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AITCHISON—Buse. Five years in China;
or, The Factory Boy made a Missionary.
The Lite and Observations of Rev. William
Aitchison, late Missionary to China. By
Rev. Chas. F. Bush. ISmo., pp. 254.
Elegantly bound and illustrated. Price,
$125.
A fresh, lively and picturesque account
of missionary life in the vast Empire of
China, to which the humble and earnest
piety of the missionary, developed by se
vere affliction, adds a peculiar charm.
Mugh of the space is occupied by extracts
from Mr. Aitchison's journal and letters,
thus admitting us to intimate acquaintance
with a fellow-Christian and a suffering bro
ther of refined and e xemplary spirit.
We had pe rsonal association with Mr.
Aitchison as a student in New Haven, and
his wife was .a member of our Bible class
in Centre Church. We find unusual gra
tification in being able to recall the pleasant
hours of Christian intercourse with these
estimable persons, now gone, through the
pen of our corresponding editor, Mr. Bush,
and in the workmanship and with the
i m primatur of our Publication Committee;
The externals are very handsome.
.lIESSLE LANE'S MISTAKE. Wealth is rni,
Happiness. By the author of " Money,
"Far Away," &c. 18nio.,*pp. 330. Price,
$1 25.
In a pleasing and attractive narrative,
without straining after " sensation," the
mistake of Bessie Lane, and of many other
children, that worldly comforts and adorn
ments insure happiness, is exposed. The ex
ceedingly unsatisfactory life of a professed
ly Christian family, whose increase in wealth
has been attended by a proportionate decline
in piety, is well depicted, and its lesson in
terpreted by Bessie Lane's observations and
experience. It is understood that Mrs.
Wm. L. Hildeburn is the judicious and
tasteful authoress.
TWEEDIE. Heroes for the truth. By W
K. Tweedie, D.D.
This is a new issue of one of the earlier
volumes of the Committee, the deep inter
est and noble lessons of which are well
known. It consists of 'brief sketches of
Columba of lona, of John Huss, Wm. Tyn
dale, Palissy, Hans Egede, Robert Raikes,
Carey Mar . shman - and Ward, and Claudiui
Buchanan, which the pen of the compiler,
as well as the Christian heroism of the
subjects, must commend to the reader.
These are all good, sound, and eminently
readable books, which every parent or Sab
bath-school Teacher may be glad
.W see in
the hands of the children. The bindinc , is
quite attractive.
CHAS. SCRIBNER .11 CO.'S BOOKS.
HURST. History of Rationalism ; Embracing
a Survey of the Present, State of Protes
tant Theology. By the Rev. John F.
Hurst, A.M. With appendix of Litera
ture. Svo., pp. 323. Price, $3 50. For
sale by J: B. Lippincott & Co.
Upon the principle that "we have half
conquered an enemy when we have gained
a full knowledge of his strength," the au
thor gives a very copious, systematic, and
valuable historical survey of the latest and
most insidious form of opposition to evangel
ical religion. We can best present the
character of the work to our readers by
copying the titles .of its twenty-five chap
ters. After an introduction, with defini
tions of various writers, we have : The
Controversial Period succeeding the Refor
mation ; Religious Condition of the Protes
tant Church at the Peace of Westphalia;
Pietism and its Mission; Philosophy or
Wolf; Skeptical Tendencies from Abroad;
Semler and the Destructive School, 1750-
1810; Contributions of Literature and
Philosophy; The Weimar Circle,—Revolu
tion in Education, and Hymnology ; Ra
tionalism in the Day of its Strength; Ren
ovation Inaugurated by Schleiermacher ;
Relations of Rationalism and Supernat
uralism, 1810-1835 ; Strauss' Life of Jesus,
1835-1848; The Evangelical School, Prac
tical Movements ; Holland from the Synod
of Dort to 1800; Holland : The New Theo
logical Schools and Pending Controversy;
France : Rationalism in the Protestant
Church; France : Evangelical Theology
opposing Rationalism; Switzerland : Or
thodoxy in Geneva and Rationalism in
Zurich; England the Soil Prepared;
England : Coleridge and Carlyle ; Eng
land : Jowett, Essays and Reviews, .and
Colenso ; Survey of Church Parties ; The
United States : Unitarians and Universal
ists ; United States : Theodore Parker and
his School; Indirect Services of Skepti
cism; Present Out-look.
Under these comprehensive titles, pome
account is given of every movement and
every author of importance in this depart
ment of theological history. The style. is
perspicuous and simple, the tone thoroughly
evangelical, and indefatigable industry and
a lucid method mark the treatment of the
immense material. The Christian public
owe 'no small debt to the faithful labors of
the author.
BUSHNELL. The Vicarious Sacrifice, ground
ed on Principles of Universal Obligation.
By Horace Bushnell. New York : Charles
Scribner & Co. Bvo., pp. 552. For sale by
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
•
•
In this protracted and able discussion,
Dr. Bushnell distinctly proclaims the
antagonism of his views on the atonement
to those of the Evangelical Church gener
ally, adopting and advocating the "moral
view," or that which resolves the atone
ment "by the power it wields on human
character." There is, he thinks, "a clear
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1865.
presumption that " the final doctrine of the
subject will emerge at this point, and be
concluded in this form." He condescends
to admit, however, that " if it should still
be said that he reconciles God to man by
his death, that kind of declaration will be
taken as only a more popular, objective way
of saying that God is in him, reconciling
men to himself."
D r. B u shnell denies to justice . a primary
place in the divine nature, disallows the
necessity of any compensation to God's
justice beyond what is incidental to the
vicarious sacrifice, declares " a complete
silence of Scripture concerning a compen
sation or necessary satisfaction paid to
justice," admits the fact of the fall, but
intimates that the particulars as narrated
in Genesis are mythical, and thus walks on
the border lines of truth, in order to harmo
nize the Gospel with the ethical philosophy
which is growing up outside of . it. For we
would not wish to class this able, ingenious,
and gifted thinker and writer, with the
enemies of the truth or of evangelical theolo
gy. His appreciation of the truly vicarious
nature, the value and the necessity of
Christ's incarnation, and whole atoning
work is totally removed from the cold mo
rality of Socinianism, and he has no sympa
thy with the rose-water views of the divine
character which would obliterate justice
and subvert the doctrine of eternal punish
ment. Yet any one passing from the
Scriptures of the New Testament, from the
fifty-third of Isaiah, and from the whole
system of Old Testament sacrifices, to
the ingenious attempt of this volume to re
move or reduce to a minimum the penal,
substitutionary, compensatory character of
Christ's death, cannot but feel that he has
got into a decidedly different train of ideas.
We should like to see a hymn constructed
on the basis of this " ethical" theory of
Christ's death.
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A most tasteful, judicious and valuable
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designed for the Freedmen of our country.
The longest is the sketch of Toussaint
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African character are given, including some
of the most intensely interesting narratives
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BROWNELL. War Lyrics and Other Poems.
By Henry Howard Brownell. 16m0., pp.
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There is 'much real poetic feeling, and
command of language in these pieces, but
a bad habit has been indulged of an exces
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tracts from the flow of thought and rhythm
alike. Many of the pieces have been
favorably received in the pages of the At
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Lulu DARRELL, the Chicago Newsboy
Chicap: Tomlinson Brothers. Thmo., pp
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, and those looking for
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TILToN. The Fly. By Theodore Tilton.
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lure, Itgrainzg.
FALL MANURING FOR CORN.
It is sometimes a question with farmers
whether they ought to apply manure to
land in the autumn, which they intend to
plant with corn or potatoes the following
spring—letting it remain on the surface
throughout winter. Frequently it is con
venient to do so. spring is a hurrying
season. I Rains delay the work; mud
hinders the drawing of • manure. If they
can keep it without waste through the sum
mer and fall, adding meanwhile ingredients
to swell the bulk and increase the rich
ness, they can draw and spread it in the
winter even, when there is more leisure.
But does it waste by being exposed to
the elements through the winter ? We
think not, chemically at least. It may be
washed or floated off from steep hill-sides,
or flats liable to overflow. But on level or
moderately rolling land, there is probably
not only no waste in applying the manure
in the autumn or' winter, but it will benefit
the crop grown the next season, much more
than if put on in the spring. Some of our
best farmers have adopted this practice,
and they find it 'to work well. How can
the manure waste ? Will any one tell us ?
As fermentation takes place, consequentl
no gases are evolved to pass off. But i
dries, says one, when there is no snow 01
the ground, by the wind and frosts. Dia
out a load of manure, and spread it, and i
a day it will not weigh more than a quarte
as much as when put on the wagon. True
but what dries out of it? Water—nothin:l
else of value. Dry straw is just as enrich
ing as wet straw. It is questionable even
whether barn-yard manure will lose any of
its fertilizing qualities if spread on the sur
face of the ground in midsummer, and
exposed to the sun and winds till complete
ly dried. The gases that are given off, and
taint the air, are of little value to the crop
They will return in sufficient quantities to
the plant, by absorption through its leaves.
The advantages of manuring on the sur
face in the fall are great. Much of the
soluble part of the manure is taken up by
the water and carried into the soil, where
it is ready for immediate use by the follow
ing crop. If the ensuing summer be very
dry, a coat of ordinary barn-yard manure
may not materially benefit corn, if put on
in the spring just before plouging, from the
fact that it will not decompose, and become
available plant food, from want of moisture,
early in the spring At any rate, if applied
in the fall, the manure would stimulate the
corn quicker than if put on late in the
spring. If it be wet ground to which the
manure is applied, it will cause the grass
to sprout earlier and ranker, thus furnish
ing considerable pasture for sheep in the
spring, or the grass will be so much gained
in greenimanure if turned under. We be
lievefin manuring in the fall. Clean the
hog-Pens, scrape the barn-yards, draw some
mneli a e ' pty the sinks, and withal prepare
for m lii g and saving manure during the
winter• o that next autumn will find you
I
with a ore ample supply than ever before.
—Ru al New Yorker.
HON TO LOOK A HORSE IN THE
MOUTH.
'ea the incisors, or cutting teeth of
the horsi (called in man the front teeth)
first pr 4 rude through the gum, their 'top
face lot smooth, the edges are elevated,
and th centre depressed: This depression
in the out4ng surface is called the fossula.
Thesula is not subjected to friction
durinE. astication, owing to the edges of
the to. . The fossula, therefore, soon be
comes ack, and the black spot thus left is
called e " mark." In time, the elevated,
rim o' namel wears down, the cutting'sur-•
fape do he tooth becomes flat, and, as a con
sd
{ quence, the whole surface is. exposed to
• t
a trition, and the mark disappears. The
t* eoccupied in wearing away the mark is
p i
ee tty' w nkifnoorwm—ababouthethargeee
at which
Now, teeth
s
a pu up, and about the time that the
stark remains, we can calculate about the
ge of tthe horse, so leg as any "marks"
re left. At the age at three, the second
et, or permanent teetltrare put up in the
entre ; and after this, one pair of perma
ent teeth appears every year till the age
five. The central pair of 'incisors con
uently,loses its mark on the attainment
the sixth year : and the pairs ,which
aear in the fourth and fifth years lose
t dr mark in the seventh and eighth.
(j)
A y fer the eighth year there is no accurate
metns of estimating the age of the horse ;
the fore all horses over eight years are
technically termed " aged"—aged, that is,
not {'regards the decline of the vital ener
gies' gut simply as regards the wearing out
of Leir marks.— Chambers' Journal.
4
QUALITIES OF HAY.
ino .y or muse uu - - far - Milk;
for fat. The timothy should be cured
11 blossom, or a little later. Clover
d be cut when first reddening, before
Fully matured. This is the time, and
ly time, to cut clover. Then all the
ye juices are in perfection
hayor grass cured—has a light laxative
tet i ncy—just what is wanted in winter.
It 11 be greedily eaten, even when some
wh touched with mould, and give milk
witiprofusion. This never fails. On the
oth l i hand, timothy, instead of secreting
mill will fcirm muscle; hence the hay for
horis, and hence preferred so generally.
Strr, when early cut and properly cured,
notidried, has somewhat the quality of
clor. But how neglectful we are about
the uring of straw, when it is one of the
finq of employments. There is a flagrance
absuch straw, and the hale green tint,
wh make it a valuable and a most
plc . nt fodder.
ol n
othy then for horses; clover for mulch
co ; and straw, well cured and cut, for
dal.. It is excellent to mix with meal,
or Ld carrots and beets with. We would,
wit thus fed, make but little difference
be een good barley or even oat straw,
wit) early and properly cured, and timothy
foistock, especially cows in milk. For
yqcg stock, tender timothy is excellent.
t i l a r e e ao s o o si r y ec ; k w le e ss fe i e n d fwehedaitngwe:
have t
we feed
f without taking much pains to get a
1 a
p e o r se s f e o l r ec f t o i d on d , er o , r: w t h o
e p n re y p e a t re th i i t s well; for
fo o r f
i nce, we feed few cornstalks, raised on
cheapest and one of the best hays that
ti
be fed; and in the summer, in a
ug.i,t. it is of the greatest advantage, fed
greett.—Rural World.
HOW TO CLEAN RIBBON,
lacy sends us the following receipt for
ning ribbons,, which she wishes pub
ed for the benefit of those of her sex
. wish to try a successful experiment as
has done. In these hard times all
, noraical hints are acceptable :—Wet the
bon in alcohol, and fasten one end of it
something firm; hold the other in your
•d, keeping the ribbon out straight and
ooth; rub it with a piece of castile soap
til it looks . decidedly soapy, then rub
rd with a sponge, or, if much soiled, with
ize back of a- knife, keeping the ribbon
ipping wet with alcohol. When you
ye exhausted your patience and think it
st be clean, rinse thoroughly with alcohol,
Id between cloths and iron with a hot
1•n. Don't wring the ribbon; if you do,
'iu will get creases into it that you cannot
• ooth out.—Exchange.
SHEEP AND CATTLE DISEASE.—One
rifleman near Edinburgh has exposed a
w sheep to plague-stricken cattle in all
ages of the disease, but none have shown
'gin of being at all affected thereby. The
-t number of the London Agricultural
:gazette says it is satisfactory that we hear,
;.thing more of the liability of sheep to
ke the disease from cattle.
REMEDY FOR CRACKED HOOFS
Take a piece of copper four inches long
and two inches wide. and drill eight holes,
four in each end, so as not to interfere with
the crack. and screw it fist to the hoof,
crosswise of the crack; then take a hot
iron with a sharp edge, and burn the crack
at the edge of the hair till it goes through
to the quick. After this let the horse run
on pasture, and it will begin to heal up in
a few weeks. Care should be taken to
close the crack tight before the plate
fastened on. So says a practical farmer
Pleasant Valley, Ohio.
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THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which a person insured can make all his payment
in ten years, and does not forfeit, and can at any time
cease paying and obtain a paid up policy for'twice
thrice the amount paid to the company.
ASSETS.
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds,
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new,
30.000 U. S. Certificate of indebteness,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
'15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881.
10.000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
10,000 State of Tennessee bonds,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Sr Chi
cago bonds,
9,000 Reading Railroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6.500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
stocks,
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
142 shares Williamsport Water Com
pany,
192 shares American Life Insurance
and Trust Company,
Mortgages, Real Estate, Ground Rent,,,
Are 207,278 86
Loans on collateral amply secured 112,755 73
Premium notes scoured by Policies 114.899 62
Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds. 26,604 70
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6
per cent 50,000 00
Cash on hand and in banks . 50,331 67
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. . 10,454 71
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY,
Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander Whilldin,l William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock. 'Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison,
P. B. Mingle, Isaac Hazlehurst.
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORN, Vice-President.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer
INSURANCE
AGAINST
ACCIDENTS
EVERY DEIS CILIT"T.IOI.4r,
BY THE
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN
WM. W. ALLEN, AGENT,
404 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES
For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week compen
sation, can be had for 83 per annum, or any other sum
between $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a Policy for $2OOO, or $lO per week compensa
tion for all and every description of accident—travel
ling or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at
the Ordinary Rate.
THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a full PolieYter $5OOO, or $25 per week com
pensation, as above, at the Special Rate.
FOREIGN RISKS.
Policies issued, for Foreign, West India, and Cali
fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application
to the Office.
SHORT TIME TICKETS.
Arrangement's are in course of completion by which
the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway
Ticket Office, Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days'
travel. Ten cents will buy a ticket for one day's
travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation.
Ticket Polices may be had for 3. 6, or 12 months, in
the same manner.
Hazardous Risks taken at Hazardous Rates. Policies
issued for 5 years for 4 years premium.
INDUCEMENTS.
The rates of premium are less than those of my
other Company covering the same risk.
No medical examination is required, and thousands
of those who have been rejected by Life Companies,
in consequence of hereditary or other diseases, can
effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest
rates.
Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the prim
eipal sum until the death of the assured. The TRA
VELLERS' pay the loss or damage sustained by Per
sonal injury Whenever it occurs.
The feeling of security which such an insurance
gives to those dependent upon their own labor for
support is worth more than money. No better or
more satisfactory use can be made of so small a sum.
J. G. BATTERSON, President
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
G. F. DAVIS, Vice President.
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
Applications received and Policies issued by
WILLIAM W. ALLEN,
No. 404 Walnut Street.
SUFFERERS
FROM DYSPEPSIA
READ!- REFLECT!! ACT!!!
TARRANT ik CO.
Gentlemen,
I am a resident of Curacos„
and have often been disposed to write you concerning
the real value of your SELTZER APERIENT as a
remedy for Indigestion and Dyspepsia. I desire to
express to you my sincere gratitude for the great
benefit the SELTZER has done my wife.
For four or five years my wife has been sadly agile
ted with Dyspepsia. and after being under the treat
ment of several Doctors for two or three years, she
was finally induced to seek the advice of a learned
Physician, Doctor Cabialis, of Venezuela. who imme
diately treated her withyour EFFERVESCENT
SELTZER APERIENT she began to improve at once
and is now PERFECTLY WELL.
I feel it to be my duty for the good of humanity to
make this statement,feeling that a medicines° valua
ble should be widely known.
Trusting you will give this publicity, and repeating
my earnest gratitude and thanks.
I am very respectfully yours.
S, D. C. RENRIQUER.
Merchant. Curacao. S.
Nxw Your, June 28th, 1865.
WE A-SK
The suffering millions in our land to give this reme
dy a trial; convinced that by its timely use many may
be relieved, many cured of Dyspepsia, Heartburn,
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Dizziness, Indigestion,
Piles, Costiveness , Bilious Attacks, Liver Complaints,
Rheumatic, Affections, &c.
Read the Pamphlet of Testimonials with each bot
tle, and do not use the medicine against the advice 03
your Physician.
MMTFACTURED ONLY BY
TARRANT & CO.,
278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK.
iFOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. A
$394.136 50
$M6.461 79
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