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~ N"ulc's Pills are purely vegetable, mild in
heir operation, i'll effect thorough.
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When we were Boys in Blue.


I r.. y
adj at the Nineteenth Me. Reunion, sept /, is
@. comrades of the battle years.
When fighting was our trade.
Q. you who charge with Ioya cheers
'GainSt many gay brigade.
lis JOY to grasp again the hand.
q, rare and cherished few,
Fraii remnant of the mighty band
Who once Were Boys in Blue.
No more the hostile buglc> clang.
The fratricidal call,
No lurd pillows longer hang
Above the carnival:
No more along the graphing lines
Di>til> the crimson dew.
NO bloody siege and bursting mines
O'crWhelm the Boys in Blue
no deadly bullets hiss Tonight:
No showers of shot and shell:
We storm no more the FASHIONED height.
Mid wild confederate yell;
The long-roll wakes the camp no more
The conflict to renew.
No crushing columns lithcr pour
Against the Roy> III Blue.
The fort and trench and grim rcdoult,
Dccp-@rooying hill and dale
Send forth no more The Nictor>' shout
Nor falling locman'S wall:
Ne stricken romradc in hi, pain.
Rcqurath> the last aIicu.-
No more the torn and CHASTITY path.
And diving boys in Blue
We watch 40 moro the >ulicn hor.ic
Beyond The outer liuy:
~ midnight sentry at he ford
Demands the rUllntrr-i4n,
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The Old Ball Player and His Son.

''' y 'ii' LID 'ooA'
pIiu,lin. u.. .i.,,--i.. l..,.,:.
',;'', ~ = .i'''"l'''h I'">F'"'ll>l "i'h
me national game iir-t came into prominence.
ni.h twenty wears aon, Roth p.,'.I. arr. c.i,,-
IIed ~ ana he Ira, Some ,ixt..n. di,,.r.nt
N'''i> oi Ihe'iii"li>iii, 20 IL doesn't :" out to
~og game very often now. bun there i II
.aark Of tbr oil ti.,f..f. u, 1,i..,,..
ri '''''' we
ne "'hef WV u" learned thai h> }ouhgt~t
son. Johnny, had pi#ved hockey from school
and. whip IN iiand. liz awaited the lad-, return,
resolved to administer ~alutary cIr>ti>,lncut.
~ length lac caught him ,iippiu. Warily iu1o
the back yarl accompauiyI ,y 4 ba.,l,1il rli,I,
taller than he H.
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CO., ~ Wall ST.. NEW Y0sg
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The Reason Why.

=" hch gentlemen take themselves o>tenta-
tou>ly out of the Republican, part, and slam
the door Violently l.i,in,l ,hor, via, ,o,,,.a
ton that they are too GOOD for the party there
i. almost ALWAYS ,oma ,,or.o,,.I ,o.,.o.,, - d,
,o+4o,,,,t ,l.i,...,'.. ~, iN'o'' at ny
ottohol hcifconIutt. The latest cXcmpit-
Mich, who has published a letter formally
Withdrawing from the party and going over TO
the Fu>onists. lie explains that he doe, hi,
with great pain and '.moyed solely bv nv
and by INF sIrit Of natriot.rm %
that ms ally.yS bnrdfnrn i,'.ir 'i
NV political condu,t, Thn,nnnaranre Gf III.
jottT rnistIa has ,r,,,ti t " Wv,
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a q a r ID,

To ali who arc suffering from tho errors and
lndlscretons of youth, nervous weakness carly
decay loss of manhood &C., will send recipe
that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE This great
remedywas discovered by missionary IN South
America. Send n sclfaddrcsscd envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Ney York City.
lYr31
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Laughter Lends a New Charm

10 beauty when it discloses a pretty set of teeth
W iHtehrr-, when nature has supplied this element
of lpNcllncsS, may be retained through life by
using the fragrant SOZODONT. Im36
IN the account of the spouting artesim well at
Belle anc. 6W;t it is said that 1.-TWO rivers have.
been formed by this phenomenal water BURST If
TINS affair had occurred a couple of months earlier
and halbur bill.
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P.S; O. NJ. Barnes will probably be the Fusio
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Prof lorsfos Bread PREPARATION made the only process
that produces baking powder Of any mtrltivc value
It supplies the nutritious and strength giving posphacs
qured by the system
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SCOTS Emulsion IF Pure
Cod Liver Oil, with HypOphOSphiteS

FER W"sting Diseases Of fhihiren,
Where the digestive powers are feeble and the
ordinary food does not seem to nourisll the child,
this acts both food and medicine, giving strength
and flesh at once, and is almost as paatablc as
milk Take no other. lnl31
Jules Verne is preparing a romantic story, the
scene of which is Philadelphia, and the New York
Herald says that Phladelphians have about as
much romance as grand jury bill of indictment.
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Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. NINSLoW 5 SOOTHING SYRUP for children
tcrthng is the prescription of of the best fral,
nurses and ply ociane in the United States, and la.
been used for forty wears with never failing success.
by millions of mothers for their children. Durin.
the process of tcethng its value is incalcuabc. Ii
removes the child from pain, cures Il ,sentery anc
t!iarIhu'l, gripping in the bowels, and vndcuE
by giving health to the child it rests the mother
Price 2Jc. It bottle. Iy4S
II is reported that there is Il demand in New IorL
for the coinage of half cents. Very likely; be
cause 50 many iinanciers don't have half sense
ANYWAY.
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lou'll find her smiling night and day,
Although at times She is not gay.
And should You wonder why YOU meet
This constant smile, regard her teeth
She only laughs those gems to show,
Which So/oDONT makes white as snow.
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TO Let.

tenement of five rooms on see
AZMN-l ond floor. House situated on
sHHEDE Bridge street. Enquire of
1h4EGAA Mrs. NJ. W. MCDONALD.
-@GANE@ At III. H. Forbes house.
Belfast, Sept. ID, 1SS6.-37t
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Dil'ccti0Tf@.

ktkEs-a
CNCUP-IIaif i tea spO0mful once IA 10 or II
minutes, MI relieved little occasionally TIL
we'll. Aplly externally
INiTIT!iE;I N-On appearance Of soreness OF
tAr throat, take half tea,pn0mru oner in IS
loinHtcs; applied externally. Repeat until
relieve It.
BURNS o.: S@ALps-Apply as soon ~ posi-
bic. If the surface is raw, cOvcrwith flour, 50
that when uIiCd VIII form q Scah, and let re-
main, applying the Eai>;;n around it III. weN
l.rysipclis, Decp-scated Pains, Srraine,
broken Bones, Stir Joints, White Swcllings,
Loss of Motion in Limbs, or Loss OF sight,
Inhamcd Eyes, Poisoning, Bites stn9s, etc.
Battle thoroughly from three to tea times Il
day. II Inuch intlamed, put on thin slippery
Elm Poulticc, covered with the Basam.
Poison TAKEN NATURALIZATION half to 4
table spoonful, and give an cmctc soon as
possible; give Bal sam several times 4 day
until well. Ear-Achc-Tuln few drops into
the car. Chilbalns-Bathc We'll and heat il
in. Corns-Parc nearly to the quick; cover
them with buck skin, saturated with the Bal
sam, every night and morning.
pILEs-Apply externally, and # necessary.
also by Syringe, or otherwise, intCrnalIy
CorGHs, HoARsENEss AND Bronchitis
Take enough to Oil the throat several times u
day. StoppageS and inflammation OF the
Bowels-Give from teaspoonful to a table
spoonful once in half an hour, till relieved.
Pains in the Sidc-Take q large teaspoonful
on retiring, and several times a day, if neces-
s:,ry. Dysentery and Cholera Morbus-tiive
q teaspoonful once in from fifteen minutes to
an hour, till pain and soreness are removed.
The medicine is commended with the full
assurance OF its unuual1ied success
Equally Good for Horses and Cattle.
Prepared by
a. 81. - a Wis,
81 CENTRAL. AVE. CHELSEA, MASS.
To whom all orders should he addressed,
a. A HOWES * CO.,
wholesale Agents ReIfaSt lyr4T
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Auntir. three months ago had the salt ricum 50
'i't that ms head wa mass of sores. and had
begun To lose al hopes of raising him, but my drug
Ei-i lrr"inln' hdcd sulphur Btter>. and to-day Ne
IL a. fat and clipper any baby you ever saw,
and Ht ma not a sore ON his head, and just think
that after rilyin- out - much that FEN dollars
worth Of sulphur Bitter, should cure him.-lNlS
j. e. H0i LomH. 2w3s
tiWho.iar| returns peneivcly from the cemetery
where lac has been assisting 1T the funeral of one
of N, irendS. After some moments Of profound
meditation ne remarks sagcy "Afcr all, say what
N"H VIII. there i still nothing like death to com
Pl1tcly disgust one with lifrt''
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More cases oG sick headache hiIiuu~ne,s, can,ti-
patton, 49,. can he cured IN less time. With less
mcirinv, and far less money by using Carter :
lijir Li1crifIl~, thU by any other means
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Bucklen'S ArniCa Salye.


The Best Salvc in the worl.i for Cuts, Bruises,
Sores tlcers salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chappcd Hands, Chilblains Corns and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required ltis guaranteed to give perfect satsfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price y cents per box
For sale by Richard II. Moody.
1T is no longer fashionable" saws a local dane
ing professor, for men to dance in their bare feet
IN Denver ball rooms, and am in hopes that be
fore long they Will cease the isagreeable habit of
shooting the fiddler when he breaks string.'
HALE's HONEY j. the hest Cough Cure 25, Zoe, 81.
GLENNS SULPHUR SOAP heals and lcautifcs, 25c.
GERMAN Co2N REMOVER kills Cor,is s; Bunions, &C
HILLS HAIR & WHISKER DYE-Blacl {; Brown, zoe
PIXIES T0o1HACRE DROPS cure in Minute, DC
DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS are sure cure, 5Oc
"Aureiia, darling eyes, Arthur" "You know
we are soon to be married.. eyes" "And we
should learn to be economical in small things"
Yes" Hadn't you better turn down the gas"
Phiadclphia Call.
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FcDQoVal!

TIIE subscriber wishes to inform her many friends
L and patrons that she has removed from the
rooms over Geo. w Burgess, in McClintock Block
High street, to the next house on the right above
the post Office on Franklin street. where she will
welcome all. Those in want of a first-class Dress
or Cloak Maker are invited to call
Mrs. NJ. A. SNOW.
Belfast, Sept b. 1ss6.-3m37
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poisonous water Is no less suicide than he
who browns himself in the surging waters OF
the sea- If the one Is sinful, the other is not
blameless.
IT IS OUR RELIGIOUS DUTY TO PRESERVE
OUR LIFE.
If man Is sent on earth to serve his makers
purpose for a period OF sixty or seventy or
eighty years, and he refuse to enter the work
in the morning Of life, or If he quit 1t in the
heat of the day, what excuse shall he render
to the keeper of the great book when he ap-
pears at the bar Of justice? In youth he may
plead ignorance. In early manhood there
may be extenuating circumstances, but when
he has arrived at that age when every man Is
fool or physician, what answer shall he
make:
It should be a religious principle to observe
the laws of health. No man has right, to
shirlS the duties which have been assigned to
him, or which he may have assumed. Many
Of the ten commandments which were deliv-
cred on Mt. Sinai and the directions given
the Jews about food and other observances
have more or less reference to the necessity OF
an obedience to the laws Of health. To study
and obey these laws is therefore not an un-
important duty in our service. 1t has d.
vine sanction.
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ALL SORTS ABOUT NINETY-s1x.
A Colt Light Of Weight and Long or
Hair..-Big Loads Of GuanO - Ess
capped Prisnner.--Barn Burnt-.The'S y
Narrow Gause..COntracts for GRaas
ins...Other ItemS. .. :.z.S.%

N1SETY-sIy, March ], 1856
mule colt eight months old that only weighs
fifty pounds. and is covered with hair four tn-
ches long He also has II neighbor who has U J;
Messrs, W. L burst and p q. Matthews
were in town few days ago. They are 1--we y
business men and speak encouragingly OF inc
new railroad.
days with q lot of good Tennessee mules. he
is selling them cheap.
The farmers are taking advantage Of the
good weather and roads, and are hauling I'M
mense quantities Of guano and other suppl9es'
Among the delegates to the railroad converfS
tion at GreenvIle last week, we noticed u fnit
attendance of the officers OF the road anu
many citizens from along the line. A more
earnest united set Of men never met Tor any
purpose.
to jail last week, escaped from Constable We
II. PurkerSon. This thing OF walking prison
ers from Ninety-Six to AbbevilIe is a farce,
and the County Commissioners ought 10 pro-
vide safer way. -
Mr. II. NJ. Anderson, Of Columbia. was I'm
our town last week in the interest of the Co J.
lumbia Oh Mill and his fertilizer. Mr.. An
derson Is also manager of the ColuLabts
Warehouse CO., which has done great b1sa-
ness the past season. he Is an energetlc AfsoS
business man.
It is about time our people were thinking
about our next Fair 1t won't 10 TO let IT gnt
| by the board. Nothing has been Of more pen.
| erit to our community than the Fair OF last
August. SO now begin 10 think about 1t and
get your stock in order.
Tie delegates to the railroad meeting at
Greenvlle have returned and report every, W .ic
road were let out; the first from Ninety.S,I
to Cokesbury to W; p. Sullivan, the secona a
from Cox kesbMry to WATTS shoals to A6e1an, 4nef u,
March. Mr.. L.. NJ. Moore Of this place was
elected Auditor Of the road.
Mr.. Charles Spearman, formerly OF 1ats"
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against Its diffusion, as we'll as furnish ozone
which Is the greatest destroyer of germs OF
disease known to science. The genial climate
and healthfulness of Aiken is believed to be
largely due TO the pine forests that surround
the town. It takes three factors to produce
what we call malaria-heat, moisture and veg
etable matter In state OF decomposit1on-
take any factor away and the malaria ceases.
Now trees through their roots absorb moist
ure from the soil, while the foliage by Its ex-
halations regulates the heat by preventing ra-
diation. Different species Of the eucalyptus
and sun flower have been found valuable dis
infectants in malarial regions. It Is a Won
derful provision of nature that trees absorb
carbOn:c acid gas, which Is deadly poison
produced in the act of breathing, and convert
1t into oxygen gas, which Is So necessary to
our existence. Let US then preserve our for
ests as necessary to good health. Experience
has also demonstrated that q proper system OF
drainage and cultivation OF the soil will de-
stroy malaria.
In conclusion, will state that in spite of
every drawback Hygiene has heightened the
average Of human life, diretul epidemics have
been moderated. contagion has been coerced
within limits, and many other morbiflc intlu-
ences have been srapped with and subdued, II
not extermnated, and If the wise advice
which has been given in the essay is acted up.
on and carried out, we will see grander and
more important results than have yet been
realized.
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ABBEvILLE, S. C., March 5. 1851

ABBEvILLE, S. e, March 5. 1856.
The Club met at the usual hour at the mouse
of Dr. Marshall. Rev. w. H Hanckel pre-
sided.
Members presents. C. Cason, A. w. Smith,
S. MCGOWAN, ]. Lowrie Wilson, l.. w. Smlth
L.W. Perrin f. B. Gary, w. {. McGowan, H.
r.. Wardlaw. T. C. Perrin, B. S. Barnwell, u. u
Hodges, W. O. Bradley, A. B. Wardlaw, .. l.
Calhoun, J. D. Chalmers, W. A. Lee, l.. W.
White, Hugh Wilson, NJ. P. DeBruhl, W. a.
Templeton, Walter L. Miller, W. II. Hanckc',
j. S. Perrin, J. T. Parks.
Visite rs-Col NJ. o. Tolman, DR.. G. A. Neui-
fer, Mr.. j. NJ. White and DR.. F. F. Gary.
The following persons were elected men,
bers: Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, Rev S. a. Web
er. Mr.. ]. Allen Smith, Prot. Wister Archer.
Mrs. Tyler and Mrs. Fannie J. Marshaii were
elected reading members
The names of DR.. E. L. Wilson and Dr. 6. A.
Neuffer were proposed Tor membership. rms
being the evening in course for the annual
and quarterly election of officers. the Cluo
then proceeded to that business.
l.. Wardlaw Smith, ESQ.,, was elected Presl'
dent; Prof. George C. Hodges, Vice.Presiucnt;
MIR. r. C. Perrin, Secl etary; Mr.. B. S. Barn.
we'll, Librarian and Treasurer.
The former Committee on Periodicals was
reelected. viz: Messrs W. c. Benet, L. w. Per-
rim and w. A. Tempetoal.
Messrs L. W. " hite, j. Fuller Lyon and :.
c.. Cason. were made the Committee on Essays
and Place of Meeting.
The Secretary was directed to notify all de-
linquent members that they must pay up
their annual dues on or before the next meet
ing or their names would be stricken from
the roll.
Mr.. Hugh Wilson then read an essay on
"Hygiene," which was followed by discussion.
The usual refreshments we're served.
Col. o. T. Calhoun was appointed the next
4cssayist with Prof Archer as his alternate.
Col. Calhoun announced as his subject "The
Homestead and Lien Law" Place of meet
ing, Col. E B. Garys. The Club then adjourn
ed, WALTER L. MILLER,
Secretary.
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Natures Lnws--1Fygiene OF Schools
Simple Rules to Health.

Mr.. George C. Hodges said Our good
friend, [Col. Tolman) Immediately on my right
said that kind providence had rouchsafed
to him good health for many years: He at
tributed this preservation of his health to
conformity TO natures laws and TO temper
ance. His words are words of admonitien to
us and might be put thus:
Take the open air,
The more you take the better:
Follow natures laws
To the very letter.
Let the doctors go
To the Bay Of Biscay,
Let alone the gin,
The brandy and the whiskey.
Eat the simplest food
Drink the pure, cold water,
Then you will he we'll.
Orat least You ougl.ter.
But, Mr.. President, am sorry that cannot
discuss this interesting subject, particularly
the hygiene Of the schools. am now suffer-
ing from sorethroat, which, believe origina-
ted, while was ateacher, in plain violation
of the hygienic PRINCIPLES relating to That
delicate organ. I heartily commend much
that the essayisL has said. I do hot endorse
some things.
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ABBEVILLE LITERARY CLUB.
TaE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTH
LY MEETING.

Subject Under Discussion: "HyEienc'
Essay by MIR. Hugh Wi1son--Re-
marks by DIR. F. F. Gary, w. A. Lee.
ESQ.,. Col. O. T. Calhoun, Col. e. II.
Gary, Judge McGOwan. Prof. Geo.
G. Hodges, w. o. Bradley. Esq, MIR.
Hanckel, Col. Nj. o. TOlman.
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Brief Records.

There Is heauty in soundleSs shower Of snow,
There is rhythm in rattle OF the hail;
But love the merry spring,
Wien the pretty blue birds sing,
And early flowers begin to deck the vale,
When the gloomy winters gone
And the mock bird on the lawn
Is Il. a.singing and a-wagging of his tail.
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and Relaxation an ImpOr.
tant Factor .. Sometimes the Very
Source Of Material Life is the
Cause Of Death.

Mr.. Hanckel said he had only remark or
two to make One was. tEas recreation ana
relaxation from work was very important
factor in the preservation and promotion OF
health. 1t was matter too much disregard
ed in this country. Statistics show that many
Of the brightest and most useful lives are cut
off by reason Of continuous over work. Ihe
nerves of the body are over strained; the
mind gives away. If it is duty to work, 1t Is
also duty 10 give mind and body rest.
The other remark was this: That though n
person might observe all the laws OF health,
yet there were still forces unseen, and, in u
sense mysterious, against which he could not
guard This was true of almost all .zymotic
diseases. If he was not mistaken, he had seen
it stated that analysis showed no difference
between the air of q foul drain and that which
came from the mountain top. II this was SO
the ordinary man could not protect himself
from inhaIing the germs Of disease undlscov,
ernble in the very atmosphere he breathed
that he might live The very source OF mate
rial life was the cause of death.
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The Importance Of Careful P0licc''-
The Human Heart Graves Life ana
Health.

Judge MCGOWAN gave an interesting talk on
the subject under discussion. ana spoke i.t
some length. II. thought extensive, energet-
ic. and thorough policing of ali lots In towns
should be tcaressly enforced at whatever cost
in money 1t Is of til" utmost Importance
that all streams of water he cleared of improp-
er Instructions before the heats of summer
are upon us. 1t is not less important that an
marshy places should be ditched. After this
is done, our health is assured if we 40 st, orr
duty In keeping our own lots clear OF nith,
and be certain to keep the water in the spring
or well free from poison. He agreed with
much the essayist had said about patent med
cincs. but he thought there were exceptions.
where patent medicines were reasonably
good As proof Of this he cited the names o! OF
some medicines whcn tniS ,sn srrDe ,,ross mosS 'o'
He said the cravings for health and life WAS
natural to the human family, however much
they might disregard the laws of health. Pre-
SuuIing too much on their own vitaity grcat
masses of the human family made wrecks o.
their constitutions and as a consequence, be-
come sufferers for the remainder OF thelf
lives AS hope springs eternal lii the human
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"The winter winds are hulnming
Their parting song,
The summer days are coming,
They wont be long,"
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-05-08
An endowment policy pays big returns.
Only Half Alive,

There are hosts of men and women who, to coin "a phrase, are only half alive. That is to say, they have seldom if ever any ap- petite, are nervous, weak, fdgetty and troubled by numberless small pains and aches. In the presence of vigorous, exu- berant vitality they seem mere pigmies. Such persons are usually fond of frequently dosing themselves, swallowing in the course of the year enough drugs to stock any apothecary's shop of average dimensions. This, of course, defeats inst tead of further ing the end i'll view, viz, the recovery of health and vigor. Were they to seek it from an unfailing source of vitality, Hos letters Stomach Bi5ter5, how different would be their case. Then vigor would return to their debilitated frames. the glow of health to their wan cheeks, their trcmb- ling uncertain gait would grow firm and elastic, appetite, that grandest of all sources would give relish for the daily food, were it ever so coarse, and refreshing sleep would crown the tasks of the day.