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there is Christian Of thirty.iye taken
from his usefulness. There is no
one sentence that you oftener hear utter
ed than I" i don't understand this" Our
religion comes in with our misfortunes.
The world goes the other way when q
mans down. During the week before that
man losshis property there were fifteen
or twenty carriages at his door. The
week after his misfortune, you could
count all the carriages on one finger.
The week before his financial disasteri
men took theif hats clear of, passing
him in the street. The days that he
was uader severe financial discussion
people only tipped their hats, hardly
touching the rim. After the question
was decided adversely, people gave q
slight Jolt Of their heads without touch
ing their hats, and the week after the
sheriff had sold him out people were
busy looking In store windows Is he
passed them.
But religion delights tocome to man
when he is down. It assures him that
there is something more important than
money. It says your sickness is merely
publication; it says God wants to trans
plant your family to Heaven, and He
had to begin somewhere, and of course
He took the one best fitted to go. 1 do
not say religion makes everything plain,
down to the minutin, but it has general
explanations very consolstory. You
know the principle of selegrsphy by
ciphers. Not wishing the public to get
the telegram, the merchant in Chicago
telegraphs to the merchant in New York
certain words, which are simply nonsense
to. others, but at each end of the route
there is man who has the key, by which
these meaningless words become import
ant information on which business oper-
atoms of tens of thousands of dollars are
bailded. So the vicissitudes of our life
sometimes seem q seaseless rigmarole or
q contradiction OF q mysterious cipher.
But God has a key to it, and the Chris.
tan has key to it, and though we may
have some difficulty in spelling 1t out,
We shall get enough meaning out Of 1t to
learn that God is doing everything for
the best. Is there no sunahine In that ?
1t is q pleasure far beyond laughter. 1t
il nearer the fountain of tears than OF
boisterous demonstrations. Have you
ever cried for joyi There are tears
which are eternal rapture in this relation.
There are thousands here who walk in
the full satisfaction and the perpetual de-
light that ali is well. 1 do not know
how men without the explanations Of
religion keep out Of the insane asylum,
Your child dead, and that ID the end OF
it. Your property gone, and that Is the
end of that. Your reputation persisted,
and that is the end of it. Tell me how
you can stand all this3 Are your nerves
and muscles different from mine
Where did you get this supernatural
toughnessf No religion, and yet not q
maniac 1T. Dewitt Talmage.
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I-seh ous for swinaEsra.

The American Agriculsurist, In its
notes on swindlers, gives the following
timely warning to farmers: There Is Q
set OF swindlers whose operations are es>
pecially directed toward farmers. 1t Ii
no reflection upon the intelligence Of
farmers that this Is 30. These raecals
know that all kinds OF fish are not to be
caught with one bait ; hence they operate
upon clergymen, doctors, merchants and
farmers; each in 8 different manner. 1t
is safe to predict that there is new set
Of traps ready this spring to catch
farmers. OF late years the agency"
dodge has been played successfully, and
it hiss already been started thus early in
the season. These swindlers are all after
one pattern. A glibstsngued chap, No.
1, wishes to establish an agency" for
some crinkum. 1t may be a stump
puller, a machine for grinding the knives
of moving machines, it may be churn-
power or a springfield. Whatever it is,
chap Ne. l, somehow, or in some way,
contrives to get the signature Of the
farmer Here is where the trouble begins.
We have cautioned and reiterated the
caution: Farmers, be careful what you
sign" but this does not seem to be
enough; no matter how much care is
exercised, the smooth>tongued chap No.
1, is usually too much for the farmer. So
we say to farmers: Don't act as agents
to anything. but if you will not heed
this, and the temptation as to profit is
too great to resist, and you will disregard
warnings, we beg of you, farmers, don't
sign anything.
You may be asked to agree to become
an agent, you. may De asked to give your
address, 50 that the sample machine. to
be sent free, will come all right; you
may be asked for merely your postofice
address. Take our advice-which is the
same as Punch's advice to young people
about to marry: Don't! don't! Don't,
do not, pray; refrain from signing your
name to anything whatever. Observe
this, and you are safe. Sign your name
to anything on any pretense whatever,
and you have opened the way for the
visit of chap No. 2. He is lot smooth
t0ngued or persuasive. He has come to
collect his bill. You have ordered 50
and SO. The goods are at the depot,
here is the bill, and he wants the money,
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HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

ONKLET.-Three eggs beaten slightly
toge ther, two even tablespoenfuls of
four, two-thirds Of cup of milk. and
small pinch of salt.
FRIED PoTAToES - Potatoes, sliced
very thin, should be cooked in very
deep skillet the lard or butter must be
boiling hot. If placed in wire sieve,
much time is saved and trouble spared.
GoUT MIxTURE-Wine of colchioum.
one ounce; spirits Of nitrous ether, one
ounce iodine of potassium, two scruples;
distilled water, tive ounces. Mix. A
teaspoonful in camomile tea two or three
times day.
HoMnNY.-Wash in two waters one
cup of hominy, then stir into one quart
of boiling water, with a little salt, and
boil from thirty to sixty minutes; ;
it is better boiled sixty than thirty. Be
careful it does not burn.
HoMINY CREDIBLE CAKES To one
pint of warm boiled hominy add pint
of milk or water, and -four enough to
make thin batter beat up two or three
eggs, and stir them into the batter with
q little salt. Fry as any other griddle-
cakes.
INDIAN LoAF.-Tske pint Of sour
milk, ! pint of sweet milk, tesspoonful
Of molasses, ] teacupful of butter, 2 tea
spconfuls of saleratus, large teaspoon
full Of salt, three eggs, / pint of wheat.
-four, quart Of yellow Indian meal /;
bake in deep tin basin, in An oven Of
same heat As for cake, for II hours.
BUcKwHEAT CAKEa-Pint Of water,
half cup of yeast, quarter of Indian meal,
two tablespoonfuls Of molssses; add
buckwhest enough 10 make thin batter ;
let this rise over night; in the morning
sift in spoonful Of saleratus and fry.
Buckwheat is 30 fine that 1t must be
stirred and beaten well from the bottom
or there will be Jumps.
MUsH.-Stir tablespoonful of salt an
cup of -four mixed with one quart of
Indian meal into a quart of boiling
water beat it well, and boil gently two
hours. Turn the whole into dishes
which have been dipped into cold water,
and set away to cool. In the morning
cut into slices an inch thick. and fry
brown in pork fat. Serve slices Of pork
fat with it.
PLUM CAKE.-Take 2 pounds Of large
fresh rsisins, l pound Of citron, 8 fresh
eggs, 2 cups of powdered sugar, l Of
butter, 4 of -four, of sweet milk, ! tea,
spoonful OF soda, nutmeg, grated, !
teaspoonful ground cloves; sift the -four
and put in the oven to brown, as you
would coffee; cut the eitron In strips
half inch wide, then slice % thin as pos
sible bake In . 6.quart basin 2 hours.
Icing for 1.-THE whites Of 4 eggs, 2 cups
Of powdered sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls Of
corn-starch, the juice Of lemon, !
ounce OF rosewater.
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FARM. AND HOME.
"A speedy Cure for Hog Chelss-..

The Lewiston Gazette, published 10
Fulton county, H., contains the follow
ing: Every paper in the United States
ought occasionally to keep the fact
before its readers that burnt corn is q
certsin and speedy cure for hog cholera.
The best way is to make pile Of oszn on
the cobs, efectually scorch 1t, and then
give the affected hogs free access to it.
This remedy was discovered by Z. E.
Locke, Esq., at the time his dissillery
was burnt in this county, together with
large lot of store corn, which was 50
much injured Is to be unfit for use, and
Vas hauled out and greedily essen BY
the hogs, several Of which we're dying
daily. After the second day not single
hog was lost, and the disease entirely
disappeared. The remedy has been tried
in q nu mber of cases since, and never
failed.
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Our NeighbOrs In the Moon.
Providence Journal.

A great change ID taking place In our
views in regard to the moon, and It may
be that we are on the eve OF discoveries
which will make the century An epoch in
astronomical history. Some American
observers saw not long since q crater on
the lunar surface in active operation I'M
der conditions as reliable a. human Wis
ion at such distance can be expected to
reach. A French astronomer has made
observations on grander scale, and con
fidently asserts that the moon is inhabi-
ted. NJ. Camille Flammarion, the
present originator of this long-cherished
idea, is a scientist of honor and renown,
veil known for his reputation as an OBJ
server and enthusiastic writer. He has
written several articles to prove his po-
sition, and has determined TO devote his
life to this branch of astronomical re-
search. No instruments on the globe
are powerful enough to afford glimpse
of our lunarian neighbors. NJ. Flamma-
rion is not in the least discouraged at
this apparently insuperable obstacle in
the way of solution of his problem.
He is going to have one made that will
exhibit the men in the moon to terres>
trial eyes without a possibility of mis-
take. He is urgently soliciting contri-
buttons to a fund for an immense tele.
scope, whose estimated cost is a million
francs, or 100000. This instrument,
the astronomer believes, will be efectual
in revealing the inhabitants in the moon,
really existing according to his sanguine
faith. Some OF the largest refrsctors in
the world, if used when the an is pure,
bear power OF 5000 on the moon
that is, tire moon appears as if it were at
distance of eighty miles instead OF
100000. 1t cab thus be seen that an
immensely increased power would be re-
quired to detect small objects on the sur
face. We trust N. Flammarion will &c
successful in collecting funds for his
monster telescope, and that he viii pick
up crowds of lunariaps through its far
seeing eye before the vision of the pres
emit generation becomes too dim 10 behold
the lOng-wished for sight.
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What it Really Was.

Theophile Gsutier originally event
in" for painting, being pupil of the fa-
nous Riout, but it did not take him
long to discover that he was not destined
to earn fame as an artist, so having
failed, as the old writer said, he turned
critic.
Gerard de Nerval, however, secured
and kept one of the ambitious students
pictures in his earliest manner, which he
delighted to show to visitors, to whom
he would put the unvarying question:
" What do you think that is :"
One would say it was camel, and ant
other that it was landscape, and third
a slaves ship, and so on. till one day an
exasperated and bsflsd student OF its
beauties went to Gautier and asked him
what it was.
lis it," he said, a tree or a dog,
Cleopatra and the asp or flower piece,
a melon or a group of wrestlers, the
Mississippi or cathedral, dish of oysters
or Spanish galleon? Which is it?"
"To tell the truth,'' said the critic
with his bland open smile, possibly
it is"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-06
THE HOME DOCTOR.

SORE THhoAT.-A gargle of salt and
vinegar, with a little cayenne pepper,
will do more to dispense soreness of the
throat than any other remedy of which
we have heard. It stimulates the glands,
promotes free secretion, and will some
times cure IN Q few hours.
The SICK>RooA.-An invalid requires
something beside physic. Good nursing
and common-sense rules, gently and
pleasantly enforced, do more toward
recovery than the doctor can Heat the
sick-room, II possible, by an open crate
fire, or wood upon the hearth; the latter
Ii the best for al modes.
CnAxP IN THE SroMACH.-Opium
and other powerful remedies often fail to
relieve crsmp in thu stomach. Hot
water, swestsned with brown sugar and
taken freely, rarely fails to relieve this
painful trouble. Swift remedies are
always the most desirable, ~ they do
not diprganiss the system or Gauss reac-
ton.
LoNe BRANCH MILK POTATOES
Take good sound potatoes, cut them in
slices (raw), and put the milk, according
70 the quantity you wish to make. in q
pudding-diah then, after you have put
the potatoes in the milk, put it in the
oven for about twenty minutes; then
take out and put potatoes with the same
milk, into saucepan to boil until done
season before you put them to boil.
CHnBLAINs.-1. Liniment: Soap, 8;
liniment, 10 drschms; mix. 2. Lini-
ment: Mercurisl ointment, ! ounce
LIQUID ammonia, l fluid ounce; pow
dered camphor, of drachm; to be
made into liniment and applied night
and morning. When there is the least
appearance of liberation, no liniment
should be used, but immediate recourse
be had to surgical advice. 8. Ointment
Calomel and csmphor, of each drachms
spermaceti ointment, 8 drachms; oil Of
turpentine, 4 drachms; mix well to.
gether. Apply by gentle friction two OF
three times daily.
PoULTICEs.-Thec common practice in
making poultices of mixing the linseed
meal with hot water, and applying them
directly to the skin, is quite wrong,
because, if we do not wish to bum the
patient, We must wait until great por-
ton of the heat has been lost. The
proper method is to take flannel bag
the size of the poultice required-to fill
this with the linseed poultice IS hot as il
can possibly be made, and to pat between
this and the skin second piece of fan
mel. 30 that there shall be at least two
thicknesses of the flannel between the
skin and the poultice itself. Above thu
poultice should be placed more flannel
or a piece OF cotton wool, to prevent i
from getting cold. By this method vi
are able to apply the linseed meal boiling
hot, without burning the patient, anC
the heat, gradually difusing through th'
flannel, affords grateful sense OF relic
which cannot be obtained by otbe
means. There are few ways in which
such marked relief is given to abdomina
pains as by the application Of q poultict
| in this manner.
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which their money had been deposited
had left her and her mother dependent
upon their hands for the bread they
must eat and the clothes they must wear.
She had accepted the change bravely.
1t needed some such blow to bring out
the strength of her character. A friend
in Washington had procured her place
in the treasury department, and she had
come there, bringing her mother, who
was little better than an invalid. What
she earned was enough to keep them
comfortable, and she was thankful for
that.
She had grown to be a grave and
thoughtful woman. The years had come
and gone, and she was thirty now, with
silver threads beginning to show In her
brown hair, and little lines of care about
her mouth.
In all these years she had heard but
little of John Fenwick. She knew that
he was getting to be prominent man at
the west. But that was about all. 1t
had always seemed to her that they
would meet again somewhere. She WON
dered when, and how. Loving him as
she had done, she felt what 1t il to lose,
and in the bitterest way loss can ever
come to US. Ever since they had known
her in the treasury department she had
carried that look of patient sorrow in
her eyes.
al am sure there must be some TO-
nance in Miss Rayne's past life," de-
clared Susie Vernon. al wish l knew
what it was"
"She is MT looking at all well lately"
said Susie to her neighbor, this drowsy
day. "She is overlooking herself.
She'll be down completely if she isn't
careful"
There was a sound of voices at the
door, and one of the treasury officers
came in with some gentleman. Visitors
were so common that no one gave them
more than q passing glance as they en-
tered; then work went on again in its
systematic way.
Catherine did not look up. But she
became aware, by some subtle influence
all at once, that some one was watching
her. She looked up then, and gave q
little cry thst was almost q sob.
"Kittie I" 1t was John Fenwick's
voice that spoke. 1t was his hand that
was outstretched in welcome.
Haven't you a word Of welcome for
q fellow3" he said, looking down into
her face questioningly.
al am glad to see you, john" she
said, and then burst into q sudden fit OF
weeping.
al have not forgotten in all these
years." he said, grsvely. "Do you care
for me, Kittie 2"
az never cared for any one else" she
said. 81 was wicked. saw 1t al
atterward."
"See here" he said, gently, and she
looked up and saw the ring she had
given him back years ago. "Will you
wear it again, Kittie7" l have had 8
lonely life. II you would only wear it p
She held up her hand. He slipped
the yellow circle on her finger, and ther
and there before many wondering eye
he kissed her. The WEAKNESS seemed tc
have suddenly gone out Of her face and
life.
N And Susie Vernon knew that there
had been . romance in Miss Rayne'I
life, and that this was the best and hap
piest part Of It.
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Deep and shallow PIowins.

Few subjects attract more attention
and give rise to more discussion and want
Of agreement, than that Of the depth of
blowing. Many do not consider the very
important fact that deep or shallow
blowing depends upon the nature OF the
soil. The truth is, there sre many soils
in which il one pillow deep he may find
great profit in 20 doing; but on the other
hand, there are thousands and thousands
of acres of land where 1t is sheer madness
to pillow deep. On fat clay land, where
water cannot drain rapidly away, and
where the lack of drainage is the bsne OF
the cultivator, it is found by experience
that . shallow but rich surface soil is
much better than q deeply-stirred one.
And the reason is obvious. If water be
an injury, and it cannot get into the soil
by reason of the hardness of the subsoil,
the rain will pass over the surface to the
open bitches, which always have to be
made in q fat country. II We loosen
such soil deeply, we only harbor more Of
our liquid enemy, and this counterbal>
ances what otherwise might be q good
thing in deep soil. Besides these, there
are other considerations. II the surface
soil be poor, and we turn this down into
still poorer subsoil, we bury what little
good there might have been in the sur
face soil far below the reach Of the roots.
A little learning ia undoubtedly q dan.
| serous thing in farming. There is no
department Of industry wherein circum-
stances alter cases more than In this.
While deep blowing issn excellent thing
when circumstances suit, and there are
innumerable cases when it Ia wis TO go
the other way.-[G Germantown Tele-
; graph.
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The Clergy and Funerals.

The clergy of Troy, N. Y, have re.
Gently taken new departure. At q
meeting at which every denomination
was represented but the Roman Catho-
lie, held at Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
l. That burial services be limited as
far as practicable to scripture reading,
singing and prayer.
2. That we deprecate the appointment
Of funeral services for Sunday.
8. That we also deprecate the public
exposure of remains.
4 That before the arrangements are
made as to the time and place of the
burial service, the convenience Of the
Officiating clergyman should be con.
suited.
One Of the ministers present submit.
ted the following considerations, which
led to the action taken:
1. A prorracted funeral service st the
home, especially where sickness and
death have occurred, il needless ex.
posture to those in attendance.
2. A protrscted service, especially
when the weather is unpleasant or in.
clement, when those convened are NOT
warmly clad, increases liability to ex'
posure Of health in going to the grave
and at the time Of burial.
3. The scripture lesson and the prayer
do ordinarily furnish all the counsel and
consolation needful.
4. 1t is our conviction that but little
Of good is accomplished by funeral dis
courses, except when the death itself i:
exceptionally impressive.
s. Ministers are often embarrassed
and brought to degree of discredit by
inappropriateness of remarks, by igno
rance of peculiar features Of the life Oh
family OF the deceased, by saying toe
little or to much in the view of biased
and prejudiced minds and fear of givin.
offence.
6. At times deaths are frequent, Is.
pecially among the young and INFANTS
when the delivery of discourse serves
no purpose that would not be served a
well BY prayer, Scripture reading ant
private conversation.
7. To omit discourse On some oeea
aions and not on others would Be often
sive to some and suggests the importance
of specific and uniform rules for funer q
services.
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SUNDAY READING.
The shadow OF the Rock.

NC 1H1aCW - e.C h1CNA@s
Z A hiding place from the wind and GOV
Nm the tempest; as rivers Of water in dry pls
the shadow Ct a great hock in 3 weary lam
n xxxii:2.
In the Shadow Of the Rock
ct me rest,
When feel the sempest's shock
Thrill my breast;
All in vain the storm shall sweep,
While hide,
And nv tranqKiI station keep
By Thy side.
On the psrchei and desert way
Where 1 tread,
With the scorchizz neon-tide ray
Der my head;
Let me find the welcome shade,
Cool and still,
And my weary steps Be stayed
While I will.
in peace viDret ne there
TIL see
That the skiss again are tAir
Over me;
That the burning heats are past,
And the day
Bids the traveller ct last
Go his way.
Then my pilgrim stat III take,
And once more,
I'll my onward journey make,
As before;
And with Joyous heart and strong
Twill raise
Unto Thee, o Rock, a song
Glad with praise
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To CURE STIFF NEcR.-Apply over
the place Affected 8 piece OF black oil
cloth, with right SHE TO the skin (; then
tie up the neek with thick handke'-
chief. In short time the part will grow
moist, and, by leaving it thus twelve
hours, the pain will be removed.
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The schOol-boy manages TO be more
perfect in "recess" than in any other ex-
ere Sc of the school.
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nose. I'll bet he'll think Pm mad for q
while, and when he's had time to get
ashamed of himself, I'll come around a
little, and be good, and everything will
turn out nicely"
Kittie's plan was good enough, but it
failed to work. When she got ready to
take John back into her good grsces, he
had gone away, and che didn't know
where. The days slipped by, and Kitty
hoped he would come back or write, but
her hope was a vain one. He had evi>
IDENTIFY taken her st her word, and hence
forth they we're to be strangers to each
other.
"And I was the only one to blame, T"
sobbed Kittie. 1t was all my doings,
and / loved himl"
1t was drowsy summer day. The
wind was languid with warmth, and
seemed to make the day more depressing
in its influence on brain and body than
it would have been if no breath OF sir
had stirred the droopiug leaves outside
the open window.
Catharine Rayne stood at her desk in
the treasury building in Washington,
and went through with her work in a
mechanical way. 1t was hard to keep
her thoughts upon it this sluggish after
noon, when everything seemed ready to
swoon for fresh breath Of GOODNESS to
revive it.
A great change had come into her lie
since she gave back John FenWicks
ring. A sudden collapse of the bank in