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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-2-9, Page 7IDEALS OF LIFE Are the Sense of Truth and Justice and Spiritual Worth Whitt shall a !exon give in exchange 'Their real life la in the soul, its for his soul'?---11'at. xvi;, 23, lours, its joys, its sympathies, Its The 11011100 soul is a Vastly great- 100811, ifs hopes• or, more subtle, and at the same limo more snbnlalnt.lal thing than we commonly think. Tho part of it Hatt can he put into words ur deeds is but the sinni;est fraction of that elusive, Incomprehensible being which is the real man, She world is only beginning to dieeovrn' the soul, arta to see how great and vital a thtng 11, was when Jesus spoke of the los- ing and saving of the soul, Many of the things we are wont to dismiss as mere sentiment, emotion, imagin- ation, as If they wuro but the froth upon 111 i rlurfaae, aro really not of the surface at ail but or the depths. It has been truly said that the Prose of the world becomes obsolete while the poetry abides forever. The reason is that the one is dealing with external facts which aro con- stantly changing. while the other deals with rile inner reality, which is ehaugeless and eternal, 'rhe poem, the Picture, the mu51e, which really succceris in oxprossing the 8.0u1 to- day, expresses it for all time. There etre two lines of attack against which the human soul mot were, it puts forth its spiritual ala mount Importancece maintain its Integrity10 (lay. and its para- tennao and tries the quality of other to Tho first Is from the so-called prat- souls, teal man, who cheapens everythingThe great ideals of life, the moral The laws by which they lien the great laws of the soul, the OP shtcel•I1v anal faith n.lrri hlt•r latus of TRADE WITH THE STATES P+IGURES SHOWING :CITE DUSI- NESS volt, 1004. Sixty Per Cent, of Imports Come Prom the States—Britain Conten Second, Fifty per cent. of the aggregate es- ternal trade of Canndn during the ureal year 1904 was with the Unite'.i States, says the New York 110(014, The fiscal policy of neithercountry designed to encourage the large are commercial inlore ourse Which this laws fact indicates, 011 both sides of the nte'nnt}onal hottndiu•y line protee- 11' t Juy and of gtwwtt, nese are the people who are getting the richest rind most satisfying returns out of this life, and 1 and sure they are also the ones who are best pre- paring themselves for the life that is 1.0 come, The other attack is from the ra- t.innttilst, who In his pride of Intel- lect makes light of that world of reeling which we can the soul. To him nothing is knowledge that can- not be reduced to the language of the logical mind. This overvalua- tion of argument Is one of,the Tal- c lneies of our time, Soma of the smallest hinds aro among tiro tarllim prevail which are Intend ed to discourage rather than Pro- mote r utote international trade, so that the latter' i11U5t be said to owe its in- centive solely to the needs and re- sOurccs of neighboring peoples, That the 0111(1 of the United States, however, performs its func- tions u5 a. prolective measure better than cines that of the Dominion is shown by the fact that while 60 per cent, of Canada's Imports were pro- ducts of the United States, of Can- ada's total exports only .38 2-8 Per nit, were taken by t,;he. United line $472,587, lurrcase $82,7(14 Istnne and manufactures thereof 5634,814, lnerease $85,(158, Canada also exported $788,750 worth of per Woes to Cuba. The principal deals of export to !GASES OF RESURI CTION. MEN WHO EVE CHEATED THE GALLOWS. the United States showing n decline Dangled at the End of the hang- man's Rope, and Lived Many a Year, as eoulpared with 11)03, were:—Ani- mnts $1,318,4.21, deep -sae $694,095; grain $485,025, decrroso $365,008; h tad0tuPT5 (of which Canada export- tTutil 1783 the method of bang- ed $20,000,0(10 to Greet Britain) ing a convict was primitive in the 88 8,972, deem/ape $172,0161 1'0111 extreme; it consisted merely in draw - 843, &erre,* $94,1,444; titre fn , Y h away the cart from untied the and aloins $fi26,11r17, decrease $2(17r prisoner n[tee the rot .r. 071; hay $7e08,62r decrease $180,- rope had leen 071; hides v fastened sus round his neck, and thought $1, r 8.1,606, decrease .!tiro suspended until life was Lhuu �h $107,511 asbestos 8709,381, (}e- to ho extinct. It is easy thus bto 1010 0 $48,848; lead ore $317,740, see }'-- deewnse $64,110;3; set lora' ef0e,ls $1, - in eIChel• through Out arrangct- I- 115,472, rlorrrn5(1 $122,857; woad, • with the haigman 5r some ab- cr- 115,17nfacturnd, $14,U.lfi,816, ole- imam! physical formation or power of resistance, a malefactor might crease $1,961,637; wood rennotee- survive tate ordeal arta be little the timed, $1,904,466, decrease 821,550; worse for it, says London Tit -lilts. Lyon] anti mannfneturns thereof s4ush cases were nurture u 111.11 $241,781, decrease 819,206; iron and late in the eighteenth century, nand Steel and manufac•teres thereof $1,- the fninous Jack Notch w0.5 re - 5a7,296, decrease $1,474,683, sponsible for some of them. One of .300lc's supposed victims, a ((018(1118 called Jane Wilson, Was taken from the gallows by her friends for burin] ono day in 1684, and had actually been placed in her collie when she recovered consciousness. Jane sur- vived to become the another of ten children, and lived far lido the reign of the second George, dying In 174] THE ACUTI3S'r LOGICIANS. We need to learn that there are more sources of knowledge than the livo senses, and more kinds of knowlcelgo than can he put Into words. Tho soul also has Hs senses. There are indefinable ways in which, as it that cannot be coined into dollars. intuitions that are the same in all, II0 sets at naught the ratan of feel- the ae118a o.1 truth and justice and ing and sentiment and ideals, spiritual worth—no one has been CALLS HIM A DREAMER, ER, able to explain how these things comm to us. Who shell say that the rates hint lower than yonder hard soul does not, by processor of its headed Leader who has shut up his own, reach out and dimly but truly soul and stilted away his thousands, apprehend the world of spiritual Yet the real aristocracy of earth Is reality in which we 1i1,'r) anti have to 11e 1013.4 among these dreamers, our being? And is it not the essence Fewof them achieve worldly success, of religion thus to apprehend God, a1111 even those who do sustain a feeling after Hien if haply we may cortaht loss of simplicity and rem fired him? 11053 of nature which seems insepar- Let us then :make ('00181 for the able from the business of marketing s0u1! Room rot' its rich and beat 010 products of one's soul. Most of fel tuner life iu the Midst of 4 them are snaking a hnniltle living by battle for gait whose uproar 1 sweat of hand or brain. There may our'streels. IRoorn for its intulti he men working for you at a mere of things unseen, in the midst pittance who ore far greater souls that battle of hlnnan creeds wh than you, But their real rife is not fills the outer court of the ielnpla in what you are paying tient for, true religion, 11.1 - hat shrinkage, having fallen from $125,- f ins 199,980 to 8110,120,896, a decrease one of 12 per cert, of The principal items of import from b ich the United States, compared with of the irnpot'ts of the fiscal Year 1903, h show as follows:—Animals, $1,943, t 125, a decrease of 8172,296; books and printed matter, $1,553,025, an est, increase of $191,952; breadst11115, are '$6,321,140 (including 84,874,889 rlries!worth of free corn), an increase of 20-$1,661,03].; clocks and watches, 18086,472, an Increase of $28,268; cd coal and coke, $$0,491,861, an in- nd1crease of $-4,779,4'29; cordage, $1/- P-1024,511, 1; P-1024,5:11, a decrease of $525,764; cot- rt-ilon and cotton goods, $8,392,258, 01•+an increase of 898,024. Of this, 86,- 03 , 500,0(10 represent the value of raw ors cotton imported flee, Prom Great • Britain, Canada imported $6,000,- er, 000 worth of manufactured cottons °y under, the preterettial tariff, er IN BTEPL AND IGON, et- The entire import of iron and steel tie and manufactures thereof froth the United States, however, exceeded by. $20,000,000 Canada's importation of similar articles from Great tain. of metals. minerals and manu- factures. thereof, excluding coal, Canada imported $35,8155,844 worth from the United States during the year, an increase. of $1,707,516, or five per cent., over 1908. Paper and paper goods wero imported to the value of 81,9553,182, an in- crease of $388,324. Importations. of provisions, valu- ed at, 81,647,000, wore about the stone as in 1903, but the high pro- tectionists aro ,not permitting the Canadian farm/ to become recon- ciled to ct tariff which, they argue, allows Canadian 1:'ork and bacon to the Veluo of a m.il1on doilari yearly, $4,600,000 worth of dairy pro8uee and Halt a million 'collars' worth of vegetables to bo rlis1laced by impOr- taticns from the United States, Of wool and woollen goods Canada imported last year $(62,824 worth from the United States, an increase of $10,0;36, and $13,73.1,114 Worth from the United Kingdom. That this large importation leas droving ruinous to the Canadian woollen in- dustry Was admitted by tine Govern- ment, and accordingly She t]rst breach leas 'Made in the 53ritish pre- ferential tariff when the duty on ail woollen goods from the Unitocl King- dom, except blankets and flaun01s, Was lricl'cased from 2131 to 80 per cent. The general tariff on woollens is 135 per cent. At the sante tinto tine preferential duly of 16 2-8 per cent. 0.11 twine oust cordage 18011 141- 1, (Tearer] to 20 per cent., the tariff the against American and other cordage 13!,) that 25 per cent. butt. STATES TOOTC ONE-THIRD. 1113(1 corn The Canac:la's total export to alt glee! o ntr it, 01 $1118,1.1-4;439 during the Ertl ,fiscal year. 1904, the United States nail stook $66,856,88.5 worth, or 88 2-.8 'tom per cent„ and Creat Ihitaitl 9tY0,- 120,802, or 158,1 pe' cent. The ex- 73eri port to the United ,States shown;` States. On the outer hand, 50 per cent. of Canada's exports (luring 1904 were sant 10 Great Britain, while Canada, notwithstanding hot• Beills}1 protorentlel taritT, took loss than 24 per cent. of he' imports from that country, and even this proportion will lin reduced next year by the operation of recent tar- ifa legislation, INCREASE PROM STATES. Exclusive of coil and bullion, which figure for between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 yearly, Canada's to- tal (reports from the United States in the fiscal year 1901 amounted to 8143,010,578, an increase of 11 per cent., or $14,215,841 over the im- ports of United States products 1n 1903. Of this total $55,-166,798 worth was admitted free and $77,- 543,780 worth paid cluty. Exports of Canadian produce to the United States amount to $66,856,885. It de- crease of 3909,477, or 1 1-3 per cent., as compared with the preced- ing year. Canada's exports to Great Britain show a mucin greater LEARNED WOBI4INGMEN. Re - College in London Has Some markable Students, Some of the students of the don (England'). Workingmen's ]ego show devotion to their st under the most unfavorable cit stances, Those was oto who, while ]eat Latin, had to go to the war South Africa, Ile translator] V while on blockhouse duty, and 111 came hone he went back to college and became a teacher in tin. The teacher of geology Is a w ing cabinetmaker, who began studying at the college; and teacher of botany is a tea taste the city. The majority of the students h always been working men. Marry have prospered in business 1 owed their advance to the fatal afforded by the college, A working jeweller, who once tended the classes, left £O,000 the college when lie (.lied. One of the students to -day is a tor seventy -mai ,rags old, who anxious to acid a. knowledge of I Ian. to his accomplislntlents. There is a Fleet street composi fry -seven years told, who is also coming familiar with Itallan. 1,111 ]leen a student for six years, eg•nn by plastering Greek. Mr, 'nuchesnc, the secretary, as ire what was his object 111 wish o learn Greek. Well yOU see," said the comp Lon- Cul- udics 40131- at the ripe a.qe of eighty-two, Another woman who cheated 'ping in ft'gtl when the La- ork- by tete r in ave who lave hies to tu- is tal- tor, be- and e- and ked ing Fashion litgg kon v 1) 1313OWN AND GREEN 1133(GN, Pompadour figured taffetas are out in spring patterns. The grounds are changeable—(!uric red, blue and green The silk is $.1 a yard. A. pretty fa51110n, growing out of the vogue of the trar;sparent yoke, no doubt, is seen in the ninny vel- vet and silk gowns made with slash- er's price. For $10 the handsom hats aro purchasable, 'Five doll and even three buys pretty to and turbans fol. which $18 and $ were formerly asked. Pillow covers of colored mosaic decorated tv' iLh ,l.frxieml tooled a burnished work are among the po Mar showings of the art depa meats, In One display red, green blue burnished leather is sprinkl with butterfly designs, The cov aro laced with thongs at the sides Topaz beads, both pink and amb look lovely separated by imltati diamonds; lapis lazuli blue is ve modish and strings of agate, amb and coral are all intensified in pr tiness by the insertion 'of the tit clear whijo bead between each. Among the plain lounging robes ed Sleeves showing undersieeves of arc many of French flannel, lite light the yoke material, weight broadcloth, caOhmcro anis al - The bead -chain of the moment is batross. The last two materials are the one that reaches midway between often made up in fanciful guise. Tho the chin and the waist, and it may smartest French flannel and broacl- be made of beads both large and cloth robes of this class are, while small, though the largo ones are the graceful in line, severely plain. but roost in request, buttonholed and embroidered on As a result of the growing nail- their edges and ornamented by bots of hand -sewers in this country, sPrays of heavy rai5el embroidery there hos appeared a class of under- on the double-breasted fronts or on wear which is known ae domestic the collars, if they are made with French. It is cheaper than the im-collars. ported, but is often pretty and dein- A Large shopping bag of shaded red V. calf is trimmed at the bottom with A display of prettytea-tahle dishes n new art 'design in cut brass. The 00111.0108 some clever plays on limit bag is fitted with pulse, card case, designs. There aro teapots shaped smelling bottle and powder puff. and colored to imitate strawberries, The best silver toilet ornaments a decoration of leaves and flowers in and those adjuncts that include relief cmbe111811111g thein. brushes, hand mirrors, and bottle - Ermine is a far prettier and more tops, are simple—very simple, indeed becoming 1;'.8(' than it was 111 a form- —in design. A great firm in Lan- er generation, As it was then n10ni_ don has introduced a set of silver palated there was always a slightly ornaments for the boudoir as well yellow tinge about it, which in- as the toilet, the salient feature o1 crewed wit18 age and wear, and was which is its absolute plainness, save wont to impart a shabby and old for the rim of applique silver: rondd effect to it. But under its present the edge of each ornament. This treatment the most perfect and daz- r'ino is not only beautiful 111 itself; sling whiteness is secured, which is but; protects the plain and highly one of tho loveliest of settings to a Linrnished surfaces of rho cast of the fair face, diver from sc•.atches. Another odd A. tote adt'anco models of straw device that has been resuscitated Is hats have appeal•oi'l. They do. not engraved silver which to moclorn differ in shape or general construe- oyes looks very quaint. tion from the Napoleons, marquise 511apes and toques we have been wearing all this season. The colors 1:31.1AES BUTTON ACTS, are significant, being mostly boas aha.0011 of green and brawl, Buyers Acts were passed in the reigns' e say, that !.hese two colors will rule William I1I,, Anne and Goorgc I, din mg the spring. Another word which made it illegal for any tailor from there prophets is that shepherd to make, or are• elan to went checks will be the rage as soon as clothes with any buttons other the season opens, Brown, green, those made of brans appended there blue and mauve in combination with to, The law further deleted tha white. aro promised, not only should any tailor who cot The new wah•us-skin pocketbooks mitted a breach of it be fined forty and hen(ibag5 usually presented its shillings, but, also that ire should Molt/ color o1• elephant grey, aro'not not be able to 10(0181' from his cus- so 1 .-• ons in nppoerance as rho Coiner in a collet of law the .price of still more new sliver -gilt 00.5(81, With, the sort which he had adorned with 1;111'000 eanpar tntenls inside, one. 10 1' carry" visil ing earths, the second to contain 0110'e looney and the third a little powder -pull'. Thera is a long •ehaitt to the reticule and a ring, 80 that it can be worn on the little finger and clasped ;in the hand for farther safety. A few new spring fabrics have. buttons 011 the cloths width he had drifted into the (less -goods depart- ordered were bong and not brass, meats. Among them lea Itno of called attention to the existence of fancy 0o110nnes, with shot figures in the anac'hrohism, and the restrictions PS new peach shade and tither fast,- Were soon after abolished, tunable colors; Genana robes in delicate colors have largo embroidered collars of white and others have trimming of Mother—"Are you sure that girl heavy lace, The vivid rads are a8- Will make you a good wife?" Son pee}ally 'beat/Mel in tit's material, "Suite? Absolutely eerta]n. She 18 lint are at their best When finished the lu01t kindly; gracious, consider - entirely 411 red, ate, teixlor-hearted girl l ever met Hata aro reduced to very lose pri.a in my life," "I inn delighted to 0w, and 0y0111 in the beat alfo10 beau- bear that, 11010 '(lid you and it bill m0t1e18 are sold at the destont- out?'1. "13y asking her for kisses,'t tor, "I have sometimes to 'set Greek words in type, and I do like doing things I c)8( not and 5111111" T8(0.tin early days of its hist Tont 1 -Hughes had boxing classes th b . c asomcut, and Ruskin tau drawing upstairs. At a later per —in the 'oightie:l-,young 14lilner, Lorcl Milner then was, gave Sat day' night lectures, and Mr. Lit ton, the 0010111M Secrelaty, then promising lawyer, gave lectures law, One of the melt amusing expo ences at the college is related the present Colonial Secretary, student at MA law lectures was Ulan employed at Smithfield ane market, who was as keen about 1 as ho was skilfut in handling legs mutton and skies of beef, Althou lie was at. Work at Smithfield fro 8 a. 111, until the afternoon, t butcher react !hoe assiduously, a the Colonial Secretary says th some of the 14nottiest problems 0 aginablo were propounded by t man from Smithfield. As a result, probably, of the ed cation which he gained at the co lege, the Smithfield titan rose from humble position to be a well -know salesman. Tic has since retired an lives in the country, the gallows was "half -hanged Maggie," tvho, a century and a half ago, was a very familiar and popular figure in the streets of Edinbur•git, Maggie had been sentenced to death for some PETTY ACT Oh STEALING, an(1 Was on the point of being buries ed when she "carne to," and an- nounced her intention of living a good many years yet. She lived long ern -nigh, in fart, to attend the execution of tho very man who had been her prosecutor. As may easily ho Imagined, all kinds of artifices were adopted by condemner! persons and their friends to baffle the hangman, A common e t01ck was to introduce a metal tube U into the throat to provent suffoca- tion; and atwitter was to support a the body by cords in such a way as c to remove the strain from the nook and thus snake strangulation impos- sible; while executioners and doc- tors '1 alike were bribed to release the L victims before life was extinct, Henry Hall, wen was sentenced to t death ill 1775 on a charge of coup- tv terkdting stamps, was cut down af- ter hanging for a quarter of an hour, and a few hours later was E osi- smuggled on board a boat which fe up' was about to sailf ti or America c I e( a. Ile reached New York in time to take pari; in the War of Independence, lel rapidly reached the rank of haler rl S'S, FIE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, 1E13. 5. Jeans a,t Jacob's Well.—.john 4, 5-14. Golden Text.—Whosoever' will, let Hine Take the Water of Life Freely.—Rev, :111, 17. INTRODUCTION, Wh11n Jesus tarried with his doles in in Jethro after the events cies-� in our last lesson J 111111 wool still baptizing and pie/achillg aivng the .3 orders and its tri ;ut curies. A 1 11non, near Salim, in a narrow vat - ley between Mount Nail and the J or-' dan, w•ol•d in brought to the Baptist that the: preaching of ,Je5u8 was bra; corning more popular than his (rtv11, I 115 Witinanntl by the t t r lather of ilroar presenting themselves for bapllsltt, l 'Piths ]lit 0f information calls; forth a last sublimely loyal te.•ttimony (rola! John to the character and mission of Jesus, (head 3, 28.36 in this connection,) "Ye yourselves," he' says, addressing his diec(ples, "bear, me Witness, that 1 anal, I ant not, the Christ, but that 1 ant scut be- fore 'bile," ""Therefore,'' he contin- ues, "he meat Imo,. 0, but I must! decrease."''lie ihe1 11)01111 from above.," as did this San of men, 'is I above all. The kathrt• ktv, t.h the Son, and hath given all thinks }stn' ii his ):and, ]le that helieveth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that 1 obeyeth not the Son :,,fell not see; ]tie," Thus does the ,.eptist testify b to the divinity of Chsf.,,, arid there! c is 8(0 In eerlafn sound in his testi- 1 mons'. To hien Jesus }s the Christ, 1 the Son of (and and Jtevealer of the' k Father. '1'he popularity of 'Jesus I o soon arrayed against him the Pier 1 isees as a party, and he therefore i leaves Judea, the stronghold oft i'1,arisaivnl, and returns to Galilee. The shortest route takes 1hn through i Samaria, ri a a past tete village P of S^c h ar near Whish was Jacob's well, Sychar, s our to -day's lesson again takes up the narrative• LESSON' HELPS. 5. "711en (when Jesus had depart - d again from Judea to return into elile0) ceilidh he to a city of Sam- ie"—Samaria lay between Judea 8(d Galilee, West of Jordan. "Sy-, 8(1 har"—Sito not Positively identified r but see Jutroduction). "Parcel of te • that Jacob gave to his SOS' t osel,h"—Abraham drat bought the, a1 iecasof ground and spread his tent! here (Gen. 33, 19); Jacob gave it O Joseph (Ger, 48, 22), and Joseph) f as burred there (Josh. 24, 82). s8( 6 "Now Jacob's well"—Located 111 he he entrance of the valley between as bat and Gerizim, and one of tile. tv 1V undisputed sacred situs of Pales -I it ne,ati11 to be visited by traveller's, Tt th wl ha ter.*ter•'!•** rr.. 'r M ME IJOUS3.;HOLp 1-UNPS. Never let starchy vegetal/Its, 111(4 potatoes, reuse b0llit(i' for a nlornenli while they are cooking. They become water -Soaked under such cundi1103a1 and lose flavor. le putting away tinware, see Matt it. is perfectly dry. ,1l la 1.11' 111tia drop of Water that, enamel/ the spot! of rust amt rite 1)$0 80011 4401.8- t1) hole, Copper may be successfully cleaned by befog rubbed with a cut lemone dipped in sill J'li 11 Up meat Jar will receiver any steal) loft -overs to adstort0ge, 111(111 es a bit, of Preserves, a few tea spoonfuls of spiced vinegar from the sweet pickles, or a &macer or 1(111114 fruit. Stir the mince meat 1r0quen1,4 ay, to blend and incorporate tts contents, The result will lo' 11 rich, fruity mass that will make a doli- Cfous pia (food Gingerbread -One cup '100- lasses, one cup sour milk, one tea- spoon ghlger, a little chlr:amen, 2* Cups flour, 5 tablespoon shortening. oke in oblong shallow tins. Apple Filling for Cake—Grate one arise sour apple, add one cup gran- ulated sugar and white of egg Well eaten, Beat air together Uittil onsistency of. whipped cream, , for rtrich it is often mistaken. Canned Sauerkraut—Boil.. Sauer$ taut until tender, fill Jars and pour ver top of each. jar 3 tablespoons netted lard. Seal while hot. This will keep a year Or longer, Patience Candy—This is very good,, Melt 1 cup granulated sugar Jtt an it saucepan, stirring constantly, aril it is the consistency of lnoles- es. Add 1 eup milk and boil until he caramel is dissolved. Then add cup nnflk, 2 cups sugar and one ablespoon butter. Boil until it breads when dropped from a spoon. oke from fire., put 2 t'abiespoons.in saucer and stir to see if ft hardens, it does not harden boil for a few inures and try again. Be pure to elnove it front lire each time while $sting. When the "try" is satislac- ory add half cup walnuts or pecans Id stir until the mixture begins to harden. Pour onto an oiled platter and schen cool cut into squares; Cottage Cheese.—Place a crock of ur, clabbered milk on the si ore ating it slowly until about. as hot the finger will stand, or till the hey and curd separate. Don't let boil or the curd will be tough. ern the crock frequently and cut e curd with a knife. Take out 011 a dipper and put in a coarse g 1.o drain. Let it hang for sever - hours in a cool, place, or over girt would be better. When ready 001)180 dress with salt, pepper and 11 cream• Make into little round Us and garnish with parsley. 1 t a If not er- ory in gbt iocl 419 ur- 11e- on ri- by A at aw of gh m he net at r- he d WORSHIP A GERMAN GIRL. later Devotees Say She is the Rei carnated Messiah: A strange religious sect has bee founded at: Anncsbe•g, to the distri of 1(;rzgebirg0, by the superstition and ignorant working people wit have corse to believe that Christ ha become reincarnated in the person a lair-hairoel, blue-eyed girl of f teen, The fact that this girl quo ed seripttti'e in her sleep was 001 sidered a miracle lay her relative end she is 11580 hilly collvineedc her mis0101 herself, 1131(1 often got, into 0. trance, during which 5(1 nlnk(0 ACM !-131h1ical ut.tern nces. '1'h news of tits sect recently reachod the police, who appeared at one o their services. Tho believers wet• seated on a hill just, outside 111 town, and on the summit, on a gree velvet cushion was 1110 girl. Aft.ei police had heard enough bin my they prtcoedcd to u.rrest her Mt were t arku1 by 11e' adherent.' n. fight, followed, which kept th di busy for several tla,ys, Th (('as pleeod udder observation hospital, 1)111, was declared sant s$0111,1101110, ;theta oho was wel ed 1)11 a martyr by her believers bald a rousing meeting. A in ;on^nalist who was present says n- n et an hour alto' she was cut down, and IS servi.ved to become lite mother of 0 a large family; and it was ono of s bei• grnnrisonls who, atter Sir Samu- of el Beadily, did more Chau any otter man to secu10 the passing in 18213 of the statues which exempted 1- about it hundred felonies, such as 5, that for which his grrandm.other had 11.been condemned to (death, from cap- s ital punishment. e A wax LADY. Malty a mar'r'iage suggests to an • irreverent curiosity the question, e "Did the Woman propose it?" But ono seldom lines actual historic proof that she did. A recent delight- ful book on Scotland has an inter - 851}8(9 ti opparently authentic st01•y 0f a 0(150 ((hero the woman not only took the initiative, but ,, tools 11 in a high-handed fashlon. The yonrtg Co nntess 01 Carrick was left a widow b,v the death of her hnshond while on one of the cru- sades. The king because het' guardi- an, and she had good reason to fear and died forty years later one of h the wealthiest: and most respected A men its Peansylvauia, William Du - ell, who was hanged at Tyburn in el/ 1740, was less fot•tnlate in his escape from the hangman. After hanging for tweaty minutes he was taken to the Surgeons' I1a11 and re- covered under the stimulus of TTIE ))ISEC7 iNG-I{NIFI , Within a few bout's he was well as ever; but it Wax not long before he fell once more into the clutches of the law, and this time he was trans- ported for life to the Amer}can plantations, 111ot•0 than one man it was found a physical impossibility to hang under the old conditions of strangU- latian. One Daniel Robson, accord- ing to the Observer of January 16.111, 1792, was actually hanged six times, "thetotal period of suspen- sion being no less than two And a half hours; and on each occasion he did not even lose consciousness.- Ac- cording to the medical evidence he owocl his immunity from strangula- tiart to his very muscular neck and to a peculiar construction of his windpipe." '!.'his record, however, was handsomely beaten by a French- man, Jean 3tarmuudo, who survived no fewer than eleven attempts by the hangman on his life. .Elizabeth Gray, who was sentenced to death in 1756 for stealing a log of mutton, recovered 'consciousness old well still exists, and not alts- years ago was thoroughly eared out- Moro recently a chapel as been built over it, "Sat thus al n the well"—Yrohahly un the great' 8(i at Stone witch formed the well- to rb, slightly devoid' above the tic round. A large droller hole nut ba through this stone formed the mouth of the well. "About the sixth hone" —That is, about noon. le 01Yend htg buttons. the w11010 object of the Act was to protect. the iilr:uinghron metal button-ma1((ns, A ease which 11108)0 before the courts ht 1110 your 7854, or 1855, in which a. hien, On (1011)9 sired by his tailor, raised a 5neee5Sf l defence, relying on the Acts in question, that the • • decline of )ass ]has $3,000,000„ Or stat. '1 1-8 pet' ((0111,., while the total ex- fr11 port to all countries declined 41.7,- vole 000,000, 01' !nearly 8 per cent„ and am 111e export to Groat, Britain fell off As !12 per cont, 1 The principal exports lo the Unit-11ad tical. the audience was in n o bordering on frenzy, The girl 111(0 n WendtWeu, and ihen'a strange a 578141: "Pein•r be with yon, I Christ." sho spoke 1.111 the heaters re- lieved strange coverings, witirh they !.breed upon 1(10(1• heads, 'Ile( voice went on to says that, it had 0108071 11118 pont' girl to speak through, beeal:so ;she Was 1101105t. Then foilwo(1 a strange jargon of rdi9(0138 phrases, 01101 when the Voice finished people were sobbing ant! Writhing on the floor 11) rel W - am ecatary, eti btnt.rs showing increases over the exports of 1008 Were;— Cordage '341.7,071, increase $358,798; drugs, (lyes, (100 88413,120, 121cre0SO $87,- 850; fish $4,182, 041., increase $458,- 1841 fruits 8220,109, increase $68,- 7139; metals arid minerals and 111ano- faetul'ee thereof, 329,004,028, 111- erc0s0 82 054,510 (Including $44/91,- 118 .Worth of copper, 14terense $1,- 559,520, gold .in qunetz, nuggets and dust, $18,713,709 increase (,2,2S11,-' 069; .sllVor Ore $1 82ri,;182i intreatio $28,698; and :1101101 $045,256, ht - Crease $07,079)1 ap[rritaanl Wines $487,386, ' i.nel'caae $x41870 t 1100! f.lerh--"We Mite only one 1'00111 left, Fir, and the bed is ably Itig enough for one." "Well, I sup - poen Well hof to dal'n il., .13u1 :1 hate to hof my wife sleoll on dei' Jl00r,11 that he would force upon her a 11111x- riage of policy. She was a famous horsewonuln, cool often rode for a dny through her own forest, attend- ed only by a small nnnmt81 guard. Ono tiny oho encountered a young elan 1.0 whom she was at once merit attracted, Shu 1)510(1 ]lila to return with her to her castle, but he had Rome gallant adventure already in hang, and ting'raciou5ly declined the ilnvit.ati on. At a word from her, her 1111,11-M.,. (11185 mucic hen a. pri5mler, and Bore hint off to 'I'te'nhe•ry Castle• SCIi00L LUNCI113S, A writer recently ovrote of a visit e receire(i from a well-known 101)01•, who presented 5011)0 ideas. the subject of the proper feuding school -children which seem too ltnblo to be kept for private use. he began by saying that "all her eking life she had been hampered a delicate digestion, and that she i•ibcd the trouble entirely to not ing had enough to eat as a grow - girl at school." This caused prise to her auditors, who knew what liberal scale her earlyhome had been arranged "Yes," she Untied, "I know it sounds odd t I should say that, and were dear mother living she would be rifled that any childof hers uld complain. of being starved, it is nevertheless true.' Then Went on to explain that, thing the country, they were too far n the school to admit their re- ning for the noon meal. The cold eh given then to take was sub - Alai enough in its way, brit at- ed ted little temptation to a testi-. us appetite, the conso.tuence being t the pie or cake which wan 01- ,s included in the luncheon would eaten, and the rest either 'trad- er given away. Meantime the stantial hot meal of the family been eaten at noon, and when children returned from school the 100 WAS 5.0a, preserves, hot 1315 n, enol cake, so that only on urrla,t's and 51rndays ellt1 the then have a really `square meat'. That this is by no means an 180 - Vane t1e all kilOW, and it 110- 1441,1 the mother of growing child - to beware lest her boys anti girls de1801011 dyspsia and 111 later lay it to her door! In many, oholds the problem is not an eau to solve. For ver,!' many ons dinner must conte at noon, two Manors are more than the t loving and energetic mother can expected to provide, especially 8. a or los disciples"—Not mazes- sli rily all of them "Unto tile city" ter Probably Sychar, "To buy meat." on 9, "Then smith the woman of sa- of va wee by /welters, is at once astonialaid and as° n by the kind voice asset the urteous ropiest. "No dealings" Ing The last clause of this verse la Snnt,r rentheileal explanation of the cii” sa maim unto him —Ile having spoken first, she might venture to answer, "How Is it"—The woman, used 1 o scorn anal contempt from Jewish wo co pa ev race and for that. reason abhorred by the "pure-blooded" Jews. not told whether Jesus received the cup of water or not; weightier mat- ters than quenching his thirst even occupied his mind. An opportunity every other consiclorlation for the time being. "The gift of Gad"— To the world in sending his Son to redtem the world. "And who it is that saith to thee",—,If 0011 1(11101140A that I ain he for whose c.otning Jews and Samaretans alike are waiting. "Living water''—Terat AS, llfe, that Watch sustains life, Jesus adopts the. figure. frora an object et hand; so always. 11. But the woman fails to undo, stand him, yet his mom:nor of speech nail bearing cenvinces her that he cue be no ondinary man. 12 ",Art thou greater"a-The apirlt of the question in hand to determine. Probably there may have been an indication of both awe and doubt the woman's tone. "Our rather COStOr of both Jew and Samaritan, and was revered by both, "A114 drank thereof"--Taat is, great as was Jacob, he found it neceresary te drink of water such as this to roe - lain life. 18. "Whosoever dritsketh".—Jcsum wiles this shgg be e continually es It reams, "Springing in' up info everInsting life"—Imazierla cies" tate or wellspring of life within hint- °1(1°' 111111 liveth rind ltelieveth nit roe tl gals hrire on earth at the llioniont of 'nye askod recently whet is the chief food, tha hor sho laet she in froi tur lun star ford dio tha be sub had the ceit Sat late ran also lions en sy rims and mos be dots not answer the wonsan's ques- tion directly', hut coetinues speaks ing figuratiVely, thus 710 (1,01114 111- tenmifying ha?: ititerest amid longing 14. "Shall never thleat"—Iatetial- over " The craving will be satisfied dome of ill -health. replied: "1 'Mita an; and taning about 11 all the 11. ovN1C, time. This ceaseless intrompection ./Let, soo eta .8 a trqui Who ig tired or the world, is note" the young student or tangling° seared, "No, no, lay child," replier1 the knowing tutor, "a, eyeie is a aitao of whom the vvorld tired." Celia (pessionatelP)-^" 10,r,0 0111 1" The Heiress CeOldly)—.. wayk Two weeks' imprisonment brought. m wh him to a Intoner smile of the charms eralir of his fair 11414414,44$, 21 1141 knight and aerial lady wore wedded, with the relvic- thaY 11 1 ()nate to sing, thee The !.-,01, or th(11 vomintio marring(' 11e 11118 Rohert Pince, whose splound a111011 patriotism ned brave deeds aro 11$11 (weal data audaelt ich .so many or the rising gem »1 of nervnes folk 111(11114e Is My wearing them out, aro pot worrying UN W110. they sleep too 1111101 or too lit- h ey ere fidget 1 mg over the nt, of rood 111,7 take or t 110 51101i, thoy 113701. ONO (AVM Monteat's peace."