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Proper Solicitude For Others Is the Duty
of Every Christian,
We that are stream aught to beat' amity would be as irreparable loss,
the infirmities of the weak, and not as was so pathetically aclmittecl by
please ourselves. Let every,.one of John Stuart Mill,
11r pletiee his neighbor for his good No, it would not be better, or
to edification, for even Christ pleas- anything like es well, for people to
ed not .Himself.--ltoanans xv. 1, 2,', give time and thought to temporal
3. affair's without any regard to their
Certain capacious Mlles have oh- eternal well being. It might as well
jected to religion on ilio gt•ouud be said that it would be better to
that it chiefly; has to do . with the bring up a boy without regard : to
world to come and not with our pre- 'his ever boing a man, His whole
sent work in this world, training has reference to. the fu
Thia is untrue, Religion has not tare, and what he into be and do.
chiefly to do with another world. It Nor should it be planned only with
has chiefly 'to do with right living reference to the brief years of his
now and here, our present duty to mortal life, but wftlr regard to
ourselves, to God and to our neigh what he will be
bor. We all know that it is not an FOREVER AND EVER•
easy thing to live as we should. At The supposition that Christianity
the best it is hard to order our lives has to do only with the life of the
aright. We need the aid of every- world to come is altogether a mis.
thing that can help us to this, and take. As every one knows, the
then, even, we will sadly come
short of
OUR WHOLE DUTY TO GOD,
to ourselves and to those around
us.
We certainly cannot afford to dis-
pense with any help to holiness. To
lessen or destroy any assistance to
good conduct }vould be to lessen the
,safety of society and the value of
life. New, it is pertain that "the
fear of God" is arestraint and a
ipowerful restraint to many peo-
ple, as it should be. To lessen or
destroy in oue's mind all fear of doing this to -day. Why, in such
"a certain looking -for of judgment" case every house and home on earth
would seriously imperil the seeur- would be lightened and sanctified
ity of society. As to this there can and glorified, and God's will would
be no question. Nor can there he begin to be done on earth as it is
any question that to rob human done in heaven.
kind of the consolations of Christi- REV. A. W. SNYDER.
WOLF NOT S0 IBA10,
¶Uiey are Not to be ()wopai'e(I with
Evil 111ei1,
Three times within a week I have
beard evil men oeinpared with
wolves, to the great scandal of the
latter, says 0 writer in The Lon-
don Post. For wars I have spent
my winter vacation in studying the
wolf pucka of the Far North, and
I had nothing to warrant our cern-
po wring thein with ince who oppose
their fellows. On the contrary,
wolves de not steal from one an-
other; they never kill one another,
either quickly, like Turks, or by
slow starvatiou, like the food apecu.
haters; mealier do they kill weaker
creatures indiscriminately, like our
mighty hunters. And they never,
cren when hengry,attempt `o ear-
ner the food supply for themselves:
If a wolf, having killed a cheer,
which was more than he could: eat,
should attempt to claim the whole
-carcass for himself,or to .prevent
other hungry wolves from feeding
freely, there would be never a
word or a growl uttered in protest,
but his selfish claim for mere than
he needed would last just long
enough for the nearest wolf to reach
his throat—a short shrift, since the
Bible—and above all, the teachings spring of a wolf is like a glint of
of Jesus Christ—abounds in good .fight in its speed and certainty. In
advice as to right living now and a word, wolves do not compete—
here in this world, which if fully they co-operate with one another,
put in practice would make human and their sociology, suchas it is;
life athousand times better, safer' is in many respects better than our
and sweeter than it is. Take the own, since it rests upon natural
teaching of the text as an example : and wholesome instincts.
"Let every one of ns please his The wolf, like all other purely
neighbor for his good to edification. natural animals, hunts only for
for even Christ pleased not Him- food, takes the first thing whim]
self." satisfies his hunger, and then lets
Think what a blessed thing it all other animals severely alone,
would be if every roan, woman and One day last March I followed the
child the world over would begin trail of eight wolves for a distance
of at least ten miles. They had
gone through swamps where rab-
bits, their natural food, were plen-
tiful; they had passed through
three deer yards, one of which con.
tained a dozen animals, and had
jumped two deer so close that they
must have heard or smelled them,
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
SEPT. 19.
Lesson X1I. Third Quarterly Re-
view. Golden Text,
Acts 19: 20.
SIMPLE PLANS FOR REVIEW.
Not very long ago Bishop Quayle,
with great wisdom, advised the grew the word of God and prevail -
Sunday school teachers of Method- ed."
ism to regard each Review as a .____.,.
bird's-eye view of a large land-
scape, not as a proeess of analysis
01 dissection. In travelling alung
a road we are taken up with first
this and then that; we see things
by fragments, The Review comes
to show us that we are not study-
ing things. but a thing, to give to us
the vision of the whole. The bish-
op described a learned man who
could break ur a human life in ail respects made the exploits of Ln -
its fragments; physiology, anatomy, cullus and other noted gourmets of
neurology, psychology, nerve, ancient Rome look cheap and coin -
muscle, valve, gray platter, white mon-place. He made a six -Owl: -
matter, thought, affection, vole- sand -mile journey to cook or super-
vise the cooking of a single course
of a dinner.
A wealthy Englishman, noted for
his love ef good living, while on a
visit to Washington, was given a
dinner at Harvey's, at which ter-
rapin formed the piece de resist-
ance, It was the first time the Eng-
lishman had encountered the fam-
ous Maryland delicacy, and it made
an instantaneous and profound hit
with him. He decided that he
would introduce the dish to his
ply equally to all the lessons. London friends, and at once enter -
If we ask, "How did the word Ed into negotiations with Harvey
of God grow mightily: and prevail 11" to come to London and do the cook-
ing.
Harvey named his price, and it
was accepted without a murmur, al-
though it was a stiff one, as he was
a very portly man. and did not like
to travel. At the appointed time
I e engaged his passage for Eng-
land, took a sufficient number of
live terrapin along with him, and
sailed for London. He supervised
the preparation of the turtles in
the kitchen of his generous employ-
e], saw they were cooked and serv-
ed properly, collected his $1.000
honorarium and his expenses, and
took the next steamer back to New
York,
defeat is turned by God into real
victory: "My strength is made per-
fect in weakness."
From Lesson IX. we learn (what
may be illustrated also by next
Sunday's lesson) that the kernel of
the Christian religion is love.
Lessons X. and XI., each in its
own way and by its story, teach
how genuine adherence to Christ
brings real victory to the Chris-
tian.
All these stories studied Sunday
after Sunday during the quarter
may be recalled by the words of
our Goldou Text: "So might];
COOK'S GREAT JOURNEY.
Trarclled 6,000 Niles to Cook Ter-
rapin for English Epicure.
George W. Harvey, the inventor
-,f steamed oysters, and a famous
restaurant keeper, who died at
R ashington recently, was once the
hero of an incident that in some
tion. But what society and God
need is not the fragments of a man,
but the living man; and what we
need from our quarter's lessons is
not eleven bits of lessons, hut the
one great vital truth. That truth
in this ease hangs on the little
word which our Golden Text be-
gins: So—"So mightily grew the
word of God and prevailed." These
words were first written in connec-
tion with the story of Paul's ad-
ventures at Ephesus, but they ap-
we may and in our eleven succes-
sive Golden Texts the gist of eur
replies.
Christianity grows, in the first
place (Lesson I,), by God's direct
impulse and guidance, by the obedi-
ence of his servants, and by the
hospitality of honest inquirers. God
sent the message, "Come over into
Macedonia"; Paul went "immedi-
ately"; Lydia attended to his
j'eachings and was blessed and
made a blessing.
In the second place (Lesson II.)
the growth of the word of God de-
pends on saving faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, which, as we have
previously noted, Consists of three
things; belief in a doctrine, depend-
ence on a promise, and fidelity to
a Person.
Lesson III. sbews how the study
of God's written Word, searching
the Scriptures, brings about the
progress of his cause.
The essential spirituality of all
true worship comes to our notice
it" Lesson IV. There can be no real
worship except "in spirit and in
truth."
The story of Loss„', V. is a beau-
tiful exemplification "f. its Golden
'Pext--a world full of tribulations
r, Saviour fall of helpfulness and
cheer.
Letson VI: gives in detail instruc-
tions how to lire an effective Chris-
tian life by doing 110 evil acrd ever
following that which is goad.
The conditions in Ephesus n•hiclr'
broriglii alma the"magnifying of the
rname of the Lord Jesuls (i ooson
VII.) will bring about similar re-
sults overvwl,cre..
Lesson VIII. shows how apparent
REQUITAL.
Ne land so broad, no sea so wide,
That, passing o'er, I lose my
thought of thee;
No day so long, ur ever slow the
tide,
But quicker is my pulse --
I know thou leveed me.
No darkness deep, no day ee bright
Brit, passing by, suggests a
thortght of thee;
Though deep the sea. though high
• the stars at night;
Each indicates the love
l know thou hast for me.
Life is too brief -eternity
Will s(rarce give space, if thou
shouldst list to mc;
Tam word and look --no, these may
ruever tell
Rim deep the kriging that
-My heart syn holds for thee:
Arthur Gibsc,n Mum.
but they had not chased or hunted
a single animal And the explana-
tion lay at the other ,end of the
trail. They had killed a buck that
f1
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SEASONABLE 1%EOIPES,
Muskmelon I'unoh;-Press the
pulp of fine flavored musk melons
through a sieve until you have a
quart of juice, Add half the quan-
tity of ice water and the juice of
two lemons. Sweeten to taste,
strain, and serve with cracked ice,
Pineapple Punolz:—one oupful of
chopped pineapple, three sliced le -
neons, and one large orange also
sliced, Add ono heaping cupful of
granulated sugar and pound well;
add three pints of water, stir well,
and strain. Chill thoroughly before
serving. •
Ham (Southern). -Slice of ham
one inch thick. Have the skillet
smoking hot, Put in ham and sear
both sides; turn eonstautly until a
golden brown. Lower the fire, add
one tablespoonful sugar; spread it
well over the top of the halo; Cover
tightly and let cook slowly for
twenty minutes.
Ice Tea.—Steep required amount
of tea in boiling water for five min-
utes. Pour tea off the leaves and
dilute with amount of cold water
necessary. Fill glasses two-thirds
full with cracked ice. Put a slice
ef lemon and a sprig of mint in each
glass and pour in the tea, --a most
refreshing drink.
Cool Drinks. -Make strong coffee
by using one heaping tablespoonful
of coffee to each half cup of boil-
ing water, Let boil, then add half
a cupful of cold water. Strain and
add to it an equal portion of boil-
ing hot milk, sweeten slightly, and
chill by standing in a refrigerator
or pack in ice. Serve in thin glass,
with whipped cream. •
Refreshing Drink.—A .cool, re-
freshing drink is made by using two
teaspoonfuls of any fruit vinegar to
e glass of water. To make the vin
eager, put two quarts of any kind
of berries, or grapes, in a crock
morning, had eaten what they covered with good cider vinegar,
wanted and were now minding and let stand for tweuty-four hours.
their own business as all other wild Then bring to the boiling point.
animals do. Mash the fruit and strain through
a cloth. Measure the juice and add.
an equal quantity of granulated.
SECRETS OF WINE -TASTERS- sugar. Boil fifteen minutes and can
or bottle while. hot.
C'aa Tell the Region Where Wine Salad Dressing.—One tablespoon
Was Made by the Odor.
A recent French writer enumer-
ates some of the precautions that
must be observed by a good wine -
taster, He must, in the first place,
have been tasting for some little
time, and he must not be a smolt-
el.
moket. Certain powerful flavors alter
the taste of the wine entirely, and
must be avoided. finch are the salt
relishes used to revive a jaded
thirst, and even the nuts and
cheese recommended by some to
lavers of good wines. The ,expert
taster must approach his task with
virgin palate. He must try only PEACHES.
i ne "yam at a sitting, and trust
drink water after each taste to pre-
pare himself fer the next.
Some tasters even go as far as
to rinse the throat first with Vichy
and then with pure water. The
eine is than first inspected, thee
smelled, and finally tasted. The
inspection may show various things.
New red wines, for instance, are
bright; older ones are more yellow-
ish, Old wines are always clear
when good, but slight cloudiness is
not necessarily a bad sign in new
0008.
The odor test, is very important,
as the bouquet reveals many sec-
rets to the expert, who• can often peaches, peel, hake, And along
tell by it the precise region where then fill the stone hollow with va-
the wine was made, besides dcteri villa ice Bream, coveting with the
other half of the peach, holding it
it place with a wooden toothpick
with a bow of baby ribbon tied to
the end so that it can be drawn out
before the''dainty is calm. These
surprise peaches should be served
at once and on paper napkins, and
are indeed delicious.
Peach Cobbler.—This is a delici-
ous dessert. Nearly fill a :pudding
dish with pared halved peaches.
Cover with a rich biscuit dough
nearly an inch thick. Place ontop
el range tight]} cowered with a lid
to that the crust will Gook by steam
of fruit. When clone (test with
broom straw) cut a slit in top big
enough to pour in a syrup made of
cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of
boiling water, and egg -sized lump
of butter.. Then place cobbler in
oven until crust is brown. The.
syrup and peach juice combine and
£01'11111. rich sauce—no other is need-
ed. This can lie made itt the win-
ter, using canned fruit. If prefer -
cream may be used ns 80.1100;
add at table.
moat When wanted. Tiae eulphur
kills 011 rniorobes,, bleaches applos
beautifully, and as harmless, A
Ana way to preserve summer ap-
plea when they are plentiful.and an
winter apples are known to he
scarce in thio orchards,
Fancy I3alced Apples.•—I'eol and , ,
core medium sized apples. rut
thew in e baking djgb and pour half 1''c1'ty Per Cient, of Youth Under a Iosmium wanted Ota, Who was
a. oupful of water over them, Set Years of Age At1dlPtotl to Able to right a Round or
in a hot ovon and who» the apples
are
heated •sprinkle with enough Liquor.Two.sugar to cool each and bake until 7+,o what extent are elzildren un- Home marry for money, some tot
tender. Make a syrup of enc CUP' der 8 years oaf ago given alcoholic boatit but an oocentrie old .
fol of water, half a oupful of sugar, liquors? The question is raised byroan named Tasino gentle. the juice of hall a lemon, and tea- F. q 'who lives in a
0. lli.AelFeretll In the Cetir'a0 P1 Village' hard by Naples, Italy, cares
spoonful of grated rind; adcl, two a letter to the London Lancet, in 'or neither looks nor beauty. Tired
tablespoonfuls of ehopped razsine; which he says:
of single blessedness he gllore(1 lti
two of chopped candied cherries, "Sano months ago 1 obtained hand and purse Do the lady who
two of chopped candied pineapple, figures from a fey' of the London could best cook hiset dellen
and two of chopped almonds. When county wenn wheels, and macaroni, p aey,
co
the sugar is dissolved sot back an found that in each no less than 40 Tasino was reputed t he 'i
Rut -
the range and let rt coo] slowly halfg richest
hour, : When the applos are yo cent' of the infants under 8 man in the village, so a groat.flut
years of age drank alcohol more or ter was caused by his announce -
done put in little glass sauecrs, tak• lass regularly, There appears to ment, and no fewer than 120 ladies
ing care not to break the apples. be no doubt that a similar state of entered the contest, Tasino lei
ill with rho ed sweets and things exists in every part of Chrfs self aetecl as judge, and a week lat-
pour the syrup over thein. Servo tian Europe, except in the countries rr led the prize-winner—a respee.
of the farthest North, and it wig..
be, interesting to find out whether
the figtfres I obtained from the
Uses of Milk in Cleaning. — It schools chosen haphazard are true
still clean, piano keys beautifully, of the rest of the country, In one
It will take discolorations from gilt school of some 300 infants I found
mirror and picture frames. It will that 11.8 per tient. drank.aleohol
take out ink spots of long standing. daily, and 34.1.per cent drank oaca-
Used in starch' will give a gloss like sionally.
that obtained in laundry, Used MADE COARSE BY DRINK.
with blueing for lace curtains will
make them look like new. "Some time ago," said Mr. Mao -
Picture Frames.—For gilt frames l,ereth in an interview,
'"Dr. Doczi,
use the water in which onions have the representative of the Hungari-
been boiled, as it will restore their i an government at the twelfth anter -
brightness. Loose dust that has national congress en alcoholism,
settled on picture frames andmold- read a paper on 'Alcohol and its
ings may best be removed with a Effects on the Child,' in which he
broom covered- with flannel or showed that the Hungarian govern
cheesecloth, as'it will cling to the'ment had caused most carefully pre -
doth and not, be scattered over the pared statistics to be obtained as
to the drinking habits of Hungarian
children. The investigation was
300,000 GUILD DRINKERS
worn
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cold with whipped cream.
CLEANING.
room.
To Clean Silver.—To clean silver
on dressing table, jewelry, or any carried out in a thorough manner,
kind of silver or gold, take one-half and it was found that 36 per Gent.
cupful of common baking soda. Put of the children who drank alcoholic
in saucer and have a small hand dunks were inattentive, nervous
brush and pan of warm water and and careless, 15 per cent. were mel -
soap. Immerse brush in water, then aneholy and shy, 30 per cent. were
in soda, and scrub in the usual way °case in habits and manner, not
until perfectly clean. Wash in clear
particular, were vindictive and giv
water; dry on towel, andpolish
with a piece of mhamois skin. This
process will not scratch the finest
salver or gold, or any stones in
jewelry.
Paint Brush Uses.—Ono of the
roost practical articles . for the Per cent. of the boys and 13.1 per
household is a new paint brush. cent. of the girls drank wine.
I.eep three different sizeson hand 300,000 ADDICTED TO HABIT.
—one small round bristle brush for
"If the same proportion of chil-
dren in London elementary' schools
drink alcohol to the same extent
that was found.to obtain in the two
schools from which I obtained fig
en to theft, 15 per cont. were im-
moral and only 20 per cent. showed
ro signs of any evil effect. In "Vi-
enna it was found that 39.9 per
cent. of the boys. and 33.2 per cent.
of the girls drank beer, and 11.3
ful of flour, three tablespoonfuls of cleaning articles 'or window pane
sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one corners where the scrub brush gen-
erally falls; another larger brush,
two inches long and one inch thick,
round, of hair, for cleaning bats
and it goes in all the small spaces
between the flowers or leathers and
gets all the dust out; and one small
},at brush, one and one-half inches
wide, for greasing the bread and
cake tins. Throe such brushes
should be bought for -about 30 cents.
of dry mustard or two of prepared
mustard, a dash of red pepper ; mix
together, beat the yolks of three
eggs light, add a teacupful of vine-
gar. Cook all together in dotibia
boiler until it thickens, acid a heap-
ing teaspoonful of butter, beat well..
Let cool and if convenient add a
little either •sweet or sour cream,
not milk. This dressing poured
over finely chopped cabbage has
made more than one dinner famous.
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HOME COOK BOOK.
Buy an ordinary blank book with
stiff cover, costing 10 or 15 cents.
Peach Dainties.—Froze Peaches From an old magazine .find a pie-
-Remove the peel from firm, ripe tura of a young woman with a cap
peaches by dipping them for a min- and apron on dressed as a cook, andtitle in boiling water, then rubbing paste this on the outside of the
them with a rough cloth. Quarter cover. Dumber each page through
the fruit, removing the stones, and the book and index the front pogo,
each sub -
leaving several pages fo
sprinkle with lemon juice to pre- e'
vent them from discoloring. Boil jeer.
a pound of granulated sugar with For pies paste a picture of a pie
at the top of the page andbelow
half a cupful of water until it forms '
a' thick syrup, then put the peach- write out the different recipes.
es into this and gently simmer for For meats use a, picture of a roast
a. minute er two. Put in the freez_ beef or pork chops so often seen in
er, removing the dasher, and pack magazines.
about with ice and salt, and freeze Follow it through :with candies,
toe tho consistency of water ice. cookies, breads, puddings, etc.,
Surprise Peaches—Select large braving groups of pages for each sub-
ject with a picture at the start of
each.
When looking for any special
thing you can find it more readily
by the picture.
Try to have all pictures either
all colored or all print, for the book
is much neater if done with each
print of the same color.
This makes an attractive book for
home use and also if mace neatly
makes a useful gift for a bride.
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TAXING DEEP COAL.
ingadultration, if any has been at-
tempted. The tasting proper, which
comes last of all, also depends very
largely on the sense of smell, as we
are told by the physiologists, and
also on that of feeling, by which
the expert's tongue, for example,
distinguishes between a rough and
smooth or velvety taste. The real
sense of taste tells the taster whe-
ther the wine is sweet or bitter,
and enables him to make other simi-
lar distinctions.
The wine is well spread over the
mucous surface of the month in
tatting, and is retained until
warmed. It it is swgallowed too
soon, much of the effect is lost.
Often, ton, a young wine that tastes
somewhat thin and rough at first re-
crals after an instant that it has,
bcdly and gives promise of delicacy.
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WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE.
Plans have been completed for
suiting New York with the City of
New Jersey by a celesta] suspension
l ridge, the longest in the world,
across the River Hudson, The
bridge will be 7,400 feet long, cast
120,000,000, serve 500,000 people To Preserve Apples.--.\ simple
daily, and-accimnradatr 20.00 ve- and effective way to keep apples
h roles every twenty-four lmut•s. 1, cosh indefinitely is to sulphur them.,
Five enormous steel cables, stretch- Parc and quarter them and Thee
rd across two huge pillars, half in clean market basket. Suspend
mono and half steel, (001 213 feet it by wire from a stick laid 011 top
high, win rar•ry n total weight of Of a hotiomless barrel, Slip a pan
(0,),000 tans. Each cahlc, capable of coals over which 5 rents' worth
“r sustaining a weight of 40,000 ni slrlom, is sprh ltled under the
ton.;; will be 2 fret in diatctc'r, barrel and eover top closely. Let
and composedof many wn•cs laid steed all day; then remove to jure
Parallel to each 'other, but not with. as 111111 handling MLS 1101,1s}lt10;
twisied, The ens± will lie borne by io 008 flown tightly, tie up, and
the SI:Ltcs of New York and'' New keep in a dry, cool place. Time ars
jersey.
APPLES.
A very curious question in poli-
tical economy has arisen in Eng-
land, in consequence of the govern-
ment's declared intention of levy-
ing a tax on the capital value of
undeveloped • minerals, meaning
especially coal in mines which has
not yet been touched. This..calls
in expert. scientific judgment con-
cerning the amount of coal deep in
the earth, and the practieabihity of
working it, In addition to the 100,-
015,000,000 tons of "available" coal
in 'the proved coalfields of Great
Britain, a royal commission a few
years ago estimated that there were
5,239,500,000 tons below the 9,000
foot level. Since it is proposed
that the tax -collectors shall try to
levy on this, an important question
arises as to whether' it can be eco-
nomically recovered. The average
talablte middle-aged widow—to the
ar.
AN HEIRESS PREFERRED.
.1 study of matrimonial advertise-
ments will reveal some queer
"wants" in the shape of both bus -
bands and .wives. Thia is from a:
Bengal journal 1 "Wanted for mar-
riage, a fair girl Hindu, kayeatha,
for a graduate student. Very re-
spectable heiress apparent prefer-
red. Address sharp, confidential-
ly," etc.
The word "kayastha" refers to
caste, but the idea of a "fair Hin-
du" who is an "heiress apparent"
is distinctly arousing to British
ideas.
The following requisition appear-
ed iit a paper hailing from the West
of England: "Wanted immediate-
ly, with view to matrimony, hand-
some, sporting young mite. hard
rider, but not drinker ; must own
hunters."
If' this advertisement is not a
joke, it must have beei. written by
a lady who knew her own mind
pretty thoroughly. It is seldom
that you find so many requisitions
succinctly set forth -in three. lines.
ABLE TO 000K AND WASH.
They are practical folk in Austra-
lia. Listen to this from a New
South Wales journal: "Wanted a
wife; must be able to cook and
wash. Lady preferred." This
man, .at any rate, was honest, and
nc doubt many girls would much
sooner trust themselves to an ad-
vertiser of this kind than to one
who angled for looks or money.
Japanese matrimonial advertise-
ments are the very antithesis of the
urea there must be nearly 300,000 hard practicality of the Anglo -
child drinkers in London. It is Saxon announcements, The 'Kana -
highly probable that a similar con- waza Shimbwe,' a Japanese paper,
dition of things prevails in "both had an advertisement from a lady
town and couni,ry districts, and if who, after describing her own per-
this is so there must be some 2,000,- sonal charms and fortune in flow -
000 elementary school children in ery language, ended, "If there is
England and Wales who more or a gentleman who is clever, learned
less regularly drink alcohol. handsome, and of good taste I will
"There is a very strong ease for. join with him for life, and share the
a national inquiry, especially in pleasure of being buried in the
view of the fact, for which we have same grave."
the authority of Dr, Janes Kaye,
medical officer to the West Riding LITTLE BUT GOOD.
county.counoii, that out of a school Workhouse .guardians not infra -
population in England and Wales quently receive applications for
estimated at 6,000,000 there cannot wives. The Eccleshall Board con -
be, at the loest computation, less sidered one which, in which a York
than 4,800,000
wchfldret4 in. our ole- shire workingman, who described
n entaryschools who cannot }ie de- himself as steady., very homely, no
scribed as sound in body and mond. drinker, and, not quarrelsome set
1t will hardly bo questioned that forth his requirements in a le;" tter.
those infirmities, at some stage or His chief anxiety seems to have
other, were caused to a large es- been that his bride-to-be should not
tent by alcoholic drinking." be tee tall. "If you would be kind
t enough," he wrote, "to supply me
arch, CIIURCIIES 0N 'PJIA31l3S. with her name and height of body
—I mean she should not be taller
Meyer of Biggest City hes. Great than five feet or so -and with age
gg y and respectability, I would pruvide
\ntuher of Clurchca• her with a very new, comfortable
The Thames, England, ought to home:"
have .a vast number of gaud poo-' The opinion of an Irish tramp up-
plc dwelling on its banks for it is on the ideal. wife is distinctly amus -
said to be better'churched than any ing. She should he, he says,• "be-
other river of its size. That is to tween forty and fifty years of ago
say, it has a greater number of not handsome but temperate. Sh
churches standing immediately on 411o111d be able to walk .twenty
i.tsc banks than any stream of similar miles a day, and be good at begg-
extent. if you are ivoll ac uairitad grog bottles and potatoes, and al -
with the country it flows through, so at ballad singing. She should
and attempt to reckon up the num- not be quarrelsome, but a•b1e to
her of these edifices you can see fight a round or two, to defend her
from a boat, yet will be perfectly husband when in action."
astounded at the result of your cal-: WILLING FOR A FOURTH.
collations.
One is driven to wonder whether
I know delightful
coll ed rhesed
ing from delightful Somerford Key -there were any replies to this euri-
nes; in 'Wiltshire, where a good sus advertisement, which appeared
friend of mine is .ector, which is rr a London daily paper ., Wanted,
the very firstof the series, to the a respectable gentleman -widower
Sol-an-whatbleakand sad chui'ah of preferred—to marry the house-
Cooling—thee scene of the early part keeper of an aged gntleman, whom
of "Great Expectations"—which is he would like to see happily mrer-
r.ied boforo he dies, She has had
well-nigh Wte last. But; when T
come to think of it, St. James'; in three husbands, but is' willing for
the Isle of Grain,roust be rcallya fourth, If anyone did volunteer
the very lase of these ripariato 'Wako "number four," he was.
churches. The three I have, men- certainly braver than the average
biomed are all very interesting, but man.
little known, as they are somewhat The. fallowing, which is taken
out of. the popular track.—Lon- from the columns of. a.Nerr York
don Graphic, paper, appears to form an appro-
Many a man makes his mark .in
nominal temperature at 4,000 feet ,the world—with a whitewash brush.
is put at 110 degeees Fahrenheit, A --
miter can work the 08551 number Hicks ---"I oweou apology.
y an
or hours at 100 degrees, with brisk The fact is, it was raining, and I
ventilation and dry air, bol•- fhose saw your embroils, toad pposing
arc conditions not easily maintain- you had gone home for good, fool..
co at seta' a, depth. it,"' 'Wicks -"Don't mention it. 1
—t' --- owe you an apology. You left your.
Woman thinks she will he man's silk hat, you know, and wore your
superior when she gets herr rights, old ane. As .I had too umbrella,
and as I didn't rweat to wet my own
It :is the after .effect i,f' exacta- hat," 1 part on yours. Rope you.
didn't nand," '
available for pima, sauce, or mince- I once that counts.
pria.te conclusion to an article of
±lois kind :—
"A young man of, agreeable pres-
ence, and; desirous of getting mar-
ried, would like to make the ao
mquaietance of an aged and expert-.
enced gentleman who could dissu-
uric him fromtaking the fatal step.
---London Tit -Bits, .
P0011 FELLOW l
Once in a while a man is too
proud to beg and tun honest to
steal --then the only alternative he
has left is to go tat work,