HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-05-18, Page 7INTENSITY OF GOD'S PEACE
It Is the Peace That Passeth All Under-
standing
And the peaco of (sod, which pass-
eth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds.-1'bilippians.
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No cry goes up with st:;;h pass'
ato intensity from the race of 111011
as that for ixace of mind and heart.
All human peace fails. '1 he peace
of pleasure is curled. The peace of•
wealth is fitful. The pe'ttcI. of fame
Is hollow. '1'ho peace of stuicsnl is
proud anti bitter. 'these are vain
because of man. 'there is no true
more but -the peace of tical;" the
peace that (With in (sod givos, the
peace that slows down upon tho soul
from the eternal sphere. that of
which the psalmist says, "'this is
my rest forever. Here will 1 tiwell
because 1 have desh•et it."
Look at the intensity of this peace.
"It is the pence which passoth all
understanding." Some truths can-
not be told by words. They are too
large for fingulstic moulds. We feel
their impulses surging upon our in-
ner thought ocean, but share then
into audible terms we cannot. But
of this peace the apostle says ithat
it Is not oven thinkable. It not
only cal iiot be uttered in words, but
cannot be conceived in thought. It
is the peace "that passeth all under-
standing."
The serenity of this pence! it is,
says our text, "the peace which shall
keep your hearts and minis"—that
Is, it is a composing,
QUIE'I'iN(l P1•:ACE,
It "keeps" our spirits from the flut-
ter of worry and unrest. It is a
lake of being, tranquil and calm.
Human peace is proved by its fickle-
ness. It is tratklent as the bubble.
trifid OR the firefly. Ilut the "peace
of Cod" is of unbroken serenity.
"He shall cover thee with his tea -
(hers and %nyder Ilis wings shalt
thou trust."
When we attain this state wo lay
our worries and cares on nn al'
mighty bosom. Wo lost% tho tumultu-
ous fever and haste of other days.
Our soul is poised in Cod, satisfied
with Cud, seeks nothing outside of
Clod. The life loses the babble of
its earlier (mese and sweeps on
ward to the divine ocean from which
it derived its being with a stillness
which ixspeaks its depth, a serenity
which foretells its destiny. The very
face tells the tale of the sweet, still
life within which is attuned to the
everlasting chimp of the land where
storms come not, nor conflict, nor
alarm. "'Thou shult keep him in
perfect peace whose mind is stayed
110 'l her.•,
Perhaps the peace hero spoken of
is ane of the (east known things in
oto ,lay, yet toren and women need
its Mimeo amu strength now even
more imperatively than aver. The
eonditluns off, life were never so jar-
ring. the calls and pressures never
SO ince•%1111t anti the tension on heart
and nerve never so severe as in rho
modern business and domestic world.
Hero, then, the chafed and fretted
spirit seeds sonlo real solace,
SOME SURE REFUGE,
some true resting place. some arbor
of soul quiet and repose. '1'o these
perturbed hearts our text brings this
message:—
Oh, learn that Peace, sweet Peace, is
only found
In her eternal home, in holy ground.
Until one, while his feet stand
amid the earthly turmoil. yet turns
his eye heavenward and communes
with the eternities, he will look for
rest in vain. But he who seeks tho
peace of (rod will find in it "the
peace which passeth all understand-
ing."
Cod's peaces—the overshadowing
presence and benediction of the Al-
mighty Father—who shall break its
sweet and high enchantment? Who
will dare to say that He who holds
the oceans in the hollow of His hand
and sustains the arch of heaven and
fills the sun with the light of mil-
Ienniunts cannot keep His beloved
from bring overcome by the unrush
of unholy passion, or from being
cast down by the onset of adversities
and trials?
He, then, who wishes that priceless
hoon—true peace, content and ful-
ness of soul—must seek the peace of
Cod, the peace of religion. the peace
that COMBS from walking in "the
true fight that lightcth every man
that cometh into the world." Every
other is hut the shadow, the coun-
terfeit, the mockery of it. Itut this
divine peace will be his staff in life
and his comfort and stay in death.
No benediction, then, breathes such
unspeakable blessing upon our care-
worn
arlworn and weary world as this apos-
tolic one: --"And the pence of (sod
which passe•lh alt understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ .Jesus."
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WILLII:'s QUESTION.
Where do you go when you go to
sleep?
That's what T want to know;
There's bonds of things I can't find
out,
But nothing bothers me so.
Nurse tuts ate to bed in any little
room,
And takes away the light,
I cuddle down 111 the blankets warm,
And shut toy eyes tip tight.
Then off I go to the funniest place,
%%here everything :teems queer;
Though '.0)0(tiluts it is not funny 4)t
all.
Just like the way it is here.
There's mountains made of candy
t here,
Big fields covered with Cowers.
And lovely pontes and birds and
trees,
A hundred times nicer than ours.
Oftetn, dear memento 1 ser you there.
And sometimes, papa. too;
And lust night the baby cause back
from heaven,
And placed like he used to do.
So all this day I've been trying to
think,
() hew I wish i could know,
Whereabouts that non:lerful country
is
Where sleepy 11111_ boys go.
A 1;ATI1iuIi 'I'HE II',
One day in eerie* spring, as i was
busy at work, i glnnced out of the
pantry window, rood sane Robin !ted-
brenst trying to dislodge a long
piece of gray twine that was caught
securely under the cistern -pump
plat form.
110 would pull and tug, and tip
over bnckwnrd, then Ily away, al-
ways returning; whh his red breast
swelling under the courage* and hls
heady eyes greedy with the desire
of possession.
1 cut the twine into lengths suit-
able for nest-beilding material. tont
placed several pieces of white string
with it. {then Bob ream,• back, he
carefully looked it all oter, then,
selecting a piece of the white string
new nw'ny with it.
Ile came ngnin nnd.ngain until all
the while string woe gone, but
never touched the gray twine he had
worked so herd to get in the morn-
ing. 1 thought this wan on account
of the f?neness of the white string,
and teeter! Bob by placing more
pieces of white, alternating thein
with pink. litter string. Av before,
Ile ciente idle+ white. plainly showing
that it tees color and not quality
Ishirh please* hint. After the neat
in the nenple tree woo finished, Mr.
Anil firs, Robin iletil,fen.t s••til •.1
den n to keeping hole.e
Mrs lledhrenet, we•'I knowing that
a home without n baby is a poor af-
fair at hes
R 1
. at once set about sup-
plying
D
plying that article in ler home. Alas
for 111.1. hopes( Susan, the big, I•lnek
eat, discovered the nest and tumbled
the eggs out on the ground.
The .Robin Redbreasts held long
discussions about their mime! home,
and. judging from their teen •s, lost
their temper quite like people. At
last they att►ndonal their home, and
for several days flew about, d it-.in.e
worms in the garden and examining
the prospects for cherries.
t begait to think they were easily
disc .aged. and became impatient
at their lack of ambition. However,
T wag too hasty in forming an opin-
ion of my feathered friends.
Al t six o'clock 0011, snm►ty morn-
ing i saw n strange sight. A small
kite well supplied with a tail of
while string, which 4)w s(1, in care-
less boy fashion.. had left on the
front Forel]. was slowly moving
down the Lath.
i looked closer, and there was
Robin Redbreast turned thief to ac-
quire the coveted chile string. lfe
gathered several strands of itin his
bill at once, and hooped along the
path, only to he brought up sudden-
ly by the weight of the. kite. Every
failure (made him try the harder, t.1 -
though he fell over backward metny,
many times.
At last he took hold near enough
to the kite to fly up with it. A puff
of wind caught the kite. and took
11,1 tol.in and all, laver the fence.
Itobin let go of R. and sat on tha
fence, chirping nngrily.
in a few lnonients he commenced
Lis struggle all over aiptln, but thin
time the kite fell into a sntnll np-
pl.-f re•.•, from which he was unable
to dislodge it.
i went 1(r his assistance; but he
had changed his mind ntout ming
a kite in his new nest, for he never
came buck foe it; nor could 1 find
his new home, though I was sure
from his melons and happy songs
that lie )inti ane surnewhere,
HOW A LITTLE GiltL SANG.
A Id 11. Swedish girl was sitting in
n schoolroom 4)t Stockholm. She was
brushing 4):,d dusting and singing;
for her mother had the care of the
school. As she e (irked viw sang like
it bird in springtime. One day a
Indy was passing. The girl's some
reached her ear, and the voice
tone•hed her heart. She stopped, end
went bark to seek the little songster.
''I mutt lake you: daughter to
Credit's." maid the lady to her
mother—"Craclius the femmes music
toaster. She has 11 1(Ace that will
make her fortune."
"Make Iser fortune! Ah, what a
grout thine; that would be!" The
lady took her to the music master,
who tens d.•listhted with her voice.
110 quid. ••1 roust take her to Count
ruche, a great judge in such mat-
ters."
Count ruche looked at her, and
grimy nskei whet the music master
expected him to do for her.
"Only hear her sing," said Crae-
Ilus.
('(•alt Puth.e condescended to do
that. and the Instant she had finish-
ed he said, "She shall have all the
adtantages of 51(14,.holm Academy!"
S0 the little girl'• sweet %oleo
charmed everybody. She sang and
st;ldie(1, and studied and sang. She
was not yet twelve, and she was not
in danger of being spoiled. Ono even-
ing rhe was announced to sing a
higher part than she had ever bae1,
and one it had long been her ambi-
tion to reach. The house WAS full,
ane everybody was looking out for
the little favorite, ilex tiwe came,
she was mute. Sho tried, but her
silvery notes were gone. Iter mas-
ter wits angry, and her friends were
tilled with surprise and disappoint-
ment; and the little songstress
drooped with sorrow.
lid her voice come track the next
lay? No, nor the next, nor the
next; and 50 her dream of Luno and
future suddenly passed away.
What a disappointment! But s:ho
bore it meekly and said, "I wilt
study,"
Four years passed away, and the
public had quite forgotten the little
prodigy. Ontl day another voice was
wanted in an ittsignificant part of
the choir which none of the regular
singers was willing to take. (:raelius
suddenly thought of his poor little
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PERSONAL NOTES
Interesting Gossip About Some
Prominent People.
1'aderewski, it is said, can play
from memory over 500 compositions.
Ile needs to read or playa composi-
tion new to him only twice in order
to memorize it, and, frequently after
reading it over, can sit down at the
piano and play it without referring
to the notes.
Not tho least peculiar of Mine.
Sarah Ilernhardt's many fads is
that of breakfasting tho moment she
wakes of a morning. No matter
what the hour may be, as soon as
her slumbers aro over her maid
brings to her bedside coffee and rolls,
and sometimes un egg.
hiss .Jane Nathan, who is the first
South African -horn girl licensed to
practise as a dental surgeon, has
returned from her successful studies
In Europe to begin her profession at
Ilanover, Cape Colony. Sho is also
believed to bo the first South Afri-
can girl to take any medical degree.
King Oscar ut Sweden once passed
through a small town which was fes-
tively decorated, and noticed a largo
transparent board bearing the in-
scription, "Welcome. your Majesty!"
hanging from a house. "What house
ie that?", asked the King. "'That is
the town ',risen," was the answer.
Whereupon His Majesty, laughing,
said: "That is rather too much po-
liteeess!"
Signora ('ousino, of South Ameri-
ca, is undoubtedly the richest woman
in the world. Iter silver and copper,
miles are now yielding $100,000 per
month: her coal trines yield $85,000
per month. Iler stock farms fur
thoroughbred horses and cattle at
present bring in 80 income which
exceeds that of all the n►iucs put
together.In addition, sho
has large
landed interests and it fleet of
steamships. j
Miss Frances Wolseley, the (lough
ter of Lord Wolseley, spends most of
her %into at Fnrrnlwuse, (jlyndo,'
England. She is one of the keenest;
of Indy gardeners and thoroughly:
understands the scientific side of the
subject She has f 1 1 h II
******* C***y*� them rise fortwohours and bake! BRITAIN'S DRINK BILL.
• SIC Nun's Puffs.—To one pint of now
milk add one -halt pound of butter,
tint' when it comes to a buil set it
s
aside to cool. 'then add three+ -fourths
jk of a pound of dour anti one tea-
*** *****.ajg spoonful of salt. Beat four eggs us
for cake. separately. Beat in the
eggs and put the butter in greased
rim -Pings, tilling thein half full.
Bake in a quick oven.
Drop ?Mullins.—'lhrte eggs, oto• and
one. -half pints of milk, one small
cupful of yeast and one teaspoonful
of salt. Stir in enough flour to
make a batter thick enough to drop
from a spoon (in which manner they
are to bo baked). Drop into a
greased dripping -pan, and bake in-
side the stove In a quick oven. 1)o
not stir f hail after they have risen
before baking.
A French Loaf.—To one quart of
flour add one-half teaspoonful of salt
and four tablespoonfuls of fresh but-
ter. Cream the butter and flour as
for cake, but do not wash the but-
ter. ]stat three eggs very light, sup-
`nrntely, awl beat in them half tho
flour, creaming the other half with
the butler. Au(i the beaten eggs
and flour gradually to the butter
and flote•, beat well, then add one
tablespoonful of sugar, and lastof
all stir in three tablespoonfuls of
yeast. Let it rise* in a buttered
mold, and when well riseit bake in
tho same Meld. 1t rteiuiros the sumo
length of time to rise and bake as
Strtly-luno.
Bachelor's I.onf.—tient three eggs
very light, separately; add one pint
of rich milk, one pint of cornmeal,
ono -halt teacupful of flour, one tea-
spoonful of salt and ono tablespoon-
ful of butter or lard. Beat well,
grease a al►a llov baking pan and
bake quickly,
Lady Margaret's Bread.—Into three
pint,; of eitttel (lour cut up one
tablespoonful of hatter and one of
lard, add one light teas' ounful of
suit, three tablespoonfuls of yeast,
and mix with new milk unlit of
the consistency of roll dough. 1)o
this at night. Tho next morning
flour the biscuit -board well, roll out
the dough about three. -fourths of an
inch thick and cut into buscuits
with a dredging -Lox top. (.'over with
a cloth anti let them rine until
twenty minutes before breakfast.•
then bake in a rather quick oven.
This makes a delicious bread.
HOME
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in a tjuick 01"e
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T1lE KISS,
Last night I had to go to bed,
All by Myself, any another said,
'Cause 1'd been naughty all day
through.
She wouldn't kiss wo good -night,
took
I didn't want to let her know
How much I cared 'bout that, and
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I dropped my clothes tight on the
floor—
A thing I never did before—
And put each stocking in a shoe --
She just haters that --and didn't do
My hale, or wash soy face. or brush
My teeth, and {eft things in a squash
A1: 'round the roost; and then I
tock
Her picture, and my fairy -book
Sho gave me on my Inst birthday
lit .lune, and hid 'cm both away.
I put my father's picture right
Pp in rho middle of the light,
'1'o show 'cm just the way 1 feel
'Pause he said: "Hiss the child,
Lucille,
Don't let her go to best 1I1to this
Without your usual good -night kiss."
But File just shook her head and
tlimed
Ilor back, and then my eyes they
burned
Like fire. . , , It's been a horrid
day. ,
Ann then, of Course. I didn't say
My prayers at all, but went to bed
And wished and wished that I was
dead.
Well, I don't know just how it was,
For i'cf been half -way sleeping, 'cause
1 was so 'pletely tired nut— •
When 1 heard something move about
So quiet, and the next I knew
The dour moved buck and she came
through
And pelt her arms around mo so,
And said, a -whispering very low,
"My poor, dear child," and was so
ael,
And 1,1 'ed me twice. My, I was
glad!
—llnrper's Magazine.
IN)Mi :STI(J 1(MCI PliS,
Browned Sweet Potatoes.—Boil the
potatoes and slice them in slices half
an inch thick. Put in layers in a
baking -dish. with powdered sugar,
bits of butter and powdered cloves.cinnamonnutmeg and cinnamon between techlayer. Pour over them ono wino -
glassful of warm water and one
tablespoonful of lesson juice.
sprinkle powdered sugar over the
top and bake u light grown.
Corn Pudding.—Six ears of corn.
one pint of milk, two eggs, three
t itl.lespocnfuls of melted butter, ono
heaping teaspoonful of corn starch
or flour, ono teaspoonful of salt and
out half teaspoonful of pepper. Cut
off the top of the grain with a sharpknife, and scrape the corn, so us to
get the heart without any husk. Add
the corn to (ho Weil -beaten yolks of
the eggs, next the butter, Corn-
starch and salt, then the milk;
and hake in a deep baking -dish.
Fried 1•'g-Plant.—Choose a large
IC 011ll( el a 50 00 •
for gardening at (Ilyntio and person-
ally superintends tho teaching. Alien
Wolseley is heiress by special re-
mainder to her father's viscuumty.
%%'Ila( is declared by olectlonerring
hands of great experience to be one
of the very smartest things ever said
011 n political platform is attributed
to Sir Wilfrid Lawson 00 tin (tecu-
siot, when he was preaching the gos-
pel of temperance in his most vigor-
ous style. "'Phis country," said he,
"is governed by two heathen deitil:s,
lincchus and 3llars, or, in other
wants, by the god of bottles and
the god of battles.'• Such a pre
none cement may mit have, been n1.1.•
lu statin examination, but it sound -
eel uncommonly well.
Tho EarI of Jersey once declared
that he nearly lost his life through
"l'lckw•Ick." 11e was reading Dick-
' (annus tt•urk when 111, noel it
made him laugh so much thnt he
sufle,eti a relapse and tvnis mealy
despaired of by his doctors, who
f,rtheith banished Dickens front his
bedroom. Lord ,ie
s roc only
a great admirer of the sago of Gact's
Hill, but he is almost Dickensian
hirusel( in appearance, Leiner protea-,
lily the fairest of the- peers, very
lull and thin, and the wearer of
I)undreary whiskers of a qunlntly un-'
conventional typo.
filet-Mnji 11. at twenty yen rs of age!
Such is the record of George Stew-
art 51'Leeman, who hus jus%%
been ap{ fed pipe-nlnjur of
the 1st. )tut talion Gordon Tligh
leaders. 1fe come of a family
of expert pipers and dancers. llis
cousin was one et the most famous'
exponents of the t.wo arts that ever
lived. The pare- nlnior begnn his
studies 8t eight years of age; two
vents later he appeared by command
before (limo) V;etorin at llnlmorel:
when he was eleven he (mined chal-
lenge utcdnls in Iun and 111n -
burgh; caul he was a►nnleur cham-
pion of (trent Britain when he was
twelve. Since then he has won
Ined0ls to the number of fifty, and,
inr,unlerahle prizes all over the enure.:
try. Ile joined the (Gordon High-.
bonders as a boy. It he believed that
I'ip,s-Mnjur ll'l,ennnn is the youngest
Iran ever nppeinted to such n pegs-'
lion in the British Army.
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It1.11'AltDS I)it ('Iil'RCH-GOING,
A t Holsworthy, in Devonshire.
England, the prettiest girl who at-
tends church gots well reworded for
doing so. About fifty years or so
ago It struck the Rev. 'I'homns Mee. -
rick, who was then vicar of the
parish, that the. young Indies there
did not attend church so often ns
they might do. So he left. a sum of
money, and this, according to the
terms 4)t his will, wag to be put out
nt interest. The annunl Income from
it was to be given each year to the
pret1it•.st young woman at Hots -
worthy who had attended church re-
gularly for that year.
purple rgg-phaut, and per Di t0 re
'move the bitter taste. Cut in slices
(4111' Inch thick, hat do notpeel th,'t(1,
tienrun with salt niul pepper. and
dip each slice Into the beaten yolk
of egg, then into breadcrumbs and
fry in boiling lard or sweet. oil. When
prepared in this way it tastes very
much like soft-shell crabs.
Corn Fritters.—'1'o tine pint of
green corn scraped from t he cob ad.1
'one large tablespoonful of butter.
one teaspoonful of ,cult and one (f
, black pepper. one egg well beaten
with one-half pint of ,nick, and Mem
enough to make n thin batter. (lake
on a hot griddle until a light brown,
and nerve very hut.
I Cauliflower with White Sauce.—
Carefully mush your cauliflowers, tined
boil them until tender in ranter with
salt and ono tablespoonful of butter.
When one, lay 1)10111 in a dieli alt 1
anemi;o the leavts in such a ►mtnn..l.
av will give them the appeurnlu•e of
one large cauliflower. Pour over
then n whit*' educe, made as follows'
Rub ane -fourth of tt Hemel of fresh
hut ter with ams tn!elesi 0001111 of
flour, a little malt and pepper atel
one small teeidul u( warm water. ,S.•t
it over the fire until it is wen 11(150(.
but du not. let 1t bail. -•ltterove from
the fire unit atilt the' juice of it lemon,
a little chopped porllev and n little
grated nutmeg. If a thick sauce is
pet ferret'. add the bent en }elk of an
egg.
Old Virginia loaf Ilren(1.—To make
the spulege, boil one large Trish po-
tato until well done, then peel an.l
plash it roe, adding; a little cold
water to soften It. Stir into it ono
teaspoonful of sugar, one tablespoon-
ful of Sweet lard and three tnhb•-
spounflls of goinl help-v,•ast. Mix
thoroughly, then put the sponge in
a covered Inttg with a (loge -fitting
top, and 1,•1 it sten(' four hours t.,
rise. Slit Into the tray three pints
of the hest family flour, to lthich
add one tens! ful of pall. 'then
pour in the sponge, and add enough
cold water to work it up into a
rather stiff dough. Knead it until
the Plough Is smooth, and let it
stand nil night, to rive. %%'ork it
over in the rrnrnine, using just
enouelt flour to keep it front 41iekin,
to the hnntls. i et it rise one hoer
before baking. then bake one hemi
in n n:olernte oven. l'se a little
lard on the hands in making out the
loaves. 'Uhl; prevents the crust from
bring too hard.
tllentford Rolls.—Mnke n sponge
with One pint of milk and let it
rise over night. In the morning take
three pints of flour, Iwo 1 nblespoon-
fels 0f white sugar, two tablespoon-
fuls of butter and two of lard; sift
one tcaSJ•oonfnI of molt with the
floor. heat two .'ggs very light. nils
them in the flour. th'n work in the
sponge. Kneed it for twenty min-
utes, then make into rolls. Let
USEFUL. ILiNTS,
Fruit stains can be removed with
pow derett starch, if applied at once.
Urea► vegetables aro more nutritl-
nus when served with sauce con-
taining eggs or milk.
To boil suit beef plunge the meat
into boiling water. 1 his hardens
the outside and keeps in the juice.
Raisins for fruit' cake are much
improved by cooking. deet them
soak slowly and there simmer until
the skin is tender.
Shrinks Eighty -Ave Million Dol-
lars in Five Years.
The British Chancellor of Exche-
quer's reference in his budget sics•eh
to the remarkable de•t•rease in the
colnsnlption of spirits and beeer, and
the failure of his expectations re-
garding the revenue from excise,
raises tho question whether the
heavy income tax is not defeating its
01(11 purpose.
Though it is a fact that tho na-
tional drink 1)1:I during the lint live
years has fallen nu less than $8 5,-
000,000; experts in the wino trade
do not agree with the Chancellor
that. It is due entirely to a wave of
sobriety. On rho contrary, they put
it down to business depression and
high taxation, consequent upon the
South African ifar.
The proprietor of a well-known
group of London wine houses said
recently that his ledger accounts
show that his custontess are spend-
ing on the average al:out half as
4)111011 on wines as they were eight
or tcrt years ago.
"It Is duo primarily to the hii;lt
income tax," he said. "When the
tux was eight pence to the potted.
many of my smaller customers were
spending about $3:10 yearly on
%vine:s. Now they aro spending. only
about $1 50 or $ i00,
"My thirty years' experience hay
shown me that an increase in the in-
come tax always means a de,remo
in tate expenditure on wine., A Haut
who a few years ago wase raving
away $:350 in income tax now hay
to pay about $000, which leaves hint
over $200 less to lay out in !exile -
les.
"The he easiest way to curtail ex-
pensev without his neighbors ro-
marking the fact is to decrease his
wine bi11, He keeps a few bottles
of choice wine for special occasions.
and for ordinary purposes uses a
cheap wino. Perhaps ho gives ue
wino altogether. it is easy to say
that the doctor has ordered hint to
do so.
"in any case, it is a fact that
there has lately been a great falling
off in the consumption of good
wines. Only a little while ago three
hundred thousand dollars worth of
choice wines was sold at about the
{nice it cost to bottle it ten years
previously. We are not slaking four
per cent. profit on good wine to -clay.
"West land people are not drink-
ing cheap wines by choice, but be-
cause their finances compel thein,"
WILL PRESERVE VOICES.
British Museum to Treasure
Gramophone Records.
At a recent meeting of the trustees
of tho British Museum it was decid-
ed that rho records of voices of tho
melt eminent singers and publicists
of the times—men and women whose
In using flat -irons, 11 they aro voices will interest future genera -
rubbed 011 a pieco of hruwn pupor tions—should be collected and stored
c4)% e1 with soap. nn
tteal uwith other of nation's tro st
ires
.
sprinkle of salt, they will be found A difficulty confronted the Museum
to run easier and not stick, trustees—the difficulty of obtaining
Jt silver is wooled every week in
itnperiuhabin records. But no soon-
.1
was it raised c n s41 i t a•
warm suds containing a tablespoon_ than it, as oyer-
ful of ummwrin the pvllsh can bo come. 'dr. S. 11. Dixon, mnnng 'r 01
preserved for a long thee. the Gramophone Compntly, at once
Chamois is ane o1 the foto things offered to make imperishable record).
out ►
)nuns c4) •a , ,rover
which ('(71(141 uud sal it a tl soft of the voices of such persons as a
f w i ' if w li 1 ( ce 'It { { 1 by the Brit 'eh
rain •ar ung rung c rect y rum
the soapsuds without rinsing in Mus at -
trustees shall select, and
clear anter. The latter precast aMPI'IY thein free of charge. This
tends to harden it. j offer the trustees have decided to
No more soggy piecrust. Sprinkle accept. and before tun{; the first of
the bottom and slide crust of the.
the records sitnuld be lodged in the
pit• with 1'e►e!y gr•nled bree►uberurnbs, archives at Illuomsbury.
They will not be noticed in the fruit The records are intended solely for
mud mince pies. poste . '1'ht•y Zvi:1 not bo used.
far InstaItynce, for the ►ur os
Avcld %1141 dark crick* around tho i P e of glv-
yolks of hard-boiled eggs by put- ing Saturany afternoon concerts at
the British Museum to the present
generation. 'their Vain() wtll be in
years to conte, when grtndt•hildren
and great-grandchildren of persons
living to -tiny wilt he able to listen
to the great statesmen, singers, and
actors of the present day.
ting them to cook in cold water and
allowing them to boil slowly fifteen
to twenty minutes after the water
conics 10 the boiling point.
' Itaked bananas are delectable. So -
lot r•Ipe fruit. and pla a the finnan -
ns on buttered paper In the oven.
Bake slowly, end tremulor• when the
skins begin to split. Serve with
:cream.
.telly for invalids can he Made
with half an ounce each of pearl
barley, rice. sago. 4111(1 h lrtsherrn
shavings, noel si►umer with a pint
and n had( of water till the liquor
is reduced to n third. Strain care-
fully and let stnnti,
Apples and raisin). when cogLec •d (1 -t-
eethe!. 11:1 follows, make oeftrexcellent
dish st•rvt'il w•iljt custard or cream:
.Select- efetftt- cooking apples, and
st(.ne one quarter their weight in
'raking. Coo'( together till the .81►-
' pies nee tender;'add sugar to tavte,
fined serve 001(1 with cream or cus-
tard.
70,000 STREET BEGGARS.
Record of More Than That Num-
ber in London.
At a !nosing last week of the
London Il,•ndicity Society, an organ-
ization formed for the peI•puse of
counteracting the efforts of the p4)/
fessiottal beggar, many interesting
revelations as to the methods ern-
ployed by (he Ileggilot fraternity
ware -made. During the Inst year the
society brought up its lists of street
beggar% to 74,,000, and in order to
keep 1hi:c extraordinary rerorrl conn
pletely up to date, the chief coln-
rni'.si.>nt•r of pollee has directed that
'1 he dullest room in the house is hull particulare of every street tee
-
invariably the kitchen. Dingy yel- ging cn.e that comes before 1h.• !mel-
low paper, dull-colerc'rl woodwork, don relict, ('oarks 1.0 seem% to Sir
American o;l• lo►h all go 111 Ericheichanan, the society's were-
darkmake the typical kitchen of a small tnr•v•
he society's uxperfs investlgnled
hnvsr. Vet pretty elects can 1>e 1
obtained just as cheaply. Why not 1.1" begging letters Inst year.
try a blue and white kitchen? Floor 'Ih••y hnvi now it (.01lislioit of 23:I,-
ntt(I table oilcloths in blue and whito ono such appeals in their posseesiuei,
design: wall -paper of blue and white Three trained investigators were ern -
tile postern: woodwork a clean, dull played to ascertain whether the writ -
green, and 300 will hns(1 a kitchen
8v bright niel cheerful as a parlor.
l••\\ll' I((U),I5I,
To ascertnin whether or not a
room is d(tnp about a couf•le of
pounfs of fresh lime should In•
placed therein after hermet fealty
rinsing doors and windows, In
twenty - four hours it shou1:1 be
weighed, atm' if the lime has absorb-
ers more than 01,0111 one per etnt. 'it
water the roma should he enn81(1..re,l
damp• and clnssed av unhealthy. The
question of the dampness of the
(fuelling 15 a frequent const% of (H-
ittite bel ween l:uellord rind It ham
and Is naturally en/vett the ne'gatt'e
by the former, The question can
be seethed in the future by the test
of the hydration of lime, which will
give irrefulnble proof of the validity
of seich complaint.
ers of begging lintels deserved help.
Analysis showed Ihut nut of livery
hundred, 2T were melt by absolute
impostors, Cite, were not deserving
of help, anti of the rotllnlning 25;
114,1)1 five to Revell were very deserv-
ing. 'I he sn('fely's secretary
flint es that nt 1ca81. $.,(in,(sn► le giv-
en in hap -hazard alms annually.
•
%VI11;I11: MoNI•:Y iii I:S1;1,l'MS,
On Ascension island, in the At-
lantic, money is quite u'a•I.•ss. Tho
Wand is the property of tie. Itritish
Admiralty. and is governed hey a
captain. '{here iv no private lonr-
crty in land, s.o there are no rents,
rates, or lave.. 'the flo:•ks: nod he'rde
ars public pro{xel'tY. nnrl the meat in
issued in rat 11)tls. are the vege-
tables on the farms.
Ilnco)—"What an idiotic exletes-
siee—'Went sailing clown the sl flet!'
titins Braddon has all the mann- Ditl you ever see n %nun 'sail' down A
scripts of her novels bound In re.1 street in your life?" 1':ghert---"%'ee.
leather. in Venicel"