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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-7-18, Page 7Attlat.54141444 CURRENT"rOPICS. The -rapidity of alipiliVA ascension /rem obseuelly le lite front rank of World powers may well seem leturvel- loue to ountemporary onloolsers, bla, It 13 by no Means wilh011t o preeeilein 111 the hielory of Aga, which from time immemorial has been the eruelle of quick- ly developing empires. Consklerahly less then Mill a century elapsed, fer ilestance, between the dale ,witen. Cyrus the Great emerged front his highland peinelpellly oe Nista proper, and the death cif his Ben Canthyses, Yee In that interval was roweled a monarchy whieli was destined to endure for upward of Iwo ceoltivies and which spread nun Samarkand le Smyrna and from the Caspian to lila Second Calumet, of the *Nile. Lees than flfly years was needed to evert upon the ruins of the Hellen. iUcisingdome founded by Alexander's SlaCC•OSS9PS the immense Parthian realm WhicIi stretched from the Euphrates to the Indus, and which In historical fact es well as in the imaginative pletuee drawn by Mtltone In "Paradise Regaln- miC remained for centuries the uncon- querable couaterpolee of the Roman 'world. Within less than seven decades after the death of Mohammed the sway of the Caliphs reached from the Hindu Noosh lo Ili Pyrennees, and in less Ulan two generations the enormous do- minioa evolved by Genghis lehan anti Lit. descendants extended from the neighbothood ol he Vistula to the Diana Sea. When we keep 111 VieW these pre- cedents our astonishment, at the devel. cement of Japan in prestige and influ- ence within the short span of forty years is considerably qualified. That Japanewould beat, Celina to the ground In the war of 1894-05 might have been taken for granted from the moment that the former Power adopt- ed the military and naval methods and the perfected weapons of the West. But that the island empire ol the Pacific, which us lately as 1867 had no war fleet and whose wuriors were still limited for weapons of offence to the sword and the bow, should have been able in the war of 1004-05 to defeat on land and sea the most colossal of European Powers wee untJoubtedly an achieve- ment which under MI the circumstances must be pronounced unparallel in the hsstory of -The Nerestern world. Even before the mamma of her contest with Russia bad justified Japan's claim to a place In the first rank of nations the de- monstratiOn of military and 'naval effi- ciency made by her in the war will' China had led the Westeen Powers to relieve her from tbe odious regime exlerritorialily by which China and Turkey are. still humiliated. Not until Augtist. 12, 1005, however, had any Christian Stale entered into an agree- ment based on the assumption that Ja- pan would have quite as much to givo an ally es she could receis-e,. The Ang- le -Japanese treaty, signed on the date just named, was based on that assump- tion, and it has been followed by ne- gclinhions for similar though n•ol, iden- e• bud compacts with 'Russia end France. When the signatures have been attach- ed to these negoliattems we shall wit- r.ess the amazint spectacle of a nation which forty years ago was centuries behind Europe or the United Slides In the arts of oitensive and defensive war- fare 'Joked by treaties not merely corn. .inerolal, but political, toesome of the • ensest, enlightened and mighty States on, earth. A HERO OF 'THE 135.3511. The Brave Deed ot; Young Maori to Save Two Old Men. Courage is not an attribute peculiar to the while man, nor is self-sacrifice the prerogative of civilization. In Mr. J. C. Firth's "Nation -Making" is told a story as touching, in its brave devotion, as any tale of the Victoria cross. The incident occurred at Oraken, where the English soldiers had just defeated the Maoris, A Mlle puely 01 colootal troops, pursuing fugitives, came upon three natives, two old men and one young fellow. The youth, seeing the soldiers, drop- ped on one knee and alined with his gun at the advancing party, which halt- ed a moznent, while the old men ran to. ward the forest. The old mon had thrown away their firearms, in order to make eseape easier. Tlie soldiers flied at the yolith, Mit missed. Without discharging his gun, Ise sprang to his feet and ran on in ad- vance Until he Caught, up with the old men mem more, Then, facing about, lie presented his gun as before, but re- served lets fire. Tho weary old mon gradually drew net cover. Once more the soldiers fired end missed; once more 1,Itet gallant fel- lcw turned and bounded on. The old men were close to the forest, whei the youth, nearly faineing, again knelt and look aim, but sthl did not fire. The soldiers shot him as he knelt, Plscl rushed to tile roost, but lanai to capture the two fugitives, who, sele in the dense tinderbesh, made.their escape. On their return the soldiers found the brave youug fellow lying dead. tifs'gun was empty; it had not been loaded al; all. With at he had covered there- tisat of the old men and seemed their fi cad= by the loss of his own life. No rf1000 gallant deed Ofhot,* devotion Was ever aecomplisbed Itt any land, elygintis, Bishop ot Rome its A. D.. 130„ 10 eaid to bave been the fIrst P010- bit he azeume h. the of Pope. The proportion of mote capable of bear. Ing melte Is for all Europe 24 per cent, pi the eoPtilation. - RELIGION AND NATURAL LIFE They Only Build Wisely Who Build From the Base Up. "13Iessed is the people that icnow the they cherished, because of the Mmes. joyful sound ; they shall wails, 0 Lord, In the light of thy countertunee,"— Psalms, 8035. ' Mimi the man of the painfully plous appearance tells us WM he Is so much absorbed in religiors thatelie lots no time Lo thiuk of toelities or Of nationd titbits Manton sense usually allays our re- sentment by.remlnding as that he Is so small a fraction of is cipher that eeligion is none the richer Mr a monopoly of him and political affairs none the -poorer foe losing hint, No men can be religlotis who neglects Llio world in which lee flees or the na- tion of which he is a part, Piety is not for tine closet or the chutes, not for tee separate pieces alone, but for every re- lation of humin life. You cannot put your religion in it compartment by itself ; it Is a spirit, an atenosphen, anti a principle wlech must pervade all. There Is a great difference between the relation which religion must hold to natloisal life and the ,elatieri which roll- gious und eticlesittslical organizations hold. The very separation between church anti Mate makes the more neces- sary the deeper permeation of our whole national life with lite spirit of MORALITY AND RELIGION. You cannot escape from religion in history and in human affairs. It maises no difference whatever whether the name of the deity be in the constitution of u nation or not, the fact of the reli- gious Impulse and motive remains. You might take the mention of religious names from all history, but you could never tell the story of the life of a people if you retuse to recognize this 'nighty spirit. The tide in human affairs, the move. ments that mark lumen progress or re- cession, these aro of far greater impor- tance than names and dates, buildinge and administrations. And back of these Udes are mighty forces, great, ell cons - ;wiling 'natives., These forces wo call trulltion, religten, patriotism. The true historian looks for the forces. We are what we aro to -clay because of deep convictions that our fathers held, because of aspirations and ideals which phere of spleituel beliefs hi Which they lived, and because they counted these things of euch VI 00 to them that their livos weledied ite nothing Os the balance. Ideals have ever dominated the world stodelduiett)eir,rined Ilia real conditions that Tee ideals of liberty, the coneeption of humeri rights, the oonvicllon es to the freedom of the conscience, these all constitute essentially religious Tliey are born of tbe recogrillian of man as ether, man clay, es a befog of spiritual heritages • and possibilities. Mon lived and died for these only us they conceived of their high duty to humanity and oI the Infinite justice that Is over all. No greater folly could befog our minds to -day than to think that we Gan ottain natiortni prosperity ancl permanency APART FROM SPIRrITAL IDEALS. He does not love his land who desires nothing better or greater tor her then that she shall be rich In bushels of wheat and billions or .gold. Greater than our need of things is the need ot the strong head of tee nation to hold them and the Wise heart to admielster them. The foundations of a nation are laid le human Jives; what they will be in form and whether they shall encithe de - ponds on the oharectee of the men and women of the nation. They only build wisely who build irons the base up, be- ginning with chancier, settling the foundations firm in religious motives and noral Ideals. In the final clearing house of history nations have no cur- rency other than character. The most we can do for our country is to make men who hold principle and ideals above all else, who so love honor and hate the lie, so look to the things lila are higher and turn front those that are lower, so catele Use vision of infinite values in individuate; in society, and in their own lives, that no bales or bites of the pit's devising can turn them from the path of duty and light, and eo this spirit filling all, all move together to the tulfIllment of the purposes of the most high Mr this people. . HENRY F. COPE. THE S S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 21. r --- Lesson III. The Ton Commandments, Golden Text: Lev. 10. 18. TEE, LESSON WORD STUDIES. Based on the text of the Revised Ver- sion. Classification of the Commandments.— The statement that to Moses were given "two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God," originally suggested the clessifIcation et the commandments. Logically, the corn- mandments fiat into two groups, the first of which includes commandmenes 1-4, which define certain duties which man owes to God; and the second of which, embracing commandments 5-10, define man's obligations to his fellow men. It has been pointed out that the fifth commandment, which relates to filial duty, is closely allied to the pre- ceding Mute end with them may he placed in a group selling forth precepts of piety. In harmony With this group- ing, the remeining floe, which empha- size •ethical, rather than religious obliga- tions, constitute a group containing pre- cepts or laws of probity. The second group is sometimes subdivided accord- ing as the separate commendmenls con- demn criminality in action (6-8), hi. word (11), and In. thought (1.(e. Verso 12. [Totems thy father end thy mother—Since the time of Augustine eta Roman Catholic Church, and subse- quently also the Protestant churches, have regarded the fifth commandment as heading the second table. 'nut reason foe this has been chlay that this divi- sion seetned to make the amount of writing on the two tables more nearly equal. If, however, as has been sug- gested fn is previous slegly, Ilse original form of the Commandments rots much briefer, it \Wind seem unnecessary to make the division between the fourth and fifth conunandments for the reason just assigned, since in their original simpler form the Ten Commandments WOr0 doubtless much tnore nearly equal in length. That thy days mey be long in the land which Jehovah thy God givelh we are to think of a simpler original form for this 'commandment, 1,hls at- tached reason for obedience assay per -e haps he 0 later amplification. The word- ing of Use commandment in Deuteron. only, moreover, is strongly in favor et this supposition. There the command- ment reads : "Honor thy father and thy mother, agJehovah thy God commanded thee; that, thy clays nosy be long, and that it may .go well with thee, M the land —which echoveli thy God giveth thee" (Deut. 5, 16). Here the originel. 00111111t1nd of Jelloveli end the later me- son of expediency rue separated by the intervening explanatory clause "as O'ho- vele thy God commanded thee," 'which seems to point, specifically to a preeeding suceinct. command to filial obedienee. 13. Thou shalt, not kill --An oppreeits- 1100 of the eanotity ol human'lite neces- sarily preeede.s a sense of other (hales am' obligations " to our fellow men. Hencethe moral •preeept of this cones inendInent is, as we should expect, in- rorporated in MI ethical codes which man has mit into permanent, Written form. ' 14, 16. Noe oommit adulWry—Next, to one's regeted for 110 111 of his neighbor is Itee rapped to turn naturally leads to is recognition of the rights of person] ownership of all things belonging to a family house- hold. Ilene& the next commandment: Thou shalt 'not steal. 16, Beer false witness—It is possible to bear false witness both itt a public and formal and in a private and infor- mal way. One may perjure himself and testify falsely Incourt; and lie outright in public about his neighbor, on he may in Isis social Intercourse with his fellow men simply speak disparagingly about an individual without just ground or reason. While commendment as fit stands refers primarily to false witness ing of lbaa former kind, ,it does noL ex- clude private calumny, which, in fact, is later on in the detailed legislation given by Moses to Israel specifically fcrbidden in the words z *Thou shalt not take up a false report: put nol thy hand wills the wicked to be art unright- eous witness" (Exed 23. 1). 17. noel shalt itot covet—In under- taking to regulate a men's inner thought, life as well as his outer life,of action the Mosaic law places itself on a higher level then any other system Of laws over pro- mulgated among men. The Deenlogue, and especially this commandment, pro- ceeds on the assumption that man is actually free to control leis thoughts, and heece is responsible for them as well as for his actions. Thy neighbor's house—If the word "house" be taken generically, then 1110 first Mauroof this c-ononandment may be taken 10 cover the entire prohibition intended, the following speoffic things such as wife, servant, ox, and ass be- ing added simply as exemplifying all thai which is to be understood under the ono word "house." Hence also the con- cluding phrase, 110r anything that is thy neighbor's. In the Deuteeonomic ver- sion of the commandment the Melee is slightly different, the commandment, reading "Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou de- sire thy neighbor's house, his field, or labs monservent, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that Is thy neighbor's." • OYNIC SCISSORISMS. The g od dW young—especially good resolutions. Unless a man knows when be lieS had enough Ise's apt to get too much, Few women who stoop to marry get, time to stralghten up again. A man isn't necessarily absent-mina- ee because he misplades his confidence. Sonic people's goodness is probably due to the fact that they are never found Out. Every time a gtri Is crossed til love she intingfnes that her heart is broken, but it only gets a very Small dent. You may have observed that when a woman has nothing else to do she cuts up something useful and makes some. thing ornamental. 1,AleGEST BOOK. The largest book yet printed is is colos- sal atlas of beautifelly engraved ancient Dutch meets, It lakes three men to move It from the gient bookcase in which It Is stored ite the library of tho British Museum. This monster book is bound in leather, magnificently detorated, and Is fastened with clasps of 'solid 'silver, rieltly gilt. It Is Unlikely to be stolen, 'however, ter it is neatly oven feet high, and weighs 800 pounds. This, the largest boots in the world, was presented tn King Charles lh. before leaving Hot - land hi the year 1000, The elphabels of the vartotts tango. ages of the weed vary rrom 12 to y02 lettem MANNERS AND CUSTOMS INSTANCES OF 11114 /3.Xf3,USIVENESIi OF CAS1'14 IN INDIA, Australian BusinesS Customs—Many of Them Are Praelleal and Aecording toC°111111vitt'inulen. luttlief the eew is Ille$i altered animal. When a Muni Is dyllig, ho is Mows lifted from hie bed end laid on mother starlit ; and in many places the tail of aecow is guided Into his fulterleg, grasp, that it relay pull Ilan to heaven,' As en illustration of the exelusiveness of 0118111, which a native of India will do 'almost, anything to preserve, 111ight be mentioned that when 11101111 1111,,8118 be - levees' u low.caste and a !sigh -mile man the coin is thrown on the.gieould by ooirledeniiiic(1,11ilieliciltir2d up by the oilier for fear They luny not stand on the same car. pet or enter the same room. Neither must the low -caste man cross the thres- hold Of his superior's house or hut. II he wants lo comenunicale with him he stands outside and bawls, "Hoarding" is very commonly adopted by those who have money, and mother earth is probably the priocipal of all Indian banks, To dig is hole in the floor of Ms house and bury his money there is still the favorite mower" of many a native, and could all theburied treasure In the country be brought lo light if would probably be sufficient to pay off the National Debt of the Empire. THE INDIAN SHOPKEEPER sfie on the floor of his shop, surrounded by his various goods, and his client ad- dresses him from the street or gutter, lie never rises to serve a customer. The latter is expected to take whatever he requires, everything being within reach. TIse barber is a very important person in India, where every man is ()bilged to shave, and forbidden by les religion to do the WOlic himself. The barber hap aa official appointment in the Hindu village, with an endowment of land to support its dignity and a vested right to the shaving of its Inhabitants which can be Prohibited by legal injunetion in case of Infringement. Women oecupy a very inferior posi- tion In India.. A wife niay not walk by the side of her husband, but only follow respectfully behind him. She may not oertf ot twhieires.m thim, ust coutent herself wh his leavings when he has finiehed, and it must not even speak to him in the society Every Hindu girl is a wife or 0 widow at fourteen. Girls have actually been married before they were a year old, and from four to six years they very commonly cease to be single. Eight is a Marriageable age, and twelve is the maximum, except in a few destricts. "Are you happy?" "I am happy." This is one of the commonest forms of salutation in the East, corresponding to 0110 "HOW d'yon do?" CUNNING SERVANTS. Native servants to Anglo-Inclians have an art& way of obtaining Christnias- boxes. They seize the opportunity to present to their masters and mistress a dolt, or complimentary offering, which cannot very well be declined. Of course, when a native tips you, you must iiP him back, and return nothing less re- spectable than silver for his copper. The Australian of the cities speaks of the rest of his continent as "the busts." The dwellers in the agricultural country speak ot the district farther inland as the "back country." Those themselves in the back countey have behind them a land partly unknown, and therefore at- tractive (a the adventurous, which they call the "Never -Never Land." Many of the Australian business co. toms are practical and convenient. The banks shut al three o'cloels, and most offices at flee., At six o'clock the shops put up theta' shutters, end everyone Is at home or oft the way home. It is a short day, but a busy one, for the Aus- tralian is not far behind the American when it comes to "hustling round." Tho Australian. Inerikin has las mum terpart in the English hooligan. The former, however, is usually a member ct an organized "push" or gang, gov- erned sometimes after nee style of a secrelesoctety. That these "pushes" are organized on a sound basis is evident from the fact that they often provide funds for the legal defence of a member ACCUSED -OF SONIE CRIME. For severed years women have held equal electoral privileges with the men It Australasia. It has been found, too, that the women voters outnumber the men he ltse Commonwealth, although Ole majority of women is not a large taT'ehe spectacle of husband and wife ntining together Is by no means an un- common one in Australia, the man working below In the mine while the woman turns Lilo windlass whicbs lifts the debeis from the shalt. Australian race-coueses have known at least, ono \woman who trained Ism' own reeehonse, and more than one woman who plied the calling of a bookmaker. For shooting and fishing in Australia no licenses are required, but a sPorts- men must have a knowledge of the Mese seaSons, and of the kind of animals pro- tected throughout, the year. All children ln Australia ere drilled, but the elder boys are allacbett to the Australian Military forces by means of the cadet corps. Almost eveey large school !easels band at cadets, who wear neat khaki uniforms and are armed with light ritles, in the use of which they tire frequently Instructed. Every year these boys have shoaling matches, anti the scores prove that wrong the youngsters thene are nany who have al- ready becon_ie s.....L.4killed marksmen. WILD PANIC IN CHURCH, A Wild panic occurred during vespers at the Church. of Villersles-Nancy: near Nancy, Frame, While the congrega- tion Was el PrilYera the massive stone balustrade ot Isa oegne loft toll WI111 ,EL tremendous ensti among the emigre - pilots, 0150 of the choristers 11 115a'' with ft,. The cOntivedellon fled In 1 creel' from the building. One woman wee killed, and hvo others were so gravely injured that they are :nol, exported to recoveie The chorister whet km \\,111) pis snasenry eves not seriously beeped, - .9144411.4*.401.14,41000,0111911 L Th Home .144444.114.11. SELECTED BEC1PES, Mole:see Coolsioto—Two cups molasses, two eggs, one cup lard, one eup brewn sugar, tweet/diets cup. sour milk, one teaspoon stala elites's' to the mills, WO 10081)00113 eerie stinted in the flour, 'one lableepoun &gee; sprinkle grainilated sUgar on before baiting; roll thin. Selmer) Turbit.—.01,0 how mut sal- mon, six large craelser.s rolled 1.110,1 mix well, illekti a dressing of one labiespoon of huller mised with ogo tame:peon a 11011e ; 41110 (bit of hot mills; ;stetson with salt end pepper; boil for three loinules end pour over the salmon. Mix well and pour In a eutlered pun and balso twelity minutes. Light Cake,- Culse will he light if yoU add the sugar lest. Put in a Mlle at a time. Do not leat It Jo, but lift the Wil- ler up with a strong beating spoon again and again, until the miger has disap. peered, then add more until all has been used. ThLs rule applitss to MI cakes without shortening. Walnut, Coolsies.—Use ono cup Walnut 1110111,i, 01101)ped Rio, one ol sugar, one egg, well beelen, two luidespoone inilk, One 11011P041 teaspoon baking powder, flour to retake rather stiff dough le roll. Sand Calse.—Use one pound butter, ons cup sugar, pulverized, beaten to a creum. Add yolks of eight eggs well beaten, then one pound cornstarch and the whites of eggs, 4tILernately, a Mlle at a lime. Flavor tool make in loaf or gem tins. The whites of eggs are not beaten separately or whipped. Leftover leish.--Fisli may be used for the sewnd meal by removing the bones and breaking into small pieces. 'Filen put is layer on the bottom of a bilking dish, over it a luyer of cream sauce, beividowatleoior. cnialayer of crackm cracker crumbs. -Repeat Repeat until We fish is all used, always having the cruckev crumbs on top. Place In the oven and bake to a nice C,rabapples.---To each pound of fruit allow a half -pound of sugar end a pint of water to three pounds of sugar. When tile syrup is boiling hot drop in the crabapples. They will cook quickly. When done, 1111 a jar with the emit and flit up the crevices wills pyrule- String Bean Soled.—Cut beans length- wise, boil, then Main. Slice 11 110.1f-0111011 finely; add it and salt and pepper; ren- der a little ham fat or bacon; stir over tile whole. Then put in a tablespoon of vinegar or mac if desired. Nugget Cendy.—Two cups of granu- lated sugar, one -halt cup corn syrup (you must have this kind of syrup), one-balf cup water. Cook until brittle. Whites or two eggs beaten io a froth; pour the syrup mixture Into the- ggs; add one- half cup chopped nuts, flavor, and beat until it pours ouL nicely. Mix chopped parsley with grated cheese. Parsley is a great nerve tonic. -efesil from Soleil Steak.—Soak two slices of stale bread in is small quantity of ; mash fine; add one egg or yolks of two, one cup of cold nmshed pedaloes or more, small onion chopped fine; add 10 cents worth of chopped meat; salt and pepper lo taste. Pat in Oat cakes end fry until brown. Caution ioust be taken not to add too !rata Butter.—Seven pounds Of to- matoes, three pounds of suger, one pint of vinegar, one ounce of Minimum one- half ounce or cloves, ground; boil till thick. Can and seal. Fudge Cookies.—Four eggs well beat- en, two and one -hall cups brown sugar, oemhalf cake chocolal-e, one cup nuts, one scant ctip flour, ono teaspoon mall - 10, mix In order -and bake in moderato oven twenty-five minutes ; cut, in any shape desired. Peppermint Candy ice Creente—A deli- cious ice era= can be made of three. fourths of a -pound of old-fashioned pepperminl candy dissolved in one quart of cream. The candy sweetens, colors, end flavors the cream. strawberry Jelly.—Take berries; wash and cover With water enough 1.0 come to lop of berries; boil for eight minutes. Then drain in jelly bag. Can juice until apples are cheap; then Mice -apples, cools as if for apple jetty, elc. Then lake your strawberry juice; use two cups of straw- berry juice and the same of apple juice end four eups of sugar. Boil twenty minutes, and 3ou have then strawberry jelly. Dainty Lunch Sandwielb—One cep of sugar and enough water to cover. 13011 until it threads from spoom Stir this into the while of one egg, beaten stiff. Add one cup of peentas ground fine. Take seated wafers and spread with the paste. Let stand a while. Suet, Pudding.—When Oinking suet pudding or ininaement, if after the suet is chopped it is tedded lo the molasses anti the ley° bolted together for a few minutes, then strained, the objectionable particles of suet svill not be found in the enixlisee. Ptelstips.—Telse small emote of meet— beef, veal, ututtoo, Imet ; also melees and boiled dee that have been left ovee from previous meals. ibin all through meat chopper or ohop fine. Ada minced onion, parsley, pepper, and snit to taste. Seek a slice of stale breed in, water, squeeze ottt, and crumb this into the chopped meat_. Add one egg. Mould into small flat cakes, roll lightly in flour, fry brown In butter or bacon drippings, A DRESSMAKEITS HINT. If you are cite of We women, and do they not number legion, who find diffi- culty in meinialning union between your waists end skirls, try this, which ist Wilhite and IS 11110111/11110 lo 111V thinneet mull or the henvieel cloth ; On the offielde of 111 01`' waist, exactly at the waist line, Minch a pleee of dress- molLer's belling, SI, 1011SI 1111 111011 W11.10 10 1110 0011110 Of NW /1/101i, 101111141 1110 ends loose. Have 11 111 voty snugly eltutil the tents', festening with a hook- mid eyc in front: (miles mashie, li incluse each side of le• ei Mee of the hack, ;Atte- bleep ;dee motor. points down end lad, ow in g !dough goods bo the bell. Then on he inside et the skirt Iamb at the bole ren slf the lemd, soty eyes in a Mantling s_stlien to heck over the hoolse on the no [aloe] e4liletwely,eri.iyhokiu iluesltyisieoreothirt.oilhmnd , wlotaerlioss wtse eyes, putting one itt the exact centre, the others about two tortes either side. .efeayellkge:prIntitegn tsbietilistiamnaeowlfilliesiseao vetrin '00 1101 interchungeable, and, as can be seen, since 'all the etrain and weighb of the skirl, comae 011 the belting, %Oriel' fee. tens around the hody, there is Du poesl. batty of tearing the thinnest labile. On waists.that are wen' outeitie the shirt:bend the hooks \world of course he plat oss the inside of the waist, peirde In, svith eneuyteentiren rtnspiiipi Tel rept, 10 sf itiphepossAsi 10,151. is the ounte, und is very satisfactory. USEFUL IIINTS. Talcs a whisk broom, cut it stubby with omen's, and use it to silk meet corn. You can make quick worle sit lt, When eanning fruits and malting jel- lies try rubbing the screen drew of the kitchen with kerosene. l'hie will pre- vent the Dies clustering there, ready to come in when tlw door is opened. Tops of limit cans can he rimmed if they ere placed in sours mills or vIneger and left unlit the mould l5Ol1105 off eteelly, when they are waelled 11 wuter. They should also be serubbed with a brush to clean the grooves in the side of the If the stove is cruised a good cement le made from wood ashe.s and salt in equal proportions, Reduce to a /Susie Willi odd wafer and fill itt the cracks N'llmii.e liskive is e<i°1. Ib will s(4m liarden 'ro keep the yolks of eggs from dry- ing out, after separating the whiles, at; is the case in making angel mike and icings z Try to replace the shells as ninety as possible over the unbroken yolks and stansi on end. They will keep fresh Mr days in a cool place. Tough sleek may be rendered more tender by laying for two lotus on it dish rontaining three tablespoonfuls of vinegar end oaled oil or butter, a little pepper, but no salt; turn every tweirty mlnutes. Oil and vinegar soften the fibres without extraoting the juices. KITCI1EN HINTS. For Ironing day a fire of cinders is better than fresh coal. Turpentine mixed with stove polish pres-ents rust and gives a brighter gloss than the use of water. A little green sago placed in witty will keep out red ants. Hot fruit requires hot jars. Cold fruit, requires cold jars. The proportions of sugar and fruit used in canning vary greatly. The almond given below is ao average for canning. Sugar 1(0 a quart jar: Uwe - ries, six ounces; strawberries, eight ouncest; raspberries, four ounces ; blackberries, 51X ounces; quincesten ounces; plums, Mos ounces; pears, six ounces; peaches four ounces; pineapples, six ounces; crabapples, eight ounces; pieplant, ten ounces. SAVAGE DOCTORS, How the Yellow Fever Was Cured by Certain Herbs. On Feb. 1, 1002, the Lancet publish- ed a statement from Dr, O'Sullivan Beare, Vice -Consul at Bemba. telling Low a remedy for blackwater fever had been found, bul not. by European sci- epee. Among the official preparations More was nom on which reliance could be placed. But Dr. Beare heard from an intelli- gent Arab that tbe mallets of some in- land district possessed a cure. The remedy was a decoction from the root M. a species of cassia, which has been named C. Beareena. Pere 0.. of the Catholic mission, tried the first expert - stent on a German "in the last extrem- nY": he was out of danger in 48 hours and quite himself in six days. Jacques Cartier tells how a friendly Indian pointed out to him a tree when eery nearly all Ms crew had died of scurvy. An infusion of its leaves sam ed the rest. So ihe y-ellow fever ceas- ed on Drelee's vessel when. lew (earths of Dominica gave him "certain baba known to them." As for the drutnming, howling, dam. Ing of savage doctors, those were the special delights Of the side inan while in health, and bls friends might natur- ally suppose Um( they would cheer him up when ill. The object avowed Is to scare away evil spirits; but diverting the sufferer would Ise an excelleot guy- pese also. The same explanation may apply lo the comic peeformences. egination has great influence over die - ease; ft is not improbable that the nak- ed races have long been familiar wilb that as with other secrets of psychology. The great botanist Fortune recorded his deliverance from a virulent, lever by a Clauese prectitioner, and he de - flounced the "common notion that their physic is conmotmeled ot grotesque ma- terials. The treatment is most careful." A Blue Rook issued by the Cape Gove moment in 1885 states positively on the evidence of magistrates, MISS100/1010S and traders, that the Bantu medicine men of certain districts. have a remedy for cancer. TELLING A HORSE'S POINTS. An officer of the British Royal College ot Veterinary Surgeons sttys it is easy to tell a horse's character by the shape of hts 310S0. If the profile bas a gentle curve, and at the sante lime the ears are pointed end seneilive, the animal May' be depeiolod on as being gentle end at the ;same time high spirited. ENOAGEe I ENT ENDED, "Ile looks terribly sad." "Yes, his engegentent with Miss Perly linis eet:1i ehill 7ltodnd." m "No, inerried him." The sun daily IlliSOS 164 Pubic miles ot water train the world'e oceane. "teddies and guillemot," Ile cried, at the and of his tolling oration, "I have reeled this niece regularly for the pest ten years; 1 hue sold thousands or bottles of this miraculous specific, and I have never received a completet from purchesee. Now, what does this prove7" lIr paused for Meliorate effete, end there wits no doubt that his words had bus messed his audienre, Iitb a num et the bates spoke. . "Done zoom" nollehig.". he said, 'Everyone keows dead num Itlb maws 13131fAILAN VILLAGES, Iteligletr$ Communities be Which There Are Pew Rule's, Those cleriolle Belgian rellgeelle eerA, intraltles, each living in 4 emelt walled in,, village of its own, are kneWis sie Beguinages. Entering in by the gate, we find outsell/ea in a route alluded Oy lofty 'trees, which intpart a ploasdrig Shade 011 UM Wit AUgtiet day of our vto. it, wrItee a correspondent Of Tree, sUry in describing one Of the cominUni, ties al Bruges. On +01,10 right hand and around the court Inc eharmingly trarrtive, low, whitewaelled houses, whites etee the abodes of the Reguinee, ()) posite, on the lett, is the house oe the superior, larger.. than the real, con - tinning a chapel, • The little houses of ihe sisters Malta us wonder what, kind of a lite is lived within their wetlsi There is ne Wal- loon refectory, East sietee men IseeP to servant, entertain friends, or pronide tome for an aged mother or other fa - male relative, or 0000/1'0 a "paying guest." They can leave their little house in the ectat, and g0 beck to the maid if they W1S11, 1)111 110 one sever leaves the calm retreat until deal.h conies, and then they are only borne across the grass grown. court to sleep 'neat!' the seade of the trees in the quiet burial ground. The little houses bear the names cf scene saint or of some episode of sac- red legend. Al the stated hourse of prey- er the sisters join together in their cotnneen worship, and you may see the black robed figures flitting across the grass to the church. Even this is not compulsory, hut no one aver thinks of failing to attend the daily mass and vespers. Then there are sick folk to visit, the alms people 1/0 be cared for, lace makirig to be at- tended to, sewing to be done and chil- dren le be educated, All the inmates are unniarnled or widows, and in order te be admitted their character must he (1 the highest. They pay a small Stun yearly for their board, and an entrance fee of 500 francs for their house and for the maintentuve of the chureh. The lives of the sisters are, like their borne, very calm and periceful, but full of varied Interest. On entering the Ms- tcrhood they bove to serve a novitiate of two years. The duty of obedience is enforced, and every Meter is obliged to obey the Grande Danee, or, as she Is called in that terrible Flemish tongue, Groot Itafrouw. When the two years neviliale has expired at Ghent the sis- ters go to a convent. NEW ITALIAN BATTLESMPS. 'The Types to be an Improvement on the Dreadnought. • , The Italian Admiralty hes drawn up a bill asking for reedit te the extent of $40,000,000 for the coostruclion cif four new battleships, loosely described as Dreadnotights. There is good reason, hrovever, to believe that the vessels' about to be commenced will .be a con- siderable advance oxi the Britesh shill, Their design is due to the famous MUM censtructor of the Italian navy, Colonel Cuniberti. The calibre of the guns is believed to be 13.5 Inches, the weight of the shot fired from such guns being 1.00 lbs., as compared with 850 pounds of the Dreadnought's weapons. The MMun vessel is to carry eight of these guts, "so arranged as to obtain the fullest efficiency possible frotn them." The main armament will be arranged in the same way as that Of the new Eritiele cruisers of the Inflexible cents. There veill be four turrets. one at each corner of a rhombus, IWO being on the centre line of the ship and one on ei- ther broadside, one ewer the fore and elle near the after centre line turret. th this way it is possible for all the guns to be brought to beer on either broadside, and six ahead or Estero. The gun effielency, with eight, wea- pons arranged in this way, is the sante as that obtained with ten mounted as in the Dreadnought, apart altogethir from the superior power of the 13.5 ineh weapon over the 12 inch. The speed of the new ships is to le in excess of that of the latest Italian battleships now building, which is twen- ty-two knots, end they are to have a • complete belt of nearly uniform thick-. ness. In each of these oespects they will mark a coneiderable improvement en the. Dreadnought, and they will cost 81,250,000 more than that selp, CAUGHT A TARTAR. The police had charged the defendant with tutting been drunk and disorderly. The defendant, on the other hand, main- tained with great apparent indignation that lac was not Intoxicated on the (ewe- sion in question, bid Was laborMg under great excitement of mind caused by his having just previously boon assaulted in a dark by -road by a man who had also attempted to rob him. The police. sergeant effected to doubt this story. "Aro you 81100 you didn't. Imagine it all e" he aslogi, sarcastically, "Quito sure," Moretti the defendant,. "As sure as I am that I'm teeing a fat and ugly bobby," The Court enjoyed the retort, with the possible excertion of .the Bench, who stemPly reproved defentlent, and the one doubled exceplion of the sergeant, who crimsoned with rage, "can you describe your assallent7" he demanded, with a savage glue. "You bet I can, I SSW 1118 feetturen "Then what was he like?" questioned lee sergeant, "He Wns VOry much like yeti in tip- pearencee' said the defenditat, sweetly, "Ile loot rusty ginger hair and straggly wheel:ere just like .••otirs, et nose that locked' as 11 11 had been MtIso beer cask. same color as yours, sergeant, only oot an big mei swollen, and a blg fat body "That will (101" snapped the 3011,0M -it, "i'm miterfleci. your worship, that the sepposed essaiennt lute no reel CNN. 101100," "pot 110 hes," persisted deteneent; "ale Iliongh I can well understand that le to Alnico% to believe there eon ebe anealier tace and 0oure tie' 'the sees geant's." . • gee. There aro ntany love tales coillteele 51 With srnall 11811,,