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Character q Christ.

If we attempt to discover what it is
in the personal character Of jesus
Christ, as shown in His life, that thus
ATTRACTS such permanent admiration, It
is not difficult to do 70. In an age
when the ideal of the religious life was
realized in the, Baptist's Withdrawing
from men, and burying. himself in the
ascetic solitudes Of the desert, Christ
came. bringing religion into the kaaunts
and homes and everyday life Of men.
For the notifications OF the hermit.
He substituted the labors of active
benevolence; for the fears and gloom
which shrank from men, He brought
the light Of 4 cheerful yiety. which
made every act Of daily life Religious.
He found the domain 81 religion fenced
OF ~ something distinct from conIimon
duties, and He threw down the wall al
separation, and -consecrated tho whole
sweep Of e~xistenca. He lived 4 man
among men, sharing alike their j6ys
and their sorrows, digrifying Tie
humblest details Of life BY making them
subordinate to the single aim Of Hi
Fathers glory. Henoeforth the grand
revolution was insugurated, which
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Wheat Market.

THERE are so many complications In
the market-so many rings and COM
hi~nafinns with tho wheat dealers-sn
many pools and. variations in railroad
and ocean freights-so many war ru-
mors or peace prospects, circulated to
affect prices, that no one knows what is
the future prospect or probability OF
wheat. The questions to be decided in
settling the subject of raising or hold
ing wheat r so many-sided and abb
struse-so profound and reconcile, that
the opinions of commercial and agri-
cultural editors are of as little use in
directing farmers as are the opinions OF
Tice and Couch in foretelling the wealth
er. And yet a gentleman and scholar
(like ourselves) does not want to show
any want of decision in replying to
anxious inquirers. A good, earnest
farmer, who has 1000 bushels of wheat
on hand. inquiries whether he had .sb6t-
ter sell now, or hold until the results of
the European war-clouds are settled"
To show decision, WI would say we
think he had better.
Many would not give such advice
without feeling some ~misgivings. But
one who has been studying the wheat
question as closely as the writer has
for a quarter of a century, ought to be
as positive as to the future of that
valuable commodity as are the ablest
divines at the present day about the
question of future rewards and punish
ments. We assure our earnest corre-
spondent that there are some questions
in commerce as well as theology that
the more we inquire and investigate the
less we know. But while we are re-
turning to the clumsy old dollar, let
us try some of the old practices of our
fathers. Our friend should go to his
barn, and draw around him on the floor
with chalk twelve circles, and write on
each circle one of the months of the
year. Then shutting his eyes, repeat:
Z spit. spat. ruling Fate,
Tell me when to sell my wheat"
Then spit in his left hand, and strike
the spit with two fingers of his right
hand, and whatever circle the spit falls
on will be the month to sell the wheat.
And you will be sure to get your pay
in the dollar of the fathers.-IosDa State
Register. II
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sunday Schooi Lessons.
Be Industrious.

THERE is no situation in life which
affords SO much comfort and enjoyment
as that of having body and mind con-
stantly employed. Although there APP
pears to be in the minds of most people
a natural antipathy to labor, yet it is
well known, ard generally admitted by
those whose circumstances have at times
required incessant labor, and at other
times perfect leisure and exemption
from care, that there is vastly more en-
ioyment in industry than in idleness.
1t is the plain and express duty OF
every person to be industrious, ami to
improve every hour of their time in the
full exercise of their natural strength
and faculties in the most useful en-
ployment. No circumstances in life
can furnish an excuse for a neglect OF
this duty. We would not, in these re-
marks, wholly prescribe recreation; but
we'll Unbalanced minds will find the most
healthy and pleasant recreation in ex-
ercises which are decidedly useful
and beneficial to themselves and others.
For example: a boy takes pleasure in
the exercise of hauling a little cart
loaded with earth or stones, though
there be no advantage in the removal
of those articles; but does he find any
less pleasure under a consciousness of
doing good, when removing the same
materials from a place where they
were an circumference, to another place
where they III wantedp Certainly
not. Or if a miss finds pleasure in
walking in the fields, that pleasure is
rather. enhanced. than otherwise. if she
can accomplish something useful by the
walking. ag uft5g
1t is a common thing for men, dur
ing their labor, to derive an enjoyment
from the anticipation of the ~pecuniary
compensation which they are to receive
therefor, but this kind of enjoyment is
far inferior to that of one who rejoices
during his labor in the consciousness
of performing a duty, and a sense of
divine appreciation. The scriptures of
divine truth. which alone furnish per-
feet laws and rules of duty, and guide
to happiness, contain many injunctions
to industry and diligence in business,
and that for the purpose, moi of :cquir-
ing wealth, but of doing good. The
word "avarice." is not to be under
stood to imply q desire of earning or
gaining, but of retaining or boarding
what has been acquired of wealth. But
our subject is the duty of industry and
diligence. If any man entertains and
cherishes the true principle of SYM
pathy and benevolence, deriving more
pleasure in relieving the sufferings of
his fellow mortals, than in the possess
sion of such articles IF wealth as are
not utterly Indispensable, there will be
no danger of his being either idle or
misery. But the neglect Of improve
ment of an hour of time is as decidedly
a crime as the wasting of money or
property; and the neglect of doing
good to others, when opportunity oc-
ours, is decidedly incompatible with
the character or hope of a true Chris
tian, for "he that knoweth to do good
and doeth it not, to him it is SIM
Gleason's Monthly Companion.
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Jewel. or che Crown Of scotland.

AT Edinburg, Scotland, some years since,
the Jewels Of the Crown were locked in a box,
that box in another, and so on. until they
were supposed to be burglar-proof. They were
then, locked up in the vault of the castle, there
to remain for one hundred years, the keys
being placed in a mortar and fired into the sea.
Scarce fifty years passed by, and the modern
lock-picker opens the vault and boxes without
trouble. So the science of medicine, when
studied with the aid of chemistry and the mi
croscope, becomes plain and simple, and dis
eases that were regarded incurable, a genera
ton ago, now readily yield to remedies en-
ployed by the modern and progressive physi-
clan. A decade of years since, and women
were taught to believe that their peculiar dis
eases and weaknesses we're incurable: but now
hundreds and thousands OF once bed-ridden
women in the United States will testify to the
fact that DIR. Piercc's Favoritc Prescription
has efectedstheir perfect and permanent cure.
TOLEDO, ONO, DEG. 9th, 1876.
DR.. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. ".
Dear Sir-About five years since my wife was
taken sick, and though we employed the best
physicians in our city, yet she gradually grew
worse, so that she was confined to the bed.
Every remedy l had tried. or could find, failed
to cure or even give relief. At last l procured
q bottle of your Fayorite Prescription and to
nv surprise it gave almost instant relief, and
nth a little perseverance an cutirc cure was
/. affected. Ever gratefully yours,
-sfsV GEO. B0DENMILLER
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On last Sunday afternoon a Times re-
porter visited the Nez Perces camp
above Fort Leavenworth, and through
the courtesy of Lieut.. Wieting, was
permitted for a short time to observe
the condition of the red captives.
Everything about the camp bore a
cheerful aspect and appeared remarka-
bly, clean. This is in measure due,
perhaps, to the habits of the tribe,
which require them to take a bath every
morning. The modus operand of the
bath is in some respects peculiar, one
portion Of the process being asweat
bath. When the camp was first estab-
lished the artisans who were competent
for the work built a "sweat-hOuse,"
consisting of a deep hole in the ground
within a few feet Of the river and COW
cred ingeniously with earth, making
the roof appear like a mound with top
like the bottom of an iron kettle. An
aperture was left on the east side; in
front of this, q fire was built and sew
eral large stones which had been col
lected were heated red hot. In the
bottom of the hole was placed a sufi-
cheney of water to create steam; the
rocks then were thrown in, and the
members of the tribe one after another
went into the oven, for such it is. and
remained until the body was profusely
covered with perspiration. After this
a leap through the aperture to the open
air, and a plunge into the cold waters
of the Missouri finished the bath. This
custom is al old one with the Nez
Perces, and the bath is taken regularly
every morning nc matter what the con-
diti0n of the weather is, or what the
ailments of the body may be, so long as
the man or woman is able to walk.
This proceeding. which is not unlike a
Turkish bath, is said by the braves who
can speak . little English to "make In
dian much ood."-LeavenworM Times.
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provision Of Mature. We should bear
in mind, however, thatthe COW is kept
in such an artificial condition, and the
development and activity of the milk
| glands are 30 stimulated that Nature is
completely perverted. Hence may fol-
low inflammation and swelling that
make it actually injurious to follow out
the dictates Of Nature in letting the calf
suck.
Some Of the breeders Of fancy stock
allow the calf to suck only q few days,
and then wean it and teach it to drink,
while others keep COWS from common
stock as nurses for these calves. AL,
both breeders and dairymen, find it de-
sirablc to separate the calf from the
COW at an early day. The united testi-
mony seems to favor the earliest sepa-
ration as the best for the cow. When
the separation is immediate, before any
special attachment has been awakened,
| the COW turns her affections on her
mixer, and seems entirely satisfied
with this. After all, perhaps this is
about as near the natural condition Of
the COW as we can get. She has been
OKCu ~ ills GC6LtuCut 4OA CCltuA ACcs
until she has become naturalized OF
reconciled to it, as the old woman's
eels got used to skinning.
The disposal of the Of
deacOned calves is of some importance
They should by no means be allowed to
lie around the barn in sight of the cows,
tainting the air as they slowly decay.
If consigned to the manur heap, they
should be buried in it and not thrown
on it, and some sort of absorbent
should be thrown on and around them
to take up and retain the gases as they
are eliminated in the process of decOm'
position. There is no doubt consider
able fertilizing material in these car
cases. If they could be at once re
duced to the form of a commercial fer
%tilizer, it would be agood thing. The
meat is sometimes saved and dried ant
used for feeding fish. 1t is said to b.
good for this purpose. = american
Dairyman.
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According to the London NesCs, the
latest ease in England of breach of
promise Of marriage, that Of Heap
against Marris, does not add much
glory to a sort of action which, if . bill
now pending in the House of Commons
becomes a law, is doomed so0n to dis
appear. In this affair the ordinary re-
~lations of the parties were reversed; it
was the man who sued the woman for
| her breach of contract. There could be
no sort of doubt IS to the fact of the
contract. An agreementwa was signed by
the parties whereby the defendant
agreed to become the lawful wife Of the
plaintiff on or about the LIST Il January,
1875. In default the defendant was to
pay a third share of the property which
might be left to her under the will of
her parents. She was to pay moro
than this if she did not espouse her
business-like wooer. She was to pay
him 800 per annum at the end Of
1875, $500 at the end of 1876, $400 in
gale, always doubling till the lady died,
or married, or perhaps became bank
rupt. In the tenth year this sun would
be over $4,000 a year. 1t is not very
easy to see how the impassioned lover,
whose surname was Heap, and whose
Christian name for aught we know
may have been Uriah, induced Miss
Marris to enter into this singular bond.
The parties had known each other for
a long time. Mr.. Heap first made
the acquaintance of Miss MarTis when
he was Second Master at Castor
| Grammar School. in 1857 or 1858. The
father of Miss Marris was q solicitor
practicing in the n~eighborhood. In
1862 the Head Master of the school
died, and the plaintiff hoped to obtain
his place. He failed, and it seems the
father of Miss Marris opposed and pre-
vented the appointment Ten years
after this the singular contract was
signed which we have described, and
which was perhaps suggested to Mr..
Heap as a schoolmaster by his recol-
lection of the arithmetical problem
about the nails in a horses shoe. For
the defendant it was alleged that the
contract vas to be invalid in certain
circumstances, but the defense was not
proved. A private arrangement was
made between the parties, and the ag-
grieved Mr. Heap accepted the sum OF
$4,000 as full compensation to his in
iured feelings. The result seems GU
rious till we learn, from the state
ment of the defendants counsel, that
his client was willing to pay $4,000
rather than to allow her letters to be
produced in court. Certain arrange
ments had also been made as to the fu-
ture disposal of the documents" MIR.
Heap thus wins his case and gets his
money, and Miss Marris RECEIVERS her
letters. Thus we see how noble an in.
stitution is that which permits suits for
breach Of promise q marriage.
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HONE, FARn AND GARDEN.

The best farmer is the farmer who
cultivates himself.
"A rood garden il the imperative
demand of 3 farmers family, and
the privilege of every farmer.
-Eno1;sh exner;ence ia that the coh-
mmnt;en r. ! ton II roota nroduces. On
~ averaoe .fourteen nounds of mutton
~ ~ heef
a nail Of milk standing ten min
utes where it is exposed to the scent of
. STRONG smelling stable or any other
| viii never leave it
The manure If all saved. from a
ton Of hav and economicallv returned
= the land win grow more than 4 ton
next wear. Il this. wer not SO our ag-
| r;culture would he \ humbuc. and the
world wouId starve.-N y. Herald.
u;.n.. Mt .h-o. r;rts
- swaat sSs,rmaj n;lk crer IA fra in
.s"ssI.:. LatTa - .orc.<l,;rr that
III rood deal moro than hold Il.
CT. = Pa az -;nvte - ho;le ctr IN
,sr;iiy 80 m,ch aonr a. II will
-f T.Lo;t r,,;okIv from, tho .;re
IA serva hot With bntter and sugar or
s;-,n
n,. r.L ~. .uo orns dr;od
lApP.o O:Ae.iA W. Sa .ss;s.'.
"pP.es, I y""Hn hi - t.yd
on nuPp - m nn p ss t;m $1,000 mn~ thrnn~h.
S-Psom ~ 49, IA ~,
u oraa IN 'no e. ~ 49,, ono o,n ~ .o,r
egSe' onc CUP oussas ~ IL Sua
n' W. IN 100, Ia
SuPs - uoul - SSn
~. = appaGs auu oii0 i"'s' cup
JIG isss sSn
-ice-Cream Cake.-Ihe WHITES OF
tnree egg TWO cups sugar one VI
sweet MIX nan cup DuICer, tnree cups
nour, TWO teaspooniuls cream-tarbar
one OF oaa Inns makes TWO ioaves-
bake IN Iour ayers, use TWO Iof each
cake season 20 taste. !clng-theW WINES
OF TWO eggs, t~wenty-iour t~easPooniuis
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tanrht that religion does not lie in sell
fish OF morbid devotion to personal IN
terests, whether in the desert or tne
temple, but in loving work p sem
sacrifice for others.
nh absolute unselfishness Of Christs
character is, indeed, its unique charm.
His cwn life is self-denial th~rougbout,
and He makes q similar spirit the test
Of ali healthy religious life. It is de
WIN said. at is more blessed to give
than to receive;'' who reminds us that
life. like the wheat, yields fruit only Dy
its Il diving; who gave us the deal OF
life in his own absolute self-oblivion
We feel instinctively that this GosPel
of Love alone is divine, and that we
cannot withhold our homage from tne
only perfectly Unselfsh Life ever seen
on earth.
There is much, beside, to which l can
only allude in a word. He demands
repentance from all, but never f0r 8
moment hints.at any need Of 1t him
self, With all His matchless lowlness'
He advances personal claims which, IN
q mere man, would be the very deliri-
um Of religious pride. He was divine
" patient under every form Of suffer
ine-a homeless life, hunger and thirst,
craft and violence, meanness and pride.
the taunts of enemies and betrayals Of
friends. ending in an ignominious death.
Nothing of all this for a moment turn
ed Him from His chosen path OF love
and pity His last words, like HIS
whole life, were a prayer for those whe
returned him evil for good; His .abso'
lutte superiority to everything narrow
or local, SO that he, a Jew, found a re,
lieion in which all mankind are a com
mon brotherhood, equal before Co
the dignity, calmness and self-posses'
sion before rulers, priests and govern
ors. which sets Him immeasurablJ
above them; His freedom from super
%stition, in an age which was superstl
tious almost beyond example, His su
periority to the merely external I'M
ritual, in an age when rites and exter
nails we're the sum of religion: all thest
considerations, to mention no others
explain the mysterious attraction o
His character, even when looked a
only as that of an ideal man.-Lte ant
Words of Christ, by Cunningham Ge'Se
| d. D. 81 4fs
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YOU would have your biscuits, bread,
rolls, corn-bread, cake--in short, all articles
prepared from flour, thoroughly enjoyable and
digestible, use DooLEY's YEAST POWDER,
which is not only free from adulteration, but
wholesome, aud makes food very nutritious.
This Baking Powder is used by the most emf
nent chemists and physicians. Buy it only in
cans, never loose or in bulk.
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y VEeETINE
ge ziassj Complaint and Nervous Debility

~, - ULEsB0kO, ME, Dec. e, 1877.
Dear Sri had had q Cough for eighteen yean, when
I commenced taking the vEGETINE I was very low
my system WIS debiltated ~ disease. had the KIDNEY
COMPLAINT and was very neTc0us - Cough bad,
LUNGS sore. When / had taken one bottle 1 found Il
was helping me 1t has helped my cough, and Il
strengthens mo. / am now able to do my worn. Never
nave found ANYTHING like the yEGETINE 1 know IL r.
everything It Is to be,
+ II 5qy 3 sss s9 MIA A J. PENDLErON.
vEGErINE Is nourishing and strengthening purfna
the blood regulates tho bowels outlets fhe neryo1s
system ; acts directly upon the selections. and srmnSes
the whole system to action. T@"-
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Tn tobaccos that are now taking precedence
over all others are the Bulls Eye and Niger
Head cut ~cavendish, manufactured by VIM. 8.
Kimhall & Co.. Rochest-r, N. y. Ask your dealer
to &c a supply.
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AqUIEr and pleasant homo h insured to III
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The Arobbtshop IL Canterbury. in
England receives an annual salary Of
$4,000.
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The Toronto Mail draws this gloomy
picture of the condition of Canada:
Immigration has practically ceased,
though $500, 900 q year is spent on the
work; but the emigration Of our people
to the United States has not been brisk
er since the close of the a Business
of all kinds is practically at a stand
still, and the commercial outlook is yet
dark and depressing. The country has
no confidence in the Finance Minister,
and native enterprise is dead. No
class Of the community is prosperous;
there is none but deplores its accumu-
lating misfortunes and bewails Nation=
al decay and decline. For the first
time in our history, honest men willing
to work are unable to find work to do;
and hunger and want have become
factors in society"
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PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free.
Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co., Cincin. %.
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Dogs in Boots.

.sPuss in Boots is a mythical per-
sonage, but the dog in boots is no inn
aginary creature. In the regions of
eternal snow and ice, where the only
beast of burden is the dog, the cold is
sometimes SO intense that sharp icicles
form between the claws of the canine
sledge travellers. This causes a most
serious obstacle to the speedy progress
sion of the dogs, and would, after a
few days, render them utterly unfit for
their laborious duties, as the icicles
grow larger and larger as they go on,
until the poor creatures are quite una
BILE to stand. The older dogs, however,
will every now and then stop and bite
off the icicles from their feet. MOI so
with the novice. He trudges YEARLY
along; every step he takes adds to his
torture, and after a time every imprint
of his foot on the snow bears a red
stain from his cut and bleeding paws.
At such times the dog-booti is called into
requisition by the driver, principally for
policy, but occasionally, let us hope
out Of humanity. The dog-bootis gen.
orally made of raw-hide, and is simply
shaped like a small bag or pocket.
This is drawn over the foot Of the ami
NAL and made secure by tying it round
the ankle with a leather string. Thus
protected, if the surface of the snow is
pretty level, these wonderful Esqui
maux dogs Will travel at the rate of
forty miles a day for many days in sue
cession.-J0urnGl Of Chemistry.
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vEGETInE
For Dropsy.

CENTRAL FALLS, L, Oct 10, 1877.
DIR II. r. STEVENS:
n Is . pleasure to give my testimony for your valuable
medicine. was sick for a long time with DROPsY, un-
der the doctors care. He said it was, WATER between
the HEART and LIVER / received no benefit until I
commenced taking the vEGETINE-in fact was grow.
Ing worse. have tried many remedies they did not
began to feel better after taking a few bottles. l have
taken thirty bottles in all 1 am perfectly well-never
fNen lam dear sir, gratefully yours,
A. d.
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TWILL send free, 10 all afflicted with Catarrh,
prescription for infallible cure. Address, with
stamp, Rev. I. J.. MEAD, Syracuse, n. Y.
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Religious Reading.
1rsns KNOWS.

\. .aE 49, tE - TRN
ThnouoH All the weary toll of life,
THronrh All The batflee. al the strife,
! Thr0uQh All the houf3 with ndnght'
There's comfort, blessing, In the thought
That Jesn knew. =
When troubles come, We c1nnoe see
Why life should full of suffering be,
And teaxs cDme unee, n9A1n. s0aan,
'Tia comfort to the autfeEer thdn
That Jesus knows
And in temptntion when we TALL
An1 fesloursoNeRdespised by AL. s.
And WHEN We feel that we muft
Uesn info ain. all Gbon we think
That Jesus knows.
An of our SORROWS, doubts and team.
An Of our longinQs, hCpesa and fears, n
All that we do which leadA 10 shame,
Anfhst We do for His boBt Name,
Wen pusysto Him who &M&yA hsar1 n
We'llfEtst With Him the cQpinEyeN
Well trnst 0ur futnre 70 HIS IA =
Hall show rs Vh&fNNo Mfle 6v5beoR, IL
For Jesus knows. =
And when q weary feet have passed
All Of this earthly road 1t Last,
Vel take His hand and eoftly pray, 4
Lord, lead US home by the blest way
& tFE That Jesus knows< Z
Grace Y. Abbott, in @icogo STANDARD