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VOL: XXIV. ‘RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.” SUFFOLK, VA., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1871. NO, 7 The Christian Sun. Dsvoted to Religion, Morality, Temperance, Literature, News, and the support of the princi of the CiiMSTtAit/QbCbch. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. TBS MS ! For one year, Invariably In advance...53 00 r six 'mouths....,..... 1 50 For She 'months... . RK1T. W. B. WKLLON8, Editob. Orvio* os Ktt.sv Stbkbt. Mon^faent by rttall mu3t be at the risk ofthoge who send It Thesafest way Is by a Post offi, e tanney order made peyablo to the Editor, or n draft no spmo Bank or business house in Suffolk Norfolk or PAersbnrcr. ■-Lb Jli-L COMMUNICATIONS. Sabbath Schools. Wintsr is almost past, anil it will not be long until Spring will open. Thoso Sab bath Schools which have kept up their ope rations during the winter will coptinuo their work, and those which bnve been suspended, will ip tunst oases be re-organized We would like to have the members of obr organization thoroughly aroused nnd fully enthused upon this subject before the time Tor r^-pponiog the schools in the Spring arrives! vur people are ficcoptfng more ■and more aroused every year, but still there tniigfit be an improvement in this direction. ■:l'be excitement baa not booome general ■enough yet. There are too many who are ‘not engaged in this good work at all; and 3t is to these we would now write in partic ular. We would, however, ask those good zealous Sabbath School workers in otery ■community to endeavor in some way to get 'those who have heretofore been neglectful i f this important duty, into the Sabbath School this year. Let the old superintend ents and teachers go to work in earnest, and try to increase the number of soldiers in the Sabbath School army. Lot all, as sisted by Uiib from whom all our help eotnes, make a bold slant for Jesus this yeui. . Let us, oue nnd all, determine that we will do more for Jesus than wo have over done. The Subbath School is the nursery of the church. There is nothing Wat requires more attention than lue nur sery. Neglect the young twigs iu the uursery, and you cannot expect to rear a thrifty .tree therefrom, hut give it proper attention and care, and you will almost invariably be blessed wi>h a good tree.— Just so it is in the church of GoJ. If you .neglect the little oiios, and do not bestow iitpon them that attention and eare which they demand at your bauds, you cannot li ipe to see them grow up to be bright and shining Christians, and z alous workers in the vineyard of the Lord Have you who have families ever thought of the fearful responsibility that rests upon you in this— iUe training up of your children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. If you have never given this subject its due thought, and consideration, think of it now, before the Sabbath School opens in the Spring. If people would only think >'f <he worth of a Sabbath School, ther would j not be so indifferent in r'gtti'd to it. but ;they will not give it s/to«ght. How in a nr "id men ami women will join <he Sabbath School this year, and help to push forward the good work ? If you can uot tase a class, or act as superintendent, chine out to Sunday School any way. Let as have your presence, that will 4j the litile boys and girls a great deal of good. Talk to the little folks—ask them about their lcaaens, and how they like to atton 1 the .Sabbath School, and by doing this you can mot tell how much good you may accom plish. Let us have a large, number of old soldiers in the field this year to fight for Jerus-'-tf we can have this, we may expect to win a glorious victory, there is another class in which thsre are a great many who do not go to the Sabhai h School. The class .is composed of young tuen and young ladies. "We want to see more of these taking an interest in the Sabbath School work. How •ard we to do this ? We must talk with them, reason with them, and get them, if possible, interested in this good cause— Young men and young ladies, thiuk of your responsibility to your Creator, of the foar fal doom that awaits those who do not keep ber the Sabbath day to keep it holy." Can those who belong to the church and knew this commandment, neglect the Sabbath School and then feel \hat they have done their duty ?—that they have done all that, js required of them / Certainly they can ihbt. Can they be Christians and wilfully refuse to do what they kuow to be their du ty ? Every young man and lady should after mature consideration, answer this question in his own heart. If, aftei con sidering your responsibility to Cod for the way in which you spend your Sabbaths,you nan neglect this important work, with a clear oonsolence, l would suggest that you < do neglect it. But I do not believe that yQu could do it. I believe that, if every would consider this subject aright, and then aot according to bis own decision,there would not be many young mon and young ladies, who are members of the Church,but the Sabbath School work. When the time comes that all, old people and young peo ple, and children, are engaged in this good work, we may expect great success in the Sabbath School cause. Then should we not strive to induce all to join in this bless ed work ? I have been pained to know that the Sabbath School Convention of the North Carolina and Virginia Christian Conference ]jjas not suooeeded at 'well as was anticipa ted; but if we can get a sufficient number •f schools organised ip the Springs I think that we can have a Convention in the fall. what would at aa early day he engaged in If wo cannot have ir separate, can’t we have it in connection with the annual Con ference ? Who will be the first to go to work to have a Sabbath Sohool Conven tion, in connection with the annual Confer ence of the Church T L think it would be of advantage to the Church from the fact it would increase tho number of delegates to our Conference. Because each church could send its proper number of delegates to Conference, and then send some others as delegates to the Sabbath School Conven tion. We oould not expect to have many delegates to the Cwtrventimf ST^first; but I believe that in a few years, when the old people and young people and all become more interested in the Sabbath School work, that we would always have a full at tendance at the Convention I believe if we could get something of this kind under way, that we would in a few years, see a spirit Brought out in behalf of the Sabbath School cause, which baa never yet been manifested. I pray for the time when the Sabbath School banner shall be unfurled in every community, and when all shall he brought iu swcet^subjection to Jesus, w. w. s. Craham, N. C„ Feb 20th 1870. Motives for Joining the Church. It is instructive to notice the various con siderations by whiehqjersons are influenced in forming their church connections. A. join's the church of which his father and mother were members. Whether it is sound in doctrine and scriptural in disci pline, he neither knows nor inqu;re». He is fully persuaded that his parents went to heaven—-and ho is content to follow in their steps. T B prefers the church in which he was reared and converted. He feels that it has a fair claim to his confidfe#, affi'CTtTIn and services; and he deems it needless to in quire what are his obligations to Christ — II is truth, precepts and royal demands have no influence in directing his course. C. thinks it respectable to be a cbarcli member. His chief, if not bis sole, motive in entering a church is to promote his re spectability and improve his social -etnoiling. He selects a chnrcb with due reference to these ends, no goes to the finest house, where there is the most wealthy and fash ionable congregation, and the most popular and attractive preaeher. Whether the church is orthodox or hetrodox, spiritual or worldly, he heeds not. D. is strictly a man of bu-iness. He makes all bis pursuits and associations sub servient to that, lie desires to be religious ; but his great concern is to make his religion tributary to his business. He, of course, selects a church, not from any regard to its doctrine, ordinances, ministry or govern rnent; but iu view of the amount of patron age and support it will yield him in bis trade. E looks on the church as an Insurance association. He joins it for its charitable contributions. The church that is most liberal to the poor, aud the least burdened with paupers, has his most cordial support. Whether it is Protestant or Catholic, Trin itarian, or Unitarian, Baptist, or Fedobap tist, is no concern of his, if he can only secure a good monthly' appropriation. He is quite tolerant in his religious principles ; and a.-, a proof of it. one of his children attends a Catholic Sunday School, another a Presbyterian, a third a Methodist, and a fourth a Kap'ist, that ho may multiply his opportunity of sharing in the provision for supplying poor children with clothing Sod books. F. is ambitious, and anxious to be dls tiogukhed in ohuroh and State. He must bo first or nothing in all his associations. Me joins a small eiiurcb. not because it is weak and needs bis aid ; but because be can rule it, Hu knows (bat he will be made a standard-bearer in it, from lack of suitable pet sons for official stations/ and so long as he can be kept in the lead he; will do well<— or, at least, be zealous—but no longer. G’s. religion is sesthetio. In his view poetry is inspiration, music is deyotjoo, and beauty is piety. He is very religious/ but his religion is a matter, not of principle,' experience or practice / but of taste. Of course, in choosing his church, he will go where he can find the best music, and be edified by the most gorgeous vestments, the most imposing ritual, and the most impres sive ceremonies, H. values religion, but wishes to have as little of it as nay comport with his safety. He desires a.t)4 purposes to reec!) heaven ip the easiest possible way. As self-denial and tho mortifioation of sioful lusts do nof outer into bis scheme' of piety,' no sdeisS'd ohuroh in which he will be uuderthe fewest restraints, and have the freest scope for wordiy indulgences. He love* the church intensely which permits him to attend bails, theatres, horse-races, dramshops, and such plaees of amusement and sport , I. is a jigil eoouomist. He oarefa’dy calculates the value of everything hut money—on that he plaoea an exorbitant ea tirnate. He desires to hive a cheap re- ! ligiou. He dislikes rented pews. To rent them is to make merchandise of the gospel. ! lie join* a church whose seats are free, ; that he may not be forced to contribute to its support, hut have au opportunity of aid I iDg it as his means may allow, and his heart may prompt him to do it; and this is notvjikely to tax him heavily. John Truman differs widely from all who j have been named. He is a sincere, con- j seientious, godly man A great change j took place in his spirit and course of life at j the timo of his conversion. Ilia & at,c»b- j cern was to please Christ Having.been j redeemed by him from sin and death, he ! felt that he owed him unswerving obedience. | He placed the claims of Christ above all ; other claims, and tho glory of Christ above all other euds. To learn the will of Christ, he came to the word of Christ, with an humble, teachable and loving heart, re solved to sacrifice all his prejudices and to rostraiu all his partialities. After reading the Scriptures attentively, with earnest j prayer for divine guidance-, ho came to a ] firm conclusion as to the Christian -denom- 1 illation which was most apostolic iu its doe j trine, ordinances, spirit, disciplin^niid min- I isti-y; and resolved promptly to unite him- j self to it. . In selecting a church of that denomination, he was governed by two motives—the desire of edification and the | desire of usefulness. He chose a church j under the pastorate of a plain, but pious. J earnest and solid preacher, in preference to I one presided over by a more fluent, showy, and popular, but less instructive bishop, j He united with a small and poor church, rather than a large and rich one, because iu that his means, influence and labors were more needed. A most valuable church j member he is—a lively stone in the spiritual j house.f Io the Sunday School, in prayer i meetings, in the church meetings for busi ness, on eommittes, in financial arrange- ; merits, in everything, iu short, pertaining ! to the interests of Christ's kingdom, he always takes an active part, and is equally | ready to lead or to follow, and equally de- j lighted when good is done by himself or by i others. If our church catalogues were purged of j the names of all the members who have unitgjl with them from motives which can not bear the divine scrutiny, we fear many of them would be greatly diminished in length.—-Religious Herald, A Sketch of Dr. Deems’ lecture. A correspondent of the Baltimore Epis copal Methodist, of last wc-ek, say* : I took a sleigh ride up tOjPortchcstor last evening to hear Dr. D( e!s lecture on ‘Proverbs, not Solomon’s.’ The lecture was able, amusing, graceful and pithy. It ! services were thrown in, he said they ' should not expect much from him. And j why should they? If his auditory were imbued witli the spirit of true charity, the1}' j had already received their reward when J they each gave fifty cents for a ticket, and j the lecture they had come to hoar was just so much gratis; and, as this was a charity lecture on his part, as well as his hearers, he should call it an'accommodation lecture.’ and like the accommodation traius, which ‘stop at all stations,’ he should feel that hfi was at liberty to stop just where he pleased. Tlie speaker dissected about a dozen Pro verbs, and I shall write from memory what he said respecting a part of them. ‘Love mo,'love my dogs.’- Now, he liked dogs. They were wise, sagacious and knowing. There was also a great deal of friendship in a dog—much more so—and often more lasting than in our fellow-be ings. Certain it was, your dog did not de sert you when you had fallen from riches to poverty, as your friends too often do. But ‘Love me—love toy dog’ implied that, in loving a inari, you iiiust also love *11 his peculiar ways aud questionable habits. The speaker did not believe this. He would love a man for his lutrinsio worth and for all that was noble and beautiful in him, but beyond this he could not go.’ ‘Little children must be seen and not board.' This was one of the very worst of Proverbs. There were no greater question ers than children, and to their questions, observations or remarks we should pay the closest and most willing attention. It is in their early days they are laying the founda tion of knowledge, aud instead of repelling a child, as is toooften tho ease, with the re aiark. 'LitUd^tUdren should be seen and aot heard,’ We' should regard it * high and blessed privilege to give them the best an swers in our power to tljeir little questions and wants. How often when company was’ ixpeoted were the children turned off to bed to take oaro of themselves f No room for your child at tho table ! When is them ao-rooru for your oorupany—no m at tew if your company is a J^ing or h President ? Where the father and mother is in the fami ly, there the child should be, and you can not turn them off without injury to yourself aud the child a3 well. . ‘Honesty is the best policy.' Here is an old proverb—old as the hills. ft is rung in everybody’s ns soon as they are born ; bur the pnWerb is a false one. Hon est from policy ! Politic to be honest?— Ths speaker did not believe in such hones ty. The man was never yet s en who was honest with policy as a basis of that hon esty. Whoever knew a politician, a lawyer, a farmer, or a merchant, who was truly hon est, if it was ‘policy’ that was guiding his I honesty? A^id whoever knew a wian who held such a motto that did not quit it the moment it did not pay ? lie wa«y honest (or he called himself sq„) whiifr it wt?_/oli- l cy to be honest, but when it was not policy j th-n be was open for the next best thing? j Away with such an honesty ! He liked the j straightforward old -fashioned honesty—the ; honesty that dared to do right tho’ the.,]. Heavens fall. ‘People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.’ Ah / indeed/ N»w you should not live in a glass house at all. If you have a reputation that will not stand the test then you are in a glass house arid it j should be smashed. You have no business 1 to live, except in such a way that your : character, your actions, your aims may not j at all times hear the crucible “of an honest' public opinion. “When you are in Rome you must do as j the Romans do ’ This was a most absurd proverb, yet there were too many who often j did when away from home, that which they ] would be ashamed to do at home. Half of j the wickedness of great cities is supported by strangers in those cities, and not by the resident population. This, alas/ was too common a way-of ‘doing as the Roman do.’ In the matter of dress, how often is fash ion followed even to the ridicule, and often to the pain-and torture of thousands of bo dies/ A leader of fashion starts out-frith smieihing new—something perhaps becom ing enough to that particular individual, and forthwith hundreds and thousands fol low suit, no matter whether appropriate to their style ar.d figure or not. . The Grecian Bend, he did not doubt, had ruined ten thousand forms, and yet they bad only don? what the Romans did, or in other words, followed a tortuous aud unsightly fash ion. •Don’t put ofT anti! to-morrow what you can do to-day/ This had been told the 1 speaker by his parents and all Ids relations, ; from the first moment he could remember. 1 He had followed the injunction for fifty ; years, and had now determined to quit it , forever. He knew the proverb was a gen erally accepted one, after a life long expe- j lienee he, for one, wa.s satisfied0 it whs j erroneous IIocv he had sweat and toiled j to get though eve*y days work from the j moment be had boon old enough to work ! j Nothing must be left over, for to-morrow j would bring its own work. Under this i idea he bad fairly woru~ himself out with j incessant, ,and ofteutimos, (as he uow saw,) j ueedjess labor, for he had ftipud he bad . done many things to-day which he felt j nught Lo be done, but which he found after- ! ward couid just as well have gone undone. ; We do many needb ss things, the speaker rrgued; we rush through life as if there ; was no to-morrow, whereas we should, in j many things, be more able, more wise, and j jetter fitted-io do-tbo^e things, if .they were jut off until to-utorrow or some fuiure day. ; Lie would, therefore, change the proverb— | Do uothing to-day that you eau safely'put jff until tu-morro^/ Yours respectfully, F A. A. | Men Wanted —The great want of this ago js men." Mon wto arc honest, sound from centre to circumference, and true to the heart’s core. Men who will condemn wrong jn friend or foe. lien whose con sciences as as steady as the needle to the pole. Men who stand for the right if Heaven totters and earth reels Men who can tell the truth. Men who’ ueither brag nor run. Men who can haveeourage with out whistling fir it. Men careless of men’s applause. Men too large for sectarian lina- 1 its, and loo strong for sectarian bonds — j Men who do not strive, nor cry, cause their j voices to be heard in the streets, and who will not fail nor he discouraged. Me.n who know their message and tell it. Men who know ’heir duty and do it. ljeu who know their place and fill it. Jt was a wise saying among the ancients that the way to vice lies down hill. If you lake but a few stops, the motion becomes so impetuous and violent that it is almost itn- ! possible to resist it. h--—- I A minister once prayed : “Oh. Lord ! : wo thank Thee for the goodly number here to night,, and thaf ^Aow, also, art here, not: withstanding the inclemency of the weather!” i \. ■ ■ r—1-7? i A poor, wild Irish boy, taught in a mis sion School in Ireland, was asked what was meaut by saying faith. The reply was, “Grasping ‘Jhrist willj the heart.” WliATSosvpty fby hand fiudetb to do, doc db it with thy might, ter there is 1*0 work, nor deviee. nor keowledgo uor wisdom, in the grave, wbither tbou goest. Evil Speaking. The proper control of the tongue is one of the tno^t difficult duties of Christian life. The ferocious tempers of wild beasts, the hissing fierceness of serpents are more easily brought under proper government than the unruly tongue of man. St. James says, “The tongue can no man tame, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison ” The fiery steed can be guided by a bit. the ship over stormy seas with a very little helm, but it takes a large amount of gracious influence? to keep the tongue from j sinning by evil speaking. The persons who : indulge in the vice of evil speaking may be ■ divided into throe classes. t. There ore the grtssipen. Saeh a per son takes -to idle, gossip as naturally as young ducks do to water. They have an itching fondness for talc- 1 bearing, and become the mail carriers of. the floating rumors iu the neighborhood. They live like the soldier's dog. on the , hitsar\d scraps of scandle picked up in the camp of human life. Then encouragement . i is found in having ready listeners. Dr. South says that the tellers and hearers of . ; false stories ought both to he hanged side by side* the former by the tongue, the : latter by the ears. 2d There are. the sour tempered grum- ' hlcr3. Their disposition to grumble is a chronic disease. They spit tire at .the haril times, their ‘neighbors, providence, the weather, the church, and a hundred other things. Nothing can please them. They travel through life over a hard road, on a jolting vehicle, fighting imaginary lions in the way. and are drowned in crossing deep rivers before they reach them. Fretted by the collisions of life, damaging remarks about others, fly from their tongues thick as fiery sparks from the forge of a black smith. 3(1. There are the evil talkers of unrq '<* trained prejudice The effect of prejudice is to blind the mind to the excellencies, and concentrate it up'-u the real or supposed defect* of the person, against whom it is launched. The law of charity prompts men to paint whatsoever i,s beautiful and valua ble in others, and hide deficiencies; but the force of pr-judice adopts, the. opposite rule. Throwing all that is good in the back- j ground, it'watches the blunders of its ene mies with the hundred eyes of Argus, ready to strike them with hundred hands of Hriareus. No one is so little qualified.to speak of another man, as the one prejudiced against him. Fairness and candor have fled from his mind. lie cannot do him justice. Tim MISCHIEF OF EVIL SPEAKING. ~_/ First, it damages those wjio practice it. Nothing destroys the moral influence of one so much, and reuders him so odious in the estimation of good society, as the reputa tion of being an evil speaker ef others.— This practice, like an ill loaded gun, hurls damage rearward and front The arrowy words of evil speaking recoil to wound the archer. The names- of such , persons are despised, their society shunned ’ as a pcsrileuqe, and their loose tougues dreaded more than venomous serpents. Secondly, the greater -mischief is done spoken. St. James compares it To the rav ages of fire. to the persons, of whom evil words Toe Indians strike a spark from flint and steel, and set fire to the dry grass, and the flames spread and widen until they sweep like a roaring tornado, over prairie plaius large as our State—men anvd eattlo must flee for life. A spark drops, and kindles on the dry roof of a house, aud spreading from house tc bouse uutil a fair portion of a beaut it ul eity lies in ashes. "Be hio HI how great a matter a iitit'c fire kindleth. And the tongue iiajtre." A few rash words Will precipitate adam ily, a neighborhood, a nation into bitter alienations, war aud bloodshed Half the law suits, aud many wars have been brought about by the undue 'license of the tongue. It has torn asunder the peaceable fellowship of churches, shot arrows dipped in poison to wouud sp6tfessTepiiftatioj£2and thus made bosom friends to become bitter foee. The whisper words of slander are Samp son's foxes, whose firebrands consumed the harvest fields of the Philistines. They j produce destruction in wide areas of peace j and love. An unkind word passes from mouth to mouth, until a thousand tongues repeat it, and snowball like, increases as it rolls one damage the reputation of some in- j nocent brother. A Scotchman sowed a little thistle-down 'in the British Colony. It j crew aud fi lurisbod ; tmd breezes, iiki>4j|« i active wiud of talk, that soon propagates » ! slander, carried the winged seeds hit lief' and thither, to become the "life-time pest bf: thousand" spread-inisehinf grows j out of little slatuTeratisnutirds. Dejir reader, are you polity of the misera ble practice of evil speaking? If so, ! whether you he a sinner, a saiut, or a min- ] ister, you have tuueh causo for deep re- i pentance, and »radical relormation, 'iGivn l not thy tougue to great liberty, lest it take j thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like a ! sword in the scabbard, thine ; if vented, \ thy sword is in another’s hand. If thou , desire to bo held wise, bo so wise as to hold ! tbv tongue.—Raieigh Christian Advocate. I FARM A 3 0 GARDEN Managing for Peanuts: About a year agn we fr warded a sample of peanuts to the Commissi ner of Agricul ture at Washington, with a request that he would cause an analysis of the same to be made by the chemist of the department. with the view of benefitting the treatment 1 of this important crop. It was more tbtKJ two months before the engagement of Prof Antisell, the chemist, permuted him to comply with^tho request; s-nd too late tberefote for the information to be practi cally &v*H??r,ble to the planter. * Neverthe less we published the result in the Index. The sed&ott is opportune now for repro ducing the letter, which we Lope wili meet ' the eyes of many .peanut grower?, and in- ! (luce (hem to tty the method recommcndt d 1 by the writer. The manure * iadic.it d by j the analysis, so fir as the as’ e-*'are con cerned, derives str mg confirmation from the practice adopted by many planters in.South ampton, who annually prepare large quan tities of tvhat is locally designated, as “Southampton guano.” This is clone by making ►an excavation in the ground, in which several bushels of charcoal are dep >s iterl, over which is laid a quality of pine leaves, and then covering the whole with twelve or fifteen .inches of earth, giving it the sh'npe of a mound- The contents are burned like a charcoal kiln, the fire to kept up for ten days or two we?ks. At the end of this time the ina-s becomes so Impreg nated with soot and smoke as to equal in 1 ts fertilizing properties to the same quanti ty of allies The fertilizer thus obtained is applied with marked benefit to peanuts, and in fact to farm crops in general. The following is the letter of the Com missioner : Washington*, D. 0 , May Id, 1870. Sin—The following is the result of the examinatkm of the ground or p -amit for warded by you in this department accom puijiqg your loiter of March 8ih : 1. Ilusk and nut i?i IGd parrs— W ater (moisture) ... 2.GO Albuminous and fibrous matters with starch. 79 261 Oil. 10 00 ; Ash - - .. - .... 2.10t Loss - - - - - 4 j 1.77 1(> 00 2 01 , 100.00 J 2. Husk and seel separately,in 100 parts—I Seed. Husk ! Moisture - Albuminous matters and farina - Ceilulose, (fibre) A^b ... Oil - 2 51 70 71 traces j 85 48 I 11 90 99 99 99.99 j The weight of the husk is as 1 to 10. j The ash of the seed consists of salts | wholly soluble in water, consisting of phos- j phales of alkalies, with traces of alkaline j chlorides and sulphates, the phosphoric acid j being united with the potash. The ash of i the busk differs in containing chiefly'com-; uinu salt and phosphates of lime sad mag nesia. Every hundred pounds of nut yield two i pounds of ash, ami auy manure shoal 1 be applied at least in that proportion. The manure pointed out by the analysis is solu- i ble phospares and ashes, applied separately of course; the ashes before planting, the phosphates subsequently. " Respectfully. : __ Horace Ca»ron, Commissioner. Application of Barn* Yard JIasere.— Among, the most important operations on ; the farm is the application of manures; and there exists a difference of opinion in regard \ to the most economical method of applying them. In determining this question'witli reference to farm yard manure, we have only to look at the loss that is inclined du- S ring the process of fermentation. In re ducing farm-yard manure into what is called short niuci; not only is tltere a large quan tity of fluid but also of gaseous matter lost.; the bulk is reduced at least cne-half in weight, and the-principal elastic matter dis engaged iu carbonic acid, wi'h some am monia. both of.wliich >3*0^2 be taken tip bv the soil and rendered highly beneficial td'j '**'• . -- -.4- ** , .0*’ *' the grotftfcg cr.'p?v' Let :uiy wlir> wishes to make the experiment, haul, ;>ijt iu the spring twenty-five loads ofqauVnurc and put. it iu it pile to rot, and take -amether 1 twenty-five loads .to.the field-where he in- : tends fa plant bis oorn spread it on an acre, plow it wafll'undhr, harrow the ground and , plauc his seed. Let him plant another acre in corn along side this, without manure ; wlieu the'emu is gathered, carry on and spread the twenty-five loads of ratten! manure left in the yard,, upon tiio acre; QpS, manured fyr eorn, and sow both pieces |u wheat, aud he will find that the acre J dressed with long mauure will yUkl the most wheat, besides giving him a largo increase over tbe otiitr in his crop of corn Iu regard to mineral manures, my opin ion, from experience and observation, is I that they should b„q {flawed under to a rea sonable depth.—Uarul Messenger. !«■' * ir - ' Every family-should provide a barrel or , box for receiving chicken bones, fish bones.1 and bits of beef bones which accumulate in j the kitchen s? / H 1MSTIA Jf MJJf* advertisements. Advertisements not inconsistent with thechai*' ;ter of the paper, will be inserted at the follow-' ig rates: no square of ten Tines, first insertion......$ 1 orcach' subsequent «••«"*4* ne square three trfonths.....;..it..® ne square six months............1® ne square twelve months.,.... Advertisers changing weeky, must m*nt« a >ecinl*trv9eiEcnt. Yearly ad vevtiaers w ill pa/ narterly or semi-an»nflM.y in advance. Tran ent advertisements to be'pntd'fdr on fnsertion Joa l*iuimxo executed u ith neatness sod dis atch. Save Your Own Seed. As a general thing the farmer cannot d« • end up uv having’ good .seed unless ho ' 1 aiscs it himwdf; therefore, every fa riser hould make it. a rule to raise his own s?e*]. ’f ho depends upon buying, he is coirstant y liable to g t the seed of noxious woed*,. md he often buys that which has passed^, hrough several hands, aid the s lier roajfgyj lot know whether it is good or bad. okkorjj, f »evv. flie temptation is very groat to rmxtf- i »ld sc-ds which have been le'.t ov r wrtlu !< w. and thefe is little doubt that il U largely if not. generally d me. This is of more consequence wi ll rarictics of «erd Inn others. The needs ome plants iin their vitality muclvlosgef* han tvrhefs. Turnip • e l will'germinate^ veil wh n four or five year's old, and it isg icucrht to bo better when lit to lo bettor when two year® &Ti ban one Melon and/ cucumber seeds are bought to be improved by age up to five I • away to last. •ears at lea-d. Of such seeds, when an opportunity occurs to save a choice variety’ mre;, enough should be laid ive years. The seeds of most of the grasses arO of’ ,'ory little value, aft r h.-y arc two or three year's old ; and if the farmer depends upod the mark: t fur his supply, Ho is very Iihble to get old and now - . is mixed. To have*** go'.-d and reliable gru>s seed is of rhoro im*-'. ^ partaucc than in the ca=e of most other siefewf, 1 because when grass seed is sown it lansuMfjrr' 1 deigned' fra cr p to lust several’years!,/ ! either as meadow or pasture. It is itnpor--4 taut to have the land perfectly set in grass in order to get a full crop and to choke out weeds. A pasture or meadow half filled' with weeds is a condition not to be tolerated in good farming, and weeds are sure to get iu i die gruuuu ij not coiupi-u'iy uuuupieu with grass. Therefore soar good seed and plenty of it. The sure way to have good * grass seed is to-sa-tse it yourself. It wilt pay to have a piece of laud devoted to the raising of such gra=s seeds as arc wanted Any surplus will sell readily at good prices. Iu regard to all the grains, great ad van—* tage may be derived from careful selection*' of the best, and giving extra cultivation tor the purpose of raising choice seeds. It is in this way the Norway oats', surprise oats, etc., for which farmers recently paid ex-, travagant prices, were produced. Any* farmer can make similar improvements in, seeds if he will take the same pains to doit; Still there may be an average ia occasion*'. ally netting seed from -a distance, as iSt is thought that a variety will deterioate by long continued raising upm the same farm It will soon bo time to select seed corn.v and this. too,, many farmers neglect. The,1 best and most perfect ears should IhS selec«f _ ted from the stalks bearing more than oae;' and the-e may be braided together by a fear busks, in suitable bunches, to be hung up^y-s ill a dry place out of the reach of mice. Itjrf is not an unusual practice for faruy-rato-, select the middle portions of the ears $f^Mgi for seed, shelling off the tips and butts for- : other purposes. Oarc-fu] experiments made in Easterly States have shown that the seed from th», 1 top end of ears well filled out lias procured, the1 best results - that from the butt eud; the" Hex; i .st, 'and irom the -niiijlelhe, poorest. One farmer Ivas continued-his, experiments ten years fouud that iu seven, years out of ten, seed from the top of the par gave the best results. The 1"SS every year to individual farmers anu the community at large, from impel--, feet seeds, is undoubtedly much grdateb than is generally supposed* 'Therefor®, we say to farmers, raise your own s els in the. most careful manner. The gain by so doing will pay ten times the cist. A JiuMREESB.'RO c >m spnadwnt -af tit®. Weldon A'i-irs writes as follows : Two patents, bare been allowed to Mr. J. ll. Gatling, tif Manning s Neck, in this county/ one on, a process of treating old field pines for oh-, raining durable timber, another upon a jna eofce'for rutfin,' down c.-.on - edits, v Ho pf«.]*»sog5,to deprive the o:d field pine* of their bark in a certain manner, so tbat.tiie timber, which has always been considered compaiativ.lv worthless may be rendered: durable, tiis machine for cutting down cotton st dks, has boon tried by a praotieni farmer of fine judgment, and he pronounces it a success. 1)1' course the utility of it will he fully tested in a short time, and if it proves to be what ha claims for it, farmers will, no doubt, make use of it instead of beating down the stalks with stick*. Tt may be proper to say that Mr. Gifting belongs to a f unity noted for their incentive 4 • . 1. . . l' .1 .*■ * /I gepious—the inventor of ,’ho celebrated 0orliuo G an being hi.- brother. It is said that both the French and i’flesions biro made guns, the models of which were stolen from Gatling. ,t> No XtJis (Lutit.—The yolks of ind one cup of sugar 'mixed a little, at? 1 Cue and a half cups of sugar, otic cup of ButtenJ or lard, one eup r.f milk, two teaspoons of yeast .powder! Beat the whites cf the egj to a stiff froth ind put In’ last, flavor t lemon ; flour as tbiak as pound eako
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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March 17, 1871, edition 1
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