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Year: 1875

Java coffee has a large, full, yellow ber-
ry. That of the Rio is smaller and of
grcenish tinse. The difference is essen
tial properties is derived from the differ
ence in climate, that of Java retaining the
bean to ripen more perfectly than it is left
to do in Brazil, where it is raised chiefly
by unskillcd slave labor. The best coffee
for family use is made by mixing the two
Java affords the most fragrance, and Rio
the most stimulation against chillness and
damp. Very much depends upon the
parching Of coffee. This should be done
slowly at first to expel all the moisture,
and rapidly at last. stirring it constantly,
so that it will be Drowned. and not burned
in the least. When it has an oily appear
ancc, and is of light brown color, it
should be removed at once from the fire
and put in q c,ose vessel. There are
great many coffee pots; but for family use
we have never found anything better than
a good block-tin pot, and the white Of an
egg to cleanse the beverage.
Year: 1875

Strange are the uses of false hair. It is
known that its collection is an important
branch of trade, as its wearing is Of fash
ion, that it leads to grave robberies, that
the article often causes and spreads dis
ease, that it is employed to hide badness
which children used to be warned to re-
spect, and that it is also Il means of super.
huous decoration to those not suffering
from want. But lately it has been brought
into notoriety in other ways. In a recent
English assault and battery trial the crush
ing testimony against the defendant was
production i'll court of masses of hair torn
ing summoned. sworc to the Satisfaction
of the judge that the samples were trade
hair" and never were Il part of the plain.
tff's. The case was dismissed, but the
singular use of the hair has gone into the
court report histories of false appearances !;
and now in Albany the other day woman
committed suicide by hanging herself with
chair switch that she removed from her
head for the purpose" These are sugges-
tive illustrations of capillary attraction.
Since one suicide has been SO performed,
it is inevitable that others like it should
follow, and, perhaps, at last the false hair
delusion is going to work its own cure in this
radical fashion. 1t would be as fit solu-
ton, as some of those chemistry COM
pounded
Year: 1875

The best black walnut in the United
States is found in Indiana. Forty years
ago could be found in that State crop of
black walnut unequalled in quantity and
quality, but to-day it is not to be found in
such immense trees, neither is the num-
Der of trees by any means SO numerous.
The largest and best trees were used years
ago for fence rails and such common pur-
poses; then it had no particular common
value. Before walnut came into general use
the most of domestic furniture was made Of
cherry; walnut has now entirely superseded
this and all other wood. Thousands offence
rails can be found to-day through Indiana
that were split more than a half century
ago, and they are as sound now rs then,
save the wear and tear. OF all hard woods
the walnut is the most durable save red
cedar. and possibly in the ground black
locust would equal it. Indiana walnut is
comparatively gone. In isolated parts of
the country where this timber grows there
is yet some of inferior quality, but to a
limited extent. But the general black
walnut growing in the deep forest, in the
rich low lands, in its primitive nature, is
thing of the past. The general supply
must now be gathered from the four quar-
ters of the earth to supply demand that
required u century for its elimination,
and its elimination witnesses the astound-
ing spectacle of the almost entire exiting
ton of the valuable material.
Year: 1875

The season in Florida has closed, and


the resorts of Northern travellers are
now deserted. The estimated amount Of
pleasure and health travel to that State
during the past Winter is estimated at
$4,000 persons, who are supposed to have
spent 100000 among the Floridians. 1t
is cheering to learn that the profitable
ness of Florida hotel keeping in the Win
ter season is attracting the attention Of @
class who know how to keep hotels, and


that the accommodations are likely to be
fuller and better next Winter. A new fea-
ture of the Florida travel this Winter has
been the large proportion of persons in
good health who have gone South for
pleasure, compared with those who have
gone for health. Until this year the in
valids have been in the majority, but it
was the other way during the past season.
Year: 1875

There are many curious facts about
vegetable life. We can, for example, graft
the apricot on the plum, and the peach on
the apricot, and the almond on the peach,
and thus we may produce IL tree with
plum-roots and almond leaves. The wood
however of the stem will consist of four
distinct varieties, though formed from
one continuous layer. Below the almond
wood and bark we shall have perfect peach
wood and bark, then perfect apricot wood
and bark, and at the bottom plum-wood
and bark. In this curious instance we SEQ
the intimate correspondence between the
bark and the leaf, for if we should remove
the almond branches we might cause the
several sorts Of wood to develop buds and
leafy twigs each of its own kind. Each
section of the compound stem has it's seat
Of life in the cambium layer, and the cam
blum of each rcproluc,s cells of its own
species ont of common nutrient fluid.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the New York


Herald, writing from the Black Hills.
under date of June 9th, draws the
conclusion from careful inquiry and
personal observation that while capital
may possibly be rewarded for invest
ment in the Black Hills, the poor man
can gain nothing by venturing to
become miner in that region. 50
far, nothing but meagre product has
been the result of the labor expended.
Many new miners are arriving there
daily, and hundreds are already At
work washing and sifting-shifting
from one place to another. in quest Of
the "pay streak" which is never found
The correspondent states as a fact
that no miner in that region is reoeiv.
ing in return for his labor the pay Of
common hod-carrier. He descants
on the magnitude of the dangers, from
both starvation and hostile Indians,
that beset the adventurers, and finally
advises all who are yet within civiliza-
ton to remain there, and to tnrn their
gaze from this dangerous tgnis Jatus,
Year: 1875

State Of Minnesota


County Of Redwood %


District Court Ninth Judicial District:


The State Of Minnesota to all per-
sons companies or corporations who
have Or claim any estate right title or
interest in, claim to, or lien upon any
Of the several peices or parcels of land
10 the list hereto attached described {:
The list of taxes on real estate for the
county Of Redwood remaining delin-
quent on the FIRST day of June 1875
has been filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court in county of
Redwood of which that hereto attach
ed is a copy.


I Therefore you and each Of
you are hereby required to file 10 the
Office Of said Clerk, within twenty days
after the last publication of this notice,
your answer ia writing setting forth
any objectioa or defense you may have
to the taxes or any part thereof, upon
any peice or parcel Of land described in
said list, in, to or on which you have or
claim any estate. right, title, Interest,
claim or lien. And in default thereof,
judgment will be entered against such
peice or parcel of land for the taxes
on said list appearing against it, and
for all penalties interest and cost.


H. D. BALDWIN.
Clerk of the District Court in the coun-


ty Of Redwood
Year: 1875

Attorney General P.errepont has
decided that the present postmaster
general is not authorized to pay the
Chorpenning award made by Postmas-
ter General Cresswell, for the reason
that congress repealed the resolution
granting him power to arbitrate before
the money was paid. And he is fur.
ther Of the opinion that while Ohor-
penning has the right to take his
claim before the court Of claims, that
body cannot enforce the payment Of
Cresswell's award. This decision saves
to the government over half . million
dollars, and we sincerely hope will
have the effect to completely squeloh
tho infamy.-Pionser Press.
Year: 1875

IN writing for such allowance accompanied by the oath Of
abe applicant shall be lodged IN the Custom House within
ten days after the landing OF the goods


Such application will consist Of the claim OF the in-
porter or his agent for such allowance subscribed and sworn
60 by him. specifying by marks numbers the particular
articles and the value which he has entered
them respectively and the Official examination and apprnse
ment must be confined the articles and packages spec
ped and proven 80 have in weight by the abso
Ion OF water aforesaid.
Year: 1875

If the pew be not as punctual as the pull
pit-if there be steps heard in the aisle from
the earliest whisper of the organ to the an
nouncement of the text, and the sound of
opening doors keep time with the football Of
every new addition to the audience, there are
disturbances of the quiet, not only of the
minister, but of every devout breast turned
towards him. All are conscious of the in
terruption; and one of the number who has
most need to be calm and collected, must
eminently suffer. Every new conner must
affect, to some extent, his connection of mind.
In his efforts for the right discharge of his
sacred duties, every footstep can but disturb
his attention. The effect will be different
in proportion to temperament; one will be
affected more than another; but to all it
must be more or less disturbance. 1t may
be thought to be enough to be in time for
the chief part Of the service, and particularly
for the sermon; but if, on the part of the
pew, we make bold to claim for prayer and
praise an Importance not second to that of
the discourse, the pulpit will not gainsay the
assertion. 1t will concur in the argument
that supplication and psalmody, chapter and
chant, heighten the value and deepen the
emphasis of the word of exhortation. They
promote that receptive frame and attitude
of mind which the preacher seeks to possess
in the pew. The service which he conducts
does not consist of parts; it is a compacted
unity. From the first syllable to the last
what passes is complete. Every word of
morning and evening service has its mean
ing and intention, and we should deny our
selves no portion of either.
Year: 1875

David makes use of this unique expression
in the Forty-second Psalm. But when we
discover its meaning, we find that even David
himself never said more beautiful thing.


There is moral as well as physical pa
thology. Brooding over grief is disease
whose diagnosis is to be made up from the
face. When we are profoundly detected we
look sick. And little wonder We ought to
look sick when We let 60 of God. Losing
him, we have nothing left. Faith is tonic
that we are to keep taking all the time, and
if we leave off taking it, even for little sea-
son, it is a natural consequence that we
should appear morbid and miserable. The
soul becomes frightened whenever God is abb
sent from it, for God is its only dependence.
And the countenance, in its sympathy with
the soul in the midst of its tribulation, puts
on an unnatural expression, equivalent to
that produced by disease.


But by and by the cloud that has settled
down upon the disheartened believer turns
itself inside out, and reveals it's lining of sil-
yer. God comes back to him, and he reach
es out for the strong arm precisely as Peter
did as soon as he found that he was really
going down. And the moment the doubling
disciple has God again, that moment he gets
well of his sorrow. The soul takes healing
from the Divine Presence-revives and re.
covers through the reposSession of that upon
which it depends for its vitality and strength
and courage. And because the soul is we'll,
the face loses its sad and sick expression
clears and brightens and looks cheerful and
brave again. 1t gets well, too. And this is
what David means by "the health of the
countenance."


We need never be afflicted, unless we will,
with this miserable sickness of detection. We
can preserve healthy countenance if we care
to preserve it. The face of Jesus always
shines, and if we stay close to him our faces
will be sure to catch something of his radi
ance. And then their "health" will be con.
summate.


The moment that we get anything of Je
sus into our countenances, God himself be-
gins to think them beautiful.-New YOrA
Evangelist.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Moody relates the following: "There
was little story going the round of the
American press that made great impress
sion upon me as father. A father took
his little child out into the field one Sabbath,
and he lay down under beautiful shady
tree, it being hot day. The little child
ran about gathering wild flowers and little
blades of grass, and, coming to its father, it
said: Pretty pretty At last the father
fell asleep, and while he was sleeping the
little child wandered away. When he awoke
his first thought was: Where is my child
He looked all around, but he could not see
him. He shouted at the top of his voice,
and all he heard was the echo of his own
voice. Running to little hill, he looked
around and shouted again, but all he heard
was the echo of his own voice. No response
Then, going to precipice at some distance,
he looked down, and there upon the rocks
ana 6rlers he Saw the mangled form of his
loved child. He rushed to the spot, took
up the lifeless corpse and hugged it to his
bosom, and accused himself of being the
murderer of his own child. While he was
sleeping his child had wandered over the
precipice. 1 thought, as heard that: What
picture of the church of God How many
fathers and mothers, how many Christian
men are sleeping now, while their children
wander over the terrible precipice a thou
sand times worse than that precipice, right
into the bottomless pit of hell. Father,
where is your boy tonight? 1t may be,
just out here in some public house; it may
be, reeling through the streets of London,
drunk; it may be, pressing on down to
drunkard's grave. How many fathers and
mothers are there in London-yes, praying
Christians too-whose children are wander
ing away while they are slumbering and
sleeping? Is it not time that the Church of
God should wake up and come to the help
of the Lord as one man, and strive to beat
back those dark waves of death that roll
through our streets, bearing upon their bosom
the noblest young men we have? 0, my
God, wake up the church. And let US trim
our lights and go forth and work for the
kingdom of Cod
Year: 1875

efficiency, no activity, scarcely any symptoms


of life; prayers, if there are any prayers a


all, are so dull and heavy that they never


rise to heaven; sermons are unheeded and


unappreciated, and fall as water spilled upon


the ground, no impression made upon the
world, no conversions, no growth in Chris


tian life, no enjoyment of religion, no COM
fort, no assurance, nothing to distinguish pro-
fessors from the world, except that their
names are on the Sesson-book, and they are
sometimes seen at the communion table. y


But why such scenes, why this dearth and
famine, and mildew and death, where all
ought to be vigor and joyous life Would
you like to have the answer-would it inter-
est you to have the matter explained p
Here is the explanation, whether you want
to hear it or not. There is no meat in Gods
house. = Gsd will not, God can
not bless church with an empty storehouse; (;
the heavens are brass; no prayer goes up,
and no spirit comes down, while thatargly
record stands on the register above.


People tell us they cannot afford to give.
Can they afford to do without giving? Can
they bear the consequences of attempting to
rob God? No church under the heavens
can have its welfare and efficiency advanced
no church can have the elements of real
prosperity that does not honestly and fully
meet its pecuniary obligations. "NO meat,
no 61essing."


The Assembly rightly observes g that to
the ministry of the word, above all other
agencies, the Lord Jesus looks for the en-
lightment of His Church and her growth in
this as in other graces. And I" if the trum-
pet gives an uncertain sound, who is pre-
pared for the battle ?" When the believers
mind and conscience are tenderly but fully
enlightened, he will respond to the Masters
voice. '.Giving to Christ thank offering
will become part of his worship, as spon-
taneous and delightful as prayer or praise.
The people need faithful, patient, tender in-
struction on this subject. But few of them
have any intelligent idea that giving to
Christ is an essential act of Christian wor-
ship and service, suited to promote their
spiritual growth and comfort, and indispen-
sible to subduing the selishness of the heart
and resisting the encroachment of the world.
This view Of the question is seldom more
than casually alluded to in inStructing the
people in the duty of giving, whereas it is the
chief point upon which they need instruction.


If these wise counsels of the Assembly
shall be heartily accepted and faithfully put
in practice by the ministry--the doctrine
preached and the machinery worked-an i'm
portant reform will have commenced and val
liable and increasing fruits may be looked
for. But the machinery without the doc
trfne will be IS powerless as the engine
without the steam. Let it never be lost
sight of, that God has ordained the proceeds
of HIS wOrship to be the revenue of HIS
Church. ZACCHEUs.
Year: 1875

WELL SAID.-An exchange paper tells
those who complain that they do not meet
warm welcome when they move into new
church, that "any Christian man who goes
with the right spirit into any Christian con-
gregation will speedily find warm place
there, because he will make his own place
warm"
Year: 1875

sensitive, and we owe 1t not only to
them, but to ourselves, that the receipt
and disbursement of all moneys be
conducted in a manner which will
commend itself to the judgment of
business men.


1t was not my intention to tire your
patience so long, but subjects of inn
portance kept crowding on my mind.
Many still remain untouched, which
will suggest themselves to you. In
our work as a body, and in our associ-
alton with each other as sisters and
brothers, let our department be such as
to cast halo over the noble occnpa-
tion we follow, unite in closer bonds
our great fraternity and intensity the
patriotic affection we feel for our COM
mon country.
Year: 1875

A strange musical light, in the shape
of person calling himself Paganini re-
vivei. has jnst dawned upon the musi-
cal world of Rome. He will reveal
nothing in regard to himself, not even
his name and country, though he ap-
pears to be Of French origin. In play
ing in public, he attempts TO initiate the
dress and physical pecnliarites Of his
great prototype. He wears n sparse suit
of black, the sleeves of his coat being
much too short for the length Of his
arms; his hair 3 very long, and over
his nose he wears a false one. which he
su Ppnses to resemble more that Of the
great violinist than his own. The pub
lie at first thought il was joke. which


Pnlcinella, who had been performing
there the night before, wished TO play
them, but no sooner did he begin to play,
than there was general silence through
out The audience. lie PLAYED with great
feeling the Carnival of Venice" adapt
ed for the violin by Shuloff, and in this
he showed himself complete master Of
his instrument. He was loudly applaud
ed but would scarcely condescend to
thank the audience for their good will.
Finally, having broken three cords Of
his violin, and taken of all the strings
Of his bow but one, he played with great
ability part Of the symphony Of evil
liam Tell, " accompanied by the piano.
Aside from his singular manner ard act
ing, which only appear afIectations, he
possesses great merit, 10 which it would


be well to trust himself, without trying
to heighten the effect bp optical illusions.
Year: 1875

The best writer is he who can convey
the clearest thoughts in the shortest
space. Some writer's so hide their
thoughts in useless words that it becomes
task after you have read a column to
comprehend its meaning. Ornament in
style is good when it beauties the
thoughts advanced; it is inexcusable
when it covers them from sight. A
writer, before he touches pen, should
first get clear idea of the subject he is
to handle; this we'll understood, his next
effort should be to say what he has to
say in the fewest words possible. We
would not have a single thought dwarf
ed by stingy use of language; but
even this would be better than to see it
choked out of existence by super-abun-
dance of words. Write to the point,
and when you have reached it, stop. 1t
requires severe mental training to ac-
quire that simplicity of expression which
conveys to US the grandest thoughts in
the fewest words, yet it is within the
province of all to approach if not eqnal
it. It has been said that it is more diff
fcult to abridge an article than to write
one, that it requires more time TO write
a short article well than to present the
same thoughts in double the space.
When Queen Ann told DR.. South that
his sermon had only one fault-that of
being too short-he replied that he
should have made it shorter if he had
more time. A man who can say the most
things in the shortest space is not far re-
moved from a public benefactor.
Year: 1875

The ffreside circle, of all others, should
be made the place of mutual attrac-
ton. Here should we repose our hearts
best affections, and here should we de-
light to dwell There is rothing more
pleasant and delightful than happy
and cheerful group of the inmates of
ones own household. How would the
joys and the happiness of earth be heigh-
tened, if each and every member of the
family circle would strive to make others
happy! This earth would indeed be a
Paradise below" did families live and
dwell together in unity and brotherly
love. The tolls of life would be sweet
ened, household bands kept together, and
the journey of life, instead of being wear
isome and painful, would be one of pleas
ure and happiness. Though jarring and
contention are going on without, moth
ing but peace and good will should reign
in our midst. The family circle should
be made the home of our affections
Brothers and sisters should here mingle
their voices in unison, unbosom their
thoughts to each other with cheerfulness,
and live in obedience to the wishes OF
their DarentR
Year: 1875

This is very pretty sight; when
seen at distance it looks like rubbery
of evergreens, the leaves of the plant
being of a rich dark green. Green tea
ia multiplied by seeds which are ripe in
October; when gathered they are put in
to a basket and mixed with sand and
earth in damp state, and kept in this
condition till Spring. In March the
seeds are taken from the basket and
placed in the ground. They are sown
thickly in rows in some spare corner of
the tea farm. After picking. green
leaves are spread out thickly on bamboo
twigs to get rid of their moisture; they
are then placed in roasting pans, and
rapidly moved about and shaken up
with both hands. When affected by the
heat and faccid they are placed on a
rolling table. Several men then roll
the balls to get rid of the moisture and
twist the leaves. They are then shaken
out on fat trays, after which they are
taken to the roasting pan and thrown in
again.


The second part of the process consists
in winnowing the tea through sieves in
order to get rid of dust, and to divide
the tea into "Gunpowder," "Hyson,' u
"Twankay." &c. The process of curing
black tea is about the same, only the
leaves are permitted to lie longer after
picking, and are tossed in the air and
beaten by The hands. The Chinese new.
er color teas for themselves. 1t is en-
tirely done for the foreign market
CThe (London) Garden.