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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1907-10-24, Page 2NOTES AND COMMENTS , Can WO•inake a power plant out of th() - Sunbeams,. The only solar engintewlaith /We Yet, Vali made sliceessfel is the Waterfall, A fraction of the solar reetia. Men ertergy, reaching the eurInee of the ..eerth Le expanded la couverting surface deean water into slam or water vneer) (ind In releitig 111111 steam lo an elevation ainotig ,the clouds. Part of his energy is released ia mental', hat only an elentfleantly small [libelee of the rain - Ian occurs on elevate:I land in such a. manner that -a waterfall ran be made available, There is al, Meet. one ether _typo of solar engine poserible, and that Is U surfaee ehernieal eueetnnee expesed to solar rediatien and (amebic of being . chemically -transformed to a table sub- staree, which ellbsetillentlY will glee up its energy for consumption. le grass meadow shpporting horses is a erude form of such a machete. A small frac- -tion ef the ineelent solar energy is use. fully abeareed by the chloniphyll In the grasses. permitting that to build up a bydeceearben structure from an mei. renment ga4ealla water and carbon. dioxide. The tenet% eonstene and assim- ilate the metes. and each is capable of delivering a few kilowatt hours a day of solar energy—an infinitesimal traction of the feed solar energy incident on the menclew. It might be postalble, 5011110111 • preeases, to and 0 chemical subleance - much superbor Uehlerophyll as a reci- pient or storage material and eapabie of relearing its energy in an electrical way. Atmosphere famine is the oolossal eatastephe that civilization must avert. Dr. 11. fienriet. of Paris sounds the warn- ing note. Walt the development of city systems, of water eupplies, traneporta- eon moieties, the atmosphere of the meirepolis hag been ennverled into a • deleterious vapor -Ill)' unheeded warn- ing or social peril yet k. be manifest, although 11is already effeetive. In a peisenee almvphere we cannot. digest 011r foodnor sleep with refreshment. Certain organbc. dIseasts, esp.icially those affecting the hings, the kidneys. and ate plemeeh, show a eemarealtle increase with the progressive ileteeteration el at- moephere in large centres of population. a word, the rare ia facing an almos- pherele erisis cif etielt severity that all the resourcesd hentiatry may be inade- geate k, impe with it. Dr. Hendee has made pence' experiments and formu- lated laws regerding the atmosphere of eities, In a largo city be theta that the 1.c.we1' layers. id the atmosphere, are stirred by the winds, but arc not reneW- ed as rapidly as they are potint•ed. The air of 111e 0 on LIT nnd 1110 ;sea alwaYs possesses strong oxidizing properties, but the air of largo cities always exerts a deoxidizing aellon. Cordite is newer than coal, and It -IS said to be better. When coal is burned In the ()Jelin/try tionwiele furimee a 00)1- .61,1,3mm,, sunike is peoduced, ewing to ineeinetee co:Melee:tn. nee sinoke. instead of iTing wasted, might be inede to yield gas ,niia)de for iighting or tam er, tar, with Ile, vark.us 'oils which may to made from it, and 001 - plum, ainumnia. TM( tmticcie of coal - Re 'quint lc. effect these results by ab- stracting the smoke from the /..nal before it i$ for (143i.11,81L2 111111)0,0s. Ilte residue being a fool which is easily lit, . gives tint no s0e40,, eurns with a certain at»ount 1 cheerful flame. Thai) have helm liy p100 - tical experiments, and large faelories are being prepared to cope with the de- mand which IA 1Xtievitql 10 arise for the 0,1050 01e1 bN,ane Anown. eurlhee tests Stearn h•oilers have )).5 :1 gal 1,bl...tory as far as tin have gone. and 1160v1114 po,- 611110 that Ilia pro:lectern of emotes in large lowtte ie.:Diu:Illy may be erevented by the use of the new teed. — WONIEN HONEST IN BUSINESS, Most Cases of Embezalement Found Among Men. A foal 551(1 11 /4 not «flea conlmeilled upon Is that wernen employed in places of besinees nee hiore honest than lielr male colleagues, fit almost every ctr-tt ,11 11)10501(11 '11! rind defal- cation the culprits ore benui hi be men. 11 is dentenht undorstmel the reason tor tin, since wonmn k popularly 5up- 11o001.1 to be weaker In every way, 10 'have a lower code of lo 1100 and ee 5enf1 of itistiee. tbA17 111011 (100, it come about thel the sight or large emus of money proves too much tor ninny men, while women contemplate them tannoved Some might say that women 11/1Ve a Stricter sense of honesty than men. Yet il retina ley denied 11101 in petty pil- fering women van hold [how own witb the lighteet lingered erneleenen who 0' 0) "skeet enother num's staircase 1)1 dead of night.' Is it too quixotic to velem() that a besillesis MOM» g develops the eh:trite:ter Which is 'adore in mote w<men but which fhb repression of Centuries has inished Almost out of sight'? More often item not women unconecketely conform lo wherever ideal is expected of Mien. Their employers place confidence in Clem imd they justify it by their integ- erty fled uprIghtnese. Their training develops their gellge of reirponsibility Mid &Moe, Mid through it they realize that IA Peery relation of NM nothing aVallS tit the triumph of painelple, 4e, 'Milk of Malian leindeess hastailing » 001111000) erath the cream Of Moiety, TRE SAYFJI AND THE LOST The Great Gulf Fixed Between Them Is Determined By Man Himself, - "fie shall set the sheop on his riget hand, but the vett on las Mee— Neel. xxv„ 33. What is it to be saved? Once there was no diftlettlly 111 80011ring a glib enemy to tied question, Ile was savel elm professed lo believe certain thinga; ha was damned who deubled them. The saved were tickelect to heaven; the rest were as Weedy ticketed elsewbere, The menfort el beiug billed clear through te everlasting bliss, without al much as a change of Cars doubtless eas enhanced by the opportunity 10 gaze with com,plvency mingled with eenuniseratien on those poor wretches who were consigned to everlasting tor- ment. This simple division of the race into tee "ins" and tbe "eels," the elect and the doomed, remained eatisfactory, eewever, only as long as there was no other standard raised by which mea should be measured than that of the for- mal acceptance ed 11100(1, As sOon 00 meral standards teem introduced a now alignment began to take place, II you begin to classify into the good and the bad the results will be different' from that reviled by the standards f the saved and the lost. Besides this you have a new problem, that of the man who neither is good nor bad, who neither belengs weer the sheep 1101 with the vats. If you Insist on clear eut divisions, whet are you going to do with heti? THERE ARE MANY OF HIM. The truth is that every man belongs lo this class ao tar as his character es cencerned; there are none 510i0)150cl with evil nor ally unadulleeatedly bad. There usually is more good than we expect In others and more base than we recognize in oueselves. What then lise become of the old sharp line be- tween the saved and the lost? There is a distinction; there Ls a die avenee, Men either are finding life er losing it. But that is a different thing edm classifying humanity on the testa of their intellectual and moral. naublenees in credal gymnasttcs. The differences bet,wcee men are funda- mental and rneral, rather than intellec- tual iced external. Salvation is no1 a legal fiction, a right conferred by virtue of a feet be- lieved. It le a pewees waltin the 1110 ef u man. Salvation is living up; 1100))' 111111011 is dying &wit. Heaven le grew - Ing up into the Me and light of the spirit, the higher self; 11011 Is decay - mg in the cleath 01 1110 flesh, The great gulf fixed between the saved and tile lost Is vital; it is deter. mined by Ihe dhectIon of the life, It grows wider between Individuels 05 each persists In his chosen 001110e, the ene reaching after the worillY things before, the other sinking In the lower depths. It requites ne decree issuing in thunder to separate a nian; he deter- mines his place and lot 013' the directton in which he sets Ms face, Na man can look down and live up. No matter te what creed you may give unreserved assent, no matter in what measure you may Mat to the virtues or the mercy of the most high, IF YOUR UPI?) GOES DOWN, 11 eharactee deteriorates, if the soul sheinks, if the beset develops, you ban- ish yourself to perdition, Progress Ls the proof of piety, Any man may know of his faith by whether he. is going forward, And here none stand still; there are no indifferent lives; either you move wall the sbeep svho seek the green pastures and the Mill waters of the river of Iffe, or wall th, pries who turn to the desert. A man needs no credal tat. of 11110- 10 1) eceleeinetient test; here is the answer Lo the quostien, Am I saved? in 11e further question, Am I being saved? Am I turning my face to the I learning the life of love? Is my life worth ntOre to the world then IL was? to It rieher, fuller, sweeter, more like the ideal life of the son of man? Life either Is buteling up or break. Mg down for each of us; eilliee WC are losing- life or we are finding it. Happy (bey who live up, who set their affec- liens on thin.gs above, who have learn- ed the great teacher's lesson of enlarg- ing the life by living for others, by serv- ing and self -giving. They have no fear nt being forever lost 50110 fear no toss but that of the sout. HENRY F. COPE, THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 27. Lesson IV. Caleb's Faithrulnees Re- warded. Godlen Text: Mae. 25. 23. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Based on the text of the lievised e'er- eein. Intervening 131'0010.—T110 initial sue - ()as id Israel at Jeriehe was renewed by O sharp and unexpected disaster at At, the defeat of the 811113' 0101 to take this eily being oceaeioned by the displeasure of Jehovah with Israel because of the 8111 of Achim, who 11101 vellated the law of the ban anti appropriated unto eell p051 or the plunder of the dee/dyed eity contrary to the dived eneimand of 3011, 11/1 to utterly destroy all Mal lhe cily transgressor was finally discovered by lot and put 10 death, together with all those associated 1011.11 him ,chap. 71, Thereupon le, 1.„- 11e50ed assault, upon Ai proved 81100esS- 2111. Fear of Israel induced the powerful tliboontie elan to resort bi stratagem 110 order b. bring about a league with the cenquering host of Israel (0hap. 0). The native kings dwelling in the eines to the north and south bought. by repealed et a li I ions end confederacies to oppose the progress of Joshua's Of Cull - finest, lo no avatl. Sueoegs contin- ued to 011111111 w ith 11311101, 6(1 Mot both in the (south 01111 ill 1110 1101111 the melees et Israel were victorious. Clinplees 0.12 reeerd these fur er suettesafte exPloils et Joshua, and In chapter 1.2 is given ft smoulary list of the kings and peoples whom the lerneliles under Joslunt con. quered. ;zeverat etiong eilie$, however, among 111,111 Jerusalem, rmnainet un. eitnquereal, and the entioe land dici n01 beeraint the peaeession ef the Heitrews unlit 1110 cloys of David. Willi the lath elinplee begins the second tarp,. dm, skat of lite leek of Joshua. The; divi- (41(11 e11111111151S illap101.8 13-12, and 411.111)') 111 Ilw division of the 11111(1 and its appetrliolunent among the varbouS tallies, Te the luilies of lieuten and feel nod to belt of the tribe of elanne8eli WAS as- signed the territory east of 1 he Joelan beset hem the elver Arnim 011 1110 8011111 141 Ihe vicinity ot Nicene Hermon 011 Ihe north. The irmisjordante 111)104-!- 141110)) of these tribes is descrihed in eh:10er thirteen, In IV 154 verse of this chapter also is recorded the feet that In thet ribe of Levi, which has been snerelly set owlet for 1110 service of the ne, specific inherfintice was el\ itn. leiter melt& nines 1» Israel were assigned as priestly reeidence entre, and ample provision was made for lbe material support, of priests and Leviles. Verse 6. Our leason pnesage eontnins a hetet and inleriasting personal narra- tive which forms an Integral part of the acommt of the distribution of territory west of the Jordan among the nine and One teat tribes. The Met. that there were in 011 twelve tribes M be provided for Without counting the tribe of Levi, which received no inheritance, is accounted tor by aoseph's place In the tribal develop- ment of the family of Jacob being taken by his two sons, Ephraim and Merles- eoh, erich of whom became the founder of a tribe. Caleb the toe of .MO11'01111 eh —Feast rnentielled tta one of the twelve ephea sent from Eadesit-bortlea 10 escertain the character i5t the Pretnised Land end 1(0 Inhabitante (Num, 111, 6). He and Jaime were the only eve Who eeterned trent apYittg bet the land with encour- aging report:I kindling the ability et uto Psreolites to lake pcessession of the land. A.3 a reward fer their covrage and faith cot this 010/181011 these 13vo men were alene Spared and deemed worthy enter upon Israers promised ialteritance (Nem. 14. 24, 30; 26. 65). The leenIzzite—Caleb is spoken of in 1 Chien. 2. 5, 18. 25, as a descendant of liezron, the son of Pharez, and grand- son or Juette. In our lesson passage alSO ha is counted as a month re 'ef the tribe of hal(1l). Fr011i Ills being deeignated the leenizzlte, however, some have inferred (but he wag a foreigner by birth, des- cended item the Edomite tribe bearing 1.1115 name, mentioned in Gen. 15. 10, eed and he 50118 In reality a 10080710 who had been humaporated into the tribe of Judah (Com)). 0011, 3i3. 15, Caielfs younger brother Ottiniel who afterward berame the first of the Judges aner ieshea, is also called "the son of Kenna." axing). Sate 15. VI and 31111g. I. 13 and 3. 111. It Is poseible, however, that 1110 Kenaz referred to 10/10 11 mem- lier of the tribe of Judah, concerning whom nothing further Ls known, Hann the fact that One of Cateles sons also was called Kenaz (1 Chime a. 15), it ap- petite that the name wits held in gaeat regard hy the family. 11 was customary heel among the Hebrews and the Arabs to thus perpetuate certain faMily 11°7M. Pls(tioni-barneit—The 1010e/in of the eanip 01 Jerrie] during I1:111 of IV thirty-eight years et 1110 desert sojoiteit, tind next, to Sinai the Waa4 important of a;1 the resting Wave of the ehildren of Israel belevren Egypt and Canaan. As 11 was in my heart—According 10 ny honest conviction and belief. Made tho heart of the people melt— famed them to he afraid (comp. Nurn. If, 1, 1; Deut. 1. 28). 1 wholly followed :fehevah-eleacing dm absolutely at his word and believ- ng faithfully in his peceniscs. a. Moses swore on that day—This site- eflc oath of Moses le, not recorded in he narratives of Num. 1-0 and Deut. 1. I, Is probable, therefore, that, Caleb here moles an express declaration of the mat lawgiver not recerded in the Pen- eleuch, but timelier to eceithea, in whose 1011111100 11 Illay have been uttered. 10. These forty and live years—Tlas awns° taken with the statement in verse 1 1 7 01 41 ler S (1101)31, Deer' 1111) 0117 itself wag ceded y Caleb lc: (he Leyte% .To -oh. 21. 1)) lee The nettle of Ilehron—liebron was pparently the meginal tuna of the eel ily, whafter Abrehrim% slay there ad received the mime leirentheirba. At 111 HMO of (:1s Inking posseesion ef Li inhere:ince the 11101051 )10100 of the ItY was reatoeed. The land had rest) (rote war—A period 1 poem) followed the entering of Israel pon 118 inhernanee, The leseeit pasenge for to -day elleuld studied, especially 1)3 the 0011101 And dun 0)1)10(4, 1)1 c0ene11tI1?n wll1 a sur- ey of the erne narrative devoted to distelhution of the land among 1110 thee and Mete eettlement in their pee, store Compare chaplet% 15-10 1110111- VC( above, that Caleb W410 forty years old vele sent hy Moses "front Kadesh w-ber- a to spy, out the land," witted seem lc 11(1)1141111 tIml) approximately flee years ad now VIISS111 Stnee Israel had crossed lie .Tordan nt Jerieho and entered the erritory of the Land of Promise. 12. This hill country--Sotah 15( 3(401)- Mem in the irnmediale vicinity of He. ron. In this mountain fastneas there welt an unecnquered eny em. Tho Annicim—A race of giants. Com- er(' note in Lesson Word Studies for plember 1. Gilles great aed fortified—L(11*ga and beng only by comparison with othea ales (if that early lime. 14, Heleron became the inheritance of eliee...erogeteer with the eerreeneing Thg'Hii 4-Veeelelleteeleaelege, 11I4e1105geteti TESTED 1117011110. ()yeller and Vegetable StCe, CAA geraPed riXt Carlota in haleinelt dim, to one phu, and boil in slightly aalt.Ni water Until almost done, Add one pint of polutoes similarly Weed, elifee have been parboiled for five min- utes, Ilion drained, Season well salt and pepper and iceep at a gentle bolt until lette are tendee, but enbroken, allowlug 111e walor almost to cook away, Pielc over, rinso and drain three dozen small oysters. To tho vegetables add a pint of while sauce ()11ade with tee table- spoonfue; each nt butter and flour and O plat et milk with salt and pep(1er); when It bcgees to simmer add the oys. ters and continue the cooking until they mune) and rutile, Then add ono table- sroonful of chopped parsley and servo at once. Steamed. Bloaters—Wrap each fat bleater in dampened coarse brown wiaPping paper, lay on a lint pan and place in a hot oven just tong enough be make very 1101 through. Send la the - tulle without removing the paper. Itlank Steak with Tomatoes—Prom a good-sized flank stealc trim off any bits or Whereat gristle, scoro well on both skim with a sharp knife /11111 rub thor- oughly* with salt, pepper and a cut clove of garlic. In a braising or covered drip- ping pan put a layer of sliced onions and carrots, and on this lay the meat, pienkling the top with two tablespoon- fule of chopped suet. Pour round it 1101! a ca0 of thick lemato soup, or a Mt -seasoned tomato ammo, Cover and cent: in a 1110(10111(0 oven for 1,4 hOurS, Servo with the sauce 614111(1y thin)ed; if nearly evaporated in cooking use the venial/Wee of the can of soup, Hain Noodles -1n a bawl drop three eggs, beat just enough le mix; add two tablespoonfuls of (5)I01 water, one cupful and a 11:111 of finely chopped cold boiled ham and a quarter of a teaspoonful or Paerilm. Mix 10 a very stiff dough with sifted bread flour. Dirlde in three: or four parts and reil each out very 1.11111; then pat a floured napkin or oloth under OIL pagle and roll again until as thin as paper. Sprinkle with Dour end let siend while the other pieces are being relied, teen let them real, for hall an hour to dry slightly. Roll up like a jelly rolL and with a sharp knife cut off 10 the thinnest cf shavings. Cook for fifteen minutes in boiling chicken or veal broth, draln and servo sprinkled with chopped parsley. 11 111141(1, a par- tici') of the broth may be slightly thick- ened and poured over the noodles when 111 a serving dish. Apples Baked with Pork—When the roust of fresh pork is half done lake it rrom lite oven mid peek ecund it, ma side down, tart apples which have been quartered and cored without. paring. Peter» to the oven and finish tlx roust- ing. When done transfer the apples carefully le a hot vegetable dish, and servo wait the meat. 'This Ls a better ac- companiment than the traditional apple sauce, A. Relish for (10Id eleals—Tie one tea- spoonful each of whole cloves and Imo. ken stick cinnamon in a bit of thin 01515- 11», Place in a saucepan with tw pettilds of Mown sugar, and ono pin) of good vinegar. Stir until the sum». is (Resolved. then boil fol' five menace. Add two pounds and a half of large seeded raisins, draw to the side ef the fire, covee closely and simmer vay gently until they are plump and lender, Put up in small jars and serve with cold n Luncheon Dish—Setect smooth, 1Aealgo, s good-sIzed poiatoes, scrub and wall well, then &y. 13rush all over with a little melted butter, then bake In a mod- waite ovea until tender. Take out a few 111 11 time, cut ott part of elle side and quickly scoop out a cavity the size of a largo egg. Sprinkle the inside well with pepritca end a thick layee of grated cheese, deep in a raw egg, lay on a hot platter and cover with a liot metal cover. leshen quicicly do»e, the heal of the polit- e) wall Is eerie:lent to melt the cheese and set tile egg avithout returning to the oven, sprinkle with finely chopped pa esloy, A Good Scallop—Fill a buttered baking dish well 15157101110 .1)13(418 of boiled rice, 0440)8011 10111111<108 (the 1,111ck, pulpy por- tion), and aimed corn. Season * wen with ealt end pepper 11114:1 C10i with bes of huller. teprinkle thickly with buttered crumbs and bake to 30 Ininutes in a hot oven, Salad of Celery and Chestnuts—To IX, eupfuls 01 11110(7 out celery add one pint of boiling water, one teaspoonful or finely chopped onion, one teaspoonful of salt and a dash of eayentte. Boll gently until the celery is lender, then acid one tablesponnful of granulated gelatin° which has been soaked in three table- spoonfuls or cold water, and stir until the gelatine is dissolved. Strain into n wetted hoedee mould and stand in the icebox until nem In the meantime, shell and blanch one p1111 01 large Ream chestnuts and simmee in boiling water until tender, then drain and chill. Q1104' ('1 them and martente with a French dressing and let stand for at least tevo hours; then drain off the remains of the droving and mix with thick me>'cn- 11111811. out the celery jolly on a dish covered wIth blanched lettuce Eaves ancl heap the chestnuts 01 the centre, garnishing with bits 01 the may. 011naise. Deviled Cheese—Mix tegethee a hale pound ot Philadelphia creatn cheese, three ounces of the prepared Roquefort which comes in jers, ten Mello of chives, finely Minced, a ball teaspoon - fel of salt, a hall teaepconful of papri- 4 ka one drop of labour), one teaspoon. 1111of Womestershere and two table. spoonfuls of tomaee cresup. Work end blend legether ehoroughly, using wooden beetle, Paelc in jars and colear and keep in a cold plea, It is good as sendwIch Mling, te spread ma Stettin% for the salad ecterse or to serve with water etelekere after toffee. 1, tflo Orange Crika—Creeel (me guar - tee of a polled of butter with six ouncee of sifted powdered sugar; add gradually ore) wee -beaten egg, the grated rind of an orange, 000 half of n euptuil ot cold water end one 00p11)1 of pastry fleet, sifted IMO° with One scant thaspeonful Of baking poWder Mel It When et ealt. Wit steadily ter text lxsbltoa4 then. titre Into little flitted pally pane, well 111111 *1 00, and bake 111 a 111011141110 01'011 1111 nively aimed, When cold, ice waft fend:1111 flavored well ovenge extraet, one on Me venire of each rake melte a daisy with strips c.f 1>111111,1 ((1 tilmonds, the ()Nem filled well finely (hopped candied orange peel. Macaroon Sundae -Make /I 11011011 nue- lanl with ono cupful ancl a, half et milic, three eggs, a pinch of sea and ttiir ,vant 1111/1111 411 SUM% strain (11111 (*ee). Add (MR pint of rieh cream, five 1) p1 01 1111110)111 eXtead, tWO lenepoonfulf: of vanilla, anti one cupful of stale 1100 macaroon erumbs. Freeze and let stand pecked for 111 least Ism lives. In the meantime have ready ene feet or thick whipped (teem .some halved pecan rtilt monis arid a maple sauce made by vi tinning ((lightly, a .scani pint ot melee syrup, adding MN tablespoonfuls of ricli oream, 11115111g thoroughly, 1110n chillbig on Ice. To serve, hall 1111 the punch ov champagne glass witly the 'man cream, adil a ep00u011 or two of the whipped cream, garnteli with sortie of the nut meals mid pour a nate of IV sauce round the base, HINTS FOR THE 1101\41?,, Brush !lolly FrIngee,—Keep 1 email tete se:lee-ling Welsh to brush fringe on deities when !ming. Make Line Reee—Make n vete for your clothe) Ilne by crossing two pine sticka and nailing 111N11 at the intenseetior Wind the line about this 111 a ball, anc yob will never be troubled with kink and knots. To Hang Wnsh SI:Ms.—After wash Mg a skirt. hang it on lite line to dry folded in the middle Gf the front, and 1 Neje hong straight, eularwise a 15111 1101 11115 Is especially true or woollen skirts e'er:into Juice for Rust. — \Vol rus spots on clothing well Minato juice an spread in the sunshine. Repeat 1)1111 Me Mains entirely are removed. Securely aieni Bottles.—Do -not west time fitting ckrIcs to entsup and chit sauce bottles, but dip a piece of strong while cloth into melted sealing wa5 am tie over the top. Chamois Skins, Soiled chamois aides may be denied le, soaking for a little whet, in gaselier), then squeeze and rub until all dirt disappears, then l'inse h clean gasoline and lay in the sun to dry To Test Custard.—Always lest u rus Intel with a silver knife or spoon. When heeling cesiard the knife becomes thieely waded when the custard is done, and in MEXICO'S OABOWOODS, Material kw the 'Woodworher of Merit \Yes 11111 15)10111)'. enaletY ef wooda of value to \melee -wk. ors that aro gec,whig 111 the forests or roexicA)," seal 1 tenter eepert who reeently made n• low of thal part of Mexico, °Thine+ ind govern1 varieties of Mahogany, ()edgy, oak, meewood, 010ed,lY01v41((Is ,81(18:)11,:t10ee 111,to51111s111111111101114rE(v. reponding 10 0111 11111C013'. eherry, and olher fine, (Imerlauti woorbi Iluit ere now ex,1,71111)1),(313,csficalleii.;seetutil(01 are 1 6 *111011g 115 11011. 0011111 the tilahogatete eixhia, merevoixt end dyewood net well 111101111 ICI 05 Ilinaigh Importations from thpro, 11)0 unknown varieties or woods itilifittilLare just DS valuable are guile pita). "Among these 1.0 0111 called 011p01e, which grows to a greet size, Alt 10111(111 lite wood of this tree has peculiar)), val. unble qualities foe lumber It is seldom novel), as the producee 0111010, the t am gutste:.tiin that way, the 1111 eelng valued which foams the 1)01(1 cif most) chewing `111.116 wood of tee zapo(0 tree Is deal( red, and Is easily worked until leer - ought), iseaeooed, when 01)13, the finest edged toole will have any effete on it, 1. and a sharp pointed nail is driven tato it with ditiletilty The fibre of the wood $ is so douse teat the wood sinks in mem 11110 iron. . "In the prehlstorle ruins that abound ,in these Mextetni Lormies aro limbers and door frames that are RS perfeet. 10- ; (lay 11.8 551)00 they were nest Owed in , pattern. The wood lalces a magnificeut linish, as do nearly ail of these etextean herd woods, and would be e 01110 1111100 1 kir the cabinetmaker. 'Moire Is an odd wood among Mose e forests known as the gran tree, which when lapped yields a blank sap, which 1$ sent in Mtge quantities M Genitally, 1 where it is used in the reeking of Mk and dyee Another tree yields a sap that is 11 (11111 red, and (fermany also takes teigely of it for the neuter:whim of (1305,113esides these that abound in that pare of Mexico there aro vast areas or - pine, a timher that recent:1N our pop - bee 1001 III 1/111111, 111.1111S Of 0/11C. 11111011 10 1113, surprise, mere than 6,000 feet above the S1/1 1 101111/1 11 big seem:Ill in baked enslave the knife should COMO ou cleam when custard is baked. USE3 Base Burner to Iron.—If you Wive O haso burner, have 3011 ever Med put- ting your irons in on the fire? In that 10113' you can, with no detrimeet le the tire, emit rentinuously with no smudge Or 5111010 111 ihe roone as you open the stove doer only long enough tc set an Wort in or lake one out. 1Jse Gasoline in Washing.—To loc.sen the dirt and assuee whiteness In your centhes, boil with 11141 5011(1 water a table - spaniel of gasoline to each half boiler or water. This is better than kerosene, as no odor remains and there will be 110 signs of grease. Correct Way to Wash. Dishes.—When oaring the cllning-lable scrape all the dishes thoroughly. Tumblers 11101 have centained milk should riot be washed In hot water, as it clouds the glass perma- neutly. Arange the dishes Mr washing ane wash in the renewing order : Glees, silver, cups and satiate, finally the plates and dishes. Always wash the cleanest first and a few at a time. Two pans should be used—ono for washing, tine for rinsing, and have an abundance of water in mole Have plenty of clean, Neel towels. The dishcloths should al- ways be washed out afterward In fresh wilier and hung in the sun whenever possible. TOADS AS DF,STROVERS. Roaches and Weleahnos No Longer a Menace in Kitchen, The latest and most, ingeniotie way of getting rict of roaches and watorlings 10 ta catc11 some i(RICIS, according to cto e5" change. The toads will do the mai. A servant, hearing that toads wove an Radek+, caught throe ordinary hop loads and put me111 in Ihe kitchen. Not a mach 00 waterbug, it was stated, 0111 1101, be found in the 1101/SP, Th13 101018 haVe beC011/0 C.100/11811e0 1111, /10re1' wan. der about lho hoes:), and are so cleanly and Inoffensive thol there is no objec- tion to their pa:genet). Another use for Muds is to employ them for Mew1 destroyers in Ilie gine dens, They are deleamined enemies of all kinds ot senile ance elugs, which. 11 Is well known, can in 11 single night de- stroy n vest quentity ot lettuce, carrots, vicarages, eta, Toada are also kept in vineyards where they dewier Miring the night: millions of Insects) that escape the 'emelt, of nocturnal Weds, and might amine incalculable havoe on the ludo end young shoots at the vine. 1)1 Paris toads are an a111010 of machandise. They are sold 84 11111 tete of a irane 100 a dozen. KING ALFONSO'S COLLECTION Artreles Which Ilave Endcmgered, Ills Lite Collected 1)3,, Monareh. In a room 111 the palace nl. Madre' is a collection of articles by width King Altonso's I11 has been endangered, emongst the articles being a ImIle with which a runlan tried to assassinate the y(ung monarch when ha was a boy, the ekln ot the horse WiliCh Wag killed by a bomb, in Paris, some mementoes of 1110 Madre' outroge, and also a stone witich ante from 131, Sebastian. Two years ago the king, whim taking a walk through a narrow street, found his path blocked by some chairs which a wine - seller had tuenee oult while washing his shep. The king trled to Itimp over the obslacle, but his spur caught In a chair and he tell, knocking lee head against the lintel of the door. He was 1101 stunned, but, rieverthelese, he boueht the etone against whith he hit his head and added 11 10 hie eolfeetion, GREAT THINGS. "1St easy Mr the average.man To do greet, things, you'll end; That is, Ws easy quite for him To do there—in lits meld." . BOBBLY. After aft, Ike faMe that area the average 10111115 but (1 bubble ealleed by bleWieg 4114 Own 110e04 active operation, with a Yankee from Maim) a101 the head of 11. "Arid he was»1 bothering with stet eemmonplace logs as nuthogialy, cedar, rosewood or Suell tts that, Inn was cutting awny el Me while pine and enk, for those are the woods that the native buyers and users of lumber demand, Aa a matter of fact, a Mexican lumber dealer would be willing 1() trade you mahogany for One yellow pine, log for ter 'FOOT IIINDING IN CHINA. Origin of Me CusloT1 Among the Womett of the Ennere. Thitily-lwo years ego the girls nod won tell of the Chineso empire were under the dominion of a most cruel and anchel custom. Learned men 111100 11-1)11 to discover Hs origin, Ind they have failed, and 150 111113' 11S:511111 1/1111 the Mundeea ol 11 111111 101 11111111 11111111»111 to have 11 vecorded 111 1Ito n0110110 his - levy. They enn only suggest tbal there was once a coneublee of ono of 1110 teepee - ON or China, who was exceedingly beautiful, but unfortunately she MIA (111- 101111e/1 ite her feet. she wae compelled dPguise her misforliine. The ladies of j, meet au 000101)e 1111(mi:ins ways to 1111 (01111 501511111g 10 10111 1111 Slidie 61111111 tip thole Met very much as she had done, and the noble Incites ouleide ot 1110 court, wishing 10 be 111 Ihe ewe) fashion were not skiw to follew still. Those of stilt hunibler rnuk, desiring lo ape the manners of 1.110 leutteie tit rush- twiettel und distorted lho feet of their datigitiers. This cruel and unelghtly rustom spread with wonderful rapidity through - 011 1111 10110111 Of the 111113110, 1 11100(11d 1110 111.1111S of princes tent nobles and the laintlies of the (1/111111011 twinge, and evett friend a Maguey:11 among the weir) (set of the pour, who, if they had im melee, lo put themselves 00 11 level with their lietters, litid al least their feel to show that 11) (me Ming they were le short, foot tending had WA! 8111.11 101 0VC1'110181.eVing grill Oil I110 "1e01110 1110 (411111)7)3'..llIf/158 over been able lo («douse it e laved royal edict* 1110 tire used lo sweep everything helot% teem and lo bend the will of the people in humble emenieston terve been issued 111 vain, Poet binding had ils roots entwined around the Immo and in family, life, Hue lo Ione then) le) seeneel lo liftmen) the doslenelien of the whole soteal eysieut, KITE FIGHTING, The Japanese and Chinese 1001 kite fights. 10 the lotto nets 1110 Idle strings ate ecaled well a prepniellon of pow- dered glees that Ova teem all along their length liny one,' teeth, and 1110 ob. feet is for one string le fall sowlike over atiethee so as to cul, it. Greet seen is dispinyed in these lights. Youtig 111011 handle (het- kites womieefully, 01000I11g them here and there in a way metered of outside the Orient. A elle, as Jr nlive, secklenly darts cloven and In the len, it croasea the fence of another Idle, the Iwo strings ewe together with a hemming seund, mid In n. jiffy the under line, lls mei broken, falls like a shot bird to the giettiid, A jefinneee or Chinese expert thinks nothing of sending tip a Idle so 1)1011(00 hams it shall fly directly above hie hand. flow a man does hale lo exchange wood reoney for a recelpted bill t After all, the fame that domes to the te,erege tnan 15 bet a bubble caused by blowing his own Nun. Visitor: "Why don't yoll engage Da, Deck? He can speak twenty languegee." Sick talent "hut I want to be cured, not translate:" thedergrriduele (af)er Stepping the ween(1 Mar) familterly on the back): eah, pardon. o, 0111 1 Illeerght you \vete 1)1111100110 else:" Stranger (with icy erildriese): "YOU Are :Vile eeerect. 1 lean" A FATHER OF THE CITY ANDREW LUSK, LORD MAVOIS OF LONDON IN 1873. Itee;04.111131,tifak;I:Lbati:::(11, seeeosn shim. Fermate Public service In the City of London appareiely,, an excelleet method for retaining longevity. bee eew 01 1110- city fathers 110.14/1 file 11110111 Of 811 /1.11/11014 LUSIC, who was Lord mayor in 1878-- then Icing in his 01411 yTer -and ('00401)113ce- lebrated his 07111 bleheny. Sir Andrew was sheriff 111 18110 and alderman for Aldgate, ille Ward now represented le, eft 'John Potted, in. 1863, 1115 interesting to .note line tile (1(11101' member of the preeent court ef aldermen. Ste John leIlls, was. &dee, man In 1372„aheriff in 187'1 and Med mayor in 1881. .S11, Andrew Lusk is the son of a small Ayrshire farmer--ri stern Presby- terian with, Ibis satcl, the Mood 01 )11)1 Cevenantees in his veins. 130111 in 1810, 11 12 remackable 111111 110 has lived in the reigns of 'no fewrr than five 13r11i0l1 severelgns, and that he was nearly 5 yearg Old when Widerloo was fought. He et a striking Instance of 11 self - mule and successful man of business, and owes 111$ 101111SA almost ;entirely to his own untiring energy, Ills gooil meet:Melon, lils keen insight alert his happy temperament, 1 Turning his )4 1845 010011. 11(1011 ogee:Are - as a 11101115 of livelihood. he at rut PAY age vole Ma way 10 Greenock, twee, 1.11 ceurse of Lime, he founded a test - nags in ships' stores, 111 1813 he trOls.- krred the scene of les atilt it les fele the banks of 1110 Clyde to London, it'd kw 40 yeaes cortenued at. the head the prospeeous firm whIelt sell (rad: tindea lite »ante. In 1865, Mr, Aldmenan Lusk, 1,5 (1 then was, with characteristic sagnete sought the., suffeages of the Radler borough of Finsbury, oece represeide al, foe many years. hy Thos. Slingsby Duneombe, a nephew of Lcird Fever- etituu, whose Iladleal tendencies led him te advocate the demolition of the Tower er London, in order that its valuable site might V turned lo Ilia nation's bet- ter advitatage. He was returned to parliament. and, with (he late W. T. McCullagh Tor - rens, continued to represent, Icinebury ter 20 years, 11 Was then it laege eon- etauency, 111101013' populelccl and tilled wall workers of 1111 Rwts, from Higley :edited mechanics to the lemma COS - 111S. The aldermen was 1111111111SPly popular with them all. and Ids gerittelly and ready wit, always ensured him, le- gether web the palatable charaeler 4.1 lec meneures he advocated, an enthUst- nal1e reception whether al a meeting (If "uneenli)1venlsieg- Nonconformists ot the more advanced lladicals of Clue - ken welegreee. fIE WANTED TO IaNOW. Ile establiehect a repultillint in par- liament, as a regular and moet persis- tent critic of the "im»ual estimates,' anti in this capaolly Was good-humored- ly satirized In Vanity Fair in a clever cream()) in welch lie 101113 repacsenleal "estimates" In hand, as 'The elan 'Whe Wants bi Know," llis mayoralty we 11 brit 1 ian one, Ile gave a bull al the etansion fleuse which was attended by the Duke of Edinburgh ane his Russlan bride, and welcomect the- teztw of (ill the Russia' on his visit to the city. Lord Moils:, ny ellen Sir Garnet) \yes ('11(1')') 11(4)011 hia return from Astiantee; 0.1101 terouge- cut the yene (lie trader:en of the 5I'). 8(4)1) House for "spteneld hospitality" woe worthily mainteined. Credited 4 baronet, Sir Andrew( accompanied he Lacly Luak, had thehonor of being privately received by Queen eletoria at In business circle') Sir Andrew Lusic lis always. been held in bigh cetinite lien as a mon of character, integrity and tact, Essenlinlly firnetteal one maller-of-Inet, something, perhapa, or the martioet about him, he yet. en- UNilo Mend lvinkleass lo'efinfiletlatiti*(1'.11 '11.10Irs 0111;,11)1',111titY.. in the Iasi 150e or three yam that lie has relinquialied the chairmanship of Om Ceneral Assurance Company. Ht, whoae annual meetings it was SO 1011g 1118 11111- 10111 to peeskle, and tunil (Mile lemony beewas gill a dinette' of the I,onden 301151. Stock 13051le STILL 1714EN. AllItough now living 111 comperelively retirement at les houee 1» Sussee Square, Sir Andrew still follows wile:e- l:0011 interest lbe events of the thee rind may V seen delving ln the Perk 581111 Lady Lusk almost, nny emeinng \;1111ble enIlle weather Is in the leael rate 0 Il would be safe lo say Illat the Mng, 51101150111 0111000 011 Ibis lenient. 1)11(4110- 0(111)1)5) business men k direelly (IOC 11 1)10 intense aetivity cif his life, and to the happlit varied character of Ids pee sult,a, In this connection 11 ts Mime:41111g 'te emote (tun 11 clu)ainIngly weitten ere. chute) by the veleene writ(7r, Etteerd illarglell, on "15010 Does 11 10001 to Grow 01I"‘X'1l 1111111..t. Nisitint0 tie0).113100(1td: promote (116 :ellailees gieeteIng very rile is a bone tie constitution to shirt witheand thel3 tile excreter) or common-sense In the practice of Impotence in 1111 'lenge; moderation in eating ancl drItildng, without. the Indulgenee of huts of any .puts alr and plenty of 111111(1, trest God, Mid a desire to do good to onc'S 'fellow -creatures, avoldento of ereed and selfishness, Thee° ore the llithes that tiro likely to bring n nem pone° at, the last. Then Nvluit dem II. flintier whether yen) are called mem to deport et a 11111011 earlier perio(11e The reelect is prolided, bet it Is not etwity)3 ease le fellow, l'hofe is 111)0111 rue 'Melee Sense le rt Wontart% 0504100) 05 ((1555 it 111 a 11111111'S Oeetleee