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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-6-17, Page 2F NOTES AND COMAI.ENTS any on who visits e lunatic asy- lum for e, few hours where he hears e z desperate shrieking, inlaginea 1 has .come to a place of suffering. But after remaining there for some little time be agrees that only there can bo met a type a happiness ao prolonged anti so complete es to offer the key to the condition of joy that is so extremely fleeting in normal beings, writes Prof, Cesare Lombroao, The idiot first beasts of his phyaioal qualities and eapabili- ties, his excellent singing, his euor motes weight, his chest of steel, his speed that enables him to run a. thousand milesa minute, hie bodily secretions of fine wines and precious neetals. Today he is general of Europe, king of Rome and the stars; to -morrow he will be pope, anti -pope, eoin specialist, and prime minister. Some lunatics for a few months in the year manifest extraordinary activity and cheerful- ness, butall of a sudden they col- lapse, ^T Taaso and Cardene wished it in- ferred that they were inspired by God; Mohammed avowed openly that he actually was. Any criticism of their opinions they looked upon as extreme persecution, Newton was said to have bean murderous- ly infuriated against his soientiac contradictors. The poet Lucius would not rise when Julius Caesar entered the assembly of poets be- cause be considered himself the bet- ter versifier. The princess de Conti informing Malherbe that she would show him the most beautiful verses in the world he said : "Excuse me, I have already seen them, be- cause if, as you say, they are bet- ter than any others, I must have written them myself." Victor Hugo was governed by the obsession of being not only the greatest of all poets but the greatest of all men of all countries of all ages. s • One might suppose that all of these, in their imagined greatness, would be the happiest of men. How- ever, this is by no means the case, for the worm of the persecution idea gnaws at the most roseate visions of geniuses, as if they were actual maniacs. It is almost proverbial, this tendency to melancholy among most thinkers. Just because their sight reaches farther than the or- dinary, and because occupied with too sublime flights, they have not commonplace habits of mind, and because, like idiots and unlike peo- ple of mere talent, they are fre- quently unbalanced. Therefore geniuses are despised and misun- derstood by the majority, who do not perceive their points of oontact with the rest of manldnd, but who do see their eccentricities of oon- dwct and the fact that their views disagree with those generally ae- eepted. "There never has been a liberal idea," writes the famous novelist Faubert, "which has not been .unpopular; not a true thing that has not scandalized the multi- tude." GREAT POWER OF HABIT The Importance of Habit ill Religion Is Here Pointed Out, Teach me, 0 'cord, the way of Thy statute's and L will keep it un- til the end,—Psedm exix, 33. Our virtues are habits as much as our vices. Honor, courage, purity, punctuality, prayer and kindness are habits as much as are eweering, drunkenness and lying. When this truth is once perceived it makes a revolution in conduct. Morality with many consists in trying to cor- rect evil habitsratherthan in striv- ing tc form good ones, Human life is largely automatic. We aro in reality "walling bundles of habits.' To each sort.of impression we have an automatic ready made response. The sort of habits we are .form- ing is therefore of the greatest im- portance, and we, are forming habits of some kind whether we attend to them or not. We should strive, therefore, to acquire such habits as will strengthen and IMPROVE OUR NATURES, Geniuses indeed enjoy moments of supernal felicity. These are the moments of creative frenzy which in so many respects resemble the psychic excesses of epileptics only, since not an ordinary brain is being agitated by convulsions, but a great mind, and instead of some atroci- ous bestiatlity or dark crime there results a work of lofty character. Bea.conefield .wrote that he felt as if there were but a step from in- tense mental concentration to mad- ness. He said he could hardly de- ecribe what' he felt in the moments when his sensations were abnorm- ally acute and intense, that every- thing about him seemed to be alive, that he seemed to be raving and was scarcely certain that he really existed. This physical organism of ours, which is the alay which, by con- tinual reiteration, is gradually shaped along lines which finally control the ordinary actions of life, Impreesions made upon the nerv- ous structure of the brain tend to repeat themselves until well travel- ed roads are formed along which ideas frequently passing make high- ways of the soul. These are habits and control the life. Bad habits may be checked and good habits formed by 'making what we desire habitual in our lives. Professor James enumerates two rules in the formation of such habits with as mutt determination as possible in order that the initia- tory force withwhich a habit is launched may be as great as pas - Bible; secondly, .0 ever suffer an exception to smear until a -new hab- it is securely rooted in the life, The religious life, like other de- sirable things, should be put under - the domain of habit. How can we progress religiously if we live hel- ter-skolter in u bit or it =lee fash- ion ? Right thoughts, right eazio- tions, right decisions in the religi- atm life as in the daily life of busi- ness., must be made habitual, Hab- it should be the rule in prayer. IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE, in the receiving of the holy com- munion, in times of meditation, in. acts of kindness, in deeds of ser- vice. Only so shall ,,,,eve become lit followers of Him who lived in habitual prayer and whose life, was spent in doing good. Centerville tion of the power of habit should not make anyone despair.. Even in the worst oases there is hope. His- tory is full of examples, from St. Paul down, in which ;the habits of a lifetime have been broken under a supreme compelling impulse: The power of the Divine Spirit is omni- potent in human affairs. The woe prodigal can' reform. Behind all our efforts there is the power of God. With all His power the hab- its of a life time can be broken and a life of new baits begun. REV. DEWITT L. PELTON, THE S. S. LESSON INTEBNA.TIONAL LESSON, JUNG 20. Lesson SII.—Beview Sunday. CONSCRIPTS NDT HEROES. Would be Old Of Sight, Bat let Danger, in Oise of War, Mr, Haldane, the.Britieh lVliuister noethe other of War, gave }ittera day to a startling forecast of what would probably happen if an Moray over sncoeeded as getting a foot hold in England. A short and sharp Aet of Parlia- ment would be passed, he opined, which would h"sleekeaver" to the etltalcs 'ect up of forcing arms in defenoe of his country. But he would not then be regarded as a hero, nor would lie beper- 'Meted the privilege of lighting in the front ranks 'against the invad- e2ws. On the centrary, he would probably be relegated to ;some very ineouveruent and unpleasant part of the country,, wbere he would be out of sight without being out of danger,, says P-earson's Weekly. The picture is an unpleasant one, yet it almost certainly represents precisely what would happen in the event of an invasion, or even a raid, and the latter is by no means im- probable, nor the former impossible. The Channel, considered as a bar- rier, was a hundred times more formidable a hundred years ago than it is to -day, when fleets of swift steamers are available to cross it in an hour, or even less. Conscription has always followed invasion, just as it has usually also accompanied civil war, when these calamities have overtaken countries whoroin ib was not already the rule. A striking case in point was afforded by the war which broke out in 1861 between the Northern and Southern States of America. The nation possessed at the time only a very small standing army, and the soldier's profession was looked down upon by the mass of the people, much as it used . to be in England, and, indeed, still is in certain quarters and by certain in- dividuals. Ab first the volunteers, plus the regulars, were relied upon to do the fighting, but conscription was soon seen to be a necessity, And con- scription it was, Men who had never fired a rifle in their lives were torn from their, homes and marched to the front. This caused fierce resentment, and even san- guinary rioting in New York and elsewhere, during which many lives were lost: But the thing had to be, and it went on, just as it would do did a similar situation arise. class. For example, the Christian - life teaching of Lesson V., Paul in Cyprus, . would be considered by some to be the duty of missionary activity; by, others, the folly of op- posing Christian work; by others, the blindness of the soul, like Ely- mas's physical blindness, which comes upon allthat set themselves in opposition to the. truths of the gospel.. VII. A Problems Review.—This would be a good form for the review to bake in adult classes. Let the teacher draw up a list of problems connecbed with the various lessons, perhaps one for each lesson, and preferably the problems that arose in the class discussions and were not satisfactorily settled at the time. Read the list to the class slowly, calling for .volunteers to assume the responsibility of leading the class, on the next Sunday, in the discus- sion of these problems. Here is a suggested list: Lesson I, anoulcl a Christian ever associate himself with non-Chris- tians? Lesson II. Why are not all God's saints delivered from their prisons? Lesson III. What really converted Saul? Lesson IV. Why are not all our modern churches as vigorous as that at Antioch? Lesson V. Why was the gospel confirmed by miracles in Paul's day, and why is it not confirmed in the same way to -day? Lesson VI. What was the secret of the effectiveness of Paul's preach- ing? Lesson VII. Would Paul and Barnabas have been justified :in us- ing the homage of the people for the greater influence of the. gospel Lesson VIII. The decision of the council was a compromise. When are compromises wise, and when foolish 1 Lesson IX. Is faith possible a• pttrt from works? Lesson X. Is it every Christian's duty to speak for Christ? Lesson XI. Have we as great op- portunities for faith as Abraham and Moses had? it Review,— VDT. A Peter -Paz This form of view would be excel- lent for the primary department, Let all the lessons be grouped about Peter and Paul, the two leading characters. Make it a review t'eter's life, as far back as his call to be a disciple. The best way, perhaps, is to draw on the black- board (lir on large sheets of paper) a series of frames, each to hold a "picture" of one scene in Peter's life or Pauls. This picture, i will be indicated by a few words wz on as the children recall the scenes, tomb as "Peter walltin the on. waves," "Peter by the fico in the courtyard," : Paul facing Tlymas," "James writing his epistle," A precession of heroes." ---.e— -- DEMAND FOR RAT SKINS, Golden Text, Acts 4: 33. Golden Text.—What great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Acts 4: 33. A variety of forms of review is given hero, in order that teachers may select the method best suited to the age and ability of their classes. Sometimes it will be best to unite two or more plans, or to take parts of several, or to make other adapta- tions of these suggestions. I. A Progress liaview—.To carry out this review, request the scholars a week in advance to go over all the lessons of the quarter and note for each of them what step in advance was taken by the church. For ex- ample, Lesson I. marks the begin- ning of the broadening of the °birch to take in the Gentiles. Lesson II. marks a strengthening of .the church's faith in the power of pray- er. The event of Lesson III. gave to the church its greatest leader, at the same time winning its chief persecutor. The scholars will make lists of these "forward steps" and these lists will be compared in the class, taking one lesson at a time, and thus reviewing its chief points. II. 0 Geographical' Review.— For this review each scholar may make an outline map showing the vaiirayarcountries and places that wereathe scenes of the quarter's lessons. Let each lesson be locate] with a figure. When a lesson in- volves more than one place., repeat the figure at each locality. Then let the scholar make a, list of the places, by names and number, and write opposite each a brief state- ment of the principal lesson to be learned from the event that occurred there. For example: "Jerusalem: the first church council, teaching. the value of frank and brotherly discussion of differences." ITT. A Characterizations . Review. —This review will take up the vari- ous persons that have entered into our quarter's Lessons. Each scholar will he asked to write brief char- acterizations of all these persons. These wilI be read and compared in the elass, one character at a time. They should be quite brief, often hardly more than a sentence. For example: "John Mark, a man of. good impulses but weak determina- tion ; he made one great failure, but he also made a' great recovery." V. A Central -Text Review,—Ask the scholars to go over the lessons at home and select for each of them the verse that they think hest em- bodies the spirit and thought of the lesson. Tell them in every case to use the entire lesson, and not mere- ly the verses that are printed in the quarterlies and lesson -]eaves. For instance, for Lesson I, some may prefer v. 15; others, v. 28 or 34 or v. 35 or v. 45. The discussion of these different choices in the class, and the fixing on a final choice, will constiteite n thougntful review. ViethA Christian -Life Review.— h,aoh lesson of the quarterlies some strong teaching on the conduct of life. It will make an inspiring re- view if you set the scholars to form- ing 1iets, et home, of these teach - CHILD AT TWENTY-THREE. Mildred Hart, the Devonshire (England), girl of twenty-three, who "stopped growing when she was live, and only started again re- cently, remembers . nothing of the eighteen years when development of body and mind were at a stand still. For events that have hap- pened since., however, her memory is marvellously retentive, and she it a -great mimic. A neighbor who never heard the girl *oak half a dozen words, before she went to Loudon for treatment now often. has a chat with her, The girl was greatly interested the other day when she was able for the first time in her life to distsinguish the note of the °wattle. Tli Home 44444147 ww414414 two mint loaves and simmer for ono -Half hour; add any erevy left from roast and strain.Thicket) bediinione tab poonfel ofobuttebr, add a teespoonful of salt, a dash no minced lamb. a n tl 'o oa on nit' d f , Let it coma to a boil and serve, USEFTJ L HINTS, Whet w baby is lying 00 your lap MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES, do not allow anyone to talk to it Cherry Relish. -•-Seed cherries, pour good eider vitiegaz' ever them .and lot them -stand all night, .Squeeze out in the morning and put one .pint of sugar to one pint of cherries, stir until sugar is all dissolved, then can, ,Ohecolate Wafers, — A healthy and 000nemioal Dandy for children is made by making a chocolate fil- ling the same as for cake or candy then clipping.oyster orackere in the dandy. Then lay on greased paper or plate until cooled. Combination Cake. --Cream one- half a cupful of butter, ono and one-' half cupfuls of sugar,,twe eggs, ono half cupful of sour milk, with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it. Add a pinch of salt, one-half a cup- ful of sifted flour, flavor to testa with nutmeg and lemon. Bake in loaf er layer with boiled frosting flavored with vanilla. • Bread in Three Miura—Yeast-- Boil ours.--•Yeast—Boil eight Large potatoes and mash. iu water in which they were boiled. While this is still boiling pour over four tablespoonfaic of flour, To this iidd four tablespoonfuls each of salt and granulated sugar ; one quart of ,boiling and four quarts of cold water, and two yeast cakes, dissolved in half a cup of like waren water. Mix well and, keep standing in a warm place eighteen hours. Then put in a cool place and beep until required. The Bread —Use one quart of the yeast for two good sized loaves, Sat on stove and stir with the hand until about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Add a tablespoonful each of salt, brown sugar and butter, mix intoa soft sponge with Warmed flour. ' Let it rise thirty minutes. Add flour to knead, let rise again, mold into loaves, let rise, and bake in a mod- erate oven. Chicken with Rice.—Cut one thor- oughly cleaned roasting chicken in- to pieces of any desired size. Place those in the kettle, add one pint !of strained tomato, one heaping fore putting on the next. Cut out cupful of celery' cut into half inch from bills or papers the letters ;you pieces, one small onion, a few sprigs of parsley tied together, salt, pep per and one pint of hot water. Put this in the stove and when it be- gins to boil add ane -half cupful of 'sible, and give one coat of crystal varnish to the tin. It can then be washed when soiled. THE BENTLEY BABY. Created the Mission Station of Bolobo, In Africa. In- the summer of 1887 Holman Bentley, accompanied by his wife and child, made a steamer journey on the Upper Congo, in Africa. Sir Harry Johnston, in his book en- titled "George Grenfell and the Congo,' recounts the result of the bourney; and the important part played by the Bentley baby. The party went through the Bolobo <lis- trict, which at that time had become excessively hostile to .Europeans. The temporary station of . the Congo. State had been burned to the ground, the chief, Hake, was dead, and when the steamer Peace, bearing the Bentleys, arrived in August, it was roughly ordered away. Before sheering off, how- ever, an idea occurred to Bentley. Taking advantage of the steamer's halt, bis wife and nurse were giv- ing .a bath to the Bentley baby. As if by accidente the little white child was beld up in view of the angry and excited people. Sudden- ].) a hush fell on the assembled throng, gradually giving way to a shout of delighted surprise. A few minutes afterward, in re- sponse to urgent invitations to come on shore, the Bentley baby, in a dainty white dress, was being paraded through the town; nursed and dandled by warrior after war- rior, till his snowy frock was red- dened with camwood dye or stained with greasy black marks from those who had stained their bodies with oil and soot. Mrs, Bentley was equally an ob- ject of interest and admiration, as she was the first white woman who had appeared in those regions. Up to that time the white -man had been 1odked upon ae a sort of un- natural creature, who was not bred and born like ordinary human be- ings, a seniisupernatural being without a mate. The Bentley baby practically created the mission sta- tion of Bolobo, which has endured ever .since, The use of rat skins in various industries has created a demand in London alone to the amount 1 nearly $200,000 a year. They are user, among other things, for bookbinding, photograph frames, purses,and for thumbs In .gloves.. A. new hranoh of work is likely l inerease the consumption 'Marge', and as much as I3 to 00 cents a day Ilse been earned by the unemployed in Denmark last year, when the rat act was Passed. The dainnse clone by rets in lingland alone is esti- meted to amneet to many million- dnllare per amnunn. and their rap ings at least nne for every lesson, `fare elreacly occupies a large num Pea',•-.• then t'tiiuipa,rc the results in the of reel' its head from the bathe, as this is ,;-equently the 'cause. of a child's eyes !"Rooming creased. The little mite tette to 800 the speaker, and turns its e, 0w all ways in the ef- fort. i Medicine show!: he given at regi lar hours, and w,rreful attention should be paid to the directive as to tate when it is ordered to be given, as, for instance,' before or after meals. The exact quantity of medicine ordered should be given. Care of Table -linen, --Te keep tablecloths in good condition pour boiling water upon stains from fruit cr edffee as soon es the table is cleared; do not wait until the week- ly wash -clay Some housekeepers drop a pinch of salt on a stain as soon as it made; this tends to its eradication, Rough Elbows. -Many women find their elbows get unpleasantly rough, especially those who lean much over a table. Dry table -salt rubbed on the elbows every morn- ing during the bath is a cure; the friction will stimulate the skin and make it smooth and firm. At night a little cold cream should be ap- plied. A Use for Tea.-Leaves,—Save old tea leaves foe a few days, pour boil- ing hater over them, leave till near- 1) cold, strain and use the water for washing paint. It gets off stains very easily' and quickly. Clean white paint by rubbing with a damp flannel which has been dipped in whiting; soda should never•be used in -washing paint, as it injures the color. Use for Empty Tuns, -Here is a good way to make use of empty syrup -tins. The 4 pound size is per- haps the most useful, but others will do as well. Wash them clean inside; then procure a small tin of enamel, any color you like, but pale blue ie very pretty ; give them three coats -on the outside, allowing time for each coat of enamel to dry.be- HUGE AREAS OF TIMBE ENCOUNTERED ON ,THE fll70-• SON BAY RATL.w1naa, I' unorons Lakes Rich in 1'isli'art Seatttrocl'Throughout the \, Country, Regarding the progress of the Uudson Bay Railway eurvoys, Unit- ed States Viee-Oonsul Lcop of Win- nipeg of Winnipeg furnishes inter- eating information, The engineers report having cneountered.between 260,000,000 and 300,000,000 feet of loge immediately along the right of way, with the possibility of lunch more along the tributary streams,•. and that there are huge areas of timber suitable for pulp wood and ties along the whole route, Rich agricultural lands were - found along the Mitisbto and Groan Riv- era ws far as Split Lake and along both sides of the Nelson River to Hudson Bay, LAKES RICH IN FISH. require to ,make the words showing the contents of the tins, such as peas, rice, etc. Stick each letter on separately and as neatly as pos- well washed rice. Let the whole boil for one-half hour, then place ^t in a fireless cooker and allow it to remain there for at least four hours. Chicken prepared in this way may be served directly from the cooker, only the parsley should be removed, but the dish is far more attractive and seems to taste better if•pieces of chicken are taken up with a skimmer arranged in a low baking dish, the rice poured over all, and theft placed under the broiling flame or in the oven for about fifteen minutes just before serving. Garnish with fresh pars. ley and serve just as it comes from the oven. THE SEWING ROOM, Stain; from Light Fabrics.—Plato clean cloth under spot, wet cotton or small piece of cloth with perox- ide of hydrogen and rub spot until it disappears. Most useful in children's fruit stained gingham or white clothing. Have also. used it on light silks successfully. How to Shrink Goods.—All wash- able goods should be shrunk, espeoi- ally,ginghams, before using. This is valuable to. remember in making up any kind of wash -goods ma- terials for children's clothes. Pour boiling hot water through the goods, hang up and dry, and then iron. If this is done previous to the making up of the goods, much time will be saved. To find Skirt Length.—After the band has been sewed on the -skirt, try on. Stand a yardstick perpendi- cularly.on the floor close to the form. At the upper and, which will reach the hips, mark the 'skirt, 'moving the yardstick about the form, keeping it perpendicular and marking at the upper end until the mark encircles the form or skirt at the hips. The skirt can then he laid on the table, and if it is to be two inches from the floor make it thirty-four niches from the line about the hips; if three inches from the floor, make it thirty-three inches rn lengt, h this will be found to be a meat useful hint for the sewing room, insuring a properly hanging skirt, for if there is a difference in one's hips it will be above the mark on the skirt. TASTY MEAT DISHES. 1• MERELY A KING. The King of Italy is e. very keen fisherman, spending hour after hour with Ins rod, although not always with the best of luck.. On one unfortunate occasion, several hours' angling brought him but three poor fish, Ho was return- ing to the castle, whehe met a man with a magnificent catch of trout: "You seem to'be.no great fisher. man, to look at your catch," re- marked the peasant,' "I should say you were about as lucky as the Wlny?" asked his Majesty, "Oh," returned the other, . he thinks' a great deal of himself as a sportsman; but he is a poor body, much more fit to bea king, than a fisherman." The whole country is eat with numerous lakes rich in fish, while game and fur -bearing anneals aro found everywhere. Rivers and lakes also abound south of Split Lake, giving good communication with the railway lines for the car- rying on of the lumbering and other industries which may. be establish- ed in the future. Wafer power sites are abundant on nearly all the rivers and streams, many offering opportunities for deyelopment at a minimum cost. The' Churchll, al- though a very large river, is not particularly useful for transport ex- cept for a short distance at its mouth, It is probable, however, that it would furnish many power kites of large eapacit.y should ever be decided to electrify.the sys- tem, and these at a minimum of cost, NELSON RIVER. The Nelson River is described as one of the greatest rivers of. the world, as regards the actual volume of water discharged intothe bay. Its total length is approximately 400 miles and its drainage area is tre- mendous. Its tributaries cover the whole of Manitoba, the greater por- tions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Ontario west of the great lakes, while they also en- ter Montana and Minnesota. Its discharge has been roughly estimat- ed at five times that of the Ottawa River at the Chaudiere falls at Ottawa. Many soundings were taken over the greater part of its length and depths of water were found from fifty to sixty feet, with a current not exceeding twoor three miles an hour. CAT MOTHERS, SQUIRRELS. Deprived of Her Own Children, She Adopts Another Family. Last spring a cat on the farm of Albert Fisher, near Westville, Iv.Y., had several small kittens. As the farm was overstocked with cats her young were taa,en from her and drowned. After that the cat seem- ed very unhappy, and being a house favorite she received' considerable sympathy. One day shortly after her kittens were taken from her a young squir- rel which had fallen from its nest in the hollow of a tree was found and taken to the cat with the idea that it would be a dainty' morsel to tempt her appetite. Instead of pouncing upon it cat fashion she took the young squirrel to the box•where she had so recent- ly mothered her own young and there bestowed upon the squirrel all the affection she had previously given to her kittens. Stranger still, says a writer in Country Life in America. in about two hours the old cat, had hunted out the squirrel's nest in a tree some distance away and had car- ried the remainder of the young squirrels in her mouth, one at a time, to her box in the house. Then until the. squirrels were nearly full grown the cat watched over them with all the' solicitude that is possible for any animal 'mother to show, even providing nourishment for them in exactly: the same manner that she had for hes• own young. When the squirrels had outgrown a mother's attention they were very tame and were given to friends of -the family. Baked Chicken,—Prepare a chick- en as for: broth. Put in bakepan, add two cupfuls of water. Butter size egg and salb and pepper. Put In devote and cover. Keep well bast- ed, Will take about an hour, Gravy for above: Boil the giblets until tender, chop fine. Remove ehiolten; add the giblets; thicken like cream raid serve, Minced Lamb.—Remove all the good meat from what remains of ONE Or MANY, roast lamb and minae fine. Put the bones and bits of skin in a sauce, wife says I'm a genius-. er-with a int of water. nvant'thii a while you wait' pan and Dov p � y , Add one onion, one-half carrot out AMA soy specialty is excuses small, a few sprays of parakaa and Mon I ohanco to stay out late, NOT CAUGHT. Edwin, aged four, owned a pie- ture book in which a fierce -looking cow was running.after a small boy. He looked at it a long time, then, carefully closing the book, he laid it away. A few days later he got the book again and turned to the picture. Bringing his chubby fist down on the cow, he exclaimed in a tone of triumph : "She ain't caught him yeti" 4•� AN AGREEMENT. Parishioner (a little the worse for „liquor)—"I hearzh you preazh las' night. '. New Minister—'5You didn't hear much T frump" "Th'iaz what—hic-1 thought my- self." '5r - LAKE WINNIPEG. Lake Winnipeg furnishes an ex- tension of this water route to with- in twenty miles of the city of Win- nipeg. From information obtain- able it is said that a canal might be built along the Nelson River which, would enable ocean-going steamers to enter Lake Winnipeg, where a good channel, the Mini- mum depth of which is thirty-three feet, already exists to the sou end of the lake. The amour power which is available for d opulent along the Nelson Rive enormous, and places the Rude Bay Railway in a, very favorable,p' sition' to use electricity for the op oration of its trains. A SCHOOL F )A1TING. Opened by an Enterprising Woman at Budapest. An enterprising woman named Boiker has started a school at Bu- dapest, Hungary, where pupils of all ages are given a full'course of instruction in the art of eating.. Practical demonstrations are giv- en in ordinary table mariners, bub the chief aim of the establishment io to teach the ignorant how to deal successfully with such dishes as they have never even heard of. "Who does not recollect in his ex- perience moments of unspeakable anguish," asks Frau Hoiker, "when at a dinner party he finds that he is using his knife and fork for a dish that only requires e spoon, or vice versa? It is to save men and women from these little trage- dies that I have opened my school." Examinations are to be held at the end of each term, when the students will ge, requested to at- tack an array of unknown delica- cies set before thorn. Those who undergo the ordeal successfully will obtain a certificate from Frau Hoi ker which will enable m to any banquet without flithenching.faro PROLIFIC PHEASANTS. • It is reported that the whole of Vancouver Island is now well stoat - ea with pheasants which have long been thoroughly acclimatized and breed freely, The history of. phea- sant acclimatization in Vancouver is simplicity -itself. In 1883 C. W. . Thompson of Victoria imported twenty-five birds from China, kept them in captivity till ,young luta been hatched: out and set all at lib- erty as soon as the chicks. were strong enough. , In 1880 :Mr, Mite grave imported eleven more „birds and turned then out and from -these thirty-six pheasants the whole of Vancouver and many of the adjac- ent islands have been stocked