HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-2-28, Page 6OBJECTIF LIFE'S SCHOOL HIGGEST ELEPHANT HUNT
1101 KING OF SIAM'S ROUND -UP IN
The heal Product Consists in Ail That TUE 3 1.11N61(1O
We Include Under Character, A. Herd, of Several Hundred Forced by
Tame Elephants to Enter
1 have teemed.- Phil lo, IL
1 „ere wbut ;ming \mos
tor the close of niy life! Not a boat of
honing nll (hinge, but a selfel.ecount-'
mg in which lie sees OM the lessons
vet have been mastered. Is nee this
iin for which life has been given us,
that 11. mlebt, all be but. a larger echoot.
1111 which the years are the grades and
the end is a glad commeneemenl?
Any true education is Ile• training
mid development of the p000rs of life
4e meet its probleme wed realien its pos.
febtlitles. In this larger school expert-
OAr daily is drawing out, and devel-
oping the latent good, enlarging the
wealth or eharaeter and mind, adapting
the eelf to Um surroundings of men and
Mingo Labor, pain, ellSe, plea/etre, nil
have their lessons and play their parts
in making a man.
But many spend long years in tine
cIiooI lo whom it !mans no more than
the reedattone and discipline mean to
the desks in the schoolroom. Seeing
and hearing, they still‘ are blind and
deaf. Life has labors but no lessons
for them.
No matter whet you utake of your life,
or may make in your lifetime. it is worth
little uttless IL makes something of you.
To see all the changes of fortune, the
4vorit Hee of experience, the whet° ga-
• 'mut of our nature upon which expert-
411Ce plays, as elasees, drills, 1116kS, ami
studies, as pari of a process of learn -
mg is to give to all a new significance
and to find a principle wbieh is a
SOLUTION OF MANY PROBLEMS.
The value of a school depends not on
lite text books one can carry frum it, nor
on the opportunities its course may af-
ford for fame or elmaith. it is to I.*
measured by Lhe kind of people it turns
out, and this depends on the eompet-
rimy of Lite course of study to develop
alld diSleiplille in the things that make
worthy and strong eharneter. The
student's gain le in whet he may cam"
away within himself. •
Our tendency is to mensure life as a
manufactory rather than as a sellout
and to estimate its returns by negoti-
able and visible nssels. The Heti man
4 the one who 'gains, by living, the.
peolest nulnher of things to led hitteelf of When he clies. But, in truth,
do we net all know that thle le not the
measure of life's surcess? In our hone
est, saner totimale of any life, it is of
the man ond not of the money we think.
In the long test (,1' lime the real pro-
duct and abiding weal' h01 e Ide is Seen
to eoneist in all that We include under
e1ltINIC100. Tios ls the einem of life's
eehool. Do not allow anything to turn
you from ths semplo, axiomatic Pio.
position; our bustneee 16 10 learn. to live
,arel Sei'0l\ and this we may t10 bY the
laid of every experience that, comes to
us. He taltee the sting fi•oin even sor-
row who makee it eervo tThs end.
But let none think that life's leesons
are to he loomed by philosophizing on•
its experiences. Wisdom motive not out
el books; it consiste not ineatapegewe
or ihiogs remotawrai; it is clyoomio;
IT IS THE POWER TO DO AND 13E.
Charm:ter is mere Rum the obility to
repeat the len commandinent.s; it is the
taste and appetite for things pore and
noble, the will that chooses the better
ruttier than the base, goodneee above
gain, the approval of conseienee above
the applause of men.
Nor does taking life as a (wheel nwan
Unit we are to he bigger philosophers.
E is a sin to die a. rich fool; but the
point is that it is a greater sin te die
a poor fool, The vital question is as
to what a man than see before him as
the supreme end of hls being. You
might as well attempt. to hall. the stars
as to take from man his desire for gain;
'nut shall 11 be gain In toys and lools
and dust. or gain in eleenal manhood,
111 eharaeler?
The voice et religion cries, "Gain
life." What shall all profit you if you
leee this? Use every turn and change
of time and circumstance as part of the
great ceurete of training in the art of
livMg. Come to the end so that you
may leok the groat Master in the Inc
witheut ehanie or fear, that you may
say, "I have learned, Whatever else
I may have loet, I .have gained life."
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESsoN,
'MARCH 3.
Lesson IX. Abraham Pleading for Sodom.
•
Golden Test: Like 18. I.
THE LEOSON \\-0111) STUDIES,
linsi•cl on the text of the Revised Yee -
Moe.
Intervening Me:tithe-Severe] events of
imporiale.0 intei.vene between the narra-
tive poefents eevered by this and the pre-
ceding lessons. tempter 111 doecribes the
cieetattstancee attending the birth if
iellinael and Ls important chiefly ue
pluiliing lo Jews uf a later day the
Tuitional characteristics of a group uf
tribes closely related to the liebreue
though living In separation from Peent
tromp. Gen. 5 12.111, Aleoin wae four
score and six yours olti telem. lehmael
Wag born. Thirteen years at the
age of ninely-nine, Adman] mere more
receives a special revelution frem Jeho-
vah and a reneeval of the promise to
him of a numerous posterity. Two epe-
cial signs are given the patriarch indi-
cating that Jehovah's promise to him
/than surely be fulfilled. The fleet sign
Is the change of name from Abram,
moaning exalted father, to Abraham,
meaning father of a multitude. Sarai's
name is also changed to Sarah, mean-
ing the prineess. In addition to this
eignificant change. of ottmes the cove-
nant of eircinnelsion is eikthlished as a
perpetual witness of the special relation-
ehip which the deeiontlents 11 still! 10(11
ere to bear to Jehovah as hie choettn
covenant nation. Isinunet Men is to be-
come a great nation, but the special and
oft -repeated promise of tellovali to
Abraham i$ to be fulfilled me in Ishmael
hut in 13 son to be boin to Serail, who
is to be the heir of iheee apodal pro-
mis3 comp. chapter 17). In the necount
of the Visit of the angels to Ale -ahem and
Ihp subeequent SICF1'y of the desirtettbel
of Sodom anti Gomorrah (choplei-s 18
and ID) we have "one of Um most gra-
ohiettlly and finely written nart.ativcs ili
the old Testament" chnraelerized by 00 -4
and pietureequeness of style, (1 1111 ne
1111d delicacy of expreesion, ond
espiteially Neel/luting because of tis
eharining antletopolumphie 11111guage.
l'he portrayal of Abraham's elite tweein
this passage is espeefully fine.
115 dlg-
0iti', *snorkel, generosity, higlonindcd-
MNS hIll II/dulling held, in the juslice
end rtgh1eausn,'i 1 ;ft hovali are tiileac-
lively depleted. ft is le enitee of those
.eitneneter intik that find do.1110 lem
worthy of hie runlittence, emoting him-
self ttepecielly to hint ond diet-hoing lo
hilo lOs purple -is. The elmetetler of
Atwell/1in rie Ilms portrnyed IA ill ,10011p
iC0111011s1 10 that of 100 wt•alc end timid
vepliew, 1.01., ono still none Markedly
151 oonleast In Ilie prefliptle intieblemis
of the eiiie-; of the Main, For the suite
of manplelonees choplers 18 and 19
Minnie let 611.111ied 111 Cl 1VI1010 111 q1111100-
11011 ill) 1110 :Stoller clineen portion of
(Molder 18 which forme the text Tor ete•
present lesson.
Verse M. 'Hie men -The three men
mentioned itt V0'S0 2. In manly, ite Itoth
the prom:ditto tool solisequen1 purl tens
e! The norrato e show, halm ah end IWO
angels In Mullen tomb oh on Altrithoni
Orel enleetalned in hie tent teem hill ((11.
From Thence -The lent of Abeaterm by
the Oaks of Mantles nein' Hebron. 'rhe
immediate ortand of the celestial tIsil9rs
has been lo announce lo ,elealiton .1111d
Snrall the beer fultillinent or 1110 premiee
of13 Son and Iteir.. This erieuel, (311 liliol,
-they indiente (bele Intention of proceed -
The' en their way, which Meowed to be
*00/5(11 i(e ons
te, Jehovah Saldein bis heal, as it lent at 1101)1011, by • the let eienthie of
Wore, speaking hi eon:Immo. • Menne,
Shrill I hide front AThraltain Thal whielt
1 dt,--The appetent hesitalion me the
part, a Jeliol ail indicates that the visit
of the men te Abraham and their visit
5, 0111111 were too sepinale and (Detente
errands, and thal at nest. it 01119 not the
intention of Jehovah to reveal the ours
poet? of his second errand to the cities
of the plain to Abraham.
18. Seeing that Ahralunn shall surely
become a great and mighty oalion-
These and the subsequent wotels of Utie
verse xplain the singular mark of
regued for Al,rallam want-
foeted in this dieclosuro to him of his
eeeret. counsel. Jehovales regard fur
Abraham is based upon lite unique pusi-
lien v. Melt the latter lothls both as the
do -Thee- of a blessing foe all nutious,
end ti', the founder of a petmliar and
01 01) nation. Ihe chief fuel dislinguiet-
big trait uf 0'. 111:11 was to be righteous -
twee and obedience, to Jehovah.
19. Fur I have known hine, Taken spe-
cial eegnizanee of hint
To the end that lie may connnand his
child/tea . . . to keep the wny ul 30110-
1 all-Abt•ahanee thus conunandleg his
children and lune.c1rIld to render ()be -
(hence to Jehovah, le, on the other hand,
the condition of Jelowales fulfilling thal
which he has promised to Abraham and
his descendants.
20. Jehovah eaki-Addrcessing himself
onoe noire lo Abrahono
The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -The
evit reputation, the seandal.
21. I will go doon now and see -Naive
Antlit•opomorphic language, representing
God as subject to human Ilmittittone,
and undett the neceseity of making a
metre careful petsonal inquiry to ascer-
Inin the actual condition of affairs at
2:1. Will thou consume the righteous.;
with the wicked e -'--This question seg.
gests the ethical problem in the tolera-
tor's mind and nu which he evidently
intended that this story should throw
sonte light, Among the atielents the ins
dividual as often lost eight of when
the interest, of a 10111011 FS' people were
ttl elalco. 'The question answered in this
chapter i(0 whether find also in his
dealing with ti fetidly , 0 generation, a
city, or an entire people, hews no tut -
count of in/livid/oils oe small groups of
Individuals • and ono of the groat les-
son,. if no; the geed lesenn of 1110 nnr-
relive, is Ihnt Gott oelually does tette
arrow!! of, rind mereihilly CHIT, fill' 01 111
ptl,10(118 1 11.' indiVidt141.1 00I.10 (11
righteousness attcl obedience. ecelcs to do
Itis w ill, The Same truth Is mere cletirly
eet 1e1•111 the later writings of the
peopliele from the Unto of Amos end
111 l'AV11
21. Fitly righleotie- Really o
111 elle of any eke,
2). Sffnei nol Ihe judge 1,1 ell the retell
(10 right -Do jettioneet. Wo nolo the
deeply implatiled human Thelinel in rime
white) requiree Melee, of God. 11is
Abraham's 1,4(1sense of Mello', 011(111
remits at the Monett of the innocent
1,, :kiting with the guilty. Ile thiiihe
Let null of ()filers who possibly 1110, lent.
Iliutigh owl TM' WA
slo,p0,1 p0111, no no. 111111r
f.1! 5.,(1 pl ritlipiCil by 1114 OUT11))11-
,41)11 1110111, Vi.111111.c,,,. 0}1111 gym)"
1.11111 !Mindy 11) 1111Ni:ob. Wil•It
.1;11E0;111i 1.1 01,111,1 1110 ,,i10•
18, Will 111,)11 (1551109 the city for
Teel( of 111?.• Note the etthflely (tf 111c
lir:Anon! in lid, tippeul.
1114, 1 will not tiosir,,y it for ten',.,
---10liovali 11115 yielded at every
point 10 the petition tvf his eeevard
Alonlirm. lint Abralann on The peel
either deo. me think 11 Iii!rvsyliry, 01.
TilLn't. to twic itnther DIM Lot,
rind 110 ininiodki1P alone be
sent eft, 1el be eet ah Moe, 1s nlw ays,
doe5 verteeding aleirelmilly above till (lint
mon t• feet or Thirds
Leg off communing- Coleverstng.
Ahr.illant 1-t000ed unto his phtec-Ilis
101105 Kraal.
All other hunIs Iola &tette, hattees
and laggings of big genie aro ineignill-
mon temtpatvli to the Mt -Thula hunt, of
the 'Ohm of Siam. It is an old as well as
a Pioluresque custom and survives n-
otion/Ad hi ell its important features,
It used to be an annual tiffulte but there
have been- serious tepees in this reign,
says Om Nntional ileugraphie Olagazine.
There elre forebodings lest the greet
ehase he given up uf envie:bey us lime
goes on.
'lam royal elephant hunt was 11 more
evelone affair, vellums, wben that moles -
Ile beast was the only motile of royal
travel on land told Um elephant meets
anti elephaaL batieTies wore the most int -
within" ho (1113 of the twiny, leave for
leadilieu and emiliment, for oceaskmal
slate eplendors and parates, tho ele-
phant toelay line no part in Bangkok
cour1 life, ond his oceupation would be
gone were it not for lite suevey corps,
rotel letildeesedictal tetteelling in
the termite. provinces and the teak for-
ests and Mister yard.: where overhead
mattlifietie cutinot supplont the intelli-
glen sleengnt (,I the eletetted.
For the great hunts at Ayettlia. 5110
of the abieteloned capital, the hunters 'so
out weeks beforehand and beet the jun-
pre fur a hundred miles to north mid
east, and the teirdon of tame elephants
sluvely closes around- the wild elephants
end drivee them ht held 01 10/1) or three
hundred down to 111e l'I'Ver 10.1111 and
ACROSS TO l'ItE KINtTS KBAAL.
The last hunt of this kind wns /w-
ronged The the special eajtivinent of the
C00\111 Prince after his return from his
studies al Oxford and Ms tour ot Amer-
ica, and befere le, tie:tinned the robe, of
o Ibeiclhist priest ano spent the regula-
tion three menthe in. a monastery, in
aeeTheitime with uld Siamese cuslem,
For Ihe hunt week the court Mays at
the 'toilette. palace of Bang -pa -in. 011 the
rivet' banks, mid the diplomatic and
other foreign gooses go up to Ayulltia
(41 their lonistsboule, 0111011 luxuriously
lotigelhon (luring the Inc.l•
All liatigkok that can lind foothold goes
tee the forty notes by train, and all the
riverside and creek coun Iry people paddle
their small bonte tuul dugout ennoes to
llie arm of eleinam on whieh Ilie King's
Metal flee,
When. the hunter( have itepol the slow
moving game out from the nnigle to the
river bank the sigh1 is worth all Siam's
efforts lo See. Hemmed in at a safe dis-
tance by hundreds of 110 Is The tame
elephants slowly urge With jungle cou-
sins neroes the meadow and into the
eonverging approttehos to tlie lomat.
This equare enclesure solid wells
six feet thick, with an innereslockado of
leak loge twelve feet high, handed to-
gethee with irun and set so olosely to-
gether that there Is larely space between
for the slimmest. Siaineee to squeeze
through.
THE KING AND HIS CAMIORA.
The pond stand, with its royal lodge,
fnen 00e1511 the 111115 and his gueste view
the scene, Is Wilt over the multi wall of
Ille kraal; but as this position nf .honor
and fixed Asiatic convention is a bad
one for photographers, the liing, who Is
U'( enthusiast over the camera, 1ms lead
a special pavilion construeled al one
side, where he manoeuvres his instro-
meuts. large and small, with the greatest
spirit. Nearly every one carries a cam-
era to the elephan1 hunt, but none snap
as royalty, excepting by request, in so
highly civilized a ceunlry as Sims
As the wild elephants 000011 up anti
fete) the narrow chute leading to the
kraut, limitipeling and shunting nervous-
ly in their fright, the ecromble and crush
is lerrille. After the huge logs ha've
closed Ilut wicket ,or portcullis the lame
elephents go round as art antbultince
corps, assislieg bruised nod iejured ele-
phants lo move and rise to theie feet
and litenitig 1110 dead ones neer unt of the
way. AL every hunt several beasts hove
their ribs broOen and the life ernehed out
of thein In this crush at the gales, for
when Iwo frantic elephants Thy to go
through at once neithee One yields or
Maws leek, and the strongest, and
fuegeel eurvleei,.
Aft01. this panto mildly subsides,
though The krent is filled with Ike wild
jungle 111111 who letimpel and screen, un-
ceasingly, the elephant doctors move
/theta nit their trained losleers and note
the desirable-011011es. The chosen tows
nre liresned by 1110 fool mid made fast lo
etokee. A few arc chosen for 1110 royal
stables, beit the rest go the practical,
commeretal ute\--to the survey camps
and Elle 1011IF 101'054%
There 19 11 great conlrost between 1110
sleek. fat, well fed and well groomed
Ono went their quiet dignity,
then' benlge end easy mencetivere, and
1110 sorry looking jungle folk -emelt -0,
weether-vorn elophents, 01111 visible ells
and ptilehee of fungous growth -but 11
few woks ef cute! ietul food, El few scrub-
bings mid uilings transform them, and
they sum] eremite! the urbone 01101001'
11101 4•010191,110e.
JriatiNft THE ET,E1,11.N'Fli.
111 3' 'Siamese is a connoisseur and
eritie of elephants. mat jedges 1111011'111g.
ly front the wild herd. Fled, the ceeta
thee shuttle ((nye ti good :snits unsene-
redof iiiiifuent wriekling or texture, and
Fir: light. in color Elm pessible,
His toe, ehould 11110e 1111111 011115 11114
hie toll niest he obsoletely irthiel. In-
signeleant ne lite elephant's Intl Is, the
went 01 11 renders the erealutet impossible
and ridietrlotts; nnel ninny tS pronifeing
Meehan( le rejected 111 the ketint beenuse
lot lite; lest ble OM in some jengle (told.
A sleety even gait 11 netteesury for the
el/Thula to be treed In (revolting,
. \Viten the ovtld oltillimits Imo' Item'
chosen nrel ninth: first lo slake( they
somelimee brerdc locem •and 0000010 their
honey on the first. onimel In sight, and
bathes royel 11(111 ('31 tierce lest -tees otten
()corr. 'thou (he ail' rings with the ohoufe
or the people and the Sinnteme thinks 110,
Ims lititt a royalholldny indeed.
When the Iloal elmiee lies horn infele
mitt the rejected eleplinnte nre turned
heck Into 11131 meadoeV, hot and ildlodi tho
King (lees and goes to hie boat. 'The
King of Slam is one of the most kingly
hulking men now ;Timing01 tlieone-e"the
liantleompet, men 111 Aeln," inuny of the
diplomats call 11101-entut in his 'white
milltary uniform he slees off at 0 pace
that puts the royal umbrella. betiree et, a
dug Yet to keep up wilb the strenoons
ruler.
At sight of the King In Ills European
clothes, under his Asiatit unewelle, the
penple sloth un their heels mid remain in
a pose of reverent humility until he li'as
passed, Then the people, who have en-
joyed the 11011111y to the fell, hike a fresh
away (11' wade Ow smeant, ono Ayullila
betel quid, husk up their penunge, paddle
beetonee again bu1 a busy water y111116,0
nem. 001110 ruined temples in the jungte.
A DRIFTING Sl'EAMSUIV.
11e1 \V1lh a Serious Mishap argl Was
Aeandotted by the Crew.
S°
le11c1,1111ea"1:11dorewnk)intliaan°a,tuoillie0110 I.Niteu‘tivesZ,eals-
&Ming a big ucean eletunship absolute-
ly deeeeted and alone.- W'huever ands
3 1 may Wive it, hull, tmego and engines,
all vetoed at one hundred end sixty
thousand dollars. 11 is not likely, how-
ever, Wei 'any one will lind the steam-
ship Port Stephen, whieh will polio)*
disappear Into the regien of &Ring
noes and go to the bottom' in cullision
'with some mare( of Ice.
The Port Stephen was on the way 03
Newcastle, Australia, in balloel, for a
verge uf coal. 11 passed sately through
esoveaux Strait, al the south of New Zee-
land, and WILS 0110 111111dred 11111095 to
the north 01 11 when, one•day, 1.110 shaft
broko, without warning,oix feet from
the peopetter. The enginee raced medly
and the chief engineer eloppect them end
&lett] the ship from disaster only at the
risk of his life,
A hasty examination showed the na-
ture of the injuity, and the engine siert
attempted the work of repair, There
-was a spore shaft on bonrd,, bet on ate
ceunt of the location of the break ;t
could not be used. Accordingly, the
shaft -tunnel wae cut away to give op-
portunity for W001c, tilld the four 1110
available began all attempt, at splicing
the broken part.
In the very. stern of lite ship, where
lho break oecurred, 1110 space was so
l'00W OS to make suceeesful effoet ut-
most impe,ssible. To add to the difficul-
ty a, strong 'north wind inado a heavy
see. The men were continually batter-
ed about, in the 'narrow space, hammer-
ed agni»sr the sides of the vessel; aud
frequently ahmott dleabled. At *every
plunge they feared lest the propeller
should Hp out the short section affixed
to it and drop to the bottom of the see.
As the engines were distibletl, the ship
was helplese and at the mercy of the
Sea. 1 Nvr,s already 10 1110 south Of all
10110'5113'd land, and a strong curl:lent
from the 1101111 drifted it steadily 10'
Word the An'eretle, so that it seen can-
tered ibe region of oecasional icebergs.
Somewhere under the Ice were the Mae-
tounre- Islands, whose outlying reefs the
crew would be helpless to avoid ;should
chance beim; the steamer down upon
In the face .of these perils the engine
.staff labored heroically night and day
without let-up, from Wednesday until
Monday morning. Their task' \vas evi-
dently almoet hopeless unlees the sea
ehould abate, but they fought .sleadfly
ul it, beenuse there was no other hope
foi the ship.
On Monday FL snit appeared oeon the
horizon, and 111 answer lo their signals
the ehip Ravenscourl soon bore &Om
upon them. Tho crew of Ihe Port Ste-
phen launched a boat with much 4I111 -
cello', and the captain went abroad the
sailing vessel.
el, was only the best, of thence that
had brought a soli IIlr way, so far
teem the usual track of &tipping. The
Ravenseourt wns hundreds of miles out
rf hl °nurse, blown thither by the con-
tinual noetherly gale. •
As, on consultation, t appeared
possible lo reeene the Port Stephen, end
as 'there was little likelihood of other
old reaching its crew, the linvenscourt
teak them Molted end the Port Stephen
was deserted, be drift Wherever wind
and current inight send it.
SHIP'S 'STEWARD'S DAT.
Mates of Help Are Ninny and Vali-
.
ous.
The yeulh who illumines lie would
like to beeome a S0900111 ill a cargo
steamer would do well to note what
his duties WOUld be.
In n vessel carrying a- chief steward
and Iwo nsstelantS he would have to
begin es engineers' steward. The fledg-
hnef, stewerd must bo meat 4.30 ism. and
scurry away to the galley, where lie
make" coffee and Wel foe the en-
gineer on duly. Dille for himself, which
Ls gratefu1 and comforting on a cold,
raw, Molloy intening. •
Then there is' the mrsLs-roorn deck to
scrub, the cabin of the engineer in
(11113' to clean, his bed lo (mike, and
his Imp to (rim, This done, the
brenhfiest, table Must be laid for the
theee-ne more-enghwees, upon whom
the new steward wails while they are
al meills,
After their breakfast Is ever, ehe don-
key -man told stewnril hove brealcfast to -
g011100, end eller thnt there is o wash -
leg -up end lonfee-leneing thet would
trent: the home of nit avenge ,scullery•
maid; Inc three ship's engineers, use
more platers plc., at every meal than a
dozen ordinnry 11100,
Breakfast mete, the other two engin-
eers.? culling must be cleaned.
There is dinner to serve et 1
afternoon tea at 4, high len al 0 end
supper ot 8. And idler retell menl them
Is such an army- of dirty crockery and
knivem-often 1111 the more difficult lo
Olean berause of Ihtt rolling of the ship
-111111 1110 budding Mover() generally
tires of The Sea on the second day 1.1
Ins „,voyage.
IOLIDAY 1'011 ONE',ONLY.
Teddy, kethere, to school loeday 9"
"Sure 1 Yee don't eopeloae jest 'mese
I'm plaYelni bookey dat cley'd Mose up de
school; do yer I"
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DAINTY DISHES'.
1i -teeters tem Puckling.-Talce a tea-
cupful of breaderumbs, pour over suite-
eitml• milk to caver, and tater soulcing
neat up witli a Leek. Grense a
ellp with butter, add a lightly -beaten
egg to toe iweadeeemos, eivemen and
flavor very slightly, Pour the mixture
11110 the greased cup and etecon fur
twenty minutes, TUI'll out to serve.
" Wheatmeal Cakes. --Boll half a pint of
new n11110 with a pinch of salt, and dis-
solve 111 it a. Inece of butler thr sizo of a
walnut. Put the butler and milk on lo
sun -token wheatmeal to make a light.,
soft dough. 11011 out rt 'quarter of an
Intel thelc, mei cut into small. round
syrup,
ealos. Serve hot with huller and golden
s„ go vtidding.,_satik two
0111100S 01 011g0 ill 001109" 101' Se0el'a1
110000, &Uhl 111111 1111X IL W11.11 IWO 01100e9
of sugnr, and a lablespotetful of (11111'10310
1111105 Buller a 'naiad, ornament, it with
split raisins or candled peel; p1011' Itt 1110
MI:001V 0101 sheen for two hours. T111011
0111. and 9011•0 W1111 Wine enure.
To Cook Preserved Vegetables. -Before
using preeterved vegetables, Main away
ail tho Muer. place 1110 vegetebtes on a.
01111 e 01' colitoder, and pout, boiling water
over. This process reds the vegetables
of the water in which they were pro -
((erten, and whiele orlon causes a biller
taste; and boiling \rater often tencle to
soften the vegetables 1111(1 makee them
neorit easy to cook. Preserved vegetables,
os a role, do MA require to boil so long
as fresh.
Old Indian Puddings -Poem n pint or
scalding milk on a cup of coarse yellow
ltelian 'neut, acid two beaten eggs, two-
thirds cup of dark molasses, sell end
cinnamon to taste, mid one pin1 of cold,
rich mill, and bake tWo 1101100, 81100111g
several limes en make it WIICS. Mak& a
sauce of one cup of powdered sugar and
one-half cup of butter beaten to a cream,
Iluvor with nutmeg, wine, or brandy. A elt the. Pin an old clean sheet on the
carpet, carefully the curtains out
woman holelkeepets in a small western
town has built her trade on that pud- 0011111.0thiiisi, pgoes(iiitiloyn p)1)131,11111)1iensst at
I , (01(1005.
(1111
Lung. the \Viten dry the curtains will hove been
Old Style Pumpkin Pie. -Wil011,
(11110111y laundried and look as good as
"lady" did her own cooking or )(new haw
better than her help, they were baked in ucw.
teen bedsteads eve better than wooden
the old elyie clay deep -in -the -centre
plates, brown, with yellow wiggles ha ones, as they do not harbor insects, are
them: The pumpkin W0.5 cut hi pieces, easily Cleaned, and very durable. The
peeled and slowed eon. enough to be
seooped. "lawn mashed and sweetened
with stillicient dark molasses Into which
ginger and cinnamon, Iwo parts of the
first, one of the latter M each pie, is
mixed: To this was added about one-
1131ed rich, cream lo We -thirds declined
pumpkin. IslrsO Yoke the pie cruet lining,
mid the pumpkin till level with lite edge
mot Mike in a briek oven (it woe briek
then) a rich broom, even darker at 1110
edge. with a brown film rtbove. IL cuts
coherently, not like custard nor- corn-
sloech, but line a firm pumpkin pie.
Dough Mits.-Work smoothly with the
fingers four ounces of lard and four
ounces of flour; add half a pound of line
white sugar, two tablespoonfuls of all-
spice, une drachm of cloves, two blades
of powdered mace, two tablespoemilds
of fresh yenst, which has been watered
Orr 0110 night.000 Which should be solid.
Adci as much warm 111111 11.9 will convert
the whole into a rather firm dough; let
this stand from ono in Iwo hours near
the fire, then knead it well and make in-
to balls about the size of an apple, hol-
low them with the thumb and 111010Se a
few C1100110118 in the middle, gather the
pasco \‘'ell over the fruit and throw into
o saucepan half filled with boiling lard;
when they twe equally colored to a fine
brown,e1111 out, find dry before 1ile fire.
The latal shopld boil only just before the
dough /lute tree chopped into it, or the
outside will be ,seorched before the 15
-
sides am properly done.
gobd for' and tileo nom.
;Ogle,
\\Then cooldiag foods that are Dicey to
burn, ruh the inside 01 1110 pall 0111(110-
50110(1 butter before placing It Oil Ille
9100e.
TO iloillOVe SVOIS of Ink or Item Mould.
--Wet the epee with milk anti covet,
them with tennuien ealt. This should be
done before the /naivete'.
Cusbions for WItecer Cheirse-The$0
look well eovored mil) a good velveteen,
Being a cotton fabler, it does not, harbor
moth, and is kept in ceder by brushing.
Dried dales make a nice botabfaet
fruit. if slightly simeneetel In boiling water
and setTed with rich cream, eithee hut
oe NAM they are u wholesome limit far
everybudy Lu hike nt this of the
yeor.
Pop Corn with lee Deonmes-This is said
to Ile Very Moo by those who 113100 filed
11. 01 (meow you do not huller or salt
the corn. It seems to ndd just the
"something" thaL is needed with the
C1'011111.
limited Sall Fish.--Snalc the 11sh OVP0-
night, In oeet, moo. 00.1,011 ,,,,,tuived wipc,
11, dry and put it on a well greased grid-
iron. When browned on one side, turn
carefully so es to not, blacken, Sel'Ve
Wlill frIee potatoes.
11 we W1811 to mist diseaee we should
guava against eating leo much, 111111 1.0.
1111.111111e0 Mat 011011g11 19 as pod a9 Fl
feria., All the sloength expended in the
digestion of smite -nous food. golog on
day after day, eels upon 1110 MIMI and
11e0V011S system, and makes them fall,
nitcl lite body breemes filled with impuri-
ties, whiell cause the most serious and
fatal diseasee.
To keep a house in a sanitary' cond 31 -
lion does nut mean Ilial you must } e prefer to all the mints a modest 01111
st1\1\1•Itiee.p.inIgt,,vdtithsellnagi,i, att,incldset:Iiiblil,liiiigi I call ilitItioe
(1.1tuteekpelo''Illesrle'nFettomplIsbniente. Cranes.
"secumbein orient" with
evolT Dart of the house; do 10)1anon' anY must be added to the category of
decnying matter to tiecumniale ill the
V011tiOTTEN DAINTIES;
cellar; 1011511 and dry all cleaning cloths,
tubs pulls, etc., as soon as you have Ind queil of native rearing were great.
used ilsheinno sigillitisasnotthesod1314181tte, hoitillilelpldieussst fir ,11.i.i.otiens(:, istlewevarnIaLl1111110:(1,auan'tle;y:n. n tinhye-
and decay hi dark places that, makes a west. b„1 ote biros wmot gourmets.
develliog insanitnry. rtni nre foreign, 000 efln they be said
When washing e nmelin curl/tins put t 1 ,
to le enown lo the general public.
them to souk over night in c6d w01•01'. The nett (131E1'110'; or the past, though
NeX1 day squeeze (never wring) oul. ca,re,-, tpuiod,etpuo.enbctic;, outro,tulglool .\5.eutt.trehel„,01,-i,3„.„c,;iii,1.1eItt,te:
111119' and place In a lather of tepid soapy
water. Squeeze the curtains in line on eon. ..., .
r 1 11 1 ike end carp NVOIT 111 MI -
C151111, then rinse carefully and wrap he Ier.'ent porkies 1111,re hishh»luble 11100
e0101o1). lelabornte indeed Were IN)
modes of cooking Mein. As for cup,
throughout the eighteenth century
tunny people illiMg11 1 a biome of these
Ilsh a gift equal to that of a brace ef'
phenea n Is 110W -114111y0, When Carp 1110
deemed loo "rich" 'for modern cliges-
Deals. Stewed lampreys again, despite -
the tradition of a surfeit of them baying
killed an Englioh king, were valu.ed
laths may be preserved from 1.114,:1 Ly lay-
ing a piece of coarse canvas or old .ear: 1.1,111q1(.1,5.
should 1101 be used meder the malleese. 1114100(1seltsoning on 0/1)111 enciont
pet over them. Waterproof inaletials boein;e'sd head, with ell the flavor-
theeel
rnves, was 0 pipet.
as they prevent, the damp 05(011(1)41. 511(1 000115.1 p
this causes the bedding to decoy (mice'. 031 resistance among the Yuletide dain-
ty, while the bed 001110105 cold and ties. At the epreeent cloy Royally 'and
damp: Once a year have all parts 01 1110 Queen's College, Oxford, and also vari-
hecleteads odped over with naphtha or
niotor spiell,-and dried in an 11117 000111, ii(birelc, 1 igLiirseisa:tuP:w.L.:a)le1(01iiscehticiloelsoc11111\silabee01310,11110.sitidtldlirttile:Crsi-1
where there Is ne_ither fire nor light.
But who ever sees "barbecued pig" as
a favoeite item? In the eighteenth eon.
CAllE OF THE PIANO. - hey it woo Fl 111T1011 valued one. 11 was
Ittbettit 1 baeseto. n invalid,Ne.1eseov ei 1 :to ubsete :met rib eepPeuet 0 al la , a
window if iL is raining, or 10 a deny ppluglart;lunsii000J01:001,Y1 Ii‘Oesbe.515110,poasge0;1.10 be, .
room, ns this will rust the wires and
too near. a fire, or the wood is drawn by
A piano is as seositive lo cold and A PIG ROASTED OYHOLE,
shifted with spiece and basted with Me-
weAsniscily301;e1).elgte
generous wino then very po-
mulct the Ineicle.
Such an instrument. shoeid not be put ."0-111,111tedavel:ttnien'enieuethiuttioefhentlbia.oe
close to a wall, or the sound will be 3.,icharro0,0172.trkiles"(01a131,, itlitrieels,eda‘yvinnebxet,ebeing
deadened, end it should be kept closed
when no1 in use. The keys should he hog, baelyqu'd whole, at the house of
dusted daily with an old silk hendker- Peter limn, al, the Rising Sun, in 1S113341.
51)101,' but they should never he washed ton road, with 011100 divereions. Note;
-when they are soiled, or the ivory will This is the house where the 0x was
be discolored, if they; become yellow toasted whole Ittet ChrLsttnais." I3u1
from neglect, rub them with lemon juice pig ill VariOUS guises has always been
nntl a little whiting, and when 11 is dry pepulate The sucking pig 001111 plum
brush it off, tut dd net let the dust fall sberoutcycg-ono
tin.0baloste(anotwil111°It%odtmerdn • flatsiuh4:,
between the lceys.
' Never put too many comments on a ion partitionedi-wes another dishverinisioch
piano top, or the Ione will bo spoiled la Sel(10111 80011. Brnpout In co
cmd the instrument he placed out of pro- with goose and turkey, it is for the most
per harmony. Finolly, remember that in part a. !recollection of the ancient din-
e room overcrowded with furniture and- ners.
(nPvesapiurrl110070bebeeraleThen there are the Warden pe andLheltedrange
the limbic .pie which latter, heing made
of the "umbles" or the inferior Thieriot'
*
ot the deer, and eaten by the 43101.10e
WORDS: FROM ANIMALS. peqple in the banqueting hall, hecalne
Truest be very close, from the fac,L 'half 0/05 common enough et tile leeg by.
Entilish, Languatoe Has Many Expressive le -pirate, for making
words drawn from the lower 81)11)1815to
we eommonly ime several scones o
Our resemblance to the lower animals
ms.
.. , "humble pie. " In that pier* is the
a .11(0d01'11.11(0d01'11 seq./onion, flabpionloagiensi_imeealateilelg
Terd
lieS,
we are aware 111 011 events, in anything
only reminder now -n -days, 50 far os
like a genetal sense, of the pie which
aim miscellaneous feasts and„ Xestivi- '
1115AnssenfonrIolnnkset;1,ieneu,peiv;)e, Iciackeisfe, :1;ear, kitten,
express most forcibly our opinion 01 a g
THE HUGE VENISON PASTIES,
duck, soalce, sncalc, cal, peacock, toad,
And every word sums un 11 Mall'S 011a1,
were filled with different birds, as slar-
lure and 010'011010m and those which
ROAST SWAN AND CRANE'
•DAINTY, DISIIES IN ENGLAND OW.
,LONG AGO:
Homos, wad \via sensoninfic, VlnIstet
Pie," cool Other Forgotten
Dishes.
Turkey (Inc! Entine still hold their pride,
of piece though Itirlreyls 501131111Y Is
1/111011 ififeeloe to that of the humbler
but. none sueeulent guose, Mr, says thee,
eld rhyme,
Turkeys, hope, corm pickerel clod beer
Clime into England v.11 111 0110 year.
in the rolga M Henry VItl. Ale, though,
01 1110 811X011 brew, bud flourished for-
mally ,centurles. But the roost peacock
01 3)S FLIalelf.er and liner than either,.
steys the 'Andrei Globe, especially when.
Messed I» its gorgeous plumage, W1111
1,11 1110 arts uf Ihe chef 0( 1110.1 period.
Aeti however letelcward in ninny mod-
em neetimplishments, the great. peapta
( those "d1111 and clisInne." eras had
very Meyer metics, az some of the eon -
len -moon descelptions of 111010 bills .mt.
fere sh Ay, nblably in the reign of thee
luxurimis Inclined 11.
1101151. some is anothee memory, a
eIntoly bird, 110101 110 &UK excellent,
with elaboettle sauces. Probably, too,.
custom .wouid mone the SWall 1001 11^
901110 taw, albeit most moderns would
Apple Mint Jelly. --Select a half dozen
apples of good, tort flavor and cut them
in .small pieces without eorieg or paring.
P.ropare a mint waler by packing mine
leaves in a cup it is full. Wash
them clean, chop (Inc, aud COVOP Willl a
pinl, of hot \valet', ;Mowing them to
sleep foe tereminules, Slonin and pour
the 'liquid 0001' the apples in a 000101)031
and lel then1 simmer in the mint water
until they are tender, after which slraln
terongh a line sievemid add half a box
of gelatine which hos been soaked for
half em hour in a cupftel of cold water,
and ueld II to the hot apple pulp before
straining the whole nubile cheesecloth.
The jelly may be slrelned Mtn a shallow
dish. to be 01)01113111 Inch and a half thick
and tben cut in even cubes to gnimleh
cold meats, or it may be pointed inlo
snaill individual cups _or molds and
thrned out in these ff/11 05 01.01111t1' 110
meat, sprigs 'of parsley being used
With 11,
While frozen plum pudding is made 01-
011)1 catgut of sugar and' one cupful of
water, cooked until it threads, then
poured slowly over the whiles ot three
oggs and beaten MTh] sI 1(1 when thia is
beaten thoroughly 'nod is cold add one
pint of whipped crown, ono teaspoonful
of vanilla, and one-half eupful each of
seeded. raleins, 01101'0111S, English wal-
nuts and almonds, ond candied cherries.
The nuerinits and l'ais1119 should he
plummet in boiling water, Pour 11118
mixture el Once inlo n mold, cover NV1111
1010011111 poper, put on flm rover, seal
with lard around the edge lo prevent
salt waler from emepleg in, pack 111 ice
and ruck salt, aneleave 11 throe or four
hours lo ripen; then remove from the
mold, place it on 0 cut glees round dish
0110 IA11'11411 WW1 1101Iy, 11(1 round bomb
mold 19 used it will look guile Ince a
snowball, eepecially If the fruit Is ltept
well townrd The centre, SOI'Ve W1111 a
0111100 made ()1 bananas as fothlwst Boil
Ono cupful of granulnied moray with two
of wider until it threads, pour this inte
the welbbeaten yonoe of two eggs, add
the mashed pulp of six ripe bonanas and
enough lemon juice to give !lover. This
snout may be used hot and passed after
Me plum pildding hns ben c111, and
mewed, or it ltlay bo served cold, but is
belley hob Tiny -1011e of dellente while
enlen .envered with Icing, lilen rated in
cocoanut, is tm addition to the esthetic
side of 1111c; feted. .
nude, fox parrot, Pig°041, g'i°sei too often specimens of paitry architecs
oder.. ,1 11410, thrushes and flOclets, were part
Then there are lion-hearted, chicken -
of the menu. As for the elaboration
hearted, hoesey, haWk-eyedve pigeon- of pies In the "sweele" cnlegory, no-'
hreaeled, dogged, lynx -eyed -monkey-
1111119 IS 111M'e notable in our forefathers'
faced, hawk -nosed, etc..
,w
1binilso'foi
xinpastcenlnrestharthOf verbs signifying Illat 10 act like7i'',.',_molmiLcove‘eiyiilingoihi:
11013)1515, 110011 ere doens. To snarl, la
growl, to grunt, -10 011W, 10 pume, 10 /11 first honey wns used to nn enomil-
dog,;to 11105, 10
lo___atie,rw
au,l
, "to caecke
-, to
enes ee11(110111. 5.51
eten
, 11110!) aneger weeaddle, to swoop, to 100i top011',011 ineble, the onelety of confections ofa,hee 1100 ntnong the most externSSIVe w,are,n tt .mimeo NM. 30051nelonly 10 -
words of ottrlengutIge. consumption but foe amusement -as
01110(5(111(1111 was Theo donned. Thus a
dun and dIS10.11, 111011101'3' .0, "t140 slao010CUSlsleEeousitAt1oto,'with he arrow 111 it," whih WAS made
'1101Totircoiist<eenbleheatlonniThg•or pastry, and thi11[01'1311' Riled with
le 1110 "oval vetcPueilers on the re- clret.
ceipt of the order tha"t The not 011)10011 In front nntl rear were piesin ono
eibbon 1)10000 as the ftoh,
worn of the \\etre live frogs, in ihe ()thee live Idols.
back of the 0011131', wits to be iteneoveck k Roy being iniloond lo pull tort the
nr-
but this 0(400' on1y re.eee ,ciThe eerviee pow, 0 113 0)13 of chwel fol'lowed "(3s bla eldress, and with toll dress the nosh hos running nut of a 11'01(11d,"11115 appeleeto bo worn (10 1111110810 This hes now mg p1030 of ventem 11(1\'1115g been enjoy -
ben oilleinlly made known, and has CO, Mile ono lifted the lid of ono ple
onused .
great sa lisfeclion to (hie (UMW- end, oul hopped the frogs, which 1135,10
guished regiment The gash 10110 0110, ' lite 113d10e to eltip nnil shrielt.'"rhe
natty hetroduted 51 1110 poelod when all Mitre 1111 being lifted Me birds flew otii,
soldiers wore their hale in powder and and flying al 1110 light ind 0111 the
pigtalle, and its purposes was to keep ennellee, whicb teemed "much delight
1110 oniroroi 01 1110 back free from pow- !ma pleasure to the whole eompony,"
der and grease, 'All regiments prize es- One hardly regrets tols oe,getten e01,14,
perially any distinguishing marlc In ef efeslival liture," es the recipe teems
their uelfoten. In former days regiments oe 10e0001011.
bad grenadiers and light companies on
dIstingoished by a gernado for lite
their flanks, and these cot»panice weee
1111 DIDN'T LAUGH, •
--,e111013' rothor:,
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,
001114)5119' en 11011, con01511011,m
a
s, u] lt.would "1.'hose 1111,9011141V0119 Sniggle.Y ellildryll
g001111d1006 bIld a bugle for the 4111
b good thing if this old cif:dent 001310 ninth, n elide in front 11 111511' poech end
be reOlVed.
' nem mvercel 11 wile snow rte a Joke en
, :"Ind bo sett the jeke 7"
"yes, ho tumbled to 114"
HINTS FOR Tim HOME. She who &Iles bet n imilmiel Sel4etn
Eat eeierY, for it is S• Sedative. 1118 catches 0110 worth while, 7
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