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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1906-1-18, Page 7rRI411117— Aps-77.7.1•7711M.Mirt*'"'' NOTES AND COMIENTS of int eble la In the ee hei1 .s wild dia ig COW of set. tutored RMS ae 1311011111 fit> nits of iff the eiderite *GUN Kotal, es' es- haibal being rennet rrnish gave Iderful ractee at At Ls and bes al M01111* ten re D Cell* . Each Wang 20 hie 1, and as the itt the gather trends 3 pro- moon- --und were ended aelgin WWI ah of royat A day mime' visit irajalt Lor to days cuticle' n un- .er tern r. Lh nboy ife Lhat was. nide is ten I hi ( Polifireal parties have 11.Q)rer existed in P,ussitt. No regulae political life could thrive urnier the autocratic regime, with its oppressive police and oensor laws. Yet beneath the surface there have been different political opinions without for - Mal Pate' organization. Only the ex- treme elements were strong enough to combine in united political action. The moderate elements were kept scattered. These are the Lsvo prinelpal currents cf thought, the moderate, gener- ally called the "liberal," and the radical, essentially socialietic, Liberelism is represented mostly in the zemstvos, the municipal deurnan, and the liberal pro- fessions, and to seine extent among state officials. Radicalism prevails in the advaneed organs of the press and the Itheral professions. Among the students A often develops into a kind of social - Ism. The workingmen, and even the peasants, have been leaning toward this doctrine of socialism. - All these tendencies have been seen In the present political crisis. The excesses at the radioale have aroused the moder- ate liberals to action and organization. As a renult a congress was held in Mos- eow last month.. Its object was to call together and proclaim a great political party, the first open pelitical eearty in Aussie.. General repute had already given this party the name of constitu- Canal-democrats. The new party al-1 Yeady had its traditions, its defined political physiognomy. The newly or- ganized party is composed, for the most part, of two groups, which have already been associated with each other by their personal composition, their views, and their activity, the "Union of Liberatien" and The "Zemstvo-constilutionalists." All the liberating movement of the last year has been connected in one way or the other with the activities of these two organized groups. There can be no question of ono ooli- lical or economic doctrine, of one social elass in this party. It repre,sents a gen- eral onnosition to and struggle against the existing state of affairs. The com- mon aim is social and economic reform —but through political reform. By this compromise the party has recdved the moral and social influenee which had already been admired by the groups which entered into its composition. The platform proposed was., not intended to remain perpetual and Immutable. The manifesto of Aug. 19 offered a possibil- ity of and an object for extensive party work. It was thought that this oppor- tunity must be seized. One of. the most lrinitedlate objects of the party is to enter Into the --earning electoral campaign. By getting as many of itsdinembers as possible elected to the gosudarstvenafa deem* it can continue the struggle for political recognition. The platform of the constitutional - democratic party contains fifty-seven articles. Many of them repeat the same points which have appeared in the reso- lutions and petitions of zemstvos and ether congresses for civic liberties. The platthrm further includes a constitution- al government, with representation of ihe people through universal, equal, direct, and secret suffrage, no not or de- cree to become law without the legisla- tion of the representative body. Local self-government is to be granted to all the empire. The budget is to be re- vised. Direct taiation is to be develop- ed at the expense of indirect. The agrarian situation is to be regulated. The workingmen are to be granted the right of organizing unions and dedar- Mg strikes. The education of the people Is to be organized on principles of free- dom, democratization, and decentraliza- tion. Autonomy, and absolute freedom In the matter of instruction are to be given to universities and other institu- tions of higher education. Such a complete program, and that belonging to a publicly organized party, is a remarkable phenomenon for Russia. It represents great progress in and hope for a rational solution of the critical , equation in that country. The practical valdint this first political party will be seeri in the corning elections for the representative essembly„, LOZENGE CURE FOR DRUNKARDS. Caturch Army in England is Supplying Antidote. The Church Army of England is try - L. jog to make people sober by lozenge. :Experiments have been on the way for a month, and in that time one hundred- weight of the new patent cure -preventive sweets ling been .sold. The experiment ell has * succeeded, and testimonials feom rescued drunkards are pouring in by eel- sthiires. 3 ie. The Rev, Wilson Carlile dietetic& out one . n the life history of the sweetmeat the , other day. "Three physicians have put their heads together and made the lo- zenge, It is a successor to the Church Arrny nerve tonic, another and elder aid to temperance. "yeople told me that when they felt like drinking aledhol a &alight of the tonic sttered thorn," Said the ellicif of. the Church Army; "but ono eannot always he drinking out of a bottle In the street; hence the lozenge," Mr, Cathie hopes to establieh a 10eenele factory in int near futura but ha Was careful to relint out that the charge oi sixpence for sorne fifty-one liezertgeit leaves no margin ot profit, for the inven- tive. Tbe lozenges ere white and odor - leen; their shape an general appearance nu au t hetray the user, holt rrn wat ine rine ipn Out 11 Al so p. oaf L SPEECII , ,AXD GIIARACTER Religion of the Tongue Is the Key to the Reform of the World Death and life ore in the power of the longue and they that love it shall at the fruit thereof.—Pron. xvii. 21. This text may have been suggested by the part the tongue plays in sense of taste and in aiding us to determine what ie fit or not as food. The tongue 's, moreover, an indicator of general health or sielinees, and by its appearance fur - Indies the physician symptoms on which to base his diagnosis. In Criminal cases the tongue frequently has power over life and death. A thoughtless word, a certain kind of tes- timony, whether true or false, often weighs materially in forming a decision involving capital punishment. Often has the sudden news of calam- ity brought death to the recipient, ant often have sympathetic and cheering words lifted a, sinking, despondent, deli from the slough of despair to a new vista of life. • Our happiness or unhappiness, the varying conditions of body and soul which determine the number of our clays on earth, often depend on the tongue, in the manner and kind of speech we employ and receive. It is strange how few realize the im- pcirtanoe and the wonderful power of the tongue.. The ability to utter a word, to pronounce A VAGUE SYLLABLE, Is the first thing we look for in the de- velopment of an infant, and how grateful is the parent when the little one begins to lisp its first word, which seems like O revelationofits soul., Speech is the gate of the mind and heart. It reflects the thoughts and feelings of man—wins the world to us or estranges It from us. The tongue is a fire that warms men or burns them; a magnet that attracts , repels, a fountain of bitter or sweet waters, a stimulant or narcotic, a, food or a poison, the source of life or death. Speech is the revealer of character. It is impossible for a man successfully te hide bis true nature if he will but speak. The proud man speaks boastful words, the selfish belittle the doings of others, the envious fall into slander, the un- truthful are given M gross miereprosen- tation, the hot tempered fulminate with pasion, while the calm are deliberate '0 expression. A word of greeting is seemingly a small matter, and yet has a great bear- ing upon life. You can read a nian'e character in his manner of salutation and determine therefrom whether he is haughty or meek, conceited or modest, overbeering or courteous. If the greet- iitg comes like a ray of sunshine from O sunny heart, it will reflect sweetness and light upon one's surroundings. Conversation Is the very life of society and acts upon it either as an elixir or a deadly drug, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, so is a wise re- prover upon an obedient ear," SLANDER AND GOSSIP often take the place of converse which should be but the sweet communion of congenial spirits. "The wicked sharpen their tongues like a ,serpent, and put poison of adder uncjek their lips." There is many an obseend-jest that emanates from an impure mind and taints the in- nocent soul. These evils Of the tongae call for a specific form of religion. We speak of the religion of creed, of deed, of the mind, of the heart—let us also preach the religion of the tongue. The story is told of a young man about to become converted, asking for the first rule he must observe, receiving the reply from the aged missionary that he must strictty keep the words of the psalmist, "Guard thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile" (Psalme xxxiv. 14), and when he had learned to keep this injunction, to come for further instruction. Alter six months he was asked whe- ther he was ready for the next lesson. "No," lie replied, "I have not yet learned thoroughly to practice the first." At the end of five years he declared that he had no need of other rules, for, having learned the first, to master the tongue, he had gained discipline and control over his whole nature. Such a religion of the tongue would reform the world. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Jan. 21. Lesson 111. The Boy Jesus. Golden Text, Luke 2.52. LESSON WORD STUDIES: Note.—These Word Studies are based on the text of the Revised. Version. Jesus a "Son of the Law."—At the age of thirteen every Jewish boy became self responsible for his observant* of the law, in which from earliest childhood he had been trained by his parents, the mother being responsible for the child's e.ducation till his fifth year and the father supposedly from that Lime on tin thirteen. The learning of the law was an essential part of every' boy's early training. Finally, on his son's thirteenth birthaay the father was relieved from further responsibility, which he com- memorated by pronouncing the follow- ing words: "131essed be he who teeth made me free from the birrden of my son's sins." On the succeeding Sabbath the son accompanied the father to the synagogue, and was presented with his own phylacteries, which the son thence- forth wore at the recital of his daily de- votions. 13y means of this formality the boy was initiated into the visible membership of the Jewish church and was called "a son of the law." As such he musthenceforth, attend the annual re- ligious feasts at Jerusalem. In actual practice this legal age was anticipated sometimes by one and sometimes by two years. At this age (twelve) Jesus had now arrived, and In company with his parents he makes the pilgrimage frorn Nazareth to Jerusalem for the first time. How much this visit to the temple ineent to him is suggested' to the thoughtful student by a careful reading of our 'les- son narrative. Verse 40. On the eighth day the infant Jesus had in all clue conformity to the law been circumcised. "And when the days of their purification were fulfilled. they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him on to the Lord," and here in the courts of the temple the aged Simeon and Anna had greeted and blessed the babe. as the Lord's- Chrest, Messiah. Simeon's song of thanksgiv- ing and prophecy is `recorded in verses 29-32 of this same chapter. After recorn ing the mod important events connected with and immediately succeeding the birth of Jeeus the evangelist devotes to the long period of infancy and early childhood but the single sentence 'con- tained in this verse. To some the re- cord at this point has seemed bare and defective, but the maturer judgment of a cultured mind. reeognizes in its skin plicity and naturalness a mark of superiority and of trustworthiness. Waxed strong. --Gained strength by degrees in the natural process of growth and development. Filied.--1,iterally, becoming full, that is also by degrees. Grace of God—God's special favor and blessing. 41. \Vont every year to Jerusalem -- thy the law of MOSOS all males Were com- mended to be in attendance at the three feasts of Passover, Penteeoet and Taber- naels, at Jerusalem (comp, Exod. 23. 17; Deut. 16. 10). This cuStom, however, was net at this time extensively observed, and it had 00ine rather to be a Mark of piety aied devotion to go. up even once a year as did Joseph and Mary. 'rhe fad that Mary aecompanied her husband is an added indication of her 'deep piety, cmos wometi were not required by low to attend, The feast of the prieeento—Thie ferret ceimmemorated the Oaring of tne first! beret in the Jewish mien 111 Egypt, and the suttee:vent, flight and deliverance of the nation front Eneptian bondage (comp. Exod. 12): The passover proper, which fell on the fourteenth of Nisan, was followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread which lasted seven days, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first of Nisan. The two feasts were in reality ane, and tne names came to be used interchange- ably (comp. Exod. 12 and 13, Lev. 23, and Deut. 16). 43. Fulfilled the days—Including the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, having tarried till the end of the festive week. 44. The company—The travelling company. or caravan, consisting of neighbors and friends from Nazareth. In this company men, women, and older children would forth separate groups during the actual progress—of each day's journey. A day's journey--FIardly more than from six to eight miles would be covered on the first clay, a large majority of the company travelling on foot. 46. After three days—Three days af- ter they had first left Jerusalem, on the first day after their second arrival in the city. The teaehers--Learned rabbis who im- parted instruction in the law in the courts ol the- temple. Three rooms or apartmentof the temple were set npart for members of the Sanhedrin in which Lo receive their pupils. The instruetion was catechetical, the pupils being en- couraged to ask questions and answer those propounded by the instructors. Jesus was not the only pupil. e 48. Thy father and 1 --Tho home train- ing of the boy Jesus had been wiseN reticent, his mother having not as yet revealed to him the profound secret of his life. That the eonsciousnese of this peculiar relation to God had neverthe- less already entered the mind of the youth is evident from his significant re- ply to his mother's anxious inquiry. 49. I must be in my father's house— Literally, in tbe things of my Father hence the translation of the King James' Version, "about my Father's business," is also permissible. Note the emphasis on the personal pronoun my. Thronghout the course of Ins entire ntinistry Jesus never fails clearly ta dis- tinguish between his own relation to the Father and the relation of others to the same Father. Thus to Mary at the empty tomb he says, "Go unto my breth- ren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God," indicating a difference as well as it likeness between his rela- tionship to the Father and theirs. Com- pare alscr the wording of the intereessory prayer he John 17, "Fathern. . . . I came forth from thee, and they believed thal thou didst send me. . They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, . . . e made known tint() them thy name." . 51. Subject unto them—In filial obe- dience, the rendering of whieh was n part of Ins great lifework, that he might in all things becoine our example. 52. Stature—Or age. Favor—Or grace (comp. not on vase 40, above). MONKEY THIEF TAXER. A monkey has been trained by eits Parieian Owner to perform all the du- ties of a watch dog. A chicken thief was so unfortunate as to eaS1 envious eyes upon the roost over whiCh the neon key kept guard, and he had just begin to fill his bag when the simian grap- pled with him to such effect that a long stay in the hospital was necessary be- fore he could be broiled to trial. ACADEMY FOR BIRDS. A Man in London recently started an "Academy of Mucic" for birds, ,Ir ehargeS 28. 6d. to teach a bird three sengsi There arerthreeetionls With a phOhOgraph in.ettch, and the proprietor hangs his pupils In mete rothri in turn It iletially takes about three Weeks teach the birds, and during six neenths he has had only ane fatten. r ************* * HOME. SOME DAINTY DISHES, Sardine Salad—Remove eine and belies from a box 'of earclines and Pour O little lemon juice over fish. Place eaves ti oin a head of lettuce in a dine bowl, arrange the fish in them and scan tor over two hard-boiled eggs, chopped. Serve with a plain dressing. English Pork Pia—Make a pie crust not aver rich and put around the sides of a deep baking dish. In the bottom and above put layers of thin sliced ba- con, thin sliced potatoes, onions chopped or sliced fine, and lean fresh pork Out into small pieces. Season with pepper, emit and sage. Fill the dish evitn any gcod gravy left from roasts or with water thickened for the occasion with 'some butter added. Cover with crust and bake about -one and a half hours, Cover the pie with, thick brown paper if it gets too brown. Pork Toast,—Cut salt pork in thin slices and fry. Remove to a dish to serve then put equal parts of hot water and sweet milk, about a teacup of each, with the gravy. When it, comes to "a boil stir in a teaspoon of flour wet with cold milk. Then dip in slices of toast - e t bread. Lay the toast in a deep dish ,and pour over the gravy. Milk may he used alone if preferred richer. With Fried Apples. --Cut half pound salt pork in slices. Fry slowly inna deep frying pan. When done tette up on a hot dish, Meanwhile wash, wipe, and cut in slices six sour apples. When the pork is taken up put them into the fry- ing pan and cook in the gravy till ten- der. Serve hot on the platter with the perk. Dried apple parings are most useful in O sick room, These should be dried in H eool oven as they are ready. 'When required place on an iron shovel over a few hot cinders. If this be carried about a sick room, It purifies the air greatly. Vegetable Rissoles.—Take any cold vegetables with plenty of cold potatoes. Chop the vegetables finely, mash the p0 - tato with butter. Season all with pep., per, salt and a little tarragon, form into balls, dip in eggs and breadcrumbs, and fry till a golden color. For porridge, keep to these propor- tions; Take one Pint of water and add to one teaspoonful Of salt. When the water boils thoroughly, add gradually a teacupful of oatmeal, stirring mean- while. When all is 'mixed boil slowly for half an !lour, stirring at intervals. Coffee Milk.—Boil a heaped dessert- spoonful of coffee in about three-quar- ters of a pint of milk for fifteen minutes. Then add a few shavings of isinglass 10 clear it, Id it just boil up and then stand on one side of the fire to grow fine. Pour into a tup carefully so as to avoid the sediment. Onion Sauce for Keeping..—Heat half a pint of the vinegar in which onions have been pickled and place it in a jar with one ounce of chopped eschalot, half an ounce of cayenne pepper, one table- spoonful of soy, two of mushroom cat- sup, two pf walnut vinegar. Let this stand for a week, shaking frequently, and keep it corked. Then add half pint more vinegar, stand It another week, strain and put into small bottles. Saucer puddings are made thus: Take two ounces -of flour, two ounces elk cas- ter sugar, one ounce and a half of but- ler, two eggs,, and half a pint of milk. First beat the butter to a cream, then add the engin yeike and Whitee beaten separateln, sift , in the noer nradetally with the snare lastly add the Milk. Beat all the batter for ten minutes, then run it in a thin layer on to sauce* and lido in a quick oven Mr ten or twenty iliinletes. When done turn eclat calee cm to a hot dish, spread half of it with preserve and fold the other half lightly over. Arrange in a bean and sift witite sugar on the topmost. Macareni and Cheese Pialding.— The ingredients inquired are it quarter of a pound of macaroni; two ounces of grat- ed dieese; teaspoonful of butter; one beaten egg; breanfast cupful of milk; teaspoonful of mustard, and pepper and salt to taste. Place the macaroni into plenty of boiling water, with a little salt and pepper. end boil tor an beans Strain off the water, put in the milk, and let it simmer for about ten minutes, or un - 111 the macaroni has absorbed nearly all the milk; add the butter, tbe seaeon- Mg and the mustard and sugar, arid mix gently. Half the cheese is then put in. and lastly the beaten egg is added. Turn all into a well buttered disb, snrinkle the remainder of the cheese on the top, and hake in a quick oven until the surfaoe Is browned. le, sweeping carpets remove all tur- niture or cover it thoroughly, as the dampness will cause the dust to stick to the woodwork and soil tile fabric. Sweep quiekly and carefully from the corners and sides to the centre of the MOM 10 prevent the soiling of the wall paper. Take the dust carefully into the dustpan, carry to the 'kitchen and burn it If you have a carpet sweeper run ever the carpet quickly to heighten it and remove the dust. Black lace may be washed In it tepid lather, then rinsed in warm water, and !Melly in water to which a little blue- ing or ammonia has been added. Black lece which has become brown through neglect, should be soaked in warm tea of moderate strength and then washed in a mixture of tepid tea and soap la- ther. Under no circumstances should sturch be used for a black lace. It will give an ugly glazed look. If any stiff- ening be required let it be gum arabic lis - solved in tea. Just the same care must be exercised in ironing a black lace cr any other, though soft paper may be substituted for the muslin, Seemingly hcpeless lace may be absolutely restor- ed Even a bit of neat mending may seem unnoticed. • HINTS FOR HOME LIFE. To prevent the sltin discoloring after n blow. or fall, moisten a little starch and cold water and lay it on the injur- eo part. Stains on knives will disappear if rub- bed with a piece of raw potato dipped in brick dust. Put a drop or two of glycerine r sweet oil in the crevice about the tight stopper. In an hour or two the stopper will be looser. Glue can be removed from woodwork by rubbing over with a cloth dipped 'n vinegar. Vinegar is always much bet- ter to dissolve glue than water. For those troubled with roaches and water bugs, borax burned on a shovel or old pie tin and sprinkled in the run- ways, will induce them to leave their happy homes "for good." Always allow cold water to run over sardines before using them for sand- wiches or serving them whole. The oil used to cover them is rarely of the best, and sometimes it Is positively bad. The delicate flavor of the fish is not affected by the cold water. Ribbons may be freshened, if not toe much soiled, by sponging with weak ammonia w ,ad l'Anglag rer a few4 Mindee iresh air. Tne,7 should, then be put'enween pieces Qt WE* 11e07 • PAPer end ironed With irons as hot as CO he used without scorob-iag. lf it dainty bit of neekevear or a light blonee has acquired an unsightly spot rub both sides of the cloth well with a cake of enagnesia and lay away tor et day or two. When the magnesia hal been cerefully dusted off the spot win th most instances Ilene disappeared. Mice are said to object to the odor cd mint, it suggestion on that May be Mil led'. to advantage by the bousekeeper, eehe °Incas Just as strongly to the sMall rodents. If fresh mint is net obtainable liquid peppermint applied to the ehelvet cf storeroom and pantry is said to be eoually efficie.nt. To remove mud splashes from sett dress material leave until thoroughle dry, then rub gently with a dry corn cob; it will not roughen the goods as 4 brush does. Lake or sea sand wit freshen velvet and remove the dust, Ap ply fine sand quite freely, then brust until none remains, always brushine the pile the wrong way. 4 SMOKE RUINS PICTURES. Art Treasures of British Nation Are it( Danger. 'Until we rid London from the poises there can never be durable painting le the metropolis." , Sir W. B. Richmond, R.A., pronounced this opinion at the final sitting of the conference on smoke abatement, held at Westminster recently. "Pictures," he said, "become black ae a deep ydlow if shut up in a case foe any period. Titian used to dry his pic- tures in the sun, and leave them in the open allnight,nand obtained the advent tage of the morning dew. I have tried this in London, with disastrous effects. "Marble is poisoned by smoke, and priceless Greek and Assyrian works cA sculpture in the British Museum are slowly but surely decaying. . , 'The National Gallery is worth min lions of money; the British Museum and South Kensington Museum are likewise worth millions, and private collectione pinriLondon and other dirty cities are else "Putting the matter on the lOwest grounn of commercial interests, is it wise to risk the certainty of destruction, which must tome sooner or later unlese public opinion forces- that Impenetrable talking house, Parliament, to legislate firmly and sternly?" Sir John Primrose, of Glasgow, urged the making of a systematic comparative analysis of the air of towns and a con- solidation of the law dealing with smoke - emissions. A smoky atmosphere, he added, was inimical to health, condu- cive to depression and destructive of plant life as well as of building material.. ASHASIED OF RELATION. Ella—"You are always talking, about your uncle. Jim. It's strange. I never see you with him." I Jim --"It would be stranger if you did. When I visit my uncle I look out that nobody sees me." Ella—"Why, is he such a bad read?" Jiin—"Well, he has his redeeming features." Lots of men are too busy trying to save the country to earn an honest living. Young dln—I've had five thseinsamt -left me by an uncle who's never seen me? Old 'Lln—That explains 1 '1.1,74 • •=. totf.L.,.F7e-iinerino THE EW ILS ILDli NOS. 60 AND 62 FRONT STREET WESTI ITICinEtiCesWE740).. InSilla2=21112MINIIIISMIKIEMMERENZEIMSEI ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF. SE1;EN-STOREY HIGH. h I sal oilse Pats 3E3CMEL MiaEntsT90. 40,000 Square Feet to Each Floor. THE only absolutely fireproof warehouse in Toronto will be ready for occupancy in a week or so. ..This new building is built entirely of concrete and steel and wired glass, without a particle of wood anywhere in its construction, even partitions, doors and windows are unburnable. The insurartoe rate for these reasons will be as low as 30 cents on $100. The average wholesaler, occupying, say one floor of io,000 square feet, would carry a stock worth at least $ioomoo. The saving to the tenants in insurance alone on stock carried in this building will therefore total about Sixteen to Eighteen Thousand Dollars annually, as compared with the cost of insurance in other build- ings in Toronto. Consequently a tenant could better afford to pay nearly $2,5.00 per floor additional for accommodation here. Rentals, however, will be no higher than in buildings where insurance costs eight to ten times this low rate. 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