, 1867-09-06
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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1867.

FRIDAY Evening", SEPTEMBER G, 1867.
NAMING SHEEP-The Rev. John Hart.
ley, who has travelled as a missionary in
Greece, records in his Journal the fol-
lowing interesting scriptural representation !:
Having had my attention directed last
night to the words, (John ", 3. 'The
sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own
sheep by name,' l asked my man if i. was
usual in Greece to give names to sheep.
He Informed me that it was, and that the
sheep obeyed the shepherd when be called
them by their names. This morning bad
the opportunity of verifying the truth of this
remark. Passing by flock of sheep, 1 asked
the shepherd the same question which put
to my servant; and he gave the same answer.
l then bade bim to call one of his sheep.
He did SO, and it instantly left its pasturage
and its companions, and ran up to the hand
of the shepherd with signs of pleasure, and
with prompt obedience which had never
before observed in any other animals. 1t
is also true of the sheep in this country, that
"a stranger they will not follow, but will fee
from him, for they know not the voice of
stranger The shepherd told me that many
of his sheep were wild; that they had not yet
learned their names, but that by teaching,
they will all learn them. The others, which
knew their names, he called tame"
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CoFFEE-Coffte is said to have a great
effect upon the nervous system. A gentle>
man recently starved himself for some time
and then swallowed a strong infusion of
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writes: /" Instantly | ceased to be commu
nicative and kindly; became cold, cross
and selfish. My intellect labored without
the sligtest fatigue, and almost in spite of
myself; upon any given subject it penetrated
profoundly, and drew almost infinite con-
sequences" Upon taking some wine, he
ceased to be cross and egotistical, and became
kind and sympathetic From this it appear5
that too much strong coffee on an empty
stomach is not productive Of amiability and
there is peculiar appropriateness in the as
sociation of "cOfFee and pistols for two" For
recuperating tired languid mortal, q cup
Of strong coffee is the best exhiarant known.
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Domestic HAPPINESS The great end
Of prudence is to give choerfulness to those
hours which splendor cannot gild, and accu
mutation cannot exhilarate. Those softinter,
walls Of unbeuded amusement, in which a
man shrinks to his natural dimensions, and
throws aside the ornaments and DISCUSSES
which he feels in privacy to be useless in
cumbrances, and TO lose all effect when they
become familiar. TO be happy at home. is
the ultimate result of all ambition, the end
to which every enterprise ami labor teudsand
OF which every desire prompt the execution.
1t is, indeed, at home that every man must
be known by those who would have O lust
estimate of his virtue or felicity; for Smiles
and embroidery are alike occasionally, and
the mind is often dressed for show in painted
honor and fictitious benevolence.
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CoRNS CURED.-Hal's Journal of Health
gives us this mode: " The safest, the most
accessible, and the most efficient cure of n
corn on the toe, is to double piece of thick
soft buckskin, cut hole in it large enough
to receive the corn, and bind it around the
toe. If, il addition to this, the foot is soaked
in warm water for FIVE or more minutes every
morning aud night, and few drops of sweet
oil, or other oily substance, are patiently
rubbed in on the end after the soaking, the
corn will almost iuiallibly become so loose in
a few days as to be easily pricked out with a
fngernall; this saves the necessity of pairing
the corn, which operation has sometimes
been followed with painful and dangerous
symptoms. lfthe corn becomes inconvenient
again, repeat the process at once"
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CURRANT JELLY.-Put your currants in
bellmetal kettle, and scald them well;
when cool, press them through sieve,
getting out all the juice, (be careful not 10
allow any skin or seeds to pass through the
sieve } measure the juice, put it back in the
kettle, and let it boil bard for five or six
minutes, skimming it well then add, while
on the fire boiling, one pound Of silted sugar.
to every pint of juice; stir it till dissolved,
which will lie in few minutes; il ovght mol
to boil after the sugar is in; all that is nee
essary is to have it well dissolved, and then
it is done and ready to put in tumblers 1t
has beautiful light color, and will keep for
years.
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