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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-7-6, Page 7EN IF OF EDUCATION The Schools Are the Keystone of a Nation's WeII...Being. A despatch front Brooklyn, Nese„ seem: ley. 1/r, Newell Dwight Hillis prettehed frosi tho following texts "hoe Iviadom is better Lban rubies." lrapp,y indeed these children and youth who Itave enjoyed all the ad- vantagee or classroom and libravy and chapel. Wide oleo the elleS111 Whit'11 ReParra& the Sarage front Lhe scholar. Tho savage dwells In a PorPetual night. 1./pon his spirit the heavens send no rain of wisdom and knowledge. For the slave lifo Is a cleingeon le which/ be slLe and slowly etervee to death, But a Jur- ist, a stateeman, et/tinier, means that youth entered the library and by years or ettitiy assembled all the reline of etionce end literature and history, gathering all those teeesures into his 111011101y, Verily, vosily, ' knowledge is more precious than the gold. Of a. truth, there Is a golden ladder that steel:thee Nein earth to heaven. But the ladder upon which the successful man' climbe has rounds that are marked with the narnee of the sciences, Ws arts and the liter- atures. Tho public 5choo1:4 do much for the Inerease of happiness. Knowledge widens the horizon. Travel turns a Pease:nit into a citizen of the world. letultitudes cannot travel abroad in the body, but the pages of history make them at hone In Rome and Athems, in London and Paris. Whet the youth gets out of life de- pends tmon the quality and, power or las intelleet, What the astronotner SeeS 10 the sky depends on the size iot his telescope. H the lens Is small, 11E SEES A FEW STABS; if the telescope is largo he can see the five old moons of Jupiter aad the sixth moon that liae Just been discovered. It is said that tun has five sensea, but this is a mistako. What we should say is that Mall may bave five senses. Some have ieyes but they see oot the solemn pageantry of June and the glorious Procession of the seasons. Some have elms bub they hear not the marvelous music of the melodious morning. We are told that sleep is the twin brother of death, but death lute an- other near relative and his Immo is ignorance. The ignorant man eaters the mountain pass and sees nothing but granite and goes away in dis- gust. Thea an educated man, named Coleridge, eaters the scene. And lot He sees that the mountain gives the inovereent to the waters that turn the mill wheel for distant cities; that the mountains, with their glaciers end ice caverns core nature's refriger- ators for cooling the currents anti cleaning and sweetening the life-giv- ing air for the jaded people in the dial ant city. Tre soca that the mountain Is a vast storehouse of slowly dissolving stimulants for feeding the 'worn-out fields in tho valley; he beholds the mountains written all over With tho haralw nt- bng of God until they are an glorious an an illuetrated missal for arLiet and scholar arid workee alike. Yea, the moentain in the scholar's mend becomes an altar of worship; snows become the sacrifice of purity, and ihe clouds that go smoking heaver: - ward beconie symbols of the solemn prayers going homeward to their God. (di, the Happiness that wis- dom Mengel :Knowledge turns thi world into a palace of beautY, gallorY of pleaeure, 01treasure-lious of 11 1; INSI'lltATIOT AND DELIGHT. But these schools have thole rela- tion to wealth, Al/ ignorance breeds failure 8011 eel failure is i gouranee The sticcereful man le the man who knows how, Wiedoni is simply the beet way of doing the thing In hand. The educated man linows tho short - out way to the goal. Whoever eoniter to the front le tho num thee arrives because he knows the one last fact in the ease, Robert Burns never went to college, but the one thing he did latow he Itnew thoroughly, the he was the beet equipped schetlan of his generation -In his own field, which was singing the epic of the plowinna's cottage. Contrariwitia, it igIlarallee that briagS all the wastes: Ignorance bas wasted our foreets; ignorance robed the rith son of New Jen:gland by washing away the nitrates; ignorance wasted half 01 tie gold in the 101000 of (lather- niee ignorance and folly and yea de- stroyed the old natione and cities cm the banks of the Mediterranean. Wis- dom. 011111 knowledge , and obedience alone can recover these wastes. Some men aro college trained, most men aro self -trained, hut overy man wbo succeeds represents the power of knowledge and wedom in his own work. , Our public schools, with our thou - sonde or school children, enrich the state by emphasizing individual ex- cellence. The youth lias certain le - /Meal 1'1 ght,F1 and certain industrial rights, but he has also certain edu- cational rights and our schools con- serve them. Every chile begins at nothing. Slowly the sciences sharpen his intellect, lilstory cneiehes tits memory, tho arts develop his tame and imagination, tho various occu- pations and professions offer him an opportunity of EARNING ITIS LIVELIHOOD, 1 The soul grows as acorns grow -by time, food and exercise. And the schools furnish these opportunities for growth. Among the greatest benefactors of Mw state, therefore, aro our common school -teachers. Chief among these come the fah -sacrificing women who have adopted our children nod taken them inLo their hearts. These wo- men aro malting the manhood or the country. Women's heads to -day aro on the layers of influence and power. Thera are men whose wealth is ranked by 'millions who have pro- duced less property 111 tOrMS of three generations than certain school- teachers who have labored unceaaing- ly in tho primary and common schools of the country, Parente owe these teachers a great debt. Father and mother otve it to the elate as well as to their children to visit the public echoole and keep in touch with the teachers. For all our trades, our tools and our work calk onl' foe the children. Futurity is vulnerable only al tho point named, the cradle. 'The one great duty of the state is education. The world was tna.de to ripen that form or fruit called the scholar -a man end woman strong, wise, just and self- sacrificing. ME S.S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 9. Lesson II, Ilezehiehee Prayer. Golden Text, l'sa. eclvi. 1. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note. -These Word Studiee for this keson are based on the text of the Revised Voraion, , Mtge Ileetotecal Chapters, -Our temoneal book of Isaiah tabs nettle. ally into two grette pot•tionta the fleet of which insludee chapters 1-893 and the Second the remaining chap- ters of tho book. Of the first part the lark four chapters (80-89 in- cluelvd)' again form a, smaller (Reis - ion quite distinet remit the chapters preceding, These four chaptere are hietoeicel, whiie tlioso prettedieg are more or lege striotey prophetic. ilia: hietoeical chapters aro introduced in- to the hotly of the prophetical book: foe the purpose of giving the readoe of the prophecies, a seminary of im- portant facto concerning the life ter the great prophet. They are a sum - miry of the events mgrated lit 2 Kinge xVili. 18 to xx. 19, from which aecount tleey were doubtless taken, The two accounta three as regares important mattere only in two pointa: the summary in Tseeali does not record Hezekinh'e 341e1)0110- 8,1olt mentioned hi 2 Kinga xviii. 14.- 1(1, but does insert Hozokiith'e psalm or thankegiving ontile recovery *dull) XXVin • 0-98) the lathe/ : not being found in tho account In Kiev:. The Parallel accounts ohould be Toad together, Verso 1. 111 those days-Thisi ex- presoion 113 dothtlees to be take» as an indermite referetice to some pat.. tint) of Itezekialiele reign, the chrono- logy' of which CIS a Metter of fact presents many 111feet:item8. Front the arrangement of the nerretive, both horo and in 2 Kings, it woldd 13t10111 eel 11 flee elekneece of lTexelciaii fol- lowed the. retreat or eleimathevile bet a closer exaudnation lends es 1)) conelu de otherwiee, Pew 2 1(111.e8 20X, 12 0110! 1831, xXxix Plain that the eleknese peregcled the embassy of Ittegotiach-ltetediee, nem/ was king of Babylon from 721 to or Babylon. But Moradach-baladan 709 31, 0., and again for a beef period daring 702 B. 0. Serboacheti- lb's invasion occurred 111 tho year B. C, 701.. Bence the uickneas or Ihree- Walt which preceded the entbaaey sent by tho Babylonian, king (probab- ly during, his second and shorter reign) must have preceded the deliv- erance of Jeruartlem from the Assy- rian king, which occurred etIll later. The events:, therefore, of eliapleps :18 cunt ail precede be point, of time those of char/fees 86 and 87, isatah the Prophet-ehe authee of largo parts of tho book bearing his name, living in tho Lime at 11weltilt, Jothan, Ahaz, Heeelcialt, kings of Judah, The geoatest of Hebrew pie: - Plugs, and, at the same time, doubt - leas, the greatest of Hebrew states - Mein no was especially noted for the strength of his personality, the wisdom of 1118 tetatesinansbip, tliu length and unbroken aseatrance of his ministry, the 011)10.91) unaided' 00'- 31100 h0 rendered to Judah at the greatest crisis of her history, tho parley and grandeur of his style, and the great influence he exerted on aubsequoit prophecy. Thus solth Jehovah -The prophet's authority was tuat his ohm. Xt Wag ate the accredited measenger and rep- resentative of God that he wee re- elected and obeyed if at all'. Set thy house in ordee--Literally, "Give command to thy house." The parting commonit of a :nen about to die was considered saceed and bind- ing. Compare ,Itmobee charge te 33 osoph (el . 71120. 10-88), It, 18318 more then n: last Wish. awl wee ra- ting of the natiire of malting a will, cul it related atter:tee to the tion of Janda and of properly, and in tho caso of 1)1n138 of the royal 140011- tro as well, 2, Turned hie face to the wellgien order to he Mono with Clod in 11(11) hone of anguish, it In prolmble that Teezeklah 11103 at thia time chtidlese Olis atm Arantuffsli eene born later), lit which mum hia death at thla time might have meant, the extettetion of 111e, tionse 10111 rm.:oil:1y or the house of David else, fl, ifemeinher how T. have woleotl--Worcle of 1112131 confidence oe the pert rf Inh, 1 ong Mtn Wtis 0011101(1.1.t1) Illur% ei (1-0)118 aPIWO.V. al, and compared with hie inureedl- Met predecessois Hozeki(thee adminie- tration certainly did Seem to inorit 111113 xnark of approval. Jehovah do ee not dlepule 'the claim, but senate tlio rotowet. 4, Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah -The answer to the prt1Yer Wag inmeniate, as showo la the ac- count in 2 Rifsen xx, 4, which 012- 4 plains that it woe "before 5)011018 01)8 f4'1444014/7414.4444444441 gone nut into the middle court." Lime CfeklattiNG UP. he received word to return with tide Not the weather, hut one's house, glad meerage. one's bureau draWerli, clefietft, "father" 0111(1"son" Were m0re loose- In ()mei power to clear up, 15, leteld thy rather-Tbe tonne 0130(1 Lapeshrlyr, aaa rabbi awes, ars ly used among the Tielwewa than goo very 11 '0110431) housekeeper In the they aeo at present among us, it itt woad hue? Joe, oe,asionai day, of here ueed int the sense of "ancesLor," putting things Lo rights, or looking Mitten yearo--Aceording to 2 over sm. sena p.m! teethes 311120a of Kings xviii, 2 Hee:beim.; beeves° king lier poeseestona, of setting her at the tige of Live:ay-five, and maw, la "deg why leas reigned in, all twenty-nine yeare; „egmo very regularly be done are henee bit natet at tale time have teem eell-evident, Moth and rust are ever thIeLy-nine years old and in the lif- creeping atealthily into places that teenth year of 11113 reign. aro cloned from daylight. lanipness (1. 181/1 th'111'"'' thee' end this '/ILiv makes Ineuralons where it Is least ex- -This verso teems to point to peeted, and (lust &Ma through eracks fact that tile oiege of the city had ami 1„.3.110158. 11" Yet 10.1(4)1 Place. 1 101-4/Lleef4/ The other (lay, having mislaid a however, MennaehstitObt 1)119(141011 was precious bit of lace, a notable hombea at thin tine anticipated and greatly tette resolved on setting right every feared, 7, 8. The ShadoW on the atepo . rePosItory under her Corp. She be - dial of Aliega-Wo aro to think of 111)11gan ciaitugtheilat jayttfilco,wanad worked slowly pyramid of steps on the top oin a city f flat her progrene must have Mad ate dwelt ohlch Stood a Mont pillar or oho- been lateral instead of perpendicular, note, eo constructed that %%holt 1110 but 11. might have been as thorough. SI'S root) 111 the/ truernin shadow She diseovered stacks of old. and of thet pillar Just Savored the lowest f01(11(1 letters, Dates wore or twenty step on the weetern Side or tbn pyra- and thirty years ago. Reading them 111111. As the sem roae in the) eashwri she WAS brallitht itl touch again with sky the shadow shortened, climbing Mende who have passed away, With eivl> by stop to the foot, or tho obe- lisk at the top or the pyramid. Mimi noonete 1)110 son, descended toward tlbe west the elearfow gradually de- aceretea on the opposite or eastern side of the poramid. Thus Um Ito- eition of the shadow on the seep8 of pyrazi: 1(1 froth/at ed quite o eel r- ately the Otte of the ray. Cheeks and watehes were al, thie time en - known, '111') retreating shadow m ire- c111008.1:e lengthening the (lay wee pledge, aa some bave thought, 01111- E101c or the postponotornt el that "nbeht in which no man can work." (death), which had so nearly over - lava tee 1.1no, :144elebef+IskieleColeialle liT Home • re &Whale Nerved hot or very cold. Lemon Jilly.--Lemon Jelly Is ex- cellent to 18'!' 10 With cold needs for a :which. 11 Is eafilly made tied in- expensive eompared with Boma Iwo.. tables. To make enough for a lam. ily of six, soak two taleespoonfulte of powdered gaiatine in half cup of cold water for live mint:Lee. When this Is dISSOIVet1 add a 0119 nod a heir of granidated sugar anti the strained juita of Rix lemona. Stir /hie well together and acid a quart of imiling water, Whon tiela mixture bus cooled set It upon lee /tad let It 10)1)0(1)1 there for three hoots. aemon Sherbet.. -To two gurgle al water add the juice of two 1ein0120 and two cupfuls of sugar; whip to a stiff froth' the whites of live eggs and to them add three ittlAeapoonfuls of sugar; :air all together and freeze+ at 0/100, fill/Ike arloat sherbet re - eines, this requires no pre-cooking whatever, and is a, quickly prepared aml inost delicious sherbet, Ile) US OLD HINTS, To 'POMO re grease from a papered wall, (119 a Piece of flannel in, sphit)) of wine, gently rub the Roiled part over once or twice, and the grease al I alsappear. The ditliculty of removing old put- ty 100111 a window-eath in easily over - (:0)110. Heatan-iron rod -a soldering iron for preference -and press it slowly over the petty, whish will thus bo readered soft, when it may easily be removed, Scraps of soap should never be waeted. When they are too small to Metals may old, who then were use for washing they sheuld be care - youthful and impetuous, with a, fully collected and pet away. It streneg. and 1)3:gone era, though it flannels aro to be washed the scraps wns but a section of a lifetime. Here shoula be taken out, cut in email pieces, coed boiled to a Jelly. '1 his, diluted with warnt rain, -water, makes were tales of roses, that awakened no l'eRp011ah'e chord, Lance that vi- brated no longer. The tilting place a heatitiftil lathier for washing wool - foe these letters was the tire, and len goods, which are spoilt 800.1) Is with a certain decorum and touch of riddled on to the fabric. Small pieces gravity, the Indy lit a match and of toilet soap shoeld be kept bY 110110aited the eorreepondence in the thernstgvas, and they can be melted raufee/ "thomes-emPtY of coal. anti 09 amide with a little drop 01 milk, yaw:lime to receive the strange bur- den. Now she came upon stoves of clothing, put away with care, in the supposiLion that it would be made over at some feture (lave "It hardly bolo:yen to me," was find it very tender when done. Try ARMY STOILIIS SCANDALS. her verdict, na she shook out settee sLoaminte fowls instead of boiling; and inspected jackets and looked e00 evil! find that the meat is 01 - Report on. Waste and Destructioa over garments that would do good woys tender, and tlio roll benefit of in South Africa. service if sent to some institution, the fowl is kept, 110111115) a, very deli - then formed into cakes and put anole to dry until reatty foe uao, If meat is Laugh, or if you have any doubt as to its tendernese, put a tablespoonful of vinegar over it when putting it on to cook; you will e he War Ofilce committee which, 8,931)11)), orsettlement. 2-hemade cote flavor. tiaien the chairmanship of Sir wile these into piles, labelled theta and A little pipeclay cliaaolved in the liam Butler, was appointed to ea- the them up, to be sent away by ex- evaLer employed in washing linen destruction of embolic:I in South clears the dirtiest clothes thorough - quire into the alleged waelage anti '. ' oihne,:rorf .,.t1alt rzhositessucot:Ilsiftlatotoorizerretsooltas 82009. etwwith a great saving. of labor and Africa towa,rde the end of the warit will ale° Improve the color and afterwarde, has reported to the soneethat confused house teas in of the linen, giving le, it used rogu- eleceetary of State. Various "fintle" which were real laity, the appearance of having been 'the term of reference of the cone- treasure, as, for examelts books she bleached, tnittee were ae follows: hed owner!, that had drifted out of 'Medicine steins on silver spoons 1.. To investigate end report on 1 sigig,th,ic;hot;glitialipithitkstaaeltailt llateaintreanocteist mac ay be displaced if rubbed with sut- tee terms of contract. and other cirof- pherle acid; wash with soapsuds, and monster:ices connected With, settee awl oho had been long abroad, and hits then clean in the usual way. ref u nds to con 1 vac t ore in LI,,1 1 11SOjewellery claims and pins and , The really test method of cleaning Africa at the mei of the warsleeve buttons -that had been curi- mirrors and 'Mario:vs ire to rub theta 2. To make special ermuiry into ourev elusive -in filet, loot, for with a paste of whiting anl water. certain transacttoes. men I ha. Ti gel, but co n t en Led, the When this dries p011341) with dry 8. 1 o lancet upon the responsibil- lady went to bed early when she hall chamois and removo the rowder. A. The report, has not yet been pub- One ES these day» every one of tut gives a brilliant polish. Soapsuds little alcohol in cold water also ity or Mote concerned. completed her time. key iserzed, bu 1 fol I o w i ng. 1 Ls de- will Ho with folded hands in, the final ehould never be ilsod. livery tWO 5311101* 011.1-erS of ihe rank. sleep. After a while those who love To clean a sewing, machine, place it of colonel and at least six juniors ot 1).ezillIrgeo 01)1 1201111134, hce011r1,11/t.f,,,4hlagnsi,u.aeleituig.io, neer the ilre to get warm, that the the Arnly Service Corps have been ' ' g I congettled oil abont it may melt, and ''1)111(11)))' reit her enquiries." in our 'raiment, perhaps r ewith paraTfin, relieved of their immediate (littlest i4/1111i.flid_za, and MVS1"11'.9' handling and thn oil it thoroughly The further procedure in conivec- 13))' (1)11' lateen, and putting in order then wipe 00 all the paraffin and call- Work it quickly for a few minutes., for the last time the house that wo dirt, treat it to a little more polar- teneta no longer. In view of this iln, wipe it again, and after the ((9" (!n1 disposition or our goods, made plication of a very little of the or - by toeing Inuole, is it not wise to (Unary lubricating oil it will be keep 0111. (elects in all order so term- ready for use, and its easy working tiful that wIten we are gone our clear will be an amole reward tor any ones shall hare no meal/as difliculLy trotettle incurred. and rnel themselves confronted with To polish: leather seals of chairs no VerY pwinling nroblems? you Nidll iind thie recipe weft)); it is Receipts, lalonging to armient his- also excellent for these bonts and tory, altered the fate of the lettere. shoes. Beat well together the yolks Much of the dust -gathering material of two eggs and the mhite of one, was thus eliminated from the house- mix a teaspoonful of suear with a keeper's task, tablespoonful of gin, add it to the - eggs, and use sparingly with a linen rug. Tlie Jams excel( in cooking rico, and their method it) exceorlinely simple. Put one clip of rice which has been thoroughly washed, over Cie fire, with five of fast -boiling water. Add Solt, and When it has boiled feeet for fifteen minutee set tho saucepan oncoveved in a moderate oven. In fifteen minutes the water will ha've completely evaporated and eirery grain be distinct and tielly. Not a grain will elick to the 'latem or the saucepan. llice cooked this way is a revelation, tIon with theee ofileers is understood to be not yet definitely Fettled. 'they can either be charged before the mili- tary courts on indieLmente to be framed hereafter, or they can be brought before a Judicial and mili- tary commission apecially appointed ad hoc. 'Ibis will probably be the wiser cotes:, and the authoritiee are likely to sanction it, as it would commancl public confidence. The report, Ithieli wilt probably be published shortly, is uncierStood to make grave chargee, and to accentu- ate the already serious disclosures which hero been 0201(10 00 the subject of the waste of the nation', money. It Is expected aim) that the matter will be raised in Parliament, but it le known thwt the War Ottlee is neat deelrons or having the whole matter cleared up, and it will carry events to the may posaible isone. 11) will be recollected that the 01000 of Malley' Whirl/ it is allegC,C1 have been wasted or made away with, either directly or ladieectly, amoun4, to ninny thousands of pounds, MICROBES IN EGGS, "111385 mag 110 poisonoue oven be- fore they are laid," is tho Melte/Tient made 18y Professor lifelehnikoff, of the Pare I'asteur Tnetitute, in the trileteae box. According to the pro - reseal: the whites may contain die- ease-breceling microbes. These when heated survive in a vegetating state up to 60 degrees Centigrade, or 140 degreee Fahrenheit, Consequently a raw or oven paetly cooked egg, how- ever fresh, way always 110 poisonous, owing to the poesible presume of lively betetlit in the white, and eon - tabled therein from the very begin, ning, The pet:lessor's evidence wee given ie a case before the Fleet Chamber, in which a pastey cook is being eyed by twenty-five persons who had 110811 Made 111 by eating sonic OP him mown tarts, and by the heirs of a tweety-eixth, who diod of It. THE' TReple, OF AUSTRALIA, The capons' of Australia in 1901, were $280,042,056, att increase o' $08,105,636, the baener year pre. vlottely. II, is estimated that Ausigeo lia hae to remit annually upon its exteenal indebtedness and iho capital it has imported, some $72,0970500, and seldom have the exporter e30e0001- 001 tho imports by nnything: ap- proachlog that amount, gel, last yeae the emporia exceeded the ha. ports by $100,/1 01,502, 00 that the external tribute WAS not only paid in full, 12121 801110 $26,705,750 in es. gess thereof. WITH THE LEMON. 3.001011 Itiee,---2 his is made much like an ordinary rico pudding. With 0. sherry glass of well -washed rice. Place in a baking dish, a pineh of salt added, and two Lablespoonfuls or sugar over this le poured one quart of rich milk, and, if desire:don little tolteneg grated over the top. Dot the top of the 11111 1 with bits of Mater, then add thegrated rind of one lemon and one tablespoonful of juice, Bake for two hours in a slow Men, covering the top for 'the first halt hour. Lemon I'udding Sance,-To ttvo cupfuls of sugar add two well -beaten egge, and the Juice and grated rind of Lwo lave lemma; beat all to- gether thoroughly, anti them Just be- fore sawing, Pour over tho mixture 000 pint of boiling water anti set on the hatie of the range for a row 1110)1101) Is, but do itot boil. This 100.11C0 104 11111(th thileker and Helier if half a cep of buttee is creamed into the algal: before adding the eggs. it Is then a rich, smooth, rather thick eauce, and is delieioue. Lemon FroSted Pudding,--liave at hand tom pint, of &tale bread or cracker or calm crtmthe or 1180 combine( ion or those 1)1 1128. Pour owe them one mare of rich milk; into a bowl place the yolks of three eggs, Llie grated rind and juice of ono 10111011, and sugar enough to sweeten according to tie sort of erumbs usod, About half a Cup ie 4311:Mete:0 fon ordinary cracker (gumb)3 and three-rot:Pile of cup will sweet- en a pudding :undo of tread oe cracker (1111)11 b41) t ITO O4791), algae end lcmon juice togethee, add one cup of 11)1110, end pour this oVor the creates to which milk was added; (lot tie top of Gio pudding with hite of Mater and balce in the twee like an ordinary padding. When brown on top remove front 010 (Wen ASO spread the top with a good lemon Jelle": over the spreada frosting :led° with ilie whitea of the mess beaten till Very stiff mut eteeeleinied With Sugar, fad arrange elrele doto arologi trio edge ter the dial) with Whitt remaina of the rroelitig 10101/ epreadirig tite Puddlog, Thiel CANDID CHANG. That is a lino story a 1,1 Itung Chong, whoge candor was never quite equalled in this world. Tie Was dia. ing with a Swedish travelem "Yob come from Sweden," said the g'rettt man, "don't emu?" "Yes," was tho reply. "And what kind of country is SW(1- de11?" reJoined the other; whereupon he received, au wag natural, a glow- ing deeeriptioe of its charms. "Ohe" he sahl, "that is very nice: very alien, indeed, Wiwn I next com- municate with the Emperor ol Itus- 3. wilt tell him 1,0 101)0 SWU- deal" 4 HARD ON 171111 COOK. wiro--"mot insuranee agent wine dined Willi US las( night seemed re very gentlemanly fellow. Is lie go- ine to take you, dear?" Itenennil.-"No, ho sa 35 T 'con t 8, rink." the amount, of ailment,', which a dis- Wife--"Why, there ten't eloguished patient geem 111111. "Let me congratulate you, he is -reported ns saying; "you have you betty doge ie di:tense which was thought to be exlinet." HIS MILLIONS KILLED ffliVI ANTI -THIRSTS IN MAINE MADE TH,LS heLtIehT 2'00 EXCITER SOME QUEEN, TRXOES X.0 LIVE. catrmu TO 35TWI3.I$I(T, Fate ef a Sandwichman lefho Well Even Hollow Wooden Lap Con.'' Heir to a Large troy ;1.3,e attic* to the Vortuae. Coneumer. oltilla..snel,ifnuerntooenr peorouinlif,byitiolefna, 11.01e,ut 11Stt 1 Lb( o following description bo tree (110 eitizene ot Washington st,lil Make tnicitiilirtythiret., though with great dir- Iowa 01)1.058 the St. Croix ItIver is St. Stephen, N. B. The Ilrat build/ ing across the bridge Is tile Custom) lIouse, the second a saloon., and 11)0 red -83'o din-pc/usury has got tlio Gov, ercoucnt annex lashed to the risg,Ing 31fr4;!u4111sis c1ee1 1.wrl1erg:eac1yteo1:tbeIa7-a:1 zoo of Calais arises from Ids couch, and before he has complained to hia wife about the coffee:, is reminded tbati he has preasing businees in St. Stet. phen, no saunters forth to join the Innumerable caravan which 317101888 to the abode of tie tialding glasses and the home of tho frajahoous bun. kfe may have gone across tbe dark and roiling river with sadness gnaw. log at his hear'e and sorrow clutch- ing at his appendix, but soon, oleo ilnagtes,r, returns. singing Joyful trda , ((1111 with a mall bunch at lite rear pocket where nen in a non -pro- hibitory State aro sometime.% wone Mammon bIos PlaYed a ervel trek on poor old Itiehard Roberta, the seventy-two-year-olci sandwiehanan of Durham, England, who last week teamed that lie was the long -sought heir to a fortune of a million poineds, Within seven dayfc of hearing for a certainty that he 1810) a million, allse and had no further need to carry hie boarthe to alto out the lit- tle allowance that the parish, al- lowed ithneelf and his wife, Roberts has been snatched from his wealth by the hand of death, lie WEIS found dead in his bed, and his friends Faith "He has been killed by a millton pounde." She trustees of the estate of his uncle, a Malvern tailor, who died twelve years ago, being then 90 years of age, searched and searched for the heir to the property. While they searched intereet and rents ac- cumulated. THE FOUND, Finally tho searchings Were re- warded. They found the old sand- wichenan living in it tiny cottage at Framwell elate Bridge, Durham, and they were satiated that he was the man they sought. Before he became a eanelwielienan he had been. a collier, but all 108 life be had bad to work very hard fur very little. It was difficult for sucli a 111111) to 0e0.1100 "one million pounds." When the words were spoken to him he atared, open-mouthed, n was a long time before he could be made to un- dorstand what it all meant. Than amazed excitement took hold of the old man, and he lived in a joy -maddened dream till death brought him peace of mind, once more, Rio was taken to Lodbury, his na- tive place, in Worcestershire, in or- der that his, claim might be fully substantiated. He was so excited that he insisted Oa going to the sta- Lioa an honk and a half before the train started. A curious eircumsenneo put tho fact lie was heir beyond all doubt. His 1151110 Wag misspelt "Ilicherd." Theernan sought was "Richerd." Thie had been the clue on which the seekers worked. BEGGING LETTERS, When ho got 'back to his home the Unfortunate sandwichman found hundreds of letters, begging from him and coegratulating him, coating to his little cottage every day. Thus his frcileY of millionairedom was fanned. He demanded to see sone of the money, anel money was placed to his credit in a bank. 1Te could not eat; he could not even smoke his favorite sandwich - man's "cutter" pipe. And then he was foetid dead. Hie fortune had killed him -and eluded His widow and his two step- daughters now emceed to the doubt- ful bergalts conferred by sudden and unexpected wealth. A DIPLOMATIC SIGN. "Speaking of wanton's diplomacy and tact," said Mr, Dallon„ "makes me think of my blackberry patch. It lies just the other side or Chandler's woods and close to the road, Every year, come aiong about time for picking, rd nod some reacal had been there before me and stripped oh every borry. I was mad. I say% to 11134 19110, Sefaetha, Just you wait! I'll fix 'tent 3.11 show 'em what I'll do!' "So I went out to the shed and Pallhed up a big Riga to put op on theterry patch saying, 'Anybody who gets caught by me stealing berries off these buthee will get a horsewhip. ping or have the law on 'am to the fele extent. Signed, Ationiram J, Ballots' "It didn't clo a mite of good. The next year there were more berries stoleos than over, X watched the patch like a clog watching a wood- chuck's hole, loft I novor caught, any- body. 'Then my Wife says, 'Adoleiram, there ain't aay use of explaining to you leow you've made your mistake, but now next year you let 11.10 write o sign.' So X agreed, and along about the yroper season alle wrote ono. I had to laugh at it, it WE'S 1i0 simple and childish. It aaid, 'I 11,718er stole anything from anybody or (lid anybody any harm, and it's only rob. ra. othe,r/4 to do the 4)18010 by me. I have been, setting a lot of etore itt gettinga good crop of blackberries: to sell and make jams, so please don't tette any from this patch. Signed, Me.rth'a T. Halloo,' "Well, that was Ilie sign, and 110111 yoll believe it didn't fix Obese all right. "No man Wonla over write a Alga like that, 111111 We never lost a black- berry." +- to carry a wicked flask. STRANGE DEVICES. i.eatne, by trolleys and on foot travel the good citizens ot Washing- ton county, a grand, united commit- tee on public irrigation. But to those who either by distaneo from the bridge or home duties are unable to take the trip across the river, there are other and ecaircely less e0182312 methods of obtaining a glorious, gladsome slant. Washing- ton county teems with pedlars able to deal out the ardent from fat sorts of queor receptacha. Cr course there is tie ancient book and cane device, but not so much in favor now be- cause of the notoriety which: they have gained. A elerical looking. man, "on a walking trip to study the geological formation of the State," made quite a mint of money. He was quite dis- tinguished appearing, never being seen with his silk tile. As the farmers began to get better, acquainted with him he took MI his Hot to them, turned a tiny faucet in the tin compartment which fillod the uPPer part and let out the desired 15101. THE WOODEN LEG. Never in the 1)151017 of the State has there been so many woodert-leg- ged men travelling about as noW. But all the artificial limbs plodding about the country appear to be hol- low, and a careful searchreveals a small cap, which can be onscrewed to let out the contents. Ono versatile nian drove a 'live - legged calf" all over the county, os- tensibly endeavoring to Sell the ani- mal. Not for weeks did the sheriff discover that the reason the calf never was sold was because its fifth leg had been nicely plastered and strapped in, then covered with hair, and was 110 more than a receptacle forabout two quarts of that which made John B. Clough famous. Bicscles with tires inflated with Kentucky mountain dew instead of air, suit Oars with false bottom, non-lettkable dolls, nice for the baby after paps, liets onscrewecl the lege and numerous other ingenious de- signs for the first aid to the thirsty. make life a little worth living in the "prohibition State." THESE ARE SMART COWS. Trained Bevines on a Farm la Minnes ota. It is an interesting performance .1.0 watch the performances of the traia- ed cows on the farm of Herried Watcher of Platten Township, Minn. , Mr. Watcher used to be an anitual trainer with I". T. Barnum, 071(1whoa he quit that busiaess he bought a farm in Mennesota, and he has lived on it over since. Ho took with him into private life many ar the ideas With which he used to charm the spectators when he was one of tho chief stays and supports of the great show 1113)11 and tInds use for his skill in getting his cows across a nar- row lake tbat eeparates his pasture from Che rest of tho farm. Tho lake at the place where the cattle have to cross is about fifty feet wide and is deep, lere. Watcher strung a wire rope and fastened to it by pulleys- a mnall ferry beat i about large ouough to carlar tam tows, Then he trained tho cows to ferry themselval over as follows: Ono after another they run down a, slight incline and jump upon tho boat, stopping suddenly when they, alight. The force of the jump sends the boat :Sting Levees the lake, and, when it has reached the opposite side tho eon jamps on shore as heed as sho can, and the force of tho heap kicks -the boat back to the other side again, whore the other cowet, ono by one, repeat the proems until all have mimed, The last cow, bow - LUCKY DOG, over, walks slowly end earefully ashore, so as to have tho beat reader An tetronomer (Iota not bail tho foe tile trip when the heed wants to CBSCoVOT aC 11018 8141' with 0313 roturn. The calvee do not have to More enthusiasm then the everage be taught now, They inherit tho phyaician displays over a new or talent, but cross with their mothers rare disease. was in thie epirit tuttil they aro two years old, each that Sir Frederick Troves received rtinneng side by side with the mother, both Jumping at the same time. ' WbtA'r 1130 WANTED TO KNOW, amall bey had been tola repeat - telly tlint ho must 111111(0' 11810 for 03)38. 11111))' at table, but„ ebould Wait pee, tently till he wag served. One da,v, while dining at so note-, bor's with his mother, tlio little fah, IOW 18115 accidentally ovorloolted, Pntienee flaaffy eeased to be a, Vire, tee, roof In an audible whipper , Ito s o tho askoti: "gather, de little boys go to ' lleavow whoa they stove to ile8,ti1V4 the Welter 101111 yob, is there?" 11'0s101)13-'' No, no; but he aceideel- ally learnt thnt sou cooled the din. nor." PUTTING 111181 WlSII, "let your sheer at home, ilkeemiy?" asked Mr. Thum10. "I don't loom," replied Tommy, 'I heard ber a-tellitt' ma mho (moot/L- a, propoeal to -night, an' if you Mal, the fence` I guess the ain't at home.", IlIe AN onsErtynn. Gunner -"In sInno dollars me et - ten alluded to es "bones./ com they not?" aye 0-"Froqueit t ty. " aunner--"Theit 1 geese a meat dee of codfish arintoeraey 'bonelees/ 188,114)47,"