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CNRISI LEfI U8. AN EXAA'PLE
A Plea for the Optimistic, Christian
View of Life.
For what is your life,—Tames iv, hours "which we might just as well
14, forget end there are many among
A Latin proverb sage';, "Art is the dark hours which have left be-
long, life .ie short," .But life itself hind a lasting blessing. The most
is an art which must be studied; fruitful and valuable hours, those
There are two schools that teach whieh give meet impetus to the in -
the art of life, the pessimistic and ner life are, as a rule, not the
the optimistic, pleasant hours, of enjoyment and
Pessimists arrive at the Conde- mirth but the rave and serious
Sion that life is hardly worth living, hours, days of woe and nights of
That, however, is not the Ohristian tears., times of struggle and priva-
idea of life. True Christians are tion; the memory of which one
optimists and believe that "a.- would not part with for any price.
things work together for good to
them that love God." THE HOLY SeliwITTURE
In the royal gardens of Potsdam
there is an old sun dial which bears
the inscription: "1 count only the
pleasant hours."One might envy
it for this prerogative that records
none of the dreary hours, but only
. the
SUNNY AND PLEASANT ONES.
There are some persons that have
the faculty of overlooking and for -
'
getting the disagreeable features of
life and noticing only the pleasant
sides. • Such a sunny mind is ter-.
tainly a great blessing and there is
'no reason why every Christian
should not have it. There are hours
of perfect happiness in everybody's.
life—hours which reimburse for
years of suffering and woe, the me-
mory of which many years after
lightens the worn face with happy
smiles. But the pleasantest hours
are not always the mose profitable,
and it is true indeed what is said
in the Nineteenth Psalm, that our
life's•strength is labor and sorrow.
There are many of the pleasantest
calls life a "sowing of treed" and
says : "Whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also, reap," A selfish
life, though it be clean, is without
charm and beauty. A ,sinful and
contaminated life is still worse ---
remorse
remorse and self-accusation make it
a hell on earth,
The only life worth living is the
one of which Christ has left, as an
example, Devoted to the service
of others, full of that all -conquering
lave that is •strong as death, it
brings light and happiness into: dark
?places and bears that sweet and
blessed fruit which is promised to
all. Such a life is neither tiresome
nor ever a cause of regret, but finds
grace before God and man. May we
all try to master this wonderful art
and life will become- more content,
more interesting, more productive
of good from day to day until at
last it becomes a sweet, harmoni-
ous song to the glory of life's Cre-
ator.
ERNST A. TAPPERT.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JUNE 6.
Lesson Y. The Power of the Ton -
gee. Golden 'text, Prov. 21: 23.
Introduction—What is the im-
portance of the theme of our les-
son? Philosophers have striven to
discover what faculty moat clearly
separates man from the brute; as,
that man is the only animal that
laughs, or the only animal that
cooks, or the only animal that
stands upright. Most thinkers, how-
ever, agree that the power of
speech, with all that has grown out
of it, is .the clearest and most im-
portant distinction of mankind,
and the surest indication of the
superiority that God has conferred
upon the human race. The passage
we aro to study is one of the finest
in the Bible, and is the crown of all
writings upon the subject.
I. The Ideal of Speech. Vs. 1,.
2a, Why did James urge his read-
ers not to be many masters (teach-
ers, as in "schoolmasters")? 1. Be-
cause the young church met that
danger continually ,see Acts 15: 24;,
1 Cor. 1: 12; 14: 26; Gal. 2: 12).
In the Jewish church the function
of .the rabbi wan jealously guarded,
but t a liberty of prophesying
(teaching) in Christianity was liable
to become license. And "the more
the idea prevailed that faith, with-
out correspondleg obedience, was
all that is needful, the more men
would eagerly press forward to
teach," This thought joins our
present lesson with the Last.
II. The Tongue as a Rudder.—
Vs. 2b -5a. To illustrate perfect
speech, to what does James compare
the tongue? To a horse's bit or
bridle, which, though small, turns
and governs the whole body of the
great animal; and, similarly, to a
ship's helm or rudder, which,
though not so small in comparison
with the great ship, and so weak
in comparison with the fierce winds,
yet Turns the ship, in the face of
the winds, whithersoever the gover-
nor (r. v. "steersman") listeth
(r, v. "willeth"). Even so (like the
brittle and the rudder) the tongue
is a little member, and boasteth
great things, "vaunts great words,
which bring about great acts of
mischief. —Alford.
III. The Tongue as a Flame,—
Vs. 5b, 6, What is the next com-
parison used by James? "The
firesti sprung tl orld from thotlnri es it—is of five iniinenees of the atmosphere,
Gehenna. It is a little fire Che tube whistlers have either two,
eye; but a little fire can kito the three, or a n' five folies. 1n .some anasi
great forest, So the tongue can
ruin the whole body—nay, the whole
life, in its revolving course from
the cradle to the grave." The
course of nature is literaily the
wheel of birth, the wheel of exist.
once set revolving at birth. It is
less likely that James had in mind
a potter'a wheel, whose work is
spoilee by an untemperecl heat;
and still less likely that he meant
obis terraria% the Circle of the
earth. Ilow great a matter is lit-
erally how much- wood, or how
great a ferest, . The tongue is called
rt world of iniquity because "all
kinds of oil that tyle in the world
are exhibited there in miniature."
IV. The Tongue as a Wild
Beast.—Vs. 7,8.. What is James's
next comparison of the tongue? To
an untamed beast; all other living
things have been mastered by
mankind—the four divisions of
animals according to James's
rough zoology, namely, quadrupeds,
birds, reptiles, and fishes But the
tongue is an exception. No man
can tame it; only'God, who made
it can keep it under control. It is
an unruly (restless) evil, full of
deadly poison, and so to be classed
with the animals most hated and
feared, the serpents.
V. Inconsistencies of Speech.—
Vs.
peech—Vs. 9-12. Why does James drop
comparisons when he comes to his
last point? Because there aro no
comparisons in nature to man's
inconsistency in speech—only con-
trasts. Fountains do not send out
of the same orifice now fresh water
and now salt water. Fig -trees do
not bear figs at onetime and at
another time olives. Vines do not
yield grapes in one season and figs
in another, The constancy of nature
was as well known in James's day
as in ours. But the tongue is
sadly different! Out of the same
mouth proceedeth blessing and
cursing !
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PIGOEN-WHISTLE CONCERTS.
Enjoy Aerial Music While Sitting in
One's Room.
A traveller in Eastern lands tells
us the following story of the Chi-
nese and their most unique pigeon -
w his ties.
One of the most curious expres-
sions of emotional life in China is
the application of 'whistles to a
flock of pigeons. These whistles;
very light, weighing hardly a, few
grammes, are attached to the tails
of young pigeons soon after their
birth, by means of a fine- copper
wire, so that when :the birds fly
the wind will. blow through the
whistles and set them vibrating,
thus produeing an open-air concert,
for the instruments in one and the
,same flock aro all tuned different-
ly. On a serene clay in Peking,
where these instruments are manu-
factured with great cleverness and
ingenuity, it is possible to enjoy
this aerial music while .sitting rn
oak's room.
There are two distinct Types of
u hi.stles—those consisting of bam-
boo tubes placed side by side, and
a type placed on the principle of
tubes attached to a gourd body or
wind °.hest, They ase lacquered in
yellow, brown, red, and black to
protect the material from degree
mens the five tubes are made of
ex -horn instead of bamboo, Tlr:e
gourcl whistles are furnished with
a mouthpiece, and small apertures,
tothe number of two, three, six,
tem and even thirteen. Certain
among them have besides a num-
ber of bamboo tubes, some on the
principal mouthpiece, some ar-
ranged around it, These varieties
are distinguished be different
names.Thus xs a whistle with one
mouthpiece and ten tubes is called
''tire eleven -eyed • one."
The bunter e£ courtesy should be
thickly spread upon the bread of
ineependence,
TRAMPED ACROSS AFRICA
JOHN CRESWICK WAL1i.Iif1
1,500 b111:1413.
Forger Sentenced in -Rhodesia to
Penal Servitude Escaped
Front a Train.
Adventures as thrilling ea those
of the prisoner who escaped from
Devil's isle ended recently in John
Creswick, an alert, determined
looking man of forty, appearing in
the nook at Bow: street, London.
Oreswtck was sentenced to six
years' penal servitude in Rhodesia
for forgery and was placed on a
train at Uwolo for removal to Sal-
isbury. He was guarded by a num-
ber of men, his ankles were 'man-
acled, and it seemed impossible
that he could escape,
During the early hours of the
morning he eluded his guards and
reached the back of the train. The
train was travelling at a rate of
twenty miles an hour at the time,
but, without hesitating, he jumped
off, and landed uninjured on the
rough track.
ties disappearance was not dis-
covered for some time, and although
his movements were impeded by his
chained ankles, he was able to
reach a place of safety.
His first necessity was to rid him-
self' of his irons. This he .accom-
pp fished, after many attempts? by
breaking the steel rivets with pieces
of rock.
Even then his plight was little
better, for he was in imminent dan-
ger of dying from hunger or being
killed by lions. By an extraordin-
ary chance he met a friend, who
gave him a rifle and ammunition.
and lent him some money.
FIVE MONTHS' TRAMP.
Croswick decided that his best
chance of escape was to reach the
port of Boma, in the Congo Free
State, and he set out on a 1,500
miles' walk across Africe. For five
long months he ,tramped through'
the heart of the continent, living
on animals and birds he killed with
his gun.
At times he was on the verge of
starvation, he underwent many
privations, and his escapes from
death were countless, but at length
he reached Boma. Here he ex-
changed what was left of his prison
dress for a pair of grey trousers,
a striped jacket, and a cricket
shirt, and booked his passage by a
steamer to Antwerp.
From Antwerp he travelled to
London, where he thought it was
impossible that he could be recog-
nized. He was walking in Leman -
street. Whitechapel,when he was
stopped by Detective Inspector
Belcher.
I believe you are John Ores -
wick," the inspector stated, "and
that you escaped from custody in
Rhodesia."
"Oh, no," Creswick-replied.
"The man I want has the Prince
of Wales' feathers tattooed on his
arm," said the inspector. "Let me
look at yours."
"You are right," Creswick ad-
mitted. "I am the man."
After his arrest he told the whole
story of his adventures. He was re-
manded in order that the authori-
ties might decide how they Will
deal with him.
SENTENCE STRMONS.
Love never has to advertise fox
a job.
Saints are never seen by search-
ing in mirrors.
Faith never travels far when it
:forgets the facts.
No man knows truth who wants
to patent it.
The way to be faithful to truth
is to follow it.
Every gift is measured by its real
cost to the giver.
Riches become dangerous only
when rooted in our affections.
The greatest verities are found
by loyalty to small truths,
The baggage ear does not go
through on the heavenly train,
A good deal of public generosity
hides a lot of private meanness.
The large hearted elway's see
large qualities in their friends.
Whatever is given by the hand
is more than gained by the heart.
The only way to fill the harves-
ter's wagon is to empty the sower's
bag.
Every man's view of this world is
better for his being blind to some
of it.
It often happens that the punish-
ment we think is remitted is only
ripening.
It takes mote than Sunday
dreams of heaven to make a heaven-
lJ y week.
- Some people have a way of pray
ing for others that makes them pre-
fer cursing.
The meek who inherit the earth
do not get their title to it by crawl-
ing in the dust.
• Some seem to think the best evi-
<enee of being the salt of the earth
ie ability to maks folks smart.
The most popular religious delu-
sion of our day is that disonssing
duties is the same thing as doing
them,
NEVER
Adam had one thing to be thank -
el for. He never had to weed his
pa's onion beds when the other
boys were going fishing.
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MISOELLANEOUS RECIPES.
Mock Terrapin. -One cup veal out
in dice shape, one cup cream or
rich milk, one hard boiled egg cut
in small pieces, one tablespoon but- To overcast sleeves into place in-
ter. Put all together in a stow pan, stead of basting them before stitch -
season with salt and pepper to ing. This finishes off the soar and
taste, beat to boiling point, and eliminates the withdrawal of last -
thicken with one teaspoon of corm ing threads at the same time,
starch dissolved iii milk. Serve on In packing white lace orwhitehot buttered toast, silk waists or fine laces, if you wish
Noodles, -Beat four eggs add. a them to remain perfectly whttn
pinch of salt and enough /lour to wrap in liglttblue cheesecloth or
?rake a stiff batter. Then roll out tissue paper and place in a box.
thin and'let dry for two hours, I have kept a white silk dress in
Then cut in small, narrow strips, this way for sixteen years.
Put in dish and cover with boiling To sew all buttons on garments
salt water and let boil for ten just far enough apart to allow an
minutes. After draining put in iron to slip between readily except
a spider, add a heaping teaspoon- where close set buttons are re-
ful of butter, and fry for a few quired for particular reasons, This
minutes. Serve at once, width usually looks well and the
Sour Cream Cabbage,—Shred half appearance of the ironed article
small firm head of cabbage; punt in is greatly improved.
kettle with cold water to cover; To use only light brown or white
add salt to season; boil until ten- paper to clean the iron on ironing
der; drain off water; add half' a day if the eyes have the least ten_
cup of sour cream and four table- deem. to weakness. The ink used
spoons of vinegar. „et it boil up in printing newspapers and maga-
once before serving. It will take a tines when rubbed with the hot
delicate pink ' and is extremely irons rises in a sort of poisonous
palatable. vapor, irritating the eyes greatly in
Fried Stuffffed Eggs. Fried stuff- many instances.
ed eggs make a delicious luncheon When an article becomes scorched
dish. Boil the eggs for twelve in ironing lay in over a plate or
minutes and then drop them into platter and moisten the scorched
cold water and remove the shells spot with a jellylike mixture of
without breaking the whites. Cut soap, starch, and water. Place a
the eggs in two through the middle, piece of glass over all and lay in
take out the yolks, and mix them the sun. Remoisten as often as
with minced ham and chicken, or necessary until the stain is re-
any savory meat on hand. Season moved.
to taste, add with salt and pepper Cut up old newsp spers into sheets
the uncooked yolk of an eggs, a few about eight by ten inches until you
bread crumbs, and a little butter. have a package about an inch thick.
Minced parsley and a soupcon of Drive a nail through this and tack
onion juice add to their flavor. up in an inconspicious place near
Then put the eggs together again, the kitchen sink. Use these sheets
pressing tho sides tight; they to wipe out greasy dishes before
should not be filled so full as to washing, to wipe the greasy rim
prevent this, and roll the eggs of the uishpan, and to catch many
first in the white of egg and then scraps which would often soil table
in bread crumbs, repeating the or sink,
process if the surface is not well Some vases are made of such or-
covered. Fry in a basket in deep ous material that it is impossible
fat and serve with tomato sauce to use them as flower receptacles
and celery or parsley as a garnish. without the moisture spreading to
Green Pepper Stuffed With Corn. the stand or table upon which. they
—Cut around stem end of pepper are placed. If a little varnish brush
about three-fourths around, leav can be used the inside may be yarn-
ing other fourth as hinge, forming ished well, but in some instances
a lid. Put peppers in cold water the openings are too small to permit
sufficient to cover and bring to a any such work. In such cases
boil. Drain,_ cover with freshly pour the varnish inside and shake
boiling water, and cook slowly un- it all around until the sides are
til tender. Dram again, salt light- thickly coated. The extra varnish
ly, and allow to cool. Allow two can then be poured out and the
tablesnoons of butter to become hot rim wiped before it has time to
in frying pan,, add three cups corn, harden thereon.
three tablespoons boiling water in That a button tied to the end of
which is dissolved one teaspoon beef a string and let down intee a bottle
extract. Cook five minutes; add into which a cork has slipped can
half cup cream, one teaspoon salt, usually be made to bring the re -
half teaspoon pepper. Cook slowly fractory cork within reach. Also
until quite thick. Cool and fill that when sealing up bottles of
peppers. Fasten down lids of pep- fruit juices, etc,, it is a good plan
pers and place in buttered baking to first lay two pieces of clean,
dish. Melt one tablespoon of but- freshly boiled tape across the mouth
ter in half cup boiling water, add of the bottle, crossing them in the
add one teaspoon of beef extracts center. When the cork is pushed
Pour over peppers and bake for in .and sealed up the ends remain
twenty-five minutes. Delicious when on the outside, and will be a de-
served with fish. cicled t%icl in uncorking the bottle
when it is desired to do so, for all
that will be necesseey it to break
the wax from the edge and pull
on the tape ends.
Spice Cake from Bread Dough..
'.pwo cups bread dough, two cups
eugarone cup butter, four eggs,
one teaspoon cinnamon, one tea. .
apoonl
cloves, one teaspoon :all spice,
one small teaspoon soda dissolved
in water, one pound raisins well
figured; cream butter and sugar';
add beaten yolks of eggs; add
spices; mix with bread dough;
add raisins; add wall beaten whites
of eggs; then soda; bake in very
slow oven one hour and a hall.
WORTH KNOWING.
PIES AND CAKES.
Cocoanut Pie.—Beat the yolks of
three eggs, add one tablespoon of
flour, two tablespoons of sugar,
one-half cup cocoanut, two cups
milk. Put this in an uncooked
crust and bake till set, then beat
the whites o.f eggs with two table-
spoons sugar, and brown in oven.
Walnut Pie.—The yolks of three
eggs, one cup sugar, ane cup milk,
and one tablespoon flour, Boil to-
eeether until thick. Let cool, and
then add ono cu- cho-red walnuts
and flavor with lepton extract. Use
whites of eggs for top. Cocoanut
may be used in place of walnuts,
or good without dither.
Banbury Tart.—One cup raisins,
one eup sugar, one egg, one crack-
er, juice and riled of one lemon.
Roll pastry as thin as for pies and
cut in squares or rounds, three or
four inches in diameter. Put two
teaspoons mixture on ono -half of
round. Brush the edges together
with cold water and fold over, A GOLDEN BOOB;.
pressing tight. Bake in a hot oven.
Lemon Nut Cake.—One and one-
half cups of sugar, one-half cup of
butter, whites of two eggs, one-half
cup of chopped walnuts grated
rind of one-half of It lepton (just the
yellow the rind,one cup of sweet
mill:, two teaspoons of baking pow-
der, flour enough to make a thick
batter. Cream butter and sugar
together, add whites of eggs Otto
at a time, milk, end baking powder,
sifted in the flour. Frosting:
White of one egg beaten stiff, with
the juice ofone-half -
tie e half of a lemon
and powderod sugar; make tbiok
enough to spread with knife,
spread on cake when cool, and
Winkle with chopped walnuts.
BREAD BAKING.
BOTH TAINTED.
"You are in the employ of that
millionaire up on the hill, aren't
you l" snapped the sharp -faced wo-
man who ran the butter and egg
shop.
"Yes, ma'm," responded the man
in the white apron "and I want
two pounds of butter for my
master's table. He said he'd send
to town after it, only the roads aro
so bad."
"He did, eh 1 Well, we are. not
particular about his trade. Did
you tell him 1 said iris money was
tainted 1"
"Indeed I did."
"And what did he say 1•'
"Said so was your blamed old
butter."
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Hint for Bread Baking.—After
putting light bread in the oven to
bake, to make it rise even turn the
pans before the bread begins to
brown, th loaves will rise the same
on each side.
Light Biscuits,—To each quart of
The most valuable work in ex-
istence is said to be a copy of the
Koran, now treasured in the Mo-
hammedan city of Ispnan-Ruza,
Persia. The covers, 91,tin. by 4in.,
are of solid gold, egin. thick, while
precious s stop s
e set in symbolic de-
signs figure in the mitre and at each
of the corners. The book is written
upon parchment, and this part of
the work alone is valued at 350,000.
SEE S 1
And yet, figuring it in any way
you want to, what every woman
knows isn't much as compared with
what nearly every man owes:
NOTHING NEW.
"I'u, introducing a brand new in-
vention—a combined talking ma-
chine., carpet sweeper and letter
oponer, said the agent, stepping
briskly into an office,
wheal flour add one-half cut, of "Got one 111 early," answered the
graham flour. This makes cloltght- proprietor, "I'm tna.rried.
ful hiscnits and art nmeli more
healthful, as the graham flour does 1TNOLE SILAS SAID:
.1.----.
not lis heave on the slomeeh as "A soft answer turneth away
the white flour done, • More gra wrath, but it won't a fresh book
ham may be added if desired: agent nor bill eolleetor,"
tlOW TO GET ON IN CANADA
NEWCOMER MUST 'TAKE RI
PART IN PRODUCTION,
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No Plaee ig.,Canada for Square Man
in Round Hole, Says John
Saunders, •
John Saunders, an English im-
migrant, Writing to the London'
Standard on Canada's call for set-
tlers, says that Canada, like every
other progressive State on the face
of the earth, bas not a single vac-
ancy for "the square moan in the
round hole." In spite of that, he
comes, encouraged by agencies
which do not take account of the
man's fitness or unsuitability for
changed conditions, Broadly speak-
ing, the success of the man or wo-
man of natural adaptability and
tact is assured beyond all doubt
in this country, It does not fol-
low here, any more that it does
elsewhere, that because a man has
been a cobbler all his life he can-
not farni successfully. The writer
knows, among a few score cases of
"euccessful transplantation," that
of an Englishman in Saskatchewan
who, with his wife, daughter, and
two sons, has scored one of the best
records in home-building and crop -
raising in that wonderful prolific
Province, and whose only practical
knowledge of farming lay in handl-
ing the draft -horses employed in his
business of a suburban laundry in
England before he came West, leas
than five years ago.
A TYPE NOT WANTED.
The man who is not wanted in
Canada is the cobbler or "candle-
stick makers" who cannot, or will
not, turn his band to anything else.
The cities at the present moment
are inundated with that type of
"settler." He is the fellow who
comes out with no aptitude What•
ever except for "his own job," and
because he finds there are "no
hands wanted" goes home, or writes
his wail and complaint.
On the other hand, not a single
man or woman of good character
need hesitate to come out to Can-
ada with the purpose of taking a
share in the cultivation of some
part of its productive possibilities.
Whether he or she is possessed of
capital or not is a matter of second-
ary consequence, but to be perfect-
ly frank, for some time to come at
least, it is needful that the immi-
grant who is to be of real and per-
manent use to himself as well as the
state must produce. The writer
has indicated in what way. In
market gardening, gram growing,
or iu the breeding of stock, the
chances are the very best that any
territory on the earth can offer to-
day. With the slightest possible
qualifications, Canada's one source
of wealth is the land, and it is by
the cultivation of the still fallow
lands that cities will grow and com-
mercial enterprises will be fed, as
has been the case with the great
Republic to the south.
READY TO ASSIST.
Not one, but scores of business
houses in Winnipeg and at other
points in the West are perpared to
assist intending settlers of the
right type to the very last point
that does not compromise their in-
dependence. The "right type" in
indicated by the words Integrity.
Industry, Thrift. There are scores
of thousanus of English men and
women who can respond to all these,
and who to -day are eagerly seeking
for a better return for their labor
than they can possibly obtain in the
growing congestion of things at
home. They have all the elements
of success within themselves. They
may bo possessed of a little capi-
tal, but they don't know just how
far that capital will go in estab-
lishing themselves in Canada. Some
of them may have farmed independ-
ently in a small way, or have been
employed as farm hands all them
days; they are making a living, and
possibly saving a little,, but they I
fear to risk an assured position at
home and lake their chances abroad,
INFORMATION FOR SETTLERS.
Tli ire is a regularly organized
Development and .industrial Bureau
in Winnipeg, witu a Commissioner
in charge for the exclusive pur-
pose of collecting and supplying ex-
act information as to the industrial
and commercial conditions of the
city and the surrounding market,
and to whom any inquires may be
sent, with the certainty of eliciting
facts, whatever the -inquirer may
care to male of diem. He will also
direct the homeseeker or prospec-
tive settler so far as that may lie in
his province.
ENGAGED ON THE SPOT,
Applicant—"I'm a teary experi=
enced barber, and I should like to
get a. berth in your shop if sent have
a vacancy."
Master Barber—"You 1 You'ti
never do at all with that bald ]read.
A customer would laugh if you
asked lrini to buy a bottle of our
celebrated Magic Hair Restorer."
Applicant—"Aye, but I'd bre the
man that uaed the •hair s'estorci'
that Jinx sells in the shop toned
the .corner,"
Master Barber—"I never thought
of 'that; yen 000 start work at
Mee,"
ar
Wotnon argue with titter disre-
gard as to the accuracy of their
statements,
FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS 1gy liA1•L PROM IRE*
LAND'S SflORi;S,
lappenings iu the Ensois•-a l Isle 01
interest to Irish-
men.
Out of 240 deethe in the town of
Wexford last yearn•, every fifth one
was due to tuberoulosih::
There are several Neweastles in
the United Kingdom, but only ono
Newcastle, County 1/own.
The aleath aoourred recently sit
C1onakilty.Workhouse of Cornelius
Itialiony, a native of Shannon: Vale,
in his 101st year.
J'loode recently prevailed at Fere'
bane, 13ahlycumber and Banagh:er,
where the Shannon overflowe.d its
banks for miles,
Owing to the recent heavy rain-
fall there were great floods in
Kung's County, The land around
Tullamore was a veritable lake.
Recently in Maty street, Dublin:
a live eel 3 feet long, which had
been released from the water pipe,
was •seen flopping about the street.
So great is the amount of dis-
tress prevailing in Dublin that the
Lord Mayor has conceded a public
meeting to discuss the lack of em-
ployment,
Dr. Edward Heyns, for 41 years
Medical Officer of Ballyvaughan dis-
pensary district and the Work-
house, has resigned hie position, on
account of advanced age.
Jahn Purcell and Luke Fagan,
who were evicted from their farms
on the Blakeney estate at Fuerty,
some years ago, have been given
farms by the Estates Commission-
ers.
The damage done by a Belfast
ere is estimated at something like
81,000,000. It began in the bonded
stores, in Dunbar street, of the
Messrs. McConnell, whiskey dis-
tillers.
The Congested Districts Board
have purchased the interest from
Mr. Thos. Smyth of some Go acres
of inland farm adjoining the vil-
lage of Brosna. It will bre divided
into plots.
The Local Government Board
have sanctioned the issue of a loan
of 81,125 to Donegal Guardian for
the purpose of enlarging the infirm-
ary and providing a shelter for con-
sumptives.
Through the gift of Andrew Car -
f negie, three public libraries have
lbeen established in Belfast. One
ir; situated in the Falls Road, an-
other in Old Park Road, and the
third in Donegal Rued.
The belly of an old age pension-
er named Mark Conary was found
at Drung, near Cavan, under suspi-
cious circumstances, two gunshot
wounds being discovered. An ar-
rest has been made.
About seventy-five meal have: been
laid off from Kynoch's factory in
Arklow, and the probability of a
large number of others laid off is
giving much concern to the towns-
people.
Nearly one hundred men recently .
visited the farm of Mrs. Sarah
Prior, Stroke, one of the evicted
tenants, who was a few weeks ago.
reinstated and in a short time pre-
pared her land for tillage.
The Countess of Aberdeen an
April 14 laid the foundation stone
of the first county consumptive.
sanatorium in Ireland, provided by
the Joint Hospital Board of County
Cork. The site is at Stream Hill,
near Doneraill.
IS 660TH A N NIVERSARY,
First Steeple Clock Set up in
Milan in 1309.
In this age of centenaries, this
year, according to a French con-
temporary, marks the six hundredth
anniversary of the setting up of the
first steeple clock. It is claimed
that the honor belongs to Milan,
and it was in that city, in the year
1309, that the venerable sun dial
of the campanile of Saint Eustare
gave place to the clock. Dante on
more titan one occasion refers to 16,
and the horologe is said to have in
spired other ports with themes for
vorsidoat:io
The claimn, of Milan of having the
first steeple clock is not an estab-
lished fact—that is, if the date of
its installation be 1309; for the late
Lord Grin-M.:ape, no mean autltor-
ity on horology, states that a clock
was put up m a former tower at
Westminster with some great bells
in 1288. out of a fine imposed on a
corrupt ehief justice, and the motto,
"Discitc jnstitiain, moniti." The
bells were sold, or rather, it is said,
gambled away by Henry VIII, In c
1192 a clock is mentioned in Canter-
bury cathedral as costing £30,
There is also a elock to Dover Castle •
with the date 1348. Lord Grim-
thtope adds that it is much like our
common Blocks of the eighteenth
century, except that it has a vib•
rstug balance, but no spring, in-
stead of a pendulum, for pendulums
were not invented for three eon -
Curies after that date. --London
Globe,
l� t)ttl•FLI.l514Tl�TG,
Women are foto'-fluslilttrs, tori.
Many a time a woman says "pass
the Dream, plilease,' when elect knows
well that there's nothie
in the pitcher, mighty thein milk fiat
that.