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5“-J5S Devoted to Religion, morality, Temperance, literature, Mew*, and the mpport of the Principle*, of the Christian Chinch, South U wiltant gijdtttj, Mratwittai pbrig without VOLUME XVII. SUFFOLK VA., JANUARY, 18, 1801, NUMBER 40 ; II !■»» ' «i IJi H" 1 TUB CHRISTIAN SUN. eve-y Friday, under the direct on of an Executive Commute and Editoria. Connell appoint ed by IV e Southern Christian Convent; on. Tiane.— $ 1.50 per annum m advance. W. B. WELLONS, Editor. Alfmd Tsjlkt,Jubilii Suits and E. V, War eoK. corresponding Editors. All communications must be addressed toW. B Wellons, Suffolk, Va. ■*. OtDoe on Kilby Street, opposite the residence of the Editor. ’ ' No near subscription received and entered on the mail book, unless the cash or its equivalent shall ac company the order. D. B DIINBAR. Printer, LINES. TO AN OCTOGENARIAN. Respectfully inscribed to the venerable Dr. Bowers of Southampton oo. Vaf* oue of the few yet living whose birth was prior to that of the Confederacy. By InvaMb. Venerable man 1 thy hair all silvered o’er, AH sprinkled with the frost genu of forescore years and more; And yet erect and manly and firm of port and form, Unbowed by the weight of age and scathed not by its storm 1 What a history is thine, with incident how fraught 1 Bow rich with truthful lessonB experience hath taught! Ah! what a wealth of memories, and whata price less store Of reminiscent treasures and traditionary loro Thow mast have garnered up In such along career, As gleanings of the past to Memory still dear 1 Bow many varied visions unto tby glance appear As with ken retrospective than scans each by-gone year— Visions of those loved ones long slnmbeiing in the tomb, Which phantom-like comes stalklog from out the deepening gloom And glimpses of those changes, of import, small and great, Which thon mnst needs have witnessed in families and state t \ Race after race has risen, run their short race and died; «*> Friend after friend the Spoiler hath stricken from tby aide f Of all the youthful comrades, who thy affection shared, Scarce one of all the number, scaroe one indeed is spared ; Whilst thou like some sturdy oak which alone has braved the storm _ v Of all the neighboring forests, stands firmly yet alone. Born whilst tby loved country was even yet unborn Amid its infant struggles in the Revolution's storm ? Thou bast grown along with it throngh manhood and to age. Familiar with each record open its histfWy’s page. Thou saw its gallant founders consigned to honored tombs, And from their hands received the Mood-baptized heirloom; With Words of solemn warning the precious boon to guard, From treason to proteot it, and its 'poison shafts to ward 1 % And faithful to tby trust thou hast faltered nor de spaired. Sat exulted in its triumphs and in its conflicts shared; . And with thy bosom burning with patriotic zeal, Thy loyalty has proven alike ia woe and weal. Cans’t thon be doomed, aged patriot, thy country to survive! And must thou hear its death knell whilst thou art yet alive Bust thou behold its death-throes as thou beheld its _ birth— _—-i^—-——-i Outlive the noblest empire that ever blessed the earth! Well may’st thon stand aghast o’erwhelmed with gloom and grief. To the Ruler of the nations appealing for relief, When traitors and fanatics with parisidai hand, Are kindling flames of Discord o’er this devoted land, And striving to enwrap in Rain’s lurid blase, The heritage so cherished,so prized in by-gone days But patrlet sage, despair not; the same almighty arm. Which hath iio long protected and shielded it from harm, _ _ ■ ' ■ May yet vouchsafe in mercy to averi^the gathering storm, And still preserve thy country for millions yet un born ! ^ -■ And long Its glorious banner thou may’at with pride behold,' With not one gem dismembered from its star-be spangled fold— Aye, long reposed in <piiet ’neath its benignant shade, With Peace again triumphant and the furious storm ailaycd! -- - -----a WMUpBKlBk_ kMitm. ■**= NOT YET. "Not yet,” stid a little boy, as bo was busy with his trap and bail. “When I grow older I will think about my soul.’‘ The little boy grow to be a young man, “Not yet,” said the young man. "I am now about to enter into trade. When I eee my business prosper, then 1 shall have more time than now.” Business did prosper. “Not yet,” said the man of business. “My children must hare my oai;e. When they are settled in life, I shall be bettei able to attend to religion.” Be lived to be a gray headed old man. “Not yet,” still he cried. “I shall soon retire from trade, and then I shall have nothing else to do but to read and pray.” ■ And ao be -died*'” put off to another auCUnr TraVSoeen done when a child. He lived without.God, and died without hope. Some sins are productive of temporary profit or pleasure, but profanonoss is pro auotive of nothing unless it be shame on earth and damnation in hell —Edwards. Never inclined buy your own profit with the loss of othors, or your own ease and comfort with the suffering of others.— Mrtt Fr*do*ia Pitts. WITH A GLOW. Some Christians long to do all their work with a glow. It is ocrtainly a com* Portable state when our feelings can be so raised, that thej will carry us on without an effort on our own part; and we may seem to ourselves, and to the multitude, more godly, as we have more outward fer vor. But we are not to be discouraged, nor to think evil of our state, if this can upt always be maintained. We cannot spring at once from the depths of sin to the heights of the Christian life, and even the most godly must sometimes ‘go mourn ing all the day long.’ The life of a Christian is represented as a raoo. Paul says ‘Let us ruu with pa tience the race that is set before us.’ We are to run with patience. We are encum bered with weights and beset with siu, and the course is rough, and we are liable to stumble. But through all discouragements Wo are to hold on our way. ‘If tbou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.’ There is a difference between those who trust to impulso, and act only from it, and those who measure their religious state by the fervor of their feelings. Of the for mer we aro not speaking. The latter may always desire to experience the Christian’s joy,* and they may pray, ‘Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.’ But they must remember that there are a thousand evil things ready to rise up, as a cloud, between us and God, and they must not for this intermit, or neglect, (as too many do,) the performance of duty,or fear that their services will not be acceptable to God. He always accepts that which comes froom ‘a good and honest heart, and he knows how to pity, and is ready to pardon our imperfeolioUs and weaknesses. There is reliauce to be placed on char acter founded on principle, and it has a depth which mere teeliug lacks. Jeremy Taylor says, ‘The age of passion is not long •’ ana he who acts from the prompt ings of feeling is fitful. But he woo acts from settled and wellgrounded convictions will uaver ha wanting to his duty. Or to himself, and he will always feel the ear* nestness so suitable to a Christian.—Sun day School Times. BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. The following beautiful tribute to Wo man was written several years ago. It mjsurs in a tale of touching interest enti Tled ‘The Broken Heart’—its author, Dr. F. J. Stratton : ‘Oh, the priceless value of the love of a pure woman. Gold cannot purchase a gem so precious. Titles and honors confer up on the heart no such serene happiness. In our darkest moments when disappointments aDd ingratitude, with corroding care, gather thick around, and even the guant form of poverty menaces with hist skeleton fingers, gleams around the soul with an angel’s snwlo. Time cannot mar its bril lianey; distance but strengthens its influ ence, bolts and bars eannot limit its pro gress, it follows the prisoner into his dark cell, and sweetens the home morsel that ap peases his hunger, and i t the silence of midnight it plays around his heart, and in his dreams he„ folds to his bosom the form of her who he loves stij.au ihough the world has turned coldly from him. The couch made by the hand of the loved oue is soft to .the weary limb of the siok sufferer, and the'portion administered by the same hand liries half its bitterness The pillow cjpefully adjusted by her brings repose to the fevered (train, and he;* words of kind-euo^ragement survive the sinking spirit. It would aliiiost seem that God, compassionating oOman’fTfirst great frailty bad planted this jewel in her breast, whose heavenlike influence should cast into sftr getful ness inan’s_ remembrance of the Fail, by building up in his heart another Eden, where perennial flowers forever (doom, and crystal waters gush from exhaustless foun - tain,,” __ -- w HOW TO RECEIVE THIS PREACHER 1. Entertain him with hospitality and kindness, as a brother in Christ, 2. Support him, (and his family, if he, like Peter, is a married preacher,) oheer* fully, promptly, and liberally. 3. Pray for him fervently, assist him heartily and perseveringly, in his labors for the good of souls. &. Do all you can confidently with truth and charity, to increaso bis influence for Christ *• 5. Confer with- him freely upon all the interests of the Church, and of your own soul. 6. While you love and honor him as the minister of God, and do all in your power to aid him in bis holy work,'rely Ups on- -the Holy only, winning souls, and building up the world. Do these things, at the close of the Con* ferenoe year, you will find that “your la' bor has not been in vain in the Lord.”— Messenger. What we wish to do, we believS we oan do, but when we do not wish to do a thing, we.view it as an impossibility.—R. £. Cut ter. If a proud man makes mo keep my dis tanoe, the ooinfort to mo is, that he keeps his at the same time.—Swift. ‘ROOM ENOUGH UP STAIRS.’ It in related that a young man,hesitating as to the choice of a profession, applied to Daniel Webster for advice. ‘The legal profession is quito full, I am told,’ said the querist, ‘do you think there is any chance for such a man as myself ?’ ‘There is room enough up stairs,’ was Mr. Webster* significant reply. ihe remark ie widely applicab'e. In every laudable aud useful avocation, there is usually ‘rojin enough up stairs.’ The lower stories may be mil, the moderate, mediocre grades of culture and ability may be crowded, the supply on this level may exceed the demand, and ho who is content with a ground Uoor life, with no earnest diligent efforts to rise, no resolute strivings for excellence and superiority, may find large occasion for doing nothing, because there is nothing to do, and nothing to be had for it. Rarely, however, is this the erse with the man of largejattainmeots and high ability. r Seldom is such an one ‘nut of a place.’ Soeitty always hath need of him.’ The upper ar artments, in whatever profession or pursuit, are never over full. Times may be hard—business dull— throngs in the market-place ‘all the day idle,’ and yet it is true as ever, ‘there is room up stairs.’ The higher talent will Still find scope and.sphere for its exercise. It is sure to be in demand somewhere, for work and reward. In the spiritual realm, the kingdom of grace, there is every where ‘room enough up -tairs.’ Perhaps it is scarcely within our province to make the application to the Christian ministry, and yet the principle doubtless has its significance here. Though there may be (and we believe there are) some humble, faithful servants of God who are far from bt ieg appreciated, yet as a general rule, it may be safely a^uined that Jjfceat, studious, able, devoted ‘ preaeh 'CT»and pastorsncel not want fora sphere of honorable and useful service. Lot the Bible standard of ministerial excellence and eminence be adopted, together with the Bible method of a'taiuing it, and it will be found that ‘there is room enough up stairs.’ " ~ But how true is the seBtiment in its wider application to the Christian church arid the Christian profession! How rela tively full are the lower apartments of the spiritual house How sadly content are the masses of professed disciples with an inferior, rudiiuental, half developed type of the spiritual life—abiding all their days iu the undergr ound rooms, with little air, little light, little breadth of “vision, and correspondingly little scope of Curistian character and at ainmeut. The higher plane of discipleship goes a begging for aspirants -and occupant*. There is too much spare room ‘up stairs.’ r What ail our churcfie-i need is more of the Pauline spirit, never content but in ascending.— ‘Not as though I had already attained, either were already" perfect, (complete,). but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for whilst, also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. This one thing I do, for getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark tor the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.’ O for more of this (as a plain Christian brother recently designated it) ‘piety on the ascending scale.’» The pen of inspiration had dong ago written con cerning the faithful believer. ‘He Bball dwell.on'high'; and yet thero is abundance of unoccupied ‘room up stairs.’ Who will occupy it? Alas, that so large numbers of professed disciplos are found too weak limbed arid short breathed to make the as cent. Unless the Great Physioian shall strengthen,£hem speedily, we fdur they will never reach the upper kingdom.—Chris tian Secretary. -.-.— ~ “IIE READS AND I PE AY.” Alice M--, bad received a fice educa tion. Her mind had been naturally and evenly developed. She had committed ma ny select texts of Scripture to memory, and had enforced their lessons on her heart. The Spirit of God took^things of Christ and showed them untorrer. She received the truth in the love of it. Her Bible and her oloset were dear to her. Her happf est hours were seasons of coromuniop with her Saviour. The Sabbath was to her a heaven below. Alice was but twenty-one years of age when she became the wife of a ship master some lour or five years older than herself. He was going to Europe in a new ship,and bad a stateroom fitted and furnished for her accommodation, and she consented to ac company him to sea. Their wedded life began upon the deep. The husband was a stranger to the power of grace. He ad mired aud loved hisr'wife for her simple and earhost' piety. On her return from her first voyago, she confided to a friend who had been, her spiritual adviser, that they had lived a life of prayer even on ship board. “Was he willing to pray with you?*’ asked the friend. “No”, replied Alice, “but we had prayers together every jjajr, and he seemed glad to have it so. Be read and I prayed.” Is it s raugo that within twp years that husband’s soul was brought to the foot of tho cross, and that the time came when she read aud he prayed ? Let,.young wfVes who love the Lord Jesus bat are joined to partners who have not tasted the powers of the world to; come, remember the woe which fills on (he fami lies that call not on the name of the Lord, and begin their married life, whether at home or abroad, as did young Alice and the Lord may give them a like reward. SERMONS TO CHILDREN. Thongh the practice of ministering from the pulpit to the lambs of tho flock is ex tending among our clergy, it is by no means yet, awit ought to be, universal.— For if 'rightly dividing the word of truth does not fairly include dividing at least a l ortion.of it into morsels small enough foi children’s digestion, then wo miss the meaning of that text: , The main objection urged by pastors who remain yet derelict touching this delightful duty, is that they ‘Lave no tact for inters ostmg little auditors. Many a good eleri cal brother who takes his little daughter on his knee at home, and delights her with some simple atory, cannot bo persuaded to carry the same style and the same power into his church, or eveu lecture room — We believe there is not a pastor in tha land who cannot, if be will give himself to the work jn earnest and in the love of souls, come down t,q the level, and win the de lighted interest of every child of common intelligence in his ooDgregutiou. And they who raise this complaint of incapacity are the very men who most need for themselves and their people at large, the beneflt of the wotk. It would iafuse new life and freshnesi into the stiff pro priety of their discourses It would give flexibility and vivacity to their whole man ner of address. It would increase the practice of illustration,in sermonising. It would, indirectlv, grettly aid the Sabbath school. It would more deeply interest parents in the spiritual welfare of their children, and suggest to them interes ting modes of coBveyingtruth. Any pastor who will, by carefully col lecting facts and anecdotes from the news papers* and from his general reading gath er mate-ials for this labor, will be Surpri £ed,to jind how little labor will enable him to interest <n audienoe of children. ' The writer has as large an attendance at the Sabbath evening service for children as at any other during the day , white, firti the aid of a well stocked scrap book, bis preparation for that service is often made iu an hour.—California C. Advocate. THE PRAYING WIFE. Recently, in Wales two men were re turning home from a beer shop at a very late hour, as they were walking one said to the other, ''When I get into my house to night, my wife will scolihwe dreadfully.’ “Ah, replied his companion, “I shall have something ten tines more intolerable than scolding; my wife is always quiet,but she weeps and speaks to me about my soul, and her words are burning like fire in my conscience.” He reached home; as he an ticipated, his wife met him at the door weep ing. He went to bed and slept, but bis wife distressed aud anxious about his sou!, instead of doiug so, prayed to God on his behalf. About three o’clock in the nonr n.ng ho awoke, and saw her standing at the bedside still weeping. <*■ He said, “Mar garet, what is the matter with you?” She answered, “The thought that my dear hus band is an enemy to my beloved Savior, aud that he is likely to have his portion with damned spirits, almost breaks my heart,” This answer broke him down. He felt that his case was a bad one, and the faot that bis wife felt so deeply on bis ac count, led him to feel for himself. He arose and knelt by the side of his wife, and pray ed to Gpd,, who blessed the conduct and language of his wife to his conviction ,rnanK Tested to-him Ms pardoning gface dhrough Jesus Christ, and they aro a happy couple rejoioing in the hope of dwelling together fmever in heaven. Has any reader of this an unconverted husband ? Do you feel deeply in bis be half, aud does his present danger and fu ture ruin excite your deepest interest? Have you prayed earnestly and peraevesingl y to God for him? Has ho reason to believe that you are anxious on his account, or is your conduct such, as to lead him to sup pose that you are indifferent to his sta?e and regardless of his future welfare. Try such a course as this woman pursued, and God will bless your efforts aud answer your prayer. Prayer.—All the duties of religion are eminently solemn and venerable in the eyes of children. But none so strongly proves the sincerety of the par.nt; none so power fully awakens tho reverence of the child; none so happily recommends the instruc tion he receives, as family, r“"r fidiflalr'.y those in which petitions for the children occupy a dituguislud p!a«e-~ - Dwight. \yhen the Roman poet was told by a pUpgiuatic friend to jwind his own business and not meddle with other men, affairs, he made the immortal reply : -‘I am a man, and whatever,,relates to my fellow creatures also touches me.” A re’igion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice t& savo him. They who seek wisdom will surely find her. jfarnt aatr ferkir. ASHES. “tyoublyou advise the mixing of uc leached wood ashes with btrn-yard m;i ouro ! says one, • ‘With Peruvian guano?” ! says another, “With Nitrogepized Phos phates-says a third. . _W* answer to1 all, “No.” Ur.kached wood ashes, says the Working Farmer, have a much higher value as a manure than is usually accredited to them,'and they should never be mixed with top dressing manures, as they furee on the ammonical p r.ious while decompo sing the organic poi tiou=. Wood-ashes uu leached are worth ia many districts, as a manure, fifty cents fer bushel, vrlieu they are sold to soap boilers at thirty-five cents. These farmers, if thcyjyould treat them • selves as they are treating their sails, would be bled once a day instead of repudiating the Sangrado. Unleashed. wood-ashes contains large portions of potash, and ex actly in that condition most available to a majority of crops. Whgn mixed with ; swamp muck, river mud, Woods-eartb, | ebip manure, head-lands, weeds, etc., wood \ ashes assist jjaterially in their di.-integras tion, and in the developeinent of tilir in organic constituents to a condition capable of feeding crops, but when mixed with stable manures the decomposition is too rapid to permit the absorption of tiie am monia, by the hss valuable portions. When soils are deficient of potash—and wo have yet to find the soil that is not—wood ashes may be sown directly on the surface, and the potash contained in them will find its way into the soil by .the action of dews and rains, and as it is trot volatile, the surlajnp'of the soil is the proper place for its deposit. It is true that it may find its way to the soil through compost, composed1' of otherwise inert materials, thus' spent fan maybe reduced by the potash to a fine powder, weif suited after such treatment, for composing with stahl; manure, wbieh in turn, will be rendeied in a better con dition for the use of plants. Thus the potash performs the double service, first of forwarding the decomposition of inert mat ter, and secondly of fiirnishimr.,. ruatash. ;-cseawi.BHy lt> meson; but it should never I he brought in contact before its applica tion to the soil, with mauures of a highly putreteoeat character, nor with artificial manages containing ammonia in any form. SHA^L WE PLOW IN THE FALL? All lands, except light loams ard sandy soils, are benefited by Fall ploughing, un less they are exposed to washing. Steep side hills ehouli nc-vec be plowed itt' tbir Fall, unless you sow them immediately with £;rain or grass seed, to furnish roets for holding the^ei! iu plaee. But all heavy loams lying flat, and clays, are g eatly benefitted by Fall plowing .— j The t 'arns are generally iu the beat condi tion fir plowing at this season. They have had ghod pasturage through the Summer, and, as a rule, have less tja do t :»n iu the Winter and Spring. It) puts the Spring wt>rk very much ahead to Save all the green sward turned over in the EaU.-=. However much ofthis may-be—done, ’h*fatr teams will have enough to do iu the Spring, in carting manure, 'gross plowing, harrow ing, and getting ready for sowing and. planting. In the Fall, the lands that are most ben efited by plowing, are generally in t he best condition for the operation, fn the spring they aendften so wet that they can not be plowed until May oi June. Now they are dry, wild will crumble as they are turned over. By p 1 owing n.0W- -ihey are prepared to receive the full benefit of the action of frost, rain and snow through , the Winter — There are no disintegrators like the ele ments. Stiff clays and hard-pans are made loose and friable by these exposures. The more rough and broken they are left by tho plow, the better. Then, there are rough pasture swards full of brush and rank weeds, and reclaimed swamps with a thick turf of swamp grasses, that are best subs dued by tearing them up now. They freeze and thaw thro igh Jhe winter, and little life is left in them by Spring. - B. sides this,'plowing has an important influence upon insect life. Many insects burrow in the earth, and if ly£» undisturb ed, come forth with new life in tho Spring. Plowing disturbs their Winter , arrange ments, and myriads of th ir larva;. At this season tho soil may be safely plow ed deeper than iu the spring. The inch ■ or two of yellow s oil will^ undergo impor tant changes before Spring —American , Agriculturist. Ixdiax Toast.—Place two quarts of milk over £ke firo : When tt..boils, add a spoon Tul of flour to thicker}, a teaspoonful of sa>t a small lump of butter; two t&blespoonfuls i of sugar; have ready in a deep dish, six or eight slices of light Indian bread toasted. Pour the mixture over them, and serve hot. Baixoon PcpniXG.—To one square ba king tin, use tour eggs and three tahie spoonfuls of flour, well beaten together; a little salt; then fill up with sweet tuiifcs Bake fiften minutes in a %uiek oven. Serve with sweetened cream or auy sauce vor ehoose. It can be made wittt three egg and four spoonfuls of flour. ] ADVEKTraEMESTS net incousihtent with the i character of t!ie paper, will be inserted at the MU lowing rates : One square of 10 lines—1st Insertion... . $1 c®, For each subsequent insertion...... 25 .f ■* One square 6 months.;_' « 2| One square 12 months . . 12 59 Over aixFless than one square, in proportion to the above rates: Advertisements to be changed weekly .will be inserted | according to agreement. Yearly advertisers will b« I required to pay quarterly or semi-annually. Tran ; sient advertisements to be paid for on insertion. JOB WORK Job Prtnttnv> of all kinds executed with neat ness and despatch. CULTIVATION OR THE PEA-NUT. I see bj the 4tb number of the present volume of the Country Gentleman, that a correspondent wishes to have some infor mation respecting the cu'tivation of the pea nut. As I have some little experience in the cultivation or this article, and lest some more exp rienced hand should neglect to supply the desired information, I shall state what I know on the subject. The article is called by avjjiety of names in this part of the country; such as pea nut, ground pea, pinder, gowber-pea, &». The ground should be rich and well broken up. It ought to bo of such a description as might be expected to produce a good crop of corn. It ought to be laid off in ridges about three feet apart. A shallow j furrow run with a shallow plow along the j centre- of each ridge prepares ithe ground |-for the seed. The pods which contain from ! one to three peas each, must be broken, j uul the peas planted in the drill from one : foot to eighteen inches apart, and covered 1 vith a hoe about one inch and a half deep. They ought to be plowed and hoed three, j times during the season, to destroy the . weeds and keep the ground loose. The pea vine while growing, sends up a per I pendicular stem about a foot high; about j this stem many others shoot out iu all di | reciions, and run about fifteen inches along 1 the surface of the grouud. Tnoso runners have joints about an inch ani-a-half apart. At each joint a strong root strikes down ia to the grouud about two inches deep; at the end of this root the pea>pod is formed, and there co nes to maturity. Some farmers cover these lateral vines with earth, while othe:s leave thorn bare all the time. It is not agreed whieh is the better mode. When ripe, one bunch of vines will have frbu* one to two quarts of peas. Some planter* aniUivate them in hills like corn, but I pre i'erdrills. One acre will produce front thirtyfive t> fifty bushels of peas, which usually sell at ,$l per bushel in our mar kets.—Cultivator. Boiled Fowls with Ovster >;—Take a young fowl, fill the inside with oysters,, out it iutoajar, anl pluugo the jar in a kettle or saucopan of water. Boil it for nno lif)ifr —-Titf.rP Will bt) A qiiiinti^y ofgravy from the juicT,soi tea fowl and oyster* in the j ir,—make it into a white sauee, with the addition of egg, cream or a little flour and butter ; add oys ters to it, or serve up plain with the fowl. The gravy that eoaies from a fowl dressed in this manner will be a stiff jelly the next day, the fowl will be very white and tender and of an exceedingly fine flavor, advanta ges not attainable in ordinary boiling, while the dish looses nothing of its delieacj and simplicity. THE UTILITY OF USEFUL THINGS;. ' The prussiste of potash is made in large quantities in"-Cincinnati, from hoofs, horn*, and other refuse o slangaterei^grnnters. Cow-hair, taken from the hides in tan neries, is employed for making plastedug rnorter, to give it a sort ot fibrous qua]i>__ ty. "i&wdust is sold'iii (fur streets for sprink ling the floors of markets It is also used for packing iee for shipping. The rags of old, worn-out shirting, cali co, dresses, and the waste of cotton facto ries. arc employed to make the paper upon which these lines are printed. Old ropes are converted iuto fine note paper, and the waste paper it-elf, which is picked up in the gutters' of our streets, i» _ ' ag-ua_rgfiflnrnrted int0r lm»iidi=white-»b«St9 and thus does duty in revolving stages. The parings of ?kins and hides, ,agd the eats oi cows; calves and sacep, are care* fully collected and converted into Peter ^ .t.'ooper’+t,famous glue, made out at “Old Bushwick.” The fiuer qualities of palatine are raaa® from ivory rasping—-tho ooues and Londons of animals. Bo»es converted into charcoal by roast ing in retorts arc afterwards employed for puryfyiug the white.sugar with which wo sweet, u our coffee, etc. The ammonia obtained from the distilla tion of coal in making gas, i> employed for satur&tingknohil and cudbear, in making the beautiful lilac colors that arc dyed on silk aud the flue woolen goods. Carbonic acid, obtained in the distilla* tion ofooal tar,is employed with othefcf^^ , --- • to produce beautiful ^yellow oolora otyulk aud wool. wk-~ i The shavings of^edar wood, used in tna | king pencils, are distilled to obtain the otto | of jcodar wood. | Bra's filings and old brass kettles aro i remelted and employed to make the brass work of priutmg-presses and pumps. / Coal tar is burned and made into lamp black, used for priuter's ink,cornmou black paint, aud blacking for shoes, etc.
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