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How TO RAISE TURKEYS.-Turkey
should not be bred in-and-in longer than
two or three years, when a change of
males is necessary. Hens about a year
old are best for breeding, but they often
lay forty or fifty eggs before setting
Older hens lay less. Remove the eggs
daily, leaving china egg in the nest
All that are to be allowed to set should
hatch by the first of June. Every
young turkey under four weeks old
should be gathered to its fold before sun
down and shut in. Learn them to be
gentle, so that you can pick them up
and put them under their mothers
wings, if necessary. "When hatching,"
says writer on turkeys, remove the
shells from the nest, and allow them to
remain twenty-feur hours after hatch
ing before feeding. For the first two
or three days I keep them on the
old nest, as it is warm throughout, and
feed on thick custard, with proportion
of one part agg and the other new milk.
I keep them on this feed for nearly a
week, and allow little or no run fol-
them, and then only in the warmer por-
ton of the day. Keep them clean, dry
and warm (for they will bear q goodly
amount Of heat), well fed, and they will
repay you for this extra care, that at the
first outlook may appear like foolishness
but it is not When they are about 8
week old I begin to wean them away
from custard and introduce whole buck
wheat and allow more run. When com.
mencing to feed buekwheat do not for
get to furnish water for beverage, OF
thick, sour milk, and clam or oyster
shells broken fine. The old-fashioned
idea of raising turkeys on curd alone
aud allowing them to range from one
end Of the farm to the other, has ex-
ploded.u
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THE CHANGES IN PREAcHiNG.-Ir

THE CHANGES IN PREACHING.-In
an article under the above heading, in
Scribner for June, DR.. Holland says:
With the passing away ofthe theoiog-
ical essay, will pass away much of the
necessity Of written discourses and it
will be noticed that very nearly in the
proportion in which the character OF
preaching has changed, has the oral sup
planted the written discourse. We think
it is seen now, with great distinctness,
that, in addressing motives, direct
speech from heart to heart is almost in
fnitely superior to the reading of pages
conceived and framed in the study. I
instruction were needed upon this point
the history of Methodism in this coun-
try would furnish it in abundance. With
u ministry confessedly inferior in
scholarship, at least in its beginnings,
but with direct address from every pull
pit to the heart and life, the success of
this Denomination has been enormous.
With high culture on the part of it's
teachers, its progress would possibly
have been wider, but they have at least
proved that the direct, spoken discourse
is power which every pulpit should
assume and use as soon as it can. The
question whether young man who
cannot acquire the ability to speak well
without reading has call to preach is,
to say the least, an open one, At any
rate, this ability is what all divinity
students are striving for.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05
The Flag of the Prophet.

The sacred emblem of Turkish faith
will play great roll in this war. It is
dark green, about two yards long and
one and half wide, and was originally
a curtain in the bedchamber of Aischa,
the best beloved wife of the prophet,
who died in her bed. When Moham-
med was on his death.bed and about to
take leave of his generals, who were
about to enter upon q new campaign
against the heather, the dying prophet
gave them the curtain that overhung
his bed as battle flag, so that the faith
ful should forever remember that they
were doing battle for God and his proph-
ct. Ever since that time, whenever the
Caliphs went into battle they took this
flag with them, but in later years it was
resolved to carry this holy relic into bat
tie only whenever a war OF religion was
being waged. In 1858 the same flag
waved from the walls of Vienna, and
again whenever the cause of Islam had
to be defended it was unfurled to rally
the faithful and encourage them to deeds
of heroism. What, however, is the
most important feature of this flag is the
belief that any Mussulman who fights
and falls under its shadows dies as a
martyr, for whom the portals of heaven
are opened at once. From the Caliphs
of old this banner has been sacredly re
tanned by the Sultans of our day, in
order to inspire still more zeal in their
soldiers. Yesterday the unfolding of
this time-honored banner took place
with great pomp and ceremony by the
Sultan, Abdul Hamid, in person, who
handed it to the Scheik-El-I in
solemn trust. The latter was mounted
on horse literally covered with gold
and, while holding the sacred banner
in his hand, he was accompanied by the
Sultan, himself also on horseback, with
sword in hand, through the principa
streets of Constantinople. Couriers anG
heralds preceded the two high dignita
ries of State, and, pointing to the un
furled banner, loudly proclaimed to the
people that the war for the faith haC
commenced. This morning the same
relic-which the Turks regard with thu
same holy awe as the Israelites of ole
did the Ark of the Law-was sent I'M
der heavy escort to the Danube, their
to lead the Turkish hosts to battle fo
Allah and his prophet Constdntioopl
Correspondence of the NeaO York Mer
| cltT1.
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HE NEVER TOLDA LIE,
saw him standing in the crowd
A comely youth and fair!

l saw him standing in the crowd
A comely youth and fair!
There was brightness in his eye,
A glory in his hair!
saw his comrades gaze on him
His comrades standing by;
heard them whisper each to each:
HE never told liev'
l looked in wonder on that boy,
AS he stood there SO young;
To think that never an untruth
Was uttered by his tongue.
l Thought of all the boys I'd known
Myself among the fry
And knew of none that one could say:
HE never told lie ~
gazed upon that youth with awe
That did enehain me long;
Ihad not seen boy before
So perfect and so strong.
And with a something of regret
1 wished that he was 1,
So they might look at me and say:
HE never told lier'
1 thought of questions very hard
For boys to answer right:
"How did you tear those pantaloons?"
"My son! what caused the fight?"
who left the gate ajar last night?"
"Who bit the pumpkin pie?"
What boy could answer all of these,
And never tell a lie?
proudly took him by the hand
My words with praise were rife;
1 blessed that boy who never told
A falsehood in his life;
1 told him was proud of him
A fellow standing by
Informed me that that boy was dumb
Who never told a lie!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

LIQUID MANURE.-All garden crops
are greatly benefited by a weekly ap.
plication of liquid manure. A guano
solution is good and convenient, but
fowl manure, cow manure and soap suds
answer an excellent purpose. Such
manure is readily and quickly absorbed
and gives the plants increased vigor anc
fruitfulness.
Saltpetre, a tablespoonful or more te
bucket of water, is an excellent occa
sional application to most kinds of gar.
den plants, being at the same time 6
fertilizer and an insect destroyer Many
grubs and bugs may be destroyed by
copious waterings with this solution =
DR.. Jacques.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

RAISING HoGs.-Every farmer can
raise corn, hay, pork and manure cheap
er than he can buy them. I present
some suggestions concerning the raising
Of hogs. Have clover lot in sight OF
the mansion. Put your hogs on the
clover when it commences to blossom
and give them only one-half of the corn
which is usually given to hogs raised
in the woods. Keep trough flied
with ashes, throw in this little cop
peras and salt occasionally. Haul up
rotten wood and charcoal occasionally,
they will eat these with avidity and it
will keep them healthy, and prevent
cholera and other disease. Have your
lot convenient to water Ta prevent
rogues stealing them, pen your hogs at
night near the dwelling house. After
your wheat and oats are cut, put your
hogs in the fields to eat up the shattered
grains, and change occasionally from
the wheat and cats fields to the clover
lot. Feed them also with the kitchen
sieps, vegetables and fruit. Fatten on
corn, peas, and potatoes, and you will
have cheaper and better meat than you
can buy.-Noyth Carolina Farmer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

LICE ON POULTRY.-~There is nothing
that will SO thoroughly esadicate>those
parasites known as roOst-Iice as cleanli,
ness, and this is brought about by
spreading q thick paste of lime white
wash. after the filth is removed, over
the roosting poles and about the build
ing wherever these minute insects can
claim a foothold in every crack and
crevice, where they lodge during the
day, always seeking lurking places
where they hide from the light in the
daytime, and come forth at night to prey
on the bodies of the fowls. You need
never look for them on the upper sides
of the roosting poles, which are worn
smooth by the feet Of the birds, but ex-
anime the Mpder part, where there is
some roughness, and look sharp and
close, or perhaps you will overlook the
mites.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

WORTH TRYIEG.-A physician says
"Sweet oil is not only an antidote to the
bite of the rattlesnake, but it will cure
poison of any kind, both on man and
beast. The patient must take tea
spoonful of it internally, and bathe the
wound Ger cure. To cure q horse it
takes eight times as much as for man.
One of the most extreme cases ofsnake
bites occurred eleven years ago. IL had
been given up by his physicians. I gave
him spoonful of oil which effected a
cure. 1t will cure bloat in cattle caused by
fresh clover. 1t will cure the stings of
bees, spiders, or other insects, and per-
sons who have been poisoned by a low,
running vine called IVY"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Curran was once addressing a jury,
when the judge, who was thought to be
antagonistic to his client, intimated his
dissent from the arguments advanced by
a shake of his head. Il see, gentlemen y
said Curran, II see the motion of his
lordsh1p's head. Persons unacauainted
with his lOrdship would be apt to think
this implied difference of opinion but
be assured, gentlemen, this is not the
case. When you know his lordship as
well as do, it will be unnecessary to
tell you that when be shakes his head
there really is nothing in It"
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ONIONS AND PoULTRY.-Scarcel too
much can be said in praise of onions fol-
various diseases to which domestic fowls
are liable. Having frequently tested
their excellencies, we cansspeak under
standingly. For gapes and infiamma-
ton ofthe throat. eyes and head, onions
are almost specific. We would there
fore recommend giving fowls, and espe-
cially young chickens, as many as they
will eat, as often as twice or three times
a week. They should be finely chopped.
A small! addition of corn meal is an
improvement.-Soat Farmer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Tc RESTORE THE HAIR AFTER ILL
NEss.-Equal parts of best brandy and
strong black tea, shaken well together,
and rubbed well into the roots of the
hair once daily, will usually restore the
hair after long illness. Be careful not
to scratch or irritate the scalp with rough
combing and brushing. The mixture
should be made at least once in three
days, even in cool weather
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

DIR. Johnson was observed by must
cal friend of his to be extremely inatten-
tive at concert whilst celebrated solo
player was running up the divisions and
sub divisions of notes upon his violin.
His friend, to induce him to take great
er notice Of what was going on, told
him the performance was very difficult.
Difficult, SIR" replied the Doctor, II
wish it was impossible"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

REMEDY FOR TROUBLE.-Work il
your true remedy. If misfortune hits
you hard, you hit something else hard
pitch into something with a will
There's dothing like good, solid, ex.
hausstive work to cure trouble. II you
have met with losses you don't want to
lie awake and think about them. You
want sleep-calna, sound sleep-and eat
your dinner with appetite. But you
can't unless you work. If you say you
don't feel like work and go loafing all
day to tell Tom, Dick and Harry the
story Of your woes, you'll lie awake and
keep your wife awake by your tossing,
spoil your temper and your break fast
next morning, and begin tomorrow feel
ing dozen times worse than you do to
day. There are some troubles that only
time can heal, and perhaps some that
can never be healed at all but all can
he helped by the great panacea--weri
Try it, you who are afflicted. It is not
n patent medicine. 1t has proved it's
efficiency since first adam and Eve left
behind them, with weeping, their beau
tiful Eden. It is an efficient remedy
All good physicians In regular standing
prescribe it in cases of mental and moral
disease. 1t operates kindly as well,
leaving no disagreeable effects, and
many have taken large quantities of it
with most beneficial results. 1t will
cure more complaints than any nostrum
in materia medica, and comes nearer to
being a cure-all than any drug or COM
pound in the market. And it will not
,icken you if you do not take it sugar
coated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Ia giving geography lessons, school
master down east asked boy: "What
state do you live in ?" To which the
boy drawled through bis nose in reply
ga state of sin and nlisery.u
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'Father, did you ever have another
wife besides mother? No, my boy;
what possessed you to ask such ques-
sion? Because 1 saw in the old family
Bible that you married Anna Domini,
1886; and that isn't my mother, for heI
name was Sally Smith,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

A Minnesota lady, in taking her morn
ing cape lately, put her jaw out of joint,
and it was two days before the doctor
could get lit in again. Her husband says
he hasn't had such vacation since his
married life begun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

An exchange remarks: 1.-THE only
Jokes women like to resd are those which
reflect ridieule on men," Yes, on taking
up paper woman invariably turns to
the marriage column.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

"That parrot of mine is wonderful
bird" said Smithers; "he cries tstor
thief SO naturally that every time neal
it I always stop. What are you all
laughing at ANYWAY ?U
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j. G. Murphy, a negro minstrel, adver-
tises in the Clipper that he has obtained
a divorce from his wife, and adds =
"Once more I stand erect, and assume
the godlike attitude of freedom and a
single man,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Josh Billings says: have examined
these rich men and I find that the hap
piest time of their life is when they are
making their money. After they get
rich and sit down to enjoy it, trouble
begins.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Resolve never to speak of mans
virtues to his face nor his faults behind
his hack-a golden rule the observation
of which would at once Danish fattery
and defamation from the earth.
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SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.

A QUEER MATRIMONIAL TASTE
The saying of Hamlet that 'the funeral
baked meats did coldly furnish forth the
marriage tables" was practically illus
trated few days ago in Georgia, altho'
in this case the man, not the woman,
offended the prophecies. In April last
the wife of Mr.. Caraway, farmer
near Atlanta, was found lying in her
own home brutally murdered. Sus .
picion was at once directed against
Charles Tommey, a negro, and on his
being arrested he confessed to having
committed the crime. The husband
of the murdered woman was apparently
overcome by grief, but prevailed upon
the populace not to lynch the murder
er, who was safely lodged in Jail, tried,
convicted. sentenced to death and exc
cuted on Friday last. and now comes
the curious part of the story. On that
morning Mr.. Caraway, the bereaved
husband, bought a license for second
marriage, put it in his pocket, witnessed
the hanging, and then quietly went off
and got married. 1t is not every man
who can thus crowd double amount of
enjoyment into a single day, and Mr..
Caraway may be congratulated on the
nerve and GOODNESS he displayed. Xerx-
es is said to have wished that some
one would invent a new pleasure, and
certainly the idea of witnessing the
hanging of your first wife's murderer,
with marriage license to unite YOU to
second paid for and carefully slowed
away in your vest pocket, ought, we
should think, to be sufficient to satisfy
the most epicurean old barbarian, either
ancient or modern.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Nothing was SO much dreaded in our
schoolboy day as to be punished by sit.
ting between two girls, All! the force
of education In after years we learn to
submit to such things without shedding
a tear.
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Woman has many advantages over
man one of them is that his will has no
operation until he is dead, whereas hers
generally takes place in her life time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

Courage, girls Naomi, the daughter
OF EnOch was five hundred and sixty
years old when she was married.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

When q Lnan has no design but to
speak plain truth he may say a great
deal in very narrow colnasss.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

A woman's head is always Influenced
by her heart; but a mans heart is al
ways influenced by his head.
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To MEASURE LAND.-A progressive
farmer says the most simple way to
measure land is to take two Stats about
six feet long, sharpen one end of each,
lap them upon the floor like a pair OF
compasses, SO that the points shall be
exactly five feet and six inches apart
now nail the other two ends together
and piece across the middle, so that it
will look like the letter A, and the
measure is finished. To measure land,
place one point at the starting place, and
the other also on the ground in straight
line for destination stand alongside the
machine with one hand on top of it
take one step forward, tip up the point
that is behind, swing it around from
you, on the other point, and set it in the
line also. A person in this manner can
measure correctly as fast as he can walk.
Three spaces make red-walk straight
without stopping, count the spaces, di-
vide these by three, and you have the
rods.
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de5 New streets. Staunton, Va.
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The BLACK HILLS,
lHE MARYLAND EYE and EAR INSTITUTE

NO. G6 North Charles st., Baltimore.
Incorporated April 8, 1859.
President Hon. J. w. DoBBIN Judge Superior
Court.
The above Institution offers all the comforts
OF home to patients suffering with eye ear
diseases. SkillfuI nurses are in attendance
and as the Surgeon in charge resides in the
house with the family patients are seen by
him several times during the day. For further
information apply to the surgeon in charge,
Dr. GEORGE REITITNG
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-06-05

The gates of heaven are low arched
we have to enter On our knees.
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Never let anybody drive you. to dis.
traction, you may not be able to get back,
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Mulching and Watering.

One of the grand secrets of successful
gardening in the South during summer
lies in knowing how to protect the grow
ing crops against drought. That famous
Georgian farmer, David Dickson, says
that he can always tell, in advance,
where the ''dry streakn will fall. 1t al
aOays foUoaOs the bad farming. His crops
seldom or never suffer from lack of rain,
because:
l. He has made his soil deep, by deep
ploughing and sub-soiling.
2. He gives sufficient space between
the rows, so that the plants need not
exhaust the moisture in the process of
growth.
8. He keeps the surface of the soil
porous by frequent shallow cultivation.
4. He avoids throwing up his land in
to ridges but keeps it level, or nearly
so, throughout the season.
The same principles apply in garden
ing, and the reader will do we'll to make
note of them. They are sound and
practical, with such notifications as
difference of soil and situation may sug-
gest. In gardening we may add mulch
ing and watering. Both of these are
valuable means of increasing our garden
crops, and prolonging tie lives and bear
ing oSetoOh VI OiiS PAteh OuU ptlCy 0IuSl
be judiciously made use Of The mulch
must be applied while the soil is still
moist, and must be of such character
that while shading the surface of the
ground and preventing it from being
compacted by heavy, beating rains, il
will not prevent even light showers
from percolating through it to refresh
the roots of the growing plants. Pine
straw and long moss are well adapted tC
the purpose.
Watering so as to merely wet the sur.
face of the ground often does more harm
than good. The roots of the plants are
thereby attracted to the surface thus
temporarily moistened, but as it sool
becomes as dry as before and harder thar
ever, the young reots perish in the in.
tervals of watering, and the plant is
weakened rather than strengthened, and
not unfrequently killed outright. The
ground should be we'll soaked and the
watering not frequent. In the case OF
trees, shrubs, and large herbaccous
plants it is well to draw away the sur
face earth from them, to the depth OF
two or three inches, doing it carefully
so as not to injure the roots, apply the
water, and then return the dry soil. This
prevents immediate evaporation anC
gives the roots the full benefit of the wa
ter, without exposing them to be burn
ed up by the hotsu Where this is moi
practical, as among small plants, holes
may be made near them with q dibble
or sharpened stick, and water poured
into them from the nozzle of watering
pot. The plants may afterwards bt
slightly sprinkled from the nose of the
pot and the ground stirred with ths
pronged hoe.-Dr. Jacques.
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A good name keeps its lustre in the
dark,