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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-02-15, Page 3• ' 4e -rip," • 44i GIES AND COMMENTS A lot ef photegraplis taken in tropical kriaa Mat yeah' are suggestive. ilere Ili a busy SCOrle on the wade veranda ef lichl.fJO On the ;leper Cseigo. Twe black lellewo ere) runitirtg sewing niechinee. svnari sitting tailor-fushion on a lane eewing Malone on coats, end ,ether women are busy with cloth and tieedie. They are making clothing for the. evatites and uniforthe for the biack soldiers. Thi53 is a part Of the Goveeh- 'inent training eehool for tailore; and It stands' within a 'stones throw of the elect) where -hundreds of can(a, were launched upon the river on the day when" the fathers of thesepeople, . the farce Bangala cannibal, gave ,Stanley . the hardest fight he encountered during his long descent Of the Congo. The twenty-eight years that have since pees- eo have wrought a wonderful change in tlaisaieople and their country. Stanley *ailed them "the Aehantis of the Con- go"; but the Bangala are now foremost 4apiong late natives in industry area pro- greDS, Another picture, shows 200 of the taangalaschool children drawn up in a long line, naked to the waist, but wrapped in cotton skirts that fall to their . ankles. The women and girls formerly dressed in the shortest of grass akirts, skilfully woven by themselves, but scan- ' t3 even for the ballet dancer. Yards of cotton are now used in their attire, which suggests .the, new markets for, cotton " fabrics continually developing in Africa. Eveiat white settlement throughout tae Congo State shows the neair arts the. na. lives are leareing. They, are bernieg 'lime ,and Making Millions of bricks. One picture ehow e lime kiln of the most approved pattern in -the remote' south eat eorner',of the State. Nearly 'all the houses at the stations.are built of. brick. Other pictures show ' the Government lraining school in carpentry; with blank men sawing, . planing and hammering; making door, frames the wooden forms , used to shape the hall oval brick tops of Windows, and many other specimens " of the eliiVentelas art; Then there is a ea,lew of tae school in Which young men tare instrupted in cabinet 'shaking, for the, houses of the. Congo are beginning to be supplied "withe'furniture ef hotel° Inaunfacture. One the lower, ConetheY are doirig 'their own printing,and the press,room of the printing hOuee at Bo- ma is 'shown *v,4tif a Modelle cylinder Press, Which :black 11161i,are fending and feeding, • • • Philanthropy, is prominent in these pic- tures. The hospital, for natives at Boma , ae said, to, be the finest building but one on the lower Congo:. A hundred. or more Attie' waifs -are shownhe front of'the orphan asylum of 'the sisters at Moandae Another series Of views, frcim, German. 'East 'Africa, shows severalhandsome tospitale, surrounded, by fine ,garelens* of shrubbery and newer' beds: When Stanley errived..at_liorna„ 'fifty DIM'S te0.ITI the mouth ,of the: Congo,. In 'oAuguet, 1877, he foend six trading butidl' trigs': of rough 'boards; engaging .the at- tention of eighteen a White, men in :the *midst of a dreary, bleak and eppromia- ing" landscape. The Europeans on the COO°to-day trar• to make their sue: • ratindinge pleasing lo ihet eye.and,•to se- cure all posstble, comfort. In the older tettlements the dwellings are eurround- -- e. , • . • to by • an arrangement of shrubbery, flower t beds and gardens -that give a • pleasant impression. Every ,nomfort, is, „ tonglit for in the arrangetherit of the roans andtthe:yentiletien Of the house;. Nearly all tae stations.yie with one an. . other In 'making ,tae .surroundings as attractive es- possible. Nature. is . so luxuriant :in those datitodes that, with guidance and pruning, aegetation. may , Le made to soften the asperltres of sthe ugliest places. Boma' .letts tits public 'park, . with winding. walks.- arid shell 'Med flower beds, its foundations , and Classical statuary, ; all very pretty , if eomewhat'conventional. Theecollection Irteltides rnapy pictuees • sit -.the 'Catholic Mission stations -,. ...,The arick, houses, echtiole and ,cherches ere , cormnodious and neat, the trees ate not riumeirous nen, the treeless areas too wide; the tilled lands stretch away on every .alde and the roads' are wide and straight, and acere adapted for any kind a of Vehiele. Some of these" station's might be taken for -tunable hamlets in centeal • ,riturepe if a'.baobab or a palm tree here aml there dia not .spoil the, illusion. At the larger 'stations the Church dominatee 'everything, and some of the edifices accommodate hundreds of worshippers. Some ,of the finest of them are es far may, as Lake Tanganyika, on the eaet- ern edge 1St the Congo State. ea—a Such picturen are eotivincing proof that the, day oi pioneer exploration (1 Africa le over and the area -of develop. tnent is welbealonee in its initial stage. There le plenty of barbarism left, but it Ue losing ite toothoia in widening areas. Science 1:3 helping .to hasten its retreat. These pleturee from the' Congo tied East 'Africa; elirAving the reeme in which di: - is being etmlied naider the IfliCrO- s0p1:!„ the experimental farms, the eol- onist" in the healthful (teat/161ra up. lands, the automobile road!; for freight traiteportation, the railroad which 47e whites end 4,004 blailin are 'IOW 1ii' - ni n the heart of Africa, the utter eonduite tind the bridges epatining etreaten that explorere had to bad, are aonviticing pried 'IWO, the best twee ef eivilieaf ion. tire el/dieted in the work tit' Ittrntrias tropieel Menet to toed oceolee„ 11113 PIOUS PRODIG e Wfto in His Desire for Rectitude Loses His Interest in His Fellows NQW his elder son Was in, the field .. And ate woe, angry and ,wouid not come in —Luke ay.; Perhaps the pulpit wilt always feel an obligation te berate the younts niairvaho watioared into the fan country and spent hie substance in riotous living, and to be silent regarding "the brother Whit sullied and complained at the fathers rejoicing when the prodigal returned. But the average roan or woman cannot but feel a good deal more liking for the eldees wanderer than for the respec- table stayadebome. • This would be a mad world with no- thing but prodigals of the 'wild, loose type,en it; lint IV would- be a sad, bleak world if fillea with these elder brothers. `I he are the celd blooded, steel -eyed, respectable young Men, the ideals of the blinker, the ambitious mother, and the wise young woman. They save their, naoney, walls' decorously, speak softly, and acquire a reputation for re- spectability. But somehow otbildren will have no- thing to . do with that type of men. Hearts turn from him because his heart is paralyzecle This is th.e contrast dang- ea to ,this model, young man, this flaw- less specimen of .the ideal according ay the cold cash world. Ile is as flawless as artiAcial as correct as • ' AN AUTOMATIC MODEL, Ills life is but a negation, ita whole ob- ject being not to do what' others might oisapprove. If the one lad had'wandered far away I in wild lusts, the other was equalta prodigal wandering in the desert of cold greed and selfishness. The map who ,seems to sit at home may 'wander far- theet (ram his father's- heart. No mat- ter how -precisely a Man may appear to conform to the external laws ' of „relig- ion, he is fat away, lost and' alone, if Ji' has ,spent in selfishness ,or lost through disuse. the ' power to lave his brother, if. in this he has departed from the 'easential and eternal law of relig- ion. * .Full many a man preserves his re- spectability at the price of his real re- ligion. , No matter how nearly ideal the' life may, eeern to. be, a man is far from „ the langdom if leve be eot gre,at /caw of las lifee And velem lie gets ete holy that lee would rather 'see his sin - stained' brother go, down in the mire than soil his iinniaculate 'hands by help- ing him up he es. not likely to realize that the voace 'Which whispers approval in. his .ear is not that of the .Most High, put of anether. , The hardest .A.ITIller'S to 1'04011 are lb:c- ones who p.re enewathed in their own smug self-satisfaction, the very ones for whom the sting in tbe end of this par-, able was intended. In rapt contempla- tion of their' own perfections they aave 'Joel all sense of others, or at best they have thought of them only as a fitting foil and bacitground agairist which to display their own well -tended virtues. The way of the prodigal is dark and to be avoided: but when he came to know his sins, with broken heart he hated them, while the Pharisee earinot repent, for his heart is atrophied with., SELF -APPROBATION, - -•The man who thinks only of biniself; even though his thought* be the noble one of the perfection of, life and char. ;toter,- IS taking the way tbat 'leads, far from perfection. 'rhe development of the. most perfect life, the attaining of tbe highest and most worthy selfhood Comes only through forgetting self in service for our fellows. They only find lite who are willing to lose it; they find character who are willing to lose it if only they may do some good and help some*.other one. . • Rd who in his desire fot rectitude loses his interest in his fellows. his leve for his wandering ,brother, is himself a erodigal. a wanderer from brotherhood; and therefore from. his father. is alit of all sympatay with. his father's long. ing for the return of the, lost and shut out from his 'plaes' for bringing even the worst ones back tcrahirnself. It is 60' that takes -us away from the good, whether we wander afar or abide at home; it is love, love for the fethere for the 'old home where the best things and best thoughts are, and rove .fert one an - ether that brings us bark to tbe father's face and the ,eon's rightful piece. TIIE S1J1111 Dun Rifs-, with such canil ence. and, evident 1 V • 0 111.10 OIL ititerPratatlanst but ave his aWna and mastery of the rettl meaning of the Scrip - tura whidil wee expounding. that it gave to his words the ring of original authority. ' It was itis teut .1 say unto you" which estonistied his hearers. who were accuatemed rather to. the phrase, Rabbi Solomon (Or some other rabbi) seys so &id* so. - Lesson . NIL A Day of Miracles -in Caperaaufm. Golden Textt Mark 1. 34.. LESSON WORD STUDIES. • ,Note.—The text of the alevised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies. • ' Chronology—The events : of to -day's lesson probably followed inntediatalf upon those of last Sunday's lesson, as indicated by the order in which Mark arranges' his. narrative at this point, (comp. Mark 1. 16-21, ff.), Luke reverses the 'order-W`tevents, placing the day Of miraeles' at Caperna,um before the call - mg of the four fishermen. (comp. Luke he is epileptic' (old version, •lunatic), 4. 31: p. , Matthew records only, "and spffereth :grievoesly: for &tames and in. another connection the h'ealing felleth into the Ilre, and °thirties nth) 23. A man wall aneunclean spirite--A demoniac, This le cleaily, a case of actuaf clernonietepoeseasion, enough the' evangelists, sharing they did 'the pre- vailing beliefs of thele age, psychic ant ccismic, :were not always careful to ells- tingUisle.beiween actual cases of demon possession tincl other bodily and thexital ailnients,commonly, though mistekenly, attributea to the influence of evil spires, over the sufferer.. Thee both 'Matthew (17; 18; 19) arid Luke (9. 39-42) attribute the sickness of the 'epileptic boy' to an. indwelling evil spirit, while the :father of the boy, according to, Matthew, ad. pun ontaasd atom Jo .statteg Bungle' dressing lesns, says of his son simply, ot Peter'a, mother-in-law and the miracles of healing aataiughtehy Jesus -after -sunset of the seme day (eomp. Matt. 8: 14-17). Verse They go—Jesus together with the four men whom he had just ,ealled from' their occupation as fisher- men to become hiaadiscipIes. , Into, Capernaum—It was doubtlees very pear to .Ceperrieuen -that the mar- velous dreught of fishes had been taken, since this city seems to have been the home of Simon and Andretv, and very .protiably of lames and John, the parte tiers of Simon and Andrew, also. (comp verse 29). Capernaurn is mentioned only , . .,„ in the gospel oarretive and derives all .ts intehet ,from its association. watt Inci- dents in the Otte of Christ. The ancient city anee highly favoreelhas been utter- ly destroyed (coMpette the prophecy if, Matt. 11..23 and Luke lab arid Oven its location is to -day matter of dis. oute. From Matt. 4. 13 we know .that 'Capernaurn wee situated on the shote the lake, and from John 6, 17-21 that it Was in or near the plain of Gerneesaret. Two sites, both mounds of anelent ruina, are traditionally connected with Caper- naum: These are the mottern Khan Minyeh and Tell flume both located on the, northwestern shore of the lake about:two ,miles apart. Of these the inore probable site seems, to be Khan Minyeh, situated furthest to the north Ahd east. For incidents •in the gospel narrative associated with Capernatne cover° Matt. 4. 13.16; '2. 44; 8. 5; 9. 9; 11. 23; 14. 841 Mark .1. 16, 23, 34; 2. °1, 14; 4. 13-16; Luke 4. 33; 5. 18,.27; 7. 1, a; 10. 15;0.1ohn 1, 44; 4. 46; 6, .17-21, and other paitsaaes. Straightway The Revised - Version follows the Greel in using the same word in Verses 21, 28, and 29, and in inserting this word also in veree aa ("And r,traightway, there N wan The phrtiSe `"tind straightway" is .4 favorite 'one with, Matta one characteristic 6f whose gospel was, as we have' already pointed, out, terse brevity and rapidity of movement. , Synagogue—Tao public ineetinglionee of tlie aevae, where they came together not only for WOrAllip,. NA for more .for. mat' instraction in the Scripturee oleo— the, humble prototype of both the modern ptiblic school' and Christian chureh. Taught—First nailing And then ex- pouliding a patsage of Scripture. 224 AA having authority, and not as the seribee --The ecriles Wae the lawyers of Ji :ii,' day, and to them the interpre. teflon tif Moenatt law, especially in its applieation to daily conduct, affordea ample epportunity for minute diserimi- nateine and a poinpoue display' of lofts Mg and piety. But in giving his inters prelation or expossition of the law teery eeribc wtts sere to (mote the authority of other learned rabbit and lawyers, eil Oi girtal or new interpretation being a TIMM no mart's the water. Arid brought him to thy. disciplee, and they cobld not cure • birri" (Matt. ,17. 15, M. But epilepsy was in thoseee days commonly ettributed to •demon possession, and thelact that the disciples shared* this belief accounts for the wording of the reit of the narrative in Matthew and of the'whole account of Luke. Luke even seems to attributes the fever with which Simon's mother-in-law was einfereng to the influence of an evil spirit (Luke 4. 38, 39), andap likemanner "dfirribnees,-deafness, and other •diseases were, even .bSr the "disciples, often attri- buted to (lemon influences. Jesus shreslY does note teitemist the psychoiogictifly diffictiltt task of corre,cting their mistaken notions, because as a wise teacher. he concentrated his instruction on meee itnportant things from which he Could not afford to divert hie pupil's ettentioe. The Mager, doubtless,. ID his asaocia- tion with his disciple.vmany times had the thought in mind which on one occa- •sion he expressed in tlie words, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye eannot bear them now" (John 16.12). But tae fact that people generally. and so also the disciples,' witongly attribtand some, forms of bodily illness to the in- fluence of evil spirits, does not, as some have attemptestto show, prove tbat there was no such thing as demoniac peseta.' sion at all. Against any such conclusion the case of this man in the synagogue. and at least all similar cases hi which the demons, as here, therneelvee speak. as Well as the ease of Mary Magdalene (Mark 16. 9), stand out as example,s of actual demoniac possession possession which cannot be explained away. , Tlie IfolY One of Gode-arbe one costae- erated or net apart for his serviee. Tae phrase indicatee the reason why the demon feared Jesus had interfered id punish him as well as to set free the man whom he was so grievously tor. 'nettling. 25. Hold thy peacee-Llterallii, nniz: zled. The word means both to close the month and to reduce to silence. ht the latter sense Sesue mess it in calming' the stem (Mark 4. 39). • 26. Conte out of hithe-The first miracle recorded by Mark and Luke. Matthew mentions first the healing of a leper (Matt. 8. 1,4); Sohn, the changirig of ter to to wine (Jelin 2, 1.11), wide!), was really the first reeorded miracle per- tormed by Jesus. V.' What is this? ,A neW teething! ritht autherity commandeth—The punettiation ef %IS verse folio: t11e. majority of modern critical texts. Since, hewever, there le no punduation in the nr1ginJ w" eitainOt be pesitive that thif; ghteiejuet the meaning Intended. It has been sUggested that tha expression Nwjth authorite beiono more proper. ly with the noun Needling," thut- ma new teaching with authority he evminatidath owe the titelloari Writs." It was the azaheritative tone of Jestiepe teeeteing as reneh ae the miracle whicli 'weougat which amazed the peeple c,eseree. veree 29. The lieitee SilL9r1 4nci Andrew— The Wf-vi teanelatcal niey mean her actital ietieting or the remain circle. ire lies verse 15 nsuaily laien nteen the former, the infet'exice beinn that itte bung belonged to Simon end Andrews Exemple,3 of the other use ef the eaose, sverd are- found in Matt, la. Jehn 4. 53; 1 Cor. J. 314 ftlinistered tinto thein—SerVed thein in the, preparation of a meal or lighter, refeeelintents. • 32. When the sun did set, they brought —The Jewish Sabhatli erided with 'sun - Set. •Iletore its close it would have been II! lawful according to ,striet rabbinical interbrelation of the law 'to carry the 61(.1 through 'the etreels. ' 33, the city --People from all parts Of the city, a great multitude. 34. Healed many that were .ick with divers diseasee,-and cast out many de- mons --Mark here clearly -distinguishes between those poaseased with demons and those who had bodily ailmente of whatever sort. PERSONAL P9INTEttS. Notes of Interest About Some Well. Known, 'People. The Countess of Westmorland is a ********** OME NiNE*****1101e*** • DO1WESTIC RECIPES COe90.1iiit CRlie.S.—Mix half 4 Pound ol desiccated cocoanut an two tialespooli fuls 'of flour and half e pound of castor see:erg . Stir in the wbite uf twe eggs, quica oven. - maae into Calie$ and 'bake in a Fruit and cereals should torm the bace of every geed brealifast. All cereal foeila require the most careful attention 'oat the begaming of the ,cooking. SPrinale the dry material into rapidly boiiing we - ter; do not stir, and do not add the cer- eal solliciently fast to stop the boiling. Coffee made In a good coffee -not should be made by pouting about half a tea- cupful of cold weer on the coltee, onel filling with fresh boiled water. Then aring the whole to boiling point. As soon as it actually boils, stand it aside for it monaent to settle, and drain it off Into another pot. Peanut Itiarcaroons.—Mix together one cup of chopped peanuts, one cup of pow- dered sugar, one large tablespoonful of Boar, and the stiffly beaten whites of Iwo eggs. Drop :the mixture on butter- ed paper arid: bake in aernoderateoven. rsarate .fisherwoman, especially with About a quart of peanuts is required trout and salmon. She favors the Spey with' above ,quantities. and the Tweed, and her biggest capture!. Cauliflower Fritters.—Pialt out tbe flow - was a salmon weighing 22 lb, She also ers,efrom, a freshly belled cauliflower pursues the fireside occupation of needle. and dry them. Season with salt and, work, and is a most eskillful em., white pepper; dip them in a batter made broideresse • witb one cup of milk, two-thirds cup of ,When the. King of Greece first landed flew, and one eigg. Pry in kettle of on Greeian soil -some forty-two years OOP 'fat and serve on 4 napkin dotted ago to inle over the flatten of which .ie t over with parsley. , • had ,been chosen King be could not Currant Pudding—Chop er mince, one speak a single word of modern Greek. Pound of currants, *butter a deepdisb. Thatowas one Of the first things he had' and put in -alternate layers of bread - to learn. lostnotime in seeoring crumbs and layers of marmite ( a few competent tut:arse and spent, houts a sharp apples sliced' may be added). Pour day learning the language, of his „adop. the Wilk (or milk andewater),,over .the tee country and • acquiring an accent whole, and bake in a quick oven. which was eventually to be so perfect „Bread Cake—To make a corrinion bread that there is said t be no one in cake. separator- Irma the dough when Athens -who can -speak better Greek to- malting white bread as much as Is sufla day than King George. t He also speaks cient for a quartern loaf and knead well. English fluently, .• . into it two ounces of butter, two of sugar The 'Bishop ,of Ripon (Die Boyd Care 'atiel eight of currants. Warm the but - petite') possesses among his ' treaseres ter in a teacupful' of good reilk.a , By three volumes containing tbe autographs adding another ourice of bullet', or • su- of most of the archbishops and bishopsgar, or an egg or two, the cake May be of England for nearly 300 years. One or improved, especially by putting in a tea, them is that Of auxon;- the Bishop nf copfuleat raw cream. It is best to bake London to. whom Charles Stuartespolte' it in n pee, rather than OS 4 loaf', the the word "Remember" with almosthis outside taing •less• hard.' ' d b ,e rig reaile Another altittie contains: A Biscuit Custarl—Place a layer of a photograph of every church in tee:die- sweet • blecults in a buttered cese of Ripon. in his palace, too, the Sprinkle plenty of etirrarits on the layer. Bishop has the Saxon, chapel supposed Nearly, fill the', dish with stewed apples, 10 be the oldest place of worship in the. sprinkle ,again with currants freely. kingdom. '• •Beat an - Sir q,r r ot a. pint tea. s new policy has Involved the Robert Harvey,' of Dentleidge, ol milk apd pour Over apples. ' Place aa `South Devon, Engiantl, has beenrcalled .some Ratan°. biscuits on .tite' top withdrawal' of the naval. establishments' self-made man, and Was the parfner of - "The Cornish NIttate neg." He is and sprinlde with -some grated nutmeg. • „ it0in Canada, s Atlantic and.. Pacific .` 4i.nce; milk which bee Mood tia NMI caianibera etteedd never be wait (eventing breies„---For polishes brew lads there Is na *ere reliable reteditais then the old-fashioned whiteng wet, will* household aranionet, whack is Use 1.4 to senile. Was mon eiater ataiwe To fienovalie can Wet renovated by speg wiii alteee loa, end afterward welt vadat, and winding therm mega a wittient ironing. To Femme 1,70 seater pert end slice a good -shed to* 'and pour about * pine tat 41100 ter upon it. Let it stand in a wart* place (not hot) tor hilt an 'hour, when t' will be At tor tate. This is one of the best methode thet can he adopted; To Clean a atewing Machine. — Ts dean a sewing nutchine piece it neer . tbe the to 'get warm that the congealed oil about it may melt, end then oil it thoroughly with paraffin. Work it quiets. ly for a few minutes, then wipe off ii,11 the paraffin and dirt, treat it to a little More paraffin, wipe it again, and after UI e application of a very little of the or- dinary lubricating oil it will be ready* for use, and its easy working will ' be ample reward for any trouble incurred. Cork for Screw Holding. ----It is 4 COM* mon thing when a screw or staple be- comes loose to draw a out, plug up the hole with wood, and re-hesert it. lt -:as 'been found that a much better 'way is to fill up the holes 'tightly with. corks Screws. and irons so secured, are, said In remain perfectly tight es long as when put into new wood. To larighten Glass.—If window glass is. lasting in brilliancy, eleari it with a liquid 'mete melte of tileehni ond whit- ing. A little of this mixture will remove necks and impart a 111E4 luefre to the glass. To give looking glasses and mirrors a brilliant polish imply aleohol with a sponee. then dust whiting over the glass. niti ft hr with linen cloth, and Tolieb With eharnols. • GREAT BRITAIN'S' NAVAL ItitAlaGata VRES OF , 1006: Te -Test the Distributionof Pleets-,-The, New Policy "of,' COP- eentrationt The current year will witness the new policy of naval redistribution subject- ed to searching practicelete.sts le Feb- ruary, June and September, says, the London Daily Telegraph. The Inanosu- vres will be on an, unexampled scale, and are expected to be most, instructive in settling important points on naval stra-, . • - the late Colonel-sk:oral. Born a.t Trur,o,,en a moaerate oven. .. Currant, Cake.--eFort good common and in due course apprenticed to ant 'currant cake, mix Ave ounces of butter engineer, he gnat, went out to South In, three pound -a of fine 'dry* flour, and Africa to ilt"up soine eo er-mtra CONCENTRATION AND et4OBILIta . • It ,has ben deterinined by the, tenor of the. late ar an the far east, ee the melees Of best moist sugar. Add ,neceseity of " assing British navalPow- ' machinery,,et a salary - f sett scene/1thve . .taleeta curratants, fet three spoon- pts 80 that it c be handled i. Mabee of His abilities. ' were quickly recognized* fols 01 of yeast into a, pint or new milk end evhen the Peruvian Goverment eat waamed, and netx it witactheaabove in-' tWit4stier 111 skilful the• e pib-liiniani.alt wOithtl-ileirellrn'esis- "nee Propriated the', private sPeculators he te a light dough.. Bake.tfor about- one and otter. -sea dominions -e'er for guard -- was appointed rengieeertot the 'province and one-quarter hours* 1 , „ ing the British ' mercantile 'marine in of Tarapaca and Inspector-General'if; pineapple eleneonade is a novelty for every 'sea. "Canadians will watcp'the.re- the Nitrate Fields and Works at, $7,5i (1 children's'party., Take e large tinned suit' with interest/. ,, ' , a, a Year. -As a lively interlude he found pineapple,' turning it out, -of the tin, clia .The „ear's manoeuvres 1;44 be g• of the.Chilians; who were again so much- es and :allot) finely; ;Add the juice of four .lettilself..a,-prisoner of war in the hands redly it is opened. cut the fruit In see. lovvse . . -impressed with his merits that thaY eon- lemons and any syrup there is. Place firmed him in his official Febreary—The-Chanhel, Atlantie and appointments. in a basin and pour over twej quarts Mediterranean 'fleets, with the three as - Believers in " 'the influence of eheer and a half of boiling water, sweeten to sociated squadrons of armored( cruisers, chance • on Ibe , fortunesof individuals taste with lump swat..., will cencentrate at Lagos, a magnificent can point trietespbantlyelo ,the case of, Vanilla Bensta-Take bah, a pound of bay- off the Portuguese coast, anca then Getieral Bugere, the conimaeder-in-chiet flour, add one teaspoonful of baking- take part in joint, operations. June—The 941110 naval forces min . of the French 'army. On a fine autumn powders, and two ounces of caster sugar. y t - e- '. - day the General, who was then only ir. -3. ttream, three melees of butler, add. the forced, in commission in reverse at thehome by the ships of severeadiyisions colonel, was tramping through ' the de... _ ingredtents, and lastly tamwell stubble In corhpany with the leteslaresa eeeetete eggs. into weed) is stirred. fen ports. and all' the tarried() emit, win dent,. Carnot , and some aigh function- aries , of bis household. The . occasion, was aeshooting party, and Colonel Brut minutes in , times of essence of vanilla. pieces the ' size of a walnut, bake ten a quick oven.. Divide into combine for theeagrand manteuvres." it called togeteher, and fourteen , British will be the greatest navel assembly ever gere was walking, in front ,of the PresieTO Make Coffee .for a Large Party— l, dent. - who was nervous and short- ,anow a tablespoonful for each ' person'. '.faideimentrals..wili fly their nags. Every et- Crind the coffee freshly. put it in a filip fnmet Inve4anteTsf-wwair11.?npatrhteigiapraitteihanildeetthille sighted. 'Suddenly the Presidential gup banged, there was,a,shriek of -pain, and a. portly fie's' officer was se,ep writhing muslin tag and pour slowly over it in. co -hanwdriteirSonshadsurbre ' Colonel Brugere was not long in recove ,,te large enough for the coffee to, be sential respects. The squadr ,(toteein at -Ale the amount Milked. eThe ban should n h°t° illg enotiab boiling Water' to make Ile period oefft a'theteumalimhioestwilitre'sinainYaarellsetts-m- . on the . ground bleeding 1 profusely. eritea , from Ilia injuries. That entre. Those in it.., Let it stand on.- the stove feet seas will co-operate as though ware M. Carnet could not do enough fcreathe charge af SW was the making of ha'a for ten mimites, then take out the bee had been declared. ' SeptembereeThe•China, Eget Indies arid Australian Squadrona will concentrate at Singapore for • joint maneetrayest specially intended to illustrate the best methods of safeguarding British inter- ests in far 'eaatern and -southern seas. For the first time in modern limes the ' Whole Of the, British fle,et will be placed or, a veritable war footing, and 'carry out.* duties as if the fate' of the Empire depended on the issue. Sir Arthur K. Wilson; our greatest naval tactician and strategist, will throughout in ,general control of the Ad- miralty's plane, and the assembled fleets in June. The most importarit inariceee wee will be tinder his supreme ordere. The squadrons in the. far eas(, 'East Indian waters, and the Antipodes and in the Atlantio will co.operate. - ' gallant officer, and in rapid succession Bregere found 4himself etialtary Gover- nor of Pants, vice-president of the Super- 101- Camel) of War, and Meetly generel. ancl the coffee Is ready for uses Tele can be placed in 4 stoppered bottle and treated as required. 04, 1-10USEHOLD To keep lexnons lay on a flat stieface isnd turn a tumbler over each. ' ' - Tinned fruits - should be opened and taken out of the tin several, hours' lie- issimo of France' s artOY. 'LEEDS Cutout's SLICGESS." English Singers arid London Orchestra fore they are- to"Po Astonished Parisianse, , To clean linoleum without wash. nig • remove all the dust, then take Tha.. bit of e great audotorium . the Chatelet flannel sprinkled with parallin and rub Theatre, Paris,erowdeofd by -the con. the linoleum. It will etot only make if cert., given by the Londoh Symphony 1 Orchestra and the Lds ctappear like new, but will preserve it. eehoir, recen- Eboneebacked I:truste— 'rhe.bristles When Preeident and tame. Loubet, 134 ee of these should .be washed in a hot, soapy lather, , the l3ritish Amba.seedor and Lady Beie teen in coldsand rinsed first inhot and , water. The backs' should ties the Minister of Fine Arts, and their be rubbed with a very little linseed oil orcheetra end choir., played and sang and these polished with a soft cloth. Dry the aMareeillaise" there was not 'a va-i cant seat anywhere. mu brio - sties tis 'quickly as possible after : washing, or they are likely' .to get soft By way of empha.sizing the '"entente end, flabby. ,After washing vsith soap to cordiale" Sir Charles Villiers Stanford had asked .this way, dry very thoroughty befere M. Andre Messager to conduct- using. thkoreliestral selections, and at the see. ; end and last concert, M. •Colonne to -act Polishing Steel. --One of the, test me- as. conductor. .. thods for cleaning a steel fender et the The great. stage of 'the t laatalet, Which steel Parts or the kitchen range is to 1.' 88 large as that of Drury Lane These tre, Londow n, an entirely filled by the orchestra and the choir. From the opening boas of the "Mar- Seillatee" to -"God Save the King," • the coneett was an immense sueeess and dm a piece of damp flannel in the coal fishes and thoroughly rub with this. when a brilliant polish will be Qb1ainN1 Laundry Hint. ---- to prevent the blue ,spotting the clothes put some out on a pieee of white elothe gather' up the" cor. nothing but expressions, of delight andi, ners arol tie together. .Dip thin bag in aAtonishment at the wonderful singing the water, then egiveze it until tbe water. 'tif the chetr. Paris has fine orchestras 1 ia blue entatlala Loose Wattopaperee When .papee can- not be retained on the wall by reason et dampneae make a aoatieg of the fou. lowing tnerediente: Quartet' of a pound of thellae and one quttit. of naphtha. brush the wall thoroqhly with, the mix- ture and allow it to dry perfectly, anil. yqt11 will find this. pri)cess will reniltie thee well irepereleue to moisture and the paper in no danger ot being loosen-- Keriphig Mille -elf a ease of milk te plae. rifiru, an open veeeel eoriteming hire pentitie 'the, emelt of turpentine, ie f;0011. comfnunieattel to the same oeeurs en regarde tobacae, 1141'1tftili% art. .1 fwthia, catiiph,r and Many other etteinga ittienity, living tnobility and . absenec of, smelling etil4at1oete MIhk hk01l4 ro. Mechanical) effect about the tinging. kppt at tlk.Vonc.,e,kon every voltileetile, el its own in those of' M. Colonne and that of the tate M. Lamoureux.. now con- ducted by M. Chevillard, bie sontinelaw; but musical Paris declaree tliat ttie Lon- don Symphony Orchestra is finer than enything it .114 ever heard. The applauee wee great at the eloett or the firgt Heine on the progranuee,but it rose to erithueiasm after the Bach motet, which the ,Leedg choir Sang wonderful effect 'although the ,Chatelet auditorium 1..q really too mall for them, Several, rrcnch e%p1,...-o(1 their 40on1shment and delight at what they. touted the ChOlr'S marvellotte perform. re. What impref,ted theni p,reatly, eae wonderful eenority, and the Ina , TO DalattNATE THE NEAR SEAS. Naval power that • may clash with Brit. lea .intereats is situated in Europe.. if, then as the results will prove, 'British naval powers can donlinate the Chan- ty% the North Sea arid the Mediterrane eare e., the "near seas," It dominate, ale seas. Ilaclie.d, by ..itipan eta the far east, and with the linitea Stat in the went, Brit* isli hayed power sets "'garde" Was whieli lie between Esaulmault, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town, larnaletia Halifax arid I.oridon. THE PliiRESSOR'S CHANCE; "You aketch with a free heed, Mate flOrsensmitle" 'remarked 'the peofeesor, who had been critically- examining bee "Entirely free raid the young lady,' as she cast doWn... her eyes in eon on fusion,. and Waited for the profeetor Ise follow 4 the opening. WOMAN'S Pik Mie -1 htlieve hi worneret right, Golie—Titin you think eQrs.' Witten should have a vote? Moult —No, hut Z think eveiot were** elveuld bevel h. tiotero see' • itat isti;iier for A iteteleay &i to make hcr tiebtit than it it for her snake SI -wn