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Marshall. Millicent Legh. A tale, by Emma
Marshall, author of '“The Lost Lillies,” “Brook
.silvcrtone,” &c. 18mo., pp. 319.
A story of English life, m which it is
shown that opportunities for doing good may
sometimes be diminished by elevation to
places of wealth and influence, or at least
require to be sought with greater caution
and determination. The devoted Christian
spirit of Millicent Legh forms a beautiful
picture. Mr. Howard is a model rector. Dr.
Stephen and Mr. Roberts are forcibly con
trasted, as polished and vulgar, but alike in
their misconception of the highest use of
wealth.
Bi t Once. By the author of “ Let Well Alone,”
lbmo., pp. 255.
Another story of English life, this time
altogether among the lowly. With great
power the effects of intoxicating drink upon
the domestic relations of the poor are de
scribed. ITow a wife’s irascibility may ag
gravate all the ills and discomforts arising
from the drinking habits of the husband, is
also effectively brought out. The book docs
not seem to be upon the total abstinence
platform, as beer drinking is frequently in
troduced without disapproval. Mrs. Ellis’
*■ Brewer’s Family,” lately issued 'in this
country, shows the immense mischief of this
habit upon the poorer classes. “But Once”
conveys the high moral lesson of the import
ance of resisting the first temptation to rash
and evil acts, and is full of excellent practi
cal lessons to the poor. *
John llatiierton. By the author of “ Effie’s
Friends.” 18mo., pp. 192.
One of the most touching stories in print.
The dark tints predominate; deliverance
seems to come too late, at least in an earthly
point of view, but the mind is turned from a
world where so many disappointments and
irrecoverable losses befal, to the better life
the true portion of the soul. Marjory and
John are skilfully drawn characters. The
true wife and the generous-hearted husband
are well described, and the contrast to those
described in “But Once ”-is very striking.
Lewellvn. The Deserted Mills, or the Reward of
Industry. By E. L. Lewellyn, author of “Piety
and Pride,” “The Dove’s Rest,” What to Do.”
Philada: J. Hamilton. 16m0., pp. 216.
A story illustrating the power of simple,
steady piety, with the aid of Providence, in
turning the whole current of a selfish, useless
life into happiness t and beneficence.,..Pasta,
of tue story are~urgeniousTy-combined and
well executed, other parts are hurried and
slighted. The impression of the whole is
beautiful and good. The volume also con
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sgood, American Leaves: Familiar Notes of
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They are written in a quiet, graceful, genial
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referring to topics oflHktinghest every day
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Speaking, AwAmong the People, American
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Toward Sunset.
One cannot dip into the volume any where
without meeting some kindly, sympathetic
sentiment, gracefully expressed ■ and inter
. woven with the living ■ interests of the
present.
rAXPHUETS AS® PERIODICALS.
Duffield. —Second Advent. A Discourse
delivered at the opening of the Synod of
New Jersey, Oct. 16, 1866, by the Modera
tor, John T. Dutfield, D.D. With notes and
an appendix. Published by request. Phila
fdelphia: James S. Claxton. 12m0., pp., 64.
Flexible covers.
This sermon takes the ground of the Con
fession, that “ the day of Christ’s coming is
unknown to men —that they may shake off
all carnal security', and be ever watchful ”
ithat the event is ever imminent, and, as
such, should be ever looked for with expec
tation and preparation. It is held that there
is nothing scripturally inconsistent with the
view that Christ may come at any moment
—that the idea of a millennial era before the
Advent is unsustained by Scripture. Prof.
Duffleld may therefore be classed with pre
millennialists, though the sermon exhibits
none of the extravagance and presumption
into which many of this class fall.
George Fox. An Address delivered to
the Society of Friends. By C. H. Spurgeon,,;
in Devonshire Meeting-house, BishopsdaJe
street, Nov.. 6, 1866. Charles Gilpin, Esq.,
in the chair.
Mr. Spurgeon illustrates his great com
prehensiveness by making himself at home
among the Quakers, whose great character he
most liberally praises in the pamphlet before
us. Many striking views of George Fox’s
character are presented. " Mr. Spurgeon
seems himself to reject all oaths with Quaker
literalness. 'At the close, he holds out the"
idea that the denomination has a special call
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1867;
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The Living Gcd. A Testimony in the re
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New Castle Presbytery,: to God’s present
power and willingness to bless his faithful
people.
This little pamphlet describes the latest
of God’s works of grace in a region famous
of old for these visitations. "Wiii tefiolcthim
self preached at Nottingham and Pagg’s
Manor with a success surprising to himself.
The fall and winter 0f1865—6 brought a great
and marvellous outpouring of the Spirit’s in
fluence upon the same locality. This tract,
issued by the Presbyterian Board, as a sup
plement to the Home and Foreign Record ,
refers mainly to the work in Fagg’s Manor,
where it is worthy of note, that no scruple
was felt in the use of so-called revival mea
sures ; and that even more than the usual
blessing attended their faithful and judicious
use. Those who would have their faith
strengthened and their hopes kindled, should
read this narrative of the great 1 things
wrought by the living God for his Church
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What Is and What May Be; Index.
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MANURE FOR -GARDENS.
I cultivate a fair-sized garden for a private
affair, about one-third of an acre. In times
past I have kept the ground well freshened
with stable manure, occasionally alternat
ing it with a coat of lime, and this, along
with deep spading or ploughing, frequent
stirring of the ground, and keeping down
weeds, has always made a good return. It
is seldom wise for those who are doing well
to attempt a change for the better; but last
year I tried it, and was surprised by my
success. I used the phosphate of lime, not
as an accompaniment of other manures, but
by itself alone. My garden had never before
put on such a thrifty and beautiful appear
ance while growing; its vegetation never be
fore bore so deep and healthy a color, and its
yield was far in excess of any thing in my
former experience. I did not, as is some
times recommended, scatter a trifle of the
phosphate around each plant, but after spac
ing and raking down the ground,'l sowed
broadcast, so much as would bo just observ
able ..to the eve. m
a dark gray color, and then raked it well in.
I regarded this as likely to give the fairest
effect to the manure, because the sub
sequent stirring of the ground around the
plants would in the end give them the bene
fit of what had been sown on the open space
between them.
The article which I used was the Raw
Bone Phosphate of the Messrs. Baugh. I
have not witnessed the working of any other
in the finer grades of cultivation, such as the
garden. This has fulfilled, to the utmost,
every word of promise, and my'confidence
in its adaptation to my purposes, is perfect.
The garden contained the usual variety, and
there was not a vegetable, from the lettuce
to the tomato, which did not seem to rejoice
in its influence. It did noble service for
strawberries and blackberries.
I may add, that my present garden has not
been long under cultivation. It is located
on the meeting ground between a gravelly
section and a stiff yellow clay soil, and last
spring it had no great capital from previous
manuring and cultivation to start upon.
Delaioare Co., Pa.
GALYES “BROUGHTUP BY HAND ”
A member of the Circassian Farmer’dClub
makes a speciality of rearing calves, and has
read a paper before that-association describ
ing his experience. He has been in the
habit of procuring the calves dropped on the
farm of a neighbor, and with only four cows
of his own, raised 50 calves in 1864, 55 in
1865, and in 1866, 55 were weaned, but
three have been lost by mismanagement.
He takes the calves from about the first of
March, when ten days old, paying 30 shil
lings each for them.
They have for the first three or four days
two or three quarts of milk at a meal; then
gradually some food in the shape of gruel is
added, and by degrees, water is substituted
for milk. Mixing oil-cake with gruel is the
secret of success. I use half- oil cake, the
best I can buy. Take a large bucket, capa
ble of holding six gallons; put into it two
gallons of scalding water, then add 7 lbs. of
linseed cake, finely ground, which is ob
tained by collecting the dust that falls
through the screen of the crusher, and pass
ing through one of Turner’s mills. Stir the
oil-cake and water well-together, and add
two gallons of hay tea.
The hay tea is made by pouring scalding
water in the mqrning on good sweet hay, in
a tub, the tea" standing covered till night,
and having'7 lbs. of meal (wheat, barley,
and beans, mixed) stirred into a tubful be
fpre-traeS The same hay will bear a, second
'lnfusion inuring the night, for next morning.
Two quarls per head, with an equal amount
of cold water, is enough for a feed. The old
plan of letting them suck through the cow
man’s fingers is preferred, and as soon as
they can eat, crushed coni, sweet hay, and
roots are placed within reach ; vetches as
soon as ready, and mangolds, of which a sup
ply should always be stored, if practicable.
The calves live in a good well ventilated
house, are kept very clean and quiet, sup=-
plied with fresh water daily, and the manure
frequently removed.
EXTERMINATING CANADA THISTLES-'
H. M. Thompson, lowa, writes in the
Working Farmer :
“ Several years ago I purchased a small
quantity of white clover seed in Davenport,
and sowed it on a small lot intended for a
permanent pasture. In the course of a year
or two after, I discovered some thistles, such
as I had often seen in Scotland, but never in
the Western States before. By applying to
a neighbor who. had lived in Canada, I
learned that it was the Canada thistle. I
took a large sa,ck, a butcher knife, and a
bucket of salt, and went to work. I cut off
all the thistles I could find, put them in the
sack, and covered the root with about half
a teacupful of salt, and carefully turned the
thistles in the stbve. I kept watch on the
place, and had to perform the same opera
tion for three or four weeks for the whole
season. The next spring they came up as
numerous as ever, and I changed piy tactics
and tried the plow. I ploughed the piece of
ground (some five or six square rods) every
month or oftener during the season till frost,
and now nine or.jten years have been added
to my life, but no: more Canada thistles have
annoyed me.
“I suppose I got a seed or two of Canada
thistle thrown in when I bought the clover,
but I have been very careful not to buy any
Eastern raised clover seed since, and it
might be well for Western farmers to profit
by the hint.”
The most convenient implement for cut
ting up corn for shocking that we ever nsed
—and we have tried several—is the com
mon field hoe. Take a good one and short
en the handle doym to about twenty inches
in length. Grind the hoe to a sharp edge,
and it will clip off a hill of corn close to the
ground with great neatness and dispatch.
It is easily handled and will not require the
party using it to stoop in the operation of
cutting. If the corn is to be shocked on the
ground, one hill for the base of each shock
should be left standing, and the cut portion
placed around it till a bunch of suitable di
mensions is accumulated. The uncut hill
will give steadiness in forming the shock,
and aid in holding it in position when com
pleted. It will be found convenient to gath
er about five rows in a line of shocks, forming
them on the fifth one—passing along with
three rows on one side, and in returning cut.
line.—
A NEW GEOLOGICAL THEORY.
We are occasionally reminded, when some new
geological theory is confidently proposed, or some
old hypothesis abandoned, that the questions at
issue between science and revelation cannot soon
reach a final settlement. Before such a result
can be obtained, science must speak its last word,
and establish its claims and belief beyond all rea
sonable doubt. How such geology is prepared to
set aside the teachings of Moses, may be inferred
from the fact that a new theory of the structure
of the earth is propounded by an English geolo
gist, which, if accepted, must lead to a recon
struction of the science as hitherto accepted and
taught.
A Mr. Evan Hopkins has published a volume
on Geology and Terrestrial Magnetism, in which
he combats resolutely the aqueous and igneous
theories of Werner anjd Hutton, and denies that
the strata in the eartli’s crust have been formed
either by mechanical f deposition from water, of
by melting and hardening through the agency of
internal heat. Nor does he believe in a succes
sion of cataclysms, by which sudden and great
changes have been effected in the earth’s surface;
The theory which he maintains to be more con
sistent with known facts is. that chemical and
magnetic forces have been the great agencies in all
terrestrial changes; that by ordered, not by con
vulsive action, both the crystalline and stratified
rocks and the mineral veins have been formed.
He argnes with great confidence that the crystal
line rocks must be due. to magnetic instead of
mechanical agency, for they are formed in paral
lel bands which are vertical instead of horizontal.
The details of his theory are ingenious and
complicated. Great changes are now in progress
in the earth’s bosom through an electro-magnetic
wet process, whose action is continuous and all
pervading. The earth he regards as a great
magnetic globe, in which-"the ocean serves as a
primary menstruum, k^efi ing the crust in a constant
state of saturation active crystallization. As
magnetic currents are ever active in a battery
which has proper solutions between its poles, so
these currents are ever working with prodigious
power through the crust of the earth, between
the north and south pole. The north pole is a
great absorbing basin, in which the process of de
composition is carried on with an energy that
never tires. The south pole is a great evolving
basin, in which the process of reproduction goes
on with equal regularity and energy.
This theory, it will be perceived, is in conflict
with the prevailing viewß on the method of for-,
mation of the earth’s crust. It is yet more radi
cally opposed to the views of the time when the
successive formations were made. Geologists
teach that the lowest strata, or the silurian, were
deposited in an age too remote for human arith
metic to reach. Mr. Hopkins teaches that it is
not a question of time at all, but simply of loca
tion on the earth’s surface, in nearness to or re
moteness from the south pole, as the reproducing
centre of action. In other words, he .declares
that the processes of solution and re-formation are
B. B. H.
GUTTING UP CORN-
Utwnftftc.
going on continually, and the -character of the
formation depends on its relative place on the
earth’s surface. He asserts that in the antarctic
region the silurian formation is now reproducing
itself; in the south temperate zone the carbonife
rous formation; in the south tropical the bolitic;
in the north tropical the cretaceous; and in the
north tiemperate tbe.tertiary.
We are not masters in the science, and do not
assume to give judgment on a theory which, if
true; must set aside the views previously advanced
by great and honored names. We only allude to
it as a hint to our scientific friends that a little
modesty will not be unbecomingron their part, in
withholding a decision on the teachings of Moses.
Until the fundamental positions of geology are
settled bejond controversy, and the claims of its
rival schools, touching both the method aud the
time of formation of the earth’s crust are adjust
ed, it is wise to leave out of sight the words of
revelation. God’s Word and God’s works will
surely come into harmony, but the interpretation
of the latter may need emendation even more than
the former. — Watchman and, Reflector.
THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION.
Archbishop Usher computed that the earth
was called into being on Sunday, the 23d of Oc
tober, 5,864 years ago, and was completed in its
organization on the Friday following. Mr. Phil
lips, the Professor of Geology at 'Oxford, infers
from ,the rate at which sediment is now deposited
in different waters, that the beds of coal, sand
stone, shale and iron-stone in South Wales occu
pied- five hundred thousand years in their accu
mulation; and applying the same data on a larger
scale, he says, “We have the calculated antiquity
of the base of the stratified rocks 95,904,000
years.”
All these strata, except the very lowest, are
replete with fossils, which were at first held to be
curious sports of nature, but, after accurate re
search, are now recognized as vestiges of the in
numerable vegetable and animal tribes which Oc
cupied land and water during the protracted term
of their preparation for the abode of man. New
relics of previously unknown species are almost
daily discovered, and the whole are so scientifi
cally classed and arranged, that the nature and
habits of these mostly extinct races are as clearly
discernible as if they were now living and moving
before us.
EGYPT.
Professor Ulger, the celebrated Viennese bota
nist and palaeontologist-, has recently published
some remarks on the bricks of the ancient Egyp
tians, especially those of the pyramid of Daskour.
On examining them through the microscope, the
Professor discovered that the mud of the Nile,
out of which they were made, contained not only
a quantity of animal and vegetable matter, but
also the fragments of many manufactured sub
stances, whence we may conclude that Egypt
must have enjoyed a high degree of civilization
upwards of four thousand years ago. Professor
Ulger has been enabled, by the aid of his micro
scope. to discover in these bricks a vast number
of plants which at that time grew in Egypt. The
chopped straw clearly, discernible in the
of making them, as we find it in Herodotus and
in the Book of Exodus.
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