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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-02-01, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS Neely eieven yeere heve paseeil ileatil tee le era ItaudolpliCrchUL hut to ilripre...,1ion made by his brief geteseit watt so deep that men witil reei taginiy. the life iind leaere just publitihed by hi; eon. A. few triactive yeare tender the burden of youth. ita the stiadow f a great name, a few yeere of spectacular brillieriey when Wzo dreaded by friend as nitwit tie Ity fee, a few months of high -office filled 'with dietteguielliel euccese, tind tittle et eeudlyicu .to anntwn, thie is elle euni- eigening/uP of the publie life Of one of the •ritoet gifted mereof tile last .generation. Lord 11041(10p . abed sat. in parliament for • several yearunnoticed, When, in 'May, 1880, he appeared as the leader of a fourth party. There were only three other members of it, but they were all •able men. and they contributed so much to the downfall of the Gladstone mines - -try in 1885 that their" leader was taken into the conservative •cabiritit as secret tory of state for, India. Lord Randolph so distinguistied himself in that office ethat in the new ministry of 1886 he was felt, to have won his priernotion to the . pOst of -chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the house of commons. In five Inonths he resigaed, and never again took a preminent part in the affairs of 'empire. What was thereatioe for the sudden •eeding of a career that seemed ,so full 'of promise -and had Detained SG much? 'Caprice,* men thought, then. Sincerity, it seemsnow, but ialso fatal eerrors. Lod ,flandolph Churchill was an. arise°, teat democrat. He ardently desired the welfare of themasses, but' he sincerely "believed, that the governing classes,Were better fitted by nature and' training to ,rule. Heehadi no faith in the ability .of .the liberal ,party to accomplishany good ifor the country, ,but he had no patience. 'with -the blunders, the sloe:mess, and the eriebneisteneless of. the 'Conservatiyes. When he aseumeti ehe office of Chancellor .0f the exchequer he believed that he lied win hiS power at last to lighten the bur- etens "of the people. fle,proposedslashing, a ;reduetions in the expenseof government, the stipPression of ostentatious ',Waste, -and an hoeest. endeavor toward eCOrl- zmy and ,a just distribution of taxation., He Was Met by the force of inertia ,in 'party. eouncilae .Ecoeonly area, a good 'watchword for .aierizaign but not a principal 'ottection. ' plies were not iepproVici. The ,bright -dreams faded. • Inlbittered, deepondene: he gave Up the The lesson of Lord Randolph *Church- lifo is that political wild oats meat be reaped tie well as any others. A man without a :party Is independent out of 'office, in 'Office he is helpless.. If he wishes sincerely to obtain power in order to use- it for good he must be care- ful to ottaeli to hill -licit loyal supporters, • etst the sante as if lie wishes power ler * merely personal ends. Enemies are not asset,, and ffiends are .not won bi*,det rision of their weaknesses. Party government requires mutual. toncession and Patience beyond the reach Of, dist touragement. irifirEniNATioiskii. 'LESSON,' Lesson.- V. The TeMptation of kens. Goldeii 4eitt 15. LESSOIWO111) STUDIES'. Note.—Theee 'Weed - Studies are: based en the text of the Revised Version, Verse 1. Thetlie-Inunediately ,after having beenbaptized by John in the Led up of the -Spirit—The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit. Mark uses the still', stronger, expression, iithe Spirit driveth him forth" (Ma ide 1, 12)i The wilderness -et -Any portion of un- - cultivated and uninhabited land' consti- tuted a wliderheate The region here re- ferred, to wait probably the eastern fron- tier of Judah, which in the time of Chriet was a .wild, nearly treeless dietrict. 'To be tempted-iindicatifig`defireite pur- -pose, God willed that his Son, Co newle equipped for his great life rniesion by the descent of the Spirit Upon him at the • time of his baittism, sliotild now meet , bie adversary, the tempter, face to face. ' The devil—Literally, the false acauser, the, elanderer. • When used with the • nrtiele, te in title ciree, referring, in, the New Teieateutitt, only to Satan, 'the prince of demone, who reveals leintielf as, the nialignanrenerny „of God and if the Meeseela When used without tlie the sameword le etoreetithee ap. plied to , men, for example, to Judas-, John 6, 70, in 1 Tem. 3. 11' the tome word in the plural is transialed sten- derere, and io. it Tim. 3. 3 and Tittle 2. te, false aeresers. e. When he had fasied.-Literally, havt ing netted. Tile, G'reek verb here used eignifive throughout the New Testament - an tilietiniinee for religieme purposes. The forty dayo seem thus to have been spent by Jeene in devout meditation and prayee, poesibly in prayerful eonternpla- tiori of, and planning tor, his lifework eu reeet e, been. 11.:tifee.waril 11111.14'l 41 whoht sentence, if ialten by ;Melt, wouldt teem to hide -zee that the 41144010ra eanie n only et end of the forty days ;end n regale (it teetitel. Miele, WI Ulf'!" 4,011- itt91 tliel ti4f/P4a01'1'611. teigel dining tite forty daye he "1 A1I WITH TOB AWAY Strength ************ 4: HOME. to Win °fiver" by Divine -En'couragernent -• e e And the seribeeetail mito hini. Ot a truth, Maiiter, then Vit,,t Ivell said.' And when Jirglis saw IL.it. he anewertel die - for from the King OM €0i Godes-Mark ereetly he 8;140011a° him, Tlion eta net xii., etlele. new duick is the Great Teacher to earuniend this -lawyer, who had shown such religiput discretion. And 11115 ace tion may 1,0 taken as a passing example Of His diatinctly. benevolent attitude to- ward mankind, wheel causes Him to gee the beet, and brightest in men and to ap- plaud' it promptly. Ile ever spolte in the utmost praise, aria cheer that tile truth permits; He says the Itindeet things that are true-athe best and most that lietcan, and proclaims them on the spot. The insight of divine eompassion dis- covers new values in us and riell posses - Sirs for us, and reveals the Wealtletuul dignity of humanity in such brotherly sympathy as to lift up the Good Master to the position of the healer and helper of the world. What profound encourage- ment there is in the revelation of the Father's love, in the good conecience that is born of the pardon of sine and the lifting ofethe load of guilt in the assur- ance "I um with you always." In, the world's surging sea every dis- spirited toiler finds flim standing on the near shore at dawn, outline solicitous in- quiries mid OFFERING A HELPING HAND. t In beatitude, in parable of prodigal re- stored. and of a. stray sheep rescued; in exceeding„ great and precious promises, in • glad doctrine by the smile of Hie countenance. and the glory of His pro- seneit—by every Manner of incitement and comforting inducement and on - leading, the 'glorious Redeemer strives unceasingly' to. ,create a- new heart .and to renew tie right spirit le every seeker after God and His Kingdom. On His lips are constantly such words as "Be of good cheer„" "Thy sins are forge/ea," "Come." Instantly he commends Mary and en; , nobles her with a universal and ever- lasting meMorial. To the dying believer . , , , ,•••• _ aveitle Him on tbn cross lie made the as - transiting decearationt day thole be with Me in Paradise.", ' Anti when ,Peter confeesed divinity He promptly exelufined efileseed art Until Simon." • glippOge that ifig plea ie to malie meet (*tete the kingdom of Heaven, end will- ing to try to get it by revealing (ind 117 a ZIOW and attractive forne-tis Father of the people •and sole Sovereign of everY hottest man; to ramie the noble to at- tempt the upward evay by the beauty of His own character, and to make the Jour- ney possible end inviting by the red tracks of His (Am feet. Hence, Ile calls: "Follow Me; the Son of Man 'came not toedeetroy meres live;, but to save thern"ti end He lays down the dual principle of DIVINE AND HUMAN LOVE as the Magna Charta of His kingdom, and finds the text for His great teaching in the Hosean scripture, "I will have mercy end not sacrafice." This tenderly affectioned Lord stands as a high challenge to all the brave and sineere. e.nd Hie teaching makes it self- evklent that we can kixow rh,at we ought to know, we can do what we ought to do, and we can be what we ought to be; and if we can we will—this is the heroic „voice He has set Ilinisele to arouse in us. fits graciousnesseeavolvee the copper - (Won of His friends, tind in nothing can His disciple lie more Useful and Christ - like than in cultivating the attitude dr habitual approval and prompt com- mendation of, the people we know—of sinedreepraise,.of birden-lifting and the giving of a eeady "Well done" anteing the., weary and -heavy laden of this work'. Yee, higher Still, He challenges with the 'second of the greatestoof the corninandneents,, "Leve thy neighbor as thyself." . • . • In the garden of life He' standi4, with hands. outstretehed toward the child figure . of humanity tottering tireidly to its' feet ontn.its initial *carious steps, siniling approval and calling teraleriY, "Come 'unto, Me-1111tcatole you if you fent!' was in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan" (Mark 1. 13), Luke also uses the expression. "forty Uuys being temp- ted" (Luke 4. 2), and thus supports ttie implication of Mark, which would seem to be more in harmony with the probe-. factse.in the case. fluemuily speak.: ing—and Jesus was as trifle' human - any of us in the hour of his temptation -- .it would seem' impessible for Jesus to havereeched the end of folly days„ of fasting before the Intense. craving of hunger manifested itself. • The tempta- tion to 'Make bread of stones may well have been present and real during many days, .• • • • 3. The tempter carne --There isnothing in the entire narrative which compete .a$ to Plink of an appearance Of 'the devil in bodily form. He xnayehave appeared thus, ' but this aesuriling, human form °speed not make the temptation any More real to Josue than would be the 'spiritual influeoee'tiihich. it was possibleeforthim Lo 'bring to bear in direct personal. at- tack. t ' e• Saklitintie teim—Unless'eve hold•stricti to a bodily ,appearexide of Satan, We rims interpret these .-eiterhds to mean "sug gested to hirn the thought," We nee only be, think .of our Own past sevens , • 6-. It is written—K, formula for appeal, Mg to the attibority •of 'tile Scriptures. Tile^ 'quotation is from Pea., 91. 11, 12, but Satan misquotes by Omitting a very 'important clause, "to, keep thee in'.all thy ways," and thereby distorts the meaning of the passage quoted, .• Again it is written—The "Again" is 'emphatic, , ..Jesus . points out that one -Sceipaire passage vain correctly we.; .derstood Only in, the light' of other pas. sages, . Our secret of defense against all distorted Scripture "quobations is a pro- founder. kinintledge of all Seripture, the unity of itseinteteelations. e ,-Thoe- shalt not -make, trial of -the Lerd, thy Godet-A 'quotation from Deut. 6. 'le, ehaii nottompt JO-if:eve' your God, as ye teniptecl, him in Massah, 8. All the.kingdoms of thteeitorid; Mel the, glory of them—The vision :which ,leses had of 'the.glory 01 1110 earthly kingdoms- mist, ot. course, .have been purely Mental; and this is the argument usdally, brought forward in the support of the view. that the -whelp settles, id 'temptations 'transpired in the, realm ..f Mind or spirit only. Its •cogency is evi. r dent. ifere. realism of the narrative, d however, add e vevidnees.eto the wbole t and bringsus into vital touch with the alremportarit events which' transpired in that lonely Judean wilderness. e 9. If thou- wilt -fall down and worship me --All that the tempter 'asks Atli Jesus is an acknowledgment of is • authority 'as 'king of this world. The term wor- ship in the original does not necessarily mean naore, as -it signifies, simply an act, of reverence,* whether. paid to a creature ior to the creator. • . •Get the henceerSatan—The climax, in the templateon has tome, A pointe has &en reached where Jesus must °Aber surrender or rise in the. power of his. manhood- and drive the tempter from. him. , , • Thou • shalt worship—The quotation is frone Deut. S. 11, 4,vhich readsatiThoe shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and, him shalt then. serve," - 11. Leaveth hirn—rukeeetedcts "for a season," tndicating. thereby plainly that we are not to imagine that throughout the rest of his earthly life .103718 Was- ex- empt from further temptations. Indeed, the writer taithe'llebrews says definite- ly that -he -"hath been in all points tempted like as eve are, yetwithout sin" (Heb. 4. I5). temptationer to realize in how very real a smite the tempter 'speaks to us when he presents the enticing suggestion to our mind. No spoken \Orel from human lips could peesibly appeali as strongly, and eeduld not appear at all if not ac- companied and strengthened .by that subtle *Influence which is the- most p0 - tent factor ineevery temptation. •If thou apt the Son of God—The evoke from ' heaVern .•lead so deblered ,him, . special equipment .6tepti1,ver liutd necone- pardedethe deelaration; this power had not yet been tested, the need was reel and great, the teroptation most. subtle. eiThatitheee stones become bread--Thie first temptation Is addressed -to 'the phy- sical appetttOr" -The „temptation ley not inthe suggestion ttk finny the .ter'avings, of hunger but in the suggestion to matte use of diVinerfiewer granted for another and higaer,purposee in eiedoihg, ' 4. It is written --1n Mut. 8. 3. Israel had been forty years iri the wilderness, but God had provided for all th,e needs bf the -people, •"that•lie might make theth know that mart cloth not live by bread only, bet hy everything that proceetleta eut of tho. mouth. of Jehovah." 5. Taketh---The verib *in the original signifies a taking along with, and might, be rendered conducteth. It thusseeme at first sight to support the theory of a bodily appearance of Satan. he that ease, however, we must think of both jeeue (and the devil actually leaving .the selitude of the wilderness, and together going to Jerusalem, many neilee distant, and then beak to thee high Emonntain top, . or vice versa, if we follow Luke, who pleces the second and third temp- tations in the reverse order from Mat- thew. Thee would oceupy sonie time, 'possibly a fell day, linlegg We suppoee Jesus to have been titan:sported instan- taneously in some miraculous way to 11 k city ,end the temple's pinnaole. To 11111011e IeSUS, faiiglled and all but x- hausted, making that long journe slowly and hi ccimpany with Satan, is to recpgnize the improbability and incon- gruity of the situation implied. The other alternative iNf a literal interpreta- tion' namely, that of an instantancouit andinirtiouloue tranisportatione is alto- gether impoenible when we ask whose miraeulotte power it wee that Wits weer - deed. Certainly Jestui dui .not e,'xereise hie divine power to aecompany ,Satan, nor cen We Imagine Satan tes perform- ing the Miracle involve(1, and taking Jesus with him by force, The holy- eity--Jerusaleni the eapital, the e eat of Jeholiallei lite'. temple, anti hence, lin an '4' 1:: thit dwelling place of Jehovah letheelle Pirmaeles-Froik) the 1,1l 171 '1411111(4.471- 11711." a diminutive of "pin a" or "pen. 1," 41 wing. The Otte,. woeil need terine exactly the eenne thieg. 1!. t' ieferenee i tI ate of the wane; of tee rrapin Meeting isvereieking the detta 4teit 011 it:edge. • The father, of a young man who earl been lately married had occasion to send a faithful bet somewhat blunt old Servant to his son's house, seine miles distant, on businese. On his return, anxious to hear tha old man's opinion of the lady, he Said" "Well, you saw the bride, Thomas?" "Yes, Master, 1 ,aw the bride." "She's . a wealthy lady, Thomas." "Yes, master., very wealthy, I suppose." "Well, 'and what's your opinion, thotnaar "I think she's a eight bonny lady to talk lo, as,' well us being rich and clever; but; master," said the Aid man, confidentially, "it beauty's a site She won't have that. to answer for." •• fotnedial cloele evith Westminster 4:1111740,1 erected in the tower of the cie- nte troy sclireereof the Nicholson I71t3t1. hate, StorrieTway, to the order el the 110V. IL N'icholson, Kyle; of Bute, teed Mr. Kenneth Niooleoli, r1o:j. .111181, U.S.A., the surviving brothiva ot 'hit . • fouildet of tlie inetitute, letere forinally handed over to the Sellool Board on the 7tit inst, "Neat hotel yeu've „got liere," said the affable strange. "ten lead you like it, eaid lendIotel. lei a greet Nee. 11eg5,2" "oii, ,viendid!". -"Nfaito a large "Inunetiee p1 41411" "I'm glad to hear, 'it," Vaid tile Ntroxigc,,r, p1ea:4:nif„ ly. A lift1I later the 'landlord, ielted rinether ;)f gueites 8 emineereial traveller, if -hieitziete gentlissei wee. "tia," `eve, the IN. WINTER, efidwinter lie 119t, U_ST4U5," eonsider,S1 iiik3 propel' eetrien 11 whieh to put ep fruits:. 7'.- 1.: bee:weer, Ow moil ferellanded 1otreckeariter4ei1l 1111Ne e0.11110 ;1•11i.,4, i the 7':i £V elieset ; „this , or that fettle crop wies 'a failure Or scene of tile finiefly wait tooiill for bee to spare ttle time 111,1 borrieri were 7-„Yaer"til,1"),11,11,allier:1:4111;1111141? ••., • jt .y o admit she Is so foricl, she may toiday turn lier atteetion to the tropietel and driedi.fruits now on the marliet i bring fOrth reaulta Whicit will please and satisfy all lier'farnitYv Orange Marrnalade.—Drop any nutn- , her of line juicy, seedless oranges into a bowl of cold water, let stand for half an hour, then scrtib gently with a soft bristle brUsh. Discard the peej of every fifth orange. Wipe and cut each length- wise into quarters, then with e sharp knife cat acroas in the thinest of slices. Now weigh; and for each pound of cut fruit allow three-quartere of a pint of cold water. Stir together, cover and Kt stand in a cool place foie 24 hours. Bring quickly to the boiling point.. (using an agate or porcelain -lined ket(le) and simmer gently until the rinds are suffi- ciently tender to be easily pierced with a• -straw, Cool and again set aside for 24 fours. ,Weigh: a second time and Ur each pound add one pound of• granu- lated sugar. Boil slowly, but steadily, until the fruit rindei'are transparent and the syrup is quite- thick, then. beetle and seel. firiee FOR TIIE COOK, 1:ai,fica poietette itiff)-an fie ietir Mice a het Wittig mein ni as evil etaiti ae but with Lite of but- ter„ end reit under the ereiter tiuta CriSi arid brottei all itiroueli the top. Willi tletatetatied, sheep anife it i- poisible to separate tile (trainee pulp fuore the membrane and yet iceep et in 1:01 :corn the -deface to the eerier, Bt i.pf; side of meniltraiie section of pelt); then cot down dose t, tee pulp on tee oilier side of the men,- brane; tided time cut down to tiii leentrp eleie to the ;teat nietabrane, ani, fake otit a section of, pulp, been loosened, in one piece, Tun ete down close to the 1)iti4.'r Side of the mem- br•ane, taking otit the pulp cie before. It is a pleasant cliiinge to bake eeos e quettes, itlake tile eanie US for fryinnein deep fat, , Nialie a Immo by putting two tataespoonfule of butter into a frying pan, with one sliee, Of 111' '71, one • of carrot, one elove, and,a bay leaf. Coplr all together until the butter begirt; to turn broWn. Then add one tablespoon- ful of dry flour and stir until it turn:: cleric brown. Draw away from tho fire and add a large cur) elf stock or hot water. Season and cook for five minutee. Ada a little of this to the bottorn of a shallowcake part and put in the cro- quettes. Daste with more sauce and put into a hot oven. Cook until brownebast. ing once or twice, and serve with the rest of the aauce poured around therm Tile plainest qf simply boiled beef be- comes a delleiOUS and appetizing dinner dish 11 it is only served with liorserad.istt sauce. There are malty recipes for this, 'but they, are all taken fronl two funda. mental ways of making—either 'an un- cooked drosing, for, which the founda- tion is whipped cream, or a heated and thickened sauce made with Milk. For the first Whip half a cup of crearn to a stiff froth, add to it Ozie saltspoon.ful of sugar, and, four tablespoonfuls of horse- radish. frefot sour enough add vinegar to taste. The cooked dressing may be thickened by adding a half 'cup of cracker crumbs•fo two cups of„ milk and seasoning with a tablespoon of batter, or the butter may be rhbbect with an equal part, of flour and added to, the tot milk instead el Cracker crumbs. Adel half cup of fresh horseradish to either of theseefoUndationsi and salt and pepper to taste. 'floreeratlish is also mixed wills trio hot anole sauce ewhich is served with roast duckorgeese. First put the apple sauce through a sieve, and to ofte large oup PI' it add two ctablespoonfuls of Pow-, tiered _sugar, .oneifourth cup be grated horseradish, and the, same amount of whiPpect cream. Lemon MarmaladeasPeepare and cook in the same way as orange znarmala.cle, but allow .1% pounds Of sugur for each pounded cooked fruit and -water. When slicing, put dhe, pits. in a small bowi. cover with a portion' of 'the ineesured water and let stand. Next day press bif the water, squeezing hard, and edd it th the fruit. Grape Fruit Marmalade.—Make in the same way, as orange marmalade, using Only half the fruit rind. 'Allow from one pound and a quarter to one pound -and half of sugar to the pound of cooked fruit and water ,according tothe aeidity, of the fruit used. Preserved •Figs.—For this preserve use - what are known asbag figs,,which have not been pressed to the'same extent, as the layer flgs. Pick them over, remove eterns, 'wash and ,soak over night in Just enough water to cover. Main, weigh and allow three-quarters of a pound Of sugar to one pound of fruit and one half tiatupful of water. Dissolve the sugar in the ,water and add the ngs, After steaming them over 'hotwriter for fit, teen 'Minutes; Simmer Very gently .unt til /fairly transparent, but tunbroken, skimming out AS done. When all are cooked, boil down the seirup, untilerich and thick,' add lite lige, bring again to the boiling point, flavor very • faintly evith.vanilla and bottle at once. - • - Brandied Figs,—Preperei steam and cook the fruit in syrup in. the same man- tner ,as , for preserving, alonling similar proportions. - When One transparent .set aside until next day. Drain oft the ytup and boil down •until very thick,. adding a Piece of vanilia bean lb -flavor,. Set aside until coldaremove the vanilla and add an' equal quantity of the beet French braridy, Arrange the figs in bottles, fill With the •syrup and seal. Swet Pickled prunes. ---Pick OVer, wash aind soak four pounds of large prunes for 24hours, then steam for twenty. minutes. Boil together 'for, ten minutes two pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, one ounce each of whole -cloves and stick cinnamon and one quarter of- an ounce of ginger. Add the prunes, simerier vary gently until, tender, then' MA andi seal. What -are known as silver prunes are very goodi'when prepared in this -way. Aprieot, Marmalade.—Select a fine 'grade of sun-dried fruit, pick over and wash, then soak in cold water for 24 hours. • Drain, weigh, and for each pound allow three-quarterof a" pouted of sneer. To lour pintails Of fruit add- -the sugarandOne„secant:eepful of .water and eeok slowly until reduced to a mar- -matador. stirring: frequently. • , Prune Marmalade.—Pick :over, wash and- soak* pounds of prunes over night. 'Stew gently •until tender, using jestenough valor to -artier. s -Set aside until cool enough to handlee then remove the pits. Returte to the fire with six large apples pared, ecited ' and sliced, one half of a pound of sugar more if the appleeiaret very sour) andthe juice of two lenions and 'cook to a marmalade, stirring frequently that lite rniarture, may be smooth,: Can'at °nee. • Raisin Jam. --Pare and slice a dozen large tart apples. Put over the fire with ene cupful of sweet' cider, five pounds of seeded raisins and one pound of sugar, Cook slowly, 'adding a little water ,from thne-to tittle to keep from burning. Stir frequently anti when very soft press, •through 'a stove. lieturn,to the fire tin - til boiling hot, then bottle arid seal. Carrot limn—Wash and serene or pare 'large carrots, cut in inch pieces and weigh. . To three •pounds allow three pounde of sugar, $ix large lemoils and two ountee of blenched almonds out fig° strips. Steatn the 'carrots Until ten- deresthen press throatier a gene." Add the grated yellow 117)41. 4t1141 etrained juice of the ler/ions, the sugar and shredded almonde and heat slowly. Simmer for twenty Minutes, etirring very often, then put up in 'jars. ( Spieed Pumpkin. ---Pare and steam 'pumpkin uittil lender, then drain and press through a sieve. Measure and it) each (phut add the Strained juiee of two lemons and one pound of granulated sugar 'and cook slowly unlit 81111011 8.; thiik ag marmalade. Add one-eighth rif a teaepoonful eaeit of mane, and tecivee, and one half of a teaspoenful each of ginger and chnuandn and simmer for !Mem minutea longer. Cratiberry (,n. -'r'.'. OWT 11114 WaSil minden', eranberriee to veeit0ii five pounds, then oho') eoareely,' Put tvvo pounds of eeeded 1.1 11,.: through the food chopper, wing the coarse knife. Thinly 1' '41 the rind front four large oratige.,o then !alio the pulp and joiee 'el live. Boil the' rind in water, ellangiliti 13;A•vval tinigt mitil it 13 very tender and I no hearer bitter, then Chop bee. Pug the fruits and rite' in a teethe with live pound; of .,121eate heal and eitierier sh-aely a 'Jaen then etAll arid SOW. A WONDERFUL COUNTRY e It.,.OLImiPsE • QV THE eillip*Ai NOTITH. I vow. Thc Very Fertile Lands Traversed • . • the New iGrand Trunk The :Dept,i,rtni: ornle,111;-tite''.Interior et Ottawa' has. just issued a most, instruc- tive map of the Canadian Ncirthwest.- Tree map gives at -a glance the history of the settlement of the eountry, elt ehoeis the land as divided into townships arta isectione, and from • system coloring • tee various sections and quarter .i.sec• tiOng it gives a most comprehensive idea, of' the general trend of emigration and of lands recently homesteaded, and. ready bfeoernwishsiu.chedthe Patents .have, ;L1• This homestead map shows that the line of the new Grand Trunk Pedalo Rail- way now under construction, on the Mac- acnald, McMillan contrlict from Portage La prairie northweet,to Touchvvood Hills passes through 'Janda which ere -.taken Up more, completely than, along roals which have been built' for a' number el years.* 'So much 'so it this the case that it is now next to impossible to secerit homestead privileges on any land east of Toucb.wood Hills between the' Phea- sant Hills branch of the Canadian' N- ellie Ralwity and the Yorkten oriSherto bandit. In tact, •moot of the available Y land east of Saskatoon is taker' up se elhoroughly that ther 1s searcely a h,ornestead sectioui left., flokiere of landin this section are for- tunate. • They own property *Well Ift 'itself is as valuable as any in thee en- tire Northwest and they, will have the benefit of a great increase in value 115 14 e new railroad nears completion anil begins to tap the centre of thee. "rich country.. No land in this district'. will: be at the farthest more than ten' cr fifteen -miles away from spletidicl rail- rond twenties. So good are' the pre's- recta considered that it is impossible to lefty land -here front individual holder at, anything but the veryhighest pricee, it is interestingto note in this 'con- nection that the original Main line of tee C. p. 11, MS projected through al - Most the identical territory on which this section of the ,Grand Trunk Pacific note being constructed. The meteor the Canadian Pacific Wag changed far- ther south to the presentie.'location, mainly as a 'result at, the efforts of the settlers in the country around Winnipeg antaletran,don, Which was, 'even then theeitlY populated, and on` etecount of certain'offere Of bonuses relade by vile Citizens of Winnipeg. 71 lth elienge was pirobabr'y a wise move' at that' time, aA WO' weed Unquestionably 'traverses tt very ricli distend, the eaetern part of which Wag then move,- thickly settled than that surrounding the more north - ten survey. • The Northwest, however, ie now ready and waiting for the new ,railroael. flitj tract through which this pc)rtion of' the line paeses is, ag1 174.141 abOve, corn. pletely taken up arid t3 Alt Oeellpied ill many eases Ity the original eettlere who ruelied in a quarter of a century believing that the P. H. evould low the, survey as ilret niatai, • Theevi, early tiettlere have 13e(01110 PrOPProus aild Wealthy. The -.eon ig'• partieultirly riot and the rainfall abundant, and 717- (771',: has lavieltly auswered their 'ef- forts. Thie part of the Greed Truree Paelt•ic elionid be one of tile sfeett pay - let! on the whole eyeheit. Larne 'trade elveatly there, eitil thR new refiroad will 1' 11 enortereettee Ties land 71. '141:71 of eiiieleiteet thr,itittli which the firma mine Name. vili peee on the wav 1,'„dino7tiee, feet to lie the bee 1: it land in de en -2-11, Letter tlinit een, tiee, Noilettient. eeintiett ut f3)( oJ-1 etely different character from the dry fAietling lutkis to iule bouth trsvereed '-y tee (intestate Peeiric between Machete iate and Calgary. The territory which' if row being opened up bee reiligued yet settled only through elititee Iota of reek, ati fa.1eb 4.i1II8uull Mid 114)W (Lan Nertitern taps It still farther north, etenie hemestead lands are still avail. - ;ewe here, but many people Mee bees f- flowing llee auntie of the new regd, and tenet of the de:grain* boineateada are etready applied feet n la centime that tut wort us corestrielipg ie. Cer way weet cie Sttelietoo.n, there wed t1P no firetielaS3 ilOirrte-ii44l1 lend avail- oble direilly along the road, untie la feet, little good land will 'then be •eb- tainat le in the entire Northwest al arty eat high prives. The 'wisdom of the goveenment in set eieritite the •conetruetion of the neer rail.; way without geatiting et. single acres f -)t load most evident to. anyone con— versant with conditions in the West, No one doubts for a moment the necessity of the early grenie which were necese eery borme and induce the construe - boa of the transcontinental road under the, conditione which prevailed, when the Canadian Pacific Railway was oft - gun. ' The -Canadian Northern land giants were probably necessary aiso to open up the northern portion 'of the country, which was thought by many to be too far away from etrerything lo be worth. considering. It is ingirUdire. hewever, in this cormeetion, to iind thatwheat is grown in quantities ley the flucisdn Bay Company hundreds of txdies north, of Edmonton. Most of the. desireble land now tin - settled in the Northwest is controlleid by the great land conipanies, which are, as a rule, subsidary branehea of .the railways and by indeperulent con- cerns, the pronioters of which early roe. eas Heed the possibilities of this grand come - try These • companies seeured land from the governgient and from the railways at retest,. which enable them now to market their holdings away bet low the current prices of contiguous farms held by individeal owners. A great deal of the beet land along that. part'of the tine of the Grand Trunk Pacific now tinder iconstruetion between Portage La Prairie and Toucheirooe Hills is owned 'or controlled by the•i•Weetern Canada Settlers' Mutual Lancl Conmany of Win- nipeg, which istunder the .xnanagement of the Hon, W. II. MontegueejeOmer Minister of Agriculture of thet- Demin; ion. Most of their It ings be percbased, at Air • ices, although a good deal of their land *. is out of the market at present. rile' diviclual farmers are, hetwever, as -"a, rule, just izeoev too entriusiaetic over the future of thise„dietrint to sell at all. A cempany of this 'kind is conversant with e ttie location' Of the quartereeeeheass Which are still available for heinesteate. Ing, and by dealing with them the in- tending purehaser 'may -sometimes peelc. UJ) a quarter ,section in the' township,i_ita which " lie :-Inetattes at • small • nddi tional eepense, etiees reported that this company has also secured ' very large tracrs, of land through which the Grand Thula Pacific will pass between, Saskatoon and Edmonton. Ontario people and easterners geaert ally ,do not. seetri to realize the wondere fulepo,seibilities .of this western count try., Aneerierta capitalists and„ tried "centpanies are -gra.bbing up westerie Canadian land in quantities wherever it is available,. and it is apparently; thee wide-awake United States. farmer . who will reap the befit of the phenomenal development which-, was assured by this, surnm.er's wonderful • crop, •and whicii will - be ,carried on and e by th.e ,hundreds of millions of tars 'which will be spent in 'the , W In railroad construction hi the n yearee ltIEN'S'ilATS CIIURCII.- Their Care a ,Troubleseme •Questionie Awaiting Solution. It is a: matter of historical 'record that our forafathereein the seventeenth cen- tury wore their' headgear at divine ser- vice. arid also at dinner, but 11 hes ,re- Mained for an English newispaper to t , testify that in its opinion ge.ntlemen sometimes retrain front going to church because of their hats, says the .Londort. Hatters' Gazette. - .A daily paper bee recently Suggested Riot the very irregular 'attendaneit of upper ' inny be due to elle .respect vilh ekiliteh theYeliegard ** their headgear and the inadequate dee- cormnodation provided in sacred edffices '" for the safe bestowal of. the •riteriheit "topper." . " ' 'The quote .a Pladadill# .hatter as say- • • ing, '"I receive more hate to block on Monday morning then on any .other day of the week, and judging from the ebt scrvations I hear, 1 should say that the. ownets benefit very -little by going to church. le they place theft' hats unden the eeate they are kicked by the occu- pants of the pews behind, ladies being - almost • as careless as mischievoua boys in this respect. Then, if theyi depoeie the hats on the 'eeetts, gozne one -enrol), ably the owner sloe to eft upon them. Why can't 'Very West End: church have 8010017 •.room where'gentlei. men ean leave their hats? This sugges- tion has often been made. A small stun eetild be eharged and devoted, let ea say, to the clothing di the heathen in eyttea Africa." - A 'West End vicar •who *ea asked if this difficulty explained why men did not go to church gave an unsympathetic., answer.' "I menet conceiveet- riaid, %Van in these eartifloial anti thinicking days, of a man who would avoid going to church tent of consideration' for lee hat. At regular intervois male members, of my congregation coutplain to me abottt thio matter, and I invariably tell • them to wear cape." A 'verger at a neighbering '!17l4 ,,I7 who offered as 74. 7.) l.'.7 CAttwieatiort that men elmuld wear , opua hate, bild the, immeing 'story of en experiment. gentleman alwaye tieeelto yet hie hat ouheiale tile door' t,f tieteite he teed; "othere followed, Until the 'whole aisle illiaved a row of ;elk hale, Titie was all right' tin one 78 itt, tat old geatleanne w416 81160'1;4!iliC7i Z:1114 iniirin &antis late. lie " leincelf foment by re -Akin, hie hand 4 - 14 W. thiai 'Au"? hitf!ked eerey hat into the aie'le and 'dribbled; 18. 7az.7., t;) fJpealil I) I13 r.katt" TIO zi,',.•;6.f.y. (-4 1 Caele te the neeitestet .v; itay