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_i_ ian Sun. *■ RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.” SUFFOLK. VA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1871. NO. 3.1 | The Christian Sun. Dcroto-1 to Religion, Morality, Temperance, Uteratare, News, and the support of the princi ples of the Cbristiak CaWtoR. PUBUSJIED EVERY FRIDAY. *’’* f' TRRIIS! For one year, Invariably in»ilTance...$3 00 For six months... 1 BO itSY. W. B. W EM, OKS, Editor. Ornoa ok Kiirv 8t»*b». Menqr beret bymaitmuet be.aMhorisk oftbiise who settf! it The safret wav Is by a'T’ost ifH<« money Abler made pirtnhle to^theTMitor. or «i draft on somefianlt ot buejews house in Suffolk Norfolk or Petersburg. .1 » • re1 _a_ The Christian Stir, ADVERTISEMENTS. ~* Advertisements net inconsistent' with thechai * acter of the paper, will be inserted at the follow* ■ ingrates: v . One aqnare of ten lines, first insertion.$ 1 00 Foreach subseqnent insertion-....-#... p<>, One square three months...,#.—.9 Co Onesquaresix months...,..'. 10 CO. One square twelve months.18 (0 Advertisers changing weeky, most make » special agreement. Yearly advertisers will pay quarterly or semi-annually jn advance, Jran sieut advertisements to be p*fd For’ on insertion. Job PniNTiso^execnted with neatness and dis patch. „ Sectarianism-—Itj Demoralizing Teti denotes. In oloeiug my remarks on rha demorali zing Mture 6f 'Sectarianism, as shown hi - the charaoter and conduct of its votaries, I would adduce a ainglo instance for the purpea&of proving that helirOd-ox Sectarian ism if just as deviating in its nature as the Orthodox specimens ottbataHicle. I allude to thus heturod')* Emperor Valens, who reigned «, little- time after Constantine, the orthodox Emperor, who commenced the .t>rsotioe>of murdering his fS^idw Cihr^stians •who would not profess the Trinitarian p.os T*el- Under V»l«ns, the Ariao. or tfft'rta yiB.i-tjj&spul had under its ooatrol. the c'v’^ power, and like its Trinitarian brother of f.Sat!»hw'OTigin, (gave unmistakablo oaider.ee v^t'itr paternity in persecuting t^iosat that professed tho Trioitariuq gospel. . In oqe instance, ■Tufcen a number of delegates were appointed by "the Tribitartans to wa*t qpont Valens, the Arjan Emperor, for the purpose of soliciting a-toteration fur the TriniVarian gospel', Valens canned these delegate* to be put on board of * Yef*l, hart irbtta taken at some distance from the shore, he oausdd the, vessel to be'set on fire, and the* whole dele gation of the TrinitarianGlinreb iware thus burned to death. It has been generally • believed that heterodox tains are more' toler ant in their nature than Orthodox isms The pages of History, as far as it, known to the wortd, afford no evidence that such is this fact. All isms being of their father, the Devil, whether orthodbx, nr heterodox, it mini if lie rittioually supposed that 1 Hhe icprTct of their Father they would do,” and such in' f.ict always has been the caSe. when they had the power and opportunity so to do. Prom the pages of history it would appear that when the gospelol Christ is corrupted by the addition of cither truth or error, the cflfeei is identically the same ; leaking originally what was the' power of * God for the salvation of' men, by these ad ‘Vitieos becoming tbtV power of the Devil for tha devilisiogiiind damning of all who give to them erode, nee nsxd Minoinnoe. •fiTtU'w of’tha wholo subject ftf Secta rianism. as it has -t)ee>p diMQsrfed, it seeirs to me that it is oUe.'.f "the gfeatest (if evils The Gospel of Christ as proclaimed by Him and the Apostles, is truly the bread of life \tliat came down from IIeavep; but cnriyjp 'ted. as it now is hv "the doctrines and tra ditions of men" it has not only ceased to bo a mean* of creating and perpetuating moral life, hut has. in fact, become'the most pow erful instrument in the hands of Satan in creating and perpetuating those itrifes, ha treds. and raaligtlSfit’actions among profes sors of Christiithify, 'that dishonor Christ slid which tend to eternal -death. 'It is like bread to be the 'ttaW Of life, Vet when by .human iugenui'y it is efraverted’ into deo bol, it thus becomes tbe greatest and worst enemy of our race, spreading misery, ruin, disease and death in this wofld niherOvOr it /is used, and fitting the hapless victims of its influence foy the prison of the Almighty in t.lie world that is-to come, "where the worm •dieth not aj^d the vfire !is not quenched.” which is the second death. sin conclusion, I would urge on every one .who loves Christ more than the idol god of his church, and regards Christianity of the 'Bible of more importance than the iumdtic Christianity of his creed, to throw his Seo^t tarian gods "to th<!moic3 and to the bats/’ ■ and thus renouncing bishllegiance (o Satan the father of .all isms, ,vret«^n. .jjaio. tthe .Lord who will have moTCy'Upoo'.ljinr atta.to; : our Cod, (i, e.-the God of pure s siiy) who wiil gbiindantijr pardon MO'tHER Wi where, there; are no - servants, afFfcielted' wway under'•‘h^tr 7haods as'it fey ht&bant Sho had a'dfvllnb,magro, .the, that 'toother of mine; if it he ms_gio to commune daily with the supernatural. $hVbaa-a'iittle room all her own, where on a etah'd always stood open the great family 'Bible, and when work pressed hard, and cKRIft-'n wei-e untoward, when sickness tlyeateped, when the skeins o£ Ufa .were oroesways and tangled, she went ftuiet.ly te that.joom, and kneeling over that»|fl;ble, Jpok hold of a CM pUm.—Mjf Wfp anil. ▼ * ~rzl_i-si_••• ,, Wuo oan tell the power for good or $vi! of but one sentence,falling „a a fellow crea ture’s ear, or estimate the mighty seriss of 'emotions, purposes' and actions of which one articulate breath may be the spring ? -A word spoVenia season, how good is it?” . To the Follower* of Christ. - A* re are • commanded to-(et “ojjr light! no uhlne before men that they may are our godd works, and glorify our Father in hea ven, it is natural for us to inquire what are tba'good works which will lead men to honor God ? In a sariptural sense—the oply true one—these good works are the fruit of the spirit—the effect of Vhe ' lhve'of God abed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost,'givfin us through our Saviour, who hath declared that, "ye shall know them by their fruits— for » good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither ean a oorrupt tree bring forth good flrnit,”—mad Ito likewise said that ••herein ig'fny Father glortfie^, -.Ibal’ye belir much fruit, so shall ye be thy \lMiples. Thus is it seen, that the good works hf thi Chris tian, which shall redound “to Ihn honor bf God, are the legitimate fruit of a good tree. This good treo is the kingdom of Christ set up in 111? hea,r( by faith, and this blessed kingdom is an empire of love—love to God i supreme, arid'to his neighbor as’»bin<self— which reigns in and rules over the heart, the God ef every emotion, for God is love. This love manifests itself in acts of benevo lence to our fellow creatures, without re spect to persons, and prompts us to “do goad ‘unto all men as'We-have opportunity,” tand "especially lo those 'who'are of the 1 house-hutd of frith, for by this shall all men know that -ye are my disciples/’ saith the blessed Saviour, “Tf yo- have love one for another!'* And he likewise sSid."ffye love me ye will keep my Commandments,” aud when asked which were the greatest of the commarfdmenls, He answered “to love God with tho whole heart, arid thy neighbor “as thyself. The good works then which men acting may be led to glorify our Father in heaven, are such as spring from the love of God. instead of the lusts of the flesh—they flro the fruit of the Spirit, and aro in direct opposition-'to-the works of tho flesh., “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, forni cation, uncleanness, .Idolatry, hatred, vari ance, onfulairons, wrath, strife, -envying*, murders, drunkenness, readings, and such like,” Of the which we are fold “that they which do.Such things Uhall mot-inherit the kingdom of ’God. “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,' aifcd^nosS, temperance, against such there is no lav? ” ’Bear eGhristiana, “let us walk in the spirit, and we shall not fulfill (he fusts of the flesh,—let us endeavor by the grace of Gud ‘Jlo.qlcanse ourselves from all filthiness of the fl"sh, perfecting '"holiness in the fear of God.” Let us not be deceived, and dt’ceive one another, for we are taught that ■‘he thft; cfaetk righteousness is righteous,” and that “God isnot mocked,for whatsoever a man soweth that shall ho also reap ; for he that soweth to tbedlesh, shall ofthefiesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the'spirrt reap Hfe evertalting ” Then, “Kt ws ndt’be Weary in "well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not,”^-'‘for the'Son of man shall come in the glofy bf !fis"l?»tlier, with His angels, and then He shall reward -every man ac cording to his works. - Then “tetris bo instatit'tn season and out of season^ always abounding inthe work of' the Lord,”'so shall we “let our light shine before men, that they tatay *ee oOr pc d works, and glorify our‘f'atlier inVoaven,. and so shall Werbap the rich reward of the ■; «»|*y It be. Hm», • n. t. w. f» % I’' ' v,j -While the parable of the five faopab vfrgins'whe had no H, and who$e lamps had gone out at the coming of -the bridegroom: and from that moment, day and night, that word of God remained in her soul, as jn arrow re mains in ,the side , of a stag .who flies fiyr away from, tho TfSWrn^ to her My God, what'WiUbeoomeof iTie? I have not thy gtaeq m my heart!” She was filled with fear; th,*nih*b^mtu»‘''-^%d oon tioued in pray er until God answersd'her favorably, and.gave her his pCnoe through the Holy Spirit, and now she is happy and /Do good to SELECTION*. Purity of character Never iu in; age was ! it mors important to impreos our youth with the value of this great essential principle than at the present time. “Time is money.” How important then it is to us all 1 Here is pure gold un alloyed, without which our time will he a ■(Jrug’ upon the market, before entering the 'wbrld's-great banqueting hafl. Young man, stop a Bioment and think. What is life? It is a vapor--a dream when one awaketh. Yet life is more thau mere mist—it is not a phantasm, hut a re ality. Yes, “Art is torn?, and time is fleeting. And cur hearts, though stout and brare, Still, like intilSed drims, are heating, Funeral marches to* the grave.” And we arc passing away. 'Whither are we drifting? Has it beeurweil asked : — •*Young'inirn, wnat is yoqj-jiife ? ” It is a precious boot). Now, .then, in youth lay the fopnibrtioti of‘»“ggod, thatdy character; let purity be tbe beau ideal of thy beautiful life; let thy thoughts be pure, tban'Shall you go forth well equipped fur thy -warfare; for life, indeed, is often a struggle, lie prudent, thoughtful, speak evil of no tuan. Remember that charity suffereth long and is kiud-^heareth ail things, endpreth all things. 'ICeep thy heart with all diligence, for onl of it nro tho issues of life. The fountain being pure, the stream wilf'be pure. Remember this fact—“you are real ly what you aro in secret When alone, your meditation, your reflection will give shape to your conduct, and your character witf tbps be 'formed. You have admired the loveliness Of the rose, the flower, and the betftrtifuhonew. You hove looked upon the plum arid tie apricot—did you notice the bloom and beau ty of these. That soft, delicate flush over spreading the cheek is said to be more ex quisite than the fruit itself. Now, if you strike your hand over it, it is at once gone forever; for it never grows but once. The flower that hangs in the morning impearled ! with dew, arrayed as no queenly woman i ever was arrayed with jewels, once shake ! it SO that the beads mil off, and you may j sprinkle water over it as you please, yet it j can never be made again what it was when the'dew frltsilently Upon it 'from heaven. On a frosty morniug, you may see the panes of glass covered with landscapes, Uiotrotoins, lakes and trees, blended in beautiful fantastic ; pictures. Now, if you lay your hand on the glass, and by the scratch of the fir.ger or the yrarmth of the palm, ill the deltcato traoery will be oblite rated. So there is iu youth a beauty and { purity of character which when once touch- j c-d arid depled, can never bo restored, a ! fringe nioro 'delicate than frost-work, and which when torn ana broken, will never be re-embroidered. A man who has spotted and soiled his garments in vout.h, though he may seek to make Jthem white again, o»n never wholly do it, even though he wash them with his tears. When a young mac leaves his father’s house, with the blessing of his mother’s kiss still wet upon his -forehead, if ho'lase that purity of character, it is a loss that be nsVef oan regain—never 1 Such is the fearful oooseqnence of crime—the derp stain Qf Bip,its. effect cannot be eradicated— it oan only bp forgiven, ,aud that forgivness ootnes only from the God of" all purity. “Jslor bleeding blHfcor bleedingbeast, Nor hyssop nor sprinkling priest, Npr running bfonk/OorTIpoU nor sea, Caft wash the dismal stain away, ? ‘ Jesus','thv Blood, iffy blood alone, ‘ ‘frith pdWrsofficu4NSi«BMi(W?Rr Thy Woof ehn cieanSo ns wht^e as Snow No Jewish types eiin'cleanse us so* . tub* Son Does Not Set.—life hie passage is frbra the'tie witnessed by Mr. in tbo north of • W ••f ill silent of waves out; a'way wsSst’, - r son swung low , iko"tl»0"Sto'w beat of the ‘tall 'clock "of O&r grancl father’s parlor eofnefc We Sill. Stood silent, loofeiiifg at Our watohes. v’When*both hands came’’together at tW'elVn, midOightr Jjie foil round orb hung triumphantly above tbe wave—a bridge of goM running doe north spanned the water between us sod him. There ho shone in silent majesty,' which knew no Setting. We ' involuntarily' took offduf hatS; no word was skid.1 Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw, and its beauties will pale before the gorgeous coloring whioh now lit** -«irt —irin*»ij»ti 7 ' ^'#hD-4Mwr the sun had sif^gMn per ceptibly on his beat, tbe aolors changed to those of mon>iug>%<WMrttelii-ti#^w» the flood," one soogstor after toother piped up in the grove behind us—we had aljd;jB-_ to inot^'fky.*’ * " * s • Clergymen's Children. It baa long since passed into a prorerb, tlnd the expression baa become a fixed fact in too many minds, that the children of clergymen, and especially their sots, are less susceptible to moral and religious in fluences.1 and are more .apt to briDg sorrow to the hearts of th$riJparetrts,' than the chil dren of parents, from "whom less is expected. It has become a serious question, and it is high time that it b« answered, according to striot truth. With this sufiject before me, I have been scanning some of the volumes of Dr. Sprague's'"ArtteMwa Pulpit” f»r statistics. *tiod as the result-^f that iov* stigation, I find the fallowing fact*.: Out of 314 cler gymen of diffeient evangelical denomina tions, 114 of that number* were sons of cler gymen. Also. I find tliat each of the 314, first-named, was the father cf one or more sons, who entered the holy ministry, and making in the aggregate 339. In many in.Ftsaoes,' their daughters became the wives of clergymen. In more than one instance four daughters from one family marri&d thus. NTcrw tins statement refers, -in part, to fartiilies of deceased clergymen ; but cou)d the investigation be carried oat, at the present di.te. in’ the boftnds of the acquaint ance of many who’read this, I doubt not a similar result would be met. Were it not that it might seem too personal or out stepping the bounds of true politeness, I would give bore tbe names of a score or more, witbin a circle of as many miles, the bistory of whose families would bear a fa vorable comparison in their results with Ibe foregoing. ‘In each of the cases, now in mind, one or more of the sons have en tered the holy ministry ; and of tbe daugh ■ ters, one more have married clergymen^ at ! home or abroad, and are leading lives con sentrated to the Master’s worS. Others of the sons are standing forth as noble spe . cimans of Christian gefi'tiemea, ~in raridas departments of business and social life; while others of the daughters, as “corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace,” are ornaments to society, useful, and a blcssmg and honor to their parents. MarrUok Maxims.—The folltwing mar riage maxims are worthy of more than a hasty reading. Husbands need not pass them by, for they are designed for wires ; and wives should ifot "despise them, for they are addressed to husbands1: The very nearest approach to domestic happiuesa on earth is in the cultivation, on both sides of absolute unselfishness. Never talk at one another, either alone or in con, pan.y. Never both get angry at once. Never speak loud to one another, unless the house is Cm fire. Let each one strive to yield oftenest to the wishes of the other. Never find fault unless it is perfectly certain that a fault has been committed ; and always speak lovingly. 'Never taunt with a past mistake. Neglect the whole world besides.'rather than one another. Never make VYrrmark it the expense of each other; it is a meanness. Never part for a day without loving words to think of during absence. Never meet without a loving welcome. Never let the sun go down upon any an ger orgfWanfce. Never let any /suit you have committed go until you have frankly confessed it, and ask forgivness. (Never forget the happy hours of early lotto. Never sigh over what (night have been, rbutSnake the best of what is. ‘Never forget that marriage is ordained of God, and that His blessing alone can make it wb*t it should ever be. Never let your hopes stop short of the eternal borne...... *TiW Tiros MsosiN^Heiw-ee Jfeple illustration paoticaHy applied, and worthy to be., pondered by those wbo wouM preach not themselves, but Christ Jesus our Lord. It is from that veteian minister, John An gell James. ThepoWer ofthe magnet gains nothing from the gilder’s or the gravor’B art; Jts attraction lies in itself, and is diminished by foreign aooretions. So 'it felt with the of all magnets of which'Clmst hasa-nT: And I, if I be lifted up, Vill.draw sub. men onto roe. We may draw men to ofirNidlvea by genious elo quence, eccentricity, bat we can drgw men to Christ only by the Cross. e attraction of the last* lw«M altogether tTOttar Tl aye mute, atmosphere is mote. Gravitation tongue. « faMMt iracteristio universe tit The brik no Effectual Prayer Illustrated. Dr. Gulhfie, in bis Discourses on the Parables, gives an illustration from East ern life, Which throws a flood of light on the success of the woman pleading with the unj.ist'judge. He says of her impor tunity .•— This art is c&rried to the highest perfec tion in the East. A traveler in Persia tells how be was besieged' by one who solicited a gift more costly-than he was prepared to give The hoary, and as the people es teemed him, holy, mendicant, sat himself down before his gate, throwing ;up a, rnde tent, to shelter himself from the nodn-day sun. There he remained like a sentinel, nor left sis post but to follow the traveler outofdoors, and return with him. Taking snatches of sleep daring the day, when the other rested in the house, he kept up a hideous howling and clamorous demands, a# the hours 6f the night—an annoyance which, persisted in fof sueeessive days and nights, ami even weeks, seldom fails, a3 you ean suppose, to gain its object. Such were the means 'by which the tHdoW gained here. So soon as ever tbe unjust judge took his seat at (he gate of the city where m the East courts are held and 1 all causes heard, bis eye, as it roamed over the (Trow'd, fell on her. There she'was, arid always was—sorrow in her dress, but determination in the flash of her eye; her form bent down wfctegrief, but her Spirit unbroken, resolvdd t& give the Judge no rest until he had avenged her of her ad versary. Now breaking in on the business of the court, she is on her feet, passionately demanding justice, and now, stretched upon the ground at his teet, she*piteously implores it. Nor can he shake her off. Denied her suit.f be follows him to bis house to interupt his leisure and embitter his pleasures. Her voice ringing loud on the i threshold demanding entry, bursts ip to | his presence, and. vs dragged away by the j servants, thrust out but only to return as j the ball struck rebounds, ihe billows ^kat i tered on the rocks fall back into the deep to gather volume and strength for a new attack. And as by a constant dashiog, the waves in time cut into tho cliff, which yielding to die incessant action of a weaker element, some day bows its proud head, and precipitating itself forward, falls into the sea, which, swallowing it up, sweeps over it with jubilaBt, triumphant waves, so the persistanee of the juge. Diamond cuts diamond. She conquers by importunity. Yielding to her requests, he says ; Because this widow troubieth me, I will avenge her, lest by her coutinuai corniug she weary me. Loss of Mind in Old Age —^Fatuity from old ago cannot bs cured, but it may be prevented by employing tbs mind con stantly in reading aud conversation in the evening of life. Dr. Johnson ascribes the fatuity of Dean Swift to two causes—first, to a resolution made in his youth that he never would wear spectacles, from the want of which he was unable to read in the de cline of life; and secondly, to bis avarice, which led him to abscond from visitors, or deny himself of company, by which means be deprived himself of the only two meth ods by which now ideas are acquired or old ones renovated. His rniad, from these causes, languished for the want of exercise, and gradually collapsed into idiocy, in which state-ire spent the close of his life in a hospital founded^by himself for persons afflicted with the same disorder of which he finally died. Country people, when they have no' relish for books, when they lose their ability to work or to go abroad from age or weakness, ; are very apt to become fatuitous, especially as they are too often deserted iD their old age by the younger branches of their fami lies," in consequence of which their minds beoome torpid from the want of society and conversation. Fatuity is more rare in cities then in Country places, only because society and conversation can be had in them upon easy twins; and it is less common among women'than mett,qnly because their employ qfaqglftia nature as to admit of ■th«tr1)ariirg"e*rrh;d%h by theirfiresides, and , iu a sedantry posturb. ' * ■ y , ; Aboot Q&nault&a. IDO Yoc.va.—Mrs. Elisabeth Cady. Stitt) ton says : “Girls don’t reach their maturity until twenty-five, yet at sixteen they are wives and mothers all over the land, fobbed of all the rights and freedom of childhood in. marriage, crippled in growth and development, the ipial foroes needed tft build uf a Vigorous and healthy womanhood"are’ sapfied and perverted from their legitimate channels in the premature office of production, .When the body is ovnrtaked, the mind loses its tone and set tles downiha-gloomy - di|oonteDt that en feebles the whole moral being. The feeble mother brings fditb feeble sons, tbe sad mother those with morbid appetites. The constant demand of stimulants among men fRHJ.. drawn together Tit 'the aentlments of tion, might caloulata with oertainty on a happy home, with happy children gathering round thair fireside.” FARMED GARDEN. Farmer’s Club. We want to imorcss upoB the minds of the farmers of Nanseniond, an 1 in all the surrounding country, the importance of organizing a farmer’s club in every county, and what would be better still, in every township. There is nothing better calcu lated to improve the Agriculture of a neigh borhood, than a lively farmer’s clnb, where membersgneet periodically to discuss ques tions connected with their calling. When ever a half dozen or more intelligent and practical farmer’* can he got together for the discussion of any question connected with agriculture, the control of miods, will thfo'w light* on the questions discussed, and •betp all concerned to clearer and better views. The best plan, says the Carolina Farmer, in an excellent article on this sub ject, is to meet once in each rnqafth, at the houses, of members, where a plain enter tainment should be provided, everything costly and luxuriant being excluded, as not compatible with the times. Here let a sabjeet, previously selected, he discussed, by members appointed for the pnrposo.— The discussion need not assume the char acter of a debate, unless members choose to make it such. Let truth be the great object ia view, and let all attempts at dis play of oratorical talents be preterniitted. Let every member subscribe for a good ag ricultural newspaper, and whenever any thing of interest occurs at the club meetiog, let a note of it be furnished to the news paper. ' •We subjoin a list of subjects which may bo profitably discussed by a club of Caro lina farmers. Rotation of crops. The pro portion of land to be devoted to the. cereals and to cotton or other market crops. Drain-3 age. The preparation of the soil for crops, and their subsequent cultivation. Manuring. The comparative value of the commercial : and the home made manures. The ameliot l ration of the society, by means of-lime, j clay, and sand. The .best investment for | farms. The best system of farming for the j particular locality. Management of Stock, i dec. | The first meeting in each year should be devoted to a general giving in of experience i during the past year. ‘And this should j have especial reference to experiments ; and j every member should be required to make , j carefully at least one experiment calculated to throw light oa some? douhtfu! point, con- ! nectcd with the science or practice of ag- ! j riculture. A record of these experiments entered in the Book of Proceedings, will be valuable for future reference. As to a Constitution that is a very simple matter, and can be easily formed by mem bers. If, however, there should be any difficulty on this score wo will cheerfully furnish to any applicants a form for their guidance. Farmers wake up from your j lethargy, and learn to cultivate theWuuf as well as the soil. By. .attending to the the successful performance of the latter. Eati.vo Witiiodx Appetite—It is wrong to eat without appetite, for it shows there is no gastric juice iD the stomach, and that 1 nature does not need food,and there not be- j iDg any fluid to receive and act upon it, it would remain there only to putrefy, the | very thought of which should be sufficient j to deter any man from eating without an ■ appetite for the remainder of his life. If a •‘tonic” is taken to whet the appetite, it is i a mistaken course ; for its only result is to S cause one to eat more, when already an amount has been eaten beyond what the gastrio juioe supplied is able to prepare. The object to be obtained is a larger sup ply of gastric juice, not a larger supply of food • and whatever fails to accomplish that j essential object fails to have any efficiency towards the cure of dyspeptic disease; and as the formation 6f gastric juice is directly proportioned to the ’w^ar and waste of the system, whioh It is to be the means of sup plying, and this wear and Waste can opiy take place as the result of exercise, the point is reached again that the efficient i remedy Jot dyspepsia is work—out door work--beneficial and successful in direct j proportion as it is agreeable, interesting and profitable. removes the dandruff, fto. fit Is iJueJwwtTS tBe same time takes out the ostnrsroiljr secjfetion of the scalp. A Good Way to Cdte Chickens.—! Touching this subject, Mrs. Ibgolsbo writes :j "Fricassee your chicken, takiug care to i brown the skin cicely; ‘season to taste.—, I tfrhen done set by to ooo!;. then, remove j ttUfho bones; pat back . into the dishin1 How to Buy Poultry. Few housekeepers, acd fewer cooks, »ro | as gno<5 j udges of the age of poultry as tlrty i ought to be. We all know when poultry comes upon the table whether it is tender or ! tough ; and there should be no difficulty of knOwingjust as certainly whether a chicken, duck, goose or turkey is old or young when it is offered for sale. Now the fol • lowing is offered as a rule by which poultry' can be safely judged, which', if read'ore? ? few times, and then laid awiy" for ready* reference when needed, no person need purchase old, tough poultry unless from’ choice :■ i If a hen’s spur is hard, and Ibe scales on | the legs rough, she is old, whether you ser, her h'cad or not, hut the head will corn bo-T ate your observation. If the under bill is so stiff that you eanuot bend it down, and' the comb thick and rough, leave her, no matter how fet and plump, for of)o'1 less " | particular. A young hen has only the rudiments of spurs ; the scales oa the legs are smooth,'-glossy and fresh colored, whatever the color may be; the' claws tender and short, the nails sharp, the under bill I soft and the comb thin and smooth. ' Arn old hen tdrkey has rough scales on the legs, callosities on the soles of the feet, and long, strong claws ; a young one on' the reverse of all these marks. When the1 feathers are on, and the old turkey-cock’ has a loug tuft of beard, a young one buha' I sprouting one ; and when they are off, the i smooth scales on the legs decide the point," decide tha poiut, besides the difference in i >ize<$f the wattles of the neck and in the1 | ehistie shoot upon the nose. An old goose, when alive, is known by |tbe rouglilegs, the strength of the wings. Particularly at the pinions, the thickness and strength of the bill, and the fineness of ! the feathers, and when plucked, by the {legs, the tenderness of the skia under the | wings, by the pinions and the bill and the ! coarseness of the skia. Ducks are distinguished by the same ! means, but there is this difference—that a duckling’s bill is much longer in proportion , to the breadth cf iis head than theoldduck. A young pigeon la discovered by its pale colors, smooth scales, tender, collapsed feet and the yellow, long down inierspread’ among its feathers. A pigeon that caff fly has alway red colored legs and no down, and is then too old for use.—Petersburg Courier. Fat People.—Not long ago, a gentle man of three score, who was scarcely sick in his life, thought be was too fleshy, and began to bantamize. He succeeded fa mously, and .boasted to his friends that he had got rid of ten pounds in a few weeks. A little after he was attacked with a painful and dangerous malady, from which he has been suffering mere than a year. If a man can sleep soundly, has a good appetite,* With no unpleasant reminders after meats, the bodily habits being regular' every, day, he had better let himself alone, whether he is as big as a hogshead, or as' thin and dry ag a fence rail. Several cases of Brights disease have been reported by medical men of reputation as a direct result of practicing Bantam’s plan for getting lean. The very best anjl’ "safest way to geFrid of fat is to work it ofF. This may bo aided by eating food which coatair.s a large amount of nitrogen, and a' ■small amount of carbon. Nitrogen food is that which gives strength, pow6r“to work, 4S lean meats'; carbonaceous' foods are those which make fat, such as cheese, potatoes, rice, corn, peas, beans,' tapioca, arrowroot, corn starch, jugar, syrup, an! all oily and fat food, . Baw fruits and berries largely eaten, are fgreai aids to reducing weight. But. after all, the great reliance, should be on exercise and work in the open air* Barclay, the great English pedestrian, who performed greater feats than Weston, lost’ ten pounds in two or three day’s walking^' and was never the worse for it.— Hall's Journal of Health. Eyerton Taffy-—Melt in a shallow ves sel one-fourth of a pound of butter, and add to it one of brown sugar. Stir them to gether for fifteen minutes, or until a little «f the mixture dropped into a basin of oold water will break clean between the teeth without sticking to them. Any flavoring that is desired, as lemon, pine-apple, or vanilla, should bo added just before tha cooking is complete. The taffy when dona should bo poured into a shallow dish.^whioK is buttered on the bottom and edge.' wing a knife across it when it i cool, it can easily bo 1
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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Feb. 17, 1871, edition 1
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