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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-1-23, Page 6NOTES AND COMMENTS 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. 4441141).1140 Vit'.14441.1r: 11.1,4 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,