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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-4-27, Page 6A WORD TO YOUG MEN Dishonesty in Daily Life Is a Foe to Success. A despatch from Brooklyn, N. Y., bays^•—Rev, Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis preached from the following text:— "Thou shalt not steal." ' Over in North Africa, in a nook sheltered under the mountains and surrounded by rieli groves or oranges and palms, Is a large hotel; all its inmates -are exiles from home and na- tive land. Beacuse that little town exempts them from arrest these guests have found therein a place of refuge, Who are these American exiles? They are bookkeepers, cash- iers, confidential clerks, directors, who have been guilty of dishonesty and with their booty bave fled from justice. Sitting in the garden or lin- gering beside the fountains they are seeking to forget the past; but lot there aro no waters of Lethe in Africa, In Mexico also there is one street given up to these exiles from home, and in a Canadian city there is an- other colony of restless and heart- broken. fugitives. The path upon which they entered seemed to be paved with gold, but the end of that path was fiery ashes. And more and more society surfers through similar dishonesty. Every morning the paper gives at least one story of a youth. who has disappeared from office, or store, or bank. Companies have been organized to insure the firm against Tel FLIGHT OF THE CLE1. The time has come fully for writ- ers said parents to warn young men and women against the peril of dis- honesty that always ends in disaster, shame and heartbreak, Among the causes of dishonesty: 1. Extravagance. The brilliant shop windows tempt the youth to dress and show. The rich clothes of other young men stir the sense of vanity and pride. The assembly in the theater or the ballroom floor publish the pleasures of dress. Everything tends to develop the love of beautiful things. Young men come to feel that they must like beyond their income. Tempted, they forget that he who dallies is lost. 2. Dishonesty begins with many a young husband through a sincere desire to please his wife. In her father's home she had much, where he could give little. She sees other girls in her set buying expensive gowns and returns home to describe their rich finery. The youth is irri- tated by his poverty. Weak, he is unable to deny pleasure to one he loves. 3. Low wages is a fruitful cause of dishonesty. Many young men and women aro trying to support them- selves on ee or $10 a week. The typewriter and bookkeeper works for $80 a month. When he makes up the year's reports he discovers that his employer has cleared $60,000 dating the .near. He has put in two hours to ibis employer's one. The tempter whispers that all this repre- sents injustice. Some of the firm's treasure belongs to him. Tboy have kept back THE WAGES OF THE POOR.: The youth forgets that the little that the r'iglrteous hath is better than the abundance of dishonesty. But once the clerk has taken the Bet wron stop, the descent into the abyss au the dell where feat' and torment dwel is almost inevitable. 4. The example of the firm educates in dishonest courses in some 111. stances. If the firm weaves eotto threads in and sells them for silk, i the druggist teaches the clerk t adulterate the medicines, it the mei chant teaches the clerk to tell lies in the advertisement, if the youth dis onvers that his employers' weight are periodically short, little by lit tis the youth suffers in his own character and gradually becomes him self au adept in stealing and deceiv ing as a fine art. Debt also lends to dishonesty. Re- cently a very large mercantile house discovered a shortage in the stock. Detectives were put at work. Finally they discovered that there -was a chain of thieves organized among the employes of the house, beginning with a clerk on the top floor and ending with a packer in the base- ment, and of the teamsters in the street. In a single year they stole neatly. $100,000 worth of goods. The man who confessed found the reason of his temptation in debt, He was -extravagant, borrowed money and could not pay. One of the men en the floor with him was in debt through the long illness and death of his child. In a despondent hour the two were talking over their trou- bles. Unfortunately an evil suggestion dropped by the one fell like a spark of tinder in the mind of the other. Ely working together they carried off each week A LITTLE STORE OF GOODS. Still to eaten. All ttii of the st eice b synoptists, however, speak of this same supper as a passovor meal for which dos and special preparation Had been made. at the request of Jesus '(comp. M'a'th, xxvi„ 17-30; Mark xiv., 12-28; Luke xxli,, 7-30). Perhaps the key to a correct under- standing of these apparently diver- gent statements is to be found in the words of Jesus as recorded by Luke: "I have desired to eat this passov'er with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, F shall not eat it until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of Cod" 1 (Luke xxii., 18, 18)—the regular paesover being thus anticipated by one day, since Jesus knew that on the morrow lie must suffer' and die. 4. His garret l.s—Tho loose outer f mantle together with the girdle, both of which would be in the way in per - °forming alt act of service such as followed. 3. Darien—A basin, Began to wash the hiselples' 'feet— _ Thus performing for them the hu- miliating service of a slave, .]list _ bedore this the disciples among _ th,•nit,•lvrs ifad had a eonhroversy over the question "which of thein should be accounted the greatest" (Luke xxii.,, 24). 0. So he cometh to Simon Peter— In regular order, Having begun, cioubilees, with the disciple nearest him, Dost thou wash my feet With em- phasis upon the pronouns "thou" and "my." Peter would say: "Lord, art thou to perform for me thy pupil the function of a bond ser- vant? NoverI" 7. Thou shalt understand ]iercaltor the significance of this act and the example of self-abnegation involved. Peter as well as others of the dis- ciples needed this lesson in humility. 8. If T wash thee not—Note the slight play on the word "wash," which here has a twofold meaning, its deeper significance of a spiritual purifying predominating. 9. Frands . head—Peter is quick to see both the play on words and At last, as they found another clerk in another department whom they could trust, they organized their thievery. They had a chain that was :wending, including every de- partment in the store, from the re- ceiving clerk to the shipper. Then carne the discovery and expose that was inevitable from the fust moment. Now all are disgraced, All have blackened names. Each youth is branded with infamy. Across his forehead is written the word "Thief." And back of -the shameful. story stands a word, that awful word Debt, mother of crimes and infamy. If stealing is a fine art, honesty also comes through practice. Young man, study how to be honest. Don't steal your employer's time. You have no more right to be flus min- utes late in the morning and clip off these golden drops, or to clip ori a little time at tho other end of the day, than a clerk has to clip off a little silk from the bolt of rich goods. Avoid debt. Deny yourself the theater unless you can afford it. Deny luxuries even to wife and child unless you have earned their luxury and pleasure. Earn the good things you have. Take nothing as a free gift. Stand on your own feet. The The overt act of dishonesty begins in a far-off thought of pleasure or show. Learn the joy of frugality—of saving a little and investing it. Re- member that honesty is the founda- tion of prosperity, THE S. Se LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 30. Lesson V. Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet. Golden Text, Gal. v, 13. T11115 LESSON STATEMENT, I. The Relation of Our Lord to His rather and to His Brethren (verses 1-0). The dramatic vicissitudes of life are of interest to all; but often the abiding forces which cause these vic- issitudes remain hidden and unguess- ed. In the gospel narrative we watch the unsuspecting disciples preparing to eat the passovor supper with their Lord, while Judas makes his nefarious bargain with the chief . priests; and events Hurry forward to their tragic climax. But John, now about to record a very unusual in- cident, pauses in his narrative to reveal the secret conditions and forces which pulsated beneath these events and which caused them, 1. John points to our Lord's relation to God. (1) He is "tire only begot- ten Son," in whom the Father is well pleased; (2) receiving from God -"all things"—alike the power of working miracles and the task of bearing pain, alike death, and tri- umph over .death; (8) "coming from Gott" (whether we view horn as the Word who inn the beginning was with God and Who was God, or as the angel-heralclect Babe of Bethlehem); (4) "going to God" --"departing out of thin world to the Fatter." 1. John defies our Lord's relations to "his own," ('1) They are "his own" not *because they first loved him, but because he first loved thtnn; (2) slaving loved them at the. first he loved them to tiro end, 8. John tells us of what our Lord was fully conscious as he approached his pas- -ston. lie knew (1) That in a unique sense (los] was his Father; (2) That Clod his 'Father had given him all power in earth end in heaven; (3) Thea the Into of his departure from this world was at hang; (4) 'mat to tiro Gott from whom He had come he Wee to return, It Our Lord's Symbolic Act (verses '4-Y1), As tiief,,' hoist, according to orien- tal custom, our Lem' suprlied water for the disciples' feet. As their sor- vent he bathed their feet end wiped therm with a towel (verses4, ti), The disciples wondered. Peter charac- teristically put His wonder into words of protest (verses 6-8). Our Lord replied in effect: 1. That, while the full symbolism of his act could not just then be explained, it should become perfectly clear later (verse 7); 2, That meanwhile rejection of the washing would be a practical re- jection of the Master's teachings and spirit (verse 8); 8. That what the bath had done for their bodies our Lord already Had done for their souls by grace they were clean (with th'e exception of one who Had Per- sisted in sinning against grate) (verses 10, 11); 4, But though spiritually clean in the eyes of God their contact with a sinful world de- manded the attentions of love; 5, Our Lord was patient with the mis- directed enthusiasm of Peter (verse 9), end carefully set him right. III, What Our Lord's Symbolic Act Means for Us (verses 12-14). When he hall washed tilt feet of the twelve Jesus robed himself again as a guest (verse 12), and, sitting clown, proceeded to explain: "Do you understand my action? You call me ?Faster and Lord. I occupy that relation to you, Now I, your :Rabbi anti Chief, have myself washed your feet. Take me as your example in humility and in charity." Verse 1. Now before the feast of the passover—That is, before tho regularly eppointed day of the feast, The worrIs give a 'late to the whole narrative which follows. Jesus knowing—Since or because he knew, Ilis hour was come—Until which tine all plots against his life on the part of even his most formidable 011001ies were necessarily futile. f'[4s own Those who had become such by choice through faith in hint The expreagion roust be taken to- gether with the phrase that were in the world. Being in the world they wore nevertheless no longer "of the world," but mouvbers now of "the king'cfcrm of heaven," of which he their ilfastcr war. the Icing. Unto the end—Men unto death. or Possibly, ae in the marginal render- ing, 'unto the uttermost, '1'he, thought, douhticsrs, is that itis love for them went to extreme length's, not being influenced by the queering and death for theme which it involved, 2. During snupper--h'roul John xill„ 20 and edit, 28 it seems evident that the fourth evengeliet wishes specifically to ''tiat hetes], that emp- tier from the regular naos,ver forst oral miles to a 1 the north 5 0 n I found 00 men, the debris of seven reg'hnorite, lying behind the railway embank- ment, under heavy tire from the ears{.. Many (=pees were lying about, the wounded were neglected, and the fields were strewn. for a dozen miles with provisions, rifles, cartridges and dead horses, The leader of this force said that He had been farther north, but that the Japanese had driven him back. Everybody was dispirited, for the soldiers knew they were surrounded. In the evening I went east with the intention of making a wide di tour to avoid the Japanese. Wound- ed mon were strewn thick on the ground, wailing, "Brothers, do net abandon ue," I gave my Horse to a wounded man, who had lost his own in the confusion of the retreat. ] helped place other wounded solclIers on gum carriages until there was no room for more. Some of the men fell down asleep, Mnnv intoxicated men lav on the road. Some were tortured to death by Chinese bandits, and I saw many corpses that had been stripped naked. CORPSES STREW TII5+I (1110UNJ), I walked all night over rifles and cartridges, tormented by thirst,. Fre- quently I fell over corpses ]eft on the ground, In brief intervals the Jans' searchlights swept the horizon toward the north, The Russians al- ways tried to hide from this search- light and all the omen shivered when- ever they saw it used on them like the gaze of a gigantic eye. Several villages were blazing afar off, Some Japanese scouts fired a few shots at close range toward midnight. Dawn found me in the hilly coun- try near Talionpu, 13 niiles north of Mukden. The enemy was invisible and we thought we were saved, but when we were entering a side valley the firing began from the south. We rushed wildly northward like frightened sheep, but wore soon stop- ped by a sha'p nisi/ale from an un- seen enemy in the north. We. were also fired upon from the east and the deeper import of the Master's shelled at close range from the answer, and replies after the same heights to the westward, the shrap- nel bursting among the soldlors, who rushed to and fro in panic, They seemed to imagine they were being fired upon by their own men, and raised loud cries of "Voll" "Vol!" ane uttered in loud, inarticulate wails the most dreadful sounds I. ever heard, BUGLES SOUND SURRENDER. The officers finally succeeded in getting the men lined up in two shallow furrows, but, being abso- lutely powerless against the tmemy's fire, the oxen threw away their lilies and waved white handkerchiefs, while the buglers sounded "Cease fire." It seemed hours, however, before the Japanese ceased living. Meanwhile the Russian commander was killed and many officers and men wounded, Tho Russians became convinced that l.He. Japanese intended to give no quarter. The soldiers hitherto liad suspected roe, but now a -depu- tation of them, weeping hysterically, asked me, being a British subject, to go and beg the Jeranose to spare therm I replied that it was im- possible. Suddenly the firing ceased, unit from the right and left two detach- ments of Japanese infantry seemed to rise out of the ground, They ad- vanced rapidly, and when they were close I saw they worn the uniform of the Imperial Guards, They met the Russians like long-divideu' brothers, JAPS PEAR RUSSIAN IiISSEs, manner in words of a double and a deeper meaning, 1. He that is bathed neecicth not save to wash his feet—Jesus now speaks in figurative language. The sense of his words seems to be: "He that is already fully surrendered to me as thou art needs but to guard against contamination and tempta- tion from without, that he may re- main as he is, clean every whit. And ye are clean—A remarkable and generous tribute to the heart - loyalty of the disciples. 11. Knew hemi that should betray him—That is, knew what keel of a man at heart Judas, the unclean one, who later ;betrayed him, was. Jesus doubtless also knew all about the impending treachery and betray- al (comp. verse 27), but that is not what the 'evangelist says in this verse. 14. Ought to wash one anotlie is feat—Worcle the deeper meaning of which is that disciples of the Christ are in all Humility and in utter se/f- ain-rogation to seek to serve one an- other. For the disciples in their time and tinnier the social conditions ander which they lived, the exhorta- tion could properly have a more lit- eral interpretation also, Hardly so, However, for disciples to -clay, THE RUSSIAN RETREAT DRUNKEN ORGIES AS MTTKDEIIF FALLS,'. Description of Riot and Panic— There Was Vodka. Enough , For All, This is the story of the orgy and the panic of the Russian evacuation sad retreat hem .1 iieden, ;';erne features of it are almost incredible of belief, but I have photographs and signed statements to prove thorn, writes a correspondent. The Russians were demoralized at the outaet by the destruction of their stores March 8, when a large amount of supplies were burned around tho Mituran headquarters of the army, on the extreme right. Vodka casks were opened with swords and hatchets, and the men knelt down to drink the muddy liquor, which was flowing ankle drop on the ground. Some used as gob- lets the cases of exeluclecl Japanese shells which fell wound them, Some- times firearms were discharged acci- dentally, sometimes the report that the Japanese were het half a mile away caused a commotion, but the soldiers conn resumed their orgy, all disobeying tleir officer's, Thousands of soldiers were lying around in drunken stupor, and even wounded ofllccrs were so intoxicated that they were only able {.o m'atol around, ALOOTIOI.TC I1Tf1MONS, The storm enveloped the scene, giv- ing the 'frenzied crowd the appeter- ance of alcoholic demote battling 111 a hell of snlolce. The soldiers de- veloped Anglophoblst sentiments that were dangerous for nee, but RikaeliclT, the Russian newspaper correspondent, helped me to escape. A similes' scone occurred at Puslian which the Russians fall tluanslian, and afterwards at Mukclen itself. On March e I returned to Mukden, 1011010 I found a remarkable aeee mbly of armed and wounded Ifunhuees in the T1nssian eet'viee. They all Were young men, gorgeously cheesed, and tierce as tigers. They draw their swords on the, spectators on the slightest provocation, and the ter- ror-ethicken citizens of lfulcden gazed at them from atat', i ro rjpt know why these me- w r n o c e assembled, or what became of them. MUHDBN IN FLAME'S, On Friday morning, March 10, I found that Mukcen had been evacu- ated during the night, The Russian settlement rues burning and drunken soldiers were throwing handfuls of certa+irlges into the flames. I rode whish on the day of 'crucifixion woe ncn'lhwa'cis along the railway, Rev - Tile Russians heartily shook hands with the Japanese and tried to kiss them. The Japanese, however, ob- jected to the kisses, fearing the Rus- sians wanted to bite them. We reached Liao -Yang late at night. The city was quiet, but. the Government offices were still open. The scene afforded a great contrast to Liao -Yang raider Itussian. rule. The Japanese were living in the com- fortable Russian houses at, the sta- tion, Thousands of dirty, ragged Russi- ans were penned inside a fenced en- closure near the station, sleeping on the bare ground, without covering, without decent pi'iva.ey, and under the contemptuous gaze of crowds of Japanese and Chinese who peered through the bars as if at a men- agerie. Many of the Japanese held their noses on account; they said, of the evil odor emanating Pram the Russians. Words cannot convey an adequate idea or the tremendous hu- miliation the white race thus suffer- ed in the eyes of the Chinese. LONDON BRIDGE. The work of widening and improv- ing London bridge is now nearing completion. Tho old bridge will bo considerably beautified by the altcra,- tion, Practically Sir .3 ohn Rennie's bridge, built over seventy years ago at a cost of $10,000,000, still stands, for the main fnprovomeats aro the widening of the roadway and footpaths, and the substitution for the solid parapet of an artistically designed open ballustracle parapet, worked in Dartmoor granite. The need for greater traffic facilities across pity bridges is emphasized by the fact that the high-level footways of the Tower bridge ai'o story practi- cally, Useless, They have lost their charm of novelty. The hydraulic lifts stand idle, passengers realising that little time is gained by using the high level while the low-lovol bridge is raised for shipping traffic. The city corporation has applied to parliament for power to close the high footways. COBWEBS ELECTRICITY. Tho operation of telegraph linos in the Argentine I(epub]id is greatly hampered by the loot that myriads of small spielers weave their wpbs on the wires until they hang down in regular festoons. These masses of eoliWob, when dnmpec] by rain or clew, establish ".leaks,' and by draw- ing off the ctx1'rent the capacity of the lines is sometimes reduced to only a tenth of the normalt ;11+114444444+44,11441411.0 DOMIISTIC BECIP]5S, 444 Savory Tomato Soup—Finely ohop two medium-sized onions and put thorn in a saucepan with two ounces of butter and a tablespoen'fn1 of minced' paisley; add a little salt and popper, and three new boiled pota- toes, and a cup of string beans, chopped tine; also half a cup of cook- ed or canned green peas, Simmer about ten minutes; then add a can of very ripe tomatoes. Add a table- spoonful of sugar, a pinch of ground cloves, more salt if required and a little cayenne. Cook gently for half nn hour, then rub through a fine sieve. Return to the oven and thick- en with a teaspoonful of butter rub - ted to a paste with a teaspoonful of cornsttu'eh. tierce very hot with tiny sippets of fried or toasted bread. °br'oiled Eggs—Cut discs of bread, toast them lightly, trim the edges, and lay them on a dish before the Ilse, with some bits of butter placed on top, When this melts, break and spread carefully six or eight eggs on the toast.. Have ready a salamander, - or ' hot shovel, to brown the top, and, when the eggs aa'tesutficiently done, squeeze an orttilgo aucl grate some nutmeg over them. 11 Creme.—Hard boil twelve eggs;Eggs slicela them thin fn rings. In the bottom of a largo baking dish place, a layer of grated bread crumbs, then one of the eggs; cover with bits of butter and sprinkle with pepper and salt. Continue thus to blend these ingredients until the dish is fill, be sure, though, that the crumbs cover the eggs upon top. Over the whole pour a large teacupful of sweet, create, and brown nicely in a moder- atoly heated oven. Eggs a ]'Italienne.—Break seven or eight eggs into a sauce pan, with a bit of butter in it. Adel the juice of a lemon, a tablespoonful of water, enough pounded sugar to make them decidedly sweet, a pinch of salt, and any approved flavoring, as orange flower water or curacoa. Then pro- ceed exactly as with scrambled eggs. When they aro set without being hard, pilo thogi on a hot dish, dust them well with sugar, and candy it a little either under a salamander or with a red hot fire shovel. Eggs a la Martin—Have ready a dish that should be like a deep, or- dinary soup plate, without the wide rine. It is easy enough to find such at any store. Pave it heated, but not too hot. Put into a small sauce- pan a teaspoonful of butter. Let it melt, but be careful that it does not brown. 'Then add a teaspoonful of flour, or more, if it is preferred thicker, and then very slowly, after the flour is well mingled, a cup of milk or cream. Then add four table- spoonfuls of grated cheese. Stir tve1l, and when thoroughly heated, pour into the dish you have ready, and with great care, so as to keep the shape, drop into the mixture four eggs. The ordinary dish will hold about four eggs, and look well, but it may be possible to find larger ones. Put at once into the oven, and n'hen the eggs ai'e set, serve at Once, A few bits of parsley make the dish look more inviling. Egg Ti mbales—Butter smell tin molds, and crust them with powdered parsley; then an egg is chopped in each, and they aro put in a pan of hot .water and cooked in the oven for about ten minutes, when they niay be turned out en a round plat- ter, latter, and a sauce macre of a cup of thickened cream with shopped mash - rooms in it, or a tomato sauce with the mushrooms may bo poured around then.. These timbales may be altered by lining the molds with finely minced ham instead of the parsley, het it meet be moistened with cream or egg to make it adhere to the tin. The egg is put in and the sauce used as before. Egg V'ol-a:a-Vents—Mince two truf- fles and put them into o stowpan with two tablespoonfuls of thick cream, add for -r eggs that have boil - twenty minutes; and chop thein small season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Have ready some paste cases, and when the mixture has simmered live minutes, fill them and serve hot. Sufficient for six cases, HINTS FOR TIIE HOLE. When .mashing potatoes beat well with a fork, adding a little hot milk, butter, pepper, and salt, Ivor Cracked Lips—Honey and gly- cerine in equal quantities Is all ex- cellent remedy for croaked lips. AP - ply this at night regularly, Boiled carrots if passed through a potato masher or a, siero and season- ed with pepper and salt, make an ex- cellent vegetable course. To Clean Looking Glasses—Sponge the surface with equal pails of gin and water, then dust over with pow- dered blue, Polish with an old silk hondicerahief, To :FTartlen Whitewash—To half a pail of common whitewash add ]calf a pint of Born'. Pour en boiling *a - ter in a sufficient gntintity to thick- er. it. Then add six gallons of the lime and water, and stir well. Matting will last for yea's if it is given a thin coat of voreish when first put down, and again after each six mottles. The varnish cortately preserves the substance and gives it a handsome appearance, A burned saucepan should he filled with cold water, to which a rather ]aboral, ahowauoo of soda, is added. Let this sten( for a, ample of hums, then heat slowly and simmer for tett minutes, geed all stains of the htil'n- ing Will be eradicated. Treat your damp wall as follows; lefalco a varnish of 0110 part of she1- lac to two parts of naptlra, tied. Lover the demi) part thoroughly with it. Walt till the varnish is dry, then paper it With o.rdieary brown-papor tender the proper wallpaper, TO Stiffen Straw hats -.-Put two conte worth of gum ..ramie into a little boiling water, and when Ole- �h� Horne solved brush it thoroughlyinto the straw. Let this dry very lowly, and the stat will look like new. In the ease of Week straw, add anilt to inc to iho 01, In eases30of rheumatism the pain may be greatly eased, b:lt not cured, by the following not Put ono ounce of carbonate of soda in rather snore then one pint of boiling water; bathe the affected part with flannel wrung out in the lotion as hot ae possible, Apply - this every night t11] relieved, Do Glut wash lamp chimneys when dirty, but hold them over the steam of a kettle and 'then polish with a clean cloth. Another plan is to wipe the chimney with a elollt slightly moistened with paraffin and then po- lish with a clean cloth. If you wish to keep lamp chimneys very bright, never wash them, Really good tea or cuIl'eo call never be expected from a tea kettle kept boiling on the stove, The eold wa- fer should bo put into rho kettle and directly it hails used at once. It is also essential that the kettle should b5 frequently (entlned omit with a brush, Your tea has probably been spoilt because the water has boiled till it tastes flat, CLEANING LACE CURTAINS, In cleaning lace curtains first shake diem free of dust. Then mend any 13(0 pieces or patch carefully by '.,urning - over a piece of bubbinet, which has been basted under the tear. Pieces of old curtains should be saved for just such a Impose, but if necessary new bubbinet may be. purchased by the yard. Wash the curtains in warm suds, sgelcozing and laying between the hands, but not rubbing on washboards, Then they may be boiled, rinsed, blued, starch- ed lightly, while still wet, and dried ns quickly as possible. Ilip the old- est curtains first, for these will thin out the starch, and p�ijnye it a better consistency, for the oQf;rs. If stern curtains death in washing they can 1m restored by dipping in a bath or strong coffee which has been diluted with water, This must bo dote, of course, before they are starched, and no bluing. Be careful in affixing scallops to stretchers that each one is caught with a pin or if you skip some of them do so at regular intervals. It is also best to attach them in pairs; then the scallops of two curtains are pinned together, which simplifies hanging thein evenly afterward. Beal lace draperies must be handl- ed carefully. I"ine meshes sometimes tear if pulled on stretchers, and such curtains had better he stretched upon a sheet spread on the floor. When pinned go over the curtain with a soft, damp cloth, to remove traces of starch. This will give the draperies the appearance of being quite new. WHAT BIG GUNS COST. Tho new armament scheme for Ar- tillery, which will entail an expendi- ture of about $12,500,000, suggests some interesting figures and details in connection with guns, For the 12e - pounder batteries for the Royal Horse Artillery, the probable cost of rearmament with the new quielc-firers is estimated at $100,000 per battery, a sum equal to that whidh was paid not so very long ago by the British Admiralty for te single mammoth gun of 110 tons. Whon this monster weapan was first designed, the naval authorities put it to a severe test, and, being satisfied with its effective- ness, and the possibility 01 mounting the weapon on large warships, order- ed several. At that time they creat- ed reated a mild sensation, but to -day, they are tabooed by the Admiralty, long- range wire guns having taken their place. The battleship Victoria, which was rammed and stink by tho Cam- perdown off Tripoli, had two 110 - ton guns on board, but only, two ships in the Navy carry them now. The money paid for a single 110 -ton gun would purchase six 124 -pounders, or about five guns for the Royal Field Artillery. The We of a modern gun is much longer than it was twen- ty or thirty years ago, and ingen- ious inventions have contributed to manipulating the weapons more quickly and safely. MYSTICICAL NO. 0, Nine is a mystical number, A cat is said to have nine lives; there are nine crowns in heraldry; possession is "nine points of the law," and the whip for punishing evil -den's has ndno tails, the superstition beteg that a flogging by a trinity of trinity of trinities would be sacred and more efficacious, In order to see the fairies, mortals are directed to, put nine grains of wheat on a four-leaf clover, '.Pio hydra had nine heads, and leases are frequently granted for 99 or 909 years, Milton, in "Para - disc Lost," says: "The gates of hell arc thrice threefold—three folds ada- mantine three folds iron, and three Folds adanenline rock, They had nine folds, nine plates, and nine lin- ings. When the angels were cast out of heaves, nine days they fell," The nine of diamonds wag considered the curse of Scotland, and to see nine magpies in tie laid of cakes is can- sicleled as had as to see the dell his ane sal,' T.1.iE FINANCIE• R SCORED. :irlum late Baron de .Hirsch, the Jew= nth financier, says a biographer, was dining at a German nobleman's house in company with a cattail, Prince who made no secrot of his venomous antipathy to the Jowu. Courtesy proved no barrier to the outflow of his sPlo:'n, Remarking upon a tour 110 had made in Turkey, he said he had been favorably impressed by two of ite customs: "All ,lows and dogs that are caugltt aro itntuo (lately 111110(1.' The 1la•on, with smiling sang-froid, lrnutediately relieved the scandalized consternation of the other guests with the bland r'ejoiniler:— "How fortunate you and I don't lino there('' The Siberien ret •:r ''1; imil its tri- butaries drain an area almost equal to that: of W'e'trim Europe -4,230a 000 equate 111f1t9, LONELY PITCAIRN ISLE DESCENDANTS OF THE MUTIN- EERS OF THE BOUNTY. They Aro Strict Attendants at Church and Contribute to Missions. 1'lopoi'ts to the British Colonial Office just issued Include one on Pie- t'airn Island, Lho lonely home in the. Pacific of the mutineers of the armed ship Bounty who landed there in 1789. The islanders number 77 mules and 112 remake, including children, They are hard working and neve- m' less heathy, but exhibit certain vicious tendencies which religion has been unable to eradicate. Many aro' narrow-imindod and unstable. They have adopted an extraordinary patois, derived from the language of the Tahitian women who accompanied the mutineers to the island. They employ this patois in conversation among themselves, although most of the adults can speak English lni,ly well, and in some instances very well, considering the circumstances of their environment, There are persons of ability among them, but some fete appear to be' lacking in intelligence. The children are comparatively numerous, anti i11 properly cared for should be useful members of the community, in regard to the morals of the is- landers, in the aggregate, little that is favorable can be said. Illegitimate, children, petty thef ts, brawls and the use of bad language are common. Fortunately the people do not use intoxicants. The law's and regula- tions which ,deal , with the above named oltonces are seldom. enforced. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. No deformities are noticed, but, the front tooth of most of the islanders are bad. This is the only visible re- sult of intermarriage. The people. aro Seventh Day Adventists, and observe the Sabbath scrupulously. They are exemplary in their atten- dance at week -day prayer meetings and church gat.her'bxgs. • Nevertheless vulgar stories and obscene songs are not unknown, The Pitcairn Islanders contribute. 10 per cent. of Lite produce of the place ancl any motleys that are re- ceived to the church, and they sub- scribe to Sabbath schools anti other religious funds. The produce so con- tributed is sold and proceeds, with other cash collections, are forwarded to the Foreign Miesion Board of the Seventh Day adventists in America. An official who visitod the island, in May -says in a report that he found that tho Government institut- ed in 189(1, which consisted of a pre- sident, ro-sident, vice-president, te judge and seven members of a Parliament, tuftn not working well, so he made cer- tain changes. ,y THEY ALL HELPED. This incident happened in the streets of London, England. A gen- tleman hailed 0 bootblack for a• shine. The lad came rather slowly for one of that lively guild, and be- fore lie could get his brushes out an- other larger boy ran up and pushed him'aaid•e, saying, "Here, you go and set down, Jhinny l' The gentleman was indignant ut what ho deemed a piece of outrageous bullying, and sharply told the new -comer to clear out. "Oh, that's all sight," was the re - Ply. "Dm only going to do it for him. You see, he's been ill in the hospital for enore'n a month, and can't do much work yet, so us boys all turn in and give him a lift when we can." "Is that so, Jimmy?" the gentle- man asked. "Yes, sir," wearily replied the boy, and, as ho looked up, the pallid, pinched face could be discerned eveq through the grime that covered it. "He does it fur me, if you'll let him," "Certainly; go ahead," and as the bootblacic plied the brush the gentle- man plied him with questions, "You say all the boys help him in this way?" "Yes, sir. When they ain't got no job themselves, and Jimmy gets mee( they turns in and helps him, 'causci, he ain't tory strong yet, you see," "What percentage do you charge hien on a job?" "Hcy?" queried the youngster, "I don't know what you moan.'' "I mean what part of the money, do you give him, and how matt do you keep out of it?" "You bet I don't keep none; I ain't such 0sneak es that," "So you give it all to hire, do you?" "Yes, I de, A11 the boys give up what they gots on his job. I'd like to catch any feller sneakin' off the poor chap, I would." Tho shine being complete, the gen- tleman handed the urchin half a dol- lar, saying, "You're a pretty good fellow; so you keep ten cents and give tho rest to Jfmny here." "Can't do it, sir; it's his customer, Here, Jim." Ho throw him the coin, and Was off like a shot after 0 cus- tomer of his own. "Works well, don't it?" comment- ed Jimmy, ten minutes latex', turn- ing a cart -wheel. "Tbat makes two dollars," ANIMALS AND FIRE. Most animals are afraid of f1re, and will liy from it in terror. To otherre there is a fascination about a flame, and they will walk into it oven though tor't:urod by the heat. A' horse in a burning stable goes mad with feat', but a dog is as cool as at any time, Ile keeps his nose down to the floor, where the air is purest, and sots himself enhnly to feral his way out. Cats in fires howl piteous- ly. They hide their faces from the light, and (Tenth in cornea,. When Heir rescuer vile them, they alt as a rule quite docile and subdued, never biting or scratching, llh'ds seem to be hypnotised try firs, aur keep perfectly still; omen the loqua- cious parrot in a flee hes nothing to say. They are easy to lead forth, and often find their tic,,,, out thonx- Selvos,