Volume XXXIII
SUFFOLK, V^A., FRIDAY JANUARY 103 1880.
NumlK'v 3.
IMA8INATI0N*S SUNNY ISLE.
m H. yf. BELLAMY.
There is an isle of beauty bright,
Imagination shows,
Where golden flowers wave in peace,
And pleasure’s fountain flows.
In dreams of visionary bliss,
We launch our barks from shore,
And with a heart all full of hope,
We bend upon the oar.
Fair sunlight gleams upon tbo waves—
The heaveas smile above,
And o’er the waters glides our keel,
Impelled by gales of love.
All calm and tranquil is the sea—
There broods no tempest nigh;
Not e’en a cloud of vapor floats
Through morn’s cerulean sky.
On, on we glide with flying sail,
The tempting port to gain,
Forgetting that our bark is launched tv
Upon a fickle main.
That ere we reach the haven fair,
Dark storms may gather o’er,
' And wreck our vessels far away
From fancy's golden shore.
Oh, who in disappointments hour,
For all have felt the sting,
Hath not in sadnes grieved that he
Had soared on airy wing
Beyond the bounds where prudence marks
With feet of golden tread
To find, too late, that all his hdp^s
Like morning mist have fled ?
Frail beings od a changing tide,
With hearts more fickle still,
In vain with transitory bliss
Wo strive our souls to fill.
Though often wrecked; by phantom’s mocked,
V\ e still their churnis pursue ;
No sooner one delusion’s gone,
Than folly finds a new.
/
CREAM OF THE PRESS.'
—It is stated that tbe four electric
lights which now illuminate the read
ing-room of the British Museum at
evening have each a power equal to
5,000 caudles, and yet cost only a
shilling an hour.
—The Lord takes up none but the
forsaken, makes none healthy but
the sick, gives sight to none but the
blind, makes none alive but the dead,
sanctifies none but sinuers ; aud to
all he is precious.—Luther.
— Luther’s wedding ring, it ap
pears, is or. exhibition at the jewel
lers, Herr liothe, at Dusseldorff. The
ring, which bears the inscription,
“Dr. Martino Luthero Catberina vou
Bora, 13 June, 1525,” is a work of
considerable art. On it is represen
' ted the Passion of our Lord, the cross
and the body of Jesus forming the
middle, surrounded by all the chief
tools of the carpenter’s craft, a small
ruby sparkling recalling the holy
blood.
—The Bev. B. Jamieson, an aged
, clergyman at Ship Harbor, Nova
Scotia, gives an account of his life
work. He says: “I have been near
ly forty years a missionary on the
Eastern shore of the county of Hal
ifax, and at first my travels extended
far into the county of Gnysborough,
eastward. I have lately been instru
mental, with God’s blessing, in fi
nishing my eight church in this ex
tensive misslou, where scarcely one
place of worship was to be found
" when I took charge of it. Iam now
well worn out by age aud labor; but
am thankful that I have been instru
mental iu having erected eight chur
ches along the long neglected coast
of the Eastern shore cl'Nova Scotia.”
—If one wants to get a clear idea
of the unconscious iuflueuce he exeits
upon others, he may profitably stop
• to tnina oi me enecc wmcn tne lives
of others have upon his own. Nobody
is so destitute of fneuds or so egotis
tic in bis own judgment of his powers
as to fail to be materially influenced,
every day of bis life, by somebody, be
it wife, or friend, or pastor, or writer.
And we are constantly tempted to
copy accidents rather than essentials,
eccentricities instead of sterling qual
ities, sins and not virtues, if we do
: all this, somebody weaker or youuger
than we is doing precisely the same
thing in the imitation of our own ac
tions, great and small. Who that
has ever taught cnildren has not
been amused to see their little copy
ings of one’s own peculiarities ol
’ dross, or manner, or speech I But
’ grown people as well as children copy
greater things thau these, and we
have something better to do than to
laugh, wheu we see our odd carica
tures of our appearance or words in
the social world in which we live. No
• one has a right to put into his own
i.life that which he is not willing to
•ee infinitely reduplicated in the lives
Of others.—S. ti. Times.
LETTER FROM PALESTINE.
A ialse Plea—The Jtics of Jerusalem
in Poverty—Scarcity of Water—A
Productive Soil—Cheap Labor—Ad
vantages, disc.
uTlie Jews regaining their Land,”
is the title of a paragraph, going the
rounds of Philadelphia and other
papers, to the effect that “owiug to
the Jewish immigration the popula
tion of Palestine has more than dou
bled during the past ten years.”
As a resident since 1807 of this
country I can positively deny this
statement. Many Jews, it is true,
have come to live in Jerusalem (not
in other places), or rather to lay their
bones in the valley of Jehosaphat
during the past decade, but it is
utter folly to declare that the popula
tion of Palestine has been doubled
by such immigration. The popula
of this land was reckoned 1,200,000
ten years ago, and to maintain it has
doubled, would give us an influx of
1,200,000 Jews 1 The truth is that
about 5,000 Jews have come to this
land during the past ten years, and
is the origin of much exaggeration.
Of these 5,000 a large number have
died, but others may have taken their
places leaving the number about the
same. Nearly all these Jews live iu
poverty, and make appeals from time
to time to their wealthy brethren iu
Europe and America for means to
maintain themselves and their fami
lies. The immigration is a vast pau
per influx who expect to live iu idle
ness upon the hard earnings of their
relatives nbioad. Some are cveutu
ally disgusted at the penury which
the rabbis strict rule often enforces,
and return again to the countries
whence they came. 1 helped, a few
weeks ago, a poor American Jew to
return to New York, and Consol
Willaou at Jerusalem has given as
sistance to hundreds. Au attempt is
being made to found an agricultural
colony on the plain of Sharon near
Jaffa. Its success is mediocre, as the
youug Jews disdain work so long as
they can live upon charity. A4 the
head of this colony is a man who pro
fessed Christianity ten years ago in
London and was sent to take care ot
an English model farm near Jaffa.
Here he fell away from Christianity
and returned to Judaism, and after
keeping au Arab coffee shop, was
eventually made the superintendent
of the agricultural Jewish colony,
The ignorance of such a man would
alone suffice to condemn it.
A number of new houses have in
deed been built outside the walls of
Jerusalem by both jews and Chris
tians, following the example of the
Russian and Protestaut missions who
first began to do so. These houses
being built over cisterns of rain wa
ter are for the most part nests of
typhus and malarial fevers, and in
stead of contributing to the health of
the city have materially added to the
prevalent iusalubriousness of Jeru
salem. In the city itself the soil is
so saturated with the impurities ot
past generations that any disturbance
of the ground for building purposes
invariably engenders malignant fe
vers. Captain Warren and his corps
of assistants while making explora
tions, suffered terribly from this
cause.
The scarcity of water is another
source of evil at Jerusalem, and al
though an abundaut supply could he
brought from the ancient pools of
Solomon, yet all efforts to repair or
rebuild the aqueduct are thwarted by
the fanaticism of the modern rulers
of Palestine. The land of Palestine
is extremely productive aud new col
onies planted here as they are in the
Western States of our laud there is
no reason to doubt their success. The
Rev. Charles Neil, once incumbent of
Christ church, Jerusalem, gives the
following reasons why farmiug should
be profitable iu Palestine.
1. Labor is extremely cheap—The
wages of ordinary laborers are—men
$1.25 to $1.50 a week ; women 75cts.
a week ; boys and girls 50 cents.
These are considered good wages,
and amply sufficient to enable them
to live.
2. The plow is extremely light—A
man can carry it over his shoulder
and walk miles with it to his home.
Two diminutive oxen, or one mule,
are amply sufficient to draw it.
3. There is no expenditure what
ever for manure—no artificial dres
sing, or any requiring carting is ever
employed. Thut deposited by the
beasts as they graze over the fields,
and the ashes of whatever is after
wards left to burn, appear to be all
the manures rich Syrian arable lands
have ever needed or received.
4. Horses, asses, oxen and farm
stock generally are vfiry cheap—Hor
ses cost from $40 to $50. Mules $6(J
to $75. Camels $40 to $150. Asses
I from $15 to $30. Oxen from $30 tc
I $75. Full grown sheep from-Tf2“tD
| $4, and goats still less.
5. The keep of animals is very
trifling—Their food consists princi
, pally of barley and chopped straw,
j Four horses can be kept at an anuu
; al cost of 8150. For oxen very rich
oil cake is abundant, but for the most
part of the year they live and work
on little else beside chopped straw.
This is explained by the fact that an
iuials like their masters, require only
the lightest and simplest food in a
hot country.
G. Harvest can be gathered in
without injury from wet—Itain is
never known at harvest time. The
weather in may is warm and dry,
and remains so until the next Octo
ber.
7. There is no need of stacking
the crops—All the sheaves are car
ried ou the backs of camels or asses
to an open floor, some smooth rock
surface in the middle ol'Tfio lields,
and are threshed, winnowed, &c., in
the open air^at leisure, in the course
of three or four months of uniformly
hot weather, during which uo drop of
rain falls.
8. No farm buildings of any kind
are required except roughest and
simplest cattle sheds, and no hedges,
ditches, walls or enclosures of any
kiud around the fields—The only
store houses needed are underground
cisterns. These are alluded to in
Jeiemiah xli.—8. The lands are vir
tually undrained, and one farm or
one field marked oil' from another
only by large rough stones placed
here end there along the boundary
line.
9. The total amount of taxes is
only a tithe of each year’s produce.
10. The great lertiiity of ordinary
arable lands—I he heavy lands in
some parts y ield an hundred fold ; at
Siloaut for instance, and to the South
ol Claza in that legion where it stiil
retains the character it t ore when
‘•Isaac sowed iu that laud, aud re
ceived in Ihe sauie year and hundred
fold” (Genesis xxvi.—12p
11. The still greater fertility of ir
rigated lauds—These hear four crops
a year, aud yield the combined pro
ducts of England and Italy.
12. The immense productiveness
ot fruit treCS>*=-The olive, vine, lig,
apricottand mulberry iu the high
lauds are excellent examples of
wealth that mttst once have befell de
rived from this source. The/ vine
which is carelessly left to tnmp-along
the ground, seems in some parts, as
in the neighborhood of Hebron to
turn into one huge mass of grapes.
In the hot plains, oranges of very
many kiudk, lemon, citron, banana
and prickly pear, (growu extensively
as a hedge round the garden), yield
most abundantly.
I can corroborate from personal
observation the truth of the forego
iug description,^ and were it not for
the prevalence of typhus and malarial
fevers, aud virulent epthalmia, dur
ing the heated term, European immi
gration on a large scale would be a
valuable means of regenerating this
ancient laud.
• So loug, however, as the Ottoman
rule prevails, so long will disease
reign iu iilthy towns and villages
aud this fair land be doomed to
decay, aud one must ever look for
ward to the day when God will purge
it as by tire, and drive the infidel for
ever away.—J. B. Hay in Southern
Churchman.
HOW TO GROW BEAUTIFUL
Everybody loves to see a beautiful
face; almost everybody would be
glad to have one. There is a power
in personal beauty—a power which is
not unworthy of noble desire In a
woman this desire is likely to be
stronger than iu a man ; for she is in
a certain sense more dependent than
tnan, for both happiness and useful
ness, on the power to attract atteu
tiou, and to secure love and admira
tion. So superior a woman as ‘‘Fan
ny i’orrester" .unison coutessedto a
youthful longing for personal beauty
because of the possibilities for her
future involved in it; aud many a
peer of hers would not bo ashamed
to admit a similar craving, for a like
substantial reason.
From the days of Sarah and lle
becea, the beauty of a woman’s face
has been recognized as one of her
chief possessions. The purest and
highest art has in all ages not only
given prominence to womanly beauty
but it has received some of. its no
blest inspirations therefrom. And
even now, hero is the whole British
nation seemingly impressed by the
reputation of two or three personal
beauties, while pictures ot these ob
jects of admiration are multiplod on
this side of the Atlantic. What
wonder then that personal beauty is
more than ever a coveted possession
and that ways of being or of seeming
! beautiful are a study of surpassing
interest to many ? Although it can
not be truthfully said to woman:
What is jour sex’s earliest, latest care,—
Y'onr heart's supreme ambition ? To he fair ; —
it is true that most women would
like to be beautiful, and that they
have a right to this desire. Hence it
j is that how to grow beautiful is a
proper subject of thoughtful consid
eration.
To begin with, there is no greater
mistake than in supposing that per
sonal beauty is wholly dependent on
complexion, feature, and form. There
may be faultless regularity of feature
exceeding delicacy and clearness of
j complexion, and the highest grace
fulness of form, without any real at
tractiveness to the eye. These all
may be so marred by a disagreeable
expression in tbe face, or by affecta
tion or awkwarduess in manuer ami
j movement, or be so insipid from au
[expressionless lack of life, as to win
! admiration from no one. Tbe wax
figure style of prettiuess is uot for a
moment to be compared with a soul
tilled expression of the artist’s
thought on his canvas, or in his
marble ; nor does it have any sucli
hold on even the grosser and unculti
vated observer. “What makes an
eye beautiful ?” says William Hunt.
‘•><ot the eye itself, although there
are intrinsic forms which we ac
knowledge to be beautiful. It is tbe
regard? tbe sOul, and, in part, what
mu rounds the eye. Xot the ‘liquid
look.’ A snail has that.” On the
other baud, some who are called most
attractive, “fascinating,” iu their
personal appearance, are those whose
matures are irregular, whose com
plexion is anything but perfect, and
who had, at the start, no special
grace of form and figure. Their
power is in their expression, in the
light whieh illumines their complex
ion and features, and w hic h gives a
grace to their bearing and move
went. (Jertamly, it one must choose
between the two, expression is far
more than complexion aud feature,
in giving beauty to the human face.
Aud since expression can be intelli
gently obtained and improved, while
the other elements of beauty cannot
be, it is obviously the cultivation of
expression to which attention should
be directed in the striving to grow
beautiful.
Good men and bad alike admire
the expression of a face, rather than
its features aud complexion. It is
not the pure-minded Addison alone
who writes : “How faint and spirit
less are the charms of a coquette,
when compared with the real loveli
ness of iSopliro ilia’s innocence, piety
good humor, and truth : virtues which
add a new softness to her sex, and
even beautify her beauty 1” Byron,
gross lover of sensual attraction for
their own sake, siugs of her who
“walks in beauty like the night of
cloudless climes aud starry skies : ”
Ami on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose lore is innocent.
If the multitude of pure wornei*
who use the more harmless cosmetics
for the beautifying of their- complex
ion, only realized how much more
they thereby lose iu expression than
they gaiu iu complexion, and how
surely those whose admiration they
would win recognize this fact as they
meet them at their homes, or pass
them on the street, there would be
less eosmeticts used, even if there
were no more attention paid to ex
pression. It is a pity that a woman
who has any delicacy of expression
on her lace should powder it out, or
tiut it off, iu the aim to get a pretty
white or red in her complexion,
wheu that at the best has so little to
do with persoual beauty iu the esti
mation ot mere beauty lovers. There
has been a great desire to know just
what is the charm of the face of the
best known of the English “profes
sional beauties;" aud to this eud her
pictures .have been closely scrutini
zed, but to little purpose. Oue says,
“It must be her fine feathers; yet I
do uot see that they are exception
ally regular.” Auother, says, “Prob
ably it is her faultless complexion.
That, of course, will not appear in
her photographs.” But an English
newspaper writer suggests a better
reason thau either of these for an at
tractiveness not shown m a picture.
He.says that she has a remarkable
winsomeness of expression, a pleas
ing smile for all, and an appearance
of personal interest in every oue to
whom she says a word. However
true this may be in her case, it cer
tainly hits a truth as to a source ot
persoual fascination of countenance
and address.
To grow beautiful, then, oue must
improve in expression of countenance.
I And to improve in expression of
countenance one must improve in
the spirit and character which are
expressed. Man is so formed that
the thoughts of his heart take quick
shape jn the expression of his face,
the movements of his body, and the
tones of bis voice. All of us-pefeeive
in some faces which we meet, the
workings of purity, and truthfulness,
and kindness of heart, and sincerity
of faith; and in others of deceitful
ness, and lust, and sordid selfishness
and we are attracted or repelled ac
cordingly. Aud all of us have seen fa- j
ces change for the better or the worse.
We have seen handsome faces lose j
their beauty, or plain faces glow with
new loveliness, through a correspond
ing ebauge of character. We have
seen faces grow grandly beautiful
under the pressure of new responsi
bility and iu the noble discharge of
new duties. And we have notjeed
sadly the look of purity, truthful
ness, reverence, tenderness pass'
tram the countenance of those we
once admired. Any of us, therefore,
who would grow beautiful in facq
must have a care to grow beautiful
in character. As George Herbert
says, ofthe growing beauty of the
preacher of Christ as a widow through
whieh the light of his Master shines : (
But when Thou dost annual in glass Thy story, 1
Makiug Thy life to shine within
The holy preachers, then the light and glory j
More revere? d grows, and more doth win ;
Which else shows wafensh, bleak, and thin.
Or as Solomon says : “A man’s wis- 1
dom maketh his face to shine ”
In view of these truths it is evi
dent that, in older to grow beautiful
one must give more atteutiou to
thoughts and feelings at home, and
by 01 e’s self, than to appearance, and
in aimers abroad and before others..
Every indulgence iu unholy thoughts
or desires, or in unkind oi covetous
or repining feelings, mars one’s conn
tenant:*1, ami impairs ones beauty.
All play of kiuilly feelings ami of
holy desnes helps toward a beautilui
face and a winsome manner. The
Greeks, it is said, came “to rely in
unhesitating faith ou the estbetically
beautiful for guidance into the es- j
seutially good.” It is the teaching I
of Christianity, that we must rely on
the essentially good for guidance to
the esthetically beautiful. And most j
of all is it by a nearness to God, and
by a growing likeness to Christ, that
one’s face can come to shine as an
angel—like the face of Moses on the
mount, or the face of Stephen in the
hour of his martyrdom ; that one can ;
have “a face like a benediction,'’
showing—
A sweet, attractive kind of grace,
A full assurance given by looks ;
Continual comfort in a face—
The lineaments of Gospel books.
—Sunday School Tinns.
DIEO THAT HE NIGHT LIVE.
In a dreadfully cold winter, many I
years ago, an army was dying from j
Moscow, a city in Russia. With this •
army there was a German prince and :
some German soldiers. One by one
the marching soldiers fell down by j
the way and perished of cold and!
hunger. At length, at the end of j
one day, when only a mere handful of!
them were alive, the prince and a few >
ebmnioTrstfl'drefs.'a'VidrliesevveroTrtH"
nearly spent, came up to the remains |
of a hovel once built to shelter cattle.
not rnmed by storms, which bad
blown it all to pieces. But in the !
wild, suow-covered waste they did
not despise it; even a prince was glad j
of a little shelters from the sleet and i
wind of the coming night which this
tumbled dowu shed could atford. And j
there, hungry cold and weary, he and j
his men lay down to sleep. The men j
were rough, stern looking fellows, yet
the sight of one so delicately brought
up, used to comforts which they had
never known, spent, heart and body,
come to such w ant, glad to sleep in j
such a wretched place, touched them, j
The sight ot him asleep, no bed, no'
covering, probably sleeping his last j
sleep, was more than they could
stand. They took their own cloaks j
off, and laid them all on him, gently, j
one by one, lest they should awake j
him. lie would be warm with these,!
perhaps he would live with these, j
-Theu they threw-dhemseh es down to]
sleep. ' r
The night passed. The prince j
awoke. “VYheie am 1?” was his lirst j
thought. “Am I at home, in bed f j
1 am so warm !” and he turned over I
and raised himself up to look about. I
He was not at home. All around was !
snow, and all was silent save the]
wiudt which whistled through the
planks of the broken shed. Where
were his men ? He stood up and
looked, when, lo! there they lay, hud
dled tegether to keep warm, yet not
awake. He spoke, but they answer
ed not. He advanced to touch them
—they were dead! Without their
cloaks, too! Where were their
cloaks? Another glance towards
where he had lain and all was plain.
The priuce burst into tears. His men j
were dead to save biui alive. Mow,
was uot the deed, these rough sol-1
diers, deed, a noble deed? Their
hearts were gracious hearts; they,
graciously took upon themselves thei
death auotlier should have died.— I
Sunday Magazine. I
Jj;irm and jj-ir^ide.
TO PiCXLE PO:'K.
In p ckliug pork the pieces should
be so cut that they will lie flat in the
tab; ami eacTil. layer should lie ponti
led down closely, lint before the
•ides are cut up it is a good plan to
rub them over with a mixture of
white sugar and salt, putting one
third as much sugar as salt. Then
[dace the piece iu the tub, rind dowm
»ud sprinkle each layer with (he su
gar and sail' W hen the tub is Weil
Hied, put a layer of salt over it so
thick as to exclude the air, and cover
it closely for ten days; then look at
it, and if the btine is not formed
enough to cover it, sprinkle in a lit
tle cold water. In three months the
pork wilt be ready to cook, and it will
keep good for two years at least, and
the sugar will give it a finer flavor
than saltpeter. Iu warm climates
both sugar and saltpeter cftn be used
as advantageously as iu pickling beef.
All housekeepers know that they can
make corued beef more tender and
better flavored by using, a pickle of
one pound of sugar to three pound.
of salt and a teaspoonful of sa' . i
Farm Book Keeping.—Furaier.
generaliy are lacking in method and
accuracy of information of their mrui
industries. A practical farmer - rites
to an eastern agricultural paper some
valuable suggestions, as to one meth
od of keeping farm accounts. II
says: ‘-Having provided a suit bb
biauk book, upon the first page ic
there be drawn an accurate map 01
the tarrn, show ing the several fielu
in their relative positions, giving
length and breadth iu rods, showing
what particular crop was grown in
each at date. Alien, upon the left
hand page, having ruled it for the
purpose, make a complete and accu
rate inventory of the value of the
larm, live stock, roots, grain, fodder,
fruit farming implements, etc., which,
footed up, will give the total amount
of farming investment. To this
should he added the value of provis
ions, groceries, fuel, etc., household
furniture, shares of bank stock,
bonds, bids receivable, accounts due,
and cash on hand. From t he sum
deduct total debts, and the balance
will be net worth. This, compared
with the same or preceding year, will
give net gain for year. The book
should also contain other items, such
■is cash, farm and family accounts,
memoranda accounts with stock and
imps, betterments and deteriora
tions, accounts with individuals,
igreemeuts with hired help, summa
ry oi stock and ciop details. Aud
last, though not least, notes of mis
takes and mismanagement; also of
good resolves, etc.
Doable Cropping.—Mr. George
Allen, planted three acres in oats in
the tall. Cub- them the 'following
spring. Plowed in the stubble and
dauted the land, one-half in dYHhni
lorn the other half in drilled peavj
L'he following September eu,t and!
aired the corn for forage, an if piTSttlr
?d cows aud hogs on the peas ; after
which, plowed the stubble under and
sowed in oats anil rye. In January
he cows enjoyed two weeks green
lasture : and early in March it was
igain ready for pasturing. With
ight manuriug under this plan good
imps can be made at very small ex
>ease.
Gi; doming am) Cleaning HbiT
jes.—Cure :s required m groouPog
uid cleaning horses. Jfo gatheriu,,
Jf scurf, or waste of the skin, or oi
Iried perspirat ion should be permit
:ed to collect beneath the coat. Hut
:his should not in every case be toiu
away with sharp curry cotubs. A
tender skin is injured by rough cur
rying. A moderately stiff brush,
made with an uneven surface is suffi
•ieut in nearly every case. But la
bormust not bo stinted in keeping
liorses clean.
Plans for the Year.—Every
farmer should aim not only to itu
prove his farm, but also himself, lu
telligeuce, order and system, are ne
cessary to farm successfully. Deter
mine, therefore, upon a plan of oper
ttions for the year proportioned to
tour menus and resources and reso
utely adhere to it, with only such
changes as necessity demands. If
possible keep out ol' debt. Debt has
been the ruin of thousands, and it
may ruin you. Therefore pay as you
iP*.
Jehu \Y, Blount, twelve miles from
Washington, N. C., picked 40 bales
cotton of 400 lbs. each from 4d acres
fie used only $o0 worth of fertilizers.
—X. Topics.
MAKING TIMBER DURABLE.
An easy and simple method of
rt■ :i«U-iifj timber unusually datable,
il nut practically indcsl mi table, is
of ( lie gicatest. value lo tin* Hgiicul
-4*yfr'o4 «oiiimuiiit \. t'i >.••(* ; osfs, s|||g
ol buildings an.; ni' ; ; innlier expos
ed to influence ..-id It cause rapid d«
ray, last bn' ■ .» imih under ^erdi
na ry ci' ciiot'l :iiiit ii lias Ion;; leen
known tli.it !inu‘ i - in clip-,hive pre
servative, acting in ins v,ay by coa
gulating the :i!Ill in I lie cellular
tissue of I In- fi: An c.-sy mettl
od of ptep.n o':: • I . ! ml it has. been
applied ■ 1'ieai Ii min
ing engineer. A jii; was made in
which the timb , -.-..is placed; quick
j lime was seattc i, • vei n, and then
slaked with water. Alter being ex
posed a few da'-.to ; ho action of the
lime, the timber w as removed and
i used as supports fur ike roof of a
mine, Wlieie inq iopare.d timber
lasted but two y, ,rs, that prepared
in this way lias been in use for sev
eral years without the least appear
ance of decay. This method of pre
-ervation commends itself for its sim
plicity and and cheapness for farm
i ase.
WINTERING CATTLE.
it is : the old, Careless and cru
t ' inodes of pit ting cattle through
: wittier wer« abolished. Starving
nil cows and young cattle is the
.,ost s -id.i p iliey that a farmer
j can fo’l 'W, A co fairly wintered is
1 ii,t''d f r the summer work, and will
in mg “t. i ou g . . if and give milk and
• et ■ ; ay V nlde price for I lie ex
I tra feed an A. hotter she has had. Ma
j j; a a a keeps dess of good cows
such; .id n teat hey are of no
. , r, • tin ..;....d iio proPt, be
c.tn.se ii rnn in ir capacity. It
! vould be more Tom.mi for a thresher
to put ou ten lints.w and a full force
I of men and then Teed his machino
o:;e uuuuieu '.mowis in me untu il
I would thresh two .hundred, than it is
j for a man to furnish his milch cows
| one toil oi teed, while they have the
| capacity to digest, assimilate, and
i give returus for two tons. The prin
ciple is exactly the same.— Col. jfeott.
It is evident that farmers may lift
much of the great and onerous bur
den of labor from their shoulders by
tilling smaller areas of land, and
keeping it constantly under crop.
One thing must succeed another im
mediately ; the working and manure
you give to one miis't be in part for
auotker. It is the way to make the
most of everything—labor, manure,
and land. This is rhe grand secret of
success. It will '-••Mainly cost more
to take 50 barrels of corn from 20
acres of laud than it will to get the
same from 10 am s—the other 10
acres maybe glowing some other
crop. We hope fanners will think
well over their plans for the coming
season, and do ail they can to de
crease the burden of labor by grow
ing more ahd liner crops from smal
ler areas of land —Hnral Messenger. ,
fc TcytiuBE . H.vfls.—This recipe is
oit't\ years old, and 1 think it is the
best : TO each 20 pounds of green
meat make a mixture of one-fourth of
a pound of brown sugar and a des
ert spoonful of ground saltpetre ; rub
this well by hand inti) the meet; then
with coarse salt cover the bottom of
a barrel, say, to haljhau inch ; put in
hams, and cover with half au inch of
salt, and so on untiKthe barrel is full;
!: mis should remaiir in a cool place
I.-fir weeks :__w_heu_ salted wipe and
dry the.a, and get some whole black
pepper vhicli you must grind your
, and pepper thoroughly; especial
aboil, the hoLk and bone; let the
hams 1 i»> for two days; then smoke
tor eight weeks.—h'.rchange.
Sleep.—Evevy human being,
whether male or female, young or
oUl, must have a cerium amount of
sleep, or undisturbed repose in every
-taventy-ibnr hours; as a frequent dis
regard of this natural provision to re
cuperate the mental and physical
systems when exhausted by daily la
bors, will certainly entail injurious
consequences, by inviting disease and
curtailing the duration of life. $
The great burden of farmers here
tofore has been the cultivation of too
much land for t heir means—too much
area for their laboring force and ma
nure pile. Their work has not been
thorough enough, nor have they made
as much to the acre from their land
as they might have made.
1!,vin\ Days. —Kuiny days may be
employed iu cleaning tools, imple
ments, and machines, and putting
! them iu good order for work when
they will be wanted; ia making
; coops for chicken*, or any of the han
i dy contrivances for saving labor.