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WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.
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b being proj* '
•tured Al^_.
tw^^Prce way writteu &o. Whiph evi
y means the assembly of the Christian?
pettier, to council, a.lviae, encourage.qnd
by mutual exhortation strengthen enoh qth*
era hands in the good works of the kjoj-d,
This holy day h«8 Icon sot apart by God,
as a day of rest hp*1 leligioua devotinn.—
And how liberal in his .b ounds ftf our
physical labor, giving u* six days in which
► tQ perform our works, requiring only one
day, or one seventh of our time to he devo
ted to his cause au(J his service. Po we
rightly employ this time? Nay, verily
Appoint 0 prayer ipepting at the chqrcb.
uud you will find that not pup hajf of tin*
numbers will attend. Some stay at home,
walk over their farm, and lay off ptyn? for
the ensuing week. Others spend the Spah
^ bath in vLititm from hon-*o to bousef thus
preventing their neighbors from goiqg. to
church, causing unnecessary trouble, and
an extra dish at meal time, O'hefs strag
gle off to some church of anpther denomina
tion ; uot for the spiritual good they expect
to receive, not beoaiise they oir» enj *y them
selves better and worship G »d more devout
ly j but for motives oensurable and profit,
less. Is this right? Nay verily, you
do not engage with as much enthusiasm in
the religious exercises as you would at the
qjjurch of your choice \ ou are not as de
vout and as devotional in your feelings —
Ngw, if you do n«*t. engage with your whole
heart in the religions services, God will
.1110.*t assuredly hold you to ;i strict account
for your neglect of duty, and your unfaith
fulness.
Beside tfiis, you have so iiifluonee which
justly and rightly belongs to your own
churcbr and instead of giving yuui influ
ence to build up a congregation at your
^Jyjr.B.b, jog are lending it to build up con
gregations at ibeir churches. We are not
sectarian ia our views Perhaps we ore as
-free from that bane of tin- church us most
others-; and while we do nut den? the pro
priety of visiting other churches on certain
.occasions, to exchange views relative to
the means best adapted for promoting the
bonor and glory of God, and the establish
gaent of his kingdom hem upon earth ; yet,
.we do insist, that whenever there arc servi
wCee’at your own church, it is a duty,you owe
to God. yourself and tha church, to wait
Upon andatteed to all its ordinances, "Wait
,00 the Lord: be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen thine heart; wait, 1 say,
on the Lord.
If you wish to go over your farm toilay
off plans for tho ensuing week ; I beg you
itt the name of my heavenly Master, do so
On Saturday evening, ana thus have an
Mop conscience.
It you wish to visit your neighbor to $s
cusd politics, (you had best let tt.Oat alone,)
theatateof the we^Ui.e-r, Jjye _ ooijdRiau of
the Crops, the news of .the day, ^.o., go
gome eveniog in th.e week and God will not
condemn you, il yoy order your conversa
tion aright.
One other remark and I close this article.
When yog carry y,nur produce to market,
be Cure to at^at in time to reach hoyi.y Sat -
nrday night* and you will not violate that
plain, positive, command of God, “Remem
ber theTSabbatb day to keep it holy.'’
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yoirc, IT. C.
Cure fur Anger.
• Two little sisters—one seven, arid the
.ether five jeers nld—were playing together,
when spittle difference arose between tjiem.
Ltjey, the,elder, feeling that anger was ri
sing, paid—
“I am getting angry; I had better go
out of the room for a few minutes.”
She went out, and aoon returned with all
the angry feelings gone. How she spent
, the few initiates, 1 think most of onr little
rOsdefs will know. Lucy had not read Jjer
Bible in vain; she knew 'the meaning of
tHese sweet and enoournging words, .“^.sk,
and it shall be given,” and many times h|d
pile proved them to be true when fighting
against her naturally ha.^ty temper. How
Itaany sad aoenee would be avoided if all
ehildretj would follow tips example of little
)*><$• *
If any one offend you, before answering,
try to eall to mind this golden sentence.
•*A soft answer turnoth away wrath; but
grievous words stir up anger." And if you
attend to it, you will aavo yourself hours of
t and repentanoe.
mil *r
KvKavTBtNa that looks to tba future,ele
human nature; for nnvar is life so
or ao little, m when occupied with
Parents.
GEN. OORDON,
f For addressing you mu«t be
the great importance of the subject to wbioh
I would call your attention—that of the
proper education of our children, and the
proper development of their t>elf-resp< ct and
character. 1
I need not report any common-places in
regard to the lasting effect of carl)’ itnpres
siop.y. the n|mosit impps$ibility of diverting
the w|ud from the bent giyen in earjy
years—all this you knovy as well a9 I. Nor
need Isay anything ahput the powerful silent,
influence, in this fi<Jii-pati"fial w°rk- the
school book* from which oqy children derive
their views of right aui| >yror,gt. and thyjr
knowledge of the facts, or misrepresent a
tionp, of history —-far this*’ too, you know
full well. %
And when l say that l aving been, for
long years, almost dependent upon the
North f"l’ opr school books, we have been
compelled to use many which were very
distasteful to us, because we had no alter
native, I only state that which every reader
can Substantiate.
Long bef"ru tile .w»v we all felt the neceS
sity fora change in ihis respect—the neces
sity fir uuolmoxious sell'<>1 books—for un
sectioual, unp 'Iiticii hooka—rsci'O"! books
prepared by nur jwo scholars, it that might
he ; and since the war this necessity hmJ
increased tenfold. Individual efforts, of
the tupsf praisewor'hy cliaracter have, from
time to time, b.ep'l male iu this direction by
Southern uieu, but not of a sufficiently com
prehensive nature to accomplish the purpose
in yipw.
To fully meet the v;»tit thus universally
fl it, several of our ripest, scholars, and most
supcessffti teachers, unft”4 >n preparing a
Series of School Books unsurpassed by any
Others ill excellence, beauty and chellpopss
Maury >yrottj (geographies apd Astron
oipv.
Venable wrote Arithmetics. Algebras,
&e.
Holmes wroio History, Gr&t|ima>s and
Readers.
Scheie do Vorc wrote French Books
Gildersleeve wrote Batin Books
Denton made Writing Books, &c . &e.
Arid the combined series is called the
University Series or School Books j a series
not ojily riot objectionable to our people,
but po-inv. ly attractive to a degree hereto
fore entirely unknown. Our history, in
stitutions and niodes of thought here receive
impartial tyeatmejut; and instead of being
ignored, the it/terefts of the Sourli heie re
ceive equal representation.
Then as to iutrjnsic merit, who knows
more about Geography thau Maury, or of
History and Grammar than Holmes, or of
Mathematics than Venable, and so on
through all the list 7 Bach- author is a
master iu his special department.
It is ioi'this’Series of books, so excellent,
so acceptable, so cheap (they are the cheap
est books published^) that your favor i:
solicited
Toe books 9,f Uie University Series are
presented distinctly upon their merits ; you
uro not H&ke<j ,to take inferior books.
Jf these two questions can be answered
affirmatively : —
Are these bookp eiytal to any ig merit ?
4-re they as cheap as nay J
Should they ngt receive your preference?
What is more /epsonabie ihan that. Southern
Schools should be supplied with b'-'.'.kj
written by Southern soholars provided they
ar^ equally good with those written by
Northern men ? Is it not better both for
us, and for our children, that such boojs
should be us»d ?
Already the response which was inevita^
ble, to this question has point}. JJore than
5.000, of our beet goptl}(yn Schoojsi are
usiug tltese books j several Southern States
have already adopted them fur exclusive
use in their public schools j Courtly Hoards
in every SoptlieriTState are adopting thuja ;
and the best private schools are replacing
books -hitherto used, with them. 'flip
suecesa of the “University Series” is un
precedented in the history of school book
publiskiog, and it is destined to bo yet
greater.
Do the people of the South desire to rid
themselves of obnoxious books and pernici
ous teachiugs ? Can it be better done than
by tjnaniinously sustaining this first com
prehensive educational enterprise of our
own soholars, and by making the “Univer
sity’Series” the .gniform series iu every
Southern State. (Icejudiug. of course,
any other books having e^uaUolaim far con
sideration). Our sphools will .then be spp
plied with books which they opn long ooo
tinue to uae : pupils compiled to change
their sohools will no longer be retarded in
therr studies by a obange of books,for £ll will
use the same ; and parents will be saved the
expense of present coDstaut ohauges, while1,
they are relieved of all anxiety in regard to
the oharaoter of the teachings under which
their children are brought.
This subject, in all ifh bearings, is ol tb,o
highest imvurtancc to ua aa a people, my
countrymen, it ja not a sectional move
ment, but a national and patriotic one. It
is not a mere rivalry betvreeq different pub
lishers. or I would not presume to ask your
attention to it. It goes down deep into
our dearest interests ; it is the forming of
the minds of your children and mine,
which is at stake ; the developing of their
Sejf-respect and character, which is to be
the result.
It is hr enterprise so important to us that
our best eitizf ns—our represents!ive men in
every State, to the number of 300 aud
-tU'ire, the meu we all honor aud esteem—r
have put their money into work, o<<t to
tpuke profit of it, all hough that, is certain,
but that abundant means should nut be
lacking to prosecute live "enterprise on tire
largest yiC*^e.
Will the teachers and parents of the
Soqth unitedly sustain these authors, and
these gentlemen. in the work thus described,
by adopting and using those books to the
exclusion of all not ao acceptable ? I do
not doubt vuur auswer.
If you dfsire Iurth6f ipforuitpion in ret
gard to the books, write to the [diversity
Publishing Comp»r.y, 155 6i 157 Ciogby
Sr,, New York,—or 54 L«xiugt'»u St.,
Baltimore,--or to uie at Atlauta, Ga.,
aud illuatuled Catalogues, and other iufor
•natmu, will be ■seut to you at uuoe, without
charge.
J. 13. Gordon.
Toward godoi»|.
The preacher**1 theme grew out of {.h it
sad story of Lot—a story full of lessons for
jis all.
You know when Lot divided the land
with his covetous relative, he ‘-pitched his
tent toward Sodotp.” Why ? Because
self-interest; as ho believed, centered there,
lie did not go us a missionary \ hn Had up
hope of puriiying that pool of iniquity. Ho
went there for g:>in. Lfoubtjess the Sodomites
rfcucw it, and laughed any U)oral sqasiop
he tpay fiaye attempted. The result is
familiar to all
And there are many tpen to-day pitching
ibeir tent toward Sodom iVJen o poli
i tjes. who make use of unworthy means
to BOQ/jpopligh political success ; to whom
party gain is greater than the dominance
of principle. Men of trade, who indulge
undue desires to get on, acd who get on
unduly—who sacrifice strict probity on the
altar of mercantile sucoess _Ali sorts of
. men, who ip any form ignore right .and
just'dealing and d-dng, ant] look first to
selfish ends, las' to the means which wjn
i hem.
lUvar.l .jou.'ui i auuo.n was lata in
ashes, yet dodo,a exists even now. In ruins
centuries ago, it is still to thousands of
people a delightful city of gaiu and all good
things, wherein every desire shall be satis
fied. Men go toward it as a Mecca. They
' dwell in it, auiid its vice, its varied evils,
and are content. And wheD comes the cry
ot “Up! (yet (beg out!" they pay litjle
heed
[' Toward godoin ! “Every road leads to
the world’s end,” read an old legend It
were sad iudeed, if many were to reach the
| world’s end through Sodom ; if selfishness
j were to overrule all other considerations,
: until they should become veritable Sodomites
of a later day, poly to perish as miserably
1 as perisljyd the Sodomites of old.
Our Dwellings.
Ah•! if one could go through all his soul,
hall by hall, chamber by chamber, story by
story,,aud see how vast the mansion is, how
| it gets out of repair on every side, aud how
many venuiit ere perpetually seeking to
make lodgment in it, he, methinke, might
have as ittucb auyiety for that soul as a
housewife has for her house,' whose work
begins with every day aud never ends ; aud
who, with brush and broom, and with
servant following, incessantly eearuhes,
searches, searches.
And yet, some shingle is off, some paint
is gone, some glass is broken, rata and mice
are in the walls and in partitions, there and
ihere are webs wjth their victims op them,
and dust and dirt are everywhere, you
cannot keep even a house iu order ; and
when that bouse is this woudrous house of
the soul, with a population such as no city
ever had, and with trooping thoughts aud
feelings that no army ever equaled for num
bers, is thate no occasion for apprehension
on account of that ?—Beecher.
Hrayinq for Fatobr.—A dear little
girl had been taught to pray especially for
her father. He had been suddenly taken
away. Kneeling at k«r evening devotion,
her voice faltered ; nod as her eyes met her
mother’s, she sobbed “Q, inothor, I cannot
leave'hint all out. Let me say. thank God
.that I bad a dear father tmoe, so Fean keep
him jn my prayers.” Many stricken hearts
may learn a uwec.t lessor from this child.
Let us romember tg thank God for mercies
past, as well as to aslc for blssiDgs for the
future
Without the Bible.
Ttfkp aw iv the Bible ami you take away
all the angels. Not a single cherub or
seraph ; not a single tkrone or dominion, or
principality Or power j not a single morn
ing star or Sou of God 13 left. Gabriel
vanishes as a phantom, and Michael van
ishes into the air. and is seen no more.—
Take away the Bible, and you take away
the elect succession of inspired men.—
Not a simile patriarch, or priest, or prophet,
or Apostle, nr evangelist remains to pro
claim er-record a single- superhuman ora
pie'. Jdoses and his law, Jssiab a»d his
y^siop dissolve together. Mattugw and his
Gospel,’ Paul and his Epistles, periJh in
the same tire. Nay, more ; take away the
Bible, and you take away the Lord Jesns
Christ. No longer peed any disputes he
held ill record to the nature, person nr of
fice of Christ, His history,, pondition or
destiny 1 All the magnificent apparatus iu
iu preparation for His coming is gone !—
The cross crumbles aud the sepulchre sinks
and me throne, symbolized by the rainbow
that adorns it, like the rainbow vanishes
away. His .pre-existence, Ilis current ex
istence, is uottiiug.
Ana so or me rmiy spirit* isae away
the Bible, and the Spirit becomes a gh'.st
indeed, or rather less than a ghost. Like
a meteor, it flashes from darkness and falls
into the blackness of’darkuess. And «o of
the Father; take $way the Bible, and the
fVher retires iot<* an impenetrable seciu*
sion, infiaitely more oblivious than was ever
imagined before. And then when the earth
is exhausted of everything inspired, and
heaven of everything angelical, and the
universe of everything divine, what is left?
A man without a maker, without a Saviour^
j without a purpose, aud without an end.—
The noblest of beings, and yet the meanest
! apd mo t miserable—>Tl sensibility, sym
pathy and ftffecfcior*; yet sitting desolate in
j sackcloth, among the graves of dead friends,
full hitpself of living memories, ever mourn
ing f r the dead, but without hope of their
return. Ipiving no hope but. that he and his
: children may likewise die an 3 be no mere.
And what kind ot an 911th is left V And
I what kind of heaven T And what kind of
‘universe? Who cares what kind ? If a
man be a worm, if angels be the spectres
of worms, if Father, Son and Holy Ghost
j be mere names withml*—subsistenoe—who
j cares wbat kind ?
Sunset.
An old man came along the sea-shore
and sitting down to rest on the bank side,
he watohed the golden rays of the setting
sun as they came streaming down the Wes
tern heavens : ho noticed how they fell
across the ocean wave, gliding the stately
ships, and then, deepening they shone faint
ly on the ivy mantled ruins of an old cas
i tie on tire bills of the Eastern shore.—
! “And I am gray,” he murmured : “I stand
i afar off, and 0 God, others go on their way
rejoicing in the brightness of Thy presence,
but Thy light lalls dimly on me. T aln
weak, but Thou art strong: my time is
short, and will’ soou be passed away, but
Thou art everlasting, and a thousand years
am to Thee, as a day that is passed ; my
knees are feeble and tremtuing, my hand
unsteady, and at every earn or alarm, my
heart flutters and my head bows down. It
was Thy right hand that spanned the heav
<-us ; Th<>u rulest the raging of the sea. and
Thy path is in the great waters. O divine
strength. O Light of lights. I lift my soul
to Thee. Let no mist9 of unbelief arise
before me ; let no clouds of worldliness and
sin come before Thee and me , yea, draw
me safely across the waves of this trouble
some world till I lose myself altogether in
Th -
Still the sunshine falls across the waters,
and the waves break over the- shore ; but a
silver cord is lost and a golden bowl is bro
ken. The old man will never weary any
mom. neither wiil his hand be unsteady,
for now he is lost in the land that is very
far off, where they need no light of the sun
and where the weary are at rest.
“Is this All of Life *?”—S') said a man
of wealth os. lying upon 3 sick bed, lie
looked back over fifty years, fifty years of
of pleasure and ease. lie had loved dear
friends, and they were dead ; ho had cher
ished great hopes, and they were not all
realised ; still his life had seemed happier
! than ijiOSt of his fellows But be had liv
! od for self, aud not tor Christ; he had laid
‘ up his treasure on earth, not in heaven ; —
and now, a3 he looked back on nity years,
they seemed a blank; and as he looked
forward, a darker unknown blank obscured
his vision, v
j jLn aped Christian, just as ho was pass
ing away, said, ‘*1 am just beginning to
live. This life is not all of life, it is only
tho 6rst step.” •
Wit is not leveled s') much at the nitjs
oles as at the heart; and the latter will,
sometimes smile when There is net a single
wrinkle on the-oljeek.—Lyttleton.
Do good to all.
The Touchstone of Success.
The secret of a Sunday School teacher's
success has been sought far and near, and
has been discussed with no little earnestness
at conventions, and by the press. Theories
have been advanced, methods invented,tools
provided, and zeal expended in great pro
fusion, to this cue end, that the. worker may
be sure of the desired result. And yet, al
though many teachers are successful in the
highest and best sense, the very eargerness
with which many others seek and adopt new
suggestions and’ make then) the hobby .of a
day h evidence that genuine, permanent
success is not. yet theirs. Buildings rest
ing on the sure foundation do not need o
change of corner stpnc.s..
All tr’^e secrets are the Lord’s, and are
given into the possession of those that fear
him and hope in his mercy They cannot
be di-covered by any intellectual process,
by any consultation of doctors, or patient
prying on iup pari ui
Even the crucible of experience, which
reveals so many of the subordinate conditi
ons of success, will not give up the one
fact which makes them of use. And yet
the precious touchstone is in the hands of
thousands who are constantly proving its
efficacy, and who claim neither patent
right nor technical skill Clearly it is not
because the means of success is not known,
but because it is neglected ^nd despised
that it is not in general use.
Teachers, like all other Christian work
ers. are too ready to exalt themselves and
their own plans, to the disregard of the
Spirit, which works through all plans and
ali instruments. . It is not mere earnestness
it is net learned explanation, it is not sing
ing. or visiting, it is not pmeted personal
conversation, nor all of these, that avail to
bring souls to the Saviour. It is rather
love shining from the heart of the teacher,
visible in all his relations, warming and
lighting in every direction. It is the touch
of some Christ like one ; :t \< the breath of
■ the,Spirit upon the truth, brought to the
consciousness of one person by another who
is a living example, a present power.
The Sunday School teacher^ to succeed
with hi* pupils, ha3 only to be a success
himself. He must be filled with that .which
ha seeks to ptiur in If bis anxiety be con
fined to the imparting of knowledge, thor
ough preparation will suffice. But! if he
wish to kindle that love which passes fcndwl
; edge, he must carry a fire in his own bo
som. IIis love must go out so evidently
toward (jod and toward pupils that it shall
be recognised as the mainspring of Ijic tea
ching. None are so quick as children to
perceive when instruction and entreaty are
bestowed frop a mere sense cf duty, Offi
cial piety has no influence over them. They
dislike cant. They appreciate wholeheart
edness. They thrill under the touch of a
const crated hand. No story is so charm
ing. no exercise so interesting, no sacrifice
on t^je part of the teacher so subduing that
it can produce more than a temporary ef
fect. unless it be charged with that same
love which sent Christ into the world and
gave him power to redeem it Many may
think that this is too simple and well-known
a fact to be called a secret, but it is a fact
which marks the rise and fail of many in
our Sunday School Israel. Love is the
touchstone of success—Christian At TForA*.
_-_- .
Lay up Things in Your Brains
Daniel Webster once toM a good anec
dote in y speech. When asked where be
got it. he said, I have had it laid up in my
head fcr fourteen years, aud never had.a
good'chance to use it till to-day.
_ My little friend wauts to kuow what good
it will do to learn the ‘rule of thren’ or to
mit-a-~Yrrse of ihe"BTble cf~ the cate
chism The answer is this; Some time
you will need that’’very thing. Perhaps it
may be twenty years before you eac make
it tit just in the right place. But it will
be just in place some time, and then if you
don’t have it, you will be like the hunter
who had no hall in his rifle when he was
met by a deer.
‘Twenty-five years ago my teacher made
in a study survey jni&J said a man who had
lost his p operty ; *and now'! am glad of
it. Jt is just in place. I can get a good
situation and high salary.’
A man walking through the deep snow,
heard his oldest son saying, “I’ll step in
father’s tracks.” He was trying to do U,
and two youuger brothers were at the same
thing. The father went to the house cf
prayer that eveniug thinking, “If I lead
my sous thus, l!ll nuke tracks for heaven.
A firm trust in the assistance of Provi
dence naturally produces patieuce, hope,
cheerfulness, and all other dispositions of
mimi which alleviate those calamities we
ourselves are not able to remove.
Never attempt to do anything that is not
right. Just as sure ao you do, you will get
into trouble. If you even suspect that any
thing is wrong, do it not until you are suro
your suspicions are groundless.
Be kiud one to aoother
FARM AND GARDEN.
JpssenGais to Productive Fanming.
The following sixteen essentials..for pro*
dnctive farming are from the pen of Geo.
Wm Ilichardson :
1. Good implements of -husbandry, and
plenty of them, which should always be
kept in perfect order.
2 Deep plowing jand thorough pulveri
zation of tbs soil by tue use of harrow, drag
and roller.
3 Au application of time, marl or ashes,
where calcareous matter or potash may not.
be present in the soil.
4. A systematic husbandry of every sub
stance on-a farm capable of being converted
into manure, as systematic a protection of
such substances from loss by evaporation or
waste of any kind, and a careful application
of the same to lauds in culture.
5. The drainage of ali wet lands, so as to
- relieve the roots of the plants from the ill
effects of a superabundance of water, a con
dition equally pernicious.as drought to their
healthy growth and profitable fructification
6 The free use of the plow, cultivator and
hoe, with all row-cultured crops, so as to keep
down 8t all times the growth of grass and
I weeds, those pelts which prove so destruc
, tivfTto crops.
<. seediog at the proper time with good
seed, and an equal attention as‘to the period
I of working Crops.
8. Attention to the construction of and re
pair offences, so that what is made through
the toils and “n^ioixs cares of the husband
man, may not be lost through his neglect
to protect his crops from the depredations
j of stock.
9. Daily personal superintendence on the
part cf the master ovir all the operations of
the farm, no matter how good a manager he
. may have', or however faithful his hands
may be, as the presence of the head of *
farm and the use of bis eyes are worth sev
eral pairs of hands.
10. Labor-saving machinery, so that one
may render himself as independent as need
ful of*neighborhood labor ; as a sense of tbe
I comparative indulgence of the employer
upon such labor bo'gets a disposition of obe
dience and faitbfuluess on the part of the
employee.
11. Comfortable stabling and sheds for
Imrscs and stock, all the necessary outbuild
ings for the accommodation of the hands
and protection of the tools and implements,
as well as for the eare of the poultry.
12. Clover and ether grasses to form a
part of the rotation of crops, UDd these to be
at proper periods plowed in to form pab
ulum for succeeding crop®. The clover
field to be either plastered or ashed each
succeeding spring—one bushel of the for
mer and six of the latter per acre
1 13r To keep no nrore stock than can be
well kept, but be sure to keep as many as
can be kept iu good condition, as it is a
wise policy to feed as much as possible of
the crops grown on the* farm, and thus re
turn to it that which has been abstracted
from it.
14. To provide a good orchard and gar
den ;*one to be filled with choice fruits of
all kinds—and other with vegetable of dif
ferent sorts, early aud late ; so that the ta
ble may at all times be well aud seasonably
supplied, and the surplus contribute to^iD
crease the wealth of the proprietor.
14 The taking of one qr more good ag
ricultural papers
16. It is better to cut graiu just before
it is fully cr dead ripe.*- When the straw
immediately before the graiu is so dry that
on twisting it tit^juico is extracted, it should
bo cut, for there is then no circulation of
f Juice to the ear.
Soot as a Manure
it may not be generally known that S'0t
is a powerful and valuable manure—nearly
as much so, (says an exchauge) as guano,
bulk for bulk,, and ibe saving qf it need
i cost little or nothing. It is, in fact, necesr
sary to the safety of every house that it
, be carefully collected aud removed from
the premises. At least cne-haif of the fires
which annually destroy property aud life
are occasioned by an accumulation o? soot
in the stove pipes, chimneys, etc.
; Soot contaius a considerable proportion
! of ammonia, and, on this .account is very
beneficial to nearly all kinds of plants ; but
it should be used with caution, as it is too
powerful for the tendei leaves of most plants
and requires to be composted with ten
times Its bulk of muck, etc., or diluted
with a large quantity of water Twelve
quarts of soot dissolved it) a hogshead of
; \vajer makes .an excellent liquid manure,
which may be"applied with excellent effect
to all kinds of vegetables and flowers. It
is better to apply it to the soil about the
roots than to the leaves or stems.—Our
Home Journal.
Avoid bathing within two hours after a
meal, or whefi exhausted from any cause
Aviod bathing when the body is cooling
after perspiration, hut bathe when the body
is warm provided no lime is lost.in getting
into the water
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Raise the earth, say si* itches, higher,
than the genera! level of the ground arownd ,
where you wish to make a kiln—say ltsehr<j;
or eighteen feet in diameter, or larger or
smaller, if you please, . 2io^ lay on this
bed, cat split wood, to a depth of two feej_
as close os it will lay together keeping th®
centre a little higher than the e>rcumfcrenc>,
and running it op on tne outside tapering ;
then put on the wood ; lay on »M serfs of
brush, briars. He., on which throw 33(r(±.
eighteen inches-of earth, then another layer*
of wood, brush, leaves, &c., and then ear>V
again until you have made yo»r kiS^W^,
large as you wish it. Opeo'.ngJ at the o.
I of the kiln should be left to Sre it, sufficient
not only to start the fife, but to admit
sufficiency, of air to keep ji burning. It
should not burn too fast, now should the
heat be allowed to-escapo tbroffgh openings,
from drying. The earth should not be dry,
and the wood of al! kinds, except the kind
lings, may be green enough dry wood,
i &e., of course, is nocessary to start the'ate.
After the kiln is burned so as to reduce all
! but the earth to ashes, and it has gotten
ieold, it should be cut down, from top to,
'bottom, with a hoe, so ns to mix the mass
as it is thrown into a cart or wagon, to
| be conveyed to the place where it is to be
I used
1 am told that sis loads of this prepara.?.
1 tion was tried, ou elevea rows of cotton,
j measuring one acre of land ; 300 pounds of,
| beat guauo was put.on another eleven rows,
| and a heavy cover of manure and cotton
; seeds mixed was put ou eleven other rows—
! all side by side, and each !pt of eleven row#,
; measuring the same quantity of land. The
i crop made from the use of the home-made
fertilizer was the best of all. The estimated
cost,of the six loads (cart) was twenty houra
labor of one man.
Now, farmers, try this ou a small seals,
at first. It is bound to, pay you baelf the.,
cost of vour labor ; and if it be as stated,
above, your^farms can be made rich in five,
years, and Virginia's speedy redemption i^,
at hand.—Natural.
Stewed Oysters. •
One who seems to know whereof he.
speaks, gives this useful information to lov
ers of bivalves .
We suppose that Dine cut of ten bouse-,
keepers will contradict us point blank in »,
statement that nine out of ten of them do,
net know how to stew a dish of ojatersp—
By the ordinary routine that nearly every,
i one follows, either the oysters are stewed and,
j shrivelled out of all semblance of, them
j selves in shape, size ahd flavor, or else; the
| seep and ■“thickening” has a raw iaate that
| spoils it. Here is the right method; try it
I once and we’ll warrant you won't need tel
ling the second time : Pick the oysters oat
| of the juice with a fork, as dry as possible,.
| stew the juice, thickening with the milk,
i of which the Soup is to be made, until thor-.
| oughly cooke.d; then drop the oysters in,
! end just as the cooikd soup begins to show
i signs of simmering, empty out altogether,
I and you will have rich soup and plump
j oysters, lueious enough to make you think
■ you never tasted.rea! oysters before. — IFif.
i Star
Wearing Flannel.—The majority of
people are cot aware of the beneficial effects
of weariog flannel nest to the .body, both
; in ouid and wjirtn weaiher.. Flannel is not
| so-uncomfortable in warm weather, as pre-.
judiced people believe. Frequent palda and •
j constant backing eotjgbs have left me since
| adopting flanuel garments. There is no,
. ueed o-f gi-eat hoik about the. waist, wTTicH
condemns the wearing of flannel with those
who prefer wasp-waists to" health, for that
; ease the flannel can be cut as loosely fitting
waists, always fastening at the back. There
are scarcely any of the bad effects of sudden
j changes of weather felt by those who wear
flaonel garments, and mothers especially,
should,endeavor to secure such for their,
little people, in preference to all those
showy outside trimmings which fashion,
commends.:—Mrsv C
Sticking to One Plan.—Farmers get
discouraged sometimes by occasional gtute,
low prices, . and over-production. Every
one must expect ibis ; but it will generally
be found true that those farmers who &x- ...
pectouly fair profits, who aim to raise good
crops, by taking good care of a fair supply
►of farm animals, and lay out a good plan
■ and etiek toil, year by year, through good
or evil, will, in-the long run. make tha,
most money, over those who shift their crops,
with every tide of speculation. There is,
nothing so go id as hanging on tc the last.
A premiss should he given with caution,
and kept with oare. It should be,- mads,
with tha heart and remembered by the.
head. ,
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When ouce infidelity can persuade men,
! that they shall die liko beasts, they will
soon be brought to live like beasta also —
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