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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-2-7, Page 64. ELIGI AN B -OBS In Questions of Consoienoe Man Cannot Afford to Lose the Great End. ProvloIng fov honest things, not Only in the sight of the Lord but ie the sight or mem-11. Cur. VII., U. '11rellgion that will not stand the /drain of modern business may have been good for some other age; but it ts Nalueless in this one. The test of your pion, is not peace In the pews of the church, but power and direction in tire stress of the market, Its adaptability to ,vour activities as 'sell as your medita- tions. Religion le built for business, The only creed that Is worth a moment's theught is a working creed, that is, one Out gets inlo anion. Religion. is not ihe mere aeceplance of a speculative phllosophy of this and other worlds. IL consists bi principles, ideals, and mo - lives which dominate conduct. It Ls more concerned with the kind of a world you are making here than with the con- ceptions yuu may have of a world be- yond. Religion Is more than an institution; it is a course of life. IL has to do with the ehurele only in so far as the church serves es purposes. It Is more concern- ed with What a man pays his employes than Nvith What he puts Into. tho plate at the collection. The man who can put all his piety into the prayer meeting and the services of the church never has enough seriously to embarrass hhn UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. If for your religion you have adopted principles of high living; if you have set ihe worth of the soul above all other things; if you have determined to frame your Me according to the golden rule of the great teacher, and, with him as Isere and ideal, are seeking to do good to others and make this world a better place for us all with less of sin and sor- row and more of joy and love, you will make your business as well as your praying the servant of these ends. But if you have said that you wish to do these things, that you wish to liee the pure and 1 eneficent Me while in your heint your soto. deetre is to get riches, to gain fame, to secure power, Ilion there is hound to be con IbM 1* tweets the religion you profess and the busuiess that possesses you. Ile truth is that. fortunately there always will be a contliet between a passion for the gains of business and a pretense CI Everything depends on the pusposee or living, on the things a man really and deep within himself sots first in his life; he will follow these things go mat- ter what other professions he may nuke. Business es a eervand, deserves our allegiance .ancl deeoliOn; business as a master is the most nil and soul de- vaetating thing in this universe. There is the most perfect harmony; there is relallvely easy settlement -of problems and difficulties if but this prim Mple be adopted; that you have taken Rs your Hen business in life THE ENDS OF TRUE RELIGION, ihe development, of character anti the service of 'humanity, and, with this pur- pose, the daily Ion, the opportunities and enginery of your trade or profession shall he made to serve these higher ends. Religion then beeoiee the motive of business and business the manifestation of religion. A man serves the Most High in his ofnee with thsa. same devo- tion and elevation of spirit as a priest at the altar. He is doing a great work, bemuse the epirlt is great. In questions 'of conscience he ems afford to lose eve- erything except Ihe great end; he will not eacrilice the lesser to the greater. When our work all is done and our business weighed In the balances our work is to be judged and our satisfac- tion insured not by having been sharp er shrewd or successful _according la passing standards, but by having made the world richer, lives lighter, hearts happier, and whether we have found for ourselves those riches of which death ond the grave can nevee despoil us. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 10. Lesson VI. Abram Called to be a Bless- ing. Golden Text: Gen. 12. 2. TI1E LESSON WORD STUDIES. Based on the text 01 1(10 Revised Vcr- e(0e), Still Other Beginnings. - The Flood narrative ends with the actsount of the covenant of the rainbow which God mnde with Noah, that not again should "all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood" (Gen. (1. 8-17). In the closing verses (If chapter nine we Lind the Blast bad re- ference to an example of the curse of intemperance. Chapters ten and eleveu present in brief summary a genealogical table by means of which the author truces the descent 01 1110 different nations imowe to him from the sonS of Noah. Several important nations are intention- ally moitted by the author for special mention at a later point in his narra- tive. The genealogical 'lets are also in. tended lo convey an idea er the length and general character of the, period in - towelling between the Flood and the commencement of Hebrew hietery. A careful scrutiny of the ages assigned to the several patriarchs reveals the fact that the normal years or 1111111611 life gradually diminished during these pro historic periods. In verses 1-0 of chapter 111.110 diversity of languages is account- ed for in the story of the Tower of Since Noah 11 110..4 been the lino 111 Shem, rather than that. of Item or Japheth, in which the knowledge of the true Goa has been perpetuated; and finally after nine generations this lames ledge reaches a higher stage in the per-, eon of Abram, the progenitor of the Hebrew race. To Abram are given fuller and more dielinet revelnlione of God; ond, though not wholly faultless, the an- cester of the Hebrews beeonns, never. Melees, an example of faith In and obedienco to Jehovah the one true God ill the midst of Idolatrous and polytheis- lie surroundings. It Is clear from the entire narrative that the author is still accounting for beginnings, and his ob- ject, after sbowing the origin of the nations and the beginning 01 1110 diverse languages, is to set forth more in de- tait the earliest beginnings of the chosen 'Italian through %Hsieh Jellovalt putemseel resma1 himself and his will more par- fectly to mankind. The closing iention of tempter eleven is important, In melee( lion with our present lession sinee 11 'gives details about the immediate ances- tors of Abram. 'Terah, the halms' of Abram, had three sone, Abram, Nailer, and Horan. The fornity dwelt In Ur of the Chaldees, In the southern pert of Babylonia. Here, too, Lot, the "6011 01 Heron end nephew Of Abram, was born. Abram end Nahor Mso "look them wiVes,i' und itt littledalee the whole lams ily, ur rather group of finnilles, with Me exteption of Mums wise had died, lefl, ihe hunt of their nativity in Ur 01 1110 Chalclees to "go 'ink) the land 'of Canaan." To .avoid Um desert they journeyed first northward, intending lo go them Nyestwitiel and then southward again into Palestine. Arriving 111 north- ern Babylonia, however, they concluded to settle down, "and they mine unto Haran (probably so willed by Mem) mid -dwelt them." Hero Torah died. Verso 1. Now Jehovah surd unto "Abram -These Words p110 tise sequel of the last Verses of the preeeding the eatmlry 'which Abrein Is commended 1) love being riot Ur but Mean, Just "hew Uod spoIos to Absent We ere not lotd. .111s voice Is to be thought of, hOw- .teete Ine, 05 sonlething exit:mole but rather as heard within Abranfs inmost soul. Get thee out of -Invert from. Thy country, .. , thy kindred -Abram Was to leave 150111 LIG home and Ins rela- tives. 'This command to sever Isis family Iles and wttnder forth into an unknown land was no small demand or test of faith. 2. The promise. however, is as great as the requirement. eln this Milolown 10nd to which he is commareled to go Abram is to become a great nation and an example and a blessing to many nations.. 13e thou a blessing -According to the Hebrew idiom the impersonation of blessing, most blessed (comp. Psa. 21. 6; Is& 19. 24; '/,eel'. 8. 13). 3. 1 will bless them that bless thee-- 'rhus indirectly A.brarn become a &aunts of blessedness to others who will be blessed with prosperity or visited with misfortune according as they are friendly or unfriendly to him. In thee shall all 111e faieiliee of the earth be blessed -The reference hero seems clearly to bo to the ultitnale ex- tension uf the religious privileges enjoyed by Abruham and his descendants to the Gentiles. The Hebrew, however, per- mits of another rendering nnd intenore- tation, according to wiiich the sense of the verb tronslated "bo blessed" becomes reflexive, "bless themselves." 'The ren- deriag would then become "all families of the earth shall bless themselves by thee," lhat is, in blessing themselves they will uso thy neme as a type of supremo blessedness and wish for them- selves the blessings recognized to be the specie' poseeseion of thy descentinnte. Aceorffing to the first interpretation Israel ie to become the organ or elumnel through wheel great bleesings ere to be communicated ultimately to the world ; according to the second the great bless- ings which .Telloveli will beetew upon Israel will attract, the ant-lino:1 of other nations and awaken in 1.110111 a longing 141 participuto in Iffivie bleesings. 111 either enso the promise remains le the wider sense 01 1110 terns a eleessianio pi re mists. 4. Lot -Son er Hann and nephew of Abram. Tho slery of Ms life .will be foun(1 in thisted the two succeeding chnplere of Genceis. In elutraeler a strong contrast. to Abriun in, that 110 was stiffish, weak, and woraity, though rela- tivety, in comparision with his heathen neighlsors, he was still ate:mulled "righteous," his pereonal character be- ing sufficiently free from reproach le render him worthy in the eight of God of special dniverance. He Maude in the Bible 1100181110 Ets a type of men who think too exclusively of evorlilly advan- tage and present, enee, itaran-The mune 101111 or a city and Or a district in 1110 northwestern pan (s klissopolionia on n Iribulery of the Euphrates. A king range of mounds stilt mares the site of .ffio anoient city. On the slope of one of these mounds Ilene is a modern village of sman huts and near by the ruins of 0 very imeitnil erten& or fortress. The eity of Baran is illentiened in some of Um Assyritin in- scriptions reeently brought to light, On ono of these Sargon, king of As6yrie, boasts that "he spread out sluidew over the city of 110 tem And its a eolther of Arai and Dagen wrote its laws. Sennehesib also rrendion6 Heron ne 1100 - Mg been destroyed by ells predeoeseors, The oily of Miran still flourished Wider 1)0 liamans end its inhallilitnIs wore mitring the lose to give up the Clialdatel language end the wetship or Chaldrionn denims. 5. All their Sorbettaiice-Constsbrig prin. elpelty of MINT and horses. cloth, Mg :Slyer nett gold, and other Wesse- ll' 111 The soills 11101 they tied goiter - Meiling children, reervrinte 11111.1 elaves,. 1' 11 later Abraham Is enkl lo havo bad 31.13 (ruined servants (Gen. 11,, 141, 11 wee, ttlierefore." ((one a company, 'or tribe. width Migiatterl'.wes1Ward ender_ Ills lendership ef AbraM. Canaan -The etliele "Canaan" Is des Heed from a root mennieg "to tow down," und signifies 'lowlands." Tbe namewas at ttrst appllett unly to the eons1 region of Palestine; later and secondarily, lo the &sedan valley 1 and (Melly 1111111110 to be applied to the Whole 1010)1r9 inetildilig the iliOlintatinoUS dia. Idols as well 113 the 10WhilidS. 0. Sheelioin--A place and later a eity Paltedine situnteel between Mount Enal and Mount iterieeni west of the etrilan in the terrilury allotted to Ephraim, some (listener( north of Jeresale)Il. Ono mean- ine of this mune Ls "saddle" or "shout - der," mei the name t1 Um city Inns" therelore well be derived front es locu- tion on the enddletlike vale betwoll the two mountains. Another suggestien that the 'dace received its name fruan Slieeliont. the sot of llantor, tiw. prince of 1110 land Olen. 33. 18, lie Tho fernier suggestien, however, seems the more prebaltio. Oak of elore11-'1110 reference [newelsle bo a sacred Wee, the went "Atorehe coming front "Hurler," the word 11:6011 regularly of the authoritative (1111111011 given by priest,. The word thanslattel "oak" Is I:Helened iu the mreon of the 1411101,1 VIrsiols 1 et (ninth. "The tree, whites ie 010 reeembling the oak, is still common in Pale.etine, as is also this oak proper. Cannanite--Lowlandor. 8: Beth et -The attetent Luz intithalely re seeded With the litslocy of the 1)a11'i- erc14. '11) be id41111.111(d )NM) the irenlein Beth), about 401e10e miles mute of Joel- salten. Ai -The name moans "heal." The intes Ilan of AI wee a more than Ivo) neles southeriet of lintlsel on the remi neiween 1113( littler place and the jordies Valley, Apparently a city of importune° id the limo of the co:mu-est 01 l'uleelige by the Hebrews (comp, heel 7). WHAT BESSEMER STEEL IS. Is a Compound et Iron \Vint a Small Percenetge of Carbon. Ales" 9e010110 arc unaware of the re- volution created 111 industrial circles by the introduction of the Bessemer pro- cess of making steel. This procees be- longs in the 001110 eategury with tho in- vention el the printing press and the introduction of the steam engine in its relation to human progress. Steel is a compound of iron with a small pereentage of carbon, which Is rendered 10111001)10 by being Susi while In a state of fusion. Galt iron Is hem with a much larger pereentage of car- bon and other impurities. Bessemer's process cenverts cat iron into steel be blowing 0 blast of cold air through melt- ed eaet 113011. The oxygen of the aie burns out the carbon, silicon and other unwelcome elements until the right pro- pertion is reached, and then the steel is cast. The effect of the process was al once to cheapen eteel and to increase its use enorinouely. In 1855, when Bessemer took out his first patent, steel sold in England for five times its present price. Sir Henry Bessemer shared the conet Mon lot of inventors in encouraging in- credulity when his discovery was first announced, bui he was more fortunate than most inventors. He lived to -enjoy the rewards 01 101110 end fortune and lo witness the world wide adoption of his process. The lirsl Bessemer steel rail ever laid down was at Derby, England, in 1857. II, was placed at a point when it hail been necessary to renew the iron rails COCO in three Months because of inees- sant wear. It was not taken up for sixteen years, during whieli time a mil- lion and ri cmarter tennis pased over 11. 11 is to the Bessemer process that we owe 1110 rapid development of our great railway systems. Tbe giant locomotives that draw long 'reins across the contin- ent and the slesl rails upon which they run are due to ils discovery. Is es- timated Una the Bessemer process has reduced the cost of land transportation two-thirde end 11 has also grently cheap- ened traneprortallon by writer. It has opened great tracts of fertile country whirls Heed ea have -been reached otherwise and has given the former geed innrIcels. In the development of electrits 1 Ilways It is ail the time bring- ing together scattered villages and giv- Ins rim opportunities for intercourse. We owe to Sir Henry Bessemer the improvements in our modern steameltips the strength and lightriess of the bridges which cress our rivers, countless nuel- eta) forms of machinery nnd their cheap- ened produele, rind the skyscrapers of lorge eitieswhich could not hove been built, solve by the use of steel. (I( AN EVICTION SCENE. Sheriff's Officeis Given Lively Time in County Cork. 1.1V0iy s Tors were witnessed at Ben - (to)), County Cork, a short limo ago in cenneellon with the efforts of a large local landowner to enterer: against cer- tain of les 11,111111(6' eviction decrees for nempayment of rent, Enrly 111 the morning the Sheriff's of - (kers 01111 a large force of police made rt deeteni upon the (11011111 111 the hope of Inking the tenants by surprise, ef their Infentione luel leaked out, howeves, and during the dine" Metre of the morning bonfires; blitzed o» Ilio hills, mut inter in the day the bells sf Mt the 110111011 01111101te ollUrelies were The me, roach of the lit fore mem, wits notified by Iles blowing of horns by num stationed at 1arlons blraleg'ent point& The crowd ale() formed a ring rennet the house of n tenant named O'Stililven, while men armed with stones, 1111(1(015 Of mud, end vale of boiling waler limn - tied the 1111crior of the house, end shout- ed (Inhume In rill romerS. So violent rind menneing wns the attitude nt the people thot the entire found (len fin could do nothing to assist the Sheriff's eftleere without ueing their rirms, which have 1111r01 ennirary lo their instructions, Muting Ilse 11111 111 Ilie excitement, Iwo I Ionian Calliolle priests 001410 enverird, and effered themselves as 1110C1101ors, end, Mier if porley, their services WM 11000910(1 1)3' bolh perlies lo the dispute, wills the result that, after prolanged eirgolintiene, a teinpromise was ef- fected, (14 Poet Lincoln, Smith Au0trillin1100018the lergese (testers in the World.' • 2.11‹.6414,6111141,64.99 erne AlgroViMatl,405.41;4faer,r311.0141.11.1? THIS SCIENCE OP HOUSEKEEPING. ErerY brunet) of scienee has ies 11101" (111, but expecting lo meet in Nniure with wonders that baffle 10100VhIge, 0140 tire 1101 so 111 11111 astonished id 111110 as 411 the startling fact0 that aro forced -Zin US leen day to they in social liee Some of the most surprising of these are. foreel mein us in the do elopmete of the science of housekeeping. They are entirely be- yond explunation, and would be beeond Mier 11 they rested upon mere nes-te- tt:at; but as all of 110, unfortunately, have tested them by oue oWn HenSeS, we accept them with wonder, and with some show of resignation. Take an important branch of housse- keeping-cooking,. llow inexplicable nre somo of the results of culinary study. A certain woman luul Rept house for thirly-Ilve years, and bed never had a servant, and had during that 1110e, as she infonned us, "baked twice 1 wen: regu- lar." Consequently, to gel into the sta- tistics of the matter, bread has been baked In LJ1111 eetablishment 3,640 Wiles. Deducting 240 for ocensional sickness or absence of the, mislrese (a large allow- a)1ce, for she was healthy, and seldom %Nei(1 from home), and we have 3,400 limes that this woman bad made and baked bread. She used good flour. and yet her breed was Invariably (lamp, sticky. and no Christian stomach could possibly digest with comfort. Now, surely, this was a wonderful thing. Be what methods ecerld she havo avoided 111 thirty-five years' practice learning how to nuke good yeast, how mueli to work ihe dough, how lung itt 5110111st stand to geb light, what, temperature the oven should be, and the propee length of time to bake it? blow could she help doing it right the three thousendth four hum dred111 time? It would seem thin a van amount of labor would be necessory to do it badly. She Nvas a woman of (Wen. ago good sense, and no doubt Conscien- tious. Another woman, now over 50 years of age, has cooked, 0101)0 or less, since She was 11. She has a special liking for lamb chops, 1111t1 has cooked them very many limes. And to this -day, she serves up liver -colored chops, fried, and swim- ming in a greasy liquid. Merely looking at them will give a right-minded person the dyspepsia. This woman has enters lamb chops elsewhere, cooked according to the beet civilized methods, and has praised them, but each time sho returns serenely to ber frying pan ancl grease. Now, upon what hypothesis can this be explained? Can IL be possible thi01 there am human beings so constituted that their minde and bodies act independent- ly, so that the sensation of taste has no mental effect whatever? For in these instances the results were 1)01 1110 results of carelessness or indifference -they both thought their horrid abominations wets feasts for the gods. And not ho tenet curious thing in these casss is, that these poor cooks have sharp eyes fee the faults of the butcher and the baker. The butcher Iniows better than to offer a steak or tough chop to No. 2; and if the baker were to serve No. 1 with such bread ns she makes her- self, she would refuse lo pay for it, un- conscious of the reflection she would thus cast upon herself. Wo have suggested but a couple of things that happen to occur, and belong only to one branch of housekeeping; but, if we were le pursue our inquiries into other depaelments, we should be met at every turn with phenomena 81011- 101' to the above. EASY DESS.Elinne Rice Custard. -Break up half a cup of cooked rice and seal( it, in one pint of hot milk until sort. Beat the yolks of two eggs, and twomended tablespoons sugar, and when well mixed add the hot milk, turn back into the double boil- er and slir constantly unlit the. <,99 15 cooked and the custard smooth, Slir in one-quarter teaspoon sall. letrn into a dish fur serving, and when slightle cooled epread half a cup of apple jelly (10 .efrawberry jam on lop, Beal the whites of the two egg- unlit stiff end dry, odd two lableSpoOnS powdered su- ps and one teaspoon 01 1011)011 juice and elle lightly over the top. Color. a deli- cate brOW11, and serve cold. Corn Starch Pudding with Figs. -Put one genii of milk on to boll In a double boiler, tWO Henschel lablespoone curnslarch, half is cup of sugar, end half a teaspoon of salt and moisten it with a little cold milk. Stir 11 10140 the 1)011013 111111( and let it rook ten minutes, stir- ring ellen. Beat the yolks of tour eggs Mill light colored and thick and Mir them into the boiling stares. As soon us well mixed remove from the fire as the egg must be only slightly cooced, Flavor with one teaspoon vanilla, lido a pudding dish turn about, one -Wild of the cool(ed 11)151ure, then put in a layer of gleamed figs rut in small. pieees, then another layer of 1110 prickling. Beal the \\mike of the eggs 3diff, then beat In lour retracted tablespoons of powdered elver end two teaepoons lemon juice. Pile let lightly over the surfnce of the pteldieg mei color it a delicate Mellen in the ewe eerving. Use the whole figs which oven. Lel, It become extremely cold be- come in hugs. Waslt them 111 lukewarm wafer and stew them in a iffile water or Anent them 1111111 lendee, Minsffinellow Dines. - Cul, marsh - mellows in thirde,t1sing both the pink and while Varieties, Met< 611 the eenie end wipe the dales, remove 4110 effine and (Mini In ils place it piece or the niarshinislionv Press together, letting a line of the while or pink Mime, end rot) them in powdered seisms SENSInt.P. SUGGESTIONS, Pieture Glits.ses,-nub with n clean eng dipped in niethylided spirit, Afterwards lions]) in the 1)ee1)1 Way. Almond 011. --Almond all Is henefiele4 10 a rlrY skin arks' Waallfrift. 1-iille 80119 should be esed on a dry ee(ti, 'To I'011:(1) Sfirsoisee-First 1111) With 11 cloth wrung out of cold writer and dip - peel en dry whiling; then polish With a dry duster, • vamilsoeg wan napsossesta wsss oar. 1118110(1 wall PaPer, nee lentil water and any good soap. It Will Mond the 1151151 treatment applied to paint-, Busty Keys and Looks -Lay lhom in parents) oil, and let Ilion lio covered for steno 1.1111e. The oil will thus loosen the rust, so that IL can Ise eubleel off. Brushes and Combs.-Vensh them in hot suds Willer mid a 11111e ammonia and rinse them in dear weler. Dey in the sum Menden" the brush un its bristles. When Laying Carpets. -Never put rugs or curvets down until 1110 floor is quite dry, as the damp wili 0111160 1110111 to rot and mildew and will injure hulls the boards and their coverings. Jenne WhIp.-Swectell to taste 'mil stew threeeffiarlers of a pound ef prunes. When perfectly cold add 01111110 of four (4ggo beaten etiff. Me all to- gethee 1111 light; put In a dish and bake twenty minutes, Serve cold and covet' velth whipped 0000111. To clean windows and mirrors lio up some finely powdered whiting in a 1111) ll l'11 01 1111181111, Dab IL over the glass thoroughly; the dirtier the glass the more whiting will adhere to it. Next, smear it evenly with 41 damp rag and In 11 110)11)1 in 1111111 pellet:11y dry, then rub it off with a lather. This is an easy, clean and Ihriesegh plan. If alcohol be used in- stead of water, 11 will dry in much less time end poltslies the glass better, The corners of the window panes should m- elee particular attention; they too M- ien are left dirty and spoil the appear- ance 01 1110 window. Most housekeepers have been troubled by the clouding 01 1114111 mahogany fur- niture, particularly the piano, over wither a thick greasy substance seelns to settle. Experienced piano men decluse 1110 best way to treat this is by washing quickly, a smell piece at a Unto, with. 11110 warn) water, ill WhiCh a 11111e pure soap has been dissolved. Rinse witb elear wa 1.01' of the sante temperature, dry will) a soft flannel, and pollen with the geniis of the wood by usIng a soft Merges. Only in exceptienal cases is 11 11000019 to apply a. furniture- polish, and then mire should be Julien tri use only a reliable furniture Crean), other - Wise the delicate liniSh 111113' be Mined. COSTLY CHRISTMAS TOYS. efeettanical Menagerie, a Battlefield, 800 Yards or Railway and Tiny Mouse. A German paper has collected some inelancos of roma:able Christmas pre- sents made in England. - One of them was a menagerie 01" mechanical wild animals, constructed kor the children at, a big country house. An ennex Was 1)01111 to 1110 110110e to ac- commodate the collection. It consisted of severel rooms tied each was decorated and furnished to represent a scene in some distant part 01 1(10 world. One wits an Arabian desert, another an Atrium forest, rind another an Arctic " glacier. The animals were all housed amid ap- propriate surroundings. They all moved more or less by clockwork and all roared or bellowed or barked more or less iles their prototypes. All were clad in the naturel skin of their kind and gave a lifelike effect. The lied alone cost 83,000, and several oilier ortininls were 111111001 1113 expensive. The 1)111 101' the collection, it is said, exceeded 850,000. Another notable Christmas present is described as the gift of a distinguished army officer to his sons, who are aleo lo pursue 5 military career. The entire floor of a large room has been converted into a model of one of the battlefields of the Boer War in which the lather partici- pated. There are hills and valleys, vil- lages, farms, fields, woods and a river flowing with real water. The whole is 'tinted in natural colors. The armies are represented by 2,600 toy soldiers, with sixty-five toy cannon and a complete transport traih. 'The cost of the elabor- ale Io, is given at $1,400. A working model of Nelson's fingship, the Victory, Is quoted as costing 8500, and a gentleman living al Wimbledon is said to have suseirised his fourteen -year- old son with a whole railway system With 800 yards of track awl a complete equipment, or rolling stock ab a cost of 84.260. For 007115 little girls a 111110 house hunt to 111010 11100011(0 was emceed, flint is lo say the dimensions bore the same relation to their height that an ordinary house doers lo the ,steture of adults. There were six Moms completely equipped with chikleen's size furnIture, even lo rent bric-a-brac, table equip- ment and oil and water color paintings. The expense of building and furnishing the house exceeded 85„000, Later an automobile garage was added to ammo - modulo two toy automobiles. 4,- elOWINEBS' AGENCIES. 11pays lo be 00 mourner in SL Peters- burg, and there ore agencies which em- ploy great nuniters of vageaffils and tramps for 1110 purpose. These 0901101o10 supply suitable olothing end pocket- handkerchiefs-eve:yelling, in 1011. ex- cept, boots, which the tromp must show on his feet or he will not be lined, When there is n more nr less important 1111101111 1110 lie nips gullies' 111 1110 eine- ket, and are selected by an employe of the agency. The wage for the oceaelon, with tips, generally equals Mame, 75 051110. 0. COSTLY NECKLACE. The nme1 magnificent iind costly pewit necklace in the wield is 11000' the pro- perly of 1110 Countess lienceel. 11 is made of three historicist necklaces, mill of which enjoyed considerable celebrity in ropmee times. Ono of Mem, valued at $00,000, woe; sold to the emlnless by as grandee of Spnin. mid IL le known ns 1110 "ilecklace 111 the N'Irgin of Aloltha"; the seeing] belonged '10 the ex -Queen of Naples ; and the Iffird was the famous neeklato belonging to 1110 Empress 1111- 9 genie, and by het, tritely eold to a Lein don jeweller for $100,000. NVONITETIFUL 1311313T1,1fe4, The most reinarknble gold beetles in the World nee found In Content Anierlern `1115 hend and wing e8800 01,0 brilliantly polished with 11 heffin es 011101<1 Meek To 519111 Mel 10111111 Iliey have all the ire - potence or 1110, me1111, Oddly enough, 5110111111 speehts from the same region loOks like WW1 &WO', hastily burnished, MYSTERY OF ACCIDENTS RAILWAY DISASTERS WIRCH COULD NOT ISE SOLVED. Accidents NVIlleis Have Defied Ilse Efforts of Experts to Find the Cause. 11 15 not often 111 these days thal, tho cause of an accident remains a mystery, eisl within the pest few yearn there hove leen a few euch cases iwortivd. 111. May, 11V0 yearS ago, it Hperial, truill W118 on (Is way le Lourdes the Holy Shrine of 1011131011110111011 tizitliolles, whe1 be. tWeen Amiens nrel Cemplegne Were WaS a violent nests, and the lettla-siot the engine-euddeuly left the thee Them wore thirteen earriogee, laden with some thine hundred elIgHms, and next instant all the coaches were telescoped tele into the other. Eight were ffilled on the spot, nnd it very. large number horeibly in- jured. Twenty (teeters were in work all night attending 1.0 the hurt ; and what made matters worse was lhat Ho many of the pnesengers were, invalids already. The exliacedinasy pen of the aceldent was that 1110 0191110 Itself never left the metres. It hes butql supposed thin- the Heise of the disiceler %yes tha breaking of art ttxlo in Use (mut conch, but the emash 0008 SO complete that It le not, certain whether the (tele was broken before Um cerilego left the metals or not. Other experts put, it clown to the.sprending of the rails (Memo') the very wet weather. But no ono knows the cause for certain. POINTS WEIIE OPEN. There is much doubt, too, as- lo the reason of the New YorIC Central express %week in June, 1965. This train wad the 11)11011 (111(1 most expensive ever built, and covered the 900 mites between New York lind Chicago In. eighteen home. 14 'WM equipped 001111 berberns shop, both -rooms, library, and smoking salouns, and its cost 1108 $400,000. It els belying along at Armee nines an hour when, near 'denier, Obio, It suddenly dashed from the ran through an open pair of poiels. Thirty-five people were killed and :In- jured, end the $410,000 -train reduced to scrap -iron and most of n burnt. But 110w mune the points open? That 111 a ques- tion which reimens unsolved. There is a horrible suspicion 11101,11 may have been the work of a train wrecker. Fore -ono depths were caused in Sep- lembee, 1901, by one of the mos1 extra- ordinary railway accidents ever record- ed. A freigh1 train wilS standing in a little wcyside station at 11 place called Es,ex. This Is on the Great Northern Haile ay in Montana, and Mamie high up ainung lho Bockles. Tito engine -driver left, the stoker Mune on Inc engines and the latter, after carefully selling the air - brakes, went to coaLup. It so bappened that Um conductor was in tho Office gat- ing orders, and Um tem bralcesmen were also off the Wain. Suddenly and with- out any warning whatever, TIIE IlEAVI"MAIN RAN AWAY, and before anything could be done was tearing down the eteep slope eastward at a pace which increased each 10e10111. Seventeen miles further on ,she 1111 a passenger train. The latter was going in the same direolion, but only at thirty miles 511 hour; Um Wight by teat lime was running al ninety. The caloslrophe was appalling, for the thnber with which the runeway was loaded took lire, 004.1 nearly twenty of the injured were burnt to deatth. The only reason that, could be given for the runaway waS that the nie -leaked from the brakes, yet the latter e.eeiNi, ra1.01),rfect, °Mee just previous to the 11•1n Near Indianapolis there was a eiruihn accident seven yeare ago -fortunately, without such terrible results. Only three Peollle were hurl,. But, the driver of the runaway train and 011 her erew Swore that 1110 brakes were 11111 in, and why [bele hada should have run awns, theY could not comprehend. 11 was some time before the mystery was solved. Then it was discoyeral that, a trai151 puillog 0 ear 10011e31 with fish 1100 passed previously, 1111d drippings had left the line so greasy that the wheels of the following train Sinlply skidded. 11113 MAJESTY'S C110111811IIIS. The Most Expensively Clad Boys in the World. As a rule boys aro not disposnd to be overproud of their clothes, but a lad WhOSO Sunday snit CusIS some 8200 and le of so striking a character thal, It is considered misfire for him to walk alumni in It Mune might exeused for bang thille "stuck up" 111 this con- neelion. Yel In Lmelon every Sundny 'there ere ten boys wile are thus expensively and hrillintilly 111)11 1011. 'They nre the len choristers belonging lo Ills Majesty's elinpel in St. Jolues' Pattie°, end truly gorgeous dre they when arrayed in their Slate sults." Scarlet, Moth is the foundellen of the costume, and bands of rival pulsate be- tween rows of heavy old hire tire the eflor»Ing of it. Grendeet of all, old trice ruffles arc wOrn fit the neck and W1.1S11s, but these are so valoahle and difficult to replece that 11 must bo a sestet)] oecnsien WI) ('('(11)1 their being donned, White lawn lands being stibsti- tuled as 0 generill A boy has to exerelee gnat cere over 1116 glee( sell, for it (nest hut him three years, while his undress sue le replaced every Mehl, months, he choir nf this royin rhapel is one of the historIctil institutions of Eng- land, mill TMIlly or ils uld lime customs, 111611(110g the dress of the lime, nre ('0' 10110(1 to thie (ley. lt hos numbered 11111011g Ile singers Sir Arthur Sullivan, 13dwercl Lloyd, Sir John Goss, Dm, E. 0. 11opldne the veteran orminisi of 1110 Tempt() Churoh, and 11111il3' other famous 13ritisli nittsicians, Some eurieus eusloms, peeulinr lo St. ,In )1141' choristers, may be mentioned. 'The Most inlenseling 01111583 is the right of Ilse 110011 boy 111 demniel one guineo es' "smile money," from any ()Mime en- tering Use chapel Wearing spurs. It Is relined thin when t,(Ill' Arnim' Sullivan wire fiend hey the Duke of \\'C'11 1)191011 Nvould iffivitye cone( lot the (titmice in hie eptire, in order 131 Twee the pleesule 00 paying the forfeit to Isle havoelle eboris- ter, A LEAGUE OF MODLEMS, To PROMOTE LOYALTY TO •1311111S101 RULE, IN INDIA. rt. is RrenOnieed That the Mohammedan, Cause Is Die Cause of the British. At the An India Mohammedan Edu- cational Conference held al, Dneea ('05' 011113' 0 reeolulion was adopted to form. .a political aseociation, styled the All India Milstein League, fur the further- ance 00 the following objects: - fa) To Remote among the ;gusset- MIMS of 111(1111 feelings of loyally to. the Brillsh Government, mid to remov0. any misconceptien that may arise as lo the intentions of 1110 Government i01. regard to any of its measures. (b) To protect and advance the poli- tical rights and interests of ihe Alusul- titans of India, and respectfully to re- present their needs and aspirations to. the CoN•ernment. (c) To prevenl the rise amongst the klussulniens of India of any feelings of' bostility, (minds other eniumunities, verlitie oillout lepargeijiteldice to the other objects. The President, Vicamil-effille In his address, which was received wIth en- thusiasm, declared that the safety a the Mehammedans lay in loyally tot tho Government. They must be pre- pared to light for the Government if necessary. The political outlook In In- dia was perilous at the present, mo - !tient. The 1110r0 revolutionary tenden- cies should bo condemned and discour- aged by all Mohammedans. They Were 3511111 the Natinnal Congress in matters. of public benefit, but they reprobated Ito rapid opposition to all Government. cause of the 13eltish, and the Govern - measures. 'Th(1 Niemen) cause was tee. ment were Us wellovishers. The Viceroy's rely to the 'Mohammedan de- putation at Simla on October 1, out, of which the present assembly grew, was - most, encouragtng. The mover of the resolution, the Naw- ab of Dacca, in his introductory speech,, declared that the proposed league had d to prevent mischief from being oen cb(10110forced upon Mohammedans, who ba by the Congress extremists,' and lc save themselves Trona being sub- merged hy an 01011110LS and noisy ma- jority of the other race. lie added that the fullest, safeguards would be provided against, the possibility of any headstrome youth causing mischief by indiscreet, speech or nelion. A strong committee was afterwards formed to !mine the constitution of Ulu league preparatory to 00 111119 other re- presentative rneelings for its adoption. The matter will meanwhile be discussed ln every part of the country, and a gen- eral meeting for the adulation of the constitution will probably be held et. Lucknow at Easter. A resolution showing the necessity. and advantages of the partition of Ben- gal was also adopted. GIRL RISES FROM DEATH. \Vas Resuscitated in Hospital After Ap- parent Dissolation. Tho remarkable case of a chIld, Ruth Geoffrey, who was virtually raised from the dead at the Farnham (England) Ise - lotion Hospital, has aroused intense le- telTehsett. child, 351I10 WaS eight years ok,. was taken by her mother to the hosp - Lab in an apparently dying condithe . She ceased to breathe while preparatioxis for on operation were behm made, 1)11., artiUcial respiration being employed, she began to breathe again twenty minutes. later. "It is certainly a remarkable case," sold one of the hospital doctors. The child, who has twice had mem- mun'a, was brought in what looked like. O hopeless condition, suffering from diphtheria. She was really al her last gasp. She was removed to the operat- Ing-room, where two doctors and three rumes were in attendance, 1110 sooner had the chloroform been given than tho child's breathing ceased. Her heart, cer- tainly did not beat. The child's color la ivngOs,ne‘'Y'Itt0txre is all over." But (he doctors erhnurses left the rooms 811Y - determined to proceed w1111 tho opera- tion. Tracheotomy was performed ine the first time in this hospital, antitoxin teratment being employed 111 the earlier stages: of diphtheria, The child was ate, :norreten,lilLtr(Ilief171(1.. 1 1:6:11P:111.10011-110:1 111:1C eb2; [telly twenty minutes, then, aS a last strychnine, brandy and hot bottles, was employed. To every one's amazetrient, the child begen lo breathe, egain, The earl 11110 delighted es well as astonished. How long the ehild ceased to breathe it is, of coulee. difficult to tell. Unless her heart becomes affected there is on excellent, chance of her complete tre- envery. The tube lins been removed from bel' throat apd she can speak quite csearly now. WI 1 ISTL1 On tendon nl, Ynrmouth, Englund, a local gunner who look shot nt a bunch of thirteen wildfowl brought down nofewer talon nine, 0111011 preVed lo be of the raee species of red-crestod poehinde' better known MS \V111)1111119g Midis, ofwhich onty eiget, are recorded Mr 1110 British Isles. Their usual habitnt is Southern Europa, North Africa, and tha Enat, crry 131JILT ON ISLANDS. • .Thovo nee 011191' ellteS beekles Verde* 1)1111 on Islands, Ametercloin and Ghent, ere bole built on small Aineter. dant coming thenersreel to Venlee In the 'number of lisinnds Mid bridges, Venire Is 1)1)111 ,0)1 118 small' lelarids, (tensioned by 178 bridges ; Anederdrue on nearly 111(1 islende, comieeled by . almost am bridges, (1110(11 tweely-six Islands, joined by 270 bridge& eliP "Some people pram by title tels. 101(re of others," tie; "Yes; liko 1110 11110 got ,$8 101" 1001371119 Ale