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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-6-20, Page 3KRUGGLE FOR TRUI God's Work Waits for You to Put Your Hand to the Sword, 'The ewoni of the Lord and of Oldie faint hearted, and yet ellithelely it has on," --Judges vit., 20. ('eer.onle 010 HV. As men balm fought The mightiest and the eternal forces fight ever on the side of the teen, True, things do nte Ideates leoh wilY• Sieuelinies Napoitem's weer Mute God always being U1 the Ade of the lergest lni IiUkjii seethe tu have truth In it. But ere kmg we see the irage battalions syvept ewer' ' before the strange, unecemmluble, end Irresistible pewee of an lesiguifleaut. body having truth end God on its stk. The Man W110 Indies hp the struggle Lot truth, who plate his hund 10 .he sword for the oppressed, for the right, flints einthelf bolding a Iwo handled weapon, and If lie grasps firmly Lle one hilt it Is us though there were an om- nipotent bend grasping the olher. ile who fights worthily, in fitting battle, over fights alone. Often he iney seem lo stand with none to aid, but one Waffler than be Is with hen. II, Is not that some omnipotent per- sons steps down front a throne in the heavens and plunges into the battle; it is that every time a man steps out for rigie and truth he places himself in nc- cord with the eternal spiritual forces that give themselves to him and his work. It is not that God comes to fight tor a man so much as that, a man finds himself FIGHTING BESIDE GOD; entering this brittle, he sees that where he thought tiono had been serving the heavens had long been waging the con- test. It is so easy, like old Elijah, to think teat you alone ere left to witness for truth, to feel the loneliness of standing for things noble and worthy, to be- er/Me 011DreSSed with the Impelessness of the minority in which you find your- self. When real and concrete things Dress upon us and Utter uproar is in out, ears we become deaf trod blind In the greater forces Mal. horn the begin- ning of nine have been working for the best. Every great reform has looked like a hieing movement; it has begunwith most insignifienni minorities; i1 has met with wield. and well organized opposi- tion; its supporters have ofien been (11 they have found an unseen hand gnisping lite sword beside theirs. We all need tide sense of tiod with us, helping us ID 001, 11140S. l'his give8 courrate mid confidence, It does not mean wrtili relitinee upon Moven to eh) P1 ue; il 1110111l8 01114leing on the things thet look impoesiele beettusc 'ye Mum that, if they tire right, every greet Rime ill Ilia universe will (xi -operate with us. This le lee fine sense in whien 'the hilinan milers info partnership with the divine. This determines whether we may ran Olir %volt clivine or not, 31 10 le be judged, not by whether it is pli.a- sent or looks respectable, but by whe• O'er 11 is the work in whice we know tho Lord of all can lay his luind to the tool or weapon alongside of our hands. With a conseiousness like this, one can alleinpt anything; nothing is Ien.- ger impossible. 'rile practical question is eel, "can this be done?" but "OUGHT THIS TO BE DONE?" Is lt such a task as will enlist the co- operation of the eternal spirit of truth and right? With the cry of Gideon on their lips, men have tared Well facing fearful •odds; their hands Miele fallen from tbeir swords, but the unseen hand has carried them on until the Canso Is wan. The Almighty, who would have love and pence and righteousness to prevail needs your hand for His sword; the sword of the Lord Is vain without Old - eon. Ideals and spiritual forces may exist, but men must be their realizations, their visible lumds. Ood's work waits for yeti to put your hand to the sword; you will find Ws already there. This helping hand is always unseen; spiritual things are strange, indefinite, and often appareelly nereal. God aae- not be reduced to figures nor to ma- terial elements. This hand that works with ours may mean one thing to one end another to another. What we till necil is to simply grasp the great tact of the spiritual forces that strengthen every good resolve, that give vigor in 01 ery good work, and give victory at lest to the right. HENRY F. COPE. Thth S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Lesson XII. Second Quarterly Rey•iew. t Golden- Text : Ise. 43. 2. A SIMPLE PLAN FOR TEACHING. Every lesson in this quartet' is a story: consequently, on Review Sunday we have eleven stories to review. Two of -them (I and In are stories concerning Jacob, four of them (III, IV, V, and V() stories about Joseph, and five of them (V(I, VIII, IX, X, XI) stories about eloses ; for al- though Lesson VII does not mention Moses, it is a description of the sad con- ditions which were the background of Moses's early We. The Moral and spire teal insteuction for which all these stories are told is summed up in our Golden Text, Isa. 43. 2, which, by a beautiful figure, assures us that God will be We Companion and Helper through all diftleulties a.nd troubles. Conduct your review in any way you like, by questions, by word pictures, by pictures out out of quarterlies, by assign- ing each lesson to one pupil—any way ; oely make sure WU the story of each lesson is clearly, recalled, and so recalled as to enforce the Golden Text for Um quarter, Show how God befriended and blessed Jacob; how "the Lord 14115 with Joseph," preserving his life, giving him strength of character, wisdom, charity, and great prosperity ; bow Ile was with Moses—in infancy, in the vicissitudes of middle life, in the delivery of Israel from Egypt. Mentally divide your Mlle into fifths, end devote one -filth to MO two lessons about Jacob, two-fifths to the four about Joseph, and two -(liths to the five about eloses, throwing the emphasis on Lessons VIII, IX, X, ancl XI, Use the Golden Text both in recalling and en- forcing the lesson. Show that God is (lie snme yesterday, lo -day, and forever—has ns strong a nersoral regard for each of us as for Jacob, Joseph, or Moses. Ilseall the cov- enant which each of these worthies held with God—a pledge that if they tried honestly to serve him he would never Mil nor Menke them, neve wo stieh a covenant? We have a better one—the New Covenant Mie Testament,as it is generally, called), which., after all, is tbe eery slime covenant that (Inc heroes of our lessoit ,Stories had, only broader and eleher and wise (if possible) and more (ratty uederstood, and even more loving. 'Aly Gott Shall supply all your needs ata - cording to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' • AN EXCHANGE OF GOOD WISHES. A succeseful school -teacher wife is loved as well as admired by her pupils says that during her first year of teach- ing she received a -little lesson which taught her What Saint Paul probably mean1 by the "toolieltness 01 preaching. 10 the middle or a term ono of l•ter pupils was obliged to leave school, aS !IA family was about to move otit of town; When the lenelew said good -by to the little girl, who lina been an intel- ligent end well-behaved pinel, she fell moved lo mid a few words nf advice, "If 1 limier see you again," elle said, with Innen enimestneSs, "I hope you 1,111 now forgo lo cik) y'egut ben, whop., 1,1 01' you mey be. end whet:Peet' leeks you me celled pertorm, 1 hope yoU etwees be on hence', 11111401 1. woman, truthful and brave," . 'rhea you," said the little girl, her rimed, eliger Mee uptureed to bee trawler, l'iteel I hone you'll be the etnno." • RECORD IN MATRIMONY A MAN 11110 MARRIED ONE HUN- DRED WIVES. A Dentist's Amazing Career of Poly- gamy in the United States and England. 11 the legendary Bluebeerd were alive lo -day, he would no doubt be consumed with envy of a certain gentleman, whom W'3 will call "Dr. X—," who was run to earth not long ago in America after an amazing career of polygamy, the story of which leaves the inventions of fletion-writers impotently behind. As the matrimonial feats of this modern 131tte- betted are almost unknown in Canada, a brief sketch of them can scarcely fall to interest our readers. ' Dr. X— was born in Switzerland forty-five years Ago, and Is desceibecl as a man of athletic build and attractive exterior, and with a strange hypnotic powee, which he has done ample jestice to, over susceptible females. Until a few Voiles ago he was known as an ex- ceedingly clever dentist, mid seems to have been content with that useful, if painful, role, until he discovered that there was a more lucrative exercise for his talents in the hearts of his fair pa- tients than in their mottles. One of his earliest experiments in the domain of Cupid wns on a pretty pa- tient who speedily fell a victim to his fascinations, and whom he led to the altar in t003. But her tenure of married bliss was brief ; Mr, after borrowing ;14,000 from his father-in-law, ostensibly 13 buy A DENTAL PRA,TICE, he disappeared. and 8 few weeks later became the husband of anolberebride at Boston. Again the volatile husband van- ished, this thee before the honeymoon was over, and with $2,000 of his wife's money, in seeich of fresh conquests. From one Slate to anothee he wandered, under a series of assumed mimes and disguises, and in each he found a now victim of his cruel arts. lie traveled a Polish widow and sobbed her of $300. In Indiana fie found a willing bride in the drieghlet. of a wealthy Welty, end *flee a brief honey- moon left, his young wife and went to New york with $2,000 of her moray, ostensibly lo take out, a patent. Then followed alliances with half -a -dozen widows in Brooklyn, all of whotn he deserted after relieving them of sum.s ranging from $2,500 to $15,000. To .each he gave e different, name and appeared in a (Wien], guise. Now he was clenn- shaven., now he boasted a sweeping moustache ; as Mr. 11.— he was "bearded .111(0 the pard," as Mr. 13- 1er wore side whiskers only, and so on through the whole gamut, of FACIAL TIIAN$FORMATION,• And thus he continued his wear of polygamy, ending a, fresh wife and a new source of revenue once a month on an. average; until, it is estimated, he had won and deserted a hundred brides. When he had exhausted the Stales he trensferrecl his misguided talents to London and Manchester, leaving behind him ti wake of abandoned wives, of debts and warrants for era arrest, until at last Nemesis, in the form of one, ot hes outraged victims, overtook him. He was recognized 'and arrested in New York, and we may assume Thal, for a thne at any rale his 'ratiVillea will find a less pleasant and more restrleted Ilted Mr Uwe' exereise, As a, elituepion polygemist Dr. X e— lms <Immeshed 11 reeved wiTiell We, lin' 01013' Impe will never be eremite:heti, So Mr, his most dangerous rivet was orie Emile Ge..—, a natter of Lyone. who el the spece of eix years wooed und won thirty-six wive,: le variette paris of ihe Conlinene and was finally shot by one ef his vielinte while lanwymouniug 481(1 the Met of his bridee. IINMISEY ITOYAI, SAILORS, lellefortunes of Princes Who Ilave Fol- lowed lle. Sea IS a Profession. In view 01 1(11' fact that Prineo Edwerd 01 Web, has 401te0e11 1)141 '''11 Navel (3 ((p1' il 18 inlerristitig to note, says London Til-Bils, Met the only royal eetior Prilither 44110 have escaped miethip ere his father, the Prince of Wales, and the Dulte of theme, Somehow royal and imperial Primus who beet. adopt- ed seafaring life es a prefessern seem to be pursued by ill luck. The Grand Duke Alexis, Lord High Admiral of the littestan fleet. managed to run his yacht into a littssent 510810. ship, Mlle damage in the latter, but inuring the yacht Ito much that the repters cost 100,000 rubies. Hie brother -in -1w; the Duke. ef Saxe- Coburg-Gotha, vehile Duke of Edinburgh, holding runic in the British navy, was s•J unfortunate as to lose his flagship, the Sultan, on a rock near Matta. Admiral the Prince of Letningen also bad the nestertune to run down a V08 - sr( in the Solent while in command 11 lbe royal yaeht, Queen Victoria herself Wing on board. Several lives were lest in this collision. The sailor brother of the German Em- peror has hitherto escaped maritime disaster; led his misfortunes on land }lave been uncommonly numerous, especially when he has been out e1)001 - Mg. Not only did be severely injure a Greek gentleman ln, the accidental dis- charge of his gun at Corftt some few years ago, but there is also a game- keeper of Ills uncle, the Grand Duke of Baden, who 18 in receipt, of a handsome P0115100 from the Prince for a serMus wound resulting from his carelessness in handling a gun. Archduke Rem ot Austria, who passed the exurninalton necessary to Beettre his papers as a licensed slcipper, dis- appeared from sight a few years ago while reunite -1g Cape Holm, bis ship. HEAT TUE SOIL FROM DENEfelll. German Ilas a Plan to Increase Crops of Early Spring Vegetables. Dr. Meitner, a German, Is responsible fro. the latest agricultural idea, 1111H1 is now the subject of experiment in Ger- many, and France—that of artificially healing the •soll for the purpose of push- ing the freewill of vegetables, It is said to promise remarkable requite, especially in the quickening of spring vegetables and their development in size and lux- uriance, The method consists in burying at a depth of 20 to 40 inches tinder the ileld to be treated cenduits of earthenware, through which steampipes about an inch in diameter are laid. Steam, at a tem- perature of about 3 10 degrees is forced through the pipes ; it warms the air in (110 coneuit, and the heal slowly radiates through the clay conduit, warming the earth. Lenkage of heat Is very slow. Experi- ment is said to show that when the sur- face of the ground is about freezing point the soil at a depth 01 12 to 20 Indies has e. temperature of 42 degrees. Assuming that the artificial healing were begun early in March, when this condition existed, a very small expendi- ture of heat would be needed to cause the desired stimulation, and the radia- tion into the air yvouid be exceedingly gradual. In warmer weather the surface healing from the sun would actually counteract the radiation of the artificial heat. , Of course the plan does not contem- plate heeling the soil in Um dead of whi- ter when attnospherie cold would 1(111 any plants that might be artificially caused to germinate. The idea is simply 13 aid nature when the spring sets in. Asparagus, lettuce, young onions, cu- cumbers, radishes and other spring plants are the ones on which it is ex- pected to use (lie system with most effect. Laic- in combination with forcing frames a 1003' be used on strawberries, and ex- periments may be tried en various fruit trees. The method is 111(113, to be applied to floriculture and elle growth of plants for seed Purposes also. I 4 is calculated 10111 11)5 expense of in- stallation for each space of 2,50e, square yards in Germany or France is about $250 plus the steam generating tippets - tuts which may I3e large or small accent- ing to the tract to be heated, end which tray be used for other purposes. The cost of the heating is figured at $15 a month. The annual increase in profit for (Inc snme patch of ground sown with early vegelahles figured at $500 on a three - months healing of the soil. ENGLISH SHOP NOTICES. 'English shop windows ()Den pewter) amusing notices. A Rochdale clothier had his window smashed by a boy with a bend t art. Five minutes afterward the broken pane wits covered by a square of white paper, on which these words tip. peered in bold killers : "An absent- minded beggar did this with a hand cart. Done eny, 'Poor —,' but come in and buy, an overeOat." Over he door of a Whileceapel tenor may be seen this sign, which displays a sense of humor rare in Um Erat-end "Send your clothes hero to be mended. I any deaf and dumb. Least said, soonest, mended." '— DICE -THROWING FOR A BEQUEST. The singular sight of two servant - girls throwing dice for veiledly money was recently, witnessed sit Guildford, England. me charity Is known as "Maids' Money." This eras left by John HoW irt 1674, and MO Your there is a competition for a cheque for X11 Os. The Wee -throwers must have been em - p10351! for tveo years in one service in Guildtotel, but not at an inn. Laura Cadman seemed the cheque with a deuble-six, Emma Trimmer, throwing eix and three, wprii,440,021.*,00140kivs.„ ,111s, II01111e I ..................ez.seestmetefetel , 1 1111,1C101,JS DISHES. Spier. Maid Mg.• Tulin scraps !Niro the leble; pen boiling hie wafer btur them; let soak for a few ininutee; then epeinitie with pupae; bent three egge 111 (AID 411 eweei milk; sweeten 0, 11114101 111,11 D0111* 14401. Willl SOU end spice, then bake in moderate teem. 011piece-eerie1 Iwo 4,4(3!s and add lei them a pitd of hot infer, put in the bo•t• tem of a pudding dish four elithet n'T Slate timid two inehrs 011118re, On& bver them it quarter of a pellet of (Preen- and 04101' 1110 whele peer the het ettik and eggs. Balm for twenty nee- utes and serve hot. Horne Made Malessere--11 one lies teethe.In finding what they wielt 11 the various brands of 111011188014 for sole, buy clean, rich, brown sugar; add suf- ficient water lo dissolve, bring to a boil 0When coo , and skim 44,11. hel- it, should lie thick, clear, and of 1111 excellent, fla- vor, 111' 11101.0•econoirileal than the un- til; lisbne tory purchased nrilele. . Ceatilierry Saueine•lence a layer of eionberries in a eaucepan, then a 'neer of black sugar, then a layer of cran- berries, and alternate meth the sugar until •the quartet), is used. Pour on half •a cupp of water, eild, to a quart of cran- berries, use a pound of the sugar. Do hot disturb thein, but M1 thorn cook themselves. They will be like candied cherries, eluehroorn Soup.—Take one-quarter pound of mushrooms, peel and era up fine; save out half a cupful of the pieces end stew the rest in a pint erf water, Ad- ding rase a pint of veal or chicken stock. Melee a roux of a tablespoonful of flour fled butter and stir it into the liquid, Strain into a bowl; add n cup of cream and the reserved mush- rooms and let (1 101110 to a boil; add pep- per and salt and the well beaten yolk ed an egg. Take from the fire lint•nedi- eiely and serve in cups with whipped cream. Veal Goulash,—Fry an onion a light brown in a teblespoonful of butter; when broyvn add veal; salt and cover, stirring quite often to prevent burning. Take a piece of bay leaf the size of e dime, a pineh of ea raevay seeds, a pinch of sweet marjoram, and chop to a line powder. Add this to your meat with a dash of thingarian paprlca and some Soup stock if you have it; it not add water. When nearly done make a gravy of a cup Of sour cream lblekprind with Istblespoonful of flour; add to your meat; let boll e few minutes and serve. Nave Cobbler—The difference be- teeen o. co/Abler end a pie is there es no 'bottom crust to the cobblee. The fruit it peeled, but, not stoned, and lightly stewed until Dearly done in water slightly sweetened; then put into the baking pan with the syrup, to which more sugar and plenty of butter ' as been added; make at good, pie crust and over the whole top with a vent hole in the centre, over which the pastry is placed. A tew of the kernels of the peaches should be cracked and boiled with them to give a still more peachy flavor. When nicely browned the top crust is Tiled off and laid under side up on a large platter, and the peaches with their sauce poured over. Serve with a peach cobbler rich, sweet fresh 1111111; a flavored sauce is eot needed. Baked Fish.—Take a good sized fisb, trout, or whitefish being especially good, clean thoroughly, and salt well, letting fish stand several hours before being tised so es to be seasoned thoroughly. Make dressing of bread, small piece of butter, salt and pepper to taste, and a sage. Add enough hot water to make it wee Put in fish, Mice string and sew fish together. When ready to put in oven ley thin pieces of bacon on top of fish, as jilts gives the fish an excel- lent flavor. Bake a tour pound fish about an hour and a half. Make salad dressing of one egg, two tablespoonfuls sugar, good pinch of salt, butter size ot a walnut, teaspoon mustard, one-half cup vinegar, Cook slowly and stir con- stantly. When thickened add one me- diuni sized sour cucumber pickle and one small onion cut, in small discs. Serve this on the fish hot. Ple for Bride.—For an easy pie crust for a bride, take tyvo heaping large tablespoonfuls di' sweet lard to one and ene-lialf coffee eups of goud flour. Add n. small teaspoonful of snit and crutnble thoroughly until welt mixed. Then moisten with a little cold 111110 tr water. Do 'II& get the dough too wet, as this will render the pastry hard and tough when baked. Just work it enough In make It barely slick together, teen dividing it into hvo lumps, 0110 for top and one for bottom crust. Handle es little as possible, as too much knead- ing reduces the richness, Have the pie P1111 liendy, with a IlitM dusting of flour in 1)0110111 und sides to prevent slick - lug. 11011 out the lump intended COI' lower MIA 1.10111 111111, d011blo over to prevent, breaking, and lay mn pan. Spread smoothly and then, cut edges with knife or scissore. Wet edges with a little cold milk to make It adhere to tipper crust and prevent, juice of feu!' Irony running out. Put in mince meal er fruit and then roll ora upper crust, cnrefully folding over to avoid break- age. Spread a teaspoonful of eoft but- ter on lop before folding and place it in postition, pinching the edges neatly and trimming with knife. Then take a silver fork and press all around to make a firm finish. Prick holes on top before pulling in stove to prevent blis- ters. Should your oven be searching hot leave open for awhile to cool. Pitt pie in Stove, taking peeps at It from time to lime to see that, II is not burned ae the butter On top will mese it to brown soon, IN '11 -IE XITCHEN. To break ice lake a darning needle, place point, me Met and striee reedle gently with hammer, Cut a lemon In half. Pelee in Me chest, It prevent butter and milk from tasting of vegetables or musionee lone. If you 18111 eriek preart 111110 01401' 11 4811101' and then erarit them en the end, they will (401)5 out whole end 111 oetellikon, Keep bottle of vinegar on kilehr•n eiiik or other thervenimil phew. After having hen& In eotipsuds any length r Mee use freely. 11 enunteraels tx,ep end keeps hands 51100 anci snumth.. When paring (101)114m144 place a paper bag mei' (hit left lomil; you will have to use the knife with the tuition id whittling, WID0I1 IS W1111 (1 little preetiee, awl your heeds yyill be kept 010 of netted well the potato, At night when selling bnud, if the eniek eontaining 1110 tattier is placed on a feather' pillow, it will uid emirate reising. More being so ninth Mat in 10111110N 11 little Met ter 11118 p1114(0s0 alweye (eerie useful. lien' wee of !he vegetithles erirepete the twist nourishilig and richest, poet of 1110 0,01 hos close to ihe AtirlS of pre In toes. itintips, carrels, ande swelter IN111111111?steilhamiT41:1116111evile bet:1117 ylvTlitjet;'ilftelle"('i'11. 111 salted 01/114.1'. not try 10 pare pineepples leen the eutsitio. but, after cutting out the blossom with a small Meal) eller, eut the apple in tevo oresswem, and cut the 1151t1), out dose 10 the riud; you evill find this Um eases! and ginekeet way of preparing the fruit, When Ms will not burn readily, or oveD yvill not bake on botenn, Wm lid off top of etove, replace with teukettle, then place lid in oven, putting pan of biscuits or pie on (id, and they will bake thoroughly, SS heat of lid will Lake on bottom, and little fire will brown on top. When putting away a teapot which will net he used for some time, wesh and dry thoroughly, then drop into it a lump of sugar. This will absorb any dompriess and prevent the musty taste which is often noticed in tea made In a pet. which has not been 10. use for some time. A useful kitchen tiptoe is made by, taking two widths of gingham the re- quired length; gore side widths, adding a seven 111011 hel flounce io (entre yvidth. An apron made in this 50111M1' 1%111 be found a great protection for the bottom of skirts as the Ilounce receives NIVIrthsehidnigitilerries,—Take 571 ordinary tin mill( pan, a hammer, and nail and punch holes all over the bottom. Put in yrour berries, let the water run ever them in the sink, and all the sand and dirt, will waeli right tleough those hetes. Put in holes from inside of pan, so that it will stand a little way from the (Moe of sink, In wenn weather any gravies or $eups that are lett from the preceding day should be boiled up and poured In- tl clean pans. This is particularly necessney where vegetables have been added to the preparation, as It soon turns sour. 10 cooler weather every other day will 1.40 often enough to warm U1 these things. When your kitchen sink is stepped up from grerae, lake two pounds of wash- ing soda and put it over the struiner and pour Wiling water in the sink. When it has stood for some time and not run down, 1111 1110 sink balf full ef water and lake a rag aed press over the sink strainer, or, still better, a force cup. When Me water begins to run down take some inore soda end warm water and rinse out the pipe. Do not Ireasely.e; it is apt to form soap of Um SENTENCE SERMONS. The 'mighty are always modest. A fast life makes a loose character. Content gives charm to every circum- stance. He who works in faith will work faitb- fully. Life is. early blighted 11 11 know no clouds. More sins are slain by smiles than 1 y scowls. People 'who hunt trouble always shoo away their joys. A crook is made by bending Ole mind on self-saltsfaction. Superstition °flee is only a synonym for intellectual sloth. If yeu keep your tools keen the Mas- ter will not keep you long idle. The great men never knows any little men; they MI are great to him. Many a joy remains undiscovered until our eyes are dimmed by sorrow. Iles. no use talking about looking up If your 111e will not bear looking into. Sunday clothes may cover a multitude ef sins but they cannot hide them. The cream of society is not obtained by removing the milk of human kind- ness, , The man who most deserves our pity is the poor fellow who has no pity for the poor. The best Way to make folks hungry for heaven is to give them a taste ef happiness horn There is not much virtue in the relig- ion wbose vitality you have to prove hy ergunient. When a man gels to be expert at reising the dust he is sure to do it so well as tO choke himself. Some folks never' have any sallsfac- tion in fighting stn until they catch their neighbors doing wrong. • One trouble with conceit, is that it leads you to believe the doors of dp- perlunity are too small for you. 1 1, takes but a little time to get a twist to the eyes of conscience when you look with complacency on things crooke. No amount ot prectiee at leaping le- gal fences here wilt give yeti spring enough to clear (Inc walls of Me city there. CARPETS PROM PAPER. The proprietors 01 an Austrian carpel, factory at Maffersdorl are slated to (401040 ampdred Gentian patents which embody a method of manufacturing crapets or door ,coverings from paper. 'rho new material can be made in all colore, is wrallable, and will probably prove itself a rival to linoleum. — I' Yves the same old story of a man who refused le ten his wife the out- come of n business transaction, In which, naterally, she took a deep inter- est, "Noe' Inc sneered, "I won't tell you. if I did repent 11. You women eon never twee o secret.' "John," said (be women, quietly, "have 1 (4•01, leld the seerct about (Inc soliteire engage- ment -ring you gave me eighteen you's ago being peeler THE LADY AND THE DUKE AMUSING MONTAII ENGLAND, CASE IN When Ihe Duke Itetused to Merrysibe Lady Sent Libellorts Post Cards. The following ineueing ruse jusi tried ie Demon, England, is doubly A 111.114.0 1114., 10 1-.111111dullis. Thirty ye(1r) ego Sir Philip Clarke fanned in British Colum- bia, 111141 len 10 0111 11i, cloys en England., le. warted there a rich spinster, who Mier, is 10 atleged, cast him adrift, hav- en.: thus secured the right to eel! herself Lady Clarke, Foliewhig this Me barenet tommitted euiekie, Ludy Clerk° is still end reethilly yeas ihe defendant, in a suit of dewier:es for elander brought ageinet her by an indiyiduel )(oaken as "the Duey of Plenueff." The counsel foe the 011140 WAS Mr, Hamer Greenwood,. M.P., who le well known as an Ontario boy and graduate of Toronto University, Mr. flamer Greenwood, opening the (11!‘0, 1i11(I the plaintiff WAS 211 end the lady WIls OD years of oge. The "duke" fest nee the hely three years ago, when they were introduced by a contruon friend at Prelim's skating rink. She was a distant reltdive et the "duke," WhO, hie eounsel teed, was conneeted whit nulny of the notable fandlies of this country and France. THE FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED until it became distasteful to the "duke," owing to the lady, who v'as thirly-four years his senior, and somewhat strong! minded, having made a proposal of marriage to him. Naturally, counsel proceeded, be did not see his way to aecept such a propo- sal, and a feeling of coolness grew be- tween the frk•nds. Then the lady began 10 make eianderous statements about the "duke," and sent Iiim post cards DOA - Wining mos( obnoxious accusations. Tia• plaintiff then gave evidence. He had never been married. Ile had no oc- cupation; he was living on allowances oin his family. "She invited me to tea and dinner on several OCel1s1011S," he etintinued, "at her Gluts -Ate Lyceum and othene—and at her tewn house." She clainaid to be a kinswoman of his through her husband. "Did she actuelly propose M you 1)50- 4011 7' "Yes, on more than one occasion." "What did yeu say when she pro- posed?" "I smiled, and said I was practically engaged to marry already, and that I thought she was a little bit too old." (Laughter.) "Wee she indignant?" 'Very indignant." The objectionable poet cards which the lady afterwards sent arrived while he was sleying in Lansdowne Street, Brigh- ton. Tile first came by the morning post and lay on tee hall table, W1111 THE WRUNG UPWARDS. I said: "I hope you are enjoying the honey- moon with the Duchess of Massey." The second post card was placed In the dining -room on the mantel -piece open to examinatioe by people in the house. WASTE BRINGS IN MONEY •••••••••• ENT PINS l'IlAT INCREASE TIAIre WAY DIVIDENDS, ManY Arfieles 7110( Were Once, Thrown Awoy are Now Bela(' The utilizatioe ot wank. Is a form of eeonotny Mike of We years lias mule repel eIrides, and athlete of 11111113' new replicates's. Instead of being allowed 0, flow into rivers and brooks, 01' east into tra rubbish heap, this waste is now being turned to good ac- count, and im helping to swell many liankbig accounts. In 1,,,weenool, for instance, 11011005 are being built du( of week-. whirh rinerly were regarded as 1,1,411'49e than useless. The difficulty in disposing (11 111e8e 1114110d, was at one time so great that people were paid to ae- eleve them. Now they save, the builder A HEAVY BILL FOR BRICKS, In other towith, where tanning is car- ried on, leather waste is compressed and made into cogwheels. Suvalust, which was once considered of no value save for a circus ring or the floors of publie-houses, is YAM being put to many useful purposos, An illustration which appeared in a monthly magazine some (Inc ago, showing a mountain t 1 sawdust adjoining a titnber mill in New . Zealand, drew forth a nuMber of let- 14lr'S from people who wore anxious to obtain further particulars. Judging byi these letters, sawdust is a valuable commodity now -a -days, and can be COn- verted into all manner of things, 1n all large factories and ironworks particularly nothing Is wasted at the present day, Plush is manufactured from material which formerly went to swell the rubbish heap, and Um die - cowry of the fact that this was pos- sible brought an immense fortune to the originator of the idea, and eventu- ally a peerage. Even lite gases from Iran furnaces are not 11o48 allowed to teseape, but are captured and put to practical use. SKIMMING A RIVER FOR GREASE. On the North Western Railway tf Chicago some thousands of dollers have gone to swell the railway dividend by eellecting and revitalizing v.reak pin- peints, instead of throwing them aevay Is was formerly done. A. ear called the "Eronomy Special" visits every station once in sixty days, end collects bent pins, twisted links, and other waste ma- terial that can no longer serve the pur- pi se for which they were made. The packing -house of Chicago allow no such thing as waste of eny kind. It le a common saying teat nothing is winded of the pig except the squeak. Genlings have been placed in the drains te collect the scourings of the floors, and the oily substance which colleeted cal the surface of a brook was skimmed eft and cenverted Into lard. Skimming a river Mr a living may be said to be one of the most 'striking ex- amples of the utilization of waste. This is done in Paris. There is one indi- vidual, at least, in the French capital who makes it his daily business to skim tle Sie iuarly rning One of those who saw it was Miss Old- n old flat-bottomed boj''"""""'"".....-....d field, a hospital nurse, who had nursed with a skimming pan. With this he the "duke" during an attack of prate skims off the surface of the river the grease which collects there during Me night, and which he disposes of to a seep factory. Generally he makes a few cents or so by his morning's work, Which enables him to live. THE GUILD OF CORX GATHERERS. In Paris also there are a number 01 people who make a living outof weste corks, we ych they fish from the Seine. '2hey coned OD the river bank at day- break, each with a short pole. at the end of which is a small improvised net. They set to work to gather in the float - Mg corks, subsequently selling then) le htioleodC.Orlt mordents in the neighbor - There are anout a score or so of these cork fishermen, Nebo have formed them- selves into 11 sort of craft. and who guard Uwe' interests very jealously. If they catch sight of a stranger netting corks they fall on him in a body, Only quite recently the police rescuedone of these novices barely in time to save 111'IllicileSweepings of a floor might well 13e considered as so much waste; yet, through a fire in'London the other day, whicIi consumed a quantity 01 sweep- ings stored in the basement, a certain Jinn lost several hundred pounds. The heap of dust and rubbish contained ell - ver filings, which it was intended to extract later on. This Is regularly • done at all works where silver or gold is used. In gold-reftnersi premises even the soot in the chimneys is not allowed to be treated as waste. It is found te eentain minute particles of lhe precious metal, which are far too valuable to be lost. In pieces where sheep ere hied 00- tensively, one frequently 5000 111118 hitS of wool adhering to brim and hedges. These are ne longer regarded as waste. nom such wool rubbish, whether com- ing from sheep or goals, valuabM oil Is now exh.'rteled.—Pearson's Weekly. AN ENIBARRASSING SITUATION. Visitor: "Tommy, is your mamma at home?" Truthful Tommy 1 "'Well, she tole the girl to say SAD 111110 ou1 if yai -came, but she said she'd whip me if I ever told lies." A BAT) BREAK. "The( men looked so odd when I told him this Wils 1 eommunity you had be put 11101e 11i0 MID to keep brainess nom keeping at a demi level." "No wonder he looked odd. Ile's the. undertaker." • ANXIETY. "You must have twee dreaming of se' one proposing to you Met, night, Laura." "How Is that?" "Why, 11101111 you for 0 whole quarter 01 101 hour eryinioly:111__'es r _" Molinnunednith use the tuner year, winch is 1031335 111 home, 14 2-5 seconds slimier than uses mania; the nurse's sister also noticed it. The latter said to him, "This is from that disgusting old woman." "Who WAS this "Duchess of Massey?" "He is a .gentlernan friend who was not staying at the house. The "duke" OA his return to London went to the lady and demanded an apol ogy. Miss Martha Oldfield, professional nurse, living at Brighten, said she knew the defendant. Asked 11 (1101 lady "took more than a motherly inieresn' in the "duke," the witness replied, "Ole yes; she seed she was very much in love with him." "Did she say very nice things about hint ?" "Somethnes; at other times she said very dreadful things." The jury awarded the plaintiff £250 damages. TIIE RUSSIAN BUDGET. Revenue Over a Billion and Yet There Is a Deficit. Nothing could present a more forbid- ding aspect to the student of nntionae edenonly than (he Mission budget, says al St. Petersburg coreespondent. The utter impossibility of fathoming the elu- sive mysteries of that stupendonely- intricate document soon becomes evident, le the average reader, yet such figures as one is able to grasp and appreciate am absorbingly interesting arid instrue- Uve, orowTiai dinaty1 $ 0 1' pu1 ref:0800,00,wietl 1.17u50001thoeliolUnliry de "eetraordinary" receipts are placed at about $181,500,000, Without entering in- detalls, the budget shows, 111 reality; a deficit of $1et,500,000, the origin of which is partly the ever -recurring fam- ines. 11 NOS to cover Me most urgent, of these items that the Government re- cently had, to call Mr an interne] loan oe $31,500,000, the remainder ia to be eel - Lint by means (1 (4. projected renege loan of $117,000,000, and both of these 104111S (We 111411'14011 11014•0 011 11l0 1111414(11 AS "ex- traordinary reeeipts," The total amount derived from ordinary :sources cif direct taxation, customs and stamp duties, etc., can ottly be 5011011 apprithintaiely, but AL Vod,wozeff, (Inc eminent ilitesian ex- pert estimetee the full amount raistel by taxation at etiteetionnon. 'eMse ligures correspond ou the debit side with the following chief flora 1 The netirmat oiodil, ill Which is included payment of interest on (Inc mineral 'debt of lel 110,- 350,0011, making it itft per rent, ot the total taxation receipts, and army and navy. $2363350,000, or about '35 per cent., adminis•trellon, $252,700,000email to 37 pee cent. The term sedurinistratIon" come the imperial timely', the Govern - mete, the various elinistries. SUM °M- etals, lan• mut pollee, eke The Imperiel 111.0180 elone receives MTV $7,750,000, be - skive an enormous revenue from the imperial estates, .the cost ot ihe 1101168 801`11100 1108 beat doubled In Me lest five pews. ant) is now $31.000;000, es agairat $e2.,1100,000 foe educetion.