Year: 1866

Winter is coming, and we desire to say a
few words toour lady readers about clothing
the feet


When the celebrated physician, Aber-
nqthy, died, report said that besides will
OF some interest to his heirs, in q pecuniary
nlnintTnf gi3w, here was found among his
effects a sealed enYelop, said to contain the
secret of his great success in the healing
art and also a rule Of living the following
of which would insure longevity. 1a sf-


A large price was paid for the7sealed en-
velop 1t was found to contain only these
words 10 insure continued health and
a ripe old age, keep the head cool, the system
open and the feet warm e


Dry feet are warm feet, generally, if the
system Is healthy. To keep the system
healthy the circulation must be good The
circulation is not good without exercise, and
exercise can only be really valuable when
walking. Riding Ia a carriage Is no exercise
at all it is merely inhaling the air. This is
very we'll as far as it goes but the lungs are
not IN full play without the individual IS
walking. Horseback exercise is very good,
ard is an Improvement on carriage riding
but it Is not the kind Of health creating play
Of the muscles nature demands. 1t is ac-
tlon-ac ION of the entire body-and walk
ing only will procure it.


Now the ladies of Europe, particularly
those of England, understand this thing
They walk miles per day, and if any ofour
pale beauties desire to know how the Eng
lish ladies keep up their fine color, clear
complexion and superb busts, we tell them
1t is by outdoor exercise; walking in the
open air; filling the lungs with pure oxygen
by rapid movement on a sharp October day,
when the sun shines brightly and the clear
blue sky Is above. This is the secret of the
rich blood of the English women, and their
almost universally fine looks and matronly
beauty at fifty, when at that age American
women are pale, sallow and wrinkled.


To enjoy a walk, thick soles are needed
Stout well-ftting calEskins, high CATERS
neatly laced, will always set OF pretty
foot, and improve a homelY one. TO guard
that sensitive portion of the human frame
(fOr the sole of the foot is keenly sensitive
to the changes from heat to cold, or dryness
to dampness), the boot sole should be thick,
and as well made as human ingenuity can
do it. Then even IN moist weather, or IN a
rain storm the foot can be protected that
insured, all is well with the body 9e
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PREsBYTERIAN GENERAL AssEMBLY.-This
body, now in session at Memphis, Tenn, is
thus referred to by that able Journal, the
Memphis Daily Bulletin
| No one can help being impressed with the
/ quiet dignity which marks the demeanor of
members Of the Assembly whether they be
| aged fathers IN the Gospel or the TiInothies
making their first appearance in this august
/ body. Each member is deeply imbued with
/ a spirit of humility and a sense of the weight
of responsibility resting upon him in view
of the ruins of the Church and waste places
| about Zion. Poverty, to commence with,
stares the Church in the face everywhere
| Houses of worship have been burned down


church organizations dissolved, for the want
Of pastoral care; the various boards loundly
ask immediate aid, aud no means at the dis
posal Of the officers of the different boards
to meet these pressing exigencies. With
enemies new and old to combat, what delib-
| erative body ever had more to urge them on


N the strength Of their Master to work ear


nestly and with humble faith for the ad-


vancement of the cause of Christ than this
General Assembly Having been denounced


Gs sehismatics heretics, rebels, stubborn re-
cuaants, this assembly moves forward with
its great work like a true Christian body, un-


conscious that any but the All Seeing Eye


of Jehovah bears witness to their acts. No
word Of criminati0A,- bitterness or retalia-


ton is heard against those who have Of late


20 hnmiliated the standard Of Christ by bill


lingsgate directed against these meek but
4 earnest men Of God. So let it be. Every


reading and thinking man inside or out Of
the pale Of the Church will mark the con-


trast-most damaging to politieoreligionist


Of the East and Northwest No important
debates have yet occurred to bring out the
Boanerges' Of the Assembly and assign them


their places Of pre-eminence, bat much Of
personal character has not failed to press
itself upon the notice or the astube observer


Of men and manners.


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