The Brussels Post, 1906-4-26, Page 6RELIGION IS A LIVING THING
You Are Not a Religious Man Unless
You Are a Growing Man.
Grow In grace.—II. Peter 1S.
Some people never reueli thole second
childhood, because they never get, out
of the net Mee. As long as 1110Y nee
they will take their iffiellectual food
with a spoon; they will travel only so
far as others may trundle them; the/
will wear unity such clothes as °there
may select for them. Developed in
body they are dwarfed in character.
Either a is a pity that they grew at all
or that they did me grow all ever.
,Manliness is not made by miracle; t
Is the result of 'a process. Character
growth is just as natural, just as amen-
able to laws as material growth.
Growth in any thing is ihe evidence of
life. Scone dead Whigs nee as Money-
alne as a granite boulder; others are
blown hither and thither like traw from
the thrashing slack. Neither Mendel-
Ity nor vacillation can be taken as evi-
dence of vitality; development, alone es-
teblishes that.
Seem people think they are pious be-
cause they never change their opinion,
while others think they Ewe exceedingly
spiritually minded because they pick up
new fancies every hour. Them Is no-
thing colder than a piety that is vette-
fled. h is so dead that the man who
las it never thinks of it as a life but
ly as
A NIGHT LATCH INTO HEAVEN.
Because religion is a living thing, a
life, it will always evidence growth.
. Religious revisions, developments: of
Opinion, even changes in standards of
conduct are but processes of growth,
the pushing off of old leaves lo put an
the new, the passing into nigher forms
of being. If the emphasis moves from
• the fear of hell to the love of a father
over all, and then to the wider love for
Rio brothers in that father's family, it
does not mean that faith is dying; it
does mean that it comes ever in higher
forms because it lives.
Nothing would be more comfortable
to our slothful natures than a religion
that was stamped and sealed as being
in its final, unchangeable form. That
is erbat we have been trying Lo make
for ourselves. But the wine bas burst
the bottles and we have wept sore over
Rio labor of making new ones. The
herons have been those who have kept
U) with the growth M truth; the rest
have tried to tend It back.
The progress of the world (lopends
THE AWFUL SLAVE TRADE Most equally high.
Teo test the rate on San Thome, it la al -
At the end of the five years the sur-
- vivors aro celled up In batches of about
fifty before the attendee and are Inform-
ed that their contract hos been renew-
ed for another term of five years. They
never go back. I linen sought In vain
foe a single ease In which a slave Num
Angola Inc been returned to litS 1101110.
A very few eseape over sea in canoes.
A feW hundreds, especitilly on Principe,
nye ()seeped lo the foreels, and ere
thing there like wild Jowls, From
tune Lo time the planters institute drives
bffitues and shoot them off. It was
&seethed to me as fine sport,
1N IILINIANITe"S NAME,
THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS FROM POR-
TUGUESE AFRICA.
IleId on Alleged FINV-Year Contracts
in San Thom and Pr11140
11S1011(1S. •
Henry- W. Nevinson writes as foe.
Ice's conceruIng the slave trade in Pug-
Luguese Alma:
Just a year ago 1 wns eluting for my
wale of 300 utiles (=ors the CilailZa
and thrum& the Hungry Country
not on the inereasing speed 01 115 116018Since I published the account of my .
tightly in a ter. Put on a weight and
nor the accumulation of its bouds and os A„gul,, th„ i urtug„,,, „, y 01 jetoney In llarpere elegazIne olio Id there will be brine enough to cover meat
securities; it depends on the develop- Genteel neetee, ,
soutti of the Congo the groat American cocoa manufactur- In a few days. At that lime turn top
went of its •eople. The world is only State. I had already ,..onie up from the 011., 11119 Written to 1/10 to say that In ip,1,0e,.6,0,,,,o,ver, .ilud. ,Iet, 1.11,flineiii in brine ull-
West Come, by it ruuntlabout vuute to consequence of rny artiolos ho has stop-
jitelsLeei.ateneg iciii,loileuge, ,ieng up in Idlchen
the district of Bale, and there I joined pod the importation of San ThomogreeiLot
the puth whieli bus tor collieries- boon com I thine it likely that other then hang in a cooled place to
gh to dry over the out -
011e ur tile club trade roade into the in- nitinuteettirere \elll follow this example eidet
give me finish drying.
placee so narrow that you lune to' 1000116this may have 801110 effect op-
tet•ion 11 is merely a track, in most and if they act together end
Burnt almonds are delictous. Put int
ne o
v, alk like a native, putting ofoot ex -Inn the Povluguese heart. a saucepan one and one-half cups of them at first into water all these 'lenge
(icily in front of the other, but 11 leads) 'Ina as a nation we have the right to brown sugar and three tablespoonfuls of "1.1 slick and will have to be picked off
0130 Sse14)361 0.0enr1 011e pint of milli with sugar
te ahuost a direct line frean the sea interfere. In 1030 we pald portuguese water; slit' until the sugar is dissolved;
e
I o Benguela across the Thirsty Motin-I X.:Wheal to slop 1161' slave trade, By when the syrup boils put 111 one cup of , in a bail lemon 01mt,
taste, grat
w aten eggs. Line a
tain bell, thruugh the pleasant, valley the Berlin and Brussels Acts of only 21 shelled elmonds and stir until the nuts
u
or 13alitmilti, ovev the west plateau •,1 and le yeare ago, Portugal bound her- are well cow:vett and a little browned;
sib' in three ell -le
Bottro-liouro across the Cuanza, through; self, in common with us, to put (hewn turn them on to a buttered ells's, and buttered mold or basin with raisins.
thH
e ungry Country, and the high wael thffi
e nve Ian
rfrom the. Congo Basin, separate each nut; repeat thSpread scone slices of 01031100 cake ine process if
.• .• f the con. and Central Africa generalle. 'eVe have the almonds require a thieker covering, 11110%7, cl‘vveirtel It'iftielsientisstsapritnaleyd obneletvocr 0.
sheet of buttered paper, 110' a cloth se-
curely on and boll gently fot• one hour.
At the rest indiention of diphtheria in
the throat of a chtld make the 100111
close; entre a lin cup and pour Into 11 110
equal quantity of tar and turpentine,
141611 1101(1 the cup over a fire sn as to
1111 the rooni with the fumes. ethe pa-
tient, in inhaling Um fumes, will cough
and spit up the membraneous 1111111,0‘0,
and the diphtheria will pass off. Tho
fumes of the ler aed turpentine lessen
tPc teouble in the throat and afford in-
stant, relief
Unpainted Woodwork, such ire tables
and llooes, cnn be made beautiful)/
m et 1 e r., , . White by washing with the following .
the yolks and whites. \VIM, Inch very not 1 pound yellow soap into small
light. Add the guitar to lite yolks; then pieces, and dissolve lty beat in 2 quarts
fuld in the beaten whites carefolly. water. When dismolvod and the water
Whip Me whole until light. Flavor with is bairns, add g rap kerosene. Let
lemon lend and jilie0. Mix the flour In
by degrees niel do nol heat after a le 1)001.1,1 utsehlismatnipilleist, 01 ll
dillittieursov 1 tt101 hall‘vL-
10. but turn the cake into a lin and bake
111 a rather quick oven bait an hour.
Gorman Pepper CalcoseeMlx spoonful of black pepper, one of
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fiorne
11-144,144/44444094.94.14.44
SELECTED RECIPES.
To Prepare Dried Beef. --For every
thirty pounds of beef take one quart of
fine stilt, one cameo of &nitwits:, and
geed itiolussee enough to color salt the
color of Mown sugue. Rub each piece
thoroughly with mixture and puck
p1011101? as num is grander and nene
divine. Civilization Is not In 'the clothe;
we wear, but in .the men we aro, The
now world is the produe 10
race, the old ,things pass away; all
things become new; man emerges from
the lower into the higher.
Greater far than the changes (1611 1111031
taken place in our physical form aro
those taking place
IN OUR INNER LIVES.
Religion is the name We glY0 that mighty
P0000 that works out the nigher type
of personal character. 11 you are not
better to -day than yesterday, then you
are worse. To stand still is to retreat.
If all you eau do is to hold your ground,
the ground might as well bold you for-
ever.
We do not measure the youlles growth
by his enowledge of 'physiology; neithey
can we gauge the man's spiritual char-
acter growth by his IsnossiLdge uf
theology, Itis marked by strength of
purpose, by sweetening of disposition.
by increasing, protleiency in human ad-
justments. In all things it is an ap-
proximation 10 an ideal.
Let no man hope to leap in an instaat
into the fullness of character. The best
things are likely to pow slowly. Only
let them but grow, that is all. Be sure
that you really are alive In the best,
really are living toward the better
things day by day, that childish whims
are being forsaken. childieh weaknesses
being outgrown, that the sinning ideal
of the all gloricms man comes nearer,
even though the clearer vision of :ts
glories makes it seem actually fatihee
away. Let religion mean not the fall-
ing back Into weakness, but the putting,
on of the whole man, the increase of the
life more and more, more light, more
terve, more law, more likeness to that
which the Great Architect has planned
for his living temple.
IIENrce F. COPE.
E S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
APRIL 29.
^
Lesson V. The Parable of the Sower.
Golden Text: Luke S. IL
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text 01 1110 Revised Version
IS lised as -a basis for these Word
Studies
The Parable of the Four Soils.—This
parable usually called the Parable of
Rio Sower, is one of the very few say-
ings of Jesus recorded by all four evan-
gelists. It is one of a larger group of
eight parables which sot forth the na-
ture of the kingdom of heaven. Of this
larger group of eight ail but one are
recorded in Malt. 13. That one, omitted
by Matthew, is the parable of the Gement
of the Seed, recorded by Mark chap. 1,
in connection with two other parables 'if
this group, the Parable of the Sower,
and the Parable of the Mustard Seed,
also recorded Matthew. Luke records
this parable and also the Parable of the
Mustard Seed, together with the Para-
ble of the Leaven, making in all three thrive, and grow.
of the group of eieht, the same number 12, The lessen of this verso is that it
as are recorded by Mark. Of lhese eight
parables again, four make use of the
figure of the growth of the seed, to il-
lustrate the gradual development of the
kingdom of heaven. Ono employs the
figure of a net, two the figure of the
great troasure, the hidden treasare, and
Rio goodly pearl; and one the figure of
Me leaven which leaveneth the whole
lump, to set forth other aspects of the
nature of the kingdom of heaven. This
group of parables belonge to the earlier
part of the ministry of Jesus, end Is pre-
ceded by a still earlier sub -group of
three Sheet parables: The feasting of
the wedding guests, tbo palething 01 (1(0
rent garment, and the pouring of old
wine into new bottles.
Two other larger groups of parables
belong to the latter portion of the min -
latter of Jesus; one containing eighteen
periling, recorded principally in Luke,
. belongs to the period of the Perean
entnistry, and the other colleting eight
belongs to the taller period of cenflict
in Jerusalem, just bek,ro the passion of
11 ems. Those in this lost group aro re-
corded principally by Matthew, and in
et art by Ulm, while Mark records only
one of this group, and only ono of Ube
;group preceding.
are apt to rause diarrhoea, Sultanas on
We contrary aro perfeelly wholesome
arid villeins act as a mild aperient, Which
Is useful for the 111110 ones.
If, when you are baking anything,
the oven gels too hot, out In a basin of
cold water instead of leaving the door
open. This cools the oven, and 111,1
steam rising 100111 the water prevents
the contents burning. When cooking In
a gas oven a basin or lin of water
should always be Rept In the oven.
'It (looked meat is ready for table be.
fore it is required place It on dish
ready to be served, and set this over a
pan of bailing water. Put a dish over
the meat anti a cloth over all, The
steam will koep iho meat for a hong
lime, and does not druw the gravy out
or dry 11 (111 as would happen 11 11 were
set in an oven,
Do not plunge spinach, wittereaces,
lettuce, ond such green vegellihke la
water the Iltst tiling when slovling to
elm them. Give them a little slap
against the palm of the liand, find much,
of the dirt, eon& Insects and so futh
will drop off. If, however, you put
left uncovered; and which have fallen to
0110 side of the plow. The picture in the
mind of Jesus was not the same as this,
but this reference, to a scene familiar to
some of the readers of these nuke, will
assiet in making plain the method of
Christ's leaching which was to take the
fainiliar objects and scenes with which
his hearers were acquainted, and uso debt, or for drink. ;Sometunes they are el.7 and 52.S.
them to illustrate the truths which he kidnapped, or captured in rattle. Some- Altogether there has been a fall of
endeavored to teach. Woes they are mere plunder Of Portm ne pee cent. in the marriage rate in 35
5. On the rocky ground—The slopes prose leaders. They are brought to years. As regards the birth rale, there
of the hillsides about Galilee toward the so-called "emigration agents," wile hes "glen stoney deem" semi 1895.
which Jesus was looking from his posi- are established at Various" points in The rate 'for 1904 Was 27.9 per thou -
lion on the edge of the Lake, 100,00 111
many places rocky with but a this
awe:ring of loose earth, These slopes of
the 11111sitle.s were the first to aseunie
their covering et green after the earn'
rains, but were the first also to become
parched and dry after the rainy season
had pasinitt, because on .thern there W&S
no deepness of earth.
7. Attiring Um thorns—A variety of
thorns naost common in Syria and Pal-
estine was the "Nabk" of the Arabs. Of
this same variety of thorns doubtless
the crown was evoven Jesus later
was forced to 10081',
Choked it—The thorne being hardier,
end of more rapid growth, as well as
many in number. absorbed all the
moisture and quickly shut out the sun-
shine, making it Impossible for the
more tender sprouts of the grain to
Ma t
go and the Zambesi flow down on et- also the right of common humanity,
(her side, across Um seeking Luvall ehich we have always elahned. I go
Pais, * L 1 Dilolo about the world a good deal, and I
through Nanakandundu, the 1101110 ell know only too well how much of ber
the great Queen, into Congo territore, reputation fur Immenity and justice
LI the copper ranges of Kattinga, aria England hos lost in the last ten years,
se to the hikes unit noway to the eastern Lost year 1 despeired of line oppcal 11)
sea. And this little track, whirls turns sect), qualities among us, But, it does
end twists to avoid every tree slump and ssem now as though 000 were geing to
tuft of grass. has from Ume immemorial wash our Own hail& end make a Nosh
Deen oue of the great elave routes of start. When our awn bonds are clean
Rio' world. spilt al last, we can enforce such rep -
11 is so snit. As 1 enteeed the Hun- !mutations upon Portugal 118 She
gry Country I found slaw shackles hang- dare not insist. Or if she resists, I
Mg on almost every bush. They tire supose -070 strong enough at
the wooden fetters with which the hands 000 10 send a cruiser to arrest one .11
or the feet of the slaves are linked Ice these legalized slave ships on lis course
te ther the march. On reaching the and bring the'abonanation to an end.
Cuanza the shackles are knocked off, be-
cause the slaves begin to despniv If
ALTAR AND CRADLE.
exeape with Unit long sirettle tin-
gly country behind them; but I have
found shackles on the Nom end
to end, even right. cletwn to the coast,
end the other day I had a hitter frem
rue Enedishmen knew west of 'the Cu-
anza, saying: "Sinee you loft the traffic
has increased. and is more open. The
slaves aro now going lo the coast lied
ite, or rather Bed together. in a con-
itnuous line" The path through the
Steady Decline In Births and Marriages
' Great Britain.
Detailed official marviage end birth
stotistics for (heat Britain in 1904 have
just been issucel. Besides ofnphasizing
lig meths, the statistles furnish some ground cloves, the grated rind of two delay? Some little things need to be
What le more vexing than neethees
the steady decline both in marriages ground cinnamon, one teaspoonful of
iittereeting sidelights on the Inallimen- oranges, and one lemon with one (meet ,
dome On it depends the doing of a
I " tei r 11 f 1 1 I u I
Citron Cake.—One cup butter, two of
sugar, three of hour, tour eggs, one cup
milk, one leospoon soda, two of crotun
tartar, and pinch sale After the above
has been put in the pan, cut We citron
thin and put into the cake end ways,
pushing down unlit the batter covers 't
This will prevent the citron falling to
the bottom.
Oldlime Sponge Can.—This cake is
made without Miffing powder. Like an
;the old delicate sponge cakes, it depende
, upon the eggs for lightness, and there-
) fon: needs care in its preparatton. Take
a certain number of eggs. Weigh thene
Have on hand their weight in sugar end
. .
a bucket of water,
--
NEEDLESS DELAY.
i !endemics.
or New Orleans molasses, Lel, state, mit until tho /wet thing is accom-
, .
Flungry Country is strewn with bones
Ths fas•ineti 1 of vIdows marked' e `1" .01 R N , , over night. Then add tow lenspoontuis plished. Thus sometimes a little thing
and skulls, nnd I found Wore the free lv decreaeed in male eelimation, fee
. ,.. of baking powtter sifted with enough which might be done in an hour or a
bodies of slaves some murdered, rialto) - - ..,
left to starve be.catiso through fever (0 while In 18,2 tho 11101111 annum mat 1,- flour to make a rather stiff dough, and day hinders other matters which are nf
tow, 11 '1 od been eredde to keep age rate fot• whlowS Was 0.1 per 1,0110,
groat importance, end wastes time whie,h
elle tee 1 • , 1 1 11, WU only 12.5 in 1004, a much greater donee into 10„3
one tablespoonful of lard, NM the
narrow strips; with a is or Ile 1111(1081 1 1
0 11.3 U MOS Va Ue.
UP with the party on the mato 1. na` decrease thtui in the case of spinsters,
sharp kni e cub In 0 Del erill. le• a so Persons who desire lo be useful In the
" '1 l't 1 11 11 BO s
• ., 1 , I' (13 .1 d
10.9. ' in a musk men.
. ,
world should learn to cle things prompt -
Steamed Cocoa Pudding.—Creffin one- ly. Delay is often dieobedienr.e. 11 hi
There was also a disinclination cn
„smile teen half cupful of butter with one oupful of better to refuse lo nuclertake a thing
the par 1 L, a L. . .
t of wire wsr- to r
Add the yolks of two eggs beat- 1111111 to undertake ir end delay and dully
lentils, for their rate of remarriage has sue".
. . — en light end (Isle remelt of tnilk. Sift until the hindrance hecornes ten times
fallen in the same sears from tio.8 to
eS, while the figures for bachelors are elle rounding tablespoonful of cocoa as grie
with two cupfuls of flour and two level fusel would have been al the begin-
vous and injurious as a direct re-
tablespoopfuls of Iteking powder. Add ning. 11 one 11100 SayS he will not do
to the first mixture and beat, unlit it thing, perhaps sontenne else will do
smooth. then fold in the stiffly beaten in but if one snys i'l go," and goes not,
whiles of two eggs. Pour the balter into he not only fails to do the work himself,
buttered cups, filling them a little mmo bul he prevents &bens who would have
than half full. Steam throe-quariers of done it, and causes an amount of
mi hour and serve with sweet sauce. trouble of which we frequently had no
Veal Cutiets.—thive tho veal cut in conception. My good friend, be
slices bout one inch thick. Put thew prompt. What you undertake, ammo -
into a frying pan with boiling water to plish. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
half an inch deep. Cover and simmer do, do it with thy might.
in minutes. Drain the meat and wipe
it dry. CM into pieces to serve, end --#--.
eeason with salt and pepper. Dip into
TRUTHFULNESS OF WOMEN.
beaten egg and roll in fine bread
crumbs, than fry in plenty of hot lard, A detective was fond ofisnumeraUnee
may be served with a sauce. Tel& the any into, women are truthful," he said,
, Sub -Inspector across 1110 face with Um
turning to brown both sides. These the good points in human nature. 'Ate flat of his 65503111, and wns promptly
cutlets up, pour off nearly all the Me solemnly. "I had that fact impressed shot. A general light followed, In which
Sub-lnspeolor 1111111 and Trooper Arm-
turn hi one cup of boiling water and en 015 receew
tly, when a Oman's hus-
thicken with two level kaspooes of band disappeared and I was called in strong were killed, and the pollee
forced 10 retreat. Sergeant. SO:peens
flour mixed 81100111 with a Milo cold lu try to find him. lie had been miss- rode inane miles wee 811 ((680301 euesn
in going through the Hungry Country
no one waits.
HOW SLAVES ARE OTITAINED.
In most casee the slaves are original-
ly obtained by natives, who buy them
on some charge of witeheraft, or for
Verse 2. Parables—The word partible
comes from the two —1n•60„. tr.
.Warits,
"pare," meaning beside, and "bollon
meaning to throw, and Means there -
ore literally to 1310000or place' (00 13303
beside. another. In usage 11 Form ceme
lo moon elect a comparison of things
thus pined together, 1( 19 usied in the
13ible with a large variety of ettarlee of
*leaning, ail of which inVolve Um idea
cOmparison,
9. Went forth—Possibly ter from hie
• borne 10 a distant field;
4. By the wayside—The w03':4de re -
"erred to 18 the hard trodden path
thretigh the grain flied.
The birds crone and devoured 11. --In
Me grein-raishig :Sections of our own
country, where- are fnund the Inimenee
grain fields extending for milee in every
ellrection, it is not enema] in seed time
lo see large floeks of.birds, sometimes
even of wild geeee, following elose be -
1n(3 the plow, fromwhich the. seed Is
seetlered in front of (be, ploW shares
*filth th
immediately turn lo,,,,,lo,,,,,the
Is the receptive attitude of nand which
makes 1)00511116 the understanding of
Christ's leaching.
15. Straightway . . . Taketh 130(8)',e
the word—Some men are so hardened
in sin, so pre -occupied in their temporal
musette that the word of God Mils to
find a. ledgement whatever in their
heort and mind.
17. No lelot in themselves—Shallow
unsiablo natures, nee indoPenclent in
their convictions.
-4-
POISON IN TIM BODY POLITIC.
limigration is Robbing the Mother Land
of Rs Best People.
The departure of thoueands of sturdy
men and women from the Old Country
for Canada is attracting the attention
of those who loot: to the future of the
Mother Laed. liao Is the opinion of
the Glasgow News;—"A good deal: of
attention is being uttraeled just 0010
by the rush to Canada. Every week They are next taken on board in
hundreds of people are guing out from lighlere ene herded 1000(103. There
the Clyde alarm, not to mention other were 27-1 en the ship by which I 1081110e
British poets, to seen new fortunes in last Julie, not relentingeth
lice, width,
the great colony, wtneh has suddenly perheps, mnithered fifty. The average
I•egiin to. rnake perigees on a scale for- during the lost few yonrn
s bee on a
!freely 05500111(0 with the United Sitttee Utile under 1.017)i a your, bra it Is Pow
rather than with the British part of rising, owlog to the perpetual demand
North Americo Those who are of the plimlere. for more 4trol morn la -
leaving Us, need of them for ever, ere 111'. Alter elven weetes 3(301130)' Lhe
In som000175e ayS the perk of thn
e aion
t, 810,1•09 (10,3 'landed 011 1)1111 Thome --- Oka-
Cannda is no 111000o for that Intel of 60 hing.a. er ile• Tektite of 10 thee The most valuable desolate islands in
dw
al reckage widell hos 1,11001110e hemp- 0411 ((--0111d 01t1 di'j•-,tiltUlt=ki among the world are, 1110 LiakoVa, in the Arcin
tic
ble of etruggling SIM: it,Sk'll, ;t11,1 the pia -titers yin have remit:sinned Um Ocean, oft the mouth ot leenal
a
that Lgement 1Tng Iff, ae a lerietin "Inolgtettien reemniteiro' for 111, 1)1 The Siberia. They aro 110 (100113 teni M-
hmlt
in the body entitle, width able-bodied, 3111 137 pay from LUG to MO for 11. krlY 1.)91teni aalla 10r Ainiln in°80,
grown 01,1,11 deliver's,' in good 0001- 1.1
01011010s
tein uch enormous quantities
1.1fossil ivory that they are exceedingly
viduableeffil Net, nIthough uninhabited,
I,
for the (vory-diggere, and of them-
selves inceptible of importing life, they
p01811160 11 revenue of 55,000,01)0 a yetir.
YELI.OW flIekSS FOR WEAK EYES.
Yellow spectaellie for weak eyes wore
reennimentled by Dr. Motets in a paper
he rood reeently before the Aoactetny
of Mode:tine al, Perie, France, Tho elec-
tor dooleres that 3"1.110w Is very soothing
to weak 01300, 31114 filet Tor 'fifteen yams
he has preseribed releases of this color
with re -smitten mints,
-
Appetit to tho maternal 101)3(1150 al imulse is
Um country under Portuguese regulre
Lions, end aro forwarded by them to the
coast, When, they are reeoived by other
agente, chiefly at Benguela, but also at
Novo Dodondo and' Loanda. The
piece. naturally vary according to the
slave's health and capacity. I have
known a women who Was taken from
her 11001)0113(11.1throe children far in the
interior, bought for twenty cartridges,
and sold in Benguela for about ale.
hi LW district of Bin, which is some ohorootor duci41 that p001001, and1011
send, the lowest on record.
NTAV ZEALAND PENSIONS.
---
Ninety Dollars a Year is the Maximum
for Old Age.
New Zealand looks after its old *folks.
Every person of 135 years and upward
who has lived for twenty-ilve years In
the colony, has elljOyed a tolerably good
ere miles from iho coast, an ox, a load a sober, respectable life for at least five.
1.1 rubber (say (16 pounds) (1)1(3 a 17003)3veers est, is entitled to an old -age pen -
slave arc regarded
aa ab"L ('(3(1111('(3(1111 "11;n ofp
1110--i4113'#07. But in Benguela, as near-
ly as I 0011 estimate, the average 311013given for emigration slaves is Ala,
though I 113100Icnown a man p301much et; :e2.5 there for a really Mee-
leoking girl.
Largo numbers of Me strives are kept
work the plantations on the main-
land Ur oilier industries along the shore.
Put 10(11111 now to speak only of the ex-
port trade to the Portuguese islands of
San Thorne and Principe 111 the Gull ef
Guinea. irtie slaves ere convoyed on
the ordinary passenger steamore, which
rim 111(111. once a fortnight. A day or
two before the slennier slavte they are
collected in a public building before a
Porhiguese official the elirriflor.
They are 841(03 whether they nee willing
to labor the island for five, years.
Not the slightest attention is paid to
111011. apewor. A tin disc With n number
and (1)1,11101'a 1111(1)1,11101'contninina p
g aper
with pertieulties as to their melee, etc.,
are bung (1,11(1(1 their 144310, (33111 )131V -
Ing entered the ()nice as sieves, they go
out as "oothe(cted laborere." This is
the 1111)0009 which 1110 Portuguese 11011"redemption." 11 is a 1110.41 lucrative
11(01011100 for ell concerned, except, of
course. for the slaves, who aro only the
rneecliandise.
HERDED ON STEAMETIS,
Hal Slate funds. It is provided,
however, that 11.0 11011S1011 can be award -
(
el whine the income from other sources
exceeds 5e00 a year, or whore the lip-
Taleant has more than 51,380 worth of
property. Asiatics and other aliens are
draw a 1)0(18100 as
well as leek busbauds, provided the
total inoomo of the housoleild dooe not
oeceed 5300 a year. The full State pen -
step is 590 a year, 16355 Is (103013611for every 55 of Income over $170 derived
from other wirers. Thus a pensioner
with 5200 a year income would drew
5171 as his old age pension. The sys-
tem has been In operation seven years,
end tho number of pensinns in force Is
close on 12,000, 10)0101113 an 031)11611p11yment of 0)0!'$1,000,n00, Test you,
the pensiouers 1001(11101 fuer eentenari-
ans, two of whom wren 103 years old.
The pension mate en the first cloy of
every 111011(11, through lee poetal &pert.
meat.
F1511 ON LAND.
It Is not to bo 5111)1300811 that a fish
Is absolutely comfortable awity from its
own element, but 11 is nevortholese true
11101 is sometimes PeeS flt to live on the
land for a short period. Of all land -fre-
quenting fish. the inn:4 fantails is tho
climbing perch of India, 001)1011 not
only walks nut of the Lenten but also
mounts into trees by moans of sharp
91,1008 situated near its hod and tail.
It hes a p1001101' breathing apparatus,
witch enables it. lo extract oxygen
hem the. water stored up within a small
chamber near its gills, for use while on
land.
VALUABLE DESOLATE' ISLANDS,
hidustrioue workere, 51(013 511 every roe
bon must have in plenty if it is to re-
main 1)081(315'cendition, are being
culled from (010113 us to torn( the great 11033 1601,130,1 that the slaves tun ise
nation arising oveveeus. Titeln west (wired: for the two 1911111(113, tieing Ohne
101 310113o (711.131,101(1,1(3 1111111 to the proeess, 101#1,e. (hp flitmaor 1111d 1101111Y always
It we am not to ho serionele lonmeer- Yelled ie 1,1.1141,• and &toping with 111111,1-
1,11611,Muth WC) weal suggest, rive good for (('("0111i4 they ate
ilea 111, the 11001101' between natoral be deadly roe human 1170, aro 11-,1 ninon1
stinctivo eepanslon, end what ugly be 11104? le TIM; 01 greet and inerosing
(land, in a-001100, periled entleerenon. velure I believe it rimmenli; 011)31001How we ore te repel -rein (0010411101(1.1:1.(100,1100 11- Year, Anil (he "lite tritlh.ii
Nom overetepping .the 19 rt prole slevee emensementns so greet tia
lien Whitt than Well Mx Um brains and think thr m
eiaetere trn m
y ieet ensos
01111004137of .011r best ibilthere arid Manse to keop them 311111'. '1,1. Ile 0111 (Inn -
men,"
e----e-oneseete gel, Mr. Nighlittok, emi+.1 bg
big la
g1011111303) newel, the death where
11011.11 1;1 11111(04 entirely for the eultivne
Tito cynie is 40) individual when, 8511. wo eon (11,.'h enorilleive Antonia
°gleam fe direet reverse ratio le hiv
the els e,, ; f Pruiriho r,a., in five (110,4 471611r ((1113,? legit 00016011 0811 Mve
enit WV the Seed, whiele have been intrinsle exeollenee. every wet., entl where. 1 111110 1teen al 114 11011 her e11e0e8 behY•
KITCHENER INTOLERENT
IS TREATING VIE INNAN ARMY"
CONTEMPT.
Times Correspondent Says That Sante'
Spirit of Soreness 415 Caused
Mutiny Prevails.
A sentettlou has Mien created not only
In military eireles but in the nation b00.
the publication In the London 'flume Jf
a leiter Noe ils special correspondeut
In India which indieuthe 111:11, Lord
Kitchener la handling the bultan erten
111 (1 manner that will inevitably cause"
serious unMet)' In the future. It is in-
cidentally though unavowedly a strung
vindication of Lord Gurzon's attitude in
LOS controversy with Ilse late Govern-
ment.
Thu correspondent, although writing.
tuionymously, is known us an able.'
publicist, wlio is Intimately acquainted
with the polities of the Emphe,
glig of his accusations Is teat Lord
Kitchener, by his contemptuous treat-
ment of the native twiny, is mending in,
that body the same spirit, of soreness
and diseoutent which was on of the
main cauees 01 the ivtuUny of 1857.
After dwelling at length on the admin-
istrative steps and ether measures
1011101 have led to this stale of affairs,.
he continues :—
NIASTEIIFUL ANI) INTOLERANT.
"Lord Kitchener's masterfulnees.
grows with increasing power, and
orders he so often hastily issues ho 115
113101117 withdraws. Ile no longer shows -
the same incluelry or application to de-
tail or the same devotion to economy
which characterized his work in Egypt.
Ilo has no personal knowledge, of the
-
Indian character and Ws constitutional.
Intoterratce of all opposition unats irtm
to learn from those who have had the
experience be lochs."
111 conclusion the welter touches 00-
11 matter that has been notorious in.
Inner circles, but has hitherto -not been
commented linen In the pross, liainely,
that the reconquest of tho Soudan was
nearly wrecked in a disnsier (1110 to the
Same ilisre,grd for 1.110 Idiosyncrasies of
the native %Imps winerequited in rirs
incipient mutiny. 1,010 leilebener had
then already started for Sum 11 Afeica,
but the conditions were ascrihrel as due
directly to his potiey. 1113 pointed out
that any trouble resulting In India Mae
In the same way be tieforred unth Lord'
Kilebener's term of office expires elgle
leen months hence.
Naturally this letter has produced a.
defence from the Commander -In -Chives
apologists, but those which have
hitherto appeared have been too personal
in tone to curry conviction.
THE NATAL OUTBREAK.
The Cry of "Africa for the Black Mate'
Cause for the Unrest.
The unresi among the natives In Na-
tal, South Africa, fer Whieh in part the-
ziew poll -tax Was reSOMISIble, big -which
(meek les the introduction et that tax
by months, If not years, Is in the main
Um outcome of Ethloplaniem, ur 111.1
doctrine of Africa for the biatik MAO.
The collec.tion 01 1110 tax precipitated the
rising on Februnry 9, in elytmelown, 111
the Richmond distrIet, which Insulted In
the killing of Suit -Inspector Hunt and
Trooper Armstrong, or the MOM poltee.
In this affair fourteen police NM ar-
rested Iwo armed natives, when 0 1.0140110,
WilS 1lltemptet1 by a party uf forly
tivee, who wore In ambush. The leader
of the party conteimptuously struek the -
water. Cook five minutes, add more
salt, end pepper if needed, and a few
drops of lemon juice and pour over the
cutlets.
Mushrooms on Tont:I.—Peel and broil
fresh mushrooms, spread them with
butler. dust with salt r1n1 popper, and
servo on rounds of toast. Or the mush -
Moine may bo cut in quffilers, put in a
double boiler With a tablespoonful of
bultor and couned until tender. They
may then be seasoned lo taste Inid
poured, suttee and all, on rounds or
trifingles of cruellest; toast.
Cheese Straws.—To a half pint of
prepared flour odd two ounces of grated
Pnrinesan cheese, moisten with the yolk
of an egg and enough milk to make a
paste that can be relied out. Boll into
a 111111 sheet and eat into name,'
eidraws." Bake to n &nestle brown.
While they are hot sift gritted cheese
over thene
USEFUL riivrs.
After washing o, scent bottle (‚P18011
till quite clear, mid then turn It upside
down on a cloth near the itre to dry
thoroughly before putting in the stop-
per. The air will be as effective as 1110
fire.
Turpentine," mixed with the water 'to
the extent of a large tablespoonful, when
000,5111113 dresses or blouses with
delicate colors Halite to fade, will pre-
vent, fading and preserve tim colors
fresh and bright.
After removing the skin and coarse
threads from bananas, out in half, roll
In egg and sifted breaderumes sensoned
with salt and pepper, and fry for a min.
ute and it half in deep, hot fee draining
on soft paper before sel-ving.
When old 1611 heis are done with they
will make 01117 Mee comfortable soles
for working 111011's boots. Cut the felt
,•• into pieces the size you require; then
take it damp cloth to the parte Whieh
are not straight, and thee iron them out.
Leather -covered forniture should be
frequently sponged with warm water
seftened with borax, and rubbed per -
teeny dry with an old, soft cloth. Then
rub In a few drops of glycerine, after
winch polish well with chamois.
To make draWilig paper transparent,
place a biank Sheet of paper over the
drawing or whatever you require to
copy, end rub 11 11311117 with pure ben.
zing, A teacing eon be made, and the
benzine will evaporate and leeve tho
paper in; opaque as 0001'.
Dried eurrarile shouldnailer be put
into Cakes or puddings kV small chit -
ed three dnys when I arrived. Of
cause. 1 first of all questioned his wife.
The first thing I asked WaS:
" 'What were tile 11181 words your bus -
11.013 saki to you before he disappear-
ed?"
"She blushed deeply es sire answered
truthfully:
"'Ills very last words were, "Oh, for
goodness' sake, shut upl""'
ENGL1S11 LADY NUISSED MPS.
'llie only English lady privileged to
act as a nurse In the Russo-Jimanese
war, and the first to enter Port Arthue
after the historic seige, has recently re-
turned to London after fifteen menthes
eeperionce of the heroes of warfare,
This lady Is Mrs. Teresa llicharcison of
Glanbrydon Park, Carmarthenshire: who
was epecially selected by Viscount
Ilaynshi, the Japanese ambassador at
London, to assist 111 nursing les
wounded countrymen. Tall and of
conunanding appearance, with a kind-
ly, sympathetic face and eyee from
which pity shines, Mrs. Ilicherdson was
known by the Japanese heroes sho
nursed (Le "Our English. Mother."
NECESSARY TO HIM. •
"What with croup, measles, and all
that," remarked Popley," children are
a groat oitro, but they're blessings."
"11000(1 they are," cordially agreed
the stranger. "1 don't know how we
should get along without them.'
"A111 you're it family man yoUrself?"
"No; a physietan."
FORE AND AFT,
"It Vos Iiiiiente," explained a German
who had twice come to grief in a steeple -
chime, "Ven va koms to ea first fence
I did vent< my hoes° vtid jonip, but he
did not temp, so I vent over his head.
Ven ve icoms to ze second fence I did
'Link he vud not jonm, and he did joMp,
im I Vent 0000 his Jail."
CHARGED.
"Dear," said Mra. Speridlote, by way
of prelirninary, "wotild you consider en
opal Unluolty?"
"I Would if 1 got a bill for One and
had to pay It,' replied he0 husberel
sternly.
"A111 I'm 86 lad I ordered a dia.
cliem, foe they nre dInleult to d1gost tRid raoad ring 108(3303)."
Mg in his back. Reinforcements, which
were &snatched lo the scene, found the
bodies of the sub -inspector and trooper
covered with assegai wounds.
Although the Nebel Ministry mini-
mized, publicly nt least, the character
of the outbreak, they proceeded to deal
vigorously wall the situaliou. It snon
became evldent that, distinction was
not conened ,to the Bichmond district
only. Martial law WaS procleinusd, and
troops were mobilized, and, under Col-
onels Leuchers and Madenzie, they re-
duced the more truculent (Mee to sub-
mission. eleanwiille the natives who
murdered the police were rounded, and
Many of them captured, with the assis-
tance of loyal natives of Isi'Veli's tribe.
'rim poll -tax in Natal amounts to Xd.
and -1110 Init-tax, 140. Those paying the
but -tax do not pay the poll -tax, which
00110 designed to reaoh the young men
capable of earning Xi to 1011 10s. a
month, who would otherwise escepe
Meal:tom In general the tax:Delon of
natives is not higher than elsewhere in
South Africa.
Lard Elgin, on being approached by
the Aborigines' Protective Soclety, re-
fused In interfere with regard to tho
Imposition of the p011 -tax, which he
censidered not to be inconstetent teeth
the recommendation of the Native AI -
fairs Commission,
0011E DIFFERENT.
Employee — I caught you coming out
ct a saloon toglay.
Clerk — Yes, sit'.
Employee Dkthet I tell you IV
discharge you If I ever SaW you com•
ing out of a saloon again?
Clerk — No, sir. You t;o1(1 you'd
charge mo if yeti ever saw me ping
in. Surely you can't blemo me fot
coming out.
NO MALARIA.
"This pinee is Overt:teed as e hottlth
rewire" sold the now avvivitt, empire,
oesly, "but it strikes me thete's
laria around here."
"01 n—n—no, you're m—rn—rrilstale•
on," replied the hotel clerk,
"What mattes yob shako that way,
then?"
"I was afraid you were ge-g—goIng
&Way lagairt".._._+_
Little Brame 1 "Mr, Poseyboy, won't
yeel 30 and stand before the wirldoW?"
Poseyboy 3 "Certainly, rny little inan;
but Why'?" Little Brother "011 1 111a.
sayth
s e can 000 thi,eUgh you, I wont
10000 if T can.'