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Saviors Of Portugal are Poetegal's new
farmers. In the south of the little king,
done a serious attempt is being made
reelaint about, .16,000,000 AMOS, or 44
per cent, of tbentotal area of Portugal.
Seale energetic people, in combination
with the menicipal atithoritiee, have set
to work in the district of Seepe upon
1a0,000 acres, dividing it into allotments
Cl Veen acre:4 each Mid letting it at a
raniinal reent, ealeulated according, to
the estimated value of the lama The
highest quit rent is $3,20 and the lowest
a cents per allotment, haver loot) taxest
end rates for ton years. A beteregeueous
Mixture of settlers, already has taken
possession of their tenements, Carpen-
ters, masons, doctors. ehemkets, barbers,
aearnetresses, tailors, and beggars figure
an the motley crowd. The success of the
scheme, as far as it lies one, has etirred
Bit ambition of the residents In a large
part of the north of Portugal, where a
peened on similar lines is being set on
feol. to bring ink; cultivation ,soinething
like hall a million of acres.
Southward the star of exploration
-Vents its way. rile plans are advanced
ar the equipment of the Belgian polar
lpedition, which, under the direetion
ae lho well-known scientist, M. II. Are-
toNNski, proposes to set out in eighteen
months for the mrearches on the polar
seas, and which proposes to settle the
(fastion -of the one great continent or of
two or three large island's in as yet un-
eutered regions which surround the
south pole. Many scientiets, of whom
M. Aretowski is ane, lean to the belief
that ene vast continent covers the
grettest part of those regions. Follow -
in a somewhat the course made by Capt.
Scott in the voyage of the Discovery, hi.
Arctowski's expedition will cast anchor
in one of the natural bays which there
is reason to believe are to be found in
Ross' wall, and, leaving his ship to en-
ter there, will push over the ice fields al-
ready traversed by Capt. Scott, using
meter sledges. Ile_will start this year
and expects to return by 1011.
Go to the birds, thou shiggerd, for
birds Call and do work far bander than
luonan beings. A pair of 'house martins,
when nesting, will feed their young ones
Pt twenty seconds --that is, each bird,
male and female„ makes ninety journeys
to and fro an hour, or about 1,000 a day.
On each journey the bird has the added
work of catching the tweets. Evea
tiny a bird as the wren has been counted
tc make 110 trips to and front its neet
within 430 minutes; and the prey carried
tame consisted of larger, heavier, and
harder to And insects than were caught
by the sparrows. Among them were
twenty good-sized caterpillars, ten grass-
hoppers, seven spiders, eleven warms,
and Imre than ono fat chrysalis.
ECCENTRIC ALFRED NOBEL.
Traeed the Irregulariti- es of Db s Pulse—
Ilow Ile Got Pictures fur His Walls,
Alfred Nobel, eeltose memory reeeives
its annual revival in the iward of his
munificent prizes, had little personal
knowledge of Englaint He disliked
ear climate and cooking—in all London
he found only one hotel end one res-
teurant where denier was a possibil-
ity, and he qualified even thee proiee
by describing thee' cuisine as "the Mast
desageneable" in England, saya the.
London Cluraniele.
A disappointment that he never got
over was that he was ilia elected a
member at tha Royal Society, while his
lifelong weannese and nervous diapose-
lion and winter beenchltie made first
Parid and then San Remo his chosen
annie on his attainment of wealth.
Only twice did Nobel ever visit the
great high explosive feetory which he
eidebtished in &alined. In Paris he
was to be seen doily huddled up in his
rug in his carriage dritnng to his la-
ixeatory outside the city. He had an
extraordinary knowledge of languages,
11 dielrust of lawyers—lie mettle his own
will—and when heart disou80 came op-
en him he wore a sithygmogrn pli ki
tram the irregularitios Of his polee,
Tiring of the pieturee on hie walls he
arranged with an art dealer to have his
rpm hung with picture:3 on hire, re-
turning them rind reeetving others In
exchange ea often ris he liked. Ile
look out 120 patents in England, and
ihe invention to which he attached meet
dr-muerte/Ice was his nrelflcial /ladle
rubber, et which few people have ever
heard, Inicatise Ins dynamite speaks so
'dully tor itself.
GOOD RESOLUTIONV.
Let
1008. her that giggleth giggle nee in
Let him that sweareth try hissing in-
stead.
Let them that wbisile learn to thew
gum.
Let Mem thal chew auto do vea in a
semen place.
Let, the gabber turn unto silent think -
g.
Lel the adviser follow some of his own
cannel,
ITEMIZED.
"ErerY femilY sinntid keel)1122 acem nt
of its expenditures,"
"Wo tried that scheme but it railed to
give setiefaction." .
"Why 7" *
"011, my wire was too Meted. Things
1 wrinted chi -lege] as sundries she in.
tieted on charging as bement
Suree.se is the result et beetling the
other relieve to 11,
• Sonia theorem go hy eorttearfes, but
the inajortta. d' go ea ath
MAKIN
G OUR
OWN
ORLD
A Man Goes in, the Direction Which Ile
Is Facing.
"So teach us 0.) nunther our days
that we may apply our hearts tante
wisdom."—Ps., xe., 12.
It is 01117 natural and it is guile neees-
eery that men should stop at Ewes and
ask, ere we moving forward ea' drift-
ing hack, aro wo on an Morning er
an outgoing tide? Old us the que.elion
11, it has a perennial interest for every
genesateon. But these times ot review
and sterekteking always bring out tho
Pesearniam monger with his cry of the
good old times and the present evil
eines.
Many people scorn to be born with
an inward persuaeien of the tetal de.
pravity of the whole universe; some of
them are doing their best to demon-
strate their beliefs by their praeticce.
We need deliberately to freo ourselves
from any such. paralysing prejudice,
from the notion that there is an in-
evitable moral pravitatien of human -
in toward the pit.
There are two possible vieevs of this
11,00(/: One, that it is normally whorly
bad, with oceasionel heaven sent gleams
ef goodiresa to throw its night into
greater relief; the other, that it is nor-
mally right, that wrong and sin are
unnatural ana that the trend of human-
ity is upward end heavenward.
The law of the moral world is such
that neither of these views can be
aelopten as always abeolutely true; there
is no external taw or force compelling
us, in spite of ourselves, either
TO BE GOOD OR TO /3E EVIL,
Even more sublime then the fact that
the trend of mankind is forwent and
upward is the deeper fact that we are
len ever free to choose what way life
shall go.
There is another natural law In enor-
els that must he remembered; that is,
that a man goes in the direction which
he fs facing, he goes according to hie
faith, if he believes in the possibility
of poedness he perseveres in its way;
if he believes In the inevitability of
evil he submits to its way.
We are each malting our own world,
each eielerminfrig whether it be better
or worse to -clay than yesterday. There
is such a thing SS a world spirit, a tide
in human affairs, but we are not de-
relicts drifting helplessly upon its on -
sweeping 1100d, Or WO ottglit not to be.
Nether meet we think WO eau lAke
our comae in life atone, Each helps
10 netermine other lives, by influence
by exempla, by that mystetious aurae -
thing thatbinds us 'together, so that
ne one can adopt Llte PhilosoPILY 01
desperr (AM give himself to its way
withoot helping to melee 11 irue that
• 010 moving to derkee dents.
To believe that the nee ts damned is
to deem it. Yet reeny havo declared
the goad tidings of religion in ouch a
way as to mane it seem that perdition
was the greatest certainty of all. It is
a good thiag that man shall know that
01 is not peered; no one hut a perfect
f, 01 ever thought he was; but it Is an
thing that we should come to think
that we have nothing but auregnenting
imperfection before us.
THE PRINCIPAL DANGER
or moral stocktaking Is that we man -
ago to pees by things that are nabst
worth premrving, those that are our
really vale:Able assets, and charge
aphis!. ourselves only our debila and
dangers. Blindness to the good we
have will work as harlil OS blind-
ness to the evil that may be,
No man was ever the worse for the
discovery of good in him. every pow -
01 lettermen& we have gives promise
cf yet better things and greatest power.
We need nen only to light our weeds,
wt. need to foster and cherish our hew-
ers of virtue and love end goonnese,
it will 'make all the difference whe-
ther you go through the days that come
simply looking for disease and nepra-
vity or go looking for the things of
beauty and joy. You find that for
which you look. This will be a year
of darkness and defeat or of ligh1, and
larger living according lo whether you
have target. faith in the' good or in the
bad.
Have faith in the good in yourself;
tenet that g,00d. Believe in the good
in others. Let your life tell for the
upward life of all because as you set
your face toward the heights, you be -
neve that every good lite may be Lived
again, that all good that has keen may
yet be in larger measure, that the in-
finite might that moves the world is
the life at love and goodness.
HENRY F. COPE. (
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
J.N. 26,
Lesson IV. Tents Cleanses the Temple
Coition 'feat: Psa. 93. 5.
THE LESSON WO/RD STUDIES.
Basen on tho text of the Bevised Ver -
41011.
Addiiienal Testimorly.—We have caned
attention in oonnection with previous
lessons to the three -fold thesis which:the
apostle sets fortn In tho prologue (John
1. 1-18) and which he proposes to defend
be the introduction of testimony, of me-
ow, kinds and from various senuces in
the remainder of his Gospel. The besta
mony of John the Baptise which is the
first introduced because among the mast
Important was a definite testimony to
different geoups of people specifically
mentioned in the Men chapter. Thus
versos 10-28 give the leetimony of the
'Invest to the deputation of Jews:sent
from Jerusalem; verses '29-34, his testi-
mony to the large multitude of people
gathered to hear 11120 in the banks of the
Arden, and versce 35-40, his teslimony
to two of lifs disciples, including Andrew
and Philip and Nuthannel. This Ives tlie
persenul testimony of individuals, and in
connection with the record of tins ale
reported Mee the thirteen!, effects which
Int testimony itself lied on different
people, producing, as it did, mthelief, on
de one hand, on the part of certain
co the Jews, and simple faith, on the
other hand, on the part of certain dis-
ciples. of John and others who heard the
testimony. But it is the purpose 01 1110
evangelist to iatroduce also the words
and werlta of Jesus Mansell in witness
of his divine nature, In harmony with
the; purl -gee he is careful to record the
name"; wrought by Jesus nt Cana in
("Alike at the very beginning of his pub -
lie 1111111SICY. The fornun beginning of
that ministry may be considered to date
from the first appearanee of Jesus In the
temple at Jerusalem, following the short
visit at Capernaunt recorded in the
twelfth verse ot the eeeond chapter of
the Gospel. 1115 customary to distio-
guish an "early Judean rninistry" from
eubsequent portions of the public work
of Jesua, 11 thief account of which is
given us; in Jahn '2. 13-3. 30. We may,
however, with equal propriety, speak of
a larger enrly ministry of Jest's, includ-
ing his appearance 111 11191 temple (2. 13-
'22), fn the city of jerneelem (2. 23-3. 21),
hi Judea (3. 22-301, in Samaria 14. 1.12),
end In Galilee (i. 43-54). It nett be of
111121. 1,0 lune the varying resulta of (hie
erarlier ministry of Jesus on different
9111911115 of people, boibi in the capital city
end in the more meal districts of Samar -
la and Galilee. We should bear in mind
the purpose of John to point out Me
gradual development of faith, on the
one hand, and unbelief, on the other
hand, ns n resUll. of (lie im)Jreesion made
peblic (its:mums and miracles of
;them In stibsequent chapters of his
Gespel, following the fourth, attenteen 18
eentred on the ruller menifestatien of
;teemsas ihe inlirist, remitting in the con,
firmed unbelief on the part 011110 ;fetes.
Verse 13. The weever of the ham—
l'he wording 01 1)1)8 phrnae is a dear in-
ebealion 01 1119 1(151 11101 this Gospel was,
written Weide of Palestine. From ether
dein, taken partly from the Gospel Melt
and pertly from other soureee, 11 seame
prohable thet ft eves written at Eptieetie,
wIteee Tolin seems le have SPent, the
closing years of Ids life. The passover
here mentioned is the first of several
Specifically noted by John, and.furnishes
one of the important. indications cti thne
hem which, logethee with others, 11 18
possible to ascertain, though with no
great degree of certainty, the eturalien of
Cnrist's public ministry as a whole,
which is usually taken to hare extended
ewer the greater part of three years.
14. Those that sold oxen mid sheep
end doves—Merchtulis whose trailleking
in the outer court 01 1125 temple made it
convenient for pilgrim worshipers from
51 distance to secure the enimals neces-
sary for different sacrifices without
beinging the same with them from their
homes. Not only was the keeping of so
many sheep and cattle and pigeons with-
in the outer enclosure ot the eancluary
out of keeping with the sacredness of
the place, and out of harmony with the
spirit of worship, hut the selftslinea.s and
tovetousness which had developed in
connectiou with this truffle was such as
10 utterly secularize and vitiatn the whole
service of religion which ostensibly
was intended 10 foster. The evil was
aggravated still more by the presence
of changers of money, who made a bust -
nags of supplying lbio Jewish tempie
Coins In exchange for Orme' and Rumen
money brought by worshipers from a
deaunce, and who took eare to make a
profit On every transaction of this kind.
15. Ceat all out of the temple—We
nete Run it was primarily the theep arid
111 oxen which Jesus drove out with the
scomere of cords.
16. Tette These Things Ilenee.—The
obedience appmently rendeird to Semis
by all ilia traffickers whom be born -
mended to leave the sacred precincts
with thole 'wares was due, no dolabt,
ta "the might of his Indignation enol
the ninjosty of Isis bearing, supported
1.3, the consciouenees of superhuman
pewee, SS well as to lho vile conscience
( 1 those whom he thus rebuked,"
My Father's House—With eniphasie
on (Im oronoun, indicating the Mosel-
011ie censelousnees of Jesus.
/Muse of Merchandise—lesus is re-
(porten by Matthew to have used the
expreseiem "a don of robbers" (Matt.
21. 03); though it is possible, es some
hold, that W0 are to 1biDlt of two sep-
arate eleansinge ef the temple, One re,
ported by John, occurring at the be-
ginning of the ministry of Jesus, the
other reported by the three other gos-
re] writers, occurring near the close
of his public minletry.
18. What Sign Showeet 7'hou Unto
Us? -11 was natural for the Jewish nu -
(berthas to demand the ereclentials
a nun who thus °emitted authority in
the earned courts of the temple.
10. This Temple—Or. "sanctuary," re -
toning as is explained later, to the
temple 03 1)19 body, whith after baying'
been throe days In the tomb' was le be
raised op (loin le lite and glory.
20. This Temple—The temple) of
Iterod. the third and, last great Jewisli
lemple of Icroselem,
20. The Sereptureeelleterring probab-
ly Le Psa. 111. 10,
ho: "Yeti can always telt a York-
shire/ham" Ile: "Yes, but you can't toll
him much."
Tho man who desks ?Mee for the pub-
lic good is 11321 10 consider himself the
entire public tailor he lands,
Guest (suspicious)y eyeing the flattened
pillows and the Orurepted sheets): "Look
here, landlord, thls bed hes been slept
in." Landlord (tritiniphantly)s wthatt
v,het, its meant for.
DRUG CURES ALL FAILED
SAYS 1315,4, C. DUNLOP, INSPEC,TOR
0011 SCOTLAND,
Experiments in Institution for Inehriatea
—Detention Hee Reformed
Many.
Drugs as cures for drunkenness are
declared to be useless, and ever) worse
thatt u:eetess, by Dr. J. C. Dunlop, In.
spectoe for Scot:mid under the Inebri-
ates AM.
"A sinielec drug treatment,"(says Dr,
'Dunlop, "wi.s tried 111 one irafeernatory,
Girgenti, but was found to le a com-
plete failure. The experienve gained
by tne (teal of that treatment, 02110
value, because the results wore sun
orally definite to be ennetheive.
.ceugs used were atrorane, quint
emmonium, sodium, and Moine a n
'nue much vaunted kr the cure of in-
ebriety. The managers, desiring to
try Die ends of such treattnent, ask-
ed for inmates welling to submit to
and 22 volunteeroi and underwent
het course, The result In. every
11.118 failure, fur everyone of ihe 21011
Se 'reeled has 911190 discharge rettp
into drunken hails.
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11-v? Hoe
"IPCII17401(16:3471711"1:44.1"
Hate White Stmeritralle—Peoling and
seeing ten to twelve large juicy upples
Itirelingl
adieseeopfat•bauttgL1',wliVell,
juicy end nuteitious,
IctSistpooermitteidut Psuctineso.o—c'renurap ettgagusc,,
evertor teaspoon sat, two cups 5990:nrea:a!
reieins, two cups dry, crisp bremleruinbs;
beat the eggs well; dissolve the soda In
to 211111< , mibs the ingredients well;
id. I steam two hours,
Te4e° of NsVeinveetetr arIceeetnetrealidnell. Tlicillan Ist1g1 aizIt;g4taviolldn
nail:trig it too sweet. IWO= this until
chilled. Mtn together n. cup of peeserwed
cherries and a cup of preserved 81,1511.
114.10138 with a ban' a cup of sherry wine
it, tte
otit'tzacellitsIllein 11,111(11,0.1111a to the cream and
a Beggars Pudding.—Soak two cups of
ase bread crumbs in 0110 quart of milk, add
enn the beaten yolks of three eggs and a
sed piece of butter size of an egg, flavoc
with vanilla, sweeten lo taste, and bake.
When done spread the top with jelly
and cover that with a meringue made
with the whites ot the eggs, and brown
slightly. Good either hot or cold.
Oysters with Terieledoin,--Talte two
lerge tenclerloins, split them, setison wait
salt and pepper. 'duke a dressing of s
pint of oysters and a cupful of cracker
crumbs, and season wIth salt, pepper
and celery salt. Spread one tendeeloin
with dressing, outline, the other half of
tenderloin on top, also spread the tole
thick wilt dressing, the together, and
bake, basting often.
Gotta go Cheese.—Coole the clabbered
milk until the curl separates from the
whey; bIie polir into a eolander and let
cold wetter run through it until the wa-
le- evhich drains from it is clear. Salt
end let it stand for half an hour in the
cclander, with a weight on it, to drain.
Seasoa with pepper and dress with thick
cream. Cheese made in this way has
been pronounced most excellent by
these not prone to compliment
Chocolate Sandwiches.—Take two tea-
spoonfuls of ch000laM, which is sweet-
ened, mix with a little water, and heat
to a thick paste. Chop fine a half pint
ef nut kernels, walnuts, hickory nuts,
almonds., or any desired variety, or mix,
g you cboose. Seir the chocolate paste
when cooling, add the nuts, and spread
thinly between narrow wafers. Lot
harden. If a slight acidity is desired, add
a pinch of powdered citric acid in the
paste. These are delightful sandwiches
101 receptiens, teas, etc.
Lament Tasty,—Put Into a sauoepan
one-quarter pound of butler, one-quarter
pound sugar, four eggs, peel of two
lemons (grated), juice of one lemon. Put
on the stove and stir constantly till the
ingredients thicken, which.will be a few
seconds after it boils. When cold it is
ready for use. Spread on bread or plain
biscuits; makes you eat and enjoy it.
A spoonful placed on squares of puff
cake makes a dainty and pretty dish for
the table,
Almond Pudding. — One -halt cup of
Manahan almond9 cut in small pieees.
Place one quart of rich milk in double
boiler to heat. 'rake three heaping
tebiespoons of corn starch in a Lowl,
with pinch o/ sale to this odd enough
cold 1211101 to dissolve. Then stir in
scalded milk until it thickens. Add the
yolks of four eggs well beaten, With one
ef sugar, then the almonds. Cook
three or four minutes. Turn into granite
pan and ever with meringue made ef
the whites of four eggs and one cup of
segar. Bake until light brown. When
cool serVe with sweet cream.
Quick Mayonnaise. — Malting mayon-
naise is by no means fbe blighter many
nouselteepers believe at to be, and ili is
possible to make 31 to perfection
without adding ihe oil drop by drop, as
so many of the recipes insist must be
done. The egg and oil used in making
SI should be 50 fresh and cold as possi-
ble and an 11m utensils to be used should
also he ice cold. Brent the yolk of the
eggs into a howl, odd hell a teaspoonful
of salt, a dash of cayenne, a pinch of
white .popper, half a. teaspoonful .of white
sugar, and a pinch of dry mustard. Mix
them together with a silver fork until
smooth. Then, tv1thout a shadow of
misgiving, edd al, once eight teaspoon-
fuls ef olive all and two teaspoonfuls of
vinegar. neat thorotighly with an egg
heeler and in a few, 'minutes the dressing
will be giallo no thick, smooth end
creamy as it mede in the 00 laborious
%tray of folding the oil drop by Men. The
mayonnelse May be made wore delicate
by acating just netore it es served ene
cepful of cream whipped stiff.
HINTS FOR THE HOMEFloor Polish.—Men a tablespoon of
lord and put into kerosene, Better than
any floor polish.
There is no better pudding -cloth then
a piece ef Cheese Cloth. This material
being coarse does not retain the grease,
and Is easily cleaned.
neon:wised poultry should be exam-
ined by the following rules Ruining
back the feathers to notice the skin, the
eye should be bright and prominent 11
freshly killed. Young birds have down
under the wings and short pin feathers,
Keep Out Gold Drafte.--First, paint the
surface, whether' 11, 14 a door Or window
casing. Wren mix dry putty with 1/0P-
nish to the consistency of window putty
and apply to crevice. 11 will become 121ee
stone and will keep out water, as wall
"alwaivied.Neat Door Tian-linings:ant clean -
inn the brass around a keyhole (1, 18 al -
retest thmeselble net to soil the Stirmenel-
ing woo& Get sm pleat) of CardbOard
about four inches vinare, tut a hole fit ft
the shape or the brass, and 321,1 11 aver
the keyhole when cleaning and tho W000
will not be touebeel. -
Securely Tied Shoo 130w.—A shoe-
etring will never become untied of itself
if in tying it one of the bene ends is
carried eVer the central knot and then
turned back through Jt eget/ to Its
naturtd position before drawing both of
the bow ends tight. This knot natty be
untied as readily as Any other by pull-
itlpetrair
Yeelleanl'Ithout Mlle.—To properly
ventilate a room al night, al the same
time shut Olit early morning light, let*
er Did Shade and fixture...I eighteen
inishel, then as 41450 Os poSsible above
OTHEFI IlinSULTS.
"Girgentl has been succeesful in re-
aming some inebriates, but of. those
subjected to this drug cure none have
been reformed. Tile experiment is L f
great value; 11 hes shown the useless-
ness 01 any such treatment when deal-
ing with the degratled class of Melva
etas committed to reformatories. No
tort road to the reformation, of the
&venerate inebriates dealt with under
:Section 24 of the Inebriates Act has yet
been discovered, no means of obviet-
ang the prolonged and neeessartly ex-
ecnsive treatment oe detention in a re-
normatory."
Forty-seven per cent. of the patients
discharged. from the Inverneith "licen-
eed retreat," where the inmotes are all
In gOad financial circumstances, and
eelf-suPPerting, have either given proof
of recovery or promise to do so, and
Dr. Dunlop regards this as very satis-
lactory. Results in tlm reformaMries,
where the Police Court habitues -go,
ere not nearly so sidiefactory, however.
Ot all the oases that have completed
their sentences and been discharged,
eather loss than oneenet hale been re
-
;formed, end Dr, Dunlop thinks that
this rate is as high as oan be ex.pecied
so long as the cases dealt with remain
o' the degraded type at present
FOUND IN THE REFORMATORIES.
"But the amount of reformation,'
the report observes, "Is not the only
-lest 01 1018 Miley of thwe reformatories.
The benefits obtained from the main..
tenance of a certified inebriate,reform-
ntory may be looked far more In re-
moving the pernicious influence of the
WOrSi of drunkards from a town. or from
a Markt, than in the reformation of a
.Mw."
To substantiate this, tho experience
or Greenock is quoted. That town is
.possessed of a certified inebriate re -
&Amatory of sufficient size to deal with
all its most degraded drunken women,
and since its establishment female ap-
rrehensions by the police have &min -
Jelled by 25 per cent, Thus these re-
lermatories should be considered as
,preventative rather than es marative
institutions, and their value estimated
aceordingly.
EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.
Schools Mayo Ikon in Existence Six
Hundred Years.
In metiers pertaining to educatima
Scollend bas always displayed a pro-
gressive spirit, says the OMegow tier-
eld, So far hack as 1100 A. D., echools
were in existence, for there is still ex-
tant a deed of that ,ear transferring
lend foom the Abbot of Dunkeld, son
of Istlaleolm lir., and _it is witnessed by
Iwo other sons of the King, afterwards
Alexander 1, and David I., and tho rea"
tot of the schools at Abernethy. Other
records prove that, about the 001110
period, schools flourished at St, An
-
Mews, Boxburgh, Dunfermline, Perth,
Ayr and Lanark; and doubtless many
°there existed throughout the kingdom,
The Universities of St. Andrews, Glos.
gcw, Aberdeen, and Edinbungh were
reunited in 1411, 1451, 004,, and 1 582
respeelively. event of even greater
attternal importance, however, was the
eeteiblishment in 1097 of a school in
every parish in &enema and to the
Pah(oni13 of the I, year Lour country
00195 10 testing debt of gratitude
Seetlith seats of learning, iodine
those of England, have always been
032e11. to niell and pool, 91110. Nay,
/1101'0, the deserving scholar in neces-
sitous circumstances was encouraged,
for amongst, the royal accounts paid at
the death of Robert Bruee were two
of 20e. each, tho one to it Master Gil-
bert, end the other to David of Mont-
rose, for the purpose ot study; end in
1164, VI was granted by royally to an
Indigent scholar In the town of fled -
&mien. In making educathen oompu32
soey the British Parliament has follow-
ed 376 yentas in the wake of Scotland,
for a &ens enadment of 1404 directed
all Wrens end freeholders, who NY0110
of substance, to put their eldest sons
end heirs to the grammar Schoole, frons
SIX or nine years of ago, evbere they
were lo remain until they were "coin-
potenele founded and had pertite bat -
Ino;" and thereafter (hey were to nttenel
for throe yonra at the aellools of art
Lied law. 'The bal'OnS, Willi the clergy
arid tho conirnissiOners of the Royal
Burghs, 900311111100 the "Three P.S.
kites" of our Parliament, and, tis many
of the barons were al,so hereditary
slidiffs of their districts, and were
thus both makers and administrators
of our statutes, it was fitting that they
should acquire "knOwledge and under.
standing of the laws whereby justice
might, Hunan) throughout the roaln),"--
GletagoW Herald,
If
1019
ti4
it wasn't for the fool aricl his money
of wise guys WOuld starve,
place another Shade to roll Upward and
U2107 feem the window welt a catch pul-
ley In ceiling eighteen Inches leoni the
0011(111(1. The winnow may be Mx/taped
from the lop any distance, ellowing free
passage of air, which gannet 1401,V
d1095117 On the 011110,
11 19 wonderria what an effect a bright
icok or Mile may have on one we med.
11 We only Icriew just how much good it
may do, We sIloulO 111211178 try to curry
smiles about with ue. A waren smile, 0
1001T 01 sympathy, are things that cost
nothing, and we know from experience
how just one may brighten a whole day.
91111110 lois 11/11%1 1 iii0L/1 1)17101" IsivDes19Otus011111)1`011,1141rvtda
thus brighten our own lives.
l'o keep apples througb the winter in
a bared, bore holes in the bottom and
sides of the banal and store on a city
pletform a foot or more high. Where
only a few apples ate available for Mew-
initet:,a
ct 5111(517
yd 3)1
tlimisca
papcc.hercilytutswittett rap.
Uglily protest them against any drying
influence of the atmosphere, They may
then be packed in layers, three or four
CiI.0p, 10 shailow boxes or hampers, and
puma in the coolest available position in
the house or outbuilding.
Many Articles from One Sweater,—
Ti'l*001 a partialiy worn sweater of desir-
able color a pair of leggings may be
made teen the sleeves; a good' tenth
stocking cap, by severing alho double
rOIing caller, unfolding to singl
length, and adding tassel made from
78)11 ot corresponding color; a warm
519151 11171)1 the part below the waist lin
'for it good-sized girl; a chest protector!
and several pairs of small mittens from
fronts and hack above waist line. These
articles would cost twice tho price of the
sweater if bought singly at store.
BEAR Tel—ESE IN MIND.
A piano is a very delicate instrument,
and requires caeeful treatment if its life
is to be a Jong and useful one. A musi-
clan gives our readers the following
hints, which ere worth bearing in mind:
Never leave a. piano in a damp room.
Damp rusts both strings and tuning -
pegs. It also swells the felt on ham -
mem and dampers, eansing tho mechan-
ISTII to inove sluggishly.
Do not place beavy loads of books or
ornaments on top of a piano, otherwise
11 10117 retaliate by emitting discordant
8°uoinds' d
Fusting the case use an old soft
silk raga Rub Ito wood lightly, and in
one direction only. Polishing the keys
with alcohol will keep them clean.
A piece of carnpbor placed inside the
Instrument will ward off the attacks of
meths on the felt.
In placing a piano in a room, the best,
way of finding ha proper position is lo
move it 1212001 1121111 the most, satisfactory
results are obtained. There are no fixed
rules on the subject.
BROOD OF PYTHONS,
Lively Young Family—Mrst Instance 01
Hatching in Captivity.
Mose people know that vipets bring
forth their young alive and that the com-
mon English grass snake deposles its
eggs to be hatched by the heal of de -
(raying matter, says the London Tribune.
Some of the great constricting snakes,
boevover, exercise a certain amount of
me over their eggs, gathering ,them into
O heap and coiling around them MI the
young make their way out or are helped
into the world by the kindly Mons of the
sleletoeffe, s who break away the hardened
A. case of this kind occurred with the
Indian python in the Tower Menagerie
in Tho early part of the lest, century, and
otters 019 on record al the Jardin des
Plantes in Paris, tho Regent's Park Gar-
dens and ata later dale M those at Leip-
sic An incubation which has been tat -
'usually successful is just recorded bone
the Tierpark of Hear August Fockehnann
at. Gooss-Borstel, near Hamburg.
In August last be bought a large re-
ticulated Python from a sailor trading la
the East. Within 18 month she began to
lay eggs, and when one was examined
it was found to contain a partly devel-
oped embryo. As time went on others
were opened, and in this way the pro-
prietor obtained a series of specimens or
yotmg in different stages of develop-
ment. The mother python paid the
gi eatest attention to her eggs, leaving
them only at -night, when sho '129911 1(21'
a thno into the bath.
Tho general results appear to he far
benne than 'have hitherto been obtained.
Al Regent's Park, though it was found
tbat the eggs had teen fertilized, no liv-
ing young were proclueed. At Grose -
Borstal twenty-seven,, young pythons
02)1170 out, and their owner described
them as vett( lively little reptiles, with
north the appeorance of common grass
snakes, mensuring from twenty-two
inches in length and Wing readily at
anything offered to them with sufficient
force to matte an impression on one's
finger.
On NOvember 25 they took food Mr the
first nine—while mice of m pretty good
size. All appear to be ill the best possi-
ble condition, and should ibey iraach
maturity tho Mot of their having been
hatched in confinement will no doubt en -
hence their Agitate considerably, for 1109
rippers to ho the first Instance in which
this particular species has so bred.
MELTED SAFE DOOR.
Skilful Burglars ;Rehired Warehouse at
Marseillee.
Butralars broke into the premises et
MM. Martin & Baume, coMnial traders,
at Marseilles, France, last week and
stole money and 'goods to the value of
$20,000. Most 0111991r booty they took
trent a sale, the deer Of which they
burnt through wth an apparatus giving
en acetylene flame of sufficient heat to
rnT°1111o111c0(5)
rise riaecL.
allsone at Antwerp 're-
eently, \vixen the thieves melted a sate
with a combined oxygen and acetylene
flaTIneho'polices hero belieVe that the Mar-
seilles burglars aro paat-rnaSters Of the
arl, and that p1011510117 991 more than a
dozen possess such e. gas apparatim
for melting safes, One or more of the
burglars May probably have been ein-
ployed at a motor faetory, Where acety.,
1e11e laMps. are in frequent uee. In
arty case, not Oen the finest lock or
the bast Steel safe can resist, Say the
and, acetylene latrirts With blew -nines,
police, if burglere 1511(0 to using oxygen
Safe inentifacturerS havo a now prob.
tem to solve,
NEW BRITISH ACTS, 1908:
SOME IMPORTANT LAWS ARE NOW
IN 0311011,
Rural Laborers May Now Enjoy Ail Lim
Boons of Peasant Proprie,
Westin).
Many important Acts passed by tira
British Parliament hum Mon effect
lately. Chief among these is the multi
h.olding law, giving rural laborers for
the 111111 111110 in sports of years a chance
le cultivate their own lend and enjoy all
the boons of petteant proprietorship, no
oinect of the measure is to stop tile melt
or the people, away from Inc farms. The.
eneneratisin for it is sald to bo great, in
some counties every available acre of
land already having been applied for.
Another important act provides for
the revocation of patents whore 11 0925
ne shown that they injure the trade end
industry of the United Kingdom. It re-
twires alien patentees getting Baste
Patents to work them in this couenry.
The new Benet Act enlarges the pow-
ers of the local authorities in sanitaly;
matters, and in the oontrol of the pee -
r.10.8 food.
WILL OFFICIAL "CAN NEVEn DIE."
The public trustee law ereates an onle
cial with perpetual existence to exe-
cuM wills—a functionary who "can never
dlee, become incapacitated, leave the,
etuntry or prove false to bis truat." 11
is expeated ihat this oMee will bo of'
great benefit to thousands of persons Or
Ihnited means.
Under the now Vaccination Aet the
conscientious objector is relieved of tho.
necessity of appearing before bench.
magistrates to e1111004 -exemption. All he.
has to do Is to sweet' to his conscientioua
exemption before a connnissioner
oaths. The new Criminal Appeal Act
gives persons convicted the uncondition-
al right of appeal as to question,s of law
and also with the leave of tho Court of
Criminal Appeal or on the certificate of
-
the trial judges the right to appeal ee to,
questions of mixed law and fact. The.
Ccurt of Criminal Appeal may set aside
the verdict of a Ony, quash the C011Vie-
lion or very the juelgment or sentence.
FACTORY WORKSHOP ACT.
The amended Factory Workshop Acl.
limits the hours of women working in
laundries to sixty hours a week and pro-
vides for the inspection of manual labor
In charitable and reformatory inatitu-
dons. In the future a court may release,
41 prisoner on probation, furnishing him
with a statement, of the conelitIons which
he must observe while at liberty.
Such arc some of tho liberal measures -
which are expected to affect. British so -
dal life deeply for years to come.
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Young Frenchman Could Not Endure)
tho Odor of Cheese.
Some queer things have been l'espon-
sibic for suicides and attempts at sui-
cides, but it is doubtful If anybody ever
tried to zed himself of life for a stranger
reason than that winch has just led
Pierre Dufresne, a young locksmith in.
Parts, France, to seek a apeedy exie
from this world. For Pierre Dufresne
now lies in a bospital in a critical con-
ditionbecause he preferred death to a
life in which his delicate olfactory or-
jgans were frequently assailed. by 'the
odor of a certain wieldy of cheese of
which his father and mother wore in-
ordinately Mnd.
This cheese is called Marolles. The
11511611 of 11 closely resembles thee or
411111mq:en People who like its Paver
compeomise -with their noses for the
sake of their palates. Pierre's parents
ate oi 11, 511 every dinner, Pierre altvays
protested whon it was brought on the
table and said nasty things about the
tastes of peo,pM who would load their
stomachs with such offensive stuff.
Angry discussions followed. The fa-
ther would bang his ilst on the tahle
and declared that 110 inWnded to keep
on eating that sort of cbeese as long
1511 lm liked it and could afford to pay
for it, and, furthermore, he didn't care
a hong what his son thought of it.
When a big Morellos cheese made iM
appearanoe on the Dufresene table tho
other day there NWIS it more violent
scene than usual. Pierre said thet a
,selforaspectIng pig would not eat such
nauseating stuff. The elder Dufresne
pounded the table and avowed his be-
lief that porcine .progeny were pos-
sessed of truer filial reeling than Pierre.
Mrs. Dufresne stopped eating the cheese
long enough le Worso hee husliandra
opinien. An elder brother joined in
the reproacbas against Pierre.
The young. men rose from nee table
omit declared teat he could endure tho
nisgusting smell of Marolles cheese no
longer. Life *as no longer worth lin-
:Mg if he was to be confronted meth iL
ptery day. Ite fled faram the mom,
laanging tho door behind him. A few
minutes later enother bang was henrd.
It ems a pistol shet, Pierre had fired
a, bullet nt his heart, but his anti was
tad, or his knowledge of anatomy de-
feetive, and thc bullet lodged in Ma
stomach, with Isa 7e91.11.1 )het9t' 11 115
recovers his digestive organs will he
-in a far worse state than if '11,0 had Ole) -
90 steadily on cheese of the
Marolles variety,
SPRAYING PAID FOR POTATOES.
Careful Penile groWeis can no longer
doubt the advantagee 911 Sprayeng lji
blight years; but some doubt whether
the practloe is emendate year otter year.
Tests along thie line have been cen,
United fee five yeara by The experhnent
station al, Geneva, N. Y., and the avi.
(fence presented. Bulletin No, 200 On
ing details of the fifth eve's, MA and
aurnmertee preeedIng years seems
eenelUshre lit favor 01 110 practice, Tho
gain each ytor has been profitable; end
there • is' already muCh More (Ilan
clataigh evens 41 pin over COSt ft) pay
for spraying live years more,
gains, theugli not quite eo wero
Obtained by farmers under testi 951915"fully checked by the staltoli end sty a
1401911 larger nttrnifer of Options Rho
orosrod independently,