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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-2-13, Page 7CURRENT TOPICS. Sem tedieatems of 4 most hopeful ,ehuraotee exe reportee by way ot Lon elell that tee present day fight against the ravages of eonstuntelort i Lo 'o- .8uRfn violin); forettedical seenee. The -.London authoeties have just published .a yoluadeous tepee on sanitariums for ,earisumplives and other features of the tuberculoses question, Included in this !dootenent are statements from an Am - ;Grine etudent who hes investigated the iconditlens from the aCtiall Stancipoint, Tnldng the statistics of the generation 'between 187L and 1901, he shows that et the beginning of the thiety year Period tho mortality from tuberculosis among men end women was practical- ly the same. At the end of it the (teeth rale among females was 18 per 10,000, 'while that among metes was 27, There has been but little (teethe among males veering Ili unheallhe occupations, but 5Ince 1888 the marked diminution of 'mortality among females has been ap- Parent, this being dee to the improved centillions of the American working ,clesseo between that date and tho end of his period of Investigation. These improvements, ho 'rename, have been ' r far more beneet lo the 'emote element aof the population than to the male. Aside from this suggestion the sta- tistics have much interest as an added testimonial to the work of those who .are pushing the fight against the white plague. ' The report mentioned gives further encouragement in a paragraph wlech declares that there has been a phenomenal deollne M the ravages cf the disease owing to the curative and ereventive measures which have found increasing favor. There has been so pitch printed of late years about tuber - that many people have thought it gaining In power. The facts show tht exact opposite. If the vigorous work d one in recent years is continued the total exthicUon of the malady is a pos. mibility. Powdered milk is the latest stage in the evolution of the milk problem, -which has been pressing for solutlee .since 1830, the beginning of condeesecl milk. Powdered milk Is an invention tot Dr. Ekanberg, a Swedish scientist sind food export. The mill: is first sub- mitted lo straining through a cotton .fitter; its temperature is then reduced lo nearly fleeting point, preparatory to .drying. Pasteurization is carried out if It has not already been done at the ,dairy. The drying Is effected at about bleoe haat, Or 100 degrees ,Fahrenheit. The deyeeg appliance coesists of a re- emiteng eylindrical drum known as the -cesicoui, P. lined with nickel, which ha s lee.; foetid to be the most suitable metallic substance upon which to de- posit the milk, since the other cc:un- reel:eat meals have not sufficient resist - :zinc:, egalest the chemical action of the The fluid is fed into this drum ehrough which is carried simultaneous- ly exhaust steam, which in its passage ;carries all the water in thce milk. The ands of the drum are bowl shaped, whereby tepid and high efficiency to the !evaporalien of the water is obtained, this evaporatton extending to about four-ffiths of the original amount. The evaporatierg efficiency is high, being /rem 800 to 400 pounds an hour per square yard of surface. From .1,700 to 2,100 pints of milk are converted in- to powder every hour. It is then mill- ed like flour and becomes ready for imnaediate use or for storage for an Indefinite period. _4 FOX IN A KITCHEN.- Ileynard Gave Hunter- s and Hounds a Lively Chase in an English Teem Some exciting scenes were witnessed et Stow recently at the meet of the Hey- thorp Hounds, says the London Globe, A fox, on being discovered near Alabolstvood, proceeded to the town, Where it darted through the open door of a photographer's studio. Being driven out:Into the garden, the animal speeng upon the roof of some low buildhiga, thence climbed the roof of a house and, sliding down the opposite slope, leaped into Parlc Street. The fugitive then entered a house at the front, door, but meeting a Ithie" girl half way up Che stairs turned tel and mad.o his way to the kitchen, where cul- inary operations were in progress. . The fax mounted the table and scat- tered the crockery with which it was eeveree, many articles being smashed as they fell. with a clatter on the door. Then, espying an open door, the animal ;Tiede guide, exit into a I/melon. Hounds meanwhile had tracked the fax to the studio, and many were right through the Muse and plotted rip the trail that lel them eventually to the garden ie viltob Ilia fugitive wits hiding, The animol did nob give in without a Melo struggle for exigence, leading hounds a chase over successive garden ' walls before he gave up Ids brush, BURSTING SHELLS. ,"0s a poor Soldier yea are," bam tared LarrY. eehey shined yes say that?" replied 'Daley, in injured tones. "During UV' greet brittle wasnIt 01 where tie shells wor I t "Yea wor ihotl 01 hurr-rud cor coral say yoz got se seared 'e.z \vial into it barn awo stuck yee head Mid an egg crate, Wad!" WE BO )0T STOP P0 Thoughtlessness Is the Cause of Much Unhappiness israsl dells not know; my people (loth not ecusider.--isaials 1„ 3. I suppose more unhappiness and dis- tress are occasioned ta this workaday world by thoughtlessness 1.11;1» weenie deeams of. Take a 1[1101;11,y of the tragedies which tvreolc human the. 11 we were to go back ler enough we would Lind that a litho thought, a M- ite censideraLlon, would have caused ft all to tern out differently ilad the dis- grace, the shame, the bitterness would never have happened. lf we could keep the words 'ffion't be thoegetless" ever before our mind's eye we would be changed men and women, and, as a ITSIAlt, WOUII.1 find this world a very different place to live in. In that last diaurgreement wo had with our neighbors could It not have been avoided by a Mlle thought on otrr peril We would have refrained from (eluding to that old sore or kept silent about that transaction which really WEIS no coneern of ours. No, just as Isaiah said long, long ago, WO del not slop lc think or weigh our speech, hut thoughtlessly, roughly, cruelly spolco the unkind word and se infuriated our neghbor, making him eel' enemy INSTEAD OF OUR FRIEND. How many of us rue thoughlfuet The old excuse, "I didn't know; I illene think." will not imeo the past.. We ought to have known; we ought lo have thought. We will not have the auda- city to offer that excuse whorl ooisland In the presence of the, Murder. Are parenie censIderate of their children? Are ohildren theughtul for their par- ents? Do husbands take info account the feelings of svives? Do wives study the wishes ot 111812 Ituebands1 De men and wottem--teice them as you_ them—over ponder over the duty they owo to their Gorr( 1 arn sure the majority of ue -will wine) as we think of the wrongs and injuries done through our thoughtlessaess. We eave injured that brother, and xiotv there Is no chance ot our over telling hen we aro sorry; that we ditt not alOart what we said. We shudder at the petty enmity we have meted out, to those who were \evicted and burdened with) the heat of the day, Through our ineenstderale neglect to render; it helping hand we have driven back Into deapair other settle trytng to eseepe their UNHAPPY SGIMOUNDINOS, Burl thermelt our lack et attention we have 'realm(' and grieved hearts, in- finitely nobler than our own when, thee have beta. Vying to help us, Ale yes, how easy life weed Lo t we all made up our minds to be rnore thoughtful and considerate. How its friction, its wear arid tear, Its ragged edges would largely disappear. Christ, a short term before. 12 Is death, drew a warvetous plc:lureof the last judgment. IL forms o. stSildng core- mentary upon him weld); of Isaiah. Who aro they that are praieed, and why do they win the -approval of the Judge? They who have been unselfish, considerate, merelful are teal chosen enes, because they hove prentleed that virtue of thoughtfulness whioh goes so for tweet making a new heaven and a new eareit. MY. 01e01101; DOWNING SPARKS'. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEE. 18. Lesson VII. . Sews Heals the Noble- man's Son. Golden Text, John 4. 50. THE LESSON SVOTID STUDIES. 13ased on the text of the Revised Version, Punnet Syneptic netereds.—The turn of JOSIJS. hilt 0011.1ee markhe beginning of thitt thel, tenger :retieHb of his so-called Galilean ministry. All of tee four evangeliste, call attention is this beginning of Christ's public: work in his home province. Matthew and Mark coated these events with the time of the Imprisonment of John the Baptist (Matt. 4. 1217; Mark 1..14, 15). Luke, on the other, hand, passes from the account of Um cleansing of tho tornere immediately following the samo author's aceount of the baptism and temptation, and records; the fact that Jesus let laden and returned into Ga- lilee in tiro following 'words: "And Jesus returned M the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and a fame weoit out Concerning him through rill the regain about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all" (Luke 4. 14, 14). The natrative which follows in our lesson passage is .thus not connected In poMt of Unto with the similar narrative of the healing/ the centurion's eervant. recorded In Malt, 8. 5-13, eel Luke '7. 1-10. The UV° alil'aCleS, though similar in 11111, were clearly separate and distinct. It worth our white to note In this con- nection. the folSowing differences be- tween the two mitetees, 1. The miracle recorded by John was performed by lesue while in the vicinity of Cana; tim heating of the centurion's servant -when he was nearer Capereaurn. e. The hea- ling of tee nobleinares son:, according . John, occurred before J,C911S had made Capernaurn the Centre of his pub- lic ministry; the healing of the cen- turion's servant Stint time afterward. 3 In John's narrative It Is the son of the nobleman; in tho synoptio aura -- live Um servant of a Roman centurion that is healed. 4. The nobleman in our leeson narral!ive IS Insistent in his request that Jesus come -in pereen to his home; the centurion, on the con- trary, feels himself unworthy of etch an honor and modestly refusee-the e- tre' of Jesus to accompany him. Ine mediatele following the events of our lesson narrative oecurred the rejedion of Jesus at. Nazareth, .reeorded in idoe 4. 1840, and his subsequent removal to Gapernaurn, mentlorted in Matt. 4. 13- 18, and Luke 4. W.. Verse 43. After two days ---Probably tho same, two deys mentioned In verse 40, -during welch he had remained atnong. the Samaritans, al their special request, after the incident, al Jacob's Well. Thence ---From Sychar. Into Galilee — As he had original, ly intended whon leaving, Judea (verse 44. :Maus hitneelf teethe:el—As the evangellat Would hordly have preeemed to do .in this connection. IIM otvn eountry--Thore has been wide diffirence ot- opinion termitg ocam. mentatore as to.whether Judea or Gali- lee is here meant. We are Incline:I to accept the conclusions of thoae who think that Judea is l'Ofell'Od toand thet nee \ease gives the reason which Jesus had for departieg from that preview reel ramming to Galilee. Judea was the plaeo of his Write and with Arnie, len, the capital, le a spereal sense every fiebeetV pranhats "0\01 WurftrYi" the place whero his message must he proclaimed befere It ebeld very widely influence the Maims. Prom verSes 2-0 02 this chapter we Infer the the JOW- Ise eulherietes at Jerusalem wero itt- 0cady strongly opposed lo Jesus and much' disturbed by his -evident success emong the common people. 45. The Galileans receivod him — MI Nave the people of Nazareth, who stiorh ly turned against tem (Luke 4. 18-20). John is oontrestieg his cordial recep- tion In many pads of entilee with the hostility shown toward hie mintstty in Judea. The feast—The Passover feast men. tiened In 2, 13, which every orthdoe male Jew waS ie duty bound to attencl, In 'metal practice women alio often ac- companied their Ituebarels and; other male relatives on this great annual pilgrimage to tho capital city tract the temple. 40. A certain nobleman—Not -else. where moratoria:I in the gospel mum lives, Tbe word translated 'nobleman means literally "Iting's officer." Caperneurn—A city of some Import. ance on tho siorthwest elture ot the Sea of Galilee. Its ancient stio is marked by the present Khan Mingele item was stationed a body of Roman soldi. me whose commander at on time built tor the Jews a synagogue (Luke 7. Capornaum was On an iinixirtant cus- 4.0ms station and Um centre of more than lanai bust/lees and truffle. 47. Went unth Cana, some 'twenty or twenly-five nthes distant from Capernaum. 48. Except ye see -tele peonoun rotate Le the Gailleans in gonoral, of wheel the ;nobleman addressed is, to Jesus a representative, Signs awl wonders—The phrase 00 - ..curs nowhere else in this Gospel, al. though it is frequently found uil other Paris of the Now Testament. The apostle John ordinarily does net refer 11 "wonders," perhaps because this word describes the miracles of Jesus r.1,11 HUAI' physical Fade, rather than in referee& to their egitetual slentlfleanee, and with the termer his narrative is ill()ti chiefly cencerned. 49, Chtld—The noun used is In the original s diintrunive bartag iit it e. touch of tenderness. 50. Believed—One of the great words in the fourth Gospel, embodying as it does in a largo rneasuro the great aim ef the writer, at the same itine oompas- ing 'and crystallizing Ma mesSege. We, should note its elightly different shades ef meaning In the different passages as me) proceed in our study of the Ceepet. ;Here the referene.e is to simplo faith Si the power and word of IeS118. 51, Severe-Its—Creek, "bond -see, n 1, that he "slaves." • 52. Regan to ernend---Lit., "lied him. self Lotter," a peouliar Greek idiom es ()erring :nowhere else In The Neeeteesee, mont. M. the seventh hour ---The weed_ "hour," in the original is in the AeCit. edema ease, signifying duralien Tattler than pent ot time. We might, there. fere. immolate "during tiro eevonlit hoer." nue Is, between twelve and one o'clock p.m. Fever—From he word meaning • 2:1, Tlelieved—The nobleman's faith rer- enne.es n stop higlew le a hill Damp!, anon of ;Testis es nth Plooliaed Messiah ten:Imam vense 50 above). 54. 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To Lie ltanged try the ricelc „ and may the Lord have mercy on your sorer l'he men 10 the dock, a yetieg tellow with a pleasant lace and steady blue eyee, listened to the tereiblo words that doomed Met to the gallows with. cut Ilinceeng. lie was very pale, but es mouth wee erns and there was ne faltering In les voice as tie saki quietly, "I run innocent, my Lord. God help reel" "rhen a woman's StPtala rang out pitifully, and the; pewee gave one agonize( lock lowards the crowded gallery as he turned, obed-tent to the leech of a warder's eanal, and wallred out of lee ken of the fellow-mett for evermore. Death WaS to be Ids corn- ponion, for a few deys, end would then culler him as Ils spell et the hazels or Justice. • "MS inn:merit! I know he's innocent! And they're murdering him" That wen the burden of the girls motet day by day as the Min rose and Pet, and at caret setting brought her sweetheart horribly nearer tho hang- man, And with that ew alternated; meeker; "if I wind only see the Queen! If I oould only risk the Queen to spare my Jaok Uli he could Provo his row- oeneet" 21 became the one dominatin.g idea of her brain the an appeal to the eu- guise Lady, who was yet a most ten- der and merciful woman, would save her leveret life. That he would 1)6 proved "not guilty" If only time were granted elm hod no doubt. She Was equally confident teat her entreaties would win a reprieve If only she could have speech with the Queen; but that ivas J.1.11DOSSIble. MN' brother, very eentle 2 Ills sympathy, but remorse - lees in his cormeemeense, bed her so O dozen times, They were only poor folk, and, to tho poor, Royalty are as far off as Heaven. She could not even reach the Queen with a letter, he told her, for letters pass through many hands before they reach the Throne. One oould speak to God direct, hut a Sovereign Need only be addressed through a eecretary. lie knew, too'that there was little to be said for Lhe oondemned man in cold argument, The story of the crime was plain and simple, Rivalry between two men for a woman's love; a quarrel, a fight, wheel the successful setter had nonti the best of. Then, a few days later, the discovery of the other man's deed body, stabbed in the hack; beside the eonpee .a. knife, snored -bo belong to les rival; a eoat, stained with blood, found in the room of the latter. The evidence was eircurestreatial but convincing; the defence, an alibi, with no witness te support it. But the girl's fete never wavered, and always sho mance, "If I could only epee: to the Queerer And always her brether said, "It's ireposeible, my dear, quite im- possible." • One nighl, whenonly a few days re - alerted for her lover to live, the girl woke up from an uneasy sleep in her °hair to find her brother *tent:lin-1m- selo her. lio was oddly excited, and tim hand will) Which ha gripped her simulder trembled. "Mara, my girt," he said, "I'll do it. You shall speak le the Queen-" "Oh, ;how, 71111, how? Will she see me?" "No, Slit% nob soe you, nor yeti her. But you shall speak to here my less, as close es 1( you whispered in her ear, Now, don't ask me anything. Don't breathe a word le anyone. Go kr hod, rind trona now till bo -morrow night think only of what you'll say to thc Otterni \viten you get your chane,e:' She obeyed, and the man eal, down toponder over the details of the dar- ing plan Wet had flashed acoos$ hiS mind an hour before, est he did his ac! custorned work al the electric switch. board en the stage of lite Royal Opera House. • • * It Was about ten o'clock on the Id - Lowing eight, and- the weld tvas how- ling round the chimney Maces aml eveking res.onant ntusio from the net- work of wires that were sup,perted by heavy poste on the roof ole ,house near Covent Garden. Fee an hour a man had been working among these vilkant wires, lietentng to the message of one anti another until he had diseevered what he sought—a wIre that carried a 'burthen or melody very different from the song of the wind. leow his workevas done, anti ho stood it the roof and laid his level on the shoulder of a Wtillalt who knelt beside "It's very nearly Sine, Clara," he saki, "'You're not afraid?" "No, om net afraid, Jim," Anil her wiled was Steady, though every nerve in her body quivered with exeltament, "All right. When I call 'Now,' lift the receiver and spent: on the moment. And put your heart into it," No Mead to tell Me that. As elm clambered agree up tho .posi, she raised to her mouth tr. Mlle open box, and waited with parted lips, • "Netvl" The sharply 'hived word came to her front tho darkness above, and with one ouoklng sob she peered out her soul bit pasetoriate supplication. Rom the posts ;thee° a wire ran east and west, charged with it message of life or death. One erre, new silent arid diSeeribected, ended the stage of the Opera Holtsc. The other, stretching out Inie tho blackness Of the night, caeMeed street, and roof, valley and hill, end river, Ull it clambered up the walls 472 a Royal palace twenty miles away, passed tteroUgh reef anti Got' and ,ing 13 ethd in the Private remiss of the Qtleinu • • There the IIbtio Lady wha ruled 4 niieldy Empire sat in Silence, attend. ee by oftly twe of her ladles. Erich 02 110 three held to her eons ale (11100 listening apparatus of tee eleeiropfrone, end through Um aborm tind the dark- ness came fisom the distant theatre the golden voice of Caruso, As It drew to Is eMemie close and muled in that marvellous note of the lark that melts one's iteert to water, sudden silence cut the melody like a sword. Then, Instead of Um Mar Of applause illstinavely wailed for, came a woman's sob, and following it a rush of dee,perato words: "Oh, my lady, my Queen, have mercy! They're going to hang my darting, my Jack, and ho's thnocent, he's innoeent. tieS Immeent. Don't id them take his life, Your Majesty! Ile's to die In two days, and theee'a no one to plead for him but ram, and I'm only a girl. But you are a wernan, my lady, and you know what it M to lose Ono yOu level, Giy0 him lime le prove hie Innocenee, only a little time. I love him so, I love Teen the voice hence into a wall of exceeding bitterness, end Clara's audi- ence of tho Queen was ended. Far away on the London housetop the inan antong the wires made a rapid wanes - and the listeners in the Palace, as they lost the cry of a woman's heart, heard lee clamorous applause of Cov- ent Garden. • THE SEQUEL, IL was most irregular. IL was most scandalous. The Lord Chamberlain was horrified. Tee managing director of the Elettrephone (I:impale, was in de- spair, and expected nothing less than decapitation. The Queen, »eternity, demanded explanations, and received a technical account of the manner in which a wire could be tapped, and the manner in which this particular wire had been lapped. But the tragedy of the story appealed to heir more than ils'oomedy, and her woman's heart nerved her to a most unusual exercise of the Royal preregative. Without rocemmenclation LIVal Lite flome Secretary, the .prisoner under sentence of death was reprieved en tne eve of the day fixed for his executien, an,1 belfore twelve hours had passed the wisdom of mercy was amply ,proved. For in the small. hours of next morn. ing a wild-eyed man, half -mad with -drink and remorse, forced his way in- k a London police.station and made confession of the crime, and the easy moans by which he had fastened the guilt of it on Ns fellow -lodger, from whose room he had abstracted knife anti ooat. So Jack received the formality of a 'pardon," and Clara before her mar- riage had another and more ,pleasant interview welt the Queen, carrying away with her Um memory of many kind words, and a Royal wedding pre - seat to commem.oratc the message car - clod: by the tphorre to the Throne.— PearsonS Weekly. HE BABIES OF EGYPT THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM AND THEY SELDOM CRY. At an Early Age Begin ,to Make Them- selves Useful—Tend Flocks of Goats at Three Years. There is no race suicide in Egypt. Feom Alexandria to Assuan the coun- try is fined with babies, round faced, solemn tittle tykes, who look out up - en Um world with great eyes that are painted with kola. As in all Oriental countries, children in Egypt are weloomed. The more the merrier, says Leslie's Weekly. Tire wife Is not even eonsidered a true wife until she becomes a mother. BEAUTIFUL BUT DIRTY. Throe characteristics of Egyptian babies impress themselves upon the tourist. 'rhe first as their, beauty; tor, although many of them are blind or nearly so from uncleanliness and oph- thalmia, they are all round faced fled exquisitely modelled, their features are classically beautiful and their color is exactly like bronze. Self-control is tee next most impres- sive feature about these little folic, tor it is a most unusual thing to hear an ;Egyptian baby cay. Noticeable, also, Is these little ones' usefulness. It would lake a very indifferent person indeed to lel to notice the infant tenet's 111E0,0. Not so much in Cairo or in the other large eattlements, bet in the stretches of coUntry.between. othe boat on the Nile or the nm ratt- le:ad ono will see babies of two and a 'half and three years tending flocks if goals, and tota that elm too smelt be make known their wants M intelligible /angle:me seem to be puttering about, assisting in their small way in what, ever task their elder relatives are en. gaged. boys 01301111.11115 N1'%2•o3;ledanrig In Cairo little ere seon In the weaving the old-fashioned hand looms, which require considerable streegth as well 111 skill. Also, in the furniture or turners' shops are small boys, nsing, like fathers, both hands and feet in lho chiseling and turning of table and chair legs, ell of which is done M the 'most primitWo mermen, although the articles look like tho result of SKILLED WORMANSIIIP, With all their earnestness end soleim nil& the young toners arc happy le a degree, and they apparently enjoy themselves as much ns do the children who do nothing but play. . In Luxor ehildren ranging in ago froth 7 to 18 years are .employed In carrying bas. kets of rubbish from the temples in Karntsc, which aro being clonred Of the (accumulation of sand and broken rock burying some of the pillars, and these hildren sing at the top of their voices es they trudge to tind fee with their burdens tilted upon their heads, 011e weilld be inclined to feel eorry 'for them Were it not for the lact, that lila honor of being so employed 10 greatly cevelett by The Children, These children ha Sexier earn flora 2 to 3 Plas tars (15 cents) a day, end out of this ' ;treeing Amount some of them have tsaved up quite a sum, which they bury In sand where no on.o but themselves knows where to Ond It. • Another thing which attrapts file eye of the stranger in SgYPt 1 Illo plarlP40 la which Egyptiazi babies are toted, ea a. Southerner expressed it, They are not cradled in their mothers' arms as 480 the bebles of this eouniry, but they are hoisted upon the &boulders of those carrying them, where they slt estride, Tiny youngsters, scarc,ely old enough 4e sit up straight, are carried about the streets In this novel manner, and they maintaiho theft, seemingly perilous position with absolute fearlessness and without it whimper, Like the children et Cuba, marry of the little Egyptians are entirely netted, and only scantlest clothing is WOrn by any. INDULGENT PARENTS. Although Egyptian parents of the poorer anti middle classes believe in their children being useful, they are still extravagantly indulgent to them in every way, • But, however much chil- dren are caressed and fondled they feel and manifest the most profound respect for their parents. Disobedience to parents is consider. el by the Moslem one of the greatest of sins and clessed among the seven great stns. While ignorance is more in evidence than learning, there are many schools la all the large cities and the majority cf the small ones. The most import- ant branch of education Is that of relig- ion. The first lesson, that 02 1110 "wudoo," o r how to perform the ablutions previ- ous to prayer, and the prayers, or one of them, is genvally taught by tho fa- ther to his son. The girls are seldom taught anything unless they belong to a wealthy or an unusually enlightened family, when a prayer or two and a bit of needlework is censkiered enough edA"nabs atAi°rflf°rahothem. *Is one ,of the most interesting places in Cairo to visit. The children, with the schoolmaster, sit upon the Doer, or the ground, in a Sarni - circle, and each has a tablet of wood, which M painted white and upon whin the lesesens are written. When the latter are learned, they are washed out and REPLACED BY OTHER LESSONS. During the study hours the Arab schools remind one or the CnInese, tor thechildren all study aloud, and as tney chant they rock back end forth lik-e trees in a storm, and this move- ment is continued for an hour or more re a Urne, The schoolmaster rocks Lack and forth also, and altogether the school, presents a mosl novel appear. ance as well as sound. Worshippers In the mosques always move about re- citing the Koran, as this movement is believed to mssisi, the memory. The desics of the Arab schools are cold contrivances of palm sticks, upon which is placed Ole Koran or one of the thirty sections. of IL After learn- i‘iitritnFirelourlao opening mg the alphabet, the boys take up the study of the Koran memorizing entire chapters of It, until the sacred book Is enLre eYratn Illari Aethod is followed In ett the Koran. The eturly begin vs chapter, and from this it skips to the last. The last but two, anel so on in inverted order, end- ing finally with the second chapter. Devine the student's progress it is customary for the schoolmaster to send on the wooden tablet a lesson painted in black and red and green to the fa- ther, who returns it after inspection, with a oouple of plasters upon it. The salaries of schoolmasters are very mea- gre indeed, and in some instances the only payment made is that of clothing and food and a yearly present of a turban and some cloth. WOMEN IN cLERIGAL POSITION'S. Demand liteclIning in London Except in the General Post Office. "For lady clerks there seems le be less demand than formerly," statethe re- port of the employtnent deparenent of Um London Chamber of Commerce deal- ing with the condition of the delete labor market during the closing quarter e t last year, says the London Daily Mall. The manager of an Important London business, on being asked•last night whe- ther ho could give any explanation of the declining popularity of lady clerks noted by the Chamber of Commerce states that els exPerienee was that many lady clerks looked for a great deal of consideration. They expected to be paid as men and to be treated as women. They disliked be- ing taken to task when they did their wee: indifferently and were too fond of appealing; to the chivalry at the mere ffritillitaAaillt14:1:.d had risen of recent years and business naannger thought 1.111rOr standard of attainments re - many of, the lady clerks in the market wee not up to it. He said thet be found that women did tontine work well but showed little or no initiative, and when eet any task which was complicated or w hich Involved much thought they were apt to fail, with a few brilliant excep- ti00018-1' the o' thee hand 11 is worth notice that the general post oMetedymacli:eeitsforsgreat and increasing use of i work involving considerable tespensibtl- ily. Thus the Savings Bank Department al. West Kensington is largely Mailed by women, and its heads have repeatedly 01°1:ntiolly°clinbocarlitnbg' Mo1111,1Prl°tlities1 wall& edriel"- mend a high degree et accuracy. IN DENIAND. Magistrate; ",St) yeti admit having beari eregeged in leaking e,oenterfeit-money?" Prisoner; "Yes, your worship,. Yoe sea, the Supply, of the genuine article is se vory 'rho Burglar (to Mrs. Jen24-92 yeu ventureto say another word, madam, 1,11 shoot," • Mr. jOnea ((asein:tied) el iniy, my good num, how much will you laketo stay here ter' 0 Week?" 11,99,;•41.919.99994PiriP 994ekrii 1 • IlEAL111 DISINFECTANTS, • in the popular misid 4 illsinfectant,, San antiseptic end 4 deederizer aro one anti the same thing; even Littre, who ilvtiar;g Ltaita pghoy, s fairtiteadrido stdOistrilnd:0n 1:etlerraestelut ;Jailer, In his dictionary of tee Froilee substance which destmys bad octet% A deodorizer may nether destroy game nor eveit prevent their growth; an aettseptio prevents their further de- velopment, but does not neoessarily de, stray them; but a disinfectant Must, td justify its title, kill all the germs where it is applied. Nevcrtheles.s, It may nol remove the odor of putrefaetioa, for 11, may havo no destruetive action upon tho already formed. products of bac- tele, mid 111s these tbat one smelts. Tha principal disinfectants used to prevent the spread of an Mb:aloes dia. ease aro corrosive sublimate, carbolic acid, chlOrin, ehiorid of erne, eaustie lime, sulphate of copper, formaldehyde and sulphurous acid, and heat, usually In the form of steam, One or the ether of these Is used, aceordtng to what it Ls desired to disinfect. For the disinfection of a room a gase- ous substance must he used, but to ren- aer Innocuous the discharges of a fever patient, a liquid or a readily soluble solid is necessary. The most generally useful, all-round distrifectant is probab, if formaldehyde, or rather its solution., formailn. This Is volatized tn order to disInMe a re= which bas been oseu. pled by ono with an infectious disease, (Ir the solution Is added to .any discharge which it Is destred to dLsinfect. Sulphurous acid, obtained by burning sulphur, Is also used to disinfect tile siek-rOOMI but it Is regarded with some disfavor, because IL does not act well . 11 the air of ihe room M very dry. • For mixture with the discharges of the patient, World of ltrue Or mato lime, cerrosive sublimate and carbolic acid are used. Copperas—sulphate of iron—is often employed for this pur- pose, hut it Is useless unless the con- tact is to be very long, as when the discharges mixed with the copperas are thrown into a hoM In the polled and buried there. ;Corrosive sublimatesolution is used to wash the woodwork of the mom after; the fumigation., and tho linen used by the patient should be soaked in it be- fore going to the laundry. -Heat is a powerful disinfectant, but it is not very available for domestic use. In the form of superheated steam, ftpofain,Isicthnne:udehlstunsigtioant qourarealottnineg,s waltoincist night be Injured by contact with chemical dIsinfectruats.—Youth's Com. HEALTH IILNTS. Limbs itching from frost should 'e soaked occasionally with a rag soaked in kerosene. It is known by experioneo that frosi can thus be removed. A good way to prevent colds is ta save a pair of summer hose. it it ts raining hard or there is a deep snow to plow through, cut off the stockings' feet, pull over the see° and up over the other stocking, then put on rubbers and you keep dry, 12 3100 have a toothache and want to put tome cotton in your tooth, wind cotton around a nut pick; most people use a toothpick, and the cotton always sticks to the tvood so you can't get it In the tooth. I have tried tho nut pick and it Is much easier to get into cav. ity. Alt' a Cold Cure. --Take a long, deep breath as soon as you go out of doors. Then hold it as long as you .possIbly can. Repeat this several times as you . walk along. You will be surprised the way it wth make your blood eiroulate. Hence a sure preventive, also cure, it faithfully tried, as acold ean be summed up in one word, "stagnation.' Aside from the daily bath, the foot should be bathed at least once a day, This. M a matter of a few minutes and insures neatnes, rest, and comfort. A wenn bath with an ounce of sea salt in it Is about as restful es a nap. Pad. dle 1 il, until it cools, dry with a rough towel, put on frosh stockings, havo a chanFe of shoos, and the woman who was 'ready to deop" will have a "good understanding" In ton minutes. PITCHING IT STRONG. Neither of tee partners had arrived, and the clerks that moaning were in- dulging in their usual bout at gossip.. "Did I telt you chaps, that I was leav- ing?" drawled the languid swell of the staff, whose incompetence was tiS p014 - table as the spender of his lathe.. "Heard you'd got the sack," replied the spectacled cashier, gruffly. "I answered an advertisement yester- day for what looks Eke a flist-clas-s job," resumed the over -dressed one, lg.. toying the remark. "I've &else& ra. thee a strong yen, but you've got to rio that if yeti- want to keep 'up with the Just thee the sentolepartner entered, ene all wrote intently, Within five minutes. the "old man," who lied been. opening "letters, called the last speaker into his room, and tho following dinlegue became plainly au, dilate ie those outside:— "Rave you been itt oilr serviee soVen. yot t'sr "No, etre only fifteen months," "And is yoer 212e50 a week?" "Eli, no sle—$7.50." "And Pre yOu in entire charge of the counting -house" No reply. "And aro yeti leaving us lionize of a difference with the firm regarding the management of our branches?" . Dead silence and a short pause. Then the olei nitint--- "Veu Should bo more earehil iri your statements, sir, Thik Is 4 small World. Tim advertisement Ani ansWored WaS for the Situation yell are leaVitig' on' Salim:lay. That wilt do,"