HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-10-18, Page 7 (2)RESURRECTION OF THE
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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
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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-
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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
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to men who cannot free themselves
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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
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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
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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,
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ea_ ;Something had to be done! Such us
711"tho Verdict' of the good people of Elm
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'wine en a. certain October Sunday. The
treasurer, a youog,ruan who had recent-
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. 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
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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-
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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-
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ocro 21.
Lesson. 1110 The Parai;le Of the Talents..
Golden Toil; Wolf. 28. 28. c'
' TUB LESSON WORD STatitallea.
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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
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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;