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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-10-18, Page 7 (2)RESURRECTION OF THE _ - Tho Belief in Irnmorfal Life Makes Rough W9rs Easy 4Andtlieirtword,3 Seernied tO ill(4i1 What glory belief in 'the' resurrec" nen gives to. life ! The tasks which seem ks . to me so iron and. sometimes SO needless are a preparation foe a werl: that My Father hae peepared fort mo izl another mansion of His great house, just as the school cleass tasks are the preparation for the greater and broader work of maturer life when:he shall be lit to share his fa.ther'e post and his father's labor. a • The pains and SOrrows which befall t(fle Wes, and they belieVed them not 'Luke xkive, 11. it is a very ,difileult thing for most men to grasp spiritual realities.- We touch and laete and hear and see the material. That te the thing which con- atantly forces itself on our physical esense. It has been very hard for nien Ito grasp the conception oe tife ia / which thee bodies have no part. " From the outset Christian teachers oPPosEd the physical and material con- us here and often seem se unjuet, „teh. eeptien of life here and hereafter. From ing the joy out of our lives, are like the itia outset they taught the °resurrection pains and ills of the child, which makes ot the dead as a fundamental tenet of his life unhappy for a day that they, 'the faith—the glory of the faith . rn may cure him of some illness, .eentedi Christ, But man ate d „about details.. some defect in his organism or 'How would they live? What sat of tbodies sheillie they havee hereafter f If rthe,sa bodies were corrupted and de- :stroyed hi the grave', how could they be. [raised to life? You remember St. !Paul's answer in that famous fifteenth ichapter of First Corinthians, which ave 'Tend over the bedies of. our dear ones when we .consign -them to the grave. The corruption and decay of these vonenving by what treehery tnete oce- Vet ecetene hnown. Ws. lizaxatev etaracee bilar T4' Qt Adelie bay as if to aeretece that young inatrere" of treaeherrt but tlea timid eeenal elleuk her head 69 Vi'l!e3tly th%t 4 beNnet1 ehe woula clb- umfoor it, in aneoveeation that site die net tell her aohn. Suddenly a. Puttee audaciously ehinited: "I sayt why cheat we,go to the elfireelk and have a peon time.' It wae the eng- geetion thae avieled impending war. A eoon removed the chili ferule the room and the lighte shone brightly on a, reconeiled and happy gathering. Lythe . firm the :younger Norwoods had been routed from their beds and brought to the occaeion, tables were epread in the Suliday school roont, where all for the Second time that day enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast. After an hour social diseouree and song, the treasur- Er arose and said: "A few daSrs since, our pastortad re- ceived nut a mere pittance for menY nionthS' of faithful labor. Willie ha had wrought earnestly for the church and its societies, So that, for the first time in years, all were in a prosperous condi- tion, he linselfisilly forgot his own need's. No, not Brother Norwood, you must permit me to finest'. Then one strengt1 len the little suit within, mak- society end another, hy some strange mgbraver and tenllut purerOur eteoincidence, -40orieeertred the thought of 'er'e ' very partings lase their unutterable giving the pastor a pleasant Thanksgiv- saltness and tend in their turn to make mg surprise. It is needless to say, we have ,surprised each other quite as well. life inoi'e glorious when it becomes clear But best of all, I find that in the few to us teat God has taken those we love td put them in a place days of 'unconscious co-operation, we • have increased the aniourd paid on sal - elle, lieLs preEpernED; ary to just $5.00. This shows what we can do if we all work together. I mOve bodies aliall not otherwise affect the life, that they are only over the threshold in you; as :a congregation, that 'we • ine of your spirits than corruption and the next room, busy and happy in et life crease our pagtor's eatery from $004 to a year." - To dwell on thoughts like- these,. to It was carried With a rush, even Bro- lia.ve the seal of fele set upon: the lber Cook assenting'. Pastor Norwood hope', and yearnings of .ouleeriature. to arose, .aied, with tears- ofejoy trickling be told that those yearnings .and those down his cheeks, thanked them simply, ,asptrations NV pre not giyen to us by Some :said they Sung the' doxology is God in Vain, but that they Might in due never before; at least there wero. two time- find their realization—this faith' en- voices that rang out -witli a new insph- . noblee.the very sources of our being. It ation of has been the proud conception of man When they were once more at honie, as expressed; for exainple, in the old and the children in bed, Wesley .Nors Hebrew scriptures, growing stronger 'wood again took his wife into his.arms the more men progressed in intelligence and ,opening his Bible at a place much' and control *over themselves'and the uni- rnarked and worn, they Teach together verse about them; that We are diffeleent. with the guileless faith of children: 'from the rest- of creation. We are the And it shall come to pass, that before crown of creation to which all the res' t theycall 1 will answer." e leads'up. This thought takes on a new • and noblerecharacter as aeresult of .that doctrine of irnm.ortal life whicit Jesus POISON IN THE POT. brought to men. • e, JOHN. p. pETERS, Some Nations A. Breounniiyii.ned'By. Nature's death affeet the seeds which 'you plant ein the earth. ' THE REAL THING IS THE IDEA, •the thought, the spirit, The thing on ?which yo'u can lay your hands,, the 'thing which you -can define with mathe- matical precision, the thing whieh you can photograph, is but the passing pression. This seems like an idle tale ex - to men who cannot free themselves i tfroin the hampering materialisin of their surroundinge. Such men .mournfully loss aside the realities as 'unreal, be they are not ,susceptible of that Drool of the senses which they are wont ' to apply in- their dealings with material expressions. They have not developed -those higher powers . of their nature which 'respond to the spiritual somewhat en the same way in Which the senses re- spond to the material: full of interest and joy. he Pastor's hanksgiving one surmized a general canmas was be- 1 ing made, Before Sunday the entire amount was secured. • 0 Friday, after school, th.e Junior leagu- ers met and decided that inasmuch as 1 he grown-up folks would not help Lo the matter, they woulc1 do what they could; so they voted to pay oe,er every bit there Was in ,. the treasury.. Upon Counting, $23.25e was found to be . the correct amount. - "Oh, girls!" cried Lottie Newman, as Sbe : made some figures in the treasure ..ar's - book, it will make -just even $75 Jand 1 hope we can get, enough to make , et a hundred," -e, . day hymns, some j one pro.posed that they pay,the prove+ of the east concert ch the salary. The sum was $30.25; af- t( e referring to the margin of his an- them book, the cherisier reported that it would make $82 all told. On Thanks- giving evening they would dell at the parsonage and surprise the pastor with a check for MN amount. Perhaps it 'Wouldsomewhat atone for, the sin of 'whispering diiring the sermon. Thanksgiving day was a trying time for the Nomoods. The baby was sick the night before end kept them awake; When they did get to reet,, they over- slept. What with rushing to get break- fast over and make ready for. the ser- vice at church, prayers were shorten- ed ' and the chapter omitted altogether. ,Before the dishes were put- away- Robbie came fn with tornclothes and confess- ed to having been fighting. With like interrupttons Mrs. Norwood and the children were •. unavoidably late to church. • . When they were Sedted at the dinner table, it was almost with a rebellious heart that thanks were offered for the seanty meal before them. They had never thought to keep the day,evith snob 0 meager faeo as ahla. Under the plea of. pressing work, Mr. Norwood present, ly left the table and repaired ••te'dils study, where • he woeked all Me after - neon on a funeral Amnion he was to preach the next day. He had quit his own dinner that the children might not go hungry. Between film and his ser - neon floated visiens of hungry mouths, and eyepleading stronger then in words for food. The sermon would not te made. . The wife succeeded no better ,with ber own work. Some one kept running In all afternoon until she declared posi- tively flint she would not go t� ebe door fax another eallen, which eesolutton she broke almost iminediately. At iaet when the day' a tasks evere ended and the chit- dren,.tired. and hungry, had been early sent to bed, she Caine and laid her hands in her husband's and looking in- te his eyes said tearfully: , "Oh, Wesley; I am so tired!. Every- thing 'has gone wrong to -day, The children never were so ,naughty be- fore. What will people say about Bob - lee fighting? The flour -barrel is empty, the potatoes are all gene, and we hove not a thing in the house for breakfaet, only bread and butter; and the groeer sent us word -yesterday that we could leot have another thing until we paid him. What shall we do?" After which lengthy and somewhat incoherent epeeela she laid her head on his ehoul- der and found refuge in tears. "Never mind, dear; the Lord will pro vide;" then he elowly added, as if in an afterthought, "someway." A few minutes later,. Pastor Nor- wood was bowing to the organist, who slipped a cheek into his hand and eaid properly: "With the eomplimente of the choir" Net an they were seated, the door -bell rang again, and -this time the bailor helve Marcheeqiiireetareet and the astonielieil Minieter ' Mood epeeehlese with eheek he eitheg hand. Then the older league Mineaied preeentinete Leateet Aid„ arid Itint of all the true- .teon, all adding thele elleringe ned crowding the email roome. frach paety looked stiffly ttekance at the cilliers, , 1 ++++++++4-4-44-$4-++++++++ ea_ ;Something had to be done! Such us 711"tho Verdict' of the good people of Elm - 'wine en a. certain October Sunday. The treasurer, a youog,ruan who had recent- ! . come to the villagernad made a linen- After the choir .11a...run over the Sun - 'iota statement ttiat morning, upon which Certain persons felt very much scandalzed: Such a thing had never been idone'before—not even thought of; then it recreated the- fact that the Rev. Wes- jley Norwood had received but $51.75 for months of faithful service. , "I don't believe in bringing u uch i'enatteis in theeeeligious services o '.efturch," growled Brother Cook,'"e ways protestedthat it was a waste of money to pay the minister so much 'salary. , "I quite agree with jou," responded' niter...Barnes. He Was not a ipernber of itbe church, lkit attended because it was respeatable thingea do—gave you !standing"If these things must come - i up every Sunday 1 shall attend church elsewhere." Notwithstanding. thier ,it was general- tty agreed that it was a shame, and something must .be done. Bust when things had gone in a haphazard way !so' long it was no easy matter to face .right about,. After several weeka of de- liberation, the necessary soinething "seemed as fax from accomplishment as Over. "It is tOo bed that, they do not collect the pastor's , salary," remarked Mrs. 'Hunter at the Ladies' Aid meeting. Who she meant • by "they" wa..s not entirely :clear,. Inasmuch as shewas ene of the !afters. "If no one else will do anything, we mut" rejoined Mrs. Allen:, the various 'members nodded approvta. It, was goon planned. The ,pastor had received $51.75; they' -'would pay him ,$08.25—make it even $150—and have 'enough left in the treasury for incident - :al matters. On Thursday evening of need week, whiali was Thanksgiving, they Would invite thertaselvea to the par- sonage and have a good time while ;Making the pastor happy. It Would be. 'easy to prepare something extra evhile getting ready for Thanksgiving‘ It was Ito be a maid secrete not a soul but imeinbere of the society should know a word of it. . "May I not tell John?" slammered timid Mrs. Addie Day. Sie was but !eh nently married and disliked to have ever so little a secret from her husband. Scornful glances from the, more mature matrons warned her that she was about to Mee caste in the 8ocie1y, and she itquickly subsided. At the close of the business meeting of the 'Young, People's league, the pre- eident, made a close scrutiny to assure himself that all present ;were members; he Alien proposed that, as "they would not do anything,," the league take up the matter. 1 "I understand that eve have nearly $60 in the treasury; we -could partite paelor $15.54 --bring the, salary up to. 10flnand have enough left to pay all bills and begin the new year out of debt. If we do thie, lestiggeet that we ;-Ol-:$111TO the utmoet .qoovey and oink° 1L ieomplete surpriee." All readily tignvil to the pion and pledged the pro - Ter retieenee in the matter. Four of the moet faithful met after prayer Meeting tO diseues the nituCCtion, ;end deeided that they muel at onee eolleet $2.18,25„ the bale/tee neeneeary to ,pay the NIX 111011t11?q eatery due. Tide ;they proceeded to do so quietly that -110 It is a most peculiar fact that the very food upon which a whole nation has come to subsist sometimes proves the bane and eventual destruction of that country,. Look at Ireland and.the pota- to! The Irishnation' learnt to live upon the petatO, growing the tubers in such enormous abundance that a very small acreage was sufficient to keep a whoje family in food. Living, in fact, beearne too easy:- Besides, the potato is not al form a thick paste. Se/Leon with salt, he drew up the native levies and ordered complete Peed. It weakened the phy- end, when Well mixed, add, one by one, them harshly to lay down thetr 'arms. sique of the Irishmen. , the yolks of three eggs, stirring round Thq negroes, not understanding what When the • potato disease made ite and round gently till evell arnalgaMated. Was required of them, hesitated for a sudden appearance, and blackened and There add a teasponful of grated lemon- mehlent in astoniehment. Herr Leusch- _ 1************A OME ***********4 SELECXED RECIPES. Tough Onions Made Terater.---Cut levee tough onions in eanneli traneveree.olleea 4n11 e0011: Oft In -salted water, They become tender and aelicioue. Then serve them with a cream Bence.' Try Illi9 1it1101.1 of mixing mustard, It will make delictoue condiment: Slice an onion in a bowl, centering it with vinegar. Let , this• stand forty-eight hours, then pour •of( the vinegar into another bowl, add a Intlee red PePlialh .alt, 'eager and enough dry mustard. to thicken to a cream. The proportions should be a teasponfut of the pepper and salt and twice that of sugar, but' tates tilsyof deireiseTrets°u1nseedw.11 Fried Green Peppers.: — Cut ,oaell et a,s. to the goo - lengthwise, taking care not to let the seeds touch,- the sides. Take out the seeds, 'slice the peppers crosswiseand lay in' boiling water until it and they are, cold: Drain and wipe the eliced peppers and fry in butter. Serve, dry, es an accompaniment to fish, ripalfed Apples—One of., the most whole - seine dishes is a baked apple. It is delicious at breakfast as wellects. at sup- per. In fact, apples in almost any form are invaluable. For variety's .sake try poling the apples before. baking them. Peel and core them„fill the hollows wit spice and sugar, andbake long enougl to give them a thin crust, Sometimes. a bit of buttes is placed on top of each apple before putting it in the oven. Serve them cold with whipped cream. An excellent salad can be made by cutting two Spanish onions in slices, putting them in a large bowl, and pour, ing boiling water over' thern, letting the onions remain in the water for just one minute. Drain and plunge:into ice-cold water, letting them remain for several hours. 'Prepare four long, green 'cucumbers by paring and 'slicing, and letting them remain in cold water for the same length of time. Dramn. the on- ions and the cucumbers, and place t1114/1 ifl. a bowl, pouring over, them' a French dressing. 11 . Calves' Liver a la 4111itaire.—Cut in thin sheds three-quarters of a Pound of calves' liver; mince a button mushroom —or two, if very small. Fry these in a Mile salad oil to a golden brown color, then add the liver, thinly sliced. Sea-, son with pepper, and .salt. Cook for eight minutes, then sprinkle over all some very' finely -minced •parsley. -TOSS- the pan about for Intither five minutes, se that the juice of, the liver permeates the ingredients. Slip on to a very hot dish; and encircle with poached.. eggs. Florentine Fritters.—Put eight table- spoonfuls of sifted flour into a basin: Moisten 'with just sufficient water to recut ef the teepee, tile is-ats eitnahl bel THE suNDAT sou° reeeorecef oal itio end Og CaCh SWL'airrd , 111 a p2eee el chi newe.eaper. Where treetbe [lee tereeteleeerale seette fewdercel. hitter °eerie under tlae paner Itti the chewers awl at the aneal el lee .waeetrobe 1,11.2e;o thr) cleawere etide amine fernitnce C'Clka i:? -,0. WPTICAIt'kful,. ly rearri4tCd ley, robbing the rages tie) !way ef the grain ef the wend wale finely t;:! -d patentee-3ton° and on. Afterwardpolish it:, a dry, eoft elotia. A Hint Abeut Egge,I,Viien the I'Vratte3 of„egge have been 11%4 gar jellive and ether. purposes and the yolhs aro not wanted tin sleet day, beat them up' with a little evarrn water and put away in a cOol pima. ' . Whitening a Ceiling-aeA Ceiling blade ened by a lamp an be much iniproved by applying a layer ot starch end water. When this &lee it will brush 'off, tale- ing the greaterpart of the lampblack with it. A hand lotion Which many houee- keepers have found:, of benefit is made ae follows:'Take g pint bay rum, two ounces glycerine and the etrained juice of two- large lemons. Mix and bottle. Use after washing dishes and upon re- tiring. Soft, white hands will result. Extracting a splinter with the aid ot steam. may be a new idea to some. Nearly fill A wide-mouthed bottle with very hot water, place the injured part over the mouth of the bottle and press it. slightly. The suction thus produced will draw the flesh down and in A min- ute splinter and inflainmation together. Canning Beets—When you have swall beets( those an inch in diameter cbe used), boil, slip the skins, have ac lding vinegar and water, half and hall, enough to cover, bring 'again to the boiling point and can. Use fruit jars, for they must be air -tight to keep. MEN SHOT. ON MEM SUSPICION. Artist Was Appointed Police Chief in German Africa. 'The German Newspapers pub/Ish de- tails of still another colonial scandal. It is stated that Herr Puttleamer, who -was -diernissed from the Governorship of the German Camerodis for perpetra- ting various abuses of official power, at once appointed dim Leuschner, a per- eonal friend, to be chief of .pollee of the district of Buea. In this position Herr Letischner not only commanded the na- tive police force of negroes from -.Liber- but was also supreme: judge and. administrator of his district. His „sole claim to this appointment was the fact that he 'vas a• talented artist, whose water -color pictures strongly appealed to Herr Puttkamer's artistic' tastes. One day Herr Leuschner, whose brain became 'affected by the tropical heat., suddenly •imagined that the negroes forming his police corps. were meditating a massacre of alliEuropeans in the dis- fitNielIONU. I E01111,- ocro 21. Lesson. 1110 The Parai;le Of the Talents.. Golden Toil; Wolf. 28. 28. c' ' TUB LESSON WORD STatitallea. - Note„ --The text of tile Revined Vt,q1,-,;:q11 1,9' 11;5CCI as a basis fur thea Word Studies. To 'Watehfulnees and landeevor.—The teeeen of the Parable of the Talentee contains an iniportant addition to tO teaching of the Parable, of the Ten Vir- gins which precedes it, and with white* It is closely connected both in thought and in point of tinae. The !Pelson of the: parable is still partly that of watchfulneis; but to the exhortation to vigilane0 Is added the thought that there is work to be done" in the time of waiting, and thet the timerof watehing is to be not of idleness but of ettrnest, end - ;- /Er yore Still another lesson of the‘p able is that even the least talented p Aeon In the kingdom of God will be .hhid. respone ,sible for The right use of such gifts and abilities Lis rimy have been intrusted 10 - him. A partial parallel to the'parable of the talents is found in the Parable of the Pounds (Linke 19. 12-27). There are, however, important points. of dietlnellon which ' separate the two parables fe0M. , each other. These -are, (I) the different oceaelotis on which eaeh was spoken, and. (2) the different special incidents and details of each. A careful convert - son of the two parables in =meatier* With the ' study of our lesson will ba found profitable. f Verse 14. It L3. as when—That IS, tha general situation e, in the kingdom of heaven. Going into another eduntry--Litgoing on a journey, as the same verb Is trans-, lated in the next verSe "fie wenton bis journey." Servants ----Lit. bondservants, that LI, slaves. Delivered unto them his goods—The Aarbarous customs of antiquity which made slaves of all prisoners, of war, without distinction 'brought about the peculiar situation at times in which bondservants manifested greater ability'• and intellectual ,capacity than their Masters to whom they were bound in servitade. A great deal of commerce of antiquity was managed by slaves, and these Were often enerusted with den - portant and responsible functions. Irt thi'e case the master entrusts to each of several slaves a iarge sum of money to be invested during, his ahsence as each trict. He thereupon summoned all may deem fit and profitable. - EurOpeens and gave thern rifles and , 15; Inc, talents—A talent of silver ammunitiore, Of the latest pattern. Then destroYect the crops of the whole island. the people had nothing else to fall back upon. The result was the ghastly fa- mine waich killed directly or indirectly neasly a million persons, and from which the Green Isle has never tey this day recovered, . In much the same way the yami or sweet _potato is destroying the negro race in, the 'Southern States of America. The yam' grows so easily that • a half - acre patch, with a little fl,sh and bacon, will feed a family for a year. Conse- quently, Sarnbo won't work, and after rind and a lahlespoonful of slanneel,. dry raisins passed through a Sieve: No fc•rm the mixture into any fancy shapes preferred. Place in a frying pan, and fry in the best oil ,to a light, golciee- brnwn,e.rserve. rooms, and put them in a basin of coId tf Muslim° Toasts.—Pare some mush water, to which add a few drops of le- mon juice, . Remove them carefully; to avpid the -sediment. ' Place on a nap- kin for a couple of minutes, then, roughly mince themand -Oak in a lit - Ile butter. Season with pepper and salt and sprinkle, over with grated' Parme- a tim'e all'ambition will disappear, and i ;seri eheese. Cook till the , are Hie colored man of the South Will sink tender, serve on smushroomsmall rounds of toast ore [melding to an Italian, authority, io dirn'ntdive eheege-flav.ored tartlets, and serve immediately. 011e way of Boiling Chicken.—The chicken is cut up. As little water as pcsslhle is used in boiling, barely enough to cover it, and rio more added. The object in having the water boiling hot a, first islhat it immediately closes fie the pores and keeps the natural juices from escaping. . Only a few minutes of this rapid boiling is necessary. The heat may then be reduced and ler the rest of the time it may be,bolled gently. An hour is suflipient time to allow, in - bird is unusually toergh. All meats if boiled too long are rendered tasteless. finless ae' fowl -is very free from pin feathers it is advisable to re- move the skin, as 11 18 beneath the skin that most of the fat is to be found which renders even a, tender chicken indiges- tible to weak stomaehs. Half a cup- ful of flour edded to 1he liquor for thiekening makes ae I delicioue gravy, , . , Serve the chicken in a, deep covered dish with, the gravy poured over it and it will be found to be equal to Elnet fel- :cassij ever tasted. , - to a lower level than he has at present reached. , The banana- has done much harm in entral America in exactly the same way. *When a man has nothing lb do -but scratch a few holes and•plant slips of bananas .which go on growing and bearing year ,after year, it is .only natural that he takes life a great •deal too easily for either his own or hiS country's good. In Corfu the staple food of the island- ers is maize, which they frequently gather before it is ripe, and which is carelessly stored in damp cellars. Cmsequeritly, the death -rate 'ram that b.Mible disease, "pellagra," is terrible. Science has definitely proved that pel- lagra is due to eating- damaged maize The disease begins by a peculiar rash which appears in the spring, and vlbich itis-althost impossible to curb. With each successive spring it veturns with increased Virulence, until the patient's whole skin turns yellow', or even black. The nervous system is ,destroyed, and eventually the unhappy sufferer be - conies delirious, mad, and eventually dies. At one time pellagra was the. curse of Northern Italy,ebut great, and to sotne extent successful efforts have bebn made to stamp It out and teach' the people not to live on maize only. Sleeping sickness has for Centuries !rnt pickles, gives her mode of prepar. ravaged Burrnah and othPI'''' hot aim- mg them, which is so simple that 1 tries where Hee is Rio stalne food. It is pasa it on. 1 should have said that she now deflnintely ascertained that this, 'terrible disease is cau.sed by feeding, upon damaged rice. It was once epi- demie 111 the ,japanese army. but has been entirely got rid of by a ehange of diet. In Northern India a sort oi millet. which i4 the chief food of eorne millions of natives, has had the effect of eleadilq. diminishing the pdpulation. There is 'some obscui'e, poison he this grain which causes a peculiar disease. Professor Dunstan, of the Imperial Institute, has been &inducting researches into the nature of this poison, It is more than probable that future generations' will truthfully, declare that. white bread has been the ruin of, the Engueil people. Our teeth are going rapidly, and 11 10 more than euepected that the cause is the steel roller mill white flour which ,ha e , been substituted for the good old-fashioned' "seconds" forma days. A SIMPLE KNACK WITH • PICKLES. A friend who is famed ler her eveel- I Tho eafl to ..vAtch and pray de e not mean to waleh your neigliborThile, you pray for yout-ercvn neede. ' The mAtee Who looke for fruit will not be entified with a life that hae no- thing better to olfer than au eintocence of weeds. has two methods. When pressed fee tune she puts 1. teaspoon salt into a quart jar, fills it with pickles and cold -vinegac enougi to cover 'them, and if handy, she throws in a handful of ria- sturlitim seeds, which give the whole a spicy 'taste; 'Then she covere them lightly, and that is the last of therri until thesr are opened in the winter. tier other method is, to soak ' the pickles over night in salted :water. Then - she toils a little vinegar with whole spies added long enough to extract the Strength frona"them, strains or not, tt's the time allows, Puts a little, of thin liquid in each ,bottle and fills up .with cold water. If it is barbeery lime and a few burtellee .are liahdy, elte drope them in, here and there, to give 4 bright look ,to the whole. She picklee everything, 'front string beans to \wat- ermelon rinds, and node a use for them all liefore The neason is over. Both these recipes are extre,mely simple, yet my friend informed me that her picklee are fain'( far and near for their cetopnens and'ilaveh, and she itev. er has any difficulty hi keeping them. MVO VOIR MR Spots of aeid On clothint may be re. moved, ,,and the color reset red by rub. ibing with ehloroform. If hedeteade Creak nith areery elioVe0 ner, regarding this -hesitation es a proof of mutiny, ordered the Europeans to fire 9n the natives. Several were killed; many were,wounded, and the remainder fled to thepolice station of the adjoining district, where they sought prOtectiqrf. Privy Councilor Seitz, who was al- ready appointed Herr Putikamer's ,suc- cessor as Governor'conducted an offi- cial investigation into the effete, and two soldiers of the native troops were condemned to lopg terms of imprison- ment. Herr Leuschner escaped scot- free. , The Governor impregsed on the witnesses the absolute necessity of maintaining aecrecy,. 'and the . truth would probably neve', have become known if the German Consul at Mon- rovia, in Liberia, had not reported that It was extremely difficult to recruit Liberian natives for the Cameroon pollee force since Herr Leuschner had his in- nocent subordinate S shot down at Baca. The Consular report. led to the discovery of the details now published. HOODOO NECKLAM. All Its Owners Have Suffered Prom 'Misfortune. - A grirA story of a fateful necklace lost on the eve of her death In the Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, by alma. An - deed,. who was cut down by her hus- band, is told by the Novoe Vrernyae, It was an old piece of work by on of the best Parisian jewelers, and was sold first to the head of a French Court fam- ily, -nearly all the niembers of Which were guillotined during the Revolution. A few escaped to Brussels and „were obliged to part with- matey fine jewele, aneong them the necklae,e in question. Front that time they enjoyed good for- tune. The. necklaee, after changing hands About ten times, was sold for $;20.000 to a princewho gave it to the ballerina Teualch For this act he wasexiled from St. Petersburg. Tzuldti 'the iniperial ballet, and, finding het* health she went to her native 'country- side and abandoned the stage forever. Before, doing so she sold the necklace. A subsequent owner, the antiquary, Linivitch, died suddenly at Monte Carlo, and the next to gain poseession of the fewelry was a gambler at, Monte Carlo, who lost all his money. The sale of the necklace saved him from beggary. • Finally, it fell into the hands of Mr. Andrea, a broker on 'the bourse of St. Petersburg. He paid $10,000 for it, and his Wife was wearing it.when, In a fit of anger, he killed lier. BENIAIIKABLE llAILWAY." An up -hill 'railway, parlfape the most remarkable in the world, Is the Oroyo, in Peru. It runs from Callao to the goldfields of Cerro de Paeco.. Frain Callao it ascends the narrow .valley 'of the Ilintan, rising nearly 5,000ft, in the fleet fifty-eix xixf1o, Thalee 11 goes through the intrico.tip gorges of the Sierra; till it tunne/s1 the Andes at an altitude of 15,6451t., the higneet point in the !World where a pieton rod is hnoved by steam. The wonder is ificreaeed by remenlbeeing that tide elevation reached iri eeventy-eledit eotemOtt task makea •Ihe 'nem ion here. was equal to, about two Jimmied dol- lars In our money, In the interpreta- tion of the parable the talents are to be thought of as capacities and ,opportuni- ties for service, It„ is from the use of the wore in this Parable that the present. day 'Meaning 01 the term as b. natural gift or endowment has come. O., Straightway-- A word oecufring very seldom In Matthew but a. favorite( connective with Mark -- Traded with them—,Invested them, 147,, dustriously seeking to increase Mei, capital. 1 18. Digged in the earth, and hid his lord's "money—For purposes of safe keeping, apparently. The than was at; east- not 'dishonest; he was .simply inclo- lent and envious of .those to whem larger Sums had ° been given. 19. Maketh a reckoning with the Asks them torelocler an account of t *- business transections in which they have engaged during his absence in order that he may ascertain what has been the iiicrease of his substance under their care. 20. Other five taIents--Like the seed sown orr good soil the investments of the first and second servants had yielded a litindredfold return. 21. Thou hast been faithful.over a few things—The sum gin to the servants had been, after all, but a small frees lion of the total wealth of the Master. Enter thou into the joy of they lord -e, Either (1) become a partaker of the hap- piness Which thy lord hirnself enjoys, and which thou shalt be permitted to share ,becauge of thy faithfulness; or (-8) Share in some specially prepared joy- ous occasion or feast (as in the last parable) Planned by the master as a reward for thy faithfulness. 22. Other two talents—The same pers centege of increase as has been achieved' by the first servant. 21. A hard nian--Unfair and exacting in business. transactions. Heaping where thou didst not sew, athl gathering where thou didst not ° smiler — Demanding . inerease where eractierdly no capital, hes been invested. The charge made by the, slothful ser-, vent reflects the dissatisfaction which lie felt with his own small ,allotment of capital. He had not con.eidered the one talent worth investing. 20, 27. Thou wicked and slothful sere vante-Wicked because slothful, diseatis- fled. and envious. ' • Thou Midwest that I reap where sowed not — The acdusation, though t. false, is admitted by the master in °Me*, that he may the more forcibly bring honie the charge of Indolence and un- fairness. His argument is, Granted that I am an exacting and unfair man in my dealings with others, thou, who art thus Accusing me, nest thyself failed .te do the least which fairness thou couldest have done for Inc, neinely put nxy nioney to the bankers that at my coming I should have received back mine own with intereSt, ° °rake awa31, therefore, the tale ent from binie-Even the smallest portion Of the lord's money must be .productiva, and must be placed where it will bring returne. ability, and Industry, shall tete ope • 2.a. Unto every one thin bath eaPrilaa pertunity and ineteeree Front Idle .that avail note even that wlaidh lie '171mill ehalit he taken, awayee Implying that the decrease of capital, the fdirainutien of capaieity and power, is the fault of 1110 indolent meal hinieelf. Grumbling doenot help your gowth iet dee;