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The Brussels Post, 1906-10-11, Page 2M-f"3-•Q-f�: f i f+3 t 10 114 9 ifig. Home baa.ssesansitans easose.GdtW'liel THE RING OF SINCERITY The True Man Would Rather Be a Sincere Sinner Than a .Hypocrite. "Good master, what good thing shall 1 du that 1 only have eternal lite'!" Mutt. xix., 16. Religion rlees within; it is not ap- plied from without, Therefore 1t is an individual matter, and its manifesta- tions bear Individual characteristics. There never yet were two living things exactly alike. Only a dead creed can be shaped into uniformity. A man's religion will be manly, a woman's wo- manly, a boy's boylike. Yel, strange to say, the religion whose greatest teacher was greatest of all as a man almost universally has given em- phasis to the womanly type of character. It too often has demanded of the men who would follow the man of Nazareth that they should' conform to the type of Mary of Bethany, with the result of creating the impression In the world that in a man faith meant effeminacy. But the men who long ago followed the great teacher were by no means weak or womanly. Clear out concep- tions of theft' rugged virility have come down to our day. The Master won men by His manliness, His life and words led them into nobler, stronger manhood. And men came, lute Nico- demus and the rich young ruler, not begging a premise of paradise or look- ing ooking for the philosophy, but seeking His secret of the enduring, satisfying, full life. The inquiry of the young ruler has In it the elements of every true man's religion; TIIE PASSION FOR TRUTH, the desire for action, and the worship of the ideal. Like him, men .seek the teacher who shall show them truth; they ask not so mucic for things to know as for things to do; they set be - tore themselves the ideal of the life that endures. Every true man seeks truth. To him the false whether in word or deed, the sham, is the worst of all sins. No re- ligion can meet his needs unless It sets this first of all, truth before tradition, above timeserving, at any cost. The manwho asked for the truth con- cerning himself, his past, this world, Its story and laws, who refused to take blindly the legends of long ago no mat- ter how venerable their testators, who turned to science saying, Show us the naked truth, was not seeking to destroy • religion; he was but giving expression to his own religion es a pian. It was not irreverence that made him bring the elaborate structures of past thinkers to crumbling ruins 7n the dust; It was but reverence for that which is holier than their tradition, truth, tho object of his search. He overturns some ancient error, not to gloat at its falsehood and pretence, but to glory in the truth thus brought nearer. The true man demands truth in the expression of religion. He ratter would be a sincere sinner than a hely hypo- crite. Men never are to be won to any faith by fooling them. But they will llslen to any voice having the inimit- able ring of sincerity. The preachers who are debating 'tow to get men to church would answrr their own ques- tions if they would only be natural, for- getting professionalism, phrases, and phylacteries, and being just their own selves for a few months, TiIE RICH YOUNG MAN Wanted to know what he could do; the man of to -day roust express his faith fn action. If religion only be cate- chisms and contemplations it never will o intent men. They were not made for that sort of thing exclusively; it takes - a long while to train a man away from action and make him se.lisfied with the life of the ideal milliner minister, and fortunately the modern minister again is rebelling; he, too, demands room to move and do. Thn finest; noblest things within us die if we continue to weep over this world's woes and lament els Injustice without lifting a hand to soothe sorrow or right wrong. The business of the church in this world is to touch men with such emotions, fill them with such aspirations that they shall go out from the meeting to clean the market, to lift the burdens of the oppressed and build up the, broken in heart. There is a religion for a man; it has been writing !ts records not in 'priests' books alone, but in all the story of our progress, both In wars and in works of tenderness and good. It Is the spir- it- that makes us forsake our slothful ways, endure hardships, strive, toll, and suffer that somehow we may serve our world, that leads us, often perhaps unwittingly, to follow him who went about doing good. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 14. Lesson H. The Ten Virgins. Golden Text: Matt. 25. 13. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—The text of the Revised Ver- sion is used as a basis for (hese Word Studies. - A Longer Discourse—Our lesson pas- sage for to -day is part of a longer dis- course of Jesus recorded in chapters 24 and 25 of Matthews narrative. This discourse contains (1) a prediction of the fall of Jerusalem, (2) a prediction of tate end of the world, (3) a group of parables related to these predictions and to each other. In the parable of the ten virgins the main point is the ex- hortation to Christian disrtples to per- petual vigilance and watchfulness in view of the rerlalnly of the end of the world and the second coming of Christ, and the equal uncertainty of the time when these things shall occur. The in- terpretation of the details and lesser incidents of the parable must be kept subordinate to this main purpose. Verse 1. Then—The last day, just re- ferred to In the preceding verses. The kingdom of heaven—stere, the company of all those who hope for salvation through Christ, 50010 of whom , as the parable teaches, may hope in vain. It is the condition of the citrons of the kingdom "in colo" which shall be likened unto the condition of len vir- gins, the ten nguin being simply a con- venient number, as we might say n dozen or a score. Lumps — Shallow bowls containing oiled rope or cloth, and fastened on stoke, snaking a rather crude torch. Went forth to meet the bridegroom— Aceortling to the Jewish custom the friends of the bridegroom conducted the bride lo her husband's home, before the door of which the bridegroom him - sett met the procession and in person conducted the bride across the thresh - Md. In earlier tines (comp. Judd. 14. 10) it had been customary for the prin- cipal wedding feast and celebration to ' be held.in the home of the bride. From the Imagery of our parable it is not quite clear from whfoh home the group 01 maidens "went Porth to meet the bridegroom," Some commentators in- sist that we are to think of tete home of the bride as the scene or festivities, while; ol.hers speak with equal contt- dence of the bane of the groom. 2.- Five ---The- number is not intended to indicate )lnything as In the actualor exact proportion of. Coolish and wise virgins. We note That Jesus does not say bad nod good, but simply points out that live were prudent and exorcised forethought, while the other Ove were. imprudent and thoughtless with regard to the future, - 4. 'Pante oil with thole lamps—That Is in separate vessels [or use in case of an emergency. 5. The bridegroom tarried -•-A state- ment reflecting the true Orientalism of the scone, puncluaiity not.'being en Oriental trait. They all slumbered and slept -There La no tonsure attached to their, sleeping In Itself, 7. ''rimmed their iatrps.-whirls meati - while had burned low. The trimming consisted in refilling them with oil and cleaning the wicks. 9. Peradventure—Perchance, perhaps; It may be. Not enough for us and you—The bridal procession and feast were stilt to be held and for these the light of the torches would be needed. The door was shut—While they went to purchase oil the procession arrived and the guests entered the house. The door was then closed in order to avoid the danger arising from violent men. 13. Watch. therefore—This is the im- pnrinnt point turd principal teaching of the whale parable. Ye know not the clay nor the hour— "The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expeoteth nut, and In an hour when he knoweth not" (Molt. 24. 50). NO SUPERFLUOUS LANGUAGE. An eccentric and very busy old gen- tleman, who firmly believes that "tine Ls money," and is a deadly enemy of ver- bosity in any form, has a pretty daugh- ter, and the other day a young man, who has been paying her a great deal of attention, called on her father to know his fate. It should be mentioned that the fele one had told her lover of her. tether's mmttie for terseness at diction, and im- 1 plored him to be as laconic as possible when "asking papa," or he would stand nn chance of success. The young gentlemen promised to use no superfluous language, and when he was ushered in to the old gentleman, the latter, who evidently guessed his victor's mission, took the initiative by seying:— "Want daughter?" "Yes," was the brief reply. ;Money?" "T'hr'ee hundred a year" "Chnracter?" uA 1n "Lave her—on honor?" "On honor," "Re gond to her?" "Small" "Hove heel" "Thanks?" "Go!" "Gonel" exclaimed the elated young men, seizing his hat and ruching off. LIFE ON mu SUMMER iSLES. Where There are no Taxes—Only Roses and Laos and Onions. The tourist agent speaks of Bermuda as the "Land of the Lily and the Rose,' v,tteh is correct enough, since lilies are grown by the acre for the butes, which American florists force into Eastern blooms, and of roses there is plenty the year around, says World's Work. Real- ly the onion and the potato extract the most wealth from the land. The farmer grows from ono to four crops a year of many of her products. Cultivation Is confined chiefly to the 1101 - low.. where the soil has accumulated in pockets over the coral beds which form tile islands. This soil in most places is not more than ten to eighteen inches deep, a mellow loam which looks like finely powdered cocoa, Truck farming is scarcely considered. Potatoes and onions and lily bulbs are too easily raised end several hundred and even a thousand dollars or 111000 profit may be made front a single acre. But with prices falling and the Texans growing vast quantities of onions Ber- muda will eventually have to turn to other. crops. The working farmer here is the Portu- guese. He was imported as a farm lab- orer but by thrift and good management hos become a tenant instead of a hired man, and now raises certainly halt if not more than half the crops of Ber- muda. Of the 17,000 souls on the lelande about 60 or 70 per cent. are negroes. They are hsw abiding end remarkably industrious citizens, on lite average very well educated by the colony, and they surprise a stranger by speaking with. the accent of en Englishman, with lit- tle or no negro dialect. When the Bermudan wishes to build -4 house he remover from the site the tap soil which will probably be not above ten Inches thick, perhaps less. Under this Is a coral limestone, a little harder to cut than cheese. instead of digging this out with pick and shovel he saws it into blocks, sets It in the, sot to dry and by the time he has excavated nis cellar the blocks are hard stone fit to be made Into the walls of his house. He mixes a little cement and lime with his shavings and all his materials arc at hand. These cool stone houses. limewashed a dazzling while, shine ou through the deep green juniper -tree: and stand on the rocky shores above the wonderful ultramarine blue water with Its thousand iridescent- hues, a picturesque feature In the panorama of beauty. Hedges of oleander which grow to be veritable trees divide the faros as stone walls or rail fences do those in New England and in April the islands, from the sea, appear to be buried under pink bloom. The affairs of Bermuda are practically. !u the hands of a house of assembly, elected by the people and serving with- out pay for a term of seven years, though they do receive a fee of eight shillings for carriage hire—there being neither railway, trolley nor automobile. In this peaceful land. DO YOU SHAVE? Physiognomist Declares Moustache to be an Index to Character. A few points as to the moustache be- ing an index to character were given l0 the Daily Mirror by a well-known physiognomist. "it is one of the most valuable guides as to the temperament of a man. Vanity or neatness Is shown by the carefully waxed or curled mous- inche. Whcn aggressive it shows the owner to be a man of active tempera- ment. "Neatly cut and stubby shows a mart inclined to economy; straggly and un - 'tempt a man of untidiness in thought, dress and action; overgrown and bushy, vilaltty and independence; thits and sparse, vitality low', inclined to be weak in character. "And so ane could go on. Some faces are incomplete without n moustache, just as strong features, with good nose, head and month are complete without it, The weak type of face should always hare either a- beard or moustache to hide it, and many men who new slaw shit, follow the fashioh by 'baring. their faces would be considered handsome with a beard or a nicely -raised mous- teche. .• -.• "Jost as in the matter of dress, one men's suit is another man's fancy-dress enstlme, so In this mailer of facial adornment one man's moustache bright to another's social ruin." TRUTH COMES OUT OF PLAY. Mrs. Skinnum—Why are you all hid- ing from Tommy? 1.ittle. Lizzie—Tommy is the butcher come with his bill. HOPELESSLY COMMON. Mrs. Wylkyns—Are they fashionable people? Mrs. WaLkyns--No, indeed. Why they don't, even Call their kitchen girl a maid. 1 THIS HOLLOW WORLD. "I see Protessor Reid says the earth has a big hole in its centre." "Ah, perhaps that explains why the world is such a hollow mockery," "It seems," says the barber, "(hat My whole life is to be spent getting out of one scrape Into another." Willie—"Did you have good lime at the plank?" Jlmrnlb (Small boy)—"Etna) 4is got into a wasps' nest, pa fell out of as tree When be was putting up n swing, and ma burnt her fingers male. trig tea, Metol Runt 1 can - tell you," AS SHE DID HERSELF. It was little Dot's (lest visit to a farm, end she went with her aunt to See how the pigs were fed. The little one gazed In astonishment at the young porkers for n moment, and then, placing her stand on her curly hair, she said, re- flectively : "Auntie I" "Yes, dear." "Does '00 put all the piggies' tails in curl papees?" A man must bo hard up for trouble when he has to borrow it. A colonel of an infantry regiment, while inspecting his 'command, hap- pened to be thrown from his horse, and, as he lay sprawiing on the ground, said to a brother officer. w)to ran to his assistance: "1 thought i tiad improved int hnts0mnnship, but i find 1 have fallen oft:' SELECTED RECIPES, To make "piccalilli." Wash halt a bushel of green tomatoes, and halt a peck of /peon peppers. Remove the skins from half a peck of onions. Put vegetables separately through a meat chopper, using the large knife, or if a meat chopper is not at head, user chop- ping knife and tray; then chop up two medhtm sized cabbages., Out a layer of tomatoes in a large preserving Mettle cover with a layer of cahbnge then. with a sprinkling of peppers and onions, and a generous sprinkling of salt. So c•l11 111 until all is used, cuv,>r, and let stand over night. 10 tee ^rorne.g drain, return to the 'collie. cover with vinegar, 51111 add three pounds of l.r:,wn, sugar, two pounds of white nmstard seed, and two ounces of allspi>.> Ler-, ries, three ounces of whole el ves and six ounces of slick cinnamon; the best three spices. to be tied in these small bags made of cheese -cloth. Bring slowly 10 Lite boiling point, and let slmnter for six hours. Renwve the spice bugs, turn into glass jam, and adjust the covers. For pickled gherkins lake 200 to 300 small, unripe cucumbers, wipe there thoroughly, lay them on a dish and salt well, end let them remain eight or rine; hours, then drain, lay them 10 a Jar, and! polo' enough boiling vinegar over them' to Corer them. ''ince near the Are,. cov- ered with grape vine leaves. It they. do not become sufficiently green, pour err the vinegar, reboil and pour over that cucumbers and cover with fresh leaves; continue to do lots until they become as green as you wish. Then pour oft the vinegar once more, and to one gal- lon add' six small red peppers, two sticks cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls of whole allspice, two tablespoonfuls' cloves. Boll up and pour over the pick- les and cover closely. , And this for Chill Sauce—Peel twelve meditun sized ripe tomatoes, and cut In slices crosswise. Put In a preserving kettle with ono green pepper, finely chopped; one onion, finely chopped; two cupfuls of vinegar, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of salt, two,. teaspoonfuls of cloves, two and one -1 half teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, two tea- spoonfuls of allspice, and two teaspoon- fuls of grated nutmeg. Heat gradually 1, the boiling point, and let simmer two and one-half hours. Scalloped omelet is a novelty. Soak three tablespoonfuls of stale crumbs In a cupful of milk for two hours. Beat six eggs—whites and yolks separately— very light. Into the yolks stir the soak- ed bread crumbs and season- the mixture with salt and pepper. Last of all stir in with a tate light strokes the stiffen.' cd whites. Butter a deep pudding dish, Pour the mixture into this, set it on the !ower grating of a quick oven and bake until light and brown. Sift brown crumbs over the top, and serve the omelet as scan as it Is removed from he oven. An Egg Souf le—Scald a cup of milk, pulling in a tiny pinch of satin. Beat cue' yolks of six eggs until light and creamy, and the whites until stiff enough /l t' stand ore. Add one-half teaspoon-; tut of salt, a dash of pepper, end ono rounded tahtespoonful of butter to the milk and stir It into the yolks; then beat in the whiles very quickly. Pour, into a deep buttered dish and bake In; a moderate oven for ten minutes, or to a delicate brown. Serve innnediettely In the bake dish. Rice Souffle.—To ate -half cup of cold boiled rice add one cupful of waren milk, t one tablespoonful of melted butter, one s teaspoonful of salt, and a dash of pep- t per; mix well,, and add three well beat-' en eggs. Heat a tablespoonful of hut•11 ter in a trying pan, and, when hot, pour; s in the mixture and set the pen in a hot even. \Vhen ` it is thoroughly cooked, c fold it double, turn out on a trot dish, s and serve et once, A "jollied sponge oalce".makes an at• u tractlye looking dessert and Is nice. for q a= -charge.,. Bake a' shallow sponge cake of pretty shape and prepare two or f thtoe pints •01 orange. jetty.. 'Into a flat- .n bottomed mould put about a quarter of i the jelly, and when it is almost firm t place the cake, freed from any hard d crusts ne ragged edges upon it. Covet' a with the remaining jelly, which should r1 b,1 rapidly '0011111g thick. When all Is j firm, turn nnlo a dessert platter and a garnish with whipped cream. ' I c Another pretty dish in which sponge; w cake ploys an impmrinnt role is made as p fellows:—Prepare either - a lemon or an e gennge jolly, and while it is cooling 1 hollow- nut Rio centre nt a square sponge t cake, leavtng the bottom and sides' 1 (hick enough to hold the jelly. When: I, the jelly is beginning to grow thick pour a it in, and set the plate as near the ice 11 as possible. When it is ready to be 1: sent to the table pile some whipped, m cretin in a small pyramid over the top.! o Ctnpped nuts of hits of oandted fruit B are an attractive arlditton to the jelly,' s and a taw bright bits of candied fruit, j as a decoration for the lop, surrounding y the •whipped cream, give 0 festive touoh w Ir, the dessert. t Sweet Cucumber Plekles.—Pore ripe, firm cucumbers, scrape nut all the seeds and ent them in lengthwise strips; cut these into two or more pieces. Make n syrup of one quart of vinegar, two cups of sugar and a level teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves end 10000, TIC lite spicas in a muslin bag and coolc in the vinegar and sugar, 1do11 the syrup un- til quite thlcic, then souk the cucumber ht it for n taw minutes. CChoppedCurumbets.—Chop after par- ing two or thrto quarts of cucumbers. Sprinkle over them one cup of fine salt and let stand over night, then drain. Put with it as much vinegar OS it will absorb, one htblespneulul of mustard and any other spices lilted. Gritted horse. radish Improves the flavor and makes it peep well, Put into Jars and seal without cooking, FRUIT CAKES. German Apple Cake—One pint of flour, ono and one-half teaspoonful belting powder, one-half teaspoon salt, mixed and sifted. Ptd in tiro table- spoonfuls butler, add one beaten egg, and milk to /nuke a thick batter, Spread 01(0 inch deep In grennsed shallow tins, have ready several pared, cored, and quartered tipples. Press points with dough, sprinkle thickly with sugar nee - ea with a little cinnamon. Bake in hot oven. Dutch. Peach Cake—Make a soft bis - cult don't with ono quart flour, two tablespoons butter, one-half teaspoon enflame, two teaspoons baling powder, and. sufficient cold milk to mix. Roll out two-thirds of an inch thick, lay nn flat greased pans. Have reedy some peaches pared and quartered. Press these into the top of the dough in rows. Sprinkle. with granulated sugar and flake in a hot oven. Cut- in squares white hot :Articled Cake,—Mix one quart floor, one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon sugar, two teaspoons Inking powder. Put in four tablespoons butter, mix to soft dough with milk, roll out one -halt inch thick. Have ready mixed one cup chop- ped almonds, one-half pound seedless raisins, one-half cup grated maple su- gar. Cut dough in two pieces; on one spread nett mixture, cover with other piece, roll together with pin. Cut in four inch squares, brush tops with milk, sprinkle with /maple sugar, bake in quick oven. Ruchtels.—fills. together one pint flour, one tablespoon sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, one heaping teaspoon baking pow- der. Put in two tablespnons butter, mix with milk to soft dough. Rule out one-half thick, cut in four inch squares with jagging iron. In centre of each place two stewed and pitted prunes and pinch of grated lepton rind. Drew corners of dough together, pinch, place close together In greased pan, brush with white of egg, sprinkle twithgranu- lated sugar, and bake in hot oven. Huckleberry Shortcake—Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one tort spoon salt, one pint milk, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, sifted into three cups flour, ono quart well washed and drained huckleberries, more flour to make a think batter. Rake in greased dripping pan, break in squares, serve hot' with butter. ENTERTAINING GUESTS. Thera is one important thing that should not be overlooked in the enter• talnnani of guests; treat them with equal courtesy. Be also careful to tree your poorer and humbler relations whom you have invited to your house with due respect and cordiality—neither v illi any show of patronage, nor any marks of neglect. Whoever else may be your guests, let there be nothing in your manner to indicate ilial you are usheined of the good old aunt that is visiting you, and the truest way to ac- complish this is not to be ashamed of her. She may not dress in the latest ashion, and her talk may be of country mallets; she may ask some queer gees - lone, and show her familiarity with a tyle of life that is somewhat foreign that of your other visitors; but if you lure not willing, under 1111 circumstances r. treat her with cordial civility, you hould net have asked her to your house No ratan ever loses caste, in the opinion f the' truly refined and cultivated, by bowing courtesy towards such as move n. a lowlier sphere. Neither should the rich visitors be treated with over-obse- motes atlenlion. They will not thank you for it, or respect you any the more or your excess of deference. Above all ever allude to the fact of,their f ng you you as an act ocondescension en heir part, or, by any word or look in - Irate that, in your opinion, they hold higher position in society than you o. 1f you fall 111 with all their pre- edices, and echo all their senitmonls, nd hang upon their lips, as the bees ling to "every opening flower," they ill probably sec through it all, and lape you accordingly. 'Last of all, who - ver may be your visitors, keep the ske- etons out of sight. Family woes end rials and misfortunes, if they are made he staple of oonversntoi, wilt cause he' visit of your guest to be very die- gieoable, if you have invited him for le sake of his nil and syinpalh,y; and e understands it to be se, it is another atter. In the; case he comes for your nmtort, and net for his own pleasure, ut if he visits you out of pure friend - hip, and expecting to have a good time, ock up your closet where you keep our skeletons. The deepest sympathy 111 not endure, &instant draughts upon is water without running dry. "EATING UH riVE0 N Mt3ALV i GRAMMAR AND FACTS. A school superintendent, when mak- ing the rounds . of his schools, put the relieving question to a scholar: "How do you parse 'Mary milked the cow?"' Pupil—"Cow" Is a Is a. noun, feminine gender, eingulnr number, third person, and stands for "Mary." "Stands dor 'Meryl" exclaimed the s(perintendent. "How do you make that cul?" "Because," replied the . pupil, "11 the cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary milk her?" THE GREAT TROUBLE. "Ms awful for a young man to lose a good opportunity." "Yes, because he doesn't do anything all the rest of itis Itte but lose tine talking about it." THIS IS A THIRSTY TOWN ONLY ONE PUMP IN COGGIISIUALL, ENGLAND, 3,000 Inhabilonts Cluster Bound It -- Wash One Morning, Cup of Tea the Next. Coggt.shall, in Essex, Is the thirstiest town in England. The water supply is not sufficient to provide the 3,1100 inhot'ilants with u meriting cup of leu, and exciting scent's are wilneeited every day round the village pump when the people struggle fur the few galluus ob. taittable. A wile or so outside Cogg'shull ere many walls and springs of the finest drinking wailer. But in the village it- self a bump nt the top of the hill Is the only stucco of supply. This fs direfully baked during most or the clay end all the night. At seven each nun'ning it IS solemnly opened by o dignified °MTletal of the parish coun- cil But for over an hour before this the represenintives o! the malities be- gbt to twelve, each armed with n couple of buekets. On one occasion an old demo brought four buckets, but her neigh- bors were so angry that the offender !Insley promised never In repeat the crime, and site escaped with a caution. SCRAP AT I'U\IP. When the lock is undone lie fight for the pump handle begins, and 111011 and women jostle each other ilereely for the preotnus fluid. The pump ran dry the other day in just a quarter of en hour, and only a few of the eesennhled hun- dreds had secured a bucketful of water. Those who non unsuccessful have to wail till afternoon, when a wagon lad- en with berries of water makes itsim- pel-trance. and two small buekeltuis aro ladled out to each household. For tlttc each person pays one penny a week, tYidla Rio council pays the water -car- rier a subsidy, Those who ere fortunate enough to have a Utile water in the morning have t1 decide a momentous question: Are they to wash with 11 or make tea with It Inc i,reakfasl? Usually a compromise is affected. A wash end a cup of lea are enjoyed on alternate mornings. HAD TO DRINK BEER. "I could not have my usual Sunday shave last Sabbath," said an old farm Morel' to a London Express repre- sentative. "There was no water. it is the first time l' have not had a Sunday shave for live -and -forty years." "My two sisters came to sec me a fort- night ago," said a women standing at a cottage door. "'They cane from London, and - arrived in the morning. They asked for a glass of water, but I had none. Neither had my neighbors. I sent for a pint of hoer, and they were so thirsty they drank 1t. "They had been lifelong teetotalers, and had never tasted beer before." The town has been without an tide- gtale supply of water for some years, and three years ago It was proposed that 11 reservoir should he built. But the inhabitants were frightened at the estimated cost—between £5,000 and £0,000—and the propo'al was dropped. It is to he revived, however, at the next meeting of the parish council, as '1 Is felt that not only the comfort but the henilh of the village's is at stake. But every cloud has a silver lining, and the Three breweries and the num- erous /mineral water manufacturers at Cnggeslnali are doing a thriving trade. They do not suffer from 1001c of water, few wells have been sunk on the pre- mises. SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION. The boy had been in thought for sev- eral minutes. At last he snid:— "Father, it's- wrong to fight; isn't it?" "Yes, my son," replied the father, pleased to see that his lessons on that subject had not been wasted. • "les wrong to try. to settle disputes by resorting to forte, isn't It-" "It is, indeed," returned the father. "The whole tendency of modern civil- ization is to do away with fighting of all descriptions." "Muscle doesn't count for so much as It used to, does it?" "No, any boy; physical prowess does not rank so high ns mental ability In tho world of to -day,'". The boy again relapsed into thought for a few .minutes, apparently ponder., ing his fathers words. Then, of coulee, we're all for pew now?" ho finally aaid. "0f course. Perfect peace 1s the. ideal for which we strive;" "And we should strive for that .Ideal In private and public affairs, shouldn't we?" "Always." "Thai's what i thought," said the boy, reflectively. "Don't you tltinli that we have o, good opportunity to apply 11 now?" "in what way, my boy?" "Why, let's arbitrate the question et that licking that you ere going to give the after dinner. Everybody arbitrates now." It wale arbitrated. LEARNED LADIES, Mrs. Paton Fleming, a native of Dun- dee, Scotland, who has just been elected n member of the Royal AFtro- nomiCal Society, is not the, only Woman who has succeeded in comprehending the transoondental mysteries of the hea- vens—perhaps the nest abstract and abstruse of the sciences, Miss Henrietta Leavitt discovered twenty-five new var- iable stars some years ago, Lady Hug, gins diligently helps her husband, Sir Wllilam Hugging, in his aatronemlcel observations. In their house in South Loddon they possess a very finely - equipped observatory, which contains the enormous telescope presented by the Royal Society to Sir William In recognition of the work accomplished by Lady Nuggltts and himself 111 Astro- dotal. stro-pt stns. THE TRICKS OF THIEVES HOW SOME CRIMINALS BETRAY EACR OTUi.R. Schema of a Trio of Cnrdsh:'rpers to Do Another Out of Ills Money. Some curious revelullens as to the loyally of criminals towards each other have recently been made in a London police -court 11 was alleged by the prosecution that a gigantic forgery plot had been convected, by which banks aid private hndivtduals had been de- frauded of large sums of stoney, and one of the supposed conspleatots was brought out of gaol to give evidence. In a calm and business -like fashion the convict remarked that though one of the coups initiated by the gang was a complete success, resulting in a haul et over $1,500, site reported to head- quarters that it had failed to cone off, and by this simple device was enabled to escape sharing the plunder with -her associates. A ourlous cease of n trio of cardsharp- ers "doing the double" on another was related Lo the write' not lung ago. The victim lied, by the exeruiee of his "talents," acquired a large stun of mon- ey. (fa was accordingly approached by three other scoundrels, with the pleasing Information that they knew of an Aus- trnlinn nnillionaire, recently arrived in London, whom it was advisable to "rub down"—i.e., relieve of his money by Iriekery. Would the moneyed "sharp" join with the other three in performing the operation? CERTAINTY HE V.'OULD I And all arrangements were made ac- cordingly. The Australian was to be challenged to a quiet game of poker, and all would be well. 'l'Itc orighudo:s of the nefarious little plan explained that the millionaire was . to be allowed to win at first, so as to give him confidence; the ranking lo be- gin at a given signal. As only one of the party—the sharp first mentioned— hod any money, it was arranged that he should lnse to the Australian till a sufficient degree of confidence was es- tablished, his Iosings to be refunded to 111111 when the victim's money had been won and the sharing -out took place. Wall, the game began, and, according to instructions, our friend with the money steadily allowed the Australian to win. When nenrly all he had pass- ed into the possession of the latter, a strange thing happened. The Australian gasped, gurgled, drop- ped his cards, end fell to the' floor in a fit A doctor was called, the unfortu. nate millionaire conveyed to bed, and the party separated far the night. Not till some time ntterwards did it dawn on sharp No. 1 that the "Australian millionaire" was also in his line of busi- ness, and that the whole comedy, fit and all, had been arranged for the purpose of gelthug his—Idle sharp's—evilly-corn- ecl cash. In Ireland the Informer has been of the greatest use to the pollee. flow nanny people have henrd of the HA conspiracy to steal the famous "STONE OF SCONE," which forms the seal of the Cnrnnatien Chair. from Westminster Abbey? This mad -brained project was elaborately prepared. hien were sent from America to work In conjunction with the leen- fans in London, ample funds were pro- slnsvidedm, and the plot excited great enllun- . It was arranged that some of the conspirators were to secrete themslves in the Abbey, overpower the police dur- ing the night, and pass out the stole through a window to callengues sta- tioned outside. The plot would inevit- ably have been carried out but for the unusual Inforniar. "From fnforrnohton recelred," rholec- tves surrounded the Abbey, and the whole thing ended in smoke. It Is only fair to say that occasionally one meets with shining instances of loy- alty among criminals. For instance, it the trial of the forgers, Edward and Maud Willing, in London, the mala . prisoner did all he knew to shield Mrs. Hughes, lho woman through whose Ln sirumentality were obtained the signa- tures it was desired to forge. The notorious French criminal known as the "Mouse" was arrested outside Mazes Prison, whither he had gone to convey food to one of his pals who was con- fined therein. tlnd the "Mouse" been content to leave his friend to his fate, he himself might have got ofl scot-free. BACK TO PALESTINE. • Gradual Return of Jews to Their Land of Oid. Tete influx of Jews into Paleetine dur- ing tho last few months has been re- markable, writes a Jerusalem corre- spondent. Some weeks ago, about 5,00(1 Jewish lmmtgrnnts from Russia and the Bal- kan Steles landed at Jaffa. They will settle in tete plaint of Sharon, round the tawns of ilamleh and Lydda, and it otter Jewish colonies along the sea coast. A few days ago sono Jewish itnen- eters made a Trip to the region west of the Jordan, 111 'ltd direction of go - risk. They saw Rio lend, and were highly satisfied with its • fertility and the nature of its soil. They are wil- ling to colonize the district, but ora ra- ther suspicious of the neighboring 410 - detail Ro•douln tribes, who aro avorso 10 any per, manenl settlement being effected in their midst. 1 believe that the Jews are in cam- 0iUnicaton with the (lovcrmnent mt the subject, and should the taller give them sufileient gucrantno of prolectols against the raids of their neighbors the sale of large tracts will Soon be cent pleted. It is a noteworthy Inst ihet same of the most fertile districts of Palestine aro possessed by Jewish eolnnlsla. The Iews are repossessing the land by do. grecs, and should tbls quick rate cif possession conLinno, the whole colinn7 - Will in a few yens belong entirely to - thorn,