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Those. English elnirrowe have"'11
friend. 10 the world, though they 11100.
eveteIneee amuelngly. while 114111001
• beluga, revile them. Starlings Impart-
sid from England •oro IltereteAng
ly ili ithe East, to the siorrew of the In-
• habilaftle. BM .sometintes ilia wish is
-exploesed teed we 'night, have ea lava-
-skin of such splendid songsters us tile
.p11,Y10011. WO Wolltd, W011:01110 all but
•the undeetrable forelgners.
There is, lentelree, nsi article in The
-Saturday Ihwlew of London on "Eng-
lish Birds •In New Zeeland" which rats -
we a deubt whether titer( are any fore
.eign beide put of the undesirable oless.
.0eice they 11111 a plague.' of terterpi00e5
In that country of up-to-date polltice,
the native 01 04114 111100 Unequal to the
-einerg,ney, and ..,liggesti4ms ,that ingeor-
talione „Should Lie made froin 010 mothee
eountry were received with wild tic-
beill„ime The English sParomes got in by
n "tem, 1)111. them was a \INDIA welcome
for the hedge sparrow, the song thruell,
•Lhe greenfinch, the chaffinch, the gold-
-Min, the redpell, the yellow hammer,
lhe the skylark end other
Seeds. The caterpillars., sweet memor-
ies, the home isentiment all combined
'TM make the importing scheme a popu-
lar ono, but lbe renctien hes Seen some-
thing terrible. For out in New Zealand
the worm-cating birds have nerattred a
1081:0 Om grain and fruit, and the farm-
ters ere filled with rage and despair.
Tliat -"blithe. spirit," :the skylark, is
ranked as a feathered pest. 'rile black-
bird, which John Burroughs describes
.110 "OUI lobin 0111 In eL,ony," brought
-exorbitant prices at nest, but ;after it
end developed an awful appetite fer ber-
ries, apples and Pears 11 was regarded
ne an "ugly, seoty intruder end a
ogreedy intisance," Another home favo-
rite, the sung thrush, is now "placed
fairly high ori elle list.of eutstakes," and,
although there ere some reservations
-011 accoun1 of the starling, the Ono co: -
Min exeeption, the ono. Lird Mal has
.2.401 woe]) his welcome out, is the hedge
sparrme,
DM it -should be noted that 003 new
,plasnie has driven away the old, that
the country is no longer .devestated ty
-caterpillars. And possibly the unhap-
opy fernier who becomes pessimietic el
the sight, of a pocked pear is not wholly
ilist to the !Aids, f•tra It is c ertnin that
he has made ne inyenlory of their in -
eel' fond wleiett might tell of the good
they do. Whether we should try to fel-
kw' New Zealand's example is enother
inteslion, but the leacthig singers
lingl'antre choir willld edd something
-wsrle having to our bird nnt.eic.
SO mitres no longer is 'Me Klondike,
liolelkeeptes grave say that they never
have ueoil ceilery equal to the celery
V.U1011 111 the Yukon territory, Some
2e40 eine 411 vegetabiee and ice tons
WV Were gr0W1-1 MON last • year, de.
,spito the Meetly of the seamier sen-
se!). The vegetables include 'seniors,
•octlibrige, turnips, eareols, beels, celery,
010. l'hore is good coal for business
purposes, ember, cent, copper, and other
nrinorals, and quantities of fish and
genie.
SIARVELS OF SAFE -BUILDING.
'IrrolItrs and Earthquakes Defied oby a
e New 'Voris Safe.
What is lourara as the Chenlicel 11110110
leiraling 111 Nine Y01.1i onn now bdaSt of
,t, ;Rife which not only delies the Wed-
eln eracksman, but also earthquakes
and tires. A succession of dyntimee. ex-
. plosions might, eonceivably slintlee the
side and diselose its inner veceeses and
the securities entrusted 10 Mon), 11111 11
1 (1111110111 lo forecest any Imeginable
01010ills11111CeS eVen in red reV011111011
linder Whiall Sneli a reStil1 would be
ed tempted.
'rhe safe is a marvel of construction
In non and steel wrark, end the \mutt in
which it is deposited goes crawl] to a
depth of 40 feet. The foundation and
wa lls aril of rimsorrry and concrete, and
in the vault itself the safe rests on 14
mother of concrete piers. A. narrow
paseage runs round three sides, and
1.y tin ingenious airanngement ol inimors
ihe watchman passing along the [sting -
way in front en» see every port of the
beck and sides, na well as the open
11)01140 under the safe. 'rho snfo Itself
weighs .300 Ions. emelt are Ilve layers
et stool. 'rhe outer door has (1 weight
of 6. Ions, is 16 feet high, 20 fee1 wide,
and 20 feel long, end 1110 ranee door is
sf proportkinate dimensions.
Another peculine proteetive ((Oyler) is-
ms arieingoinent of steam pipes Meng
Ibo passages, from which111 1100)' of u
1101 end an attack spon 'the bank, jels
et bol, steam ceuld piny upon the safe.
'welding the assailants. • The safe Is the
oulcemo of fifty yearsexperience of
enfe
An equally remarkable device for 1M-
tindintely mmouncing the presence of
en interloper and enterprising bugler
se the, tell-tale disguised antra»,
with which electric wires aro connected
Mom the janitoe's eptietmenSs in the
upper part of the building. • Pressure
upon the wall of 11)0 41)114 'will 1101 1111! bell
ringing, and promptly • beleg officials
mom the scene.
ADANITC.
Adam, envied most of Inns-
-end envied mostly for this 'thing;
Ste Wore no 00411 1113 Whi011 the beers
.01 ofhes i•eitiide Were apt 10 efing.
HAT IS THE GOSPEL?
It Ca11$ Men to Enter the Ileaven That
Await $ Them Now
"Go ye into. all the world nod preach
the gospel to every creature."-elark
xyl„ 15,
What is 1111s good news to be declar-
ed to all men What ineseage has
Chnstianity thal, men might be expect-
ed to receive wills rejoicing? Certainly
Me world eeems to be taking the Wad
bdings in a clan) manner. So fur from
receiving it with the eagerness 60011 a
ineesage might be expected to arouse,
it seems to be necessary to urge them
to hear 11 with 1>alle-11w.
Three must bc a good reetren for this,
you cannot blame the willfulness of hu -
amplify. 11 the gospel really Ls good
news they will reeelve 11 with joy. Pe0.
haps the reason is that the declaration
hes omitted eome part of the message
which Is essential to its attractiveness.
It 15 worth while to ask why 10 -day the
multitude doses net manifest the hunger
fcr the Christian message whic!l they
sbowed when 11 waS de1100011 by its first
Great Teacher.
In some instances the reason .Is seen
414 lhe fact that the gospel cf joy 'has
been 'declared in an accent of mourn-
ing, You cannot perSuade people that
you 'Wive glad tidings When, you 1)10'
010101 them with groaning, le other
ouses the People have been deceived by
111050 who have promised them the
pure, unadulterated, and
ONLY L'FFECACIOUS GOSPEL
snd have delivered to them either child-
ish superstitions or barren philosophies.
When a Juan hs perishing for bread
Se is not likely to receiVe 101111 any
Special joy the gift of a cookbook. The
pulpit has been attempting to feed a
hungry world with speculation's abeul,
Ih Broad of Life. Processes and the -
erns ef salvation have been preached
Instead of declaring the simple fact it-
self.
When 01111401 Is lost he will not [hulk
you for halting Ms search for tho right
road while you explain to him how,
011 Condition of the exercise of his ore-
elulity he may be legally, though not,
yet actually, found again. lie cares ltt-
the for his legal standing just. then; he
wants the road hack, the sight 01 1)001114,
tee lenge) of the hand of kin, nothing
41)011 (1 this will 331111413 111111.
Winn a /111111 IS le•okrit leerated, hope-
less, netiorned, end filled with fear and
remorse, he neede something more than
an Invitation to be goose' 14 does not
help him much to tell him what he
plight have been. erhe gospel 011 the
lipe 01 15501 of Nazareth 10110 MOLT Mari
an Invitation; 11 was a declaration, a
sievelation of man to himself and 41
OM to num.
IL was the good news that Mall is the
loved Meld of the Most 111511, 3101 that
he might bc on 'certain conditions, but
that he 15, und that no amount of wan-
dering or wIlfeinese, no severance of
time or dietance ever, eould make hini
any other tram a child of
HIS 11e1AVENLY FATTIER,
,Feollsh, faithless, despising his Meth -
right, and losing the joys of home, he
may be; but .still 110 is a son and the
love of the Father broods over him.
The glad tidings Sold 0( 11114 heart et
equal and infinite leve and wisilorn at
the centre of all betig. It overthrew
the phtlosophy which lased mItgein n
fear, on the apprehension of the do -
frenetic° of 0111 and malicious Retells,
and. put love and 115111, teniierness, jus-
tice, and mercy in their place.
It was a ealt to man. to renliece all his
111? 1111 pert of ithe life 01 11 divine fete-
ty. to extend to all conditions and re-
lations the good, the peace, ond bless-
ing that be knew in the h0tne7 to show
le men the love shown by his Father.
It not only wits the gond news of God
coming in love to man, bul of men
coming in love together.
The gospel calls mon to see things
ae they are; to thrust aside elle fogs and
fables by which the toollsh sought to
Inghlen the child -man into goodness
and to come to the realization of him-
self as free and 11411'0411 born, 1.11 a
world governed not by chance or rod,
liut by forces friendly to hlrn, .to enter
the heaven that awaits him now and
rejoice in the peace end joY and :good-
ness that are the portion of all.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
F3EPT. 22.
The plains, or steppes, of Moab -The
term 1180(1 signifies the open plain lying
between the 0100111411018 of Moab and 1110
Jordan. It is the eastern counterpart
01 111(4 plain of Jericho which lies oppo-
site on the other .skle of the river, both
being juts nort)4 of the northern end of
the Dead Sell, and together forming the
lower, broadest portion of the .Tovilan
velley
Unto Mount Nebo, to Me lop of Pis -
Lesson XII. The Death of Moses. ('01 Unto
twe designations for the
den Text: Psa. 116. 15. '811100 Sp01, or which. Die one nifty he
TIIE LESSON WORD STUDIES. 7
rased on the text, of the Revised ver -
shut.
Contents of Deuteronomy in ('1)1111ne..--
0ur lesson passage for last Sunday was
pert of an inialitudory exhortation cov-
ering chapters 5-11 inclusive. This hor-
tatory introdution is followed in /limi-
ters 12-20 and chapter 28 by spectle laws,
which com-.11111te the ,11111111 body of the
1)-4)1). Roughly speaking, those laws
may be classified as relating (1) to roll -
gluons (1e-1))). (2) to eivit 3)7.24), and (3)
lo (4001(11 (21-231 Iife, The civil and social
lnws- am, of erateets based upon tele
001151005. In the first of thi)se sections
will found Mess provhling for Ole
centralization of \tensile) 111 one :rano-
Olney tura 1110 abolishment of load
places110 wor.ship, the ritualistic distinc-
tions belween clean and 'unclean ulti-
mate, the cenimanctinenle rotating to
Miss turd those providing lior pelmets
henheent •of us, poor and slaNes, and
els, Ihe regulations touching Me annual
pilgrimages in 00101)r1)1ion ot the 1'1188-
1)0er, 1110 1,(01.S1 \Veeks, and the Feast.
01 't'1110'1'1)114)11'4, Under the
second 'division aro Um provisions for
the administration of (051140 at one 5it-
1)0e1110 collo-11 liehunal. The duties of
lho Icing a vo. defined, OS 30011. as 1110140
of 1111, ldwiteS and members of ilus pro-
p(tit) order. Celeste) specIfie laws con-
cerning holineittle, murder. and frtlso
witnoss, and speeied regurallons govern.
ing the usages of War, are included. Tho
tbird section deals with various phases
of domestic) aral social life. The toldress
of Moses Orals With a very impreesivo
peroration, in which Jehovah's blessings
tin again promised in the event of obe-
dience, while the disaster to follow as
ton penally of dtsobedienee Is elnleiraled
in great derail, Crawlers 29 nod 30 are
supplementary in charnel -or to what has
alrendy preceded. In chapter 31 the nnr-
(olive is resumed and the parting words
of Moses to the 'people and to his suc-
cessor Joshua nee recorded, the latter
receiving his divine commission. This
chapter also contains the preface to the
exquisite poem known as the "Song of
Moses," which etratinues thanigh the
greeter part of chapter 32, 013d which
celebrates in 81111115 1111d 1040111111 Ian-
gsege 1110 kindness nral faithfulness; of
1elinvall to his ungrateful end aposInte
people. The closing verses of chapter
',le record, enovales commancl lo Moses
to ascend Mount, Nebo [tram whonee he
is le dopey). out of (1111e. life to be gath-
ered unto the fathers of 1110 people as
Action NM been shortly before. Another
poem, known DS 'rho Binesing 01
NIOAO:s," 1s centalued In chapter 33, the
eoislonts of which 14 its tunny respects
parallel to that, or Gen, 411, the Vliritrus
tribes being separdely chereeterized in
language which 31001101 Nom simple ele-
Scriplion to exrdled benedietion, the
poem efineltiding with an enthuslaslic
Otfthinst of joy over, Isreel's rammer"-
Male God. The laSl chapter of the book,
which 00118111.10es the text for our pro-
em11 lessen, giees an acceded' Of the,
death of MeSeS. s
Verses 1, 2, And Moses went. Il() -In
eratipliance te1131 the explicit oommand
Of Jelsestall, "Get Vihee irdo this mountain
of Abate»), unto Mount Nebo, witioli is
10 tho land of Moab" (Oeet, 132.40),
taken as fixing the place a 111110 more
pre,,isely thim 11)0 other. The name
"Nei,'" is preserved in We 1111110111
"Nebo," the present name of a immulain
nine and one-half mites due 3)184 Of 1111
11011 11-01810T11 01111 oI 1111' 1)V1111 51111, TII1S
11101111101n may well lo 11113 ancient
Neho. The name "Pisgah," however,
does not occur among the modern de-
signations of places i)2 this and
seems -not, 10 have been preserved.
end Jelitiveli showed Iran all the 101141
of Gilead -11 is mot possible to actually
sou 1111 1110 places 011111110181Ctt this
remit -m[1011 either from the lop of Mount
Nebli 411' front any 41110 point in (his
vicinity, 119,11511 toward to 1111 ihe north -
elle( tura 1110 semthweet me view ie un-
elettrueltel and superb, Perlis of attend,
1)111.0 the vieitilie of Dan, together with
parts of the distnnt territory of Ntiplitie(
and the 110111.0). 11151111111118 00 li11111.11i111
111111 11141114188011, 118 Vall 118 111111110 or the
haul of entail, must have been visiltio,
feta Si(, leiwever, the hinder sod, by
which tom is meant the weetern
etediternmeen Sea.
3. The Mein -In., "the cent." 'Refer-
ring to 111,e entire lotond, expels:slim of
the Jordnn valley en both sides of the
elver jutit north of Iles 1-10111 Stirs
Tho city of polrestrees-The encleul.
city of :Jericho seems to have been well
1(1,04011 by this name, wpien was 111,
tended to indicate Mc richness and Iwo-
ductivoness of the soil. This he:teems
filen praises in many of his reforenc.ee
tr the city, calling the territory the most
1001111 hetet of- Julians Near the an -
:fent site of the 1113' a opines spring
Mill gushes forth, (mewl) as Ara es-Sul-
lan, or Elishe's spriug, aed aseecialed
by both iSloslem traditions and 01c1 '1o1-
1001001. references 10.1111 1110 events in the
We of Ensile..
Unto Zonr-111 Ronla01 and metlicevill
limes there seentS lo Wive been 11 clly
called by the Arabs %uglier anel by the
Greeks Myrna, 511110110 near the south-
ern end of the )Seed See, tura it is
thought by many tha1 this rimy have
been the Weep- tieferred to in our text.
le that case, howovee, it would be
mecossary In rooted the expression "the
pthirt of the lotelen" as including the
entire Dead Sea basin. This 801110 com-
mentators think unjustifiable, preferring
rather to suppoSe that another city,
lotown as Zorn, wets 5itualed oiler Me
rterthern end of the lima Sea in Old
Testament times.
4. The land 30111011 I aware unto Abea-
ham-Compare the identical wording of
Excel. 33. 1.
The11 shalt net go over) thilher--The
reason Mr thiS prolithilien is given in
Muni 20, 12, when° jelievali, speaking to
Moses and Aaron, -says; "Becaese yo he.
lieVed 11021 141 Me, to Sanctity me 10 he
eyes of the children of Israel, therefore
ye shell mit bring this aseenraly into the
land which I 'have given tIsee." ...rho dis-
obedience on the part of Moses and
Aaron referred lo took'plaeo in the wit-
dereess of Zin, where Moses dieregarded
the specific •comintradment, Of Jehovah
wiles eegard 14 bringing forth water frOM
a rack (com(0. Num, 20. 2-11).
6. bre beried hlin-OP, 110 waS
burled."
Over ugainst Betrapeee-In Use
dtato,Vicintly 01 which Israel woe 111 1(11(1
rate 011041/Med.'
7 Nor his nraural Payee abated -Or, esseeeeseessesoiereoosisesessee„e„soe,s,e,,aap
"Neither lied hie freshness lied,"
8. Thirty tlays---M when Aaron died
(Nuns 20. 20),
5. For Moses had laiti Ms bench's peon
Iran --The spotlit» coneecrution of Joshua
rospratl 10 is recorded it) Num, 27. 18-23.
10. 'NM Mimi) iirupliet 51nee In 15-
)'(j)( ..0)')13 sentence' 11e11)5 114 lix the dale
of tlio 101011, al, least in its premed. 101111,
MIMI must havo poen simeli later than
111,, time of Moses, proliably, accercling
lo 1110 bag results of scholarly Inyeett-
gather, during 'the eoventli century,
13 0,
1!, 12, Those verses whiell emphasize
the Pre-entinenee of Moses es n woreee
id miracles seem somewhat loosely al -
Melted to wha1 preeedes, and 11111y pessi.
bly have liven udderi hy way of veldt). -
Hellen at Some lake' irate.
he ell the .015»s and 11113 W011410118 -T1118
P1/111-08 11114104 haek the phrase "DM.
111110 Moses," iterating out the perticuler
In whiell sx) inter vegeta in Israel had
eq 0)11(1511 the great leader, of the exodus
All the great teeror-Execullens of
Divine judgment,
ln the eight of -In the presence of,
T1113 WORLD OVER.
Th -Bits of Information About Most
Everything.
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SOME DAINTY DitellES.
1
Gingeretra.- lioii one petard of loaf
segue to a syrup with throe pinle or
outer, When "'old 11,1d two 11 1)
of essence of 'grape' and 1111, elute, of
essence of cayenne with enough telluric
aeld to testis
A 11001 savory which ran 110 11111114-^ ot
1110 rummies of a Weikel lams Mix Hiroo 1511114 varialy stambi he regularly
1,1,...1.11)114usiu.,00tialljUi41,0,s11)1,1 onifingect:Eidtpl:ini,i,h1,11110)0)111)11 11) IsIvIii,301‘\.1,11.1101,1
y 1111 tfovtIi tainkeiptst
11181 1050 tablespeenfuls cream. pep-
per, and cayenne. Mix well in it solves
pan over the fire and, whim hot, sstread
cri croutons end serve tit inlet,. •
5) sve1 coemossoos.opare 11 fosse 011. fere starching, pressm 40101 11 C1/101'011
011011e1' and cut into Mid; :dives, near! Pildeell on Mem sheuld never he 11111111
Onoll Unckly end put inlo slewptill With
ledter, popper and 51111 to taste. Slew
SiOWly, add 11511 a pint of broils flavor
elkiely and ocolr bil heeler. Borer, :serv-
ing thieken the gravy 1111,1 81'1111,8' (11
little limey chopped parsley uver the
A single ton of steel will make 10,- cucumber.
CJW gross of steel pens. Baton and bread fritters notice a good
The hide 01 0. COW produces about supper course ,1'1.J 41-1411)0 if served with
35 pounds of leather, that of a Mose lightly poached eggs.- '1.1110' slices from that 34110 111111105 are well Wri Med. and
about 18 pelmets. an ons os voiles 0110M1 1,11,1 pia,.„0 Ii ut 111 EY small quautity ef vinegar first
teeeth. (:111 ebetuirls-pLaper, first betseh the
The growth. of girls Is greatest fn. their between ram enees of bread,
fifteenth year, of boy's in their seven- sandwielics IMO neat 0.1111114, dip into!
Although South America, hns about,' ',hien brown Pile 1 1 '1 on a lel Rot tied ever a 1,,ngsomiled bloom,
frying bettor, and teed( 10 hotting fat Mil wells 111,11 1115013 by 11iel108 00 ft dt:Itqffir
TI101'0 are 04,000 teetotal soldiers ni ined
twice the area of the United States, 11
hes only half the p3pulatteni.
the British Army, according to a state -
mint •made by Arnay-Surgeon Evan:.
British India has the swiftest. river in
the world. It, is the Suttee whirls in
180 iniles, has rt. descent ef 12.00u feet.
Sayings banks' are established in 228
schools in Scotland. 'rlieve ere 35,712
depositors, with 4e1,708 to their erecItti
When the herring fiShery SanSoll is
51 11.1 height, eomething like 5,000 or 6. -
fen miles of nets are set, nightly 01 Llie
North Sea,
The biggest, trent in English *aline ek'ves, a email Piece °I Oyer
titrinseds iew pr.pporoin•itii wet eve
this season has been captured by Sir,
chillies •
1 ot all 8111 11101 111T1 111 Ionia -
FL Curvet!, jun,, of Hertford. IL sealed toes nt.ie gOile sof.t,'Llien0put 1.11,',;» info
13 pounds 3 Ounces. die bottles. When cehl tie •ever with
The world's oceans hold In 501011011 •
Madder and stere in it cora dry pieces
at least 2,000,000 -tons of silver. There N. ,,t nn.d 1 • „
also nmeh cepper and a little gold in "'""'''''-"""e -
piece of brenst-of vent, remove the fen -
good rinsing, you will be surprised to
AO() how sweet and clean it WIII be.
Cluctenbee peel bas been found to he
very effloacious in ridding the house of
cockroaches, It should be scattereel
roune the Idtelien 30 She evening, par-
lloularly 1»to the exieners of the room.
The bisects 0001) disoover 10o JIPIlI
which ln then ease aets as a 1)/110010
Purity of air is ex essential le the
healthy respiration of the sleeping fie to
tee wohniz Tee ventilation of
the balite:libel, should receive grave
CM1Sideration. Niteer allow a ellinmey
10 lie stopped up, nor perinil a child to
sleep in a room where there is Ito lire-
P1.11m11:1'1.81 Of the bamboo furniture is im-
proved by evaiihing 110111 onld water and
soap. Tho 441ak11. furnileue, of file 1111 -
slate of beauty and utrefuloess much
Iiinger.
your washing. <111d5iSeS 14111055 they are
wanted Inup. should always be dried be -
le dry in the 8011, as everything fades
nlOre qUieldly When Wei, f:losely woven
goods require less 01arch than those
which eap looaely 11111,10,
To 11111411, 0/110118..---Sw111:1 8111811 round
onions, ppm them, boil in milk end wa-
ter for btit minutes, drain thoroughly in
a, cloth, and put into hottles and pour
boiling spay.' ‘inegar over. 'rake care
8,11)51. lean. 00,pped ham ovf.,,,, am. wipe. with 1101111 C101118 U11111 all the eluirl
i is removed. Then cut a stale loaf in
seeve 1101.
Beef Gusterd.--Reat 111/ im egg lighlte 1, f'-"-".' end wilh ills Ihil'IlY wit"' II"' Pa.
set with pepper mid salt, Pour info a 1 Outing at Me top a ntl rubbing d own -
with a cupful of strained lied 11, sea.; 1,r, holding 111r. bread by the crust, be -
buttered brenkfaet cup, em,mr with i wurds- l''','111" "P 01' aoros,'•
groused papor, stand in a saneepan of 1• When banging short window curlains
1,1,)iiing 1.1i, ,,.vrith n 10050 „i, 111, saw it will liii found an os:collvid, plan to m-
os leo ere 1,,,,...,if un 11,101.. \Nee o fern vest in a few pennies' worth or small
turn on1 to serve MA 00 cohl. staples, '1110so, driven into woodw0r14
Tomato Chulney.---.Sli0 Iwo 1,011nds or wall, hold rods firmly ill place; and
Put these in a saucepan with 'me pint
cf tomatoes, heti a pound of apples. 11 taPet, nre 11801, they limy bp drawn
through 1110 islaidos and iiXed s9 firmly
of vinegar, two onions slue)) with \tvliliiitetilliw)ereoliisennsop.,,021iiiisint(ilee(e.drat,letteo'f'duroaloepr,'
Sen Water. •ions surinkle the ineitie of 010 meat
Doctors in Sweden never send bills 't ' ' "
with peeper. ealt, mace, eulineg, i
grated , . „
le their patients, the amount, of their tenant 'vied. 111111 0110003 herbs. Spread
in, mecum, ine eilinnioners, are oink
vomuneration being left entirely to the (11
generosity of Me latter. ed" 1(111 801114 .`1111,41114t molt, 11011 lay the .3111(1)110, II thrived in 1110 days of
etran goes lo it, Writes .1\ 10. Ilachigiathi
strips of herd -1•0116.1 eggs. trullicse,
Alt over the world there are 562,136 et:matt:ere when the lives of 1(14' stimu-
miles of railway 1foos 00w open. Am. gherkins. capsicums, or any 01,1a,r ovna-1 ni the (1114(10001 01 1111)1). „,„tem.
mental thworings in regular order ',Ver. 1,1-14 atki
(rice, with its vast territory, has 285, -
IL. Roll the meat tightly, 00 w it in a leo, sionerai youths w0re taught tsi
long roll, Ili: it firmly in a eleth, Commit harakiri rallia, Hum submit 10
11 , very Mater, alknv lhe sMtin to es- 11 „ re so 1
e1,110. Mon Ocimive 11 fee"' th"fel'aiao111,1 I 'Thus.' frai en invelerrat,
,Prel ‘",ig`1" Par'1,',6 1 hereditary proyensity +,1 the satimein
'0"11A ".1"1's" 5'6°0 front whieli it wa, not an oasx
being made too flat or 111))'. 1)1111)5 out.
W cild rako out Ilie catton and brush; 11„ cooll„lo„, swolomos 1110
over with glaze.
PeoultIls-slre, n sound hearted whale
cal -lege whilo 44).001, diy1,13 a
couliflowee into emelt bea1)ies...4, and
hike a few gherkins and kidney teems,
wtse nice windows,
-
IIAIIAKiftt.
Said to Be Practised Only by 1)051011-
-. dards of the Old Nobles of Japan.
The custom of harakiri is a thing
renter ettelined le the :4.111151'11i 111185. and
78) miles, and Eutoise is a poor second
with 123,130 miles,
'rho Inrgest orcherds 10 ote werld are
at Warder, near Berlin', Gantany. _They
extend without a break to about 13.001
acres. They yield about 48,00nout,
pounds of apples and peers every year,
Swim trees are much more liable lo
I' struelt by lightning than others.
'rhos Me oak and the elm are often
;dried: and -destroyed; but the ueli
rarely struck, and the Leech, it Le said,
IleVer.
The Vatican WaS thoroughly elenned tele all the \ egeebles in a sa.ve, 511111 1'r 3110,
1111011.
lalely, and a quantify of repainting Mom over with edit 111111 e0.-1,1.0 reol rest 5.51' Prof, 1JY la of wee: de
done. Tho work employed 5,700 people '1111. 11.11' Pan' 411(38. 113 [Ids lire,' 114tt W11-1 ostie,esety of 'see o wso, 10 gradual,
fir elx months. 'Merely in 'cleaning ler will ite exlmoied from Irani, Then I ., y• • • • • 1 • ' 1 • • - • - ' •
411 111)-
wallpapers 1,000 loaves of bread were Ille' the veiseititt,' 114 ',Nolo tent1eri 2(4)1.11011 5001.1-)) 1,) le.td
used daily. 1111181111%1 800)1S 114)013' 4101'1% 1:1 4`11,11 gal- which. ra„,.1.,„1
At Stenran, Presienkirle, England, :s
a wonderful lieti-a first cross Ietwcen
a Meek Minorca and a buff Orpieglem.
This hen has just laid an i21)5 weighing
6 ounces, and ineasuring 9 Inches by
8 inches circumference.
Io Java women and young girls do
all the work of portels, 1')))!) 111g heavy
1011110 011 their hods milli great
As soon tie a Javanese girl can walk
she is taught the art of carrying things
it) that way.
I ti .
t,e 4r
haalt ounees of pepep
er. 1.1:4 mied a phuaplf
Amputating a herses leg at the Tit- mutest.4' Hod a hare oaroo3-
.
1.101) joint, Professor sdiski. the 3,11- 1'0,'11 of ritilmeg, clovee raid les
eritilley school at iratharest, les re- pt: 0'')' tutimite, skint well mid
'taco,' 1111 lost povtLon with a leather lme over the 1(10-111,10.s. Tia the Jer; dow10111140111 thatsmth(es 1(11' 211)1)1214! tghtly meth bladder. i
wak (Mont and lake PX01.,180.
The itirgest quill toothpck factory in
lic world is mule Paris, where there is
Lin annual pvtluct of 2011,00;1,0M quills,
Thefacory WaS started to make 1)0111
pens, but ellen these went out f 51311-
ert!l40111
U814 11 WaS cenverted nto a tooth-
p\\it,knit.
While the everege num cLsalisiltel
lib1111X111111111 or thirty-two teeth, a
'14.01), nom' Iaiburt, in Asia Nlinor,
lansts of forty -live, 1111 peefet. Ile et,-
longs to a wel-toolhed family, his Do-
lleon eend
a
sister 01101) 11143-015 the 841113
111111301`,
1 110 lhiltppines the use (110101111141
universal. The native child begins
If) smoke as soon as It Is ble to talk.
In e 11001001'n provinces specially it
ie no uncommon siglit o 5011 Meld
of five or slx pulling vigorousy at a
rag cigar.
The elastership the Deese is the
(nest coveted offie in. the Kings
Hushod, '1113 salary is X2,500 a
year, end there are 5.11114 051111)1)10 pHs,-
ileges and perquistes, including the
use of the Royal horss and carrages,
with the attendance of Ihesevants be-
longing le the sameThe of Sef-
ton is the 1)1050)11 hlder of the ofieei
Wives are still obtained by purchnse
in 00111e parte of Russia, In Me dis-
trict of Kranyshin, on the 170150, for ex-
ample, 1105 is practicelly lse only way
n which marriages are bought about,
The vice of tt petty girl 1)1111) wen -
to -do family range
s from $100 to 8200,
end in special eases a 1011512 higher sum
is obtathed, In the vIllegs the lowest
price is about 825.
afiitle free Mem aft1, advent
0i
or,
r
night,' 111/1,1 of D. 11:0105 Sim,
111 lin‚13)11,112 ''114'! 115.' of how.
01'. this 112)111112)11110,' ha12,')) 021(5 4,3)
fseltion. 1'1 it tmezing1411111 that
it has nettlecone 2111) u5e in the War
ei, .t3ris sittetse."
4 ,. ,
. I ' 1 1.. '
,,
oI ,.
oi,,oo,roloii
, , s . 1 '
1
se,
s4
lid) of lied Meet* add 41110 Mid a 111111I bilrakij, Ile et1 pet
iieneoe of !1,11l14-s10eand 1111,11' .1)41(1 •3L ,s sees. 111,1y di. in 11,, hal111
8/11.11 gullies 11,111 all together 11111 white e. 0 ,,i1..,1itiliy, 0o1 1,0 Ihso%oo
11, 10)2(1,' Is $1111 hot iqtrvor 11h,1r.onal honor. il. shal 11.1
I4,id,i,,, T.01 1.1i, ronill 111 lay0 or 1,m.ihivi(11141 1,..,•ne,,• ho h...n 1
ti. 16111101 nm. Ilio tiro. Ili,- Hpof 110 f ,h,r,n,,,„,„,,,,, h.; ,„,,,,1,,willd
2(3,11'.) 1111113
14)1'?;13I:'111:j'11711111il11133:1) 1IIt1;11);a:1111:Ieg,‘ta11s‘t-i1111a‘;,114';1::111;111, •,11 17 )lt”,1'0Y, :1 1';
111,110 S011,4V /11,1 11111Y! 1111101 110 11eid1.1 1, ..1 (rather service i
gentility of 1, vin•gar. Trail! 1•1i1 throe!utn°to hi
quails ,11 051110 Vinegar with010 and 11 111s115-113 v0o'411. if Ills Wier-
latie1.-.11it'is"11:';1 11,11:111il'llIcl:'1':?:, 'I' 1 'PS . rtru1/1.'-ah:for \1%.;
Nlaior-rlo,lor,,t 50341, who 1.1?14.(1 11,..., )0.5,..
wants 1111 m Ow ,,1,111.:110111. 1111.1 th, .11(; 0-
1)es
1;.1s,fil,.1,,1,;;;.,,,i,....,11.111;,10in 141.111.1., f i:iii. iitit,I.,,to,-1,,,tn
h„,..)
11-11 111 11,111 it is for tie 1111s.2a314, 11..)
1,1- 1110 Julanies,, to die for duty; lbal 1.;
committing harakiri vallwr 111:111 8111'
ren.leving io the ilze.,ialis 11,ve 11).! ;la
panvso Ir?,,ti o1i111.11.,1 1.1 314111 1110 3)5101')
1+114 111:11 1'!'.). 1,1,1,1,1s addlo-s.
talVe a tendency 1,1 iletrzi.•1 ir ini Ira
prilriolie frrvor of Ow Japalloso ..,01,l1er,
,1411 Ilto pr -e,.., of Japan mad, 1o1)11/51114
1110'm Illo oailroversy, saying 11.,11 what
''1"' 1. Ukkla 1,11110,1 duly 051,8 4141.10113 111,
17111111.0 80 33))),) N1111,1r.(119.141.111 5111.1 101'111
0,1 1191100 in 1110 ess0111011 11.01111S.
—'--11"--'—
A ITAIID On rm.
Slike had only recently been made
eereman Of the seetion-gang, but he
knew the 1000001 duo his rtink.
"Finnegan," he mid lo an argumen-
tative assNtanl, "I'll have newlbing out
of you but silenee-and mighty little or
GETTING READY.
Caller-"Thars a Mee little dog yell
()eve, Tommy, I suppose he 1015 a
foney pedigree?"
Tommy -"N0'311; not yet, But I'm
goitli be build one for him as soon as
paw gives me the tenter."
1I1NTS FOR TIIIS 110:110.
To t'l(ose Liners -Add it tenets smell of
sal) to a bosin of Meech and elra 1111 lo-
w-111er thoroughly.
51,1 erlielos, ouch as slippers, purses, -
anti hells, ton lo cleaned by rubbing
1)11 a good Mindful of cowmen salt in
in cotton elciekings,
To cure noetidthieding tie a string very
lightly round tho small pint of the
thumb below 1110 loillekle.
Never lenVe lliectieine, drink, 1,1' food
uncovered in a sick room; they are letel
kept out of the .sick -room altogether.
stew malting Melilla always bo
weelled 301111 warm watts. end. salt.
0111(110)')' glue in water till quite eon_
‚43)),']'"1""'' w°1111-1 turn 11 SolloW, The
suit has a counteracting entice
To melee a strong 51110 seals some
Tlien dissolve il. over a slow lire 1111 lin-
seed oil 1111 01 1110 thickness of jelly.
A enko needs to rise before 1(1"105111)15
to its full height, especially a sponge
cake. 'The lightness of this coke first
depends on thorough healing, secondly
011 linking propetily..
To clean a while felt hat brush 11. over
50110111113' Willi to paste Inntla of arrow-
root or mognesia, 'mixed well with 001i1
Witter, allow it lo dry thotoughly, then
bect\sniiimin1Inffe.sel elrauld erat be nleured
nllogother, eepecielly by these Who work
laird, Cold 'meals, perhaps, 411'1, 1114811
81111111114, 811100 they have net, quilt) such
stimulating qualifies, reed moat and
silted is rather 1111 1dt051 dish,
llefoDe using a new stimrapert elweys
1111 11 with. water, add 14 lump of soda
and some potato -peels, and let all stew
for somo hours, Then wash out thor-
oughly, and any fear of poisoning from
1.103 tinned lining 01 11 will bo gone,
MOW eabbago is most excellent, Ms a
salad. Tito cebbege 11)1)411 1)0 very crisp
end fresh and sliced vet7 finely. Bub a
enlad bowl with a Move of garlic, p01110
the emitting° and stir 11 101)4101 well, Men
pour a nice dressing over and servo,
A dirty tbeh0101,11 is easily cleansed 11
you treat item followe; TIMOW tho cleth
inbo an old stateepan, with a, serap or
e Milo soda, and plenty of topid
water, and give it e geed befit After a
THE SNOB.
Ile Is One of the Most Despicable of
Every day we enoenille1ig1S.CAISA 80111,7 81141,1-
11101 sI 1110 seems e11t111, rind i1 is wen
to eltow him up here, for if We 4.0 not
tem ourselves against his airs with a
.breastplate of humor and 11 buckler of
contempt, WO .plain, 00111n1on-sense folk
umy cd, times feel bumbled by his as.
16113111;:siib,
d) 'ii‘lPeria'srli'Fi
Tmelreiray defined him.
Its a man whe moriray adirdres Juvan
Illings-ootheeeese rara olio thinks 110-
,1111115 0,3(1,110 3311(10. unloss (1 is r,,„kom,d
what wmild term "the thing."
The snob would let his old mother
go hungry rather the1 do will,''( ;:
fashlonable mei get 01.i1he1, and lie is
'foul of dragging into his eonversatien
partienters of any remote omnoclion
lie or Ms family 11)113' 111)3'e 1101 with
1oi0e celebrated person. His imle may
have lieolt 31 privillr, in sena, line
ment, but the snob will, speak in glow.
Mg terms of the tales his relative (44 1)',)
mess, and wilt try 'ks make you
Bunk Me latter was the colonel sir
cavnlry regiment al. least.
'111e rensetest asseetation will) !loyalty
delighte the snob. Evert to have wit-
nessed the King In sotto Stale peoem-
sion brings grist to hie Mill, for he will
tell you bow his Majesty bewed to hill)
411 Particular, trod met to the general
trowd.
'Ile will, not even expreSe en opinion
We01 arty ipleetion until be hes eseer-
ealned What is the fashionable litieW to
itake. 1113 will give alms to a beggae
Only it the thilike he will 00 obeerved.
'rho mush, LeaVe hitt alone, poor
wretelel Ile may gain wisdon't With
intereasIniS Veit. , •
PONIES OF CORE ISLAND
141149 OFF '1111E COAST 01? NORTO
CAROLINA,
TAM,.
For ME Years OnnIcer Ponies Slave
Lived and Run Wild on the
There is medially only ewe place in
America VI 111.1%; ponies run wild and are
raptured every year by being driven
into pens. The piece is a long, nureew
(eland, known us the Cora Banks, 05111011
1141b Off OW 11W1,41 of North Covolina, be-
tween Core Seeind and the sea, flere
the Banker ponies, that make such good
11111e steeds for small riders and drivers,
live and tweed and run wild 011111 they
um fluttered and benught Ise market.
II is over 3011 yens sine° the ances-
tor.-, 01 the Banker ponies were left on
the Gore Banks, These sineestors were
line largo horses. 11 is out certainly
known wile first brought horses to this
401101, 00 When. hilt they came from
Europe; for there Were 110 1100SeS 011
this continent till the white men came.
'rhe island was not, inhabited then, and,'
huskies, the life-saving Men at Cape
loelcout, few persons live on it to (his
day.
PONIES 111UN WILD.
The rendes 11111 Wild, with no care,
81)140 sl,011 as they take of thanselves,
and up to a ,few years ego a Banker
pony beiongeti to whoever (-aught. it.
New, however, they have a market
v)1luse they have been -claimed and
branded, and are the property of von -
1,05 04011(118, owners, who round thorn up once
a year to brand the colts and select
tallies fee this market.
These round -ups are caned pony 9001'
111)155. At 4.1118 4)1 1110 ran•rowest parts 01
trai istend 14 stiong fence is built clear
across from sound to ersean. The fence
hes one gap in it, through which the
pintos are driven 1111.9 a stout 1)010 A
lino or Men Moves 1011yard aeroSS th
island, driving the ponies toward the •
11,114.10, and 1110 entrance to the p011,
REAL WORE. BECANS.
Here 11 is that the real wort: of tho
day logins. ajlen not more than a
handeod fool, square 200 ponii.s Will
Sometimes he gathored. They are of all
1)500, front the old ponies that have been
the heroes of many penoings, 10 the
MU HMV 00115, trolling seared imtl
wild, 1...side their inothurs. If there 8113
any coils more than 14 year old that do
no hear any bran(l, they become !Me
proporty of whoever era) catch and
brand them: lett the young colts belong
1.- ownors of their netthers, and aro
usually branded n11!i,' spring penning,
FLOGGED TO FOIll'UNE,
Several Instanees 'Where a Whipping
Ilas eitule Men Itieb.
A ease is shortly to lx) heard in Lon-
don, in whielt Mr. George Wand., of
Resttea, 0111,1. 1111 E1100h1111111 by birth,
',,'i' :Ice -ones. The seliethra who has
i feline ti lo heir to an estate -4 Mutes at
ebarge ef his interests gut to hear of
lain on a11ol4n4 vsHiag 1w. ro-
...rived at Inv hands of „"onai irate wo-
14)11(1115 13,1,,,
mon, Wim feat he had Lo 11 i1l-
05(01.
10101101' inslatives 4if fortune, f.a1m1,k1
0) 111111411111,8 aro not aeogiste, 1. ;Ire
• hie 1,1 11, p. phup,;. 1. Hint
1•;ialem111011 non 111 4.111
11al La- ioly lasla..s inti1,1.11
hini IV 11,e 11o41e San Joso, vado lio
aN\l'11'1‘1'4;
and a Hifi:, sh,13,i1 trading in
11111111',,1, 11111 Y,0r6 worlit
mny
Cutiou,ly too, a uno-lin!,s 111 1,1-
1',')' of Mag o's. 41005. 11-10no05n Pairlelc
I. 1,14,1'))',, 111, 14111 ,3-'i.'31) :11 in
hint) al 11210 Oi 111, Tat 1-
!i:11, :21,1) Noly Lind h111.,1tia'.i315
.0e it 31:18, 1,•11,,,', in/114;1181 13)111 1111.
„ ard, 11 kt071 0,01,,11;,1111011,
1.mitl, r 411 1110 1.81Y thigh,: in 111.1
ortt,efu.l• u croW,1 of granting
,ont which lie 1)41) -4,13' 141o1.:1,11 a
hy tedirasitig in
iTi1:11
1.4 r
tit).\'
w
Aaywa tellteen rightly surneeed 1001
the eve] sonishne to wits not 111cole, it, he
Issietrad. Nor was. it, tht) chinee, au -
:Soren, doulateee deeming it roe loiter
ont•y, mat elleillwr in the long run, to
11. lam sirroroly Meets
The Move aro moslern inslimeee, An
svelter tine is efferdoil Ite, 1•881` 01
T11118 01111.8, W11,1 051114 11.31111,1CI 1)1101(011111
,,r 51.31.10 yi'ar for life by Keg William
111 .as :sow sort el tempensefirm for
!invitee leran welly flayed MOO lit the
previoue reige by order 431 the infamous
Judge Jeffi'VYS,
PIN -PRICKS.
Envy is the sorrow of fools.
Only th„. pow oan afford 1,1 marry .
toe sove.
A w.1111111 is never hungry. S.140
"nets 1,11111.”
only genius 421111 10010 dignified in a
dirty titillate
Silence- is called golden, because it
Is 40 411)1140.11le 'not a proof of strength to 10'0111(
your wm.).
Ile ions, you aro in 5104.1 company
wl.r1313300„1-,w11111; 611111W1,115, their own praises
g01. 1 110,,1'1 41,
T110‘8` (11111)5C1 10 respect do not re-
quire lo demand 11.
.S'svays put off 1111 1.) .1)100103/ the re-
pots you have ror y,siorday,
The Man With 11 grievance never
81111118 10 11111)13 irapeellinent In his
51.4'elrlY,
1,1ttewomen bales le hear lier hue-
Ilictgli,1 abused, it is teemed/1g her prIvt-
Some women 4.10111 snind how small
their Infante is, 011ls leeger 1110111 their
neighleofe.
It's Oeily when you feel ihat et mart
is superior to you Mat you begin 10
1.0(1' 1(1111 down,'
"Stella; "They gay 11411 111 tweets, she
was the ObSereed of 4,111 obServers.”
1301141"Yeo; and nos% at 'sixty, she ix
the preseeepe pf aU Prosorvers 1"