Volume XXXIII. SUFFOLK, VA.t FRIDAY JUNE 25, 1880. Number 26*
THE SAINTS’ REST,
BY KEY. HENRY B. HAYES.
There is a rest for thorn
That now are heavy laden,
A calm and sweet repose,
A blessed rest in heaven,
No sickness there no grief or pain,
Shall e’er ire known or felt again.
While on Beulah’s ground we itand,
Hard by the rolling river,
We view the promised land,
Vi here dwell we would forever,
And 0 front r.heoce away would fly,
To gain that home—that rest on high.
Sometimes on billows tost,
W e view the happy cauaan,
Esteeming all tilings lost,
Could we bat gain its haven,
And with the saints iorever blest,
We then would salely be at rest.
Timorous souls to heaven bound.
Trust ye still the Saviour,
Through the enchanted ground,
He'W guide you salely. ever,
And when the storm of life is o’er,
In heaven you’ll rest forevermore.
—Cun Alii thing be mire absurd
til>iit the puli;leal economy ibat pat
one dollar iulo tbe pulillt! treasury b;>
licensing the making of criminal*,
anti then spends ten lor tlieir prose
cutiun and punishment I This is ex
aetly what moat of these American
Stales are doing with regard to the
liquor traffic.
—The Apostolic Times, commenting
upon the delusion ol thinking we can
give God tin excuse for a non perform
ance of a duty, and that God will ac
cept it, says :
A greater falsehood never existed
When it is not within our power to
pt norm an act, God does not require
it; hence it does not become a duly.
But when if is within our power ii
becomes a duty, and God will except
no excuse for a nonperformance ol
that duty. To this position we ieai
no successful contradict ion. How lit
tle an insignificant appear the many
and trivial exeusesgiveu when viewed
from this standpoint! Many upon
this plea are found absent from the
bouse of God on the Lord’s day, ab
sent from the prayer meetiug, and
,'fERE AND THERE.
HUSeUL a ruui tut' ouuuuj -auiyui.
—To bear Colonel lugersol blas
pheme bis M.sker through two hours
auil a quarter, iu a New York thea
tre the other evening, two dollars
apiece w ere giveu b.y crowds of tueu.
They would have railed themselves
hoarse over the exorbitance of a
church that should charge that sum
per mouth for reut of a pew in God’s
house, for themselves aud their la mi
lies; aud over the minister who should
presume to preach more thau thirty
minutes. Aud with what refreshing
iuuocence does this apostle of a.lhe
istn uuroll the wealth of Mie Una
bridged iu vituperation of the “priest
craft that robs the poor”—for the
support of pastors toiling through a
year to help tueu upward, on less
mouey thau he absorbs iu a single
evening by diaggiug meu downward.
—llr. T. L. Cuyler, iu the Chris
tian Intelligencer, say s : ••There was
never a time w heu character went loi
more or w as iu greater demaud thau
now. The question,‘Is he smart I’l.
begiuning to give place to the mon
pertinent question, ‘Is be honest!
Even the ministry do not escape this
crucible ; for it is felt to he ot lucre as
iug moment that tile man who pre
seats Christ ou the Saboatb should
ai'so represent Christ duriug the week
by ia pure walk and godly couversa
tiou. There was a great deal of pm.
in the young lady’s remark about thi
uewly-electrd pastor, ‘1 dou’t cart
whether be is “loqueut or uot—is ht
pious I’ The cry iug ueed of ihe houi
is uot more braius, but more cou
science; the richest revival would hi
that which should give society mon
genuinely good meu and wonieu.”
—A mini of temperate habiis wiu
once dining at the house of a lie*
drinker. No sooner was the cloth re
moved from the diuuer-table than
wine aud spirits were produced, am
he was asked to take a glass of spit
its and water. “No, thauk you/’ said
he, “I. aui uot ill.” “Take a glass in
ale.” “No, thauk you,” said he, "J
am not thirsty.” The answers pro
duced a loud burst of laughter.
Boou after this, the temperate man
took a piece of brearTTroiu the side
board, aud hauded iSio his host, win
refused it, saying he) was not hungry
At this the temperate man laughec
iu his turn. “Surely,” said he, “J
have as much reasou to laugh at yot
for uot eatiug when you are uot hun
gry, as you have to laugh at me fo;
declining mediciue when uot ill, auc
drink wheu net thirsty.”—Exchange
' MINISTERIAL PIETY.
B? DR. JOHN HALL.
IIow shall ministerial piety be
maintained f I answer, by bard
work There is no success in any
thing without hard work. The law
yer is an example, for lie, as others,
“must work like a horse.” We sp<*ak
of it as a work of faith, but are too
apt to forget the meaning of that
phrase. God makes the sun to shine,
blithe does not till the field# that
grow the grain. The instruments are
ot us and with us. Whence onr’high
est motives, if not from the faith and
example of Christ II Men say reli
giou is a speculation, and occupies it
self with remote things. We are to
convince them of their error. We
may well ask these hard-headed,
worldly men what are y ou working
for if not for your children, for insti
tutions yet future 1 The most posi
tive of the positiveists work none the
less than we for the future, at least
in worldly affairs. 'Would we maiu
taiu ministerial piety, these things,
we should attend:
1. Devotional study of the Scrip
tures. We read the Scriptures lor
rnauy reasons; in addition we should
study them as a mere English book,
so that we may lead it helore our
people in a devotional spirit. I urge
you here, above all other considera
turns, study for purely devotional
purposes, lor this turning to your Sl
ide a ill strengthen your piety. When
1 entered college in England, 1
received a very complimentary and’
eucouiagiug letter from an old in
siruefor to Gieek and Latin. 1 kept
.hat letter lor many years ; it did me
: niueli good, hut thev «eie ouh llie
| . .
words of a man. Il'such is the pow
er of mail’s words, what must be, m
should Oe. the power, of God’s word I
We read l he morning paper, aim
tliiow it away, baviug gotten ail c u
of it, but wo never get ail ou
of a chapter in the Bible for the peo
pie.
\i. Fitting books of'an uninspired
chatucter should be read. - These ill
vide Themselves into two classes («)
the ‘good,” kind, or seucimenta
tiooks, containing such seuteuces a?
these, “Be.good, lie good ; O I do he
seech you be good.” These are good
enough iu their place. Tin re is a
better class, (b) such as “Thus, a’
Kempis,” “A 11 a d i u’s Private
Thoughts.” -Matthew Henry’s and
Thomas Scott’s Commentaries. Dry
light is uot sufficient for growth.
There must be also heat aud mois
ture, so with us iu our work there
must be lituess aud adaptation ol
things.
3. Taking ot time lor purely devo
tional occupations. Don’t imitate
some one else in this, as the lives ol
some godly meu whose biographies
may be in your hands. Be yoursel
ves. You need not write ostentati
ously over the doors of your study
rooms, “Engaged now in secret pray
er.” Take your own time, and way
and method. II you have some pet
thing in,tour sermon something to daz
zle, or something a little dogmatical,
pray over it, and see what effect it
will have upon it, whether you will
expunge it ftom tire text. A good
judge may not be able to tell epuri
ous silver coiu in the middle of a
room, but can when he takes it to the
window, where the light will shine
fully upon it; so of a thousand things
in our liofes as ministers, if taken t"
the light of prayer. Make it youi
habit to be devotional in things you
do as ministers. Let devotion per
ineate and saturate all your efforts.
Keep that tone of soul wh.ch God
lould have you possess. The ties
things have often been made the
worst things. The “retreat,” or tiun
for purely devotional work, should
not be compressed into six weeks ol
the year. Be ever in fellowship with
God, and if you lack courage, this i>
i he way to get it. Having met some
strong, courageous man, how it em
ooldens you to speak to some oue in
refereuce to whom jou hesitated! —
How much mere will we be. euibold
eued to speak if we commuue with
God 1
4. Deal honestly with the souls ol
your people, forcibly presenting to
them tiie truth of God. This is not
always easy, but it is duty. As in
lellectual meu we may do much, but
as meu couseerated to God, we must
do more than mere intellectual work
ers. Multitudes go to church aud as
eeud the steps, as did Zaecheus the
tree, aud take places just to see whai
we will do and say, but we must say
to them, Come dowu, for I will sup
with thee to-day. We must come
close to meu, if we would lift them
op.
5. Close, intimate, confidential as
sociatiou wittfa few other ministers,
for they will better understand you—
chose ooufidauta whom you will not
| fear to have know how weak or bo*
stupid you are. The little associa
■ tion of Wesley and his friends at Ox
ford in 1729, was productive of grea
flood. Likewise has that of Dr. Pu
sey and his associates been produc
■five of some good, if not of a grea
deal of evil. The private and inti
mate conl'erenees of the Collars ant
McCbeynes were felt in their effect!
all over Suutlaud. “As iron sharpen
eth iron, so doth the countenance oi
a man his friend.” The talks, the
prayers and the implicit eoulidenceoi
our college and seminary days will be
of untold advantage to ns iu future
days. When I came to accept my
call to this country, one of the hard
est things I experienced was the giv
ing up of my circle of ministerial as
soeiates.
6. Marriage, a subject rarely men
tinned in these lectures, must or
should secure to the minister his most
intimate associate and friend. Ac
complishment, a good education, and
good connections are important, hut
most important of all is that the
heart he right toward God. If this
he not so, lie must be surprised if he
make too great spiritual demauds,
and he met with, “You knew what I
was before marriage.” Many minis
ters are able to keep their places only
by the help ol (heir wives.
7. Separation of the minister from
many things It is not for him, asan
individual, to say want is proper and
whatnot. Avery exact analysisor
digest of rales camlet lie givei upon
tiiis subject, lor tins must be smiled
argt-ly t»y the Christian consciences
oi the people. Neiiher shoal ! the
minister go about in society spying,
i Iron shalt ami thoi*shall not. Pos
sessed of true wisdom, we v. ■ H in
s. mctively avoid tilings id quer-Co:,;'.
hie propriety. Weave, in sh u , to
>e so engaged that we will have in
taste for many things. Ministers
must live upon a high plane, and tie
uy themselves what others enjoy.—
Yon must have u profound sympathy
-nth y our w orlt.
The central idea iu this sesttou is.
while the presciiptiou produces its
effect, or the lawyer’s counsel effects
its end independent of the man, that
,1ns iu the nature of things cannot he
rue ut the minister, it is not an ex
ipere operation. Paul had for his as
sociate Barnabas, who was a good
man, and lull of the Holy U-host.—
You, too, must he tilled with faith.—
,'eek to have a heart of iron toward
self and sin, a heart of flesh toward
men, and a heart of tire toward God.
uHKIS I o r Al I HrULNtoo Ao ffiftAUHtK
The most notable example of the
preachiug of our Lord was that in
the synagogue at Nazareth. He was
accustomed to attend on the worship
at the synagogues, and he now not
ouly assumed the office of a reader,
hut that of an expounder also. The
passage he selected for his sermon
was that in Isaiah : “The spirit of
the Lord Jehovah is upoume; be
cause the Lord hath anointed -me to
preaeh good tidings unto the meek.1’
In the reading of these and following
words, God’s Spirit was so gloriously
upon him that the eyes of all the syn
agogue were fastened upon him. He
then began to show that himself was
that Anointed One of whom the pro
phet spake. In him the acceptable
tear of the Lord hail come to men,
and in him the day ot veugauce ol
our God shall come.
As every preacher is a steward and
has the gospel entrusted to him, it is
required in preachers above all other
requirements that they be found
aiihl'u!. And as Moses was faitblul
ii all his lnmse as a servant,so Christ
was faithful as a Son over his own
house. Being the Lord of all preach
ers in his authority, he is the exam
pie of all preachers it: Ills fidelity
vud thus we see the meaning of a
passage iu the fortieth Psalm : “j
uave preached righteousness iu tilt
iieac congregation ; lo, I have not
refrained my lips, O Lord, thou know
ot. I have not hid thy righteous
ness within my heart. I have declar
ed thy faithfulness and thy salvation
1 have not coucealed thy loviug-kiud
ness aud thy truth irnin the greai
congregation.” Here Jesus claim:
for himself that he had not kept back
trorn tbe people auytbiug that wa:
profitable to them. He bad uotsbun
ued to declare unto them all tin
counsel of God.
Of course, we love to think of Jesni
as ponriug out the gentle eutreatiei
and wiuuing words of the gospel
And he was faithful iu doiug this
But his faithfulness was more conspi
euous iu his sounding the trump o
judgeqieut. All tbe rest of the Scrip
tures do not contain such fearfu
thuuderings of Divine wrath as burs
from the guileless lips of Jesus. Whei
he turned upon the Parisees aui
■ scribes and lawyers, it was as ir the
batteries of beaven had opened fire
upon tlie gates of hell. When be
proclaims against them the day of
vengeance of our God, their sin rises
in awful resurrection before their
eyes, and hell hath no coveriug when
Jeans testifies against, them. “The
pillars of heaven tremble and are as
tonished at his reproof.” God never
had another spokesman like this. He
was like the great ocean, which can
roll its ripples on the shore so gently
that a little child will not fear to lay
his hand npon its waters, bat which
cau also lilt up such tremendous bil
lows that the mightiest works of man
gre dashed to atoms.
Jesus could invite so sweetly that
they who dared not speak to any one
else would venture to come and weep
at his feet. Also, he could hurl the
thunderbolts of the Almighty and si
lence his opponents. Yea, he sent
out his arrows, and scattered them ;
and he shot out lightuings, and dis
comfited them. And, in both these
ways of preaching he was a lepreseu
, tative of his Father, whose faithful
ness is established in the very heav
ers.
Righteousness was the girdle of
his loins; that is to say, all his ac
tions were in perfect accoid with the
will ol God, which is the only and uu
changeable rule of right. And, also,
I ai l h Till ness was the girdle of hi.'
reins; thai is, all his thoughts were
i perfect.;, truthful, sincere, frank.
, t. usrworMiy. 8", when he undertook
t c mlsr: -i of a preacher, he sang
! both vt mercy and of judgment' Hr
js i before the people both lde ami
h.ceth, born blessing and cursing, lit
. p oll .. a oi ;h to Ebal and to Gerizim
| He vr.ii,;,; mingle the sweet notes ol
| pardon w.h the horrible groauing
j of 8'iri' s tlmmleis. and he woulo
| make rite alarm bell of wrath ami
judgment to toll amid the last breath
nigs of Golgotha’s dy ing love. Uo»
„eulle toward the penitent, how ter
rule toward the proud, was he !
Whai. an example for preachers :
Lord, let us diiuU of llie cup of thy
faithfulness. Then, they that uu«
deride the gospel pulpit would eitliei
tremble under its deniinciatious 01
melt at its iuvitatious.—Religion >
Herald.
WATCHING WITH CHRIST.
Why did our Lord want His disci
pies to watch with Him that night in
the garden t It was not to witness
His agony, for He went on beyond
them. It was not to share His con
diet, for this they could not do. We
talk about sharing each others sor
rows and struggles, but as amatter
of fact, there is no such thing as com
panionsibp iu living. We may re
eeive counsel Irorn friends; we may be
cbeeied and nerved by them ; but we
really pass alone through our experi
euees. Others may hold the lamp ol
comfort to shine upon the gloom ol
our sorrows, but the sorrows them
selves no one can share. When we
are struggling iu temptation, human
or angelic friends may minister to us,
but we must light the battle alone.
Lives are like drops of water; thej
touch at a few points, but remaiu for
ever separate. The picture we see in
the garden is a picture of all lile. Tin
disciples could not share the Master’s
agony.
Yet while we must meet life’s ex
periences absolutely alone, we warn
our friends near to ns when we pass
through sorrow or conflict. And this
is what we see in Gethseinane. Tin
disciples could not shield the Waste
form His woe. They could not ligh
ten the awful burdeu by so much as;
feather’s weight; nor drink one droj
of the bitter cup which was beint:
pressed to His lips ; jet He wamei
them near. He took them with him
that while he endured his iuteiis<
grief he might kuow that his deare>
mends were not lar away.—Tilts war
why he arose three times from hi
struggle and went back to them. H.
wanted to gather a little streugtl
from their sympathy and love. Ther,
are huiuau experiences that will bel|
us to understand this longing o
Christ lor the nearness of his 1'nendr
iu i hat hour. A child does not go t<
bed alone iu a dark room ; but when
some one sits near all dread passes
away.—Or it awakes in tbe uigb.
i while the storm tages, aud cries out
in alarm.—The father comes and lie
i down beside it. The storm does not
cease, but tbe little one falls asleep
i iu sweet peace.—WUen we who art
i older are passing through some sore
trial, we waut our tried friends to
keep close to us. They cauuot make
the sorrow less bitter, nor take upon
I themselves auy part ol the burdeu ;
. jet their very presence makes us fee.
I stronger, aud we waut them to court
t close beside ua aud not leave us till
i tbe trial is past.
1 That was what our Lord wanted
that night. He desired bis disciples
to keep near him, and wake and
watch while he suffered, that be migbl
not be altogether alone. How dis
appointed he was then, when he
eatpe back to g t ruewai of strength
from their waking,love, to find them
asleep! It is one of the sadest ele
uients in his suffering that night, that
he did not even have the little help
which human sympathy could have
given.
The practical question which arises
here is, What are the ways in which
we may now watch or fail to watch
with Christ? He wants us to watch
yet with him in the attitude of friend
ship. We have such thoughts of the
infinite fullness and self-suffieiug of
Christ, in his glory, that it seems to
us inconceivable that he should need
or miss the little love that our hearts
can give to him.—Yet even in his in
effable majesty he hungers for the
affection of his friends.—iS. <V. Times.
HINTS TO PREACHERS.
A volume of Homiletical and Pas
toral Lectures, by eminent English
divines of the Church of England,
has been published under the edito
rial supervisions of Bishop Ellicott.
The following selections fiom the
book we find m iliti Mew York Inde
pendent :
‘•The gift of tongue is a very dif
ferent thing from the Gift 01
..ungues.”
"We should ail be ready to welcome
i he criticism of our friends, and to
welcome that criticism all the more it
it is unpalatable.
‘ i'nc study * St'Orminentaries and !
"tlier helps should follow, nut pre
cede, our own study of the text.”
• “Make use ot your own resources. I
Pick tour own brains before you pick i
• itlier men's.”
‘•Don’t deal in your sermon with an j
imagiuary aud.euce.”
‘•Whatever your method in preach i
lug is, take the utmost pains Tal
ents vary, but ail may be deligeut.”'
‘•When a text has been chosen, it |
s better as a tule, to go forward w.th
t than to waste lime and eueigy by
■ uying it aside, ouly to take another!
ihieh may prove equally uutraetabre.!
.Study, aided by prayer, w ill often
unlock a door which at first seemed
hopelessly closed.”
j “Sermous might be divided into
two classes—vertebrate and mollus
cous. For purposes of real instruc
tion, sermons must be veitebrate —
The poor aud the ignorant feel the
power of order, though they may not
understand the reason. When you
see and admire a horse moving along
the road, you do not see his bones,
but you know they are there. In a
good sermon there must be a skele
tou, though it need not be seen.—
Make use even ofabuudaut drapery,
if you please; but be sure there is a
true skeleton underneath. The rich
est drapery placed upon a mere stick
is only a scarecrow.’’
“A written sermon may be so read
as to have all the animation and life
of a speech ; and a sermon uttered
without notes may be dull as a school
boy’s les8ou.”
“II extemporaneous speaking is
difficult to you, take pains to acquire
this power, and persevere till you
succeed. If, agaiu, free oral utter
ance is easy to jou, then be sure that
you .write carefully, lest through flu
euey you run away from discipline.”
“Haviug done your best, leave your
sermon with God and your people,
discarding, with a sturdy contempt,
the small and fidgety vauity of won
dering if it will be admired.”
“Habitual intercourse between the
•aster and individual sculs is not only.
>f use to the parishioner; it is of great
inpot lance to the pastor for the toue
ind spirit of his ministry,”
“Some say that pastoral visiting
eaves uo time for reading and com
position of sermons. The answer is
hat pastoral visitation gets material
ogether lor the most telling and ap
■ropriate sermons that can be preach
ed.”
It is said that Macedonia and the
regions thereabouts are given over to
robbery, murder and brigaudage ; re
forms are uutboiiglit of, ami there is
rarely any punishment lor crime. Gol
Synge, a connection of the English
Embassy to the Turkish government
who lately went iuto Maceuouia to
distribute fuuds for the relief of Tur
sisli refugees, was captured by Greek
origauds w bo iufest that part of the
country, and, alter some ehafferiug
with the English embassy, and a little
pretense of a military expedition
agaiust the brigands, which came to
uothiug, was ruusoiied for fifty thou
sand dollars. This tuetbod otreform
ing European Turkefr will, ir. is hoped
be abandoued by till Gladstone gov
ernment, as it is scarcely a success,
flie ouly hopeful indication iu tht
country lies iu thi fact that the
Christians are gradually purchasing
real estate of the Tarks which hat
hitherto not been allowed.
1 '
| Noxious insects.
Perhaps nf employment of man i.
more subjectito depredation and loss
than that of (agriculture. From the
planting of tlje grain in the ground,
till the time fts increase appears upon
the table of the farmer, at every
manipulation and at every handling,
it is liable tq loss of some sorter
kind. So diversified are the agents
of destruction, anti so siloutly do
most of them j operate, that no skill,
care, or foresight of the farmer is
adequate to counteract them all. He
is not the motet successful farmer
who toils the hiidest or produces the
most upon his firm, but it is he who
knows best how\ to save. He who
guards well the little leaks, who has
the skill to reducellosses to the lowest
minimum attainable, will be the man
to put the largest figures on the cred
it side of the ledger.
Of all the agents that levy their
toll upon the unwilling farmer, none,
pei haps, exact a heavier tithe thau
de tractive insects. Their depreda
tions are as ceaseless as they are si
lent, and as various as the agents
performing them. They work at. a!
hours, and under all conditions *\
soil and climate ; creatures the most
minute tu size, their ravages are n
be measured only by their ceaselcs.
toil and their countless numbers. S<
small are many of the insects tha’
prey upon the crops, that most far
tuers pass them by unnoticed. They
see the los.-es that every year attend
their crops, but take no trouble tt
trace the despoliation to the propel
authois.
Within the past few years, howev
er. more attention has been given ti
the study of destructive insects oy
the farmer. This is a cbeeriug sign
It indicates that the public mind is
awake to the necessity of employing
knowledge as tile vehicle to success.
The successful farmer of the future
must necessarily have a good practi
cal knowledge of the wide domain of
natural history, and here uo depart
meut will claim more of his attention
than that of entomology—the de
script ion of iusects.
The season has now arrived when
noxious insects are most numerous,
aud may be studied to the best ad'
vantage. For the study of the small
est kinds a good magnifying glass is
iiidtspeusible. But much may be
learned of their uabits by the naked
eye, aud farmers should embrace ev
ery opportunity that may occur to
them of ascertaining whether the iu
sects they meet with are friends or
foes.—Hobbs, in Rural Messenger.
VALUE OF APPLES.
It is stated that by a careful analy
sis, it has been found that apples con
tain a larger amount of phosphorus,
or brain food, than any other fruit or
vegetable, aud on this account they
are very important to sedentary men
show u rk av it ii their brain rather
tlian muscles. They also contaiu the
acids which are needed every day, es
pecially for seudeutary uieu, the ac
tion of whose liver is sluggish, to
eliminate effete matters, which, if re
taiued iu the system, produce inac
tion of the brain, and, indeed, of the
whole system, causing jaundice, sleep
mess, scurvy, and troutdesome dis
eases of the skin.—Harper’s Weekly.
To Boil Bice Savannah Fash
ion.—Take oue pound of rice aud
pick it thoroughly to get out black
seeds or red lice. But on the tire, iu
a poicelaiu or tin lined pot, three
quarts ol water, with two even table
spooutuls ol salt. Let thewalercome
u> a boil. .Now wash tbe rice iu three
waters. Tbe reason for ibis is to get
rid of the pulverized rice llour which
adheres to the grain. This is a ne
i cesaity ; otherwise the lice never .till
j tie dry. Throw tbe liee iu water
! when it is at full boil. Let the rice
boil rapidly for tweuty minutes. Put
tbe cover ou and dratu the water en
tirely off. Cover the pot, shake well,
aud put on the back ot the stove,
w here it is uot too hot, for fifteen
miuutes. Shake the rice iuto the
dish you wish to serve it iu. Never
use a spoon. Bice should never he
glutiuous. * '
Alum-Water for pickles.—Mrs. M
L. C., asks how to prepare alum-wat
er lor crisping pickles.
Aits.—Allow a teaspoonful of pow
dered alum to each quart of water
briug to a boil, draw to the back o
the stove aud put in the pickles pre
viously soaked to a brine. Let remaii
half a day, when the pickles shouli
be takeu out aud thrown into coh
water, there to remain until cold
Then wipe and pour over hot, spioet
vinegar.
SELECTED RECIPES.
Remedy foe Deafness.—Digest
"wo ounces braised garlic in on*
'•omul oil of almonds for a week, and
(train. A drop ponred into the ear
■ s effective in temporary deafness
Cure foe Earache —Take equal
parts of chloroform hnd laudanum,
lip a piece of cotton into the mix
ture and introduce into the ear; cot
er np and get to sleep as soon as pos
sible.
Cancer Cere.—Drink a tea made
from the tops of red clover; about
one quart a day should be taken in
ternally, and the tea should be used
as a wash twice a day ; very strongly
recommended.
A coat of gum copal varnish ap
plied to the soles of boots and shoes,
and repeated as it dries, until the
pores are filled and the surface shines
like polished mahogany, will make the
soles water-proof, and it lasts three
times as long.
Stewed Potato.—Take potatoes
boiled the day before; chop coarse
aud put on stove, covered with milk ;
put a plate over them and cook slow
ly ; don’t stir them ; add a piece of
nitter and a little salt. Take off
he plate and cook until they thick
en.
Liniment for OLD Sores.—Alco
hol, one quart; aqua ammonia, four
unices; oil origanum, two ounces;
...kiuphor gum, two ounces; opium,
wo ounces; gum myrrh, two onnces;
common salt two tablespoons. Mix
(ml shake occasionally for a week.
Tomato Soup.—One can tomatoes,
me quart bailing water, put through
i sieve; then pat on the stove with a
leaspoonful of soda, one pint of milk,
.1 lump of butter; pepper and salt to
taste. Let it simmer (not boil), and
roll three or four crackers to thicken
verj jiice.
Apple Dumplings.—Three pints
tiour, butter size of an egg; heaping
.easpoou salt, three heaping tea
-poous baking powder, water suffi
cient for a soft dough, roll three
eights inch thick. Fare aud core in
halves any number of good apples,
cut dough in small pieces, wrap the
apples in it, and boil in water thirty
minutes. Serve with sweetened
cream or good miik.
Coen Soup.—To each quart of
young corn cat from the cob, allow
three pints ef water. Boil until the
grains are tender. Take two ounces
of sweet batter, mixed smooth with
one tablespoonful of flour; stir the
batter into the soup, and let it boil
ten or fifteen minutes longer. Just
before taking ont of the pot, boat up
an egg and stir into it, with salt and
pepper to your taste.
Eggs are useful for many purposes
besides food and for hatching. If yea
get a fish bone in your throat, and
sticking fast there, swallow an egg
raw aud it will be almost snre to car
ry down a bone easily and certainly.
There is another fact touching eggs
which will be well to remember.—
When as sometimes by accident, cor
rosive sublimate is swallowed, the
white of one or two eggs will neutral
ize the poison and change the effect
to that of a dose of calomel.
Setting Hens.—Set year hens at
night, and see that they have set
steadily day aud night for a few days
before you put the eggs under them.
Some hens, young ones particularly,
will keep the nest all day and quit It
at night. It is a good rule to put ar
tificial eggs uuder them for a while
until you are certain they are deter
> mined to brood steadily.
Simple Remedies.—Beef brine ia
excellent for a sprain. A piece of
j duuuel wet iu briue and bound-on,
' will give almost immediate relief.-—
Borax aud alcohol are very good for
extracting the poieou from stiugs and
msect bites. A bit of flannel wrung
from alcohol in which Is dissolved a
tut of borax, and laid across the chest
will give relief in severe cases of
pueuuiouia. A cloth wrong front
warm water, bound arouud the nook
aud covered with flannel, is excellent
for iuflamatory sore throat. It should
remain all uigbt. This will apply to
inflammation of mauy kinds. A sin
gle diop of camphor ou a lamp of sa
gar, repeated every fifteen minutes,!*
better than stronger doses for sever*
attacks of diarrhea. Taken once as
hour is sufficient for milder cose*.
A chicken fancier says that h*
i stuck courtplaster ever »n egg found
1 broken in the nut alter the hen had
1 been setting a week, and in dee Use*
[ it gave a ohicken an sprightly u aajr
ok' the breed. •