CHRISTIAN SUN.
pr ESSENTIALS, UNITY;
IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY;
Volume XXXJII.
IN ALL THINGS, CHARITY.
SUFFOLK, V^?L., F^IUiXY MAY 7, 1880.
JSTumfoer 19,
A HUNOREO Y-EARS FROM NOW.
The surging sen of human life forever, onward
rolls,
And bears to the eternal there its dally freight of
souls.
Though bravely sails our barque to-day, pale
death sits at the prow,
And few shall know we ever lived, a hundred
years from now.
0 mighty human brotherhood 1 why fiercely war
and strive,
While (iod's great world has ample, space for ev
erything alive?
Broad fields, uncultured and unclaimed arc
ave tiling for the plow
Of progress, that shall make them bloom a hun
dred years from now.
Why should we try so earnestly, in life’s Bhort
IIBI1UR B|'r»U| |
On golden bUirt to climb so high above ou
brother man I
Why bnadly at an earthly shrine in slavisl
hdinage bow?
Our gold will rnst, ourselves be dust, a hundrst
year8 from now.
Why prize so much the world's applause? W by
dread so much its blame?
The fleeting echo to its voice of censure or o
The prnisc that thrills the heart, the scorn thai
dyes with shame the brow,
"Will be as long-forgotten dreams, a hundred
years Irom now.
0 patient beartr, that meekly bear your weary
loud of w rong!
O earnest hearts, that bravely dare, and striving
grow more Btrong !
Press on till petieui peace is won: you’ll never
dream of how
You struggled o’er life's thorny read, a hundred
years from now.
Grand, lolly souls, who live and toil that fiec
dom, right and tiuth
Alone may rule the universe, for you is endless
When ’mid the blest with God you re3t, the
grateful land shall bow
Above your clay in rev’rent love, a hundred
years from now.
Earth’s empires rise, roll on and fall, like break
ers on the shore,
They rush upon the rocks of doom, go down,and
are no more.
The starry wilderness of worlds that gem night’s
radiant brow
Will light the skies for other eyes, a hundred
years from now.
Our Father, to whose sleapleM eyes the past and
future stand
An open page, like babes we cling to Thy pro
tecting hand ;
Change, sorrow, death are naught to us, if we
may safely bow
Beneath the shadow of Thy throne, a hundred
year9 from now.
election^,
HERE AND THERE.
—An interesting archaeological dis
covery is reported from Palestine.—
Au Arab who was quarrying stone
the other day at a place about four
aud a half miles from Gaza unearthed
a marble figure supposed to be a co
lossol god of the Philistines. The
dimensions of the figure are as fol
lows: Three feet from the top of its
head to the end of its beard ; 27 inch
es from ear to ear; 13J inches from
top of forehead to mouth ; 54 inches
from shoulder to shoulder; 81 inches
from crown ef head to waist; and 54
inches the circumference of the ueck.
The total height of the figure is flf
teen feet. The hair hangs in long
ringlets down upou the shoulders,the
beard is long and indicates a man of
venerable age. The right arm is
brokeu in half, while the left arm is
crossed over the breast to the right
shoulder, where the baud is hidden
by the drapery of a cloth coveriug the
shoulders. There is no inscription on
the pedestal, which is a huge block
carved in one piece with the figure.
The statue was found in a recumbent
positiou, buried in the sand on top of
a hill near the sea. It bad evidently
been removed from its original site,
which is, unknown. Its estimated
weight is 12,000 lbs. The Pasha of
Jerusalem has ordered a guard to
watch this relic of undent art and to
prevent any injury to it by the fanat
ics of Gaza.
—Some time ago, one of Arkansas’
most widely known statesmen, who
is now dead, was passing along a
street in Little Bock, when an old
colored man, who had ouce belonged
to him, approached, took of his hat
and passed a baud over his white
wool, as be asked:
‘•Marster, gin the ole man fifty
cents.”
“Dan, you are a robber 1”
“How 1” asked the astonished dar
key, opening bis eyes, around which
roughshod age had walked^
“Didn’t you see me put my band
into my pocket t”
“Yes, sab.”
“Well, you old rascal, you rob me
of the pleasure of giving you money
without being asked.”
The old man received a dollar.—
Bowing almost to the ground, while
tears came from his eyes, fie implied,—
“Marster, wid sioh a hesft as you
Lab, aud wid Abraham and Isaac and
de Lord on your side, I don’t see
what can keep you oat obbeaben.”
A SCOLDING WIFE CURED.
•‘Some years ago,” says a recent
writer, “it was my privilege to work
as district-visitor in one of fiur popu
lous London parishes. In alcellar in
one of the courts assigned me, lived a
pious old soldier, who had lost one of
bis legs in fighting for his country.
This, however, did not afflict him—
no, nor yet his deep poverty, nor his
dark, damp lodging; but his wife
was ungodly, and this lay as a heavy
bnrdeu on bis heart. He had a tri
fling pension, which, with the scanty
product of a mangle, scarcely sufficed
for their maintenance ; they bad fif
teen pence a week to pay for the cel
lar, where rats ran over their wretch
ed bed at night. The simple faith
and piety of the old soldier at once
won my heart; I often visited him,
to be refreshed aud edified by his re
marks while reading the Word of
God to him.
“One morning tbe post brought me
a letter from a friend, to whom I had
written abont this aged couple. She
bad been interested with their histo
ry, and sent me five shillings in
stamps, to be laid out for them as I
might judge best. I set, out at once
to carry them the good news. In
vain, however, did I stand at the top
of the dark stairs that morning, and
call loud to Mis. G-to open the
door, that L might find my way down.
It was of no use; she was scolding
aloud, a:.d was deal to even other
sound. 1 groped my way, and, ma
king for the door, gave a loud rap,
which soon brought Mis. G-’s
voice to a momentary hush, and an
expression of regret that she had not
heard me. I replied, that I was
greatly surprised and, troubled, to
find her scolding so loudly.
“ ‘It is enough to provoke a saint,’
sho said, ‘to see him go on as he does.’
“ ‘Oh, don’t trouble the lady with
them things,’ said her husbaud ; ‘let’s
have some of the words of God—for
truly we need them this morning.’
“Mrs. G-, however, was not to
be so silenced ; she would give vent
to the anger that swelled her breast.
I will relate her grievance in her
•wn words.
“‘Now, here's a man for yon,
ma’am ! without a bit of care for bis
wife 1 The other day we bad only
oue penny in tbe lithise, aud 1 sent
him to get in a bit of bread ; but in
stead of that, he goes and gives it
away to a tramp he knows nothing
of!’
“The old soldier looked deeply
grieved. ‘My dear lady,’ he said,
•mere are two ways oi lewug everj
story and then, with much emotion,
he gave me his own version. It was
very true, the penny was all they
had ; and he was proceeding to the
baker’s, when a traveling man, with
his wife and three children, sitting
on a door step, arrested his attention.
He found that, like himself, they
were natives of Scotland, sick and
hungry : he spoke to them words of
consolation from the Bible, and
found, to his joy, that they were fel
low-believers in the Lord Jesus. On
parting he slipped his penny with a
thankful heart into the hand of his
afflicted brother. It was not until he
had done so that he remembered
with dark forebodings, ‘What will
wife say t’
“Heie Mrs. G-interrupted him
with an exclamation that ‘Be must
be a pretty husband, who would rob
his wife to give to a stranger !’
‘“Let me finish,’ said he, ‘and you
shall see, ma’am, how the Lord re
turned that little offering-more than
tenfold.’ He then went on to relate,
that, not daring to go bacjt empty
handed, he walked up and down, ask
ing the Lord to supply his need—not
for himself, for ho was now no more
hungry, bnt for his wife’s sake. While
walking to and fro, a gentleman in
quired of him the way to the post
office ; the soldier offered to show
him the way ; and while walking to
gether, the gentleman entered into
conversation with him, and asked if
he were not old G-, whom he had
known years ago. G- replied
that he was; upon which'the gentle
man put a shilling into his hand, and
bade him God-speed.
“ ‘New,’ added this old Christian,
‘is noijour Master ever true to his
word ; and does he not bless an hun
dred fold all we do for his sake t’ •
“I was deeply touched with this
narrative, and felt solemuly impres
sed with the fact of God’s individual
providence, aud with the wondrous
links in that great chain of life, which
reveal to those who look for them the
unceasing care and lore of Jesus for
his people. I recalled to rniud also
the letter I had ^received this morn
iug; so I inquired what was their
present trouble.
“Here Mrs. G—— once more broke
forth in complaints. The landlady
had demanded their rent by twelve
o’clock that day, as she bad a pay
ment to make np. They had bat a
tew hair-pence in'the house, and the
old woman was for hastening off her
husband with some things from the
mangle, which would bring them
six-pence more. ‘But I could not get
him to go!’ exclaimed she;‘/te said
he must first ask the Lord; so, instead
of doing as I bid him, there he has
beeu sitting over the Bible ; and as if
lie had not lost time enough already,
he must needs go down on his knees,
and all my shaking nud scolding him
could not get him up till just before
you came ; and now it’s within half
an hour ot twelve 1’
“G-, I should hare observed,
was standing with his stick and hat
in baud, and a bundle under his arm,
when I came in, as if ready to go out.
“ ‘How much do you owe V I in
quired.
“‘Just five smiling,” replied she;
‘it’s fifteen pence a week, as you
know, ma’am, aud it is just four weeks
last Saturday.’
“I said nothing, but opened the
letter. I read to her that portion
which related to her husband, and
then gave him the live shillings
worth of stamps.
“It was a moment never to be for
gotten. The old man stood speech
less with joy, with his beaming eyes
lifted up in sweet thankfulness to his
heavenly Father, while .Mrs G
sank down upon a chair, and, cover
iug her face with her hands, wept
tears of shame and sorrow.
“ ‘May God forgive me !’ said she ;
‘1 am a wicked woman. Yes, I see it
all now. I didn’t believe it; but it’s
just as G-read it out of that very
flible, not half an hour back. Before
they call, I will answer. Oh, I didn’t
believe it—1 didn’t believe it I May
God forgive me!’
“God’s love had at last melted her
stubborn heart, aud the overpower
ing sense of the fact, ‘Thou, God,
seest me,’ made her tiemble with fear
for her unbelief
“From this time a brighter day be
gau to dawn upon old G-’s night
of sorrow. His wife, so long the biu
derer of Ins peace, and the object of
hie agonizing intercession, would now
often sit by his side when he read
the Bible, which had become more
ueedfnl to him than his daily bread—
accompany him to church and to the
school room weekly lecture ; and when
I left the parish, I had the comfort of
believing that this work iu her heart
was the work of the Holy Spirit.—
John Richardson Phillips.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The original object of Sunday
schools was to furnish instruction to
children who had no other opportu
nity of obtaining it. The course in
cluded, flrst, some knowledge of the
elements of secular education, and
afterwards instruction in scriptural
truths. At present Sunday-schools
have widened their sphere, embra
cing children of all classes, who in
some instances derive their entire re
ligious education through this chan
nel.
There is no danger that the Sun
day school will do too much for chil
dren, but there is a serious danger
that parents will do too little. The
couimaudmeut of God to his ancient
people was:—‘‘Hear, O Israel; the
Lord our God is one Lord ; and thou
sbult love the Lord thy God. with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might. And these
words which I command thee this
day, shall be iu thine heart: and
thou shalt teach them diligently unto
thy children, and shalt talk ef them
when thou sitteth in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest dowu, and when
thou risest up.” Deut. ri. 4-7.
In this way the Jewish people per
petuated among their descendants
the knowledge of the true God. They
were not allowed to delegate this
duty to others. Parents were com
manded to keep the words of God iu
their own hearts, and then they were
diligently to teach them to their chil
dren. This was not to be the em
ployment of a single hour in the week,
but it was to be day after day, and
from year to year; rising up and Bit
tiug down, they were to rehearse and
impress these words upon the tender
minds of their offspring. Doing this,
they flrst of all kept God’s words in
their own minds, and then conveyed
them to the minds of their childten.
It was under such instruction as
this, that Timothy from a child knew
the holy Scriptures; it was this in
struction that made the Word of God
familiar to Israel of old throughout
their generation.
No stranger can well accomplish
such a service as this. No minister,
no teacher can take a parent’s place.
They lack the opportunity and they
lack the authority which God has
bestowed upou the parent. What
right hare parents to neglect this
department of their appointed work,
and iustead of studying, aDd teaching
their own children the Word of God,
depend on sending them away once
a week to be taught lor half an hour
by some inexperienced and often un
converted Sunday-school teacher, the
things which they onght to learn
from a father’s lips or beside a moth
er's knee t
It may be said that parents do not
and will not teach their children,
and so the work must be done in
Sunday-school; and this may be
true. Let it then also be said that
their neglect is a sin, and deserves
earnest reproof from every servant of
God.
We would undervalue no education
that accomplishes good for humanity;
but if it. be fouud that an hour of in
struction once a week in the Sunday
school, too often from an incompetent
teacher, is to be sub^tituteU lor the
teaching of a godly Wither or the
tender utterances of a loving moth
er’s voice; both children and parents
will lose largely by the exchange.
Parents should comprehend their
responsibility to their offspring, and
while children of .irreligious parents
may well be taught so far as practi
cable in the Sunday-school; and
while other children may tie greatly
benefited thereby: yet the daily
teaching of the Word of Ood, beneath
a loving lather and mother’s care,
can not with safety lie laid aside.for
any other method which men, among
their many inventions, have sought
otit.
In the second volume of Martin’s
Life of Prince Albert, which has
been published in England, the fol
lowing sentence is given from the
Queen’s private memoranda upon the
education of her eldest daughter:—
“It is already a bard case for me
that m.y occupation prevents me be
ing with her when she says her pray
ers. 1 am quite clear that she could
be taught to have great reverence
for God and for religion, but that she
should have the feeling of devotion
and love which onr beaveuly Father
encourages bis earthly children to
have for him, and not one of fear and
trerabliug ; and that the thoughts of
death and an after life should not be
represented in an alarming and for
bidding view, and that she should be
made to know as yet no difference of
creeds, and not think that she can
only pray on her knees.”
It would be well for many mothers,
if they could not bear to be absent
from their children at the Lour of
prayer; it would be well for their
cbildreu also, to learn from the moth
er’s lips, those Holy Scriptures which
are able to make them “wise unto
salvation.”
WHITHER DRIFTING.
There is a serious teudency to con
'onnity to the world, in nominally
Christian circles, not excepting those
>f our om church. We see iu it the <
Imposition to lower the Scriptural
standards of right, by adopting those
;hat prevail in surrouudiug society.
We see it in the inconsistency be- :
;ween the faith aud the life. But, i
iltove all things, in the tendency to :
idopt the frivolous fashions aud tti- ;
ling amusements which prevail
irnong people who are without a ;
icrsoual experience of the saving |
power of the gospel. As our people
lave grown in wealth, and have been i
brown into association with wealthy .
leople who are uot Christians, there i
las been a stroug temptation fe't by I
;he youngec members of some of our <
families to conform to the same I
worldly customs, which are practiced
by their geuteel worldly friends. i
A great many parents have their i
rauity gratified by seeing their chil- I
iren receiving attention from per- I
sons, whose pretensions, indicate that
they belong to “good society.” And
pareuts of the class that “obey their ;
Bhildreu” soon begiu to make excuses <
for their children, which are too weak i
to bear examination. How often do <
we hear such excuses as the follow i
ing: “Well, you cauuot put an old
bead on yonug shoulders.” “Ta- i
king a glass of wine is not a mortal i
jin.” “There’s no more harm in dau- i
sing than in many other amusements i
that religious people countenance.” i
-•There is less sin in going to the op
jra or theatre than in staying at home :
and backbiting yonr neighbors.” i
How there is au element of troth
in these apologies; but they are not
broad enough to cover the cases te I
which they are inteuded to apply.
Every one of these apologetic excu
ses may be true; and yet parents
and children may be makiug a terri- i
ble mistake, in forsaking “the old <
paths,” and conforming to the ways <
of the world. We caunot put an old ;
lead on yonng shoulders; bat “the
companions of fool* will be destroyed”
nevertheless; and “jnst as the twig
is bent, the tree’s inclined.” Taking
a glass of wine may not be a crime;
ret it has been, in numberless cases
Ihe first step in the formation of a
iiabit that has become a degrading
slavery which blasted all the hopes of
life. There may be greater sins than
danciug : bnt the whole spirit that
pervades the ball-room is earthly and
lensual; and all history testifies that
none have been snccesfnl in uniting a
godly and useful life with these fri
volities. It iB not necessary that
those who stay at home from the
theatre should backbite their neigh
bors. It can be easily established
that the fascination of the treatre
and its corrupt associations have
been the moral ruin of many who
once pleaded tlio same excuse iu their
defence that others are pleading
now. They are ouly apologies for a
course that has acquired a tyranny
over the will.
These excuses are not the real rea
sons which influence the conduct of
those who make them ; they are ouly
the fig leaf covering to which nomi
nal Christians resort to cover the na
ked worldliness of their lives. VVe
entertain no narrow, or ascetic theo
ries of the Christian life; but assur
edly the drift of which we speak can
not spread iu the church, without a
great decline ofspipitual power. We
cannot serve Cod and Mammon. We
cannot seek oar chief enjoy ment in
ungodly associations and amuse
ments, and walk in the light of God’s
countenance at the same time. We
conuot pander to the selfish vanities
of those who know not God, aud
grorv in grace while doing this.
When the light of faith burns low,
aud religious eujoymeut becomes
small, the scriptural restriction of
our church discipline are felt to be
burdensome ; and sometimes we see
people seeking a connection with
some other church, where they can
have the prestige of Christianity and
enjoy the dissipating amusements
which have become congenial to their
backslidden hearts. But in such ca
ses, the compliment is jiaid to the
church they leave,rather than to that
to which they go. Oue thiug is clear.
The preseut is a testing time iu
many of our churches. We must fol
low Christ fully, or fail. All attempts
to unite the service of Christ wfth
the sinful follies of the world will eud
in shipwreck of faith. Even now,
the divine challenge is ringing in our
ears, “Choose you this day whom
you will serve.” “How loug halt ye
between two opinions ! If the Lord
be God, serve Him ; but if Baal, then
follow bim.’’—Christian Guardian.
BESTORING THE ERRING.
The first step toward restoration is
in acknowledgment of the error. It
s useless to talk of forgiveness until
:bere is an acknowledgement of
wrong. But so soon as tbe frank
ivowai, ‘-I have sinned,” is made, at
tnce all gracious, mural forces work
dr the restoration of the erring. The
Liord is “not willing that any should
lerish,” and his cbildreu share the
iarne unwillingness. Let there be
>nce a frank acknowledgement of er
•or, without evasion or concealment,
mrt as the Lord says, ‘‘Fury is not in
lie,” so every child of God feels the
ympathy of tender Christian love
joing out to the broken hearted one
vho kneels at mercy’s altar and seeks
or forgiveness for sins that are past.
3e who will not forgive cannot hope
or forgiveness. He who from tbe
lean forgives others, can with contt
lence implore forgiveness at the
laud of God.
If you have done wrong make haste
o wright the wroug. Let no false
uodest.v or false pride delay for an
lour an houest confession of your
ault. Do not spoil your confession
vith too many “ifs and ands,” nor
with too many excuses. You confess
four fault, and leave the excuses to
ithers. You will be astonished to
lee how soon troubles can be healed,
lifficulties settled, and enemies recou
nted by confession aud prayer.
All heaven is on the side of tbe
uau who,asks forgiveness and the
nan who grants it. Heaven is
igainst the man who will not ask it
>r who will not bestow it. God is the
'reatest fergiver in the universe.—
jet his children seek to follow his ex
imple, forgiving the erring even to
icventy times seven.
What better is the Christian who
f*ts no personal communion and help
tom his Father than tbe heathen
vho has no God t If it be answered,
letter in knowledge aud a possible
iccess to God in need, it must be ad
led, worse in responsibility that
somes from the opportunity unim
proved and known duty not done.
HARR0WIN6_Y0UNG CORN. *
It is an excellent plan to run a light
drag or harrow over the -corn rows
just before the corn comes op, It
helps in several ways—it makes the
surface loose and gives the corn a
better chance to grow—it interferes
to some extent with the work of the
cut worm—it puts the ground in bet
ter tilth and makes easier work for
the first plowing—and it retards the
growth of the grass that is springing
up around the corn. Close, stiff land
that has a great tendency to get hard
on the surface is especially bene fitted
by liaviug the harrow run over the
rows, touch more of the corn will
comeopaud make strong plants in
consequence,—and it would be a,
benefit on land of any description. It
takes but little time and light labor
^o run cnce over the rows, and sever
al acres can be dragged over in a sin
gle day. Auy one of the ' benefits
named above would pay for the trou
ble.
Crops need the most and best at
tention when young. It is impor
tant to give them a qnick aud vigor
ous start at the outset—this the har
rowing will help to do, and help bet
ter perhaps than any other working
that conhl be given at this stage. Of
course care must be taken not to al
low the hoes to reach too deep, or
many of the young corn plants might
be destroyed. This the workman
can easily prevent by arranging bis
drag or barrow to do shallow work.
It is only wanted to loosen the sur
face and remove the big clods, turf,
&c., from inipediug the growth of
the corn. The hurrowiug will be al
most equal to a working with the
plow, and will defer the time for the
first plowing several days.
Those who have not tried this plan
are recommended to test it now. If
doubtful of its utility, try a small
area only and note the result iu com
parison with other parts of the fieM.
This is the way the farmer should
test every tew scheme, or thing that
may be new to him. Jfo man should
surrender entirely the old aud tried
practices he has followed till be has
proven the new to be better. Try
harrowing the corn and see if it does
not work well.—Rural Messenger.
Poultry Hints. -Spring wheat
is the best of all grain for making
eggs plenty.
Dust baths are highly essential
where fowls are restricted to limited
space, at any season.
Eggs for sitting are best not over
a fortnight old. If lunch older they
are longer iu hatching, aud the chicks
are not so thrifty.
Sitting hens, turkeys, docks, or
geese all incliue, when “broody,” to
seek out retired -places in which to
commence this operation.
If the purchaser of valuable eggs
would always perform his duty as
faithfully ns he expects the seller to
perforin his, we would hear less char
ges of dishonesty, less fault finding
with express companies, etc.
Tomato.—The soil best suited for
the tomato, js a light sandy loam. A
little quick, line manure iu each hill
will hasten forward the plaut. Trans
plaut when about two inches high
aud set out four feet apart each way.
To basteu the maturity of the fruit,
market gardeners pinch off the ex
tremities of the tops, all secondary
shoots which afterwards appear above
the tlowers. Trellises of stakes and
hoops form a good support for the.
plants. The south side of a fence is a
good place to plant them, tacking
them up as they grow. •
Chicken Broth.—Wash half of
the breast aud one wing of a tender
chicken ; put iu a saucepan with one
and a half pints of water, tablespoon
of rice, or pearl barley, let it simmer
slowly and skim ; season to taste.—
When the chicken is thoroughly cook
ed, take it out and serve the broth in
a bowl with a bit of dry toast or
crackers. If barley is used it should
first be cooked several hours.
To Cork Hard Corns.—Hard
corns may be treated as follows: Take
a thick piece of soft leather or felt,
cut a hole in the centre. Upon go
ing to bed at night fill the hole in the
centre of the leather with a paste
made of soda and soap wash it off in
the morning, aud repeat the same
process for several uights and the
corn will be removed.
A farmer should look ahead,
think in advance of his work, and
have his plans well laid.
Subscribe for the Sun.
HOUSE CLEANING.
In the spring women’s thoughts
turn to house cleaning; and where
there aie not many hands to make
light work of it, it is iudeed hard
work ; and it will pay well to hire a
waman to help with the heaviest part
of it, sttch as the washing of windows,
paint, bed spreads, blankets, and the
like. The men ought to be willing
to lend a helping hand in putting
down the carpets, as well as in shak
ing them. It is not needful to take
up all the carpets; only those rooms
that are in constant use require such
thorough cleaning. In the other
rooms, if moths are to be feared, it
is well to looseu all the edges of the
icarpet and sweep out all the dust
that has collected under them, and
wash the floors with strong soapsuds,
in which a little coal oil has been
mixed, and then tack down the car
pets, keeping the windows open un
til the disagreeable odor has vanish
ed. The moths will not attack the
carpets this year, when thus treated.
; It is in the corners and along the
edges of the walls that their attacks
are always to be dreaded ; and if the
millers can be kept away by any pun
gent substances, such as red pepper,
powdered camphor, borax, or alum,
there need be no fear of them. Up
holstered furniture can be kept free
by washing out the concealed parts,
where the backs and seats meet, with
strong alum water, and it will also
brighten the color of the greens and
reds. But before the coverings are
washed they must be thoroughly
cleansed from all (lust and smoke by
brushing them well with a still' brush,
wiping off the dirt with a damp cloth.
Boiliug hot alum water can also be
used to scrub carpets that are infes
ted with moths, and it will surely
kill all larva;. Straw mattings can
be made to look fresh and eleau by
sprinkling corn meal over them, then
sweeping up, and afterwards washing
the breadths with a woolen clotli,
wrung out in strong salt and water.
—Selected.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Burnt coffee is one of the best dis
infectants.
[f you would avoid sickness the
coming summer, clean up and drain
all standing water.
Iu cooking cabbage, change the
water wfceu the cabbage is half boiled,
and it will emit a pleasanter odor.
Be careful to keep your cellar aired
if you wish milk and butter free from
bad tastes. Air iu the morning.
To stop bleeding at tbe nose, in
sert in tbe bleeding nostril a pinch of
iine salt, it will it is said instantly
stop tbe How of blood.
Cold boiled potatoes used as soap
will clean tbe bands and keep the
skin soft and healthy. Those not
over-boiled are tbe best.
Blowiug out a caudle : There is a
correct way to do everything. If this
be done in an upward direction tbe
wick will not smolder away, and the
next time it is wanted it will be in
good condition. -
One of tbe most refreshing drinks
in warm weather is lemonade, but it
is said that the great secret iu mak
ing it is to use boiling water and let
it become cool, when plenty of crush
ed ice can be added. ^
Children should not sleep with peo
ple advanced in years. For reasons
which will naturally suggest them
selves, such a domestic arrangement
should be carefully avoided. The
older system draws vitality from the
more youthful one always.
White flecks in butter are nothing
but bits of curdled milk, caused by
the acid in the cream, and no one
ever saw them in butter made wholly
from sweet cream. Butter is never
good when the cream is allowed to
get soar enough to form these flecks.
The following is said to be an ex
cellent furniture polish: One-third
of spirits of wine, one-third of vinegar
and one-third of sweet oil—rather
more of the last. Shake the bottle
daily for three weeks; it is then fit
fer use. Use every three or four
months. For dining tables and side
boards use every week; it makes
them beautifully bright.
Man may be happy without a gar
den; ho may have a home without a
tree, or shrub, or flower ; yet, when
tbe Creator prepared a home for manT
made iu his own image, he planted a
garden and iu this placed the noblest
specimens of creative power to dress
and to keep it, and there man rej
mained during his life of innocence
and happiness. And, in all parts of
the civilized world, the refinement,
and innocence, and happiness of the
people may be measured by the flow
ers that make one of the few pleasures
that improve alike the head and the
heart. This is a pleasure that brings
no pain, a sweet without a snare.