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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-10-4, Page 3TIIE Id • THE RO1E Parents, Leave the Memory of a Good Name; Children.,Thy Honor Father and Mother "Honor thy father and mother, that thy days may ho long upon the land which the Lord Illy God givelh thee." - Ex. xx., 12, Take the roots of revercuce from Ike home and Usti flowers of truth and honor fade. For here are rooted the timings That are hest in all our life. Here also Iles the solution of inure problems than vire are willing to admit. The home is the soil of society, central to all Its problems and possibilities. Before church or school the family stands potent for ehnrueler. \Ve aro what we aro not by the Weals held be- fore us for thirty minutes a week or once a month in a church, nor by the instructions given in the class -room; we are what !p,rents, Ido, and all the circumstances that touched us daily and hourly for years have determined we should be. The sweetest memories of our lives cluster there. The rose enthowered cot- tage of the poet is not (he only spot that claims affectionate gratitude; many look back to a city house wedged Into its monotonous row. But, wherever it might be, if 11 shellered'love and held a ehrine where the altar tires of family euerifce burned, earth' has no fairer or more sacred spot. Stronger even than the memories that remain are the marks of habits, ten- dencies, tastes, and dispositions there acquired. Many a man who has left no fortune worth recording to his sons has tett them something better, the aptitude for things good and honorable, the Memory of a good name, and the heri- tage of a life that was WORTHY OF HONOR. There is more than a command to the children in the statute; there is an ob- ligation on the parents to be worthy of being honored.. The -wise lawgiver never contemplated the honoring of the dishonorable. It is folly to -day to prate about the decline of reverence on the part of our children; there is•no longue on their part to be irreverent toward their parents. Give thein things, ideals, and a life worthy of their honor, and there will be no need to demand IL. If by the love that truly educates, that denies, disoiplines, and trains as well as indulges, 'protects, and provides, If by the devotion that clenriy sees this as the supreme thing In lite, before which all others must give way, we make the home truly a holy place, the question of honor never will arise. But it must be holy simply because It stands ever in the mind for all the things that answer to our deepest sense of happi- ness, truth and aspiration. Things illus holy will be honored. \Ve ora like people who would purify tho well by, painting tho pump, We seek to remedy the detects of society by patching the finished article. \Ve hesi- tate to apply the remedy where it would count for most because we fear it would cost the most there. 1118 so much easier to regulate the church and the school and perfect 111001 in the business of remedying the defects of our home ills than to begin with those defeats and remove Them. It Is an expensive thing to keep a home where honor, the honor of joy and love and high ideals, dwells ever. It costs time, pleasures, and things called social advantages as well as money and labor. IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE; it is too sacred to be cheap. The build- ing of a dome is a work that endures to eternity, and that kind of work never was done with ease or' without pain and loss and the investment of much 'time. Most homes rather are accidents ; therefore society becomes a catastrophe. 1s there any other sight over which angels might better weep than that of the feverish energy and often even patient devotion which we have applied to straightening society after it has gone crooked compared with the calm indifference with which we have re- garded the means by which it might have been kept,lrom going wrong? No nobler social work, no deeper re- ligious work, no higher educational work is done anywhere than that of the man and woman, high or humble, who set themselves to the fitting of their children for life's business, the equip- ping them with principles and habits upon which they may fall back In try- ing hours and the making of home the sweetest, strongest, holiest, happiest place on earth. !leaven only knows the price that must be paid for that; heaven only knows the worth of that work. Bub if we are wise we will each lake up our work for our world where It lies nearest to us, In cooperation with parents, In service and sacrifice as parents or kin, our work in the shop where manhood is In the making, where it is being made fit to dwell long in the land. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON., OCT. 7. Lesson 1. The Two Great Command- ments. Golden Text: Mork 12. 30. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Nola -The text of the Revised Ver- sion is used as a basis for these Word Studies. Mark's Record of Passion Week. -Our lesson passage for to -day picks up tine thread of Mark's narrative where we dropped 11 is the lesson of Sunday, September 16, in which the triumph of testis over the Pharisees and Sadducees, fin answering their subtle questions concerning tribute money and the eesurroetion was recorded. The order of events of pupation week as recorded by Mark it is well to keep In mind. !t is as follows : Sunday -The Triumphal. Entry and Subsequent Retirement to Bethany (11. 1-11); Monday -The Curs- ing of the Fig Tree, the Second Cleans- ing of .the Temple, and the Retirement at Evening to Bethany (11. 12-19); Tues- day -The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree, the Deputation o1 the Sanhedrin, the Parable of the Wicked Husband- man, the Questions of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and that of the Scribe, the Counter -question of Jesus, the Lesson of Me Widow's Mite, and the Prediction of the Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World (11. 20-13. 37); Wed- nesday -Spent by Jesus in Seclusion at Bethany. The Compete of the 'Tailor (14: 1, 2, 10, 11); Thursday -'The Events Connected whit the Celebration of the Passover, the Agony in Gethsemane, and the Arrest of Jesus (1.4. 12-52); Friday - The Trials of Jesus, the Denial of Peter, the Crucifixion, Death and Burial (14. 53-15. 47); Saturday-Jestts.in the Tomb, (16. 1) ; Sunday (Easter Day) -Events Connected with the Resurrection (16. 1-20). PiXIES TOLD OF TREASURE. Superstitious Cornishman Digging for the Bunted Gold. Superstitious beliefs still linger in the remote villages of Cornwall, and Lh0 tenacity with whieh many of the Cor- nish foil; sling to thein is strikingly il- lustrated by a remarkable story of a search for hidden treasure which COlire, from Wendron, says the London Chronicle. Nearly half a century ago nn old lady named Varker lived in a collage at Low- er Iindilty, In the parish of Wendrrin, whieh had the reputation of being haunted by ghosts, One night she de- clared Thal two pixies had paid her a visit and told her that, vast treasure wns hidden beneath the cottage. Willi the reputation which the humble dwelling had for being haunt- ed, the story was received with consid- erable credence in the district, it made such an impression on her two sons that they immediately commenced to excavate for the treasure, Taking up the floor of the rooms, they sank' a shaft to the depth of several fe- thonms, Water invaded the shaft and pumps and other applinnnces were erected for draining and --hauling. 'The premature denlh of one of the brother's led to the abandonment of the opera, Lions without any treasure being dis- covered. Now, atter Lhe lapse of forty years, the search for the supposed hidden trea- sure has been resumed by W. 11. Varker, a resident of Goldsithney and grandson of the old lady who held communica- tion with the pixies. In the interval the collage has bean demolished, but Mr. Varker has located the site, and with the help of another man from the neighborhood Is engaged in sinking a shaft. The excavations already extend to a depth of 24 feel, of which 17 feet is ver - `Lica] and the remainder on an incline. Pumps and machinery are in course of erection and the explorer is sanguine of success. Some of the older folk in the distriot entertain the belief that the cottage marked the site of a smugglers' den, and that the sinking of the shaft will lead 10 the discovery of underground passages. statement is placed by Matthew after the counter -question of Jesus recorded in the next verses. The expression "after that" refers to the entire conflict with the Pharisees and Sadducees and the successive questions that had been put to Jesus by different persons on this sarne occasion. 35-37. '!'hese verses, while not included in our lesson text, should be studied as part of the lesson. They include the ac- count 01 the .manner .10 which Jesus still further augmented his triumph over the Pharisees and Sadducees by asking them the unanswerable question concerning David's relation to Christ. 11 will be well to read Matthew's ac- count, Mall. 22. 41-46, which is some- what fuller and records . some details omitted by Mark. 88. In his teaching he said -Luke points out 1101 11 was "in the hearing 01 all the Scribes." Jesus proceeds (o warn the people against their !else re- ligious leaders -these very men with whom ho had been disputing, and who were skill within .hearing of his voice. They had come to "catch him instant" and discredit him, as a, teacher,In •the •eyes of the multitude. But they had been utterly. routed' • and were now forced to listen to a most scathing re- buke of the whole class of,rnei to which they belonged; It was they instead of Jesus who were discredited as teachers in the eyes' of the common people. Long robes -The professional garb of teachers of the law. Salutations in the market places - Formal salutations given in recognition of the honorable state or official posi- tion of the person thus saluted. • 40. And for a pretense -Or, even while for a pretense. in verses 88.40 Mark has summed up very briefly .Christ's re- buke of the 'Scribes which in Matthew is given in much fuller 'forum, together with additional explicit warnings against the Scribes and Pharisees. (Comp, Matt. 23). 41. The treasury -Money chests with trumpet -shaped mouths for receiving voluntary contributions of the worship- ers were placed under the colonnades of the court of the women to the temple. '!'hese chests were thirteen in number and were referred to as the treasury of the temple. ' 42. Two mites -The mite was . the smallest copper coin' in use. Its value Was about Iwo -Oohs of n cent, 'which was approximately one -fortieth of the daily wage of an ordinary laborer. A contribution of two mites was the sm uncal amount whieh eouid lawfully be nut into the temple .eensuiv. 43. cast, in 010re than nil they That neo resting in -A suggestion Chet God's .sinnrinrds of action and of value differ from those of men. Verse 28. One of the scribes -.One of those present during the discussion with the Pharisees aid Sadducees. which had just preceded, and one, doubtless, wlmo was pleased with the answer given by Desna In those who sought to "lake )lien •in his speech." Apparently an earnest quiver. What cmunna dinent is the first of e11? -A common question of debate among the Scribes and learned ed deniers of 111e law, and one of g' in view of the superflciel lege) coneep- tion which the less had of the relation between Sod and man. They seem to have imagine .int God kept some sort of a balance sheet on which was re- corded the record of each man's obedi- ences and disnbedienecs With reference to each of tho various commandments. The keeping of the all-important com- mandments WAS thus conceived as counterbalancing the omission of many lesser points of the law, and the con- cern of the Scribes was simply to get es large a balance es possiblewlih lohovah at 1119 . smallest oxpanao of moral endeavor, r 80, With -Gr. From. 94, Jind no inr'n alter (lint thirst ask him any' quesWtn-'-This explanatory SENTENCE SERMONS. Lite grows as lova is given. His loss is greatest who refuses all loss. The hardest fortune of all Is to find fortune easily, You cannot: attain eminence by climb- ing on the fence. Temptation seldom wastes any time 0n a full heart. Present achievement often is of full possibility. It's easy to think you are when you are soured. Charity becomes bribery as you 'use it as a bail. A little practice of religion lot of philosophy about it. Faith is not faith until it gets into your fingers and your feet. The largest moral muscles are not those that move the tongue. 11 takes more than a heroic resolution to resolve one into a hero. The appeal to conscience will not save the intellect from its activity, A man's contributions are apt to be in the inverse ratio to his kicks.. The strength of the vertebra does not depend on the starch in the collar. The man who tears down reputations always gels most of the dirt himself. A man does not establish the tender- ness of his heart by the softness of his head. The crime of heresy is that it would maks some men do their thinking all over again. Environment may determine charac- ter, butitdepends on you to determine environment. • If you want to lift people to better things, thebest way is to begin to look for the best in them. The rich would not be so willing to buy their wealth if they realized how long theywould have, to -pay. for it. firs a good thing for: the man who loops at tho cornsr.on.,hts,:hands to re- member that on Eassy streetthe corns are on the heart. ' There. Is more religion in the sport that helps you lose you': .grcuch than in the most spiritual meeting that strengthens.. it. - NA'riONAL ENEMiES. "Really, von know," said the snobbish Mrs. Woodby, "I do detest tradespeople so, Yon may think it strange, lint-" "Not al all," replied Miss Wise, "it's very natural for people to hale their cre- ditors " - the foe serious soon as aures a V'"--- AND HE TOLD 1T. "Ail Wieling," sighed the lover, in the parlor„ "I lova you more (hon' tongue eon leis-" "Not more than mire can tell," shoot 'cd her' little brother% as he dodged out front behind (110 sofa arid' made OIL. -. L eilieleekerseseeteadaeletteRellinefisMelekeletk frri-N Home •aU.e,at.s,a..,1c.s.,r.,twa.s.1.445,41,(! 9M9�p WI'1'll TOMATOGG, Deviled 'l'omatues,=rake two or three large, firm tomatoes, nut over ripe, cut them in slices half an inch thick and lay on a sieve, Make a dressing of one tablespoonful of butter and one of vine- gar rubbed smooth with lis yolk of a hard-boiled egg; add a little sugar, salt, mustard, and cayenne pepper, beat un- til smooth and heat to a boil. Take from the fire and ppur upon a well beaten egg, whipping to a smooth cream. Put the vessel containing this dressing In trot water while the toma- toes are being boiled over a clear lire. Put the tomatoes on a trot dish and pour the dressing over them. Cooked in this way, they w111 be found an exquisite accompaniment with roast chicken. Tomato Preserve, -Peel the tomatoes and to each pound add a pound of sugar and let stand over night. Take the to- matoes out of the sugar and boll the syrup, removing the scum. Put in the tomatoes and boil gently twenty min- utes; remove the fruit again and boil syrup until it thickens. On cooling put the fruit into jars and pour the syrup over. The round, yellow variety of to- mato should be used and as soon as ripe. Tomato Catsup. -Scald, peel, and core a peck of sound, ripe tomatoes; mash as if for stewing; season with a teaspoonful of red pepper, one teaspoon- ful each of cloves, allspice, and mace,. and three large onions cut line, with salt to taste. Put all in a porcelain - lined kettle to boll and when the toma- toes ode thoroughly cooked rub the cal- sup through a sieve to get out the seeds and pieces of spice. After straining re- turn to the kettle and let 11 boil until thick as cream. Set aside and when cold put into pint bottles, filling each to within half an inch of the cork. and pouring in on top of each a teaspoonful of salad oil. The bottles should be kept in a cool, dry place, resting on their sides. Tomato Soup with Onions. -Slice two onions and fly them in Nutter until brown; remove them and fry one dozen tomatoes just suflbclent to heat them through; then pal them into a stewpan with their gravy and the onions; add a head of celery and a carrot sliced, slew gently for halt en hour; add three pints of gravy; stets an hour and a half; pulp the whole of the vegetables through a sieve; -season with white pepper, salt and cayenne. Serve with sippits of toasted broad cut in shapes. Stuffed Tomatoes. -Get them as large and firm EIS possible; cut a round place in top of each, scrape out all the soft parts; mix with stale bread crumbs, corn, onions, parsley, butter, pepper, and salt; chop fin and 011 tomatoes; carefully bake in moderately hot oven; put a little butter in pan; see that they do not burn or become dry. Scalloped Tomatoes. -Turn off nearly all the juice from a can of tomatoes (which juicy may be used for soup). Put a layer of bread crumbs in the bottom of a buttered dish; then a layer of toma- toes. seasoned with pepper, salt, and a little butter and sugar. Continue 1111 dish is full, finishing with crumbs. Bake covered until hot, then brown quickly. -4 WHITE BEAR MINE. The superintendent reports during 'the month of August 2.14 feet of dovne opulent. work was done in tine mine. 0f this 97 fact were driven, extending the north and south drifts on the No. 8 ore body on (he 830 -foot level. 'thirty feet were drifted In No. 4 ore body on the 850 -foot level. Twenty-five feet of this drift was In ore of shipping gro.le. The are was four feet wide, and the smelter returns averaged between $16 and $18 to the tan. 88 feet of drift- ing was done on the seventh floor cI No. 8 ore body on the 850 -foot lev.d. Seventeen feet in length of this oro is 16 feet wide and the rest is 10 feet wide. The ore still continues in the Moe of the drift. Sinebler returns show a gross volas of between $16 and $19 to the ton. A raise was made for 25 feet en No. 2 vein, 850 -foot level. Two veins of ore were found here, varying in width from six inches 10 eighteen Inch- es each. These veins assay about 837 a ton. The ore still con Unties on and up. Nine feet were driven north on No, 3 vein, 700 -foot level, The whole face of the drift wns shipping ore. The east drift on the 1,0004ont level was extended twenty feet. The r uperinlu1l- eni concludos:-"The outlook of the mine is very good." -Smeller returns from August shipments netted the conl- pmny over $1.0 a ton. The President of the ;'meetly, Air. Thotnes Mills, hos hese in ilosslund during the past tern days, and has written that he oas ex- anined the workings, and that he is very much pleased with conditions as he found theta, and flim the mina would be on It permerehe .shjtpping basis Mere the first day of March next. There is one good "Were .about break - Ing up housekeeping' it enables people CC' get rid of their old furniture. PICKLE SECRETS. Dill Pickles. -Place a layer of fresh green grape leaves 1n the bottom of a stone crock, then a layer of medium- sized cucumbers. Sprinkle 'generously with salt- and dill and then another layer of leaves, cucumbers, salt and dill until the crock is full. Cover with cold wafer with enough vinegar added to make it slightly sour. Cover with a cloth and weight down. '!'hese pickles are much liked, 'and are ready for use in len days., Pickled Peaches. -Four cups sugar, 8 cups vinegar, •1% cups' water, 2 table- spoons cinnamon, 1 stick sliced ginger root and &L.teaspoon allspice in a cheese- cloth sack. Boil all together until it ;ernes Lo a rich syrup. Drop in the pared peaches and let cook until heated through. Lift out with a wooden or silver spoon and place In the cans, dropping in some small pieces of stick cinnamon. Fill the cans with the hot liquid and seal. These are very ,fine. Oliva 011 Pickles. -Slice 100 medium- sized cucumbers and lay in weak salt and water for 4 hours, then drain. Slice 3 pts small, silver -skinned onions in water, let stand 4 hours and drain. Dissolve 1 teaspoon alum in trot water and pour over the cucumbers. Put the cucumber and onions together, add 1 oz ground white pepper, 3 ozs white mustard seed, 1 oz celery seed and 1 pt geed olive oil. Mix well and cover with good while vinegar. Chili Sauce. -Scald and peel 1 dozen large rine 'tomatoes, and slice in rather thick shoes. Mince 2 large onions and 8 green peppers, and add 2 cups vine- gar, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 table- spoon. salt and a 111110 cayenne pepper. Cook slowly for 1 hour, stirring to keep from scorching, then add 1 tea- spoon ground, cinnamon, nook a few moments longer and bottle for use. Omen Tomato Pickles. -Slice 1 gallon green tomatoes, not too thick, 6 large white onions and 4 large green peppers. Place each by_themselves in cheesecloth •sacks, sprinkle with salt and let drain over night. In the mooing scald the mixed Ingredients in 2 qts water end 1 qt vinegar until tine tomnloes can he pierced with a draw. Make a pickle of 1 gal vinegar. 2 Its hrown sugar, X -lb mustard, 2 tablespoons 'cloves, cinna- mon and ginger, 3; teaspoon of cay- enne pepper, tied in a cheesecloth suck and hotted in the syrup, Pour this over the pickles which have been drained from the vinegar nn(1 venter. and scald for LO mint,les. \\remelted to keep Well. Mixed,--On0 qt ranllficnre. 1. ql very small cucumbers, '1 qt large cucuruhetts quartered end cul 111 inch lengths, 1 qt emelt while onions and 1. pt nastur- tiums. Saab the Cauliflower and onions 1n salt wafer until tender, then drain; take 2 qts good vinegar, 2 pups brown sugar, 2 tablespoons mixed spices, 34 1b mustard and 1 teaspoon o1 turmeric and bring the vinegar, sugar and spices to e. boil; blend the mustard and Mr - merle with a Mile cold vinegar and add slowly to the boiling liquid and cook until it thickens, stirring ,constantly to keep from scorching. Add lire Mier ire grerlients and beat thoroughly and scud in glass cans. Chow'ehow.-To 4 qts cabbage ground through the coarse vegetable cutler add 4 qts green tomatoes and 2 qts (mulls and 3 large green peppers ground the sarne. Sprinkle with salt and Id drain over night. Add 4 tablespoons ground mustard, 2 tablespoons ginger, 1 table- spoon ground claves, 1 of mace, 1 of cinnamon and 2 of celery seed and 3 Its brown sugar. Cover with vinegar and ootk slowly for 10 minutes, Pack 1n stone crocks or seal In glass cans. • PAPERING A DELIGHT. I em only a young housekeeper with very little experience, but 11 I can help anyone I an very glad to do so, writes a housekeeper. It has never been hard for me to do my own papering and 1 have never had anyone to help me. I follow the rules to be gotten from any paper manufacturer, except in a few things. If one has never done papering it 18 better to start with a room which has straight walls, as walls which have a slant are a little harder to do. I never tear off all of the paper un- less there has been sickness in the room or unless the room needs extra clean- ing. If the paper is loose, of course, it must cornu off; otherwise I think it makes a more solid surface upon which to paper. In making paste 1 have never found it necessary to add the glue. as the paper , will stick all right with paste made of flour and water if it is properly prepared. It is easier to paper if one has a papering board, but this is not necessary. Newspapers spread upon a table and changed as often as they get soiled are good enough. One needs plenty of clean cloths; en old sheet torn into convenient sizes is good. I like to trim the paper in the roll In- stead of trimming after the strips aro cut. The little circles on the murgin of the paper are to match it by, and one can cut all the long strips before begin- ning to paste. 1f there are holes In the plastering I fill them with calcined plas- ter, using a steel case knife. If the plaster Is mixed with warm water in- stead of cold It will not harden as quickly. I have never been able to put the border on whole. I prefer to cut In 6 - foot lengths and when put on neatly the joints do not show at alb. Be careful when hanging the strips to get Thom smooth but not to stretch the paper. When it is wet it will wrinkle a Mile and when it dries it will smooth itself out all right; but if it is stretched 11 will crack when it is dry. There is nothing hard about paper- ing. It is the most pleasant part of my house-cleaning and I enjoy it. One can paper an ordinary room in half a day, and there is much pleasure in watching lire change in the room as one works. if I had to hire such work done 1 nm afraid it would be a long time before 1 could get anything done, as it costs more to hire such work done than it does to buy the paper. I have found that I could do best by sending direct to the manufacturer for my papers. I have had better paper for my money and a larger variety to pick from. My treatment at their hands has been uniformly courteous. IMPROVEMENTS IN PEKIN. Unsightly Thoroughfares are Being Converted into liandsotne Avenues. A competent authurlly on things Cho MSS elates that during the last two years China has nludc more real ad- vancement than In the previous mitleu- riiuu.' Thai is judgment is 8$11121 is apparent to those whu enjoy the vantage point of a residence in Pekin. 11 has long been predicted that changes would be surprising in their speed, but the most. sanguine had not limped fur what is taking place. In pa.+eing through Pekin the streets seem to be the most striking phenome- non. Three years ago Were seemed Mlle hope that the black mud and the disgusting sights and stenches would ever give place to anything beller. The board that had been appointed to repair the streets was considered to have an Augean task, and was the butt of many facetious remarks. Now the broad thor- oughfares are feat being converted into handsone avenues. The central por- tion, a strip of about seven yards in width is being well macadamized with the aid of steam rollers. This Is flanked on each side by shallow divine of brick- work, a row of trees, at unpaved strip of five yards In good repair, then a curbed sidewalk of varying width, cheaply cemented with pounded lime and earth. The building lino has been straightened, necessitating the rebuild- ing of many shops. Lhe rehabilitation of which Is in peeping with the rest. Long forgotten sewers have been reopened, and places of convenience erected, the use of which is made compulsory. In- numerable unsightly sheds which have occupied half the roadway are being re- moved. forever, It is hoped, and the squatters have sought other fields in which 1.0 ply their trades. The new roadways are guarded by uniformed police in their sentry boxes, and kept in order by numerous laborers. Fine tele- phone poles, strung with countless cop- per wires, replace the topsy-turvy line of the last few year's. The telephone is no longer a curiosity, but is fast becoming a necessity to progressive business men. -Century Magazine. i VALUE OF BUILDINGS. A FRIEND GOATS. The goat in Europe has long had a bad reputation as a destroyer of vege- tation. It has even been alleged that the goat is responsible for the contin- uos sterility of the steppes of Asia and of Central Africa, since it devours the shoots of all plants, and is able to live where almost any other kind of ani- mal would starve. But Mr. L Crepin thinks the goat has been misunder- stood and misrepresented, and that Its good qualities so far outweigh the bad that a systematic effort should be made for the "reoaprinisation" of Eu- rope. Oneof the strongest arguments for the goat is the excellence and abun- dance of • 11s milk, which possesses the great advantage over cow's milk that it 1s not affected with tuberculous infection, and can be safely used In a fresh state by children and invalids. A MONARCH'SESOURCE. It the Shah of Persia were to be de- prived of his income he could stillmaks sure of being one of the richest men in the world. Ile would only have to sell his ornaments, gems, and precious stones to become possessor of about $35.000,000, the sun at which the mag- nificent collection is valued. When a burglar asks the conundrum, "Where's your money?" it is generally the wisest 'Ian to give it up. Most civilized countries take a very reliable census of the number of build- ings within their dominions. Thus we find that Russia heads the list in re- spect to the nuinber of houses in any ecuniry. She has 11,436,000, or as many es Great 81111111 and Italy combined, for she Inas but 7,100,000, and make a poor second to France with its 9,080,- 000. Germany has about 0,000,000 hous- es, and Holland 729,000. But in point of value Britain is a long way ahead of any European Power. Houses in the United Kingdom are worth $12420,000,- 000„ 12,120,000;000„ while Russia's are only valued at $3505,000,000. France's building pro- perty is worth $8,520,000,000, being about Ove hundred millions more than Ger- man. The United States is very rich in properly, the value of her 11,400,- 000 houses being set down as $14,250,- 000,000. JAPANESE CHILDREN'S CHARM. The Japanese children wear about their person a small metal plate or ticket, called a maigo-Iude, on which are inscribed their name and address; thus to the authorities and others it may nt 0nee be known where and whom they belong to, in case they should be found to have gone astray. Another peculiarity of Japanese child -costume, but less worthy of general imitation, is the kinchaku, or charm -bag. This is made of a bit of some bright -colored damask, and contains a charm, which is supposed to protect therm from being run over or drowned. NEW DISH ON LONDON MENUS. Hundred of people dined o@ roast Russian bear the other day at two London restaurants. The bears had been imported alive from Russia and slaughtered in England. The bear steaks were so much appreciated that roast bear, it is stated, will in future be regu- larly included in the menu of these and other restaurants. 4 Good-looking girls are 'born, but most good-looking women are self-made. Poverty would soon die out .11 babies were permitted to select their parents. Did you ever see a free show that didn't have some kind of collection at- tached to it? Speaking of women, attractive simple- tons are more popular with men than intellectual bores. A man is always a bachelor until ne gets married -then he is anything his wife chooses to call him. It's all well enough 10 advise people to look on the bright side of things, but so many things have no bright side. Of course it's all right to be born a leader, but the man in the rear has a better opportunity to get away. The fester a man lives the quicker he will occupy ground -Odor space in a cemetery. IN t!0Iti1ID DEN WAVERS. TIPPING ON STEAMERS $500,000 DISTIIIBUTED 1r' G1 ATI'ITIE1 DURING A. SEASON. • What You are Supposed to Give Out Servants 01'21Retain Tholine' "Itegs1h01 U."to. The writer having crossed the Aliens tic many tittles during the last fevi years, his oaperleuccs with regard to lipping" on bourd u ]filer may not be without interest. As n matter of fact, these. "tips" are not so alarming as might be expected, and $10 will gen- erally see a saloon passenger safely, through without nmch loss to his pride or hls financial standing. it is usual on a Transatlantic linen for a saloon passenger to give the dins ing-room steward 82.50, which w111 pro- „ bably produce a quiet 'Thank you'! without undue excitement. The man' • feels that he 1s simply getting his due, and he Is under no obligation to hie patron. If two stewards are in atten, dance at the table which you honor, with your presence it is necessary to tip both. Give the $2.50 to the one with whom you are most familiar, and he will divide up with his companion. This 1s understood. The bedroom steward -who, if you are a bad sailor, has had to do a good deal more for you than the gentlemen in the dining -room -will also be 'satis- fied with $2.50, though 1f you have "kept him going" during the voyage 16 would not be unheard -o1 extravagance to DOUBLE THE SUM. Next comes the bathroom steward, who will not be hard upon you, and there will be no perceptible fall in his countenance 1f you venture to 'insult" him with a gift of $1.25. If, however, you should be foolish enough to think that his services have not equalled -the Lull remuneration and hurriedly press Into his ready hand 62 cents, he will regard it with a scornful smile, and 101105a you have unusual nerve you will feel obliged to "cough up" the addition- al 62 cents without delay. The next man on your list will be the deck 'steward, who has kindly lurked the rug round your cold feet when you have been feeling that you wouldn't mind if the vessel went to the bottom so long as she lay still for a minute. Ile has cheered you up with inquiries regarding your health, and has implored you to tell him whether you would like a cup of chicken broth or an orange. He has brought your dinner to y'ou when you have felt too Ill to appear at table, and you really think that something in the neighbor- hood of $25 can only cancel the debt you owe him. Nevertheless, the deck steward will acempt $L25 with the pleasantest smile, and perhaps you will wonder at his reasonableness. Supposing there are 300 saloon pas- sengers la lots average during the sea- son) who each give him 31,25, then he and his companion -there are seldom more than twa deck stewards -will be in receipt of something like $375, a pretty good reward. for A WEEK'S ATTENTION. 11 must not be supposed ]However, that the two men ere allotted to pocket This handsome sum -all "Ups" are pooled, and at the end of a voyage are equally divided among the stewards and stew- ardesses, etc. • Then you must not forget to give a little something to the; bell -boy, the youth who runs to your state -room in reply to your impatient summons and waits •on you when the bedroom stew- ard Is taking a lithe rest. He is not very avaricious, and if you give 'hint 50 clouts he will beam with satisfaction. Then you will probably receive a call from the leader of the band or orches- tra, who will politely present you with a neat memorandum -book in Which he will allow you to place your name, to. gether with the amount• of the dona- tion. ons tion you are pleased to give. If you scribble your initials and put down $1.25• things• will be agreeable all round, and supposing you have derived.. any pleasure from the efforts of the bands- men the sum should not distress' you. If. you happen to be a• smoker, and have spent any time in the smoking - room the steward there will expect $1,25 or so. Having paid him you must not consider that your obligations are al en end. One or two ofiser men, whom you may possibly never have seen before, will oall upon you in your state -room, introduce themselves, and point out some valid macron regarding your duty AS TO FURTHER TiPPING. Counting up your disbursements, you. will find that you and $9,25 have parte el company, and you may congratulate yourself upon having passed through the fleecing process at (he least pos- sible cost and with your self-respect) still unimpaired. To pay out less than. the sums mentioned would lower you in the eyes o1 every servant on board, and were you to return by the sante vessel the facts would, be forgotten. Asa matter of caution 1t is a wise plan on the part of the close-fisted trav- eller to change his steamer every lime he sails, for his sins o1 Om1551011 rospoet to "tips') are always reinem- bxorred; and. thought he would still be treated with deference and politeness. by every servant with whpm he Calle In contact, there would be none of that spontaneous and oheerfel Attention whieh odds so much to the comfort of a voyage. I1 has been computed that durhrg .the season the tips on board a Transallnnilo timer for a single trip averago at least $5,000. I1 this !ASS), and (hero is little reason to• doubt 11, than a lnlndred trips mean a disbursement of 3500,000 is gratuities. tut the combined fleet: whieh are Constantly crossing and re - Crossing the Atlantic would mean a good many more than a ht O'lred trips during a season, which last from May 1c .September, so that it is possible the belothe mark- Mwhatever the0 Is Vern sum uich is it is it wall spat, fat' there• is not a mere deserving Class than thane to be found EA, a Trailsa4' IOW Ober,.