CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SAI'URDAV AUGUST it, iSyi
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HERE IS A LETTER FOR ORTHODOX I
PEOPLE TO READ. '
A Ititttirii to I'urlUo Fmctlraii In Not
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IHpuclnl Correspondence!
New York, Aug. 18. Tlie boyK ami
girls of this generation have little knowl
edge of the disinalncss of the Sundays if
thirty, forty and Bfty yearo ago as mi
ollectcd by thoir parents and grandpas
etits. The rigid keeping of tho holy day
nt that period has been described again
and again, and tho contrast drawn U
tween the long, dull days that were
sjient in attendance at church, where
ono listened to interminable sermons, or
in reading pious and dull books at homo
and the pleasant observance of the Sab
bath of tho present, when attractive
eervices and Sunday schools do their
best to make religious duties a delight
No ono desires to return to the prac
tice of tho blue laws epoch, when it was
esteemed a sin to bo gay on tho first day of
tho week and when any relaxation of an
almost funereal solemnity was regarded
as a proof of worldliness and careless
ness. Yet is it not possible that in tin
reaction from that extreme the opposite
has been too nearly approached and that
it would bo well to mingle n little of the
old leaven with tho bread prepared to
nourish the children of today?
To begin with, havo not many par
ents drifted into laxness concerning
their children's presence at church?
Doubtless the little ones are soldom able
to digest tho strong meat served in ser
mons But they may at least acquire a
habit of regular attendance uou such
services, and may be encouraged to
feel a personal interest in them by tak
ing part in tho hymns and responses.
What matters it if the little voices are a
trifle uncertain? The children's sense
tnat they form an activo jwrtion of the
congregation makes them enjoy the ex
ercises. Once a day for church is enough for
young children, especially when this is
supplemented by attendance at Sunday
school. A little rest should, if jiossible,
be interspersed between tho two services.
A serious word concerning the Sunday
school may not be amiss. Those lest
acquainted with tho matter whereof
they speak, aver that in at least soven
cases out of ten the teachers in these
schools are tho only instructors the chil
dren have in Biblical topics. To them
tho jwrents seem to relegate tho duty of
imparting to the little ones all they
know concerning tho Bible and such
stores of religious knowledge as young
minds may grasp. Very rarely does the
parent review tho Scripture lesson before
tho child goes to school, and moie than
half tho children in tho classes seldom
go through tho form of looking at a les
son before entering the Sunday school
room.
In these days the tendency to abjure
creeds and arbitrary forms of belief has
grown so fast that it seems as though the
timo were rapidly coming when it would
be almost impossible to formulate one's
faith. It maybe an unprogressivo spirit
that clings to the catechism of the West
minster assembly or to that to which
Heidelberg gavo its name, but surely It
is better to learn those, old fashioned
though they be, than to be unable to
give a reason for tho hope that is in one
or even to define that hope. How many
twelve-year-old children of average in
telligence can give adefinition of a sacra
ment, tell what baptism means or ex
plain what is comprehended in justifi
cation by faith? Nay, to go further
still, how many of them can teporUvith
out prompting the Apostle's Creed uiid
the Ten Commandments?
These things are seldom taught in tho
Sabbath schools. There the study is
usually confined to the international
lesson. Upon the parents devolves the
teaching of these other essentials. It
will do the rising generation no harm to
add to its virtue knowledgu by acquir
ing once a week the answer to one or
two of the successive questions pro
pounded in tho catechisms of the Pres
byterian, the Episcopal or tho Dutch Re
formed communion
The old practice of committing to
memory texts of Scripturo and stanzas
of hymns has also fallon sadly into
neglect. The "cramming" of "wlioln
chapters and the parrotlike acquisition
of hymns is to bo deprecated, but there
aro many beautiful portions of the BibiH
and much sacied verso that is iwnlily
comprehended and learned by little
minds, and whoso possession will prove
a sourco of deep comfort in later life.
Sunday should belong eminently tj
the children. They should le Muyl.t
to feel that it it iudeed "a day of rest
and gladness." To this end o parents
must oxert themselves a little. A tnlle
earlier rising than is practiced in the
average household on Sunday mornings
will not bo much of a peuanco after the
habit is once established. An 8 o'clock
breakfast is not a very severe trial after
all. This loaves plenty of time, in most
homes, for tho jierfonnanco afterward
of household duties, for family worship
and for an unhurried preparation for
church. At noontime there is an inter
val that can bo devoted to lunch, rest
and a final looking over tho Bible les
sons that wore studied Saturday night
or before morniug service.
But after tho Sunday school should lie
the pleasaut home time. This is the op
portunity for tho telling of Biblo stories,
for the pleasant talk over the doings of
the day and the questions suggested by
the Bormou, the lesson or the readings;
for the recitation of the catechism, the
hymtiH and the Bible versos, and for ce
menting that oneness of heart and inter
est that makes of a congenial family
bucIi a blessed, beautiful uhion. The
sweetness of an hour like this will last
well into the following busy week.
For the lesser ones among the chil
dren one cannot make strict rules. They
are too young to understand the differ
ence between tho Sabbuth and other
days. But at a quite early ago they may
begin to hear simplified versions of Bible
stories', TiVul when thoy 'grow a little
older they will enjoy listening to read
ings from a child's Bible or from one of
thoso dear littlo classics, "Peep of Day,"
"Precept Upon Precept," "Lino Ujton
Lino" and "Hero Little and There a
Little." Cven while too young to hear
much of this the babies will havo happy
associations with the day when papa is
at home, and when ho and mamma have
leisure to play and talk with the children
as they do at no other timo
Tho question of what reading should
be permitted on Sunday and what ta
booed is a matter upon which good peo
plo differ widely Ono holds that story
book's and other bo called secular read
ing do no harm. Another draws the
line mora sharply and frowns uxn all
but devotional literature. There apHars
little reason for clashing upon this point.
There are plenty of interesting b-oks
whoso reading can lead only to good.
Many of Mrs. Whitney's works, every
thing from Mrs. Prentiss' pen or from
that of Edward Garrett, much of George
MacDonald, nearly all of Miss Yongo's
books and many, many more might Ih
named. As a general thing it is wio t i
set aside from Sabbath jierusal all books
that do not incite to higher thoughts and
aspirations in the religious life. With a
little skill the mother and father can
(elect an attractive Sunday library for
the children. Every family should take
at least ono religious paper.
Tlie mother who bestows time and
thought upon rendering Sunday a festa
to her brood will havo many small, help
ful items suggest themselves to her. It
may wain trivial to atlirm that an esx
daily dainty, though simple supor, the
uso of tho prettiest china, tho wearing
of the best clothes, the half hour's later
bedtime, bear an influence in sanctifying
the Sabbath to childish minds. But all
thoso apparent trifles add to the dis
tinctive and pleasaut character of the
day and give it that aruma of being set
apart and different from working days
that goes far toward constituting sacred
uess. CllRlSTINK TKKHUNK HKIUUCK.
Ilnw to Cnptnln it lull Tm.
A captain should 1hi well posted in all
the rules of the game and understand
Ierfectly every point of play. Ho should
1h ono of tho liest players in tho team,
since lespect for his authority will In
crease if ho is able to do what ho o.x
pects of his players. Ho should havo
supremo control on tho Held and his
players should obey him Implicitly. Hi
should study the strong and weak (mints
of all tho opposing players in batting,
fielding and running, so as to take imiiio
dlato advantago of any weak points In
their play. It is his duty to havo every
player try for a "sacrifice hit" when
necessary, attd if ho does not tho player
should bo fined or disciplined in some
way. Tho captain should ho suppotted
in his authority in all respects by the
management of a club.
A lli-itr Hunt In tilt, Itncklv.
San Francisco, Aug. 8. "I've done
some b'ar hunting in my time, 1 reckon,"
said Grizzly Bill, pulling his shaggy red
beard meditatively, "and I've laid out
bout as many of em as most; but the
b'ar hunt that we had right here, less'n
five years ago, 'ml lay over any show as
I over seen in the theaytor at Frisco
and this was how It was.
"We'd got a young Britisher just cum
to tho valley that time who war death
on shootin, and carried nufT guns and
pistols with him to kill overy critter as
cum out o' the ark. He had good stuff
in him somewheros, I reckon, for ho giv
a heap o' dollars to them sick folks down
Fever Hollow way, and he could rough
it without gruntiu and growlin at
suthin every minute, liko some on em
But ho did put on airs, that's a fact. To
hear him talk you'd hev thought th
tallest shootin in the Rockies wurn't in
it along o' hls'n: and at last tho boys got
mad at his crowiu, and me and two or
three inoro 'lowed we'd show him .some
sport, and boo what he war made of.
"One night Breakneck Ben cum in
and said lie'd sighted a b'ar trail on the
hill above our gulch, so we sent ofT
Scalpin Sam full split to tell the Brit
isher. "Wal, 1 reckon that tenderfoot had
grit in him, though ho war sicli an etar
nal fool. Sam 'lowed thn b'ar war big
ger'n a buftler, bnt tho Britisher warn't
skeered a bit. He jist whipped up his
rifle and came runniii up tho gulch for
all he war worth, and him and mo and
Ben and Sam wo all sot off together to
find the b'ar.
"As wo went along I says to Ben
thoughtfnllike:
" 'Ben. warn't it right here as we
found that half eaten feller whoso name
nobodv over knowed?"
" 'You bet,' says Ben. 'He'd slipped
down atwixt two rocks and stuck fat
so as he couldn't git out agin, and the
wolves they cum around and gobbled
up all tho top half of him, chunk by
chunk, and when we found him thete
warn't nuthin left but his It-gs. cntw
they couldn't git at them.'
" 'And up yander, by that white stone,
chips in Sam, 'was whar tho Dutchman
fit the grizzly. He'd let drop his gun
down the canyon and had only his bowio
to fight with; so the b'ar got a holt of
him and giv him a hug that bruck his
back just as ho run tho bowio plumb into
She b'ar's heart. ltwaranoven game
auvixt 'em. I reckon, and tho honors war
sa ty.
' And bo we went, one worse'n t'other;
;t, say what wo liked, wo didn't skeer
l!m tenderfoot worth a cent lio'd got
,Tit in him, make no mistake.
"Wal, pretty soon we got into jist as
moau a place its you could think of to
meet a b'ar in a long, straight canyon,
as deep as a mine, with rocks on each
sido that a catamount couldn't climb
and whatever you mot, no room to dodge
or run, you'd got to stand squarely up
and' fight it out.
"1 was jist sayin to Ben, 'P.ird, if
the b'ar catches us here it'll bo mighty
rough on somo of us,' when there cum a
snort and a growl overhead, and a big
b'ar cum tearin down the gully full gal
low right at us.
"We Iwys let strip, but wo must ha'
been kind o' nervous, for we all missed,
and 'fore tlie Britisher could fire I
gripped his arm and said, 'Hold in till 1
givo the word, for if you miss he'll lay
out the hull lot of us!'
"Tho tenderfoot clinched his teeth and
stood roady, and down cum the b'art
But just as he got within ten yards I
held out my hand and hollered, 'Up!'
and up got tho b'ar on his hind legs, and
liegun to dance a hornpipe. You see, it
war a tamo b'ar, as we'd got from
Freuch Peto. of Dogtown, to git the
laugh of that Britisher, and Pete him
self cum along with it and let it loosi
down the gully jist at the right minute
"Wal, if ever I seen a fellow look snk
It was that Britisher jist then. Fact. In
felt so bad that wo were kind o' sorr..
for him a'ter all, but 'fore he quit he
killed three ginuine b'ar himself, and
could laugh at that trick same us we
did,"
Him to I'rt'imr,- lllril Skvliitimii.
Perfect skeletons of birds and 'small
animals may be obtained by placing
them siugly in a wooden box, just largo
enough to receive the animal fixed in
thp position desired. Perforate tho box
with numerous small holes and place it
on an anthill In an incredibly short
time the ants will havo performed the
required operation. They will leave the
bones beautifully polished and tho joints
and sinews untouched, iw they feed only
upon the flesh. In this way an excellent
miniature museum of natural history can
be formed at a very littlo cost.
Ilnw tii Prevent Wiirum In Honk.
I There is a littlo insect called aglos-a
pinguinalis which deposits Us larvio in
books in the autumn. These produco a
mito which does a great deal of mimhief
! Small wood boring beetles also cuus- ,i
good deal of destruction among the covers
and binding, Tlie best preventive is the
use of mineral salts in the binding
Where this is not done sprinkle the book
shelves with powdered alum and jiepper
and rub tho books once or twice a year
with a piece of cloth that lias been steeped
in a solution of alum and dried. This
j will effectually prevent tho ravages of
1 tho aglossa pinguinalis.
j How to Muke Vruftutiloi Tender.
I When iieas, beans and similar prod
ucts do not boil easily it is usually
attnbutod to "the coldness of the sea
eon," "tho rain" or somo such impossible
circumstance. The difficulty of making
them soft urises from their having im
bibed too much gypsum during their
growth. To prevent or correct this
throw somo subcarbonato of soda into
the pot with tho vegetables. This will
seize ujion the lime in the gypsum and
free tho legumes from its influence.
How to M-iiiiru it Clatern.
A good rule is to square the diameter,
1 and multiply that product by tho deci
mal 7tV4, then this product by l,7i'8
numlier of cubic inches in afoot and di-
, vide tho product by tho number of inches
to a -gallon (231), and this will givo the
capacity of the cistern in gallons to each
: foot in depth. Multiply by depth in
feet to get tho whole measure. If tho
diameter is not even feet, reduce to
inches and omit multiplying by 1,728,
or, if the ciitern has a slope, average the
dfmvter.
How to Tt-st Dliililitliilii,
Put tho doubtful stouo into a leaden r
platinum cup with somo jmwdered fluor
spar and a littlo oil of vitriol. Warm the
vessel over some lighted charcoal in a
fireplace, or wherever there is a strong
draft to carry away tho noxious vapors
that will arise. When thoso vapors cease
rising let the whole cool and thou stir
tho mixture with a glass rod to fish out
tho diamond If you find it intact it is
a genuine stone; if false it will be cor
roded. Paste diamonds will disappear
altogether.
Ilnw In Cli'iiu i:iiriivliiK.
Soak in a very weak, clear solution of
i cmonuo oi nine uuiii vnnv, men MiaK
I in running water, afterward steeping
lor Half an Hour in water containing a
littlo of hyiKisulphlto of soda to neu
tralize any trace of adhering bleach.
Dry between clean blotters under pres
sure. Ilnw to Tell Wlii-tlit-r u Kitlirlu I "All
WihiI."
Put a piece of the cloth into u solution
of caustic soda in a glass vessel and boil
IL The wool will dissolve. If cotton is
a part of the structure it will remain un
dissolved. If a woolen and cotton fabric
be dipied In bleaching liquor the former
will turn yellow after awhile and tho
cotton will remain white. In a fabric
comnosi'd of wool, silk and outtmi tlm
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,,i.(iito u, i,,u ,iai ,j, (in Hl-VIJ lllll 1WIVU
little charcoal, while thoso of the first
two shrivel, leave a black charcoal and
givo a Btfong smell when burned.
Ilnw tu Cunt St I nun of limrrtii.
When stung by a bee, wasp or mos
quito immediately plunge tho affected
part into or batho with salt aud.wator.
If thisis not available make a patdif
bonie clay and water and apply it to the
sting Bathing with laudanum, harts
horn or camphorated spirits is also use
ful. Should a l)eo or wasp bo swallowed
dissolve a teaspoonful of table salt in
water and drink it. This will immedi
ately kill tlio Insect and prevent tho
sting inflaming your throat. Should a
sfing become very painful and inflamed
tho blood must be In "a bad state; and
it is well to take a strong purgative and
refrain from animal food for a fowdays
HllW III HIlMt (lilt It Cuillllo,
When a candle is blown out a very dis
agreeable odor fills tho room This is
very easily pievented. If you blow up
ward the wick will not smolder, tho
bad smell is avoided and when you want
to ignite it again tho wick will bo found
fcufilcientiy long.
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