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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-2-8, Page 3CURIthNT TOPICS Mrs, Mewl Bnilington Booth has writ. len to a New York paper to deny that the has ever expressed herself in favor of lcJllJng the incurably stoic or Mimed - Some years ago sloe advised that each railroad Main should cat't'y a case of drugs and surgical instruments, but fur lite purpose of saving fife, not of de- stroying 11, Perhups the mistake grew out of some Indistinct recollection of what she, wrote on that earlier occasion, but 11 is n good Ildng to have her prompt dental of this later story. It is another Illustration of the difficulty which the advocates of medical murder have In se- curing adherents. The proposition is an entirely different ono from that of making the lust moments of the incur- able easy. Popular eprovat is that the use of all means to deaden pain in such cases. Tho news columns a day or two ago told of the ens° of n woman in the east who was suffering horribly from hydro- phobia. Death was inevitable and near, but. IL was not hastened; the patient was placed under the Influence of narcotics and the agony relieved by a sleep which lasted unit' the end carne of itself. In two recent conspicuous cases In Chicago the same course was followed, Opiates were given to relieve pain even at the risk of clouding the intellect, but the physiolan shrank from assuming the right to say when life should cease. if the principle were once admitted that the incurable should be put to death a natural extension of the principle would carry it to the classes of the useless, We depended, the aged, all criminals, 10 weak and the idle. It would not be long before existence would become a strug- gle of factions each advocating the de- struction of the others. IL would be an- archy. 13ut without following up the legiti- mate outgrowth of the recognition of the principle of extermination and con- sidering only the case presented, Lhe ex- tinction of the sick and the injured, IL would be a loss to the world to have this take place. No one khows what mir- acle of science or oI nature will yet prolong the lite that seems doomed. Some of the greatest oI men were In childhood so feeble that their lives were despaired of, and others of the world's greatest were ruched with pain through the same years in which their best work was done. Men who were left for dead on the battlefield have lived to a good old age. But supposing that no cure or palliation of pain will ever be found, no one dares say what resultant growth cf soul may be a part of the divine plan. The lessons that come from a sicicrom are often powerful influences for good. Save the sufferer from pain, if it is pos- sible, but leave to a higher power the termination of life. LIFE DOES NOT DEPEND ON AIR. The Creatures of Other Planets May Not be Men. The questions that have been raised regarding life on Mars are being discuss- ed with unusual interest by scienists. Some of the mostremarkable statements made recently are those of Professor Turner of Oxford University. During the course of his remarks he enunciated the principle that life was not depend- ent, an air -that there Is really no neces- sity far beings to breathe. Being asked whether the planets were inhabited, he said: 'I do not know. Ofr course with sci- ence at its present stage of development, nc man can know. But nevertheless, I feel sure they are. The question of Mars," he said, has often been raised, and the presence of what has frequently been called canals Pas been cited to prove that Mars Is Inhabited. "In dealing with the planet Mars all of the observations of all of the astrono- mers really amount to very little. "The planets are so like the earth in many respects that it -seems unreason- able to lhlnlc that fife Is confined to the )ratter sphere. If there is life it must he different from the forms of life on this earth. I cannot understand why people 'insist in picturing the inhabitants of the planets as men. "It should bo borne in mind that we are carefully adapted to the conditions of life on the earth, and as the canal - bons vary on the planets so do the forms of life vary so as le be adapted to these conditions. "There are certain low forms of life which can exist better without air than with it. Given the slime condition of affairs on 80100 other planet this lower kind of bre may have developed just as eve have developed." Speaking( as an astronomer, he said the best thing to do to lnvestigete was not to build .bog telescopes, but to gi'e the looney tee those scientists who are working on low temperatures in order t:. see whether bacteria could live in ]ower temperatures than has eat been obtained, WIFE'S AIM. "1 met with an unexpected yesterday, accident "What was 11?' "Wife threwa brush at my head," "1 don't eat that an acoldent'" "I do, She hit mei, ALWAYS Al''IIAND. "Of course," Sell the optimist, "If than gets into the habit of hun_ trouble he's sure to find It:' hunting "les." replied the pessimist "and if kers SO lazy (het the niways trial to avoid if it wall find Ihn. Sowhat's the diff - el WOULD.,SELL AT A LOSS, leas n people would be ' glad to (;et rico of their ncpartolleo foil 'iagr than they paid for it, THEY ARE DEGRADI\G Little Sins Are Blemishes On Our Character. y0U Kn.ol.Ny yeumbers tLhaixxxlyouhr, Msin M. shall overtake .potation Is the key to manhood, It ]ends us to a regard for the finer life in this beautiful, oluslvc and, hall' -vet el world, "A good name is bettor than precious ointment," and so notch of the unction and kindness of social sweetness is built upon the innate desire to udjust self 10 n barmonizrd realization of the rights of our follow men. No eatery act can purchase a gond name. The desire to he esteemed should be built upon statelessness of thought, word and action. The sum total Is char - 110100, lvhfeh again Is but 11 confirma- tion of righteousness. 1t is difficult lo comprehend the philosophy of the mural order unless 14 be founded unnn a righteous being, and so the funclamcn- lei conception of Memento r lifts us. above anerchy and above the breaking of the divine image hl 011r souls. Wo are not automatons. but souls en- dowed with liberty of choice between good anti evil, On this depends all m'e'al growth end soul development. Good, therefore, in any form is TILE GOAL OF HUMANITY. But even 11 the spirit of goodness dwells it' us, yet may we lessen Ills influence and unconsciously degrade our charac- ters. Afi "dying,* flies spoil Lha sweetness nl oinhnenl," wlihont rendering It totally unfit.. so little failings may weadoan the delicacy of our better selves without de- stroyhig our permanent virtue. Such heinous offences as profanity, drunken- neas, theft or lewdness are so power- ful es to overwhelm els .with a terrify- ing sense of guilt. \+;teen these sins ere cementite(' there can be no misunder- standing of the consequence's, The character is entirely besmirched. But when it is n question of slight blemishes or petty defects of Christen monhood the sensibility of the conscience does not always recognize the wound. Like the termite sheg leaves the hark uninjured while it eats the heart of the tree, so the guilt of little sins becomes n moral disllntegration. 11 mural tora arolly rimed in our souls, we shooed "put on the orator of light" Instantly 1 end fight; but'hecauso it is only mat confusion that reigns, we have. an Incli- nation to set ourselves aright. And el this time our frailties are working mot their own punishment, for tole at system, is inexorable. Soul life is no more stationary than physi(rtl life. Ev- ery thought, word or action makes for our uplifting or degrading as the pro- crsses go on and no neul'ality is pos- sible. The saddest of all deaths is the. dead of a soul In a body still strong end t'igoI-nus. 'Ilili MISTAKE MADE is In thinking that this life is one cf Aulfillment, that all process depends on our sagacity, that ultimate aeleevement do^ends on our own exertions, that the cempcliian of energies compensates for !ho cosy descent from lofty standards. But this life is not 00m1010(0; we are supply a stale of preparation. Life is n series of purifying processes. IL is the expansion of soul culture based on d1 - vine Ideals. hence, in tole present pro - cos of clevelonment, our burden of righteousness should be borne, file sae rows of abnegation endured, if we would come into final possession of eternal Miss. God never Intended that our Jour - nev toward immortality should he a negetivc quantity -we should not cum• her the ground 1f we are not fruit bear- ers. T.et IN then route ourselves in the exalted attributes of divine character; lel conscience, untroubled by little sins, be aroused Through abounding grace to eland (-confessed blameless, harmless and without rebuke. Love is stronger. safer and saner than low, because fn it there is no nom - promise. T.et love overshadow our every thought. word and action; Id our sin he excess of divine love, and we shall then have oro fear if iL overtakes us. T H E S. LESSON S.V��1V INTF,BNATIONAL LESSON, • FED. 11. Lesson VII. Jesus Catling Fisherman, Golden Text, Eph. 5. 1. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note. -The lot of the Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies. Preceding Events in Galilee and lu- dea.-Soon after his temptation in the wilderness ;loses seems to have returned to the place where John was still bap- tizing, somewhere on the banks of the Jordan or one of its tributaries. 1t tvus at this lime that John's testimony con- cerning Jesus the Lamb of God (John 1. 20-34) was given, Andrew, ,Simon Peter's' brother, and John, sot of Zebe- dee, being among these who heard this wonderful testimony of the Baptist. These two men, prompted by what they had heard, followed Jesus, and, together with Stenon, Philip, Nathanael, and pro- bably James, they accompanied him holo Galilee (joins 1. 35.511, witnessed the per- formance of the first miracle at Cana (John 2. 1-11), and remained n short time with him at Capornaum (John 2. 12). From Capernaum Jesus returned to Jer- usalem to attend One passover feast, clennsed We temple, conversed with Nicodomus, preached and baptize,], "though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples" (John 2. 13 Lo 4. 2e. Departing again from Judea, Jesus passed through Samaria, epoke with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, near Sychar, tarried at the request of the Sa- maritans two clays in their oily, and then proceeded again into Galileo (John 4. 2-43). A second miracle, the healing of the nobleman's son at Cana, the rejection of Jesus at Nazareth, and his removal from Nazareth to Capernaunt 000 three important events which in this second a.nd longer ministry of Jesus in Galileo peeeede the formal call of the twelve (John 4. 43-54; Luke 4. 14-81). Parallel amounts of the call of the four mentioned in to -day's lesson are found In Matt. 4. 18-22 and Marie 1. 16.20. These accounts do not. however, mention the miracle which preceded the call of the fishermen to discipleship. Verso 1. Now -That is, on one special occasion about to be mentioned. Pressed upon trim -Thronged about Ihn so that he was crowded for stand- ing room. The lake of Gennesa'et-Known also as the "Sea of Galilee," or the "Sea of Tfborlas." 1t is thirteen nn1°s long and a little less than seven mites wide in its, widest part.. The body of water is pear- shaped, with the narrow end toward the soutl. Its surface is Seven hundred feet below tine sea level and its greatest depth measures a 'little' over two hun- dred feet. On the oast and west sides the lake t5 bordered by hills and low mountains, on the north by gentle slopes rising gradually toward Mount Hermon, and on the south by the IoW plain of We Jordan valley, le the lime of Jostle Its northern and western shore& were a con- ihluous garden thickly dotted with towns and villages. Its Waters still al3ouad :n choice hash -water fish. 2. Standing by -Floating and moored near the store. The llsherooen-Simon and Andrew, James and Jahn, and their helpers or hired servants. Washing tneli' nets -It is of interest to note that three distnet Greek'words, dlktuon, amphibleston, and sangcne are in the New Testament translated net. Diktuon, the word used in our lesson text, seems to have been the general name foe nets of e11 kinds, while the. other two designated more espeeially nets used for fishing.. Of these two, ant- phibleston denotes a casting net, beteg thrown with the hand, the sangeno wes a, dente or drag... net. Made the parallel passtige In Matthew we learn' by consult- ' c rl e 111 it wee a cast- ingin the Greek eel o In l nut not, amphibleston, which Peter was using (Matt. 4. 18), and indeed this would be the only kind that could Po used in deep water, since, though smaller, it entirely inclosed the fishes caught. A seine, on the contrary, can be used only in shallow water. 3. Sat down --The customary attitude of a Jewlsh rabbi white delivering a dis- course on religion. Taught -Continued the teaching which he had begun on shore, as the Greet, imperfect indicates. .i. Ilad left -diad ceased. He said unto Simon -Simon being the master of the craft, which had served IUm as a pulpit. Let down your nets -These same cast- ing nets. 5. All night -Night being the more favorable limo for fishing. But at thy word I will -This readiness of Peter as an experienced fishermen to act contrary to les own best judgment. in response to the suggestion of Jesus presupposes a nearer acquaintance. Peter had indeed been a believer in and a follower of Jesus ever since he, with the others, had wit -nosed.' that first mir- acle al Cana, months before. Up to this time, however, he had not been asked to give up his business as a tlshermen and devote his whole time to his discipleship. Pussibly he was not before this prepared to make so complete a surrender. 6. 'Their nets were breaking -Either the meshes were beginning to tear or the short handle with which each net was smelted to break, The nets were poi -- shaped and of n size such that each man could ordinarily well handle one net. But on this occasion every not was so full that the attempt to lift it from the water in the usual way proved too great to strain, and each man was compelled to hold this own net in the hater until help arrived. 7. Their pariner;S--James and John, sons of Zebedee (comp, verse 10). Filled both the boats, so that they he - gen to sink -The weight of the two boat- loads of fishes was evident from the depth to which the boats sank in the venter. Thus the weight of a cargo of a great ocean vessel, even, may be esti- mated by the height to which the water rises on its sides, an empty vessel being easily distinguished from a heavily laden one by its appearing to "stand up high out of the wale'." 0. Amazed -The amazement of this ex- perienced fisherman Indicates how mira- culous was the drauglit of fishes. 10. Thou shali-Jesus ncicil'rsses .limon as the representative or spokesman of the group. The words \vhirh Jesus spoke were Intended for all who were present (comp. Matt, 4. 19; Mark 1, .17), Catch -Literally, take alive, as with u net.. They were to take men captive for 1110 kingdom of heaven. 11. Leit all, and followed him -'The sacrifice was a willing one. Peter al- ludes to it at a later Uhne (comp. Luke 18. 28-30; Mark 10. 29, 30-, when he re- minds his Mosler of the fact that the dis- ciples had forsaken all and followed him, upon which Jesus gives the promise of hundredfold returns, bolls In this pre sent life and the life to cone. i When n barroOnh loafer tells you that he is a gentleman no other testimony is heeded, "To what do you attribute your phere maw' success?" asked the medical stu- dent. "To my ability in mastering the art of concealing my ignorance," truth- fully answered the Old physician. "Every housekeeper must realize," said Mrs, Prim; that cleanliness Is next to godliness.'" "Unless," replied Mrs. Popley, "she happens to have several boys around the house; then she realizes it's next to.ImpoSSible." A lady, hearing the remark that the storm signet Was set, inquired whetted meant and, being told that the SignalDepartment .now watches the weather n telegraphs hn advance all over andn t the (entry, replied; Now, lsn't that Dori' veniant tot wasberavohnet23'1 FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES o('' INTEREST PROM ilial I3ANICS AND BRAES. \ tial 10 Going 00 In the highlands and Lonlands of Auld Scotia. The wages of Glusgcw Corporation carters have been increased by 1s per wee's, A mutat, omnibus service bet omi Musselburgh and 'd'r'ansent bas been Inaugurated, 511'. /lucdonell, lend warder, Inver- ness, has been appointed prisoner gov- el nor of Stornoway, Wrn. G. Inglis, a Lett merchant of Ayr, who had been In poor health, out lis throat and died. The pupululiun of the burgh of Motherwell has gone up 1,488 during We year, and now stands at 33;163. Fare broke out at. Voltaic• Ruihvary Station resulting in the purtiol desttur- mItuenlt's ofbootoeby. engine shed and the work - Aberdeen has had a record year 1n fishing. During 1005 there have leen landed at the port 88,000 tons of fish, or the estimated value of £885,000. The death has ouaurred at Rtnval Pin- ch, India, as the result of an aecldett, of Erie 0. Macleod„ 0111 Bengal Lancet's h grandson of the lute Dr. Norman Macleod. At a meeting of the Aberdeen magls- 1•ates a suggestion was made by Bailie Burnett that the magistrates should 1•e furnished with a black robe to be worn in the pollee court. By the previsions of the will of 1h01ate Mr. Thornes Barclay, a Glasgow solid - tor, necceslttous widows in Perth bene- fit lo the amount of 217,000. The money will he handed to the town colonel). Serious subsidences have occurred rot Beelidykes, In Lh0 neighborhood of Presiormans, lfarldtnglonsll]rc. Ona if the under -ground coal workings with \:hint the Midi -let abounds subsided wilhnut any warning. A number of houses were badly damaged, while t1 high wall collapsed in many places. The Dundee Town Couneil bas con- sidered an offer by the Balgay 'Trustees to sell Scott street Parlc, which extends t., about thirty acres near Balgay (•1111, for recreation purposes at X15,500. Ex - Lord Provost . Malthewson guaranteed 0X1.500 towards the cost, and the Coun- cil generally approved of Lie scheme. The closing of the public houses and hcensed grocers' shops nn New Year's Day in Scotland is acknowledged to have been a success. Seals who were in- clined to grumble against interference with old customs, admits Lihat the cities, trtvns and villages were quieter, and that the great majority of the people hap- pier than tender old conditions. Rev. Dr. Alexander Gray, senior min- ister of Auchterless Parish, Aberdeen• shire, hes died. Dr. Gray had a remark- able career. He served for nine years, first as herd boy and afterwards as farm servant, and then entering /fa'ischal College, he was awarded 1110 first gold medal presented by Aberdeen 'frown Council for the most proficient student. At the last annual meeting of the Glas- gow Savings Bank it was stated that for the first time in the bnnlc's history the balance due to the depositors load reached ten millions sterling. The bank was the largest of its kind in the king- dom. No rawer flan 100,000 depositors had :810 at thole- credit. Glasgow de - Toasters had more at their credit than Liverpool and Manchester combined. LAST 01r WOODEN WALLS. The Old Three-deeker St. Vincent to be Destroyed. ' Silent decks and a wind -riven p'nying- OfC pennant liet'alds the passing of 1I. M. S. Sl. Vincent, one of the last of the old wooden throe -deckers whose timbers are seasoned in the Past glories 01 Eng- lish naval history. After this week Portsmouth harbor will know her no mare, and Nelson's flag- ship Victory will mourn the absence of a neighbor of over 40 years' standing. There Is no seul.iment about the Ad- miralty, and majcstie though the pro- portions of this grand old battleship are, with her breadth of beam and wonder- ful figure -head, she is to be sold out of the navy and broken up. 'Thus ends her life of signal usefulness of nearly 100 pare, in which the waters of nanny oceans have lapped 11or copper -sheathed sides. As a (raining ship for the boys she has been a familia' object In Porsnmulin harbor for the last 40 years. oder keel was laid clown 'at Chatham In 1805, but she was not ready for launching mobil 1815, the roe of Waterloo. She boasted a tonnage of 4,072, and with her full complement of 121) guns was reckoned the finest three-decleer afloat. Her claims were justified for the Victory ind only 110 guns, with a tonnage of 2,164. Her days of active commission over, she took up her station at Portsmouth, where thousands of lads who are now the smartest bluejackets in the navy re- ceived }.heir Ilt'st training on her decks. She has had as many as 800 aboard her et once, but latterly only 300. Now only Captain G. C. Cnyley and 17 other officers remain aboard, and they will be paid off, The Admiralty are no longer utilizing these old ,wooden tight- ing machines ns teetning ships with sue exception of the Esmeralda, at. Queens- towru, ( DIVISION. Mrs. Youngbrlde - "Lena have liver and bacon for broaklast tognorn•ow, darling." Mr, Youngbrlde - "At right, sweet- heart. Yon can have the liver and 1 will have the bacon." TOO LATS. "Say!" demanded the ugly lI011vidual, suddenly appearing from n dark alley, "what time is ill "You're Just Meeh two minutes late," replied the Chicagoan. "That other gentleman you so running away Tar My Waith. SUITE, Pitt;Y DOI hoctors are the meanest men, The fact twist ns they will; Poe_ oven when they treat a, then They snake Iota pay the f a'iL' tri w"ry-> vIr rrKr a irtr 11-14t7y1 .. r LGM ft EztveLz.swee 4 rf..seve ee-selletteli SOME DAIN'T'Y 01.51 lies. A lusl.y sauce to eat with :Imps 15 made thus: Take three tablespounfuls of gravy, two of Worcester sauce, add Salt and pepper, and a teaspoonful of shallots and vinegar, sib' f111 very 1,01, and serve, Minced longue mattes a nine light sup- per• cls: h. Take 51)1110 cold hotted longue and nein:.: a finely. Dredge Ilaielcly with dour, and nits with u little milk. Ada the beaten yolk of an egg, and stir it over the fire for a few minutes, Put .Porn. neo! sgtucres of buttered tooL"t .nn a hat dist, (.nv,•0 with the, prepared tongue, gt,rnish with slices of lemon, and serve hot. Coffee Sade -Water.- 1fnke some very strong coffee, telling it slum! 1111 per- fectly clear, and pouring ]1 off carefully. Add sulllciert condensed mill: to eweelan it, and at the last me`a`nt told a dash of soda wa.ts•, Half a pint of coffee will 1,e necessary fur one pint and a half of boiling water. Tec the whole if possible. Plain Sweet Blsculte.-Take: half a pound of flour, hall a pound of ground rice, a quarter of a pound of easter sugar. Mala these ingredients into ,t stiff paste with milk, flavor to taste with lemon or any essence, Roll out thin. rout into small biscuits, and prick them. Baler hr a nnoderate oven till crisp, but not too brown. 'Po make biscuits a Mlle richer worts one ounce and u half of butter into the tour. Dundee Tsrllels.-Beat 0010 egg and Iwo ounces of coder sugar to a `.ream, flavor with a teaspoonful of omega - flower water and half are ounce of sweet almonds end -Op finely. Melt three minces of fresh butter and whisk it Into lila mixture. Line night small ins with puff pastry, then rather more than )calf fill with the above mixture. Place half a preserved cherry on the top of each and hake in a steady oven. Lemon nice. -Four ounces of rice should be washed and then boiled iu a quart of milk until it is soft. Ccolc very gently so that Ole rice absorbs all the milk. Sweeten to taste and place fn a wet mould. Peel one lemon very thinly and shred 1t finely, squeeze the lemon, add it to tote peel, also a teacupful of water, with sufficient. sugar to sweeten. Boil this gently for ho.if an hour, and pour aver the mould when it is turned out on a fancy distr. Victoria Sandwich.- s weight. in huller, caste it ground rice, also a t Baking powder. Beat a- gar to creme, and ad n yolks of eggs. /fix d i'1 0, and baking pew d gradually stair into the beat all thoroughly, ad n whites of eggs, and spreadShal- low greased gins. Bat' n for seven to ten mina a sieve, spread with jam h caster sugar dredged CAULIILO 'I'tike ane egg, tl P sugar, Matti' an tablespoonful o Lias butler and su- gar the Ilam', groan der together, and note ingredient d the 011111)' beaten oil 1110 kefn 1111010110 Ire, turn 011 to 1 and Sorvit Wil over. WGII salla! hot vvatc nit. Divide th a buttered dish seasoned wtlh but- ter, over this cheese and bread r; flowers [iron n er and dry then white pepper, dip one cup of milk, d one egg. Fry and serve 011 a th parsley, cauliflower .!elute to- ward Throw {tai for 'two minutes down into a deep size of the cauls laid on the bol tom anon. Fill ih sluIDfng made the sane amount unbs. Add a tet chopped, and pep- per into the cauli- flower well beaten hes soatketi in add 4110 whole. Sim - ince educed, and turn lisle. This seems ceremony; but the nod as the cauli- flowers the savory miv -Set, a boiled dish tvilh to\ver, It drawn butter ed the juice of n teaspoonful u LA GrhKES, tacup otbutter t sugar. Add the heat all together, flour, into which has Fu] and a halt of o the butler, so- ot mlllt and then it in a cupful of ry nuts, and fold gswhipped tda all pans, lee, and thickly over the Au Gratin. -Boil inr until tender but not s e flowers eta nut In a layer of cauliflower sc - ter, pepper, and salt,put a sprinlding of grated crumbs. Fritters. -Piet out t l feebly boiled cauliflower Season with salt and in a bate' made. with thirds -cup of (lour, an in a kettle of deep fat napkin !&Lied over wt' Stuffed. -Coot the can ward lite centre in spri e into boiling salt water 'Then pack them head saucepan the exact !tower, after having some thin slices of b e empty spaces wills a f veal finely minced with t el suet and lireadcrl v olives or mushrooms u per and sell. Pack lh flower and pour over it eggs. Atter Ole egg i enough sleek to cover ince slowly until the are lender and the sauce. r upside down on a int c like a great deal of c result is especially g flowers stand 011100111 i tire. With French Sauce cauliflower in a deep upward, and pour over to which you @ave add lemon and one-half f French mustard. AFTERNOON T'' Nut Catcc.--Cream hat and a. cup and a half o Wes of two eggs, and Sift two cupfuls of been stirred a teaspoon baiting powder, Add t gar, and eggs, a cupful the flour. At the last sl chopped pecan or hickory In the whiles of the eggs stiff froth. Hake in set sprinkle chopped nuts icing. Cinnamon Sticks with Icing. -Four ounces of almond paste, the white ono egg, four ounces of powdereci sugar, one teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, Mix all together, place on a toured hoard, and roll thin. Cut the paste into long strips about three lingers wide. and Iwo long. Mix the whites of two eggs with half a pound of powdered sugar. Add half a teaspoonful of ground cinna- mon and a few drops of lemon juice. Stir five minutes, then cover the strips of poste. Lay them on buttered tins and bake In a moderate oven. Almond Zwfebach--•Work three-quar- quarters of a pound of floor, four table- spoonfuls of butler, five whole eggs, and e little clnnemOn Into a smooth paste, Ro11 it out, out it into ge .finrs, and roll these in blanched, peeled, and mtneed almonds, Bake Ina guide oven. • CUES FOR THE C001i. Sausages left over from one morning make,n delfolous edditon to ort omelet for the next if sictlnmed and 'finely minced. Add the to the Top of the omelet Just atter It is eel and as seen as It is brown slip out of the :pan toed fold over 00 the platter. The meat will then come on We inside instead of the ant - side of the omelet, a$ it does not get a chance to sink to the bottom. There Is no better way of using cold beefsteak than the English one of mak- ing it into a pie. Use cold broiled Steak and cut in thin slims ueross the grain. if any of the outside is even slightly burned trim it out, as 1t will make the whole (Jsh hfilor. Add to the beefsteak u sprinkling of flour, pepper and salt, and n chopped ortlon. Boiled leg of mutton should be cooked rare, though it seldom Is, as 11 is 'ton often so overdone that half the (lever is lost. It slimed be put over In boiling water and enoltect fast for n(leen min- utes. and Idler that the: gas should be turned down low and it should a0 boiled slowly, len minutes for every pound of meat. Add a few bits of soup vegetables to the wafer when cooldng. and afterward thicken some of the liquor' with browned lluur for a sauce. Spread butter over the top of the meat before. going 10 We table. Spinach is delicious with sardines. Prepare and conk spinach In the ordin- ary way. Pound It sup with a dozen stir. dines 10 a pint and a half of the cooked sweetie. 'Tris acts as a seasoning. Ai- rnnge 11 on a dish In a flet mold and serve with a 1icle of sardines on lop. mi ,ing in slices of 'lard boiled egg if you choose'. Coffee icing is a good combination with spice cake. Boll four ounces et best Java coffee with one pint. of wafer down to half a pint, keeping it covered. Strain through a fine cloth and add two tablespounfuis of browned sugar . t' sugar coloring, and either a bowl of conked while icing. which has become stiff, area bowl of fondant. Ll-rrLL' ECONOMIES. Far too many housekeepers are waste- ful m little things, which seem to eseaoe their attention. Let us take bread, for example. It is not altogether an inex- pensive Item, and not a crumb should be wasted. When bread begins to grow stale, deepen the crust, and put the loaf into a hot oven for len minutes, or a slow. one twenty minutes, when it will be thoroughly "renewed." Or it may be cut into slices half an inch thick, and toasted over a slow tire to dry it thor- oughly, then put away in a paper bag for future use -as a"bed" for hashed. pleat or fish broken or cut into squares for soups, stewed tomatoes, etc. Slices, and parts of sliced crusts, and small bits, may be put on a to plate and set in a slow oven to dry and brown lightly, When thoroughly done, chop line, and put away in a covered jar to use as a.thickening for soups, or to roll veal cutlets, fist`, etc., in before frying. Keener -thee in soap are small, it is true, but it pays to look after even little things, whether the income Is limited or not. Here are a few hints Do not let soap stand in water that has drained from it when it has been. put from your wet hand. When the hand -soap gels too small for convenient use, put the pieces into it one and when suftcfent pieces have been saved cover with hot water. When. cooled you, should have a nice sized cake of soap. Do not use too much soap in the dish- water, and ter two reasons; It is bad for the hands as well as for the purse. Most dishes are well cleaned with plenty of clean hot water and clean dishcloths; only the very greasy ones ever need soap. But the cloths and dish -towels should be kept absolutely free from all impuriUes. SOBBING, SIGHING, MOANING. Lancet Explains Just Why People Do These Tbin0s. 1f vrmal ked why he sighedthea, groanedeage , o• mtverooaned,asthe would probably be at loss for a repay. The London "Lancet," however, whose columns seldom fail each week to add to the gaiety of the nations, nhalces the cease of this peculiar manifestations of discomfort perfectly clear, "'!'here is no doubt 1115.1 there are con- siderable menial comfort and relief ob- Iatned from a series of lung -drawn sighs during a period of sorrowful depression o' from noisy ejaculations of the nature of groans and moans made by a suffer- er from such a painful disorder as acute dyspepsia or violent toothache," the Lancet says. "Sobbing, sighing, moaning, and geonnhng are, as 11 were, sentences in a monosyllable cosmopolitan language. "These sounds are really the vocal representation of certain over -wrought physical or mental slates consequent in general upon a'longer or shorter period or inhibition of the rhythmic discharge or the respiratory centre situated in the spinal bulb; the diaphragm loan been held or has been shallow while breath- less- introspective attention has been paid to some absorbing pain or sorrow, 'This condition is markedly present in pallets suffering from melancholia. who continually and deeply sigh. If this expression of excessive physical stimulation Is rapidly and vigorously Performed a cry of anguish 01' of fright may result, whereas at the other end of the sedies of phenomena is the feeling of 'wanting to sigh,' well known among those who are run down in health. '5At times these sounds are emitted with Elie sole object of eliciting the sym- pathy of bystanders; this is notably the 0580 with hysterlcal cries." ' DYING MAN'S SECRET. Confesses to the Murder of Four Persons. A Lyons, France, market gardener, named Berger, made en extraordinary confession on his deathbed.: Be had been Ill for some tee, and feeling death Very near, he asked for a priest and a magistrate. "1 have always` he said to them, 'been considered a men of blame- less life, but it has been one of foul crimes." Berger then confessed that ten years ago he was In want of money, and Jour - tiered an old woman named Sentare'. Ho knocked at her door, and when he (eignod Mimes, she gave hhn a glass of `vote. He asked for wine, and when sho stooped to the cupboard he struck her the head with e. woodemehopper, lend robbed her at 9120. Then he re - fumed to his sleeping wife end falnity. Berger also oonfessecl to the murder of three ether people within' the last len years, His releUves-and friends who were by the bedside protested tial eves ms he \ d, 'but he assured the Inagls- trate Bhat ho web tibsolutely sane, Mid Tlieri export!. THE INDIES ARE BITTER 'int; PEOPLE MAY TURN AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN, hard Thn05 and .Withdrawal 01 Treopr and Shops nave Had The bitterest feeling obtains in Jamale ea against the Route , Government, and be that Government In the Suture Con- servative or bo it Liberal, the people 01 the British possessions in the West Indies would hien nothing bettr than to • break away commercially if not polit- eally, and tie themselves up with corn - mental treaties or any other kind of a proposition with any country which would Interest itself in the development coal, Lhcdespatch. island, says a Kingston, Jamai- In the first place thorn has been trou- ble over the banana plantation. The disastrous hurricane which ravaged the Island two years ago resulted in a con- dition of affairs which has not helped lc. establish .an entire cordiale with the ruling forces in London. Most of the banana growers end the banana ship- pers were without insurance of any kind against loss. The hurricane must have he the shippers hard -especially those bound by contract to carry bananas by contract from Jamaica to England in ships provided for the purpose. There were no bananas 10 be had for more than a year, yet the ships had to run all the same. As it was, the .planters were hit very nearly es herd as the ship- pers, and the enfeebled finance of the 's - land was once more strained and dislo- cated by the advance of loans to plant- ers to enable them to tide over the in serval between the destruction of their e"^nc soil pts t'rowih of new ones. In. stalments of these loans have now been maturing for repayment, and right cr wrongly the greatest dIMculty exists in getting them repaid. The present gov- ernor, who is not responsible for the original loan. got after the planters with u sharp stick. telling thein that they to think that it was a gift and nota loan. EASY WAYS OF FINANCE. Sir Alexander ,Sweetenham, who sue- ceeded Sir Augustus Flemming last year, is little versed in the easy-going ways of West Indian finance. He is regarded as being very tight-fisted by the planters. On the other hand,- Sir Alexander does not hesitate to remind the planters that they are ready enough to borrow money, especially mobilo money, and not very ready to repay it w hen the time comes. Indeed, the Gov- ernor has even gone so roe as La indi- cate that some of the planters consider It rather bad taste of the Government to assume that when borrowed money be- comes clue it ought, as a matter of course to be repaid. They would much rather pay it when it happens to ' be more convenient. It can readily be seen that under these circumstances at the best the Governor of Jamaica would not have an easy task before him. Still another thing -one which has per- haps caused more bitterness of feeling in Jamaica, though perhaps not so seri- nus erinus as the financial situation, is the military and naval situation. The dock- yard at Port Royal has been disestab- lished, the commodore has been recall - ad, the North American and West In- dian squadron, now the particular ser' - rice squadron, no longer has lis hose on the wesetern side of the Atlantic, and naturally Kingston does not like this. Over and over again, everywhere, the talk is that England is leaving the po- licing of the Western Atlantic to the United States, and that this repudintion cd Imperial responsibility must lead to Imperial disruption. The question of the withdrawal of European troops is even more complicated then the tmes- bon of the withdrawal of the navy, First of all it removes from the colonial town like Kingston a very attractive element of the social fabric. Add to this the tact that the dsicontinusnce of the large In - nal exependiture which their presence involved is a serious loss to a colony where finances are already strained to the bursting point, and it can readily be seen that Kingston is In no pleasant mood when it comes to deoling with the Home Government and its represen- tatives. FEAR COLORED TROOPS. The English people In Jamaica say that it is well known that the withdraw - sI of the European troops from India at the time of the Crimean war led many natives to believe that England had no more white troops to spare, and thereby was not Without its effect on the subsequent outbreak of the mutiny. Eng- lish people in Jamaica say that the ne- gro, though not a Soppy, is very easily led astray. Recently a negro preacher of self-styled prophet attracted 11ou- sands of the colored population to hear him hold forth, winding up his cere- monies with baptisms in the rivers. An unscrupulous preacher with a following' probably would not find it difficult le convert the highly strung religious etnoa Lions evoked into dangerous rete an- tagonism, The white people in 3amaica haveaccustomed themselves to regard the European troops rather than the lo- cal pollee as their last resort, a. sure guarantee of dale and orderon the is- land. it Is true that the West Indian troops are to remain, but the white po- pulation of Jamaica do not derive math comfort. from that. Over and over:gain, the rental:1c is made, ' if the European Troops were all to •go, for iheavetn's sake. let the black troops 'go too." POSITIVELY BRUTAL. His wife -,John, dear, the doctor says I need a change of climate. tier husband -All right. The weather man' says it will be colder to-norrow. Old 'Bachelor (concluding story)] "Thtlas was I raved by mere presence of mind. . Young Friend (gloomily); 'Great thing- presanee of mind. 1 might have been a rich plan today if my presence of mind bad not failed one at ono tufo." O1ri Bachelor, Indeed'When was that, Young Friend: "Yell remember my uM10 George --rich old duffer? Well, sir, I wes with him one day when the was lett8n with 11 tit. I wee eO frightened that 1 lost my presence of mind and allied In a doetor; and thole Gee'ge 18 Svin(c yd.;