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zirl att to reatry etavtlieg
net et. meriee citterter teetil [thee hot
antalier fuert's hovieet ciatelen et
Lillie"' Ile ativieC3 her, to' leo% „et
tee nuance.: through tee knOWItrage
tinOthve moo nefore taiiitig the haled
step, anti*tells fate to demo:lett. ate
that a, girl wiii often cee thin:eft
whielt befere eiie never euspeet.
„
Calm. 1 oa9on 1rnjels the convietion
that in matey ihstanctier actioe Othin
kleci -would „prevent matrimonial 3,1111,:.
happineseIen noceesariltv kiatw
raero of the unfavorablo side of their
felloWs than do women-. But 'it is
hardly probable that any 'girt, if ehe
„, sOughta raan's opiuion of her suit-
` or, would drop him if the other man
USSUITS tier that he" was unworthy.
action me,ans the subordination' of
her own prepossessions te the opin
lons'of others, and woman .448 a well
'141.2.,..ed prejudice against subordinats
_Jog &ter opinionsof ,aneee,0 Anythirg
The Younics girl' is not in the habit of
seeking advice as to a young man's'
Matrimonial eligibility until she has
settled that question „for herself-
• Viten; if she Seeks an opinion° of him,
she wants a favorable opinien, and
pie more favorable it is *,tlie better
for everybodyg the advice giVen.
Agrgge with, herown convictions she
will fellow it, It it disagree she Will
1hregard.it and PrqhubiSr will or -
•=n, get. its \giver whew' inVitatiOns for
the wediaing are to be issued.'
The kind ;Of, Advice '4bout., anatr'.
mony that woman looks upon wltb
favor 'is' the 'land that 'conliroaS hely
own opinious. In the matter .of lOve
ishe issmere Tositive in her opinions%
„than in any other. Her heart.---aae
told bi wdlether she *wishes:to marry.
.et Man: iong before sho seekseisevtee,
conceraing him, and all she want
and will heed * emarteation and as-
surance. 'Io .gitin her tliettgrecable
oPiatiOns and advice underthese
mit/lettuces, as 'an .!'honest amen".
*quid often have to do, would imly
,
serve to .rivet. her ,own conclusions
,
-rid 'blew. her , dislike.
The "honest ,Mank'''who Should ex;
tees unfavoritble e opinion of ant
ihhor.est many about to marry
onld have to, stand trial after.
rde for: ill-naturea 'tattling, and
UNIVERSAL FAITH
It is Better to Have Too Many Gods
Than None at All
Thotreii lie he Jolt far from e'revY
(Pf PIG, for in Tann we' live and
novo airid hav6 oiss
It takes Ts 'tweed tnintlea Elan of'
profound convietions to apprscia,te
tile truth, iti nuetiter man'e, , creed.
IsistSr "interpreterti have made Paul'
Che' itoipion bidotry; the '
entruth
is he wee tatichethe'apottIe of lib-
erality Iola he gave itio life al; a
witness to "ths,t :which men their, ealt-
heferodoxy. When iie ,comes to
Mars hill ,he talLs tot the teachers
tbere about the truth and the good
he finds iu their re1isio2)-
'1'Le fast that these "ileathen,t' as
his people called them, Were WOr,
$11iPerS Of many gods, is to Idea evil -
deuce of the faith that underlies all
Mnmay differ as to elefini-
forms of religion, the faith in the
divine- i
tions of gods, but everytvbete there
is this sense of the divine. It is bet-
ter to be a polytheist than one who
thinks inly of god who, far off on
his throne, neither knows nor cares
ter his people; better haveascoees.of
statues then, believe eour God is
yours attain.
thhere are many things We .call
vine that we ,cannot define. Yet roan,
have built their differences, on their,
definitions of the great sPirit. Some
terzna of sPecifications so
precise that one most conclude they
have held the 'contracts for tile mart-
ufactureeof their gods. No one can
be absolutely sure that his picture of
the ettneeen is cerrect. Perhaps We,
earienow know no more Of the
VATIIII*R OF SPIRITS
than -the Weeds of the wayside: may
know humanity. The terms of sthe
lower can never contain 'the truth of
the' higher.
But how little it matters what the
precise details of 'the .picture may, be
lie Icing as it'grows ° •better, nobler,
fairer, Wed ntolie worthy of the wor-
ship amt better fitted for the inspir-
ation of the.rade.*:- Exact and dear
put, lines belong -to echildh.00ti; - larger
itnewledge' and growth makethe lines
distincti but, 'the: --piceure :not less
real, you think less of the details
and more of the image on the mind.
17°1 can givo tho tsst and issgsci;
t and no ans-Iss of substantial thisgs
hut, in the spisit•usi world inathenia
tics fail. If any won gets sn.v ratio
faction out of his exaet 'delineation
of his God let Iron enjoy if for leue
eielf; belt he must not ,foree that out
line oa another, eaying:'
ledge this as the true and only 9',
presentation of the deity; belioe thaS
or be damned!
11,1a8'S great 'need*, is not precise 1n.2
formation .no rnuch 'as it, is the Imes,-
.enee of his God. To realize) that this
being; whatever, however he may be
---and all language fails when we
come to that which is 'without pre-
cedent or parallel with 1113 ---IS not far
oft, that he IS tho PaOst real, inti-
Flinat, unvarying presence in lite, that
none are nearer., so that it may be
truly said that in him welive, and
innVO, and have our being.
TIIIS IS THE ESSENTIAL TIIINGs
Not a God we are going to see;
but a God .who is so close -to us
that -we• do- not and cannot live with-
out him; that is the ,faith that men
need. Not some 'one to be criticis-
ed, eaalyzed, or feared, but the ever
present friend, *stile" underlying
strengt.h, the unfailing protectiella
the unvarying inspiration, the great
fact ,of spiritual life. llow it would
simplify all living and all religion if
we but .accepted that, the fact of the
eternal and spirithed in and about
us all. '
- ,
That would snake all life divine,
because no life is. apart from -the
divine. That Would make the secret -
of
the better life, the target, freer
communication with the spiritso
near to us all, This makes prayer
as simple as breathing, as natural
as talking*: with the friend by your
side,. This. makes worship but the
outgoing of affection and, praise. Itto.
matte+ where you may bp or hieW
directed it must reachrhieneevho isason,
very
Never mind' about` definitions Qf
God; cultivate, the life that finds
communion' with ,the spiritual, •the
best; the most pure, and elevating,
end you shall find your Ged.in all. •
INTERNATIONAt
.JAN.. 7.
.,
l'ilineye , be . free, from: the girt •
pretadire and f envy. . Then
:11q. '..stT"ItIcZr—i3Pfli*crit?.- te Iln't1" her
ant atilterar •Idettle,,,' t .ee ,,, „ , .
„catebingh, snaffilk New .:7-,:r, 0.10,e titinita
itinaherieareats heite -erie can ,find One.
1in3ir who has'Iihe hard if she ,sluill; be
ire titi`eredi tet two and tie -tete io the
each may. tell ' about; the
.7( If she aci9,Pt$ this °exlietliet4
r, "e may- peek to the honcluaiou'that
..,
F' '. , ether° are no .honest,, wen and. .thttt
,,-.131(ti':cir,itpld best, .totaaixi an olcl maid.
ee ,
, . . The old \\"-ay is the, best—'10r richer
.. ; "for .pporeer, aor better for , worse. till
... : death us do pat.).* ' 'It' is all fin -t
. - .,,° illasonmg;. prby attempt to ',reason
, . . aboat. love OA mtttrimony with a
i:',: .VOMait wixo has already made pp her,
, ti___ miliela ...
r' . - PERISHED' ittr TIICRISA.NI)Si"
,,':*°°1/4-.`—'
. The IlerertiS Were Almost Exterminated'
' by the CtertnanS.
:A ,terriblo pieture of the War against
° the llereros la Saernton South-west Afri-
- - , eettl-ih'iii"—iiiirttfitterethe report of the bead,
.' ...'il47 quarters' staff.which has been presented
e-eto the Reichstag. ' ... .
t -0, It stat' e that the lih,reroe in the:mirth,.
IV% proViricee 'of the • coterie* have been
. h ertually exterminated. They fled before
3 Itateeee fereiis across the Omaliehe
lt
te„
. '44 esert, where they perialied, in thou-
' - sarids of hungee end thirst. Rendered
hiieSperate by their sulferingh, i they dug
--- eles in "many plates fifty and.'sixty feet
„op itt the lope.of dieeovering water,
n(I, finding itone, lay doveri end died
in the desert. Hundreds' cif bodies were,
- founil street/a over the sand. In some
° Instance:; the negro(; in their despair
, 'had huddled together to" die, end their
' bodies were found in great heaps..
' A splendid recordis aseribed to the
Gerinan troops, wha made prop:tees
against the enemy in the face of eolossal
' dithieteItiee, iany detachmente, had to
Make forced marches of sixty,,miles Over
' roads including sand 'dunes' above 500
It high. . • " t
Tile' 'comparatively small resulle
afiiiihittede by oPerations extending over
tiro years. tiro attributed to difficulties
tonnected witit trttnsport , operationa
' conducted in, distri6tii several hundred
Miles oway Atom the nearest railway.
, After defeating insurgents, the Ir' nips
,weiti eapaatedly ttriable . to follow up
their vietoriee, owing tei lack of supplies
, and ammunition tit the .eritioal moment.
" It fel etoteworthy that the °ennuis
adopted concentration canipe, tvitere
many thousand:3 of prisoneee Avere in-
carecratede' ' 1
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TIIE HEAT OF TIIE
. 'The 51111'6 heat," nahl tlic eetrorioiletie
"Weil, let us itay that tile Oahe': ot tilt,
itun'ti heat le $23,000,000. Now" whet pro-
portion of that valtai -410 you hittilioit't
'wiring the earttik 0ziIhero titedie
worth; All the re=.11, of the'euire, herit
wetted Insheet,. Of fit° $13l.f11.10)4 the
earth only gets teat eente. 'With C.01
Crai giveyon anothet. -of the „vitt:
litate Feippole that the leans( Wee h
rit!tdract te heat Rai .yoti, hnio
what the retail!, eitaith lite?' All the eiial
'open the earth %tend eafileti: to Lean-
t:ft the preeent eelar beet for last erie-
tendi of a seriond." 1 te
LessonL The .$heplierd's 'Find Icsus
Golden: Luke
LEON *0/0111/..S'ITTIRES,
.•
• Note, --The text of the :Itevised Ver -
81011 18"1,1Sett AS' a basis for these
Mont Studies, . •
Varrative, of- a Profeisional.
Man.—Luke, the author_ of the, third
gospel,. VMS a phYsiiiarr 40°1. 4. 14)
of scholarly tastes and instincts. At
the time of. Jiis Writing hiss narrative.
of th•3 life of Jegus (about A.B. 7Q,
or a little later) theresalready ex-
iSted. in addi,tion to the...vast oral
traditions clustering absent, the nairie
of Jesus and still fresh in the mem-
ory' of the first generation after
Christ, several written 'accounts of
the witirdit and ,work of Jesus -(Luke
1. I), Two of these were 'doubtless
the gospels of Matthew and Mark,
the narrative of Mark being the older
• of the ,tsvo,,, There ,were, also, With-
out 'doubt, 'still -many perSon,s living
who had theinselves been: eyewitness-
es Of th events connected with the
life of Jesus,, ,voet S,Ource.of
Written,;and Orel material .front. w,hich
to draw in constructing hi.s narrative
Luke appreaehea in, tlib spirit and
with tap- method of a SeliOlar, tr,ne;
big "the course of all things accur-
ately freenethe first"' (Luke i. 3), 'be-
fore proceeding to write. Concerning
-Luke weknows apart, from that,
Which we are t old end may infern
concerning him from .. his ;Writings
(the goepell and the book of "„Achs)a,
that lze waS for a time the -compan-
ion of Paul, being with the , great;
apostle nt .ItOtrie tylion, lie WrOP3 bith
epistles, to the:, Coliessiam; to Tina
othy, -arid tie Philemon (eoinp. Chi.
4; 2 tint.' 4. 11; Phil; .24). Froin
these references we mast infer that,
he. wati, a Gentile by birth, with
which agrees the Greek farm of hie
name, Itotikas; though this was
douhless derivell from the tenger
Latin form Luce,nue. !Jibe character
and language of the gospel
bears out tile inferenee that it twos
intended init for ahtfewittli but for a
Gentile, though Chrietiane chicle of
readers. It preeeitta* a"elironologicrtl
izecountof the iiittworkeof treette, its
emmtlete res 'the aources avetilable to
the author enabled hint to make, -It
18addresse'd to 1711'Theophilue, 'Who
May be ecitutidereil representative of
the cities whick the gospel wah ine
tended te influence. 'tale place if its
writing if i8 not ltdssible to, deter -
value.
Verse 1. In those doe—That is, in
the'time when the 'events narrated in
the preceedieg ftrft ehaptere were tak-
ing place.
Catiear Autoneneorithe trell-lineevn
firet Boman emperor Il. 0. (13 to A.
1)., 14, whotssautlunity testateled ovOr
Tolerable end adjacent eonntrit.R.
Maw being ,at this time at
height of her AVOrtify glory,
All the world ;Should he enrolled—
All the Roman world, it is probable
that Luke's narrative at this point
rolseis the actual uording (4 the, do -11
togettkoi' COrrOSPOncling, single
*aurae or book. The ,Greek verb
tneans simply to write down, to re-
gister.
""
2`. 'When Quirinhis WAS goveinor.
Syria,---Quirinitis is the Latin fornr
,of the name, while, Cyrenius (which
occursin the Xing, James (.rersion)
is the corresponding Greek form'Out-
side Of ourlesson narrative there as
no record of this first '.governorship
aVA. etirgilinents-et Quiriniue, . From
-*secular 'history we know that ten
years 'later (A. D.' 6) Quirinhis Was
(probably a second, . time) , governor
of, that he, during this
lecOnd admithistratien, ordered'
similar enrollment, This, second 'en-
rollment is also .inentionell by 'Luke
(Acts` 5, 273.
• 3. To his own citY—That iS to t
eity of - his birth.
4. isTazarethL-A small town situat-
ed ha a high valley among ethe most
Southerly of th'e limestone hIlIS 61
the . Lebanon range, on the northern
borderof the plain of Esdraelons in
Ithe province of Galilee.
Qtter of David -41d city in which
David ,was boru. Oompare" his own
city,- vee'se above:
Bethlehem -_-The name Means liter-
ally Wiese of ""breaa. TheetoWn ie
one of the oldest in Palestine. it IS
mentioned in -'0011. .35. 10; Ruth 1.
2; 1 am'. 1.7, 12; *lc. 5. 2; and
Other .0I4 Te.etament passages, under
the home of "laparath", or "litiihrei
thah" - (fruitful). Here ' Rachel died
(G . 25, , 16); here Ituth and tow;
dwelt Muth 3,.22.)-- end here --JeSSe
the father Of David, lived (1 Sane;
17; 12), Kt is located, about six
Miles from Jerusalem to the south.
• 5., Betrothed to him—Accerding to
"Oriental emit pm, the betrothal was
as hintibig" as the. Marriage 'itself.
,(ebinp. Isike 1. 26-38).
'7. Swaddling clothes —* SWaddle
lateens to wrap or wind; hence, swad-
dling ctothee wOulti be clothe wrap-,
lied about on Infant.. • According to
the custom of the least, these were
Wrappeil tightly „about, the t *bole
body, of the child,' confining both
arms and Wyss •
In a manger—the inn --The Stable's
Of the khan or inn of -Ilethletteen were,
aceordieg to an old' and liot inapro,.
liable tradition, a limestorie grotto,
the nienger ' itnelt lieing actually
niche in a, liine,stonehcave. •
8. Sindiherds in the .Sturie cow:11mi
setrrobably the. shepherds attending
the eheep kept for .retirPoses of .eacri-
fice In the temple. The pastures
near Betitleheen sv,ere the sante from
which D,aviii had been slime:lolled to
be anointed Icing over 'Lintel. ,
9. Angetteleiteralltr; meesenger,
11., Christ the Lordeetrinte 'word
''Ohi.ist" 'swami 'literally anointed;
hence, 49 in "the margin of OW ItOVi.
SiOn, "anointed Lord."
113- i‘t Multitude of the healreply
11081-.Slarge 'company of angelo` or,
°thee superhuman beings whose
ilwellime place Was .heaven. Compare
Dan, 7. 10, tallen'thousand times tett
thotteand acted before him:" compare'
also Revs 5. 11, 12.
11. Peace eluting nieli in witorn he
it; well pletteed--The, protnice 10 not
of absoluto, tuilvereal peace, but of
conetant peace to thome etihoste
are pleas -4111g to God, To' Snell tile
liessage of taltristmam brinps joy.
eeee, plait convey& to .1114. a.. hit of
the.liall4shty and hoastful-frapirit of
the great werld empires The
enroll -
t34 at was a taking of the, C0111411,4; Iti
did not neticsserily involve a taxis.
than. ft is interesting to not the
efecifitentee of the Asorthenrollakl.".
beinis, no ,bool.(s of the kind we
r, ns,; to,. all v.,riting Wa$ 0* iCtagg
biro of 'parchment or Other mos
fials each bsig strip ahoy idled
;I
rhn Ifteral Oreek as translated in
he margin of the Itevised Version is
imply "men o o&t pleasure.'!'
owe ancierit ,authoritiee, however,
end peace, 'good pleasure among
t19., Wary kept these sayings -Not
ully' understanding the significance
f ell that transpired, she treasured
11 Incidents in her memory, porfd&-
nir there in bier heart.,
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H OM
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itreeet Creettiettee.----htleit three iaale,
spareogate of better; rub into it stilt's°
tablesp,omfuls hoar; then teal two-
thirite of a e'resa of milk", etirring all the
while. When the bolting point
roftela,c1 add one-half elite 0f tWaitti
elieeee aid the yolks of two eeige. When
the eiteese, is melted end this mixture is
• tooth taket front the tire and add one
iltip.,ot chosc ;it i4to steal' cubes.
Season withsalt- and eityt.nne, and
spread On a Shallow pan to e001..
lute round croquettee; 'dip into egg and
theta into erumbe. Fry in deep fat•until
brown. Serve with, the lettice coaree
on a folded rittpltin.
Candied Popcorne---Boil one cupful of
granulated sugar, one tablespeonful of
butter, and three 4ab1espocinfulie of
vtiater for five minutes. Then add to the
syrup three quarts of nicely popped corn.
Stir quickly antil all is evenly ,reixed,
then remove frieria fire„ and continue stir-
ring until eachograiri is separated and
crystalized with candy. "
Creamed Salmon on Toast. ---Melt two
.1 tablespoonfuls bf butter, and add to it
two tablespoonfuls Qf Bowe a seasoning
of salt and cayenne-, and One pint of hot
milk. When smboth and thick add to
it One eup istf canned salmon which has
been freetlefroin banes and skin, one cup
of finely chopped, roasted peanuts, and
the whites of three .hard-boiled care°
chopped fine. Serve hot on buttered
toast or 1,n ramekins.
.Plum Pudding jelly. --Put halfea box
of gelatine into a 'cup of, cold water and
soak hall an hour; heat e pint of milk
in the double boiler, and when, hot dis-
solve a .cup of sugar in it and an ()twee
and a half of melted chocolate. Pia a
heaping cup or stoned raisin, a Op ef
washed currants, half a cup of 'hliced
citron, „and.a, teaspoonful of cinnamon,
,end on of cloves 1 'eta a very little \Vann
watee on the stove, to soften and met -
low.' When the milk and chocolate are
well, mixed, pourathem over the gelatine
and strain into a bowl. As soen as 11
begins hi grow firin stir in the fruit and
put into, a mold. Turn out on a, platter,
surround withwhipped.whipped cream, and edge
With holly. , This, will 'look 'Mid taste
„like a veritable plum Pudding. •
• Potatoes, Vienna Style.—Mash hot,
avell-cooked and drained potatoes, end
season liberally' with salt and, butter.
Add a very little "creitin or rich, Milk,
and beat, until light and smooth. •TwO
or three beaten egg yolks may be added,
but, are not a necessity. The mixture
needs to be dry rather 'than moist.
Shape into p,ortioris similar to a' 'Vienna
roll, having „pointed ends. ;Score, each
'three times to'Sniiulate the"rolls, brush
eher With the yolk of -aa -egg beaten and
diluted with a little milk, and Set .trito
the,oven to become very hot, and browil
the top. 'Serve 'with any dish which
should be a,ccempanied by mashed
-
potato. . ,
Round iStealc. Broilecht:-Buy a round
steak othe day before you wisb to. serve
it.. Lay. the, steak tteasdeep..Plate,ead.
our over it two-thirds of a,etip of Salad
oil t� which has- heen added one table-
epponfut of vinegar. Ile sure the ell and.
vinegar are Well :blended by 'beating.
Put the.steek. in the coldest part of the
refrigerator. Turn it several times dur-
ing the fleet 24 °hours. .Witea you are
ready to ense it, scrapie -611 carefully all
the oil, Wipe the steak and °broil it twee
EFolear, hot fire. This steak will be found
to be .as tender and delicious asi aonudh
mere ;expensive, cut,. ,•
Rice and .Cheese Puddings.—Piek over
and wash three-quarters of a cupful of
rice. rubbing well to eiernovea, loose
starch. -pave. ready a kettle containing'
three or foot. ,geartii of Salted 'water.
When at a galloping. boil dropin the
rice ancf keep at the steme..hard'hoif uni.
til the rice feels tender wheel rubbed he -
ti -aeon thumb, and fingere.--Drahlaend
pour overeit one cupful and a. half of
ereareesauce -made with one tablespeone
ful and a half each of butter and flour
and threcaniarters of a pit% or milk.
Let stand until hibiewarMe then add salt
to taste, two tv,e11-be8teri.eggs, ,aridone-
half of a cupful - of grated cheese. ,Sprin-
kle with buttereeerumbe and hakefot
' half an hour hi a good then.
•1160411OL1) MNTSe.
Coelho Case,—Talte two pieces of linen
9- inehes long arid 23,,,1 Wide, aini button-
hole theta together in scallops with wash
silk or linen fleas. Leave one eend 'open
and buttonhole, the end ,of the upper
1.51iTeco and " the under one - hem neatly.
*Before you Put the two together to but-
dorthole, them embroider a spray of
forget-me-nos,edaisies or holly on. One
piece and. Use that for the top. This
'flakes ,a nide case for thecomb when
you wish to .carry, it in handbag or suit
.
case. „
Mending Broken Glass. ---If You hapPen
to break a glees or valuable glees orna-
Merit, it can bo effectually and easily
incanted in the following' way; Melt a
111(1(1 isingla,ss in spirits of wine, add a
=tall qiiantity Of water; warm the mix-
ture gently over a moderate fire. When
mixed 'by thoroughly melting it will
form a perfeelly transparent eiltiee which
wilb unite glass so nicely' and firmly
that the joint will, scarcely be „noticed
by the 111,061 &Neal eye.
:Staining New Floorseathrst brae&
Over with a fairly weak solutionof glue
and water. When the floor is quite dry
take, two ounces of permanganate of
potash and dissolve in half a gallon of
boiling water. Mush 'this over -the part
to'ba stained. If not quite dark .enough
ghre a sg(lOnd (tont Let it thy again and
polish with beeswax and ttirpentine.
Cleening Tinevareet-Acids should ne,ver
he employed to clean` tinware, because
they' attack the 'metal end remove it
from the iron of ;which it fOrnis a thin
coat. We refer to artielee made of tin
plate, which oonsiet of iron covered with
tin. flub the artiele first a/1th rotten -
stone and sweet Oil, then finish With
.whiting and , a piece Of ion leather.
Articles made wholly of tin should be
cleaged in the same manner. In a dry
atmosphere planiehed tinwere will re -
Matti bright for a long period, but will
800n beconuotarnished In moist, air.
To Extratt Marking Itik.-iTake the.
piece of marked linen and immerse it in
a solution of chloride,of lime, in a fmv
moniontA the Characters will be seen to
prieit from bleak to Whitt**, Mine, 10
new preparation of dlvfl?
_
teem -el. tihre white ettleeiti,e ef
i.114 winter:I-are
Tee haert elieeht 1'cl:reeved ephehly
feriiii cilearaie Steno Feted:tie
Zlifq OW)
n
CIEITA7,4k,
It tit remaiiii the letter owe tee
eiesaents, The aritele should. thai
V,"ell rinsed Cleatl Water.
For Windowi:---ToLe pea
eetion rag seehed in glycerine WTI
rub tie3 oieet ell over 1131tatA, ',then tate
/It\ pieee of Mean, dey rag lightly
the eateei, tho elyeeielle te
intinii„le„ but net teitively teibleed away.
tide whea tire glees is runty Viii'.._
,i r'_ dry, Una you will get breliant
dows, no contleirtation,4),Ild a great sav-
hig in the amount Cir eleaning.
Uses for Carbonate, a Soda. --Always
aeep earlionate of soda in the liTtsit--it
us,eful fiat so, many purposes. For
burnt? and 6Caids it is are exetillentrem.
edy. The surface.pf the burn -should he
covered with it, either dry or just
damped. Itt relieves, tho paire'caused
theelates i etinge uEleeects: A email
saltspoonful ifit half a tenehltie of water
will relieve heartburn 'and indigestion,
and if' taken with tepid water last thing
at night will frequently indueee sleep in
restless persons. ,
Dishcloths must be washed after tieing
if they are to be kept (meet and nice.
,First wash in a rather of soap and water,
then rinse in clean hot water, and hartg
out to dtiy. One of the Meat kinds of
dishcloths,* 'node of knitted soft cot-
ton, which will wash again 'and again
and look as goOd as new.
A greatedeal can be done to preserve
a carpet, even in the simple Matteir of
layin it. Care should be taken that the
Poor.la perfectly dryebeforehand, as the
conmion error of laying it in a hurry a
short time after the fleore has teen
scrubbed 18 often the ultimate cause -
rnotht "; It is, beeides, a wise precautie,
.to sprinkle the floor with' inseet powderi
Ono the damage is done, however, the
bestway of erradicating moth :Is' as fel-
lows: Wring Out a cloth in hot water,
lay it on the ,carpet. and.go_over itwitha hot iron,' This will destroy Abe eos,
and if done °We 'fine day with a good
wind blowing, the carpet will soon dry,
provided .the ddorsand windows are
left wide apen.
ble linen to look well
ShemIcl always be sprinkled and rolled
for at least ten hours before it Is ironed.
If 'good linen, it will not need any starch,'
elotieto,aook well should not be traded
WW1 to many creases., One 'through
the centre lengthwise and then folded
once again the same way will letive.the
cloth without any dross creases:. When
dry, rollthe 'cloths, but do not fold.'
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' PLANS FOR TOE NAVY.
anoeuvres In 1906 to Presume on Co.
• - , Operation of Jap Fleet.
:The tritish naval manceuvresi, ,for
1906 will be based, on a,eprinciple quite
new in naval annals and will he .on0.
fuller scale then thle postponed „. pro-
grarrime of this year. The Japanese
fleet will theoretically 'form pert of, the
scheme; which will.test the strategic and
tactical value of the new distributioa
,of warsldps. It will be- supposed that
strained relations" exit eah ;the British
and Japanese navies will be 08 the
watch all over the world; The -sea fron-
tiers of a11 -our possessions coneequent-
fy will come into the scheme. , As soon
ashvaar bas broken out thetreeeree di-
visions will be mobilized,. °arid the on-
ditions thar rnighheoccur with a. n vat
combination. ., operating , against ".° eat
Britain will' then' be rehearsed si ul-
taneously by the ,various divisions, the
operations being part of one_ great war
p101). A "skeleton" twiny of craisers
with admirals in. command 'will be
kept .on the alert for .weeks against
this feted. Mete ability, hnd intuitive
judgment will be dernandeaof the,*vari-
ous ' coininanclers-in-chiefe and the
scheme eettr be the ntoet searching test
(11 efliCiency 'devised.
.11E. GOT EVEN.
,
He Was a' Gentlernan,,However„ 'and.
Win Not
"colirlye.sy .tdwas .pay,S; discourteey,
.never aoes," said 0 ' famous. French-
woman. g metell You a Story' of, an
on.rttparfrectit'
railway .carriagrwith one:mae,
Stranger. 'They Vero extremely rude to
this man.. In ,whispers that he. could
-overhear they criticized, lits costume, his
figure and his 'manner. . He, to be re-
venged, it. oesisegpitilaar ttulinhnigei. e.riveiope4
'Theblac
- hn
the cart and under eover Of the darkness
the, ITMTV kissed the back of his liana
loudlyand repeatedly. Then when the
traia ,entered the light again he looked
from one, wet:nen to the other with a
'8.1g"Tnihne731'etxeshilalint'c'g.tiel' glances of sii'sp.
-"Was it you be Ideeed?' '
"No, of.'tourso not, Wasit you?" •
"And, neither lady tvould helieve „het,
other's 'denial, and each ,In her inntost
heart believed the other had 'encouraged,
the kiss. The man looked cool. and cona
'placent. When finally he rose to go he
edid, lifting bis hat with a jociilar air:
"Have no fear, ladies. I eliall never
tell which Of you it Wes.'"
A IIOME-MADE ISLAND.
Whale Island, the large, gunner), es'i•
lablishment for training Settinell of the
Royal Navy, is not a natural 'elm -1(h
l'etire ago it was only a mud bank,
which wite uncovered by water at low
tide. Witco the apthorities commence,
td to make the -Ochs in Portsmouth,
the earth 'from the excavations was de-
eotated: from barges alien this mud
Lank, until a email islaml was form.;
td, showing t at high water about the
me- of a whale's back (hence its tiateeh
An the work proceeded the island gMW
rapidly, and a ktV years later a railway
wtts constructed oa pilee front 11117 dock-
eard WI rke ,to the ieland, and the ;earth
WAS- tieposited emelt more quiekly than
viten bargee Were need. 1860 (hi:;
eland had been made so large that the
Admiralty decided to lay it out as
trill ground. A entail pier was erected
nd a house was built for a warrant of.
deer to live in and act ag caretaker' Of
he island. At the preeerit -time the is -
and is ttbout thirty-seven lecree in twee
nd provides ateornmodation for, over
$800 Men.
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A dresSuittker niay not lutse 0graee-
iii form,, but Ishe alwaye- knewe how
itutkr up finett.
FROM ERIN'S GREEN' ISLi7:,
NEWS By MAIL 17'ROM
IRELAND'S SHORES.
gappenings in the :emerald, Isle
Q! Interest to Irish'
.Canadians.
The' detail t colt plaeo 8 elder:3y at
his residence, Co-rinty Donvp;ait, sof -nut
Pearl of Itaphoe, Very Tata Joseph
Potter. ,Ile was •Itootost throoshout
the 21Q1A11,..Werit, Of Ireland as eta ettettee
getie ehurelartan awl littPulat.
preaelier.
' The death,occurrea, after a
sshort:
it:iltolince,ests
s;a,
Wa0 21110Ii1t, retVedea. reldent 401
Clone's, and eujoyea, the eriteent of 01
styttItiat3r' 1 to 118
J. on-a's
The Rare' Humane Seciety
Scott, Victoria road, 13821 01', etetio,
ty "Down, for his `gallant plunge from
the pier there into sixte.n feet of,
water, in August, **hen he rescued a
girl who had accidentally fallen in.
Recently two young men named
eafferl(y and Tighe lost tie jr lives 18
Broadhavett Bay'. A number of
iieurraelas" we.re eugaged in hand_
line fishing, and one •of theee in
which were five oceupante, including'
Cafferity and Tighe, got too close to
a breaker and eras swamped.
At a meeting of , the Senate Of the
loyal University it was ilecieled to
confer 'degrees—a bachelorship and a
doctorate-ein Veterinary medicinal
The Royal. Univereity Of "Ireland 13
the first in tne United Ihingdoni to
give official rectignitien to the Mem.
tiers of the veterinary prokssion,
John M.P.,having
refused to find ball for his future
good behavior within the time epecte
tied, was arrested in his printing ott
licc in Galway and committed to
jails to undergo three months',
prisonnient, the senteneeeiftypdoeelveiredenpi
en him 'for having recnt
a speech calculated to, intimidate
deter men from doing, what they hail
a legal right to do wftli grass lands(
in the west of Ireland. .
The fourth annual- naeeting of tiles,
Flour Millers' Association ot Ireland
was held in Dublin recently;
the president, Mr.'‘ Perry Goodbody,
speaking of flour Milling. in Ireland
at the present time, 'paid the:industry,
was 111 a good condition, and pros-
pects for. the future were bright.
Already them .-Aericans. had !Ace
'beaten out of ,tho market, but --the
confronted - .with. unfair competition
fronetricroSe the , .
It appears frOra gle'rePort 11.1St
gUed by the fishery branch of the
bepartnient of ,Agriculture and ?eche'
nieal Inetructiot,. on the sea, and In-
land arteries of trelantl, that the
.quantity of sea fish "landed , On- the
Irish coast'in 1904 Was greater, than
that IA any previous year.. Prices,
howevbr, Wee°not eo good 'es in
1902; so that the general result • 61, • -
the year's viciiitioge-X.393i629—wae
about ..L24,000. less than in 1908.
At Wexford, before, Mr. M. A. Via-,
nia;. •young.nian nide:led Law-
rence -Leary,.- a kative„ 'of Enniscorthyh
*as brought tin att. -Ma a Petty,' Seg..'
Moils 'office charged with having aid-"
cd
ed and abetted 11 woinon. mimed Irate
ler in 'the ellegett_enuedea of her in-
fant, . Clohamon Bridge. ',,Thei wo-i,
mari, is, at nreseet,ili pritioe' *
ebareetof larceny, and 'her sono.a id'
of ten years, said he he saw hie mother
throw the child inlo the, Stacey at
Ceolettnion Bridge. . Leary .itae re-
inanded,
'As the result of iprolonged .private
investigations by the Dublin' Castle
authorities iieto cert ate charges pre--
ferred against the Belfast Criminal
Investigation Deportment, \ the hale
Sion elf the -Inspector -General has been
announced. A district inspector, who/
in the Royal' Irish Constabulary,
ranks with . a Commissioned army,
°Meer ,and a • head * Who
melte with an English poiide Stiper;.•
lateedeet, have been.; unfairerablY,
commented 'on; 'one detective has been ,
ordered to resume'ordinarY Polie*
duties, and another has .beexi "tr$nsei
ferret" et) a rural district.S, *
RIFLE FACTORY FOR C11,1N.t.
Engineer of the Chinese Government,
NOW in England Arranging Prins
'As indicative of :the awakening et.
China and the intereet which -is taken
.in mattere of world policy by the
Chinese, ortee 'se retiring,. it is interest-
ing to ,notealiat a .nepliew Of dhe ginner.'
or of Chine and .the Chief Erighicer of
Elie Chinese Govertimenti . are' nOW ,ili
England •rnaking „ariaingemeitte -Tor- this
construction of a great military rifle face
tory in China. " They , spent ' some 'time
in the.elistrict,iof Biemingttain inspecting .
not only the factories wbore small arms
are made, but also the worke which pro-
duce machinery (Oh tiheir manufacture.,
Tliey visited the otilitthingham Small;
Aries fattory, alidc't 'were conducted '
througSt ,the .military, section. An inter- i .t
Prefer explained the niechanism to theta
arid. they -inspected it w1 (11 .,greet"ctire,
making minute inquiries' fl to the eaters
and Opacity of the verities conttivanees.;
It is understead that tho.Chinese,faetory,
will be tergely furnished With Binning- '
ham machinery; tlutt Ilirmitiglittni ex.
perhi will shperintend ha equipment, and
that large iltitilhe8'5 of Birminghten
theclia,niee will lie engaged to instruct .
Chinese workmen' in their trade. En-
tirely apart feoni the xnagnitude of the
operations the vielt of this:.; partitailar
mission is important, as foreshadowing '
large orders by the Chineee Government
botli in tile military and naval depart-,
inents ot her ,services. China, ft, 18 1:0(1,
is anibitioua tit brittg iter army and riav,„
up to the leveleof the Jam/pate farces.
It le believed thttt her determination to
mantifactures her owe antis la attriltutef
to unfortunate experiences during\ tha
tittinelapenese war. She secretly.
uglit lahge quantitiee of weapons in
England. l'hey tented out to be °be°.
lete relics of the Frazee -Prussian War, '
And the Cliineeti taw that they were lit
so shocking a etinditiOn that it was inu
ossible to pour Walkr through SOMA a
tie barrel-.
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J Sortie'f011ts rely upon first itrivel.
Mons; (Ahem eider deeitle after 11044
deliberation. The Demi' age of , mit ,
Wes is