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Soul of Man. Never Has Ceased to
Out for the Living God.
'Now, faint is the assurance 0
things hoped for, 1110 conviction .o
things not, seen."-1lebrews xl., 1.
To many faith simply meats denyln
filo reason and retying on emotion
They have what is called saving fall]
and are able to feel that the Alright
forgives their wrong doings, ceasing t
bo angry with them; their faith idn
perfect when It takes away fear of pmt
islhment. '1'o these tulth is ]hut avh(el
they pay In the fain of credence to
whatever Is ecclesiastically asserted IT
exchange for the complaisance of dotty
'!'hose who deny all religion tosser
that it is founded on fear. There i
enough 111 That assertion to give it Ih
colo' of truth. Yet fear of the unseen
is but the survival of savagery, Fait
founded on fear becomes servile, de
basing, superstitious.
What is (hero In God to fear? Is the
Lord of life also the foo of our lives?
Is the author of a world so fair and
lovely, inviting us i) joy and inspiring
with feelings of pleasure, the toe of
happiness? Hes lie made the world a
paradise and planted in man's breast
the seeds of kindness, gentleness and
sweet thoughts only to glower over this
world in hatred and to damn it with
dread of himself ?
All things that can bo known argue
the goodness of the unknown. As soon
es u man learns to live with nature he
loses this fear of forest, beast, and sea.
Familiarity breeds confidence,
AFFECTION AND REVERENCE.
Only the remote and unfamiliar fill us
with druid. The city bred tremble in the
woods at night, where the native feels
himself amongst well loved friends.
In the same manner the fear or the
divine, born of unfamiliarity, instead of
being an evidence of reverence or of
religion, becomes the mark of ignorance
and cowardice. Rectitude of conduct
resulting wholly from regulating one-
self as under an all -seeing critical eye
and in dread of a far-reaching devastat-
ing hand, cannot produce enrichment of
character. Hatred never gave birth to
holiness.
The souls that In all ages have lived
nearest to things spiritual, that, have
most enriched the world with thoughts,
whose inner visions pierced our outer
clouds, seeing something of the glory of
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CLEOOYMAN KEEPS 110T'EL.
.Controls the Fish and Eels Public ]louse
at Boyden, England.
The Rev. S. W. 'rhac lu r ey , who is
controlling lho Fish and Sleets public -
O�r house nt Hoyden, in Essex, Englund,
J applied to the Essex County Commit re-
cently for a music and dancing license
for Ills premises.
The clerked publican fold the commit-
tee that )'fe'hadi already a largo assem-
bly hall 6C -the Fish and Eels, and he
had now built un additional room, In
which he intended to hold service on
Sundays, mild provide music (Nellie the
,rest of the week. Ile was lite invrnlur
11 a new system of umsie--a system
which would revolutionize music as
taught at present—and his pupils would
want to hold concerts.
It was minty for them, and not for
The outside public, that he wanted Lite
license. Tho new building would be
used for religious services on Sundays,
and for daily prayers. Impromptu con-
certs would be arranged from time to
Limo by Its students, visitors to lite.
district, and anglers who at, lines wish-
ed for harmony. Ile would generally
be present to net as chairman, and to
see that the entertainments were proper-
ly conducted. tie desired to encourage
o love of music, end, being himself a
musician, he wonted people to go to his
hotel not merely to get drink, but to
get rational recreation.
A Member of the Committee—Will
this building be used for Communion
services?
The Rev. S. W. Thackeroy—I have a
platform at the end of the building,
which will -be screened off, and on Sun-
days 1 shall conduct Communion ser-
vices, as well es other services. An-
glers who come clown, and also the
workingmen who visit the district, will
thus be free from the reproach that
To those who, with eyes of reverence, they spend godless Sundays, for 1 shall
Seek to find the good in all things here, hold short half-hour services for them,
believing that love is better and and give them brief addresses. Atter
mightier than hate, that whatever is that, they may take their recreation In
good, kindly, tender, pure, and en- -whatever form they think best.
nobiing in us, is but the reflection from The Chairman—Do you think dancing
the glory 01 the infinite, traces in our Is n. proper form of recreation?
dustby which we find our way to him Mr. Thackeray—I am strongly of opin-
who inhabits eternity, these, through Ion That dancing is a suitable form of
eyes of faith, have found a presence be- recreation. And it has Biblical sana-
yond description or definition. tion. David himself was dancing when
he took the Ark, end dancing is men-
tioned in the Bible in several places.
1 feel that when it is properly conduct-
ed and under proper supervision it is
a very good form of recreation.
the infinite, brought back no pictures of
u Ince austere, of a cruel despot, oe of
aught for love or Truth to fear.
True faith, instead of being a com-
promise to nllny our fears of unknown
Ills and calamities, ever has been the
fearless, reverent search for the face of
tiro infinite. 11 does not say : "1 believe
that God will let mo alone because 1
did those prescribed things'; rather It
says: "1 cannot be satisfied alone and
npnrt from him, the source and solo
satisfaction of all life."
Science wills its passion for 1.rulh, art
with its passion for beady, ethics with
its passion for rightness, are all but
parts of true religion, the soul's pas-
sion for the infinite heart and mind in
which all ideas of truth and beauty take
their rise and find
']'HEIR FULL REALIZATION.
The soul of man never has ceased to
cry out for the living God; the religion
of fear has given 11, no satisfaction. 11s
followers have been loo busy building
themselves shelters from the heaven they
dread, shelters that become as leaden
shields shutting out tho eternal tender-
ness and beneficence. No man ever
found the celestial city or its glorious
Icing so long as he regarded his religion
as a cyclone cellar.
Fear sels afar oft a mighty monarch;
faith finds near at hand ono whorl it
calls "Father." Fear shrinks from the
Impending wrath, love rests in the un-
changing goodness. Fear imagines a
throne and flaming sword; faith has
'confidence in ` better day ever dawn-
ing, in the triumph at last of right, in
'the reality of an incomprehensible love
that sings in its joy, soolbes in its sor-
1'ow, strengthens in its discipline, a life
and love nearer and more real than any
of tine other facts of living.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
OCT. 21.
Lesson HI. The Parable of the Talents.
Golden Text: Prov. 28. 20.
Tf1E LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revlsed Version
is used as a basis for these Word
Studies.
To Watchfulness and Endeavor.—Phe
lesson of the Parable of the Talents
contains an important addition to the
teaching of the Parable of the Ten Vir-
gins which precedes it, and with which
it is closely connected both in thought
and in point of thne. The lesson of the
parable is still partly that of watchful-
ness; but to the exhortation to vigilance
is added tlse thought that there is work
to be dole in the time of wailing, and
that the lime of watching is to be one,
not of idleness but of earnest ender- 0
vor, Still another lesson of the parable
is that even the least talented person in
the kingdom%of God will be held respon-
sible for the right use of such gifts and
abilities as mey have bean intrusted to
him. A partial parallel to the parable of
t110 talents is found In the Parable of
the Pounds (Luke 10. 12.27). There are,
however, important points of distinction
which separate the two parables from
each other. These are, (I) the different
occasions on which each was spoken,
and (2) the different special incidents
and details of each. A careful compari-
son of lho two parables in connection
with the study of our lesson will be
found profitable.
keeping, apparently. The man was at
least not dishonest; he was simply indo-
lent and envious of those to whom
larger sums )lad been given.
10. Maketh a reckoning with them—
Asks them to render an account of the
business transactions in which they have
engaged during his absence in order
that he may ascertain what has been
the increase of his substance under their
care.
20. Other five lelenis—Like the seed
sown on good soil the investments of
the first and second servants had
yielded a hundredfold return.
21. Tirou hast been faithful over a few
things—The sum given to the servants
had been, after all, hut a small frac-
tion of the tote] wealth of the master.
Enke thou into the joy of they lord—
Either (1) become a partaker of the hnp-
piness' which thy lord himself enjoys,
and which thou shalt be permitted to
share because of thy faithfulness; or (2)
share in some specially prepared joy-
ous occasion or feast (as in the last
parable) planned by the master as a
reward for thy faithfulness.
22. Other two talents—The same per-
entege of Increase us has been achieved
by the first servant.
24. A hard mon—Unfair and exacting
in business transactions.
Reaping where thous didst not saw,
and gathering where then didst not
scatter — Demanding increase where
practically no capital itas been invested.
The charge made by the slothful ser-
vant reflects the dissatisfaction which
ho felt with his own small allotment of
capital. He had not considered the one
talent worth investing.
26, 27. 'Thou wicked and slothful ser-
vent—Wicked because slothful, dissalis-
lied. and envious. •
Thou knowest that I reap Where I
sowed not — The n0005otion, though
false, is admitted by the master 10 order
Ihut ho may the more forcibly bring
ihome tho charge of indolence end un-
fairness. His [tegument is, Granted Shot
non an exacting and unfair man in my
dealings w'f111 O'hm's, thou, who art
thus accusing 111e, hast thyself failed to
do the least which in fairness thou
couldest have donefor me, namely put
my money to the bankers that at my
coining I should have received back
mine own with interest,
28. Tnko ye away, late'ofore,.tlle tat-
ant from ham—Even the smallest portion
of the lord's money must, be productive
and must be planed where it will bring
returns.
20. Unto .every one (1101 inti capadly,
Ability, and industry, shalt be given op-
portunity cod increase.
From him that hath not, even, that
which ho' hath shall be taken away—
Implying that the decrease of capital,
tite diminution of capacity eend power,
is. the fault of, ((1e indolent man himself.
Verso 14. It Is es when—']'hat Is, the
general situation in the kingdom 01
heaven.
Going into another country—fit. going
or a journey, as the same verb 1s trans-
lated in the next verse: "He went on
Iris journey."
Servants—Lit. bondservants, that is,
slaves.'
Delivered unto Then his goods—The
berburous customs 0f a hlqulty which
made Slaves of all prisoners of woe
without distinction brought nbotut the
peculiar situation at times in which
bondservants manifested greater ability
and intellectual capacity than their
masters to tvhoni they were hound in
servlhule. A great deal of commerce of
antiquity wns managed by slaves, . and
these were often •0011'usled with fin
-
portent and responsible, functions. To
this case the master 'entrusts to each of
Several slaves a large Sum of 1n0110y to
be Invested during his absence us each
may deem at and profitable.
15. Five talents—A talent ' of silver
Weis equal to about two thousand dol-
lars 1n our money. In (110 interpreta-
tion of the parable the talents ores to be
tihought of as capacities and opporlunh.
'ties for service, It is from' the use of the
word in this parable that the present
flay meaning of (ho term as a natural
gift or endowMent hes 00010.
10. Siraightway—A word occurring
very Seldom hi Matthew but a fcvorito
connective with Mark. •
Traded with tlsam--•invesled tltenl; In-
dustriously 'Seeking. to inorease the
oapital.
18, Digg ed in the earth mid hid his
lords looney --Iter nlirooses of sale
SUPERSTI'T'IONS OF FISHERMEN.
English herring flsliernen are, many
a( them, renarkably superstitious, For
instance; on some fishing boats wnist-
ling Is forbidden,' nn(1 neither milk nor
burnt bread is allowed on bond, Fur•
t110rmere, not. even the name of that
unlucky amnia], the hare, may bo men.
(tote(1,. and el common method at punish-
ing an enemy is to throw a dead here
into his beat. .Sone
of Ito flsihrrman
believe 111 leek. attending fin •nu
oddm-
d Crew, btit the geed fortune they
he neutralized should Ono of /he huts.
bar have red hair,
JAPAN'S WOMAN WORKERS.
Employed as Clerks, Bookkeepers and
School Teachers.
Tho remarkable increase during the
last few years in the number of women
employed in various branches of con,
medal life in Japan must be regarded
as a very significant sign of the limes.
Not content with the occupations which
have almost exclusively belonged to
females, they have now invaded those
fields which have hitherto been con-
sidered as belonging to the male sex.
The experiment made in the employ-
ment of worsen as clerks and book-
keepers has been found satisfactory,
and wo now find girls .employed by
many of the firms and stores in Tokio
end other large cities. The employment
of women in these various directions.
will do 1mhlel1 toward emancipating the
Japanese women, who have until now
been entirely dependent on the men for
the shaping of their destinies. It is
only natural, under such circumstances,
that female education should engnge
serious public attention. Tho number
of girls receiving a school education, it
is stated, is now more than eight limos
the number of those at school tern years
ago. More remarkable are the figures
given by the Tokio Educational Society.
Fifteen years ago the percentage of fe-
males admitted to the training school
for teachers was loss than 20, as com-
pared with the men, but to -day the rate.
has been completely reversed, the num-
ber of male applicants being now about
15 per cent. of the total. It i5 said that
women as leachers are proving them-
selves superior to men, and that there,
is consequently more demand for the
former than for the latter. There is no
doubt that the employment of woven in
the various branches of ;business activi-
ty will steadily increase with the ad-
vance of education among them.—
Japanese Chronicle.
HOME OF A HERMIT.
Discovered in Secret Retreat of a Paris
Cemetery.
A hermit who had made the famous
Parts cemetery, Pere Lachnise, his sec-
ret retreat, was dhscovered by a keeper
tho other night. Going his rounds, ut-
ter
fter the cemetery 110(1 ben closed, the
keeper heard the sound of snoring prn-
0ee(1Iug from a small, dilapidated and
neglected stone chapel, erected over a
family tomb.
Exploring the place with a lantern,
he .discovered fast asleep on a blanket
within nn aged man, whose long white
beard and silver hair gave him a ven-
erable appdargnce.
'On 'being aroused, the scolded the'
keeper.
"Leave mat" he said. "I have, vowed
to adore the god of poverty, and I pre-
fer living Mooing the dead to the soci-
ety of my. fellow -nen."
• Ile (lied offered gold to he left alone,
but Me keeper took him to ilie police
elation.
Thee it was found Shut the hermit
was a retired tic desman, none I
Charles fledde, who suffered from reit.
gious mania, and frequently disappear.
cd from his family la live alone in ex-
traordi ney places.
ile had lived in the tomb for ten
days, going out daily for a - amnil
supply of food.
Tho keepers had noticed him going
aieul, but had paid little attenllen to
him, supposing that he Was mourning
at some grave,
SUB ROSA.
The rose Is the emblem of secrony 1n
Greece, ant was formerly hung over
the tattle where guests Were enlcrinin•
ed, hi token tat nothing heard there
aunt to be repented" lienee the expres.
rsion sub rose.
SOME GERMAN RECIPES.
German ']'oast: Make a bolter o
tablespoon flour, 2 tablespoons 1111110 4
1 egg hip stale bread in milk, then
the bailer, then fry brown in lard a
butter mixed. Sprinkle with sugar a
cinnamon. Serve hot. For dessert
luncheon. Rye bread is particularly t
used in this way.
The Germans have certain very r
cakes called by the general 5111010
torte, The characte'Jstic of a torte
that it Ls a loaf cake made w•itho t. to
Nevertheless some of the tortes have
111110 )lour. They require many eg
and great care in baking. The Ino
rules for baking angel's food, name
a slow oven and no opening of the ov
door until the cake Is nearly done, a
no turning of the calve under any e
cumslances, apply to the bilking
tortes. Following are a few rules 1
tortes :
Rye Bread Torte: Grate 23<, cups v
dry rye bread and mix with 34 lb grou
almonds. In another dish place t
beaten yolks of 10 eggs, 2 cups sug
juice and grated rind of 1 lemon,
teams)teaspoon ground cloves, % teams)
ground cinnamon, SS cup of either wi
or brandy, water or cider. Add 1110 d
ingredients to this batter and wh
]nixed fold in carefully the beaten whl
of the 10 eggs. Bake In buttered (In
hour.
Apple Torte: Make pie crust 511
cleat to line a 5 qt pan. Over the b
tom of the crust sprinkle a layer
bread or cracker cruru.�s (preferably l
former) then a layer of sliced app]
over these pour a little melted butt
and sugar. Add layers in this order u
til the dish is toll, having file top lay
of crumbs, which must be moisten
with melted butler. Bake 1 hour. Whe
done, make a custard of 6 eggs and
cup milk beaten well, Pour over tl
torte, return to the oven and bake 1
ninnies. Let cool; cover the top wit
whipped cream and chopped almond
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GERMAN DUMPLINGS.
The Germans use many dumplings in
their cookery not, only with their soups
and meats but with their vegetables.
Potato Dumplings : Boll potatoes in
skins the day before they are to be used.
\Vhen you wish to prepare your dump-
lings, cut 2 or. wheat bread into shall
cubes and fry in butler, then soak in M,
cup milk while peeling and grating the
potatoes. Mix well 2 lbs grated potato,
2 oz grated bread, 3 heaping teaspoons
flour, 4 eggs„ the soaked bread, and
salt to taste. Let stand an hour or
longer to allow the dry ingredients to
absorb the moisture. Forrn dumplings
1% inches in diameter, using a 111113
flour to roll them in, and drop carefully
into boiling salted water, 13oi1 15 min-
utes: Try one before removing all. Litt
them out wilh a sldnuner, and serve
immediately with brown butter, prunes,
or chicken stew, for which you have
made at exceptionally largo quantity of
gravy. Do not crowd while boiling.
Give each. one a chance to riso to the
lop. Never out a dumpling while eat -
Ing but pull carefully apart with the
fork es you would an omelet.
With. Liver: Have a nice clear soup,
seasoned with celery and onions. For
the dumplings Joke 34 lb calf's liver,
chopped line, 5 soda crackers rolled fine,
2 tablespoons melted huller, a little nut-
meg, salt and pepper, 1 egg and enough
flour to bind.. ?sIlx with a spoon. Dip a
clean spoon in the boiling soup, then
Mice up .0 spoonful of the mixture and
drop in the soup. Repeat until all is
used. Cook 15 miinules.
German conks make much use, of nut:
meg, using it as a vegetable and Meat
flavoring. 11 you want a new and dell-
cious flavor ley adding a little to your'
milk sauces, especially those you pour
over cauliflower or cabbage. 13e sure it
is a little, merely drawing the nut over
the grater once will often suffice.
WHEN YOU CLEAN HOUSE:
A small jar filled with plaster of
paris is invaluable to have at hand al-
ways, and especially so in crouse clean-
ing time. 11 will be found useful for the
many small breakswhich If neglected
at this lime are mit to go uncured for
another six mmiths. A few teaspoons
of the plaster applied to cracks in the
wall will smooth the surface before now
paper is put on. Mix with water and
apply: with a palette knife. Corners In
the cupboard shelves ploy be rounded
out with an application of the . plaster
and so afford no hidhlgl place for Itllle
insects, anis and the like, that are at -
(reefed by buts of crumbs or the appe-
tizing smell of left: overs.
\Vho is (here not troubled with .nint150-
holes here or there 1n the house? Clip
up some kitchen soap er use a bit of
crumpled newspaper snaked In Ippon,
.line to. slop up the hole. '].'hen 'cover
with !Moshe' of paris.
An excellent whitewash for the cellar
is made by mixing a utile cold water
with half a pail of lime, Wet 3, -ie floin'
and then ndd boiling water to Blake, a
paste o1' the consistency of double
creno. Add this while hot to the lime,
mix well, and immediately apply to 111e
Walls. This whitewash will not rub off
its most. of 11. does. Fish brine, if 11 can
be obtained, is another 01ow preventive
against the whitewash rubbing off.
ttllx in a quart to n )pailful of Kone.
Whitewash is healthy and wholesome,
especially in the colter where the win-
ter's vegetables nee stored.
When broken pan05 of glass are to
bo replaced, hent the potter red-Ihol end
apply it to the putty, using care Bol to
lotich line woodworlk or the heat will
discolor' Tho paint, Slip a piece 01 till
between es n protection, nn(1 1110 work
will progress Maier. When the pull,,
is healed, slip a knife between it and
111,1 wood, when it will cone off easily,
It (hoe is any Writing in be done about
filo house, inside or out, see In (1.1hat
all the little creeks,. crevices and Lrnlkrn
places are tilled up with tinily. frilly la
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POPULAR, BUT DOEiiN'T CUT ANY ICE
really more durable than wood itself,
and a place once repaired in this man-
ner will remain 1n good eundiUon for
years.
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GOVERNOR'S DREAM.
dleralds the Birlh of a White Elephant
— Slain Will be Thrilled.
Reports from Rangoon say that the
'Burmese
SHOT ON WEDDING DAY.
Murderer Surrenders for a Crime of
Long Ago.
A man who shot his brother.in-law
at the altar on iris wedding day bas
lust surrendered to the County Armagh
(Ireland) police at Market 11111, after
eluding the vigilance of the authorities
for eighteen years.
birth of world has 6100 stirred by the The motive of the crime was venge-
thrllh of two while elephau[h not fur once, and the murder eras committed
Irani Chfengnhai. Siam will also be h under circumstances that have frequent -
thrilled. ly figured in dramatic novels. A sister
One of the rarities eras born In one of the assailant, a man named William
of the herd, of the Governor of Lnkawn Thompson, had married a neighbor
the other In that of a limber merchant. Thompson,
Thomas Thompson. The mar•-
Tlho latter elephant was given a tiger riage was 4n unhappy one, and upon
4i eat, as the Remorse say a timber the, death 01 the woman William
Phompson asserted that his sister's end
had been brought about by (he hus-
band's ill-treatnient, a1d his resent-
ment was further increased when the
husband neglected to attend the funeral.
Sane time later Thomas Thompson
.plant, which is the prerogative of kings
and chiefs.
The advent of Ilse Gover'nor's young
white elephant was heralded in the
most approved Eastern Branner. The
Governor dreamed that innumerable arranged to be married again at the
sLntues of Buddha strolled •about his perish church of Portadown, and Wil -
room and sat o1 his bead. He also liana Thompson took a vow of vengd-
dreaned that he had to carry the Bo alta. Stealing into the church with a
tree, under which Gautnnha attained to Fun as the ceremony was proceeding
.omniscience, as well as the throne on ha took a deliberate aim at the bride.
which he sat. gronnt as he was standing at the altar,
Next morning the Governor called his and shot him dead.
soothsayers together to interpret his The assailant quietly submitted to
dream, and the old gentlemen were capture, and at the trial behaved with
subbing their noses end looking up et great coolness and self-salisfaclion. Ile
the ceiling for explanations w•ihen some conducted his own defence, received the
One walked in and announced that a sentence of death with great conhpm
white elephant had been 1)11•11. The sore, and before his removal, delivered
soothsayers were at once able to ex- a long speech to the jury.
plain that the Governor's dream meant Tho murder and trial caused intense
,that he was to bo a person of glory excitement throughout Ireland, and
and power. sentence •e
The white elephant, protected with to oasoonr, oIafter penalthe servitude wforos lcoife.nnmut\Vldldo
n while umbrella, was escorted in10 Ili prison Thompson was declared in be
the town with regal pomp, attended insane, and was removed to the luna-
by several companies of elephants and ti' asylum at Duodenal. From that in -
horses, while a band played and loin- stitutlon ho managed to escnpo soon
dreds of people marched along. The after his ndmbssion - in the Spring of
elephantine baby is described thus:— 1888, and sine that lime he was not
"itis skin Is of a pale straw color; Its seen ngain by the authorities until he
'ail • is while like unto silver needles; surrendered himself a couple- of days
his palate and longue aro quina red; ago,
his eyes ream -Mile rabies of the purest
water. Ile is a perfect white elephant."
GRiM LOVE LETTERS.
Russian Generals Receive Death Sen -
(011005 111 Scented Notes.
Insurance companies will soon be
justified in refusing life risks of Bus-
sran generals, if their extermination is
ROPES OF TIIE OCEAN.
Gigantic Weed Which Grows in Sea
and Impedes Navigation.
One o1 lire strangest plants known Is
a gigantic seaweed. the nerocystic, the
stem of which has been found to grow
to continue at the present rale. to a length of 300 feet. 1t was first dis-
Tlhe latest advices from \Va'saw are covered not far from the Alaskan coast,
i1 the effect that the governor of the huthas since been found floating in
city, General Stolen, is a doomed man. various parts o1 the Pacific ocean and
Cho general is on terms 0t close inti-
macy with his chief of staff, Councillor
Jalschefiskl. Both gentlemen are 0r -
tient admirers of the fait' sex. A day
of two ago the general received n
scented note in a lady's handwriting.
requesting him to hard en enclosed lel-
ter to his chief of staff. The writer ex -
Veined that she feared the nate, it sent
direct, Wright fall into the hands of some
lady addressee's ihouselhold. The gener-
a:• suspecting a love intrigue, wns much
.amused, and immediately sent for M.
Tatscheffsld, who, strange to say, re-
ported having received en exactly simi-
lar letter with an enclosure. for General
Skalon. The two enclosures were then
compared. They were identical, and
announced that sentence of death had
been pronounced upon then both by tlha
'revolutionary committee.
THE "NEVER CLUB."
Members Never 'Work. Never Wash and
Never Pay.
"It has n bigger membership than any
other club in London; his members aro
thoroughbreds, in that they are in no
way associated with trade, commerce o'
industry; indeed my such conlentina.
Lion that may take place immediately
disqualifies a member, exposes him to
inrfetturo of ell rights and privileges
and summery expusion from the club."
'I'hus spoke a London defective the
other evening in describing the organiz-
ation—which has ramifications in every
part et London—of the "Never Club,"
which has been brought into notice by
the conviction of 0110 of its members
al the Clcrkenwell Sessions.
"How Sid it get, its name? i3ecause
he members never did work, never do
work, and neve' will o'nrk; niso, ihey
Meyer• wash, never pay; they never eat,
'Mem the food is begged or stolen; they
lever sleep unless in prohibited pr•e-
okes or orlside.
"'fh0y Bre the loafcns, the h0oifgens,
vie don't want to do anything but sulk
lu•euilh life. They arc the cause of
161'0 Ironhle ie the police of Lenten
lien illi other Causes combined. We
all them The novae—It is a slang
er•m that tits them well.
That's the Novo Club, and it is
Dining alarmingly in membership."
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DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION.
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in
n
Ot ever'y 1,000inhabitants of the
lobe 558 live in Asia, 262 in Europe,
11. in Attlee, thirty-two :in Anerlca,
ve In Oceanioa arid the Polar regions,
nc1 only two in Australia,' Asia chit•
ins more than one -11411 of the total
etiolation of the earth, fad Europe
early one-fourth.•
along the American and Asiatic shores.
On loamy bottoms large thickets of
tins plant take root, and stems the thick-
ness o1 ordinary cord grow upward.
At the top of each stem there is a pear-
shaped balloon, which, when 11 reaches
the surface of the water, often measures
six feet nr more in length, with a dia-
meter of fou' feet six' inches.
This bolloon keeps the stern growing
until it floats on the surface of the
\velem From the lop of this balloon a
large tuft of strong, thick, spadelike
leaves grow out, which expand and split
until from the balloon a rose -like growth
of from 50 to 05 feet in diameter covers
the water. This gigantic weed grows in
such quantities that near the shore
large meadow -like islands are formed,
which impede navigation.
Natives of the Aleutian Islands make
manifold usage of this plant. From the
strong, dried stems they make ropes 250
feet and more long, while the balloons
furnish them with large and small ves-
sels after they are dried, the smaller
ones being used in their boats to bail
out water. The long leaves are cut in-
to narrow strips and used for wicker'
work, baskets and similar furniture.
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WASTE APPLES AS 110G FEED.
I have had considerable experience In
feeding windfalls from the apple or-
ohard to hogs, writes M. W. 11. Under-
wood, I allow my hogs to run in the
orchard until the. apples begin to drop
vary heavily, It this ever occurs. Then
when I begin to pick up waste !ruff for
eller, drying, or apple butter, 1 feed to
the hogs the parings and ell the fruit
that f Cannot use. She fattening qunli-
•lies of tipples seem to be m1100hlgh, for
my animals thrive and do well.
1 would, therefore, advise overynneto
utilize as thoroughly es possibie all
waste 'fruit from his orchard, 1 can
Nosily understand why tuarty farmers
allow bushel niter bushel of apples to
rot instead at tending them to 'bogs.
The pork from apple ted hags Is of very
high quality And 'highly prized on our
own place.
In addition to consuming waste, fruit
and a great many injurious insects, Uro
hogs root over the ground and keep it
well stirred. This is very beneflctol to
trees end is &hoot the only method of
Cultivation 1 praatce,
When weal() ,apples are not canopy ROYAL DRAUGHTBOARD.
available the hogs aro in good Condi.
lion for
flnlslling on earn, eels, peas The Gornhnn Emperor owns the most
cr buclkwheat meal. lionise of their, 'valnnbla drahlghtboard in existence.
thrifty, condition Induced by this slrcau- The light. and dark .amides, ore maila of
lent feed, they. put' on fat very rapidly 'silver and gold, and It.e draughts Bre
and are ready for bulolhering at almost also made of silver and gold, each hay=
any, Uma< fog a dhanond 00 ruby lit the 00111re.
SOME NOVEL WEDDINGS
A BRIDEGROOM MARUI15Z) IN SAM,
(Amu .AND ASHES.
M Mr, Dftiones, Wedding the Climb
Was /Decorated %Vf'"ur Skins
of Snakes. -
Married life may not always be un•
dilihted bliss, but probably no bride-
groom ever entered 11 under such
mournful conditions as the son of a
Siberian millionaire called Li/pelt), who
took to himself a wife the other day.
'Rhe millionaire, who died recently, left•
his son a colossal fortune on one con-
Uition—that 11 ever (1e married he should
go through the ceremony in sackcloth
and ashes. This condition was fdidi•
-
fully observed, for when young Liguria
stood with his bride at the altar a feat/
weeks ago 11e wore an apron of sack-
cloth and hls ]lead was liberally covered
'with ashes.
Almost equally startling were the
conditions under which 81r. Raymond
Miners, curator of the New Yorlc Zoo-
logical Gardens, recently became a
Benedlcic. Mr. Dittmars has for years
made a hobby of collecting snakes, a
labor of scientific love which his bride,
Miss Clara Hood, had shared with him.
At the wedding the church was deco-
rated with the skins of rattlesnakes,
cobras, pythons, and various other rep-
tiles; the cereinony was performed in a
veritable bower of snake -skins, while
the blushing bride wore around hes
neck a pet gopher snake, ?ft. long,
AND VERY MUCH ALIVE.
In the home of the newly -married couple
two enormous pythons are kept as pets.
The village of Durnford, South Wilts,
England, was a short time since the
scene of a novel wedding. The bride,
Miss Pinckney, is a keen follower of the
Tedwo'th hounds, and twice during the
ceremony the peck raced in full cry,
through the churchyard, while tine fox
was killed near the bride's home just on
her return from the church and his
brush was presented to her as an top
proprlate wedding -gift. This sporting
wedding reminds one that a few years
ago a Sonersetshlre bride was escorted
to Dulwe'ton Church by the Devon and
Somerset Staghounds, while the Taun-
ton Vale Foxhounds accompanied the
wedding -party back to Combe. The two
packs were treated to a substantial and
appetizing breakfast as a reward for
their gallantry.
you can't marry a man, marry,
his hat; was the peculiar maxim on
which an Eastern bride acted a short
Lime ago. The lady was a native of
Semarang, and the groom, who was a
European Government servant, failed to
put in an appearance at the ceremony.
ile, however, was considerate enough
to send his )nut as a substitute, and this
ams. according to native custom, sum
TIIE LADY MARRIED TIIE HAT.
Ono of the latest weddings reported
wits solemnized at the town of Brook-
haven, Mississippi, where three counties
meet. As ill -luck would have it, quar-
antine regulations prevented the parties
to the wedding leaving their respecteive
counties, so the difficulty wns solved by
the bride standing In one county, the
groom in another, and the officiating
clergyman in a third, all three thus
standing in different counties, although'
within touch of each oilier. After the
ceremony husband and wife separated,
to celebrate their honeymoon later, when
quarantine restrictions are removed.
George Hamner, the well-known pilot
of the White ilnh1te Rapids, recently be-
came a benedick. and, as befitted his
career of perils end adventures, the
ceremony was performed in a boat as
it was shooting the rapids. When the
minister said. "I pronounce you man and
wife" he had to raise his voice almost
to a shriek to make it heard above the
roar of the raging waters. When Ilous-
ton dubbed was united not long ago to .
Miss Margie Tobb, a colored lady, the
ceremony w'ns performed e1 (ho high
road, the couple standing o1 the
• "TONGUE" OF A TWO -HORSE
WAGON.
Elijah Smith, loo, made a wife of Mics
Lela Willis on the highway, while the
'officiating Squire sat in his buggy; and
when Miss Violet Mosco110 figured as a
bride, it was on the stage of the Grand
Opera House, Newark, New Jersey. with
the whole of the chorus ladies, sixty 111
number, as bridesmaids.
But perhaps the most remarkable of
till recent weddings wes one which was
celebrated in a Jersey hospital. The
bridegroom was about io undergo an
operation from which 11e was scarcely
expected to recover, and determined That
before facing the ordeal he would be-
come united to the girl whom 110 had
promised to make his wife. lie. was
.laced on a stretcher, carried to the
.peraling-room, and in that grin en-
vironmenl, with the marble -topped
operating -table es an alter, the two
young people were meek one. tinppily
Me operation saved the bridegrodni's
lite, and a fety weelcs later he wes
spending the honeymoon 'with his wife,
who so narrowly escaped being Ills
widow.
ATLANTIC BILLOWS.
The authorllies at tie \Veshinglori
Hydrographic Boreal' have endenvared
In nscerinin the size of the Allnnlio
waves. Froth eurefa 1 observatinns they,
learn .that in height 111e .\'nt•'S usually
average nhout nom, but in rough
weather they OUnin front 40ft. In 48ft.
In storms they are often trent 1001L to
60011, long, and continue (0'10000 about
lOsec, or Used.; while the longest yet
?mown measured half a (11110 and did
not exhaust 'itself for 23s00. •