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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-5-27, Page 6UPN�ND AND OUIW IktD VISION The Preaoher Makes a Plea for an Ennobling View of Life. Lift up your eye's on high,—Isaiah xi„ 20. Im days when meat are looking in- to earthly things with eegea' and penetrating vision, these words come to us with specialforce and meaning, The man who always looks down cannot aspire; There is e purpose in 'our noble aspiration's. The un- attained beckons us onward,To r 'Tis look. up means to lift up, not what man does which exalts him," gays Browning, "belt what man would do. Our standard will rise higher and higher as we go from strength to strength. Our longings forte)) our destiny,. We mast look down at times to get es, cl'ea'r idea of life's details, but 3f we with to see their proper relation to the great issues of life tido of the lesser to the greater issues of life. Here we findvnspir- mtion for our noblest en'deavoa'•s, This upward and outward vision will often explain the mystery of trouble and the great perplexities of We. It does not require a large object to hide the wide landscape ;from our view if we stand close enough to it, To understated the 'bhiings of to -day we must get a right view of them. We rice them best from above. Paul saw them from the proper perepectivo when he mid; "All things work together for good to them that• love God." How it ens oble's our work when we realize that it is part of WE MUST LOOK UP. If we simply look et our feet, ,how limited becomes our vision! By lifting up our eyes on high, we see the vast aroh that spans the hea- vens. It is then we the with Emer- son "what majestic beauties daily wrap as in their bosom," or with Ruskin study "The mystery ofw i hent mouretain blue, heat th Tennyson the era waves break upon "The cold gray stones," or stand entranced with Newton until the stars rise. Isaiah calls men to look et the stars because man's vision broad- ens as it lengthens. This wider view enables us to understand he ways of God and the proper THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATION:i.L LESSON, NAY 30. Lesson IL Believing and Doing. James 2: 14-26. Golden Text, Janes 2: 20. Introduction.—In the famous nitron deft PLEAFOR CANADIAN NAVY , TUE , DIRECTION OE IIIIJ UNDIuR AIIiI; BRITISH AU MII.IAIJJ Y. D. D. Mann, Esq.,, Viee,I'resillent Canadian Northern Be B., in National Magazine. (Continued.) (Concluded.) The pact that keeps armed yes eels off Inc Great Lalees must never be broken, But the example of the United States in using tee Lakes, even as fax as Delete, the western extremity of Lake Superior, as training grounds for her naval THE GREAT PLAN OF GOD By bringing our loftiest visions to beam upon the practical things of life, we learn to do our best work and bring faith evidences of the divinity within us. Our wank will not be merely for time, but for eternity, In that way we may be- come one of the "immortals.' The great Hebrew poet's sublime conception of man shall yet be rea- lized: "Thou hast made him a lit- tle lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with dory and hon- or. Thou modest him to have do- minion over the works of Thy hands." By lifting up our oyes on high we shall better understand both man and God and learn to ap- preciate mare fully life here and life hereafter. • REV. J. W. ROBERTS. enter into the question which must come first, faith or works. It is perfectly plain that he considers both to be necessary (see also v. 24). So does Paul. There is no contradiction between the two, only a difference of emphasis. DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 1. The Power of Faith. Faith is at the basis of all advance, in science, commerce, government, civilization. It is the drawing of the unseen ideal that allures men from the beaten paths out into new faith, Without , betterways activity would the world of human Y making. a treaty with the United .Stator in reference to Canada, with- out Consulting Canada Canada hat no formai, constitutional locus M negotiations between Great Bet- te/0 fain and the United States, But, in practice, she is et Washington all the time) and we breve lived to see the British Ambassador to the United States paying a visit to Ottawa and teddressing publlo ences in. Canadian cities, COLONIAL. ATTITUDE. It is quite safe to leave open she question ,of whethert a Canadian navy would have to fight in every British quarrel, Inc the double reason that the Foreign Minister and the Cabinet in London are Ina perial statesmen, and Canada is not a C'roen colony; In dealing with foreign affairs generally, the Im- perial cabinet inevitably considers youth, should be followed, The the probable attitude of the over - farther you are from the salt water the less likely are you to appreci- ate the importance of the oceans to the development of your national oomtnerce. The greater is the need, therefore, of utilizing the lakes to show your people that the carriage of ore and wheat in twelve- Uhamber at Whitehall. thousand -tun boats, is not the whole The question of agreement with, extent of your navigable interests. or hostility to the Mother Country In front of the Parliament Build in any international quarrel, could in •s in Toronto is a gun taken in never be governeu by any hard and. b _ I n to fight t in the the Crimean 1Var. At Detroit re (fast compulsion g cently I saw a gunloss Unitecl States cadet ship—it was taken from the Spaniards. We caneut put such an advertisement of modern British naval history on the Lakes; because observant nations have been too wise to collide with Dreadnoughts. But we can find some means of re - seas dominions towards any nm - pending erisis. Anything on such a matter it sloes not know, it ca easily find out, for the telegraph practically places- the council cham- ber of every one of the overseas dominions next door to the Council Mother Country's cause. 11 the Mother Country could nob win the sympathy of her kith and kin in her quarrel that would be a very strong presumption that her quarrel was not worth powder and shot. We are aware that sometimes war bas to be risked secretly, But the risk is not rearing, on the Lakes, what has so great as it seeing, for no Euro - been done un the lawn in Queen's peau powers will risk a serious war Park, and fn other similar places. on some matter about which public Where an out -of -elate gunboat might feeling has not been 'roused. Wars be an irritant, some modern are not made any more in the back Arethusa might speedily prohe parlors of irresponsible autocrats. our naval emergence. Whatever 'With the recent experience o, form, we must have the substance southeastern Europe before us—an of naval training ori the Lakes. Lit- erally, we must teach the young idea to shoot. TRAINING STATIONS. There must also be, of course, training stations on the eastern and western coasts. Halifax and ptely!�4lhr1 T,e Home SEASONABLE RECIPES. To Prepare Pineapple—After cut- ting it into small pieces sprinkle sufficiently with auger, then savor with boiling water, and let grand in a cold plaee for several hours. This forms a delicious syrup, bring- ing out the full flavoa� of the fruit, French Harscradish—To one-half cup of grated horreradi'ah add ono teaspoon of flour, mix with' t little cold water until like a smooth paste, then add enough boiling broth from beef, and boil for. about five mW- utes, until think, Good withbeef, Cream Dre.ss'in,g.-Two table- spoonfuls'of butte's melted, Add flour; work together, a light browei.; stir well with wire whisk; add cup- ful of cream or rieh milk; 'keep smooth,; strain hot over 'tomatoes and toast. Servo as a vegetable. Flenii h Carrots: -Boil 'six or eight large carrots, peel about one dozen ,small onions, cut the carrots in dice the size of unions, and cook together till tender with a sprig of parsley chopped fine. Turn off water and acid a pint of milk and aue-third cup of butter, treason with salt and popper and servo hot. For Whip Oream. - Take the whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Adel pint of rieh,'thick cream (cold), with three tablespoon- fuls of fine white sugar and a tea- spoonful of lemon juice. Mix and whip to a standing froth. May be made with any fruit in season. Tomato Creole,—Cut in 'slices, not too thick, six large tomatoes; place in hutte.re'd baking pan, sprinkle •each slide with finely chop - til dissolved, Take from fire, add one pint of lceaosc�no, then boil live minutes longer. Add quarter al this to half pailful of warm water Wash woodwork theiroughly, wipe dry, rand lastly use good twine. rag to polish with. This is excel. lent, How to Use Tuoks,—Out off the long strips of ttueke which are usu- ally found in the backs of shirt musts.. These make newt trim- ming when sewed upon the collar,. and cuffs of )rouse dresses, sieve toting the little "turn over" sets. These may be also used to throng, then the yokes of nightgowns. a d into' the desmred lengths and placed between strips of inaertioxi whole yokes and oufiet tray be made. is •so hard to Old woodwork that 'keep clecen, can be 'made to look like !new grained wood by first painting it with a cream col'oreci paint to give it a body alike, a when dry go over it with v dark oak varnish stain. With a little: practice it eau be made to look like grained tweet. As the varnirih dries quickly it leaver it .clarlcer inn some places. Any old furniture can be teethed in the same way, How to Wash Quilts;—Dieeolve a bar of white soap in a cupful of water. Run into your bath tub sof- 'ffveient warm water to raver one quilt; mato a good .suds, put in the quilt, and let' soak a few minutes. Do not rub, but use the washboard, top end down, to press or pound out the dirt. Never wring, but with the washboard prece out the water, Risme eseverm•1 times. When you have pressed out as dry as you can, pin the quilt closely on the' line to drain. When thoroughly dry, whip with the caspee beaten. until 'lefty, before removing from the line. This method is especially fine for tied quilts. The bath tub preferred besatese 'a£ shape aix! water' con- venience. cxperionce which, fifty year's ago. ed sweet green a pers one tea - would have resulted in war first and T CCD of chopped Creon, tw'o table - discussion afterwards—we are quite ,s oanfuts of butter in small pieces willing to take our chances of agree- placed on each slice. Season with ment with the Mother Country clash; and paprika; bake in oven 'without a formal contract being en twenty minultea, then lift the to- terqcl into beforehand. And, as we mato •slices on warm rounds of toast, - Rhubarb Cobbler.—Line a dish with rich thick crust ; take so: to race stallos of fresh rhubarb, wash well, but do not 'strip. Cut in ono tvotild be seen that the loyalty o{ itnolr pieces and put en sugar to taste. Stir it slightly and put at the French-Canadian, of the Ameri- in the lined dish. Cover with rich can, of the Galician—of all the one - -black crust and bake a rich brown: time aliens—would be transfused R'lr•en dune break tip the top crust into a loyalty to the Empire which into small pieces and etir into the rhubarb. Place whip cream on tap andserve. Whole Preserved Pineapple. — n Carefully wash the fruit, trim the lower leaves, and trim away most of tlee crown. Cover it. After the should expect that the commanding Esquimalt aro available. 11 ova officers would be selected because Scotia has ideal marine conditions; of their capacity to .command, we British Colombia has, potentially, a should not be afraid to take our great part to play in the Pacific. figlitiug instructions from such In winter the youngsters who had chiefs. When the time carte it spent the summer on the Lakes would be sent. some to the Atlantic, and some to the Pacific, to become masters of navigation by (anises to Europe, to the West Indies, to Australia and Japan. When Cana - of faith "Faith is Inct and dian warships are brought to Cana- oasts the • must be equal with Cana - substance h ed for, 'assurance eid of dian o S things hoped the evidence ! come a ilof Works We 1 the of (attle hips afterrcountries seen 'proving') of things not 2. The necessity g are constantly in danger, even in is Britain, as we have seen the opposite (Heb.e 11: 1), twoseemingly 3 g naming of similar United States ,.stance ofd hope, are set words,thir pwhich cah are the mere expres- vessels after different States of forth: substance and or city and invisibility, or actuality sion of fay*h and belief, and #aih�,e the Linion. The-propogaudast ten - and ut those words into practice, dency of patriotism has been born to other Eng- lish p , c a in the worldin the muchwell as Sot e itas nd idealiu US. a Y les. er Sl ll fish areal g peoples. The question of control—of rela- tion to the Imperial Navy --is not difficult of solution, It may appear difficult to eyes accustomed to the measure of redtape, and to men of little faith in the cementing power 'prove. This development does no of blood. In the first place, we change my views—it only acoentu- shuuld get our instructors from ates them. The chief naval neces- Great Britain. Even those who silty for Canada is still training were not exactly deligbted with the schools for her youth; and the pro - imperial officers' part m the Boer vision of one, two or three battle - war glory in the unnestioned pre- ships would do much to stimulate eminence of the British seaman. the naval spirit of which 1 have We know that, whoever would be written, Bet it should be expressly loaned to us, would realize the diff- stipulated that any vessels so pro- erence between getting our instruct- vided by. Canada would be lent to tors from England, and taking in- the Admu'alty unfit our own crews structions from the same source. are ready to man them. The know - A very little tact, and capacity to ledge that ships were provided in excite enthusiasm would imbue this way would perhaps do more every Canadian cadet a'ncl seaman than anything else to achieve the with the splendid traditions of the creation of a Canadian navy. Navy, and make them feel their Toronto, Marclr, 1909. partnership in it, In peace times, everything would depend on the good sense of all parties to the ar- rangement—which is true of all poli- TO LEGALIZE 1,000 WEDDINGS. tical ententes. The marriages took plate at the DISCIPLINE OF WARFARE. ancient church of St. Peters' Stan- But, as in peace you prepare for tonlow, England, recently of two of war, must not your plans, from the the couples who should have been beginning, be based on the assump- married at St. James', Stantou- tion that, at any moment, the dis- bury, the church which, it was re- cipline of warfare may become iii- Gently discovered, was not register'- perative? Somebody must give cel for marriagesr,s when i7'pvlegali - orders and somebody must obey. serrated fifty oe es ago. To ls which What would Canada do then? How the thoueand are you to avoid the danger that have taken place in the church der - would rise from the virtual inde- ing its existence a special Act of pendonce of the Canadian navyl Parliament will have to be p For does not independence. mean People, from re ared�6ur uridiugs Possible neutrality, and, therefore, districtsg possible hostility? to witness the recent ceremonies. - 1 Admits the apparent anomaly, In order to destroy the overwhelm - and anti there is no needfor alarm. ing odor of olcl oak and d .cayi•ng Happily, against the fears of the stone incense had been bur nt. littlofaitlrs, we have the experience — r—� EASILY VINDICATED, the Centuries. The presence of the Canadiau contingent in South Africa was not surprising to us," We forsaw it, even when Lord Lens- Two Frenchmen bad1 Iquarre, On t clown( was declining colonial aid. and Io g challenged e fixed exed far the duel they and their seconds tramped through the woods to the spob se- lected, on reaching which one of the principals—the, challenger tripped and fell, his His second helped him to feet. much lturt2,r I hope; you are not m said. bis antagonist, i bumped n tl -Y _ at rh-1 "Not rrti c Y and the 'universe is mysterious and incomprehensible that belief, trusting faith, is called for at every turn; and yet that belief must lead to positive deeds, to things that can be seen and handled, or life is fruitless and vain. I. James and His Epistle.— What disciples named 'James are found in the New Testament2 There are three: 1. James the son of Zebedee, sometimes called the Great. He was the brother of John, was very close to Jesus at the crisis of his life, and was the first of the twelve to suffer martyrdom (Acts 12: 2). 2. James the son of Alphaeus, one of the twelve apostles, probably a brother of Matthew, who. also is called the son of Alphaeus. He is usually identified with James the Little (or the Less), and nothing is known of his life. 3. James the brother of our Lord, the author of the Epistle. II. Faith and Work : the Problem Stated. -V.14. How does the pas sage we are to study spring from the preceding parts of the Epistlel James has been speaking of those that take credit to themselves for hearing the law and observing the outward forms of religion, while at the same time they bow down before the rich and scorn the poor. In this passage he goes on to in- sist that all such religion is empty, a mere profession of faith without the deeds that prove it. II1. Faith without Works.— Vs, orks—Vs, 16-17. How dues James illus- trate the emptiness of this formal religion 1 By imagining Christians, men or women, who are destitute of common necessities, food and clothing. They are fellow Chris- tians, with the claims of brother- hood and sisterhood in Christ that should move all church members to help them. And hero comes one of these empty "professors" and graci- ously says, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, but does noth- ing for them. The `depart' is plain- ly from the heart, and thein peace is manifestly cant. IV.—Faith in Works.—Vs. 18-26. What sort of man does James imag- ine coming into the discussions Any man of common sense an the sees the foil of whose y piety, of v. 16, and addresses him. V. The Solution of the Problem.. - V. 26. How does James close the discussirin 2 With a forcible simile: As the body without (literally, "apart from") the spirit is dead, so faith without ("apart from") works is dead also, James does not We need,much as the men of as James's day, to learn that such faith, or, rather, such an expres- sion and pretense of faith, is a dead thing. ..WAS STRENUOUS LOVER. How Williaru the Conqueror Won His Royal Bride. William the Conqueror, when he was only the Duke of Normandy, had fallen in love with the Princess Mathilde of Flanders. She was proud and haughty and had refused the noble lovers who were anxious to win her hand. The wily Nor- man studied her character careful- ly, and when he had napped out his plan of campaign he rode into the town one day when she, at the head of a party, was going from church. He sprang from his horse by e side, boxed her ears soundly, pull- ed her off her steed, rolled her vig- orously in the mud, told her that he loved her, and rode away.. The as- tonished princess was infuriated, and swore all kind's of vengeance. After her rage cooled down, how- ever, she said to her father that, upon reflection, sho had come to the couelusion that the only man who could treat Mathilde of Flan- ders in that manner should he her husband, They were married, and tho union turned out to be one of the happiest marriages in tho his- tory of royalty. is greater than us `all. POSTSCRIPT. 'RIPT. Thr foregoing was written at the suggestion of friends, after some remarks. of mine at a public gather - 4.40. TRIBUTE OF A flATlO +(ONU11fI71YT TO THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA. An Intricate perfoi'mence of Beauty and Restful Charm—Great Monument. '111r, Lewis Ilar•eonrt', First Com- missioner of Works, ennoun lea that a large portion of the :sea p ture for the, Queen Victoria mernori- lel, .in 51. Jarnes' Park, Loudon, England, is completed, and that ler- i'aitgertt�ents have been inad'e to be- gin fixing it as soon es possible. DREADNOUGHT OF STATUES... Th rear ueen's,monument, a9 The g C4 Mr. Brock is executing it in the great oii'aular spaeo created and eautified by the art of Sir Aston Webb, will prove ono great hoino- iienooua work of .art', but, in an- other - 4ense, 1t is many works of art—a vast ar•,tistie framework to include so many works of art that their conception and oxecutian alone might have filled, creditably, half a busy man's working life- • Lime, �' This is to b•ethe "Dreadnought of great monuments; it is to last like Roman aqueducts or well -laid roads of France. Described in de- tail the statue is as follotvs : The principal figure, enthroned with orb and sceptre, has been exe- cuted with a dignity that is allied with deep n-iscluus and a gravity not quite remote from ,sadness. The feeling and art of Mr. -Brock—exe- . cuting as a whole, in the great Queen's monument, an intricate jierforrnance, of beauty and of rest- ful charm :hos grasped and render- ed, in the' central figure, something` of the "awfuinees' of the throne' she inherited, and to which she was "marshalled„ by all :the past and present of her land.. High above the Queen statue towe•rs one of Victory, eighty feet above, and looking down upon the roadway of the Mall. With "Vic- tory" are the attendant and contri- buting figures of TO REMOVE STAINS. Hang a card on the well over the tube with the following directions plainly written : Remove steam of fresh fruits will' boiling water ; cocoa and blood, coli water; grass and machine oil, cold water and soap. P,.ed wine and ink—Warm chlorine water. Varnish and oil paints—Turpen- tene and soap. Iron rust and ink—Weak solution cf oxalic acid (4na tablespoonful to one glass of water). Coal tar or wagon grease —Lard, then soap ; wash alternately with water and turpentine. Boil all dainty white clolths in strong pillow cases. This saves • nd tear. mach wear a TWO-STORY CLOSET) BED. ing in Victoria, before the dim pine es cooled, peel it and weigh it: 'the Brehm Peasant Has a. handy between of the naval situation An equal weight of auger is put in between Great Britain and C,ei. to a deep kettle just large nough Piece of : uriiifirrr. d led t t1 remarkable many sn f e atriotism throughout to contain the pine, with a gill of :i hes recent two-story closed itt bed of any de - burst o out o n r Boil and _kin • eh poured. Bola •_ water to ea i iirrn Got p 'le Do ml 1 L' • rt m ire. tie n P •rel I is aclears ornment, at the time of writing, is until it becomes S p being urged to offer Dreadnoughts their cool his the id inettwenty iii syrup to the Mother Country, a methodp of showing our devotion to Imper- into a glass jar and seal air tight. sal interests which I heartily ap- Spanish Meat Balls.—Mix one with b LIVES WITH HALF:. STOMACH. Surgeons Cut Man's Stomieh Info Sections. Charles H, Dean, a patient at the City Hospital, St. Louis Mo., has only half a stomach, yet lie must cat six times a day or suffer from the pangs of hunger. At each meal, however, he can only eat half the amount of food to which he has been peasant,in man cases the }amainS ' mented a richly car•vr�cl and Dina heirloom, and always highly prized. One day the visitor was express- ing her admiration of a certain pound chopped beef one ea- "lit-clos," 'when madame pulled the tele egg, melt, pepper, .and cfx•n_ sliding panels apart, and revealed meal to melee a stiff mass, then the figure of her husband sleepily shape into little balls and roll in rubbing his eyes and wanting to know what was the matter. She calmly explained to him that the visitor wanted to see the inside of the bed, and then explained to the visitor that her good man had been out fishing since dawn, and was very tired. The visitor begged him to close the panels and go to sleep again, which he iminediately did, but not before she noticed he was furry dressed. It seems that the Breton peasant alivays disappears into the "1st-clos" fully dressed, and al- ways einergea therefrom in the same condition. While her husband slept, madame. enlarged on the advantages of a "lit-olas" in bringing up a family. "I have hail six children," she said, "and when they were little I used to put three in the top story and three in the bottom, then cloth the panels and leave them with an easy mind," A GAS ENGINE WARSHIP. The British Admiralty have made a test of the producer gas engine for naval purposes, which has re- sulted very satisfactorily. An old British gunboat of 715 tons dis- placement was used, and a 500 - horsepower producer gas engine. was installed in place of the steam engine formerly used. The die placed steam) engine weighbd 150 tons, where the gas plant weighed only 04 tons- It was found by actual experiment that fully 50 per cent. of the fuel was saved, the vessel was without vibration or noise, no smokestacks were exposed, and there were a number of other de- cided advantages which commended themselves strongly to the naval ex- porte. The result was that another vessel is being built double the size. There are some problems connected with °Court& the piston and piston rod which require careful study and experimentation before large engines are introdueed. _d. ala rtrtal value of fish a nn the an In J n and other marine products taken from the sea is £10,416,ou0. The man who can't button his coat hasn't clothes enough togo round, eternnieal, lei a deep kettle put a• tablespoonful of butter and one of flour. Adel one onion chopped fine, one chili pepper, ;Cine• pars- ley, • two tomatoes, sliced fine, and salt. Put two quarts of Bolling water on the stove and boil five minutes. Then clrop in the meat balls and boil forty-five. minutes. Red Tomato Jane—Ibis jam is only to be tried to be appreciated. To every pound of ripe tomatoes allow a pound of sugar. Scald the tomatoes and remove the skins. Cut open the fru"e and remove the "rads. Put the fruit and sugar to- gether in a pan and add the juice of two lemons to every throe pounds of fruit and sugar and a small tea- spoonful of ground ginger. Crush the fruit with a wooden epoon and mix the whole well together. Boil slowly tlrre'e )milia, keeping it well stirred and skimmed. We knew it would happen, apper ,}a even accustomed, rwilfrid Laurier waseck- Surgeons recently cut Dan's stem-; ingiten Si)'Sir up his ower v1ews with the plow ash into three sections and removed t that there was not Parliameatiery the middle section because of a proc sien for parttclpatiirg in a cancerous growth. The two outside gnan'ei seven tbnusand miles sections were then sewed together It intuit not be. supposed, though, and the patient is well on the way to that Canada beforehand, will ma recovery. The operation leaves him reservedly pledge herself to fight for with only 45 per cent. of his original Iltitain,. stomach,and consequently his food rrrrshi r idea ling not Net capacity q The lar t 1ci. )I gun tt the. r nose or ns sacrificing , htf than aof attl lesst l eern isor 1 that act V' ca :r ti1 n Y reg c i( '•.irlyd. • ri a i• "Does Isoli her r ni ! tilt , what it originally was, every principle on Monet development thee far hag) ;`Yes, a little.' d! Blood Bas M been founded. If there are Cana- Heaven be praise President has ever . i e advocates of smelt a pledge they been shed, ane) my he ea is inni IVC American Pre d a • ority. No- mated! Give me your, y li1-r m.less min „ than two terms, are, in 't 1 T rt b for more a riend 1 • ni Great Britain � f Ten have been re-elected. body would dream "COURAGE" AND "CON- STANCY." The base of these figures serves as the immediate background to the Queen's statue, also to the groups, Motherhood, Justice and Truth. The marble statue of the Queen is 1877/ feet high. It faces the Palace in London, the Queens official home, and is weir within sound of the murmur of the town which was her county s heart. 1 3 The monument 15 surrounded by a broad, circular walk, a granite platform, free t'u access, and afford- ing, from one or other point of it, what will be the nearest and pee- sibly the best view, not perhaps of tate monument as a whole, but of �i tel constituents — the 1'7.114 it : principal and the '• ate s,.at en's rest Quc. g groups that .symbolize her charac- ter and attributes. SUPPLY OF ARMY HORSES. Not Equal to Demand in England— French and (German Stables. WORTS KNOWING. To mend holes in linoleum on the floor, cut a piece 'of linoleum to cover the hole; lay over the hole and mark with a pencil; cut on line with sharp knife; put in patch and tack around the edges, To open packages of breakfast food and keep boxes in a dust -proof Condition until empty, make en opening. in side of box close to top by forcing a tablespoon through carelhaard and turn flap down- wards. The flap will fit back snug- ly in piece each time package is used. When the seats of old porch chairs or settees are worn out re - trove and get plain linoleum and tack on with brass. tacks, Paine the same color as ohair. This is much more carrifartable fend stands the weather much better than the wooden seats bought at the stows, Hint to Washerwomen. When you're ready to buy a new oil cloth for your table take year old one and out it up for aprane. Have it. whole front of our skirt cover the y coy and make a large hilt on it and you will find when you are through' washing that you will be as dry as' you were before you began. To Wash Grained Woodwork.—• Take half a pail of hot wateradd half pound of soap chips, boil un - The adequate supply of horses for the army, ib would scarcely be denied, is as essential to its effici- ency as men and guns. Yet in this vital particular the British Govern- relent, as in so -many other questions relative to the defence of the coun- try, have utterly failed to realize their responsibilities, says the 'Pall Mall. Gazette. Sir Gilbert Parker is raising the point in one of its important, aspects next week in the House of Commons. Ho has given notice to call the at- tention of the Secretary of State for War to the fact that German agents are extensively buying three- year-old horses suitable for army purposes W England, Ireland and Vi ales. "There is no use disguising the fact," said an expert tleconnoEnglish is horse breeding, rapidly being denuded of its best horses, and the position is becom- ing acute. It is a regulation of the War Oht unfice ouryearld.This that s shat be ll is foreigner's chance. Not only the German's bat practically every Continental country, has agents bent on securing the very pick of the available three -year-olds. They purchase especially young mares, which of course do not return to this country: They are, therefore, reducing both in quality and num- ber thli supply of 'four -year-olds obtainable by the home authoritlea, "The German and French Gov' ernments • realize the value of a plentiful supply. They have their own Government breeding esteb- lishenents and encourage horse breeding by subsidy. I believe France pays something like 300,000 francs a year in this, respect, Then they fake groat care that only good stallions are employed, "The principal causes of ,the alarming scarcity—for I am convinc- ed if war broke to -morrow we have not a sufficient supply for the army— are the unpri+eedented buying of lnunhorses by foreign agents,en tS , the fact that farmers are more and more giving up the breeding of horses, the moralise in mechanical traction, and the heavy demand for horses during the late South Afri- can war,. "