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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-01-04, Page 6, NOTES AN» COMMCNT3 I. 411 kAr`,1*'1.81, s'ne a 1L3 IVILS LL *() Sii"6':11C. =4e*. 11,41k,t, ‘.)i 5. -in reieeti i;o i*be tiiii;W:)._7',=11 intC-Ce5ittg tineetioii luitt_r111-1',Y,'\:rfilr0 1,1":Ztrr 01,7,70 the. 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 .....---.. 1...4.....-0.4,...,-..... , 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., ************ H OM ti(*********** 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.' , _ ' 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. , 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-. , I J Sortie'f011ts rely upon first itrivel. Mons; (Ahem eider deeitle after 11044 deliberation. The Demi' age of , mit , Wes is