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Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1887.
Christmas Customs.
Churches and houses are decorated
with evergreens at this season, in symbolic
recognition of the eternity of the
Son of God, who became a little child.
The "evergreen" is adapted to express]
this svmbolism. because it preserves I
its foliage and life while other trees
seem to die at the approach of winter,
and to return to life in the spring.
The custom catne in, doubtless, with
the spread of Christianity among the
nations of Northern Europe, where
the people had heeti accustomed to till
the heathen temples at this season
with branches of evergreens. The
missionaries, finding this a tradition,
accepted it as one of the "unconscious
prophecies of heathenism," and so
made it a means of preaching Christ,
as they did also the legend of lialdur,
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spirit of evil, and returned to life
again. The vitality of the custom
shows the wisdom of the early missionaries
in adopting and Christianizing
it, rather than permit a sHir to be
cast upon it because of its confessedly
heathen origin. It is to be noted that
the mistletoe is not allowed in the
churches, because it was sacred iu
heathen rites.
Connected with the evergreen deco
ration is the Christmas-tree, which
makes the young people so happy on
Christmas-eve. This is of German origin.
The symbolism of the Christ
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1 mas-tree is prettily expiameu in ur.
Hopkins' well-known carol, "Gather
Around the Christmas-tree." The
| evergreen signifies the eternity of our
Saviour, the lights that He is the light
of the world, and the gifts that He is
[ the giver of all grace and good.
The connection of Santa Clans and
I hanging up the stocking with Christl
mas-e^e is post-reformation, and came
? to this couutry with the Holland
Dutch who settled in New York.
The proper festival of St. Nicholas,
or Sauta Claus, is December 6, on
which, in olden time, the fete of the
"hoy-bishop" was held; doubtless originating
in the desire to furnish
nil i 1/1 con aflllAotaH
I UUIUSCIllCUt IU I IIV VHUVUV.H VMUVUIVU
in Ihe monasteries, and employed in
the choirs of churches. The boy-bishop
was elected on St. Nicholas' day,
and held office among the children till
Holy Innocents' day. "After this
election," says Brand, "being completely
appareled in the episcopal vestment,
with miter and crosier, h? bore
the title ana state or a oisnop, ana exacted
ceremonial observance from his
followers, who were draped like
priests. On Holy Innocents' eve, the
boy-bishop, with all the other children
of the choir, read prayers in the
church."
St. Nicholas is the patron paint of
sailors as well as of children, and was,
probably, for this reason, the saint of
the Hollanders, who came to this country.
His connection with the secret
giviug Ol U1 J^llIiUCU IIVMIJ I
the legendary account of the saint
having given portions to three daughters
of a poor citizen, whose necessities
had driven him to an intention of
selling their virtue; and this he effected
by throwing a purse filled with
money, privately at night, in at the father's
bed-room window, to enable
him to portion them out honestly."
"There is a festival or ceremony observed
in Italy," says Brand, ''on St.
Nicholas' day, wherein persons hide
presents in the shoes and slippers of
those they do honor to, in such manner
as may surprise them on the morrow
when they come to dress. This,
it is reported, is done in honor of St.
Nicholas, who used in the night time
to throw purses in at the windows of
poor maids to be married portions to
them. In several convents in France
it is customary, on the eve of St. Nicholas.
for the hoarders to place a silk
stocking at the door of the apartment
of the abbess, with a piece of paper
enclosed, recommending themselves to
^ V!/?Ka1?q /-v r lint* nli o iia Koi' .
gictu OU ^ ll/liwias \/t net VUUUIWV4 j
and tlie next day they were called' together
to witness the saint's attention,
who never failed to (ill the stockings
with sweet-meats and other trifles of
that kind, with which these crcdulom
make a general feast."
St. Nicholas was born in Patara, a
city of Lyeia, and for his piety from a
layman was made Bishop of Mvra.
He died December Uth, A. I). 843,
which is, therefore, his festival in the
({reek and Unman Churches.
The change of giving presents in his
"in"-' <>n Clii'ititni!is-i>vp ;irose jis \vn
said, among the Protestants after the
Reformation. The giving of Christmas
presents is. of course, in memory
of the "Peace on earth, good-will to
men," which the angels announced as
the effect of our .Saviour's birth.
Kind treatment should always and
| everywhere be the practice in bandog
!ing u team. I'nder this regime, a
| team, whether oxen or horses, will tlo
g more work :i:id keep in better condi|
tion than when treated in a rough and
g brutal maimer.
7ALUE OF TIE NEWSPAPER.
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OR, THE POWER AND TRUE MISSION OF
THE PRESS.
Testimony of Callioun, \npoIcon,
and Wendell Phillips.
Tie Press a Mightier Engine, More
Powerful anfl Far-reaching, man
the Pulpit Itself.
ALL'EMRRAC'ING AM) SOl'MNVIGORATIX?.
IT IS A XECESSIi*
? *: nv nrtil\KKK.
AS Kir I llxj .1 ?>
AM> an (XDISI'ekxable MOltAIj
educator of tiik iioiik
Cllt('I,e.
So closely is the Pros* Allied
to the Happiness of our FireNidcs
that none !>nt the Barbarian
and the Ilenthcn can AT*
ford to Deny Themselves the
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uros Hint arc Furnished by the
Xewspnper.
The following essay by Mi-s E. B.
Cheeseborough, formerly of Charles
ion, but now in the city of New York,
has been awarded the premium for the
best essay on the ''Mission of the
Press " It will be read with interest,
by all classes and conditions of people.
From a Small Beginning the
I'rPHs has Grown into a
Great Power which Affects
not only Individuals but
Sways the Destinies of Nations.
When the first semblance of a
newspaper, tbe Acta Diurna, of Rome,
sprang into being, it was little thought
what a wide-spread and powerful in
? ?u:?
nuence me numerous progeny wi who
illustrious progenitor would exert iu
the world.
When the first dawn of journalism
appeared, were tbere any whose prophetic
vision, looking down the vista,
ot ages, foresaw the glorious efful-l
gence that now fills the remotest cor
ners of the earth, and scatters the
light of knowledge over the civilized
world ?
It is impossible to over-estimate the
influence exerted by the newspaper.
It is said that it follows popular opiii- J
ion, but does it Dot oftener create it?|
Can it be supposed tbat tbe Charles
ton Mercury of old, with its strong,
vigorous writers, whose pens were
sledge hammers, and whose words were
fire, had no part in forming and sus
taining the peculiar political faith of
the State ? What youth, who read its
columns daily, and heard its teachings
discussed, did not feel that iu Free
Trade and State Rights dwell the
truest wisdom and the highest glory of
the Nation ?
Did the New York Tribune, edited
by Horace Greely, have nothing to do
with formiDg and deepening the abolition
sentiment of the North ? Did
the youth who read it and drank in its J
teachings, not believe it a gospel of
truth, and form his life-long belief ac-1
cordingly ? The seed implanted in
youth, doubtless yielded its fruit in
maturity. Mr. Calhoun called the
Press one of the instruments by which
the mind of the rising generation is
" "? i .1 .1 I. A/\_l I
lormea; ana me mougauui uuservci
must agree with him.
If the Northern sword was mighty
in conquering the South, the Northern
Press was equally mighty in forming
those opinions that led to the clash of
arms and sent thousands of men forth
to devastate Southern homes under the
impression that they were doing sv in
the uarae of patriotism. "Well might
Napolson declare that "hostile papers
are more to be feared ttau a thousand
bayonets."
The influence of the Press is immense.
It is adamantine, and casnot
be destroyed. Through it the masses
j are reached, and opinion moulded.
Statesmen and politicians seek it as a
vehicle for influencing and directing
the popular mind. There never was
I any great movement, political, intellectual,
religious, or charitable, that
the Newspaper Press did not give a
powerful impetus to the same. Wendell
Thillips understood its value
wlinn lir? cqw! "T,pf ns makfi tllO IieWS
papers, aud I carc not what is preached
iu the pulpit, or what is enactcd in
Congress."
TIIE PRESS A MIGHTIER ENGINE THAN
THE PULPIT.
While all are willing to accord to
the pulpit its power to influence, we
are apt to undervalue, or overlook, the |
power of the Pres9. Yet the latter is |
the mightier engine of the two. While i
the power of the pulpit i3 limited to a j
comparative few, the newspaper is in
the hands and the homes of nearly all
in the land.
The man who never enters a church
reads and studies the newspaper; and
if its teachings are healthy and pure,
they must necessarily exert a beneficial
influence upon his heart aud his life.
The cheapness of newspapers gives:
them an immeuse circulation ; and he j
[ is poor indeed who cannot afford to <
buy them. I
TIIE NEWSPAPER A POWERFUL AX J) |
FAR REACHING FACTOR FOR
GOOD.
The very fact of its availability
makes the newspaper a powerful
and far reaching factor for good.
It travels over the world; enters the
palace and the cottage ; penetrates
wher"i the voice of the pulpit cannot
reach; aud goes into humble homes
where the book, by reason of its greater
cost, has no power to enter. Bui
wer pronounced it a law book for the
indolent, a sermon for the thoughtless,
_ 1 i\ r il, a ~ TL
rt nurary lur tuc puur. ? uc ucwo^aper
is really the poor man's book, aDd
oue that he oeed Dever go without.
It has been said, "to teach a people
to read, you make them virtuous."
That depends on the kind of reading
put before them.
A newspaper, conducted in the
interests of virtue and morality,
cannot fail to exert a powerful in
fluence for good. It is true, it
j reports crime, uot for the purpose of
satisfying any morbid cravings, but,
because it is "a map of busy life,"
and, unfortunately, crime forms a
great part of this life, and as a faithful
chronicler of daily events, the
newspaper cannot ignore the bad, and
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I.WUUUO I lO\ J I l/w tuv gvuvi#
the same time, while exposing crime,
it denounces it. It often unmasks
what is concealed ; and but for its efforts
in this direction, many a criminal
would escape the hand of justice.
In this respect, the Press is not only a
purifier of public morals, but a terror
to evil doers.
THE NEWSPAPER A FAITHFUL, NEVER
WEARY, INVALUABLE TEACHER.
The newspaper is a faithful, neverweary,
and invaluable teacher. It
carries a man out of the immediate
circle of self. Shows him what is go
ing on outside of his own narrow
sphere, and brings the whole world to
his doors, when he could not go to
nnMtiAn A P if r\ork o no
cvcu a oLuan puttiuu ut in pctuc?|/o?
The newspaper is the greatest enlightens
of the age. Without it a country
would be plunged into an abyss of
ignorance and prejudice. It would be
as if a great Chinese wall was built
up, excluding all the nations, hamper
iog progress, and shutting out the
light of knowledge.
AS A TEACHER IT EXCELS ALL
OTHERS.
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The miscellaneous information im-l
j
parted by the newspaper makes it an
invaluable teacher; and in this respect
it excels all others. The pulpit and
political orator, must confine himself
to one theme; the public lecturer
must do the same, and even the book
cannot possibly embrace all the subjects
treated of by the newspaper.
A NEVER FAILING STREAM OF INFORMATION?REFRESHING
AND
>1124l)-l.NVXliUKA J MI*U.
As an iraparter of information, its
position is unique?there is nothing
like it in the vast world of letters.
Literature, science, art, religion, poli- j
j tics, all come within its scope ; and
,he who diligently reads the newspa
pers cannot fail of being a raau of
extensive and general information.
He drinks daily of a stream of
! varied knowledge, from a reservoir
I deep and unfailing, refreshing and
j mind-invigorating.
As a moral teacher, a properly conducted
Press is invaluable. It quick|
ens sympathy for the poor and friend |
less; touches the springs of charity,
j and gold flows forth for the needy and
j the suffering; it awakeus interest in
|religious movements; aud holds up
| for emulation deeds of heroism and
| virtue. It speaks to the universal
heart of mankind, not as ''sounding
/
: brass and a tiukling cymbal," but as
I a teacher who feels that "life is real,
j life is earnest," and that in the great
! work of ennobling, purifying, and
I elevating the world, the newspaper
Press must ever play an important
part.
THE NEWSPAPER A NECESSITY.
The newspaper is a necessity to the
?A ?n/l f/\ familvr nil*.
will iu at auu tu tu\i muunj v?*
cle in particular. A house without
newspapers is a desert without an
oasis. The night of ignorance closes
in darkly on such a home?a darkness
that can he felt.
There is no ambition, no progress
in a household such as this, there is no
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expansion. oeiT revolves aruuuu ten,
because there is no outlook into the
great world beyond. The horizon is
limited ; the area is narrow and con
fined ; there is no room for thought, to
soar, or intellect to expand. There
was a period in the world known as
the Dark Ages?a period of decay
and destruction. Civilization perished
; ignorance ruled where learning
had once sat enthroned. To the home
without the enlightenment of newspapers
the Dark Ages have come again.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EDUCATOR.
The parent who is derelict in pro
viding good newspaper reading for his
family, fails in a very important duty.
He deprives them of an educator that
costs hut little, and that is a powerful
auxiliary to the school. In fact, it is
1 1 -c i :? ?ir
a Buuuui vi itraruiug ilccu, uuu a vci jr
important one, for it combines moral
teaching with that which ifl intellectual.
It drops the go~d seed in the youthful
mind that may spring up into the fragrant
flowers of morality and religion,
that will blossom, not ouly for time,
but for eternity too.
THE WAY GOLDEN CHAINS ARE
FORGED.
A family who are always surrounded
by the influence of healthy newspaper
reading, are generally a wellordered
family of observation and intelligence.
Give the boys and girls
an abundance of good newspapers
bright, instructive, and healthy in
tone, and you forge so many golden
chains to keep them at home, and that
so absorb and satisfy th^ mind that it
craves no unhealthy excitement.
It is as much the duty of parents to
provide the home with at least one
good newspaper, as it is to provide the
food for the table. The mind needs
providing for, as well as the body.
Every aid to intelligence and morality
should be encouraged, and therefore,
the newspaper should form one of the
elements in home culture. It is a
teacher that always comes in an attractive
and pleasing form, even to the
young.
It is a solace not only to the old,
but it is a genuine pleasure ro me
youthful miud. While it delights, it
informs, and while it informs, it inspires
to good, thus proving an inestimable
blessing in the family circle,
and an aid to the parent in the duties
he has to perform to his children.
MONEY WELL SPENT?NO ENTERTAINMENT
COSTS AS LITTLE AS
THE NEWSPAPER.
The money speut in providing newspapers
for family reading, is moDey
well-spent. That which is expended
on liquor, tobacco, and luxurious food,
is money squandered for a fleeting and
health*destroying pleasure. The
newspaper is entertaining, and no entertainment
costs so little as this. The
money expended for two visits to the
theatre will procure a newspaper for a
vear.
J
The newspaper is instructive. It
is cheaper than books and lectures,
ami moreover the instruction given is
more varied.
The newspaper costs less than clothling
or food, public amusements or
| books; and iu view of its beneficial
j iullueuce iu the family circle, its power
j to instruct, amuse, elevate and ennoble,
I the raoDey spent for newspapers brings
' in a larger return than money spent
j for auythiugelse.
j Therefore, the newspaper should not
. be counted among the superfluities of
j the family?something that can be
dispensed with, and not missed.
WHAT A MAN* SHOULD BE ASHAMED
TO ADMIT.
A man should be ashamed to say
that his means do not admit of his
subscribing to the newspaper. There
is scarccly a man or woman in tbc
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United States?pre-eminently the land
of newspapers?who cannot afford a
newspaper. This excuse might have
held good in oWen times, when newspapers
came into being by a laborious
process, and wheu the hand performed
expensively what the huge press now
does cheaply. In the early days of the
newspaper, it was merely a luxury for
the rich ; now it is a necessity for the
noor. and a cheaD necessity too.
C ? r "
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY OF
THE EDITOR.
If the Press is a power in the land
for good or evil, how immense, then
must the responsibility be of those
who control it. No oue should undertake
the work who is not fully alive to
the responsibility he has assumed.
The editor should wield the sword of
truth, and bold the scales of justice.
He should enter the family circle as|
an angel of light, and Dot as the ser- 1
pent entered Eden, to blast and to de- <
stroy. 1
He should ever bear in mind
that he is an intellectual aud moral
educator, and that his paper is something
more than the mere means by J
which he gains a living.
It isamigbty fectoi in the cause o^ *
education and human progress; a !
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oweriui pieaaer in tne interest or suiferiDg
humanity; a friend to religion ; ]
and a helper in every good and bene? ]
ficent work.
Such is the true Mission of the i
Press; and the editor who reveres and
properly appreciates his high calling,
stands like the statue of Guttenburg 1
in the city of Strasburg, with a print- j
ing press by his side, and a scroll in
his hand, with the inscripiou?"And {
the e was light"
Oyergrown Boys. i
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mere uun scurueiy ue u mure iriincu
method of cruelty than that of ridiculing
the awkward movements of a boy
whose superfluity of flesh or stature
prevents his moving gracefully among
his more naturally formed brothers
and sisters, and yet fathers and mothers,
as well as thoughtless friends or
playmates, are often guilty of thus
wounding the feelings of the over(rpni?n
linir whn iu sr? nnfnrtnnnffi fts tn
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have been born among them. Even
the attainment to a noble and perfectly
symmetrical stature (which the
years always briug to such a one, if
his health does not fail under the extra
imposition of labor which his mistaken
friends require of him), cannot
atone for the cruel hurts he thus receives.
If he is a sensitive child, they
rankle in his very soul, and do untold
harm there.
Some parents are in such haste for
their children to become men and women
that they force them on, hasten
their development in every possible
way, and if nature favors them by bestowing
a more than ordinary growth
in bone and flesh upon any of their
children they are rejoiced to have the
excuse 10 impose uu lies aim cauul uchavior
according to tlie number of
pounds avoirdupois, when in reality
there is no standard to go by. Too
many children are thun defrauded 01
their childhood, and who is prepared
to answer to such a charge, by and by,
when it shall be brought against him?
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H'hnJ rhinnnipn Haya DniiP.
China is nearly as large as Europe,
and contains a much larger population.
every third man in the world being,
it is calculated, a Chinaman.
Their progress in the past has been
most marked ; thus the Chineseappsar
to have been among the earliest, if not
the very earliest, of the human ract to
emerge from barbarism. They have a
literature older lhan the days of Moses,
and astronomical observations that go
back at least to the days of Abraham.
Comparing their early progress with
that of European nations, they were
clothed in -ilk robes when our savage
ancestors still painled their naked j
bodies. They invented printing, and j
had printed books about the middle of
the tenth century, 500 years before the
time of G'axton. Gunpowder and the
mariner's compass were Chinese in-1
ventlons long before they were known j
to Europeans. Lieut. H. N. Shore
pointed out some time ago that in the
matter of canals, the utilization of carrier
pigeons, the artificial culture of
oysters, fish, and poultry, and in the
1 satisfactory solution of the great sewage
question, the Chinese have been
i before us in time, and, in some of
these at least, are still aliead of us in
results.
Nigrht Air.
"ft often has seemed queer to me
that fO many object to night air in
their bed-rooms," observed an intel)i>,
gent gentleman. "We can't breathe j
any other at night. The choice is be-1
tween probably pure air from without
and certainly foul air from within.
Half the diseases from which we suffer
are canscil by keeping the windows
! down. The quietness, tne auuenee ui |
I du<t and etc., make night the best j
time for airing a patient. In great'
cities night air is often the purest that j
| can be had in the twenty-four hours. |
| ft iy conceded that the air in London
i is never so good as after ten o'clock at;
! night. Windows are made to open,!
doors are made to shut, yet too many!
of us seem to forget that. I keep bedroom
windows open the summer
nights, and there isn't a more healthy
family in the city than mine.
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The curse of all tlie churches in this
country is that tlic.v liaye got thousands
of members who have not been!
convicted of siu, much less converted;
to God.
0 Little Town of Bethlehem.
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BY PHILLIPS BROOKS.
O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we nee thee lief ' >:
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent hours go by.
Yet. in thy dnrlr streets shlneth j
The everlasting Light: j
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met In thee to-night.
For Christ In born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
0 morning stars, together
Proclaim the holy i>irth !
And praises Ring to God the King,
And peace to men ou earth.
How silently, how silently.
The wondrous gilt is given !
Ho (jod Imparts to human hearts
The blessings of Ills heaven.
Noear may hear His coming; ,
But hi this world of sin.
Where meek souls will receive Him still.
The dear Christ enters in.
0 holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us we pray!
Cast out our sin ami enter in :
Be born in us to-day.
Wa hnar tV\n Plii-Utmiie ancplfi
The great glnd tidings tell;
Oh, como to us, Mhld?- with us.
Our Lord Emmauuel!
Aboat "Salt."
"Let your speech be always with \4
grac<\ seasoned with salt."
When you give your cellar its fall
cleaning, add a little copperas-water
and ?ilt to the while-wash.
For relief from heart-burn or dyspepsia,
drink a little cold water in
which has hoen dissolved a teaspoouftil
of salt.
Sprinkling salt on the tons and at
the bottoms of garden walla is said to
keep snails from climbing up or down. f
For weeds in the grass put a pinch
:>r two of salt in the middle of each,
ind, unless a shower washes it off, it
will kill the weeds.
Ink stains on linen can be taken out
if the stain is first washed in strong
ialt and water and then sponged with ^
lemon juice.
In a basin of water, salt, of course,
falls to the bottom : so never soak salt
fish with the skin side down, as the
?alt will fall to the skin and remain
there.
For stains on the handd nothing is
better than .1 little salt with enough
lemon juice to moisten it, rubbed on
the spots aud then washed off in clear
water.
If a chimney or flue catch on fire,
close all windows and doors first; then
hang a blanket in front of the grate to
exclude all air. Water should never
be poured down the chimney, as it ^
spoils the.carpets. Coarse salt thrown
down the flue is much better.
Salt and water boils at a higher temperature
than water alone; so a little
salt should be added to tne waier in
which all vegetables are cooked, even
if the receipt calls for more seasoning
at the last. A teaspoonful of salt to a
quart of water is the riyht proportion.
Arithmetical Puzzles for the Little
Renders.
1. He that receives one receives
two.
2. Three are better than four.
When is that the case?
3. One is better than two. TVho
said so?
4 One is more than eleven times
? ? n I MiUnHAr?M\9
nine. Ill wnose uytrs ; liuumicicium
5. When are twice one three? and
three times one four?
6. Who reckoned that one hundred
was more than ten thousand
Matthew 18 gives the answers: L
Verse 5. 2. Verse 8. 3. Verse 9. 4.
Verse 12. 5. Verse 20. 6. Verse 28.
It is very easy to lower our standard
of reverence for anything. We have
only to speak of it habitually in alight
way. There is nothing like it to take
the life out of the most precious texts
of .Scripture. We uiuy repent of such
sin with bitfer weeping; but those
words can never be to us again what
they were before. We may have cut
down a bridge we shall some day vainly
long to cross.
In feeding cattle, the utility of
1 " ?'J til nut Ko onriQPOnf tA
irUU^US ailU XaVAO llJUCl uv Ufrf/MIVMV ?.r
every one. And yet the custom . of
many is to throw the feed on the
ground, a practice which is wasteful,
in the first place, and which cannot be
agreeable "to the animals. Rack*
should be arranged so they can be
reached on both sides. Troughs, some
think, do belter t:> be reached from only
one side.
The most wholesome j>ork is not
made by shutting the pigs up in a
small pen, but by allowing them
plenty of room for oxerci.se. They
should be fed all they will eat up clean
and the fattening "pushed along as
as quickly as possible before severe
weather comes.
The fall isan excellent time to so?v
blue grass, broad casting the seed
evenly, ten pounds to the acre, on
ground that is well prepared, manured
and harrowed.
It has been demonstrated that roup
in fowls and diphtheria in children
are identical; hence care should be
taken when roup appears in a flock of
fowls.
According to Dr. Phares of Mississippi
the best beef is made from wellmalured
animals, no matter bow old.
Foul air poisons farm animals as
rapidly and surely as it does human
beings, veiunaie me su?uil'?.
We know of but one authem composed
and sung by angels, and that
most harmoniously combines the glory
of God in the highest, with Peace on
earth and good-will to men.
A literary lycenm in a Western town
is wrestling over the question : "Is the
proper definition of an eilitor a man
who puts things in a paper or a man
who keeps uiem out?"
[.Scarcely a more sensible question
could he jmit to .sensible people.?Ki>.
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He who has ivased to gain or irrow
ha-' ceased to live?as he ought to live.
Life, like any other treasure, is to be
measured in its value by its wise use
rather than by its safe hoarding.
The best time for doing a good work
ic \vh<in that work ottirht to be done?
whether one feels like it or not.
A man may say loo much, even upon
the best of subject*.
; It is the summit of humility to bear
the imputation of pride.
j Knowledge -rood only as it aids in
making people- belter and happier.
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