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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-5-31, Page 6L I '4' UNVARYING Lr �jr Aa Animal T ids r'sLl;xperlenee Wltb the Saurinns. What a Man Is Will Depend on What Ile Does With the Things He Has, For a man's llie conslateth not in the abitndence of the things which he pos- sessellL—Luke xll•, 15. Only an ago that has lost both heard. and Intellect—the divinely given mea- suring rods of 1)le—will think 01 esti- mating a life by the money measure. It Is a shallow world that knows a man as soon es and only when it has sche- duled his marketable assets; nor is it a happy augury for a nation when it ac- quires the habit of estimating its men by the length of the catalogues of their possessions. A period of outer prosperity is always in danger of being one of Inner paraly- sis, Luxury Is a foe to life. Character does not develop freely, largely, beauti- fully in an atmosphere of commercial- ism. A moral decline that but presages enduring disaster is sure to succeed the supremacy of the market, The great danger is that we shall set the tools of life before els work, that we shall make life servo our business or our ambitions instead of causing ambitions, activities, and opportunities all -to con- tribute to the deepening, enriching, up - building, strengthening pf the life itself. In the details of making a living it Is easy to lose sight of the prune thing,the ilia; It is easy to forget that elle reat question is not, what have you? but, WHAT ARE YOU? Life cannot consist in things any more than silk can consist of shuttles, or pic- tures of brushes and palette. Life is both process and product; but things mid fame and power are no more than the tools and machinery serving to per - feet the product. Life must consist in thoughts, experiences, motives. ideals— in a word, in character. A man's life is what he is. Let man once set the posscsicn rf things as his loftiest ideal, let the aver - ice of things enter the heart and speed- ily the love of the good will leave. To that god all honor, ail truth icving, all gentleness and humanity are sacrificed. When possession becomes life's ruling The author of the "flecolleelions of a Lion Tanner" relates bow, after being for sante years employed as an anffiml trailer, he and his wife had, by great economy, saved enuugh to buy a modest menagerie, and received their stock of er000diles, serpents. and nioniceys at an inn near Lyons, France, One evening several alligators carne, and were. placed passion it doesn't fence long for principle in a store room, 'which opened from the courtyard. to be forgotten."Maria and 1, with several persons to hos been lu have freshmeat during the The danger to -day is nal that ou n r hold lamps, set to work to unpack them, hoteweather, writes Mrs. G. IL Wheeler, people will fail la the world's contests you cvut imagine how agreeable that My husband calls me a crank on can - because they luck either money, mind, unpacking was. The nlligator.is wholly ming and one day the idea of canning oe muscle. We arra In little danger from lackiu illiteracy or from business incempoten- g grace and gentleness:. Racal meat came to meand i soon had a of his jaws is ornamented with seventy- chance to try 11. E Every your we tunica (r° a terLel]" °Yriektletteitelei ilei iYr'ij' l Nig' Home CANNING MEAT. Living on a form twelve miles from market, one of my greatest problems ey; but we are in danger frum moral paralysis, due to undue pressure on the money nerve, We have talked before the youth In the home and anlongst our- selves on the street es though the only thing worth living for was money, us though they alone were great who had it and they only to be despised who had Are teeth, itis body is covered with and kill several calves. The next. lisle armor that defies attack, and his tail la one was butchered, instead of selling the an invincible weapon that can over- biggest share of it as we had done pre- theowv, cripple or destroy an adversary. viuusly, we Rept the most 01 it, even :f Our alligators had had a long voynge. 11 was hot weather and only two adults "Newer of an amiable dispnsilien. 01. 111 the family. Heaters are parlict lardy had tempered The meet was cut up so that 1 could 1t net, after n journey, and become the most cosily get the pieces into toy largest The don er is neither In our market, ferorlous of creatures if they esoepe. kettles, and I cooked slowly. in water mer cemnlrrce, nor our laws; iho Ours ('s aped t Vi hat confusion there slightly Fulled, until the Meat could he danger Is IN OUR OWN HEARTS. No metier how world potent our mer- chandise, how marvelous our mechani- cal and material pewees, how brilliant our business strategy, all will not avail to silence the voice that shall say so clearly we shall hear within, "Thou fool, this night thy soul is required rf thee." Then whose shall these things be? We need, not fewer things, not the return of an ago of poverty or dreary deer. that they were completely covered. Thu destitution; we need more power over "We were free; but tint eves not the lover part of each jar was wrapped things; to let the man, so long burled end of the metier. Not to be Injured by with an old cloth or levee] so that when beneath the meriey and the lands and a stroke of the tail of one of the ellign- they began to boll there would be no houses, conte to the top; to set ourselves tors wee ane - -int. and not to he ruined danger of loss by breakage. over our things; to make them serve us, was another, for these delightful coo- After the water had been brought to minister to our lives and our purposes paninn8 had cost us our ]title fortune. a boll fl was kept at the boiling point for two hours. Before taking the jars from the water, and while they were still covered, I finished senllttg. This sounds more difficult than it really is. I bold the can firmly by pressing down upon tate lop, usually with a large two -lined fork. 1\1y other tool is the lid lifter • f the stove. With that in ley right hand 1 push down the wire that seals the can. I have yet to Ilud a cnnful that has not kept perfectly. When it. Is opened the liquor will be a solid jelly and over the top will be a thin layer of the hardened fut. here are some of the way's in which I use the conlente, and an ingen- was. Everyone rushed to the don', tlse readily picked from the bones. After it lights went out, my wife and I were 1ef1 had been cooled sufficiently to be hand - in the darkness, face to face with this led 1 separated it, pulling the best end horrible. invisible dsnge•, largest pieces into one set of jars and "\Ve climbed on a table. AI one blow pecking the smaller pieces into others• from the tail of one or the Saurinns the 1 use the self-sealing glass jar, quart legs gave way. 1'errlfled, we rushal size. After tilling with meat I poured from one side of the room le the other, iulo each enough of the pot liquor, which hunting for the door. The frightful had been bolting down in the mean - grumbling of the angry beasts mingled tt•itll the sound of their tulle and joys striking against the htrniium the. flag- stones and the walls. Al last I found the while, to completely Ail. The covers were ]rut on and the top put in place. Then they were placed in the boiler on elle sloe with enough warm water so in living. I went hark car'ry'ing a torch. I threw There must be an elevation of scan- myself resolutely into that melee, and dards, the fnstitui:cn of new valuations, finally succeeded in getting the sauians clearer. nobler ccrcepbions of what liv- into sale quarters." ing means. Bays and girls must be <L taught tarn the beginning that life is NOT WHAT IIE 'WANTED. nacre than self-serv;ng. there than fame er eery: it is the service et humanity. Three American travellers nut at a A peezi n ler bernantlee will cure the, small country holed. They were sitting pass:en for gcl.i, Will teach the true on the porch swnpping yarns, when a value of life as something that only the farmer drove ftp. infinite can estimate and will give to "None of you fellers is a preacher, 1 the heart these true riches that do not suppose?" he asked. tarnish and that cannot be stolen. Nene of them was. The farmer con - HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTEIINATIONAL LESSON, ]UNE 3. Lesson X. The Gentile Woman's Faith. Golden Text: Matt. 15.28. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—The text of the Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies. Two discourses of Jesus — After the miracle of feeding the five thousand - Jesus sent not only the multitude away, but his disciples also, directing these td go before him unto the other side of the Ulu', that Is, buck to Capernaum, When st last he was left all alone he sought the deeper seclusion of the mountain- side to engage in prayer. Meanwhile night bad colpo and the disciples in their little craft on the lake were much distressed by contrary winds and waves. "Add in the fourth watch of the night he (Jesus) came unto them, walk- ing upon the sea." Their fear and the itiasters words of comfort are recorded by Matthew, Mark and John, :Matthew adding the incident of Peter's walking on the water at the command of Jesus Malt. 14. 211-31). On the morrow many of those who had seen the miracle of feeding the multitude again found Jesus and eagerly followed him. Jesus, hoo- tver, knowing their hearts better than hey themselves, said unto them, "Verily i say thio you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work noL for the moat which perishelh, but for the meat which abldelh unto eternal life, which the Son of Alan shall glue unto you" (John 6, 26, 27). Then follows in Tohn's narrative the longer discourse of ]esus upon the Bread of Life (John 6. 17.65). Soon afterward, though proba- bly on another occasion and day, cer- tain of the scribes and Pharisees from fertiselem openly erillotzed the disciples of 308118 for eating bread with nwvashen hmtd,e, thereby furnishing the occasion for another discourse of earnest warn- ing, in which Jesus sets forth the news - Pity of obeying the spirit rather than the letter of tine law (Matt.. 15. 1.20; Mark 7. 1-23). About this time Jesus left the vicinity of Capernaum and journeyed Into northern Galilee and farther still Into the coast region in the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. Matthew and Mark both mention this journey into non- Jewish territory and an incident con- nected therewith which furnishes the text for our to -day's lesson. Verse 24. From thence -- Probably from Capernaum. Into the borders of—Into contiguous territory which was .lender the ju'isdio- tion of these cities. Tyre and Sidon •— Two ancient coast . cities and capitals of Pheenicis. Of the ' two ernes Sidon was the older and the fruitier north. Lacking the advantages of a gond harbor, however, Sidon was finally surpassed 1n importance and ex- ternal glory and prosperity by Tyre. The latter city was built partly ,on the mainland and partly on an island, and had an exaollent harbor. Tyre belonged to the original territory of Israel (lash. 10, 20); Is mentioned 1n 2 Snm. 24. 7; And is denounced and prophesied against by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ine- kiel. Alexander the Great accomplished ' fns destruction and tell 1t a heap of ruins. Since then Greeks. Romans, Turps and Crusaders In turn have &might to rebuild it, but In vain. The prosper. ity of Tyre in the then of nm' Lord Was vary great, ono of the chief sources of Ifs wealth being' lite export of the cele- brated Tyl'inn dyes. Ifs population probably exceeded that of Jorlisalenu The distance of Tyre from Capernaum was about fifty miles, and the distance from Tyre to Sidon about twenty miles. Into a house—Probably the house of Jewish friends or acquaintances. Would have no man know it—Appar- ently Jesus was still in quest of a place of seclusion in this journey beyond the borders of Galilee, where at this time he was at the height of his popularity. 25. An unclean spirit—Demoniac pos- session Is otlen referred to in the gospel narrative as having an unclean spirit. Mark uses the expression more frequent- ly then either Matthew or Luke. In a total of twenty-four references he uses demon thirteen times and unclean spirit eleven times. Luke also refers to the unclean spirit once, evil spirit twice and unclean demon once. Matthew In a To- ta) of twelve references uses unclean spirit. twice and demon len times. For a note on demoniac possession compare Word Studies for February 1.8. 26. A Greek, a Sy'ropheenician—Tho word "Greek" here signifies Gentile, and thus describes the woman's religion. The second name describes the race from which she came, "which was even that accursed stock once doomed of God In total excision, but of which some branches had been spared by those first generations of Israel that should have extirpated them root and branch, Everything, therefore, was against this women, yet she was not hindered by that everything from drawing nigh and craving the boon that her sol longed tor.' -Trench. The woman is called Syrophceniciam, to indicate that she was a Phoenician living in Syria as distin- guished from Syrians living in Egypt or elsewhere. 27. The children—The rightful heirs, here referring to the Jews as the Cove- nant people of Jehovah. The clogs—The word used in the ori- ginal is the diminutive, meaning little dogs. In harmony with this literal meaning Wyciif translated little whelps, and Tyndale and Crammer both, the whelps. The word thus does not desig- nate the wild dogs which infester] and still infest oriental towns, but the small pet dopes attached to the household. 28. Yee, Lord—The woman accepts the declaration of Christ, but points out in that very declaration is involved the granting of her petition. Crumbs—Probably not crumbs in our sense of the word, but broken pieces cf broad purposely cast to the dogs during the course of the meal. "It was the custom during the meal for lila guests after thrusting their hands into the common dish, to wipe them on the soft white part of the bread which, having thus used, they threw to the dogs."— Macleal'. 211. For this saying—For the faith wheel this Saying indicates, The demon is gene out. of thy daugh- ter—One of the few instances in which Jesus works a miracle at a (listener. 30. And she went away—Tier faith In the word and power of Jesus was im- plleit and she fully expected le find, and did find, her child well and the demon gone out. - - 4 A NICE CIiOIC,ti OF WORDS. When the [liaisons took Norah Lard - leans as maid of all work they knew that she was ignorant of many other things than household work. Each member of the family took pleasure in lightening her darkness, and it was a great sun. prise to find then occasionally Norah irnew enough to put her instructors in the wrong, "Norah;" said Mrs. Hanson ane day, "you must go lo -morrow ntt•rtnoon and buy a pair of new shots, 1 inn perfoeb ly sure from the condition of those you have, on that they must leak, and wet your feet every lune you go out in this melting snow." "Weil'm, they don't tont," said pretty Nebo), looking down at the attending hoo s, "hut they do let in, I'm think- ing." LUntied: "You see, my hired man's dead. The sous Itotsekeoper can originate many reg'tar minister's out of torn, au' I mere; don't want to put the poor feller away Veal Pie.—Turn the contents of a jar without no religious dotn's of any lied, into a pan or earthenware dish in which se I thought as how maybe one of you it Is to be baked. Pour in enough hot might help me out." water to cover meat. Add butter, salt It, finally was decoded that the travel- end pepper and thicken the gravy slightly with flour. Cover with a crust. Bake one hour. Veal Croquettes. — One cup finely chopped weal, two cups brendcrumba, yolks of two eggs, one tablespoon melted butler, a little grated onion, salt and pepper to taste. Add enough of the hot liquor, or lacking that, milk, to make as moist as possible and yet retain their shape after farming into balls. Roll each ball in bread or cracker crumbs, then 1n the slightly beaten whites of two eggs and lastly in the crumbs. Set in cool place for at least an how'. Fry In deep fat. Fricaseed Veal. --Select a can with large pieces of meal. Roll each piece in flour and fry In hot pork fat until well browned on each side. Add pot liquor and water for gravy. Thicken with flour and season with butter, salt and pepper. Serve on a large platter with spoonfuls of boflecd rice around the edge. Veal Ragout.—Make a white sauce as follows : Two tablespoonfuls butter and two of flour; rub together and add gra- dually one pint milk, stirring all the time until it boils. Place in a bullered baking dish in layers this sauce. I pint. meatcut info dice and three hard-boiled eggsed. Bake onto a platter and an andgalnn sh with then of toast and sprigs of parsley. ler for windmills should say something fcr the "late lamented." The landlord took therm out in his wagon that after- noon. A cheap coffin stood on two chairs. Several tanners were around. The windmill man braced up. Ile pitch- ed a tune for then. !'hen he said: 'Mv friends, death Is sad. But sad as it is, it must come to all. hardly Iwas our friend here prepared for death when along it cause—and—lie took to his bed. IIe had been carrying water fur the stack from a long way off. The \erlin palled him down. Iiad this rn1 been supplied with one of our 'None -Can -Beal -it windmills, capable of pumping 200 gallons a minute, this nry11'g )ire would—" "Hold up a bit," interrupted the farm- er "I've got that vary ]rind of a wind- mill, an' if the pesky thing hadn't got out of order an' fell down of Jim he'd be here alte now. Proceed, brother, but lilce as not you'd better skip ww•lnd- mills. Say somethin' 'bout the good die young, an' so on.' But the windmill man led off with the Doxology and had the tiling done in three minutes. PURE LOGIC. "Why my dear, ihal's perfect no1- sensel" exclaimed Mr. Wiseman. "Some- body tttn51. have broken the vase," "Well, no one will confess to It," re- plied his wife., "That's because you have not question- er them in the proper mantle'. Woolen lack that persistence, that resolution not to be foiled, that determination re- quisite TASTY, To make a macaroni pudding lake one- half pound of macaroni; one pint of milk; two tablespoons of butter; four quisile to extract the truth from an un- SOMETHING of cream; four tablespoons Nettling wi re n t (live the hnprasssinn sugar ; nutmeg and vanilla at discre- thaL you err not to ho balked or mis- flan; a pineit of salt• Break title and. the most stubborn well 1800n 0111 into short. pieces; put Into a farina is bend lore your invincible will. It kettle, cover with the milk, put on the exerted lit an ill sea` ,ton of the power 1°1'11' In the outer vessel until ]the milk is ty m intellect over n 01 lesser," explained Mr. Wisenlun, loftily. "Yoe, I presume 80, assented his wife, with, 011,11 a faint smile. 'Suppose yob fry." "So 1 will," asserted he, leaving the room Willi a determined trend. After a while he retuned, saute into hid chair, Melted up his paper, end re- seined his rending, with e. slight frown interrupting the placidity of his expres- sion, "Well, did your greater intellect per- form n miracle?" inquired Ills wife, les. I found out, e1 that's what you mann,' 1.115 the reply. "Oh, John, you did find out, really?" cried his wife, admiringly. "lIaw did you do it? Wee wtee It?" Mr, Wiseman looked at her in silence for a moment before he began: -- "I discovered who hrolce the vase by the logienl process railed elimination, and I find beyond dispute that 1 broke it," "Wliy, you r.0uldu'1 have," cried the bewildered lady. "Yuu weren't here, nd--" "Nevertheless, 1 did," he affirmed. "I find hint the rook didn't• the ho)semeld didn't, the mesa didn't. the children didn't, and you didn't; flint lints but one person in Itis household who ctrl, end that is 1. Of course, I'll replace 1!," be concluded, hastily thriving the lame before ble wife had Limo le say anything. f— SWiSS BOYS MUSTN'T SMOKE, The municipal attlhnritirs of til. (lull, Switzerland, have passed a bylaw agnlnel. smnlcing by minors, The pre- ttily is five francs for the smelters and for nay person turnl8hing boys will tobacco in any farm. Informers ore elm 111 reenive n reward nt live freers. The older.t of the authnrlifns is to slump nut smoking menet! schoolboys, whteh hes reoenlly increased Co en alarming ex- tent. sonked up and the macaroni looks clear. Do not let it cook until the 111a - citron! begins to break. Add the butter, segue and flavoring, and, if you have it,. a few tablespoonfuls of creno. If you have ne cream thicken a little min: with a very little cornstarch and use instead. Cover and set in the boiling water for let anodes before serving in a deep dish. Eat with powdered sups' and cream. Deviled Eggs—Melt one teaspoon of butler in a frying pan, and add a tea- spoon of dry mustard, two teaspoons of tomato settee, one tablespoon of mush - roam ketchup and one tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce. Put ink) the mix - biro four hard cooked eggs sliced, salted and peppered, and when thoroughly healed serve en pieces of tweet spread with anchovy sane. A pretty dessert is made with a quart nt nett custard for 0 bnsfs, and for this the yolks of three eggs are to be used, When still hot hall a box of gelatine, dissolved in cold water, is stirred in end the whale strained, Last of nil, lin slifl whiles nre lo be folded in when the custard is cold, and the whole Is put into a fancy mould in ice. When need- ed it will he found In be in Three layers, the lop one transparent jelly, the next custard, and the bettoml one foamy while. Candled .violets may be put emend and on ft, and whipped orcin. Settle Eggs. --line eggs, 2. (mimes of fresh butter, 1 slice of bread, 4 table- Speoniuls or milk or cream. Thickly huller n mule or frying -pan, using half the butter for this purpose. Rrnnk the eggs aarfully into 1l, add the m1111. Put the lion on the f rn for a few seennlde lilt the whoa just. begins In set, Men mut. 1( 13n the overt till the setting 10 completed, but on 110 account, let (hem become herd, Tinge 1110 eggs mile or twice during cooking with the huller. \lennw1,tle melt the second ounce of butter In another pan, pue in the breed and ham, ad in rather largo dice, and fry them a light brown, mixing in at the last the parsley. Put this mixture on a hot dish lo form a bed down the centro, Trim round each egg with a culler, so that they are in a r'oub(1 form. Carefully lift them out and slip them into the hon mixture, serving 1)18m at once, Fruit Cup of Grapes. --Take one cup of rich home -pressed eceap0 jukp and odd one 013p of whits t{'(:rpes wv11l1 seeds re- moved; add very 1111133 sego', depending up en the sweetness of the ponce.. Chill before serving. \Then the grapes are out of season, pineepplc with the juice also makes a delicious cep. Judgment ('la, So called, says the contributor, because grandma always told us the ingredients without mea- sures and then added, "and just use your judgment to put It together:" We finally evolved the following recipe. It makes a good dessert just at this season when fruits are scarce. Lino a pair eight inches in diameter with good puff paste, put clots of butler over We bot- tom until you have used about the size of at walnut; now dredge over alternate- ly flour to the amount' of one-fourth glass measuring etre and sugar to the amount of one-half cup, then sprinkle evenly over the top one level dessert- spoon of cinnamon and -aur in care- fully, so as not to disturb the cinnamon, three-fourths cup milk, and bake Until crust Is brown. (Children cry for it and some older people, loo). HINTS FOR THE ].TOME. Iron embroidery on the wrong side with a thick ironing blenkcl beneath. In this way the work stands out and looks its best. \VI1en blacking a Idtchen range mix the blacklead with vinegar, and a very superior polish and at small trouble will be obtained. To clean chramos moister a soft cloth In some cold tea and wipe them over. After they are gulls dry, polish with a little salad oil, and, if necessary, re - varnish, To remove the shine from black silk or cloth lay the n18lerinl on the table, dip a sponge into cider vinegar, and rub into th'o marks all they dlsappetit•. Dry in the air, but not in the sun. When cooking turnips add a 881011 lump of sugar to each root in order to correct the bitter taste which often spoils them at this time of the year. '1'o mash then, drain thoroughly and pass through a potato masher, Art 1)11)01111 curtains should never be washed in warm water. Put these into a lather of cold \eater. If they aro greed, add a little vinegar; if lilac or pink, a little ammonia. Salt will set the color of black anct white muslins. To Remove Marks from Tables.—Tho moved to ptly. But counsel for the &s- tables often caused by hot dishes on fence was, not very greatly inmpressed, fables may be removed by rubbing them and, having taken the precaulien to will a soft cloth dipped in paraffin and bring two clever eu rgeans into court, then applying a little methylated spirit, the plaintiff was put through se severe which should be rubbed dry with 0)]o- a physical test that he was unable to thee cloth. keep up his pretence, with the result A Sabstittlte for Cream.—Stira des- that he not only lost his case but rum- sec•ispoontul of Sour into a pInI of now lowly escaped being charged with milk, taking care that it Is perfectly fraud. smooth. Stir while...it cooks gently to Connpanies often try to dodge their liabilities, even when they have not a leg to stand on; and, when this is so, things often turn out worse for them in the end. QUEER TESTS ARE MADE iN ORBER TO `omit 11' CL:11:US ARL: Gl'.Nl'iN1'l, Expert Physicians Aro Employed by Defendants to Look After Their Interests. ht many iuslultres where an notion Is brought to recover damages fur injuries received, said a barr•isler recuul11, iL is necessary fur the plaintiff to uudcrgo a't'tain physical tests 111 court. 1 sup- pose I have been present at dozens el 80011 eases, and a short mount of a few 01 them may not be without Inter- est. 1 recall one instance which, 1 re- member, caused quite a scnsrdlun at the hate. The plaintiff was n \les, Alma A. Quinn, who had been injured In an elect- 1.10011:(71181' lee- I'te sur wrwvhd eccud rrt alha beforeeck ihohiol1 088(1a 103110 rre08, 0nThee lady, who weighed over 3(1011). and was about tiny years of age, claimed $25,0(10 duraages, declaring that she had been permanently injured—having lost the senses of taste and 501011 and also the power to walk. She was carried legato the jury In nn anhulan0e, and there in court tests of her alleged lost senses were made by expert physicians. First she was Inkl to close her eyes, and then a sulphr match was put in her mouth, Pepper- mints and other sweets were tried with like results. Several 1es18 Were also made as to he' sense of smell, but she secured tenable to detect either the ado') of perfume or an obnoxious drug. Tho tests were watched with much in- tnresls by a s;•mpathetic jury, and in the end 'l'llR LADY WON HER CASE. In cases of broken limbs plain1lfte are often requested to give oruler demon- stration in order to show in what way the injury is likely to prove permanent; and the ease or difficulty with which they aro able to move the limb or limbs in question goes a long way towards de- ckling what the damages shall be. Abaft n year ago a gentleman, who shall be nameless, claimed $5,000 dam- ages for injury to his shoulder, declar- ing that it had' been so badly strained tint it was impossible for him to raise his right elbow higher than 111s chin. He shed his coat in court, and at the request of Lite jury proceeded to show how difficult be found it 10 stove his arm at all, and when he brought. his el- bow on :a level with his mouth he ut- tered such groans that the jury Were take off the raw taste of the flour. Beat the yolk of an egg thoroughly and stir it gently into the milk. Pass all through a fine sieve. In bread -malting observe these rules : Have everything that you use warm. Stand the pan of flour that you are go- ing to use near the fire. Knead well, but he sure to do 1t lightly, work the dough till it all comes off the hands cleanly. Have the oven hot al first, and then steady. The secret of good home- made bread is to bake It thoroughly. BLESSING THE BEASTS. A quaint ceremony is witnessed in parts of Normandy twice a year. It is the "blessing of the beasts." The cows, asses, and a few thoroughbred horses which aro raised in that part or Franco are brought together in front of the church, whence issues a proces- sion of gaily -dressed peasants to the sound of a chant sung by the priest and people.. Then the pastor sprinkles a few drops of water on the head of each animal. Sometimes as many as a couple of hundred peasants take part 111 the cerenony, but not a trace of levity Is to be seen on their faces. When the ceremony is completed the procession (Asses through the village singing, and then disperses. -4 GLASS MORE COSTLY THAN GOLD. The value of glass may far exceed (hut of gold when made up intonicro• scopio objectives. The front lens of the micro -objective (costing about $5) does not weigh more than about 0.0017 gramme (which weight of gold is worth ahottt one cent), anti so the value of the kiingrnm of such lenses would bo about 133.000,000. The cost of the raw ma- terial for milking this weight of gloss is from ave to eight cents, and thus, when worked up into the shapp of a Stns, the glass has been increased fn value about 50,000,000 lines, Such disparity between the cost of the VOW material and the manufactured article Is probably a record In industrial tech- nics. "BUSf11D0" AND BUSINESS.. By night or by day, whenever an or- der is in course of execution for the Japanese Government, there in the work- shop -is the representative of Saloon, su- pervising, testing, rejecting all that is not above the slightest suspicion of de- fect or flay. Whet relieved by his col- leagues he does not rush out 11110 a schoolboy (ram school, as if relieved from air irksome task. Tho twain ab - serve together until the new -comer has Melted u)1 the threads and can apply himself as minutely as his predecessor to the dnleils of the business, Indefa- tigable and ineorruplible, working heart end mind for the honor of Japed; these watch -clogs of the Mikado have Con- tributed, unseen but effectively, inti 1 c, to the overwhelming triumph of their country. Bu8hi(0 and Business aptitude are an unconquerable combination. "Speaking of bed tulle" remarked Jones, "T feu] out of a window once, and the sensation was terrible. During my Irenslt through the air 1 really believe J thought of every men eel 1 het` ever cnmmitled in my life," "ii'm," growled Thntnpsnn, "You must 118100 fallen an awful distance 1" 1•IERE IS A CASE IN POINT. A couple of years ago a young lady whom I knew very well had been injured in a railway accident. Her fool and 8111110 had been badly crushed, but the case WES so long coming on that the injury was almost healed before she was called upon to make her plea. The de- fendant company declared that her foot and ankle were perfectly well, and that she would not be lmn0 iter ankle being merely stiff, a stale of lhhngs which world right itself In the course of time. The young girl appeared in court, de- clared that she still suffered from the effects of the accident, and claimed $2,500 damages. She walked with a limp, and counsel for the defence smiled superciliously. But counsel for plaintiff had a strong cord to play. When his turn Came he asked the jury to examine the foot and ankle of his client, wise' would remove her shoe and stocking for the purpose. Tho jury quickly agreed, and when the foot was bared and the bruised and twisted ankle revealed their sympathies were aroused to such a pitch 111nt instead of awarding $2,500 they wanted to make i6 $5,000. LOSS OF HEARING is frequently the result of any great shock, and so 11 is not surprising, per- haps, 40 learn 1(181 111 Teeny cases of collision and similar accidents the claim for damages is based on this injury, 1 had n ease olnee in which an 01d lady claimed $5,000 for the loss of her hear- ing, the only damage she received in a railway accident which killed ninny. It wvas conclusively proved then pre- vious to the accident, she had enjoyed ex- cellent hearing, and when the case cane an the jury expressed a desire to see some tests made in court to proem whe- ther or not her sense of hearing had been injured to the extent claimed. A number of tests were consequently made —policemen's rattles were sprung only an Inch off her toad, whistles were blown in her very ear, alarm clocks went off at her elbow, and finally a pis- tol charged with blame cartridge was fired almost under her nose—hut it was all to no purpose; the old lady wwa8 as deaf as the proverbial post, and es n natural Consequence she won her case. WOMAN CLERK Ole WORKS. Blackburn, England, furnishes what le believed to bo the test instance of it Wonsan acting es a cleric of works. The Princess 'Theatre was hiilt by direct labor engaged by Lho proprietor, Mr. Page. 111s daughter, 1khrs. Clarkson, Nied Lho role of clerk of works during the reconstruction, exercising a general. supe'Intenclence over the workmen and pitying their wages. STRONGTITAIR. Black hair is stronger than golden tresses, end will suslntn 01m081 double the weight. Reconlly a scien1181 found, 1'y experiment., that it is possible t0 831- s1end a weight, of 4 ounces by a 811131(0 bete, provided the 13811' be block. •Blonde hair will glee wny at weights varying according to 11to lisle A yellowy heir will name support 2 ounces, 8 brown will 110111 up throe without in'enking, while one of a very dark brown wl11 sustain • an additional half 0111100, CHINATOWN IN 'PRISCO CHINESE QUARTER WILL FLOI'lt1Slt ON OLI.) Opium and Gamblln0 Bens Will Open Again for Yellow patrons. '!'hose who tinught the destruction '1 the Chinese queries of tion Frontier() '0118 Ih111110 gond Ionlura or the termite disaster, Lire doomed to dl:auppointur111. The 110(0110118 1000118 will soon flourish again. A westerner sums up the silua- 11011 in this '1013 : The emu tt'110 behaves hose Recons about C;rhlnlo\e11 1)011131 cllndnaled hunt 1110 new Sou Francisco, or stifled to scene alta' site, le more opliluisile 118111 tete people of Sall Franei;cu, "CI11n0Lovn has a pull that 10 strong enough to twist elurket Street 11110 a ligure eight. The Chinese may net tole, but they live money, which cannot only be used to buy voles, bill automobiles, houses on e'en Ness Avenue and racing stables for those in pouter 111 San Fwun (21301), Chinatown, ht all faunal) proba- bility, will be evimil1 right, where it was befo, ''Threere's a reason for this the 1110)1 tv110 hasn't lived in Ilan Irrn11cise0 would not guess,. Under (:11777810w'n there woe n subway ally that had a target: popu- lation 111un the rookeries above 1110 sur- Iaml, "Phase tunnels, passages and hulls still esi8t. Aiulty of them were Iwieled about by the earthquake, nearly all were tilled in at the ent'al1rs by the burning debris from above old it few have caved h1 completely. ']'bey eon I e slreighlencd out, however, mink more easily than nnnlhe' underground ally could be constructed, WOMEN BURNED IN DENS. "In this village of troglodyte, festered the cancer' spot Ihnl. the riglleuus of San Francisco hied for years lu abol- ish. Here were the gambling dens, 111e gathering places of the tongs and the cages In which were kept the iltlle Chi- nese women, who were sold with a regularity hunt, spoke well for the in- dustry and commercial instincts of nue Consuls in China. 'There were probably hundreds of these Mlle creatures burned to death the day of the Are. Their hones will be drug out, however, the dons walls of the passages will be strength- ened, the walls will be shored up and the first section of the burned over part of the city to be occupied will be this city of caves. 'They will build the houses above ground as they are required. They will pay no attention to the demand for the selling of Chinatown without the city walls and as long .ns San Francisco is in the hands of the present political masters it can be counted upon as cer- tain that the Chinks will slay where they have been 1011 more years than the Frisco people like to recall." 4 - SAYS SIU( BAS SEEN CiIRIST. Scores of Enthusiastic Welsh Revival- ists Believe Mrs. doors' Assertion. Wales has net euuken off lite effects c1 the Evan lcoberts revival. Little 3r n011118g is now head of Roberts, but in the secluded villages of the princi- pality the wild frenzy of his meetings is still maintaining* its force, and mien and women in the throes of 111011' relig- ious eclasy aro making supernatural 01111111x, which would bo blasphemous if litt), were not sincere. Mrs. Sarah dunes lives in the picturesque village of Carmel, let miles from Llanelly. She has been in a re- ligious trance for several cloys. With an earnestness that could not be mis- taicen, etc of the ministers who has caught the revival fire has recounted how Mrs. Jones has for Um last eight. daysleft the world and all worldly Wings and gone to live with Christ. "She has seen wonderful things," 10 said, "and. she sees them now. They are hid from us who have not the eye of faith. She has a 11eseag0 Iron Heaven for all of us. It has gene forth end is being accepted by scores et people, that as a sign for unbelievers,. Mrs. Jones will ho endowed with lits pewee to raise the dead from the grave. She had past out evil spirits from the chapels, and there is no lindt to tier powers. Ono man is entwine to offer up a secrhico. Ito had a lamb in readi- ness and an altar prepared." "1 looked upon myself as the chief of sinners," says Mrs, Jones, "011(1 1 Med in vale to secure pardon. 1 al.- tended meeting after mooting and (:rayed God to hear ate, but there wns cm response. One night, however, 1 fell on my knees at home and prayed as T never prayed before. i entreated the• Lord to seem me, and He came and I fell a wonderful 1i31Btness about me, to that 1 could have Monied in the air. 1 saw Jesus at my side — not felt h13n,. but sew hint in the body and be lvn1ked' Immo with me, and has never left mo• since." One of the most extreme of the re- vivalists mounted the gnrden hedge a. few days ago with the intention nt fly- ing to heaven. There wns no upwnrd1 flight, but a sudden drop into the onion, bed! CROOKED THINKS. A Mitch in time selves—embarrass- meet. Merriago is one fool encouraging (hie foolishness of another. Actions speak louder than words — hut looic out for the eche. A soft answer turneth awny wrath— unless the wrath le about money, A man 19 known by the company he• troops — especially a theatrical man- ager. • It is better to lave and run away than. 1tlwee to have loved at .alt. 4 TRAMP'S DESIRE. A New South Wales lrahnp, thinking: be was about to die, throw what motley ha had into a elver, dug. his grave, and lay down in 11. Ile was enlnyed next' morning to find himself still 'five. At be wns penances, he proaseted to Gl0»' inner, npp)lecl tor an old -ago pensten1 and 0blain0(1 11.