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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-03-28, Page 7CURRENT TOPICS. For some lime watchful phy-siciats; have been endeavoring to cheek the ath- letic enure which Ila& exalled physical prowess to an unwhoksoute degree. Dr. Woods Hutchinson makes the laical pro- test against overconfidence In the health- fulness of exercise. Up to a certain point exercise is necessary to the well- being of the body, beyond that point it is harmful. 1)r. Ilulchiuson finds Ili' great eol:r•ee of danger of overexertion to be Ilan feet_ that the muscles. which are most abused are oontrolle. ny the will. One may f.x'h-hty force musedes M Stork long atter they are fatigued. The heart, the lungs, the stomach, the brain are uhvays working, but the muscles of the awns and kgs may pass from a stale of Idleness into one of intense ex- ertion, straining and racking the body, or may be deprived of the rest which they require quite as Truly as the or- gans before mentioned scorn rest while life taste The athlete ani the farmer on the one hand and (he factory operative on the other are at the extremes of the two kind. of abusers of the muscles. The v..orkm:ut in those industries where the hour% are still on the unwholesome schedule of an earlier generation work on unremittingly until exhausted. Their aln against the laws of health Is fail- ure 10 give the muscles a sufficient por- tion of the day for rest, even though the work in itself Ls not more than a man nould easily do if. the interval be- tween hours of work was greater. The athlete puts too great a strain upon his frame during decisive moments of con- test, and the fanner works too hard and too many hours at a time during a part of the year and too title, by con- trast, at other seasons. Tho statistics quoted seem to bear out the contention of the doctor that athletes ore a notoriously short lived class. Tine hien that faun life in itself has anything peculiarly invigorating about 11 has been responsible for a great deal of suffering. The life which is likely to be prolonged i- that of lite Haan who docs not work loo hard either at a particular moment of the (ley or at one season of the year, end who does not work each day beyond the poser of the body to recover during the remaining hours, but, who works enough to keep the body in health. The attempt of a city dweller to crowd the exercise of a year into a brief vacation ;s slowly faint, quite as rnuch so as tt hat Dr. Ilukhinson characterizes as the alternate debauches of labor and of idleness in which athletes and rennets indulge. .1, \\ hat is the nmler with man? March Philips points out that there is this pe- cnhluiI' in the condition of man, as tempered with the other inammnlin, Hint his life is shorter now than by analogy it ought to be. in other online's the period of growth is about one-tenth to cinr•Tifteenth of the whole life. The lion, %%filch Is full grown nt 5, lives 'or set rely or eighty years. The dog, full grown nt 18 months, is as old at 15 as a man al 80. Man, living as long as the lion, is not full grown till 20. The sone proportion would give man from 3e0 to 400 years. Thus his physical life c not in this respect the normal life. It is cul exceedingly short, and its bre- vity points to rolne primal failure of %Igor -In the presence of some nonnn- lural- that Is, some diseased --condition rapping his vitality. Prof. Virchow notes that if we gniher togclher the whole sum of the fossil men hitherto known and put then( parallel with the, of the pi -'sent time we decidedly can pronounce there ere among living Hien a much greater number of individuals who, show a relatively inferior type than among the fossils known of to this time. IN I'i•:NTiONS ;ONE \\HONG. (;nv„mess : "You're n naughty little girt. ('hri Iubel, to kick your oottsin like thin." 1.hrislabel : "1 didn't kick her." Guwernois : "Oh, hush. dear, 1 saw pmt kick her several times." 1 tirhlabel : "1 didn't. 1 mussel every lane " SO TIIOU6IITF1.1.. "ti'e'r." snorted \Ir. Stub)), as he came eat of the sl• etstnrnt w ith dripping shore, "1 am shaking like n leaf. g b-be- iteve I have a ch -chill." "Indeed. John?' replied Mrs. Sluhb, sweetly. "Well, in that case you can S hake the furnace without any exertion." ABOUT ITS UI:.SIGN, "i'a. what is R hypothclical question;" "A hypothetical question. my sun, le a question which noleely who is asMyl en.• is suppxo' ell lu know how to atsflrr," "Ilan you stand on your head?" nskel ▪ t IYltor of Little Dudley. "No,- he re. pliers, "lis too high use "h'el Jerk• ever realise anything en fli ,r geddnurre investment .'f ill. ;'' "Oh, ye "What dal ti' mitre?" "Whnt a C. he bad leen 10 go title 1t." J. w •11er : "And w null ilei Tike In put Ili• fatly., 'tame .,n the ring. sir:'.. Cannot, loung \fan : "Er- v..•11 1 think yet might just put "To t' be - b %irl. IN THE HOUR OF NEED Mutual Helpfulness the Chief Object of Religion "'They helped everyone his neigaeor and everyone said to his brother, Be of geed towage." -Isaiah xli. 6. This is the secret of Christ's institu- tion of the Church. It was that in ifs fellowship itis disciples might aid one another in holy living. Certainly this mutual helpfulness of the communion of saints is one of rho incalculable: blessings of the teirisliait church, and tt should show those their error who think that they can be reli- gious as twcll w'iliout as within the church. For religion, above everything else, nerds the strengthening and nur- tuo that come from Christian fellowship and demands that self-sacrifice be shown foe iso good of our fellows. Tito best defence of Christianity is to practice it. The surest tray to silence skepticism is not by an argument but by 11 man. The atheist who spent a few days with the saintly Fenelon said : "If 1 slay here a low days longer 1 shall be- come. a Christian in spite of myself." Fenelon was too meek and gentle for polemics and had not uttered a won' of controversy or of appeal. Ile simply presented the. quiet, convincing argu- ment of a beautiful, unselfish, holy life. Ills was AN UNCONSCIOUS IiELPFULNESS. "No man or woman,' weolo Phillips Brooks, "can really he strung, gentle, pure and good without the world be:ng better for ft, without companions and observers being helped and comforted by that goodneas." But helpfulness can bo shown directly by .kindly feeling, by proofs of disin- terested friendship, by the assurance that our heart norms toward our bro- ther. In the intercoures of lift it can easily bo seen whether one is wholly self -centrad or vltelhe' he has a heart for the welfare of others. And if an associate shows that he can forget him- self in his eager interest in our handi- caps or successes, in our sorrows or joys, it heartens us liko 'he fish morn- ing breeze, and drives weariness and care from our brows. We feel that there are higher sentiments in life than Idose of selfish strife and gain and we see its horizon tilted with hue of love and hope. especially can the grace of help- fulness be exemplified in the hour of need. Crises conte in life, critical junc- tures arise. Such epochs aro often turning points in one's personal fate. Wo stand on the brink of a Rubicori. One path leads to success, the other trill bring failure. As we act note our whole future shall be shaped to our honor or regret, to our joy or pain. And tlu'n is the hour when helpfulness is most pleeiuus. One little decd of uplift, aro zoite of aid, ONE Afer Ol' KINDNESS will bear fruit a thousand -fold. How many a young man owes a bril- liantly succeesfui career to Tho faille placed in him by some wealthy friend who ricked a small financial adtil) ce to hint in a crisis tvlretn lie would have gone to the wall. Aye, it is in the time of need that sin- cerity is tested and that it conies out whether helpfulness is genuine or shal- low pretense. Ile who Ihett draws near, shares his neighbor's sorrow, puts his own shoulder under the burden, assists the struggler to his feet, stands by hire until the storm's tierce blast is over, proves That he has the Christian spirit, whatever mune lie bears. Wrote tho great glad good Norwegian poet lejornsen : "When 1 am able to help a friend along it seems to rue That every- thing else 1 may have accomplished does not mine up to if. 1 non sure this feeling is traceable to the brotherly instinct slumbering within us all." In the stress and rivalries of modern life no duty is more apt to be neglected than Ills to "help every one his neigh- bor, and to say every one to his broiler, Re of good courage." And this ieg legit is to our neighbors hurt and none the less to our own. For the hearing of others' burdens is the secret by which we find our own lives. For lIu ieby we are, led to higher ideals and to place our happiness not in fitful fortune. but in netts of Motherly love. And ifs rano fruitage will be growth in diameter, strength in our own hour of need, and, above all, the blessing of our Fattier above, which is unto eternal life. HOME. Griddle Cakes. -Rub six ounces e 1 goal dripping into a pound of flour, and two teaspoonfuls of good baking powder, and mix thoroughly. Work into this one-half pound of dried cur- rants, add a pinch of salt, grating of nutmeg, and make up into n light dough jjg Willi milk. Roll (J..i on a floured board, statnp into rounds with the edge of a small teacup bake for fifteen minutes COOKING RECIPE.. Minute Pudding -To one quart of rich milk add one pint of water; when this comes to a boil, add a cupful of stewed raisins, prunes or peaches and a little salt. As 80011 as It corns to a boil, stir in flour until it is the proper con- sistency. Serve with cream and sugar. Cream of J'omato Soup. Gook some strained tomato until thick and reluced to Mss than a cupful, seasoning pala- tably with salt, pepper and parsley. scald n .strait of milk and thicken it as directed for potato soup and season to taste. When reedy to serve lake beth milk and tomtit front the lire. Add to the letter a pinch of baking soda and stir it slowly into the milk. Serve at once. If reheated it will curdle. Grated Apple Pie. -Line a very deep pie plate with a rich paste. Peel three tart ripples and grate then. Cream three ounces of butter with three ' 1 Auger, or use thick crena instead of butter. tIix edit the apples and add the grilled) peel and one-half the juice of a lemon. (lent !hire eggs well, yolks and Whites separately and mix all to gelher. Bake in a moderately slot oven wvitheut nny crust. Serve with cream. Holy Poly Jan i'udding.--Suet crust end ten maces of any kind of jam. !laving mnde n nice suet crust, roll lc the Thickness of about one-half Inch. place the jam in the centre and spread equally over the paste, allowing a mar - pen of about one-half inch for the pud- ding to pain. Boll up lightly, jnih the ends ereurc'ly. place upon a floured cloth noel secure with falx', allowing n little ter the pudding to swell. Plunge Into toiling water and boil for two hours. (toiled Eggs with Crennt Sauce. --Roil the eggs hard: remote the shell and cut in halves; put in a warm covered dish and pour over them n settee made ley heating one and one-half cupfuls of milk tp» art cream Le better), stirring into it two tablespoonfuls of butter and one of flour rubles! together; season with sail and paprika, and cook for Ion min- utes, until thick and smooth. A tea- spoonful of curry powder added to the armee is an improvement, nr a piece of onion cooked in the butter may tie used as a flavoring. \Incaroni and cheese.-- In n saucepan have hilly three quarts of boiling salted water. Into, (leie drip a half package al macaroni broken in hyo -inch pieces: cover until al n fnst heal. then •pnrlly unerwer and keep boiling until lender. Drain in n colander. On n hot plotter put niternate layers of the macaroni and grated cheese. sprinkling each layer with melted better. 'Turn through with Iwo forks rind serve al nice. This niay tx changed by substituting n nice areal entice or a eireirted tomato sauce for the tetter. Span:dh Fritters. --.\n excellent any k. nee stale loaf of bread is to make a -hal 1-t: coin n♦ Spnntsh fritters. Cut stale 1, eel into turn slice=. Dip Inch into n nstxtitre of egg and milk. using one egg to one and elle-halt cupfuls of milk. Butler n hat frying pan and brown the sire: h1 it. Serve thele tool, either with n little p,w•.kred sugar and cut lemon nr with a let of currant jelly. Sometimes a pinch of grated nutmeg is tilde(' In the egg and milk, end as this 1• n suflt"ient Haver when it is used the ferret bill not be needed, either on n griddle or in the oven. Snmo cooks add n little sugar to the above ingredients. but the general pre- ference is for the unsweetened crisp lit- tle cake produced by the above method. Boiled Salt. Fish. -As salt fish are apt te be ton salt•, a couple of hours is not long enough to soak them in cold water, and for the following. recipe 1t is bet- ter to sank them over night, changing the water as often as passible - four limes at lenst. Boil it Then for about nn hour in the Inst venter in which it has been socked, which may be halt milk If preferreil. \Viten boiled, pound In n mortar with a gill of cream sauce. When smooth, reheat and add two oun- ces of gond butter, stirring till the but- ter Is melted and well nttxed with the fish. Juet before serving squeeze 1;1 the julee of n loner). llome-mnde fried ('nkee.--Stir to n cream hyo rnpfuls of sugar and four Inblespeonfuls of softened butler or drippings. Add one cupful each of milk and Water. two well -beaten eggs. tour lenspnnnfnls of baking powder sift- ed in four cupfuls of ik,ur. n lenspnon- ful nt salt and cinnamon or nutmeg to taste. Add enough more flour to snake n soft dough, cut fn rings or twists and drop into a kettle of boiling fat. \\ hen lilt► entree rise and brown on one side turn on the other without piercing 1h" cruller. As soon ns browned on both sides lift out on n butcher's paper to drain. When nearly cool these may he rotted In powdered sugar if so desired. Clelenial Breakfast Cakes. --These nre mixed end allowed to rise over night. In the evening mnke a smooth halter with one gill each of liquid yeast and molasses, n teaspoonful of salt and enough lukewarm water to mnke it (hick tatter. I'ut the batter in an earthen or Pr pitcher and cover with a folded Moth. Put In a warm place. The nest mernitiA if the taller is n lillle our *lir in n snitspoenful of baking mete dfssoh•ed in n little hot water just hetere linking the cakes. Some people object to using !no- lnsses, ns it eometintt's gives a biller Mete In the enkes. They substitute the same nmrnml of yelp w' corn meal, which makes the rakes brown nieely. English \ulas.-At night add to one cupful of srnlled milk Ihnt has been tested four tablespoonfuls of Auger, one egg well Menten. one -tilled teaspoonful of self oar -Third of n yeast Cake, die - reeved In half n cupful of milk, scalded and cooled. Iwo Inblespnnnfuls of wnrm- el bolter and flour In make a thick sponge. Bent thoroughly and let 11 strati entered until n►nrhing. Rent sprain, nnrl, When Tight. a third time. fake in well -buttered muslin rings .or nn the griddle. In aging the griddle, I utter it thoroughly. arrange the but- tered rings upon it carefully. so Her nal It disturb the bubbles of gas. Fill the ring* in two-thirds their depth. \Viten linked nn one side. turn the muffins end the rings together and bake on the other side. HINTS F(llt THE IIO\tE. Veal suet Is cnnsidernhly more deli- cate than beef, and may With advant- age he 'teed in its place. Clear your windows with paraffin, being very clean cloth. 1n polish them thoroughly. Flies nhje.-t to the smelt of paraffin and will not approach )1. Use only a small quantity on account ot the smell. Breadcruulbs fur Frying -tel the .e he baked in the oven, without being allow- ed to take color: Then pound finely and pass through a sieve. By this me- thod the fish or meat will be much crisper. How to Preserve Buller. -Dry some Intl thoroughly in the o•en and pmol as finely as possible. Spread a layer at the When of a jar, then press and feat down the bolter with a wooden rammer. Cover the top with another layer of salt, so that when converted into brine it will completely protect the butter. The cracks in your felt hat may be taken out ns fnllt>.Ws• Piave a damp clout over it and then iron. 'There should be a wooden block or something hard that will fpr the inside of the hat, 115) as lo resist the pressure of the iron. 11 you have not got this block, you had better send your hat to a batter. To polish brass and Silver easily, Hake this fluid, and keep it always at hand for use. Take half a cup of whit- ing and unix it with mid water so as 1.: fill the cup. Pour the mixture into the bottle and add one ounce of liquid ammonia. Shake the bottle well before using. Wet a flannel with This mixture, rub it all over the surface, stand for a few moments, and then polish in the usual way. Light Poste for Tartlets. --Take three quarters of a pound of fine flour and naix With a teaspoonful of baking pow- der. Add the while of an egg beaten to a stiff froth and as much water :es Is necessary. Atoll out very thinly and spread with two ounces of butter. Fold ui and roll again. Then repeat the process twice more, using in all half a pound of butter or lard. Set aside for two hours in a cool place and then use for covering farts. Cleaning Glass and China. -Glasses should be washed and rinsed in cold water and wiped at once with a dry cloth; then rub, dry, and polish with another. Cut glass should be rubbed with a damp sponge dipped in whiting: brush this off with a clean brush and wash the vessel in cold water. Earth- enware and china washed in soapsuds and rinsed in cold water are freed from grease and stains with little or no trou- ble. Soda is good for greasy dishes. To Make Common Soap -For making hbout 50 pounds of fat into soap about 71 pounds of caustic soda is necessary. (ally spring or river waterhould le ae•ed. Some use a lyre of 'the same stienglh, others commence with a weak lye. First put the fat into the pan and then add about hall the caustic soda to as much water as will cover the pal. As the boiling continues add the lye by degrees. When the whale Is transfortned into a clear liquid in which neither fat nor lyre can bo dis- covered and the paste no longer drops from the stirring rod, but slides down tr. long threads, the process is com- pleted. Pour the soap into frames, and in a day or two it may be cut up. e. TUFFS CURED 111' SURGERY. Abscesses Conseil by Parasites Opened and Treated Antiseptically. The sue •essful treatment of trees by surgery is the subject of a report made recently by n botanist ntunel Eberhardt to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. M ).iberhnr.l tuns practised it, he says, with entire sucres in Indo-China. Ile has performed operations on tea planus, mut- terry trees, orange trees and other tro- pical plants. Experirn nus in cold etltnnies have not met with success so far, but it is be- lieved the system can be used with ad- vantage in the southern regions of Eu- rope. The operations are not ampule - liens, neither are they mere subcutane- ous injections. sin hi as have been made successfully in Europe for the cure c f ,sane parasitic diseases of plants. They are surgical in the strictly modl'rn tense. The melhnd i% adopted when the Trees ore nllnrkep low insects. which penetrate the nark an(1 deposit (heir eggs in the wood. The long horned beetle is n seri- ous plogne in halo -China. The larvae hollow out galleries in the tissue of 1!ue trunk and brnnehes, these interrupt the a eo:Wein of the sap and the Tree s;a'relil• withers and dies. Eberhardt's melhnd consists of ripen - Ing up the glittery with a scalpel. re- moving the larvae with n forceps or cur- etting instrument and then flushing out the cavity with an antiseptic fluid cnn- sisling of f(.rty park of glycerine. 110 of forninline and e54) of venter. 'Three nr fine washing are given n1 Intervale extend ng over nhnul fifteen days, and nt the end of that time cushions el 'vegetnb:e begirt begin to nppt'ar nlnng the edge of the sear. which heals com- pletely in h- m six to eight menthe. 11 is essential during the first. two or Three months to protect the wound from light. whiff seems to stop the formation of now tissue. . When the trunk is en seriously al - Melded its to matter SO rndicnl nn opera- tion undtesirntee . 1. 1;lx rhadl pricks the cavity in the Tree with n trnenr to which he affixes n syringe nail injects n solt:- lion of 180 parts of fetrmnline. sixty -f glycerine and 7601 of writer. This he ((Tees in until the cavity is filled In overflowing. Either the larvae enure In the surface when they are exlrne1ed with the forceps or else they are poison- ed. Two lnje^llnns nee mutely made at eight days interval. The formaline tinnily seeing In penetrate the woody fibre beyond the surface broken down by the pnrnsitos. The wound heals in time and the trio' seems to suffer no dnrnnge from the treatment. while its Inecllnhlr destruction by the parasite is prevented. f OCT FOR THE DUST. Ern : "Ilave you decided to accept the young conn. Katharine?' Katharine : "No; at present i look upon him merely as a pack of cards." v'a : "A peck of cards?" Katharine : "Yes. if he has the long green 1 Anil make a deal." Et a: "And if he has not 7" Katharine : "Then I shall cut him." "Will you give nen kiss?" "Sir, 1 am opposed to tndaseeminate kissing !" "Well, 1 didn't ask you to kes tany-body but me 1" • THE SUNDAY SCHOOLJFIFTY BRIGANDS SEIZED IN i'ft\ SAMNA!. F.EesoN, MAIL :11 31. 1. 'ii \111. Easter Lesson. Golden Teel: 1 Cor. 15. 20. TIIE LESSON \VOBU STUDIES. Based ort the text of tlto Revised \'er- sion. Corinth. -The Doctrine of the Bestir - rection. -'The city of Ceuiutlt wee in the time of our Lord and during the decades immediately' following, the capital of an important Roman province, and as such was probably in many respe cots more iu►- purtant even than :\theirs itself. It was the centre of government and commerce, and ot- Bit actual busy We of the Grecian people. Paul visited Corinth on his first European mission tour (Acts 18. 1-18), and at once -saw the strategical value of the city as a centre from which the influence of a strong 1:hristiut church might radiate. His lirst converts in- cluded both Jews and Greeks; but in the church which he organized the Gentile element largely pis delineated. The probable dole of i'uul's first letter to the i:ui-iuthians Is b7 A.D, In no other passage in the New 'les - lament is the Christian doctrine of the IrSurreetiun set forth with such cogency isnot fullness ns in the fifteenth chapter of This Epistle. The curly apostles recog- nized in this ek,ctt'iuo the keystone e f HIP gospel- a•eh, and it consequently formed the chief feature in their preach- ing. It was clearly the dominating note in the teaching of Paul, Who everywhere preached "Josue and the resurrection." Years afterwards when he wits com- pelled to answer for his heresies, so eonsidercd, at n tribunal of his fellow countrymen, his. first remark was: "For the hope and resurrection of the dead ant 1 called in ipie-he11.' Ills argument. in the chapter of which our lesson text fists n portion, in 10 ief ns its follows : Witt10111 the resu►'reelien of the dead there can be no Christianity, no escape from the consequences of sin, no future life. '1'o deny the resurrection is to de- clare false all the preaching of the apos- tles. Ile therefore takes especial care to bear witness to the fact and places the whole emphasis of his nrgutnent upon this great miracle. \'erre 12. it is iunporlant. that the she rend carefully the entire chapter 111 ce uneellen with to -day's lesson, the ver -es chosen for a lesson text being simply brief portions from the begin- ning and the end respectively of the apostle's masterful argument. flow sny some among you that there is no resurrection of the .dead? -'Pile doctrine of the resurrection of the ixxly was the chief stumbling block in the way of an early reception of Christianity by the heathen world. Epicureans. etoic-, and disciples of Plato, alike were tie antagonists. Among the Jews also the Sadducces, -who "believed not in the r(.urteclion," were the determined et.1 10s of the gospel of a risen 1:hrist. I trine a church like the C11ure11 at I i,r- inlh. composed principnily of Gentiles, would naturally be expose(' to the subtle influences of the almost universal dis- leclief in this doctrine shared by their fellow citizens outside their own little company. It was natural. also. that very early there should appear in the church Itself, both in Corinth anti elenvlicre, different sects, claineng to be 1:hri,lians, yet calling in question this fundamental doctrine of the failli, Against these, es- pecially, this portion of Paul's letter is directed. 13. if there be no resurrection-lf Epi- cureans, Stoics, Soddiieee:s, and i'latonic philosophers and 1,keptics elite,* the Christian fold are right, Then necessarily Paul and the other apostles must be wrong. 15. Yen and we are found false wit- nesses - Either impostors or self - deceived. 16. Neither bath Christ been raised- Nol only the point of Pout's whole nrgti- nienl, but the faith of the Chtisliaf church in all s►icceerling centuries hinges on This question of r^••' \\ .• nos -1 bear in mind th.nt ibis hp i lta. written w11hitt t iiit)-lite )eats oie uf the II to which this verse refer tvMelt fact makes the einit.itnling confidence of the nulhor the more conwmcin:r. 17. Ye ate yet in your sins -Poul challenges the motile!, of the Corin- thian church to look s•lunrely at the hull consequent es of disbelief in the re-ur- reclion of Chest, %%Aleut whirl they tiove no advattiige over their Idolatrous Gentile t.r'ighbor,c. 18. Fallen asleep in ('Eris! -An ex- pression ap.,earently used uuconseiously by the ap calk. yet for that very reason reflecting( 11* mere spangly his mu un - watering faith in Christ and his resnr- rcc t ion. 111. Of all nu•n most pitiable -Ile muse dcluelerd npd self -deceived, end living for ail ideal having no r•enlitt in fact. 20. itul now hnlh Christ been raised - The triumphant h•stim0ny of the oposlle, who for a moment drops the thread of argentine, kneel by nn inner compile sem 10 nets regi=re: again his own pro - k and belief. Firstfruils-"Phe first fruits tl-ev. 23. ln; were the Ilr•t ripe Corn, under the, law, solemnly offerers to Jehovah. a ill typo of hint who 11,4 presented our opened humanity before the throne of God, nn enrneet of the mighty harvest heafter to bo gnth 're.f.. 55.reVerse. 22-a4 w-hidrh"-- 1110iasomillel from our text arc to be eonsidercd as part of the lesson and carefully studied. 0 death, whee is 'hy victory? -The apostle lets in mint• doubtless, the words of ilos. 13. 11 : x.:1 death. where are thy plagues ? 0 Sh.'ol, where is thy destruction y'. 56. The power of on is the lav --That which gives sin its power is the fact That it 1s the transgression of the righteous taw of an all -wise nnil all holy Goff. 57. Victory through our lord Jesus Christ -Through his lite, death, and resurrection. 58. Wherefore- in view of the feet that through and in Christ Jesus the Christian disciple may have victory over depth it is worth while in this life t0 be stedfnst, unmovable in the faith, Rd%oys abounding in the work of the 1!erd. Thus the conclusion of Preen argument is an eehertntion fn steniffnetrons oud faitlfulneee in Christian eertioe. 1i %\7i LONG 11 111iO1t17.ED TIIE NORTH OF FIteNCF:. Leader of Desperate Gime 11'1. Lent and `cissa ;4110d Record of /:rinse. Fifty members ..t a desperate hand ot 1011 brigands, wile for years have terror• iced lire north of France, have been arse;lid by the police. According to the Matin, Abel Pollel,t the leader of the gang, who is in capliv-i rty, has a sensntional record of crime.' As a boy he secured the place of Ironer among a number of candidates prepared for the first communion, but sold it tai rho son of a pork butcher for $10 and a. suit of ck,tl►es. Ilo followed this up hyi slipping away from the party of com- municants nicants and robbing the till of ai trndeswornan who was prctsent at rho ceremony. For this he was sent to al reformatory for three mentis. On his release he laid the foundation for a long series of crimes. Ile entered the service of a horse -dealer named Decleiey, and Wean* familiar with some of the best known lin ss in the north ot France. 'Thirteen years later these houses received the attentions of Polled and his band. BECAME A SMUGGLER. • Ile was -imprisoned again when 15 years of age for a jewel robbery, and on obtaining his release induced a brother t+, join him as a smuggler. While smug- gling cotf€e over the Belgian frontier ho was again captured and handcuffed, but managed to break away. and crossed the frontier, where the police were unable to follow hint. Ile jeered at them from a distance, and releasing himself from the handcuffs, threw them back to the pollee. Ile afterwards served his time as a soldier in n most exemplary manner, and on his return to civil life married a girl of fifteen. Ile celebrated his wedding day by robbing a house at l'radelles. Again joining forces with his brother, he accomplished 200 robberies within two months. So successful were his raids Hat other bandits towed to servo undett his leadership, and the band increased in numbers until it had a hundred mem- bers. it was net long he -fore murder was added to the list of the band's crimes. Three people were found murdered and mutilated in -January of last year. Mys- tery surrounded the murders for a lime, batt they were eventually traced to the band, and Pellet and a man named Vro- utent were arrested. Since then other arrests have been made, and the police. believe they Will be able to capture the rest of the band. CHINESE \WONtN HONORED. • Gets n 'met ter Diet Mil a Chinese Superstition About the Itt.un11ing. Te I'ut-moi, a t:hinese anima of I1ong- long, has reeve ed a mobil for bravery? .tel played during lite great Typhoon off eeetenher 18 last. She is the only wo-? man who has ever been- decorated for signal bravery in the history of the col - city and pur,bably the only Chinese wo- man who holds a medal of honor pre. seated by foreigners. • 'Te Pat-tnui won the medal simply through not losing her heals when in danger. She was on the waterfront when the storm broke and she saw her house swept away by the waves that drove in from the outer harbor. Instead of joining the mad rush back to the upper lands, she stayed just out- side the 7(1110 of the floating wreckage and busied herself pulling people off floating roofs and dimcling them to places of refuge. When most of the Chinese water de tillers had Ileal To Pet. mut was noticed by the white men who were doing rescue work along the Hong. kong bund still busy directing those 4;1 her rare who carne drifting in to land where to go to get out of reach of the Wt. tees. Along with the Wonsan there were fem. Chinese I11en who i.eeived M nIlnr medals from the representative of the Governor of Hongkong. 'I'i►ese were Iwo ligitthnuee keepers, it lishermon and n Constable. (lin Jnnuury pit the presentation was made. The Governors nchnttiislrn1or gave Te i'nt-moi the favor of n special cominendntion. Ile heard That she al- ready had two sons and he gallantly wished tier the joy of another soon. "May the fourteen gods look over veer Excellency," she answered, "but 11►' best wish that 1 inn have is that if 1 ever get in (rouble with your hon. feeble court you w ill remember me end be good to tae." Knowing the superstition Hint t•on- ce•ns dro wn:tie persons, the English citizens of Ile ngkeng-r marvelled greatly et the fact Ileac live (:t innlnen hnd been feund worthy of medals for sating peo- ple frnrn drowning. 'i'he Chinese po- pular rub' is, if 11 mat: is drowning het him drown. The accepted belief i• that if (no drowns 11 Is boomer, the king of alt the spirits so wilts 11 and has nrdaine'd that the soul of the drowning man shall join the throng nn the other stile. If the ono drowning in 'rescued 11101 !net forever damn' his prospects for eternity and, whet I* tte,rse for the rescuer. the king cf the spirits is ns likely se lint to take his life in payment fear the one of tth:ch h� has been cheated. FOOD FOIL TIIOUGIrr. Mistress : 'Thal was a very nice letter of Patrick's. offering you marriage. \\ hat shall I sny to him in the teller you wish me In write (nr you?" Bridget (who can't • tv rile) : "Ye may tell hint, if ye pinzr. mune, that when 1 gets me wages raised next month. mum,: sure 01 mane to begin sa'in' for the weddin' hangs." Ji:AI-(tt SY. George : "1- Matel jrnteus of her hues bandy Elsie'. "Jealmis? t should think so. \Yhy. en the f:r..rrymo•tn. she w•lhlhdn'P gvcn let hint admire the sca►lery."