Exeter Advocate, 1908-01-09, Page 2CURRENT TOPICS.
1 he latest declaration trout a food ex-
pert is that neat is fur and away the
best of Mode. Take your meat as you
like it is his advice. MI kinds are
digestible, even fried fresh pork. Tho
ar•rwr.ncement would be comforting if
there: w -as not st>''h a conflict of authori-
ties. S',me of thein say that no meet
should to eaten at all. Others will
aloe: ducat if you chew etch bite 111111y-
tw•o tiinea. Still others includo moat and
other foodstuffs in their prohibitions,
and we know of at least one who con-
dones meat and fish and eggs, and tea
and coffee and spirituous liquor., and
limits his diose s W milk, C1bere, grain,
nut.; ane) fr•ulte. Ile say, that his pres-
cription will give health and strength,
loth mental and phy.,icu1, and that it
will prevent Various unpleasant diseases
with which the race is afflicted. Ilo
proves his case Loth by the record of
Lis experiments and by a convincing
appeal to the well-known fact that the
pie-Actnmite man wns f'ugivoruus.
The mention of that remote pereonage
WHEN OLD AGE COMES
" 6 Can Do All Things in emirs That
Strerigthciietth Me."
know bow to be abased.-Pleep•
pians iv. 12.
St. Paul says he leas learned the art
of wing without. It is easy to fuse,
tut it is hard to lose anJ keels one's
spirit. It is easy to lose ones money,
trot :t is hard for rsrade-to•order feet to
call; grae.etully in bargain-e.uunker
,:Coes. Old age comes without trying,
but after twirling forty years a man
must have learned )tow to give up-
tu retire graciously.
The secret learned by SL. Pout bad
two part;. First. he looked on loss as
bitrin-.icully useful. The loser gives
up, but he gels. Adversity has a value.
'1'oLSby's Peter. the richest man in
Russia, taken prisoner of war, learned
for' the first time hunger and fatigue,
but ha learned truce --the pleasure of
fs at least a reminder that he lived with. -eating when hungry, of sleeping after
out food experts, anyway, and thee ho hard work; lying on the bare ground
thus escaped many b'witdermeihs. The 1.r the first time, he saw the sun rise,
men of this generation are docile enough °11d took in the meaning of the mid -
and they hey hard to follow orders, but
the experts mix them all up. Take a
person who has been living on dry
chopped feed hi the hope that ho was
pursuing a inoritoriotes course that
would enliUe him to a holo, hard nms-
cles and a ste.nng stomach, then give
him this meat bulletin, mid what is tte
In think? There Ls too much competi-
tion among the experts. They had bet-
ter form a trust compromise on their
theories and give tis a mixed dile, instead
of befuddling our brains. And perhaps
we will take the mixed diet, whatever
they may do, and chow as wo please.
"Franco will perLsh for lack of wood 1"
they said to Louis AIB. Not if energy
and skill can prevent 11. In no country
in lite world -is forestry work carried on
wllh g al.!. intelligence and tome. At
the present a kttal surface of 7,429,87.1
acres is under the direct control of the
forestry serv1ce. The work is slow; it
wilt probably require 200 year, to bring
it to its maximum effeetivr-ness. But the
tune is foreseen when the existing duii-
eged forests will be replanted to the
point of proeer proportion to insure the
preservation of the water supply and
to furnish the timber and wo wt needed.
Where absolutely bald mountains have
been replanted snrpiis!ng local results
are now visible. Thero are now many
artificially planted forests in the Mules -
Alps, where conditions have so improved
Li the "poorest depnrlinent in France"
that a state of general pros1 erily pre-
vails. The touring drib of France, with
headquarter; in Pari;, composed largely
of blcyclisLs nil nutnmobil!sts, applied
IL;elf a few years ego to the work of Im-
preying the highways. It is impassible
t , %hitt any city or village in France
%theme there is not a branch organize -
item Part of their programme of work
is to create public opinion favorable to
tin preservation of Ilan forests of the
country. In Lnk•e steps nee, enry for a
night with its myriad Mars. -
1'over'ly brings the feeling of the pri-
mary happiness I ankruptcy is a great
leacher of the higher value.;. When
a man lies retulant with convalescence
he appreciates love's patience. When
traditional opinions bucklo one discov-
ers that the plain face of duly has the
features of her father, God. One never
forgets
TIIE 1,NEF.\f3LG MOVEMENT
when feeling the hand he has always
held slip away, he looked up, and
through his tears saw the heavens open
and the assurance of personal immor-
tality de•rcend upon him.
Wealth, health, faith and life have
their revelations like the sunshine, pa-
norama of mountain, river, flower and
bird. But poverty, doubt, sickness and
death, like lite night, let in the host 4,1
heaven and widen creation till it reach
es the fiery margin of infinity.
Tho flat part of St. h'aul's success
of going without Ls, accept loss as a
condition with a character of its own.
Tho second part of his secret i3 he
tad a masterful purpose. "I can co
all things in Ilinn that strerigtaeneth
me," hi' salt. Ile was Milo to go with -
cut, becauso he lived for one thing, to
make men Chriellike, Lovers and doers
<.f good.
An overbearing purpose makes a
urian put up with anything. Last sum-
mer Ube family slept in that attic with
only blaneets to cut the place into
make -b el.eve rooms, but every one sleet
well, because the mountains were just
ever the hill. When one goes for
mountains, what boots n bit of publi:
city and corn husks instead of curled
hair?
That wealthy man is known legis by
hie riches than by his hobby for set-
tlements. Then he whet trade dollar:'
e minute works for dollars a month
\VITIIOUT •...•NI\G,
became when work Is over be goes
1 tender by putting three tablespoonfuls of
salad oil and one tablespoonful of inte-
ger on a !urge flat dish and letting the
steak rest in this for half an hour; then
turn over and let the other aide soak be-
fore cooking.
Never wash a bread board in the sink.
especially an iron sink. The iron will
leave a dark stain on the loard which is
difficult M remove. Atwuys scrub boards
ane, hard vooti tables with the grain of
the wood, and if it Is necessary to scrape
de so with the grain of the wood, to pre-
vent muttering the surface.
To extract splinlens, take n wide-
mouthed bottle and almost 1111 it lull of
hot water, then put the part with the
splinter over the mouth of the bottle
and press tightly. The suction will draw
the flesh) down and in a minute or two
the hot gleam will make the splinter
come cul and drew lite soreness out im-
mediately.
,!own 4i the clubhouse Itis wealth built
and by association with the Inds makes
them love character even more tlian
they love the clubhouse. And the hob-
by is the secret of retiring gracefully.
Tho man who has t:o give up the tetd
ways of thinking about truth saves
himself from skepticism because be -
fere the limo of transition he devoted
!muscle to doing good as well as be-
lieving good. And when ho is cern-
'pelted to say farewell to his heart's
%onpanion at the door which swings
tatty outward what will save him from
'forewanderung in hip loneliness?
By living deeply, earnestly while his
friend is with him for the things That
libide-f ith, hope and love. A mutual
'interest in the eternals gives one a
great sense of the infinite companion-
ship when • the old oompanion goes
away. So one must have an imperative
work, meet bo taken up with some-
thing that is worth fitting into God's
scheme to slay, then when money goes
or health or friend a man has no chance
to brood over himself.
It is worth while knowing ,bow to
lose gracefully. This is how --t0 accept
piss as a positive experience with bit-
tersweet gang. to be commanded by
an interest, ami this Ls the greatest
interas4 to gat folks to be Christian -
like lovers and doers of the good.
REV. T. CALVIN McCLELLAND, D.D.
iglE 't.*:*.r*afiC'. t 'ii aypole Cake,- This novel centrepiece
I. r a birthday table is sure to please all
"rt the little guests. Any kind of simple
.-rake will do provided it has plenty of
eon the tete .
aartycues and sugar plums- g
• 7x Place in the crnlre of the table n lir lint;
Ni glass plaque, edging it with crimped
pink tissue paper and ferns. On this eel
the cake, from the middle of which risco
the maypole. This may vary in size
from n wooden knitting needle to a bam-
boo cane to suit the dimensions of the
cake. The pole Ls pressed firmly into
the cake and crisscrossed up and down
with a bright ribbon, the top being
ndorned with n bouquet of flowers.
Fmni the top of the pole bang long
streamers of many colored baby ribbon,
each ending in a package wrapped in
pink tissue paper and containing a pretty
toy. These packages form a circle on
the table around the leokilg giros lake.
At a given lime each guest lakes a pack-
age, lifting it high from thtllahle, the
bright rlhbons making a pretty ct.rvrx(
screen above the cake. With scissors
then cut the ribbons off close to the pole
all around the circle, thus leaving a
prize In each little hand.
HOME
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SOME DAI\l \ DiSI11•:S,
Delicious Apple Tea. -Wash and wipe
a good large cooking apple. •Cut it into
61141ll Meals and toil in half a pint of
stater till it Ls soft. Then strain cif the
water, add a lump of sugar and serve
cold or iced. Two cloves inay•bo boiled
with th apple.
A Breakfast Relish. -Put one pound of.
sausage meat in a jar, place in a sauce-
pan of boiling water, and steam for
three or (cur hours. When nearly cotti
trash the !neat well with a knifrt, add
more seasoning if liked, and pot for oat•
Eot this spread on bread or toast.
Fruit Pudding.- Stew one-half pound
prunes in a halt cup of sugar. Scald a
revision of the forestry laws of France, half cup of grnpenuts with the prune
sauce; also shred prunes and add to
mixture; lost, before serving, pile tip
whipper) cream on tip, and you wltl
have e delicious pudding, tasting like
fruit pudding, but this is simple and in-
expensive.
(loyal Tomato Sauce. -Simmer over 1
slow lire six tonuttoes, two turnips, Iwo
Towns in Midst 01 tmmen•,ely !licit Cop- apples, one onion. one carrot, and teem
per Country. i whole pepper for half an hour. Tnke out
the pepper, work all through a hair
kir, G. It. Reale tete acting British sieve, add a tablespoonful of tarragon
e'ice•Cnnsul for the Longo Free States, vinegar, the some quantity of chili vine -
lens returned 10 England niter a 5,100° gar, end, if required k, moisten, a little
tole journey moose Africa, from leo! ordinary vinegar. ('lace in a stoppered
natie. at the mouth of the Congo River,' !ollle for use.
to Mrnnht;sa, British East Africa- The Guildford Pudding -Take a cupful ate'
and to secure the enforcement of all ex-
isliug laws for the pr ,citation of ter -
este.
CONGO'S "J0111NNES 11'RG4."
TiiiNGS \VOlITlf KNOWING.
however badly soiled window shadoe
may be, If they are sponged with a cloth
wet with kerosene and rubbed dry with
a clean cloth, they will cear►e out like
ne'v,
Strmlg coffee is an excellent thing to
use for cleaning pipes. Let it stand in
the bowl for a short time, or draw it a
few linos back and forth through the
stein.
After washing hair -broiled in ween
water in which soda has been dissolved
rime the bristles thoroughly in a little
journey war; etas a at the instance of the a half of dried (lour and mix Into 11 n cold milk; they will then dry as stiff as
Foreign Olhce. \Ir, Ile'nk collecting de- teaspoonful of baking powder, then mil when new.
tails of the lite till customs of the na- two ounces of sugar. Beat two eggs Cut a groove ak.ng the side of the
Ryes ofthe districts tlur.0 h which heuntil they are pale and add 4: them one Berk of a medicine bottle; put back in the
1t% g h p 'bottle, I gil. of milk. Pour this over the dry in- and it will be easy to count the
dmps ono by one without pouring too
fast.
(lave all chimneys swept. if this is
deme. and a little snllpeh•e burned on
the flrt' oa'asienally during the winter
months. they will need no morn atten-
tion tilt the spring.
foe want of railway communication. then ctrt one pound of liver into thin Baking tins should b' washed t.s dean
"When This is eslnhl!shed," said \1r. slices, and fry it on Iwlh silo=s. Take as pne.'•,ibie. with a s'rong sohit:on of
!leak. "Keltlbove and Howe, lite len chief this out of the pan and fry a etiC0'l on- oda, anti then scoured with n piece of
towns of the district. nre confidently ex- 1,n to a brown col.r. Mix a tablespoon- pumice stone. 'This will keep thein in
pectevt to detetop into second Johannes- int of flour with n pint of water. nail etcelleit condition,
buoys." pepper and salt to taste. pour upon the To clean knives easily !eke a flet cork,
onbeons stir well till nil roils, add the clip R In slightly moistened knife pow -
The Kalnnga district, at the septa of
the r:•nrgo Free State and Irnniedietely
ncrlh of British Centre! Attlee, was Mr.
ikak'es particular ohjeetitr'. Ile traversed
lhl' region for over 1 30 milds, anti re-
torts lahat it is intensely rich to copper
Iitines which are at present t.ndcveitmed
greilient•t and beat thoroughly for three,
or four minutes. Breese a ple-dish, pour
the pudding in, and bake in a quick
oven. Servo as sin as cooked.
Stewed l.iver an.1 Recon. -Fry a guar -
ler of a pcutid of bacon cut into thin
slices, take Itds out of the frying -pan,
The climate Is good and there is plenty
o' ett.,oling and fishing. Tsetse fly and i liter and bacon and stew gently for an der, and w if h It rub up and down the
sleeping „ickness are the drnwhncks. , hour, Made till all .stains are rcinoved, Then
"( pared through a whole (hlriet so 1 A Rich Pcaun,l (:eke. --Real six ounces wipe wills a duster.
aflce toil near the Lunlaba River. One of bulte'r anti sugar to it cream. Add To remove flit.<t from silk :;kids, do
murinus effect of this Illnests is to drive ten ounces of sifted patent flour to de- ieit no' n brush. hal tiipe ILern with a
the patient mail. amt 1 hail n very nar- grecs and five egg+. one at n time. Rent pier.' of velveteen, which will not wear
now escape rd the fiends of one of the th • cake mielure meanwhile lightly With th • silk and mill remove the dust niuch
relives vile, tins hi a stole of frenzy.' a w.xxlcn spoon. !'ick halt a pound of better Than a %obeli.
".\t mike-'iiiitill.•. on the western st,lanae, chop four ounces of candies! Til pink, Io►trs run smoothly, get seine.
Rhee of Lake Tanganyika. ithere k a I peel, and grate the rind c.f a lemon mix leaves from et. rgeeen trees. nun hot
beauti(tt tow cathedral, ert•etce.l by the all with the cake. Linen tin with hut- Irons on theme and they will iron without
Frenctt Peres Blanes. It is really a tered paper. putting two pounds of it on sticktng to starched cloths. This is
ap,len•i+d hntt!dintt. tacrylhing except the the bottom. !"our in the rake mixture used in old Virginia. Leaves may ee in Mx leering iCis unlucky number.
stale .d•):l.:' a indoeit had been made and hake for two hour' in a moderate dried for use. But thio .-ufx•rstilion reaches its height
ktrei!> ; these were leought from Ebro o%en. \\'hen quite time turn out one To prevent the (aline of wall paper or Ir. nvd,cut'. Speaking of the health
opo. I ,-r. +:'d the ln';e to n leltl" Hatt% : sieve, W sect derkening of kalsoniined wane I.ehind exhibit:on. Dr. Heinrich (;run d.'elare•l
LUNCHEON F0l1 CHILDREN.
When the child conies home from
school at noon see that it gets at least
one tot dish.
1f there is a rich soup, meal is not
necessary.
Give it plenty of olive oil on green
salads, and lel the vinegar be so diluted
that 1l is merely a suggestion.
Hien innyonnnise dresings are not
whe for thee hildren.
rot out hot breads, sausages, nearly
a'1 pork, catchup and table sauces.
Train them to 11111k and cocoa. Rest
not let them forms the lea habit for
luncheon,
STRANGE SUPERSTITION
11EMLI)U S AND MF1NS 01' WAitDING
OFF DISEASE.
The titbits of Animals Enter Largely
Into These Remarkable
Beliefs.
"Pet superstitions and delusions can
le found in every hou',elold. When
there is u case of sickness in the home'
and sono domestic animal dies yon
will find that some think the patient
will surely recover. The most persist -
superstitions in the world arc those
that are based upon the habits of ant -
mals," says D. J. Dudley Morgan. "If
one is walking at night and a spider -
web brustme the face it Ls supposed to
mean that a ghost is following, but in
daytime it tells that a stranger is com-
ing. The neigh of a horse is a portent
of death which will come from the
quarter which his head is pointing
when he neighs.
"The hair of a dog, the skin of a
snake and the pelt of a black cat are
believed to possess medicinal qualities,
while the handling of a toad is said to
give warts. German.: are full of super-
slition. A white spider crawling to -
't of a dog, *
wetted one, the howlingg• the
sight of a snake all foretell death. 1Tio
killing of a load or the crowing of a
hen foretells rain. If the cat washes its
face it means )hal visitors are coming.
li u bee stings kill it and the wound
wilt not swell. The black tooth of a
hog amt the blood of a black hen have
curative powers.
"In a certain district in Germany the
touch of a corpse's hand is still regard-
ed ns curative of many koc•tl ills. Less
grew•sorne Ls the remedy for hernia
Milt applied
IN THE M:ULSII COUNTRY.
On the night of St. John the Baptist's
trey, June 24, n patient Inuit be dragged
through the split of a cleft ash tree.
Three men bearing the first name of
John must perform the operation and
1! must be conducted in dead silence.
i'or erysipelas a (ire Ls lighted and n
pinch of ashes from it is rubbed on the
skin, to the accompaniment of a say-
ing to the effect that the ashes and the
gore went over the lied Sea together,
the ash came back but the sore never
again.
"Recently in Georgetown a policeman
was bitten by a Supp ,Sed poisonous
snake and the old remedy of killing
chickens, cutting thein open and rip.
plying them to the bile until the chick-
ens were cold and did not turn black
was tried. Twenty-six chickens wore
used on the policeman in extracting
the [Kitson. This remedy for cramps
ie used today in other pierce than
Georgetown: 'On going to lost put
your slipperi under the bed and turn
the wiles upward.'
"in the wards of Garfl.'Ll ilispital last
fall there write n patient who ineisted
of keeping several apples under his
bed to help the dropsy. The things
That people will carry within their
pnekets. wear around their necks or
bodies or pfd on their fingers are le-
gion. Have a white potato in each
pxicket 01 your trousers and you will
never be troubled with rhetimnfsm or
it yo•.i cutler with cough and cold ex-
change the potato for
A LUMP OF CAMPHOR.
No doubt there are some of tis who
now have horse chestnut in our pock -
cls or are wearing a nickel ring. Sev-
eral veers ago the writer was induced
by nn inteliluent and considerate friend
to wear a nutmeg for obstinate )wits.
"In nn other western European coun-
Iry. Le teiperetilion so prevalent as 1n
Auslrin-il•ingary. Quite recently the
4liamberlain:s olllce changed the num-
her of box 13 in the imperial Opera
(dowse anti the imperial (knurl Theatre
1.'eceuste the public obitch's! to sitting
tenders ',mime and entered German ler- Coital -Foot Snup.-Talo' n orcpnrc'1
ritory nt Korona. calfs -foot and simmer slowly nil tender
"t feline no difficulty in gelling lhmugh in two quarts of water, with an onion
ate rxnunlry on the score of fanguage. stuck with cloves, n carrot. and a sti•k
That Atmel generally spoken through of celery. Strip the moat from the
equalnrial .‘fries is Ktewahlli, tvhtelt the tinea, strain the slack. and lel it ataria
lllssiebnariee are trying to establish as lid cold :+o as M remove every particle
the lingua fran: a of the continent. 1 of fat. What required for use, place a
knew tits ienguag.• well. Nearly every quart of the Mitch In a etewpsne add to
district has its e'en langunge, not writ- it two tabieepwionfule of erttsheel sago. it
ten; hal Kiswahill will carry anyone bouquet e t herbs lied in muslin, and a
through egnatorlel Africa. 11 has a liter• piece of lemon rind. Boit ail Mowly till
&lure of its own." the sago is cool{el, then add some of
the meat from the loot cul int.) entail
dice. Plve a tenspoonful of grated
Money Ls the areas paint !hit mekes
many a bad actor look goad.
pictures• pla'e conunnn pin or entail that in many Minuses superstition
Irick al loth lower corners of the frame, and espee+al:y kcal superstition, wan
time allowing n free eircnIetinn of air. an absehite menace to public health.
If the Iishy taste of wild game is rib- to Austrian hospitals one finite no
jecliennble, it can M re;w ved by putting !lock err pavilion thirteen, no ward
n small 'mien into the testy of the bird thirteen or sta'rcase thirteen. Very
after it to "(hewn,' and hung for four few patient; will consent 10 be oper-
or live hours previems to cooking. 1te pled on nn the 13th, And In that re-
move the mien and born it at once. sired o
Frldny. to , ii considered just as
( eelery can bo kept Web n long while unlucky."
if It i? wrapped in thick paper, sprin• ______.._ erg
Med with water. then put in a damp
Customer- "I must spy, wetter, lhi;
doth and Moroi in a Mol. dark plare.
lkfare preparing for tribe'. plunge th
i( the first l rn' c' etre hod 11 really
celery into cold wafer arid stand for one tender rt•'ak h"r' .' Winter 'nrel;a l)--
"Good ereeere ! 1 mast have given yon
the proprietor's atcakr
T/I E SUNDAY S c K OOL � �t••i• 1'•t-i•��1.�..1-�•-t�1-i•-1••i-i->_•1-11-t•!t
cheese In the tureen. emir the soup oter houm
and aerie. Steals, howetcr tough. can be made
IN11-3t\.Vi I0N el• t.t ON,
J.1\. 12.
Lesson 11. Jesus and Je'ue the lb..it.•l.
Golden Teat : Joint 1. 119.
TILE LESSON \VO119 STI levee.
Rased on the text of the "noised Ver -
MOIL,
'Ito First Witness. --)laving set forth
clearly and concisely hie, own concha -
aeons concerning the character and work
ur Jit us in the form of u thesis which he
pt.•rpeocis to cluborete and defend, Jelin
pivcteels to introduce testimony. The
flat witness 4, the divinity of Christ to
which the a1)4011e calks our attenlien is
11141 tstimony of the eft esiales appointed
fe•rerunner, John the Baptist. What has
leen said about John in verses 6-15 was
parenthetical to the more specific pur-
pose of the prologue. but it (014 (tone the
less served a1 an inh'aduction to what
follows colcenting the sane person in
versa! 19-36. John lite) Baptist was a
wan sent from God. a chosen messenger
of Jehovah %vhose life in this world had
the very special and definite purpose of
preparing the way for Ono greater than
!himself who was to cons'' alter hint. It
Ls to hr testimony of this Grater Ohne,
rattier than to the person of the Baptist,
that our attention is directed in this les-
sen. The prominence given to the testi-
mony of the Baptist in John's Gospel
(referred 10 already in the prologue
verses 1.18, rind again at the end of the
tenth chapter) i; accounted for in part by
bit !tontine mission and prominence of
the Baptist himself, but in part, doubt-
less, also by the fact that through it tiro
aixesllO himself had boen first directed to
Jesus. 1t is the testimony of a former
teacher, as web as that of the great fore-
runner and fearless prencher of right-
& usneas, which John here it troduces.
Verse 19. And This -That which fol-
lows.
Priests and Leviles-The religious
trackers and teachers of the people (com-
per° Nol►. 8. 7-9) from Jerusalem. and
fence a representative delegation from
Ute: hierarchy.
20. The Christ -Lit., "tote Anointed,"
and equivalent to the Hebrew "Hesston,"
21. Elijah -Tho famous prophet of
leracl in the time of Ahab. We recall
his foretelling of the long period of
drought, his subsequent slaughter of the
prophets of Baal on Cannel, his )light
Is -fore Ahab rued his experitinces in the
deeeort at Mount Horeb. and finally his
bring taken to heaven `tin a whirlwind."
These and other events of his llfo are
!wooled in I Icing's 17-8 Kings 2. in
Matt.. 17. 10 we learn of tho expectation
current among oho Jews That Elijah
'should seine day return before Ute com-
ing of the Messiah.
rhe prophet The well-known prophet
of Deet. 18.15, wont Jehovah was to
raise up from among Itis people like
unto Mason.
22. An arwer to them that sent us -
The Jews In official position, hero doubt-
leee referring to members of the San-
li drlrt.
23. One crying in the wilderness -
Note the play on the word wilderness,
referring in its literal meaning to a
sparsely populated though not necessar-
ily desert region. hero, however, it is
toed in it figurative,sense and filer, also
to the morally and spiritually uncultl-
reted and barren soil of Ile hearts of
the Hebrew people.
Make straight the wry -Tho care of
public highways among the ancients was
not as well looked after as nntrnng civi-
lized peoples of modern limas. the ronds
It:rough sparsely settled rcgbns being
rather (Amply wilding paths or trails.
When, therefore, an Oriental sovereign
%visited to travel any distance he was
compelled to !tend heralds in advance
cf hos approach to order the inhabitants
•if the ouunl•y through which lie was to
peas to prepare a suitable highway for
him.
PIMA the pmphet-Thu' greatest of
Old Testament prophets. who Ilv'd and
labored nt Jcrte idem +llxont 700
dieing the reigns of "1'zzinh, Jotham,
Allnz, and llezekiah, kings of Judah"
{lsa. 1. 1.1.
24. Pharisees -rho i'harisees were a
religious political party among the Jews
whose rllriclly legal piety c.nsi.stl in an
accurate knowledge and scrupulous ob-
servaltco of both the law and traditions
as those had been ernpplilie'd ane) inter-
preted by Uie groat teachers of their ow•n
wet. As distinguishe.i from 111.1 Snddu•
ceps, whirl were primarily n political
party consiting of members of th.' old
dint new arixlocracy with whom religkut
wa.S an altogether sc'con(lary e• neer•n,
tho Pharisees believed in the immorlal-
it a of the soul, the resurrection of the
Hedy and future retribution, in angels
aril In spirits, in the future Mosslnnle
I:it:gdonl ns literally a reign of feed and
his !saints on earth, and in a divine pro-
vidence strangely mingled with fate, in
cenlrnlling human events. They were
thus the o►•thalox religinlrs party among
the Jewe, though they held Ihernee es
aloof from oho (erm on p enpl'. rind Nei
self-righteous pi kle believed themselves
Io he the special objects of Jelioviili's
favor.
26. In rater -Or, with water.
28. Bethany beyond Jordon.. -% day's
journey from (lana in Galilee. Many n11•
cknt authorities read Beth/thin-ale and
several. 'Itetharabah. "Bethany:' the
older trading. is le be identified with
"Iiothan." the district on the rapt tide of
one of the tents in Jordon, still know n
by We name of Aharah (hence ltetlut-
hnrahl. The Aratnnic, form of the lie.
brew "Ba-slan' le Batsmen. or Relhnnin.
e9. The Lamb of God --:\n allusion 10
I -.n 53. which woos tenthly ends:n etted
l v 11x• Baptishi hearers.
31. Know him riot--'rlint is. net In his
real character. grentnrrs'ntid iniesktn.
32. As a dove -in the visible fern) of
a dove icntnpare Luke 3. 231. though visi-
ble probably to Jesus and John only.
36. I have seen, and have borne nit -
nese -Both on previous occasions and
again lo•edny, that this is the Son of (sod.
Fashion 7
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Hints.
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SI:\\:Ni; mete.
'The fleet etre enol lheelt :t
r.cxt 1110 placket :now v. nether
vet and drap.ee ; r• 1 t..• ..:e
ecaut should run , l a
sirnig►tt line from tio tate to the !enter
wise. if it s:an;w
is bnciaiti, tt _.vett
the figure the el(em.! of tilting forward.
The scares on each side et the plack-
e' should run in a straight sit, eptng
line from tee waist l., the lower edge
of the skirt at the back. 1f they run
toward theeetee, a very wide, uebgrace-
(u' appearance is given the (tips front
the back.
Every day one see•, `.11 the streets
Skirts That have thio fault. the result
of ineorr'e'cl fitting at (he waist line.
The wwst measure corresponding wile
th hip measure has been loo large for
the figure.
instead. of laking 1n more at the dart
seams, or the top of the got) teams.
11 has been turned in at the pleat at
each side of the pleck.'t, drawing the
scams lackware at the waist lire.
There should never be :uy interfer-
ence with these pleats at the back clos-
n:g. They should be carefully marked
teem the pattern and pasted to position
lefore fltt:ng. 1f they twist or draw in
pry way, the correct effect at the cen-
tre back will he lost.
The fold eaves of the pleats should
be stitched down a few inches, and be-
low this eh3uld hang In good line closo
k each other to t1to.bolloni of the skirt,
pra scally concealing the seam at the
Centre tack.
A common mistake is the use of a
pattern with hip measure tel small.
This results in a drawing apart of the
pleats in the back from the waist down.
Binding with a bias strip of a light-
weight material is the usual methal of
finishing skirt seams. The importance
of pressing should always be borne in
mine.
Remember that over very raund hips
one or oho other edge of lite seams
from the hip to the wulst will some-
times seem to need to be fuller( into
Me other in order to stake it hang pro-
perly. Gather thee seam edge where tho
fullness scones 'to he required, draw tins
gathering thread to hold lire seam to
the same length as that to which it is
t•: be joined, thee wet an(I shrink the
gathered c•Igc with a hot loin.
This lis an operation that need% carr,
but it is most eatisfac;ory when pro-
perly skte, giving a til over the hips
that cannot bo acquired in any other
way.
r
For a plain seven or pini gored skirt
s+ allapped
seams
make t b
r►d l
ail -
creel
finish, and they may tap either to-
ward the front or back.
They are basted in the usual seam
fashion, then beth raw edges are turn -
e,: in Lite mime direction, shoeing on
the outside a lapped effect of (ne gore
ever the other, and stitched from the
outside ubout three -six lits of an
inch from the fold edge. When the
Lasting is removed the lapped edge is
left free from the stitching line.
The length of n skirl Ls beet ►perked
with ,bulk by a 'Keene person while
leo wearer of the skirl elands on a
rnieal platform. A patentiel !narking
&oleo. a foot measure. a yardstick or
nn even Length of car lberr,l tray be
used as a measure in marking at the
desired (ILstaue.e [nun tiro deer.
EXPLAINED.
'i he toy stool on the burning deck
)3y flames 1)15 cheeks were fanned. --
i141 aloes) them just bemuse he had
No other place to stand.
PARIS STYLES.
Street shoe, are one pont upon
enrich the Parisienne grinds the palms
to her Canadian sister, but nit•" copra
t,nck et her native lam! for her nar-
row. 1I gh•hceled alippera and Moen
dainty, lightweight shoes the she
,semis as .o imp,rinnt rt purt of her
"granite lollttiile,•'
('u Canadines anteing her the fleet
lime in Parrs nothing stems so ugly as
the present faille in sixes. The tong,
flat toes now in vogue -a revival of
the Louis dais• -appear tit ll•. -t ,uo.st
dreadfully awkwani. but it Ls curious
In what n little while one grows to
think them a n'eceesary adjunct to
grace -when they are not carried w
their extrenme•. stage.
White Canada may not core to copy
the form of sloes. Fr'nth ideas of the
"et mai lltness of things" on this bub-
jecl are %cry worth while as well as
Interesting.
A French w'oinnn chores her slots
fit her varieetts gowns, just es .Ire does
her geive4 or hat. \\'illi neer long shirt
leiter gown she w•:neshtpth.b i'l d, pat.
int leather. •.,ointed Need, buttoned
shoe, in winter and in spring very !aglt-
La lett hey sh.:01.
Willi her rtf:ernoon '• 1.-22., s!:e hue ke.+
,► gre•rt pxoint Of Il.s'►t-_ • • -10l' gest.
\ 'wide rang' 14 op,,... L' r •e!.v reit
herr. French w•nu• .. .: • •, emote'
4I, cul he. -pang Recti ankle, in ilr 111 that
ninny e.f Mem ei11171 Ih•' idea .,1 %.,':,r
ing elites r'- tic slog 111 Ree day.
Jim:•.
The.‘" n re' 11,0 r , c,•'e •! pa.? 1,1
Lptl,llr rn-ti4� r(. dii 414 Pc 1.> rrrrf'b
n, i 'I:.,' • nn . ,- l 1.
i�fa h ry tt:it .: ;ruins ru•n:n.I iI a
lua12•-1. at nice!, !els rxp'•tt•e•. 1 -wrier.
I;iit .,f r.a''nt lenitive Inert•. wets
is hit.. f," pile gins :11 i' feet t'. t. It 1
nre emptily nper'ipriat1' wilt et. r y roe
creed g.'w n and r3iren.i ly Inkirli . i eo.
Eterr.nk s11pper4 are. •,f t-,111...4'. a
never-encl°ng interest. 1i:st nl i1t • nt
satin Le to the 'f"re. but ',rile shaeliel
suedes and a beetle 11:;21 geld or tearer
end Ii t!1 ceeor are lrit'.t very inuch in
fashte,n. The tiniest sort of jeweled
buckte or clasp Is the only adornment
of the evening slipper of the moment.
As We mut appear ns king and liar -
mw as possible, nothing in Ilio way
o! trimming may interfere fifth it.
That etocldngs must malch all shoal
or slippers is t self-evident tact now/
a•dayrt.
Honest poverty ranks as high wit,
majesty IS probably Some peodle as dIsbonest wealth .
, e 2.11w 1 of besets of his aMoMat•M.. ism some others.
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