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Year: 1877

The true and ne only true Christian
life is not only 20 i've unto the Lord,
but to live entirely to Him. And is
not here an intimation of what may be
deemed the great and vital defect in
the Christian chaiacter, as we gener-
ally observe it? There are muldtudes
Of Christians, and many whom we are
accustomed to ctll good Christians.
In all their depor'ment they seem to
be blameless. They are punctual in
their ordinary rediOus duties. The
Sabbath, the close the sanctuary, the
sacrament, the cial assemblies of
worship, are dulyLonored. Their con-
versation is habitually becoming and
pure, and such as often tends to edif-
cation; and they are accustomed to
be pointed at as examples of genuine
Christian character.


At the same time, passing behind
and beneath all these outward mari
festations, what may often be the ex-
listing reality? Arc these Christians
after all, deeply, emi,lentIy, totally
devoted to the Goo. whom they profess
to server IS He always in their
thoughtsI Is Christ in their hearts
as Ills permanent abode? Does He
breathe in their every breath? Does
He speak in all their words? Does
He sanctify all their thoughts, and
purify all their desires and affections
Does Ae control all their movements
Is He the object Of their perpetual
trust? DO they really acknowledge
Him in all their ways, so that He di-
rects all their paths! Do they con-
sciously live, move and have their be-
ing in Him? Is He their momentary
and infinite delight? Do they, in ey-
erything, and with every breath, aim
to please Him? and do they always
consider that to please Him is indeed
"the best and happiest thing in the
world" Is Christ their life? And
the life they now live in the flesh, do
they live by faith on the Son Of God
Do they recognize themselves as
branches Of the true Vine-engrafted
into Christ, and ever more partakers
Of His infinite blessed nature and
spirit? Is their conyersation-that is,
all they say and do-in heaven? And
thus do they walk in the spirit-walll
with God from moment to moment!
In a word, do they love God with all
their heart, mind and might?


This is to live unto the Lord; and
this, most assuredly, is the true style
Of the Christian life. How many are
there who truly and fully exemplifyit
and thus in all their ways acknowledge
the Lord ?-Zion's Herald.
Year: 1877

VALUE OF POULTRY MANURE.-From
actual experiment, we found that drop
pings from four Brahmas, for one
night, weighed in one case, exactly
one pound and in another more than
three-quarters, an average of nearly
four ounces to each bird. BY drying
this was reduced to not quite l 1-2
ounces. Other birds make less but
allowing one ounce per bird daily, OF
dry manure, fifty fowls will make in
their roosting house alone, about 10
cwt, per annum of the best manure in
the world. Hence, fifty good fowls
will make more than enough manure
for an acre of land, cwt. being the
usual quantity applied per acre, and
poultry manure being even richer than
guano in ammonia and fertilizing salts.
The other stock will give an actual
return in this way, and these figures
demand careful attention from the
large farmer. The manure, before
using, should be mixed with twice its
bulk Of earth, and then allowed to
stand in a heap covered with few
inches Of earth, till thoroughly decom-
posed, when it makes the very best
manure that can be had.
Year: 1877

Men differ as to the best and proper
time to cut wheat. Many say it should
stand until the grain is quite hard, and
then cut and put it into the barn al
most Immediately after. Others cut
earlier and often put it into the barn
or stack before it has had time to cure.
| have no doubt, if the wheat is in
tended for seed, though the sample
will be quite rough and will not look so
nice, i is better to let it let quite hard
previous to cutting; but for grinding,
and to make sure Of a fine sample for
sale, this is / mistake. When secured
in this hard state, and through being
50 long exposed to the sun before cut
ting, it is impossible for the miller to
separate the bran from the flour so
thoroughly; consequently the flour is
coarse and brown. Also, when cut so
late, if there is much to handle, con-
siderable will be lost before the whole
is secured.


For several reasons it is desirable
to cut while in a soft state. If the
berry is past the milky state, and
when like soft dough, it is as good
time as can be. have known large
wheat raisers to cut it very green. The
coloris brighter, the berry more plump
the quality nicer, the straw softer and
tougher-not SO liable to break up
when thrashed-all of which is very
desirable. 1t is q settled question
that more and better flour can be made
from this wheat. OF course, to cut
in this green or soft state more time is
required before hauling. Many object
to this on account Of rains, and arc
anxious to barn the grain Immediately
after cutting. We know it is not
pleasant to have rain day after day Oh
wheat if not properly set up in shock.
My custom is to cut when in the
doughy state, make good sized bun
dies, set them up well-six bands up
right and two to cap with, making
eight altogether; let them stand till
the wheat is hard enough to grind
The wheat will not be injured by mod
crate rains, and the heads not being
much exposed to the sun will not be
injured by drying too quickly, | an
in no hurry to haul the wheat if other
work is pressing. have found al
through 35 years experience that it is
best to cut early and give sufficient
field room. Most Of the musty wheat
is caused by being put together toe
soon after cutting, even if the wheat
and straw seem quite dry. AS sc
many Of our farmers raise green weeds
with their crops, and these. getting
mixed up with the wheat, caHse it tc
heat and mold in the NOW or stack. -
Year: 1877

GRAPE OR Plum JAM.-Stew in 2
little water, and press the fruit through
q colander or coarse sieve, adding a
little water to plums to get all the
pulp through. Add sugar, and finish
as other jams.


To WHITEN PORCELAIN SAUCE-PANs.
Have the pans half filed with hot
water, throw in a tablespoonful of
powdered borax, and let it boil. If
this does not remove all of the stains,
soap a cloth and sprinkle on plenty of
powdered hoEax- Scour it well.


RASPBERRY pAM.-Make BY itself,
or, better, combined with currants in
the proportion of one-third cuwants
to two-thirds raspberries; mash the
fruit well, and proceed as in currant
jam. Make blackberry jam like rasp-
berry, except that it should not be
mixed with currants. Strawberry
jam is made exactly like blackberry.


CURRANT JELLY.-Mash the cur
rants with the hand put them on the
fire and bring them to u scald strain
out the juice and measure it; place
over the fire and boil three minutes /;
have granulated sugar previously heat
ed in the oven, and add a pound Of
sugar to pint of juice bring the jelly
to boil once more, and Immediately
remove; pour into glass jars or tum-
blers when cold lay brandy paper on
each, and paste over tightly brown
paper.


CURRANT JAM.-Piclz and wash
thoroughly, and boil fifteen or twenty
minutes, stirring often, and sllimming
off any skum that may arise then add
sugar in the proportion Of three
fourths pound sugar to one pound
fruit, or, by measure, one coffee-cup
Of sugar to one pint Of mashed fruit ;
boil thirty minutes longer, stirring al
most constantly. When done, pour
in small glasses or jars, and either
seal or secure, like jelly, by first
pressing paper cut to fit the glasses
down close on the fruit, and then
larger papers brushed on the inside
with white Of eggs, with the edges
turned down over the outside Of the
glass.


NICE PEACH JELLY.-Use the best
white sugar use one-third Of the ker-
nels with the peaches, which should be
pared, stoned, and sliced place the
peaches and the kernels in a jar
place this jar in a pot of boiling wa
ter, stir from time to time until the
fruit is all broken, then strain through
a stout coarse bag, and to every pint
Of peach-juice add the juice Of one
lemon, then measure again, allowing
one pound Of sugar to a pint Of juice
heat the sugar very hot by placing it
on pans in the oven, stirring OCCASION
ally so that it may not burn; when
the juice has boiled just twenty min
utes add the sugar, let it come to a
boil, and take it instantly from the
fire; have your jelly-glasses rolled in
hot water, and then fill them with the
scalding liquid; when cold and firm
put branded tissue paper on the top
of the jelly, paste thick paper over
the glass keep in dry place. RI,
Year: 1877

HAY CAPs.-We were much sur
prised on a recent trip among the
hay-makers in this vicinity, to find so
many farmers who had never tried the
efficiency Of hay caps. We have never
seen farmer who had used them one
season to abandon them at even twice
their first cost. The producer of mod
crate means, he who is obliged to do
his work mostly with his own hands,
unaided by hired help, who is unable
to avail himself of the most improved
machinery for fastening the harvest
ing Of the hay crop, he is the man OF
all others who needs a few hay caps
to assist him in showery weather OF to
protect his crop from dew and damp
ness. The present exceedingly low
price of cotton cloth should be another
inducement for an immediate invest
ment in q few hay caps.-American
Cultiyator.
Year: 1877

TREATMENT OF CABBAGEs.-A New
Jersey gardner considers salt neces-
sary to the development Of cabbages,
especially in places far from the coast.


He finds them more crisp, of better
flavor, and to keep better when salt is
used than without. lie uses it us fol-
lows: GA few days after setting out
the plants, and when they are damp,
either after a rain or when dew is on,
! take a small dish Of fine salt, and
walking among the rows, sprinkle a
little pinch Of salt on the center of
each plant. When the leaves begin
to grow | repeat the sailing, and
when the center Of the leaves begin to
form the head l apply the salt again,
scattering it over the leaves. After
this / look them over occasionally,
and if / find plants that do not head
well or appear diseased, | sprinkle the
salt over freely. This will save al


such plants. A quart Of salt is suf.
ficient for 500 plants in season, al


though more can be used with safety ,
Year: 1877

What, then, does it mean to put on
Christ? 1t does not mean, of course,
that you are only to make an expert
ment Of putting on the garb of new
life, and see how you will like it. No
man puts on Christ for anything short
of eternity. The act must be final
ity, even at the beginning. He must
be accepted as the Alpha and Omega.
Whoever contemplates even the possi-
bility Of being without Him, or Of ever
being without Him again, does not put
Him on.-Horace Bushnell.
Year: 1877

Complaints would be shortened and
murmurings hushed, did those who are
about to lament or grumble over theiI
present condition or future prospects,
repeat the brave words of the Master
and strive to enter into their spirit
'gIhe cup which my Father hath given
me, shall | not drink it?
Year: 1877

A firm trust in the assistance Of an
Almighty Being naturally produces
patience, hope, cheerfulness, and all
other dispositions of mind that allevi-
ate those calamities which we are not
able to remove.
Year: 1877

If our plans are not for time, but
for eternity, our knowledge, and there
fore our love to God, to each other, to
ourselves, and to everything, will pro
gress forever. knowledge and love
are reciprocal.
Year: 1877

We ought never to believe evil of
any one till we are certain of it. We
ought not to say anything that is rude
and displeasing even in joke and we
ought never to carry Jokes too far.
Year: 1877

Oela LOBan.I


Our family was intimate with
theirs, and one evening Olive and
| were at child's party, at which,
Of course, there we're many elderly
people, and on this occasion first
saw Isaac Menken and his wife.
There had been trouble about his
marrying Adah, the reason of which
| was too young to understand, but
the old folks had concluded to make
the best Of it, and this was the
pround young husbands presenta-
ton Of his bride to his family.
Never shall | forget the hush which
fell upon even the children when
the pair paused moment at the
door, as if to ask permission to en-
ter Adah Menken must at that
time have been one of the most
peerless beauties that ever dazzled
human eyes, while Isaac himself
was a remarkably handsome man,
with a countenance as intelligent
as the expression was noble. How
little any of these happy people
present that night foresaw the
gloomy fate awaiting that strange
and gifted grill In after years.
whoever threw a stone at Adah, it
was never Isaac Menken, and, no
matter what other ties she con-
tracted, she always retained his
name, only adding a final IS" to
the Isaac, so much Of glamour of
the first love hung over them both
to the bitter end. Their happiness
must soon have fitted, for, before
| reached womanhood myself, they
had separated, and to support her
self, Mrs. Menken was editing a
small newspaper in Cincinnati, for
the first time giving evidence of
that fine intellect, and especially
poetical talent, which helped after
ward to make her distinguished
mark, but not to keep her from
self-ruin. Her theatrical career is
too fresh in the public mind to make
a resume of it interesting. Nature
was lavish in her gifts to Adah.
Every charm of mind, face and
form was hers by birthnght. What
led her to ineomprehensible reck-
lessness is a mystery which she kept
to herself-eyen at the last she told
no pathetic story of early wrong at
the hands Of man. "0nly inscribe,s
she said, con my tombstone, Thou
knowest, I"
Year: 1877

The different editions of THE SUN during the next year will be the same durngEhe year that has just passed. The daily edition will week days be a sheet of and on Sundaysa sheet of eight pages or 66 broad columns while the weekly edition will be sheet of eight pages of the same dimensions and character that already familiar our friends

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 The benefit of this large reduction from the pre- vous rate for the WEEKLY be enjoyed by indivd- nal subscribers without the necessity of making up clubs. At the time if any of our friends choose ful to them and every such person who sends ten subscribers from place will be entitled to one copy ofthe paper for himself without charge At one dollar year, postage pad the expenses of paper and printing barely repaid and. considering the size of the sheet and the quality of it's contens we are confident the people will consider THE WEEKLY and we trust also one of the very best. 36 6w

 Address, THE SUN. New York City, N. Y.
Year: 1877

Have been made by the indefatigable explorers of Africa.

 with the natural result of the lapse of time, have brought into public view asmultitude of new men, lives every one is curious to know the partfcuars Great battles been fought and important sieges maintained of which the details yet preserved only the newspapers in the transient publications of the day. but which ought now to take their place in
Year: 1877

The work has been begun after long and careful preliminary abor and with the most ample resources for carrying it on to a successful termination. None of the original stereotype plates have been used. but every page has been
Year: 1877

Forming in fact Cyclopadia with the same plaz

 and compass its predecessor but with far greatel pecuniary expenditure, and with such improvements in its composition have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knowledge. #
Year: 1877

The Ne,os Of Joplin, Mo-, says :
There are few people who, when they


walk the length of West Main street,


know that in one place only three feet
below the surface there lies a fortune
which no one dare touch. Yet such is
the case, and if the city wished to do SO,
she could sell the mining right to her
streets and alleys for fabulous sum.
To Judge Byers is due the credit of dis
covering Oh Main street, at the crossing
of Third, prospect of zinc and lead,
which, if unearthed in Kansas, would
turn the heads Of half of the grasshopper
State. A workman was cxcavating for
the new guttering when his attention
was called to small particle of lead,
which he naturally supposed had been
hauled there at some previous time.
Not so with Judge William Byers, who
was standing by. His practiced eye saw
that it belonged there. Taking a shovel
he soon uncovered large area of solid
lead and zinc that would sell for almost
enough to pay the city's bonded debt.
People looked on with astonishment MS
they saw the fortune beckoning them on;
but the contractor was in hurry to
finish his work. and soon this mine of
wealth was covered with o stone gutter
and hidden from sight. Judge Byers
and number of others have several fine
specimens which they took from this new
discovery.
Year: 1877

The Milledgeville (Ga. } Reporter says:
A little colored girl, nine years of age,
daughter of Samuel Phelps, was passing
over the railroad bridge which spans
Fishing creek near the depot, with a
large parasol stretched over her head,
when the blast struck her, and in q
moment she was swept off the bridge and
was falling to the earth sixty feet below.
A lady who saw the affair from short
distance off, says that she went down
hanging to the umbrella which was
stretched over her head like parachute.
The handle broke just before she reached
the ground. Several persons went to her
assistance Immediately, and were doubt
less surprised to find her alive. She was
not only alive, but comparatively little
injured, as the doctor who attended her,
told the writer that her worst injury was
severe sprain of one of her ankles, with
possibly fracture of one of the smaller
bones. Her preservation from death is
probably owing to the fact that the para
sol acted as parachute, and that she fell
on haw bush three or four feet high.
Year: 1877

There is something very ingenious in
the manufacture Of marbles. The greater
part of them are made of hard stone
found near Ceburg, in Saxony. The
stone is first broken with hammer into
small, cubical fragments, and about a
hundred or hundred and fifty of these
are ground at one time in mill, some
thing like four-mill. The lower stone,
which remains at rest, has several con-
centric circular grooves; the upper
stone is of the same diameter as the
lower, and is ma !e to revolve by water
or wind power. Minute streams of water
are directed into the burrows of the
lower stone. The little pieces are made
to roll about in all directions, and in n
quarter Of an hour the whole of the
rough fragments are reduced into nearly
accurate sphereS
Year: 1877

SIocp mere IN peace
To earth's kind bosom do We fearful take thee
No mortal sound again from rest shall wax,
thee;
No fever thirst, no grief that needs assuaging
No tempest burst, above thy head loud raging


Sleep here In peace!


Sleep here In peace!
No more thoult know the suns glad morning
shining
No more tho night that stoops serene above
thee,
Watching thy rest, like tender eyes that love
thee,


Sleep here in peace


Sleep here in peace
Unknown to thee the spring will come with
blessing,
Tho turf above thee in soft verdure dressing
Unknown will como the autumn rich and
mellow,
sprinkling thy couch with foliage golden yellow


Sleep here in peace


Sleep here in peace.
This is earths rest for all her broken-h hearted,
Where she has garnered up our dear departed /;
The rrattling babe, the wife. the old man
hoary,
Tho tired of human life, the crowned with
glory.


Sleep here in peace.
Year: 1877

my finger on my lip and tell Mary to &c
and bring John Salter up very quietly.
But my caution is needless; the mother
has heard the sound, and with last
effort of her remaining strength she raises
herself and stretches out her arms.


"My lad my lad p she gasps, as
with great sob he springs forward, and
mother and son are clasped in each
others arms once more.


For moment they remain so. Then
the little old woman sinks back on my
wife's shoulder. and her spirit is looking
down from heaven on the lad she loved
so dearly on earth.


She lies in our little churchyard under
a spreading yew-tree, and on the stone
which marks her resting place are in
scribed the words: Faithful unto
Death"


Our Laddie has gained far-spread re-
nown for his good works; and rs I sit
finishing this short record of tale of
which he is the hero, he lies at my feet,
our ever watchful, faithful companion
and friend,
Year: 1877

A New York hotel keeper with great
er amount of self-confidence than good
Judgment went down to Wall street a
few weeks ago with $4,000. OF course
the brokers were glad to see him. They
had long been in search of just such a
man. They gave him "puts," "calls, 4"
straddles" and ever so many other
things alleged to be good for making
money, and after he had meddled with
them three weeks he found he had only
five dollars left of his $4,000. He put
Grape on his hat, and left the bull and
bear precinct never to return. He also
put mortgage on his hotel
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the San Francisco


Chronicle thus gives the particulars


of the death of somewhat famous


Western rover: Last month, while


travelling through southern Idaho, !


camped one night on Mud creek, near


the Snake river, and turned my horse


out with those of two freighters to


nibble the scanty blades of bunch grass


on the sagebrush desert. Near by stood


a hodink, or cabin, occupied by two men


of perhaps fifty-five OF sixty years of


age They were partners in mining


claim, and having just received couple


of kegs of the "water of all evil " from


Boise City, they we're having a sort of


blowout. Both claimed New York city
as their birthplace. One OF them, Will
liam S. Maynard. had been clerk in
the New York post-office years ago, and
ever since had been knocking around the
Pacific coast. The other was known
throughout Idaho as Captain Jack,
chief of the Modocs." He seemed to be
a very intelligent man in his way, and
related many incidents concerning the
early history of California-in fact, he
seemed to be better posted in regard to
early times in the Golden State than any
writer whose works I have as yet run
across. He claimed to have first landed
in San Francisco in 1874 to have been
one of the originators of the bear flag,
aud afterward one of the first to hoist
the stars and stripes. James McKeever,
he said, was his real name, and that he
had wife and children still living at
Santa Rosa, and brother at New Bed
ford, Mass. The next morning went
off in the sagebrush about six or eight
miles to hunt my horse, and when I re-
turned, old man Maynard came out of
the cabin and. volunteered the informa-
ton that he had shot Captain Jack, say
ing that the latter drew his pistol on
him, and that he Maynard] then blazed
away with his shotgun. entered the
cabin and found that Maynard had told
the truth. There on the bed lay Cap
tain Jack with the right side of his neck
shot away, and his six shooter lying
across his stomach. Maynard claimed
that Captain Jack started in to shoot
him, and that he simply saved himself
by getting in the first shot, A justice
of the peace was summoned, who justi-
fed the shooting, and we gave Captain
Jack as decent burial as was possible
in that isolated and nncivilized locality.