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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-08-29, Page 7DO POOR flIITY EACH DAY Lax Christians Retard the Growth of Religion "I, thenefoo, tho prisoner of the lord. beeo,s:lt you that yo walk worthy of the v-catkd1 wherewith y.' aro called."- Eplist ens iv., I. The greatest hindrance to the spread tat tho Christian rcligian is not the at - lacks of Pe; open onosrnicot, but tho lax • orlon vicious lives of its professed • rents. 'rhe Clinetian religion is a C'od• call to lifo, not to tho mere intellectual This calling is not recer'ed for the aero; lane of a system of philosophy, cotnparuhvety tow who in every ago of however beautiful and inspiring Its teach- the church stand out const:icuously, Ings may be. 'l'Iw faith of tho Clu•istian t(avor•ing above their fellows like lofty in Jeaos Christ be stwwii by his living in a Christian manner. in the very early days of his ministry our bloascd Lord laid d<,wn certain fun- d0,t:ental principle which were to gov- ern the lives of His disciples. They aro to lit a iii tate world, yet not to be of tho tc. rid; earthly n:iiidodnoss is to bo far leen Uant ; they aro to seek hist the kingdom of heave n and his righteous- ness. Their relig,•in is to permeate the v. holo life, not to be put on for certain -days and ss aeons and then laid aside. it should make itself felt in Uto house, Uadr workshop, 1110 ollide, the factory, the .schor.,l Surely never more than In -day have then needed oho exhortation of the apo.- .. worthy n.talk that\ you yo apos- tle, 1 beseech y r' .�. tote vocation vv lu rw.wnlh ye aro called." In unothor place St. Paul expresscs in a wort the whole meaning of the Chris- tian vocation ; toy are "called to Ie saints" --that is, they are devoted to EVERY i1EL.\TION IN LiFE must feel ifs sanctifying touch. They are to bo "Rio light of the world" -by their example to guide neons foot aright. 'They art tri bo "the salt of the earth," wl:ose function is to purify and sweeten -society. When thoso without soo many who lprofess and call themselves Christians iving in apparent disregard of their Vocation, is it wonderful that they haw -away? invunlain peeks; it is for every Chios - ban, Itowevty humble and simple he may he. Only here and Hoare ono attains to the height mactr•,.l by those race souls to wheat the church delighto to give the tithe "saint," but all are obligated to make the effort In do so. Tho example after which they patterned their lives is THE 1'ATI'EIIN FOR ALL. Ile who gave there strength to gain tis s Height stands ready to strengthen -ail who will receive and toe the ginoe he offers. 11 we would walk worthy of our voca- tion we will not wait for opporWmity to do something great, but wo will endeavor to do our duty each day as 11 comes to us. These homely- every -day duties that so often seem irksome) may be glorilled if they are !oohed upon, as In rrolity they are, ao stopping stones to heaven. We will patiently accept Ilio trials that Ixt;el us. \Vo will endeavor s!eadfastly to eserconto the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil. \\'e will seek to live always a. in the sight of the Lord and to do all things for his glory. REV. .1. 0. DAVIS. HOME tif *********** SOME DAINTY DISHES. trot Roast. -!lave a Oat pot, put in Rett spoonfuls of hot lard; roll in (!•aur, -salt, and pepper sauce; put in the pot and brown both sides, adding two cu:)s of water; rnore if it boils dry. 'fie four hay lcnvcs together. put in pot and cook until tender. Clear Coffee. -In n large cup or glass, •one That will at least hold one and one- half ordinary cupfuls or one-half pied, Leat one egg light, add two cr three teaspoonfuls, to suit taste, of sugar. Beat until sugar is dissolved; then add three or four spoonfuls of cream c ►• ilk. have the coffee hot as usual. Pour the egg mixture a few drops at :a ne until mixture is war,!; then 1111 quickly. When pouring coffee in beat Po. egg fast. J; Ily Cake. -To one -halt cup butler add one cup sugar. one -!half cup milk, trine cgg, beaten light; one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon baking pow- c.er: bake in two layers, spread jelly between the layers, and sprinkle pul- verized sugar over the top. Ginger Drop Cakes. -Use one and one- half cups sugar, one tablespoon lard, one of !:utter, two eggs, three-quarters teaspoonful ginger, three-quarters tea- spoonful of allspice; beat well. Tako Iwo teaspoonfuls of soda. pour cup of toiling water on it. Take about Ihrec- quartera of n cup of molnsses and one and one-half cup of milk or water. Make it thin batter, with flour, about one quart. l'ut in drop tins and bake in a stow oven twenty minutes. Poor Man's Cake. -To u scant cup of srgar add one egg, tablespoon of but- ter, two cups of flour, two leaspons et baking powder, half cup of water, and flavoring. Bake in two layers. Apple Salad. -Take red apples, pol- is1t, dig out inskle and 1111 with apple, ct•lry, and Huls, Serve on n leaf cf lettuce, covering apple over with may- onnaise dressing. Rhubarb I'le.-One and one-half cups et rhubarb; add one cup of sugar, two lath spo• ns of flour, and one egg; Mk well and bake with two crusts. Cracked Eggs (toiled 1'erfectly.-in• cert a cotillion pin in the 'token pert on 1 remove it when the eggs are done. You will be surprised when not a drop of the contents boils oul. Baked Bananas. --Fill a baking dish pith bananas, which have been peeled era Cut in halves, lengllovise and cross- wise. To each banana allow goo table• etoonfuls of water Find one of sugar, a teaspoonful of butter, melted, one ( 1 lemon juice, and a little salt. Baste often anal cook slowly for half an hour, or until the bananas are red and the syrup thick. Serve hot, {'lain Carntels.-One pound of brown sugar; one-quarter of n pound of cho- colate; one pint of cream; one teaspoon - lot of butter; Iwo tablespoonfuls Al moo lasses: 1.oi1 for Thirty minutes, stirring all tho time. Test ley elropptng in cold water; flavor with vanilla; turn into pan and cul off in squares. To Prepare l'inenppie.-Lay the pine- wsople on a flat surface and slice with t•d rind on in slices Mout n quarter of tin inch thick. Ater the pineapple La all sliced lake a sharp pari!u knife. runm around tito edge of the slices, and re- move all the rind. If any c)es remain take the print of the knife and cut thein cut. in !les ntnuner it leaves the slices in neat and perfect shapes. Corn Omclel,--Holl one dozen ears ( f young corn twenty minutes; when cook- ed and cold grate floe and season with Fall. 8-parat.r five eggs; beat the yolks till thick and add one gill of arrant. Of. 1•'r miring; well, stir it lnte►e corn by degrees. Beat the whiles until stiff and dry stir lightly through, half at n ptone; have ready' in a frying pan equal e;e, inlily of lard and butter. toiling hot; o or in the niislure and cook rapidly. \t leen dente turn it out of the pan and I o the (able at once, 1• tool thee, -Reil six large mho t(,cs, , aig the water; mash and add four tablespoonfuls of flour, two c t sugar. one of salt, the water in which ix.tatoes were cooked, and one gallon of tollingwater. Stirwetl and whenun enol add a yeast cake which has been dissolved in one-half cup of lukewarm water. Stand in a warm place and let risco until light; then put in a cool place, keeping it covered closely. It will keep for several weeks. For bread: Take one quart of the yeast, add one lea - spoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls • t sugar. and two of nteited herd. Make stiff with flour and knead for at least ton minutes. Put in a well greased earthen bowl; cover with bread towel e r blanket; set in a warm place and let r!se until light. Shape into loaves; Mt rose again, and bake in a moderate oven for forty minutes. This quantity will make four !tedium sized loaves. This yeast may be used for rolls, coffee cakes. raised doughnuts, in fact, for anything which requires yeast. USEFUi. HINTS. Efface Furniture Scratches. - Rub a broken walnut treat over the scratch. Tubs will not warp or crack open if Lite precaution is taken to put a pail of water inti each directly after use. Matchntarks on a polished or varnish - cd surfa^_e may be removed by first rub- -Ling them with a cut lemon and then vitt a clout dipped in water. Tea and coffee and some bruit stains cart be removed from linen by rubbing them with butter. Rub thoroughly in- to the linen. then soak in hot water. Carpets in rooms which are seldom used are apt to le attacked by moths. Sall sprinkled round the edges and Weil under the carpet before it is put down wilt g••nerally prevent their ravages. Silver spoons and forks which aro in daily use may be kept bright by leav- ing easing Them once a week in strong borax water for several hours. The water should be nearly boiling when the oil - ver is put into it. Stains on while flannel are hard to remove. The best way is to mix equal parts of the yolks of eggs rind glycer• Inc, apply to the stains, and allow it to soak for half an hour or so before the article is washed. A small piece of cold boikd potato rubbed on a piece of paper wilt make all improvised glue whie'Ii wilt serve to stick pieces of fine cardboard or paper together. The potato should be rubbed kr several minutes, until the friction makes it waren. Polished linoleum, -Take two cups "1 ground glue, dissolved in one quart .1 boiling water, !fere linoleunts perfectly cienned. Tnke a flannel cloth and apply this mixture while still hot. Apply once eery six months. Sall Cleans Enntnel Ware. -Coarse salt and vinegar will clean enamel ware Ileal Inas been burner1 or discolored. Cream Spots on Linen.-ilefore Intim dering. dip the spot in clear cold water. end rub baking soda thoroughly into it. Wash ns usual. This will prove in. valuable to one who has n delicately embroidered lunch cloth on which cream has been dropped accidentally. To Darn dole in 4+tockings.--Baste a piece of mosquito netting over the hole. Darn in the usual way. When complet- e.] pull out the threads of the netting end you will have darned the hole neatly. Cleaning Window (;lasso -When win- dow glncs lacks brilliancy, clean it with liquid paste made of nlcotol and obit- ing.. This removes specksccks ane imports: n high lustre. To Clean While Flannel. -Take the tole -At. t , Ip e he 1 anal' stretch h c m firmly and 0 r Y ono mo t I hly upon the ironing board, pin t:ung or holding it in position, so that P will not wtinkle. and provide Iwo clean. while cloths, n saucer of gnsnline, and nnother of flour. Take the first ciclh. dip in gasoline, then in flour. and tot. the soiled places. When clean. take 1):e second dry cloth and rub. hang tis,' garment out in the air for a few rr. mutes; shake well to remove the flour. and the article has not the unpleasant smell of gasoline used alone. Our idea of n kph ler 1s a than who rests lefore he gets Tired. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIO\:%L LESSON, SEPT. 1. Lesson 'X. The Two Reports of the Spies. Golden Text: Num. 11. 9. THE LESSON \\'OI11) sal UDIES. Based on the text of lis•, Itewis,vi Ver- sion. Tho Land as tho Spies Saw It. -Tho boundaries of Ilia Promised Land as de- r.eritxtf by tho moped writers were brief- ly as follow% : ()n the west the Mediter- ranean Sae ; on 1114' north a r:ver valley !coding [hums the es►ait u1 a northeast dn'ection 1.) 1laniath, and from thence passing east v,u•d to) blazer-1•:nan on the border r of the eastern olesert ; 0n the east th1 geed �r bide 4,f the desert, exempt just earl of the Lebanon range; on the south an indefinite limit, passing frnn west it) oast to tlw lower end of oto Dead Sen. and front thence a little to the southwest to Kadesh-harnea, and thence by way of the irregular memo of a river valley (Wady of -.\risk) to the Alediter- r itne:nn Sea. 'rl►o lerrilery thus described 11,'. hd'Iween 31P 30' anti 35° forth lati- tude. Its greatest length from north to south was. about. 290 mikts. and its width from oast to west on an average. !tom 100 to l2) miles. 'lila total area, though srsu►ewhat %meet lain because of the in - d elinile coslerm boundary on the desert fix ;Oleo may be taken roughly as about 24X10 square mike, or more than deullo the area usually assigned to Palestine proper. The country falls eaturully into four longitudinal sec- tions. On 1!10 west the narrow plain, widening toward the south, skirts tho \lediterrnnenn coast, irpken at a point alout one-third the distance (rem north to south by Ile promontory of Mount Carmel. which juts out into tho sea. doe east of the So:. of Galilee. Parallel to and just west of this narrow maritime plain lie the mountains of Lebanon end Galileo la the north and the mountains of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Judah, tapering gradually into tiro Negeb, to Ili.' south. This tong and somewhat irregular chain Ls broken eusl of 1arniel by the plain of Isdreelon and widens to tit.• southward to inciode the Slue:hetet), dh lean npp:lirvt to ihe irregular mass of e. total lots hills which lie hehv4'e'n Ike , central r:rnge of the mountains of Judah and Iia Philistine or southern Iortinu of the Maritime plain. The third longitudinal section is tho (hop, nav'.sw gorgo be- tweon the Lebanon and auto-Lclanon mountains in the north, and which con- tinues southward as the Jordan basin and the Arateah 1., Ito' eastern arra o[ the Rat Son. East of This corgi the land rises abruptly to exlrome mountain heights like those of Mannon in the north and to hig!I plateaus of Gilead. Amman, and ...Moab farther youth. In ancient times Itis land Mounded in for- ests and well wale.ed valleys, yielding abt:ndnnt harvests of grain and fruits, and supporting a ouch larger popula- tion than would lie possible, today. From ancient Tripoli in the extreme north to Gaza of tho 1'iilisLines in the S011111, And from Ile voodoo: desert to the Mediterranean Sen. the oountry was dotted with thriving cities and towns, nal indeed such as aro known to ties In modern times . but well populated and in many casea strongly fortified, never- theless. Thies did the splas find tho Land of l'ronlise a fertile, eel! poi.ulnte(d, and �xllrnie-ly desirable inheritance, !lough Po inhabitants were. some of Them. of impressive and to9•idding stature, well eelt.ipi:al and (tainted against' invasion. Verso 17. Moses runt tt►cm -The hsel o %'pens: nlalivos of do respoetive tribes who had been chosen to spy out tho land. Ivy the south . . . up into tho hill rem1try-11, as tho text in the original pperntits, we translate, "into the south," or better still, III., "into the Negeb." loth phrases. may be taken to reefer to the sane sociion tie country immediately t►c.rt1* of Kaeiesh. The term "Negeb" ns'ant originally a dry, parches!. or ver• dur(•kss region. Only-tn later lintel did it acquire the scrondnry rooming "south." from ils extreme 4cnrll►ern Woo lion with reference to 11141 part of the country actually inhabited by tho twelve (riles. At 1110 lints 'if David this land was still inhabited by nomads having large (kiosks and herd.+. Thotegh almost wholly barren to -slay. IL is marked by rutins of Tek1 h1in-Meses. 27. It flowoth with milk and honey --- Ate expreeskin :meet frequently in the 014 Testament to designate extreme fer- tility and producllven.:se of soil 'comp. Lxod. 3. 8. 17; 13. 5; 33. 3; Jer. 11. 5; 3;. Y2; F:zek. zit. 6, 15). ;s. 'rho children of Anal: -Soo note on wetseI 33 below. 29. Antnlek-'The .Ansa' •kites wore no- mads mere frequently with the desert ceunlry farther to tho south of I'ul:stine. but doubtless wondering,' exlerwively from place to place. Tho I ltttite--A non -Semitic people. very powerful at (no time. 'rho Hillit.as aprear to have oonte from Cappadocia. They an frequently uafttutdl in Egyp- tian ►t-tian inscriptions dating from Ilto eioh- Ie' nth, Mimeo -nth. and twentieth dynas- ties. that is, during oto fifteenth and fourteenth centuri.x, it. C. \Irnlion is also made of Mom on Assyrian inscrip- tions of several oenturics later. Their stronghold was in 1110 oxh•euse north of 1'alest.inc', and from here they seem to have penetrated far to UK: south, Tho Jei►usiio- A local tribe in posses- sion of oho ancient stronghold of Jerusa- lem and its environ . The Amorito-lo `3iblo usage referring principally to the kingdom of Og and Sitio!). east of tho Jordan. In several places, however, tho nano of UM; people ..; connected will: tho hill country south of I'nk:,tine. '1.1» Canaanite - The nano means. litera1ly, "lowlander." The Canaanites originally inhabited the maritime plain ukng he western coast of l'uleslino, And appear also to havo dwelt in Isdruelon and too Jordan valley. 33. Nel•hilin►. tee sons of Anak, who conte of the Nephiliin-In their anxiety to inhplr_ss the people with the very "great stature" of the native inhabitants o' the land the spits, with the exception of Joshua anti Caleb, 3onq>are these in- habitants with giants or demigods. '%hero is but ono otter reference in Ilio Oki Testa/nod to the Nephiliin. This occurs in Gen. 6, where it so ins some- what arbitrarily introduced into a nano - live where tis:' referenco has little, if anything, in common, being ratter- an expliutator'y ' 1x110 thrown in by the author of the passage. In bah this and the Genesis reference to) this .strange and set:attu te:1 people w: net doubtless brought in contact with ancient Ilebrew allusions to a portion -of ancient mytho- logy which in the 'sacred legends of other Ieo le: receivto notch o11(opt- ; o 1-t Irenlnuvll, namely, tho stories of demigod.: and giunis. Wo err doubtless net 10 think of n separate and distinct people. but rather of Ines of unusual size mo•:1 srength found here and utero among the different tribe inhabiting the lend. SUICIDE STATISTICS. fbildless Marriage a Cause -Rale high Among Germnnic Nations. Among 1.0(X),000 suicides of till classes, it has been found that 205 married men with children destroyed their lives; 470 married !nen without children; 526 widowers with, and 1,001 widowers without children. With respect to the women, 45 mar- ried women with, and 158 wiltbut, children, committed suicide, while 101 widows with, and 238 without offspring, complclal Ilse list. On the face of things, says the Illus. tented London News, it would impair that in childless marriages the number e,f men suicides is doubled and In women trebled. Leaving the vaso of aehhnl in- sane persons out of count, it would also appear that in mato; suicido is more fregt.enl than in females. Equally interesting Is that rhpose of the subject wltieti deaf with the causes. One table dealing with 6,782 cases shows one-seventh caused by misery, one twenty-first part by loss of fortune, one forty-third by gambling, one nineteenth by love affairs, one -ninth by domestic trouhles, one sixty-sixth by fanaticism, and by foiled ambition and remorse one- seventh and ono twenty-seventh nspcc- tiv ely. The ge'ngraphy of suicide is also of high interest. \asleep says the highest prorortion in Europe is shown by the Gernianic rare, Saxony having "the lnrgost suicide rale of any country." in Norway the rate WAS very !ergo for n lime. its decrease being attributed to the greater restrictions now laid on the Ite;lr<tr traMc. Tho Celtic vices have a !ow rale. and this Ls evinced by the figures for Ireland end \\'ales. Mountainous regions aro sniel to show a lower rale than low- ninny nv ninny Villages usually found near Innis. in the highlands of Scotland and ancient wells \Vales, and in the high areas of Solt - Is. Few or tunny -Doubtless Iho 15)1)19. zerinnd• suicide is mare. latero was (midi greater than Is pxsosible Tlnt:s and seasons also operate, ere under 1110 chnngerl climatic cnndilkins of parenlly, 10 Influence the act of self. preee'itt Ifine. In the limo of Chi1sl I'akrsline, and finlike est:ecinlly, was very densely populated. Lt. Pikers--U.s(xI here in the sense of any inhabited place. The spies etre lo a"certain whether tho habitations of the people of the land are merely camps or fortified strongholds. 20. Ile ye of gond eourngc--Or, as semitone has translated, "exert your- selves." The lime of tho first -ripe grapes -Per- haps the middle' of July. al which sea - Son the first grapes an, on sale in the cities and villages of Southern Palestine today. 23. in the intervening verses omitted fn.rn our lesson text we aro told Ihnt the spies actually traversed the chantry to its extreme limit north of the f.eidttton mountains. "to the entrance of !Innlnlh;' r•elurning sndl►wnrd again to lleheron nn.t finally to Kniest'. The valley of F.shcol--S•.ntewhere in I',c country just north of KneIesh, per- haps some dislnnce meth of Nelr,n, anti hence not Inc front the encampment of the Israelites at This lime. A stuff--t'e:lops better, "a frame." 25. Al the end of forty days --It would not be difficult for then n',•uslnmed to travel much en foot to walk Lack and forth Ihmugh the entire length of the country front north to suulh, a distance of nepmximately 600 miles. In forty dnys. It is not neeeesary, however, to lake the expression literally, as it may welt stand for n s,nsswt'hnt in deMilo time of moderate length. 26. The wikterncss of Pnran-in which ono shunted limiest', which place in tern twins nlnttt fifty mil's south of Iteer-.'heha. The modern site of the ancient city Ls knee wn as Ain Knells. Drought back word unto them -Unto \l ,es s and Aaron and the represents• thee of the people. destruction. Roughly speaking. the cur•o line of suicide, cak:ulnled through the year. rises from January to July, and decreases for the second half of • the year. The rnnxlmun► pertoeis home been found to tall in Mny. June mid Jt.ly, 1 believe. Inderal. Juno is found to show n narked preelominanco us a suicide month. One reason for such preelominance in the warn) season of the year Is set down ns represenkd by the onset of hot weather affecting Ute system and tending lo disturb the mental (multi. bourn of the subjects. In 1,993 ceases ne led in Paris the prevniling hours of selfolestrudton were from 6 a.m. to noon and front 2 to 3 p.m. Perhnps one of the most curious , lenses nl this sh.dy Is revealed in the fact already alluded to--r:an:ety, that different countries nppenr to show pre• fer'nens for different means of comrnil- ling outride fmtn other Innis. The rncst common i:uropenn method is by means of hanging. but In Italy This mode of sal t • 1.41 astruc ion Is rare. f)r,wning conies next In order. and twice as ninny women ns !sen perish in this w•ny each year in Europe. Shooting s frequent in Italy t Switzerland.anti in i f i C'tt Ihroal is common in England and Ireland ; it does not seers to onttstitule anywhere else a 'frequent anode of end- ing life. Poisnning is a spw'^inlly Anglo-Saxon raethnd of slric!(e, wo ern fold; while suffocniinn ly the fumes of carbonic Field gas. inhaled in n closed) room, Is eery typical of suicide in France. -----4 When a man goes nway on business i' 110' i'legripls home lie s'nres his wife to death and if he flown t she cries. KITCHEN, WOMAN'S PLACE SAVED COMRADE'S LIFE, SATs CIIAne,Es u. SCII\\•%B, THE STEEL \lAG\.t7 E. Ile Docs Not Like \\'ninon in Business -Bruins Not .Allractite In Ile r. "Put girls in the kitchen. 'reach them housewifery. Take women out of shops, slcres, business Mikes; out of studios, . I , fis. laboralorhlb and music schools. Lel them work as domestic servauts. Thera is no field thut offers better op- rortunilies of success for women hien that of douteslic service." This is the kernel of an argument by Charles Ah Schwab, the steel magnate, in which he dLsposes, in one swoop, of loth the servant prnbleno and the ques- tion of the wage earning woman. "The business world is no place for a woman," warmly declares Mr. Schwab, "the domestic life is the only lito that gives her a chanco to develop her best.' In an interview granted tho other day, the former heed of tate United Stales Steel Corporation expressed these erinions. "Is P. possible for any woman to make a great financial success? Has she the; ability, the requisite brain qualities?" HOME WOMAN'S PLACE. 111'. Schwab smiled. "1 decline to be quoted on that," ho said, with just a twinkle of ann,se- went in his good-natured brown eyes. Ile is all good nature, is this giant of the financial world. His very presence. which is simple and unaffected, soeuts to radiate an ample kindliness and good -will. Ito seems more the man of the honto than the man of finance. "It isn't a question of whether w'o- tnan has Ike ability to succeed in tho financial world," he said. "it is simply that she has greater work to do else- where. Home is the only place for a woman. Sho is entirely out of her su.hero in business and the profusions." "But suppose conditions s cn pcI her to adopt a life outside the home?" Then it was he made his startling as- sertion. s- se •t' n r w "'There is no such compulsion. Every woman who is obliged to earn her own hying shot.ld seek n position as servant in some household. There is no dis- grace in being a servant. It is the proudest position any one can occupy. 1 was a workingman once -indeed, 1 am now. And i um not ashamed of the fact. 1 only Itoi:o I deserve the title of servant." KITCHEN \VOBK NOI3LE. "Rut you can't expect women of trains and talent in other directions to be content with work in 1110 kitchen." "\Vhy not? It's the noblest work on earth for a wotnan. No mintier how clever n woman is. she should be proud to 1111 such a position. 1 can say will: till my heart that the best, sweetest, most accomplished woman 1 ever knew was a (housekeeper. She filled a place in my household that a different sort of women could never here filled. Aly wife and i wore so deeply fond of her that when she died wo both felt for a long time we could never recover from the loss." "But domestics in households are not treated with the respect that women and girls command in stores and shops and various professions. The domestic is treated as a menial, isn't she?" "Not at all. 1 havo found just oto op- posite to be true, lit my own exrcri• oce." "But have serve :Ls• the sante inde- pendence 2' "Greater independence," emphatically avoded Nis. Schwab. .LOW1,1" 11%KED '1(1 MATH. ii. Terrible I':Ite of lienitis Workman rkman at 51. (leen, France. Fate brought In Gee rge Mance, a Bri- tish workman, aged hwenty•nine, one of Ilk most terrible deaths that the human Mind can conceive. Ahutce was ono of n party of engi• necrs snaking a tour of inspection in France. In the webs° of their travels the lien visited the sewage destruction works in the Societe des Engruts Com• pkls tit St. Ouen. The tinny wero in- side ono of the ovens. and by some !tis - chance \h,nce was left behind. Ills absence was not noticed, and his cwnpnnions, wishing to lest the de- struction appliances, let down the iron door, and set the tires eating at full blast. Not till three-quarters of an hour later did anyone disrever that he was not with the party. Then n horrible suspi- cion of the truth seized his companions. Hurriedly honking down the fires, they pulled open the door. On the threshold, near a scraper and ,shovel, lay n heap of charred remains. It WAS all 11101 was left of George dunce. The unfortunate than find made fran- tic eflorls to relenee himself, for with Ile: scraper he had t•ored a hole in the wall of the oven several inches drop be- fore being overcame by the heal. As the oven took thirty minutes lo heat 10 corn- huslksn point. his agony must have itern prolonged and his tortures excruciat- ing' I\(iti:t'l\(: Tit\In:. Returns of Australia shoo Rig Expan- sion. The (,nmmnnweallh !rode returns 'or hr first half year of1997� show a not - elle continued cxpnnsion of the imports end exports. The imports of merchan- dist amounted in wniue to £22:91,31.5.9, e3 compared with £19.118.109 for the corresponding pe'ri:rl of last year. The caplets nnsounlcel to £a.a1.31-8, ns against 122.2!96.523 in the first .pix !neighs el iAXi6. The hi:•rer►se is largely clue to wool. (11her contributing causes were the geix•rnl incren■e of Australian p•r•eductlnns, and the mhvanee:I priers of tee lending staple orlicles, 'rite loinel• pat increases in the exports tecr': int- L r 53.45.175 pounds. of the value cf £2Y1190: wool. 76.004,117 pound%. of Inc value of .C3.•812.253. The imports t f !Loft goods nmounle,l in telae to £761.• fO1. those of agiieulturil end other machinery to $162.0O2. of manufactures of metals to I:011.61 1. and of unrnanei lectured tobacco to £30,623. sI'l.E:\DID HEROISM OF AN E:\Gl-I.sti un EI1. Aliatost Exhausted. Ile Persevered in Illy Efforts, Under 25 Fathoms of A demm:t:c story is that of the rescue. of Walter Trapnell, a British goee'rn-• meat diver, off 'Torbay, England, after 1•e had been imprisoned beneath 150 feet of water t r forwe hours h urs un d a half.! Trapnell descended in the English Chan eel, outside 'Torbay, from the deck ofd the gunboat Spanker, recently, in cone eec'i,n with the salvage of a sunken for polo Twat. Ile got entangled. and another diver, !mined Leverett went to his rescue. lni terse, simple language Leverett told nth lee events that folk,wed on tho ocean! bed. "We are," he said, "only supposed to remain. doves: about twenty minutes at! A stretch in such u depth as twenty-Ilvei fathoms. iIF. \VAS HELPLESS. "When Trapnell stayed so long, 1 thought there was something wrong,t and 1 telephoned to him. Ile told rue; that he was fouled in tiro •wreck and could not get clear. 'All right, 1 re-� plied, '1 will come down and help you.'; "1 descended immediately, and uponi gelling down found that 'frogmen was; fixed in such a position that he was' absolutely helpless. Tho wreck lies bl- naost upright. Trapnell was standing upon the sea bed, and hts air pipe and' lite line were entangled in the deck, gear of the torpedo boat high above his' head. It was quite intpassible for nfnt to get up to its decks and clear him- self. "Being unable to speak to him, i grip- ped his hand to reassure him, and be returned icy grasp heartily. WOULD RESCUE 011 DIE. "Slowly and laboriously 1 crept abodt the deck of the sunken boat, disentang- lingra ! 1 ell's life line t, andair 1 n pipe from the davits and other places where they had fouled. 1l took me three hours 1,e them • toget h m clcu r, and 1 thought i should never be able to finish the job, as 1 was gt•Iting exhausted. Once, in fact. 1 gave it up and left him, but i pulled myself tepether again and went back to him. "1 was getting nearly done myself, bleed poured from my nostrils and 1 was much exhausted, but 1 rnade an- other effort and stuck to tho job unit! i got Trapnell free. This was accom- plished only just in time, for about three minutes before he was raised to the surface. Trapnell became unconsci- ous. I do not now feel much 1h3 worse for my trying experience. I must pay. a tribute to the navel surgeon and the boat's crew for tate way they looked of ter Trapnell when Ire was brought up. They did everything possible for him.' \\ENT AS VOLUNTEERS. Leverett was greatly distressed to hear of the 14110 of Trapnell. whose con. d!t:on nl first raised mopes of his recov- ery, l'rapnell, however, died suddenly in n hospital on Saturday night soon eller his wife and daughter had left his std.'. Leverehl, the hero of this ocean beet ttngcdy. is a splendidly built, athletic young fellow, who is known as a keen lo+buller. When arranging for the salvage of the torpedo boat, the Ad- miralty nskcd for .volunteer divers, as twenty-nve fathoms. the depot in which the wreck lies, is ouch above that to which service divers are obliged to de- scengl. Trapnell and Leverett, the two senior shipwright tilers in Portsmouth (tockysrd, volunteered for the danger - cut, task.` - lI\I.tTUI1E "WIRRi. ." .tpparatus Which Mny be (tarried on n \Iron's (lack. A German engineer named 1lefnicke has invented n system of wireless telts trophy for short distance service which can be transported from point to point w'th reninrkuble case find rapidity. 11 is expected That the system will come into general use in connection with tel:itary reconnoitring operations. naval landing parties and other similar pu•• pr•ses, Negotiations have boon begun for the installation of the system os the trains of one of the principal railway cont• ponies in the !'oiled Slates. Railway trnvelers will thus Le able in the near future to transact telegraphic business during their journeys by transmitting tuessagcs lo receiving stations along Ih• tire. The transmilling and receiving np- peralus are both filled in one small case, with a weigh) of approxlntately t0 16s., And eat II►us be carried ou a noun's back. The weight of the holo for the wires and other accessories iti oppr,\inmtely 100 tbs., so that nn en- tire stollen weights approximately 110 A stnt!on can be moved from plrce M place by three men. and (1(e 111011 are able to erect it ready for use in eight minutes. The cost of n station is £31t0. rind the range of eontmmdca• lion at,ontl twenty-five miles. The sinal• lest isolable wireless telegraphy to. Itt n Othello in use Is ao emelt heavier that twelve HIM are required to curry its different parts. while its cost ex• Ceeeds, £300. 1)06 TEST FOI1 \I(TTORS. The police of Cleveland, Ohio, hove trained a baltdog Iv beln trap - 1110 in tra 1• ping 111•' scorching motorist. The dog has n great turn of speed, of te hi !: 0 lest Was mode the othe4• olay. .\ coal ,.' was laid out aid Itse animal was wont in pursuit of n pacing motor -car. It ens found that the dog Ind a running overage of thirty-three utiles an tour, The next day Ilse deg was sent after aeord,llying noilerists, and Ihq' :.o con:d not overlake hero arrested. INLAND itIIEf), A %tem tiler who saw n slimmer for the Ord lime exclaimed : "look ! there a railway atone h,tvutg, a bulb•."