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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-6-19, Page 31 sliell cover thia laud as a waters if 1 , 0 s° ' 11115 $UN'DAY CITOOL. cover the a ei.----.---. Mr. Talmage Speaks of the Horrors of War and Blessings of Peace. Mttstvet ttippontiog ,Acto 0 rarii3ment ekatto, Ow sem. one 'Vt0.1Wadt !Opt). itukt- dred *ixt 'rkw, 47 William 114U)',ot %%pout% at: Ovaguittqr4 ktf Asticuituze, (morel A despetch from Chicage says: Rev. Wren& De Witt Talmage preaCbs al from Um following text: EzeOiei -o5notoil, 3, "Can tbeee bones live?" A der1 niesome velleypeopled with the straugest of all strange baste. great enny of bleacher) siseletone, is the scene of the Pro - &ego von. Amid the minions awl billions of dry bones there is Pot the gleam of one eye, the beet - Mg of one heart. the weleonne or one handclasp. All are Altotiettlesn. All are dead. TIeu in the silence. there comes a voice asklug the mo- mentous question. "Can these bones live?" And, strange to say, as if in answer, the dry boatel begirt to move, the joints, like rusty hinges -moaning tram long idisuse. The, dif- ferent eloiletone UI themselves and stand up, Them stranger still, these steleten forms etoop down. art N Veuld to gather the fresh. clean lineri after a, morning bath, and they olothe theinseivee iu garments oi nesh and bloo0. God first, tielted Ezekiel whether the dry botreo could hoe. Then Goa showed the pro., pbet visuol manifestation that they could. INSPIRATTON OF EX'AMPLII. Tho dead of our battle/100s are in- tensely alive toolay in their inspir- ing examples. lOverg true eoldier knowo what. I mean by the over- whelming power tot a personal ex- empla It is the ability which a, brave leader, by a need of beroisin. has to 4nsU the courege of his own U fe. into other lives, There comes a 'CAMS in the battla Wt does the assaulting brigade commander do? Decoho ireep his positn the rear of his tromps, where he bee a right, to stay? Does he send one of hie atria tinkers to lead in the charge. Does he loot, after his own Safety? Oh. no, Ile drawa his sword and Stella to the front of his brigade. Ite hurriedly lettere a few inspirino reordo. ito says; "Men, the Wet; of the whole army depends upon this move, Either we must capture yon- der hill rind break that opposing line, or eite the whole force must retreat or surrender. So:no of us maY lair down our lives there. 'Will you follow me. inen? I as no num to gci where I am not ready to lead. X ask no mon to charge where it Amy trot be possibte for /rim to step over •my dead body. Men, will Yeti go? Will you go?" And then all down the line of throats time ecnnes the hoarse answer: "Aye, general, we will go! We win gel' 'nixie was the woy Marshal Ney did when he ]ed the Oid Guard dowa Into the ea- retitle of Oliain. Where the Mauritz() tragedy was practically ended. This was the way Richard Neville, Earl • of Warwick, did upon the battlefield .of Barnet. When the great king- maker saw that his troops were be- ing routed„ he rode to the top of the hill and dismounted. There, within sight of his men, he drove his sward into the neart of his noble wee charger. Then, having cut off ail possibility ot personal escape, he oalled his troops, saying; "The commander ot the English forces is here to conquer or die! Will his men be willing to die with him?" 'The retreating soldiers gathered around their noble leader and died by thousands as the Earl of War- wick himseif died. War may be hell, .as has been bluntly declared, but by the gleam of the hot, hissing, -demoniac flames of that awful in- ferno are seen the heroic deeds of many whose noble lives Lave been „tried and purified by the fires of an earthly martyrdom. A BATTLEFIELD BEQUEST. The dead of our battlefields are in- tensely alive to -day in the influence elf the sorrowing loved ones who were left, bereft. Sometimes we are apt to erroneously believe that the only sufferings of war were to be found in the gunshot wounds and the swamp fevers, in the heartrend- ing cries of "Water! Water!" heard g" at night from the wounded lying be- tween the contending,: lines, in the colds, the heats, the hunger, the • weariness and the homesicknesi suf- fered by the mon at the front. But I have always believed that the wives and mothers and the sisters and sweethearts who stayed at home to weep suffered far more than the husbands and sons and brothers who donned their ulliforms and went forth to 'die. Think of their sad, weary nights! Think of theirstart-. led earswhen the rumors were heard that a4reat battle was, about to be fouglint Think of their Wet eyes, scanning the long newspaper columns of the dead and missing! That awful • word "missing!" Think of the • ,a4ea.poverty which the young widow had to face, with four or -five children at • her back! We honor the dead sold- iers who „evoPe the .livery of Liberty. We ought also honor the wives and . mothers, the sweethearts and the sisters, who were willing to give ' these soldiers , as a sacrifice, as well eie, the terries who were willing to • OUIL CONSECRATED HOMES. The dead of our battlefields are intensely alive to -day because they have proved that the strength of this country is to be found in the multitudes of its consecrated homes and not in the size of its standing armies. When war breaks out, a na- tion has to use the ships which it _has constructed in times of peace. It takes years to •build a floating light- ing machine. But what I have said is true in reference to a standing army. A country does not need, save in times of war, to call the 'keenest brains, the strongest arms •and ,the brawniest bodies from the avocations of peace and have the nation groaning uuder the weight, of useless. taxation. It 0000 not need to liate fewer member -its, fewer school teachers. fewer lawyers nnct ministers and mechanics and farraere in order to have more privates and lieutenants and captains awl major and colonels and generols. 11 • we have the right kind of homes, there will be officer,* aid privates/ readY to protect the country from a iOreigil 100 whenever they are ;wiled. And what land of Ogliting men do volun- teer* make? Tire very best the world has ever seen! DEEDS OP 1teinto1set, man paver fights as WW1 an when he is a, civilian. Wen out of the ordinary waltz ot life, th light for the defence of his own home and alive land. Where in ail the pages 01 history Can you find greater deeds than thoete eribibiteil by vebtatoer*. Ah, iu thie land of the free arel the braaa) we do not want n; greator tending army 1 We do need, how- ever. more consecrated borne ; we • do need more fathers ono mothers who will build the right hind of family altara ; We do need the right Rind ot Christian churehes, where those children can be brought in contraet with God ; we need those Christian hey@ and girio Maned in the right hind ot avocetionn. Then when war comes, if it must come the Christian homes of the north and the south, the eatt and tlui west, will yield up their SOW for Um battle and their daughters for the • field hospitals, Chrietlan <WWI of our battle - •fielder are intensely alive to -day in the heavenly rocs:gunner/5 Which :have loen git en to them. luiporenble • b it to so:lipase OM, God wouid allow his servanto NOM died upon • the bettlenvid to go unrewarded, In the beautiful sermon upon the mount Christ pronounced a blessing an those ithose lime o'er* MU ef tears and beartaches, poverty and rsectalon, slander and death. Do t word o apply to those bravo men ? Did they not suffer enough ? Were riot their wounds deep enough ? Did not they hunger enough and tate homesickness en- ough ? Did not many a fair check- ed boy under his blanket at night, sob himself to sleep, or, unable to sleep. keen on crying, "Oh, mother, mother, if I could only seo mother!" In ono of the national 111U5eUZUS saw a, Bible whit% had saved it sol- dier's life. When the youute num left home, his mother gave it to hire. In battle he was ear:7mM it In his coat, poeliet Jst over the heart. A flying bullet Almost eut its wrry through the Bibb. but it Ives stop - Fed at one of the leates of the four goneels. Did not many a d Ing sonther hat e ono of these titbits in his hand ? Did im not weep ONer It when Jo/ was dying far away from home ? CAM God forget iris Chris- tian soldiers wher died aeon the bat- tlefleld ? No. no 1 The Bible &s- cribes Um entrance into beaten of a mighty host marching through the gates as before the reviewing stand of an earthly ruler. St. John in apocalyptic vision cried out in rap- ture as lie Raw them. "Who aro these who are arrayed in white robes, and whence came they ?" There must hove bean many seen by' his prophetic eye who came from our battlefields to whom the answer that he received would apply. "These are they which earns out of groat tribulation and have washed their robes and made them winte in, thehlood of the Lamb." INCFDENT OF 'rale CRIMEA. When the English soldiers came back from: the Crimea war, all Lon- don turned out to greet them. After they had marched past the review- ing stand Queen Victoria and the prince consort arose to receive those heroes who were to be decorated with medals. As each soldier ap- proached, the Queen, with her own hand, pinned the medal upon the breast of the num she wished to honor. Some of those soldiers had an empty- sleeve ; some came on crutches - some bad their heads bandaged.. At last there came a litter. In it was carried the physi- cal wreck of a man. Both of his legs had been shot aviita. One of his arras was gone. His body' had sim- ply been riddled with bullets. Then the queen, with tears in her eyes, bade the bearers halt. She left her place and destended the steps of her stand to the side of the litter. She bent over the poor veteran. On ac- count of his sufgrings the queen wished to honor him more than any of the rest. So the more the Chris- tian dead of our battlefields suffered the more Christ has honored them. Therefore the more are they alive to -day in the heavenly reunions. "Greater love bath no manthan this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Every one of the dectd heroes paid the greatest of all sacrifices for shis country. They gave their lives in order that others . might live. May we realize that when we serve our Lord and Masterbest, then we serVe best our nation, May the sorrow and the sadness, the sufferings and the deaths instil in our hearts a pro- found love of peace and a deeper coneecration to hint whose name is the Prince of Peace. Let us labor to so disseminate the teachings of Jesus that war in the future shall become an impossibility. Then shall be only gospel peace, Then all the people will not: only love the Lord their God with all their hearts, but they shall love their neighbors as themselves. Then war shall be re- membered as- the sad result of clis- tensione that are no longer settled by tlie sword, but are submitted to the arbitrament of the Prine ' of Peace. Then the glory e f toe Lord COOSS%M OliSE1101.11 N4 2. iZtqtrannenneitit$6645frnatie JVNE Text et the ZeSsoll, a(p.x Qeltlezi Text, Rom. xiiie t2. 8. Owe no Men anything bat to Lo ve one Another, fer be, that loveth exotiter bath fulfilled the law, are asited to tura aside from etudies in the At to what the cononittee term a temperance leo- son, but those wile are acquainted with our leSeon pates lineW that We never tura aelde front the gospel Of the grace of God_ and the glory Of God for any other topic„ believing thot the geSeet includes/ alt else and that temperance means the fullest possible ealf control and eelf regime elation ia every herrn Qur h5so- past of the prestig4 peal= of ;1tbis epistle, beginning with chapter 1. "I beseec* you thererore, bre- thren. by the mercies of God," and ell that follows is enjoined upon the believer because of the tree iOntinOe' tion by grace given to the penitent sinner through the reaeniptron that in the Christ Josue (limn. 111.2.4). Avert from the redemption that is in Vbrist no amount of so-calitni temperance counts ror anything i the light. of eternity, but when through Ills bloori we enter into the place of no condeolnetion Oltd nO seperietion" (Rom. vitt, 1, 3S, 39). titer?. God expects ua to wain no longer after the ficelibut after the Spirit and let Illor (Willi in ter the righteousneseof Um low (Reno viii, 4)- 9. Thou eitedit love thy neighbor as thyself. This, la the Lorin's own summary of what, is called the eecond table of the low or duty of our fellow man (Matt. vat. 3040)- Some one hair mid that love is the law iteelf in manifold aetiou, an obligation nev. er fully discharged. it certelply was fulfillott perfectly in our Lord Jews /Christ, esail Re Is the end of the len' for righteoustiew to every one that believeth (item, er„ 4.) :When Ile set, %to law. the Ten Com- mondorents, Iteforo any one. eating. "This de and thou shalt, Ikea" Ile was eroleatioring to convince him of sin that lie roight turn to Hint for righteousnes% for the law cannot give life, and by the deeds of the ,law no one b juetilled, because he ,cannot. fully heep the law„ so that g the law simply enuts one's mouth and sends gunny and lost to Christ (Rom. M. 19, 20; Jas. ii. 10; Gal, 111. 21-214 30. Love worireth no ill to Ids neighbor; therefere love is the ful- filling of the law, Lave etudiee to please and there- fore cannoteinjure. The man who , takes another's money and for it given hint that which destroys his- renunt and beggars) himself and his family is not. showing any love, but I the most intense eollishness. Ito is in:Wing, "1 Avast bave this man', money, no matter what becomes him." 11.. And that, lowing tbe that now .11, is hign tune to awake out of sleep, for now is our salva- tion eeitrer than when we believed. A condition of indiffenence to things that should interest no is a state of sleep. Tile raost renterkable instances of the sleep of believers is that of Peter, names and John, heavy with sleep on the Mount of Transfiguration in, the presence of His glory end actually sleoplog in the presence of His great agony in Gethsemane. 'Think also of the sleep of Stunson in the lap lyf Delilah and its consequences to him, and of the storm at sea when the heathen cried to their gods and the only man on the ship who knew the riving and true God was fast asleep, and the captain had to awaken him, saying, "itlat meanest thou. 0 sleeper?" Does it. not seem as if millions of heathen perishing in their blindness are crying to the church ito-day in • the same words? 12. The night is far spent, tire day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light. We were once darkness, but now we are light in the Lord, and we should walk as children of light, (Eph. v, 8). Light has no fellow- ship . with. darkness at all. If we say wo have fellowship with, Him anti walk in darkness, we lie and do not speak the truth. Let es there- fore walk in the light, as He is in the light (II Cor, vi, 14; / John 1, 5-7.) Although We have entered into the twentieth century since ',Christ came, it is still the world's right, arid no amount of progress can bring the day - which awaits His 13. Let us walk honestly as in the dear not in rioting and drunkenness., not in. clambering and wantonness, not. in .strife and, envying. These •are varied forms of intem- perance, impurity and passion to all of which the believer is to reckon himself dead. iNow, we are to watch and be sober, Putting on the breast- plate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation (I Thess. v, 6, 8). Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we are to live soberly, righteouslyand godly in this present world, looking for our Lord Jesus, who gave himself for as that He nnglit redeem ,us from all iniquity and purify •unto Hiniself a people for Mis own possession (Tit. ii, 12-14). 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus ,Chriet and make not .provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. We aro said in Gal. iii, 7, to have gat on Christ, in Eph. iv, 22-24 to put Off -t-Ine .old man which is cor- rupt and put en the new man which, after God, iscreated in righteous, 11CP' ,11111 tIUC h01,1110SS. So also in ac,1" iH, 9,• 10. We are in Christ. an d 1 h ris t is in as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have conie to civiell la is (.fohn xeiii, 21, 26.; aiv, 17, 23), and all they ask is that we yielh fully to them, thet they mie. fill tie with joy' and pence a.ud mani- feet the life of jeens in es. RAWBERRY DES,OERTS. Strawberry 'Popiceae-Cover 1 cup tapioca- with 1 qt water. Boit IR a double boiler until it looks elear. Rub 3. pt strawberries through a free sieve and adel, tineethee with.1 'z'411 sugaaa to the tapioca,- Cook ell to - getter until very thick end sweetie. Allow the mixture to get neerly cold then pour it over 1 qt, hulled and sweetened strawoeirriae. Seem with whipped cream. Strawberry Vioateelieet, the yolks, of O and the whites of 2 ogees into e eup Seger and over them Pour L qt scalded snflk, 'runt into a farina boiler and stir over the Are until the euetand thielieue. Add a pinch af salt and never with vanilla. Chili °roughly. Wilma eeerly Vitae to serve, arrange in a pretty glass binin a later of hulled and well waehed stoewberries and pour over theta half tire mixture. 'Dien add another layer fruit, end the remain- der of the custard. Whip up the wititee of two eggs with two large se clone powdered sugar and a few donor of teeille. Ileep thie over the dial arid ilot 'with a few tree berries. Stravitarry Trita--Divide a smell spoege eakea into beteg% or elt,'S aiiren of Ntaia loaf cane. Spread with eriosheil and sweeterred tneriee and put them together iihe Fat31-. Arrange in a deep dish and 005er with a rich custard. Lovely heap on the top e pt whipped cream tinted piton with strawberry juice. Strawberry Creant--Whip pt thick cretin until very' stiff, and into this gently mix 3. pt berries cut lute email bite with a. eilver knife. Soak 3- tablespoon gelatine jo a little cold water and alteolve titer hot water. Mend this by &grove with the cream and /Sada Stirring and adding a tame:4,00m powdered eugar. When the ittirittor toopins to thicken, pour luto a mold that has teen Wet in col4 Water and set on leo until stiff. It can then be terructi out me a fancy plete. Strawberries and PlueePPloi-Thin macs Q, combirantion, Cut the pineapple into tiny squares or tear Witt: a enter fork. Sugar well and allow, to stand 2 hours. Then range in a deep dish with 1 pt. prepared etrawiterries, pouring tire syrup front the pito/apple over all and sprit/Mira' with oriented lee. Hurry Shortcakes -Cut a loaf of plain cake into thick slices and then into oilman rounds with a hiecnit euttor. Inare on serving platter and on eitelt piece put 2 spoons freshly yr:relied and sweetened strawberries, mothering item in a topping of, richwhpi ied cream. VF.GinTABLIn NOVELTIES. I ••••••=1,101• 'Voting Onions on Toast -It is pre - terabit: to use those from acts. These are delicious when terted line as- paragus on toast. Tate (intone .nbout, as thick as your linger, re- mote the tough outer layers, and cut off the tops, leaving about indite of green. Tie up m bunthes of doz, or more, a bunch for atoll person, and coon slowly until tender Dann carefully and lay ecteli bunch a, piece of buttered toast, pour - lug over it a rich tream ox' drawn butter sauce. The Silver lieet-Tbis is easily grown, and should be better known. The leaves Make very delicate "greens." rind the crisp white stalks and midribs are a, very goadi substitute for celery. Out the stalks into neat pieces., boil in a, little slightly salted water, and scree in a creamsauce flavored with, celery salto and white pepper, either plain or on toast. A Pretty Bit of Color is given byl new peas stewed in an agate sauce- pan without salt and without a' toaer, thus keeping their color per- fectly'. Stew with them half a dozen') or more Irrenelt or Shorthorn car- rots, cut into slices. Dressed with melted butter, salt and white repPer4 this is a dainty dish. Poi' 'tom- pany," it may be served in large' white turnips, hollowed and boiled in salted water until tender but not broken. Put a ereana sauce with the vegetables in this VISO. Turnips have a. far more delicate flavor if diced before cooking, drain- ed when parboiled, and then stewed in milk until tender. Even old turnips, rather rank and tough, are digestible and palatable under this treatment., Parsnipsare very good when par- boiled and laid to brown in the pan with a roast. They are particularly good with pork. Parsnip fritters aro made by mashing the boiled parsnips, flavoring highly, adding cream and a little sifted flour and rubbing' all to a smooth mass, which ;can -be dropped by spoonfuls into boiling fat.• A Spanish Dish is made by adding chopped and drained tomatoes, on- ions and minced parsley to diced boiled potatoes. Fry the potatoes and onions nearly brown, then' add parsley and tomatoes and fry for about 15 minutes, turning carefully. Minced green pepper adds greatly to the flavor of this excellent dish, Asparagus Tips are a most wel- come addition, to chicken'. soup or veal broth. Parboiled and folded into au omelet they are delicious. • t.TSEFTJL, HINTS. Grease Spots -If grease Is spilled on the kitchen table Orfloor, cold water poured on it at once will pre- vent the spot from soaking into the wood. A Brooin Test -When buying a broom, test it oy flossing the edge against the floor. If the straws bristle oet and bend, the broom is a poor one, for they should remain in a solid, firm mass. , Stale Butter -If you think your firkin or crock is likely to spoil, or is getting a little stroeg, immbrse it in cold limewater-saturated solti- tion-an,d keep it there.It will not otay prevent its getting worse. but will restore its sweetness, if, not gone too far, Petting Nails in the Wall ---The best way to Put ;tails in Um Well for imaging up a picture is Arst to pierce the wail with a deviling needle th to find e crevice between the etenees then drive the nail. By so doing the wall ie not neede Un- sightly. Oran for the Carlietiennran is re- commended An te.04 eilleaciOtta cleansing agent for carpet. The Oran should be inoistene4 just stifticiently Lo hold the partielee together and then, sprittkled over the door, The claim ie. Made that the bran not only cleans the carpet. but thet all • the dirt le absorbed ItY the MaiSt eirtiseance. The browiens kept clean. vied no dust settlee on furniture or Or:tures. Housecleaning TIM:es-Au expo - rimmed ehemist says the following relF0 is Weirranted to remove soil and spot e from the most delicate carpels without ,injurieg them Itfake a suds with e, good white Wei and trot water, and add frinerne earth to this until thenconsistency of tbin Crea04 seCtired, ilase Plenty of clean dry clothe, a mail scrubbing bruein a large sponge, and a pail of fresh water - Put some bof the cleaeing mixture in 0. owl and dip t1'* brush in it : brush a small piece of the carpet reith this : then wash with Um sponge and cold water. Moths in Cartetso It in ti: Part of wisdom to enaniee the Ogee of the carpet often in the spring. If tto carpet m not to to taken front the floor, rernote the teens, turn bra& a hair yard all round tiro room. wipe the doer, and Spray With lentine in the craens, or nee a litti carbolic c' the' Water. Then replace the earret, cover with a, damp elieet and iron with a hot flatiron, Tirle will pro- duce esiffielent beet to destroy both the moths anti an their Larvae. TZES "BLUE -GOAT** SCHOOL. nneted Ereglielt Educational 114" etitutiere A few weeks ago tire Bishop London preached tefore the lord mayor and other ofnerels farewelt eereton to the hone of itiaristni i1os- pzlal g School, which hes I".45t bNa" moved lute the venni:W. King lidweril VII. been pro- w) 1, thero would have tem a strik- zng coinvidence Viewer% the Omura etrineee under winch the eehool *isd- eJ corers in Loudon end fallow ender winch it was founded three hundred and reity eears ago. For in 1552 Ridley, then iriehop of Larolom preached Lenore Eing EliWatrd VI, "a fruitful and godly exhortation to the rich to be merciful to the poor, and also to move mei: as are hi author- ity to travail iy &We way or Marla to corafuri, and relieve them." The King comnitatled the bishop, saying; "I think you mean me, for 1 WU in the higbeet place." So with the help of the King and (he lord mayor and the corporation of the city, the otelegns eermon brought about the foundation of tire "blue -coot" scbool, and it wan de- emed that, !The house of the Grey 'trims must; bromine cal hospital for fatherlets children and for the poor inen's children, who can there rind meat, drink clothes, lodging and learning." The influence of this scbool bas been one of the greatest forceo hz Englich popular education. Boys wbo grow up there tave gone forth into the life of England and become Statesmen and authors and soldiers. The term "blue -coat" was applied to the boys of the hospital after the old russet uniform was changed to the present eostuntea gown of blue woollen, Boys aro admitted to the school between the eve of eight and ten, and renmin until they are fifteen. Wing's boys attend a higher motile- Matileal school founded by Charles IL and the highest scholars, "Gra- clime," are allowed to remain for further study, oiler which, the best, flve ro•e sent to Um universities on scholarships. The old school accommodated about ellet'ert bundred boys. Tu 1890 Was devised the plan Which has just been, carried out, to move the hos- pital from the heart of London into better quarters in the .country, and unite it with the old Hertford pre- paratory school, where boys 'were kept until they were old enough to become' "blue -coats." This com- bination, together with a girl's school, now makes a largo academy providing for more than two thou- sand pupils, and is to be known, *10. the Hospital schools. WHERE TRE oRritrt CAME FROM The colonel was entertaining some of his friends with stories of Army life, and the talk turned to the in- flexibility of orders. That remind- ed the tolonel of Thn Murphy's case. Murphy had enlisted in the cavalry service, although he had never been on a horse la his life. He was tak- en out,, for drill with other raW re- cruits under command ot a sergeant, and, as luck would have it, secured one of tile worst, kickers in the whole troop, • "Now, my men," said the ser- geant, in addressing them, "no,one is allowed to dismount withoutor- ders from a, superior °Meer. Remem- ber that." Tim was no sooner in the saddle. than he was hurled head over heels in the air, and came down so hard that the breath was almost knoCk- ed out,of "Murphy," shouted the sergeant, when he discovered the man spread on the ground, "ybu dismounted!" "I did:" "Did you have meters?" "I did." , "From headquarters, I suppose?" with a seer. "No, from hindquarters" "Take him to the guard -house!' ordered the sergeant. • she:: "But I would never marry a maw who loved me for my good looks." lae: "Of course not, dear. Lnever thought of such a .thing." • . "Medicine," says a little girl, to her playmate, "is something 'that makes yin: be careful not to catch cold again." • PROZINT VEOPI/non. Goopip About Some eef the World's Noted. People, It is rerearkeble that none. of the three Iirititb. peers who halo won tbQir tiPle$ on Vh0 battleAelli bee a etan, Lord Retort-% has lost ins heir, Lord Witebenee eooiarried. and Lord Weitelero may child no a deughter. 'When the Sultan et Turney attends a ploy he often henna the comedian of the compazzy an *4'01141 Joke of • hie Oefil. which the actor itifets • the eadience in the course of the performance, Theee nettarello ereato touch laughter, The Kieg et the lielgiaes is a bora speculator. t'rom has parents he heritett email fortur.e to speculate ate and showed bis masterly ekili an a financier in ills deellegs with Panama. Canal stock. By his Judie vious baying and Felling he is eai-, eated to hove made O20.000.00Q. The most valuable draughts -board existence is in tite postieseion or German Emperori who is a great of the game. 'Pie equares 01 beerd are made Of iniver and gold, to repreeeot tte usual light and dark colored leather. TIM draughts aro of silver end gold, booing a diamond or a ruby fie the at eeeli too . epteia Crosaelnan, Of Cologne* the intentor of water -steno, has just .,corripletect a. hundred toile wall; on the etoretee of the River Pennbe. Ho etarted front Linz and finielied hitt jourvey at.Vieene, drawing his wine la beet alt tlie way, in Jetta then • two daye. The eloete Are alUntitiln14. etliedive laeg, 0,54 are light enough to he tarried on the eirould. ere lite a pair of emtes. His Royal Ilighneee the Grant Dane WS -axe -Weimar lo Siet twenty- Wke ,;:trA of age. and is vai4 to be re richest bacbelor in Europe, Pot eeeepting Ilis Majesty of Spent. mew bee credited lib Royal Riga - wait tender eantiareirta toward ortban ono 11'6race-a tire latett ro eetksn being the Prioceeri Beatrice of nixie -Coburg and (lathe, whore attreetiolia art IggetAfttg greater eters yeer. Tlie staellett Marian beings on earth are Sulam and Fetitta, tate ote now being exbibited. Whey ore so email that both, when standing eitle by adefcnn fat completely hid- den teldird an orangery-et:ea Poteitet• imminent/len timaint the telner ot the two, m 211n, high, Ito is nineteen yearn el age and :Anglia 13 penile. But his eieter er, for she is no inore tbrin 20 inclice high, weighs only 12 ieoundie ond is tweirty t-eare old. Mr, John Potter of Burnley is etat- to hold a unique record among be beliriugers of England. For slstysovezi efiare he bite new mins- ed ringitig the New Year at the par - church, Born in the tattle year s Queroa Vietoria, he belped to ring re merry peals which proclaimed accearion, coronation, marriage., and juin:Lee He rang the muffled reel at bur funeral, and Neal at bio post when the Nina was proclaimed, and Is still halo and hearty. Mrs. Vendetta King In known in. the United States as the Cattle Queen of Texas, by virtue of On feet that. she is proprietor of the greatest cattle ranch in the world. It is varlously estimated at from a million to a, million and a, quarter acres in extent. Twice a year Airs. King makes lux inspection of her vast property, and the long pra- te:Wen of =lenges and waggons and the retinue of outriders. cook*, and guides came her tour to be a sort of royal progress, The Baroness Burdett -Coutts en- tertains the hope of witnrising the oronation procession from the win- dows of ber house at the corner of Stratton street. If this hope should be realleed, the Baroness will have had art experience in its way quite unique. Et was from these same 'windows that elle 'witnessed the cor- onation procession in 1838, the jubilee processiort of 1887and the 'diamond jubilee in 1807. She has still living one or two friends who enjoyed bee hospitality at queen Victoria's coronation sixty-four years ago. Lord Carrington tells a good story of his experiences tvhile Gov- ernor of New South 'Wales. His float public appearance was at the Mayors dinner at Sydney. Ilaving committed a few words on paper, he delivered thent in reply to the toast of his health and then sat down, feeling very much satisfied with himself. Opposite him there sat a fat Mall. He was an Milt who bad suffered long from the abundant elo- quence of tbe new Governor's prede- cessor. When Lord Carrington sat down the fat mau filled his glass: to the brim, and said, "Thank Heaven, he can't speak." A MILITARY 13AWERY. The trials which have been now for a long time carried out in the mill- tary bakery in Vienna to prepare a satiefactory biscuit ration for the army have, it. is stated by an Aus- trian military journal, been at length crowned with success. The characteristic feature in the new biscuit seems to be that the dough is rolled out in long thin strips and then partially baked. The strips are next cut up into small prisms, which are made up in a small card - tabard box. 11 is claimed that the biscuit thus prepared is more diges- tible than -the .ordinary form, that it keeps better, and is protected from dust and &trap, While the vas times are more easily served out to the nAn. An improved bread ra- tio0 for use in field hospitals and for issue to convalescents has also been prepares. Thie so -coifed "bread censcree" is made of fine wheat meal milk, eggs, sugar, and aniseed, and is stated to form both a nourishing - and palatable food. ' - Newspaper advertisements made their earliest appearance in 1652 The 'British public uses up nearly 800 tons of cardboard yearly in the- iorra of postcards.