“RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY. ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.” VOL. XXIV. SUFFOLK. VA~ FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1871. 7" NO. 8. The Christian Sun. Daroted to Religion, Morality, Temperance, literature, News, and the support of the princi ples ef the OHkistia* CWcncn. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. terms: •For one year, invariably in adrance...$3 00 Vorslx months. 1 Jo REV. W. li. WKLLONS, EmTor. Orifice os Kilbt Street. Money sent by mail must be nt the risk ofthnsc who send it Thesufcst way is hv a Post ofiue tuoaey order made payable to the Editor, or a draft on tome Hank or business bouse In Suffolk Norfolk or Petersburg, SELECTIONS. Mutual Forbearance. If Wo wish to sneoeed in lift-, we must IeMW to take men is they are, end not ns they Ought to be; malting them better, if we can, bat nt the same time remembering their infirmities. Wo have ta deal, not With the ideal men of every day life, men precisely like ourselves. This fact of com mon aims, ambitions, artdinfirniities, ought To create constant, sympathy and forbesranoo. While every man has his own burden to Isaar, he may, at the same time, in some Wiy htdp another V> bear his peculiar bur •deo, and be himself helped in turn. God ^ias mysteriously linked al( men togother Shy this curious fact of mutual dependence, 'and this wonderful possibility of piutual 'help The poor may be relieved the sick •may be visited, the sorrowing may receive 'sympathy, the inexperienced m;iy be coun seled, the faint-hearted encouraged, and the feeble established All thc-se, in turn,may Itolp the hand that ei-’es help to then-1 for ‘God hat so ordered it that, no man is aliso lutely independent of his fellows. At the very time wo help others, we find by that act our own moral power strengthened, and the time may oome when in a more direct way the aid we have extended may be re turned. This principle* of human forbearance is •especially applicable to those mental and moral infirmities of which every man is conscious—Infirmities which make us some times detest, ourselves,render us a bur den to our friends. Some are peevish and fretful ; some have a chronic suspicion that everything will go wmng ; some are easily offended, having touchy tempers, as quick as a pistol with a h*»rr trigger; some have a rough, blunt wr.y of expressing them selves, imagining that they are frank, when •they are simply uncivil; some ore haughty and overbearing, holding their heads above the common herd ; some are headstrong, ( «ever yielding a position once taken. These disagreeable infirmities, in com »non with others which might be named, Iiave their origin in different sources. They sometimes spring from constitutional pecu liarities, and. indeed, are oft n hereditary. 3Some of them may be the result or the K)TIU(tla>aa nf aomiim* Ai—.i...-Oi'iilPUmT be traced directly to defective education. Whatever their origin, We must learn •to bear with them. For this there are sev f r.il good reasons which nonqmend them selves to Christians, whatever others may think of them God commands a love for our neighbor which shall equal self-love Ilis word directs the stiotigylo bear (he in firmities of the weak ; exhorts us to bear cue another’s burdens, declaring that those who do this fulfil the. law of Christ, which is the great law of love; and presents for our imitation the wonderful example of ■Christ;, who pleased not himself. If we ■can save men by bearing with their infirmi ties we ought to do jt. Another reason just as powerful, though appealing more directly to our selfishness, is to be fuund ip the fact that we expect others to bear with us. It. surely is uot fair to ask our follow-men to make allow ance for our iufirmities whilu we make none for theirs. We must give and take, each yielding something to tbe other, like well behaved men in a crowd. The man who should undertake to go through a crowd by an air-line route Would soon find hia passage blocked. Let him yield, a little to others, and others will yield to hiui. id is I lie part ui repgion, os wen ns oi good breeding, to avoid as far as possible coining in contact with the infirmities of other*, and to take as little aoticeasnre -can of their manifeetatkea. We- do this in reference to physical deformity ; why not in regard to mental or moral infirmities^ We are careful not to tread'on a tender toe, not to brush against a broken arm, not in •tand in the way of tbe blind; we ought to be equally careful not to raffle the temper of tbe irritable, not to wound the feelings pf tbe sensitive, not to excite tbe fears of fhe 1HnM. There must, of course, be a limit to this pinee our own rights nod feelings must be respected as well as those of others: bat we presume no man who sincerely desires to do right, will hsve afiv difficulty id fixing tbe limit. No general rule enn be given whioh shall apply to “each particular case Common-sense and divine graoo roust be tbe guides. Koch man ought to endeavor to lesson the burden he expects others to help him. bear. If a man have a bad habit be ought to try and break himself of it. A man with a foul ulcer or a deformed limb is to be pitied ; but he ought not to persist in thrusting the ulcer or the deform ity before us on every occasion, insisting that we shall examine it Let him keep it out of sight as much aa possible, get cured if he oao, but if thnt be iuipnsaible^snv nothing about it. So men ought not to be perpetually obtruding their evil tempers M)d other .infirmities before their frauds, imposing on their' Christian forbearance, and excusing themselves by saying: “It is wy way.” It is a very bad way, and can » not he mended a moment too soon. Less excusable are these infirmities in tbeir con tinuance than those ot the body, sinoe the roe of God ip promised to all Who seek and thus thtibUrdens may'bo lessened.t— T/i« Methodist. ' ' /-*' . 11 r otci The timidity of some Uhrislian* ite walking on egg*, and look aa dennre and pitiful aa if they were entering a jail ore hospital of contagious diseases At the hour of open ing tho services, these rabbit-hearted be lievers will be seated irt the border pews and nearest the door, as if to make a speedy escape, in case of an tterthquake or a fire. They circle round the cold Walla of the praypr room, as if theft had got inside of a powdet-magatine wbiew'Wflglit oxplode'wej-e tboy to oowte near enoagh together to make any Warmth 1 The minister or leader is expedted to bridge over nil the gulfs, to thaw out all the ice, to light np all the gloom, to sweep out all the cobwebs, to put smiles on every lip, tears in every eye, and songs on every tongue. Tho week-day evening audience ought to be the very vitality of tire congregation, aud tho pastor's electrifier for Sunday sermons and prompter to daily work. The warm hearted people should couie up close around him in the social meeting and sing back into his soul the gospel they have heard from Ilia lips aod seen in his life during the week, livery nearest seat to the stand should be ihe first one filled. There is a wonderful power in this intimacy that confides, sympa thies, sustains and blends into brotherhood urouud the leader where he stands to talk of Jesus to the people. But where professing believers act with the woodenness of things, expecting to be told where to sit, what aud how to aiog, how to do the childhood duties of the gospel; where they make no efforts to advance, to build up, to reach and rescue fellow-men from sin ; where tboy come to service as a mere obligation, briuging no neighbor, cheering no sufferer, radiating no light—it is enough to kill an ordinary pastor, mind and body, to sustain such a charge. ir any ot two or tnrce, quotea so orien in social prayn- would but got to wiirk vud imitate the early disciples in evangel effort, go cut into tb>“ highways aud hedges after the perishing people, and by lovo and good nature compel them to come in, there would soon he a change from iciness to a peotecost. If the inner circles round the altar were kept close and full, the genial warmth of the meetings would flame and glow, and the Church would he stirred as with a mighty rushing wind anti thousands would be con verted in a day ! lint os long ns Christian go i,n and out in thh touch-me-not by ways of seif and clan, and turn the c Id shoulder to the Lord we cannot expect prosperity or power. — Math odist Recorder. Tub Dew Drop.—I went out one morn ing etrdy to see the dew drops; there was one on every blade in the grasspt .t. I have seen jewels sparkling in the ring on the lady’s finger, and glittering in the jeweler's shop,, but. I have never seen a getn so pure and bright as the jewels worn by the grass blades. A stooped down and looked at. them, and th^grass said. Are you cotne out to sec me ? ■ rt u No, to see tho dew-drops. A little sparkling drop shook himself up, what, said he, what'was that 7 Gome oat to see you beautiful dew-drops, I said: t . What forli r, I love to see tho oalm, blue heaven re flected in your bosom. That » because l am pure, said the dew- j drop ,• Heaven is not reflected iuto, the j bosom of muddy water, nor in the heart of a wieked child. Tell the children whalove .Jesus to be pure, even, as lie is pure. I picked up the blade of grass to look closer at him. Just then the sua began to rise, aud the dew-drop changed fyom blue heaven to» glowing sunlight It shone like a little sun as I held it, aud looked lovelier than ever. , ISeuutitul / l said. The little drop smiled. The day is j breaking and the good sun is changing me | into the likeness of hiuisgU. Tell your lit tle Christians, when Jesus shall appear they shall be like bio). But the day is breaking —the sun is drawing me—-I'm going, going— Don’t go yet/Isaid. stay aod talk to me. He is sending down bis long sunbeam fingers. I feel thbtn drawing me. I’m going. Stay, little dew drop, I said, stay and talk with me all day long. Only in the night lj live on earth, and wben day breaks I fleo away to heaven on tbs beams of light. Christians are the dew Jrnjje of Jeans. They, too, stay on the earth while'bight lasts, and when Heaven’s lay breaks!' and the shadows flee away, Jesus wilt draw up bis dew drops to him self. But I eannot stay—the sunbeams ire drawing n»o. I feel their loving ki»ses. I’m going up to the oalra heaven—up to the ^loriqus sun. 1’iu going. It grew brighter and heavenliar, and smaller I looked and looked till I lookod in rain ; there was only the blade of grass, he dew-drop was gone. 'iu viwtiita We consider people Who malee sport of an old man’s shabby clothes, destitute of feeling, ami Worse iban tho heathen. Who oottld be guilty of calliog the hlnsh of re sentment to a wrinkled cheek ? the quiver of grief to a withered Up? the tear of sor row to a faded eye. washed of its brilliancy ^ hy floods of tears l Never, never laugh' at the Scanty gar ments of the poor. Poverty has a strong tide of sorrow trf stem, nod a frnil barque to guide at the host. It has dashed so often against the rocks, that it hardly holds to gether Sinktt not with ybnr dnTsindness. Sneer riot at old clothes. They are often mado Indy by long sacrifices ; by careful foldings away, that they may 1st until the dear ones are prtrvided for. if many an old coat could speak, what, "tales it would tell of the noble heart beating underneath / Yonder rusty garment would repeat the Struggles of a devoted father, whose son is earning laurels at the College hard by How he counted the farthings, and choked down pride, that his boy,his noble, beloved boy, might yet do him honor ! That faded shawl, folded tightly river spare shoulders ? Year after year has the mother cleansed and mended, and laid it carefully away-(as she called it) ••good as new,” that her bitie-ryed daughter udgftt have an education. And the toot her smiles over the dim, du=ky-patterned ribbon and prim old merino that were cleaned up to enable In r to buy Hessie a pretty bound, and a dress such as sheftdescrved. Oh / that blessed self denial of aspiring poverty/ Hallowed be the old bonnets, old cloaks, old coats, aye, and old shoes, when such love points to them at its mon uments. More than one bright and shining light, let us tell you, owes its brilliancy to old clothes; more than one star in literature, ohilosonhv and science. Think of this when your eye chr.ncos to light upon the threadbare cont or the faded shawl; suppress the smile, keep back the sober. You know not what the heart be neath has suffered, "how many times it has bled. You know not what noble impulses have once madd” it great and strong, or W|*Vt r- -J . i m &>.» !.♦«. nt. or what blighting mildew sipped it at fts full vigor. Let not the crime of adding anguish to the full crop of the poor man’s sorrow bo ever yours. Tiie Two Sexes.—The following true and elegant paragraph is from the pan of Mrs. Sigourney : “Man might be initiated into the varie ties and mysteries of Deedle work ; taught to have patience with the feebleness and waywardness of infancy, and to steal with noiseless steps around the chamber of the sick ; and the woman might be instructed to contend for the palm of science; to pour fourth eloquence in senates, or to wade through fields of slaughter to a throne — Yet revolting* of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and iutellectual energy; while the beauty of social order would lie defaced, and the fountain of earth's felicity broke up. We arrive, then, at the conclusion. The sexes are iulended for different spheres, and in structed in conformity to their respective destinations, by Uitn who bids the oak brave the farv of the tempest, and the Alpioe flower lean its cheek on the aosotr. of eternal snows. But disparity doos not necessarily imply inferiority; the high places of the earth wirh all their pomp and glory, are indeed accessible only to the march of ambition or the grasp of power; yet those who pass with faithful and unap plauded zeal through their humble round of duty are not unnoticed by the (Treat Task master’s eye—and their endowments,though accounted poverty among men, may prove durable riches in the kingdom of Heaven. Diffusers of Happiness —Some moo move through life as a hand of musio mores down the street, Singing out pleasure on every side through the »ir to every one, fur and near, who ean listen. Some men fill the air with their pr«Sence-and street ness, as orchards, in October days, fill the air with the perfume of ripe fruit. Such women ding to their own houses like the houey-suokle over the door, yet, like it, fill, all the region with the subtle fragrance of their goodness. How great a bounty and a blessing is it so to hold the royal gifts of the soul, ‘hat they shall be musio to some, and fragrance to others, and life to all/— It would be no unworthy thing to live for, to make the power which we have withiu us the breath of other men’s joy; to fill the atmosphere which they must s'and in with a brightness which they cannot create for themselves—Beecher. Wi hear the rain faH, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud • calm jrief is silent. Trk best thing in the world is a healthy frame, steel ainews, and strong nerves.— Better still, a quiet oonseienoe with them. ro lucre viuj ruur; “Father, forgive them, for they know not whot they do.” Foigiye whom ? Why. foflr ^ntJda^S^hool feathers, who Hre pretty There*tNflfe ;; an excellent, gotfly earnest uian, who loves the work,lores the children in his class, prays for item, and seemingly dees everything irif his power to kid them to Jesus, bat who has fclleU into an unfor tunate—it might well be called wicked — habit of being Dearly Jways a few minutes behind rim*. Here’s another, jast, ertering the school room. T1» e su periof enuen this tie ernoOKTUg mund the classes, and has noticed this teacher’s place vaeani To day it happens that, nearly all the :lass are present, and he is becoming anxtois as to whether or Dot the teacher will cnl, I pray thee, open her eyes, that she may see”—The Baplift Teacher Religion Takes the }1ad Out qg Teo ple —So suid a litt!o girl of fi.vu during our Into meeting. This little child knew quite well that her father, who was a member of the church, was at variance with an ungodly neighbor, for she had heard the matter often talked of in the home circle. When that neighbor, who would not speak to her father Tecatoe a seeker of religion, the subject of their difficulty’ was often dis cussed in her hearing She came to a just conclusion that they were mad with each other. When this little girl, who was a member of an infant-class in our Sunday School, saw her father approach that penitent neighbor at the mourner’s bench, and" saw the once revengeful uiar. leap from his seat, and throw his arms around (he neck of her father and rejoice ah ud ; and when she &aw him meet her mother also in the aisle with similar demonstrations of forgiveness and of joy, her little head began te reasjon, and the conclusion she reached was this : Mather, religion takes the mad out of peo pftfj. .--ry»!----, ’ Here is ombodieirThnught for a volume— a fine motto for a sermon Let who will work it out.—Religious Iftrald. Eventide.—Id that hour which of all twenty four is most emblematic of Heaven add suggestive of repose, -the eventide, in which instinctively Jacob went into the fields to meditate,—when tile work of the day is done, when the mind has ceased its tension, when the passions are lulled to re.-t in spite of themselves by the spell of the I quiet, starlit sky,—it is then, amidst the silence of live lull of all the lower part of our nature that the soul comes forth to do : its work. Then the peculiar, strange work of the soul, which the intellect cannot do-r meditution—begins** A we and worship aDd wonder are in full exercise ; and Love be-1 gins then in its purest form of mystic ado-' ration, and pervasive* and undefined tender ness—separate from all that is coarse asd earthly—swelling as if it would embrace the All in its desire to bless, and lose itself in the sea of the Love of God. This is the ; rust of soul—the exercise and play of all the nobler powers—F. H Robertson. j Marks of a Gentleman.— No man is a gentleman, who, without provocation, would treat with incivility the humblest of his species. It is vnlgularity for which no accomplishment of dress or address can ever atone. Show me the man who desires to make every one .around him happy, and whoso greatness solicitude is never to give cause of offence to any one, and I will show y.m a gentleman by nature and species, though he may never have worn a suit of broadcloth, or ever heard of a lexicon. I am proud to say, .for the honor of our species, there are men in every throb of whoso heart there is solicitude for the wel fare of mankind, and whoso every breath ie perfumed with kindness. me ikying mnoeis Sermon. Father M-, of Maw t who recently died in faith, was once called to the djing bed of an aged infidel of his acquantance The good old man had long prayed for bis friend, but lira entreaties had ever been met by the inSdel’a arguments and scorn. As he approached the toed he saw that his mind was in agony. The man confessed himself a sinner, and that he was not prepared to meet d^ath. Father M-asked him if he h«d prayed. i>o. 1 o«vti*fc pray, t have continually Trra-rct^ mrrrt^v ft js HOW TCfttTied TUC. I have tried f6 p>ay, uai ury move?--—-———55— Are you willing that I should pray for you then, and let your heart’s desire go up with my words? No. you cannot pray for me ; others have tried it, but could not. You may kneel, but it, would be useless. The aged saint knceled~at the bedslde of the agonized sinner. Those lip3 had daily moved in prayer for half a century. That tongue had daily brought the name of sin ners before God’s throne ; but, strange to say, all his faculties of speech seem para lized now Mercy was a word he could not speak f and for the first tiuie prayer was impossible. Now. said the infidel, as Father M arose from his knees, I want to preach at my own funeral. When you have closed the other parts of the service, I want you to come down from the pulpit and place your two forefingers on my lips and say. This soul is sealed for hell / You must spare • me such a commission. It will frighten the people. It is my dying request, and I feel that you must do it; Let others take warniug by my death. I cannot excuse you. So Father M-, at his funeral, after he had finished the sennou came down from the pulpit, and approaching the coffin, laid the tips of his fingers on those marble lips and. with tears streaming from his eyes, stated the dying man’s request, and pronounced the words: Ibis soul is sealed ter hell; O. my reader, whether Christian or not, be admonished. If your peace is not made with God, remember that your soul is followin'* that infidel's, and will be erelong be sealed. Your lips can more in prayer now. The time maj come when this, the greatest of earthly privileges, will be in vain. Chris tian brother, remember that souls—the souls of your friends, relatives and neigh bors—are daily going down to bell ; and no small share of the responsibility is lyiug at yonr door. May God help us to feel the importance of that iufideTs sermon !—Chris tian Observer. A IIobusi CitCRCti —When doubts are expressed, in reference to the forming of new organizations for Christian work, the test questions should he : Will the proposed society call into exercise undeveloped talent/ Will some persous be led to work who can not easily accommodate themselves to exist ing methods and agencies'/ Will more be done by this addition to the instruments of the Church Z We believe that many associations are proved ‘necessary by just this touchstone. They furnish an opportunity and methods adapted to various workers, and serve to engage in active effort many who cannot be as useful in the general .affairs of the Churoh. An association is, one of the ex tensor muscles of the ecclesiastical body, and ought, like every other muscle, to be folly developed by regular exercise. Any -part not thus developed U-a dea l weight supported in semi-vitality at the expense of the rest, A robust church is one folly or= gauizud for every good word anTTvofti Give Mb the Ballads, and I Care not for the Laws.—The Sunday School is training up a generation in the important aud delightful practice of sacred song. It has well been regarded as a wise utterance of him who said, S'*'dive rue the making of the ballads of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” If we are to understand by this that singing has more influeuee in shaping the destinies of a nation than its laws, then who can estimate the power that lies eoncealed in a Sunday School Hymn Book. No generation of children iu the world’s whole h story was ever so fully under the influence of music as the present. In the school aud out, every day. morning, noon arid night, you cau hear them warble their delightful Sabbath School hymns.— S S. Worker. Might Have Been.—Ito-is of no nse to waste time mourning for what might have been. Things that might have been, and are not, are entirely hopeless. Don’t look at them, don’t think of them. Turn four back to them, and look straight iu the face of the present’ and its realities. See what needs to be done, and do it. So shall the “might have beens” of the future be leas than those of the past, if indeed tboy do not vanish from your life and thoi^ht. farm and garden. Soil for Gardens. ! ‘ It is a law.nf our being that we be j come attached to those objects on which we j harp bestowed la'ior on which we have ex i Penfl;>l cate. We lore the trees onr own hands have planted, the vines we have cul tivated and trained over our door ways,and over the trellis onr own hands have ere 1 a ted,” | ^ garden is one of the ipost fruitful sour i ce* °'f instruction to the family, the fath j er can here bring his children and speak to , them «£thc wisdom and skill and benfrvo i '‘‘r!j,e of the Creator He can di«sect flow i ere. plants and seeds, ynowmg irreir t-rrrtmrs structure, and how wonderfully nature has provided for their preservation. This is one of the fine arts which the farmer cart cultivate, and while her is gratifying the love of the beautiful which nature has given him, he is also improving his intellect arid his heart. The farmer needs recreaTibb, and where will he find it better than in his garden '! Time spent there .will free him j from temptation. The public need to be urged to give more attention to the subject, particularly in the Southern States, where the farm has been permitted to absorb everything, man- | ure, labor and attention of the’ I rd of.the manor, even to the extent , of robbing the good lady of the contents of the poultry house floors, and yielding with a shrug of tile shoulders, a few loads of stable manure | for the hot beds, when she is fortunate j enough' to fall heir to a . few old window i sash for the purpose. A good write on the ! subject says : “Garden culture will surround our homes I with associations of beauty, and with mem : ories of pleasure aBd joy that will go with I us wherever we roam, and never forsake us till we lie d.own to cur final repose in the bdsom of the earth ” I rr'»ui me auove coBsiaeratrous in a moral I point of view, will not tha ivaJcis of the Farmers Gazette, decide to pay more atten | tion to their gardens the present yt ar. and tiny will hud health and comfort, for the family, content and joy in the household ; from the well envjebed, well- cared for acre j iu vegetables and'fruits. The proper soil for a garden if one that j admits of gt owing a great variety of vege tables and fruits, and as so small a surface is required, there is probably uofarui in the j State where an acre tnav not by art, ba i made to produce vegetables adapted to the ' climate. A decidedly gravelly or sandy soil, is unsuitable for gardeu purposes. So is a ! heavy clay soil. Such a soil would be wet ! in its nalural state, and a wet soil is a void ! one. But all these may be so altered and j attemper. J by drainage and comuimuion of 1 materials as to make sandy ham that will : meet all the wants of common plants. "Drv ; clay can be reduced to Boe ponder, but it i naturally runs together when water is pour 1 ed on it. So it is with clays in the field ; Whew wet they are close, compact and ad 1 herive and exclude the circulation of air } from the roots of the growing plant.’’ But 1 drain we!!,remove the water and they grad '■ ua’tly contract, crack in every direction, be ! come opeo, mellow and are more easily and cheaply worked and pervious to the air in every direction. Thorough drainage then, adding leaf mould with sand, coarse stable mauure, will bring even a heavy soil into a condition favorab.le to the growth of any plant. A writer in 'Agricultural Reports of 1883, furnishes the following on the sub ject of soils for gardens, which so entirely accords with tny own views of this subject, that I reproduce them here condensed. “Soils perforfli .three grand functions hi basis ou which .plants may. tix their roots and sustain themselves in an erect position ; they supply-food to- vegetables at every pe riod of their growth, and they are the me j iftii in which many chemical changes take place that are essential to a right prepara tion of the various kind of food destined f r the growing plant. j 1st. It should be such as to afford suffi cient moisture, aud to admit the air to pene trate it freely. a 21. ft should supply abundamly carbonic acid. This is furnished by the decay of vegetable matter or-by absorption from the atmosphere, This faculty of absorption is greatly increased by adding muck, char- ! coal or other matters having great absorb- j ing powers. 3rd. The soil should be capable of fur nishing a supply of ammonia to the roots. J This is much assisted by a liberal opplica tion of ground plaster to absorb it from the air. The usual mode of supplying it is from stable manures, guano, &c. 4th It shoujd contain those mineral in gredients which are necessary to the growth of plants. Where the soil is top loose or porous, the mixture of the opposite kind will bring it to a more suitable conditiqp. In this way j the soils are tempered, a tody is given to The Christian Sun ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisement not inconsistent’* ith tbechw*^ acter of tbc paper, will be inserted at the folio**'' ing rates: T>ne square of fen lines, first ins:rlioi!>..v...$ 1 C$f Forcacb subsequent insertion.^™,..*... bo* One square three .. § Ct) One square six months...... 10 CO One square twelve months...18 CO Advertisers changing sedej1, must -make si special agreement. Yearly ad vertisers * ill par quarterly or scmi-annua’lr in ndvunce. 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u acre for years, in i: „ i. ei»v, marl/i it-mllng " 0<»djL >***_1_' . j , • 1 stiitde manure, or whatever may be neede' | according to rt.trwants of tbe lattd to ren der it suitable for garth, n purposes. Simply because a farmer’s house is loca ted on a sand, a clay bill, or a (most im probable) lot? wet bottom, there can be no> excuse for n> t having a "true garden *pot the greater the diftcuity- atid the more Ia bor expended on if, the more pleasure and gratification will he have subsequently in pointing out to his friends his achievement, in the improvmenb There is always econo-■ tny iu bestowiug labor on a worthless thing we have, which will pay for repairs, such as poor laud to make it productive andvalaa-' blc. since our wealth of natural pride in well doing is as much increased as our ma terial wealth of dollars. Let us net only make “two blades of' grass grow where one grew before,” but in • gardens, as well as on farms', save labor in’ our changed circumstances, by making .double crops of vegetables and farm pro ducts ou one third the surface cultivated in ante Jjcllum drys. Who will fry it on five acres and report result for Farmers’ Ga zette in October , next?—-Xunsemond in the Farmers' Gazette. ~n 4_ How to Make tour Boys Good F*k jiers —Induce them to take an interest in the farm,In the implements, in the stock tell-thcm all your plans, your successes,and what you did and how you lived wheta a boy; but do not harp too much outbade generated character of young men of the present age; praise them-when you can,, and encourage them to do still better. Luft them dross up for the evening instead of ; sitting down in their dirty clothes in a dio i.gb room. Provide plenty of light; thinks ■ tJ kerosene, our country homes can be as as brilliantly and as cheaply lighted aStthe gaslight houses in the city. EncoaragO tho neighbors to drop yn of evenings. Talk agricultural rather tl+an polities ; speak more of the importance of large crops, of-, good stock, of liberal feeding aud -of advan tages of making animals comfortable, rathe? ■ than of the hard times, low prices aid high wages. Above all, encourage the boys to read good agricultural books. Papers are well enough, but an intelligent boy ttant*’ something more and better, Get him some - good agricultural books to study,- Head it. with him, and give him the benefit of your ■ experience and criticism. When he has mastered this, buy him another. It our own case, we owe our love of farming prin- ■ cipaliy to tile fact that our father talked to > tis of every thing that was’ dcing OB'tha : term ; answering all questions andencoar j aging, rather than' refusing our chihf-lika ■. I desire of helping him.—American sAgri i culturist. - v Sick IIeadacuk—-A recent medical writer thus accounts for sick headache,from which so many persous suffer, lie attrib utes it to a weak stomach and imperfect di gestion, and. that the attacks are usually preceded by a greater than ordinary appe tite. The stomach is naturally weak, andi so long as it is not crowded it works kiadly. liy arid by more fi.od is put into it-—or more irritating kinds—than it can digest.. It ferments, an acid state is produced, the acid acts as an Irritant upon the ooats ofithe stomach, and this irritation is.taken to be a call for food, to satisfy which, more i» ta ken, and and all to no purpose—the stom ach revolts, but with the rest duringdher i headache, and the relief from the vomiting,, it recovers its wonted tone. The best remedy in the world for nail in > the foot of man or horse, is said to be brui sedTeaoh leaves, green, bound to the punc tual The remedy will arrest incipient lock jaw. Slave the peach leaves, dry them, pour hot water on them and the poultice is said to answer, the same pur pose. ' fci : >, r J ---e sif lira . Pie Crust.—A good rule is thrfe quar ters of a teacupful of hied, well pNssed down, to every two teaeupfuls ct^'ur; a -little salt, ami only water enough. ta,,hold the iugreuicuts together, . Thin makes eucugh crust for one medium slated pio. Mix quickly and carelessly, not igeading all. M Sponge Cake.—Ten, eggs^ t^tree, turn-. biers of Hour, two tutuhleys su^ar, l^n'OCj flavoring. ■ 4