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The Exeter Advocate, 1894-8-23, Page 2THE :SKIN ...OF. HIS TEETH, • REV. DB. T.ALMAGrE ON TUE SUB- JEC1' 00 "NARROW ESCAPES." Another Grreat Lesson freni the Beek of Job and front an Incident in the Life • of 'cue Prophet -Other Expressions of the Idea. Rev, D. Talmage has selected the sabieet of his sermou ter to-dave through tba press: " Narrow Escapes," the text being aken from Job 19, '2 ) " I am es- aaped wibh the skin of ray teeth. Job had it hard, What with boils. and bereavements, end bankruotey, and a, fool of a wife, he wiehed he was Lead; and I do not blame him. His fiesh was gone and his boues were dry, His teeth waeted a ?ray until nothing but the enamel seem.ed left. Re ems out "1 am escaped with the skin of my teeth." There has been some difference of opin- ion about this passage. St, Jerome and Sehaltens, and. Motors Good and Pool, awl Barnes, have all tried their forceps on Job's teeth. Yo i deny my interpre- tation, and say: " What did Job know about the enamel of his teeth?" He knew everything about it. Dental Bur. gery is a most as old as the earth, The mummies of Egypt, thousands of years old. are found to -day with gold -filling in their teeth. To other provoking cern- pleints Job, I think, has added an exas- perating ,00thashe, and, p itting his hand against the inflamed face, he says : I ain escaped with the skin of my teeth." A very narrow escape, you say, for Job's body and soul; but there are thou- sands of men -whet make just as narrow escape for their soul. There was a time when the partition 'between them and ruin was no thicker than a tooth's enamel, but, as Job finally escaped, so have they. Thank God ! thank God 1 Paul expresses the same idea by a dif- ferent figure when he says that some people are "saved as by fire." A vessel at sea is in flames. You go to the stern of the vessel. The boats have shoved off. The flames advance; you can endure the heat no longer on your face. You sli le down on. the side of the vessel, and hold on with your fingers, until the forked tongue of the fire begins to liek• the back of your hand, and you feel that you must fall, when one of the lifeboats comes back and the passengers say they have room for one more. The boat swings under you—you drop into it—you are saved. So some men are pursned by temptation un- til they are partially consnraed, but after all get off—'saved as by fire." But I like the figure of Job a little better than that of Paul, because the pulpit has not worn it out; and I want to show you, if God will help, that some men make nar- row escape 1. r their souls, and are saved as " with the skin of their teeth." It is as easy for some people to look to the Cross as for you to look to this pulpit. Mild, gentle, tractable, loving, you ex. • peat them to become Christians. You go over to the store and say: " Grandon joined the church yesterday." Your business comrades say: "That is just what xrdght have been expected; he al- ways was of that turn of mind." In youth, this person whom I describe was always good. He never broke things. He never laughed. when. it was improper to laugh. At seven he could sit an hour in church, perfectly quiet, looking neither to the right nor to the left, bat straight into the eyes of the minister, as though he understood the whole discussion about the eternal decrees. He never upset things, nor lost them. He floated into the kingdom of God so gradually that it is uncertain just whea the matter was decided. Here is another one who started in life with an uncontrollable spirit. He kept the nursery in an uproar. His mother found him walking on the edge of the house -roof to see if he could balancehim- self. There was no horse he dare not ride—no tree he could not climb. His boyhood was a long series of predica- ments; his manhood was reckless; his midlife very wayward. But now he is converted, and you go over to the store and say: " Arkwright joined the church yesterday." Your friends say: "It is not possible! You must be joking !" You say: No;"I tell you the truth. He joined the church." Then they reply: "There is hope for any of us if old Arks wrighe has become a Christian !" I may be addressing some who have cut loose from churches, and Bibles, and Sun- days, and who have at present no inten- tion of becoming Christians themselves, but just to see what is going on; and yet you may find yourself esca,pingbefore you hear the end as "with the skin of your teeth." I do not expect to waste this hour. I have seen. boats go off from Cape May or Long Branch and drop their nets, and after a while come ashore, pulling in the nets without having caught a single Ash. It was not a good day, or they had not th.e right kind of a net. But we ex- pect no such excursion to -day. Some of you in coming to God -will have to run against skeptical notions. It is useless for people to say sharp and cut- ting things to those who rejeet the Chris- tian religion. I cannot say such things. By what process of temptation, or trial, or betrayal, you have come to your pres- ent state I know- not. There are two gates to your nature; the gate of the head and the gate of your heart. The gate of ynar head is locked with bolts and bars that an archangel could not break., but the gate of your heart swings easily on its hinges. If I assaulted. your body with weapons you would meet me with wea- pons, and it would be sword -stroke for sword -stroke, and wound for wound, and blood for blood. But if looms and knock at the door of your house you. open it and give me the best seat ixi. your parlor. If sho ild come at yoii to -day with all ar- gument, you would answer me with an argament ; if 'with sareasm, you would answer me with sarcasm' blow for blow, stroke for stroke; but when I come and knock at the door of your heart youopen it and say "Come in, my brother, and tell me all you know about Christ and heaven." Listen to two or three questions: Ate you as happy as you used to be when you belytved in the truth of the Christiaar. re- ligioxi? Would. you like to have ydur ehildren travel on in the road in whieh you are now traveling? You had a rola. tive who professed to be a Christian, and was thoroughly consistent, living and dying in the faith of the Gospel. Would you ttot like to live the same quiet life sad die the same peacefill death? Let me also ask whether your trouble has not been that you coufouncled Chris- tianity with the inconsistent character of some who profess it. You are a law- yer, In your profession theft are mean and dishonest mem Is that anythirtg a ahist the law? You are a doctor. ere are Unskilled and contemptible men, ia your profession. Is that anys thing against medidne 2 Yon are a iter- ate:tate. There are thieves and defrauders in your business TA that anything against merchandise ? Behold, then, the unfair- ness of eharging u.pou Christianity the wiekednees of ite disciples, We admit some of the chargee against those who profess religiou. Some of the most gi- gautic swindles oE the present day have beau carried on by members of the ohurch. There are men in the ehurches who would not be trusted for five dollars without good eallateral seeurity. They leave their businese dishonesties in the vestibule of the ehureh as they go in and sit at the communion. Having conduct, - ed the sacrament, they get up, 'wipe the wine from their lips, go out, and take up their sins where they left off. To serve the devil in their regular wok; to serve God a sort of play -spell. With a Sunday sponge they expect Do wipe off from their business slate all the past week's incon- sisteneies. Yori here no more right, to take such a man's life as a specimen of religion than you. have to take the twist- ed irons and splis timbers that lie on the beach at Coney Islanct as a specimen of an American ship. It is time that we draw a line between religion and the frailities of those who profess it, Do yon not feel that the Bible, take it all in all, is about the belt book that the world. has ever Seen? Do you know any book that has so much in it? Do you not think, upon the whole, that its influenee has been beneficent? I come to you with both hands extended towards you. In one hand I have the Bible. and in the other I have nothing. This Bible in one hand I will surrender forever just a.s soon as in my other hand you can put a book that is better. To -day I invite you back into the good old-fashioned religion of your fathers—to the God whom they worshipped, to the Bible they read, to the promises on which they leaned, to the cross OA which they hung their eternal expectations. You have not been happy a clay since you swung off; you will not be ha.ppy a minute until you swing back. Again: There may be some of you who, in the attempt after a Christian life, will have to run against powerful passions and appetites. Perhaps it is a disposi- tion to anger that you have to contend against; and -perhaps, while in a very serious mood, you hear of something that makes you feel that you must swear or die. All your good resolutions heretofore have been torn, to tatters by explosions of temper. Now there is no harm in get- ting mad if you only get mad at sin. You need to 'bridle and saddle those hot - breathed passions, and -with them ride down injustice and -wrong. There are a thousand things in the world that we ought to be mad. at. There is no harm in getting red liat if you only bring to the forge that which needs hammering. A man who has no power of righteous in.dignation is an imbecile. But be sure it is righteous indignation, and not a petulancy that blurs, and unravels, and. depletes the soul. There is a large class of persons in mid-life who have still in them appetites that were aroused. in early manhood., at a time when they prided themselves on being a "little fast," -high livers," "free and. easy," "hailfellows well They are now paying in compound in. terest for troubles collected twenty years ago. Some of you are trying to escape, and you will—yet very narrowly, "as with the skin of your teeth." God and your own soul only know • what the struggle is. Omnipotent grace has pull- ed out many a soul that was deeper in the mire than you are. They line the beach of heaven—the multitude whom God has rescued from the thrall of suicidal habits. If you this day turn your back on the wrong, and start anew, God will help you. Oh, the weakness of human help 1 Men will sympathize for a while and then turn you off. If you beg for their pardon they will give it, and say they will try you again; but, falling away again under the power of tempta- tion, they east you off forever. But God forgives seventy times seven; yea, seven. hundred times; yea, though this be the ten thousandeth time He is more earnest, more sympathetic, more helpful this last time than when you took your first mis- step. If, with all the influences favorable for a right life, men make so many mistakes, how much harderisit when, for instance, some appetite thrusts its iron grapple into the roots of the tongue, and pulls a man down with hands of destruction. If, under such circumstances, he break away, there will be no sport in the under- taking, no holiday enjoyment, but a struggle in which the wrestlers move from side to side, and. bend, and twist, and watch for an opportunity to get in a heavier stroke, until, with one final ef- fort, in which the muscles are distended and the veins stand out, and the blood start, the swathy habit falls under the knee of the victor—escaped at last, as with the skin of his teeth, The ship Emma, bound from Gotten - burg to Harwich, was sailing on, wherx the man on the look -out saw something that he pronounced a vessel bottom up. There was something an it that looked like a sea gull, but was afterward found to be a waving handkerchief. In the small boat the crew pushed oat to the wreck, and found, that it was a capsized vessel, a,nd that three men had been work- ing their way out through the bottom of the ship. When the vessel capsized they had no means of escape. The captain took his penknife and dug away through the planks until his knife broke. Then aix old nail was found, with whieh they attempted to serape their way out of the darkness, each one working until his hand was well-nigh paralyzed, and he sank back faint and sick. After long and tedious work the light broke through the bottom of the ship. A handkerchief was hoisted. Help came. They were taken on board the vessel and saved. Did ever merx come so near a watery grave without, dropping into it? • How narrow= ly they escaped—escaped only "with the skin of their teeth." There are men who have been capsized of evil passions, and capsized mid -ocean, and they are a thousand miles away from any shore of help. They have for years been trying to dig their way out. They have been digging away, and digging away, but they can never be delivered unless now they will hoist some signal of distress. However weak and feeble it may be, Christ will see it, and bear down upon the helpless craft, and take them on board ; and it will be known on earth and in heaven how narrowly they escap- ed—"aficapedas with the skin of their teeth.'' There are others who, in attempting to come to God, must run between a great many business perplexities. If a man goes over to bussinesa sal° o'cloelt in the morning and conies away at 8 o'cloek in the afternoon he has some time f lior re - ion ; but how shall yeti find time for religious cottempletion when yott are driven, from sunrise nutil sunset, anal have been for five years going behind in business, you are frequently dunned by creditors whom you oann.ot pay, and when, from Monday morning until Seitur- day night you are dodging bills that you cannot meet? You walk day by day in uneertainties that have kept your brain on fire for thepast tiaras years. Some with, less business troubles than you, have gone crazy. The clerk has heard o noise in the bask counting room, and one in, and found the ehief man, in the d.nm a raving maniac; or the wife has heard, the bang of a pistol in, the back parlor, and going in, stumbling over the dead body of her husband—a suicide. There are in this house to -day three hun- dred men pursued, harrassed, trodden dowa, and scalped of business perplexi- ties, and which way to turn next they do not know. •Nowt God will not be hard on yoa. He knows what obstacles are in the way of your being a Christian, and your first effort in the right direction He will crown with success. Do not let Satan, with cotton -bales, and kegs, and h.ogsheads, and counters, and stocks of unsaleable goods, block up your way to heaven. Gather up all your energies. Tighten the girdle about your loins. Take an agonizing look into the face of God, and then say, "Here goes one grand effort for life eternal," and then bound away for heaven, escaping "as with the skin of your teeth." In the last day it will be found that Hugh Latimer, and John Knox, and Huss, and Ridley were not the greatest mar- tyrs, but Christian men who went up in - corrupt from the contaminations and perplexities of Wall street, Water street, Pearl street, Broad street, State street, Third street, Lombard. street and the Bourse. On earth they were called brok- ers, or stock-lobbers, or retailers, or im- porters; but in heaven, Christian heroes. No fagots were heaped about their feet; no ingaisition demanded from them re- cantation; no soldier aimed a spike at their heart; but they had mental tor- tures, compared with which all physical consuming is as the breath of a spring morning. I find in the community a large class of men wh.o have been cheated, so lied about, so outrageously wronged that they i have lost faith n everything. In a world where everything seemed so topsy-turvy, they do not see how there can be any God. They are confounded and frenzied, and misanthropic. Elaborate argument to prove to them the truth of Christian- ity, or the truth of anything else, touches them nowhere. Hear me, all such men! I preach to you no rounded periods, no ornamental discoune ;but I put my hand i on your shoulder, and n.vite you into the peace of the Gospel. Here is a rock on which you may stand firm. though the waves dash against it harder than the Atlantic, pitching its surf clear above Eddystone Lighthouse. Do not charge upon. God all these troubles of the world. As 1mi:des the world stuck to God, God stuck to the world; but the earth seced- ed from His government, and hence all these outrages and all these woes. God is good. For many hundreds of years He has been coaxing the world to come back to Him ; but the more He has coaxed the more violent have men been in their re- sistance, and they have stepped back, and stepped back, until they have dropped into ruin. Try this God, ye who have had the bloodhounds after you, and who have thought God had forgotten you. Try Him, and see if He will not help. Try Him and. see ff He will not Pardon. Try Him, and see if He will not save. The flowers of spring have no bloora so sweet as the flowering of Christ's affections. The sun hath no warmth compared with the glow of His heart. The waters have no refreshment like the fountain that will slake the thirst of thy soul. This world is a poor portion for your soul, oh, business man! An Eastern king had graven upon his tomb two fingres, represented as sounding upon each other with a snap, and. under them the motto, "All is not worth that," Ob., find. your peace in God. 11/1ake one strong pull for heaven. No half -way work will do it. There sometimes come a time on ship -board when everything must be sacrificed to save the passengers. The cargo is noshing, the rigging hale- ing. The captain puts the trumpet to his lip and shouts, "Cut away the mast!" Some of you have been tossed and driven, and you have, in. your effort to keep the world, well-nigh lost your soul. Until you have decided this matter, let every- thing elsego. Overboard with all those other anxieties and burdens! You will have to drop the sails of your pride, and cut away the mast! With one earnest cry for help, put your cause into the hand of Him who helped Paul out of the breakers of Melita, and who, above the shrill blast of the wrathiest tempest that ever blackened the sky or shook the ocean, can hear the faintest imploration for mercy. I shall conclude, feeling that some of you, who have considered your ease hopeless, will take heart again, and that with a blood -red earnestness, such as you have never experienced before, you will start for the good land of the Gospel—at last to look back, saying, "What a great r'sk Iran! Almost lost, but saved! Just got through, and no more! Escaped by the skin of my teeth." Stub Ends of Thought. It is easier to marry than it is to love. Man's mind to him a kingdoni is, while woman's heart is that to her. A. patch on the seat of a poor man's trousere may be honester than the crown on a king's head. There may be charity withoutreligion, but there can be no religion without charity. Tears that come easy, go easy. Ditto, love. Dot't nurse a good intent. Give it immediate exercise. Man's yesterdays should be his proud- est monument. A bad boy is cendensed eussedness. A woman has a right to change her mind often, because she can't change her heart.. • Unintelligible. Two Scotch ladies of Stranraer were one day returning from church, when they found the town hall placarded with news of the victories in Spain, "Is it no surpreesia', lizistie," said one, "that the Breetish aye beat the French in battle?' " Not in the least, Maggie," was the reply. " Dinna ye ken that the Breetish aye pray before gaun into battle ?" • But canna the French pray, too ?" "A& whald understand them, if they did?" was the contemptuous response. '‘ Jabbering bodies 1TeVer read the letter's of other people Unless inVited to do so. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN, USEFUL AND INTERISTING, in this Column will be Found Many Items of Wile to the Women of Canada. It Ntria ray All to Read ft. Marriage Maxims. A. good wife is the greatest, earthly blessing. Make marriage a matter of moral judg- ment, Marry in your own religion. Marry into a different blood and tem- perament than your own. Never talk at one another, either alone or in company. Never both manifest anger at once. Never speak loud to one another, un- less the house is on fire. Let eaeh one strive to yield of tenest to the wishes'of the other. Let self-abnegation be the daily aim and effort of each. The very nearest approach to domes - tie felicity on earth is in the mutual cul- tivation oi an absolute unselfishness. Never find fault unless it is perfectly certain that a fault has been committed, and then prelude it with a kiss, and lov- ingly. Neglect the whole world beside rather than one anoeher. Never allow a request to be repeated. "1 forgot" is never an acceptable ex- cuse. Never make a remark at the expense of the other; it is meanness. Never part for a day without loving words to think of during absence; be- sides, it may be that you may not meet again. in life. X X If a man or woman is selfish, getting married. will not dare either. X X "A. woman is not truly beautiful until the angel of sorrow has touched her with his wing." • x X Light suede gloves prevail for summer wear, and cream butter color and a kind of "rosy fawn" are the most desirable shades. X X "There is very much more danger that children will catch heat than that they will catch cold. Up to a comparatively recent time, in New York, all cases of cholera infantum were called 'heat strokes.' In hot weather a child should have a cool bath once a day and be out in the air as mueh as possible, day and night." X X • very hot weather it is my custom.," said an eminent physician., "to give ba- bies small quantities of brandy. By small quantities I mean from fifteen to twenty drops. Care must be taken not to overclothe children in. hot weather, too. They should be treated as grown peo- ple treat themselves in the matter of clothes." x x "Much of the labor of the regular day for cleaning silver can be abolished if you will keep a cake of silver soap at your kitchen sink, and whenever a piece is tarnished rub it off while washing the dishes. Once a fortnight make a suds with this soap and simply wash and dry all the silver in use. The stains made by coffee and tea on china can be rubbed of with a cloth and sapolio. X x To announce the birth of a baby the visiting card of the mother should be sent to relatives and friends, with the tiny card of the infant attached by nar- row white ribbon to upper left.hand cor- ner. In the past the name of the child was engraved upon the card, but later form dictates simply "A Little Son," or "Daughter." with the date of birth add- ed. This leaves the name with oppor- tunity of change until the christening. X X In the eueumber season, instead of throwing away the peel and pulp, put them in a jug of water on your toilet table, and wash with this infusion. You can also use slices of pulp instead of soap. Cucumber has wonderfully cool- ing as well as softening properties. Orange and lemon peel used in the same way will keep the water soft and scent deliciously. x x Be just as fussy about your appearance after marriage as before. Your husband admires a fluffy bang, but he will not appreciate curl papers. Look out for the first squall; don't let it run into a tor- nado. Give your husband plenty of well cooked food if you want him to enthuse over the new bureau cover—and, whisp- er, don.' t show the cover to him until after dinner. x x Sometimes brides having no place to carry handkerchief and purse have adopt- ed the plan of carrying a pocket made of the material of the dress. It may be made square or heart shaped, with a flounce of lace at the top, which is gathered with the drawstring. In the sacristy this pocket may be placed on a table or suspended from the belt. X x As a rule women prefer to see a man indifferent to dress to frittering his time away on self -adornment. A dude in a suit of white, with a blue sash and suck- ing a cane reminds one forcibly of a baby and a milk bottle. No woman ads mires mental or physical weakness in a man—no woman can help but feel that such a creature is effeminate. X x "To be as good looking as possible, and to be physically well, one must, in general, be happy," is one of the tenets of a gospel of health recently preached by an authority. Another, a Frenchwo- man,goes even further, and forbids weeping, sulking and getting angry, as foes to beauty and inviters of wrinkles and disfiguring lines in the face. Vanity undoubtedly impels much of the enthus- iasm over hygienics Matters among wo- man, but one can forgive the °wise in the advantageous effects. Habits strike in. A. woman who fin& it is not good form to get in a rage watches herself that She doe§ not at least betray that she is in one, and presently the calm expression in reflex action begets a calm spirit. X X Common burlap in its own unbleached color makes a practically indestructible dress, and the stuff conies very wide and reasonable in price, It is often so wide that the width does for the length of the skirt, Soletib a close weave of burlap, line with a 11 lit weight red flannel, put a roll, of flannel aboutthe beto, let your belt be good and wide, and flnish it with a folded belt of flannel, an Eton jacket of the burlap lined with red, and worn over a little waistcoat or a loose front of red, The lining ef flannel is suggated be- cause it gives the needed wooliness to a boating rig, or one liable to the chances of weather. But this feature may be changed in dresses to be worn at eountry reeorts. For these the burlap can be made in many tasteful ways, and its cheapness is its strong recommendation.. Wedding Fads. An innovation at a recent fashionable wedding was the bearing of the bride's train by three little children, beautifully dressed in white, who added much to the picturesqne scene at the altar. They wore bangles, gifts from the bridegroom, as did also the other bridesmaids, who were dressed in white crepon and yellow moire, with picturesque hats to match. At another wedding, white silk parasols, with white enamelled handles were car- ried by the bridesmaids, and the loose silk jackets formed by the closed ribs were thrust full of sweet peas and pink rosebuds, a wreath of rosebuds and long ribbon ends finishing the handles. How to Arrange Tintypes. Tintypes are all the rage, but how to keep them to display them is the trouble. After they have been stuck all around the looking -glass frames the pinch comes. A girl who his a perfect mania for tin- types, and has been taken for souvenirs in almost every city in the United States, has arranged hers in a permanent form. She has: cut pieces of red silk into eight - inch squares for one set, and also has a lot on ten by ten -inch cloth. She has caught the tintypes on these silk leaves, using only one side of the silk, of course, and then has stitched the edges together. It makes a book, and is very handy. To make a show with them, take a long piece of ribbon and tack them on with heavy thread or silk ;up and down the lengths, so that they will hang against the wall. An old sash ribbon comes in handy here. 'The mother -in -Law. It seems such a strange thing that as soon as a woman's child. is married her natural maternal instinct, according to the perverted notion of the world at large, is swallowed. up in the new and gruesome title of "mother-in-law," and she is at once regarded as a fenainine ogre whose delight is to quarrel and nag the one who happens to be related legally rather than by blood to her. It is only the outcome of a great love that prompts many a woman to endeavor to still go on managing for her son or daughter even when they have assumed other ties, and if the new member of the family has any tact in nine times out of ten unpleasant controversy will be nipp'ed in the bud and little by little a perfect un- derstanding be established until the "in- law" phrase will be forgotten in the sweeter, tenderer term "mother." If a gigantic vote upon this subject could be taken the result would be tre- mendoesly in fa.vor of that much malign- ed individual whom funny paragraphs have for long years seleeted as the subject of their coarse wit. In many homes the mother-in-law is the guardian angel, the peacemaker and much -beloved guest. It is she who nurses children and grand- children through long sieges of serious illness, unmindful whether she is sitting up with her daughter or her daughter's husband, her son or her son's wife. To her they are her children, and what help she may bestow is given without stint or thought of fatigue. Sweet and gracious womanhood need not be perverted because of a new mem- ber in the family. A determination to bear and forbear, systematically adhered to, will keep all the "in-laws" on friend- ly footing, whereas a prejudice that has been established by people who -know not whereof they s.peak, can, with little or no difficulty, be fanned into a feud and much needless heartache will be the bit- ter eonsequence. Mothers-in-law are mothers just the same, and if their own are treated as they should be there need be no fear of dissension with the new- comer into the family. ' The Daughter's Share. We read and hear a great deal about the importance of making homes pleas- ant and attractive for the sons, so that they may spend their evenings at home rather than elsewhere. But we do not hear so much said about the influence of a pleasant home upon the daughters. It may be for the reason that the girls are naturally more domestic tban boys, and so it is taken for granted that no great exertion is necessary by father and mother to make the home a pleasant one for them. I think the influence of a home has just as much, and. perhaps more to do in shaping the future of the daughters as to the sons, for it is she who has the most important part to per- form in making a home for herself after she has left the parental roof. .Now, there is a great difference in the ideas of what constitutes a pleasant home. Here, for instance, is a young girl surrounded by all the luxuries and privileges which money can procure. She has servants to come and go at her bidding. She has no care upon her young shoulders; she is taught to play, sing, paint and embroider. To be sure, she does nothing for the pleasure and happiness of those around her, but what of that? She is accomplished, and is that not enough ? When she is of a suit- able age she makes her debut in society. Then; of course, her time is occupied with all the pleasures whieh society gives. Thus she grows into womanhood. Is this true womanhood? Is she now prepared to fight the battles of life and win the victor's crown? If adversity comes to her, as it is liable to come to us all, will she be better prepared to meet it, as she should.? Ah, no It would have been far better if she had been taught more of self-reliance and self - culture. rut some care upon your daughter. yours Truly. How dear to our heart is Cash on subscription 'When the generous subscriber Presents it to view; • But the man who don't pay We refrain from description, For, perhaps, gentle reader, That man might be you. Impertinent iinery. Entinisiastic Author—"Yes sir, I don't expect to be able to write the 'half that's in me iu this world. When. I get to the next •vorld I expect to keep on writing just the same." • • Cynical fried—"Words that burn?" ; THE FARM AND GARDEN. AMATEURS IN TUE 4kARDEN. Notes of Interest to the Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Grovver, and Talks on Trees and Shrubs. More Grasses for Pasture, , If we in Ontario want to get the full benefit of our grazing lands we must have more permanent pastures, and to this end a greater variety of grasses should be sown. Especially would these be found beneficial in a season of drought such as we are experiencing no w. Com-, pare the pastures of Englagid with those at home, and we find that the English pasture, which is formed by the use of many varieties of grasses and clovers, in mixture yields an almost endless quans tity of food, rich infresh-forming cat- stituents, palatable and relished by all kinds of live. stock, erhile those of Can- ada and the United States, which are usually composed of olover and timothy, soon become almost barren of food, The reason is, that when only clover and timothy are sown, there is nothing to follow their season of growth, and when once cut down they remain apparently exhausted; but not so with grass mix- tures. These, when composed of suitable varieties, come into growth at various stages ot the season, and, when eaten oft, soon regain their vigor of growth and continue fresh and sweet throughout the season. We are not so favorably situatecl in all sections of this country, nor have we the same favorable climate as England. It must not, therefore, be expected that we can obtain the same perfection in growth, generally, which they have in • England, but lands can be found, in every country that are exceptionally well adapted for pasturage, and these should be laid down with mixtures of natural grasses. Many progressive Canadian farmers enjoy the luxury of such pastures, and • sustain one cow per acre for an equiva- lent of seven months of the year, while the prevailing system of only clover and timothy will barely feed one cow per acre for three months. Mr. 'S. E. Briggs read a paper before the American Seed Trade Association, which was recently held in Toronto, in which he regretted that grass mixtures have not been more generally cultivated. In Canada mueh has been written upon the subject, and exertions put forth to in- ' dace their adoption, but with only partial success. It is well known that the aver- age agriculturist is slow in making de- , partures in any system practiced by his forefathers, nor is he always ready to in- vest an extra dollar even when he can double his capital, until his neighbor first makes the experiment and proves it can be done; he may then be willing to make the investment, but, through his constant desire to save a penny, is only agreeable to pay the price of a low. grade mixture. Such ending is that be has not experienced expectations and falls bask on old practices. The cast for laying down pastures with . suitable grasses, is somewhat more per' acre than with clover and timothy. This, and the effect from using poor mixtures, has, to some extent, hindered their more general use, but where desirable and per- manent varieties have been cultivated, they have been found profitable. Dressing Small Skins. Small skins may be dressed and made equal to tanned ones by the simple pro- ces called taming. This is as follows: The skin is soaked in warm water to soften the adhering flesh and fat, these being then scraped or shaved off with a sharp knife, sucb as a mowing scythe, with a smooth, keen edge, the skin lying on a rounded block or slab. The skins are then placed in a tub of a solutioix of equal parts or sugar of lead, aluin and i salt, and remain n it for a week, being turned and opened so that every part is exposed to the liquid. After the skins have absorbed all the liquid, or rather those substances which are drawn from the water by the skins, they are taken out and again shaved and partly dried, then well rubbed and pulled, to soften the skin, until nearly dry. The inner side t of the skin is then rubbed with a smooth piece of ppmice stone and yellow ochre until it is smooth and sof t ; when. thor- oughly dry this is repeated until all dust is got rid of. A little oil may be slightly rubbed over the fur to brighten and soften it. To Prevent Dots in Horses. There is no treatment known by which the larvae of the horse bot fly, when in the horse's stomach, can be killed. They live upon the juices of the membranes of the stomach, and bury their heads deep- ly in these, so that they cannot be reach- ed. Linseed oil is the only thing that can. possibly affect them, and by causing m them to loosen their hold on the stoach they might be discharged through the bowels. But this is not a hopeful tieing , at all. he best remedy is prevention, by keeping the horses in the stable dur- ing the fly season, which. is from July to September. The flies will doubtless come to the stable in pursuit of their business, but they may be kept, out by the use of netting over the window frames, the win- dows being kept open for the 'sake c tin/ air. Or, if the horses cannot be thus protected, the eggs of the flies adhering to the hairs should be washed off with warm, soapy water as soon as the ani- mals are brought in from the pasture. Fertilizing Grapes. The quality of grapes, as well as the earliness of the ripening of there, is much improved by an application of it com- plete fertilizer, that is,one containing potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen. '4 The ripening is also advanced several days by the fertilizer. The fertilizer should always be raked into the loose soil after a superficial cultivation. No other p/ant is se much improved in every 'way by frequent cultivation of the soil during the growing season and deep ploughing Gaily in the season before the growth begins as the vine. It is well to apply the fertilizer before this deep ' ploughing, as the vine is a very deep- rooted plant. Finelpground bone is one of the best fertilizers for surface applies. - tion to the vine, while whole bone deeply covered. early . the season will beex'. ceedingly useful. Stable manure is not suited to the vine, as it encourages too much leaf and stem, and thus necessitates ;. severe pruning. The repeated fertilizing daring the growing season is far more ef- fective than heavy application earlier. She—HoW earl you dive to say that ' WOMen are naturally of a cruel natureV 1-10e-13eeanse 1 can, prove it. just let Maty advertise a great slaughter in dry good, and see ho W they all rush to the adene'of carriage.