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Exeter Advocate, 1907-06-13, Page 6FAITH AND BELIEF IN 60D Prayers of the True Believers Is a Help and Solace "Awl Hannah prayed, and said," etc.- !. sauwel xi. 1. The chapter from which the above text b taken shows clearly that Hannah's prayer was nothing but a hymn of praise. It follows therefore that in a biblical sense prayer and praise are synonymous terms. Ilan:•e the writer of the Psalms finishes the second book with the words "Hare are ended fhe prayers et David, the son of Jesse." Although most, if not all, of these prayers express only gratitude and thanksgiving. praise is interwoven with tend implied in prayer, for both prayer and praise emuuato hum one source ria we, namely, perfect faith and belief tri (kat. The true believer in disclosing Ns hear( w supplication before Iho Al- mighty proves his hope and cunfldence In and dependence upon Him, and thus he tacitly adores and GLORIFIES 1115 HOLY NAME. The unbeliever, however, never feels the necessity of uttering words of prayer or praise. The people of Israel joined their leader, Moses, in chanting a song of praise unto God only. They firmly Relieved in Him, as It is said. "And they believed in the Lord," etc., "then sang 'Moses and the children of Israel," etc. The only reason why so many in our present day have become callous and in- sensible to prayer and praise is simply because their religion is shallow and their belle( superficial. God dwells not in their hearts, hence prayer never passes their lips. It is true that euch people, too, sometimes resort to prayer; fur instance, when they are plunged into dist rss ; when any signal misfortune befalls them they cry out in terror and despair fur help. BUT WHAT A PRAYER! '!'herr is no hope, no faith, no humility and no resignation in such a prayer. lis fruitless result deteriorates and degen- erates them more than ever. Tho prayer of the (believer, however, is always s.wlhing, solacing, encota•aging and elevating, even though unanswered. For the supplicutor will attribute its ineffec- th•eneses to his own unworthiness, and thus ho will henceforth make efforts to improve his demeanor and sanctify his life \We should, therefore, ever strive to foster in our hearts and in the hearts of our children true belief and the princi- ples of true religion. Then the sweet voice of genuine prayer and praise will frequently bo raised in our dwellings, as well as in our houses oI worship. HOME. * 1***********i SOME DAINTY DISHES. An invalid's Egg Oyster. -Break a flew -laid egg Into a glass containing half 1 teaspoonful of lepton-julco, and season With pepper and salt. The egg should dot be beaten, but swallowed like an ioyster. A Boiled Pudding. -Shred tour ounces D! suet very finely and rub it with seven ounces of flour. Add a small teaspoon- ful of carbonate of soda and the same quantity of baking -powder; then four tablespoonfuls of strawberry preserve. Nix all with a gill of milk. Place In a Lceased mould and boil fast for tour ours. Serve with sweet sauce. Macaroni with Eggs. - Break two puttees of straight macaroni into Inch kngths and throw into boiling salted water; when tender drain Ina oolander. einve ready two hard -bolted eggs, chop Dein rather coarsely, mix with half a pint of white sauce, add the macaroni, pnd season with salt and pepper. Servo garnished with slices of fried tomato and parsley. Brown Soones.-Rub three ounces of butter into ono pound of wholemeal our, add a dessertspoonful of sugar, ▪ elf a teaspoonful of salt and three tea- spoonfuls of baking -powder. Mix into d light soft dough with milk. Roll out, Cut Into rounds or scone shapes. brush over with milk, and bake in a quick oven. If possible use sour or butter- milk instead of fresh milk. Savory Cabbage. -Wash n nice spring rnbbage, boll it In water with a pinch of snit and a little soda. When the vege- table yields to the pressure of the finger take it out and squeeze dry. then put it into a clean saucepan with a little but- ter, salt, pepper, nutmeg. and a tahle- lp,nnful of grated cheese. four over all p little milk, and stew for leen minutes. !Serve very hot. Imitation Sw. elbread.-Pour in a mor - lar one pound of teal, add to it a 111110 bacon, hyo 'widen eggs, halt a lencupful Ot brendcrumbs, season with snit, pep - pct and a pinch of mace. stir in a table- spoonful of cream or melted huller. Form the mixture into the shape of sweetbreads. bake for half an lour, best- ing meanwhile. Serve very hot \vitt rick brown sauce. To Mnke Almond Reck.--Dissolve one p.uu d of best loaf sugar in half n pint Of water with a teaspoonful of acetic acid ; boil this le the "crack" degree, add half n gill of noyeau and a few drops of cochineal ; boil up agnin, add two ounces of blanched almonds, pour the candy on to an oiled laking -sheet; tmmk it in squares when cool, and break therm apart !ellen quite cold. Parmesan hire. -Ilnvr ready a pint of trice. well boiled so that each grain Ls tsep anile ; fry a thinly sliced onion In butter with a teacupful of shelled shrimps. or half a tinned lobs: Stir thea teaspoonful of dry mustard, ndd the rice and two tablespoonfuls of grated I'arme`an cheese. Stir and cook for a few minutes. Serve very hot with chop - psi parsley scntterd over. Macaron1 with Ilam. -Moil a quarter of 11 pound of nha.nrnni end drain tlHbr- om:gthty. nth' a raw beaten egg to half a pint of white sauce. then stir into it a cupful of fried minced ham and cayenne pepper. 1)rnp the awaked nincamnt into this and place in a deep dish. Scatter brenderunhls over, moisten in the dis- eohed butler, and bake 1111 the crumbs • re browned. Devonshire lea -Cakes. --Pal one pound un! flour into a !nein. and mix with It two teaspoonful% of laking!-pwbwder. Next rob into it a quarter of n pound of clot - lee erenhn. and add six ounce% of cur- rants. two tahlespaonhils of sifted su- gar. an ounce of finely -sliced lemon -peel end n little nutmeg; mix thoroughly to- gether. heal one egg in a tulle milk, and noel to the flour and other ingrelients, gg' eking all Into a thick paste. Roll out, Cul into counts, and bake kir about twenty minutes in a hot oven. stew of (:old Reef. -Slice an nnion 'hilly. and fry it in an mmce of butler. A\ hen this toeaitie to color stir in one maitre of flour; then add a cupful of stick. a pinch of powdered sweet herb+. ft rpunrter of a wineglncsful of larragnn vinegar. and two tnmalne%. Stir quickly bit the seism line well boiled ; then sprain it, poising the pulp of the trema- lues into it, Trim some slices of coli roast beef free from all fat, skin, and browned port,. Iny them in the cooled sauce, place the saucepan where its oon- tents can heat very slowly, so that the meat may become tender and well flavored; when half done, add some chopped gherkins. Serve with a wall of plashed potatoes round the dish, and the stew in the centre. HINTS FOR THE IIOME. Fresh milk will make cakes which cut like a pound cake. Sour milk or butter- milk makes a light cake of spongy tex- ture. To Clean a Stove Pipe. -Place a piece of zinc on the coals of a hot stove. The vapors arising from this will carry oft the soot by chemical decomposition. Sultanas and raisins are very good with milk puddings. eta, if stewed in a syrup made with water, lemon juice, and sugar. Wash the fruit well before stewing. A Good Method to Purify a Drain. - Dissolve four ounces of copperas In a gallon of water. and pour it down the drain. This treatment should bo contin- ued for two or three days. A box of cedar -dust should be kept in every kitchen. If any disagreeable smell arises from cooking, put a little of the dust on the (tot part of filo range, and the scent given out will purify the air Immediately. To Renovate Leather. -First wipe with a slightly -dampened cloth to cleanse the surface, and rub dry with a clean cloth. Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth and apply it quickly to the leather with a soft rag. Before polishing furniture that Ls very dirty, wring out a cloth from very hot water and nib it over the furniture. Wipe dry at once. Then apply Um cream in the usual way, and a very high polish will be obtained which will not show finger -marks. For Captain's Suuco.-Take one quart of vinegar. two tablespoonfuls of catsup, ditto soy, six cloves of garlic and six of shallot. The vinegar shomJd bo boiled, and then poured on the pounded shallot and garlic, the catsup and soy added after halt an hour. To Cleanse n Mattress.--Itemove the hair from the lick, pick it well, and then plunge into a lather of soap and soft water. When ch+an, rinse it and lay in the sun to dry. Wash Ihe tick. then re- place the hair. taking euro that it is per- fectly dry and well picked. Browned flour is necessary for good gravies end sauces. To make This spread Ili•• tour half an inch deep in a baking - lin. stir it constantly while it stands M n steady oven. When the flour Ls hemmed evenly. let it get cold before it is placer) in a tin for use. To shake lithe water for the baby. Take a niece of unslaked lime about the size of n walnut. drop 11into Iwo quarts of filtered water container( in an earthen vessel, stir thoroughly. allow it to settle, and use only front the top. replacing the water and stirring as consume(. Stewing. -Use only as much water or stock es is required to prevent burning and Ion fast cooking. The juice of both meet apt] vegetables ndds to the grnvy. keep the pot covered to retain the steam and the flavors which are (lisstpnted by 11. Shake the pan constantly to prevent anything burning on to the bottom. To peel tin orange easily and to get the skin off in one piece, put. the orange in front of the fire for three nr four minutes. The skin will then come off easily. This method Is particularly use- ful when you wish to fill the peel with jelly. Just cul the peel round in a straight line before pulling the orange down to warn'. and the Iwo cups will be easily rehriovmst and a good shape. • DIDN'T :\PI'ItO\'C. A city financier, who had advertised kr an 'et)ce boy. selected one out of the Horny who presented thereelves. To him he sald:-"I like your appear- ance and your manner. 1 think you'll do. Did you bring a character'" "No. sir." replhvt the youth; "but 1 can fetch 11." "Very well. Come back in-niermw morning, and if it Lt satisfactory 1'11 engage you." Late that afternoon the boy returned. "Well," said the financier, "have you get your character'" "No," replied the Troy, "but I'so got yours -an' I ain't cnming." Most people are more than satisfied vein' their tnisfnrtin.es. bill not a'Ifh their fortune,. 'THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INT1:11N eTION tel. LESSON, 1GNe It. Lesson XI. I.rae'1's Escape From Egypt. Golden text: F:tud. 11. 30. THE LESSON WORT) STUDIES. The Departure from Egypt. -The local- ity from which the Lsraolites emigrated was the vicinity of the two store cities, Itnamses (Ramses) and 1'ithom 'll.•ru- opeulis, Succoth), which they had Luill for Pharaoh. The actual starting paint was Raamses and the first slopping place al Succoth. Froin thence they proceeded easlw•arl to Ethan, "in the edge of the wilderness." Elhanh is in all probability to be identified with a frontier Egyptian fcrlress, bearing the saute name IChe- ta►n). Checked before this fortress, with or without loss as the case may be, the Israelites were bidden by Jehovah to "turn back and encamp before Pi•hahi- rolh, between Illigdol and the sea, before Boal-zeplion" (Exod. 14. 2). Of all these places connected with the initial stage of Lsrael's journey only Pilhom has been positively located. it is to bo identified with Ike modern 'fel-el-Maskula, which marks tiro site of tho ancient city also called Succoth, which again is the Greek Ileroopolis. When we bear In mind that lite number of Israelites said to have left Egypt at the time of the exodus was no less than 600.000 men, besides children, and that by "men" 13 meant here, as in Num. 1. 3-43, only reales above twenty years of age, and that therefore the entire body of Israel- ites departing from Egypt must have been upward of two million souls, we cannot suppose that this entire company had gathered at itaau►ses, the point from which they are said to have started. iL is quite probable that the main body of emigrants with Mases and Aaron started from that place, while the others, in obedience to previous orders, started on the same day from all parts of Casten, converging upon Pithom or Smooth, which had been designated as the first rendezvous. Along with the Hebrews went a large company of sympathizers, dependents, and .slaves not of Hebrew birth, spoken of in Exod. 12. 38 as a "mixed multitude." We are also to think of the travellers from every section as being accompanied by larger and smaller flocks and herds, which they had ac- quired in Egypt. It was thus a great migratory movement of a dependent people such as might well cause the Egyptian king to reconsider his previous action in grouting this people permission to leave and, even atter• the severe judg- ment which had befallen him and his people, to endeavor at this juncture to overtake the departing hosts and com- pel them to return. fo tho memorable record of this attempt we are to give our attention in our study of the present les- son. Verse 13. And Moses said unto the pe•-eplo--Who, hemmed in between the shore of the sea and the approaching hosts of the pursuing Egyptians. were in abject lermr at the prospect of being re- taken by their oppressors. For the Egyptians whom ye have seen bo -day -Or. "for whereas ye have soon the Egyptians to -day." 14. Jehovah will Tight for you-lt is strange that the unwavering faith of Moses and Aaron, together with the mar- vellous manifestations of his power exercised in their behalf which Jehovah had nlready vouchsafed them, had not inspired in the people a greater confi- dence in the presence of difllcullies. Even the pillar of cloud and the pillar et fire already granted them for guid- ance (Exod. 13. 21) were not enough to overcome their fear at this juncture. 15. Wherefore criest thou unto me? - While seeking to cmicourage the people Moses was apparently in secret much discouraged himself. Probably his ear• nest prayer to Jehovah was also offered ie some place of secrecy, apart from the multitude. 16. Lift up Illy rod -The same shep- hcr.l'a crook which from the first ap- pearance unto him on the mountainside of Horeb had server( as a medium of :to many miraculous manifestations of power. Over the sea and divide it ---We aro to think of the extreme northwestern arum o; the lied Sea. or more exactly still, of the extreme northern end of the Gulf of Siiez. This in ancient limes unquestion- ably extended farther north even than nt present. 'flint the bed of this gulf as of the entire sen is becoming steadily shallower by the gradual rise of the land, which is largely of a coral forma - hen, has been proved beyond the !twsl- bility of doubt. It is probable that at the time of the exodus the waters of the gulf stretched up Iho Isthmus of Suez into the Biller Lakes, now separated from the ewe them end if the channel by a long singe!' of lowland. The exact point at which the Israelite, crossed the waters of the Gulf Ls not to be deter- minal, but we are doubtless to think of some point lying between the present n Ahern extremity of the Gulf end the waters of the Bitter Lakes. The unnnncr iii which the waters were parted. thus offering to the Israelites a way of esse•ape, is suggested in our explanation of verse 21 below. 17. Harden - 1.11., "make slmng." Only herr are the hearts of the Egyp- tians generally said to have been hard- ened. 11 is entirely in (wenn! with the general laws which govern human me, litre that the heart which is set en pur- suing a certain course bhotilt heroine more and 'nom fixed or set in its deter - initiation to follow That course of ecte,11. 1 will get me honor upon Pharaoh - Among nnclenl peoples the only lean. (lard ean- dart by whkbu a deity was judgeed wen dei manifestations of power. To the Egyptian:, therefore, Jehovah could speak only in words and works of might. The Pharaoh herr referreel to is generally regarded as being Merenprali, the son and successor of liaam..es II. of the XIXth Egyptian dynnsly. A monu- ment of this king mentions the Israel- ites as having been destroyed and Ihar- rioel by him. lees eel. in--Clnrinleer.s. 19. Ihe angel of tiled -compare In- In■teeteen to Wont Studies fur June t. Shed tehind them- 'to,k a (teed )s►st• Lon between them and the enemy dur- ing the night. :n. And there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night- - \Wlule this traaslaton is the more ac- curate, the King Janu's version, by the insertion of the phrases "to Uhcnh" and "lo theses" made the intended weaning of the passage a little plainer : "And U was a chow! and darkness to then! [the Egyptians!, but it gave light by night to these [the Lsraehtoij." 21. paused the sea to go luhck by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land -Not an unusual phe- nomenon at this place. If, as has neon suggested above, the waters of the Red Sea extended at this limo as far north as the Bitter Luke,, there. must have been runny points at %%Ilich It was exceedingly shallow. A strung southeast wind, tiheretore. by driving the waters of the takes northward, together with a simul- taneous ebb of the tido in the haver gulf, 'night easily produce the effect de- scribed in the text. 21. The morning watch -Between 2 a.m. and sunrise. Jehovah looked forth upon the host of Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discentlited the host -In Psalm 77, verses 1$-20, where an epi- tome of the events herr narrated seems to be given, the meaning of tine words of this verse is explained us follows : "Tho ve .e of thy thunder was in the whirl - wept ; the lightnings lightened the w':gri,1." Took off -Lit., bound, hampered in their turning. They dn)ve them heavily -Lit., "And made them to drive heavily." The refer- ence is to the wheels which, sinking into the moist ground from which the wafers had receded, were clogged with sand or mud. 27. Strength -Wonted flow. Fashion Hints. 11+11144-141-1114-144-1444 LAWN FOI1 SUMMEI1 DAYS. While the making of dresses Is no linger the comparatively easy work it used to be. there are many women who never have been taught sewing and dressmaking who are clover enough with their needle, and, with some hints as to the fashioning of garments can do wonders. Several especially good 'coking dresses have been noticed rec- ently, and in the following notes enough of tete detail work of each is given to make it quite easy to be fob lewcd by the home sewer. A fascinating pretty ,dress for warm days is made of Persian lawn of a fine quality. This has the advantage of laundering well. The skirt can be cut Ite a pinin circular skirt pattern, but great care always should be used in handling. so as not to stretch or alter the shape. After tete skirt is cut, di - tide the length into three sections, hav- ing the bottom one the widest, and each of the others somewhat narrower. These sections are cul apart. making three separate ruffles as It were, and a little later on they are joined to- gether either with a Valenciennes laser - Lon about two inches wide or fine swLss embroidery. The edge of each ruffle is rolled and whipped on to the lace t,r embroidery by hand. To innke the wheels, crease the material first on the length, then across the width. and then in between. The wheels on the top flounce are six inches in length. in a Cress of this kind they should be made by hand. nun in the tiniest possible lucks on Iheee creases, running off in nothing, and begin each one a quarter of an Inch from the middle point. Work French knots in between the kicks. Cut out the material in the middle. making a circle one-half inch in diame- ler, and fill that in with a spider's web, On the next two flounces 11►e wheels are n little larger. The spaces between the wheels measure about the diameter of the wheel. The waist buttons in the back. On the front there are three wheels, one on each shoulder, and a !urger ono in the middle of the front. As much fullness s. possible is given by running in small tucks on either side of the shoul- der wheels, and lace insertion Is set in, and a small square yoke of the Omer - lion joined by a lino nninser,k bending. The back of the waist is trimmed to match the front. The sleesres each have n wheel. put in so it comes on the top rart of Ile' sieve. This skirl and waist ran be joined by pulling each Into a piece of lace inser- tion for a band or finished separately. 'Phis L; not nearly so much work to snake as it undoubtedly sounds on a lirst reading, and It snakes a beiuti- lug dress. Il world be a good idea to wake a wheel first on a separate piece of cloth to become familiar with the hot way l• handle it, and remember always to handle 'everything lightly and as little ae possible. TRAVELING Olt STREET sun'. A dress suitnble for traveling or street wear would look well made of the lightweight wnnlens, silks, or lin- ens. The skirl of the tine described was box plaited. The color was blue•. There was n perfect lilting nine mond slip skirt of green and blue checked taffeta. with full bilis flounce about twelve inches deep around thje lotlo►n, 'fhe onlside was erre of the new cloths, stuotelh in finish and with an Invisible cheek, all in blue. 'I herr were the 51)11,0 number of gores as in thio .•hp skirl. none nt therm flaring much, each gore al the bottom pleasuring nhreit twice the width of the one at the hip. 11 the ghrres flared at the bottom the box plaits would nett set well. In thew skirts that are perfect fitting around Ihe waist and hips great cure must Le taken to have the gores at the waial Brie exactly meet. Any unevennees in length comes at the bottom. The front gores ere eltitr'hM from Iles wrest down. say twenty inches, then each gore as it goes towards the back Ls stitched clown to one eaclu ta. The fres ppashtlts aro Heade separately, cn h die when fnlshed measuring Iwo niches at the top and four and ane -bell at the bottom, which would mean they must be cut four and one-half oohs wide at the lop and nine and otic -hall at the bottom. These are stitches! c the wrong side from the top down hie some number of inches that the different go Ccs are stitched. The elo:li is cllpp •d a! -this paint and seams pressed open, {vian turned right side out and pressed into shape. Then each plait is stitched like illustration. The plaits then are pinned to the gores. and each plait should be even with the skirt at the top, rend the point on the plait that the stitching makes (which also is the point where the box plait is sewed down to in the wrong side) should meet ex - roily the point Io which the skirt seams are stitched. Sew each edge of plait below the stitched point to each edge c 1 the gore. Bind the seams and then paste the plait in place. The box plait is blind stitched to the skirt seam from foist up to the waLst, keeping the mid- dle of the plait over scant of skirt. The skirt has an easy fit over the (ups across the back, but no plaits are laid nt the waist, as thero Ls a box plait (ver every seam and it opens wider Ilii plait on the lett side of the front. A box plaited skirt made in this way n:w•nys keeps its shape. There Le no passible chalice for it to sag, and, while it fits smoothly over the hips, it flares Leaulifully around the bottom. Box plaits always should be made with a straight ►niddle-bilis Ls of the greatest importance. The jacket Is ono of (hose natty af- fairs reaching nearly to the, waist, just meeting !n front and having sleeves that reach just below the elbow. Any preferred Iriunnting can be used, either stitched straps of silk to match the waist which goes with the suit or some cif the fancy braids and buttons which are so touch in evidence at the present moment. The waist is made of one of those soft, lustrous silks in a plain blue, hooked invisibly in the back. The front has a shoulder plait and there are shaped pieces of the silk put on as a trimming. The neck is cut nut in the tiniest V back and front and the open- ing finished with an inch wide knife plaiting of the silk. There is a little gui►npo of lace, which is detachable, worn in the neck. The sleeves aro nearly the sante length as the coat sleeves, and there Is a plaiting on both edges of the straight band cuff. There also should be a little plaiting of va- lemciennes lace in the sleeves under the silk platting. A mushroom hal, trimmed with blue cornflowers and exactly the right shade (1 green ribbon, was worn with this suit; also black gloves reaching to the elbow. WAR ON MARIiiV:%NA SMOKING. Mexican Government Wants to Extermi- nate a Weed that Crazes. The effects of smoking lite marihuana weed are so harmful that nn effort is to be made under direction of the Govern- ment to exterminate the plant through- nh.t Mexico. The War Department issued orders some time ago prohibiting sol- diers from smoking the herb. The law against gathering or selling it has been extended lo apply to all classes. The consequences of smoking mari- huana were shown at Monterey the other day. A friend gave \lalquiades Mireles. a Mexican laborer, a small sup- ply of the weed as a joke and told him lc sinoke i1. Mireles tolled the broken leaf into the form of a cigarette and be- gan smoking it. Pleasurable sensations at first passed over him. ile• had hardly finished smok- ing the cigarette when he was su•ldenly seized with a Ill of Insanity. He made a murderous assault upon his wife tvlth-a knife and then stabbed a policeman. Mireles then ran, pursued by a force of pc.lice and other men. Ile ran for sev- eral blocks and then turned and attack- ed his pursuers. Ile was knocked sense- less, bound and shut up Ili n room where he remained until the effects nl the mari- huana had worn off. When he came to Ito could remember nothing about his ac 1 ions. A report hos been received nt Mexico City from Tuxtla Gutierrez. Stele of Chi - apes, that Jose Solos, a deserter from the Fifteenth Battalion of the army, while under the influence of marihuana killed Maximo Salazar, a citizen of that place. Some was violently insane w•1►en he e•on ini1beei the nhurdrr. Ile learned to use tnarihuona while in the army. and his uncontrollable desire foe the weed led to his desertion. .Tho murder was done with a knife, Solos walking up to his victim and without a weerd burying the blade In his body. It Ls a rare thing for a foreigner to be- come addicted to the use of marihuana. One instance of this kind is rep,rte d from the city of Oaxaca. A young American located there sev- eral yenr:s ago and went into the mining business. Ile prospered and became wealthy. One day while on a hunting trip he was induced by an old Mexican 10 smoke a cigarette of morihuana. Ile found that the sensations of the poison were indeseribably delightful. Ile had smoked perhaps it dozen nr more of the cigarettes in as many day c, when le was suddenly seized with a fit o! insanity. Ile broke away from this home and ran inln the mnunteins. where he remained for several lines. The In- sanity fit had worked off when he re- turned to town. htime he had brmrne nddlclyd to Ry theItnsent of Iha poi on and found it im- possible tot give f1 lip. The insane sl►dla came pilon hien more nncf move fre- quently. and in Order 10 -prevent himself from hiding vinlenee 10 some one be al. ways had hi` servant lock hint in a strong room when he felt the first symp- toms o1 the titlark. His drow•nfnll was rnpld. Marihuana brnvght hien In bus end inn few ninths. Il Ls staled by local physicians that the msec of mertbnuana invariably prodeee_s a ham le dal mania. Many horrible crimes have been committed by men tinder its influence. f now stn. A1r,DOAi.RY POPPED. Mr. Nt:Donley--Faith, an', It do be e qucstiun Oi have fer vex, tee elar11n'.' \isss Claneey-Pfwst is II. Psi' \1r. McDnoley- - Whin i1 entre mime for the funerel, how would ,vet look. 1' le Ib' \\ 1114w \tcDoolayt TWO GREAT VALLEYS 1'l1E %HeelsAlfl'I .\NI► 711. 1,ask %I- 1:111:11 A1\ C0.Y111 %41 E o. Wherein Canada's (:re:,( fertile 1 fell Surpasses the (tura ir.ethern Ism Lands. Tho Mississippi is the largest river on tho American couliuent. The Saskat- chewan is next In size. These two stele- nhenls at once challenge farther com- parisons. They Mississippi valley extends in a trend of population and furnishes 'tautens° nuturul transportation facili- ties. The settlement, the bringing under cultivation, and the modernizing of the alisissippi valley were essentially the great agricultural enterprise of the nine- teenth century in the Republic of Amer- ica. Identical transfornnation in the Sas. katchewan valley is the agricultural and industrial undertaking in the fro dento- cracy of Canada. The work of the nine- teenth century was strenuous in the ex- treme, for the people brought to this work of such magnitude no experiences of former gigantic conquests, no lessons learned from other' labors, but as the needs of the hand demanded the brain was busy with invention. But not so are the conditions surrounding the set - liens In the Saskatchewan valley. Every device of modern ingenuity is readily available to bring the land under crop, to harvest it, to transport and market the produce and to build tonnes. BUCK11OARD VERSUS AUTOMOBILE. The buckboard was the chief means of transportation in the clays of the settle- ment of the Mississippi valley, but tate automobile Is frequently met on Una prairie (rails In (hese first days of the settlement of Saskatchewan. The differ- ence indicated by these two means of travel Ls a mark of the relative difference that will distinguish the nineteenth cen- tury modernizing of the Mississippi val. ley from the twentieth century evolution in the Saskatchewan. That was the time et our fathers and grandfathers, this is ou: lime and our importunity to build a country, a civilization, and we are con- fident of our ability to do this thing. TRADE ROUTES. Nor do we step farther out across the face of the earth when we lura our feet toward this great valley in the north, but rather draw nearer the throhbing heart of our mother rape, nearer to Europe and England and London. Sonia idea of the location of this vast new land may be gained by a comparison of the relative positions of St. Paul and Prance Albert, a town on the upper central part o' the Saskatchewan River, to Liverpool, which t the largest single receiving pcint of American produce in Europe. From St. Paul In I.iverpool via lite shortest route through Canada and out of Boston Ls 4,403 miles, or out of Mont- real a distance of 3,920 miles. Front Prince Albert by the present round -about rail and ocean route to Liverpool the dis- tance Ls 1,790, but a road ,: in process of building to Churchill. and the Govern- ments of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Dominion have under advisement the completion of another which places, Prince Albert just 700 milers torn the tide water and 3,200 miles from Liverpool, or 1.200 mile., nearer than is St. Paul. The cempletion of this new route will also bring Winnipeg. the commercial centre of the Canadian Northwest, 675 miles nearer Liverpool than bite is now by the Montreal route. • FREIGHT RATES REGULAII. Nor is it in the shorter distance to world's markets alone that Ihe prxfucer in the Saskatchewan valley has an ad - ventage in transportation fncihlie.s over the resident of the Mississippi valley. The nature of the route is equally signi- flcant. O►►ly 700 mules of the distance from Prince Albert to Liverpool is by rail, the expensive method of Iran/port- Ing freight, while nearly all the rest of the way it is possible to compete by river craft. The direction of Ihc course of the Soakntchewah and the Nelson, with their lakes, •also provides n natural regulator of rates by being navigable for hundreds of mules into tete interior. Sen far, was have been speaking of the valley of the Saskatchewan, but on re- ference to the map of Canada the render will see that in reality there are Iwo valleys, that the Snskatchewan fonts and spreads its trihutaries over a veri- table empire. the south brancli being 1.700 nuile,, and the north branch 1,000 rates in length, thus 'Waking practically n:1 of the prairie country of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta valley land. - F'. J. Spencer. In Canada West. O SUNDAY MORMNG. Old Genf -"You know, you little boil ought not to be balking here." Boy --"I know; we're not cntning hoe next. Sunday." Old Gent --"Ali! that's better. Up] glad to hear you say so." itoy--"\We're loin' higher cap, whe►'e there's not et many stones." TOO MCC11 TO EXPECT. "Veil must get up and investigate, Jrehn." she repented. "I heard that noise again. and bin convinced Its a burgle r!" "Huh!" he grunted sleepily; "you don't expect me to have lite courage of your convictions. do your' DANT' TAKE TIIEM OFF. 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