IN ESSENTIALS,
LIBERTY
IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY
SUFFOLK
1 .pcS
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OY COMETH,
out guide even
winsome face,
each b»by grace,
a baby’s place,—
Lord sent it here,
with golden hair,
Uathering sunshine instead of <
yellowed by many an earnest j
And ni .ny en anxious jeurJ
Ov a maiden, loving and trne^
ting for some great work to do]*
lag forward, the long years through,—
t the Lord was over all.
On\• p mother, with patient feet,
Wiji tender lore for her little one sweet,
Pngihg for wisdom to guide her feet,
the dear Lord heard the call.
woman, faded and old,
Wr of gray, Instead of gold;
»he years of her life a sum ell told,
the work begun,
itb flowers dressed;
a'patient face at rest,
th folded hands on a peaceful breast,
For (be Lord hath said, “Well done.”
Only a erave, in a churchyard cold,
Wa*(p*The pale moon shining in beams of gold,
For the laird hath gathered safe into the fold
His child,—all labor past.
Over tho river, where angels dwell,
W here sqngs of praises raise and swell,
Where ojirist is King, and all is well,
She met her Lord at last.
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selections
HERE AND THERE.
—Most of our misery comes from
our fearing aud disliking things that
never happen at. til!.
—A beautiful answer was given by
a little Scotch girl. Wbjn her class
was examined, she replied to the
question, “what is patience 1” “Watt
a wee, and tlinua weary.”
—The people who go to hear a ser
mon, without a preparation te hear
aright, are but little less guilty of
wrong than the minister who enters
the pulpit to preuoli without prepara
tion^ The sapieiis true of the Bible
achbtor aud '^Brble teacher. “Take
heed how ye hear.” “Hear, and your
■onl shall live.**
»T ucu uppunuuiuj
the charch let Ihetn be met in the
spirit of Thomas Scott, who, when
the Board of the Lock Hospital ceu
sured bis evangelical doctrines as
chaplain, saidon possess author
ig<e uie lor au
r you please;
ity sufficient
other preacherj
but you have
into another
—I once vis
business eute
ing his sickne
come motion
hardly articu
the contrast
theu and js
said, “Nbw I a
beekfunning
tivity. I am
edge of rnyael
which most in
—A tJuive
W. “if God w
be saved 1”
you believe God
should live moral
in this world t”
hr to chauge me
fin of intense
activity, dur
|Iimbs had be
speech was
speaking of
his condition
the street be
jwing. I hare
f thin by my ac
in the knowl
bf some things
concern me.”
asked Bev. Mr.
Illihgali men should
|\V, replied: “Do
willing ail meu
md virtuous lives
I he mau answered:
“Yes.” Theu Mr.'W. said: “Do meu
live thus t” Aftera little hesitancy he
was answered, “No.” Mr. W. theu
proceded : “According to your own
reasoning the will of God is not ac
complished.”
—“I’m tired to death !’’ So you
have said very oiteu, yet you are still
alive and well. “I had not a wiuk of
sleep all night.” Aud yet your bed
fellow heard you spore many times.
“I would not do it for all the world !”
one many things
nuy. “We were
ud 1” You know
irt was uot over
ct, truthful aud
And yet yon have
equally bad for a
up to our kueos iu
very well that the
your shoes. Be
moderate iu your speech.
—“The trouble ©f liany anxious
souls is* How can 1 overcome my
sinsf This can only be by the Holy
Ghost dwelling in the heart. We
canuot subdue ourselves by ourselves.
Beligious services may soothe for a
time, but they canuot shbdue. Like
the music of David’s harp, they may
calm the evil spirit for awhile, but
they cannot break its power. But
the first thing with you must be par
don. And if you really hate aud de
plore your sius, if you honestly want
to be freed from the iron fetters that
blud yon, there is no difficulty about
that. Pardon is through faith in the
cleansing blood ot Christ. Pardon is
freely given to and really received by
those who in their hearts believe on
Christ. And wben you have received
this forgiveness, hold it fast. Do uot
let it go. Keep on loosing still, look
ing always, looking only to the oue
n-iuuf. Dili rtiFarincr Juana Phniof A u
•J
great siu offering, Jbbus Christ,
the wo: "
don cot
As
dem^vsith continues, the par
cm & timpton.
'oue, Davy Oroxall
L” said a pleasa ui|
H^lie gather-(M
® had throw
■ts hnmlile IW
fcppy, satidfl
though he w;S'
was plain ty.,
cheerful thouffl
that home. Tb«
little pier where
bis boat, bat
"’“'Stiiess, unlesi
tackle
boat
seek
to
was
nd
.. J ..v.,™, -uu,
just as tic'turnerl to leave the ’shore,
he went up to him and said: “Friend,
can you tell me how long it will be
before the packet sails Y”
“Seven o’clock to-mdrrow morning,
sir, she’ll leave the other side, and
she’ll make the passage iu something
like twenty minutes.”
“To-morrow morning!” said the
gentleman. “You don’t mean to say
that there’s no other packet to
night I”
“Sorry to disappoint yon, sir,”
said Davy, noticing the stranger’s
face, “hut it’s true, I can assure
you.”
“Dear me! dear me 1” said the
stranger, very much distressed. “Is
there no other packet f Is there aD.v
small boat that wilt take me? I
must go to-uigbt.”
“Ho other packet,” said Davy;
“passengers do go over sometimes iu
saia'I boats, but there doesn’t seem
to be any now but miue and he hes
itated, and added: “Ton see, I’ve
been out all day and all night, too,
and 1 want to get home.”
“I will pay you handsomely,” said
the stranger, “if ton’ll t«iio me”
“Ob, I should
said Duvy; “only when one’s had
work enough, you see-”
“It’s of the greatest couseqnence,”
said the stranger earnestly. “If 1
don’t get across to-night I shall miss
the mail; and my little boy, my only
child, is dangerously ill.”
“Oh, that alters the case,” said
Davy. “1 suppose you want to get
to him, then Y”
“I do,” said the stranger, with agi
vnvivii •
“Well, I’d ratber take yon for noth
ing, tlieu, as there’s nobody else,
than binder you. So here gees
and be went towards his boat, and
very soon he and the stranger were
out at sea.
“D’\e see that twiuk o’ light, sir,”
said Davy, as they rounded the cor
uer of the bay, ‘‘high up on the cliff!
rbat’s ray home. They’ve put that
bit o’ light in the window for rae,
ready agaiust it gets dark, in case I
Shouldn’t be come home.”
“I’m sorry, very sorry,” said the
stranger, “that I’ve takeu you out
igain.” ,
“No need to mind it,” said Davy ;
‘it is just thiuking of ray own ehil
lren that made me come. I suppose
i father’s heart is a father’s heart,
lir, whether it’s iu a poor mau’s jack
et or a gentlemau’s; so you see i
jould feel for your trouble as if it was
ny own.”
“Have you many t” asked the
stranger, anxious to show his grati
tude by his interest.
‘•Two, sir,” said Davy ; “and I sup
pose the mother thinks they’re the
jiggest beauties in the place.”
“May the Lord preserve them to
ion 1” said the stranger.
“Amen to that!” said Davy, whose
leart was iu his throat at the thought
>1 how he could do without them.
“It’s a lucky chance,” said he, after
i moment’s pause, “that I happened
;o come iu while you were there; I
loubt you wouldn’t have found an
>ther boat to night.”
“Call it a merciful Providence,
Mend,” said the stranger.
“Well, they’re much the same
,hing, aren’t they t” answered Davy.
“I know of no such thing as chance,
mless it means that a thing comes
inexpectedly,” said the gentlemaq,
“Ah, yes, that’s just it,” replied
Davy.
“But then we should remember
;hat, though not expected by us, it is
ill known to God and ordered by
aim.”
“Oh, yes, of course,” said Davy,
vho did uot seem, however, to be
nuch interested. «
“I dare say you have bad some es
apes from danger in your perilous 1
ife," said the gentleman.
“I should just think so,” said Davy;
Why, don’t yffh remember what
reather we had about n month ago!
was cnpsised more than once, aud
>ne of the times the wind was blow
ng great guns, and it was as dark as
•itch, and the sea was mountains
ilgh. I gave myself up for lost, for
here was nothing I jould see to
»tQh hold of, so how could 1 save
sea aud those who labor oil it are,
inyselff when lot and behold
moon shone out all of a sodden
1 caught sight of ton Hawser
and made for it, and got in
not a bit longer did the lig
the sky never broke again
ashore.”
‘•A prooi
ell
t you
bul
s what I mean,’
> -‘and I don’t believe 1
all forget that in a hurry.”
‘*1 hope not; aud I hope too, that
when you tell the tale you will re
member to say, by God’s good provi
dence that gleam of moouligbt came
aud saved me from death.”
As Davy did not answer, the stray
ger said again : ‘d’ve always thought
friend, that those who live by the
all people, among the least excusable
for forgetting God.”
“Yes; I beard that in a sermon
ouce, all about seeiug His wonders iu
the deep,” said Davy ” “but then,
don't you know wlieu people see
things so constant they get used to
them, and so by that means they for
get them.”
“True,” said the stranger; “the
voice ot God is effectual, nothing
else.”
Whether Davy was tired or averse
to the subject, or perhaps a little of
ooth, he did not appear disposed to
reply, aud the cou versa! ion flagged ;
but bis companion seemed bent on
keeping it np.
“You have been very kind to me,”
he said, “and have done me a service
I can never repay. I would willing
ly return it if I could.”
“l»ou’t mention it,” said Davy.
-’“Your children love you I” asked
t tie stranger.
“A bit, 1 believe,” answered Davy.
“And how your heart would be
pained if they turned away from you
when you went home, showing that
they had forgotten you, and didu’t
care to see you !”
“Oh!” cried Davy, “why, that’s a
thing impossible. You should see
the little one, bow she crows and
kicks till I take her up, and she’ll
pull my hair aud play ever so aud
iieigot quite excited at the thoughts
of his merry, loving little baby.
“When they grow up will it be
right of them to despisq^you, forget
you, aud say, by their behaviour you
never labored for their happiness f”
“They won’t; I know they won’t
said Davy, bluntly.
“Why, they would only follow your
example,” said the stranger.
“My fatber died wheu I was a lit
tle ore, and mother, too,” replied Da
vy*
‘‘Yet yon have lived and thrived,
aud now are happy in children of
your own.”
“Ay, true enough,” said Davy.
“By whose help 1” asked the stran
ger.
‘•I know what you are driving at,”
said Davy.
“Well, then, don’t you see that
while you expect your children to
grow up grateful and mindful of all
they have received from you, you
throw off all remembrance of that
Heaveuly Father whose hand protec
ted your orphan years, aud whose
love has followed you from infancy 1”
Davy was silent.
“Friend,” said the stranger, “from
this time I beseech.your owu your
Father His providence, His care aud
love. If I didu’t believe that his per
fect love watched over my child now I
Btmld not speak so calmly to you; but
l do, aud it pains my heart to see
one who has done me so great a ser
vice so unhappy as not to'know
where to look if sickness, perhaps
ieatb, should come into his bouse.”
The rest of the way Davy was si
lent ; but, when the gentleman on
landing placed a sovereign in his
hand, he gave it back.
“I should like you to pray for me,”
he said. “I was once at a prayer
meeting, and I’ll go ag^in. I am
very forgetful of God, but l hope I’ll
ineud ; and I look on your falling me
to bring you across not ah chance,
hut Providence. I won’t take more
than my fare, thank you, and I hope
rou’li find the little boy better.”
But the stranger told him the extra
ibilliugs were for the children, and
le must buy something for them with
t.
There was no time for argument;
ind when Davy got back that night,
browing the money to his wife, he
vent in to his children.
“Father I” cried the elder, starting
xom bis sleep, while the baby, eat
ing “Dad, dad 1” struggling to get to
lis arras.
A conviction arose in the fisher
nan’s heart that be hud not so ra
mmed his Heavenly Father’s love.
It was a truth be could not deny, and
the beginning of the conviction of
i be
iiWatitnde
Jroiell, when
i^ige, could ti
)irit of adoption
’Father; for, tangl
bad sought for Hii
through Jesus Obi
I perfected. Dav
oke of Ood in hi
fly say, from th
bis heart, -‘Abb
by hts Bible, h
in His own waj
■ His Sou.
OVER SENSITIVENESS.
Thauk God if yon have a tbicl
skin. That class of beasts that ar
known as pacbydermata, are great),
to be envied. Ten thousand pest
lent insects are always afloat in th
air, to make exasperating puncture
in a delicately sensitise cuticle.
Many years ago we Inade a flyinj
visit, in the snminertli&e, to Roauok
Islaud, in North Carolina. We sbal
never forget the flyin^tCpuds of ubi
quitous aud otnnivoiont mosquitoes
Mosquiors to the right of us—inosqui
toes to the left of ns—mosquitoes it
the front and the rear. We were obli
ged to fight every inch of our way:
but it was like taking up aruisagaiusi
■*,8ea of troubles, aud supposing by
oppusiug to end them. Proud ot oui
fancied blue blood, ant) reluctant tc
have it shed in such inglorious bat
tie, we would fain bave>run away, it
hope of fighting another day; bul
noticing that the natives seemed tc
enjoy immunity from jthe winged
pests, we asked one of, them who
proved to be somewhsit of a wag,
how it was that they were unmoles
ted; wbeieupon, with the utmost
gravity, he answered: “Stranger, a
mosquito will never bile where a
mosquito has bic ; aud we folks that
live here have been bitten all over,
a great while ago.” thanked
him for his explanation, l)ut prefer
red uot to purchase immunity at so
dear a cost. And yet, So doubt,
there was a deal of philosophy iu the
old mail’s reply. There is a possibil
ity of getting toughened agpinst the
little irritations that come upou us
from without. Blessed is the mau
who hath attained uute such a condi
tion, that he can move through the
midst of them without exasperation.
Oh, for' some real river Styx, into
which every Christian Achilles might
be dipped, heels and all, and so be
made invulnerable. This thing ol
having your nerves so close to the
surface, and ae morbidly sensitive
as to be cut to the quick by„every*lit
tie criticism, is of all t hings the moai
adapted to make one miserable, auc
to drive him from his work.
V\ e profoundly pity those onfo<tu
uate people who are always getting
their “feelings hurt.” And yet, then
are comparatively few that can sym
patbize with them, because they can
not understand them. We can.
Some years ago, the editor essayec
to be a boy again. And so, under t
scorching sun, at the sea-shore, bare
footed aud bare-legged, he weut wa
ding on the flats in search ef clams
For a week or two afterwards, when
ever he walked, it was with shoes ful
of fire. And it was absolutely won
derful, bow many exasperating peo
pie, as if “with malice aforethought/
ran afoul of those leet. Nobody
could come within ten feet, that didn’i
somehow manage to collide with those
two feet. We were expecting it; we
knew they would; we saw the lurk
ing mischief in their eyes; and we
were never disappointed.
Bad enough, we can testify, to be
thus afflicted in one’s feet; but how
must it be to be that way all overi
And there are such sufferers, wh^se
whole life is a sort of martyrdom. /
They cannot possibly comprehend
how it is—why^t is—that ewry
thing should be aimed at them.
There they stand, like some wre/ched
victim of savage-torture, all stuck
full or arrows, and writhing it pain
as real as ever martyrB suffered.
It is this that explains the exodus
of so many of our Sunday-school
teachers, that did once run well.
They got “hurt,” and so they went
away.
It is this that cows the spirit of
many an earnest Sunday-school su
perintendent, whose super-sensitive
nature followers of Him who, unmov
ed alike by frowns and ffat\ery, went
steadily forward in the doihg of the
will of his Father in heaven.'.
Nor is it at all in the line, L- spirit
of that great Apostle who ski^l, “It
is a light thiug to me te be juflged of
man’s judgment”; and on another oc
casion : “None of these things move
me; neither count I my life dear unto
myself, so that I might fin**k my
course with joy, and the ministry,
which I have received of the' Lord
Jesus.”
We are not ol the number of those
whese counsel is, “Never mind what
people say. We say—Do mind it. II
it be in the line of generous appreci
ation, thank God for it. If it be un
comfortable criticism, consider. Per
haps there may be good occasion foi
be critic’s Bharp reproof. Perhaps
t you have done the beet yon can, auc
■ the unkindly fling is bnt the ontcomi
9 of a naturally captions and ceosori
» on8 spirit.
3 In the one case, ask the Lord tc
> give you grace to amend your ways.
In the other case, beg him to give
grace to your nnehantable censor,
that be may have a better heart and
t * milder tongue. But in any event,
5 £° ri«ht on with your work, thiukiug
r more of that aud less of self; more of
Christ, and less or humau criticism_
Sl content if, after all our toils on earth
• are ended, we shall have the joy un
speakable of bearing His voice saying
to us—
’ “Well doue, good and faithful ser
I vant; enter thou into the joy oftby
Lord.”—Baptist Teacher.
CHURCH 60ING.
Rev. Prof. R. G. Hitchcock of this
city, in a recent sermon, spoke in
substance as follows in reference to
the causes of neglect of public wor
ship :
“A report reaches us from New
Ragland, where thirty or forty years
ago every lariner hitched up his team
and took his family to worship on
the Lord’s day, that the horse sheds
are all rotten aud not required for
use, and well-to-do farmers louuge
around instead- of going to church.
And so it is in a different sense ir.
the great cities. People who go to
church uow-a-days dress so well —
like Indians going to a pow-wow, in
all the glory of paint and feathers—
that thosew''TsTitSSflf* afford to dress
well rentf jyoi Then, again,
skeptic^%c\k Jr) ri^of it are iu
the air. 'C the battle ra
ging bet .'Vy'Scleu ce * au d revelation
is a great drawback Ho the attend
ance of the masses at worship. We ! i
: are now, as it were, on the banks of! i
: Newfoundland, ploughing through a I
heavy fog. Let us keep our steam- |
er’s head straight and we will come i
out all right on the other side. Ido I
not complain of the many costly <
churches that are built, because noth- i
ing can be too costly that is dedica- i
ted to the Lord, but tbe trouble is 1
that they are not given to the Lord 1
wheu they are built, but a heavy I
pew rent is charged that keeps away ’
tbe masses. Keep on in that way 1
and you will shut out tbe masses. *
I
lou build churches lor the neb and
chapels for the poor. Yon may fill i
your churches, but your chapels will 1
be as empty as the cage from which 1
the bird, had flown. Then, again, 1
large sums are expended for music, <
and you tax men to pay for it who '
have no ear lor music. We are lo- *
siug from our Protestant churches <
the masses—the bone and sinew of 1
1 the nation—aud the chapelsd won’t 1
save them to us. I don’t believe in I
poor preaching for the poor people.
You must go to the poor and bring
them iu with you. There is one lacf
you must understand, and that is,
that if you don’t begin to grapple
with the masses they will soon grap
ple with you. I don’t want to insult
yon by calling you cowards, but you
must remember that there are in this
country many wild Socialist dream
er’s, who are ready to lead the mas
86s, who a"e troubled sorely, many of
them, by domestic sorrows. They
/ook at your comfortable homes and
compare them with their desolate
cues. They see the stores groauiug
under a weight of silks and satins,
and have them flaunted in their fa
ces as yon walk the streets. Can
you wouder that they grind their
teeth when they remember their own
beloved ones in rags l These poor
dreamers will dream aud dream on,
hut they will meet with a bitter dis
appointment. Do yonr work, then,
as Christians; go out to the high
ways ind byways and help lift np the
maasts.”
When I consider the multitude of
associated forces which are diffused
tlmugh ualure,—when I think of
that calm balancing of their euer
giei which enables those most pow
erful iu themselves, most destructive
to the world’s creatures and economy
to dwell associated together and be
made subservient to the wants of cre
ation, I rise from the contemplation
more than ever impressed with the
wisdom, the beueflcience, aud gran
deur, beyond our language to ex
press, of the Great Disposer of all.—
JParaday.
-—
The Wabfabe of Life.—Oui
jrdest battles are with ourselves :
iAonr worst enemies are in our own
Some, however, have nc
arfare of this sort, but give way tc
rery Inclination, aud speak aud acl
ist alike. Can this be right f Sure
■ not, if we go by the Bible.
*TT
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RESULTS OFVIVlSECTlON.
A series of highly interesting ei
periments with dogs has been latel
ma<le by Prof. Mott, and in the Scien
tific American of Feb. 7 a detailei
account is given. The disclosure
are so unpleasant and startling, com
ing home, as they do, to every one
that we believe they should be givei
the greatest publicity. The effori
Dr. Mott is making to porify onr ar
tides of kitchen use should receive
the support of every thinking man
and woman. There has been toe
much indifference on this subject—
an indifference that has resulted in
Americans earning the title of “a
race of dyspeptics,” Poison, year af
ter year, is introduced into the stom
ach with a criminal disregard to
consequences that is appalling. I(
every pmv^or of domestic ^supplies
will carefully consider the result ef
Dr. Mott’s experiments, as detailed
in the Scientific American, one of the
greatest, if not the greatest, of these
evils will be corrected.
Dr. Mott says: “The introduction
of alum in flour, for various purposes,
has been a trick of the baker for the
past 100 years. Fortunately for so
clety, its introduction is limited now
to a few unscrupulous bakers. In
England, France and Germany it is
an offense punishable by tine and im
prisonment to use alum in any con
with articles of food. It
so in America.”
^hefioyal Baking Powder Compa
uy, of this city, a long established
corporation celebrated for the abso
late parity of their goods, some time
ago commenced a vigorous warfare
igainst many of their competitors
ivbo wefre indulging in hurtful adul
erat:on.\ The contest excited great
nterest it scientific circles, in which |
Jrof. Angel I, Dr. Mott, and other
ending lights took a very prominent
‘art. The experiments of Dr. Mott
ire a result of this discussion, and go
o prove conclusively that the most
laugerons adulteration that a com
uuuity has to guard against is alum
n baking powder. In bis paper, the
doctor says: “It was with difficulty
found a suitable place to conduct
be experiments so that the animals
ronld not disturb the neighborhood
>ot, through the courtesy of the
lommissioners of the Dock Depart
nent, I secured a shed on their prem
tUUI U1 OIAICCUIU OUCCt cftliu
Bast ltiver. This shed I had com
detely remodeled into a suitable
loose, having the dimensions of
ibout 16x14x12 feet. Sixteen stalls
vere made iuside, having the dimen
dons of 3Jx2x2£ feet. The bottom
>f each eompartmtut was covered
A'ith straw, making a pleasant bed
for the dogs. I thed secured 16 dogs
from the Pouud, whfch were all care
fully examined to seetjf they were in
a perfect state of health. Hone but
the strong, healthy digs were selec
ted. The breed, agd food, color,
and weight of every log was care
fully noted. Each d<W was then
confined to a stall aid secnrely
chained, and they all revived a num
ber, from one to 10. ^ commenced
my experiments on theiOth of Sep
tember, and finished Dei 3. Jiy as
sistant was with the dogafrom morn
ing until night, and ceveqleft the an
imals without first securely bolting
and locking the dog-htuse. No stran
ger was allowed to enter' the bouse
unaccompanied either by (myself or
my assistant, and tie dogs never re
ceived a mouthful of food orbnything
else*from any one excopt fro# my as
sistant or myself. I will now detail
the result of my experiments 1
“Dog No. 1.—Breed of doglcoacb,
Age, 1 year. Health, perfect! Food
bread and crackers. Color, dotted
black and white. (Weight, 35 pkiuds.
“To this dog, on the morning if the
9th of September, was given light
biscuits at 8:10 o’clock. The Ibis
cuits were made by myself as folftws:
One quart sifted Hour, 20 teaspims
alum baking powder, 2 cups watt*, 1
tablespoon butter, 22 biscuits male,
weighiug 27 ouuces; time of bakiAg,
20 miuutes.
“At 11:30) just three hours aife
twenty minutes, the dog was taktk
very sick, vomitiug profusely ; hi
vim aud brightness of eye bad dJ
parted, aud he trembled cousiderablj
in his limbs.’’
Experiments were then made upor
three dogs with biscuits containluj
ouly 10 teaspoons of alum bakinj
powder. The result indicated tha
' some rngmaU are more liable to yiel
i to the electa of poisonous substance
than others are. When, on the otl
1 er hand, three other dogs were fe<
’ with biscuits made with pure crear
; of tartar baking powder, no ill effect
were experienced. They ate and at
with an evident relish, day after day
and even whined for more.
. It was next necessary to discovei
what effect alum Uaa on the solvem
power of the gastric juJee. In order
to obtain some pure gastric jnice a
curious device was resorted to. l)r. «
Mott seut several dogs to Prof. Ar
' no!d, Medical dcpartSMBt of the TJui
versity of New Vorit, who inserted a
small metallic tube directly through
the skin and into the stomach of each
' one of them, when the dogs Were in a
perfectly healthy cenditioik Prof.
Arnold sent lo Hr. Mott som« gastric
juice, which was produced by tick
ling the lining of the stomach of the
dogs with a feather or glass rod,
which caused the gastric juice to {flow
out of the tube iuto a receptacle
placed underneath the dog to receive
it.
Dr. Mott, aided by Prof. Sehedlar,
then began some experiments with
the four samples of gastric juice,
which he had received frem Prof. Ar
nold, to discover the effect of the gas
trie juice in which alum had been dis
solved upon fibrine, a white, very
easily digested substance having a
basis of coagulated blood. The ti
brine was imperfectly digested, and
the experiments were very important
as showing that alum can check the
digestion of so easily digested a sub
stance as fibriue. They indicate,
therefore, how daugerous it is to in
troduce these two salts into out stoin
achs, if we do not wish to excite indi
gestion aud dyspepsia. Further ex
periments showed that the digestive
power of the gastric juice is entirely
destroyed by alum, so far as its pow
er of dissolving the more indigestible
substances, like the boiled white/ of
an egg is concerned.
Dr. Mott then determined to learn
wbother alumina could be found in
the various o,£l1ns of the body if a
dog was led with hydrate of alumina.
He found a considerable quantity of
the stuff in the blood, liver, kidneys
and heart.
The Lector goes on to describe the
diffeienc Siiupinms exhibited bv
th£se dogs *• they passed through
almost every fe.se ol animal agony
until they we.W in a C0I *
S ate ot physic. pXostratI011
those specially nVested
hills ot this subyecW aWfa|e ,
Scientific AinericaiK,,.. ,
, . Implement w
give mast complete
we will spare the sy“P^SrlreuIer
the account of the suflftr^1^.
dumb brutes. , ,
Dr. Mott’s conclusion, afer mating
these experiments, are ofintal inter
makes or
fxmcern all.
said he re
[ before the
pty, “clearly
left in the
tartar ba
|re perfectly
Ilium baking
dangerous,
dogs were
with such
made veiy
lit profusely
jw weakness
imphant cor
Irtiocs of the
bompany, and
gratitude aud
Bst to every one who eitl
eats bread, aud therefon
“These experiments,”
eently, while speakiugj
American Chemical S<
demonstrate that the si
biscuit when a cream
king powder is used
harmless, but wheu ai
powder is used are vei
for iu every case whei
fed with biscuits ma<
powders the dogs we)
sick, causing them to vf
lose all energy, and si
iu their limbs.”
It is a clear and ti
roboration of the ass
Royal Baking Powder
entitles them to the
support of the community they are
endeavoring to prot^t. -As they
claim, aud Pr. Mott has shown,bread
made of alum is totally unfit for hu
iijimi fir animal food, l’is true, in the
bread of domestic constunotuM*-*1**"* -
may not be as targe a proportion of
baking powders as was iu the bread
used by Dr. Mott, and that accounts
for the fact that the symptoms iu the
reader are not so well defiued as they
were iu the experiments in question.
How many there are of our immedi
ate friends suffering from this evil,
scientific investigation will alone re
veal ; but many a liugefing and suf
eriug invalid, with no defined idea of
his trouble, can easily trace it to its
source by stopping the use of alum
powders, substituting some brand
like the Royal Baking Powder,whose
manufacturers have a competent
chemist in their exclusive employ,
who rigidly analyzes every ingredi
ent before its incorporation into their
powder. The old cry of “honesty is
the best policy” may be worn thread
bare, but its truth will hold forever,
and while adulterations and short
weights abound, it is a pleasure*to
ee at least one iu the trade strenu
ously endeavoring to give full weights
d pure goods.—Xeic 1 otk Tribune.
VfHE best place to keep eggs intend
l t'or hatching is to wrap them iu
paier aud put them down cellar in a
coir red box or basket. I have kaowu
eg* to hatch after being kept this
waT for four weeks before being set.
If they have to be kept some tithe it
it to turn thstu once evefy day
or evVry other day. But set
as soop as a hen ean be had
f
te eggs
;o take
them.
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