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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-7-19, Page 3SEND 41 SCHOOL 4.ESSON IV, THIRD QUARTER INTER- NATIONAI. SERIES, JULY 22. ext o the iimoion, 0th. =r1, 13-26. Memory Verse, 24 -26, -Golden. ivvi, 24 -Commentary Prepar- by tile Dev. D. IU Steitritu. I CoPyr4,111., 1000, by American Press Asso- c1a11on.,1 1.3-16. "Simon Peter auewered and said, `I'llon ast the Christ, the Son of the Lit iug God," This Nvas in answer to the -question of, our Loed, SVhout do inun say olcl ed us 0- iu lin Nye st, ve 0. 11- (01 on of te, 11 - that I, the Sou of Mail; am? They t MITI \\dial: 1)06910 said, Then He ask them for their testimony, iud Peter th eeplied, , See anothei.i testimony from P tee in John vi, 69; aleo from Martha John si, 27, and front Nathanael in So I, 49. John Wrote hisi &spa that .might believe that JestiS is, the •Cliri the Son of God, and that believing sivis.ht have life through His nom tJnhu xx, 31). The greatest of all qo dens for any aad every individual to a swot: is that which Jesus Himself ask the Pluteieees, ."What think ye Christ?" And the most solemn quest for every unsaved soul is that of Pila '``What shall I do with Jesus, who is ea 'ed Christ?' : 17. "Jesusanswered and said un kidin, Blessed art thee, Simon Bar-jOn for flesh and blood bath not revealed anto thee, but My Father which is leaven," We. can only honor God honor. Christ,. the Son of God, f ,"Ile that honoreth not the Son hotiore not the Father which hath sent Him .'"No men knoweth the Father, sase t and he to whomsoevee the Son w 'reveal Him" (John v, 23; Math.. xi, 2 God only 'can reveal Himself to us a He does so in Christ by His spirit. 1.8. Although the word "Peter" mea rock or stoup, the word later in t verse translated "rock". is different fro Sate one trauslated "Peter." The o !means a bit of rock, a rolling stone, a -the other means a cliff or ledge; on t :latter Peter's testimony, not on Pete is the churelwbuilt, for "Other foundati i.can no man lay than that is laid, whi 'Is Jesus Christ" (I Cos. iii, 11). See al EPh. 11, 20. All else-moralitY, tempe .ance, religionsimse-as a foundation only sand. All the, wisdom of hell powers of destruction cannot preva .against those who are built upon Jos ,Christ, the Son of God, and His precio blood shed for us (Ex. xii, 13; Lev. kv 11; John x, 27-29). 19. "Aucl 1 will give unto thee the keys .of the kingdom of heaven." Keys are to -open or lock doors -of the Lord Jesus -alone Can it he said that He openeth and no man shutteth. ile shutteth and no e man opened). To Him is given the key .of the house of David. He also has the keys of hacks and of death (Rey: iii, 7; 1, 18; Ise. xxii, 22). The power to bind or loose was afterward given to all the apostles and to all the disciples (John xx, -23; Math. xviii, 18). All true disciples ,are here on earth for Christ, in His , -stead, and with His word and His Spirit are commissioned to go to all people prO- Clallning of sins to all who accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour; and to those who refuse assurance of Con- demnation and wrath (John iii, 18, 36). 20. "Then charged He, His disciples that they should tell no man that He svas Jesus the Christ." In the gospels : ge is called Jesus about 600 times Math., 175; Mark, 100; Luke, 100; John, ), while He is called Christ only 47 times (Math., 11; Mark, 6; Luke, 12; John, 18). He is edged Jesus Christ only In Math. i, 1. 16, 18; xvii 20; xxvii, 22, 27; Mark i, John i, 17; xvii, 3). Jesus is the Christ by HIS resurrection from the dead, also thus with power declared to he the Son of God (Acts ii, 32, 38; Rom. el, 4). After the transfiguration, when He ,.manifested His glory to Peter and ,James and John. He said to them as they -came down from the mountain, "Tell the --vision to no man until the Son of Man he risen again from the dead" (xvii, 9). 21. He begins now to tell the disciples plainly that He must suffer andtbe killed and be raised again the third day. He ails° told them the manner of His death, that He must be crucified (chapters xvii, 23; xx, 19). Although He spoke so plainly yet did they not believe, and it is -written even concerning Peter and John ithat when they came to the tomb on the resurrection morning they knew not the Scripture that He must rise again from the dead (John xx, 9), and only when the angels told them what He had said did they remembers His words (Luke .xxiv, 22, 23. "Be it far from Thee, Lord; this shall not be onto Thee." So said Peter when be heard ;that his Lord. was to suffer and die. The Margin says that Peter's 'words might be translated "Pity 'Thyself, Lord." How Much of Peter Ifilieeheee was in -Peter up to this time and afterward until he was thoroughly hum- bled and filled With the Holy Spirit; so iiimpuleive, So quick to speak, so self core:. Solemn so erring. 18 we would, glorify God, we must have no 'confidence in the flesh (Phil. iii, S), but gloey only in the (Jer. ix, 23, 24;i I CO. i, 31): How 'iemingly severe our blessed Lord's ,,etids to Peter! It was satan who spoke : through- Pater, ancl the Lord was relmle Slog the devil who ased Peter's mouth. 24. "If any nian will come after Me, let him deny himself and take, up his .eispss and follow Me." This. is our Lord's staternentof how His disciples should illiye; ;net 'pitying self, but denying self; not denying something to oneself, but denying self, the ,sell life, the natural man. ,As it is written, 'Tut Off the old , 11100 which is'eoreopt" (EPh. iN1iS 22; Col. 121, fi). Rocket yourselves dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God; 'through; sTesus Christ our Lord (Rom. vi, .11). It 'is written that even Christ pleased not Himself (Rom. xV; 3),. and that We who' iive are 41-etay§ delivered unto death for Jesus' eake that the life :also . Of of*.1E1 (night be made ' maiiitesiS in our mortal Slosh (II, Cor. iV, II). 20, 26. iff cling to things eternal and Make them' ous life, it must be at the cost of the things, 10 8110 world which sire net Of God, but the fellowship with :God here till be heavenly and. the lies ward hereafter moStglorious, If, 00 the contrary. We..cling to the thinge-Of this ,ipseeent werld, Wo toilet in due Ihne leave them all faid be poor indeed. s Whoever Sejoete Christ for the sake oS ithe pleas - tires 02 sin for a eeesoti loses ell and Is shut out; ftom God real His kingdom: to -all eternity, WhoeVee, being saved bis -the blood nI Christ,ds not Willing to be it disoiple r .dbriSt Mid be taateht by. Hiin .and live foi Hini, but; though redeemed, Jives eelfishla, 'choked With COO and eddies 41.11d PlefiStli'llg of this life (Luke .14) shall hive do see the loss Of all that. hes betel their life; and themselves saved *We by fire a Cori:lila 14; to it in as or th he 19 7). nd 113 he ne nd he r, on ch so 13 or or 11 us 115 11, Vole'. in Fia1.1.1, 111°1101 the PCM-QY ol 11111.iiary au- thorities in using .less glaring colore in uniforms has been very marked or late years, red remains the most POP- ular color for national standards, Of twentYafive countries, hineteea have flags witil red in them, the list including Great Britain., 'United States, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denniark, Belgium, Swe- den, Swi-tzerland, TuritaY, Mexi 0, Chili, Portugal, V011ezuela and Cuba. The countries which have bine as an clemeat of their flags' are Great Britain, 'United States, :Russia, France, Holland, Ecuador, Portugal, Chili, -Venezuela and Cuba. Three eouutriee have black as one of the elements of their flags --- Ger- many, Belgium and China, but , Ger- many -the only one of the three that hiss black and white t ogether. There are six oeuntries which have Eseen as 0 color: Irelansi, Brazil, the flag of which is green Chiefly; Mexico, Egypt, Italy and l'orsia. Nine coontrie have flags ia -which the color is partly yellow. These countries are Austria, Italy, Switzer- land, Turkey, Persia, Japan, Mexico, laolland, Denmark, Portugal, Cuba and Chili, There is no white in the national staudard of England, but the British naval flag has a white background. The flag of Ecuador is nearer white -than any other country, being made up of two parallel white columns, be - between which is a column of blue, upon which „aro white stars. Paid Dear For '41rtin." The following incident illustrates the fact that in some places prohibi- tion does prohibit. The little town of Mt. Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, has a small Woman's Christian Tem- perance 'Union whose members are en- ergetic, Christian women, and they with the help of other good people have for three years prevented their one hotel keeper from getting a license to sell liquor. The ,county W.C.T.17. ron,venti on was held there recently, and the W. C.T.U. delegates from Brantford, about sixteen ladies, hired a ,con- veyance and driver from the livery. Xaowing that there was no liquor sold at the hotel, they thought it would be a sale place for the young man to get his dinner. However, the proprietor, having no regard for the law, thought it would be excellent fun to get the driver of the W.C.T.U. women drunk. So before it was time for them to return they learned that their driver was in the bottom of the waggon dead drunk. Two of the ladies returned by train, and arrange- ments were made for the return of the others. Within about ten days the proprie- tor of that hotel was arrested for sell- ing or giving liquor without a license, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine and costs of eighty-four dol- lars. The prosecution was by tho of- ficial authorities, and not liy the W. C.T.'(T. The man has since sold out and left the to win.—Emma A. Wheel- er, in 'Union Signal. • Growinir Competition. The Belgian artisan spends his leis- ure in a very curious manner, says • gat -Bits. He keeps a special cock for crowing, and the bird which can outcrow its fellows has reached the highest pinnacle of perfection. The raodo of operation is to place the cages containing the roosters in long rows, for it appears that one bird sets ,the other off 'crowing. A mark- er, appointed by the organizers of the show, is told off for each bird, his duty being to note carefully the number of crows for which it is re- sponsible, in the same fashion as the laps are recorded in a bicycle race. The customary duration of the match is one hour, the winner being the bird which scores the highest num- ber of crows in the allotted time. A great number of these comp,etitions have recently 'taken place in the Liege district, and in some eases heavy bets have been made on the result. Machine Car Washer. An English inventor has devised an apparatus whereby the sides of rail:. waycars may be thoroughly washed and cleansed !without the use o lia,nd labor, which is now common- ly employed for this Purpose. The device comprises rotary brushes adapted to be moved into engage- ment with the sides of the car, shields partially inclosing the brushes and moveable therewith, spraying pipes carried by the shields and flex- ible connections between the pipes and a water supply pipe. The ma- chine is mounted in a Shed or other inclosing structure located on a track siding, through which the cars may be conveniently passed. As the cars are drawn slowly between the wash- ers power is applied to rapidly re- volve the circular brushes, and at the same thne water is turned into the shields to hid in removing the dirt. ---Railway News. Strawberry Size. Too much attention is being given to size of fruit. Strawberries are , grown mammoth size, and every year some new variety is brought out, f or which it is claimed that fi it "excels all others in size." In s the meantime there is a sacrifice of s flavor and quality. Fruit growers , tvho ship strawberries toniarket prefer a variety that will stand b shipment well, but for home use it should be the object to grow the aricties of the 'best quality, mak- ing size secondary. Dut few vari- el les equal the flavor of wild kinds, which are small as a rule. weseeeaeseeeee1seeere!,ieeoeeeeaweateeeeaeWSW'Weeeeweeeeweeeeseeeeeese.teesereeaasieeeeieeedoeees maassiesemesseetweitesetweeleeel. „ - , —t — We had hoped that we had seen the last of shirt waists, but at least one of the most prominent manufacturers has a grand surprise' in store for us for fall. Some of us will be able to have a nest? waist that is not exactly a shirt waist, and yet it belongs to the family. It is separate and apart from the skirt, but it bears little resemblance to the first of the shirt waists. This new waist has a tight lining and a guimpe and a sailor collar. The gunnpe is only large enough to fill in the place left open by the turned over part for the collar. Sailor collars are found in many places and cases where no one would have expected them even a month ago, and they have materially changed the shape of the corset, for it is no longer necessary to have them made with the peculiar front so much affected by those who care little what sufferings they un- dergo if they are only in fashion. It is too early yet to predict exactly what these new waists will be, but we may be sure that there will be lots of novelties and everybody will be happy. Just at the present moment the waists are marked by great taste, and the most of them are cut more like basques than anything. All the thin goods still re- quire a certain treatment wherein lace and embroidery fill the largest part. Woolen stuffs of whatever variety are in more or less pronounced tailor form. I saw recently a waist for a young girl of sheer swiss. The skirt is made with a flounce some 15 inches deep, and around the top and bottom of this a row of cluny in vandyke points is set. The waist is a simple tucked French shape, with a row of the lace at the but to simulate a yoke. A jabot falls from the neck, and more of the lace is set on the sleeves, with the long cuff falling over the wrist. A belt of dark green velvet is draped around the waist, ending in a se- ries of loops set diagonally along the joining. All sleeves have some sort of deep cuff at the wrist or above it and so arranged that they seem like an undersioeve. Some are off at the elbow, and from there falls an undersleeve of the same material, though in other cases the 011 - der one is of thinner stuff, sometimes lace inthe good old style. Bell sleeves are among the sleeves promised us for fell, and I saw some advance designs for tea and house gowns with sleeves wide and long, almost as large as the angel sleeves seen in the prints of the modes in vogue some 30 years ago. Still we see few of the new ones in active service yet. To return to our waists once more, we find that the bolero rind figaro are attach- cl to almost everything exwept strictly allor suits, and they are Adt debarred rom them. A very dressy waist was of ne silver gray poplin, and the skirt was trapped dotvn with at least a dozen traps of the same material doubled oyer nto milliner's folds, and these reached rom top to bottom. There was a wide elt of satin of the same shade, and this as slightly draped and fastened with hree of the now fancy jewel clasps. The waist was a sort of combination blouse end sailor and bolero and uimpe ell together and very pretty. The tack was of black and white silk mull rith a jabot 02 ±110 sante and the bolero f the lace like the collar. A little blade civet ribbon Wl1.8 applied around the ellen The sleeves wore slightly putIed O the top tind extended into cuffs at the Hem. The 'eyelet was laid in folds, and e back was parfectly plain, so as to how the bolero better. „another unusually pretty waist was hat might be described as a tailor ouee, for the front of the waist was ade in that shape, while the back and e sleeves and skirt were in strict tenet yle, The material was tan cloth. Down e front of the skirt end on the waist nel Sleeves there were lines of fancy stle braid, and this wee sewed me in A at said pleasing Pattern. M:1117111...` :III A 'q,, ,i,( Editor ---Ani you did \*,•-rite this ssay all 3091 00(29 T.ii or,:iry As pirant--Yes, it is all Editoi• (rer,c)gnizing the source of 1110(1,CiliariCS Lamb, 1 am te,es, 3).1 11011 I)] e.,,Lyed to meet, you. ht thoug, you Wed some n ea) 1 el -mewed wish I could get sonic - thing to keep tile rats from: (sorbing into the holm°. Hileos,nd--Why den' yoti do your sae's% cooking? At the neck there was a little white satin to look like a guinape, and this was studded with chenille dots as black as Erebus. Below the curled ends of the braid there was a sort of fringe of fine black jet beads, but they were fast to the cloth and not left to hang loosely. The effect was odd. Strictly tailor suits are noted by the snug and simple form and the fine per- fection of finish. A very stylish suit of this description had the bodice of such plainness that there was no dart or side form at all, the whole adjustment coming from one seam which extended from the shoulder to the point in front at the bot- tom. The stuff of which it was made was a twilled plaid in all the browns in an indistinct and broken figure. The waist was double breasted and had small revers and a sort of gaimpe to represent a vest at the neck where the revers opened. A row of silk buttons was set at each one of the seams and so gave it the touch of ornament necessary to its peculiar design. None but a perfect figure or a figure where the dressmaker is past mistress in her art dare attempt this severe and tell- tale gown, but where the figure in this is what it should be the result is worth much trouble to obtain and also to see. Many figures look their best in a vest shaped suit, and these will be unusually popular this summer and fall if one can believe the modistes. I saw a very dark heliotrope broad- cloth, and this had a vest of white satin slightly wrought with black sewing silk down the center. The vest was sharply pointed in front, and the cloth was cut into a long bolero and stitched around several times for' sole trimming. The skirt was laid in flateelaits from the waist to 'the knees and then left free -that is, all except the center of the back, which was full and folded fiat. As a general style these plaited skirts do not please, but once in awhile We find one. I sup- pose some one buys them, but they are not the vogue. One pretty fancy is to wear a bolero hat with a'holero and these are of dark or black straw, with a velvet facing on the brim and three silk pompons perched on one side. Just at the present juncture the most of the made up gowns are of two kinds, one being tailor suits and the others of fine and thin materials suitable for the warns days now making such things a delight. And the dainty white and silk gingham and madras shirt waists, with no end of lace and embroidery and dear knows what, tempt one to talk of nothing else. Some of them are in violet, pink, blue and ox blood and all sorts of black silk ones with regular dress sleeves and - oh, everything that human mind can de- vise. sand they merge an some occult way into the regular dress waist, and so after awhile the shirt waist as a recognized garment will be no more. Black all silk grenadines have gone far toward becoming the favorite of the nice summer goods, and the clever modistes are devising new fancies in the develop- ment of the grenadines. Much depends bright or too gay, for the grenadine sof- neon the lining, and here no color is too tons and veils it until it seems to blend with the black and form one harmonious Some lovely small capes for wearing 011 1 warm days While one still feels that a wrap of some kind is necessary are Made of liberty chiffon in black and in black and white mingled. The capes reach over the shoulders and have collars more like ' Mtn than anything else. Some of them have in front a long sort of jabot reach- ing to far below the waist, and others) have bows made of a width of the chiffon tied in long loops and with ende reaching nearly to the knees. There are ()there where the cape is formed of net and cov- ered with overlapping frills of black lace. In the front there is a bow and long ends of wide and fine black moire, The PalCir e8 the PIM"' The fernier, because of the nature of his work, is not'always very well informed in regard to the business world; hence lie is an especial mark for shasks, fakirs and confidence /11011. These fellostm drive Over the country dressed up to kill, and with A winning snail° and eloquence pro- found, anfold their scheme for bet- tering the poor farmer's condition, show a short road and a surer way to success than an investment in Government bonds. All it will cost the farmer is a few dollars—a very small trifle conipared with the rich reward sure to come. And the farmer bites at, the tempt- ing bait. Who among us has no pat - eat „stocl-watercr, feed cooker or fence machine thrown back in some dark corner of the barn wheee we seldom loo11 ourselves and avoid tak- ing a neighbor or a friend? Who among us has not purchased from isoine smooth agent a machine that will do woaders—almost tend and raise it crop without assistancd? Who has not purchased, poultry food, stock machine and health foods? But that day is now passing away, though we still see an occasional fa- kir growing fat oll the farmers. The fence man still is not wholly extinct, and the papers still chronicle the swindling of some man by the light- ning rod shaa•ks. Only last year a fellow selling an ''egg producer" did a big business in our neighborhood. This spring there were many of his customers calling for more powders! They declared that the results with their poultry were what the agent claimed. I happened to know just what the stuff was and what it cost the agent. The powder was sifted ashes, salt, sulphur and a little bone meal. This was done tip in pound and two - pound packages, selling at 50c. and 750, respectively, to be put in the feed of the hens at the rate of three tablespoonfuls per dozen hens three times a -week. The highly colored wrappings were the principal ex- pense in putting up the stuff—about three cents. As he worked the coun- try in the spring of the year, of course the hens, in nine cases out of ten, conimenced laying within two or three weeks. Of course the pow ders, not nature, got the credit for Then there is the man selling the 360 or 3100 bill of dry goods. He can show ...you the figures to prove that you are getting twice the wortl of your money. Should you buy however, you would never maintah afterward that figures would not lie The groceryman is not so bad al though he will bear Watching. Probably one of the greatest fields los swindlers is in the nursery line. Everyseasonaroundseaso irtli. representingm' e ae n eswo mneii einamcooniu; institution the farmer never heard of before. He is only introducing his stock. The nursery is working the territory with a view to future pro- fits. They could not afford to deal dishonestly with. their 'customers. Honest dealing is the best of adver- tising. So says the agent. The ag- ent shows a lot of highly -colored plates, and perhaps some jars of pre- served fruit of unusual size. He gets the order for a .bill of trees, When they are delivered, you find that they are far from what was re- presented to you. And in later years you will probably find that they are not true to name, either. As the man had no intention of ever appear- ing in the country again, he filled the orders with the cheapest trees he could find, regardless of quality or species. There are exceptions to all rules; but' the safe one to follow in deal- ing with these fellows is Punch's la- nonic advice to those about to wed —"Don't!" Investigation will near- ly always prove that the home mer- chants will do as tvell by you as the agent, and if they will not, there are mail order houses that will do better. Patronize the home dealer whenever you can. This is especi- ally true in regard to nursery stock. Patronize an honest dealer so long as it is to your advantage, but if it is necessary to deal with other arms, do so direct by correspondence ra'th-- or than through the agent. CHINESE NAMES, it flAgiroolvtedged Aoiliority Give Rule§ \Violet" tioverm An acknowledged authority on the pronunciation of Chinese names as translitcrated into English assures ns that there need be no serious difficul- ty in sounding the many Chinese panics now appearing in the news- papers if the sPeakm• will remembea that the vowels in these names ar uniformly those of the Italian or continental alphabet, namely: 1. A is always about as a in far; e always approximately as e in they or then; i very like I in machine or pin; o ae elthes the 0 of song or how; and u always as the u of rale. 2. Also, it shOuld be remembered, every syllable has an independent va- lue and should be given that value in. pronunciation. 3. As for consonants, they are pro- nouricisd exactly as written. These three rules will secure as cor- rect, a pronuncHatiOn of Clainece names as can be secured without oral instruction. For example., tinder the first ru.h., one would say tah-koo, for Talm, take -you. as one may frequently hear the word pronounced. Lee-hoong-chalang for Li' Hung 'Chang, not lie-hung-clia,ng. Pell -king, for Pekin, not peek -in, Shahneshaheee, fer Shanghai, not shnag-high. Tsoong-lee-vohmen for Tsiting 11 , Yemen, not tsung lie yaymen, and so on. Under the second rule Tien Tsin is pronounced teeyen tsinn, accenting the yen syllabic; not teen tsin. General ISl'ieh's name is Nee-yels. The Chirssse coin. .02e1is not. tale, but tah-ale pronounced oulckly. Yun-nan fu is yoon-nahn-foo, not yunan.-fyu. In like manner all words are pro- nounced with syllabic distinctness - and with uniform vowel sound. Under the third rule the province name Szechuan is sounded, not se- inen, but nearly as zehchooaho, touching the choo very lightly; Ngan- hwei as inggahrighoosvayee, dropping the initial i sound; Lian-tong penin- sula is leeahoo-tong, and the Ge.rman possession Kia u Chau is Keeahoo Chahoo. attelt Arithmetic Before There is is a ray of vindieti•ve cola - fort for the inodern schoolboy in the fact that, for thirty-six hundred years his scitoollsoy progenitors have 1 been worried by just such desperate , I problems in arithmetic as ennoy hint most. Among the recent archaeological* NO ^tiro :Care fOr There is no .sure cure for cholera. The hest, eeniedy ISa teaspoonful of liquid carbolic acid in .hall i a gallon of water. A great Many .persons. in- quire .292• remedies for cholera with- out knowing what disease I10377 ex- ist in, the Rock. When they state they have. "cholera" in the lioak and "cannot get rid of it", they give the best evidence tha-t there is no' chole. era, for it rids itself in a few 'days. The Symptoms are groat Prostrats Son, a nervous, anxious expressibn, intense thirst, and proftise..diarrhoes, greeaish color. Mostef the .sims posed Cases of, Cholera are duo to in- digestion from excessive feeding,. Piale Needle 1:Inolorc;Lothing. The Germans make flannel under- clothing of the fibre of the pine needles, as well as socks for mon and stoelt-Mgis for svomen, while knee wermers, knitting and darning yarns, corlc soles, quilts, wadding„ dea,foniug paper for walls, pine needle soap, in- cense, and even cigars made from this raw material have been, imported from Gerina,ny for years. Bathing resorts have also been established at points a.vbere, the pine needle, are cruShed, hcse o s lave long peen with people afflicted -with 'heti- matism, consumption, etc Holy to Deteer Impart, Matf.r. To detect impure water, draw a tinial)lerful at night, put a piece or 'white lump sugar in it and place it on the Ititchen mantlepiece or in any place whore the temperature 10111 110± lto under sixty degrees Fahrenheit, In the morning the water, if pure will be perfectly clear; if contansinat- ed by sewerage or other iinpuribles, the water `wall be milky. Thi 8 is sintple and safe test well ltnowei t,� chemists. Chi MIR() `creberstioli of the Lily, Among the Chinese, should the lily laloseioni on. New "Year's Day it is regarded as a mosI happy omen, pre- saging the) best of luck to the for- tunate owner of the plant, discoveries in Egypt, is a papyrus roll, in excellent condition, dating from a period about 1700 B.C. This roll, which has a long heading be- girminee "Directions how to obtain the knowledge of all dark things." proves beyond a doubt that the Egyptian of tliat time had a 'thorough knowledge of the elements of arith- naetic. Numerous examples show that their principal operations with units anti fractions were made by means of ad- dition and multiplication. Subtrac- tion and division were not known in their present farm, but correct re- sults were obtained, nevertheless. Equations are also found in the papyrus. Here is one which brings the Egyptian schoolboy home to us; Ten measures of barley are to be di- vided among ten persons in such a manner that each subsequent' person shall receive one-eighth of a measure less than the one before him. An- other example given is: There are sev- en men, each one has seven cats, each cat has eaten seven mice, each mouse has eaten seven grains of barley. Dach grain of barley would have yielded seven measares of barley. How much barley has been lost? The papyrus also contains calcula- tions of area, the calculation of the areaof a circle, attempts to squar- ing the circle, and finally calculations of the cubic measurements of pyra- mids. Royal Proposals. The circumstances under which the. Queen and Prince Albert necame en- gaged have often been described. There is also a pretty story as to where the Prince of Wales first set eyes on the most popular of our Princesses. Concerning the popping of 'the ques- tion by some of the other royalties less is known, but there is an article on the subject in the current Univer- sal Maga zi t 10, When, in 1874, the Duke of Edinburgh brought home his Russian bride it was considered a. good onien by many *Britons who still recollected the terrible days of the Crimean war and our former feud with Russia,. No more splendid sur- roundings could possibly be imagined for "proposing" than the precincts and salons of the Grand Palace of 4_ Petersburg, where the 37111901101 fam- ily reside. And here it was that the Rtsssian Princess first received this proposal of our Sailor Prince. One of 1110 Mac's. The London Outlook revives a true thoory is latiypronvootsta opfurIiCsitrkicial In id1s;, 0 use of language. I -le had been laugh- ed at for pronouncing "antipodes'' as if it rhymed with "modes," and resolved in future to be on his guard. Sir William Harcourt, accompan- ied by Mr. L. V. T-Iarconrt, was hon- oring the burgh with his presence, and the provost had to discuss with his guests the lamentable unsanitary state of the place. "And you knoW, sir," said lie, "you know how much people nowtt- days thiek of niac-to-isesl'' Again and again did lie dwell on the mystic naine, until Mr. 'Harcourt was moved to ask; ' "About these roac-ro-bes, Mr. Pro- vost. Aro they- a local clan?" AO 010 ?it A rare instance c-ef physical endur- an ce s menti ed gil art )nqnest at Lambeth, Etiglancl, recently. A man over 60, a night watchman, was run over by a locomotive at Queen's road, Battersea, and ,though 17 of his ribs were broken and his right foot cruthed he picked himself diuijel)1r,e;awanandldkweddaesictoeeFlide2ed5d 1syttlar p to of rifl hh 1, I dtv_e, ds 18 Ile was fonnel there by a policensons still tlive, font- hours later.