friendship Of him who stands by
you in the storm; swarms of iu-
sects will surround you in the sun
shine. ~
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SMILES AND FRowNs.-It is al
ways in your power to make a
friend bysmiles; what folly, then,
to make an enemy by frowns.
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A saw-mill is the'last gift accep-
ted by Mr. Grant. It may be han
dy to have in the house to get
board.
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SCRAPS.
y

0OIk24 Os 2 .sa..,s- 80
g - z---.tsSs - - - s::essSss'5Ft II
A Londoner has been arrestea
for forging American bonds.
The hair of a slx-year old girl in
Detroit is turning gray. n.ssss
An Indiana cat attacked d cop
perhead snake last week and killed
it. ., -, s.;
The Tailors' National Convei,.
.tion holds forth in Philadelphia.
The bush. fires in Canada are be-
coming numerous and destructive:
The American Scientific Asso-
ciationS assemble at Indianapolis TO-
day. 80 - e.. S3.:,s
Crops in the West of England
have been much damaged by thun.
der storms. Il ,s. -, -
The Allauhanv GitU GouuniI =
broke nm TIE other n;ohf 10.
,rough-and- tumble fight. ,s;.s,s.S
West Virginia is to have a .,sesTgg,
Ripley and parkersb1 M %. Gss
{
The Waverly Centenary Wasspe1-.
Gran etalay oele1ra.eu !, ~ s1reas si2rlttaihf
Sanaua >E'l .'s' ana t4e tue staIes.
Thev rim q sew;n . sn,achina, :, ,sJ;,,s !
Cincinnati by hot air--Hota;r H..
ing the girls name,
:Tapans has adonted. q 3 pnid and
silver COINAGE. 1corrasnand;nr ~
that which was once onrs. & &
a Rnri;nrtor .vo;,n 5 lla;1, ,oon.
1+ha armlaaa : pornan y ! e & rnr,.,s
/ show sswr;tas . VERY. No. a,ond 4 5oot 4 {
~ me q board 5se'1t q nealtns of ses.es New
olleahs are prosssu.lng sg InelE e ltK
Inens BECAUSE tne' den = s'... sHlng,e
tne'r cows s5
IA AZ !, olu : ge.l,,s.aaa. \ = y !, psln assse
:. ".Ia' = - anna.;.a m.a;s -. .aaa a..as. .a.s
A. appes'.s, = :. ~ ogu 1,Io.spa1, .,ys
;l.;n ~. " s' " 8 sA...1
At'' q. !; ~,
divorce on .tha o,ro,,nd an tbat h;s gss,;;tsss
had become weak. and sscnnldn.t
work on.tIe farm - sbe $nsed rs y
Benefit your friends that they
may love you still more dearly /,
become your friends.
~, !, !, d, ). !,
Ea ucatlon ls slncom patlRie Win
seH.indulgenee. and the impulse OF
van1ty ls Ioo oIten mistaken als0als en- ZOE the
Impulse OF nature.
Difficulty excites the mind ia.
rnI nal,u eonSnara n;afart,,.,a sas,aes ana a ,he
a ardsoi raSpsa wh;ias;t nhasfa.s Az ~ =
o'0'"' .'' esss
Complete returns from all but
six counties in Kentucky make,
Leslie's majority 100000. and i that
of other Democratic candidates
$4,000.
Mr.. A. L. Stewart never once sat
tor portrait orphotograph: Moth
ing will induce him to do SO and
a personal request from the Hon.
John Bright was VI politely; but ll hrm-
y, re1usea'
so1, : $40 :, -, az Id, -, Z
G., nonas noaa, .,,I LII H sue as lssalsls @ ~
Surgeons nall, Lonuoll, IesolVeo
lectures Ie us' Since that time hns,. how.
ever, they have reeonsidered that
decision, and now the women will
not be admitted. $50,
=. l.j.. -.
Alng Amadeus, Of SPAN. ls ~
deec surrounded WIN oimeulsies. sa1l
LIE IS not only unpopular 3Wl1h his
Peopie, VINO cannot unaslsIana
MN, since ne ca9pPt speak !helr
language, out naKng no prlVate
l;r lGr'one, NE me- Is aiaa eolapeleo % I'VE on
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If laughter is tho daylight of the
soul, smile is it's twilight.
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A new and timely toy has been
invented by''an ingeniousI Imechanic
of New York city: 1t is minia-
ture steamboat. the machinery Of
which, on being wound up, ex-
plodes by means of spring, scat.
teeing portions of the boat and
the little men, women and children
by which it is occupied in every
direction. The object of this'pleas-
ing toy is to familiarize children
early with contingencies Of stcar-
boat travel,
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Blondin, the great tight-rope walker,
seems determined to invent a feat in his
rope walking which will finish him at last.
At late performance to be given at the
Crystal Palace at Sydenlam-it had not
come off by last accounts-the tall masts
that support the rope were to be covered
with fireworks from the ground to the top.
When all these were we'll going, Blondin
was to walk forth on the rope, bearing a
three hundred pounds,S which, he would
proceed to discharge from the altitude in
the centre Of the rope" AT the same time
shells and mines were to be exploded in
every direction, and the advertisement an
nounces with much gusto that Blondin
twill thus be encircled with fire for nearly
ten minutes"
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No BRA1Ns.-Judge Ray, the Temperance
lecturer, in one of his efforts, got off the
following hard hit at moderate drinkers"
All those who in youth acquire habit
will be total abstainers or drnnkards. No
person can use whisky, for years with
moderation. If there is a person in the
audience before me whose experience dis
putes this, let him make it known. will
account for it, or acknowledge that am
mistaken"
A tall, large man arose, and folding his
arms across his breast said:
offer myself as one whose experie nee
contradicts your statements"
care you a moderate drinker I" asked
the Judge.
"I am"
GLOW long have you drank in modera-
"Forty years."
"And were never intoxicated I"
"Never.'
WE'LL" remarked the judge, scanning
his subject from head to foot, "yours is q
singular case ; yet think it ia easily &C
tie story. A colored man, with loaf of
bread and bottle of whisky, sat down to
dine, on the bank of a clear stream. In
breaking the bread he dropped some
crumbs into the water. These were eager
ly seized and eaten by the fish. That cir
cumstance suggested tOtne Qarkey tile idea
Of dipping the bread into the whisky and
feeding it to them. He tried it. 1t worked
we'll. Some Of the fish ate of it, and be-
came drunk and hoated helplessly on the
surface. In this way he easily caught a
large number. But in the stream was a
large fish very unlike the rest. It partook
freely of the bread and whisky with no per-
ceptible effect. 1t was shy of every effort of
the darkey to take it. He resolved to have
it at all hazards; that he might learn it's
name and nature. He procured a net, and
after much effort, caught the fish, carried it
to a colored neighbor, and asked his opinion
in the matter. The other surveyed the
wonder q moment, and then said ;Sambo,
I understand dis case dis fish is q mullet
head, it sin't got no brains.' In other
words" added the judge, alcohol affects
only the brains, and, Of course, those hav-
ing none may drink without injury" The
storm of laughter which followed, drove
the moderate drinker' from the house.