HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-1-26, Page 6THE MAGNETISM OF CHRIST
Nothing in History Comparable to tb.e Invisible
Effluence That Exhaled From ills Soul.
But he could not. be Itid.-Mark
VII., 24.
The soul, like the individual, has
its atmosphere. Erich individual
carries within him a physical, men-
tal and moral presence that is efril 1^
valent to ft magnetic circle. The
powerful personality radiates force
dven as the glowing coals radiate
heat. Through his superior nature
Orpheus is said to have charmed the
loner animals Into subjection; but
earth's heroes and leaders literally
lulfill Lhis tale of magic, mastering
our reason and subduing our will.
Fronde exhibits Julius Caesar
drawing men unto him as .a inegneL
draws particles of iron and steel.
The rude Roman soldiers cotild no
more escape the magnetic presence
of their general than they could
dodge the gravity of the earth. CM-
lyle tells us that Mirabeau took the
tumultuous French assembly by
storm. 'Virility., enthusirtern, elo-
quent speech, all were his, and, rush-
ing forth, the floods of power aller-
whelmed reen, and for the moment
subdued ell wills to Mirabeau. Pure-
ly by his n3agnetie influence Burke
in his attack made Hastings foe]
himself "the most culpable being on
earth." '
This invisible radiation also helps
us to explain the spell Socrates cast
over Alcibiades. "In his presence,"
said the youth, "the. fetters of pas-
sion that often enslave me seem
like ice melting before the sun. While
X listen my heart thumps, my eyes
fill with tears. Therefore I stop my
ears, as if to shut out the voice of
the sirens and tear myself away by
force lest I grow old sitting by los
side."
Efamerten was deeply impressed
by the statement that Napoleon's
hand -grip was like unto a
POWERFUL ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Endeavoring to explain the "Little
Corporal's" mastery over men, the
author reflects that ono touch of
the lion's paw magnetized Dr. Liv-
ingstone and made hire indifferent to
the animal's bite, Thus, argued
fereenerton, great men carry sante
mysterious power by which they fas-
cinate the reason rod master the
will.
In one of his essays letoutaigne
speaks of a coach taken by robbers,
who killed all the men and captured
the treasure. But when the bri-
gands approached a young woman
who remained alive they feared to
lay violent hands upon her, for "her
eyes were full of bayonets." Such
purity and justice blazed out of
those homes of silent prayer that
her eyes became weapons of defense,
keeping the brutes at bay. Just as
the sun pervades all space with its
light and heat, so man, small, in-
deed, of physical stature, carries a
'diffusive ana persuasive presence
that fills the home and street with
an atmosphere that blights and
withers or influences that bless.
Striking as ho.s been the ntinoe-
phere of power in which the sons of
greatness have walked, for inalesty
and beauty there is nothing in his-
tory comparable to the inVisible, in-
describable effluence that exhaled
from Christ's soul and was the se-
cret of His personal influence. In
what a blaze of light he lived! What
sweet allurement had He for the
common people! With what wonder
of enthusiasm did the multitude
crowd and presa upon Him! The
speech of this youth of three ante
thirty effulged with sayings that the
ripdt, scholars of centuries never
have been able to fethom. 'What an
atmosphere of hope did TN:diffuse, in
which wrecked and ruined publicans
and sinners should feel deed . end
dormant power stirring ami coming
forth to life before His sacree look.
RIGHT OI3SNESS IN 0111ERS
is white as a snowflake buteeiten
also as cold. His spotless heart
was stained .through and through
with sym.pathy for humeri sin and
suffering, even as the rose is stained
red with rich colors. Solitary by the
greatness of line lire and the power
of His love, in whet an atmosphere
of influence did He Walk! If tho
centurion, the ruler and the priest
approached litre with mingled ewe
aad hesitancy, if the captain and his
soldiers quaked in His presence and
fell to the ground before Ills all-
plereing look, little children found
in Him an instant and familiar
friend, attd, climbing WWII His knee,
heard comforting words and knew
a loving influence.
The mountains could not bide
Him! The seas coulct not. separate
Him from the people; the multitude
ran across tbe desert after Him. It
was earth's greet heart and divine
shedding hope turd inspiration upon
a race and drawing the multitude
upward.
For the human heart divines its
frieads, One° its master stands
fettle revealed, the soul rises to oc,
claim Him Lord and Master. What
it treasure -box is the human lteart!
BOW do secret thoughts and mune-
. 1erie longings and unsuspected heart-
aches lie hidden there? Jewele con-
cealed in a rude outer ease!
But to this One, who offered the
very petbern of ideal friendship,
every heart ina•de haste 10 open Its
hidden jeWole, Tho ohildr-m of pros -
pettily With their unhappiness, the,
children of Weakimes and want, men
high and lo(0, reezi bond and free,
With all their bepes and !chicane) and
prayers end Penitence, pressed onto
ObrIst and' poured forth all thole
treasure before this divine frieed. It
Was ea if =inner had ameembled 011
its bloolne. and blossoms seid shed
all tide treasure deem batt'
Christ's feet,
Great Wati the elierM *Ma a Poll'.
tical savior as Garibaldi exerted Up-
on followers who for hint were will-
ing martyrs, Great, too, the en-
thusiasm that clansmen of Scotland
felt for such a hero as Robert. Bruce,
for whom men gladly died if only
the beloved ehleftain might
COMBAT AND CON213ER.
In 1351 when the Hungarian hero
Nossath visited New York, the pa-
triot stood forth clothed with sleet
weight aml majesty of character that
on the day of his reception people
n erteh side of Broadway dropped
their tools, closed their stores. for-
sook their tasks, and, massing in
and about the central street, the
tides txf enthusiasm rose in the mul-
titude like the tides of an advancing
river.
We also are told that when Robert
Burns made his tour through etcot-
and the inere announcement that
the poet had arrived et some inn,
perchance at tho midnight hour, Was
stfaicient to call from their slumbers
all the people within a radius of
miles, assembling to hem' and see
the poet whose presume° filled men
with transports of delight.
Yet, wben the influences of leader,
or orator, of stateentan and at•tisl
ancrpolitical savior are united and
melted into ono new and glowing
conception of herolene yea, niul mul-
tiplied a thousand times, they seem
entirely leadequate to account for
the spell and the charm that Jesus
Christ cast upan the people from
whom He could not he hid.
Reflecting thnt Sliakermeare was 11.
writer of supreme genius and liv
but 300 years ago, remembering how
weak Foul feeble has been the hold
earth's greatest spirits have had up,
on the people, Martineau remarked
that the greatest men must be rank-
ed in a different order of being fru)))
Him who is man's teacher to -el sav-
ior. At midday no man strikes a
match to find the blazing stiminer's
sun, and Shakespeare at best is but
O feeble sulphur match that, blazing.
blazes not in Christ's all -shining
splendor.
The atmosphere of influence that
was large and divine in Ohrist exists
in lesser degree in all God's chil-
dren. None are so little or so low
that character can be hid or the
soul's light be concealed, Character
is self -revealing. Goodness shines
in the face, love leaps in the eyes,
sympathy thrills in the' voice, while
kindness of heart shows itself like
sweet ointmeut upon the hand
Therefore, "He could not be hid,"
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
.TAN. 29.
Lesson. V. Jesus and Nicodemus.
Golden Text, John 3, 16.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Early, Judean Ministry - The
fourth evangelist alone (Join' 2, 12
to 6, 4.2) gives us an account of
what has been termed The Early
Judean Ministry of Jesus. and width
Includes the first cleansing of the
temple, our Lord's discourse with
Nicodomus, John's testimm v of
Christ at Aenon the Master's de-
parture from Judea (see also Matt.
1, 52 and Mark 1, 14), and his pas-
sage through aud two days' sojourn
In Samaria. The period of time oc-
cupied, as commonly accepted, was
Zoom 'April 11 untel sometime in
December, A.D. 27. A Seet.,a from
this 'Early Jdelea.n Ministry forms
the topic of our study,: in this les-
son.
Intervening Evenes.-Afterthe
marriage feast in C01.1111, Jesus Went
with his mother, brothers, and dis-
ciples 1.0 capernaum, but remained
there, ae John is careful to state,(
''not many days" (John 2,
since the annual passover feast was
11000 at hand, the celebration of this
feast being the occasion of hie pre-
sent visit to Jerusalem. Filled with
the consciousness of a lifework now
fully entered upon, and With a burn-
ing zeal for the rejestablishment of
his lentheres reign in the hearts of
men and in the natioeial life of his 1
thosen people, he enters Mtn the
sacred proeincts of the temple. Here
the desecration of this holy place by!
the traffic for gain carried on tinder;
the guise of a necessary adjunct to
worship arouses his righteoes and
holy 'Ovation, and, with the di-
vine authority eq. represent tho
Father and reveal his ;will to men
now fully vested in Mtn, hedrives
out the money changers and mer-
cenary trafee ors and cleanses the
house of prayer, --
Mani' miractlee accompany his min-
istrations to the people at this fes-
tive season, and not a few are they
in whom the begiimings of faith in
him aro manifested. But it is John's
purpose to•show at. this' point in his
nerrative the influence of the .words
and miracles (or signs) of Jesus up-
on one who was hot of the eredelous
nerd fickle multitude, but who belong-
ed to the aristocracy,,which in the
Jewish state lmpliod that he was
one of the leaders in the religions
life and thole:Mt of the nation au
well.
Verse 1. Nicodennue-The hame
Nicodemus, though of the Greek
origin, WaS not encommon anumg
the Jews. The Tainted mentions
person llOarilig his nante CO ono of
the knee richest Inhabitants of jor-
usalein, and as one of the disciples
of Jesus who lived until after the
deatruct foe of Jorepalein, which fact
Meisel' the 1(1001.11100(1 0)1 ef this per-
son with the Nicodemus of Johe's
earratiVe improbable] Nitiodelnee la
metitioted but twice after this In WO
1'
gospel narrative. On the one ma -
shin (John 7, 45-52) he defends
Jesus before the Sadhecirin (01(1 on
the other he assists JesePh 01
=th3ee at the burial of Jesus (John
911-42),
41. 1.1eror the Jews -That a,
member of the Sanhedrin, the high-
est court of justice and supreme
council at 'Jerusalem, controlling all
the 01111111)5 of the Jewish church and
state, though at this time subordin-
ate to the 110)0011 authority.
2. 13y uight-For 0 personal inter-
view and possibly to declare his
sympathy and secret allegiance. It
has been suggested, and not with-
out plausibility, that as a memr
be
of the Sanhedrin he could have found
time for euch a visit and conversa-
tion only at night, and that there is
in reality 110 fear or even timid -
.114' Tho words of Nic0de-
'311115 te J5505, an know that thou
'art st teacher come from Gott. are
not flat Levy, but a Mitten' onf ties] on
, of. his own deepeet 0010
1101100
1 8, Kingdom of (lo1-Aepiritual
kingdom nee lig 11 a Ili.%
111 11) f.0 brotherhood all true believe
'Fe's, but not So unclog/toot] by the
:Jews in the Utile of Christ., These
ilooked forward to the 011.1.101210 ('5"
tab] islmlent Of an earthly kingdom
:of great splendor in which the Mes-
siah himself should rule as King.
; Born Asain-The souse of "again"
jis in the original obtainable only
(1001 the context. 1.1)0 ("reek expos -
;siert meaning rather "born from
above," The word tranelated
1"a30111" 111100 1114701.11 also "from the
'begiiming," which, however. welled
'nlin.lot no sense here.
5. Except a men be born of reefer
-Unless he humbly submits to the
outward sign of cleansing, thereby
criillifitiTisHb.,iff. deli ('(001(1 and
s
Of I he Spirib-The more- important
birth. Unless a 11)0101) 10)))))' spiritu-
al We be wholly tshanged by a power
from alio le that of tho Spirit of
Code he cannot, (120))though he be
a son of Ale alum according to the
:ficos,113., veton
' ito the kingdom of
o
I 6. Flesh -Signifying not merely the
body, hut its [amities, its teppetetes
0)201deeires is well, "the whole
(qute
ip en with which nature f u t-
ie:411es man for life in this world."-
1
Spirit -Hero means the Holy
Spirit,
S. The wind lei owet pluelse
:sometimes treeeleted "the Spirit
breatheth," since the words for wiled
'rued spirit are in Greek,
1711 arest the Sound ''.1.11cr
times rendered "Iwarest its voice,"
fo11oW1010 the translation "the spirit
;breatheth," above
So is everer one th-at is been of the
!Spirit evident to those with whom
;he comes in contact by his life and
activity, while the source nnel ulti-
mate trend of this spiritual life and
this activity rimy he alike hidden
from all who have not themselves
become parte:ems of the same new
life of the Spirit.
9. Ilow can these be -Rather,
transpire, or come to paes.
10. Art thou a inestei-Better, the
teacher. .As a rabbi, and hence a
representative of the supreme au-
thority of the Jewish church, Nice -
denies is taken to task 101' his ap-
parent irnorance in spiritual met-
iers.
11. We speak -'Phe change te the
singular in the next verse moms to
indicate that Jesus included his dis-
ciples with himself in thought in this
expression.
That we do know -We do not at-
tempt to instruct others concerning
which we ourselves are iguorant.
INFORMATION FROM FA,
My pa, he didn't go down town,
Last eveeting after ten
But got a -book an 'settled down
As comf'y as could be,
l'e have my pa about
'ro answer all the things I had
Been tryiee to find out.
And so I asked him why the world
.le roUriflo! instead' of .square, e
And why the piggies' tails ere curled
And Why don't fish .breathe air?
And why the moon don't hit a Stat.
And Why the elerk es blank
And keit hew, many birde there are
And will the wind come. back?
And why does water stay in wells
And why do June bugs hum
And what's the roar / hear in shells
And when will' Christmas come'?
Aiod h • thc gl'ass is 1 • •b •
Iesteed of sometimes blue?
And NN-hy a bean seill grow a. bean,
And not tie apple, too?
And why a horse can't learic to 11100
And why a yew can't neigh?
And do the fairies live on dew
Anil what..nialces hair grow gray?
And thei3 my pa got up an', Gee!
The °IRO words he said,
1 hadn't done a thing, lett ho
Jest sent 1310 off to bed,
;EVERYTHING ACCEPTED.
She accepted niy devotion,
She seemed to like it well,
She appeared to hear with pleasure;
Every tale I het] to tell.
Slie accepted each fond letter
That 7 wrote her every day;
Sbe accepted ail lily floweee
And the tickets for the play.
she accepted 011 my ho magC-
All the compliments I paid;
She accepted all the ;resents
Which hi ardent love 3 inede,
fil'e a Gepted all My statements -
Vows that I'd be good and true;
not she efteriverds aceepted
My detested rival, too.
lel 11 11TFUL 50 11.
'lain soil of Cuba is exl remote- fruit-
ed. Cabbages there are No large
that luiede weighihg 20 pounds each
tote collinton. All vegetalJOS 110
'well. MOAN; iney be 1.70,711 from
feerteen to eighteen daye eftee reev-
ing, lettuce in five weeks niter
Whiee torn produeee three Grope
Per selgee. SWeet, petatieed, ,groW
1111 the/year,
:1-1.14444,4-1144-1-44.11444-144,
ThN Horne!
BECIPES.
trot Ham Sandwiches. -Spread
hair the slices of bread for sand-
wiches with butter, the other half
with minced ham, Pltees elicee to-
gether; beat an egg, add hair a. env
of cream and soak sandwiches a NW
Seeonds. 1Teat two tablespoons of
butter and brown tile eandwiches on
both sides.
C '11 J ordinary le-
mon jelly, according to directions on
gelatine package. j borere the
jelly is hard :stir in bun a cup of
. eel ginger. Set away to cool
and sem o with whipped erearn, flav-
ored with a tiny suggestion of
Amently.
Iteest Lamb and Banana ere-
:03)mae:4,-1Mb salt anel peewee over
1103 of lnieb, dredge with thou: and
IBM. on rack in baking -pan. Baste
jimptently with bacon In melted in
!hot Water, ilemove course, shreds
'from eananare trim to a cylindrieel
shape. Roll in egg, thee in sifted
,breati crumbs seasoned with sell,
!and pepper and fry in hot fat.
Drain and serve with parsley on
dish with the meet.
lt,gg Plant no GI-attn.-Pool egg
plant and cut 111 slices, sprinkle with
salt, riet, aside for a, time, then dry
them on a clatle Roll them in flour
fry in hot butter. 're two table -
Spoons of melted bueter add three
, of flour. hell a imoon of edit, end
i a dash of pepper, Cook end aOl
'half cup of tomato pewee, add
!third rem of cream. Spread it iny-
'er af Ranee on Auttered gi•eten (111011,
eprinkle with grated cheese-and,on
tint; a layer of egg plaid-. Continue
the Myers, leaving the last leyee
sauce and cheese. Spread over the
:whole eraelfer-erumbs ancl Invited
butter and set in oven to brown,
Apricot Snow. -Press fl nip of
canned apricots through a ricer. Add
'a cup of sugar, white of an eggeand
:juice of a lemon. Beat till it will
, stand alone. Ilse between and
;above layers of cake. A few helves
;may be used to stet:oral.° the snow.
1 Chocolate Cake. - Cream, four
1 ounces of butter, with three or four
:ounces of sugar; when soft, add two
! eggs, one at a time, beating each
Ione in separately, then stir in four
01111105 Of ground chocolate which
'bias previously been melted with one
tablespoonful of milk; anally, shake
in four ounces of flour awl half a
teaspoonlea of baking -powder. Bake
in a moderate oven one limo. For
the icing, diseolve three ounces of
!ground chocolate in one -eight of a
Ipint of water, then add eight melees
or sifted icing sessile let it just wenn
'then pour it over the cake. The
'reason your chocolate icing is dull
is that you get. it. too hot; this. will
make it crack too.
Apple Dumpling's (No. 1).. -One eup
of chopped suet; two cups of flour;
one teaspoonful of salt: mix with
cold watee into 0 dough; put, the
apples in as for pudding: tie in lit-
tle cloths; drop into boiling water;
boil one hour. Use any num, or
sugar only.
Apple Dumplings (No. 20. -Stir a
beaten egg with a. cupful of thick
cream.' Sift, one teaspoonful of
baking powder and n quarter tea-
spoonful of salt into three cupfuls of
flour. Make into dumplings, inclose
ins pored and coteel apPles, encl bOii
half an hoer. If the &nigh is tno
stiff add more cream or milk,
Lemon Butier-One-half pound of
11111 101'. one-half pound of sugaie
three eggs, the grated rind and juice
of two lemons. Mix and simmer,
stirring nil the time until thick.
No -Egg Cake. -One ;the of sugar
and• one-half cup of butter,. heaton
to a cream. One cup • of milk, two
and cme-half cups of nom. ono " cup
of raisins, one teaspoonful of cream
of terear and one-half teaspoonful !of
soda. Spice! with elememon, elayes
end. nut010g. This Carl LSI Used- es
puelelleg with sweet Frame.
Chicken Salad.-Stenni, nut boil,
the chicken until a fork can be easily
turned around hi the meat; if not
spring; fowl, this May take three
hours. 'When the chicken is cold, cut
the breast into pieces not too emelt,
with a 'knife, and sprinkle with
French dressing, The daek meet
should not,be used a-preete Salad
is desired to two cu fuls of chiele-
e
et allow one of coarsely. chopped
celery, or more if liked, and keen`
the celery crisp until wanted. 'Make
a mayonnaise dreesing, stir part de
ie into the celery, and place the lat-
ter upon the' salad dish, and dis-
pose the tips of the celery prettily
about the edge. Heap the chieleen
mixture in the centre, pour over it
the remainder of the mayonnaise,
end earnish with white celery tope,
bevts cut in dice, capers, cold hard-
boiled yolks of eggs, that have beea
pre4d tle•ough a colander, or any
°thee ornament that pleases the
ranee
,;•1
• e
/ II1NTS 10011. 11.01111E
Dishcloths are weekly masa fresh
and sweet by boiling in clecin water
with a, good lump of soda added.
Stullight and eir are the veey best
eanitery agents, therefore they
Rhould be freely invited to enter
every room in the house.
When bolting dried haricot beans
do not put in the salt till the boats
aro nicely cooked, otherwise they
are apt le split end crack.
Red tablecloths Will keep their col-
or when washed if a little bOraX
Is added to the rinsing water end
they aro dried in the shade,
Before frying baeon soak it le
Water for three or feet anieutee, Tide
will prevent the fat front running,
and will make the bacon go fin.ther.
'Select lamp Wielts that are soft
end letmely woven, Soak them iti
Vinegar horde° Using and (ley in a
very cool oven. This is the surest
way to obtain a good light withoet
ettnoke,
To make a beefsteak tender, smear
o couple of teaspoonsful of salad oil
over it, place It between twu Metes
and leave it for a fen hours. This
works wonders in .eoftening the
fibres.
ITo make the bah- grow take one
teaspoonful of snit to half a pint of
soft water; apply three (11000 a
week, The ()levet at tho end of the
'month is surprising.
Por nut or almond eandwiches re-
move the skin earefully, chop very
'finely and work into a paste with
butter, Sea or salt over and
spread on brown bread.
See pie may be made from the
veriest scraps of any sort. Vona
these into a stew, add pieces Of
kerb potato, carrots, and a Melo
00000. C0001' ell with a light crust
'end serve directly the crust is dune,
1 To take coterie stains from a doll -
rate mrt torte], brush the • spot 'vith
1 pure glycerine, then ri n se in luke-
warm water and press on the wrong
side. Thu glycerine absorbs the col-
oring matter and rtny grew' in it,
It is 111107100 to tlre the eyes, for
'if it IS frequently done they aro like -
IV to 1014e tone. Of theme if thor-
oughly rested at night they will bear
but otherwise the sight will &row
(1110,
P0
eseient repelition of fatigue.
Pa clean white satin ehoes, put
the shoes on the "trees," or stuff
,
out with soft rags, end rub gently
:with a flannel dipped into methylat-
ed spirit of wine. Repeat the pro-
cess iintil clean, and efterwards rub
!dry with n clean, soft cloth,
1 It is a mistake to iron flannels. If
pulled mit evenly Whili) o(1 the line
they dry in good shape and, if whom
dry they are folded and put in the
bottom or the clothes basket and
other clothes piled on them, they
will he smoothed enough to suit
anybody but a crank. Hot irons
take the life nue of flannel.
To avert chapped Motels take com-
mon starch and grind it with a
knife unti1 it is reduced to the
sinoolluse powder. Put it. Into
lin box, so as in have it always at
hand for use. After washing en01
drying the Minds rub a pineh Of
stereh ogee them. covering the whole
slit -twee
11 a perrion, is suddenly attacked
with violent (2011011151011s and loss of
conseiousnees, you may know that
he has a fit of some kind. 'rho
head should be raised a little, end
no milted -et given, the limbs
should 1 o allowed ploirly of freedom,
ands a little beef tea or intik shoe Id
he given ou recovery.
If proem. care was taken of the
'get]; when children are young, tbere
woule be less employment ior t he
delit's,, less suffering, reel certainly
less expense. Teeth meet be 0e00pu-
17.11517? caved for, and carefully
blushed, net only night and 1(01)0
i113. but after every meal. 'Pen. teeeth
brush should not be too liege
A pereon rarely ratcbes cold fimin
being eold, hut mostly from being
li o tul perspi ring, hen get ting
/mid (no Sufi ienly. Many colds are
caught twining from a hot roone
clime II, theatre, out into the cold,
foggy ale suddenly. To avoid this
be sere to keep the mouth shut for
few secends and breathe through
the nose,
j Correct standing is said • to be a,
,cure for nervous depression, Memel-
nie end a host of ether ills. Stand
perfectly erect, with the chest well
:raised, beginning with periods of
ten 1110)01, and gimtlually increas-
ing to half nei hour. The pressure
of the internal organs Will be re-
lieved. the blood more thoroughly
oxygenired, and the tone or tlm
!whole system wonderfully improved.
To stiffen hair brushes, waFsh the
brushes in wenn. soapy water und
Hese in cold weeer, and then lay
the bristles in a shallow bowl of
water, in which two (lunches of pow-
dered alum have been dissolved.
Leave the brushes to *soak tweney-
four hours, and then take out ..enti
shake.- Leave to dry In thn mire'
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..T.A.MAICA'S
The Island Has NtIt Found It En-
tirely Bad.
On August 11, 1903, a cyclone
swept froin end to end of Jameica,
and M. Sydney Oliver, the eating
Governor, in his report to tho
Colonial Office, estimates the i
010110 ate desi Midi on ot. neeperty • at
i.12,500,000. Neverthelese, go robust
Is the financial position of the is-,
lanceethat lio concludes that abere
was really 110 110011 to make an
01'-
poal ou tel de ; of- the els] and, and he
thinks that -"had it net been for
;thee essumption that the. island wee
to be lergely helped from abroad,
the subseriptione made within the
ialana itself would have exceeded the
somewhat meagre team of £2,292,'-
Ati
.1.1ro same time the community
faced the situation bravely, and the
lost ground is being recovered. Even
aehurricane is 'lot whew:et its bless-
e8gs, for the seasons liaVe beedmora
favorable on the Whale than they
had been for many years past. "A
111'141411e appears to tuniet in pro-
neotieg the fertility of the soil, The
total. destruction -of the banana
ceop; and the attention compulsorily
givee to clearing cultivation have
reselled hi the yield in the last low
tineethe of a ?Mich finer grade of
freiti than has been exported ge so
large a scale previously,. This in a
Moist Important result for Jemalca
fruit, which 1051. year was inerleedly
suffering fro.in' the deterioration of
its qiiality, in the marlccts of the
United States, and was losing in
competition not only With Costa
Mean heat, but even. With the,
from Ceiba and San Donal -Igo,"
In 1731 the first, fire-thgleo Was
taken froth leriglend to New York
The Mar et ituesier atelee oVer
nearly oncesixtli of the total land
surface of tho, globe,
PERSONAL PonnEns.
Interesting Gossip About Some
Prominent People,
From a child the Queen of the
Netherlands has beim accustomed to
rise at 1017e1) Wel0011. .
A mirror, a crystell, and a sword
are carried before the Emperor of
Japan on ell State occasions,
"lenow thyself" is the Message. Of
the mirror; "Ile pure anti ell 1 110" is
1 be crystal's lio 0000100; while 1115
14000011 IS a 001111111100 to "Be strong."
1 ope Pius X. is the first Pontiff to
carry a watch, Hitherto it has been
etiquette at the Vatican that. the
I, Pope 10050 111Wily5 0510 one of t he
Cardinaln WIWI, limo it is. WIISII 0110
'earclinalh Informed I'ills X. of the
I olk1 01150070, 15" replied, smiling,
1 'Mee .1(1)17 lee thee ought always
,hlinster to know wha1 o'clock it
Hir Lawrence 111nut2Parlema ovine-
; four yearn old. Even in the lo l
led a taste tor net when he Wall 0:100 la
Idling stage bus fayorite tov 7I1115 S
pencil. Later, inovevig, those who
Iliad charge or hire determined that
hci should become n lawyer, 1.10(1, 111 -
;Stead 01 being encouraged to draw
tend India, the future Royal Acade-
!ell 101011 ens mettle to study ancient
lanontires and titerature.
Several members of the Scottish
nobility epee tr. thole: with ease rend
fluency. Among these etee the Aler-
t -pits of '1 ulli 3123 1(11110, the earl of
Dunmore and his daughter, Lady Vic -
,
toile Hill') ity, a n 11 Lord Archibald
1 flampleill 0101 1115 de tighter, Miss
; Elspeth 001 013)11011. The Male; i 1 is or
. Tull Mardi ne aed Lady V icleeria
I
,11.1tirray are snid to be able to
write this ancient language, which
is a far more dillicult acquirement
:than to tweak it.
1 The higgest family of to -day, ac -
!cot -ding to a French authority, be -
:longs to the King of Siam Tbis
monarch hits Iwo official wives,
eighty mor0 of e minor order, nnd
Ihis children numbered, it few years
ago, no fewer than seventy-two. TRH
, Majeely had also brae ors and sis-
ters to the numbei of arty, and
i
i nearly five 011000 as many uncles;
land it is said thal the leing boards
1 all these in whet:ion to his own
.particuiar family,
IVery int te h the best-provi derl-for
family in the world must be that of
, the (.1.7/11'. The grand dultes, bro-
ethers, 00107111S and imeles of Nicholas
I'II now stone thirty-five or thiety-
"
six in number, are entitled at birth
to' en income of 9400,000 e. 1701(1'
0111. of the Imperial este( tee riliS
31010)110 10, of 0011050, largely in-
If:Teased lit their maturer years by
Ineille. appointments. . Considerable
!as the total is, 11 114 but a small tax
!upon the CAW', Whe is the owner of
!over ..e. quarter of the land in
iLord Orford is a great fisherman.
Leuropean 10000)01.
lIt was while fishing in ScoLland that
111e first 11101 .Larly Orfotel, who is es
:enthusiasm it tesnerveoulan as he is
; a fIsherma n. She was thee elies
!Louise Corbin, dieughteni of the Am-
!erican railway into:male. Shortly af-
:ter her marriage she took, her bus -
:bend tarpondishing off the coast of
!Florida, end then broke the women's
1 tarp oon record by killing two of
these immense nsh 111 one day. Lord
Orford on that mcpedition caught the
fourth biggest 1011)011 ovur taken,
one weighing 183 pounds.
Lord Dillon is ono of the happiest
-as he 35 0110 of the handsomest -of
men, the ma20 evith a hobby. The
genial Viscotint (Who Wolild be Earl
of Dilion were the old Scottish
Stuart titles now accepted) is Cara -
ter of the 'rower Armories, end en
authority on ell seets of antiquari-
an lore. 3 -Jo is. perhaps, best known
at Oxford, where he is never tired
of lecturing to the more serious
students en 013.00011 brasses and the
county antiquities. At his Oxford -
Shire seat, lue has oven carried his
love of heraldry to the extent of
having the flower -beds cut in ihe
shape of the family coat -of -arms, the
flowers- being plented in the correct
heraldic color,'
The. Sultan of !Turkey•sleepseonly
two or three holies' out of the twen-
ty-four, and then when Sernmenie is
'Trireme to him • fie 0 peusiciiin is
performieg in tho- (0)1)00(0111.
This 1319411)101,evideli;'is echrjinic, has
been brought, aboirtiby twig fear of
-assassination. A light :is always
burning in liis rooin, -and Ismet Iley,
his foster-hrtither and Grand Master
of the Impetial Wardrobe, eleaps
with him in the same chamber. ISillet
'ley is tlw 1110.11, teustee member of
the Sultan's; suite; and' -as he closely
resembles his mast 00 111 appearanee
Ile not infrequently hapersoeates
Abdul Tflamid 001 those occasions on
width the Sultan appears in medic
neremonies where aerisle .of assassin-
etion is, involved
HOW 1114 KNEW„,
„i... .
Professional military aisl naval
inen are wont to shruggtheir should-
ers in the presence of the civilian
t'"h
i'oobe
ns. engeres its° aaltnrauteausrto°rra
ygoirlizaa"
young officer in the Navy who met
knowledge 111 a landenian when he
least expected it.
Wii•ile his ship Was in herboe a
voleetter navel brigade came on
board for a little peactical instruc-
tion. The yeting lieutenant was de-
tailed to give the landsmen thole
lesson in gun manoeuvrieg,
'Ile' showed them till the dirreeent
types of gutty and explained lemie
inechnuisin. Once, boweVer, his
knowledge failed him. One of the
guns wits a hew model, arid some-
thing about the breech mechanism
was novel and perplexing.
"This gentlemen, is a new attach -
Mont for -for-"
One of the naval brigade Spoke
t11):C-Exeuse ine, eir; it's for range -
finding," Then he went on to ex-
plain, but after a few %verde stopped
WO retired, The officer looked at
111!"'llcoawbffic.170, you. know tvhat, yee're
talking about/ This device wasn't
put on any ship lentil three weeke
1(3 1(010(0, eir; butt 3001 005, I tn"
vented lt.,sit .
A DINNER TO MONKEYS
FEASTS FOR FREAHS AND
71e-DDISTS,
Swell Function in Honor of the
Third Birthday of a
Dog.
The latest novelty, in eoeial fume
Hone was a clog banquet, given re-
cently al: Now York, by Mr. and Mee,
Barry Lehr, bo tho third birtlitley
of their small Vonteranlan deg,
Mighty Atom, Formal levitations
were isetied, requesthg ibe ethane
dance of 8017011 other dogs owned by
society heelers. lied decibels and sil-
ver candelabra decorated the table.
The clogs were placed in high chairs,
end behind them were seated rash-,
itinable women, their owners, tell°
as, islet] five butlers in serving the
menu, which included veal eetlets,
'Prankfurlee sausages, salads, tee -
clown, chololates and a large birth-
clapettice,
The unique banquet 'MIS
by tho most distinguiehed nientlitre
of New York's smart set. Pi 1,00•
were given to the two dogs 11''1129
the best table manners; end es a
filial several cats W000 1010 1,3, 17(1,
end there (00.5 a, general concert of
noise,
MEALS IN A MENAGIeRCE.
A dinime to monkeys was the 07.11'-
101113 feSlital given to Mr. and Mrs.
Lehr last year. Over two hundred
monkeys of various species Sat (101011.
to a sumptuous spread, and a huge
chimpanzee presided at the head of
the table. But the function ended
in tumult. One of the spectators, a
noted practical joker, threw a bot-
tle or whisky, uncorked, on the
table. As the contents ran over the
board, the menials sucked up. the
spirit, and then, with weled grim-
aces, attacked each other. 51 was
only after a bard struggle that th0.
waiters ancl menservants were able
to capture the beats and separate
them.
A lion, a monkey, a collie, and
lady and gcntlenian sat down to
dinner in the cage of a travelling
menagerie at Charleeton two years
ago, They dined off the sante table,
thotigh not on the same fare, and
the mos1 complete harmony prO-
Vailed. The meal was the resull of
a wager, andewhen Lhe trather left
the cege he was the lucky winner
of 8500.
A strauge dinner eas servea ih
Paris lest month, 0011031 four Eng-
lishmen sat. down to what 'night be
0001110(1 a "cease -meat feast." They
were etrrious to know what horseflesh
tasted like, and went to a noted
restaurant. In Montmarlee, whine
they partook of 0 dinner, the bill -
of -fare of which inchnled the flesh of
the berm donkey, and mule, 'iha
following WAS the exact menu:
Bars° 'Bouillon.
Mules' Brains in Drown Butter,
Donkey Cutlets mid French Beans.
Roast Boned Sirloin of Horse.
Fried Potatoes.
Milks' Marrow on Tenet,
The horse and donkee dishes look-
ed very uninviting. Thu sirloin Was
almost wholly ee old of fat, stringy
in substance, and being served un-
derdone, Presented a repugremtly
blue appearance. The milles' I rains,
however, were excellent, affording as
good eating as those or a calf, for
which they at'e frequently substitut-
ed in Parisian restaurants.
SKELETONS AT THE 'FEAST.
Skulls adorned the daily dinnee-
table of an eccentric miser named
Walton, whose will oceupied the at-
tention of the English Law Courts
some years ago. Every day the ta-
ble was laid with the most suinptu-
ous fare; and then, instead oe ;the
usual decorations, six grim skulls
were taken from their place in his
bedroom, and placed in the centre on
a wrought -iron pedestal. 0011.31 this
ghastly company he sat down alone
to bis meals,
Arj old spinster lady named Mc -
[(envie, of Connecticut, who was
greatly devoted to her doge, train-
ed them to take their places at the
table with her. They were allotted
chaire, and fed .on ;the 'same dishes
as she herself Partbok of. Th :order
that the animals should 'not lei sold
after her death to showmen, she or- -
dared 110 het Av111 that the ilve-pets-
should,: be killed, and' Intried in the ,
ennui grave with her.
'A novel "twenty -ono" dir.ster took
place at Southend last year, ,
honor of the goming of ago of a
local merchant's son. There were
21 guests assembled, on the twenty-
first e of the month a house number;
ed 21. The- *lents consisted of 21
item, served by 21 avaieees, and
there were 21 deferent ltinde of
drinks. There were 21 toasts, and,
of course .21 speeches and 21 cheers
were given for the yomig gentleman
in whose honor it had been giver).
LINLUOICY THIRTEEN. •
This was equalled by the "thir-
teen" dinner held ill London !some
months ago, when everything count-
ed the "unlucky" thirteen. It 0008
held by 13.30)11101000 who wished to
emphasize their contempt for onions.
A skull and craes-bones lay on the
table, knives were croesed,• a huge
mirror wits beoltee, and the 18
runts at table on the thlitteenth (lax;
ef the month did everything which
believers in OrnanS considee to be
enluck)', 'Lliey partook of 18 ilishee
end 58 drinks, earl now they are ,
waiting good-hernoreclly for the con-
sequent
Shortly ellen the "Meeeinum" inci-
den1 in the Spanish -Mimi -kat War,
a big dinner in honor of 11O naval
olliceis was given in New York, and
the decoreteons Of the table were
Unique. Every (11511 WAS served In
models of the vessel, and all the are
ticleri on the table were Placed in
pretty and exert models or warships
which had been engaged in the Strug-
gle. The table Wes made of 11170(01'-
11 taken from the Snanitch ships,
and the 0030 around •the hall were
tropliies of the conflict. leven the
-menu had been eet, out in cerioue
Spanish phrases, each dish being
allotted appropriate. war halm. The
cost of this dlymer refueled
$213,00% and 'led to ti 0)11) with
the antharltioi4, left it wee anionest,
the most unique of telebratim
Acre; •