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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