HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-8-30, Page 2THE THORN ASD T 'E PIR
Best. Way to Get Rid of the Tares
Is to Sow Good Seed
Instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir tree, and instead of the briar shall
come up the myrtle (rec.—Isaiah Iv. 13,
The ancient law that nature abbot's a
vacuum holds true in the moral realm,
The heart of man Is never long empty,
And yet the whole scheme of modern
ecclesiastical regulation of life is built
on (he plan of making n loan holy by
emptying hint of all evil and stopping
dere, leaving a negative condition,
without a thought of the necessity of
filling the void.
So long have we been trained in this
that we are all a good deal more con•
eerned about the things we ought not
to do than about the things we ought
1, do, We spend our days nlpping off
the buds of evil inclinations, pulling up
the weeds of evil habits, wondering
how it happens they multiply so fast,
forgetting altogether the wiser plan we
would adopt with weeds and briers in
our gardens.
There are many who still think of the
pious roan as one who succeeds in ac-
complishing the largest number of re-
pressions in his life, the ideal being the
colorless life, never doing a thinglhat
is wrong or subject to criticism. The
energy of many a life is being spent
in a campaign against a certain list of
PROSCRIBED DEEDS.
Blessed is the man—according to their
beatitudes—who has the largest number
of things he does not do.
But if rightness is abstinence from
evil, then a lamppost must always be
better than a man, for it justly can lay
claim to all the negative virtues. What
an easy way of life is this, simply to
find out the things we know outer peo-
ple like to do and to determine that If
we only can leave then undone we are
holy in the sight of heaven.
But not only Is this a way of folly, it
is a way of positive harm, a way fatal
al last to the true ]fie. To do no more
than to turn out one set of devils only
is to invite other and worse devils Into
the heart. To seek emptiness only is
to invite yet more inquiry. An empty
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heart is as dangerous as an empty hour.
Emptiness is not holiness, it is idiocy.
There cannel be an empty heat. Te
take a lad thing away from a man
gives an opportunity for a worse thing
to enter unless you simply choke the
had by implanting the gond. Some ti
the most dangerous people are those
who feel pious because they can say,
\\1e never did any harm.
We do not object to the pain and pri-
vation provided they have their purpose.
But all nature objects to a course of
life that maims, pinches, and restricts
without corresponding anti compensat-
ing development and liberty somewhere,
We light against every law of Me and
court the ways of death so long as we
endeavor to develop character by put -
Ung it into bandages, leading strings,
and legal restrictions.
THERE IS EVIL TO BE ELIMINATED
there are thousands of things wo ought
not to da. But the best way to get rid
of the tares is to sow good wheat in
abundance. The way to avoid the
things we ought not to do is to do the
things that ought to be done. The
empty life is a standing invitation to
temptation; the busy man seldom finds
the devil's card left at his door.
Live the life above lie things you
would overcome. It never has been
found necessary to pass a law prnhib-
Ring the president from playing marbles;
larger inleresis fill leis life so that these
things do not even occur to him. Give
a man a great work to do and you will
save him from a thousand temptations
to do small and unworthy things.
Holiness of life is not in innocence of
evil but in positive forcefulness for
good; not in doing es little harm as we
can, but in Riling the whole life with
worthy, helpful, uplifting deeds. The
good life not only has no debts—IL bus
large assets, deep and lasting value; it
enriches all life. It offers to the world
not barren land claiming the virtue of
freedom from the thorn and the brier,
it crowns all with the abundance and
glory of fir and myrtle.
HENRY F. COPE.
ME E S.SSON
S. LE
INTERNATIONAL LESSON.
SEPT. 2.
Lesson X. Bartimacus and Zacchaus.
Golden Taxi: Luke 19. 10.
TIIE LESSON \VORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revised Ver-
sion is used as a basis for these Word
Studies,
Three Accounts.—Parallel accounts of
the healing of blind Berlin -gees at Jer-
icho will be found in Matt. 20. -20.34,
and Mark 10. 40.52, The three accounts
of this event differ In detail in many
respects. Matthew mentions two blind
men, while Marls and Luke speak of
only one. Matthew and Mark, again,
represent the miracle as taking place
when Jesus ons leaving Jericho, while]
Luke represents It as taking place when
li0 was approacllmg Tile city. Accord-
ing to Matthew Jostis heals the man
with a touch, according to Mark, with
a word of comfort, and according to
Linke, with 8 word of commend. It Ts
useless to attempt to harmonize the
three narratives in these points of de-
tail 'file differences are such as we
might naturally expect in three iude-
pendent• accounts of the same event,
given by teree different p010000 several
decades after the event itself had taken
piece. We hoe here a gond example
of the feet that divine inspiration in no
ease rules out or destroys the human
element, and It is only al narrow view
of inspiration and its effects which is
concerned to reconcile these differ-
ences, and make each of the three ac-
oeloms tally word fee word with the
5111080, The foci, 100880801', that such
differem'ass offer in the gospel narrative
is a 01101lg argument in favor of the
anlhenlIcity of that narrative. Wore
ilio gospel ;tortes concerning the mira-
cles wrought by ,!esus the product of rho
Imagination of men living at sn1110 later
th00, or were They the cunningly de-
Vised tables of ingenious nle1, wO
might expect nrmnlly in detail in lite
narratives of different wrilett, who Iu-
gether conspired to deceive those fr r
whom they' wrote. With the attempts
wilinh hove been made to hm•monize the
Mem accounts of 111e healing of the
blind mall, of men, WO 11004 1101 8011-
i31811 oU8881v1W, The stogy of the visit .1
Jesus to the home of Zeeelin"us is pecu-
liar Lo Luke's narrative.
Verse 35. As he drew nigh unto Jet,
Scho--1 rom beyond Jotluu it, Ihe cast
where for n .short lime ho had been in
retirement •with his disciples.
A certain blind man—Mark eeenrds
his name, which was Barltmm's.
Bogging --Blind beggars silting by the
WIlyslde are still a common sight In the
Orient,
3(1, Inquired what 1113 meant ---The
1)111111 man., chance ,for 13nin depended
'largely upon the nalmei and character
of Ito crowd which was passing.
37. Jesus, of .Nazareth ---Tile most ("am-
nion title of our Lor., among the people
at 1113 time,. •II, had eoublless been
gitrn to )dm at first by Ihe Phfilisees
old others of his enemies who wished
to ridicule him, To the common people
11 ha(1 now become it illogical term.
38, Jesus, thou Son of David --A clear
lndleatlof„boat the blind lean lord cone
to believe: hi ;esus as the Messiah,
30. Rebuked hire --Elis outcry doubtless
diverted the attention of the multbule
from eases, and Was likely to enierrup1
the conversation i11 which he ought be
engaged,
Cried oat the more a: great deal—
Prompted by the conviction that Jesus
was the Messlah. and Mail this probai ly
was his one chance to be healed of his
blindness, the unfortunate plan refuses
to be silent.
40. Jesus stood—Stopped and pre at-
tention. net urgent cry could nal 1e
a cry for alms simply, but betrayed a
deeper longing and faith.
Commanded him to be brought—
Marie records the change of attitude of
Ihe multitude toward the blind man 110
soon as it was perceived that Jesus tools
notice of shim.
41. What wilt thou—A question aseed,
not for information, but to test and
draw out the faith of the man.
2. Zacchreus-{Not mentioned else-
where in the New Testament. 111 the
Talmud mention is made of a Z melt/d i
who lived at Jericho and also of his sol,
the celebrated Rabbi Jochanan.
Chief publican—A superior among the
tax collectors having subordinate col-
lectors under him.
4. A sycamore free—LLL fig -mulberry.
This tree, which is common in Pales-
tine, was related to both the fig and
the mulberry, though not identical
with either. Its fruit resembles that of
the lig tree. its leaf that of the mul-
berry; hence the name.
5. Zaccheeus, make haste, and come
down—We need not assume any mira-
culous power in connection with Christ's
recognition of Zaccheaus, and his call-
ing shim by name. When, however, we
note how thoroughly .Jesus understood
the man's heart and life we must take
into account the supernatural know-
ledge which he possessed. and whioll
was necessary for his wont.
For to-day—Lit. this very day. Both
Lhe choice of the word, and its position
al the beginning of the clause heighten
the emphasis.
0. Received him joyfully — The de-
spised publicans were not as a rule thus
honored by rabbis of acknowledged
Mantling.
7. They all murmured --- Apparently
those who composed the multitude, all
al whole, doubtless, shared the coin -
tempt Mr the 1111111 with whryn J05115 had
cons(inled to speak and sojourn.
A man Ilett is a sinner—The accusa-
tion of the multitude was beyond doubt
just and founded on facts, the publicans
us (t Class (laving the tepnt11110n of be -
Mg extortioners and oppressors of the
poem,
8. Behold, Lord — Zacchteus cannot
hnve tidied to hear. or al lenst to anti-
cipate Ihe criticism of the multitude on
the acl, of Jesus, His conscience, more-
over, condemned hila. mid juslited the
charge of the multitude.
It 1 have wrongfully exnaled ought or
any nuun---This is just the charge which
num generally made against Elim and
all of his class,
T reelo'e fourfold --The low in ex-
treme cases of deliberate rolibcn;y some -
Mime exacted even n sevenfold eeetihu-
tinn, but in ordinary cases only an
ano1nt. emelt to lee sum wrongfully
admired wills a Orth ridded was t•e-
cittlr:et.
9, A son of M31'81unu — 7.:her•hmms
proved hinisslf to be Ills in 11 twofold
sons,+, '1'hntrh despised be vale still ri
member of the 10w1811 lace, old More -
fore a son of Abraham atter Ihe ilosll;
while his pl'nilenc0 and faith proved
Mtn to he a true sen of the "father of
the Diable],
Every lime an old baelielnr hears a
baby cry he Itkms a beech grip on hie
resolution to remain single
Some mets me loved for the enemies
Iliny have made, but most men awl
loved for the reenter They linen uuule.
If Nero had owned a p11oneme), It
would have saved hint a lot of fiddling
while Rome was burning.
PERSONAL POINTERS,
y
Inleresihhg GossipAbout Some Prom-
inent People,
The Icing of the ilellelies collects door -
handles, of which he has scale thou-
sands,
Icing Oscar of Sweden loves nothing
mom in his quiet and leisuea moments
than to improvise on the organ—all In-
siru111ent almost unknown in private
circles abroad.
The Getman Emperor is very land of
Moxieau coffee, and now drinks none
other. A large supply is sent to shim
every year from a German colony en
Me PacinIe coast of Mexico.
']'here are now flue British peeresses
who 5'ere actresses, namely: May Car -
(10330n (Lady de Clifford), Belle Dillon
(Countess Moberly), Connie Gilchrist
(Countess of Orkney), Rosie 13001 (Mar-
chiouws of ileadfortl, and Anna Robin-
son (Countess of Rossiya).
flat favorite emusements of Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland are skating and
riding, but as a child her hobby was the
keeping of pulley, tier Majesty is de-
voted to animals, and is averse to sport,
as spa cannot bear to 11111111 of the
animals in her preserves being slaugh-
tered.
Count 'Tolstoi has lately added book-
bl'nding to the numerous skilled trades
which he already practises. fee 00111
the first halt of last winter in binding
in leather a library of 400 paper -bound
volumes, doing everything, from the
melting of the covers to the gilding and
lettering, w1tl1 his own hands.
Viscount Carlton, who recently cele-
brated his fourteenth birthday, is the eld-
est son of the. Earl of \Vharncliffe, who
bears one of the most 1lypenated sur-
names in the peerage—Montagu-Stuart-
Wortey-Mackenzie. Carlton, the place
from which the title is derived, is a
small hamlet in the West Riding of
Yorkshire.
The Earl of Seafield Is a representa-
tive of the Colonies in the perage. Born
In New Zealand, the son of the noble-
man who worked ns a fencer and navvy,
he has lived the ordinary life o1 the col-
onist, and eight years ago married a
Colonial bride. IIe 1' entitled l0 a seat
in the (louse of Lords—whenever he
may care to claim it—as Baron Strath-
spey.
The Czar has a habit of spending
More time In his study than almost n11y
other ruler in the world. The C:zaritza
is always seated with hhn while he is
a1 work in his room. In this respect he
slands almost alone among great mon-
archs, as nearly all of them prefer to
have women out of the way when they
are immersed h1 the business of State
in their own private room().
The Archbishop Canterbury, n n
A1c 1 poi ,3',o ono
occasion, when addressing tie members
of a chess club, said that (hough he
"was not a distinguished chess player,
be could claim to be tile representative
of chess in' an unusual degree, for he
11nd seen a good deal of kings and
queens, had lived in two castles, and
was the only living man who was both
a !knight, and a bishop, so that he rep-
resented all the pieces except the
pawn.”
Count Leo Spannochl, once a spoilt
child of Viennese society, has been buri-
ed as a pauper. On coming of age he
inherited a considerable fortune, which
he spent in reckless fashion. Sonia
of his bels are still spoken of. Once
Ile made a wager that he would ride
Inc Arab stallion Sultan from Budapest
to Vienna against any coaching loam
0' four. He won the match by nearly
half the distance. The count was also
a famous wrestler. After running
through all his looney, 110 took various
circus engagements, always falling low-
er, owlug chiefly to the habit of opium
smoking which he had contracted.
ONE BLESSING OF POVERTY.
Somewhat Singular Worriment of a
Alan Once Poor But Now Rich,
"Poveley has one blessing concealed
in it, anyway," said a mat now enjoy-
ing a fortune he made himself; "11 gives
a man a proper appetite for the enjoy-
ment of wean- when lee does got it.
Only a nna11 that has once been (Mcus-
ionled to corned beef and onbbnge can
really know the delights of turkey. The
man who has all his life eaten only fine
food can't find any particular enjoyment
111 it, hats always been used to 11 and 11
always tastes the same ; all tic can do
for variety is to spice things up; -0 man
nn(st hnve lived on chock steals to ap-
preciate the tenderloin.
":Spaelting of contrast; 1 never when
I was poor envied the rich; neer. never
thought of such a thing; and you can
take my word for 11 that the average
111011 fuel. just the sante way. Envy the
rich? \Vhy, he'd taught at you 11 yet
said such a thing to him, fie thinks he's
ties good as anybody; and he expects to
be rich himself some day. Envy the
rich? \Vhy. that's a comb idea; and
the only rich mall that disturbs him ,,.t
all is the mon who has accumulated his
wealth not by fair means but by milk-
ing the public; and he doesn't warty
over ihim Its much as he ought t0, he's
sn busy gelling rich himself,
"'i100113', now trot 1've got money, Tile
only thing (hat worries me is about my
children, \Ve wore poor when they
610110 along, but rich before they crone
to understand, and they have never
walled for anything; always 11ac1 every-
thing they wanted; and they don't know
what it le le lack, and they can't And
Me enjoyment in being rich (lint I do.
"1 shall hope that they turn out to
have sense and be willing to work; and
if !.hey do turn nut en, why then We
shall he able to put Ilheir feet down on
In Ile genteel and bring them to knew
Ile world wvllh knowledge and ender -
standing; and what I hope most ot all
is Ih11 1h'y will come to love work to'
wort('8 sotto. nn11 tical they may be hop•
1ee For, neer all 1 tell you, the most
enduring pleesure that lite affords is
that to be found in labor."
e011110W OF 1.T.
"tQneer It11ng, isn't 117" queried the
absent-minded parson, who asks • Mies-
Itnns on the insluhnent plank.
"What's quc884" asked the other
piney 1n Cllr dialogue.
'1'1511 polling a plain gold ring on a
woman's Ilrird finger should plane a
mon under her thumb C' explained tie
party, et the prelude,
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SOME DAINTY DISile.S.
Good veal should be finely grateed,
firm end not o
ver
g
r
o
w
n
. large,
veal Is apt to be coarse and tough, and
if lea young is equally unwholesome.
Veal should never be kept long in sum-
mer, for it, like other meat of young
animals, should never be ullowed to be
in 1110 slightest tainted before it Is
cooked,
Snowballs.—\\'ash a teacupful of rice
and boil it gently in new mills, flavored
N18111 a piece of lemon rind and a. blade
of cinnamon, till quite thick, add one
ounce of fresh butter, stir all thorough-
ly, and place in small greased cups.
When cold turn out on a deep dish and
pour boiled custard round. Mance very
cold and serve.
'f0 preserve cream during hot weather
the following recipe is useful : Dissolve
in water an equal weight of white sugar
with. the 0(0001 to be preserved, using
only just enough water to melt 810 su-
gar and make a rich syrup. Boil this
and while stilt warm add the cream,
stirring all together. When quite cold,
place in a bottle and cork tightly.
A. good tomato dish is prepared as
follows: Pour boiling water over the
fruit to loosen the skins, Let them
stand for five minutes, then peel and
put into a stewpon with a lido salt and
butter. Slew all very slowly for half
an hour, and add a very little tarragon
vinegar. Pour on to buttered toast, dust
over with while pepper and serve. This
is very good wall cold meat ora broiled
steak.
To bottle peas for winter use, Picts
and shell your peas when quite dry,
and scald in boiling water. Drain very
dry, pour into bolites or jars, and cover
wean saturated brine. Have a flinnt of
oil on lop to exclude the air. Before
cooking Ilse peas seals them in warm
water for an hour or two to extract all
the salt. This method has the great ad-
vantage of simplicity.
Herb beer is excellent If made as fol-
lows : Boll for three-quarters of an
Hour one ounce of dandelion leaves,
two ounces of sliced ginger, a quarter
ot an ounce of hops, in Lwa and a half
gallons of water, When the mixture
has cooled a little add one and a half
pounds of brown sugar and three-quar-
ters of an ounce of Spanish juice. Fer-
ment with yeast and after twenty-four
hours strain and bottle.
Devonshire Squab Pic.—Cut into neat
pieces about two pounds of the best end
of neck of mutton. Flavor these lightly
with salt and pepper, place a layer if
ahem in rather a deep dish; on this put
a layer of apples and onions, sliced,
with u good sprinkling of brown sugar.
Continue with alternate layers of meat
and apples. ele., till the dish is full. Put
In no water or liquid, cover with a good
short crust, and bake in rather a slow
oven,
Rlluberb Wino.—Into one gallon cf
boiling rain -water cut eight pounds cf
rhubarb in thin slices. l'ut into a tub,
cover closely wills a thick cloth, and
add four pounds of preserving loaf
sugar, the juice of two lemons and the
rind of one. To lino It take one ounce
of isinglass dissolved in one pint of
the liquor in a chine -lined saucepan.
When this is quite cold add It to the rest
of the wine and cask it. When the fer-
mentation is over, bung it down.
Giblet Pie,—Prepare and thoroughly
cleanse two sets of giblets and throw
into a saucepan, cover with haler 11nd
bring to the boil, Skirn thoroughly, add
salt, and simmer very slowly for one
hour and n lent, removing each piece us
soon as Lender. Cut tho giblets into
pieces of regular sire, dip into seasoned
flour and mix with half a pound ,1
b efstea10 cut in thin slices and thickly
floured. Pour 11 suflieient thoroughly
seasoned stock to cover, and over
this. if convenient, lay slices of hard-
boiled egg, seasoned with chopped par-
sley, pepper and salt. Cover tile pie
with a nice short crust, pierce a mole in
it, decorate with leaves, and bake slow-
ly for 011 holt' after the crust is sot.
Vegetable Roast.—Boll 1 pt chestnuts
until tender, remove the shells and
Pound the ods rather coarse. 13011 to-
gether 1 head celery, 2 turnips, 2 pota-
toes, and n sprig of thyme. When ale
vegetables are tender remove the eh t-
nuls end vegetables together, mash and
add 2 tablespoons butler. % cup ;Weal
cream, 1 cup stale bre de ninths. 1 tea-
spoon powdered sage, a, little nnineod
onion, salt and pepper. nils all lo-
gether, 11181 into a buttered 'baking-
dish and heat through in 0 hot oven.
This dish may be served plain or with
dressing.
iIIN'IS FOR THE HOME.
Rugs should not be shaken. Int hung
on a Zinc in the open alit and carefully
beaten with a cane beater for the per-
posc.
Parnffm spill on a stone fleet• may be
removed by rubbing hath-brielc ewer the
meek and lotting It stay till next day,
then w•asit In the 00001 way, and the
neer wilt be perfectly clean.
Simple Tonin for the Italie—Pitt n len-
spoonful ot salt in hall a pint of venter,
and rub n ]tile on Ihe scalp every day
w1111 a small sponge. The effect at the
end of a month is astonishing.
'1'o Prevent Polished Tronwnrk from
llutslfng.--Sliv some cepa! varnish with
ns 11111811 dive '1111 Os will make 11
greasy, to witeh add nearly as much
spirits of turpentine, and ripply.
Deodorizing Glue. --A teaspoonful of
saltpetre Lidded to a large pot of glue
will efieclmeiiy 8Omo8e its bad odor ; bo -
sides it cmis(0 the glue to dry feeler
and harder than 11 would without 111e
saltpetre.
Cayenne pepper sprinkled slightly
over ire sill about your plants will
effectually keep cols from scratching ap
the beds, The entre preventive, It Is
said, Imps moths away, if well sprint: -
M(1 about the, edges of enrpels end rugs
when you are closing the. house.
1'o Destroy Ants.—Note the hole or
crack through which they tnnit0 (heir
appearaffoe, drop in some quic14111110,
and then pour h1 n lltilo boiling water,
Strong tobacco weld, poured In that.
1)0111115 01111 also elfe tibit'ly destroy
unL0,
Lggs cooked 13111113' and just long
enough to coagulate Mole albumen
without toughening 11 ere lite most
digestible fond 111 the list of :mined pro-
ducts. if rooked in a low temperature
for Ion to fifteen minutes the while cf
the egg is delicious and is like a tutee.
jelly, which is appreclu led by the in-
valid and robust persons 010111111;8.
Clot hater as a beverage is greatly ap-
preciated In 111111a. IL would be well if
such a simple drink were to become
Popular with tis, for, while it is not un-
pheusnnl to take, !L promotes secretion
bellee than cold, and is at all Imes a
stimulant of no mean value. Talton the
lest thing at night tend in the early
morning hot water greatly relieves those
who have gouty symptoms.
'1'o Clean Wall-Paper.—Use 1110 bread
that has stood in a dry place for nearly
a weelc. As soon as the surface is soiled
cut it off, Wipe lightly down the pa-
per, about half a yard at each sirolse,
until the upper part of the paper is
completed all round. Then go round
again. enmmenci0g each successive
stroke a little higher than whore the
upper stroke finished, 1111 all is done.
1f you are short of bread and your
oven Is difficult to heat, you can bake
biscuits o1 lop of the stove 111 a spider
or any ordinary dripping pan. If the
latter is used you need a grate or as-
bestos mat under the pan to prevent
burning. The pan must he covered
closely and the bisodls must be turned.
Potatoes can be thus baked on lop of
the stove in an asbestos mat and close-
ly covered, They loo should be turned.
CRYING SHELLS OF CEYLON,
Sounds They Make Like The Notes of
an Aeolian Ilarp.
Sir J. Emerson Tennent, having
heard a story about musical sounds
issuing from Tho lance at Ratlicalea, in
Ceylon, paid a visit to the place, says
Chambers's .lmunal. The fishermen told
hint that the sounds, which resembled
the faint sweet notes of an Aeolian
harp, were (heard only at night and dur-
ing the dry season, were most distinct
when the 1noon was nearest the full
and proceeded, they believed, not from
a fish, but from a shell called the "cry-
ing shell."
In the evening," says Tennent,"when
the moon rose I took a boat and ac-
companied the fishermen to the spot.
Wo rowed about 300 yards northeast of
the jelly by the fort gale; there was not
a breath o1 wind or a ripple except
those caused by the dip of our oars.
011 cathing to the point mentioned 1
distinctly heard the sounds in question.
They came up from the water like the
gentle thrills at a musical chord, or the
faint vibrations'of a wineghsss when its
rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It
was not one sustained note, but a multi-
tude of tiny sounds, each clear and dis-
tinct in itself; the sweetest treble ming-
ling with the lowest bass.
"On applying the ear to the woodwork
of the boat the vibration was greatly
increased In volume. 'rho sounds varied
considerably at different points as WO
moved across the lnlco, as if the number
of the animals from which they pro-
ceeded was greatest in particular spots,
and occasionally we rowed out of bear-
ing of them altogether, 101111 on return-
ing to the original locality the sounds
were at once renewed. This fact seems
Lo indicate that the causes of Rio
sounds, whatever they may be. are sta-
tionary at several .points, and Ihls
agrees with the statement of the natives
that they are produced by molusea and
not by Ilsh.
"They came evidently and sensibly
from the depths of the lake, and naevi
was nothing In the surrounding circum-
stances to support the conjecture that
they could be the reverberation of noises
made by insects on the shore conveyed
along the surface of the wafer, for they
were loudest and most distinct at points
where"'the nature of Ihe land and the
intervention of the tort and its build-
ings forbade the possibility of this kind
of Oonduetlon."
MOHAA11IED'S BLOODY IL\ND.
History of the Imptinl o1 a Pillar in the
Church of St. Sophia.
in the course of our exploreliuns 11
Conslnnlimple, say's a writer in the
Rosuy Magazine, we visited a build-
ing in an obscure and pour quarter of
Slanlbul inhabited solely by Slohoulnle-
dans.
It fs called the elosqu0 lcaluee, but it
is or 0108 a church dedicated 10 the
Blessed Virgin, The beady of the
Mosaic ceiling and walls not even cen-
turies of neglect have been able to
obliterate.
\Vhen we returned to the groat Church
of St. Sopinia, now a masque, and saw
again the print of the bloody hand of
Mohammed, which is the,
out high
up on the wall of that once Christian
church, WO understood its :significance
better than we had at first sight.
Mohammed II., after advancing his
outposts gradually and stealthily, had
flnuty, as if in a night, crossed tho
Bosporus from Asia and raised his forts
on the European side of the stream.
Just the day before, on atrip.uP
lh
c
Rospoens. we had seen the ruins of
those fortifications,
The rulers of life 0113 had 38otesled In
vain against this en0'onohnlenl. When
the Nioslelns 1111113' attacked the oily
1110 Christians fled in terror to St.
Sophia, An ancient legend, firmly be-
lieved, promised that this sanctuary
was absolutely safe.
Mohammed proved Ihe failaay of
Iliele Wiest by breaking clown the doors.
murdering those who lied sought safety
there, 111011, women, end children—se
many of them that, finally, forcing his
horse over the great pile al dead bodies,
away tip on (he siclo of a ]pillar be
planted his bloody hand on the clear
well In token of his victory over the
Christians. That gory !hand still over-
shadows the fairest portion of south-
eastern Europe.
111S PLACE,
"In the 5180331e for liberty," shouted
the long-haired onnrc111s1, "you will al-
ways find me, brothers, in 1110 von)"
"Surer r 90.., the doughty .policeman,
as ho pulled him into the patrol,
IIO31ANCE 018 DE.SERTI1D DYEA.
The Once Famous Alaskan Town Now
11as a Single Inhabitant.
It has been jt(01 len yea's since George
Cnrueck, a "smutty loan," and his two
Indlen companions "ylioolti nl Jinn" and
"1031511 Charlie discovered gold m1 the
filo of what is now known us Bonanza
Creek to the Yukon territory,
There was but one way to ranch the
gold fields, fwd This was overland
11'0111 the head of the Lynn (:anal, One
or each of tela two tongues of lids colla
and only a 'few Mlles ((part, the towns
of Dyea and Slsngway sprung up and
competed for the trade at the treasure
seelccrs,
Ihe name Sitngwny means "home of
the Norllt \\'ind. 11 opened the While
Horse route; ;hurler, but more danger-
ous, to the goal. Dyea, an Indian.
word, ((leaning to pude of to load, was
the headquarters for tho Chtlkoot Pos.
'Tickets were sold (rum all points to
Dyea ; and as early as Slay 1, 11107,
more than 1,000 people were in the little
Indian lawn preparing to puck over lbe
mountains, Soon a steel cable tramway
was built cityethe Chilkool 1'ass, the
((lain ofileo owhich 18115 [n Dyea.
']'hen the tents gave way to substan-
Uul frame buildings, Numerous hotels,
stores and banks opened for business,
and Ilio once Indian village became a
[belying city of 5,000 people.
Slcagway also continued to grow, but
from a dltfeeent cause. 'Lha White Pnss
;vas a failure during the summer of
1807. Scarcely 10 per cont, 0f the men
who used it ever reached Lake ilennett.
Hundreds gave up to despair anti re-
turned to their homes h1 the Stales,
lvhilo many seined in Skngway and en-
gaged in various business enterprises.
Finally the railroad was projected,
built, and is now being operated from
Slcagway 10 white Horse—a distance of
112 utiles. The fare is sotnew•hat slurl-
Ihng—$20 ono way—the trip from the
terminus of one sleualsllip line on the
Lynn Canal to the beginning of aim -
11100 just below lite \Mite liapids is
made in fewer hours than it took
weeks in the days of 1807 and 1808.
This fixed the fate of Dyea. Its strug-
gle against the Oily with the iron horse
was brief. Thousands of dollars had
been invested in land, buildings and
merchandise ; a few sew quickly the hn-
ponding 800111 anti sold out at a small
loss, caters lingered in the hope that
something unforeseen might happen to
turn the tide of fortune, only to be over-
whelmed in tinnncla! disaster.
The end soon came, and Dyea, with
its former streets dimly marked by in-
dentations in the sated heaps, Its ware-
houses still bearing names of mcr-
elionts, .hotels, banks and dwellings
slowly yielding to the ravages of the
elements and the vandalism of the Skag-
waynns, Its wharvas, once laden with
produce of immense value, fallen to de-
cay, is to -day absolutely deserted.
Its nano remains on the map, and is
mentioned in the Alaska directory es
"a discontinued post ofilce with tele-
phone communication" belongs to a
elan who has ti homestead clulnl in the
"suburbs" of the descried city, and who
raises a few vegetables for 1110 Slcagway
market.
ILLNESSES CURED BY ACCiDENTS.
Some Occasions When Calamities (lave
Proved Good Medicine.
Some months ago a workman was the
victim of an accident which utterly de-
stroyed the horning of one 01 his ears.
Alhough he consulted numerous speci-
alists, he was unable to receive any
benefit whatever, anti. at last all hope
was given up. The other day, while
palnling a house, the happenetl to senna
on the lop rung of the ladder wills a
bucket of palet In his hand. It chanced
that he lost his balance and fell. 'rite
ladder toppled 'over him, while Ihe paint
bucket struck him on the heats. When
he regained consciousness it WOO found
Hutt his hearing had been fully restor-
ed by 111e blow.
A private soldier was struck by light-
ning at Charlestown a short Mee ago.
'1'llis rendered hint lolully blind; but
three days later lie was struck again.
Afterwards it Was discovered haat he
had fully regained his sight.
10 Australia, however, they 0101111 to
have a more curious case. An English
boy lost his speech as o result, of a fall.
Some time afterwards ho fell off a lad -
dor, and recovered h18 speech.
A 13neey laborer's life was saved al
Cardiff Infirmary ley culling his throat.
The patient slopped breathing, and tvhen
artificial respiration failed, a hole was
out In Ills throat in order to induce the
heart's action.
A mon who 0105 formerly a music -hall
artist, had been paralyzed fur tour years
in both legs. When ho was going along
the Dials, London, on crutches to itis
lodgings ho discovered that a shop was
011 flee. Ho gave the alarm, and became
so excited IhnL he dropped his crutches,
rushed upstairs, and saved the life of
an infant. lie went Home carrying the
crutches on itis arta, and hopes [het
he will bo able to commence work
again.
A Glosgnw mal drunk a deadly dose
o' laudanum; rho police officers cured
him by giving him a good thrashing.
ills life was saved by being kept awake
until the affect of the poison had passed
ewn,y, Tho poliao 0111081"8 who were pre -
0011L kept on boating him with a piece
o! hose pipe and with wet towels until
he was quite wall.—Peorson's Weedy,
4—
LAGIC OF SPACE.
There aro some [rials whahh beset one
al, nn early age. 13obby, visiting his
13111(hn0lher, sectored one of them,
"Did you have a good 1111107" eslted
Ro11113 8 mother. The small son host -
Lilted 11et010 he answered.
"Not so very," he said, sadly. You
see, grandinoter !kept telling me to eat
all the dinner 1 wanted, and I
couldn't 1"
4
A GOOD-NATURED' TRAMP. -
The other day a benevolent old
gentleman 01a6 stopped by a lamp,
who asked for money for a night's
"Well, look hero, my loan," the old
gentleman said, "what would you say
it i offered you Work 7"
"Bless your Met sir," came the reply,
w0uidn't mind a bit;1� can take a
joke same as most peopled
HOW CONVICTS IIILL TITHE
303111 OF '111E31 SPEND TilI:iR SPARE?
TIME PROFITABLY.
Grins Toys Made By n Murderer—A
Convict's Invention Netted Ilam
a Fortune.
hl Amerlean prisons facilities aro
offered to convicts for passing time pro-
1ltably, and these ars greedily accepted
in a great variety of hays. I+'or in -
Mance, a 110101'l(Jlt9 lllnl'11 0'or nalietl
\'andalscn, who was recently hangn•1
at',outseille fur !tilling bis sweetheart,
occupied the whole of his leisure in the
coici:nuu'(] cell by constructing ()lever
mechanical toys. Among these was te
modal gallows, upon which a dull 0113
lunged automatically upon a cent be-
ing dropped. Into a slot provided for the
purpose. Truly a grim toy for a cone
dimmed mail la make. Another of Van-
dalseo's successes was a butterfly
which, on being wound up and re-
leased, flew about the cell. All his toys
1110 munletve bequeeineQ to weeders and
other inmates of 1110 prison.
How profitably it is possible for a
convict lo spend his spare time is de-
mousU'aled by the case of an inmate of
Ihe New Jersey Prison. who, while, serv-
ing a long sentence, invented a 111a-
cbino for what is called "blind -stitch-
ing," which lheeetefore was always
done by hand. 'Thanks la the faollites
afforded him by the authorities of the
prison, he made such
A PE1thEC1' MODE[,
of his invention that on his release he
was able to 11111011 and sell it to a coin -
puny specially formed with a capital 0f
$1,000,000. Ills invention has since
brought 11101 in upwards of $60,000 in
8031(11105.
But such things are not authorized,
1108 even w1uked et. under the mush
prison system, and the convict whose
idle hours ore 1110 bitterest of his term
of iniprisounenl must kill lime clan-
destinely unless the governor of the
chaplain is willing In lake a very broad
view Of the l'eg011di(n13 in order to help
him. Sometimes a skilled workman .1
an industrious turn of mind will 0pp001
to one or other of these gentlemen to
find him some employment for his spare
time, Thus a clever wood-carver men.
Wined in a recent report of the Prison
Con,nitssiuners was 11110 111 present to
the chapel a really magnificently -carved
eagle lectern in nae, entirely the worts ef
his own hands, and dune in flours 0111011
might, otherwise have bean spent In
SOLITUDE AND IDLENESS.
An ex -governor of a great prison has
in his possessiona remarkably hand-
some sideboard 111 5811111111, which wets
made for shim be n convict of a prison
where be was governor for some len
years. The mon appealed to 11110 for
some means of killing time. and, 1snew-
ing the 101811 to be a Cabhlet-nlul(0r, he
provided lam with wood and luuls. The
sideboard was the surprising result,
and, 111 consequence of it, when the con-
vict took his discharge there was 0 sub-
stantial present front Ihe governor to
help him In naakiu t a fresh sinrl in
life. Sioroovur, 5.11110 1111(8 employed
his hand was, not busing its cunning nor
Ids mind lying fellow, and his chalices
of leading an honest life thereafter were
theivfure greatly increased.
On the other hand. prisrinee have
boon ]cnnw•(1 In kill lime .secretly by such
melancholy devices as making mals and
baskets of straw taken from their beds,
realer than simply sit and brood.
Others have set themselves to count the
number of Honig certain Idlers 08e11' in
1
1110 Bible, with n copy or which every
convict is provided, and iL is
QUITE A CO\iiION 1'R.\(:TbCE
for 'prisoners to learn whole chapters,
gospels, and 011181100 by homrl. A ce'-
111n hardened character once committed
to memory the whole i
ofthe
it him' d
Testa-
ment, but the neural I
could not have Leen very great, for two
days after his release be committed a
burglary, for which Ile was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment.
The chaplain of a prison possesses
considerable powers In ."e way of pro-
viding convicts with settee -time occupa-
tions, and with his co-operation an edu-
cated corned will sometimes indulge m
such 'literary pursuits" nus in1tliug his
autobiography, which many chaplains
consider. an excellent method for get-
ting a prisoner to weigh his own char-
acter, though they urn (Men disap-
pointed by the measure of hypo0riticel
claptrap such Oulnbiograpides contain.
WORSE '1'1tAN (011CA110.
Tho ever -burning question, "What
shall we do with Our boys 0" seams t0
be satisfactorily answered in the, fol-
lowing advertisement, which appears in
the window of a butcher's shop :
"Wanted, a respectable boy for beef
sausages."
HIS ,Bit,\\'I.RY.
MoF1ng10: "Bluwlhn'd must have been. -
a brave soldier, to judge trent his own
wer15. 11e say's that in every ]lath ho
was where the bullets were thickest,
MoFingle: "So he was, Ile drove an
ammunition wagon,"
WENT WITH 11311 DOWRY.
"What did your wife do when she
found That you had paid your creditors
wth dowy
7"
'1)0?
110. \V'h3'r, she divorced me end
married rho largos! 08011101
1'110010,
Mrs. Flip : "i have just been talking
to a specialise and Ile says my brain
vitality hes all gone to my ling hair.
1)0 va 117"
1(1ip3011 : "Wbolfeeil, e'---1 knew Ie had
.gena."
A ma11's notions after marriage are
netting lite the semple8 submltledt dur-
tnp couh
"1 sup3Osortsip, yea saw some shard fight-
ing?" said 1110 admiring Cl'11tu11, "You
bet," replied the trooper, -10,speCiultt
around the provision wagon""