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Vol. RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, Z3AL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS. XXIV. SUFFOLK, VA, FRIDAY, DECI^MBEB 8, 1871. _!___&_ . -w Xo. 4-5. he Christian Sun. ►evoted to the Interest of MbMioir and Mo- j KALITY, OKNKKAf. ftHll LOCAL NEWS, and to ' the advocacy of the principles of the Ujiuis- i TIAM CUUUCH. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Money seut in unre*l»steivd letters* must lie nt the risk of tiie sender. The safest way to send money is by n Post Ofllce money order, a rogls* tered loiter, or a draft on some business house in Mutffrlk or Norfolk. TERMS! For one year . For six Months — 6-1 fp 1 5i) Publishers. .Editor. Office on Kilby Htiief.t. The Ciiristiaiv Srir/ A I>VERTJ8EMENT3. 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The Love of Jesus. “When we survey the wordrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died/’ Our hearts should swell with love and •gratitude to God, the Father, for the ines timable gift of his dear Son to die to redeem us from the thraldom of sin When our Fore-pnrents fell from their high estate and were driven forth from the garden of Rden, wanderers in a sin stricken world for their folly and crime—when matt was without j help, lost, ruined, and und ue, G«»d, the I ,, Father, laid help upon one that was mighty ! to save, even J.-sus Christ., his well beloved £?on who left the shining courts of heaven, 'gave up the beauties and glories of his Tatfherhj bouse, descended into this sin cursed world, and clothed himself in the Vile rags of humanity, subjected himself to Itto* Jeers and l|pntsof ungodly men—Ted a painful, suffering life and died a shameful death.upon the cross, that man.poor, fallen, degraded man, might be saved—lifted up from his low, mean estate—placed upon valuable ground, and made a fit subject for ithe kingdom of Heaven. What pain \ what agony of mind and body did the blessed Saviour endure while in the garden of Gethsemftne Mis sweat were as great drops of blood falling to the ground. Hear his plaintive erv while he •affectionately pleads “Father, if it be possi ble, let this cup pass from me ; neverthe less, no* rnv will, but thine be d me. Di vine justice, .imp**ritivel v demanded. Prink it. or the law of God will be dishonor'd and every soul be lost.” Me said • I will drink it.” And then “At-me tremendous <drnft of love, he drank destruction erv.” “Oh ! fcr this love let rocks an 1 hills Their lastin'; silence break ; Andhall harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak.” Oh ! Sinner what meaness and folly ! -What, base ingratitude! You have forsa ken the blessed Saviour who redeemed and bought you with his own precious blood and entered the service of the devil who promises you naught in this .life ; but woe, pain ar.d misery ; and in the world to come a home in hell. Remember you are a (ly ing mortal. The irrevocable decree of Je hovah hath gone forth, “Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return. Before anoth er sun shall sit behind the western horison, lour deathless spirit may he housed in hell amid the wailings of the damned. * Oh ! heed the exhortation of the angel Lord to Lot in Sodom: “Escape for thy life ; look not behind, neither stay th4»u in all the plain/’ but fly to the outstretched arms of bleeding mercy, ca-t yourself at the feet, of an injured Saviour, repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved “His blood can make the foulest clean, His blood avails tor me.” Zkta. - Uelle Voir, N. C. Putting the Bays and the Girls to gether. It seems to me that the law of the fam ily should give law to the school. Brothers and sisters grow together in the household, the one modifying, helping and making happy the other ; and I learn by inquiry from teachers, who have tried it by .actual experiment, that classes in daily •schools make the very best progress when both sexes are together. When the masculine and the feminine elements in character are essentially dilf-r <rtBt, yet it is not seldom that we see the feminine showing the most in the boy and the masculine in the girl; so that r.o one can safely say of cither fiay or girl—“This is the path—wnlk here ” In the infant-sohools and Biblo-eiaesi's, Ti ls quite usnai to see both sexes side by side. In 'he intermediate departments of our schools, it. might be difficult to attempt it, and yet I have often thought that a disorderly class of boys, or an inattentive class of girls, might h,e helped to better be havior. and to a more genuine interest, by judicious mixing. Boys ask more questions and are les9 taken up with themselves than girls are apt to be. They do not flash so .quickly to an answer, are less steadfast in Jove to their school. Vamje op Soot. Labor —If souls were given us without any effort, anxiety, or prayer, it would be our loss to have it. so, because the anxieties which throb within a compassionate spirit exercise his graces; they produce grateful love to God ; they dry his faith iu the power of God to save others ; they drive him to the tuercy seat ; they strengthen iiis patience and perse ver .anoe, and every grace within tho man is educated and increased by his travail for souls. As labor is now a blessiug, so also is roultravail; men arc fashioned more fully into the likeness of Christ thereby, and the whole church is by the same emo tion quiekenod into energy. The fire of our own spiritual life is fanned by that name breath which our prayorE invito to some from tho four winds to breathe upon the slain. — Spurgeon. SELECTIONS. Wine and the Bible. Just now, the controversy is renewed with great vigor, concerning the kinds of wine mentioned in the Bible, and the law fulness or unlawfulness of its use as a bev erage. These are questions which should be fairly met and candidly treated. Nothing ■ is gained to the cause of reform, by misin terpreting Scripture or wresting facts. It is earnestly contended by gome that tffi kinds of .wine arc mentioned in the Bible—the fermented and the unfermen ted—and that the latter which was io com mon use in thf lands of the Bible. vVo must honestly say that we do not believe I there is the least ground for this distinction i We have seen nothing in Cxergesis or his I torieftl research which, to our mind, has ! any force in establishing such on idea — On the contrary,, the weight of testimony : is altogether on the other side. Rev. Dr. Eli Smith, who has lived many years in Syria, and who made such valuable contri butions to “Robinson's Riblica) Research es,” says : “Uuintoxic >ting wines I have not been able to hear of. When inquiring for unfermentod wine, I Jiave uniformly heCQ met with a stare of surprise I have not. been able to learn of any process ever a iopted for arresting vicious fermentation before it is completed.” Dr Van Dyck, me of the very best. Syriac scholars in the world says, that such a thing as unfermen ted wine lias never been known in Syria, and that,the same may be said of all the Ea<t. Rev. Mr. Shedd. a missionary of our Church at Oronmiah in Persia, who was present at the last, Gr-norul Assembly, civs: “We have not found the true posi tion to be what some call the advanced Bi M ground, that fermented wine is a thing in itself unclean and accursed. My expe rience of nearly eleven years in the East has not furnished the least basis for the distinction made between fermented and unfermentod wines in the Bible or in the .Bible lands. At least we should find it I utterly impossible to argue such a point ! with tr.cn who speak .he Arabic and Syriac i languages. They would reply that the. j very name of wine—a word, from the root | fJhnmr, to ferment—means fermented.— Thq Syriac * version, too, »was made very near the time of the Apostles, and this is the word used. The most diligent inqui ries of those on the-ground, and most fa miliar will) the people in Turkey and Persia. | can find no unfermentod wine.” In view : of these and many other equally convinc ! ing proofs which might be given, the con clusion is unavoidable, that no' distinction is mad** in the Bible between fermented and unfermentod wines—that wine is sim ply wine—nothin;; more and nothing less. The inquiry then comes up, Did the pro ducing of wine in former times tend to allay or do away with drunkeness. and has it such an effect now ? To this a decidedly negative reply must be giveu. Both Scrip ture and profane history record many instan ces of the most beastly intoxication, and make mention of its wide prevalence. Dr. ,J, G Holland and- Rev. Dr. Burt, 'have both borne testimony in the columns of this paper, to the drunkeness which prevails in the wine-growing districts of I1 ranee, Ger many, and Italy.: and the demoralizing effects.of wine-drinkiug in California, are familiar to all intelligent people. ^ The Rev. Mr. Shedfl, from whom we have already quoted, gives a frightful account of the effect of wine-drinking in Persia, which is probably the native land of the grape.— tie sa”s ; ‘ Our experience gives no com fort to 'those friends, of temperance who think they find in an abundance ofa pure and cheap wine a remedy for intemperance. We never have found wine an ally to the temperance cause. The region around the lake of Oroomiah is the land of vineyards. Grapes often sell at three pauuds for a cent, and a gallon of wine costs but a pittance. Ever since the days of Noah, that vegion has been the home of the vine. For the fall months grapes form one of the chief articles of diet. The preserved products of the vine-yard are raisins, grape molasses and wine The wine is made in a very primitive manner, and is entirely unadul terated. All the varieties arc very light, ,1 believe, compared with #hose of Europe. If any in the world are harmless, they are. Hut the fact remains, that beastly intemper ance is the besetting sin of the people.— The habit of the nominal Christians—Nes torian and Armenian—when no reformation is effected, is to drink wine as the camel drinks water in enormous quantities.— There is this peculiarity, also, that usually the dritikiug"ti'd3ne up_beTween the vintage and spring. The wine is dxhau-ted at the Easter feast. During the wine season, beastly drunkeness is too common to exciter comment. I have been in large villages' on a feast day, when it was nearly impossi ble to Bod a sober man in the place. The corruption of morals, the degradation of mind, the midnight carousals, the losses from riotous living, from idleness, quarrel ing and crimes aro^ too numerous tn be exaggerated. The wine weddings, with tbeir train of evils, arc thd efletny of the Christian peasant; abd the source of death and misery that often crush him and break up his home. Many acquire the passion for stimulants, and pass from wine to arrack, a rum distilled from raisins. Thus wine is a mocker, and multitudes are in the mad to ruin through the curse of strong drink. , Among the nominal Christians of Persia, and many other parts of the E ist. the worst destroyer of the soul and obstacle to the Gospel, is wine and the attendant ;nt *m | perance.” It is perfectly evident, then, i that abundance of cheap and pure wines is * nojjrotection against intense ranee. With regard to the way in which the u.<e of wine as a beverage is treated in the Bi * hie, these facts will be admitted by all rea j dors of the Scriptures ; so that it is unne I cessary to qu »to particular passages : The ' most clear and distinct warnings are given ■ against the use of wine. The most terrible i crimes are attributed to drunkenness^.The ! effects of intemperance are set forth in the strongest light, that men may be warned of j the terrible evils connected with it. Fear ful woes are denounced against those who i give drink to others, uutil they become in j toxicated. At the same time, temperance and abstinence from all that injures the bo I dies and souls of ourselves and others is plainly taught and enforced by the most powerful considerations. What explanations can there be given, !.why the common use of wine was even so much as tolerated among the Jews.and in the time of Christ? At this distance of time we may he unable to know all the ma sons for tins permission or to appreciate them properly. The use of wine wa^so ! common in the adjoining nations, and was so mixed up with the social and conviw] i customs of the people, that like polygamy, concubinage ami slavery, it may have been tolerated un»il if could be gradually cradi ! ca'ed by moral and religious means. The people were also nomadic in their habits, j ! dwelling incstly in tents, and living in the ! open air, so that the, common effects of wiue i i drinking were not generally , productive of j | such evils as fl >w from it at the present day, although that they were suah in-par- i tieular instances cannot be doubtod. Again, ; the distillation of liquors from grain, was comparatively if net altogether unknown, i S> tlfut wine drinking could not naturally j lead-to the use of destructive compounds of our day, as the use of wine now does In view of the whole matter, the conclu sion is forced upon us, that according to the ■ 1 principles of the Bible and the teachings of history, the only safe way is total absti nence from wine and all that intoxicates, as a beverage, on our own part, and earnest ani well directed efforts to remove the temptation from others. Mr..Sbedd truly says: “The evil can not be met by a feeble and halfhearted resis tance. He who has..an idea that the follow ers of Christ can indulge as they please, can pass the wine cup with every guest, attend the convivial feasts and weddings, and still keep themselves undefiled, is ut terly in error. The remedy must be de ceive and complete antagonism to that de- ! mon which is doing more than any other j one thing to dishonor God, and destroy the souls of men. Here is an.^open and wide ! Gold for the citizen, the philanthropist and ! the Christian. anJ its proper cultivation will require the full exercise of all the pa ; triotism, wisdom and piety of the times in ! which vve live.”—Pittsburg Banner. . Do You Know It. Do you know that the vows of God are upon you 1 Do you know that the worth of life is io the good we do V Do you know that some one is following your example'? Do .vou know that your .piety' may un consciously decline ^ Do you know that you need the prayer, meeting ? Do you know that the prayer meeting needs you *? Do you know that you can slight the Lord’s supper? Do vou know that Christ enjoins secret prayer ? Do you know that all your property be- j longs to God ? ■' Do you know that you forfeit your hop’e by indolence'! Do you know that your Sunday vacant seat looks bad ? Do you know that if backslidden, Jesus will forgive you 1 Gbnti-bnkss. — oh beautiful, wonderful word !—almost mere a flower than a fruit of Christian life, in "fts grace and beauty adorning the rough plaoes of the road, ha ding little children, lifting sad hearts, wiping away tears, and winning wayward souls. Paul, with all his great and elo quent words, Dever melts the heart so truly as when ho says, with an irresistible ap ipefll, “I. raui, neescecu you oy tnc gen Giving Up—For Christ; BY REV. TUKOMRE L. CUYLKR. A friend requested me to name a feto simple and practical rules for Christian self-denial. ’ It is not what a tnsm takes up, hut what he gicea up, that makes him rich toward God.” N<»w what ought a follower of Jesus td give tip for bis Master’s sake ? 1. Of course every tiian who would be- ' come a Christ’s-man, must renounce every thing that God’s word aiyJ a healthy con science f'ets d <wn ns wrong. All sins are ‘ • contraband” at the garevrny of entrance to the (Christian life. The sentinel at the gate challenges us with the command—“Lay down that, sin !” ‘'Cease* to do evil,” comes betore “Learn to do well.” v 2 We must give up whatever by its direet influence tends to injure ourselves nr others. Here.comes in the law of brotherly love—»he law avoiding tht» appearance of evil, and of renouncing whatever causes our brother to stumble. This is the generally accepted basis for the duty of total absti nence from intoxicating driuks. They en danger my neighbor A-, and they are destroying my brother B-; therefore I ought to avoid setting the example of their use.before A-and B-. Total ab stinence. then, rests on the double grdun<y of self-preservation, and of self-deniarTor the sake of others. We have a very, poor opinion of the piety of any man who will not give up his bottle of wine, or any other self indulgence for the sake -*»f taking a sti’inblingblock out of a feilow-creature*a path. « t This second principle of abandoning ever/ practice which may mislead others, is the one to be applied by a Christian whenever he is solicited to play whist, or attend the opera, the circus or the dancing party*-— You may not become a gambler, hrtit cards make gamblers of others. You may not be corrupted by the opera-stage or the pro miscuous dance, but their influence has damaged thousands of your fellow Christians. The safe side of all questionable amuse ments is the outside. 3. Give up whatever tends to pamper the passions, or to kindle unholy desires. Paul’s noble determination to “keen his body un der,” implies that there was something or other in Paul’s fleshly nature which ought to be kept under. It is also true of about. ' every Christian, tha* aomewherelo Ips na ture lies a weak point, a besetting tendency to sin ; and right there must be applied the check-rein of self-denial. liven euiuenfc i Christians hate had io wagfe constant battle with sexual passions. Others have had sore conflict with irritable, violent tempers. Old I Dr. Alexander used to say to his students, ■‘Young brethreu--envy is a besetting sin with the ministry j yod‘ must keep that abominable spirit under.” When a servant of Christ is willing to take a back-seat, or j to yield the pre-eminence to others, he is making a surrender which is well pleasing | to his meek and lowly Master. One of the hardest things to many a Christian is to serve his Saviour as a “private,” when his , pride tells him that he ought to wear a “shoulder strap” in Christ’s army. 4. Another very hard tbiug for most persons to give up. is to give up having ' their own wag But the very essence of true spiritual obedience lies just here. It is right here that self-sufficiency, and vani ty, and waywardness, and, obstinacy are to , be met. Here they must be saerifleed to j that demand of the Master, that be shall rule and not wc. Only a truly self-deny ing-, self-abnegating disciple can adopt those word’s which the holy-minded Dr. Skinner lined off to his brethren just before his death — “My Jesus, as thou wilt! • Oli. may thy will be thine ; Into thy hand of love I would my all resign !” 5. The last rule of giviog up which wc have room for in this brief article is, that time, ease aud money must all be held tributary Christ. Iu tliese days of stylish equipage and social extravagance, how few Christians are willing to give up to Jesus the key of their purses and bank safest Too many go through the solemn farce of writing “Holiness to- the Lord” on their property and then using it for their own gratification. , Every servant of Christ should systematically-bestow at least one teuth of bis annual income in Christiau charities, and as much more as he or sho can afford without robbing others. What child ot Cod was ever bankrupted by be nevolence .? A " . . J^-ia ha«*der te-ffive—op oartm than moneys ""Personal eiertlon to save . sinners, to do disagreeable duties, and to .“keep at it” iu up-bill wort, is one of the severcsts tests of self-denyiag goodliness blessed is that disciple who can say, “It is my meat to do my Master’s will, and to finish the work which he gave me to do.’’ He goes on giving up for Christ, until his dying hour ; and then when be gets to heaven he will find \«h'\t ho “lost for Christ’s sake, lias , been saving up for him to be his everlasting 1 treasure in glory.— American Messenger. Cheerfulness freedom from gloominess.” So says the dictionary, bat that does not ! etjjress half enough, so I mast nerds give a meaning of my own. Cheerfulness is a j blessed gift that comes down from beaveo like the sun-bine, lighting up the faces and | hearts of atl*oo whom it rests, and reflecting its brightness on all around them, visiting : the little birds, and making their songs a •very lesson of faith and hi?pe to all the world, and Ailing all nature with its rays, till even the flowers begin to speak, and tell us to be cheerful. What a blessing is a cheerfal foce in a home I Even the baby knows how to appreciate it, and an ugly pout on his ro«y lips changes into a merry smile as the bright face appears above his cradle. The restless invalid forgets her^ pain f >r :i moment as she’listens eagerly to the ligbr, familiar step on the stairs : and the loving kiss, given with the hopeful as surance that '•she’ll ‘•oou be better,” does her more good than a visit from the doctor. Then the weary, hard-working mother, and the father earning in, his mind burdened with business carc$, are both cheered by the sound of the happy voice, merrily sing ing over some household di?ty. In shorty everyone in the house seems to.catch the pleasant infection, and be mad more happy Un’ the presence of cheerfulness But it is when trouble comes tli it the cheerful 'spirit Clines forth _in alt its beauty. And here j let me say tint by cheerfulness I do not j mean the wild gaity an often mistaken f ir it; the “don’t care” d is notion, that goes through the world with a -‘hop. -kip and a jump,” defying all restraint, and laughing • at everything till some real tr *ul»le comes, and then showing its*-!f as violent in gr’nf 1 Cheerfulness, nec'j a? in happiness. The possessor of true cheerfulness ! never be afraid, f t, like a magic talisman it will bear him through the deepest floods of ^affliction, and land him safely on the other side, its own lustre untarnish and its powfcf undiminished by the conflict. Of course it is easier, and sometimes even more pleasant, tp sit down and make'martyrs of l^rselves by counting up car grievances, real or imaginary font pa ring them with those of others, and finally coming to the conclusion that we are the most unfortunate, ill used*persons in the world : but if, instead I of giving way to this selfishness, we all remembered who sends our trials, and tried t-tv believe that the clou-Thas a silver lining, though we cannot ynt set it. not on I y our selves hut all around.us would be made far happier, viid we „ should see the darkest shadows of grief melt away before the sun . shine of cheerfuloess. There are some among the circle of my acquaintances who have experienced heavy, heart-breaking trials, by the loss of those dear to them, by sickness and in various ways, and Who, bereaved and lonely, are yet among the happiest and most cheerful of any T know : while others, with fewer thorns and more blessings to their lot, bear resignedly indeed, but with heavy mournful , steps, the lighter cross assigned to them.— Depend upon it, those who gain the most love, and are the nearest, to perfect happi ness in this world, where all must some times suffer, are the cheerful ones : those who, like the little"birds, can trust to their Father for daily broad— “ And feel at hean, that. One above. In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Ms working for the best”— and who, wheu the dark clouds of adversity obscure the light, can look through them ell at the blue sky beyond, and hopefully wait for the sunshine. Some people call jheerfaluess levity, and say that iu this world of sin and sorrow it is our duty to be always grave and serious, but that cannot berr“for"why7if our Father intendeiT cbeer fulness to be banished, did life create the world so beautiful? Why are the birds made to sing, the flowers to bloom, and the sun to shine, if- not to make us happy ?— Life is given us to enjoy, and much ot its happiness or misery—tudre perhaps than we imagine—‘depends upon our bearing ehecrfuily or muruiuringly the trials that are sure to come. \JgjL Then let us all be cheerfiM^v j^nall wc know something of Heaveu's owir ‘ fpptuess, for in that land where sorrow cannot enter, and where all tears are wiped away, surely cheerfulness must fill every heart, and be reflected in its perfect beauty on every coun tenance. Be cifeerful, so the world vrill be made a little brighter while you are iu it, and a dark spot be left when you are gone. ; I cannot conclude better than by quoting those line^of Goldsmith, which so beauti fully describe jh.e contented, chegrfal spirits L.ikcTSohidtallxfilL^iftivroars its awful foam Above the vale, and midway leaves the storm. - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread. Eternal sunshine settles on its head . Mary Rudland. Truthfulness is a corner-stone in char acter y and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will always be a weak spot in the foundation. Strive to do light FARM AND GARDEN. Cause of the Cholera. A curious theory in regard to the cause of cholera is just now receiving much at tention. It i9 that of Raepail, who holds that animalcule; are its primary o^gin It is an old theory, it is true; but none the the worse for that; ^nd what gives it impor , tance just now is the fact that there i-- a 1 remedy for it. In 18^9-50. during the ravages of the cholera in the West- Indies, it was found on examining microscopically the water of the localities where the disease efteted, that it was impregnated with ani i malculae foreign to the place, which disap peared simultaneously with the disease — These animalcul* would die when placed ! in contact with camphor which seemed to be to them a deadly poison. This is the evidence in support of Raspail, and a thor ough microscopical investigation of the wa ter in localities affected, and of the evacua tion of a sufferer from this pestilence of th° ; Ganges, it is evident will establish the fact ; that the disease i3 propagated by animal- ! ciilce. . In vio’T of this, it is suggested that, nil water fr drinkingErpurrose? should he well boiled and Itepi tightly covered, for it is in the water where t!ie greater number of an im'alculse are found. We should also carefully abstain from all 1.quids which have. Dot been thoroughly , purified by fire. A judicious use internal ly of a few drops of spirits of camphor dai ly destroys the animalcule a* they enter the system, thereby arresting the disease. Cabiphor is one ^of the remedies for cholera a? well for a preventive as for a mitigation or cure of the disease. Bee Queries. The following queries were referred to Mr. Quinby, and we give hi? replies : l>t. Is it a good place to winter bee? on their summer stands, on tjjo south side of a house, against a brick wall V lid. Is there any substance that can be introduced into syrup made of sugar that will keep it from graining ?—L. If. C 1. The chances are so nearly equal for ! its being a good cr bal place, according to ■ eircumstauces, that 1 will venture to pay— j if they are already in such situation, and no other place convenient that is known to be better—let them remain. There, is . much It) the surroundings that would tend to make such place good or bad that I have not time t<J point out. 2 Two years ago, in making, syrup to feed the bees, we were told to put a table spoonful of cream tartar into tweuty pounds of syrup. Some of it fed late, was not sealed up. and was partially grained in the spring. How to Select Flour. First look at the color, if it is white, with a slightly yellowish or straw colored tint, buy it. If it is very white, with a bluish i east, or with white specks in it, then refuse j Second—Examine its adhesiveness, wet and knC'ed a little of it between your fin gers, if it works soft, and is sticky, it is j poor. Third —-Throw a little lump of ary flour against a dry. smooth, perpendicular sur- ' ; face, if it falls like powder, it is had. Fourth—Squeeze some of the flour in your hand, if if retains the shape given by ; the pressure, that, too, is a good sign. Flour that will stand all these tests it is safe to buy. These modes ure given by our flour dealers.and they pertain tc a mat ter that concerns every body, namely, the staff of life. Cube For Cancer. — Accounts of speed? ; aud~eff< etuul cures of cancer by the use of clover tea continue to reach us from all directions. From Brooks county, Georgia a responsible gentleman writes to the Knox vi 11 Whig, giving the case of a Inly who had been afflicted for eighteen years with a cancer which had resisted the efforts of the best medical' skill to effect a euro or even an ellevia'ijon of the disease. The cancer had attacked her on the right cheek, just below the eye, and had eaten pretty much all the right side of her face, togeth er with the eye, and the greatest portion 0)' her nose *This lady has beeu completely cured in a few months by the use of clover tea The red clover is used : tire tops aTe. boiled in water, and the tea is used inter i, nally and externally. About a quart a day should be drank, and the tea should be used as a wash twice every day This remedy I should bare the widest .publicity It is in - -expensive,—and’ if.-it should effectTr retire, in afiy case it can esrtaipiy do no | harui. Coffee —Professor Blot, of culinary re ■ nown, is of opinion that mixed coffee is the • best. He prefers a mixture of Java, Mocha 1 i and Maracaibo. Ilis method of making is to use a coffee-pot with a filter. Put the ooffee—varying the amount according to ! the quantity and strength ^ou desire—into j the filter aud pou r boiling water over it, 1 and the beverage is made. An Krrtt Petition A writer on health very jnatly condemn* # the habit of lounging, in which a large number of persons Indulge, as injurious to health He says : “An erect bodily attitude Uof vastly more importance to health, than ia general!? imagined. Crooked bodily positions, maintained for any length of time, are always injurious whether in the sitting, standing or lyiog posture, whether sleeping cr waking. ^ To sit with the body leaning forward on j the stomach, or to one side, with the heel* 1 elevated to a level with the bead, is not | only in b id taste, but exceeding detrimental | to health. * . , It cramps the stomach, presses the vita! j organs, and interrupts the free motions of t ho‘chest, and ebf'ehles the functions of. the abdominal aod tbofatic organs, and, in : fact, unbalances the whole muscular syg torn. Many children become slightly hump backed, or severely round-sbmilderpd, by sleeping with the head -raised on a high pillow ; when any person finds it easier to ! sit or stand, or walk or sleep in a crocked position than a straight one, such person may be sure bis muscular system is badly deranged and the more careful he is to pre serve a straight or an upright position, and ' | get back to nature again the better.” To Make Glossy Shirts. Put a little common wbite wax in your i starch, say two ounces to therpound ; then, 1 if vou use any thin patent starch, be sure I you u.=e it warm, otherwise if wifi get oold an 1 gritty, and spot your linen, giving it the appearance of being stained with grease. ; It is different with collar starch—it can bo ! used quite cold ; howevct, of that anon.— Now, then about poUshins shirts; starch | the fronts and wristbands as stiff as you ■ can. Always starch tvice—that is starch and dry ; then starch again. Iron your shirt in.the. usual way, making the linen nice and firm ; but without any attempt at a good finish ; don’t lift the plaits; your shirt is now ready for polishing, but you ought to have a hoard the same si*e as a common shirt board made of bard wood, and covered with only one ply of plain cot ton cloth. Put this board into the breast I of your shirt, damp the front very lightly with a wet sponge, then take a polishing f iron which is -flat, and beveled a little at' one end—polish gently with the beveled part, taking care not to drive the linen up : into a wave like blisters;, of coarse', this requires a little practice,- huh if'you are | careful, and persevere, in a short time you ! will be able to give that enamel-like finish1 whicKseems to be so much wanted How to Cook a Ham. The late Geo- Winfield Scoft, an ao-' knowledged authority in the culinary art, was of opinion that few cooks knew how to cook a ham, because they did not boil it until soft enough to be eaten with a spoon. A great artist once told the writer never to serve a ham under one year old : it was then to be soaked all nigbt in soft water, and if possible, runuiug water; it was to be put on die 6re in a large pot of cold wa ter., ana slowly boiled at least twenty min utes for every pound it might weigh ; and as for skinning a ham, he held it to be an outrage, a sacrifice of quality to mere ap pearances, which no sensible Ian should be guilty of. If your bam is to be served cold, as al ways done in Europe, it should be souzed in snow or ice water immediately after eota-. ing from the pot. because-thtrsudden cold prevents the flow and escape of the juice. .Wearing Fiaunel The majority of people are not aware of the beneficial effects of wearing flanuel next . to the body, both in cold and warm weather. Flannel is not so uncomfortable in warm weather as 'prejudiced people believe. Frequent cold and constant bucking coughs have left me since adopting Catinel gar ments. There is no need of great bulk about the waist, which condemns the wearing ot flan nel with those who prefer , wasp waists to to health, for in that case the flannel can be cut as loosely ^fitting waists, always fasten ing at the back. • There are scarcely any of the bad effects : of sudden changes of 'weather felt by those ’who wear flannel gannouts, and mothers especially, should endeav or to secure such • for their little people, in preference to all those showy outside trimmings which fashion commends How ‘to Fit a Collar to a Horse — The plan adopted at the West, which we rare as^uxed bTyTni.eD who TiavtTbeeS long ie. 1 the collar business does i: >t injure the collar in the least, is to dip it :a water until the leather is thoroughly wet.. then put it on 1 the horse, securing the hames firmly, keep , ing it there until it becomes dry. It is all the bettor if heavy 1 >ads are to be drawn, as that causes the collar t» be in are eveuly fitted to the reck and shoulder. If possi ! hie, the collar should be kept qu from four to five hours, when it will be per ectly dry, and retaiti the same shape ever afterwards; and as it is exactly fi'ted to the form of the neck, will not produce chafes nor sores otf Uhe boric’s neck.
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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Dec. 8, 1871, edition 1
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