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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-1-31, Page 2TF, DIVINE VOICE SPEAKS It Is Ever Speaking Through the Things of Daily Life. "and, wIto at sundry lanes and '11 (livers manners spate)in time peer nut , the fathers by the prephels."—Ileb. t.,!. Throne the ages meet letee wailed for Vuites to spied; teen out the grim! Unknown, Answering 1 this ttniversal longingfor 'urger light, to this ecarel) Lot . truth, there lies hetet the eenvieti .n that, where outuwa s,.attly Iffiewieege ended, there sentething akin le revela- tion would give us egle. We have been listening Le, veiees that would speak with an etithority transeendiug thategiven to our fellows. Cold reason may meek al revelation. but .the soul seseeling in darknees. tartlet' by its problem, lost in the night, Still leeks up and hopee. For what asmits u. 1,111 despeir if 111,, aly4lerieS OC the univezee aro Leover sealed, our quetliens forever uminsweree, and fa) higher appeal to be known than fled tc our own sellish inteeeeke It is not sh•ange that men have heeded these who, though tffien nsisitiken t.e but in. peseta's, have cried, "Thus saint Alio Lore!' It wined be strange if in a werld f spirits there "night he no ementittlie.a- tion of spirit. If the fairest thought ef our era is that whet .was given os ivifen man was taeght to think af the oniiiipotent ne father, it would be 01 way by wheel steel it father might spenic lo hie effildren. Sleet a world would retitle:Meg all our beet instinete. Suchn world would mean that nem was better than his maker. THE DIVINE: yoICE spEAjeS, but we lue Mein listen in the wrong di- rection. It fells nol from the eldes; A ecines not in strange, unusual ways of visions tied portents. But it is ever speaking Ihreizgli the things of daily life; it Is ever revealing truth and betorty to the inner ear, for it conies not from without but springs up within; heard by the heart mike. than by the ear. The best things have not dropped down; they have grown up. Life Ls not from %online', but from within. God speaks not In thunders, but in tee he.pes and the longings of hearts. Even the voice we hear in lho sighings of the wind or the message we read in the rays ig selling sun must be tn us before it meane aught to as. The ten commandments owe their tenet tee in any writhe on stone, bit le Pie r writing en temr liceit.ls; to then the0 01 111:111 8USWe1t4 ainr1111il1vtlY .1.110 eitly moral cote' We Cop foliteN Syn.:INS aelherity et a eineeieleee ceevieled, Thitt ffites tee 111 'en 'WI man ie ewn Gee, tier ,ffitt lie lot ,tes no law higher than him eelf; lt (bee mean that by the laws sviritual develtipmmt the law is 1,e1ng Wl'ir00 011 kvery heart. livery real revel:01,m le a divine 113- Vol.atIon. sineo al1 truth is divine, twee thought Ili,. siticnrst the tummy t 1 relimott; now we know that whenever eeieue,‘ 'aye here tale of the faces of the /111ber8e. w,. bin look on What the finger 111. hz 1lzito has W1111011. W11011 I 0- egIon fights 'relit simpet becatteti truth sreaks an terfamiear longue or Wits le reset,' hee traditions, elle is fighting twilit -let God leinst.11. entr meet is net :erne strange, 801e- 1l;'1'11.111g 301,18 111111 Anti breelt the the midnight sky; our need AN Ref; TriAINEri TO HEAR, KINGSTON CATASTROPHE nEmARRARLE PROPHECY IN PARIS OF AIME. DE TIIE,11W, A Forecaster of Quakes Foretold Thos at leeptu•aise and San Framiseo, W o IS a startling con• firm:emit of lite prettiffiffin of a peek • :Ramie!. or megenneeeer. Aline. de I bete s. Whether it is by mere theme? et net, Ate lias had renterieuble sue- . ; 111 al least guessing fight, she ferehed in a way the Salt Franciseo \•itheirtiii,., i11 ilablakes, going 111- 1 fa r.y d, tails before 10 swum% n. Lung before the be - /miffing ei neei elle forecasted tor the 111,10,1 eeetes as lehows, in 11 0110,111s . alo.anae si, pabliesaes annually, fore - !letting Ihe futmee— "Fee 1 hz UiItot 81n kis 1 (10 not find mute' lo reassuee nee While my ob- eer.attens anti uns (1i. not, as in W.,. 1 8:1 two ye..r5, m118' earl11111:11kes, 1 so lire and walkr, and more water, Imelda iens of unprecedented charac- ter. "Nat all Amer.ea will suffer, uf course, but there will be 1mile:trate, stuffings of cetteeline, inundations. In the Meek ef Am. rieuns by the thou - semis I havo noted a mini: of vieleuce. 1.1 course, they may nut refer to the 1. 1110 cataelyeene, but they indite ie that some sole of a sheek is shortly due there. 1 fear some terrible ts,n- 301 ein 011 the coast or along the ocean. "The South is marked lo suffer es- Pecia ly, because I have seen the signs in 1110 patios of ninny Americans com- ing from that regent." Tigre is an encouraging mite in !time. TI•ebee' foremast, for she adds that nothing can stay the triumphal march of the energetic Amerleans. lteev enines Kingeton with its aveful carthquae.e, ne r enough to count as a part of the Un led Staffie, at least in the ne vsearily vague weeds of an oracle. While on the very Slulle ,,day eollieS neWS from Hawftii of an eruption of the volcano of Mauna Loa. It is a long reach, but it is of Americe. De- spatelies from Lona says that lite Ma- kuaweowoo crater of Mauna Loa, erupt- ed on Monday, and that the lava is de- scend ng the mountain side in the di- rection of South Lona, the garden spot of the island. There are four streams, the first cf which has already entered the sea. Tho Leeptione line has been de.stroyed by The lava and the needs are blocked.. I, is believed that great damage has been dope to the Norris ranch, which le high up the slope. In the former great outbr,ak of the volcano 60,000 acres of the ranch were overflowed by Ili, lava. Fifty earthquake shocks have been felt. At Kau one house le in teens. The ear liquakes have done Ito ilaintige en ney of the islands of the group exeepling Hawaii, a spire tn rimier mind and reverewe the effie1010 Wiee4 lhal aro over speak- ing in our world, the vetoes ef the leauly id' nature. the joy of living. the stories tit everyday divine liernSin. the forces 'hal are malting a new world le - day as truly as ever one was made lung ago. Tee life of our day hns not lees of the divine then tie' life a hong ae•o; but the ineesage is harder le reed; it is for an educated nee; it is spiritual wither 'hen merely material; it be from within; 11 le found in eeery good Impulse, In evei.y outgoing sympathy, in the kind- ling of eye as friend greets friend, In the goed that men are doing, in the tolera- tion that is becoming wider, the love se.onger between man and men. God speaks to men now as fie spoke to Moses or to David, though the man- ner may have changed. But the poor le spirit, those with whom pride of the poet has not served to make them un- willing to learn, these hear the voice; the pure in heart see Him; the seekers after troth find Illin, and to all Ile comes in the thrilling moment or in the quiet hew when the voice of the heart makes itself heard. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LE•iSON. FEB. 3. Leeson V.. Noah Saved in the Ark. Golden Text, Psa. 37. 33. THE I.lieSON wr)m) STUDIES. Mee! on the text of the Ilevise,1 Versit.m. there elethod of thepirallen.— The Imee toe -emit nf the Hoed. viewed in 1.11-8 ef the increatied knowledgo 'cc selvelatielim has furnediel fee es stedy, has an import- ant tor us touching the method which the Ilivine Spirit employ.e in spirant,. And flee lesson_ while nnt 8*1 ifteterlant :once ether thin):e which the nate:dive is intended to teach, ettil werthy oer oernee) and most enreful nth -Mime During 111,, 10114 cen- turies which illicit 10110 elapsed between the lime of the 1110,41 and the time when the llook 01 (151 "15 Was Wrinen 1he Ineloory el this , evenl 33 115 1,;.1,1 alive for 0,1)1131 gen,rallone le, mean • of ina.1 traditions. the 1i:thi- n:Owl 101-4.1 of cacti hou:ellold repent - Mg the Mery ngain and /teeth in the prieertee of les sone. and Ileyee, in pil-eing the effigy on to their children and threugh them 11 eweeetling gem -e'- en -me. eller a thee some. neeeittly iiizety. writhe) ilie.eintle 16.11710 1,1 110 • pear, amnng r.111011 Haiti 1,110,4 11111111111,1y to tic ecuarded stool:mil elas:ie. In 111.ar gradual develop- nniol 111,50 w1.111,41 wore giant: cti liy the Divine :40.eit against crierno- !bet and tilled 111.i1e olid more with ataii. 0 Velial ion or Ilk 1,111.1.ie end will leward II/1111. Al lee'. miten• the mildew,. of the Divine epee!, ihe aiti ()MI! 111 the 1111,, tnkeit feel' these older written Boren - owe wits woVen 1111+, the hillier Ilia& i,r l08lgiti whh.li loh; i.1,101. down 1, is So tido Polo .1 03! p1'.'? The partieniat. work of 1110 dy v.:s 1" tele+ 1110 inspired emie•re le in the past 11181.47 tIr 111f. ra,p, 311 4 in Ile origin. lie. ever -ruling, 1,cuencom hand Of (1,0. :Old I, Make Ilis 011111.1,01el` alid 111 1C11 ,33)1 111 111111, loll] 111 1118 11111111frAlatiollS Or 1030 MA 11101311 end in his eeverer Petit:meek. tbeeree to wheel an Old Teelantenl lineratire accompii:his 11,14 fundnoodal revealing Mal In ,'Sseri- lad /.101,aelor 11, nan. 111s1 1,, lakell 1,, the ntra•ture 01 ls ineffirelioneffilet, el.s1011 11) 111e S111110 Flood Iraffill,11 thivo WON,. iii“! 112111Y1,,111411. 331)3)11 1',111.111)1011 by their Ineg 311(11 1W.hei..111. 11,111 .1 leek weenie. from Mel 10 man. iti the Novi:Ione, re 00,1 Mee. etrimpled ?Tr - 111;1 l,011111110i1 1,1 liocreio, • rarl eneeed reetted of tee Jews, 1 i's,' 1. Anil Rod - - lb 1, h3oIin. Thrutudrort 11... rood 111111.111Ne, P11111)/01'S 041 1(1P111,1\ Avt. fifY) 111r! IVO (IT t1,111 the name "17,10- '111m" 1(,01) 110,1 the mune "Jahvell" 1 (.1,10wain. 1•,,r,111118l 1 tied, 'the nee of e'lhor entoe In 11 given vors,, or sf.e. him /f 1110 llarrolive itt .11,. or egoli moons 14114:11 which .,-11 do, poly ripierioliong 1., Whieh Itt lo, or/glo. ,h lIiIrll,!iV',(hough! hi be interwoven In this 1 u1111011 neenunt of Me Heed the teem VOINO or terlion beboids. Ono of Me two .sollr,',01 118(.5 cin• 1 eteleffily theolighone ee the other u eee 1 "Jahvele" The Word "remende're,1" here ineane kept in mind with lxinign intent, having regard for itis needs and \relieve, 0. The Fettnlains Also of the Deep— Fountatns bursting forth on Ihe 111 hz's surfac., front the great oublerronean de,v opon which the earth was euyiposed to reel. Windows of Iteaven—Openings In the firmament through which at limes Itel reit! descended (comp. Weed Studios 'Ur .1311.11ary 6). 11. The seventh month—The Hebrew mein Tishri corresponding to our Sep- tueder-Detober. Ararat—.k lofty pelik 011 the 11101111 - plateau of Armenia, 17,1810 in Wipe for 4.1131 feet from its Elan - 11''1 covered with perp7I111.11 snow. 5. Net until days Mier the ark's keel 11e4 leek 1 on Arnett lied is, in the tenth menet, fin ille first day of the month, SW.`1,0 /11t1 1.118 of !lei ordinary or lower mouelains men, 11, Forty Dews—After Ile: 1.111/1 first cteteei to fall. 7. sent Forth a Raven ---The rawm 31110; ;l111+/11;4 all tinelent piemies regent - ed 1 11 leel of 111 omen. and Ives led- er for his ...,11.,,ag-111, of wing, It 1: re) need nett lite Vikings em their e„y„e„e) %vete el filo habit of carrying r113011, 3(1111 then: which from time to iime they eel et liberty and from deleriained lhe dills:11ml in which hind lny. (lreettland is said to have loon diseovered in this way. It is else ref:0110d that Alexander Me Great ta11- blo7i11 lo guide him in the Saill manner. Iffilit the Waters Were Dried Up— Stifle I o pernet its alighting. 8, seta Feelli it Ilow•-erhe Babylon- ian- seem I ..that0 ueed the dere 11S 11 41 of marine eti111)1:1,5 in I he same way that 1111111, 111',' ,1111)1 10 1111Ve 110011 elvery emelt.; 1,1 ee), Feel ffiems keeee wee,,h ',wee 101 Nese wieetever it wee ffieind lo neeerlain the ilieeffiet the 11+•ii1.04 land, e.1141 1110 nee„ heieea far weak,ii. bird thee the einem found no r.,st bap 11,i• s.1111 1 1.,e, fool en,I semi leveneeg 18 43131 ef Mehl eves 10 return teeen the ;Irk or peeteit In 1110 31111,11., 111. sloed- 1.1 .11,,e 11;i8.•-• Ti,o 131111,1 1,, mai 11 or 033 dnye lied intervene! 0,o between the hhuf itatmling fere, , the emu and Me lime of set:di:in forth i• liot 111.:1 diwo, l'erlein. The exinc:sion "after eeven lho e%brf's-lon "0111 ,I:1 51 sev,ii day," 11115 In effine woe' dropped out 01 Ho. rir,4 '1 tf ver,e 14 /thrive. e 11. '.ii Nice Leaf WV- The clive 11.,1 geow 11:.• highee 11.,111dailis. 0,1,1 loaf thorprifi... wiiiprs 111111 ropo,i Nuith 1111013' 111.11 1110 ‘{ W,•r(' affidel free) off the em -111. le, le Is -1', loindred pod fly,' year r Rh*, 1n the tire' t»/.0,111). the 're( day et the menetelj.isl one you" n days after Ille 11 '1 began ,.. en 1, cell. 7. 1!) lite eater, were !reel ler from MI eni,111. 11411 nol (11)1)1 1 11101114 end even- ffitys, 811811 eight week."). Inter voi the earn, ,ley, M. The S.:1115• S110)13, MIT!, and 11,411. I le- ,h, onibarlinaqd Is hero des sr'e1,.•,11 hi as greet ,telail as MO been tbe einharkment In (1,11, 7. 111-fri. Tellaugee silualeil at a 4,00-foet ele- vation on Ihe side of Mauna Loa, Is 111. la. gest acilve volcano tn lite world. nrea 1.41 4.1.1 &Mare Inks, or 2,050 acmes; ciremnfereeee'7.85 miles; ex- treme length. 2.93 101108; extreme width, 1.915 inileS. Multen lava is emir eel from ot.ifleee, taleng the form of lakes hun- dreds of feet in diameter, and from 5011111 501104 like chimneys outside the lake herders. elokuaweeweo, the summit crater et eleuna Lott, is far he frequent, in ovule tem than Kilauea. During its last goal oulhuret German sanitists vljt- '(1 the seene, and in danger of 11W saw en outlier:it of 111011r01011$ beauty and setendoe. Thi'y saw Iwo flee fountains paying unceasingly in tho venire of Me center, and cyclones formed by the intense heat leering the crater floor Into fragments mid revealing- a eurbu- lent sea of while -hot 'lava bewail]. Returning in Mine. Thebes, her pre- dielons regarding America for 1006 were: MAXIMUM O' CRISES. "The seennil reeled (April, May, June) will have 1101 maximum of crises. " In foreign lands there will be physical troubles, notably in South America, and North Amerlea will also be hale nese(' by them. The littler season et Mori will bring bait to the United Slates an unexpeeted shock. " On April IS came the San Francisco earthquake. and the effilpin'also disae, ler came near enough to the period 10 fe in the prophecy. Iler engin, in Paris is'elislinelly fash- ionable, and her following Includes enme of the famous names of I:mince. Alexander Mimes "tile" first hough!. Mr forward during n period of debbling 121 intetet•s effirilualislie. and when the lady hit orr his hone:imp° with such shelling fidelity lo the eVeill, lls 318114 brand laler, he %%Tole her up in Figaro. ele, Chevalier d lerpentignte Ferdinand lroneliere, Ilte Marquis de Mores, Jules emetic. MAIM Brisson, letim?st Dau - be, men lite Queen of Italy anti the leer, are reedited with being furlong her Mettle. She has been at least. Twitt- ed.... ill I ciug lucky in TWIN'S where Ice suecess would be well ativethsed. he Quern and the Czar, for example, v 1. • r et ..11 • I i'rgnrtiljtg a mci1, - Thor,. 1411 much hoop for those who upon collection na 11 101,1,up Miring an beir when it required a liold meet lo hold out hot es. She won. Cimul Robert do elentesquieu chtime he se ril throngli llt clunely bazaar lineror %ilium" 0 tremor beetiuse t.f lehne, Thebes' forecast that he woUld not die by Ilre. 0111, r ptelehe('ies foe 1)5)7, per:hilly revel d and 1e-1 to be lite0.11 from, 1ere- er,s1 a 'War 71' Friltlee and "111 b 111 po- pular nugere," whieh Id 1'i' might eneily be the mill soon irov M.:. (Ahoy oolilioni olois lire nr,all- h.ed fel' her rsandry, bill she says 118 11,411 all war: and idols France will Ithatio11.101, 1?..iglan•I Wink is 1,, Ite n disluelp 1,111 11141 King will volio lomoi. I. will be in commotion, fee lines in ,eusleitin tenets lell ber 80, 11)1,1 Iliumnry will grey to greatness by hereelf. The N literlmele 11113 nl. lest to enitente hem' their 'Ong "Me/toile" nee Ilmisla lo fe drop oul. of popular an- nals roe a lene. rerereesetteteer etneedollefrdeleileille Al 110 e 6 .9.4.1EX.1•Y‘I'OLN,Hr Entle348.111.644 ....... . . • - SONle DAINTY DISHES. Offigtm hisenik should be made ne 1,1 lows : Take L/111' OUlleeS of huller, thre minees ef powdered ginger and rub int twe poinele ,of flour. 'ellis 1' worked hie) sinall'ertimbs, then knead, into 11 slift pusle mint new milk. 110 tlincn.cl uli(Neittict,i,Itto biscuits unit bap le) cris li t Apple hlatertaladte—Peol the appies 0111`e 111111 li1V1(11I 11110 (111111.111'S 1111 YO hat eight pounds; add lo one mewl seder, I ee. all molt till sort, then nth eight pounds of loaf sugar with the pee and palm of one town. Stir this eon Mantle while boils until guile' clear and lurn into moulds, 11 will keep fo months. Browning for soups rind gravy shout be made thus : Take half 11 pound 0 100ese eugar (brow), a tablespoonful o salt and nearly half a pint of water Place the :salt and 8)1(181 111 a frying -pun with a very small lump of dripping and stir over a clear lire till of a thu-ic brown, then add the witier (bo(1ling), bull up, and, when cold, bottle for use, Irish Hashed Alutton.—Fry slices of cold mutton In dripping 1111 lightly brewned and hot. Have a border of melted potatoes on a hot dish and Weevil it, before the flee. Have ready stone good onion sauce, in which chop - pod parsley is inixed. Stir this into tile meal and pile in the centre of the potato. Scatter chopped capers oe pickles over and seeve very hot. To Cook Marrow Bones.—Malte, some flour -and -water paste, roll it out and place a piece Oyer the elidS Where the marrow Is seen and lie a cloth tightly over, then plunge into boiling water and cook for half an hour. Take off the paste before the bones are sent to table and serve upright in a napkin with slices of dry toast. These are really very easy to cook and form a delicious dish. Haddock and Tomatoes.—Scald a dried haddock bypouring boiling water over it. Leave for an hour, then remove the skin and bones and flake the flesh. Dissolve an ounce of butter in a pan, cook In IL gently a finely -chopped onion, and two sliced tomatoes, add the flsh and cook for ten minutes, seasoning with Peeper and salt and chopped parsley. Serve with a border of nicely boiled rice and garnish with slices of lemon. Hotchpotch is greatly appreciated In cold weather, especially at the early dinner. Take a piece of the scrag end of inuteon, cut IL in pieces and put on the flre, with two quarts of water. men add the following vegetables, cut in 8113811 pieces : carrot, turnips, ctibbage, and onions. Lel It all boil gently to- gether until the vegetables are c,00ked, Skim as much fat from the slew as pos- sible, season with pepper and salt, and serve. Winter Sunday Pudding.—Now that the weather is colder many housewives will be glad to be reminded of a useful Sunday pudding. Ties has an advan- tage that it can, If necessary, be made several days before it is required. Take six ounces of each of the following in- gredients : Hour, chopped suet, storied raisins, currants, and lweadcrumbs, two ounces of chopped peel and one of mixed spice. Mix with a cupful of milk and half a cup of treacle. \ellen well mixed pew into a greasetl mould and boll for eight hours! If the pudding is to be kept for a few days. boil It six hours the day 11 is made, and two hours the day it is eaten. 1. 17 11 CAKE FILLINGS. Cream Filling.—Make a boiled custard of half a pint of cream, a tablespoonful of pulverized sugar, the yolks of three eggs, and one tablespoonful of e0111 - March. Spread while soft, flavothig with inn or vanilla. To give variety, add chopped nuts or raisins to tho filling. Almond Filling.—Blatich and poune rine in a mortar 131-1 )101111(18 of almonds; beat two eggs lightly, add a cupful and one-half of sugar, beat for 0.1 teen 01111 - tiles, stir in tho almonds, flavor with vunilla, and spread at once. Whipped Cream end Fruit Felling.— Whip ono ffiint, of fleck ereani 1.111111 11 resembles ice cream in appearance; make quite sweet, then flavor with van. Illa. Spread the layers of cake fleet with grated pineapple, sliced orange, or Nineties, then cover thickly with cream, The three frulls cnnthined will be found delicious. 'eles filling should be freshly inacle. Nut Custard lelliIng.—Make a boiled custard of one pint of milk, Iwo eggs, half a cupful of sugar, and a tablespoon- ful of corn starch; stir in Iwo cupfuls of chopped nut nieals and :Tread while Cakes and custard are still warm, Tull! Fetal 1,111Ing.—Boll half a cup- ful of wider with there eupfuls ot sugar until it is thick and wnxy; pout* over the whites of Iwo eggs, beaten until stiff. nnd whip 3)11111 cool. Then add half a pound of alinonds chopped flne, a Anent half a cupful ef chopped raisins, ane little citron stleed thin. Spread at one°. Orange leilling.—Beat the where or three eggs to a stiff froth; add the juice and grated peel of one erring(); stie in ringer until the right. consistency Is reached; 'Jerold the tilling between the layers nnci add while Icing on lop. Apple and Lemon Fillffig.—Talte one gelded ItpplO. one lemon (ju)ce arid grilled rind), end one cupful of migar. Grille Me apple nnil rind of lemcm, place them on Me fire will] 11111 juice and suffer, 31111 boil ter eve minutes, fee C1'011.111 Fillffig.-11011 three eupties of sugar In one 1111,1111 of water 1111111 the rehire 10110111',110111' slowly, whiln bole hol, over the whites of (thee egge Lenten Miff. eliering !wieldy the while; bent uffill coil, flavor with rose or lemon end spree0 between layers of white coke. HINTS ON IRONING. The greeter part of ironing is 1115 dempeffing and folding Me clothes. All nelleloe are not dumpentel and felded alike.. Flannels nre hemeti while they arc still partly wet, and nil colored clothes nee dampened just before iron. Ing, The nelleice are eprinttled end etnefed Welle they are sprinkled, Tho ,p'1tik- lbng 18 110110 With 1111141) 1111(1 warm water. When 1111 are, nprinkled tiee roiled up lit soptiritle Mk, The napkins are smoothed oul, the edges drawn even, and laid one ovce antithee suittothly. When ail are in the pili' they are firmly roiled and wrapped 111 a 10318131, letwele ere folded In the with tho edges drawn perfeetly sleaight 1111,1 the fold evenly hall. (me towel is placed On 1010111O08 111111 1111 11111(11 1111. $111.0.4 rind hibleelollis must be folded in 11117 middle mid Hsi sides 111111 001.11(TS 111111011011 1311111 great eare. It needs Iwo i‘er.sons lo du thls properly. Pillow (Ilse ruiluire but slight dampening. 1i1,51 11e011 111010, T111110 1111011 1511011111 he 111111 111111111. S11111,11011 1)101.0S 0180Vedillgl3' IleedS 110 111113 111.0t1,111101Y (111111p. .1.110 114014 1111141 be peefeetly elean, Icoll1 on lop and on the bottom. lf 111e) wIth emery paper and a nine 51111, T1111' MT flip 1)11 rough they should be tubbed rake of beeswax is a great aid to smotali Wens. There should lee a couple of sheers nI maple' paper on the side or the ironing table to rub the Irons or) be- fore beginning to press. The Iron slimed mov(1 with the groin of the cloth lightly al fleetthen more heavily. The greater lite peessuee the more gloss. Sheets are Ironed first double, and (Winged in half and !rolled, doubled again and ironed. When ihe doubling 1,1111 ironing have been repeated the third line? the .slicet Is done. TO PUT ON A Se:HIT-BAND. One of the most difficult points wilh wheel the amateur dressmakee hes to contend 11) making a etch.' Is ihe sowing on of the tvaist-band. The bend Is a ettaight piece of goods. ten nffing the selvage edge, rind shotthl be put nil be- fore the skirl ie finished around the bot- tom. DOM., il in bulf 81111 fleaen the e0111r0 In Ihe middle of the front gore of the skirt, effie ben41 should be basted on. holding the Ache next In you, and allowing a very little fullness, which will make 11. 111 easier OVer the litps. The beck widths may be guthered Into tho band or plaited, as one prefers, then sow it on the machine, arel turn it over o'3 the wrong side, keeling again before the final sewing, finishing 1113-1111 hooks and eyes. NEW WAY TO MALIK. CL,OTIL An ingenious way of 11)01 king cloth has just come in. The tissue paper pat- tern is basted on ihe cloth, which is then placed hi the sewing machine. There Ls no thread in Me needle. the the paper pattern Is stitched along the line of the design. And when the lettieern 01' design is lifted there is a handsome patiern all outlined underneath. The little Ilne needle has marked it out In Me prettiest manner possible. It is clear cut, and can be followed nicely with the entire'. dery needle. EMPEROR WAS RESCUEL (1111191v3 nrult \YAM'S REFORM 011 DEATIL Ewank Su Allempls 10 001110t11 Steele). Dowager Empress Plays Role of 110..s. Everything possible is being dew Id Peldeg 1,1 keep 711 Me e•letel t,f 'TO CLEAN EMBROIDERY. Spirits of wine will clean soiled silk embroidery. Dip a camel's haie brush in it and brush the trimming till all the Met is removed. Jet paesementerie can 18. cleaned by rubbing I1 with a cloth dipped in equal parts of alcohol and water. Dry 11 afterwards with a clean cloth. TOBACCO GROWING IN BRITAIN. Extensive ExperintellIS Are Likely lo lan hlade Next Year. There is every peobabilily that exlen- Ale() experiments in tho cultivation of tobacco will be undeelakeu next year In England. If this Its clone it will be due largely lo the agitation of the mattee Lord. Walsingham, and the fact that them happens to be another progresslve peer, Lord Carrington, at the head of the Board of Agriculture. Lord Walsingham, who is regarded as the best shot. in EngInnd, and probably the only man who shoots wasps on the wing, proved nearly 20 years ago that tobaccoc ould bo successfully grown and prepared for use in England. Friends who Ivied Ins growths, spoke of them in terms of praise. effie experiments were conducted on his own farm at Merton, in Norfolk, on land which ordinarily rented at $2.75 an acre. Arrangements wore made with the 'Revenue leepartinent by whIcit the Government, agreed to permit the ex- periments on being paid a duty reck- oned at the rate of $250 au acre. The eeedlings Were obtained from Anierica. They were Virginia, Big leredevick, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, the northern Varieties being selected eh best adapted to resIsteng lho uncortainelee 01 the English 'climate. All the varieties euceeeded wall, and after the leaves had been gathered and NC‘1,10•Ive101 mitillde iirarpcluerXetieriupe tnisonalslotonbnlcheeny, cigarettes and clews. Enoournged by the success achieved, a 8111811 deputation of growers waited on the then Chancel- lor of the Exchequer (Mr. floschene to whose department Me various slaffielies 1111114' emps obtained iract berm sent, and requested perrnissioe to continue the experiments on a larger Reale and on the some terms. But 1 IiIs permission wet) refused on the ground lhal the 'yield of lite Merton meip would have henight to sitiltritiettlit:dtxtetatthet Lev111111 the duly had been coin - fuer more limn double the So fearful were 1110 revenue matinee Lk% Ilia Whe1. telvantage might be leken or them 1181. they (equally 8iC/11 MS11111101'8 10 See Ulla the stems of the old tobeece plonk Were Milled Upon the ground, lest limy nhould he coma -115d into snuff, oe used, ns 1111311411) by fill tolmcco growers, lo forlatze Ike land tor a similar sucenvding crap. NI' THE SANII; Jack Rubin/km 16o11ed very sheepish indeed as he slond In 1110 dock, cherged welt blacking lite eye of a fellow -twilit - 1111111, "I'm sure rni very sorey what'5 happened." lie said to Ilie megisirate, "len len quite willing to pay flee dalliers its rompensnlion." "Yon hew what he says." remniektel the Intigie1 rnte. turning to 1110 elusive - toe "Aro you willing lo necept (Ivo (tot - live 7" "Am 1 willing?" reed the preetvelme eagerly. "1 N1101)III rather 111;0k no: Hine, 1 say, (MI (Ann), come 0111,1118 1111t1 black the ether eye 1" 1 (vent alleilip1 01 the Faimcom. Su to 001111011 suichle. S 1:111 1i 1%.1.1)ir si el 1110 Court 111111 it Is imposed& 111 111111 1,111 full details of the attempt. eh, Wilde order has beim given mil deny the report, and yet a numb( r ..1 palace olthilits albite privately Mal Bs Emperor tried 1.4.• drown himself. According lo velliffile informant, ht er11011fly left 1118 apartments Into ,,n, Ingle, and attempted to commit suicide Ly ihrewing hilly -ea into the itee. %tee!' teljeins the Imperial Palace III 1113' 1181'- 11,111811 City. Ile was resetted by an 'e- tiquette, and returned to the pigmy. whore he IA 110W more closely guarded than before. leelleilleSS IS BOSS. The Feancrotes seclusion is eseribee ill 11ail)" and the Empree.) Duwager has informed several members of Ihe Diploinalie Corps that he is unable 11-, give audienees, liver einee the 13exer upelsing 111. Boll/erne has been complelely ilominte led by the Dowitger Empress, tele has kept, hint permitted!), a prisoner in his ttparlments, end while he lute access lo all official report and documents, Le has bean unable In consult with Gov- ernment officials independently uf the ElnPIressffi lIslejesly line protested frequently ageing his Isointion, and line (temente e 1 the rigid, to receive the Dipiontalle Corps.. and Government olllebils without the intervoition or the Empress Dow- ager. The latter has replied Mat when- ever the Emperor shows that he Is III to govern China alone she will cease to iffierefore with public affairs. IS A BEF011eltili. The Emperor has suffered from me- lancholia in consequenee of his enferceil eeelusion, and his belief that the Em- press flowaggee 1,- constantly trying to poison him. During his brief interviews teeth the diploinatic repre.sentalives 111 l'eking. Majesty has displayed keen inter- est, in foreign affairs. Ile 15 so dollen. uted, however, by tear of the 811111res5 Downger that his liberal ideas have never been put into practice. Of late his Majeely Is reported to have protested oguiest interference with his personal suite end the removal of Several persons wee were distasteful le the Emprees Dowager. The Paris newspapers print a denude)) frain the "Echo de Chine" that the Em- peror has made the attempt on his life because of the opposition shwa lo itis. reform paltry. "SCHOOLANABAILe." An Ailment Affeeting Children and Older Pupils in Britain. "Seliool anaemia" is the subject of the latest warning In the British Medi- cal Journal. When you meet with chile dren wbo aro tired and exhale led, who look pale, have no appetite, and nee said to be lazy and fractious, you have the symptoms of "school anaemia" ready at hand. The conditions met said to have ap- peared soon after the child steeled 51 - tending the school, or soon after the chlW reached the higher elneses, The school, the Jourred retnarles, Is Lo a certain extent responsible for the con- ilition cif the pale anaemic children, and very few eseepo exhnustion and thed-011 I symptoms after having gone theough their hardest wheel yeane Perhaps boys are more frequently of - reeled from this particffine form of the ailment than girls; but both young chil- dren and elder children suffer, and the Gnelinetion lowneds it appears to in- ci•ense with age. LEARNING NIONICEYel'ALK. Young Ludy Wilt Peculiar '111810 Takia up Abode will] efenkeys. Miss hitt Veronla Simonkm is a young lady with 13 thinel 10), knowledge' end poseessed of considerable Meek, for she has been ependffig hey days singe Sep- tember Iasi, in a inneev bamboo hut in the denee jungle eking the Congo River, trying to Winn the language of lite mon- keys that abound 111 1110S0 eegions. Two natives und an 1,.0018111111111, a member of the sleeping eichness iffiseffin, aro the only human beinge within hailing reach. 1111(1 11103' 1111` 7 goed distance away. iui a 101101. 10 her mother, wile resides in Pillsien.g, Polio., Miss Simon - len snys 1110 sho k peogressffig rapidly with her week, and believe.; INA she bate already ninelenel stemma word)] or the monkey lingo. She also claims flue S110 11118 made the monkeys understnild stone things slut ,says lo them, 11111 N(i • HONEST ABOUT rr, 1411)5r : 'lou say yoll 1110 really go- ing 1,1 IMIPI'Y Mr. Wymitee" : "Yes. eteffiee ; "Why, emu said late tweet Hod pm wouliinel marry him if le win18 bil latd, men on wale" 1/wielder 14 "I 'know 1 eel. lffil 1 111.11 Bad lie tensile going lo pie tie, Title SPIIIIT Mrs., (Meier 1 "0)1, Henry, Stq' Whutl NeN1,1,0t. senl :oat. :ar ur bran - ‘‘1.111 r 1; Is1(111"1111.11,1" :.1(1111(.11111(111 y.. pr,eililo 111., sniril 111 which lliey Were sin)," *.:1,1111ing seem: to worry 13 leirglar •it1111rioc• n big hark. 1491113' hew 0.11s, I.) Me 1111111 who kik the other Iceow do etc, walling. ?ROSPERITY or NATIONS -- IRADE OF THE W1/211.1) IS I:1WD AT TIIE 1'11.1.:.IENI"11111E. Busy Year Just Ended Except It) flitesla —Some CemplaInts From General peteplit-tri'll;ju'lltrotielloill. 11"0 \teem meek] the opening el the new wriffie Cffierlee 11, Ceelnete, in the New york 111131511). Th. coo - .1111011s 111 :slales are 1.3' Ill) 111e111/8 Sillg111111',1101111:111S effieying quito 41.4 eempiete iirdsgerily :is this mntry, ..4411,.0 mills 1111,1 111(.1,110, el Great eeving experieffivil 0 1,103' year. The lierniall iron intlitees, which is a 1011(101', IS 1101131 0110111 .11 111111 Or )(1g- 1111, ill 1891/ 111'1111111 1)/,11111.011 8.)01 1 .- 0111) 1.11111 Ur manufactured item end etere many only 4,(151Uxin I me, bul in 1006 iteraitmy look the heel with 13)8)5,1)11)1 tons, Englund following with 1.1.046,0ne lens. For pig Iron in tho yew just elesed the eelintaled production ef Ger- many Is 13.t851,e1lo lens, Mem( temblo Ihep reduction ef lee years ago. in ,e181 netting (111.11)atty is also uenring lingland. There sms ale() in 1110 1111111 11 noteworthy Mere:Ise 11. ship- building and Irensperlatien hy enter. Genuine' new heretics tt (ergo share of lransidlantle busimss. and also operates steamships to Nlexivint and Wes! bulbul ports. Iler trade with Me Levant und zklulh America inereasing. In tho manuffireure uf inacleintry eliettiany leads Europe. 'rho German imenialion inerensing al the rote or ()volco11,0o0 iier foment, while the Denise popula- tion is Inevensing lty nuly 4111,tiou yearly. Yel, hotwithstanding this enuenetus (menet) in the. number of people foe whom work has to be provided, Ger- many has expanded et ench a rale that laborete are soiree. GREAT B1UT3IN AND FRANCE. eyed Britain showed slight, gains in the 11111)001ml Ilidlistri,:i over 19115, in which year 'many retmetk nf nineufno- illre Were broken. The reveler' 011111' 1110(10 of the country aim) improved, 1113» 111(1 the largest, of aey country on 1110 mote. Englund continues to ledil liee teem hn shipbuilding, this being seeming- ly the foundation of her sleeve; in for- eign commerce. She builds twenty ships where the United Slates Mettle one, anti this would seem hi a great mettsure 11) uccount for her trenteodons imports mid teepee's. The gress receipts IA English railways, which, up lo the present lime, Were always well aliond of tenee of Ger- many, have guile recently bion passelt by the latter countrythe figures for 111111 being $545.000,000 for England and $5 10,915,1100 fur. Geemeny. 1890 and 11104 England built 2,100 miles nt runway, and Germany built 8,0uo 11111081. French industries hew: a 111110 more Ilion held limit' own during the yenr, especially the 1e081110 manufactures, which have lind a busy settente '1•110 wino industry has Mr:Tatted 11 Illtle. At usual, the country ims teemed largo mulls of money lo other natione, in- cluding !tussle and this country. CENTRAL EUROPE. liney has not been especintly 11'081)11' 0)111, ane lice people fuel the fact to poor managemenL of lire toil - ways, now under the control of the Goveeninent. The m'eseni management Is blunted, but, se 31114 tile 131'0V1011ti, When I1011-gOVO1111114111/11. se the este), liehment of unyilling like bullshit:key conditions wouldeetenn to 1.10 a \‘'OVIC 111 some difficulty. Alls11111-111111gary 11118 been fairly prosperuue during the lest year, as havo also SwilSel'Inial and Beiffittin. UnlinppyIntesitt has lost in most of Itellect tlkinnu dustth rfes rough sokw c] loest, n tlook is gloomy 111 almost all trade dlieclions, peewit:um wells might yield one-1111rd mare than they do, the Beim field Itelng undoute- eilly 1110 rbchst In the World, and ro. qffiring only tranquil vontlition, fop Ile detinveiiter l)untlnt:. Ittis.ela ham s large ule- Itning resotnves. shich will be drawn upon some tiny: but perhaps not 1111111 °thee et -envoi Spain mid Portugal ito not ete, 1110111 of a llgure in Mete-U.1M matters, al- theugh the former has copper. minas of considerable importance. 'rhe popula- tion Is more slevoled lo agricullute, than lc manufucturing operations. IN AUSTRALIA. All:411'01k IS 11 )110greS41I3'e moolpy, willi othwiti 1.111(1 I1grle1111 11).111 1.0;401.11.(18 (1111111 (1111111 10 111081e Ur 1110 U11111111 She nearly equals ils in geld litodue- Uwe met might egind tis In the produc- tion of mote other intents if Moro wero more Weal (101011011 101' 1110111. • 8110 li 1111111.1ePed by )avIc of imilroad oue peat iffilleffity being the difference le the gauge of her eallwaye, which pre- vents the develemment or long trunk lines, shim the rutting 811,111 of one road entmot pass over to that of unother. JAl'AN'S AIDeeNteli. In the eael, Japan Is ef ceurse aseen- dime end ttolwillislamthig 1110 vett :drool or Om wo• limo hop vosimi.o.‘,,, she hi making .1rentrudous sleitles in MI 1111, Nanette, indueleles. She can build; net ut,by wursliffis Iffitt equal nity pro - duet of Great 1111111111 01' A11114'1(1111 11101111 yards, led, in Um itinnuferlure of ninny kinds of nitteffineey, 111 textiles. In me- tope' mid 111 111011y 1111See1111111' ills 111(1141 18 - 111eS She M13'I71. 111 0,1101.1S 51113 111 111 111111131 111109 rapidly ineretising. Itelorm forbIt, tiesi six months .1 ill (lobo 11 looliber or Jim, 5111. (31)1)011 115 11O11)1 11101111114 ,h110 had dining the whole yuar or 1003. The 18- 1-11 i‘xporl or miontromorvii gouds mire 3)445 3110g)0•000. MO for the lirel 111,0111S or, mon 83,1,01c4ohii. Mo1 row expork boy', Iloilo hop', '1110111 is a of 1,.A' )'7I01'bOE1lut1 (11 S111.11 arlicles es 'Mrs. :lions. oils, :vexes. 11011 coal decree:111g will. 111., deve1op- 1(11)11 of hotno italUsley. 1115 OCGUI'ATION, Police Magistrate: "Writer,. your 00. cupetten 'V' l'he Hobo : "I'm n iffineuee hunker,. Police elogIstrale; ".efel whale; a, ,1j1.11!111,1,171(11, 1)11(:(111ei."A7" 1feller wol 'sets 011 (10 bank uv ole 1518'alt' .frshes. 8cor'