RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS. SUFFOLK. VA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10,1871 The Christian Suit. Dsroted to Religion, Morality, Temperanca, Literature, News, and the support of the princi pte* efthe CfrntSTtAN Cnlfttcir. t« b« PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. • TERMS : Forone year, invariably in advance...$3 00 For,si* month*../.;'...; 1 So REV. W. II. WKLLONS, Editor, *. , Orv^c* os Kilby Sthket. Mnnev sent fty mall must be at the risk ofthosc imhb send it The safest way is by a Post oflKc money order made payable to the Editor, or a draft on some Rank or business house in Suffolk Norfolk or Petersburc. SELECTIONS. 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. '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 _. 1 .t-.... I 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 finrd 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 ‘__ "Aja^TlSEMEXTS.^, Adrcrtiaementf not inconsGtentSflJI acter of the paper, srtfl be inserted alt ing rates.; ^ One square of ten lines, first insert! Foreach subsequent insertion,. One square three months... One square six months.. .. Cue square twelve months.. Advertisers changing weeky^'i special agreement. Yearly advertisers \ T quarterly or seim-annus'ly tn advance*, j 3ient advertisements to m jmid for (fit iof* Jon Printing executed with neatness a 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, '<.■■■■• " , -a—» ■■■£* HI I 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> ***■ -