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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-3-1, Page 2r- -101........•••••••••••• NOTES AND COMMENTS The Labor party likely play en Important part in the new British House r e Commons, not only because its avow- er) voved tnembers number nearly fifty, but also because many of the Liberals, to order to secure the support of Union Labor at the ballot box, promised to co-operate' in carrying out Its pro- gramme: Among the demands of the Laborites will be an amendment of the piesent law ooncerntng associations, which, as interpreted by the courts, Hwy consider extremely unsatisfactory. They seem equally determined to bring about some changes in the House cf Commons which would transform ma- terially the character of that assembly. They will Insist, we are told, that mem- bers be paid, that the statutory term of Parliament be shortened, and that the work of the House be done by day in- stead of by night. There is no doubt tint the paymnt cf members of the House of Commons would alter the composition of that body from a socia) point of view. This is so clearly understood that the British precedent was followed in Germany and Italy for the undisguised purpose of keeping any but men of independent fortunes from entering the popular branchrof the national legislature. When of the formation of the North German Confederation, Bismarck reluctantly agreed that the Reichstag should he chosen by universal suffrage, he insist- ed on the non-payment of his members as a safeguard. Against this non-pay- ment the Liberals and Socialists have continuality protested, and the Reich- stag has often passed bills providing salaries for members, which the Bun- dosrath has always rejected. In 1885, when the Socialist representatives re- ceived stiponds from their own party, Bismarck, claiming that such a proceed- ing was illegal, caused the Treasury to sue them for the money obtained In this way, and the imperial Court of Ap- peal upheld the claim. In France, on the other hand, the members of Parlia- ment are peed, and so they are in some of the smaller German States, as, for example, Bavaria The practice of transacting the busi- ness of the House of Commonse In the eceni•ig Instead of by daylight has not hren followed nn the European contin- ent nor in the United States. If the Laborites succeed in breaking up this custom the number of lawyers in the Hnuee will undoubtedly be diminished. Hitherto lawyers have been able to do professional work during the day and attend to legislation in the evening. That is doubtless the reason why there is a much larger proportion of mem- hers of the bar in the House of Com- mons than in most other European leg - !Matures. That the Laborites will be able to secure a repeal of the Septenni- al -act is by no means impossible. In view of the wide -spread disgust at Mr. Balfour's retention of office long after he end his party were known to have cost ate confidence of the country. If a change is made in the statutory term. it will probably take the form of a revi- val of the Triennial act, which was op- erative in England about two hundred ears ago.. Tho term ofthe lower y 6 owe house of the Austrian Reichsrath is six year;, that of the Reichstag five years. that of the Italian Chamber of Deputies the same, that of the French Chamber of Deputies four years, and that of the ponular branch of the Swiss Parliament threw years. There was at ono time in England among the Radicals a good deal of agitation for annual Parliaments, but it is probable, as we have said, that three years will be adopted as a com- promise if any change is made. With raid members working by daylight and compelled to face their constituents twice as often as they are now, the (Rinse of Commons will be a very dif- ferent body from that which exists to. day. LOCKWOOD'S REPARTEE, The late Sir Frank Lockwood had few superiors in the art of repartee. The .genial lawyer was a tall man, a fact which caused an unruly cumber of at audience he was addressing nn one oc- casion to rudely call out to him in the middle of his speech, "Go 1t, telescope!" "My friend is mistaken in applying that lam to me," Sir Frank quietly said; "he ought to claim It for himself, for. though he cannot draw me out., I think I ecu .see through him and shut him up,'' On another occasion one of his poli- tical, opponents interrupted with: - "All lawyers are rogues." "I am glad," Sir Frank quietly re- joined, "10 greet, this gentleman a8 a member at my profession, butt he ned not Proclaim our shortcomings to the world." 0 FARM NOTES. It pays, of course, to get the most nut •cf things, but there are some wrong ways of going about this• Some 'hinters to My to get the most out of their land by taking off a crop every year and putting nothing back. The result is lin• povevished dolt, Bern windows should be kept reason• ably clean 80 the tunshine can shine through brightly. andnot as 11 through ground glass. The ledges of the win- dows should net be obstructed with bot- tlers, leruslces and Currycombs. Win. Bowe were made for the purpose of let- ting in light, sun and air, • A good woman to toe good for any man•• -bmf, fortunately she doesn't know 11. RELIG1O AND 4;LS1NFSS As Much Danger of a Man Losing His Character in the Church as in the Street. Providing for honest things, not only In the sight of elle Lord but In the sight of mon.-it. Cor, vitt., 21. The question, can a man be a Chris- tian unl succeed in business, though old, is still asked every day. There are yet a great, Horny who regard religton and business as conllicliug pursuits, and they attempt n'contpromise by the clear• cut division of time into business hours and church time If the question means, can a man take out his backbone and succeed in busi- ness, there need be no hesitancy as to the answer. If becotning a Christian means the elimination of all virilil.y from the character, the substitution of soft soap and sewder for strength and dili- gence, religion cannot be regarded as a help in business. There are too many people who think that sloth is a sign of spirituality and that you cannot be a saint unless you have softening of the brain. The question is either a reproach to religion or to business. It is assumed by many, with especial conviction by those who know business only by repu- tation, that it demands the samrif)ce con- stantly of honor. truth, mercy, and every other virtue. The man who thinks that he is pious because he is pulseless, Brews a fancy picture of red-blooded men fight- ing, intriguing, slaying, like demons new from the pit; and that, he thinks, s MODERN BUSINESS. Strife is everywhere. If religion means sequesteauon from temptation we neer( to pray to be delivered from it. There le as much danger of a man's losing hi" character, selling his soul, In the church as in the market. The temptation to the merchant to misrepresent his goods for a larger profit .is not greater than Thai which comes to the minister to magnify his abilities for an incresse in fame. Things honorable are the same every- where; they are written deep within us. and by them church and mart both nee judged. Every man knows that the chief business of life, whether through com- merce, toll, study, recreation, or woe• ship, is to develop the best life, to:make of himself a true, full grown man, who shall lender to this world a full mans service. Business iss a more effective school of character than any other we have. 11 some of the slenderds of that school have been unworthy -and who shall say they have not? -ft is our duly to re- vise them, to matte them higher; not lo abolish the school. nor to stay away from it because It Is imperfect, but to make 11 fit to serve its True purpose. Business always will be immoral es long as it is an end In itself. The pro- duct is greater than the machine, the making of character greater than the mechanism by which we melee a living. TILE SERIOUS DANGER comes wben a man begins to lay his soul on the counter, when he reverses the course in this school of character and makes the end serve the means; sacrifices honor, Truth, and the soul that business may succeed. Only fattere lies that way. No busi- ness ever became permanently great by making Es people small. Success here is to be measured by the soul. No nat- ter what a men may be doing he mush keep himself above his task. The work must serve the worker. The question is whether we are serv. trig business or is 11 serving us? If a elan lives for his wage he will sacrifice everything to get it, but if he works that he may 11nd hue, then he will ever refuse to lose the things of which life is made in the pursuit of success. He knows he does not have to make money, but, he does have to make manhood. That s the end both of religion and of business. --Henry F. Cope. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 4. Lesson IX. Jesus Tells Who Are Blessed. Golden Text: Matt. 5. 8. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note. -The Text of the Revised Ver- sion is used as a basis for these Word Studies. A Connected Discourse. -The fact that the other gospels contain parallel ac- counts of shorter portions of the passage 10 Matthew known es the Sermon on the Mount has led some to question whether in reality Jesus did deliver these teach- ings in the form of a connected dis- course, tie suggestion of some aemmen- lators being that` possibly Matthew merely collected the teachings of Jesus concerning the kingdom of heaven, uttered at different times and under different circumstances, into a con- nected whole, nut intending to give the impression that he was recording what he considered to bo a connected address or sermon. But a careful reading of Matt. 5. 1, 2, ("And seeing the multi- tudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto hien: and he opened his mouth and taught them"), with Matte 7. 20. ("And taught them as one leaving authority, and not as their scribes. And when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him"), makes it plain that the author of the gospel himself meant to convey the impression, and consequently that he himself be- lieved, that what he recorded in that part of his narrative witch we now know as chapters 5, 8, and 7, was a connected discourse of Jesus. It is not unlikely that Jesus, having clearly set forth in one connected ser- mon certain principles referring to the kingdom of heaven, repeated under other circumstances and before other audiences parts of this longer sermon, as occasion demanded that separate truths already uttered be emphasized. A study of the sermon Itself indicates that it is a connected whole, with a dell- niie theme and method of treatment. Its theme Is the Kingdom of Heaven. In verses 3-16 of chapter 5 Jesus speaks of the subjects or citizens of this king- dom, and of their cha•anter and cour- age, and their responsibility. He next speaks of the kingdom of heaven In its relation to the law, and to the l'harasaio rules with which that law had been hedged about. In the last part of the sermon he speaks of the characteristics peculiar to the kingdom; the principles on whiuh judgment is administered, the Father's love to the children of the kingdom, and the narow entrance there- to, the danger of false guides, and a ),arable of the subjects of the kingdom as distinguished from those who are not. Verse 1. The m hIliluders--In the last verse of the preceelingchapter t hatiheW mentions the multitudes which were following Jesus everywhere as ho went from place to place in Galilee. With a reference to these multitudes he now introduces his narrative of what oc- curred on one special occasion. The mo stain -The use of the article tndlcates that a deeinite well-known hill or mountain was intended, but which ono it le not possible to say. Delitzsch cells the mount of beatitudes the "Sinai of the New Testament." Ills disciples -The word "disciples" means literally learner, and Is here to be taken in its broader sense, ns not reslriated to the twelve. 2. Taught them -That is, his disciples and the multitudes with them. 3, Blessed -The word translated "blessed" is thought to none from a root word meaning great, in the sense of out ward presperlty, In early c)asloai (break it was applied more especially to the gods who were Considered great bemuse of their power and dignity rather than because of their goodness or hollnakss, A little later it was applied also to the dead, especially to heroes who had died in battle. The Greek philosophers from Socrates onward use 1t in a sense in- cluding rcluding the moral element, but In the Bible alone is the word lifted into the region of the spiritual as distinguished from the merely material and intellec- tual. Even ht the Old Testament usage of the term there remains more of the sense of outward prosperity Than in the New Testament. It is interesting to note how this word "passed up into ...0 higher region of Christian thought and was stamped with the gospel signet and laden with all the richness and signifi- cance of gospel blessedness." Poor in spirit --Those conscious of their deep spiritual needs. 4. They that mourn -There is noth- ing in the meaning of the word "mourn" or of the sentence in which it occurs that would limit this phrase to !hose who mourn on account of their spiritual poverty or sinfulness, .though it is not imnrobable that Jesus had such especial- ly in mind, 5. The meek -We have here another word which Christianity has lifted to a higher plane. Literally, the word means mild or gentle, but the quality of meek- ness in human character was not con- sidered praiseworthy by heathen philo- sophers. Thus Aristotle calls meekness a mean inclining to a defect." Chris- tian meekness is based on humility. and is an outgrowth of renewed nature qratheruality. than being solely a natural 6. Righteousness -Rightness of life and conduct in the sight of God. Shall he tilled -This verb in the ori- ginal is very strong, indicating com- plete satisfaction of hunger and thirst. 8. Pure to heart, -Heart here refers to Inner soul -life controlling the entire personality (comp. Gen. 42. 28; Psa, 10. 14; Prov. 4. 23; Luke 12. 34): Shall see God -The development df Christian character subsequent to the cleansing of life's motives brings with it a gradual unveiling 01 001, whose poor, holiness, and love appear more and more plainly to those who are pure to thought and life. 0. Peacemakers -Primarily these who heal disentions, but also those whose life because of tis purity and loving ser- vice is a benediction to all about them. bringing, as it were, the peace of God into the environment in which it '5 snent, Sons of God -••-Those most aloin to the divine nature, whose presence, like that of God, brings peace end blessing. 10. Persecuted for righteousness' sake -All whose sincere effort efinrI to live a godly lite in this world is misun- derstood and for that or other reasons opposed and ridiculed may be said to he persecuted for righteousness' sake. 11. Falsely -The mere fact that a person is persecuted and evilly spoken of, even if the persecution and slander is out of all proportion to the offense, is not sufficient; only when all this is brought upon it person wholly unjustly. that is, when the person is entirely in. noeent, is there cause on his part for the rejoicing mentioned in the next verse. 12. The prophets that were before you --Jesus thus seems ns to piaae his dis- ciples on an equality with Old 'festa, meat prophets, Wo have here a hint td the broader meaning of that word "prophets," A prophet was a teacher, one who proclaimed the truth, the teas not being limited in its apnlientton to one who foretold future events. 13. Ye nre the salt of the earth -As suoh, Christ's disciples are to mingle in human society, permeating lis every pad, and preserving it from corruption through their wholesome influence, 14, The light of the world -Through Christianity comes the enlightenrnenl of mautdnd as wall as the puriiicnit.m and preservation of human soehe1y. 15. The bushel -Teta column mea- sure fouled 10 eery Jewish •dousnhnld, The use nr the. article again indicates prat the referents: is to n remitter ob- ject, 16, Glorify your leather who is in heaven. -That le, give to hint this credit and'the glory fur the goodness found in the Christian dkselple. • 6-144444444.61,441+1444.211441. Tiii tionie I I ..,+,....,.........14 SEI.ECrED IIECmt" S. Hang a nice leg of mutton of about seven pounds for two days, Mix toge- ther six ounces of coarse brown sugar. four ounces of bey salt, three of mo- uton salt, and one ounce of sultpilre. Rub this well into the leg, then lay It in a tub, skin side down, and alit well dally with the pickle for a fortnight. 11 should then properly be hung in woad smoke fur a week, hut probably would be equally good if, when cured, IL were wiped dry with a clean cloth and dusted tickle with coarse bran or suwdust previously warmed in the oven, 11 is, perlrnps, In the making of pie - crust, that the modern cook tells far short of the achievements of her prede- cessor, the domestic cook of the last cen- tury. With such leathery lays of dough as the ilnd on the ordinary pie to -day, it is sol strange that this food should de conducive to Indigesllon. Properly made, however, it is just as nourishing and digestible as anything that we eat. If you have the ambition to make really good pie crest you Cannel do better Iltan to follow a formula. Telce a quart of sifted flour, a teaspoonful of salt. and a tablespoonful of lard and mix wills ice water, into a stiff dough. Boll it out err a board; then take bits of butter and put lluem about ten itches apart all over the dough. Fold 11 and heat it for Iwo min- utes; then sift a very small quantity of flour over Use dough nod roll it out. tlepeat this until one full pound of but- ter has been used, after which knead tate dough into a lump and put 11 in tib ice box fee halt a day, more or less. When wanted for pies cut off a piece and roll it out with as little added flour as possible.. Cottage Pudding. -This makes a nice little deseerl for some day when there are only a few members of the family at home. Beat one egg, add one half - cup of sugar and two teaspoons of melted butler. Add one -halt cup of milli and one cup of flour sifted with two level teaspoons of baking powder and a grat- ing of nutmeg. Pour into a small but- tered mould, cover and steam one hour. Serve with a liquid sauce. A quart mould may be used and the pudding will be enough to serve three people. Ham Croquettes. -Add one cup cf finely chopped hats to Iwo cups of hot mashed potato and senson with one rounding tablespoon of butler, a little cayenne and salt if needed. Then mix in well one beaten egg. Shape into balls or rolls and roll in fine sifted breadcrumbs, then In en egg beaten with one tablespoon of water and last in crumbs again. Fry In deep hot fat and the fat may be very hot or what Is called 'smoking hot' because the croquettes are made of a cooked mixture. Crean of Tomato. -Put two cups of canned tomatoes into a soucepan with half e. blade of mace, a slice of onion, half a stalk of celery, and a sprig of parsley. Simmer for fifteen minutes. In the meantime, heat four cups of milk in a double boiler, add three level table- spoonfuls of flour into which has been rubbed a rounding tablespoonful of but- ter. Cook six minutes or so, and add the cooked tomato which hos been put through a strainer to take out the seeds. Add a teaspoonful of sugar or not, ac- cording to taste. Add also a pinch of soda, and serve at once. MAKE YOUR OWN MATTRESS, It will not cost any more to make a bed maltrass than to buy one, and you can have a much better one for your money, if you try this method. Get n. good grade of ticking or shirting (which is often used in the factories), make four sections, exacliy_.like a large mattress, so the tour corner's will meet in the cen• tiro of the bed, filling them with wool, if you can afford it, or husks, if you are in the "land of corn," but even axcelsier will do, if a layer of cotton is put on either side. If husks are used, stele them fine with a strong steal fork, and pack the sections solidly. it excelsior, pile it on a canvas or clean floor, and pull it all out loosely before putting it in the ticks; It will make a much more comfortable bed so. Finish each section just like the large mattress you have been using, sewing tape along the edges to lie them toge- ther, or buttons and loops fastened to the under side of the binding. Now, t.ho beauty of this Is, that you can change the sections about so there will never be any depressions anywhere in the mattress, as all tour corners of earth section will come In turn to the centre, it will also last at least four times as long as the ordinary kind, and can be taken apart and cleaned with a brush, or sunned so quickly, without any heavy lifting, that you will wonder why you did not think of this yourself. A piece 01 burlap spread ores' the springs will save the rust marks and thea that comes from contact, with the wire, also wlil keep the rnniress cleaner, A cotton pad over the mattress will make a softer bed. To stake one Of you cannot tarried ticking) use flour sacks, colored blue or brown, sewing them together the exact size of the bed, allowing for the filling and outer seams, with all (110 cotton you can afford put between nod knotted very closely. The more mutton lite setter the. bed, An extra sheet of very wide muslin drown down over the pad and fastened with large safely pins to the under side of the mattress. will keep both from get- ting soiled, and will not need In be washed more than once a month, if the other sheet is kept In place properly. The pad will last for "ages," and •f changed eland and aired often will not get hard. We are sure after trying such a mattress, you will never want to go back to the old "one-piece" ones. 11.USEHOLD HINTS. An Inexpensive Cleanser. -An Ines. pensive all-round cleanser can be made as follows: One part pumice powder to three purls soap powder. Mix (hes'; two well together. Take an old baling - powder tit, knock holes in the 11d with something sharp, put your mixture in, and sprinkle a little on what you wish to clean. Preventing Tarnish. -A little methyl- ated spirit used to moisten the polishing paste Intended for '.crass and copper goods will lceep them from tarnishing for quite a long time. Stale Mustad.-A sallspoonful of salt and another of moist sugar mixed wills boiling water, and added to the nuts - lard, will enable it to keep fresh for quite a long lime. Broken Eggs. -Many a nice new -laid egg that gels flawed when laying can be boiled simply by enclosing it in a piece of soft paper. When the paper becomes wet it adheres to the egg, and prevents It protruding through the shell. Indoor Plants. -Sponge the leaves of an India -rubber plant with milk, for this makes them glossy and bright. A very gond tonic tar such a plant Is a circle dug round lis roots, into which a tablespoonful of castor oil is put once a month. Scullery Wrinkle. -A good way to clean a scullery sink, dirty pails, or enamelled baths is to make a ped of newspapers end pour on a tablespoonful of paraffin ell and shake a. little brick - dust on the article' to be cleaned. flub well, and the grease and dirt will conte off like magic. Use one or two pieces of clean paper, and the articles will ap- pear just like new with very little trouble, 11 you have a mirror from which the quicksilver has become worn in spots try rubbing a quantity of quicksilver on tinfoil until the tinfoil is brilliant with it. Then lay the glass on a table fact down, and lay the foil on the damaged spot smoothly, and put a weight over it to press 1t down. After a hew hours the toil will adhere to the glass. Then -•ut it back in the frame and admire your work, HOMEMADE HOARHOUND CANDY. Children object bitterly to medicine, as medicine. But as candy, that's differ- ent. And it takes but a little while to melte a cough candy that will please bolls the little ones and the grown-ups, too. Cover a good handful of the green leaves with boiling water, and put them on the store to simmer until the liquid is dark brown. Then pour water oft, through_ a tea strainer. There should be a 11111e more than half a cup. Mea- sure 1K,, cups brown sugar into a deep granite saucepan. Pour the liquid over it, and stir until every lump is dis- solved. Place over a quick fire, and stir constantly until it begins to boil. Just then add a generous tablespoon of vine- gar and slop stirring. Watch 11 care- ful( t o see that over.t Y u docs sol boil t it shoes symptoms of burning, draw In a cooler part of the stove, but keep boil- ing. Try in cold water, until it strings from the spoon in tine threads. It will take about 20 minutes. Pour in well - buttered tins, score in little squares, and set in a cool place to harden. The chil- dren will want you to do it again. I-ItS OCCASIONAL EFFORT, Giles -There goes the laziest chap I ever encountered, yet he occasionally works well a will. Miles -Hoe's that? Giles -He's a lawyer. GENEROUS CRITICISM. He -"Your new hat Is charming, but 1 fancy 1t doesn't do well with the dress." She (e,nchantecp-"Oh, you dear old hubby, so you really mean to buy me a dress as well?" —4 Bobbie -May Johnnie Snooker come to and play with me?" Mother -No; you stake too much noise. You can play to his house Instead. PEACE REIGNS AT MOSCOW. Thu Czar -•"Now, I think the way is dear for universal suffrage. COSSACK CAVALRY, heals of Horsemanship for OVhieh '!'hey are Faeroes, ' LNTIS„ The horsemanship of the C;oasael<s has SC 1 1 C,AI'8 17,3 UIs.1'1' AND i1,1011T Alit; NOT IrAiLINC. ANOTHER SUN HEM ieou famous for more than Iwo centur- ies. The author of "A Journey 'Through the Caucasus and Pct;sia,". published 111113 years ago well es of their fen Is of elcill and daring es he witnessed them. After being paraded, the mall about sixty in number, mounted nn strong, ugly little horses, were ordered to per- form a shorn skirmish. Forming Ilium- A new theory of the sun and stars has solves Into two caurps, eru'h combatant hien advanced b,y Pout. 'l'. L ,I, dee, nilucice8 its opponent on his ova hook U.S,N„ the uaiu,numer formerly iii and nfler his awn fnshimi'ng charge of the targe Irhscope of the naval tiara was s fellow dla iechn holt ftp• olisarvalui m \Va hin'lon, Thu new right in his saddle and , hanging his 1111113 is Worked out 1 y mathematical musket et metier, who, banglnt pen• mes. and Le revolutionar in more dent by his Ieg8, returned lire under- Y nealh 11S horse's holly; there were two nalys elan cue. ( osancks clingiug like cels to the flanks' Dr. See shirts out by showing that the and ribs of their Mummer:. and thus0010- mutter of Met, sun Is reduced to single pickily thus/min- Monts by Me enormous heal to which d ly sheltering their own bodies, they welched a fevnrnhle mnmonl for pink[ug is sub;eclerl, end that no possible chem - each other, although to rue they almost feel combinations eon Inky. place in the nitre - appeared licca n couple of rlalal,.ss hers. sun, Even hydrogen, oxygen and et. Others flattened Ihrutselvss La full gen, 0111011 snake up our ale in the form length nn their beasts' bucks and me-, of molecules composed of united slams, nnuvred for the (thence of some un, era seta apart by the sun's heat. '!'hie guarded mnvamenl on the, port of Ihtrt is called by Dr. See the monatomic Ines, All this al full gallop, arcomptm- 1131"1.°17w* heory, led by a good deal of screaming until Il woe first touched upon by the yelling, American astronomer Lane ht 181st, Other Innis were Than performed. Gal.!Prof, See has revived and extended kping with the head downward In the Law's neglected work, and given the &edits and Tho hoal,v and legs creat in whole theory of the sun a mathematical the air seemed) a favorite one; still nmrei'form. Some of the principal points in so, picking up a stone, or even a coin 0i'• Eec's (beery are as follows:- al the same pace, the perforator holding, DENSITY OF '11111 SUN. 0o the while to his saddle by his feat," Two hairs of this sort of work seem- The sun Is made up of single atoms, tri to be enough for horse and rnnn, sol. and the central density is exactly six closing up info a column four deep, Lhe tines the mann density. This is descrflte 1 Cossncks marched house. singing in rp as a new Inw discovered by Dr. See and nrnrlonbly good line a nnth•e clew?.verified with great labor. It applies to with an accom patiment of two kelp+. all the fixed stars as well as the sun, drums. - and is thus a general law of nature. Tables are given, and also curves shaw- ing what the density is at every point of the sun's radius. While the density at the centre ex- ceeds that of Iron, end turns out to be identical with that of German sliver, near the surface 11 becomes excessively small. One-tenth of ,the way down to the contra the denslly Is only 153 limos t that of air, and at the surface the den- sity lies between one-tenth and one- hundredth of that of air. RISE IN 'TEMPERATURE. he It is shown that the temperature rises by 01111 enormous rapidity as the sun's ren mass is penetrated, becoming ei the em, centre 50,000,000 degrees centigrade. ms. •file heat just below the photosphere •5 ex- shown to be nearly half a million de- cor. groes -so intense that the light and beat rho are driven through the outlyinggas hke light through the earltis atmosphere. A Theory. and to the lay lninrtn rn- In this way Dr. Sen explains the sun's Ther startling one, hes icon prof tided surface radiation 01111001 the nee of con - 1•y a well-known dentist, that b teeth vection currents, assumed byprevious and defective hygiene of the m h ere writers. They have uniformly field that the most Important uauSes to .crime• hot currents come from tete depths of the, Mg infection. He 00010115 Li to a sun while cold currents sink after their healthy mouth the fnvnding }licrobes deal is radiated away. Dr. See does dr, not (Ind such a good feecIbi ground away with all this complex theory. es in a mouth whore the tacit/ire dc• y cayred and covered with tart, and the UNDER TERRIFIC PRESSURE. gums in an unhealthy condign. Prof, 1. 3. 3. Seo, of Washington, Seto Forth ,the Mouotomic Plan. BAD TEETH AND INI''LUENT,A.r Decayed Grinders solo Responsible (tor Much Illness, Influenza has been so rampant in th country, especially In London, dlrrl the lost few years, Ihel mrdtenl ri_ have been making great efforts to '- cover its causes and to (Ind meati 1 ereventing Its spread. Itis not generally necepled (het he disease is due to a special mlaeh "bealllus influenzee." which enter the mouth and forms poisonous ducts which, circulating 1n the s give rise to the loo familiar seem investigators were still puzzled t plain why Lhe miernbe attacked people and not others exposed same risks of infection. Tho pressure is shown to increase A well-known London hysleien downward in the -sun at a tremendous ' strongly in favor of lite position. rale, becoming more than 14 billion He sntcL "The idea has I gaining atmospheres„ at the centre. Imagine a greeted in the Medical pro sten that column of mercury erected tram the defective hygiene of the mo or, as ft earth one-sixth of the way to the sun is technically 011151, oral elude,'is and pressing through/nit ars a column of largely responsible for n gr marry ills- quicksilver dols here at the, earth's sur- ea,ses of the intestinal lar, especially [ace, anod you have en idea of the pres• dyspepsia and gastritis, n, el ttrent• sero at the sun's centre. In ndiiillon +o e allontinn is paid Ln tri amre n[ the this pressure it has in temperature of Icelh and mouth than wormeriy the 50,000,000 degrees canti"rade. coca, Pcrsonatly, hefar reul[ng any mean velocities of molecules 50 case of indlgoseen, f a 'e a vl"lt to shown to be 345 miles a second. Even the denitst: near the surface the pressure is great, As to influenza, 1 old think it and therefore circulation of surface mat - extremely probable the ad teeth pre- "As re• tar makin u the dispose to it. especlnll, c these eerie. g p prominences must leo rtes of influenza In whl intestinal and quite shallow.At one-tenth of the way to the centre .• the pressure is two and one-half tines that at the centre of the earlht, and the lieu NONew ORIGINAL'H'es 141,UO"SC-e.RIP+.---TS..ave only- -„ times . matter,er, therefore, much more rigid than the armor plates of a battleship, though ane Code t s. gastric gastric ay mp peed red :nate. No part of Be o.,bnal manuscripts n1 any of the few estamenl writings i< known to cert• rho most sanguine student wU seafoly enbu•e to hope that at some time u n y discover the ori- glnol autograr o an apostle or an evangelist. Its 1g e there arc stili pre- served soma Je rdanuscripis older than the Chrislianl'a, while during the last tew yeas tea",nets of manuscripts cider than, m, Ei dales of 1hf5151108contehave porary beenwithdiseovre cred in lhery soil of Egypt, Mut we dare not tie that the papyrus rolls used by thteostolla wrlkirs have been preserved other countries where the ailunatic oitill0ns of Egypt do not 0x- ist, it hs tient that the writers 0f the Nov TesOtni (ltd not intend to provide anything.e a body of Christian Sorip- tures, lay wrote as Iho nennsion sremod + demand, Thera was no thought bringing the various apes• tette wings together, They were cte-' Inched +rks complied to meet parti- cular cemstancea or to deal with oer- tein d,IIO errors. Some of them of first so scarcely known beynnd the 5811101 Ch:When corrununities to whicIihee had been addressed, and whictinniit loid notng ohattlera.in Ihcy generawlere recoriagingni- • elly,1llen. The Into date at which the (:pis to the Hebrews, the Epistle of se Has and the second Epistle of St, Pepwore received Mtn the Canon of lhor'w Testament may •ba explained as e to this cause, CANNED ICELAND 41OSS. h• Deltaic), May Soon Appear on the MtirkoL lin tact that IceIaad moss Iraq marl - am well as curative qualities is peel, - generally known, but now a Norma. inventor Inas arisen who has patent- ; a process to convert the humble ton into a succulent and nourishing lett for the dinner table. After being i,oroughiy rinsed the mess is soaked ii a boiling hot ohetnieal solution, by aeons of Which the Isiltet' element is ex. tended from the plants; Tien they tin• dergo a second thtning,' after which the moss is reedy to be ennead in tins for the trade. The inventor intends to place large quJmtilies of .his delicacy on the German market, nod "tinned 'liehert" may yet become the fashlnnablo vege- table on the tolslcs. of the rich. ONLY !HALF USED. Professor See calculates the total amount of heat stored up in the stn, and shows that when a star or sun is made up of single atoms only one -halt of the heat developed In condensation is radia - led away, while the rest is stored up. Hence it follows that one-half of all the heat produced by Iho sun since eternity is still stored up fa' future radiation, This leads to the conclusion that Tho fin lure duration of the sun will be at lout three limes that of rho past. Some scientists have supposed that the sun's light and (teat are beginning Lo fail,' but Dr. See shows by calculation that Lhe sun's activity is still rising and that the have as yet by no means retched the zenith of glory in the life of the sokir system, This conclusion is verified and applied to the stars of the milky way, and he shows that their brilliant light is duo to this accumulation of heat winds their flaming globes. When we look upon the stars at night, therefore, 00 ars to remember that a little more than 50 per cent, of their light and heat from eternity is stili stored up for future radiation. Ilene, the future duration of the universe will bo immense and the stars are by no means dying out, us some have sup- posed. - SfIRINKAGle GREATER. The contraction finery propounded by Helmholtz In 1854 is extended by Dr. See, who shows that the annual shrink- age In Use sun's radius is about twice what Helmholtz originally n1 Iv calculated, bring 71 metres per nmtun, in place, of 35 metres given by Helmholtz, Prof. See gives an equation for the son's diameter, Which he says will hold for a million years. In that lime the sun will shrink one-tenth of its diameter, which could just be perceivetf by the naked eye. NO STARCI•l IN GREECE. In Greece, for some reason, eltmntta or tlMielolo�utilizetcu netrnriiseeine s rl in thy ellinens. facture of cemlu'ies and ether texltdne, although many trials have been made during several yea's past, ne the spin• dies, especially in the ease o: colored textile,&, neg. Hassell: "lisllnal 1 knew 1 .v"d Oroba . ht is day," leorr nn "EL: 1 . !`rattly? Travel -bre ulens the mind of some IfusselIs "Yes; 1 nuvrr w a ?.n lathy • 111 rotors -•50(1:11110 fool 01 Same ethers, all my lila." 4 4' 1