Exeter Advocate, 1907-02-07, Page 6ESTIMATE OF CHARACTER
very dirty it may be necessary to use
a little waft soap, but This shoutd ee
• ,t.,ne surely. and no no account must
s ,da be u -ed. When it is dry, wipe over
with a cloth or sponge dipped in skim -
u: ilk, w hich will bright, n and preeer•me
the colors and give it a polish. After
sponging %vilit the milk, dry with a
cloth.
Bringing Out the Better Sad` of
Human Nature.
eee'hutsot ver things are true, whetso-
her things are honest, whatsoever
pings are just, sthutsoe er things are
p'u•c, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good rep art,
11 there be any virtue and i1 there le
any praise, think un these things.
Philippians iv. 8,
1'he:e woid.e are an appeal to the best
hi human nature. In every nun (here
Is an angel arid a demon; tendencies to-
ward right, inelinnt:uns toward the
wrong. There is no wan so thoroughly
bad that sone good may not be found
in hire. There is no 111811 /0 truly good
that lie is without imperfections. Every
tuee In n while we say of a man That
there Is no good in hint whatsoever.
But that judgment Is rattier an •' pres•
atom of aur attitude toward him Than a
real estimate of his character.
A Christmas card was in circulation
last year which read: "There is so ►nueh
hood in the worst of us and so ouch
bad in the best of us that it does not
brfi ove may of its to talk shout the
vest of us.
We 1:cquentl sl a ,l, n1 the fixity of
"thwarter, but aliuu,t every passing
hour our consciousness is undergoing
change. The mechanism of thought,
feeling, purpose, is one of stupendous
variability. One hour we are under the
influence of one set of emotions, the
next hour Ihese emotions are succeeded
be an entirely different group of seism'.
noise.
In n sense we are all victims of the
clock and the man of the morning and
the man of Igo evening, while one and
the same man, yet are two different
nen. On the purely spiritual bide there
fe even
A DEEPER MYSTERY.
Over the lives of the majority of men
living In the confines of Christendom the
Sabbath day casts something of lts.
ept•ilualizing influence. There is some
elevation of soul. some thought God -
ward, however slight, on the Sabbath.
Our liahlltly to change under some
Inlluemie from without is enormous, In-
calculable. A single glance at the tees!
of Beatrice revolutionized the life of
Haute. His case is typical. 'To -day
Throughout ell Christendom iiie11 are be-
rm, strangely and wondrously affected
by the sanctity of the home, the worship
of (kd, the anthem, the voice of the
preacher.
There Is an unrealized self in every
rout. Now and then we catch gleams
#,f our better life. They come to us in
stray, sacred moinents as prospects
caught n few limes from some lofty
mountain altitude -the vision of that
other being, ttint tetter self buried down
deep within us, that cries out now and
then for lrccdsin. kr s larger, truer,
i,ub'er, die leer life.
\\'tlhu,ih Watson tells us what it is
io
the -e lilies:
As some molt plsre and lot ely face.
Seen in the
slr(cl,
She,i- o'er the world a sudden grace,
A flying odor sweet,
Then passing icaves the cheated sense.
Balked with a phantom excellence.
th:onged and hurry tug
So in our souk the visions rise,
01 that fair life we never led,
',hey flush n s;)lendor past our eyes,
We start and they are fled.
'1 hey pass and leave us with blank gaze,
Resigned to our ignoble days.
These wsrtls are heart -thrilling. =They
are a mockery and a judgment. Yes,
but they are also an Inspiration and a
prophecy. Every man may live this
better life. Not in any ascetic, monas-
tic scheme, which lies up our days and
our souls as in a straight waistcoat,
but in an affiance, a working compact
BETWEEN OUR SOULS AND GOD.
Two young men cams to this city from
n western town. One of them hud felt
the narrow limitations of his boyhood.
Ile thouleet, well as a man passes
through this world but once, and be
will be a long time deed, he might es
well have his fling and see what there
is in life, so he shunned the good peo-
ple. Ile had seen enough of them at
home. Ile visited the haunts of sin.
Well, he has hnd his fling, his face aril
Isis eyes toll the tale.
The other young men cause with the
determination not only to make the best
of his opportunities. but also, as Jean
Paul Richter said: "To make u much
out of Jewell as 11 Is possible to make
out of the sluff." ile put himself in
touch with the best associations, yes, he
went to the church and was encourag-
ed In his purpose. The passing years
Lave witnessed not only his material
success, but also his growth in man-
hood. Ile paid attention to what was
best.
The difference between these two
young men consLsled simply in the dif-
ferent Voicev to which they responded.
One responded to the highest, the other
to the lowest. One endeavo,•ed to bring
out the best, the other stilled and smo-
thered the best.
My appeal to every young man who
reads these words is: Overcome the
lethargy and tyranny which holds you
down to your lower self. Bring out the
angel that is within you.
WILLIAM C. SI'INSON.
HOME
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SOME DAINTY DISiIES.
Ions Mudding --Soak overnight ono
quart of sprit peas, then do in a eke!)
1. riving room for them to swell. Boil
ter two hours, drain the pens, mesh
wtlh pepper, salt, and dripping, and
f.enneepeel taken from a lemon which
1-
required for the juice orily should be
tiered in a thin paper bag end hung
near the lire to dry thoroughly. Coaled
k neon -rind Is a great impros orient to
cakes and puddings.
Before cooking tapioca soak it in cold
r aler until It Is considerably ew'ullen,
and allow a pint and a half of milk to
etevy ounce of tapioca, weighed before
sciaking. This Ls a very useful his alid
1. oft (when therueighly cooked).
(lash I'ie--Warm a cupful of cord
mashed potato alter a little milk and
butter, add a few tablespoonfuls et
e hipped meal, a beaten egg, pepper
and salt to taste. Mould This on a but-
tered plate to any shape desired.
Sprinkle with a handful of dried breaJ-
crun.k, and bake for a quarter of an
belie in n steady oven.
Egg Toast -• Carefully separate the
yolks from the whites of si\ hard -belled
eggs. 1:hop them finely, heat half a
Pitt of milk, add n teaspoonful of hut -
err. n little ehnppetl parsley. salt and
pe
pper. Thicken alightly with flour,
tied slit• In the willies of eggs. Have
reedy sllcen of buttered forst. arrange
the yolks on thein and pour over the
sau•'e. Serge 1101.
Breakfast Rolls- Take one pound of
flour, belt a teaspoonful of soli, two
nences of butler or lard, one egg, and
holt an ounce of yeast. Mie these) in-
gredients into a light dough with milk;
1t t it eland in a waren place to rice for
h‘ ars, and then make it into little
►. :est .:eke:: brn.h over the lop with
tt',.t• t rg;',• d bake tor twenty ►Ilio•
ie.. :1 :1 else ', oven.
A \t,.rl• _ a , .eke -Work together five
te.n r, 01 eash•r sugar, Three ounce.* ,.1
end the yolks of Iwo egg'. in
',n.sher basin put six heaped table -
spoil ehhls of flour. a lenspoonf►nl e t
a `s,rrq PO,wdrr, and n pinch of snit.
\\ . a h ;all together, and gen le tie er ha t
t of n lemon. Bent the eg.g-.
thmonghly, and by. (lege'. •
fee Ilomr, adding a lillle ani' .
r ; shire ix not moist enough.
11, •.1l Minton Pies- Nell three nuneee
e.' 1 ;Iter h► n gall of boi'ing water, then
5, y add half a pound of flour, so es
t nue ken stiff pace. (toll nut and line
Use tins. Cut three-quarter+ of n pound
of lender mutton into Thin sIripr and
t I ln'o the pies in layers, then it lay-
, 1 Iinrd-t.mled reg and chopped par•
sell and pry per; continue till the
,es ere all lil;r.L 1ot•Or with more
pr.slry. 4,041 bake far one hour h; a nod-
tinle 0‘,11
T, ill: S:INITAIll' KI1t:IR•:N.
Ito; s ,•:, h at ell the food rids r ng the
le man system, the fuel, if you please,
I which feeds the Nitta tires, is prepared
i.1 one room, the kitchen, Hill inas-
much as this seine room Is used con -
slimily by all members' of the family,
it behooves the home builder to plan
this room for the easiest methods of
doing the work, and at the seine time
to keep it in absolute sanitary condi-
tion, with the least effort.
Perfect ventilation is the first require-
ment of a kitchen; light comes next.
and in turn Iho possibilities of perfect
(14 airiness. The walls should be patnt-
cd, so that they may be wiped off w illi
a damp cloth. making cleanliness pos-
sible without great demand on strength
and without the disarrnngenients caused
by whitewashing tint calrineiuing. 'The
wafts and shelves of ell kitchen closets
should he pointed. Painted shelves
ran b.' wiped off with a cloth. every
day, if needs be. Paper in kitchen
r losels is always a bid for dust and
vermin.
Hard wood makes the best kitchen
floors. Linoleum or oil cloth, 0 cut 'o
lit the floor, with edges cemented, 's
perfectly sanitary. A hood suspended
rater the kitchen range and connected
with the flue of the chimney, will ga-
ther all the s'earn and odors, and carry
Itretn away.
Kitchen and pantry sink and range
:Should be treated frequently to a wash
ci hot water and amnonin, or mein, to
keep them deur from deposits of grease.
Refrigerator drains should never connect
direeliy with the drainage system.
HINTS FOR THE I I0\IE.
Kero'enc will s:etIen henk and shoes
that have been hardened by water, and
will render them lis pliable as new.
When aerating a loin of veal cover
with caul and roost it thoroughly.
Seise tmilh seasoning halls, rashers, and
the gravy thickened with butter and
Iknir.
A Gond Way t.. Serve Bannnat. -
Pecl and cul into thin slices. a-ing a
silvol' knife; .tweeze over the iu:ce . f
rei orange and cm er lightly with .oder
sugar. Scree w•: Un blonenusirge. or 111
11i • place of preeerve, with bread ante
butter for lei.
To het lire heat of the oven, , have
n piece .d white pruner, and place it in
tete oven. If it is too hot the paper
ill ;•perei,ly hinekrn 01' burn up; if it
41 11 ate brawn, the oven is lit for
jest v; should the paper turn dark yet-
, , . • ' es may be baked; and if only'
:few, sponge cakes and biscuits
. } 1.• set in the omen.
Veer throw away pities of !amen
sr., pies !rive been equeezed with the
bine; . 1 , 11 . t • ,rue in ham
duly f., ir.e:ot 04 s'aui ;r•. n the hands
and elsewhere, Dipped into salt They
will scour copper kettles nicely, a11d
remove stains from brasswrork. 1.01000
like this will tutkc stains, dirt and odor
from pangs and kettles as nothing else
will. The odors of fl -h and onions can
Iters be easily removed.
Oilcloth shuuld never be scrubbed; if
this course be followed, the paint will
quickly be worn off. It should first tw
carefully swept with a Sett brush, to
remove all the dust and fluff, and then
wiped with a large soft cloth wrung
cent in tepid ,not hot) water. II it u
KEEPING F:\I11I \\ ((ll r I III.DREN,
There is too much neglected influence
ie the netrim -•.rein of children which
we should not fait to exercise --keeping
faith with thele. They ought to be able
le have entire reliance upon our word.
We need scarcely say, therefore, it is
nothing rashly, either good or evil. \\'e
hear a child confide to his companion,
"Manna said she'd punish Inc if 1 slid
down these banisters, but I am sure
,she won't you know." Or, to encourage
a rh Id's effort at self-government in
sonto direction, the mother promises to
carry him up to bed; end we hear.
"Mother promised to carry me up c I
led her own self, but she has gone
out." Adults are quick to acknowledge
the necessity of steadfastness in gov-
ernment for themselt es; it should not
Le d:flicult to recognise the sane neces-
sity in the management of children.
.lr--
TIGER ATE TIIE PYTHON
TRAGEDY ON BOARD THE STEAM-
SHIP INDRASAMIIA.
1'1 for in Fight Made a Meal of His
icliut-Storm Caused the
Trouble.
The biggest python ever brought to
the United Stales was on board the
steaniship Indrasarnha, which arrived
recently at New York from Yokohama.
Singnpore and other ports east of Suez.
Captain %%likes, master, soya the
snake is 27 feet long and 3 feet In cir-
cumference. No ono look the trouble to
measure hint, but he looked every Inch
of the size the captain gave.
There were four other big pythons
when the Indrasamha sailed from Sing-
apore, besides a royal Bengal tiger that
was the champion mean -eater in those
parts before he was captured and sold.
He looks still as if his appetite might be
good if he only had a chance to spread
himself.
1f it hadn't been for the tiger the five
pythons would have arrived al New York
Intact. The tiger killed one of them
after a terrific battle.
STORM BROKE, BOX.
Faith of the pythons was in a separate
box on the main deck amidships, and
the tiger was in las cage not far sway.
The indrasamha ran into a thurricane.
It wasn't an cveryde1 affair by any
means, but one of those That s ailors tell
about for years afterwards, the kind
where the seas tower mountain high on
the weather how and turn the decks Into
o regular Niagara when they break and
spill their tons of green water on the
quivering fabric as she labors barely
able to keep her dead to the sea ; the
kind that sweep aft, carrying everything
movable before them, and end up by go-
ing overboard astern in a swlit that re-
sembles il►e week's wash In a boiling
cauldron of soapsuds.
Anyway, it was blowing snare, and
the seas did come atoned. 'I'ttere was
one particularly tall grey -headed fellow
that got over the bide and kicked up Old
Nick. This sea bit the box of one of the
pytlmns and the lox turned over. The
weight of the pylon did the rest, and
before Repine knew what had happened
there was some twenty fret u1 snake at
liberty.
INTO TIGER'S CAGE.
Now, the python didn't .seem to knew
just W1111110 do under the circunislenee►s.
'!'here were other waves coming along,
and while perhaps he did not like to have
Inthopttobia. he was averse to a wet-
ting. The nearest place of safety seem-
ed to be the tiger's cage, and the python
made for that. ((1 onurse there were
members of the crew who could have told
fiat, but the crew was busy doing other
things Just al that time. 'There are al-
wnys things a well ordered crew may
find to do w 11:11 there is twenty feet
more or lees of make crawling nhout the
de»ks and the seas are lulling aboard
mountains high.
Itul the revel ilenge! didn't like the
Interloper, and as the python's head
cause through the tsars Ile swatted It.
The python ratite to in a minute or so
and marled for the tiger. The tiger kept
hi, port and starboard fort'nr•d paw's
lou -y. and it wasn't long before the py-
thon ens mil. 'Then the tiger pulled him
Into the cage and henna his Sunday din-
ner on about six and a half feet of the
smoke.
MINT DIE ON TOW $ (:tIf01.1►,
New Itnnt•w it k Hnn Sentenced in Death
for Harder of Young 11'nmaa.
1 d• epatch (rein ifopeweli (:ape, \•B•,
any s : '1 hrnnas f. Collins wns 011 'hhurs-
tiny found guilty of the murder of Bliss
Mary Aim \b Wee. of New hrland, and
mt.: sentenced to be hanged 00 Thurs-
day, April 25. The prisoner r00'eived the
sentence without any show of emotion.
Many of the women among the specta-
tors became hysterical. The prisoner's
counsel aekt'd for a reserved ea -,e on Ileo
ground that Iho judge hnd misdirected
the jury. This application was granted.
(fillies, on 1t10 tray to his cell, laughed
and chattel willh the constables In
charge.
Our idea of n heroine is a wile who
Could talk hack but doesn't.
Mi'tre's -•"1 ani sorry to trouble you.
Brideel, but my husband wants his
breakfast lo -morrow al 5.:10." Conk -
'Oh, 11 won't be no trouble at n:I, mum.
ie he don't kneels (Orrin' over whotte
cookin' it on' wake me up."
"%Ir. rind \Ir•. hlnnk find n slight
quarrel last night. 1 wonder if they are
m1 speaking Icrna teeday." "011, yes,
1 expect tees Blank hnd In npologize ! a-
fore leaving for his oflire ; hr cote! tie
his own tit. ktie to time his hies."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
1..'l
URNS "(ION :U. IL'. 4ON,
FEB. w.
i.esson 11. Abram fulled lo be a 111:bs-
in0. Gulde,i Test: Gen. 12. 2.
TIIC LESSON \WO111) :!.71.1-1111.:S.
iiaseJ on the text of Cie !feet Itre el Ver.
stun.
Stili Other Beginnings. -- The flood
narrative end.; with fire atrounl of the
...evening of the ruinbuty regi, n 4 sl made
with Noah, that not again ::Mould "all
flesh be cut off by Go waters of the
Ik:od" (Gen. 9. C-17). In the cl.hsing verses
of chapter nine tys lied the first sad re-
f(l'eilce to an example of the c111140 01
intemperance, (:napiers len and eleven
present in brief summery a genealogical
table by morns of which lite auilvr
traces the descent of the different nations
known to hint from the soni of Noah.
Several important irritants are inteulion-
uI1y 'nettled by the author fur special
mention tit a later point in his nuri•a-
tive. The genealuglcnl lists are also in-
tended to come/ on idea of the length
and general character of the period in-
tervening between the flood and the
commencement of Hebrew history. A
careful scrutiny of the ages assigned to
the scabs' patriarchs reveals the fact
Hint the normal years of human life
gradually diminLehed during then) pre-
historic periods. In verses 1-9 of chapter
11 the diversity of languages is account-
nl for in the story of the Tower of
Babel. Sine.° Noah it has been the line
of Shen, rather than that of Ham or
Japhelh, In which the knowledge of the
truo God has leen perpetuated ; and
finally after nine generations this know-
ledge reaches a higher stage in Iho per-
son of Abram, the progenitor of the
Hebrew race. To Abram are given fuller
and more distinct revelations of God;
and, though not wholly faultless, the an-
cestor of the Ilebrevs becomes, never-
!heless;<, an example of faith in and
obedience to Jehovah the ono true God
h the midst of idolatrous and polyth'is-
ti. surroundings. It Ls clear from the
entire narrative that the author is still
accounting for beginnings, and his ob-
ject, after showing the origin of the
nations and the beginning of the diverse
languagce, is lo set forth more In de-
tail tete earliest beginnings of the chosen
notion Ut rough which Jehovah purposed
to reveal himself and his will muco per-
fectly to mankind. The closing portent
of chapter eleven is important In connec-
tion with our present lesson strew it
gives details about the irnrnediate mews -
tors of Abram. Terah, the father of
Abram, had three sone, Abram, Nnhor,
and Horan. Tho family dwelt in Ur of
the CI►aldees , In the southern part of
Babylonia. dere, too, Lot, the son of
llaran and nephew of Abram, was born.
Abram and Nailer ale() "took thein
wives," and a little later the whole fam-
ily-, or rather group of families, with the
exception of Baran, who had died, left
the land of their nativity in Ur of Use
Chaldece 10 "go into the lend of
Cannan." To avoid the desert they
Journeyed first northward, infen,liug to
g) thenen westward and then southward
ognin Into Pale.sllne. Arriving in north-
ern Babylonia, however, they concluded
to settle down, "and they conte unto
Haran 'probably so called by them) and
dwelt. there." Here Terah died.
Verse 1. Now Jehovah snfd unto
Abrom--These words give the sequel of
Ileo last verses of the preceding chapter,
the country which Abeam► is comrnatsdetl
la terve being not Ur but Ilaian. Just
how God spoke to Abram we are not
told. His voce is to be thought of, loty-
ever, not as something external, but
rather as heard within Ahran's inmost
901.
(te11l then out of -Depart from.
'thy country, . thy kindred -Ater: ir
was to leave hath his hone anti his rela-
tives, 7 lits command to sever his family
ties and wander forth Into an unknown
laud was no small demand or test of
f.ilh•
Y. The promise, however, is a. great
110 requirement. In this unknown
land to which he Is commended to go
Abram► is to become 11 great nation mud
an example and a blessing to many
nations.
lie thou a blessing ---According to the
Hebrew Idiom the irnpersnnatien of
blessing, most blessed (e'onIp. fedi. Y1. 6;
Ise. 19. 24; Zech. 8. 13).
3, 1 will bless then lint bless thee -
Thus Indirectly will Abram becottle it
simmer of bleisacdiev s to others who will
be blessed with prosperity or visited
with misfortune uccording as they are
friendly or unfriendly to hien.
hl Thee shall all the families of the
earth be blessed - The reference hero
seerns clearly io be 10 the ultimate ex-
tension of the religion.* privileges etujoyed
by Abraham and his descendants to the
Gentiles. The Ilrbrew, Ihoweyer, per-
mits of another rendering rind inteiprr.-
toltun, nceotxling to which the sense of
the verb Ironslated "be blessed" becomes
rellesive, "bliee themselves." The ren-
dering would then become "all families
of Uro earth shall bless themselves ley
thee." that is, in blessing themselves
they will use thy narne as a type of
supreme blessedness and wish for them-
selves the blessings re'e•ngnized to be the
special possession of thy dcsec idmite.
Aceording to the lino interpretation
Israel is 10 become the organ or channel
through which great idessings aro to be
communicated ultimately lo the world;
nrenrding In the second the great Meese
ing4 w hitt Jehovah will bestow upon
I:reel will attract the attention of other
nation. and awaken in them a longing
In participate In these blessings. In
either else the prou,i-o retuning in the
wider sense of the term n Messianic pro -
11114e.
1. Lot -.Son til Baran and nephew of
Abrnm. The story of his life will be
found In frig and the two succeeding
chapters of Genese, In character a
strong contrast to Abram In that he was
ae111/411, weak, and worldly, though rela-
tive!". in comparison with his heathen
neighbor?. Ile was still otttimnted
"riglhlrnus," his peisonnl chnrneler be-
ing suflicieently !veil from reproach to
reenter hie worthy in the eight of God
of special deliverance. Ile stands in the
Rabic. narrnlivo as atype of nen who Ile -"\\'lint n lovely eomplexi•,n Mi
Hank too exclusively of worldly adv: n- Pinkleigh hat!'
lege and present ease. She- "Y. That Irl i. A born arllsL
Haran -The name both of a city and
r a district in the nurlhwieee i puri of
Mesopotamia on it tributary of 1114.'
Euphrates. A long range o1 mounds
,lilt marks Ilio site of the Imelda city.
tin the slope) of nue of these mounds
:here is a modern vilinge of bnlnil huts
mud near by the ruins of a very unclean
castle, or fortress. The city of Haien is
ntenti.med in some of the Aesyr►nu 111-
acriphous recently hn,ugitt to light. On
ono of these Surge n, king of Assyriu,
t,uasls that "the spread mut his elegem
ever the city , f Harare and us a suldir e
u! Anti and Dagon wrote its laws,"
Scnueherth also mentions Harlin lie hav-
ing been destr•,yt•d by hie lireelecteeul5.
Th; city (1 llarau still flourished udder
the Romans unit Its inhabitants were
einem; the last 10 give up the 4aiiildacii
language: and the svership of lataldaean
devices.
5. All their substance--Coribisling prin-
cipally of cattle, elieep amid horse, ck,lit-
img, bilver and gold, and other !reuse„
hold pussessiuIe.
The souls that tiny had gotten -- In-
cluding children, benefits and slaves.
A little later Abraham is said to have
tied 318 trained servants 1Gen, 14. 14).
Il was, therefore, guile a company, or
tribe, which tnigtat..d westward under
the leadership of Abram.
Cannan -The name "Canann" is de-
rived from a toot meaning "to bow
down," and signifies "lowlands." The
name was at first applied only to the
cast region of Palestine; later and
secondarily, to the Jordan valley ; and
thirdly it carne to be applied to Ilio whole
country including the mountainous dis-
tricts ns well as the lowlands.
6. Steeiiein-A place and later a city
in Palestine situated between Mount Ebal
and Mount Ger•tzlrtl west of tho Jordan in
the territory allotted to Ephraim, some
distance north of Jerusalem- One mean-
ing of the name is "baddle" or "shoul-
der," and the name of the city may
therefore well be derived from lis loco:
lion on tho enddie-like vale between the
Iwo inouriluins. Another suggestion 1s
that the place receival its mune from
Stiechein, the son of limner, tho lllvite,
prince of the land (Gen. '33. 18, i'J). The
former suggestion, however, seems the
more probable.
Oak of Mored► -The reference appears to
be to n sacred tree, Me word "Afore!'"
coming from "Ilou-ah," the word used
regularly of the authoritative direction
given by priests. The word translated
"oak" is rendered in the margin of the
Revised Version "1'erobinth." The tree,
which is one resembling the oak. is still
common in Palestine, us is else the oak
proper.
(:anaunile.--Lowlaneer.
8. Meth -el -Tho ancient Luz intimately
comhecicd with 1.1►o history of the patri-
archs. '1'o bo identified with the modern
nein), about twelve miles north of Jeru-
salem.
Ai -The name means "heal." The loca-
tion of Ai reran a little moro then two
miles southeast o1 Beth -el on the road
between the latter place and tiro Jordan
Valley. Apparently a cily of Importance
0l the time of the Conquest Of Palestine
by Uie Ilebrews ;comp. Josh. 7).
HARD WORK FIXED HABIT
RICII MAN TRIED TO RETIRE, RUT
WENT BACK TO "01.D GRIND"
ile Pined Autry in Retirement --Returns
to Cane the Ikxf in imperial
S1y le.
There is a good deal to be seal in
favor of the happy-go-lucky mann in this
life- Ile, at least, tans a good time
through some part of his existence.
And that is more than can be said for
many Wren wllo lend "the strenuous life'
in business for forty years or so with
the intention of retiring and taking an
"easy lime of it" at #emerging after
Mete. They generally. find Bien That
their business has !leonine so much a
part of their eei,lence that they cannot
limp wilhuatt it. Leisure is not for them.
Life-long habits are not easily broken.
Only a year or Iwo ago (here lived in
New fork City a well-known diameter
of the mime of Hitchcock, who was the
prop' bine of a "dive"- a good old i:ng-
1Lsh wurd, meaning a subteiruneen eat-
ing house.
"COCK R0:1e 31 IIA 1.1.."
His eslnblishntenl, known for good
reasons as "Cockroach dell," wns
:nitrous for its "sinkers' -a peculiarly
rich and oleaginous species of muffle.
The viands svere till the very best pro-
curable of their kind, and the establish-
ment, being situated in Park -row, in the
very centre of the New York newspaper
dlstriet, w•as often palronized by jour-
nalistic celebrities. People like (:hnr)es
Dana and Mr. \\'hilelaw Reid, the pre-
sent Ambassador of the United Stales 10
Great Britain, were to be met with
there.
Ililchcock wns n healthy -built, taci-
turn, rattier morose person, with the as -
pec( of a diplomatist or Sfinister of
Slate. presided at the counter, often pul-
ing in a working day of sixteen nr eigh•
teen hours. 'Then. one day rather late in
life. lie recognized Hint his years of
mnnipulallon of the carving -knife had
made hien en exceedingly wealthy ,111111.
DUi.1,NESS OF SPI.ENDOH.
Ile determined that the hour find ar-
rived when he could enjnt "ease with
dignity," quitted Cockroach troll, ns he
fondly thought, forever. and bought a
big house in a fashionable street, fur-
nishing it sumptuously. Ire Nought n
library, a gallery of alntunry, and n
911001ion of pictures by Corot and
Whistler. Rome of which, 1t is said, the
hung upside dorm.
For six months he sal Idly among ell
these splendors, in his shlrteleeves. It
was all very grand and noble, but oh
how 411111 he found i1.
And no one wnc much surprised when
ono morning he reappeared al the re-
ceipt of custom in Cockroach IlnlI, and
carved the beef in this old imperial Style.
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A'F IT AGAIN.
THE DUTIES OF BLACK ROB
sail NOT A %ER1 FORHII)411L!: 1.0(►li, ^•
IK(: Pt- ItSoN.
Ile 1s the Kinn', .Messenger, let Doors
Are Sctiiu,'limu•s Klannurd im
Hie Marc.
Black Rod is perhaps the most pica
lures(pu) functionary of 1 81111mc111. Ilia
titles are (oder of .All the Ushers of
England and Custodian of the Doors of
the High Court culled Pa►•liienenl. As
emit he sits in a box to the right of the
ler in the House of Lord, and controls
they ad/tee:ion of strangers.
Hut h ; chief title is \les' e'tger of the
Sovereign. When ,the King appears in
the Mouse of Lords, either perennally or
by commission, the members of both
chambers must be present. in his capa-
city ns royal messenger Bleck find hes
to go and summon the (;ear'noes.
As ho walks through the lobbies one 01
his ushers heralds his npproach x;1111
cries of "Black Hod! ! Way for Black
Hod 1" And the inspector of police is
there to see that he gels till the way 110
needs, Yet it would seein from his re-
ception at the disu• of the (ower chaulhcr
that he is regarded there with hostility.
The moment, he is heard Doming, the
sergeant-at-arma springs from his chair,
which is close to the main entrance to
the chamber, and, rushing to the open
door, not only closes it with an Mhos.
pliable clang in ttto very face of Black
Rod, but proceeds
SECURELY TO BOLT IT.
Presently three faint knocks ate
heard. The sergeant -at arrns peers into
the lobby through a grated peephole
with a wooden slot In the stout oaken
door and sees Black Hod.
According to the programme not a
word is spoken. All that is heard is the
subdued knocking at the portal. That
soft and humble request is irresistible,
end at a nod from the Speaker the door
is flung open by the sergeant -lit -arms
and in walks the King's messenger.
The post of Black Hod, 11 must lie ex-
plained, is in the personal gift of the
King. It is invariably bestowed on old
naval or military officers, a sailor and a
soldier alternately enjoying Its dignity
and emoluments. The Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod gets 01.010 a
year, and iso has a deputy known as
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, whose
salary la £500.
But whether he be a soldier nr a
soilor, Black Rod is not a very formi-
dable looking person as he is seen on
his visits to the House of Counnons.
On occasions o1 state, such as the open-
ing or proroguing of Parliament. he
cions his full military or naval "fig."
When he comes to summon the Com-
mons, in the course of the session, he
wears his official dress --a block cutaway
tunic, knee breeches, silk stockings Dud
silver buckled shoes.
There is not the faintest suggestion of
aggressiveness in his appearance, not-
wilhslnnding the sword that dangles by,
his stile, and the short ebony rod of:
olike, surmounted by a golden lion ram-
pant, which he carries in his hand. 1lis
message, too, Ls
ABSOLUTELi' BLAMELESS.
When the door of the (louse of Com-
mons Is opened to him, (he loud voiced
usher preceding hint stands at the bar
and cries : "Black Rod I" If there be any,
business in hand it is at once interrup-
ted. The Speaker respectfully rises to
receive the message of the sovereign.
Members retain their seats, but uncover.
Black Rod advances slowly to the table
with solemn niein, as if to strew that he
L. becomingly impressed by the dignity
end sanctity of the chamber. Ile fns
Cher manifests his awe by making, dur-
ing )us progress up the floor, three law
nbeisonces to the (:hair. On reaching the
Mite, he simply says :
"The Lords Commissions-, desire the
immediate attendance of phis honerablo
!louse in the !louse of Pears."
When the King is per:senally present
in the (louse of Lords the messnge
which Black pled delivers to the 1:o►n-
tnons is more peremptorily worded. 1t
nuns : "'Phe King commands this hon-
orable house to attend his Majesty im-
mediately in the (louse of Peers to hear
the King's speech read."
Having thus said what he was sent
to any, Black Rud retires respectfully
backward, bowing as he gees. to RMP
bar, Where he awniis the Speaker. and;
escorts hien, followed by the Ministers.
to the !louse of Lords. Sometimes to
awestruck is Bleck 11041 in the presence;
of the mighty t:etnmons lint he fr•rgels�
Olen the words of his short and simple
and
INNOCENT :MESSAGE.
There was the case of Gen. Sir \lirhoe)
Biddulpli, I.A. ile MIS a brilliant sol-
dier. Ile sere ed through the Crilnonn
campaign with great 'le:McBee). Fur
his gallant entices nt the eecupnttti 4,1
cnndahar in the Afghan war he nevelt!
the thanks of both houses of Parlinnlcn'.
Yet 1 here seen This great soldier,
looked death in the Ince n hwulrist
without a tremor. Mhuklne with trrrtnu-
ness when, as Bleck Bud, he stood at
the table to desire the presence of the'
Commons in the ifolise of Peers.
What then is the meaning of the: hes.
tile bragging of the deer of the Deuce of
commons in Black pleat's inoffensive
face? Why mist the King's messenger'
humbly knock three tines fur admission
and wail •ubrnieei%41, on the mal out-
side urate the repreeentnlives of the
prople decide to open their doors 'into;
him ?
Wp find In this noel interesting :pro
lacle n demenslrnfien of the right of the'
rcpresenla.lites of the people to 0071111(1
their deiite rnlionc in serrr•t. should they
dean It wee -settee', to shut the deers.
egpeeirutly ageing! the messengers of
sovereigns or Peers, and oleo a declare -
tion that no Wenger. low or high. dale
enter (herr chamber Is dhoti permission,
humbly asked and expressly granted.
'the Czar of Russia Is sending n epee
cial envoy to the different Eurol•ean,
Governments to find nut the most con-'
venient lime for calling the second Ilu.gun,
Peace Conference.
"You don't look ns if you were Pitt
toying yourself. Mr. Shrinker. 1 wich:
all my guesle to be all !risme. ";.til
sure they all wish Hey weir, isP)-,
Useless."