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The Wingham Times, 1885-09-04, Page 2ra.H j ki3O 4+ SEJ..1,OIJD. kr*Ikai a'aWerk. It haslong been proved, to woman's eatfs- iaotion, et least, that she is mentally man's 'equal, and with thia knowledge, in many Casey' has oome the desire to prove the equal- ity by persistently pushing herself into his f .i Ctions. Such persistency goes a great Way, in my mind towards proving her ignor- %nee and inferiority. Man and woman were oreated with dis- tinctive individual oharaoteriatios, but it is tally when each recognizes this fact and acts in sympathy with it, that a perfeot harmony $1 produced. There work is as diatinot as there mental Una physical peculiarities ; but the nobler, grander work falls to the lot of woman. What can be more divine than the form- ing and training of the human intellect. 'What privilege greater than that of snaking a refined and beautiful kome, which might end should be a little centre of loveliness end joy ? Is it any wonder we are surprised and dis- gusted to hear woman clamoring for more lights and higher privileges ? But what is the cause of all this restlessness and foolish striving ? We are convinced that the am fewer may be found in the ignorance of the Significance of her work, as designed by God end nature. To appreciate this correctly she must posses a knowledge of the laws of Physiology and Psychology, How many 1loving, devoted mother has failed in her home work simply through ignorance of these essentials. She does not understand how largely her children partake of her men- tal as wellas physical temperament,nor fully appreciate her awful responsibility in their Selly training. She exerta herself to sup- ply their corporal needs, but gives no thought to their mental environment. How different this would be if each woman laederstood the proper development of the thf1d mind, and could intelligently direct and guide its unfolding ; properly determining What powers should first be brought in not- ivity, and wisely and skillfully guiding them. from one stage of development to another. Now, the teacher is expected to do all this and we, mothers, are so surprised that our Angelic ohildren are found fault with, and cannot conceive what kind of a teacher it is that complains of their fancied misdemean- ors. Surely she cannot understand her business, and we feel it our immediate duty to inform the School Board of the mistake end have matters righted. Out of the 168 hours in a week, the child - Inn are ander the teacher's direct influence Only about 30, and there are generally from 20 to 80 little ones to call for her thought end attention. What opportunity has she for studying each individual child so as to Wisely determine how to deal with it most intelligently? Almost none, compared with a mother's, and it is directly upon her that the responsibility rests. But many women will say: " We have ho time to study our children or anything else, and we are not blameworthy for our lack of knowledge. It requires all our strength to perform the necessary work {4 life ; and as long as we are required to do this we must give the mental training of our ohildren to others," True, the domestic work of life must be done, for proper food and clothing are ab- solutely necessary for our comfort. But sifter all, every woman may acquire wisdom if she can't be learned. It is not so much What is read as what is thought of that makes the difference between intelligence and ignorance. With a proper system of management there are few women of to -day, who cannot find some time for reading and study. Rouse work is of such a nature that much of it can be made mechanical. The hands nay hold a broom while the mind absorbs or Conceives a noble thought. Mothers are directly responsible for the proper development of their children's minds and no amount of work can excuse them from this, their highest, holiest duty. Ig- norance is not a thing to be lightly overlook- ed and excused. It is a sin. Our educational papers are full to over- flowing of assertions concerning the teach- er's work, the teacher's duty, but little or nothing is said to the thousands of, mothers, who are carelessly leaving the mental train- ing of their children to others, while they pursue the more important employment of adorning their bodies. We would not have one word lees written for the teacher. It is impossible too highly to estimate the importance of his work ; but we would have the mothers of our land feel the responsibil- ity in the matter of education and arouse themselves to the sense of their most solemn of all duties, for the performance of which God will hold them directly a000untable. Summer ne nkce. RASPBERRY SItRVB..—Plane fresh, ripe raspberries in a jar, and cover them with vinegar. Let it stand in a cool place for twenty-four hours. The next day add as many berries as the vinegar will cover, and let it stand another twenty four hcurs; then set the jar in a kettle of water, and bring the berries and vinegar to a soald, Strain the juice through a linen bag, and to every one and one half pinta of the juice, add one pound of sugar. Then heat the juioe and sugar to a boiling point, in a porcelain ket- tle, and remove the scum, When oold, bot- tle. This may be kept for years, and makes" a most refreshing drink when a small quan- tity is mixed with water, especially grate ful to the sink. EFFERVESCING LEMONADE POWDERS.. Mix three and one-half ounces of bicarbon- ate of soda, fourteen ounces of crushed sug- ar, sixty drops of extract of lemon, and four ounces of tartaric acid. Powder separately, dry, and mix, after having rubbed the ex- tract with the sugar. Put in a wide-mouth- ed bottle, and cork tight. For use, stir a teaspoonful of the powder into a glass of oold water, and then drink. STRAwnERRY SneRnET — Take one quart of fresh, ripe strawberries and crush to a smooth paste. Add three pints of water, the juice of one lemon, one tablespoonful of orange -flower water, and let it stand three hours. Strain over three quarters of a pound of white sugar, squeezing the oloth hard ; stir until the sugar is dissolved, strain again and set on lee for two hours or more before you use it. LEMONADE on SHERBET.—Pare the yellow peel of three lemone, and, unless you intend to use the sherbet immediately, leave it out. It gives a bitter taste to the sugar if left long in it. Slice, and squeeze the lemons upon the sugar, add a very little water, and let them stand fifteen minutes. Then fill up with water ; ice well, stir and then pour it out. To MAKE a nice summer drink, take a pound of red currants, bruised with some raspberries, half a pound c f sugar, added to a gallon of cold water ; stir well, allow it to settle, and bottle. A little dream of tartar or citric acid may be added. WATER, sweetened with molasses, with a little vinegar, and, if liked, ginger, makes a cheap and refreshing drink. ALMOST any fruit boiled in water, and the liquid then strained, cooled, and sweetened to the taste, makes a nice drink. ORANGEADE is made in the same manner, substituting oranges for the lemons. A Morbid Imagination Cured. In reference to the influence of the ima- gination on the body a doctor tells the follow- ing story : "A big hulking fellow about ten miles from the town I was practicing in got the idea that he was going to die at just 11 o'clock in the forenoon of a certain day. About 9 o'clock a messenger Dame to me. I hurried out. When I got there the crank had fifteen minutes to live, according to his calculations. He did look like a man on the verge of eternity. His eyes were dim and sunken, his face had that peculiar pallor which heralds the near approaoh of death, and his breathing was very labored. The family were gathered around and weep- ing as they took a final leave. Something had to be done quick. There was a smart - looking woman there, and I called her aside. Pointing to the olook on the mantlepiece, which the patient was watching, I said : 'When I have his attention, turn that ahead. Then I crowded into the family group, bustled them into the next room, sat down on the edge of the bed and began telling that fellow one of the most horrible murder stories you ever heard. I located it right in town where he knew everybody, named the woman killed, went into blood-ourdling details, and so completely interested the man that he forgot his eleven o'clock ap- pointment. When I gave him a chance to look again it was twenty minutes to twelve, and he was actually mad for a time, claim- ing he had been tricked. He finally got to laughing, and we all took dinner together. The next day he whipped two men at a barn -raising for twitting him about the pro- gramme of death that miscarried." Why Indians Love the Warpath. Colonel Royall of the army is one of the beat -known Indian fighters in the service. He is now on leave, his health being much impaired by many years' life on the frontier. Speaking of the present dist:rim antes and the love for murder which every Indian seems to possess in a greater or less degree, he said : I once asked a re- markably intelligent Indian who was known to have killed a white man some years ago, why it was that his race enjoyed so much going on the war -path and killing people. The conversation which ensued ran some- thing like this, the Indian beginning : ' Did you ever shoot a rabbit ?' t' ' Yee.' "' Did you ever shoot a deer?' H Yes.' " Didn't you get more fun out of killing the deer than the rabbit l' "' Yes, I guess so.' "' Well, there's a heap more fun for an Irdian to kill a man than a deer,' "That was Indian login, and pretty good logic, too, I should say," Colonel Royall re- marked, and added: " My experience has been that the minute an Indian sheds human blood, it seems to affeot the whole tribe in the same way that the smell of blood would a pack of wild boasts. It intoxioates them. They become devils, They are bereft of al reason. They must satisfy their lust for murder, and the settlers on the trail they take become their victims," A TREAOREROUS MURDER. Death o1 the Doke o1 UurguMdy. The Duke of Burgundy went to the Castle of Montereau by the gate next the fields ; he summoned all the chief lords and two hundred men at arms, together with one hundred archers, to accompany him. He had also with him the lady of Giac, who had strongly urged him to go to Montereau, say- ing that there was no treachery to be dread- ed, He was very fond of that lady, and had entrusted her, as also part of hie jewels, to one of his most faithful servants, Philip Jenequin. When Sit Tanneguy Duohatel came forward to tell him that the Dauphin was ready and waiting for him, the Duke answered that he wasooming; he then call- ed for those who were ;o accompany him, for- bidding all others to fellow, Thus surround- ed. he went as far as the first barrier of the beidoe. Then came tie people of the Dau- phin, who renewed, ill the promises and oaths previously maie, adding, "Come to- wards my lord, whc awaits you on the bridge." After these words, the duke having asked his servants whether le might safely venture on, they answered, Ghat considering the many promises made by such notable per- sons, he had nothiugto fear, and that they would try their ohne with him. There- upon he moved forward, preceded by some of his attendants, and he entered the first barrier, where he found the Danphiu's men who said to him once more, "Come to my lord, he is expecting you." To this he an- swered, " I am coming 1" He crossed then the second barrier, which was immediately looked behind him. Stopping there he saw Sir Tanneguy DuchateT, whom he touched in friendly guise on tie shoulder, saying at the same time to my'brd Saint George and to others of his p,ople, " Here is the man whom I trust." 1e thus moved on to the Dauphin, who was leaning on abarrier, armed cap -a -pie, and girt with his sword. The duke knelt on theground in an attitude of respect, bowing molt humbly to the Dau- phin; but this oneansvered without showing any sign offriendship,reproaching the Duke for not having joinedla the war against the English, and not having withdrawn his sol- diers from the garrison as he said he would. Then Sir Robert de ',tyre took him by the right arm and said, " Iliae my lord, you are only too honorable." Tire Duke of Burgundy had also his sword on ; when he knelt down the weapon was somewhatbaokward, and as he moved his hand to bring it in front, Sir Robert de Loyre exclaimed " Do you dare lay hand on your sword in the presence of my lord the Dauphin??" At these words Sir Tanneguy Duohatel drew near; it report- ed that he made a sign and saying, " It is time 1" he struck the Duke of Burgundy with an axe he held in his hand so violently that he made him fall on his knees. When the Duma felt himself wounded he endeavored to draw his sword and defend his life, but immediately others struck him down, leav- ing him for dead, and quickly a man, nam- ed Oliver Leyet, assisted by Peter Frothier, plunged his sword into the Duke's stomach underneath his hauberk. Legends of the Strawberry. The people of Bohemia are the oldest dwellers in Europe, and retain many of the most curious superstitions. Some are unique and are scarcely to be traced elsewhere. For instance, certain fruits have curious fannies connected with them. The strawberry is especially reverenced. When the first crops are gathered in the first handful is set aside for the poor, aid placed upon a tree or stump or convenient spot in the open air, whence they am be fetched away. If a mother has lost her child during the previous year, she must gather no strawberries before St. John's day, for if she does her child will not be per- mitted to join the blessed ohildren when they go with the Virgin to piok strawberries in the fields of Heaven. Another version o the same superstition says that the child may have a few, but not so many as others whose mothers have refrained from eating. The Virgin will say to her : " See, darling, your share is small, because your mother has eat. en them." In a valley at Tetschen there is a drag which the villagers say is in the form of a human bust, and which is called the Stone Strawberry Lass, because a legend as- serts that on St, John's day, in 1614, a cer- tain willful maiden persisted in dancing and eating strawberries instead of going to mass, and added to her sins by laughing at her grandmother when she chid her. Thereup- on the old lady said, " I wish thou wart a stone," and the lively maiden became trans- formed. The legend further asserts that she will retumto flesh and blood whenever a pure and pious youth is found,who has never neg. leoted his church from his seventh year, nor looked at a maiden during service, who will strike the stone three times while high mass is being said, However, the flesh is weak, we know, and the youth is yet to be found who has kept his eyes in his prayer, bogk from his seventh year, so the maiden remains petrified. Ex -President Arthur, more grayed as to beard than hair, and looking taller because not so stout as formerly, attracts muoh at- tention as he nonoha lantly walks- about New York, The Myatio Power. There is a subtle, mysterious influence about some persons that is, truly remarkable. one of the singular features abouts it is that those possessing it have little or no control over it, and those affected by it have no power to resist it. What this power is or whenoo it oomes, is the mystery. It is generally believed that mind has in- fluence over mind, independent of the will of the person concerned, A great many say they can feel the pressure of certain once without seeing or knowing they are near, while almost everyone is more or leas affect- ed by the pressure of others, either strangers or friends, Thus it may be traced down to what is generally called like and dislike. The plain truth is that there is often less mutual affection between comparative strangers. It is generally supposed that twins are devotedly attached to each other, but such is not the ease. Even the Siamese Twins were constantly quarrelling, and had it been pos- sible to got away from each other, would have done so most cheerfully. Occasionally twin.brothers are found who apparently are only happy in eaoh other's presence. Such instances are rare, however. Soientists call it magnetism, spiritualists say it is the affinity of the soul, but those who have it do not bother themselves about its nature or cause, being satisfied with the efleot. It is the same influence that renders preachers, actors, and lecturers popular. To think that the success of these before the pub- lic is due to what they say, or the way they say it, is a mistake. It is this mystic pow- er, and it makes little difference about the elocution, the quality of voice, or the nature of the discourse. Some of the popular aotora have most marked defeots in their voices. The uncultured preacher, ono who hal never seen the inside of a college, very often preaches all around those who are accounted profound scholars. Those preachers who are noted revivalists possess this power in a greater or less degree, according au they are more or less successful. It is said Dr. Sunderland, the elder, was so wonderfully endowed with this power, that he quit preaching on account of it. He feared that persons were drawn into the folds of the church by his influence who did not realise what they were doing. Ho is said to have been able to direct actions of persona simply through will power, and that without the aid of words or signs. Henry Ward Beecher is filled with the same power, but not to as great a degree as Dr. Sunderland. He has the faoultg, how- ever, of transmitting it to the written page, eo that those who read may feel his influence as well as those who see and hear him. The question that arises just here is whether it is good to possess such power or to be influenced by it. There are plenty of instances where it has done a great deal of harm. It is the strength of the libertine the chief agent of the conspirator, and the talisman of arch deceivers. This does not prevent it from being pro- ductive of good results. It is the power of God to influence the wicked, and that which renders music churning and sooial inter- oourse,agreeable. It is not at all strange that occasionally it should be turned to an evil purpose. Bad uses are made of things given to support life, but that does not ren- der these things unfit for proper use. It is the use to which means are put, and not the means, that is evil. This mystic power is as much a gift as any of the special talents, and its exercise no more sinful than that of the other gifts, if only exercised properly. It is not love, but it is often mistaken for it. This is a serious mistake, and one that is very difficult to correct. One of its pecu- liarities is that it is not mutual. The person who possesses it to such an extent as to be able to greatly influence others rarely feels drawn towards those who are attracted by it In instances where it is mutual it forms a strong bond, but where it is one-sided it is very unreliable. It is the secret of the conjurer's spell, the mind -reader's skill, and spiritualist's power. To be effective these must possess it to ex- cess, in which case it becomes a dangerous thing, as it gives them control over rot only the physical life of persons but also over their soul life. Pine Baths. At some of the watering places in Germany the very simple prescription of the physician is that the patient should spend several hours a day, walking or riding, through the pine wood. This simple treatment is said to be sometimes supplemented by the taking of pine baths, and in the case of kidney dis- ease and for delicate children this is claim- ed to be highly beneficial. The bath is prepared by pouring into the water about half a tumbler of an extract made from the needles of the pine ; this extract is dark in color and closely resembles treadle in con- eistency, and when poured into the bath gives the water a muddy appearence, with a light foam on the surface. As an adjunct to this daily bath this infusion of pine ex- tract is said to induce a most agreeable sensation ; it gives the akin a deliciously soft and silky feelleg, and the effect on the nerves is quieting. Marriage and Progress. A keen observer of human nature and ee man of world-wide experience was heard to say recently ; "There never was a time when marriage was more believed in than. now. Never were wives treated better and. loved more—never were ohildren happier than now. It is the ambition of the average individual to have a good and happy home. Our towns are filling up with pleasant and elegant homes. Tho fireside was never more popular than at present." It is unnecessary to say that many student of our civilization have arrived at different conclusions. There is a respectable ohms of observers who report different data, especial ly from the great centers of population, whore it is claimed that marriage is becom- ing popular. G.•anting that there is an inoreased tendon: oy to celibacy, as civilization becomes more complex than it was in provincial times, sev- eral causes may be found which contribute to this result. It has been currently claimed that infidel ideas are in the ascendency and that marriage nus been robbed of the sanctity which obtained in olden times. There are students who hold that the belief that mono gamy is distinctively a Bible institution has much to do with its perpetuity and health- ful growth. However this may be, I believe that there are other important faotora in our civilization which must essentially regulate the number of marriages and greatly deter- mine what classes will marry. It would be interesting to have some clever disciple of Buckle unfold the question in its fullness; but I will merely outline the thought. Tho question to which I refer is that of the effect of steam and this rapid transit civ- ilization upon celibacy, I accept, in great part, the proposition of Mr. Buckle, that the prico of bread governs the number of marriages in a given country. There will not be many marriages where the conditions of sueoees are difficult, and whatever renders greater the incompatibility between mar- riage and moderate means must greatly de- crease the number of marriages. Has steam not enlarged our ideals of good living? Has it not lengthened the catalogue of our neces- sities and increased the difficulty of obtaining an adequate matrimonial status ? A rapid glance at a long list of the new accompani- ments of culture, which could not have ex- isted previous to railroads, is sufficient to convince a casual observer that the " price of bread "—rather the price of necessities, actual or ideal—is much higher than it was fifty years ago. Parisian trousseaux may be ordered by galvanic speech and reach their destination in some distant Western, city more quickly than the old fathers could have sent their humble home -spun across a few dozen counties. Theaters have sprung up at every village of a few thousand in- habitants. Summer resorts and long bridal tours are the innovations of yesterday. Costly house decorations and rare treasures of art are brought by lightning express. Mr. Jones will not marry. The man does not oare to ignore the ideal of his fellows, which have become the prevailing fashion—en- larged into necessities by the increased facilities of the age. He is now ready to complete the whole world, whose cosmo- politan customs have revolutionized old ways of living and even made modern economy more expensive than the luxuries of his an- cestors. Pearls and Diamonds. A London expert tells me that of old the world received each year new diamonds of about $250.000 in value on the average. Suddenly, from South Africa, comes a new supply, exceeding $20,000,000 worth each year for ten years. In consequence, the price of diamonds has steadily fallen from $15 to $3.75 a carat. Of course, it is known that when they go over a comparatively insignificant number of carats diamonds take a leap into the thousands. Brazilian diamonds are very fine stones, but no stones found there, or in the South African diamond fields, are as lustrous and beautiful as the gems in the gala decorations of East India princes, and those which have been obtained in India during the past century by conquest and purchase. These Dame mainly from the mines of Colconda. The ex -Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, is said to have the finest collection of da - mends, rubies, and emeralds in the world— aggregating several hundred thousand dol- lars in value. Largo rubies of .a lurid, 1ua- trous red, without a blemish, aro scarcer than big diamonds, and are consequently more valuable. Ex.Queen Isabella of Spain is to have the finest pearls in the world; and the unaccount- able loss of many of the most valuable gems. in the spanish orown jewels set the tongues. of Spanish courtiers going. King Alfonso, Isabella's affectionate bon, probably thinks his mamma's continued absence a pearl be- yond pride. A young woman now serving out a. sentence for burglary in jail has received several offers of marriage from apparently respectable young men, two of whom are farmers. They evidently think that the sentence of the judge was not sufficient, punishment for the girl's crime.