HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-5-17, Page 6SELF AND SERVICE
Each Man Must Carry His Cross on His
Heart and Brain,
12 any man will come after me let him
deny himself and take up his cross daily
and follow hne.-Matt„ xvi., 24.
There Is such a thing as supremely
selfish, selt•dcntal. A man retires into
the mOnlc's pleitc seclusion; he isolates
himself from Interest 111 the world bat-
tles; he shuts himself front sympathy
With the struggles of business, civil,
and oven social life. To hint these
things are carnal. Ile is engrossed with
the complication of interpretations of
languages long dead, or with visions of
an unknown heaven, and this, he thinks,
is living the life of self-denial.
The denial of self is not the death of
self; It Is the leading of the best self
into larger life. IL is not the dwarfing
et the life; it Is its development into use-
fulness. It is not the emasculation of
character; it is the submission and dis-
cipline of the life to new and nabler
motives.
He best denies himself who best de-
velops himself with the purpose of serv-
ing his fellows. What Jesus meant was
that if any man would be one of his :he
must cease to make his own selfish
pleasures, ambitions, and passions the
end of his living; he must make the
most of himself that he might have the
more to give to the service of mankind;
he must make the one motive and end
of his life the benefit and help of every
other man.
That kind of a life means a change t,f
centre. Instead of regarding the uni-
verse as re',olving nbout itself it sees
that self as but part of the great ma-
chinery of life, planned and operating
FOR TIIE GOOD OF ALL,
A man begins to deny himself as soon
as he begins to love another. Even a
yellow dog may act to deflect the heart
from its old sell -centre. The love el
kir and fondly, of friends, and associ-
ates all serve to strengthen the habit of
self-denial,
The fewer people a man takes into
his plan of life the more likely is be
to be selfish. But same lives are but the
more selfish because they take in all
mankind and look on them as designed
Li contribute to their single enriching.
That kind of a life commits suicide; ever
grasping and never giving It dies of
plethora. It had never learned that
strange secret of the best self -develop-
ment, sacrificing service.
We need to guard ourselves against
the delusion that the denial of oneself
means the impoverishment of the life.
'!'here can be no true giving of the life
In service unless there is a wise enrich-
ing of the self, a thorough fitting for
the service. The more of a man you
are, the brighter your intellect, the
broader your sympathies, the better your
service to the world may be. The sloth
that sinks the soul in indifference to
its own development is the most sinful
c.t all forms of selfishness.
This way of denial is more, the Mas-
ter tells His disciples, than an empty-
ing of the life. If some of the cares ,.f
self are cast out the burdens of others
more than take their place. It is a full
life, overflowing with the interests, the
fears. loves, hopes, and longings of
other lives, It bears the cross, not of
an ornamental, vanity serving glory,
but the cross of
A WOULD'S SIN AND SORROW.
Each man must carry his cross not
On his breast, but on his heart and
brain. It Is what he can do, what the
can plan, suggest, undertake toward
saving this world. The cross of disciple-
ship will be to some statesmanship, to
ethers science, to others tho daily ser-
vice of a home or the work In the shop;
it Is the kindly word, the cheering look,
the lift by the way; It is whatever is
done in unselfish desire to make life bet-
ter, to bring men -nearer to one another
and to the Father of all.
You have only to look at the great
Teacher to know what self-denial and
cross bearing really mean, and you
have only to follow him to fully carry
out their principles. To him they meant
the life of doing good, of seeking the
sorrowing, befriending the forsaken,
helping the helpless. They who follow
I-tim lead the world; they who seek to
minister instead of being ministered to
are, the world's masters. The value of
every life must be measured at last not
by what 1t has gathered' to itself but
by what it has given for the enriching
and help of the whole life of the world.
HENRY F. COPE,
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
MAY 20.
Lesson VIII. Death of John the Bap.
list. Golden Text: Eph. 5. 18.
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note. -The text of the Revised Version
isused as a basis for these Word
Studies.
Intervening Events. -Several events
intervene between the last lesson and
this one. Returning from the country of
the Gerasenes, across the lake to Caper-
naum, Jesus was welcomed by a great
multitude who had heard of his mar-
velous works. Shortlyafterward he
raised from the dead the daughter of
Jairus, a, ruler of the synagogue (Mark
5. 2143), after the account of which we
should doubtless insert into Luke's
narrative the stories of the healing of
the two blind men and of the dumb de-
moniac cold in Matthew 9. 27.34. The
rejection at Nazareth reported in Malt,
13. 54-15 and Mark 6. 1-2 was doubtless
a second event similar to but not iden-
tical with the rejection at Nazareth re-
corded in Luke 4. 16-30, the former be-
longing apparently to the earlier part of
his ministry. This second rejection at
,the hands of his oven townsmen at
Nazareth was followed by a preaching
tour (the fourth, or rather the third con-
tinued) In Galilee (Mark 6. 6; Mall. 0.
35); and the sending of the twelve on
their first independent mission lour
(Mark 8. 7-13; Matt. 10. 1.34; Luke 0.
1-6). It was upon the return of the twelve
Brom this tour that word was brought
to Jesus by the disciples of John the
Baptist of their master.
John the Baptist is called Elijah
(Matt. 3. 3), the forerunner of Christ
( Isa. 46. 3; Mal. 3. 1), "a burning and a
shining light" (John 5. 35). He was a
son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, of the
priestly tribe (Ltdco 1. 5); preached and
baptized in the wilderness (Matt. 3. 1,
Lute 3. 2); baptized Jesus (Mat,. 3. 13);
reproved Herod Antipas (Mall, 14. 4;
Mark 6. 18); was beheaded by Herod end
burled by his disciples (Mat. 14. 10=12).
Jesus calls him the greatest among those
born of women (Malt. 11. 11 ; Luke 7.
28).
Verse 14. Herod -Herod Anlipns, the
tetrarch of Galilee, His alllelnl residence
was at Tiberias, on the southwestern
shore of the lake.
15. Elijah -The prophet Malachi had
doretold the return of Elijah: "Behold 1
will send you Elijah the prophet before
the great and terrible day of Jehovah
(some (Mal. 4. 5)."
Others said -Tho fume of bolls Jesus
'end John the Baptist was widespread,
the opinions concerning both were di -
worse.
A prophet, even as one of the pro-
plhets=A prophet, yet not an ordinary
prophet, but One of the great and well-
known ancient prophets.
16, John Is risen -Even so wicked a
pouias Herod could net escape the
mpunattons .of a guilty conscience,
And ft was natural for him, with this
oonscIousness of guilt resttng upon his
Mind, to behold in any and every pure
x�
lsd holy man and 'worker of miracles
the reembodlment of this same John
;Whom he had tensed to be beheaded.
11, The remaining verses, 17-20, ore
i-e8s
lly ,parenthetical to the main nra-
ive of Mark. They are inserted to ex -
nlain the allusions to 1(erod's fancy and
ear mentioned in verses 14.16.
found Mtn in prison -Probably in the
Menial dungeon of the Castle Machmrus,
known •else as 1115 Black Fm cess,
and situated on the eastern coast of the
Dead Sea, one of the palaces of Iierod.
Herodias, his brother Philip's wife -
She was also the niece of both her hus-
band's, being the daughter of ArLsto-
bulus, another of the sons of Herod the
Great. As Gould has pointed out : "The
marital relations of the Herodian family
were a most extraordinary mixture,
though h belongingto the general license
o the age. Thi,s is one of the places
where the gospels bring us into contact
with the gentile world, the Herodians
being Gentile in thee extraction and
spirit, though nominally Jews in their
religion, and the note of that Gentile
world was open vice and profligacy,
while of the Jewish leaders it was hypo-
crisy."
21. A convenient day -An opportune
moment for tihe carrying out of her pur-
pose.
22. The daughter of IIerodias herself
came in and danced -An almost unpre-
cedented thing for women of rank cr
even of respectability.
She pleased Herod -Better, it pleased
Herod, that is. the dancing.
23. Sware-Swore, Compare the oath
of Ahasuerus to Queen Esther, Esther
5. 3.
21. And she went out, and said -
Literally, and she, havirg gone out,
said.
25. Straightway with haste - The
daughter evidently partook of true
mother's nature and tastes. The haste
of the worsen was lest the icings ardor
should cool, it being well known to them
that the granting of the request they
were about In make was entirely con-
trary to the icing's own desire,
Platter -The word charger, used In the
Authorized Version, ;has become entirely
obsolete In this sense, though at one
time it meant just what our word plat -
ler now means.
20. His disciples -The disciples of
Join, some of whom later became the
disciples of Jesus.
A CHANGE OF TONE.
Bella (leaning over her fathers chair
and putting her arm around Itis neck):
"You dear, sweet old papa, you've been
very good to your little girl since her
engagement."
Alr, Ilyde (kissing ter): "I'm always
glad to make Illy sunbeam happy."
Bella: "Ah, i luahw Thal! And you've
given mo such an elegant sealskin
sacque, and dresses, and hats, and such
lovely diamonds, and everything you
could think of,"
Mr. iLy'da (compiai enliy): "Yes, I
want you to have a good send-off."
Bella: "You have been perfectly love -
14, and your tittle pet appreciates ti,
She will be awfully sorry lo louse you."
Mr, Hyde: "IL is hard to lose yeti,
dsar; but you have the right lobe hoil-
oC your
wantt you to think smisifinrs
y n lilt, indulgent old father,
and remember that he did everything
lie could to melee home pleasant. for
you before you lett him In its lonely
alt' age."
Bella: "Oh, you dear, sweet papa!
Whsl would,?VVou say if l didn't leave
Mr. 11yde (starting): "Eh?"
TSe11n: ",.low can I be so selfish nate'
Its your hove been so good to nie and
done everything for me? I don't care
so very, very much for (/cargo, I'm
going to bail hint 11 wits all a mistake.
end that he cat find somebody else, for
)'m always going to May nl home mid
be papa's own dear llilie girl! , , . And
then you can give me nice lidnga ell
the lime.!" •
Afr. Hyde lin great alarm): "Good
heavens! Iletin, what age you talking
about? Don't he so 5111y, 'You'll never
gat another such a (,hone.. You marry
George next )not t
,1 th, and 110 tooling
about U
TOMMY ATKINS ABROAD
HOW SOLDIERS ON FOREIGN SER-
VICE AMUSE THEMSELVES.
Knitting Socks and Fancy Work aro
Popular hobbles With the
Men.
Soldiers abroad (especially In India),
cut off from all sources of enjoyment
obtainable at home, are forced to devise
moans of passing their hours of Idle-
ness. The elementary stage in hobbles
is knitting socks, hardly the work in
which one would expect soldiers to en-
gage, but a hobby which is extremely
popular. That this is so, the following
will show.
Recently In a Service ]raper a 111011
of the Cheshire Regiment threw out a
challenge to knit any man in Southern
India for 111e championship and a
stake of 300 rupees (81(10) Men often
purchase neiv socks from the regimen -
tut stores, simply for the pleasure of
pulling hien to pieces and re -,milting
them.
From socks, the natural transition is
to Berlin wool work. This mostly takes
the. torn of waist -hells and slippers, and
men with a gond eye for the tasteful
blending of colors find it an extremely
profitable hobby, their productions find-
ing a ready sole among comrades.
One man, who evolved a very pretty
design in forget-me-nots, was inundat-
e! with orders for ladies' slippers, the
majority of which found their way hone
to sweethearts end sisters, being in
many cases represented as the handi-
work of the sender.
v.
Another man was a citable artist
b1 Berlin wool, and his reproduction nl
that famous picture,
"TIIE HUGUENOTS,"
besides taking a first prize at Poona In-
dustrial Exhibition, sold for 8151).
IIearthrugs, quilts, and table -covers
also occupy the time of many men, be-
ing made of pieces of military cloth rf
various colors. The number of pieces
required for, and the amount of sewing
involved In, the production pt a quill
or tablecover of this description is simp-
ly surprising. These mostly find their
way horde as presents to parents or
relatives.
Fly -dodgers are iho leen who devote
themselves to scouring the county in
pursuit of the myriad varieties of fly
and beetle to be found in the topics,
thereby becoming acquainted with the
beauties of Nature and keeping them-
selves in good health. Fly -dodgers al-
so go In for snakes, scorpions, centi-
pedes, lizards, etc.; and, familiarity
breeding contempt, occasionally a life
is lost by careless handling of a venom-
ous snake. Successful fly -dodgers can
always command money, either by sup-
pying dealers or selling up and selling
their own cases of flies, etc.
Parrots and minas afford a never -
failing source of occupation to those
gifted with sumcient patience to under-
take the task of leaching these birds
to speak. A favorite method with bird -
trainers is to lower the cage down a
well and, seated on the edge of the cop-
ing, to pour forth for
A COUPLE OF HOURS NiGI1TLY
a monotonous repetition of "Pretty
r'olly," etc. Others seek the seclusion
of a dark room for the sonic purpose.
Various places lend themselves to
particular hobbies. In the Andaman
Islands mother -o' -pearl is plentiful, and
everybody goes in either for polishing
shells or making rings and bracelets
from them.
Gibraltar has its staple hobby in rocic
a nanents made from a beautifully -vein -
ell stone which abounds, is easily
worked, and lakes a high polish. This
Is a very profitable bobby, as brooches,
crosses, pnper-weights, Bible and pray-
er -hook markers, and other intick-
lcnacks find a ready sale among tour-
ists.
In Burma, the land of tank, the carv-
ing of elaborately -decorated photo frames
enables many a man to while away
hcurs that would otherwise bo dreary.
And at Bhano pleasure may be com-
bined wtlh profit in fashioning orna-
ments of serpentine,
In India. soldiers recovering from seri-
nes illness nee usually sent to hill sta-
tions to complete (heir cure, and can
find plrnly of wood to whittle info
waliking-sticks. For ane of these slicks
an offer of 812.50 was made. IIs somal
value 00 a slide might be about twenty-
five cents. but 11 is covered with most
elaborate carvings of birds end flowers
and represents four months' work.
PENSIONS FOR MiNERS.
High Pay, But Deadly Work in the
Quicksilver Mines.
The chief quicksilver mines 111 Europe
are at the Spanish town Almaden,
which is an Arabic word, meaning "the
mine of quicksilver." These mines were
formerly worked by the Iberians, and
after them by Ilhe ancient Rontnns, u3 -
tween 1645 and 1843 the Spanish Govern-
ment employed galley slaves in them,
an occupation that soon ended in death.
The Mines of the mercury produce con-
stant salivation, and the system be-
comes permeated with the metal.
Al. first the victim Is seized with h'einb-
ltrgs, and then the teeth drop out; pains
in the bones follow, and then clench. The
annual yield of mercury is a million and
a hall pounds, to procure which 4,000
n•ell are engaged In This unhealthy em-
ploy) nent
m-ploy)neni.
After Almaden, so far as yield el
quicksilver is concerned, 001110a kirk,
an Austrian Lown, twenty-eight miles
(ram 'Trieste. These mines a1s0 were
once worked by criminals, who, owing
In the icrritate qunlllhes of the mineral,
expired otter a.bmht Iwo years' eervjee.
There ore now nearly 500 miners en-
gaged in the work al kirk. They are
induced to enter the mines by high pay.
h, pension is allowed when )hey ere Ole.
aided, and provision is meds for their
widows and children.
A TETd.t?R WOULD NOT TELL.
"I went to know" said the irate inn-
Iron, "tow 1)111011 money my husband
drew out of this bank last lveek 7"
"I coni give your tinat information,
ma"nm," Cnswered the man in the toga.
"You're Iitn paying teller, aren't you?",
!`Yes, but -1'm not the telling payer."
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Home
SELECTED RECIPES,
Litchfield Calces. -Beat two eggs to a
stiff froth and stir Into them one pint of
mills. Mix together six ounces euch of
wholemeal and One flour, a pinch of
salt, u teaspoonful each of baking pow-
der and caster sugar. Work one ounce
of butter into the foto', and then shake
the dry ingredients into the milk, beat-
ing all the time. Bake in small round
tins, and wizen cold split open and but-
ler,
Rice Bars and Vanilla Sauce. -Cut the
remains of a cold rice pudding into
small slices; brush each over with beat-
en egg, and roll in breadcrumbs; place
in a frying basket and fry till golden
brown in deep fat. Drain on paper by
the Ilre while you prepare the sauce.
Heat some golden syrup in a small
stewpnn, flavor it with vanilla essence,
and pour around the pile of golden bars.
Breakfast Scones. -Take one pound of
flour, two ounces of butter, a pinch of
salt, an egg, and a teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder, with as mucih milk as will
make the whole Into a good dough.
Bub the butter into the flour, add bak-
ing powder and salt, and lastly the
nillk. Roll the mixture out, cut into
eight three -cornered pieces, and bake in
a quick oven for twenty minutes.
Prune Pudding.) -Slew some prunes
and with them fill a pie -dish to a third
of its depth. The stones of the prunes
should bo removed. Put some nicely -
boiled rice over the prunes, and on that
sufficient thiels boiled custard to all the
dish. Just before serving arrange some
ratnlia biscuits on the top. Make all
just hot, and serve,
Orange Wine. -For making ;}ds wine
it is best In select quite ripe oranges.
Peel the fruit and cut in half crossways
of the cells, squeeze with a press to ex-
tract the juice and see that the press is
closed so that no seeds go through.
Add two pounds of sugar to each gal-
lon of sour orange juice, and one pound
of sugar 10 each gallon of sweet orange
juice. When the juice is nixed with
the sugar add one quart of water to
every gallon. For this wine close fer-
mentation is necessary.
Vienna Bread. -Mix thoroughly one
poured of Vienna flour, one pound of
best flour, add a little salt. ,Mix this
thoroughly, end 'then rub in two ounces
of butter. Dissolve ono ounce of fresh
German yeast by mixing it into a tea-
spoonful of caster sugar, then gradual-
ly add one pint of milk (lukewarm), end
two well-bealen eggs. Mix the liquid
with the flour and knead thoroughly
till the dough is smooth. Gash the top
of it with a clean knife, cover the howl
with a cloth, and set on a chair near the
fire quite away from the draught. The
dough will probably take two hours to
rise, then mould into rolls of desired
shape. Set to rise again, and bake.
Tomato Sauce. -The ingredients are
one dozen tomatoes, two teaspoonfuls of
best ginger, one dessertspoonful of salt,
one ,lead of garlic (or two onions), three
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a dessert-
spoonful of chili vinegar, and a little
cayenne. Choose the ripest tomatoes
you can gel, put them into a stewpan,
and cook slowly till tender. When cold,
take the skins and stalks from them,
mix the pulp with tha liquor that is in
the stewpnn, add all the other ingre-
dients, beat everything Together thor-
oughly, but do not pass the sauce
through a sieve. Cork tightly and store
in a cool place, and the sauce will keep
for years.
Here's a recipe for making a coffee
fruit cake. ICs excellence is vouched for
by a good cook. Beat to n cream two
eggs, half a cupful of butler, and one
cupful of sugar. \\'hen these Ingredients
are properly mingled aid half a cup of
New Orleans . molasses, stirring it in
well. Next add one teaspoonful each of
powdered cinnamon, mace and clover.
Stir Them well through the mixture; dis-
solve a teaspoonful of baking soda in
half a cup of cold coffee and stir it in;
then, chop rather coarsely a cupful of
seeded raisins; dust then( well with
flour; sift two cupfuls of flour in a
bowl and stir in a little at a time,
sprinkling the raisins ln, and stirring
then in, a few at a Bane, es you stir in
the flout; line Ivo medium sized cake
tins with well -buttered tissue paper and
put hell the coke batter in each tin;
bake in a sloe oven till a broom splint
may be Thrust 11110 the cake without
dough slicking lo it.
Squares of Delight. -Boil two pmuhds
of soigne end ohne pint of water together
until a little chapped into cold water can
be rolled into n brittle hall. 'Moisten Icn
ounces of cornstarch with enough we -
ter from a pint to plaice a thin paste.
tient the remainder of the water to the
boiling point, and add it, with n p011110
of powdered sugar, to the dissolved
cornslnrelh. enol rook neer the fire for
ten minutes after the paste is clear.
Slowly pour it 11110 the sugar syrup, add
a quarter of a pound of strained honey
and n quarter of nn ounce of pondered
tartaric arld. Flavor with rose, or any
other knit flavoring, end add hall a
pound of chopped ninonds. Return to
the ora and cook until it will not adhere.
to the fingers when lightly touched.
C:nol in en oiled straight -sided pan, and
when cold cut in squares with a sharp
1(rTo
HiNTS FOB 'rilE 110A111.
Use bacon fat for basting or frying
chicken or gerne. This imports a deli-
cate favor.
Before Cooking hominy sonic it for
about twelve hours in tepid water on the
stove, or in a cool oven. Do not salt 11
during this process.
To eonl n 011011(1 of jelly quickly place
IL 11) a vessel full of coid salted water
and set 11in a cool cella'.
When ilte flout' Jar is mist,/ B. should
be scalded and dried in a very ,hot oven
before being refilled, this will 11111 nny
unites that have got into the last sup-
ply of flour, and will keep the new sup -
you aro scrubbing wainscotting, etc.
After being used once or twice It forms
a little brush and Is invaluable,
To Keep Gilt Frnrncs.-13o11 three or
four onions in a pint of water. Then
with a soft hair brush, go orer all the
frames and glasses with the liquor. The
Ilies will not remain on the articles
washed, and In carrying out this pro-
cess there is not any fear of damaging
the gilding.
When suffering from a cold avoid eat-
ing much solid food. 'fake soft foods,
such as bread and milk, farinaceous
puddings, and soups; also warm drinks
to produce perspiration, such as gruel,
lea and scon. Coffee should be avoided
for a (coy days.
A good !line wash is made as follows:
Shako half a bushel of lime Into a large
tub, into this stir one and a half pints
of linseed 011, half aylound of blue, three
pounds of common salt. This should
only be used for Inside work, and will
wash as well as paint.
To keep linoleum nicely, have a pint
bottle, in it put a quarter of a pint of
turpentine and three-quarters of a pint
of linseed all; mix both together thor-
oughly. and always shake the bottle be-
fore using. Apply u very tulle of this
to the linoleum and rub it h1 thorough-
ly. Then polish with dry, clean dus-
ters. Constantly wash out the cloth
used for applying the oil, or (here will
be no polish. Never wash linoleum; if
111 gels dirty, rub 11 over with a damp
Monnet only.
An Indor swing is very easily ar-
ranged Isom hooks in the ceiling or
doorway; if in the ceiling, care must be
taken that it is fixed in a beam. A
swing is en excellent thing for children,
and should be so arranged that by push-
ing with the feet the child can get in
notion. This exercise will develop
muscle, strength, and symmetry. The
child should be fastened in so that 1t is
Impossible for it to fall. Let it hold on
by ropes so that the arms,,neck and
shoulders may get exercis, and the
pushing with the feet will do the rest.
To get the full benefit of this exercise,
have the windows open.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Happy is as heart does.
Piety does nob prove ilscll by petu-
lance.
It takes more than rust to win rever-
ence.
The way to duplicate a fool is to argue
with him.
Wrong rather enjoys the blows IL
gels from blowers.
For every real sorrow there are a
hundred shadows.
No man ever became wise who feared
to be called 0 fool,
A mm's imagination reveals more
than the imaginary Haan.
Master your tools and your treasure
will take earn of itself.
Hard is llle exit from Easy street and
many there be that find it.
Some people think they have peace
when they are only petrified.
IL's never Hard to find a good argu-
ment to back up an inclination.
Most men are willing to pray for
their enemies to get the worst of it.
A gentleman would rattier be lateen
fol a servant than fail to be of service.
It will take more than an eight hour
day to make the twenty-four hours di-
vine.
Il'he man who always has the sins u 1
others before hint puts his own in his
•pocket,
it's hard keeping the heart healthy
when you put your treasure into tun -
clean places.
You cannot lead men to their pos-
sible good unlees you have some faith
it their present good.
The things you can help need your
work and those you cannot will get
along without your worry.
1-10 who carries a elm of cold water
to a thirsty world finds lois way lend-
ing beside the still venters.
Many a man thinks 1110 the elimina-
tion of the evil and the slaughter of his
personal enemies is the sono thing.
Plenty of people do not look where
they are going; but there are mighty
few who will not some day go where
they are looking.
Perhaps some of us may join the
heavenly choir as a reward for what
wo have suffered from. the earthly ones.
TI•IE VIRTUE OF PATIENCE.
Patience with ourselves and with
others; with those below and those
above us, and with our equals; with
those who love us and those who hate
us; for the greatest things and for the
least; In time of trouble and tinder our
daily burdens; disappointments as to the
weather or the breaking of the heart;
in the weariness of the body or the wear-
ing of the soul; in our own !Miura of
duly or other's failure towards us; in
everyday wants; In clisnppo)nlnnenl,
bereavement, losses, injuries, reproach-
es; in heaviness of the heart when hope
is unfulfilled -1n ail these things, and at
ell these lines, from childhood's little
troubles to the suffering of old age,
patience is needed.
ONLY A LITTLE ONE.
Inc-\Vhnll you want another hat al-
ready?
She -Oh, hat the other was such a
little one, deer.
CURING HIMSELF.
"Yrs, 111A dam," sold the doctor, "Jour
'husband needs a rest,"
"t know, doctor," replied Mus. Nng-
gel. "hut he won't listen to nor."
"Don't compel hint to listen to you.
That's the sort of rest he needs most."
ONE WAY '1'0 ME,
Scott -- 'there's a woninn who has
gained for herself an hunhm'tal name.
Slott - What did she do?
Scott - Married n 01011 »lomat Smith.
A \vmunn,,nlwnys has to get some other
woman to lihlp her keep a secret.
"Sonne mean sneak inn off with my
hhmbrella to -day." "With your umbrel-
in ?" "Well, with the umbrella I've
been carrying ail the week."
A professor one dsy, whits! examining
he students at Ills university, objected
o candidate for gradantinn, who was
n0live of r Ceylon, on the ground of
else spelling Why, he ecio Illy spell
wooed.' with ono 'e')" said, hr., "Wall."
1010)111y replied a friend. "yon shonlil
emrnhbrr ihnt he (,ones from ilhe land
f the Singnlese 1" -
ply wholesome.. f
se-Cleening Ilial.. -Ssve rvno8on 't
skewers "as they aro whit for getting ft
into centers When scruhbnng paint, elo,
A ,lour`
Let a skewer soak in the bucket while o
WAR TACTICS OF ZULUS
HAVE ADOPTED TIIOSE EMPLOYED
DY DOERS AND DRyfISU,
to Correspondent Witnessed 11 ,\lost Awe -
Inspiring Spectacle in South,
Africa.
Once more the rising of some of the
Natal natives hue turned men's thoughts
to the famous Zulu tactics, In the minds
of most (hose are associated with the
name of 'l'yaka, the ruthless Zulu cem-
queror, who wedded into lite Mock of
the Amazulu, the People of the heavens,
ail the young men of the mime; Iribh's
Ile conquered, Incorporating them into
regiments, and thus building up a pow-
erful military nation.
Yet it was to Dingisiwayo, the \\'an-
dcrer, that the inception was due, says
South Africa. This man, the son of the
chief of the Umletva, was driven into
exile in consequence of an abortive plot,
to seize up the reins of power. During
that exile he lived in Caps Colony and
saw the military methods and organiz-
ation of the British. With instinctive
genius he saw how the idea could be
adapted to his own nation, and on his
return and accession to the chieftain-
ship he divided up his people into regi-
ments, distinguinshing them by names
and by a special color of shield foreach
regiment, though for a time they re-
tained the umkonolo or throwing as -
THEIR CIUEF WEAPON.
He heard of the great use made by the
British infantry of their favorite wea-
pon, the bayonet, and so he replaced
iho uuhkonUna u,
bladed slabbingloLy assegai.ixwor broad -
The peculiarity of lila Zulu tactics has
'
earned it the name of the crescent for-
mation for attack, and It is noteworthy
that, broadly speaking, it was the me-
thod employed by the Boors in (Heir In-
vasion of Natal and adopted by Lord
Roberts in his ndvance through Orange
River Colony, and it was the fear of its
st;ccess which kept. the Boers continu-
ally on the run. The best thing with
which to compare it, Is the head of Lhe
slag beaded beetle. Horns are thrown
out widely on either flank, white the
main body forms the head itself. From
the main body a small force is detach-
ed to engage the enemy while the horns
creep round the flanks.
This force in the days of Tynka was
frequently despatched with the command
"Go. sols of Zulu, go and return no
more," and death at the hands of their
fellows w•as the fate of those who re-
tired. While this force was holding
the enemy the horns carried out, their.
task, if possible, and as soon as a sig-
nal was given
THAT TIIE TWO HORNS IIAD MET
in the rear of the enemy the head or
chest. was launched upon the position,
and in the upshot, as a rule, the whole
force of the foe tasted the assegai. For
in that war no quarter was given or
asked.
Perhaps no grander military spectacle
was ever seen than that which marled
the last use of these tactics on a grand
scale. In the gray, cold dawn of .July
t, 1807, ilio Brilisil amounted men began
to cross the drifts of the White Umvol-
Os; !Slyer, where It swept in a horseshoe
bend around the camp they held for ten
days. Forward they went• as a screen
before the infantry, which had been
formed in hollow square with the big
buns and Gatings at the angles and in
the centre of each force. On the whole
body of picked soldiers marched burn-
ing Nodwengu kraal as IL went forward
to lance position an the ground chosen
on the previous day. At last it reached
its bourne. •The mounted men carried
out the orders, fired at the Zulus wher-
ever they appeared; and at last retired
to the shelter of the square. Then the
onlookers, of when the writer was one,
witnedsed a most awe-inspiring spec(-
tacle. On either flank a force advanced
in triple line of columns abreast (these
formed the horns) and after sweeping
grandly past us at a distance of 700
yards or so, wheeled into line and swept
rapidly inward (111 their extreme points
met. Then from the royal kraal of
Umdi mnrohed out the Umaityu regi-
ment with their shields of white,
AND THEN TIIE BATTLE JOINED.
The upshot was a splendid British
victory. In less than an hour the
military organization of the People of
lit. Heavens was being whipped along
the Mahlabnlhu Plains by the "long as-
segais" of the Seventeenth Lancers, and
the vicious bullets of the Mounted Vol-
unteers. It, is doubtful whether the
warriors of to -day, unused to fighting
tin' n generation past, could ever make
so grand a stand in the open as did
their forbears; but in close and broken
country, armed only with their nsso-
r,nis, They could give even a strong
British force some unpiensant memories
to take. One Thing should be added:
the Zulu is not naturally cruel. ills
mutilation of slain enemies Is no token
of dishonor, but is done as a safeguard
for himself, since he is persuaded that.
sho0ld iho victim's body swell and
horst. he will himself die miserably to
like fashion.
And fm' the nano he, has given to
big guns, Umbnimbai, it is most likely
only an onomalope used to express the
beonning of hhn gums, Ihnligh there is
also o tradition that 11 is t1 reminiscence
el the hasty answer elven n worried
overseer when first Zulus helped to
land 501111100 upon. D1n'hal whni'f.
\\'hen ask130ed00whet ;.hey worn (ailed, he
snkl "Orn. bye-ancl-hyo. bye-and-live,"and
the nano bins survived ns the Zuhl has
it to this day.
WHAT IS TilE DIFFERENCE.
"I pleased Mrs, Brown tremendously
the other night by nslcing her it she
was herself or her dangler. ,Sold 1
couldn't. lett 1110111 apart."
"Tint's strange. i worked the sine
scheme 00 The daughter, and she didn't
11110 11 worth a dent."
Wtii(.31 1IAD TIIE GC1f1IVANCE?
"Now you've grown to be a young
lady, I suppose you borrow all your
mnlhe,"s new elothea don't you?"
, Y asked
the friend uof the family.
"No. indeed,' said the daughter, "It's
the 0tie' way, mother borrows aII of
11111)0."
GIRL JUSTIFIES MURDE
S,tYS LUZiIENOFr SKI WAS INCAR
NA'T'ION OF EVIL.
Young 'Terrorist, Herself 'Tortured, '!'ells
of iter F,'iends Who Were
Done to Death.
•
The following is the justification made
by Adie ; pb9donova, the girl who.
murdered Luzhonaifskl, Ilio chief of the
gendarmerie at 'I'ambofl, Russian, to the
court martini which sentenced her to be -
Longed. It is 111 every respect a re-
markable story, painting to revolting.
Melons'. It is h1 part as follows; -
"Yrs, 1 murdered Luzbenoflskl, and
I desire to explant toy deed: I nm a
member of the social -revolutionary
piety. Instead of meeting the needs of
the people the Government used guns„
bayonets and bullets, hut they did not
succeed, 'Then they invented the Mani-
festo of Liberty. But at the sante 1111
they also invented alleged popular (1
monnstrntions by the organization of 11
'Black hundred' outrages.
"The Horrors of the reaction were
worse than anything which had preced-
ed. More than two hundred men were
murdered under the guise of exeou-
ticns, and the bureaucracy deliberately
created conditions which made it Im-
possible for the people's indignnllon to
reach the supreme power, and the of-
ficial reports were filed with 'tranquil-
ity, happiness and peace.'
DIED UNDER TORTURE.
"I will not speak of the whole of the
Province of '1'amborf, but will confine
myself to tile,woric of Luzhenoffsld. Vil-
lages which ho visited he left looking
lila Bulgarian villages after Turkish
raids. Young Pavel Zletseft, through
the self-sacrifice of his family, had re-
ceived a good education in the Yelcater-
Moslav Normal School. lie used to
say, 'All 01 my learning and knowledge
I will bring back to my village for dis-
tribution among my brothers: He and
his friend Oslrovilinoff, when tuzhen-
oflskl arrived, went to him as the dele-
gates of the peasants, and Luzlienoflskt
replied to their requests, with a volley
from his Cossacks. For four days Zeit-
self and Ostovilinoff were tortured -
tc,rlured until they died.
"Ah:pxander Dubrovin was a Social
Democrat, who had coned to the village
to try to restrain the peasants' pas-
sions and organize them for the better-
ment of their condition. IIe was ar-
rested, put on the rack, and died under
the inquisition. Disguised as sight-
seers, some of his relatives managed 'a
persuade the keepers to show Them the-
body,
hebody, but it was unrecognizable.
"Luzhenolfsict.'s method nI procedure,
when he arrived in a village was to
order the peasants to be assennbled.
and undressed, and then he would go
I- his dinner end leave the poor devils
shivering on their lances in Thr. snow.
I do not charge Luzhrnnffskf with being
the man who inspired and organized,
lo the shame of Russia, the 'Rinck Hun-
dreds.' Their organizer was higher up.
But in the eyes of the committee of the
social revolutionary party of Ttunboff,
he was the incarnation of evil, of "seem-
ly and of violations - a typical repre-
sentative of the worst side of bureau-
cracy. He was an oppressor of the
people and ho 'nettled death,
CONDEA1NED HIM TO DEATH.
"In the name of humanity, of truth,
and of justice, the Tambolf committee
rind I condemned Luzhenoffskt to death..
With a full appreciation of the respon-
sibility of my act I undertook the exe-
cution of the sentence because my heart
was breaking with s01e'ow and it was:
no longer possible to dive wllh the tales•
of horror produced by Lurthenoflski's•
acts ringing in my ears. 1 was crushed'
and subjected to all those tortures which.
the Government used to prate about
abolishing, Everything 1 wrote in my
letter was true. I was Tortured not
only physically, but mentally.
"But in spite of all ilio horrors les
which i have been subjected I am hap-
py in the thought that I belong to the.
ranks of the protectors of the people,
and that I am to Ole for their cause.'"
QUEER CHINESE NOTIONS.
Strange Edicts Read Like the "Arabian,
Nights."
There Is a quaint flavor of the,
"Arabian Nights" in the edicts stint
issued by the Imperial Chinese Govern-
ment. Some recent ones aro as fol-
lows :-"Ssu llul-fang, the into president
of the Board of War, was respectful bre
behavior and of good education. He
was promoted from being a hanlin to'
the Imperial College of Inscription ane&
lite minor ministries of Stale. He had
been in lite Government service for
many yea's, and gave groat sntisfnc-•
limn during his term of office. We now'
learn with deep regret of his den.lh..
Let a roto prayer sheet be granted him
and Tsai Pu be appointed with ten of
the Imperial bodyguard to proceed to.
offer libation, and honors accorded a
president of a board be allowed hint..
Lei all shortcomings during odea be
overlooked and en ceremonies aro to he
referred to the propel• board."
Another: "On the 13111 day of 1st
moon next yenr we shall offer personal'.
anc'llico to Ilse god of grain, and on the -
8111 day we shall offer sacrifices to our.
ancestors, 'Tsai Feng is appointed to,
male offe'hhgs In the beck boll of the
temple. Yfng Chun and 11 Jul will afler"
sacrifice at the side temples."
Another : "ilsu 0hth ehaig, presklent,
of tine 11o0rd of Police, and Tioh Linng,.
president of the Bondi of Revenue, have".
been appointed menthol's of the Grand'
Council, and by special faun, they ere:
granted the privilege of wearing a sable
coat with the throat fin',"
Don't expect to get rid of your'
troubles by advertising them.
Miss Screecines: "When i!m asked Is
sing l"don't say, 'No I can't sing; but
at 10,0 1)18110 and--* Causllquo: "An, let the eon)peny;
oast it out for. thenlsel'ves,"
Gosling; "Dalton, old man, how ore
you? 1 haven'tseen much of your
lately. 'Maddox: t\on have seen more
of Ino that 1 have of you." 'Gosling :,
"Haw do you make that mitt" Mad.
dos; "Well I'
Arnnt.l? , rn much bigger than you,