RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.
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The Night-Bell or Prayer.
t “Pull the nigb.t-heH.” This is the in.
soriptiou we often eoe written on the door
post of the shop in which uiedic’tBcs are sold
tpcmie of uf have had our experiences with
Dight bells, when s^ddon illness has over
takcQ seine member. <f( our households, or
when the sieV have rapidly growu wurse
How have we hurried through the silent
Streets when only hero and there a light
glimmered from some chamber window !
flow eagerly have we pulled the night bell
at our p’nysiciau’s door,; aud th«n» with
/prescriptions in band, have sounded the
'alarm at the place where the remedy was to
the procured 1 Those who have had these
lonely midnight walks, aud have given the
isuiuinoqs for quick relief, know the wean
ing, of that Bible text, “Arise! cry out
in the night /”
■Seasons of trouble and distress are often
spoXen of in God’s Word, under, the simile
ofSuight. Tha word vividly pictures those
times when tho skies are darkened, and the
lights that gladden the soul have gone out,
and it is not easy to God one’s way. Ene
mies may bo stealing on us in the darkness.
Appreheosions gather like fancied specters,
to make us uneasy or afraid.
If prosperity be likened to the noonday,
day, tbo seasons of perplexity or die
tress may be likened to the ••night.’’—
Perhaps some of the readers of this para
graph may be in a gloomy night-season ol
poverty or bereavement, or of spiritual
dotlbt and depression. Eieh heart knoweth
its own bitterness. Friend! arise, and pull
the flight bell of prayer! God, your
Father, says to you, “Call upon me in the
time of trouble; I will deliver thee, and
thou shalt glorify me.” Oen'uries asm it
’ was said of certain people, “They cried
unto the Ti'rd in their trouble, and he de
livered them out of their distresses.”
( There are different kinds of prayer.—
There is the calm communion of the soul
with (}o.l. There is the affectionate con
verse of the believer with Him, in which
faith feeds on the protuii.es, and recounts its
mercies un i buds itsoiiedilalnm to lie sweet
\heo, too, there is the sharp, piorciug cry
of anguish, or the earnest appeal of impor
tunity, which will not l. t God go with mt
an immediate response. Christ described
the beseeching eagerness of this style of
prayer when he told his disciples about a
certain house-keeper, who went to a friend’s
house at midnight and clamored for the
loan of three loaves of bread to feed unex
pected1 guests, until, “becauseof his imoor
' tanily," begot all tin; bread that he ueeded
There are many varieties of night calls for
relief, from the sudden cry of our little ones
in their cribs to the shout tor “helpV in the
street, or the eager call under the physi
Cian'a window These are all type, of the
prayer which you are to pour into the ear
of God in seasons of difficulty or distress,
or danger
“If paiils afflict, or wrongs depress.
If cures distract, or fears dismay,
It guilt deject, if sin distress,
In every case, still watch and pray."
.‘‘This is all a very pretty theory,” some
of you may say, “and it ha#a vety pious
sound. But please to tell vvliat actual anil
positive good itoati do toe’ Duet* it really
move God ? Does it really bring relief f”
Such cavils are as common as breathing
The devil can suggest them in a hundred
forms*-, and it ia astonishing how much
readier some people are to believe the fatliei*
of- lies than to believe tbeir Father in
heaven.
jjooh me prayer oi mud reaiiy move vxo»i {
■ >'To'tliin we can only reply that Roil himself
tells us that it does actual); produce that
state of things in which it it right., and in
'accordance with his will, to bestow the Staked
for blessing. God tells us that he loves to
, ho asked, and Ib 'the re warder 4 of them f hor
diligently seek him. He tells us that the
fervent, effectuah prayer of the righteous
■ aVaileth much. lie bids us ask hud'we
shall reoeive. His word abouuds in narra
u «» a, , . . ’ ,v • , • . t
ttves of the actual bestowal of things which
Ihie.ohildran have besought Hints tor give
them. WheW'his need; 'dr sufferings ones
have pulled the night-boll of .prayer with
strong faith, lie has relieved them of their
.distfMa. «r removed the cvils-tkey. suffered
from, or else given*there supernatural gritoe
to bear their burdens. *
(tiTlus iBetJ bt anguish, Hesektajb rang
l iit» wi. mi U,«pd,»pared
bis life. In his dungeon at Jerusalem,
MMUfcflSW'an* 'tWi Lord, and a!*hde
prayer meeting cried at the same time for
J* dyiiveranoo, and God sent his augel and
brought the apostle out of ,prison. An
swered-prayers boirnPi'lBOlaf yoviden
tial history, as flowers cover wesjerp prai
aa&rvm a 1km 1. t-rtetaal. i v- K If
rtes. ' Auswertd prayers nover around (tne
ooutQuihn tables of our Cburohbs, rq sea
sons of revivals, as we have'1 seen great
flocks of birds descend into a meadow; An-.
*tft»i?eTf prayers hive made the pulpits of
Payson and Bftrns and Spurgeon powerful.
Answered prayers have visited siok rooms
like angels, to restore (o life, or if infinite
wisdom had appointed the sick to die, tlie
sting of death lias been turned In the song
of victor). “I oaupot get on without three
hours a day of prayer no* " said Martin
Luther, in the thiik of hio great fight with
the tuaa of sin. Are. you whyr than ha ?
■"Souie ponple pull the bell of prayer, and
than ruu away without stopping for the
answer. Sometimes they grow discouraged,
and mistake delay for a total denial; Some
times the thing asked for is not actually
dwst°wed hot in lieu of it. our all-wiso father
gWnta us something far hotter. Fie does
not spare our siek darling's life,but be takes
the little out home to heaven, and draws
our poor hearts up with it unto himself.—
God answers prayer according to his own
wisdom and l >ve. and nut according to our
own short-sightedness. Hut. I no more
believe that God leaves a right pfayer unuo
ticed than I believe that ho will let this
whole summer pass over without a drop of
rain or dew.
In securing answers to our request, we
must co operate with the Lord. Some peo
ple ask him to do their work. “Father,”
said a little boy. after ha had heard him
pray fervently for the poor at fimily wor
ship, ‘ father, I wish I had your corn crib.”
"Why, my sou ?” “Because theu I would
answer yqn'r prayer.” I have heard pro
fessing Christians pray for the conversion of
their ohildren, wi^ilq they were taking them
night after night into scenes of dissipation
.and frolic. W« may make fools of our
selves, but the Almighty will not lot us
make a fool of him. God is not mocked ;
whatsoever we sow we shall also reap —
Neither does God ever mock ns.
jl lien, my mend, it you will “arise and
cry in the uigbt,” you may bo sure your
Father will hear ilie bell. lie will send
ihe right answer; and if it is n it best that
he lift off your load he will give you grace
to carry it Pull the hell with a strong
hand! You’ll nerer doubt that God is a
prayer answerer, when you get to heaven
There is no night there! lie who has olten
arisen in the night of trouble and sorrow
here, to ring ilia bell of prayer, with a
trembling hand.will then stand in the morn
ing light of glory on the sea of glass, like
■iu:o pure gold —T. L. Cayler.
Influence of Christian Character.—
Eveu in the busiest town and amid the most
absorbing pursuits, the hearts of men turn
with an instinctive homage to those who
have brought down and illustrated iu their
lives the purest preoepts of our faith The
man who lives in aooordanee with them,
who carries them with him wherever he
goes, in meekness and simplicity, bears also
with him a weight of authority which si
lently disarms the-shallow reasoning of Sad
ducean selfishness and unbelief.
The life of a true woman reveals to us
sotirees of influence which the world can
never give. She may be endowed with a
charm of personal loveliness, which adds
to the attractiveness of her virtues ; she
may have advantages of wealth and posi
tion which give her an opportunity that all
cannot hive to show her disinterested re
gard for others; she may have qualities of
mind and heart which peculiarly St her to
be the pride and joy of her friends. But
these are not ilia secret of the power which
goes from her, through which bIio creates
around her an atmosphere oft gentle, bettign
ant affections, while she fills each day the
perhaps unacknowledged and unrecognised
offices of kindness that make her home a
a centre of Christian oharitius and graces.
Her life, while if is vvitli us, is a perpetual
bcuizpu; and when she is not, it is still.
iu ever-widening and deepening circles, dif
fusing itself through ike hearts of those shs
loved, and through the cummuuity in which
she'lived. There is no moro beneficent or
powerful influence than the living presence,
or when that is withdrawn, the silent mem
ory of those who arc thus the dearest ex
emplars that we have kuowu 9! the spit it
and the religion of Jesus,—Munson,
r‘ TliE Diamond and Man.—The diamond,
though exceeding iu value more than a
'hundred thousand times its mass of gold, ,
the most cherished treasure oTTtmgs and
the most brilliant ornament of their crown,
is of all precious stones the mealiest in its
elements, the weakest in‘its structure, and
the trfoid rn its nature / ' a lump
of Coal, hokf rbWefca’ to ti cihdor and 'dissi
pates into that rnsalubriois gas, which as
cends' from the most putrid marsh: its
-native beds >« amabg Sough valleys, barren
rocks and ‘IfUshfate' r^ihtis. He who Can '
take such elements, go valueless* and perish
able in themselves, and-form them into a
brilliant so delating, so preelous and so en
during, ean take suoh elements aa those
found ip .the nature of fallen man a" offVujSj
ip thfi“worldt oTpollution. and furm them
into a gem which shall be the brightest or
uameut of heaven. aud a peculiar treasure
of the King'of kings, set in the very frout
of His crown, worn on Bis heart.—Bur
routes’ Stony' 'nf‘Solomon.. j
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NoTniNQ brings sueh poaoe to the heart
as a oalut trustfulness in Qod’s over-ruling j
care. » : ‘
The Duty of Cheerfulness.
Id odd of liiu novels Thackeray says tba'.
if a man could have bestowed upon him I be
most abundant wealth ; honors, all that lie
could ask ; health and friends the most at
tached and faithful, on condition that he
should constantly undergo some small an
noyance, such as a pea in bis boot,lie would
make but a poor bargain. The whole uni
I verse would centre about that pea Riches
I would be of no avail as long as the annoy
i ance continued, health would only enable
the martyr to suffer the more, and the sym
pathy of friends would only bo a gilded
bonier to set off tbo torturing pea It is the
.small troubles that make the sum of life’s
I miseries, a maxim as true as it is old. The
! great sorrows, the loss of what we love
most, arid the terrihledisappointtuents.eoine
at one blow, and last as sorrows, but for a
short time; they soon shake nil. and what
is at first terrible, soon gets to be only sad,
and to a healthy nature, it takes but a few
months for the most crushing grief to be
come toned flown into a gentle melancholy,
an ai^rfn^f^bjasant shadow of oer happiness
Th^ro' are those persons who cherish their
sorrows, and who seem to enjoy the luxury
of woe but such a disposition is morbid,
and fortunately it is uncommon. With
most, time is a great consoler, and were it
not so, the saying of Longfellow would he
too literally true, that
Tile air is full of farewell’s for the dying
And mournings for the dead,
which now is only a poetic license, an ex
aggeration of his melancholy moments. A
healthy nature can enjoy poverty and reme
dy it, making the struggle for wealth a
pleasure. It helps one to throw off sickness,
and even the inevitable sorrows such as the
loss of friends, though such can never erase
to be sad,'yet after a while it adds a pleas
ure to the sadness, and after the first shock
such find a satisfaction in cherishing the
! memories of thoat^whorn they have loved.
It is not the zroat sorrows that cause the !
I cult to hour witTr 'a cheerful spirit. .Tub
j could bear the loss of his property and the
j death of his chi'. iren with equanimity, but
| his patience broke down under a disease
i 'hat was neither , very, /dangerous nor very
debilitating! Every one can find occasions
for grumbling in every day’s experience if
he have the disposition of a kind that, is
very easily cultivated. One’s intimate
friends, furnish a constant resource (nr the
grumbler, and his own immediate family a
still more common field f r the exercise of
the talent. Many persons who keep up
a cheerful countenance and have a cordial
greeting for strangers and casual acquain
tances, give way to peevishness and fault
finding with those who in reality they love
most At home, they feel so secure that
they cast off the cheerful look and the out
side indications of good will, and make
themselves and their nearest friends miser
able. If oue were alone on a desert island
like Uobinson Crusoe, he would have a per
fect right to be as uuhappy as be wished
lie could mourn that he was alone find
fault with the sun for being too hot, and
with the wind for being too cold, with his
supper for being badly cooked, and his
breakfast for not being ready in the morn
ing, and no one would he hurt by his ill
temper but himself llut as long as we are
.social beings cheerfulness is a duty, siuee
misery is as contagions as the atiall pox, or
a smile and a pleasant word ordinarily will
be'auswercd with the. same. 'We have all
seen persons whose mere appearance in com
pany casta shadow on the; countenances of
every one present, and others whose o»er
flowing good nature made everyone whom
they met a little happier, and! in conse
quence a little better. ,
Temperament has a good deal tods with
one's cheerfulness. On sonrt' persPng' trou
ble seems to fall like rain oo a duck’s baok,
they shed it, and only look the brigbtef .for
the shower, while with other# the grass
hopper is a burden long before they are
weakened by age. But the natural tenden
cy to sadness and peevishness can be in a
great, measure overcome if one is resolutely
determined. The faot that joy and sadness
are contagious, that a ' happy face makes
other faces happy renders it the easier.’*) If i
one, even when he toels like grumbling,
will assume a cheerfulness .that at first is
not real, he will fin<d those about him hap
pier, and the sunshine.from the surround
ing faces will reflect itself hack again ttpoii
_ ,SgtpUfiMai4r' :
It deems a small vircuo to h ive a
his’own ...
ituiUug facehnd cordial ipanner; but <
•dT.,-s. Cftd Safry, iMsfca -d
aye
one
ptjrsen that pbssesess these in a family, in a
workshop, or where.der men ‘and women
congregate, can db more for thie ItappinWs
of his fellows than all the growling philan
thropists or snHmli h^grmers, y ,
I itytvs seen gf$at behortioth-natured
men led, not by little childred'hlone, but by
the memory of little,children I havo seen j
many a man that was softened, and uiel- j
loped, aud enriohed. and tpiritualized ; fcnd
the sermon that did it, and tho jwptnary
where it was done, were the sermon of sor
row, and tho sanotuary of the he#ft.
“Are the Ufhtf Lit In Heaven, Mamma
Dear?"
"Are the lights lit in Heaven, .Mamma dear T"
How «ft that voice I sweetl.v hear I
So sbfr. 80 full of trostiog love
That bears thy heart to Heaven abOve.
Days have passed to months, months Jo
yuirs, ainee that sweet voice died on my
ear. To the thoughtless and gay tint# may
have passed as a abort season full of levity
and mirth. but to me ithas been ns * century
of tears. Away, oblivion. aWny with tby
darkened shadows/ Cast them not over" hiy
beams of light / Memory, sweet enchan
tress/ linger near me. for by tby indulging
stnilo I revel again in tbe presence of my
departed boys. Bear me back to the suuny
past, when this heatt knew no sorrow—to
tbe c ittaen home so bumble, nestled far
away from tbe noise and commotion of the
busy world, and to the evening hours when
tbe lights were lit, tbe table spread, and the
little ones gathered around tc listen to some
pleasing story, aod await tbe coming of him
whose presence was ever greeted with wed- j
come—to the coming footstep aud tbe happy
shout, “Papa is oouie/” while the patting
of the little feet was music to my ear as
they eagerly pressed forward, each striving
to get the 6r»t kiss. Ah, J hose happy
evening hours / Then contentment and joy
spread their united wings over that scene
But alas/ they were Pro bright to last, and
that fated evening came when sadness like
a funeral pall draped my heart, and anxiety
clouded my brain, for the commissioned
angel stood waiting to bear the idol from
the household, Sobs, prayers, and sad
lamentations availed naught. The bright
eyes closed, the dimpled hands wer#folded,
and baby Georgia was with the ang, Is,
chirping his little notes of gladness as lie
nestled more closely in the bosom ,,f Jesus
A few short month*, and Ilurry, scarce
three years old, peering out into the starlit
hetjvons, clasping his arms around my neck.
ami kissing me over and *.rcr, whisp'rcd— ;
•‘Mamma d'’ar,are the lights lit iu heaven?1?
I wept—I knew not why. save the f.*i\bo
ding that filled my soul that the angM was
talking through my hoy. I pressed him to
my bosom in all the wildness of a mothers
love, and my petition ascended to the throne
of Grace in all its purity and sincerity to
spare him to me-.. But it was va*n. Ere »
few short days, and he too was in the
spirit-land. 1 bowed me down and sor*
rowed as only a mother sorrows, and when
the hour for prayer came only two litde
heads bowed at my knee. My heart over
flowed, and I could n t say, ’-Thy will be
done.’1 I kissed the brows of my sleeping
boys, and pressed my hea l upon the pillow,
but uo rest was there, for far through the
darkness, the coll avd the storm, roamed
my poor wretched heart to the spot where ;
lay cradled my babes beneath the snow,
ahd in the midst of my sorrow toy angel’s
voice came whispering so sweetly,“Mamma ;
dear,the lights are lit in Heaven.” Through
the drea-j darkness of uty ?oul came light, !
and Tlooked up in peace, for I knew tin* j
lights were lit in Heaven. Yes.' two ,
shining fights in that bright constellation
around the throne of God are the spirits of
my household treasures. Peace calmed my
troubled soul as I drank in the Lean ties of |
Heaven, aud the glorious future of iiuinor- j
tulity. and although fond recollection will
carry me'hack to the hu;)n* of my greatest
earthly sorrow, yet in my heart I feel, “O
Death, where is thy victory? O Grave,
where is thy sting ?*’
For there beside the pearly gate,
.Where the bright-winged angels wait—
■* There, there I’ll taste of Heaven’s joys,
And also meet my angel boys.
—Mrs Josephine A. Stubbs.
tTL
A Family Without the Nfwspapkr.—
Nothing presents a sadder commentary upon
tho present unhealthy condition of, our once
loved anti prosperous country titan the lame
numbers of families, both in city and coun
try, but more especially in the latter, that
ISubsCribe to no pnper cf any kfnd. Hun
dreds and thousands of families are thus
growing up in utter ignorance what ia daily
transpiring in the world around them—ig.
norant of the mighty event of to-day:
But who pan tell the vast amount of in
jury that ia being inflicted upon the rising
generation—those who are to take our places
in this busy world at no distant day. grow
ing up without any knowledge of the pres
ent, the past, or any study of the future ;
and t|iisrt£eor»nce, too, being1 imbibed into
them, by the sanction of those who'should 1
and doubtless do know better, did they only
think of the injurious effects oF tfcefr Insane
course. Let the htad of every family think
of this and place in the hands of those fop
whom he is responsible, the means of ao?
quiring a thorough knowledge of the moving
panorama in which fe enact ou/parts.—
Exc/uin^e. , .
The GkjAYE.t—It buries every error—
covers every dofeot—eUEtiuguishes every
resentment. From its peaceful bosom
spring none but food regrets and tender
reoolleetions.—-hroi nt/.
Happiness is a perfume that ono cannot
shed over another without a few drop* fall
ing on one’s self.
1
Not too Great to teach in Sunday*
School.
it has been said -of some of oar churches
that, if they ever cease tQ exist, it is of
dignjty they will die. And is not the
truth of this remark felt peculiarly in our
Sunday school*? Id this work, does not
the dwcfplo'nlsce himself above his master?
What numbers there are in oar churches
who, from their ability, learning, and j
position, could command the respect and
nttentiovf of our scholars, yet stand coldly
by without offering us the assistance wc so
badly need or Bndle supercilitvusly when
asked to join the lowly band of workers in
this portion of the Lord’s vineyard/ and
yet, if these members ©f our ohurches
would only coin** forward and lend us their
aid, what a revolution would it work in Ctir
schools/ What a burden would it remove
from the shoulers of our clergy, who, in ;
addition to their many wants and annoy
ances, have so frequently to mourn over
liifi total disregard of the requirements of j
the children of the parish by those whose ,
plain duty it is to see tot heir religious edu
cation! f say plain duty, because it;
behooves all of us claiming to be God’s
people, at a time wh *n his sacred word is i
a'tacked and doubted,when it is either cast j
out of our, schools or brought in by the
back door, as if we were ashamed of it, to
teach our children that God’s unerring word
is the only and firm basis upon which wc
desire to build up our dominion.
Does any one say he has not the time to
dovote to the work to which I am speaking ?
Allow me to bring before your notice an
example, and so that I may not be weari
some, hut that one, as a means of spurring
us on to greater exertion—a*.id I select this
from amongst the profession to which I be
long— for many of you will say that if in
the legal profession such a person be found,
there must be multitudes of the same class
in those honest occupations which are eo
common iu the world.
It mere is one person above another that
might claim to be relieved from any extra
duty on the seventh day. who might, on
the Saturday night, with th/nkful li^art,
look forward to a day of complete rest, who
might reasonably say : My position, my
manifold duties, the high nature of my
affairs, are such as to relieve me from the
calling of Sabbath school teacher,—it is
the L*>rd High Chancellor of England.
Hut so far from this being the case with
him, what do we find ? That, as counsel,
engaged in the arduous pursuit of his pro
fession. as Vice Chancellor of England,
filling nobly this high office, and finally
occupying the highest position that Great
Hriton offer as a reward to the lawyer,
Lord Ilatherlv has never forsaken his Sab
bath school class, but now for over thirty
years he has beeu a regular attendant as a
Sunday school toucher. Nor does he listen
to'the remonstrances of the poor body when
crying out for a little more sleep,—it urges
that indulgence which is far too frequently
one of the features of the Lord s day morn- ;
ing. Hut in that land of fogsydo which he
lives, seemingly in advance of tire sun does
he bis stage of duty run. for punctually he
may be seen teaching his Sabbath school ,
cla&s at the early hour of nine iu the morn- 1
ing.
^ct us. then, with our comparative lei
sure arid few responsibilities, seek to rival
the Chauoellor of England in his good
work. The one short life we have should
he devoted to nur Master’s service, and a
and a miserable tribute to him is it at best
We want more reality in our work—more
of that real living faith which leads us to
sow beside all waters—that teaches us to
say of each promise of God,though it tarry,
wait for it, because it will surely come; it
will not tarry.
May we eaoh possess and daily use this
precious gift as Sabbath school teachers,
and, with the expectant rye of faith may ■
we look forward to and hasten the coming 1
of that blessed period when they shall !
teach no more every man his neighbor aud j
every man his brothor, saying. Know the j
Lord, for they shall all know thee, from the
least of them unto the greatest —S. S.
Workman.
Purpose j.n Xb*qui««.—It is said of
Pericles,the Athenian orator, that before he
went out to address the people, he prayed
to the gods that notbiag might go nut of
his mouth but what might be to the pur
pose. What au example does this heathen
set for the Christian preacher and teacher
H»>rr much is uttered by these publio in
structors, which, so far as one can see, is
to no purpose, whatever, exoept to-fill up
the hour.
Prater js the.voice of the heart crying ‘
i.u,deep need, by. Him who aloue can help !
and save. It is the silent appeal of the
heart, anxious eager, or depressed, te Him I
iu whose hands are the, issues of life, who
nad support relieve sbd inspire the soul iu
its helplessness and amid its many cares.
Ba kind to evory one.
FARM AMD GARDEN.
Domestic Dried Fruit.
The fruit crops last year were very large
and prices ruled so low, that it was gene
rally believed, there would be an immense
amount dried and preserved in cans, and
that prices for these goods would be so low
that they would not pay for tbe labor and
expense of preserving. This impression
was so general that most prodnoers and
manufacturers dried and canned less than in
former seasons, when fruit was compara
tively scarce and prices high; the former
thinking it unprofitable, and the latter be
lieving they would be able to supply tbeit
waDts with more profit to themselves by
buying goods at a low price put up by other
manufacturers. With these expectations of
a largo stock. prices at tbe opening of the
season were very Tow for all descriptions of
both dried and canned fruits. Soon, how
ever, dealers in canned goods found the
stock much smaller than was anticipated,
and some of rhe most prudent of the deal
ers made considerable money by buying on
speculation, prices befog now, for peaches,
fully one-third higher than at the opening of
the season Fruit dealers last fall were
holding off from baying dried peaches, ex
cept at very low prices, till they should
come to market more freely, arguing that
with such as.i#rge crop there must be a
great many dried, and it was not till late in
the fall that, finding out that the amount of
prime dried peaches was small, they began
to buy, and an advance of eight and tenets
per lb., took place with no subsequent re
action, which shows that the'fopward move
ment was caused by an actual short supply.
The quantity dried of unpoeled and low
grade of peeled, such as the West usually
take, seems to have been fair, but Western
Buyers, instead or drawing uieir entire sup
ply from this market as usual, went direct
ly to the producing States and bought for
themselves; and the dealers here who have
been waiting for their supply, found that
the quantity to come forward was quite
small. Prices, therefore, advanced rapidly
and our dealers here, instead of the West
ern buyers, have had to pay the high pri
ces. The quantity of apples also dried in
I the South was comparatively small, as the
stock held here by receivers is light, anc
about all the crop has, it is said, been sen1
forvatd, most of which has been disposed cl
at good prices. As far as we can learn, It
is probable that in this State a full average
amount has been dried, but up to the pre
sent, only a few have been sent into mar
ket, but no decline need be expected even
if they should be hurried forward. There
is a large order here for this grade for ex
port to Germany, and although it may nev
er be filled, it will have the effect of allow
ing no great decline, and many holders arc
of the opinion that, with a speedy termina
tion of the war. the limit, if the goods are
really wanted* will be raised. Last year
Germany took considerable of the !\v grade
of Southern canned goods, on which, it is
said, the shipper's lost money. Blackber
ries have been in full supply, and rule low,
compared with former seasons: but as there
has uot been the usual demaod for them,
many holders refuse to sell, and a^e quite
coufideut of an advance later in the season.
The unusually low prices for foreign has
.umloulteiily - hften the greatest check on
high prices for domestic fruits.—JVeic York
Commercial Bulletin.
Cultivation or Spring Wheat —Teach
ing this important subject, M. L Dunlap,
of III., writes: “Every good farmer de
sires to-grow hi3 own bread, and a frw
acres of spring wheat will do this, and when
he has more land that is in the right condi
tion for thts'erop, he will find it profitable.
But the great drawback to this crop is the
sowing it on land not in the proper condi
tion for it. We forget that the soil must
have a certain amount of direct exposure
to the atmospheric influence. Well-drained
land is essential. Heavy clay soil in
meadow or pasture, deeply plowed and
thrown in narrow lands in order to free the
soil of standing water, gives good average
results. It ripens too early for the chinch
bug, and from tbo changed condition of the
climate, is less liable than formerly to rust
The corn-field may be sown the first of
October, prepared as proposed for spring
wheat, and coaid-be sown in drills without
ridging, which, by the way. the ridging,
as in sandy or gravelly soils is difficult on
our ootnmuu prairie soils. This would nllow
of spring oelturc, which would bo of great
value—a practice which must soon come
into general use with all the small grains,
and especially with wheat. When the
wheat began to grow short in England they
•hi'l oa.Bew western l»nda Ue-g«- to l^snrder
grow their wheat; so they investigated the
whyaaod wherefores of its growth, and, by
following out the demands at. the wheat
plant, they applied the conditions esseotial
to it growth, and the result is a eoatpleie
success.” . >r .
Mr. Thomas Kinosford, in 1§42, in
vented and first produced starch from In- i
dian corn.
The Christian
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How to judge Character by the
Coarse black hair and dark akin i
great power of character, along with j
and goodness. '
Stiff straight black hair abd heard,
cate a strong, rigid, straight forward 4b
acter.
Fine dark brown hair signifies the cnm*o
bination of exquisite sensibility with greet* ;
forco of character.
Flat clinging, straight hair, a meknchofj^J
bat extremely constant eharaoter. *
Harsh, upright hair is the aign of a yeti ■.
cent and sour spirit, a stubborn and harsh,
character.
Coarse red hair and whiskers indicate,
powerful animal passions, together with a.
corresponding strength of character.
Auburn hair, with florid countenance,.
denotes the highest order of sentiment and;
intensity of feeling, purity of- character,
with the highest capacity for enjoyiaent or
suffering.
Straight, even, smooth amd glossy hair
denotes strength, harmony and evenness of
character, hearty affections, a dear bead1
and superior taleots.
Crisp, curly hair, indicates a hasty, some-,
what impetuous apd rash character.
White hair denotes a lymphatic and in
dolent con-tiution ; and we may add'thaf^
besides these qualities there are chemical:,
properties residing in the coloring matter,*
of the hair tubes which undoubtedly have,
some effect on the disposition; Thus,, red I
haired people are notoriously passionate.
Now red hair is proved by analysts, toj
con'ain a large amount of sulphur, whiles
black is colored with pure oarban. Thek
presence of these matters in the blood point;
to peculiarities of temyerament and feelibj
which are almost universally associated wil
them. TUo very way in which the ha®
flows is strongly indicative of the tulii
passions and inclinations, and perhaps
clever person could give a shrewd guess
the manner of a man or a woman’s disposi
tion by only seeing the back of their head.
\
Deep Plowing.—If farmers will turn,
their lauds over cne inch dcepor than it was
plowed the last time, and follow the tuwin,
plow, running from six to ten inches dttev
malting the whole depth broken by the
plows some twelve or eighteen inches, they^
will find that they can bury rain sufficient,
to make the corn crop ninety-ninr oat of'
one hundred years. T.bey will ffndpalso,
that the wettest seasons will not affect itbeir
crops nor hinder them from working them ;
also, that crop grasses will not grortr nor
flourish half as well on deep as on shallow
plowed lands, because grass flourishes bet-,
ter on packed than on loose soils., Suilsi.
improve faster from the same causes when •
plowed deep ; aud the labor to keepa^r^pH
clean of a g.-asa, and to keep the eaftSlposn. jj
in making a crop, is far less on deep
shallow plowed lands, for the same rea
Farmers, after burying the vegetation dc
ly, as it ought always to be done, aho;
never use a turning plow or other kind
implement that will tqnij up to tbe anrfaceTkj
this vegetation, seeds, and the best soil
the corn being a deep.; and tfce g»*ss
shallow feeder.—ReliyiouA Herald, '<.■■■■• " ,
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How TO TEST THE RlCENSSS OF MlXJg.—*
Procure any long glass vessel—a cologne.
’bbuIe drToDg phial. Tafeo a narrow jfiirTp,
of paper, just.the length from th»neck to, /
the bottom of tbe pbial, and mark it off
with one hundred lines at equal distances
or if. more convenient, and to obtain greater
exactness, into fifty lines, and count each as
two—and paste it upon the phial, so as to.
divide its length into a hundred equal parts.
Fill it to tbe highest mark, with milk fresh
from the cow, and allow it to stand in a,
perpendicular position twenty-four hours.
The number of spaces occupied lay- the,
cream will give you its exact percentage in.
the milk, without any guess work.—Miss.
Agriculturalist. -»i
Small Farms.— Be content with
plaoe entirely paid for, if you bave.not the.
money to buy a large farm. Bo noti^llow
that eager aud avaricious spirit to own '‘all
the land that joins yours” to ruin you.—_
One of the curses of our agricgdtiuai dis
tricts is the size of our farms. Ferty acres,
paid for aud thoroughly tilled is, beU$r and
far more remunerative than fpujr b pud red
under a heavy mortgage, and only cuU
tivated Where one mau ui^y ■u^ojenjl by
rashness in assuming large JtespoqfiU^ies,
hundreds fail; aud ixp^uguce ajd t>
tiou will show, that tn«
of large tracts of land have u,fUaJ^y kfgtUk,
by small purchases for cash, and j|^' gsa^luah
B ,1,eJ woai^b* indus-.
try •
To Rsvitb Old Tbees ~T>r. (SSorge
B Wood, at a meeting of t8o'Pff(8sopbi-/
eal Society «f Philadelphia, stated1 that
sbtue experiments made" Tiy him to
show fbat non-hcdring peaoh' dfitf ofjp^truit
trhea may be revived by thefpjjratfjfti of
ashhi to tfio roots. He thmks'lhat potash
is the wanting ingredient, and 'is thus eup>
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