IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY ;
IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY;
IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY.
SUFFOLK, VA., FRIDAY MARCH 26, 1880.
Volame XXXIII
Number' 13.
jjjotirg.
PASS UNDER THE ROD.
,aw (be young bride in her beauty and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array,
And the bright flush of joy mantled high on her
cheek
As the future looked blooming and eav ;
And with woman's devotion she laid her proud
heart
At the shrine of idolatrous love ;
And she anchored her hopes to this perishing
earth
By the charms which her tenderness wove
But I sa» her when those heart-strings were
bleeding and torn.
And the chains had been severed in two ;
She had changed her while robe, for the sable
of grief,
And her bloom for the paleness of woe :
But the healer was there, pouring balm on her
heart, tf
And wiping the tears from her eyes,
He strengthened the chain he had broken in
twain
And fastened it firm to the Bkies .
There had whispered a voice—’twas the voice o
her God :
I love thee, I love thee, pass under the rod.
I saw a young mother in tenderness bend
O’er the couch of her slumbering boy ;
And she kissed.the soft lips as they murmured
her name,
While the dreamer lay smiling in joy.
0 sweet as the rose-bud encircled with dew,
When its fragrai.ee is flung in the air
So fresh and so bright to that mother he seemed
- As he lay in his innocence there !
ut l saw when she gazed on the same lovely
form
Pale ns marble, and silent, and cold ;
But paler and colder her beautiful boy,
And the tale of her sorrow was told !
But the Healer was the.e who" had stricken her
heart,
And taken her treasure away ;
To allure her to heaven, He had placed it ou
high,
And the mourner will sweetly obey :
There had whispered a voice, 'twas the voice of
her God ;
1 love thee, I love thee, pass under the rod.
I saw a father and mother who leaned
On the arm of a dear gifted son,
And the star of tbe'future looked bright to their
gaze
As they saw the proud place he had won ;
And the fast coming evening of life promised
fair,
And its pathway grew smooth to their feet;
And the star-light of love glimmered bright at
the end,
And the w hispers of love were sweet,
And I saw them again bending low o’er the
grave
Where tjieir hearts* dearest hopes had been
laid ;
And the star had gone down in the blackness of
night,
And the joy from their bosoms had fled.
But the Healer was there, and His arms were
around,
And He held them with tenderest care,
And showed them a star in the bright upper
world—
’Twas there star shining brilliantly there !
They had each heard a voice—’twas the voice ol
their God,
I love you, 1 love you, pass nndcr the rod.”
election^.
HERE AND THERE.
—It is a most mortifying reflection
to any man to consider what be lias
done compared with what he might
hare done.
- Next to the conversion of the
people should be the determination to
form in them a taste and habit for re
ligious reading. Without this an in
telligen't, strong and useful Christian
character- is not likely to be devel
oped. Besides the spirituality of our
people, nearly every important inter
est of the church depends upon the
circulation of our church papers.—
Reading these,there will be a demaud
for books, the Bible will be more care
fully studied, the pastor will have a
better hearing and a better support,
an interest will be awakened iu mis
sions and in our connectioual enter
prises, and there will be au enlarged
liberality and an eulighted zeal in the
support or our educational institu
tions. In order to infuse new life in
to the church, aud to bring up every
laugnishing iuterest, this must be
recognized as essential.—IN. O. Advo
cate.
—It is considered ill-bred by some
people for friends to shake bauds in
the aisles as they are leaving the
church. We have eveu heard preach
ors rebuke the practice from tho pnl
P'<
But there are worse thiugs. ior
instance, uever getting acquainted
with one another. A little story may
illustrate our idea:
The story is told of a clergyman—
that, after preaching an interesting
sermon ou the “Recoguizing of
Friends in Heaven,’’ he was accosted
by a hearer, who said : “I liked that
sermon, aud I now wish you would
preach another on the recognition of
people in this world. I liaive been at
tending your church three years, and
not live persons in the congregation
bnve so much as„bowed to me in all
that time,”—Wesleyan Christian Ad
vocate,
A SERMON.
Sermon Preached by h'ev. I)r. ,J. IF.
Prat' in the Music Hall, Cincinnati.
Sunday, March 7tli, 1830.
Being justified by faitb we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ.—Rom 5: 1.
This ^exi assumes that by nature
men are not at peace with God. I
shall not waste time in proving this.
In your quiet hours of reflection you
all confess that all is not right be
tween you and your Maker. “The
soul that sinneth it shall die”: and as
all have sinned, all must die, unless
some way can be devised to escape
the penalty of sin.
God can not abolish his law to suit
your case. lie has declared that He
“will by no means clear the guilty.”
There is no hope for the sinner in
that direction. Yet the gospel comes
to you and says, “Llere is a plan de
vised by God and executed by His
son, by which you may be cleared,
by which you, who are really a
guilty siuner, shall be treated as it
you had never sinned at all.” This
(dan is called a scheme of justification.
What then is justification I I an
swer “It is an act of God’s tree grace
wherein he pardons all our sins and
accepts us as righteous in Uis sight
only for t he sake of the righteousness
of Christ imputed to us and received
by faith alone.”
It is very clear from the use of the
word justification, both in Scripture
and in our ecimuon talk, that it has
respect to the violation of law. We
never speak of a man’s being justi
fied in doing an innocent act. We
always say it in reference to some
thing contrary to law. If a man kills
another, he is at, once arrested —
Win ? Because he has done what
the law forbids. But suppose ho has
done it in self defence. He is at once
released on the ground that he was
justifiable. But even though every
body knew it beforehand, this does
not release him from the necessity ol
arrest and trial. He is liable to pun
ishment until the law shall pronounce
him justified. Observe, the court
does not say the man did not kill;
but it simply declares that although
he did kill, he can not be legally pun
ished. Now the Bible uses the word
justify in the very same sense. A jus
tified man, in Scripture, is not one
who is not a siuner, but one whom,
for good reasons, God will treat just
as if lie were holy aad had never sin
ned.
Justification is an act ot uon; as
the Apostle Paul says, “It is God
that justifies.” It is an act of God
declaring a sitmer to be just; i. e ,
declaring him to be released flora the
penalty of law.
Now, I invite your special atten
tion to a very important statement.
'God stands in two different rela
tions to all his creatures on this
earth. First: He is their King
Secondly: He is their Judge. As
King, He makes law. As Judge, He
administers and executes law.
Now, although I have been preach
ing to you every Suuday about the
pardon of sins, and this use of the
word is right, as it is the Scripture
term; yet speaking accurately, or
scientifically, I would say that God
never pardons siu.
Pardon is the act of a sovereign
who forcibly steps in between the
criminal and the executioner, and
sets the law aside. Justification is
the act of a just judge who declares
that the law has no claim upon the
accused. Pardon releases the pris
oner at the very moment that he is
acknowledged to be guilty. Justifi
cation releases him on the ground
that he is accounted just. Pardon
supposes guilt. Justification is a
formal declaration of freedom from
guilt. In pardon, the law is set
aside; in justification, the law is sat
isfied. Pardon remits a pefialty ad
mitted to be just, lo justify is to de
clare that the infliction of the pen
alty would be unjust. In no language
spoken by men do the words, to par
don and to justify, mean the same
thing. If they did mean the same
thing then we must suppose that the
law of God may be dispensed with.
For as pardon is the remission of a
sentence, the execution of which jus
tice demands, of course the law
would be set aside if justification
were equivalent to pardou. Put the
Bible is uniform in its declaration
that 'the law is unchangeable both as
to its oominauds aud its penalty;
that there can be no remission of the
penalty without a complete satisfac
tion of the demands of the law. As
therefore the law can not be set aside
that act of Goff which justifies the
sinner must be something different
from pardon.
Now the account which the Scrip
tures give of justification shows that
this view is correct. Justification is
a dispensation from the penalty of
' tlie law and a restoration to the favor
of God on the ground of the sinner
presenting a righteousness, that is,
presenting before the law that very
thing irlticli the late demandn. Pardon
is an act of mere sovereignty, and
does not demand any satisfaction
made to the law. Justification is
founded upon a full satisfaction to
the law ; therefore it can not be par
don.
Another important distinction is
this: Pardon simply remits a penal
ty. The pardoned criminal is an'out
cast from society. He is looked upon
with suspicion and distrust. Have
you never seen how hard it is lor
a pardoned felon to regain the lost
confidence of his fellow-men ? lint
justification not only remits a penal
ty, it also confers a title to the re
wards of actual holiness; so that
those who are justified are not only
saved from hell, but have a title .o
heaven. This is in perfect consisten
cy with strict justice. The law de
mauds-a perfect righteousness, and
promises eternal life to every one
who meets this demand. Nov in
justification the sinner is provided
with a perfect righteousness, die
very thing that the law demands,
and therefore he who is justified lias
a right to demand admittance to
heaven. Thus you see that pardon
and justification have only -one point
of resemblance. Both release the
criminal from punishment. Here are
the points of 'difference : Justification
is t he act of a just -judge. Pardon is
an act of a sovereign. Justification
recognizes the claims of justice.^ Par
don tramples on just rue. JusTitiea
t ion rewards. Pardon simpiy re
leases. To justify t tie sinner'is the
only way in which God, as a just
Judge, can save him. Do you not
see that I was right in saying that
in the strict use of words, God can
not be said to pardon.
Now yog ask, very pertinently,
“How can God remain just and be a
justitter of a man wbo is acknowl.
edged to be ungodly f” This ques
tion of yours brings us to the very
mar row of the gospel. The Apostle
says that Christ who knew no sin was
made sin for us that we might be made j
the righteousness of God in Him.
The Scriptures say distinctly that j
nothing we can do will avail to make j
us just with God ; that we are justi
fied solely on the ground ol the right-1
eousness of Christ. This is the doc-1
trine of the Old Testament as w ell as i
of the New. For Isaiah, the prophet j
calls Christ “The Lord our righteous
ness.” I could spend an hour in quo- j
ting passages to confirm this state- j
me nr.
Now I want to answer another
question that has come into .your
uiiiuls: How can the righteousness
of one person be the ground of the
justification of another?” God re
quires me to be holy. How can the
righteousness of Christ satisfy this
demand upon meV I answer it can
not, unless it can be “imputed” to
me; unless 1 can be accounted to I
have it, although I am inherently i
destitute of it.
You ask again, “Is not this a mere J
charm? Can a just and holy God
give me credit for what I do not re-;
ally have?” I answer, He can, pro !
vided you are so uuited with Christ
that He stands as your represents- i
live. You all understand this doc :
trine of representation. What the
Senator from Ohio doesTn Congress,
the people of Ohio are accounted as
doing. The world holds you respon
sible for his acts, although you may
not know at the time what he i? do
jug. They are “imputed” to you.
You know the old law maxim, “What
oue does by an agent lie himself is ac
counted as doing.”
But how docs Christ become your
representative ’ 1 answer simply by
your electing him to take your place, j
This election of Jesus Christ as your |
representative in the high court of
heaven is called “faith,” iu the Scrip
tures. By this act of faith you be
come united to Him; and being
united to Him, IJis righteous
ness is your righteousness, His bear
ing the penalty of your sin is your
bearing it. By means of this union
with Christ as your representative,
yon are legally accounted as doing
and suffering all that He did and
suffered for you. It is to this the
Apostle has reference, when he says,
“1 am crucified with Christ;” and
again, “Therefore we are buried with
him by baptism into death —that
is, as onr baptism is the outward
sign of our profession of faith in
Christ; wheu we are baptized, we
become so united with Him that
His death is our death, His burial
our burial. Thus faith, union with
Chri t, imputation of Bis righteous
ness to us, and.Justification, are all
distinct'but esseutial links iu the
great chain of man’s redemption. And
, as these two, laith the act of man,
and justification the act of God, are
at the two ends of the chain, the
one on earth, the other in heaven:
the Apostle, omitting the interme
diate links in the series, says, “There
fore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord
I Jesus Christ.”
j I have been answering vonr ques
tions; now 1 want von to answer
mine. Will yon accept salvation on
j these terms ! Don’t say, “I will think
1 about it and tell yon some time soon.”
| You must tome to this at last, if
j you are, ever" saved at all. Tou must
consent to be saved as a sinner
without a rag of your own right
eousness. If you ever feel good
enough to merit salvation, you may
be sure that this self righteousness
will cause you to stumble before you
can ieach the cross. A man never
feels so vile ns at the instant when he
casts himself on Christ. “By grace
we are saved through faith.”
Now, 1 want every ancon rerted
man and woman and child, before
they leave this hall to answer this
question. “Am 1 willing to abandon
every other ground of hope, and
trust s.-rely to the righteousness ol
Christ V’ There is nothing mysteri
ous or unintelligible in the act I am
.hogging you to perform. It is ex
nelly like any other determination
yon may make. It needs no long
preparation, no praying, no humbling
of your soul before God, no fasting,
no meanings, no laceration of youi
soul or body. You do not need to
prepnie for it by long and bitter re
pentance, by painful self examination
or by a week ora mouth spent in the
endeavor to break off bad habits.
You cun not prepare yourself to re
ceive the righteousness of Christ.
Christ holds out no hope to the man
who tries to make himself righteous.
He did not come to save the right
eons. A righteous man does not need
salvation. The salvation of the Lord
Jesus is*a salvation for sinners.— |
Such an idea as salvation by works,
by merit, by making yourself worthy
to receive the righteousness of God,
why this frustrates the grace God:
it subverts the guspel. It would re
verse the song of the redeemed in
heaven ; for that song is, “Unto Him
that loved ns and washed us from
our sins in His own blood, be glory
and dominion.-’ But if you are to
prepare yourselves for grace, your
song would be, ‘‘Unto myself who
have made myself fit for salvation,
autl worthy of God’s mercy, unto me
be all the praise and the glory.”
What a travesty of the gospel this
would be ! If then you can do noth
ing to render yourself worthy to re
ceive the righteousness of Christ,
don’t you see that you need not leave
your seat, in order to become a justi
fied sinner?
Several years ago a missionary to
the Indians, was visited by a proud
chief wlio had been deeply convicted
of sin by the Spirit of God. The sav
age, while trembling under a sense ol
guilt, like a gteat many civilized peo
pie, was unwilling to take the water
of life freely. He brought his wain
pum to the missionary and proffered
it as a peace offering to God. The
man ol God shook his head aud said.
“No, God will not accept this as an
atonement for sin.” He went away
aud came again, and offered his wife
and all the peltry he had taken in
hunting. The missionary still shook
his head, aud ggaiu the wretched sin
ner withdrew. Blit the Spirit gave
him no peace; and he returned once
more, to offer his wigwam, his wile,
his children, and all that he had, to
have “peace with God.” The mis
sionary still shook his head. The
chief stood for a aiomeut, his head
bowed down in despair; and then
raising his streaming eyes to heaven,
his heart poured forth in a cry ol
unreserved surrender, “Here, Lord,
take poor Indian too.”
To this, my frieuds, you must come
at last, if you would have peace with
God.
“Oil' drops of grief can ne'er repay
Tile debt of love I one,
Here, Lord, 1 give myself away.
'l’is till that I can do."
—Central Presbyterian.
The Church is a power in favor of
law and order. Its chief duty is to
preach salvation by faith, but with
this inseparably united the law as
given from Mount Sinai. The Chris
tiiiu is pledged not only to faith in
Christ, but to peace, chastity, hones
ty, truthfulness and contentment.
His rule of life enforces also industry
temperance ami obedience to rulers.
! Beery particular church is a centre
i from which go out influence to quiet
laud purify and bless society. Tbe
I organization of a church with a place
[ of worship and regular services, is a
blessing politically, socially aud finan
cially, as well as spiritually.—Herald
and Presbyter.
THINK OF THESE THINGS.
A benevolent Quaker once said
! ‘I expect to pass through this world
| nut once ; if, therefore, there be any
kindness I can show, or any good I
tan do, let me do itnow;'I must
neither defer nor neglect it, for 1
j shall not come this way again.
When 1 see leaves drop from the
trees in autumn, just such, think I, is
l the friendship of this world. While
| the sap of feeding last, my friends
swarm arouud me in abundance, but
| iu the winter of my need they leave
| me naked. He is therefore a happy
man that hath a friend iu his need,
nor is he less happy that hath no
need of a friend.
God will always support this own
just cause by means unknown to
the wisest of his creatures—then why
fret.
Kemember that t he excesses of our
youth are drafts upon our old age,
payable with interest thirty years af
ter. Success in life is very’ apt to
make us forget the time that we
weren't much. It is just so with a
frog on the jump; he can’t remember
w hen lie was a tadpole, but other
folks can.
Life must be measured by action,"
not time; for a man ipay die old at
thirty, and. young at eighty; nay,
the one lives alter death, and the
other perished before he died.
‘When for your help the wrettlied lift their
O hear, for pity's sake, their plaintive cries.'1
A traveler was crossing a moun
tain height alone, over almost un
trodden snow. Warning had been
given that if slumber pressed down
ins weary eyelids they would inevi
tably be sealetl in death. For a time
he went bravely along his dreary
path ; but with the deepening shade,
and freezing chill at night, there fell
a weight upon his brain and eyes
which was irresistible. In vain he
strained his utmost to shake oil that
fatal heaviness, and in that erists his
foot struck against a heap that lay
across his path. He stooped to touch
it, and found a human body half bur
ied beneath a fresh drift of .snow,
the next moment his arms were!
clasping a perishing brother. He;
chafed his hands, chest and brow,
and breathed upon the cold lips the
warm breath of a living 'soul, pres -
sing the sileut heart to his own gen
erous bosom. The effort to save
another brought back to hitusell life,
aud warmth, and energy. By saving ,
his brother he saved himself.— Church
Union.
FROUDE’S MISTAKE.
The Richmond Christian Advocate
says:
Froude, the historian, in his life of
Caesar, which is modestly called a
“fragment,” tells us that the great
Roman was drawn to the vocation of
arms “by accident." Mr. Fronde
does not believe in the ways-of Prov
idenee. To the honest student of the
last days of the Republic Ciesar
must appear, not as an accident but
as an instrument chosen for a pup
pose.
Christianity was born at the same
time with the empire. The Republic
had conquered the world. The Cae
sars fused the elements. The Romans
were the “robbers of the globe’’—but
their prowess and rapacity were
turned to the >>urpose ot union of na
tions. Peace reigned throughout the
vast empire. From the golden mile
stone, set up by Augustus in the Fo
rum, paved roads stretched to Spain,
France, the Danube, and to the cat
aracts of the File. Gommeiee whit
ened the sea with its sails. The
Roman magistrate was omnipresent,
with the Roman soldier behind him.
The Universal Empire made i;eady
for the Universal Religion. The
abundant means or communication,
the same laws, the protection to citi
zens, the familiarity with Greek and
Latin, all gave impulse to the mis
sionaries of a new creed. The conver
ted sailor became a pioneer preacher.
The trader carried the gospel with his
wares to new marts.
If local religion has held the sword
of the magistrate, the apostles would
have been cut off quickly. If Raul
had not fallen a victim to the fanati
cism of the Sanhedrim, he would
have been torn to pieces by the sil
versmith of Ephesus. The Roman
rule was his protection. The magic
of Ciesar’s name rescued him from
death and made his mission possible
The Gallios kept the fanatics from
rending the advocates of the new
faith limb by limb.
The census uuder the empire when
“all the world went up to be taxed,"
brought to pass a prophecy and pat
into history a proof of our religion.
The consolidation of the civilized na
tions uuder oue monarchy gave free
course to the glad news. And the
conquest of the Empire by tlie weap
onless Christians is a crowning evi
dence of a victory from heaven,
Ctssar was not an accident. Rome
was a highway for the gospel.
I
jfarm and jfire-iide.
POULTRY RAISING. '
1 “Wlicio so many find it difficult to
make a mere suttieienc.y for life’s sup
port, it seems unaccountable that the
pleasant and profitable business ol
poultry-raising should be so seldom
resorted to for the purpose of gain
ing a livelihood, and establishing a
permanent and paying business,
while an eager and struggling crowd
are jostling each other in«pvery other
avenue of industry, no^mntler how
difficult or how meagre and uncertain
the remuneration promised.
Poultry-raising requires but a mo
dicum of real work, with, of course,
the regular and ceaseless attention that
must be given to any enterprise to
ensure success. The risks attending
it are not greater than those apper
taining to any other business, if as
much. Thoroughness is the great se
creat to success. 1 he coops must be
kept cl >au and well ventilated ; the
chicks must have ample room for ex
ercise, and, to reap the fullest meas
ure of success^be supplied with com
fortable, sheltered and sunny quar
ters. If their quarters must be loca
ted on a clayey soil, the ground should
he excavated to the depth of a foot
and replaced with gravel until a level
tioor is made a few inches higher than
the surrounding ground, as nothing
is more conducive of disease than
dampness.
If they cannot have tiie run of a
grass plat, green food should be giv
en them daily, and, when practicable,
a few feet should be spaded up oecii
sionally, in wli'eli they delight to
hunt for til-bits of food. Even in
large cities it is not impossible Ur
keep a few of the feathered pets, stif
lieient to furnish the breakfast table
with a delicacy that will harbor none
of the distressing doubt that always
hauiiIs a market supply, nor any
chance of rout and rain of the appe- j
tite that always follows the breaking;
of an ageil one ’’
Decay of Teeth.—In caring for;
the leetli it is important to bear in
miml that weak acids, or acids great-j
ly diluted with watejy have greater ;
dissolving power than acids in full
strength. Such an acid is contained !
in the soar ertietations from the stout-;
ach, iu many of the medicines admin !
i stared, andjfnr the particles of food ■
which, tuioistened with saliva, have j
been left to ferment between the
teeth. An article in the British Med \
teal Journal takes tho ground that
the decay of teeth results mainly
from this latter cause. It further
says that the brush, as ordinarily us
ed, does not remove tiie particles of i
matter that adhere to the teeth. It;
should be moved up and down, as
well as horizontally. The mouth ■
should also be rinsed after each meal,!
or at any rate before retiring for the
night. The writer also says that it
would be well in rinsing" the mouth to 1
use a solution made by dissolving. a.i
Teaspoonfn! oi cooking soda and a,
tabiesp-'on;ui oi cob guc iu a quart ot i
water, the cob-'giie, however, being;
simply to in-ip lhe taste, ibis wash;
should always be used immediately
after taking any acid medicine.
Dklu.iocs fort’.—One ‘thicken,|
four quarts of water, one tablespoon 1
of rice, one onion, one potato, one'
half cup of tomatoes, two- stalks of
celery, pepper and salt to taste. Put
on the chicken in cold water and boil
to shreds. Strain the broth, return
to the kettle and add rice, audio
about half an hour add potato, onion,
and turnip chopped line. About
twenty minutes before serving add
the celery cut in small pieces, the to
mato and pepper and salt. Boil well,
and serve very hot, and you will have
a delicious soup.
Good Broth for a Sick Person
—Take a few slices of lean dried beef,
pat to boil iii a quart of water or a
little more, wash two tablespooufuls
of rice, put iti with the beef, and sim
mer slowly till the rice has boiled ve
ry tender, put in more water if ne
cessary, while boiling; when done
take out the beet, and add one or two
spoonfuls of rich sweet cream, boil
two or three minutes, pour iu a bowl,
! and when cool it is ready for use.
A Child’s Bed.—A child’s bed
should slope a little from the head to
I the foot so that the head may be a
little higher than the feet; but never
j bend the neck to get the head oil the
pillow. This makes the child round
i shouldered, cramps the veius and ar
teries and interferes with the free cir
j dilation of the blood. Even when a
I child is several years old the pillow
! should bo thin and made of hair, not
I feathers.
WASTE PLACES.
Tin- conspicuous wnslc places on it
farm—the fields allowed in grow up
to berry hushes ami brush—are only
a part of the land u hich \ear after
year is permitted to lie idle. Care
less plowcrs leave more nntiiled land
next to the fences than there is any
need of leaving: on a large farm, fen;
ced into small fields, it is plain to see
’ that n sttip of a few feet will amount
to several acres. Much land is reu*
: dered worthless by shade trees in
fields when: they are not much nee
, ded ;st nmps and large stones are
frit to eneyiiiber the ground and im
■ pede the v.crk j land liom which an
early crop is taken is permitted to lie
unused for several months when it
: ought to be producing .something.
Farmers ere regarded'as a very eco
nomical class, but there are many les
sons of economy to be learned in our
farm, management.
Tso Mini Salt.-A German
chemist says he does not take salt
with eggs, there being enough in
them ; and Liebig states': “All salts
with alkaline bases, when adminis-%
tered to man in diluted solutions,
may be again detected in the blood,
and the transit of these substances
produces disturbances in the organ
ism, efl'teting a change in the process
.of respiration injurious to the forma
tion of arterial blood.” It is said tod
much salt makes the blood thin and
watery. Have we been using too
much salt all along for all purposes ?
is ftied bacon, or salt fish,' health
promoth c ?
DRAIN'S and muscle cannot be built
up without phosphate in food. The
great cook, Shyer, says, “my plan is
to turn the beefsteak often, and tny
reason is that if turned but once, the
albumen and fibrine of tffe meat get
chaired, and the heat throws out the
osnmzsome or gravy on the upper
side, which when turned over goes
into the tire: by turning it often so
as at first only to set the, outside, the
gravy goes into the centre, and it be
comes evenly done throughout.”
A Wholesome Cake.—One pint
of raised dough, like wheat hr. ad
dough ; one tea-cupful of sugar, one
of butter, three eggs well beaten, one
tea spoonful of sodr, oue cupful of
stewed raisins, and half a tea spoon
ful each of cloves, pimento,.cinnamon
and nut meg. Roll the raisins well
in flour before mixing up. This
makes a very nice, wholesome cake.
Let it stand in a warm place till it is
raised light, and bake with a slow
lire.
It is a waste of capital to buy ex
pensive animals and undertake to
keep them upon poor pastures or
poor hay. To attempt to make up
ihe difference by feeding upon grain
will take oft' all the profit, and the an
imals will inevitably deteriorate.
There is no food that can be profita
biy substituted, in the tong ran, for
grass and hay.
A writer in the Country Gentleman
says that of everything he has tried
for the cure of roup in fowls, the best
is to take pulverized copperas aud
put a teaspoonful in thjee quarts of
water and give it to them to drink.
Should they not drink much in a day
or two, mix it iuto corn-meal and
feed to them.
Clinkers which not unfreqneutly
break the grate of a stove, may here
moved from these and range backs
by throwing half a dozen broken oys
ter-shells iuto the tire when the coal
is all aglow, and covering them with
fresh coal. When all are red hot the
clinkers become doughy,aud are easi
ly taken out.
Good oyster fritters may be made
by beating two eggs very light, theu
stirring in two tablespoonfuls of
cream, three tablespoonfuls of sifted
ltour, and a pinch of salt; into this
batter dip the oysters aud fry them
in hot lard.
Rice Cakes.—Boil a cup of rice
very soft, mash it true : add a pint of
milk and three eggs ; stir in a little
flour, butter the gridle and pour on
the batter iu small cakes. Serve with
a little nutmeg and fine sugar.
In hatching tuikey eggs, sprinkle
them the last two weeks slightly eve
ry other day with water that has had
the chill takeu off. Some moisture
seems necessary for turkey eggs.
Bed pepper and a little lard mixed
with corn meal aud moistened with
water will cure gapes in chickens.
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