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Religious Duty to Question Every Teach-
ing, to Prove All Things,
"Prove all things; hold fast that which somewhere pole star and, compass.
1.: good. -I. Tlwss., v., 21.
When the walls are being rebuilt
Is easy to Imagine that the foundations
are being destroyed. Old creeds pass
arnay, but truth remains; if they were
tithe in their dny they do but give place
to the larger truth of the new day.
We need to distinguish between the
turmoil attendant to the process of
building and the beauty of the new
temple that arises.
The old tones hear the new truths and
ask where are the foundations gone?
The young hear the discussion between
nun old and the new and ask, is there
anything settled, any worth believing?
What are the permanent elements in
religion on which the life may build
while the things that are bul temporary
nye adjusting themselves?
11 would be the heighl of folly lo as-
sert that there is no change. Some
any that we must believe precisely the
sume things as our fathers believed.
Te. do Bo would be to be false le our
lathers, for they refused to accept the
traditions of their elders. The land-
marks we leave behind once were far
in front of the seekers after truth.
Truth is ever Changing; our vision is
ever enlarging. The road retrains. but
the traveler moves on. With the living
every day has sorne new light. Creeds
ere crystalized statements of truths
truth is vital and cannot be contained
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UNCHANGING FORMS.
Credulity blindly accepts yesterdays
picture of truth; faith, with open eyes.
eks to -day's truth itself.
Skepticism is much less sinful than
credulity, The sloth of the man who
will not examine things, will not prove
them, who prefers to buy his garments
of truth ready made, results in what
is worse than unbelief, and that is
blind belief in the false.
How may we find those things that
art certain? How may we discover
the truth for our day, the truth upon
whish we may build? Surely there are
some things fixed and certain, there is
How may we find that truth stitch be-
longs to our day and in which wo may
heve the confidence that our fathers
ned in their truth?
The test of the vital Innis is a prac-
tical one. Only those truths are vital
which concern the present business of
living itt all its wide sweep. It is a
matter of indifference what we may
think of tbe coloe of angelshair or the
number of strings to their harps; it is
a vastly differentmatter what we may
believe as to moral obligation, human
rights, aria duties.
The lest of creed is an ethical one.
'What things work out best in living,
Viva are the ideals, doctrines, beliefs
that make the noblest characters and
THE MOST USL. OE CITIZENS,
the best sons, and daughters, and par-
ents, and neighbors? What Inc the
things thnt help me In my life, the
things that give we moral stimulus
and bracing, the things that lead nib
to covet the best?
The way lo find the truth is to do
the truth; only the truth that we can
do is worth discussing. If you will
give yourself lo the business of living
the truth you have yon soon will have
the living truth for this new day.
Too many people aro bolding up as
snving doctrines matters of philosophy
and speculation, matters of childish
curiosity. because it is easier to hold
these things theoretically than to hold
living truth practically. The troths
that save men are the ones that change
their characters; the great atrthorized
end divine translation of the Bible is
its translation into present day lofty
living.
Build your life on the belief in good-
ness, in eternal, infinite goodness n.s the
cuter of the universe, on the superiority
of love to hatred, on the final victory
of love and goodness, on the ideal of
this great human family of ours that
shall come to live in unity and brother-
liness. and so fulfill the will of the in-
finite father of all. These things work
well.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
NOV. 17.
Lesson VII. Gideon and His Three Hun-
dred. Golden Test: Dent. 3. 22.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
rialied on the text of the Revised Ver -
Sem.
A Ilirers.Eye; View of the Period of
Judges. -The narrative of the book of
judges (rovers the period from the death
nI hishua to the beginning of the strug-
gle between Israel and the Philistines.
The narrative of Judges begins with an
neer/lint of the ettplure by the Israelitee
of Jerusalem, Hebron, and other ities,
each of the weetern tribes driving out
or conquering the native inItabitants of
the territory which hod been assigned
to them. This ;seems to have been still
dieing the life time of Jesitua. according
to the nnrrative. which is not entirely
clear on this poiet. Scarcely, however,
bed Joshua died when the people forgot
their pledge of kiyalty to Jehovoh and
forsoek hie eteninandments. In punish-
ment Jehovah permitted their enemies
1.0 overcome and despoil them. Then 11
was in answer to their cry foreitelp and
perdon, that "Jehovah raised up Judges,
who saved liven out of the hands ef
those that despoiled them." The first
recerded conflict of the ported WaS with
the temaanites in the lerriteiry of Zebu-
lun. the deliverer being Barak, of the
tribe of Naphtall. (See 1 on map).
About the same time the Midianites 18)
were pressing the Edoridtes up into the
territory of Judah, from the southwest,
and ()three! of Judah delivers his tribe
from the invasion of the Edomiles (3).
The Moabites, like the Edomites. pressed
bv the Midianites (t), invade the terri-
tory of Israel from the west, and Ellud
et Benjamin becomes the deliverer (5).
Finally, the Midianlies :succeed in pass-
ine between the Modeles and the Am-
monites, and penetrate inlo the heart, of
where they are defeated not far
from Mount (Mime, 111 tho territory of
Issaebar, by Gideon, of Manasseh 36).
The next victory is that of lephihah, of
Manasseh, over the Ammonites, eeet gi
the Jordan River (7), Then comes the
conflict. with the Philistines. in whielt
So )IISOII. et Dan, is ihe hero of the
Lsruelites tee During the period of Sam-
uel the Philistinee succeed in eapturing
the ark of the euvenent and establislt
tereng fortreeses in different porls of
Israel s territory. They are not defeated
end driven out. until the time of Saul
(0, 10, 11), who becomes tlie !het king
owe the untied tribee.
Verse 0. 'ehe story of Gideon begins
properly with the first verse of chapter
0 The Israelites have offended Jehovah
by tiler disobedience, and he permits
the Midirmites 10 Invade and plunder
their territory Pe n peeled of seven
yeme (6. 141). Then lie sends e prophet
te upbraid the people for their apstethey
el 710), and cells Gideon 1,, termite the
deliverer of his people ((1. 11-32). eideents
flrst act, of valor is the destrustion of 1110
Iiaiuid 130111 (0.27-32), and \Oen the
Mktionlies again overrun the lend il is
he who summons hie countrymen to
resist them fe, 3345). At his eatIliel
quest. Jehovah grants lain a Meet te 1111
neserance of victory 01. 36-40), The liblU•
be of warriors Welton is Mee le !misfits
ilsswee Unnestessarily large. end 12ilieth
ly reffileed lo three bemired i7, 148).
,With Otte small band, as our Ineenn
passage grapiecally relaleee tlideon,
the help ef Jehovah, pufs to mut a much
larger army of the enemy.
Into the camp -The camp of the
Midiantles in the valley.
10. Thy servant -Hebrew, "boy"; in
lids case an tumor -bearer oe attendant.
11. Unto lite outermost part of the
armed men -The outer guard, or picket
line, of the enemy's ramp.
12. Like locusle for multitude -we
note thet tho eeact number is n5 t. given,
and that the Ityperhole, whieb the nor -
tutor, like many other Old Testament
;settees frequently employs, here serves
to heighten the Impretssion of the nar-
rative, and is intended to strengthen the
moral lesson taught.
As the sand which is upon the sea-
shore -Like the figure of the locusts, a
coalmen simile for very great numbers.
13. A man telling a dream unto his
fellow -A Midianite relating a dream to
his comrade.
A cake of barley bread --The Hebrew
werd translated "cake" is of uneertain
meaning, though in all peolmbility it
line been cerrectly rendered in the Eng-
lish. We ere 1,) think of a mond, flat,
bard -baked cake, or loaf. rolling on
edge like a vetoer through the comp 1111
it strikes a tent and terns it upside
down. The tent referred to is that of
the man who is telling his dream, rather
than that of the commander of the
Midianite army.
14. Gideon the son of Jeash-Hle name
Seems Sready 10 have become known to
the enemy, perhaps through lee daring,
to destroy the allele of Baal. el: 4
15. He worshipped -In !tentage 10 Jn-
N-Nub, who had given the omen of vic-
tory.
16. Pitchene-Earlhen jars. ;such as
were in common use kw (laming water.
O. The beginning of the middle
watch -The Hebrews divided the night
into three watches; the fleet watch, the
referee watch, and the morning watch
.1 Sane 11. .11). 111 New Testament
times the Roman custom of dividing the
nigh[ into four watches was in vogue
ferenpare Matt. 14. 25; Mark 6. Ali).
20. The three companies-ecattered
and approaching the enemy reelderily
rmin different directions with lighted
teethes and blaring trumpets, they might
Well oppear to the surprised Midianites
to be a muoh greater host than they
really were.
21. Put them to IlIght-the "lied"; the
antecedent of the verb 1.5 not clear.
22. Every man's sword -Every men
among the Mitlianito.
The best fled -The etrulagem cif
Gideon was entirely succeesful, and the
stampede of the camp complete.
As far Re Delleehltah toward Zeperalt
-'rhe sites of those places are unknown.
l'he Mffilarilles•wetild mauled's, floe lo,
weed the southeast, turning soethward
through 3 he ;Medan valley. Here, how-
ever, they were Intereepled by the Feet-
raimiles (v. 24),
23. Pumped afire, Mellate-Finally
efinthring the Iwo elders, ot. esennunid-
ess of the invading Remy, whom they
put to death,
3, •
NO (MEAT lflJRhlY
"Al) the 111110 beets and girls Alin
want, bo go te heaven," seed the Sun-
day metes)) superintendent- "will inlefisc
rise,"
All P:se AA( Simeon Snorter.
"Met &gene Ibis little bey want to
.141 hoverer
"N -not ya."
W;i11 n d1..niy sigh the seeing bache.
re.o'el:
''"eis better to have level end
11,1 - '"
erhee wet,. qm. th,
1mr..:e,1 them
LIFE IS HARD IN BI6 CITI
ONE WOMAN'S AWFUL TASK IN
GREAT CHICAGO.
Lel. a Widow by Stock -yard Explosion,
She Is 'Wearing Out Iler
Lite,
Stern, alnlost bridel, Is the fahn of a
Polish women, in otheago. Thousonds
of miles from Iter little Polish village by
the waters of the Niemen, she was lett
without a friend or protector in the
world when her husband was almost, 111'
5101111,3 kille5 in tin explosion in the
.stockyards. 01 her six children, 1111
-were beloW the age of 10, and In addl.
Lieu to her personal belongings, whiell
a sentinel-1mnd iticill woultelitive villued
somewhere between 85 and 57, she bed
a cheque for 54.50 --her inisband'e
\owes for half a week -with which to
start in her »ew life as a widow and
mether of six children,
GAVE 111511 83 MONTH EAC.I 1.
Mel, unexpectedly as eame the sudden
change in her iffe, her plans for the
future wits formed with a eoriesponding
quickness. Breese her husband was laid
in the earth her course for the future
wit- :napped out, As non as the burial
feast wus ended, the virhies of the dead
4411111 11115111140£1 and embalmed with
glass upon glass of whkkey by his shop -
mates and a few of his countrymen, the
widow began lo peek up her belongings.
Nightfall found lee in nether basement,
where, historid of two roome. she had
three, and instead et $4 she now paid $17
reBent.fore noon of the next, day the entire
Polish neighlxisheocl Meng Thirly-afth
and Wood Streets knew that, Widow
Slipalrovsky hod started 0 boarding
house. 13efore the Week was out twelve
mon, hair of whom lind just arrived
from Poland, made their home with the
widow, paying the standard price of 153
a Month for room. washing and cook-
ing, which, according to the elandaie
of Poles in Packinglown, means that
eech num provides Ms own provieions,
and the landlady is lo cook it for hirn.
IIAS ENOUGH TO EAT.
About the only advantage the woman
has is that she nearly always has
enough le feed lmr children on 'and lo
eat herself. But the worte-lhe work is
killing. She and her si5 little children
have one little room, ond the twelve
Ix'arders the other two roams. And as
some of thent are working nights, she
always has Iwo kinds of broakfusts and
eve Rinds of suppers In make. While
cerrying the buy which serves the
boarders as bees end mattresses from
the shift which gets up at 5 o'clock in
tete meeting In go to work, site has be
carry in ether hay for the other shift,
which ens just had its supper and is go-
ing to bed.
13u1 this is not all The washing -the
washing to do for twelve men, some of
whom work in the feetilizer mills, others
in glue shops. still ethers in the render-
ing plant, according to the worm's, 15 a
tocture.
The 0110 bright spol. the one hour, ac-
cording to the women, to whirl' she
looks ferward 1i11 week, is the hoer et
the church on Sunday -the hour when
all, even the keepers of boasders, can -
nay, niust-lenve the houee and go to
church.
4' -
FRANCE UNREADY FOR WAR.
Author of Rook Prid-es Rank and File,
Rol Blames 111:. Officers.
NI. Charles Iluinberl. formerly aide-de-
camp to General Andre. and now Radt-
eel Deputy for the Mouse. has published
a book on the Freneb army and the
Shute and nalk ::: I defences, w I
multes sensationel reading. The volume,
which Is entitled "Semmes -nobs De -
'endue T' (Are we !Mended 7) W1148, placed
en sale in Paris the other day, and al-
ready there hus been an enormous de-
mand for It . lf a tithe of the strieleres
contained in. Ure Wok are true, then the
French Pauly, as a lighting machine, is
in a woese state of muddle., and in even
0 more Impeless stele of unprepared-
ness than it was at the outbreak of the
Franco-Prussian wee.
The euthor has nothing bill praise for
the mink and file. The evil, he says, Is
among the officers hoisting high com-
mends. The, real Eornmanderen-Chief of
the French army 12 not the President of
the Republic. nor the Minister of War,
but the bureaucrats of 1110 Wm. Office,
the slaves or rotaine, who, through pro-
fessional jealousy and political haired,
nullify Net other's efforts, lic contends
thet the detested system of deletion ese
couraged by Andre, the existence of iv-
ligious end political animosillee e.nd the
method of promotion by feverillem luive
deetroyed the moral of the French offi-
cer. who flints 11 useless; 10 AIM (It indi-
vidual efficiency. and In excel in Ills pie-
feeelen, since the aid of a powerful pro-
tector can alone bring lien advance-
ment. Routine and ited ispe have eaten
the betel out of the army.
Accerding to Isl. Ibintheet, en appall-
ing degree of criminel negligence is
Sheven 111 reference lo the fortified
points. on the eastern frontier, Many
forts iire tolling to pieces. They ell look
ammunition and supplies, and one et
the gunts comet eve11 fire blank elite -
!ridges for fear of bellying the WallS
toppling down Orl the heads of the gen-
tiers. In set -erre of the forts he found
on duly telegruphists who were com-
pletely illiterate. 'elm telegeoh 1inee
whielt conneeted the various chnins of
fres were put underground seem lime
rem, al.11 cost ot 15,000,000 Imes, Me
the Will notI
were. ':wo of Ilia
10e141 114111111 T0111 flee 1111)1 tVbll
have le be rebuille In the eine 0[ 11
11111.11 [OH, the °Element. batteries for the
guns hetet been hunt too low, with the
result 111111 their glens, at their greatest
elevellon, have put s maximum range et
eiglily yardS.
A moil miner lfl tito east of Se41111111d
ss es. visited by A friend, and among the
Mae., ef interest shown was, of :memo.
Ihe lel mouth, Seeing the cage lowered
ok Ilio pit with the semi steel rope, Ihe
imiter's friend eecittlined :--"My word !
sheuldrel Melo go down there op Ilint
11 311 114 liv exelaimed ihe• Miner,
"AW ermine like to gong (10011 there
without 111"
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USEFUL. RECIPES,
tem.:less Cookies... -One nip while su-
ger, ono cup lard, one cup buttermilk,
emir -half teaspoon salerulus, 08143-3011-
83100)1 stileralus. 01114 ieweeton 0)011(1-
11(4111, 1 (11
io111.111iko
ceeirc;;Tniugli to roll thinBak
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S111111\tjo I )(seges.gsshig0.1-1.4.,((...1(niiii lumbilsersirm034b
4):1 mluIst:
Lard, ono tablespoon sugar, eight table-
speseis vinegar. Sall. and Pelnicr
taste. This is for any laud of salad and
is ex eellen t,
India Relish. -Twelve large ripe town -
toes peeled: tWelve sour apples peeled;
StWerl 11011111 01110118 011e red peppee;
0110 ellp 11118111S; San 40 taste, chop all
togelevis add one quart, of vinegar, one
pcund of sugar.. 13011 one hour and put
Into glass jars,
Fruit Pudding. ---Use any kind of con-
ned Inuit. One, het/ or linos lands can
10 usecl together, such as leftovers not
enough to serve alone.. To one pint of
fruit add one pinL of water, sugar to
taste, 121 11 boil together a few minutes,
Men thicken with corn sterell. Set
away to cool. Serve with cream and
ltlush 13rearl.-Sprinkle hulf-pint ol
cernmeal into one pint. of hot. milk.
Cook for a moment lilt pertly !hick.
Take from flee 51,1141 stir in the yolka of
f6tir eggs. Fold in the well-benien
whiles; eon; turn into baking pan and
bake in moderate oven Inc 21) inineles.
Af. wholesOMA supper dish,
to be eaten with tattler 01. syrup.
Roast Ducks. -Cut up two (mid roast
duels and heat the pwces in a 44511410-
1an with a 1.10h broWn S1111011.11110 Which
ens been put a gless of wine. Senn
with salt end pepper, add a few stoned
Olives, arrange on a hot dish, putting
mound the meat croutons of fried
bread eel in small slices, oe apy shape.
11.1141 fried 111 boilin g In '(1.
Red and 'White Pickle. --Select one
large or Iwo email heads of cauliflower,
break into bits. To this edg one-half
pint small onions, two red pepeers.
Dissolve one-quarter pint sale in suite
(‚lent water to cover vegetablee. Let
stand over night. Drain in morning.
lieet one quart vinegar wile two table -
spec -mites of muelard until it boils, put
in vegetables, boil fifteen minutes, bottle
and seal.
EggIess Dark 'Fruit Coke. -Use one cup
of biewn sugar, one cep of melasses,
one-third cup of lard, one 11115) 01 hot ven-
ter, one teblespoon saleratue dissolved
in the ho1 water, one Iablespoon each of
cinnamon, Moves, allspice, and ginger,
C,110 cup 03 10)51)18 rubbed in a little Pour.
Bake in slow oven for lorty-five min-
utes. This recipe will make two medium
size loaf cakes.
Oysters with Chtle15e.-T0 prepare it,
butler a !miring dish; spread a layer of
Ioneted breaderumbs over the bolloin,
upon this arrange a layer of oysters;
and over these sprinkle a thin layer of
minced parsley and gelled parmeeen
cheese: repeat this Gperation; add an e5-
11%1 layer of crumbs with many bits of
huller; pour over this mixture a half
glassful of ntild while wine; bake as you
would escalloped oysters.
Imitation Canton Clinger.--Talce young
meets, scrape carefully, cut in phstie
the size of the West Indian preserved
ginger; parboil gently le keep from
bzlealidinigg,iit.dralpfbetaineehxdtly,dnlyetl‘\Meigeinit,siepsuset
eouril w,eighl of suster with tablespoon of
eseenee of ginger. the. yellow rind of 01115
-
11511 e lemon, and one-fourth pint of
water 10 each pound of carrots; simmer
gen tly four hoots, then li12 the pieces 0111
carefully, put in smell jars, removing
the lemon peel; boil the syrup quickly
fee len minutes, Mid 41 wine glass of
brandy lo A pint; when oold seal same es
Jelly and keep 10 a cool placb.
Mountein Puckling.-One pin(
sweet e113/1111, W111,11ped 10 Stiff both; one
etlp granulated • super. boiled until it
threads; one cup 01 1111111(1 nuts, chopped
tine; two ounces candied cherries; oue
small enn sliced pineapple; whiles of
four eggs bentee le £1 stiff froth. Pour
the syrup over Ilielsoutemeggs. then edd
this to the whipped.- cream, (1100 the
fruit, 'cut in smell. pieces, and mos;
Peek 'In ice or salt to ripen In uboul
eight or ten hours, 11 can be meted
well or witheul the follewing sauce :
yeses 1 Iwo e311):4. over wilich pour
gradually the syrup made as above, with
env cup gienelated sugar; add juke and
grated rind of one lenient also three
large Lemmas, mashed. Serve eold over
Pao pueldhig.
USES F011 -TURPENTINE.
When stove polish is moistened with
tesponline it 11111 1101 burn cif( 418 fpnekly
es whey mixed with water.
Four drops of turpentine on a spoon -
NI of brown sugar will relieve a cough
In its early stages.
Turperline end lard applied to the
chest 01the little pettient will overcome
a eevere case of eronp.
Turpentine applied freely to sorns and
bunions will reniense the soreness.
Two drops of turpentine on the Hp of
O feather and thrust gently down the
throat will oorrect a severe case of
gapes in chickens.
For fool fool, weish the effected port
Willi easel° soap stele end thee aPply n
little turpentine and leird to the effected
part.
hfoths or ens, similor peel will not
work wliere (hero is an uncorked beitte
of turpentine. An open botI1 131 tech
(nom will prevent thls pest, from damag-
ing carpels, curtains, etre
Thtre Is nothing better lo 01041;101(1,1(.1
picture frames than lurpentino 0
With a woollen cloth.
After the carpet hos been swept with
the Sweeper. spoinkle a lithe turpentine
on the sweeper roll and go over the ear-
pol agnin. It will brighten the colors in
ihe cerpet,
011 cloth may he cleaned and bright.,
ereel by applying luepetaine on a wool-
len cloth. 11 is much mese testing then
ammonia or any other Omer,
lexceliont furniture p011:11 may he
mode hy using a MiXillea ,a IWO WINS
liemenli»e end one part lineeed 011,
Apply with ti Iffie cloth Which Ws hem
wrung dry old of the 0115111re and loth
1116 over the furniture. T1110 seem 111(4.
ture gives teethe to A Carriage After
met of mud has been washed from the
painted w(iodwork.
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THINGS W OWN! KNOWING,
A. 5(1)10P7.0 of lemon improvest scram.
Med eggs, and should les nettled while
theliiilluLte'Z'iligdelsIg'in flour before frying.
It will prevent breaking tual also 1113-
5)15111(5 1110 gavot%
Wash over the undercrust of et pie
pwti(01.1(1,elliteit\,,V not beaten, 10
being soggy,
Never beat or slit- 1101111114-1 cir Hoe with
Ft spoon. It makes them pasty. Use a
plated idiots. fork,
Vor 1111812131 item. hod water ions, a fork
es- egg (dealer lo make it smooth and
fres from lumps.
A little flouts if sproud over the lops of
enicest before they are kneel, will lessened
the icing from isionhig off ilio cake,
Hung the baelc of et skirt next. to the
well In the closet; them if there 10 any
weinkling, it wilt nol como in the. 111,11
where a would be 1110111 (1011441/1011011S,
notil 1 01113,043ra1c11,1litIvii \\»111/iitye oltsevisneedueloutio0111001111,
This will not only cover defects to the
wall, Ma also protect light clothes.
Mustard is 1110 1100111st noproneh to 41
U111(1..114111 el111,1111, 1..81W 1111110 wil 1 tglt
Wye way before a mustard plaster, and
a Wide reinge of intermit inflanniuttioos
from colds mot into* Noises may he
stopped by its lithely applicution. 11 115
the first and hissi resort in theentenecl
feleutnonia, congestion of the longs, or
determined colds 011 the chest,
A mustard plaster mixed with the
while of an egg will not leave 41 blister.
A raw egg taken innitedintely will carry
dOW/1 11 n4111-140414 that cannot, be got up
from the threet. The white skin Mal
lines the shell of an egg is 11, useful ap-
plication [01' 41 hell. \\lithe of cgg
beaten with loaf engin and lemo11 re-
lieves tioarseness-a • teaspoonful taken
once every hour. An egg added to the
Morning cup of coffee melees a good
tonic. A new egg with the yolk um
broken laRen in a glass of nine is bene-
ficial for convalescents.
An authority says the following me-
thod IS an excellent wily of. testing tee
heat of on 158011 fOr ealw-baking. Thrust
lb.:. hand well inside, and if 11 Cell be
kept 111 while thirty is beteg 001)15111(1 11
is the requisite degree of heat. 11 11 has
to be withdrawn before, then 1110 cakes
in all likelihood will softer, The oven
<loot' should nol be opened until at least
twenty minutes have elapsed after put-
ting the takes in, and if it has to be
closed again it must. be done gently. as
tee slamming of the door creates a
draught, and enuses the mixture to fall,
When the cake appears to be cooked in-
sert a knife or 11)1)1) Ing needle, and if
either emerge perfectly clean then the
cake is dene.
BURGLARS RETURN LOOT.
Reason to Vindicate Girl Falsely Ac-
cused of Theft.
A tome. sequel Is reported to tee
theft in Jun48 last elf 55.000 worth 03
jewels, securities end cash from the
house of a M. Crapard, Peels. Frunee.
The thieves have sent back the whole
of the Meilen ,properteet-irefully prick-
ed, with n Idler ef apology coached in
the following terms:
"Sir: We send you back your litne
fortune, which WO so adroitly removed
trent yew* posse.ssien. You will find
everything enclosed except s C1111.Th0lled,
1'o;1, W1111£11 we value at 33 eents, and
1.4,1 loss of which we apolegiee.
"Do slot think we tear the ponce, or
were unable le sell your sectinties. No,
dear sir, those UM 1101 011e 1•1)150112. De
p•a.ased to note that our mo'ives are:
1. Thal yeur servant, tin honest girl, is
languishing in jail on a nese ebarge.
.? Tha1 yol: have been horribly wor-
ried. 11, That We only rob the rieh, rind
were misted 11111 thinking you weenie'.
"A sum of 51,600 for moral danieges
will 'he paid to you on June 4 next, the
enniversury of yetis loss, if yeti comply
with the following cenditIon: 1. An-
nounce the rectevery of your properly
111 the 'newspapers. 2. Procure the 1T-
h:ewe of lite innocent persons in pri-
son. 3, Publish lthe letter In the mess.
4. Withdraw your judiclui complaint
against us.
"If you Wel do IhIS4 We 111531 yet drink
n eless in amity tegrther.-V. 13."
The victim, with an eye, perhaps to
thP "moral damages." Iles 114.11/14111WrI
'the compialst he, lied lodged ewith the
judicial dutherlites, •
PRINCE IS DETESTED.
Heir to Scrota's l'hrone Another Proof
of Incapacity.
The eccentrieilies of the Crown Prince
Servia nee hemming more dengerous.
1111, Vossichb Zeitung publishes the fol-
lowing storys
At dinner' the other day, the Crown
Prinee endthe Comm 1111121' of the
mined, Dunyovilch, had a difference,
which led 10 80111e 1101 words, Arter din-
ner the Crown Prince met, Dunyovitch
311 Ihe gate of the Konak. AS it Wee
Tel her dark Dunyovitell failed to recog-
nize the pence, end did not salute.. The
prince, who was in his carriage, eprang
on; and began to abuse Dunyovilch, who
tried 40 0501.120 himself.
"March !" said the prince; "don't hark
here; lhou dog I"
Dimyovitch replied: "Telco care what
you say ! 1 stn coMmandant here."
Thereupon. the Crown Prince made
Ose of 1101T108 bingenge, which cement be
reproduced. nnd drove ((W)1y.
It eppears that the prince, who 81 oho
.111110 enjoyed considernble popularity in
Belgrade, 10 now delated, both by the
populace and the military, King Peter
vlso opiaireesn; t I y wholly unable to cons
trol hi
Nb SYMPTOMS.
Pneishion er-"Yes, Mr. ChUrchly.
am troubled grently with insomnin."
Rectos -"I elsouldne have thought so.
looking at you while I was :preaching
last Sunday."
ONE 01? '1111E12.
'"After sniti Boum, "living next
to 11 pinning mill has Us compensations."
"What are they?"
"For one thing, you can't heel' the
phonograph next door."
bed tried the INCher's petienee
snrely, ene when the hiller 100110(1 1)5)
qua Anw the hew 011118111131 1112401,8,
•sli her feet sprawling Mtn the taste,
'to ,said : "Susie, lake Mot sweet net, of
your mouth, fuel put pent' tete 1st
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
NOTES 010 INTEDEST MOM DEE
0A14I0,1 AND DIMES.
IR Going On In the IllohlandS
and Loolenels of Auld
Scotia.
Kilmal,Alin bad gU dry days In Sap -
l'11)1101.
k;11.;Inlerselli n 115 i(ogrit'otnitinsrgeoch(lle;.tion In drun-
erleter,linginlat4lircylt;)anroltftlavibillit,titest.haya beep
The diphtheria outbreak at PeisleY
lins assumed serious proportion8.
thelston smug() purification works
were 40 orencd on the 15111
The ollaa, day 11 Paisley motor car
took flee and wets entirely dessteoyed.
Sections of Auchenharyle colliery nre
lo be closed, This will throw 150 men
Scottish exhibitors were funong the
.prize eenners at the London dairy show.
Gerenock Parish Council proposes ex -
toe
srgit:etget,f,20,000 in extending the poor -
The Sunday evening concerts and
lectures wore resumed .011 the 0111 1114,
01 Edinburgh.
Aflo kieking the 1)011 In a game et
foolbtal a Ithidgeton youth fell dead
0,011-1 henrt disease,
A shepliCilYi 111 Martel:dale found the
.sveic°1Al11nentg'el.nkie0riyfil body believ°6 blivb
been bulled eenturies ago.
While two excursionists wrestled for
amusement at Oban railway .station
they fell, and one broke a leg.
No fewer than nine stowaways were
diseovered on steamer at Greenock
prior to Es departure for Galveston,
U. S, A.
A Dumfries gentleman, Mr, J. Hun-
ter, Lochfoot, somme e tiago had a
Leghorn cockerel hatched with three
legs.
A 15 -months -old Glasgow child was
fatally burned by the 5)3)50111155) of a pot
of stewed meal threugh two men gum,-
man who had been given
cakes nrid milk in a dairy in Stirling
load, Townhead, fell 'dead while eating
lhe cakes.
The que.stion as to who Is to pay the
piper for the (Unitise done at Kilwin-
Jong during the "rellgious" riots Is now
up,
When the United Free Presbytery at
Glasgow were discussing Sabbath de-
secration one speaker described lee
eream shops as perfect hells.
A lady named Smith, wlio got a
liarty days' sentence at the EdInbureh
pollee Court for being :Ironic, has made
220 appearances before the magistrates.
At HaddInglon, wbere it number of
yeung trees were planted to beautify
the town, a lot of smashing and break-
ing hae been done. One of the trees
WeS specially planted on Coronation
Day,
The ald Black Bull Tavern at Park -
Mad, Glasgow, is now represented by
It small section of the old building,
boxed in to hold the license while a
new tenement is being constructed
oveellend and around it.
The Govan Parish Council have de-
emed that on their quarterly visit to
newt:head Asylum there shell be no
cigars, nor cigarettes, nor aerreed wat-
ers on lap, but that the necessnry
luncheon shall be eaten dry.
A drover by profession, who got 110
days nt Edinburgh for assaulting a
peliceman, reminded the magistrate
that the victim of the assault WeS the
biggest policemen 111 Edinburgh, and
111111 Ile couldn't do him nmeh berm. •
Possibly a thorough search might ells
close the fact that Bsims was merle ti
Freeman of as many towns as Dr. Car-
negle has been. Only a few clays age
it was announced that he was discov-
ered 10 be a Freeman of &member, and
new It is annottneerl that he was also
a burgess of Dumfries.
-MAGNETS11
LIF7kTONS 012 METAL.
. -
One Men Attends to All .tlie-Details.of
•Transferring Objects.
In engineering works the electro-mag-
nel ifi 101411131 11 veiny prominent -place.
This devieedispenses with hooks, slings,
-and other lifting -apparatus. Ey throw-
ing a switch ouramIlIng the anent, the
mugnet. is energized and thereby attach-
es itself to the bars, castings, scrap, or
pig iron which 1118 desired to lift.
The magnet poles are ehaped accord -
leg to the nalere et the melanin] to be
raised. For heavy rails they are oblong,
end are Slung from the crane hook by it
short chain. Castings weighing over 11810
[MS are successfully handled by electro-
magnets. Another use to which the
eleclro-rnagnet Is put is in breaking old
castings so that alp may be melted end
utilized. To occemplish this the nutgnet.
is made to lift and drop a steel bell
etighing from one to 515 tens,
The lime lost in me engineering shop
by what is known as'elinging plee,es is
sever] by electro -magnets, connection be-
ing made instantanetuely, anti the
weight liberated in the sttnie expeditious
manner. The magnet is lowered to the
object, needed with the current, turned
oft. When the switch is closed the mag-
net, becoming tweet, holds the netioles
to be lifted while they are raised and
transposted to their .deslIrtation. When
they are lowered, the switch is opened
and the magnet immedietely releeses
them. As the operator of the crane con-
trols the action of the inagriet through
the :switch, Ibis one men 0131 attend I
art the deleils of theinsferrIng
Metal objeels. No Assistant is; neecleo
allech oat» 10 the conveyor or te
lease them when they reach their des-
tination,
AMAZING GRACE.
Little Harslet, aged 2,t; years, had
first mute her 1301)111 ,11 the Innilly break.
east table ond looted her .pena say grace
for the first time, Site watched 111111
willi vita attention, end Wm, bolding
hem own lltfle 3111140 1.40W1 01111' 10W11111
Nal 4 Said pleadingly;
"Pape, say 11 to mine,"
Servant; '"I'llerees 0 gentleman worts
to see you on business." Sitieler; "Ask
hint lolake 11 chnits" Serynnl; "He's
BEAR AND PANTHER FIGHT
ClIANGING, OMEN Olt ANIMALS'.
sTnnTgo THAI
The Panther Receive° an al1l1leSe0'
Which AlmoSt Crushed His
LIfe 0141.
ja a battle Mytil hetwnnen "Peggy,"
manonolb Meek bear, 111I5 "Mike," 0.
ferocious South Afrieun monitor; at then
Chutes. Los Angeles, ottlitornia, rho
Lear canto out victor.
The trouble started When the keep-
ers Of the 'zoo attempted lo move the
bear from one cage to another. To.
accomplish tlits they were contelled
to use What is litiOWn aS the shifilow
los, which Ilts demo to the 4100e of the
cage, the animal being fet:tecl into a-
mid then the iron 1100eS closed, making'
111111 a psi:ones'.
As the door of the hear's cage was.
not wide enough to permit the animal
to 1 'ass into the shifting 1.ox, the em -
slopes removed the panther Mike inky
an ndjoining cage, allowing We bear to -
enter. Maiming to take him through
ill. 43001, tvhich was considerably wid-
er than that on the cage where he hned
teen Imprisoned, After much trouble.
Ilio bear wens mode to enter the cup.
where the panther hod been.
INTO PANTHER'S CAGE.
Walking about the 011e10S11114, the (1311
(11311 espied the panthes In the adjoining
cage through the centre bars whigh
separated the animals. 1111111 a 'fierce
growl Ma bear threw herself against
the Lars, but with littla result other than
bruising bee shoulder.
Angered beyond Minion oontrol, the
bier, despite Me sharp pikes from the
attendants outside the cage, savagely
alacked the bans, whic1t under the fierce*
onslaught aoon gave way.
With the crashing- in of the gate the
bear was hurled into the panther's
cage, her impetus causing her to roll
over and over, As she was alout lo
arise, the panthee, which already has
a number of killings to his record, hav-
ing less than a month ago killed a
fterinle panther which had been sent
ov.er 10 the Chll[eS from Eastlake Park,
jumped upon the bear's back, sinking
his teeth into the neck.
ALMOST DEATH EMBRACE.
The boar, lolling around, grabbed tbs
panther in, her front paws and cans'
menced to relish the life out of Hi, -
cal. Mike, however, mails las escape
ruom the paws and climbed to the she'
above, only to spring again 1111 an 141
slant, oblalning again the neckhold.
The bents afler tenting a number s
eomersaulls in her effort to dislode
the panther, aguin managed lo gra
Ile opponent between her paws. IC
time tightening 1111. grip so that esea
WI15 .1111110SS1h10. Slowly but surely I
terrific pressure upon the panther ve
errshing its life out.
At this junctuee the anirnaL train
at the 400, Le lloysez, on being tee
lied of the cembal, hastened to
cage, and al the risk of serious inj11.
or death ellinime through' the nan15.
door and entered the enelesure.
With a huge club he beat the bee
into sulaniss!on, and with the help
ilk other attendants hustled it into e
ndjoining tinge, while everything knov
to (Inhere deelote WeS done lo bring s
beenth beck to Mikes body. Thie te.
at last, successful, and 'it was stat
that the animal would live. Other the
a number of severe lacerations on 1
11!,,(ca
cleb,ttlre, bear is little thw
e orse k •
. .,
VANISHED POLAR EXPEDITIONS.
Many Parties of Arctic Explorers
teely Disappear.
Baron Toll and his lowly, who 53 •
appeneed while Fledging off the N. •
Siberian Islands in 1002, have nee. •
since been heard ot, nor has any Ire •
of them been foiled teem teat .dny ' •
nes; end the same remark applies 4t
the three unfortunate members of le •
Duke of Abruzzi's expedition, who este: •
hew got seperateri trent the rest of
party near theme Jesef's Land in .
Andree's expedition of three has also
dIsappettred utterly, ond in all probate •
Hy for ever, from human lien; and there
et, of course, Itie terrible ease of S..
Jelin Franklin and his subordinates, I11.4
efficers and men in all, wlm perigbee
aniserably down to the very laet ma0
svhile trying ea merch over the iee freir
thelr frozen -in ships to the Hudeen Boy
Bet LI emen le.
Of the (freely expedition, lost in the
lee in 1881, six survivors were almost
rniramilously found near Cape Sabine
1n1884 by the Thiele, the rest of the
.mtimbere, nineteen siemens in 1)11, hav.
1111/1 died of eold and elervetion, The
Jennetto expedition fared but little bet-
ter, the ship hetog ernelind by the Pe
In 1884 nff the New Siberian 12111116,.
end most of her ern* lost. While re
the Swedish expedition on beard tist
3)111311), which left SI. John's in Jure .
189e. no trnee has been found.
Prriteps, however, Ihe niost weird die.
commence recorded in Palen ermaIs
comae them the South Polar regions. lel
1942 Cnotain Robert Johnson, an 5-
seulericerl tee navtgetior, Set Safi front
• e ene.lend le try end penetrate the
sonillwned, end did 50. 11111 1)11
-or crime out agetn, and 1 Iv!
-41km ig O1103 he eves unoble to nine
11:s wny beck, nnel perished with en his
Crete, in whet is now known ns the
ResS Sen.
OFTEN THE CASE.
Mother -"Willie, it's very neuglity 311
you lo do 11111 1 when yoor grandmother
told yew not to."
\Vubl le -"Well, she bap)) 10,012
told me not to before 1 411141 IL" '
HOPEFUL, •
luelsenel-"My colleogne Is the inost
Msnliehle pirvi eVee 44111, I le tennis
everythine ee sees:"
teleifig 'them MI, end llie bibk 100, Ile tettrodes" ,srlituee,,
eays lles Come from the bAllIff,"' tee to lam?"