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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-8-17, Page 6•FrowneraMMIN.R.010.... 11111)111K11 Christ Loved the Poor and Cast His Lot in With Them. A despatch from I3rooklyn, N. In, saYsl-Itev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis preached from the following text - "Anil the coinmon people heard hiln a adiy DuelIsts Ms lifetime Christ's name was music to His gem:ration, The common people heard him .gladly, and the common people know their friends. The multitude is not always right, but, given time, the multitude is soldons wrong. Every generation has its hero, but the people who crowded about the carpenter's son. lcnew with swift intuition that here was the leader for whom the people tang had looked. And, now that the centuries have come and gone, all will confess that in this friend of publicans and sinners were held the intellectual life lied the political lib- erties of the last 2,000 years. In- deed, tho history of social progress is the ,history of Els spirit dwelling in institutions, as man s soul within his body. The secret of His influence over the multitude is this: Ho was born of the common people, He walked in the common pathWity, Ho bore the com- mon burdens, Ha learned from those common teachers -work, events, men, necessity -that is thn mother of in- vention; responsibility -that sobers and chastens. Living the universal life, He came to think In the univer- sal language and put the universal arul eternal truths in terms of the time. 'The poet, the philosopher, the teacher who loves a class lives with that reigning class, and with that class doth die, Horace was a typi- cal old Roman gentleman, and said: "I hate the vulgar crowd, and hold them at a distance. .And even Thomas Carlyle was seduced away from his confidence in the people to a trust in the aristocratic class alone -seduced by atelier parties and drawing -rooms and friendships with Lesson VII/. Sehoiakim Burns the men who dwelt in king's palaces. Word of God. Golden Text TrIF WORKING CLASSES, save that Martin Lather comes from the colliery and Newton from the home of the seamiress and James Watt from a bare kitchen, while ;hC mots, the merchants, the states - nen and the jurists have not dwelt n that clime named riches, but rath- er have been reared in the unfriendly zones where poverty rules. But while these are reasons, they are not the reason. Christ loved nen as men, and not as either rich or poor. When the likable man was named Lazarus and poor, Ho went to his house, because he was likable. When the likable man was rich like Simon, lie went to his house, not because he was rich, but because he was likable. He peeled off all ex- terior considerations named the beggar's coarse cloak and the rich man's purple and fur, and laid His linger upon the naked soul of man- hood. Among the great qualities of Christ we mention His sanity as a social teacher. You shall know the truth and the truth shall mace you free. He taught the law of soeial sympathy and service. He mid: - "Hen are in 'darkness, and you can lighten them, Men are oppressed, and you can relieve their burdens. Men are wandering from the path, and you can lead them back into the highway of peace. Afen sit in the shadow of death, and you ean bring them life." 4 - DIE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 120. ;IF NEVER FORGOT HIS KIND. Born in poverty, siestas remained Poor. To the last He held His con- Jer. 26. 13. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note -These Word Studies axe bas- fidence in the people, wise and ignor- xof the Revised Ver - ant; in the people; rich and poor; Bios. ed on the tet in the good and bad; in the integeitY Johoialsim.-Hing Josiah had as wo of their intellect and the soundness of their heart, and the certainty f learned in a former lesson, been kill - their final response to the divine NI in battle at MegiddoSSII.C. 609. He was succeeded on the throne by overtures. The ascetic, the scholar, the leisure classes leave the dusty his second son, Jehoahaz, who, how- ever, was almost immediately (after highway and build bowers of rest on three months) deposed by Necho, either side of the thronged path along which the multitudes do move; not so Jesus. If other teachers read books, He read the heart, with pages blotted with tears and blood. lf others nurtured their religious life asnidst cloistered retreats. He fed His soul in the market place, loved publicans and sinners, and came eating and drinking. Once they un- derstood Him, the enthusiasm of the people for their hero was beyond all words. The Carpenter was and is the most lovable and fascinating figure in all history, In his memoirs Lord Rose- bery recalls Napoleon's last days. Ono morning, climbing the steeps of Euphrates, by Nebuchadnezzar, and St. Helena. the emperor inet a heav- the supremacy of Egypt in Syria ily laden porter at a point where the came to an end. Not long after this Nebuchadnezzar invaded Pales- tine and appeared before Jerusalem. To him Jehoiakim submitted, but af- ter three years, incited and encour- aged by the Egyptians, he again re- belled, whereupon Nebuchadnezzar once more entered Palestine and took Jerusalem, Concerning the death of Jehoialcim Josephus reports that he was slain by Nebuchadnezzar, who king of Egypt, the victor of Megid- do, and carried by him into Egypt. Necho thereupon placed the older brother and first son of Josiah Elia- kin', on the throne, changing his namo to Jehoiakim, this change in name being a sign of vassalage. The religions and moral conditions of Judah during the reign of Jeholakim seem to have been more helpless and degraded than at any previous per- iod, and of tho nation itself jehoia- kim, the vacillating, cruel, covetous, and godless monarch, was the repre- sentative man. In the /fourth sear of Jeholakim's reign the Egyptian army was defeated at Carchemish, on the path was not wide enough for two. Hurrying forward, the aid asked the laborer to give way for Napoleon. "Not so," said the emperor, "it is for us to step aside. Respect the burden.': In that hour the ruler remembered the poverty and toil of his childhood in Corsica. And Christ, who taught the fatherhood of God, never forgot sympathy and the brotherhood of man. When public honors were pour-. commanded that his body be thrown ' before the walls without burial, thus . ed out upon Him like a Rood De turned the more sedulously toward fulfilling, literally the judgment pro - the lame, the blind, the publican, the flounced against the king by the snouth of Jeresniab, "And his dead sinner, the heartbroken. Indeed, His miracles are only the outer revela- tions of HIS LOVE FOR THE NEEDY. body shall be cast out in the heat, and in the night to the frost" (verse 80). Verse 21. Jehudi-In verse 14 he is They are benefactions, hints of llis mentioned as a descendant of Cush(, deep sneypcithy with individuals -love which, while strictly a proper name tokens, not miracles, not signs, isot seems stillto point to Ethiopian de - wonders. For Jesus never forgot scent, since the word Cush( means tho depths of sorrow that Ho self had sounded in the days when He was despised and in poverty and loneliness. He loved the common people and gave Himself in an aban- don of affection to them; in return they gave themselves to Illin. And (comp, verse 20), so, as I -To marches up the hills of 22. In the winter houee in the time, tho people throng and crowd; ninth month -The Hebrew year be - after the Christ Who has charmed !gem with our month of April; the • the people as Apollo's lute could ninth month therefore be our Decem- never diarist them. ber, The winter house referred to Confessedly, Ohrist was the great- may have been simply the inner or est of social reformers. Plainly, al- lower and more sheltered apartments so, the reason 18 that He has loved of the palace, the upper and outer the poor and cast Ilis lot in with apartments being known as the sum - them. Many reasons have been urged mer house, since they were more open for this. It is said that the poor are and cooler. Still, in. the case of the in the majority and that He allied 'king it is quite probable that he had Himself with the multitude, 00 per separate residences for summer and cent of whom are in 'shops, mines, winter, the winter residence being in forests, fields. It is said that the the city and the suns:nor residence poor aeo tho neediest. Do, the rich somewhere outside. In common hunger Mr wisdom? They 'eon IMY speech, however, the lower apart - books, teaehers; travel -.-but not, the ments of °Very house were called silt - poor. Do the rich hunger for tho ply el belt, the house, soul the upper beautiful and tlso aublime, an Seen in apartments alliyels, which it the sum - mountains, In foreign cities, in gal.- mer house. T11 the winter months lodes and tathedrals? They can buy travel anti leisure, Not Um poor. Does the rich mom toss upon Ilia 21l7Cred couch? Ile ean journey to 801410 sett Southern climate or find his way to the seashore, but the poor must die in their garrets. It is said that the Poor furnish the lead- ers for the people, :From tild ShOPbOrd'S cote comes David, the sweet singer. From the plow comes ilurris,'bepticing the field Meese tied the daisy rith the im- mortality oi sortg, From the poor comes the father of poetry,, blind, aged And a beggar. The father of philosophy, Socrates, has but One gliritenii and that Worn threadbare. Fipietetths, the great inoraSist, Is slaVe, Astd What osilall we More say eue iedebullewie also Ethlopsam To fetch the roll -That is, the roll of the law from which Baruch the scribe had read to the princes (comp. verses 12 and 18), and concerning which they had spoken to the king most of the thee Was spent in the latter. There Was a fire-1Vord8 omitted in the original, as the Italics indicate, Brazier -A fire pan placed in a de- preasion in the Meter of the room in which cheroots] was burned. There were no fireplaces, stoves, or chim- neys in cm Oriental house. 28." Leaves -Literally, folding doors referring to the parallel perpendicu- lar Columns o writ 10g on the scroll, IloOks With loaves such as we have Lo -d)' were 'unknown. Penknifts-Llterally, scribe's knife. 24. --got Afraid -The priaces had trernblocl at the first readieg Gm law, "Now it came DI pass When they lied heard till the words they. tussled In fear ono toward another" (verse 16), The kieg's andttelty and boldness reassured them. They seem to havo been very wavering in thole sympathy. The action of the king in destroyieg Gm book of the law Is In marked contrast With the 'conduct of his father, Josiah, when the newly found book of the law was read be- fore him (comp, 2 Kings Josiah on that occasion WitS nOrrOW- ful and dismayed, rent his garments and sent at once to inquire of Je- hovah concerning his will and ob- taining thereby God's mercy and favor. .. All those words -That is, the words Of Jeremiah's prophecy. 20. The icing's son of Hammelech, the expression in the original being commenicetion with the gOmI When egg, one-half plat of milk, one-half •••••••••Cr JUGGLING WITH InEE, How Breathing Fire Through the Heath Is Done. Fire tricks wore practised in very ancient, times, says a learned pro- fessor. May of to -day's best-known tricks were employed to deceive the public of long ago, There is noth- ing even now winds astonishes the ig- norant more thou the hreathing of flame, an IrOM accoplishment handed 3SOMESTIO RECIPES, down remotemantiquity. The first known fire -breather was a Velvet Calces -A delicate summer Syrian slave named Emilie, a leader ereamazt wee, appetizing even on a in the servile war in Sicily, 180 B. warm morning. Acid one tablesp,ion 0. He Prolemied to have iiimisCilate of melted butter, to 0110 well beaten ts14444+444014414411101141441' rii Horne 1.414,Faili+lallePsYsferts4-Ieleff•Isilli capable of both renderings. Jeremiah the prophet -3 eremiah was born of priestly family in the priestly city of Annthoth, in the teawitory of licejamin (comp, Jer. 1, 1). The eity la mentioned also in Josh. 21, 18 end 1 Kings 2. 20. He training in his d breathed through Apple Me it. therefore enjoyed the best possible mouth an which he Was calico on in earlY MEM- in an approved manner, II Frozen rIngue-It is po youth for for ths, °rico The same trick is performelde tou-gday, hood to fill. His call came in the sible now to buy that queen of cook - reign, and his public activity extend - 06 -4-1's a bell about the size of a walnut, rapidly .and yields a line, white lug firllies, the duchees. It, cooks thirteenth year of King J i 1 rolls together some flax or hemp into So! from that time till HOMO time af- which he lets burn until pearly con- sepalcuer,obalacrd inisa stityledeticisabtetinfot the ter the final fall of Jerusalem, coy- slimed, Then he rolls round it more , , imuseeeeper who knows ering in all a period of more than fax while It is still burning. By this forty years. Forseeing the Babylon- means the fire is retained in the ball Frozen Meringue -Ono pint of thick in for a long time Ile slips this ball stowed apples (press through sieve if Ian captivity, he urged. the people to into his mouth. unpinte- ' d ive , and other than the duchess variety), add yield to it as a decree of God. When the finctl struggle toes over he Wilri permitted to choose between going to Babylon with other captives or remaining at home with a small rem- nant of his people. He chose the latter; but when, after two months, O rebellion arose and the men of war fled to Egypt Jeremiah, against his when it only approaches a flame: T The ions, three medium-sized red peppers; - priests of old took advantage of this dilute half a pinin t of salts wish, was taken with them. Tradiwater property of naphtha to make their sufficient to cover the vegetablem; tion says that he died at the hands offerings ca of his own people. His message to itch fire as if spontaneous- , and let stand over night; drain in his people being necessarily the foie- the morning; steam the vegetables Y. Various theories have been advanc- until tender; heat two quarts of telling of an impending doom, he ems never popular with the ruling classes and was little esteemed while he liv- ed, but later generations and ages learned to appreciate his character and regard him as one of the very greatest of the Hebrew prophets. Jehovah hicl them -Their seaech had been a thorough one, and the fact that the prophet and Isis scribe were not found seemed providential. 27. At the mouth of Jeremiah -As Jeremiah dictated. 26, Tho king of Dobylon shall cer- tainly 001110 and destroy this land - It is probable that the king of Baby - Ion had alrecidy once appeared before the midst of flames. lessened the fear of the king aml his ed had shown that great heat may be endue - out having destroyed the city, advisors. It is the greater disaster by the human body. Two doc- whieh was soon to come upon the tors, in the course of their researches city which the prophet here threat- on the subject stayed in a room 0115. The utter destrucition of ihe where the temperature was two hun- „ , city did not, however, occur until drs d 1 t 1 s• A beastealc soda ems Deco a( , . el an s x y ceezees. idea and of a werup during Zeclekiah's reign, 528 13 .1 was cooked in the same atmosphere, which has been previously macle by Zedekiah thus being the last 0-f ' tih',; and was overdone in thirty minutes. boiling a cup of granula.,ted sugar with a gill of vett . N v.. Stir in ci kings of Judah. Sir Francis Chantrey remained for 30. Ile shall have none to sit upon two minutes in a furnace much hot- double boiler until it. coats the the throne of David -His son Jeho- ter, the thermometer indicating three spool]. Let it get entirely cold and iachin was indeed placed upon the hhuenetiar,e1?e aonidit. twenty degrees When beat hard for ten minutes. adding a , throne, but Nebuchadnezzar imosed- little vanilla flavoring. When stiff I iately besieged the city and after beat in a pint of well whipped cream. s..—. three months carried him away cap- LAST HOPE IN A SEA FIGHT. Pack into biscuit eases, sprinS.le tire to Babylon. — with crushed macaroons, ancl freeze 82. There were added beside unto British Sa,ilors Would Use the for five hours. them many like words -The second Ram. Pistachio Olace-Make a boiled ic- ing of one cap of ventilated sligar roll, D1010101.0, the contents of which Nothing has surprised British sail- and live tablespoons of watee boded aro still preserved for us in early ors more in recent years than the chapters of the present canonical fact that in the great Naval battle together ur,til it threads. Pour it gradually upon the beaten white of book of Jeremiah, was evils fuller which took place recently lietWeen an egg, stirring until it becomes than that which hact been' 000(1 to Japan ancl Russia no attempt was the people and before the king. All apparently made to employ the ram. still'. Stir into It some finely ground similar enkfrts to destroy God's In some respects the ram is consist- pistachio nets, tint it slightly with Word have inevitably ended in coa- °red an out-of-date weapon of ssf- light green coloring, and sot it into tributing to its larger circulation. fence, for the use of long-range, the ico box. When ready to freeze powerful guns has revolutionized era- mix into it a pint of cream. that has FACTS ABOUT YELLOW FEVER, fighting in mueh the scone way as been thoroughly whipped. ead turn modern rifles have taught soldiers Di in Lo the freezer. Nerve i t 011 aliCOS An acute specific disease. of angel food that has been iced with It is infectious, respect distance. The ram, which Is fitted. to 13rit- checolate. Hot Chocolate Salice-IVIelt three Prevails in the West Indies, west ish warships, forms the nose. of the coast of Africa. Central America and vessel, and, in the case of a battle- squarer, of grated chocolate. Stir in - southward along both coasts of ship, may to live tablespoons of powdered South America. and northward to tons. To onwpeliogyh iatserrleihvealys 1i0s0LaY sugar ancl a tablespoon ef water, the South Atlantic and Gulf States. most difficult task; neverthele.ss.- it Stir over the tire until smooth and The mosquito is blamed for the Is almost an axiom among British spread of the disease, Naval officers that "Whee you are Frost stops yellow fever. and can't run away, ram Survivors of one attack of yellow your 0110111)' and try not to sissy." fever become immune from further There is a good deal that is slg- attacks The yellow fever germ has not yet nfficant in the last few \verde. The ship that rams is faced with the been discovered, Yellow lever develops usually from danger of "sticking," and being 000 - three to four days after infection. lead down as well. The captain 15110 Sometimes it takes seven days. decided to ram an enemy' would do The attacke comes on with severe his utmost to strike his opponent's chills or rigors, when it comes sud- and immed lately sw I lig. h is denly. It may come on more grade own Vessel round, so as to withdraw ually, With languor; headache and and. rrnd. the Me larger., The-bOtwi malarial symptoms. The tempera- eenies0 the. largest two goes to 105 degrees, sometimes partments m most ships, and S11014111 wales -i ight cons - higher. 1 the hole be tore sufficien tly the • "he fever lasts from three to five days, attended with pains in rammed vessel could not poselby re - the back, limbs and head. There is math above Water more than a few nausea and vomiting. MillUtcs. The yellow tint of the shin, froni —+ whieh the fever gets its name, ors the second or. third day. There begins TAYLOR'S LIFE SAVING COAT. gums. Delirium usually follows, new life saving coat and gaitoefe A London tailor has invented Lb is bleeding at the nose, mouth and then unconscioueness and death. with willch it is possible Tor a per - Mortality varies. In some (edam- son clothed therein to maintain an ics it .has been as high as 85 per tspright position when immersed in ceet. In othees as IONV as 10 per the watess 0V011 if pot possessing nny cent. In others as low as id ter knowledge of swiinining. The coat cent. resemblee in appearance. an ordinary Heat, moist:tire, bad drainage, un- pilot coat, but, it is fitted with nn cleanliness and onhygienic conditions air belt, which is inflated with air favor the disease, but the mosquito through a tube. The gaiters each is most of nil respo esi bin. weigh two pounds and alli fitted with Experts seem. to agree that the two brass wings oe blades fastened first step to combat the spread of the to the back of the hoot; As the evil is to attack tho mosquito. They wenteir moves hia feet. in the water also say there Is 110 danger whatever that an outbreak of yellow fever in the north would Ise followed by any desirous of inspiring his toliewcrs teaspoonful of salt, one-half pint of with ecmvage he breathed names and flour, with which is sifted ono tens sparks from his mouth. spoon of cream of tartar, one-half In order to perform this marvel, teaspoon of soda dissolved in one Eunus pierced a nutshell at both teaspoon of hot water. I3eat and ends, and having filled it with some bake at once on soapstone (or oth- burning substance, he put IL in his aol , I 1 11 s breathes through it, Eis breath re- vives the llre. and he sustains no injury so long as he inhales through his nostrils only. For deceptions with lire the an- cients also employed naphtha, which is so combustible that it kindles one-helf cup of sugar, a few gratings 01 natineg; stir in the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs, and beat u111 light anti foamy; add one-half pint of milk (cream is better) and freeze. Cauliflower Pickles -Two caulifl w- oes broken np, one pint small on - vinegar with three level tablespoon- fuls of mustard (less if preferred) Un- til it boils; pour over vegetables; bottle and soca. Chili Sauce -One hundred ripe to- matoes Oneditim-sized), twenty-four peppers, eighteen large white onions, one pound of brown sugar, eighteen teaspoons each of gieger, cloves and allspice, nine tablespoons of salt, one gallon. of vinegar; remove skins from od to account for other feats. An ancient ordeal was the holding Of a ed -hot iron by the accused. Such trials were conducted by the priests, who covered tho hands of those whom they desired should escape With a protective paste. The pecu- liar property of mineral salts, such as alum, in protecting articles of dress from fire has long been known. An old Milanese devised a costume consisting of a cloth covering for the the tomatoes' (pour boiling water body which had been steeped in over them), chop peppers mid onions alum. A metallic dress of wire geese .,,m7 gea; was added to this, and thus protect- add to the other ingredi- ents, boil gently, stirring often, one ed, a man could walk on hot iron in hour strain and boil again if not of Jerusalem, and his departure, with- sufficient consistency; set aside in Very interesting experiments have closely corked bottles or in fruit Jars tightly closed, Biscuit Clace-Make a custard of the yolks of four eggs, a half pint of cream, to which a pinch of baking these wings open and shut, and not oars but enable him to ns feta in en ties end diluted with cold spring glossy, and add a half pint of rich cream and the yolk of an egg, beat- en. When it has thickened like cus- tard, remove from the fire and add a teaspoonful of vainla flavormg. PePnerni int Crenins-1.101 f polled of greefflated sugar, half CUp of water, and one-fourth teaspoonful of eream or tartar. Boil together until It can be rolled between the fingers into a soft 'ball. Take from the lire and acid one drop only of peppermint oil. Stir until it begins to look creamy, and drop on flat tins. PICNIC LUNCHES. Packieg the Lunchee.-When plan- ning your lunches sltidy to conclonse them as much (LS poisdhle osol so prepare them that you will need few dishes, forks, knives and spuons which Makes your boxes and baskets heavy, With the exception of a TOW drinking cups, Leaepoons and small knives which can be carried in a mall bag, there are 110 00005800108 whIoli cnramt be thrown away after lunch 1 disposed of. Paper (Wilms, napkins, even drinking cups can be had and pasteboard boxes instead of baskets, Salads, fruits, ate., earl he carried in the folding boxes or cov- ered paper pails lined with paraffin Panels lie sure and take 0000 open- s!, 11 yoU 1.01M 0011110d 01' b01111.1d goods unopened. A few extra paper pails foe carrying teat& from nearby spring' will be found very conveibeet. Tots and coffee, made liko Very strong, can be carried in bot - only propel the wearer along serious results, prisicipelly for the fipright position from the 11(3 141 un- reason that the variety as 010019e110 ward in the water, A practical which transmits the disease is 1101 ameserittion of the utility 01 the in - found in this seetiors of the country volition was recently undertalien 111 [1 tevrr gaeigni°orStsatlibi anthnerilie flium(Tisquti,th7s atiird niivtaer eiTshonieTee; hy d1 1 ri fei n \s'acyrilsi0f.sP breedieg place, unless carried by the - qualities cletirly Shown. even Whim wind. moving against ilics tido, constitute the principal treatment for yellow fever. Differeet drugs are SUITS HIM BIOSVP, used to help, assist the body and orgetiS toward a natifrel conditioe. Complete reet nial careful dietitig CONSOLATION. "'What's the matter?" afil.ed Cut sobbing child's mother, -Mantle Jonm is having a birth- day :party and didn't invite me, boo- hoo ' "Cis 1.1( 11, neves mind. Maybe the len cream be poisoned and snake than oh Siek." wales, if You • cannot tarry 11 Inmp 01 iae with you in a paper pail, wrapped up Well. if any. ono desires a cup. of hot tea Oe eofTee the least troublesome way Lo get. it is to place in their little *work bag one of the little folding alcohol pails, a, small bottle of alcohol, the little 801100 9011 for the lamp, a box of coffee end match- es. All taking up little space end Tons Knox -"I know yom• eldest making little Milk tOM fIwIng 11130 daughter plays and the middle ono last sirens tomfort and enjoyment Maga; what, aCcOrapliShraea 1 has Oa thq 1110111harS of the party who Voongestl" must have their hot tea. or COMIC." Neighbor -"She 'neither playa nor sings." WITH A GOLDEN slIMMY. "How did old Psearlds ever break into eociety?" Wrap sandwichen, tsgga, deviled or pickled, and. cake, in paraffin popes and line your box's with memo, this knOPs eVerStisbos fresh and in good eondition and makes the food look hreiting and ;lately. If loafor Myer sake 1 eift in elle- ,By 10801110,80a pt its os cos squarer; and each piece neatly inspoVerished. leadoes," wrapped in paraffie paper and all packed in a box separate from other food, it carries nieely and does not have to be ent when mowed, thus doing away with necessity Of carry- ing a knife for the porpose and the bit of paper serves as a dish 01' doily for holding It on while eating. LITTLE HELPS. Borax and water will brighten oil- cloth. Beeswax and salt will make rusty flat -irons clean and smooth. To clean inuctstains front black dress goods rub with a slice of raw potato. A good cleaner for gold or silver Jewellery is a teaspooeful ol ammon- ia in it cupful of water. A few drops of olt of lavender poured Hite a glass of very hot 1111,' 1111' is very refreshing, and will quick- ly purify the air of a sielc-room. A pinch of salt added to the whites of eggs 1111011 beating will make them froth quicker, ancl the froth will be st Boots and shoes, however damp, will polish in a few moments if a drop or two of paraffin oil be added to the blacking. It also prevents the leather cracking. White and delicately tinted leather may be cleaned by rubbing with a soft. clean piece of flannel elippect in. powdered pumice -stone, Always rub the leather one way. Tobacco smoke, or water in which tobacco lies been steeped, will rid a plant of insects. 'By adding a few drops of vinegar to the water when poaching eggs they will set more quickly and per- feetilrb. nbor shoes, when wet, should be stuffed with neWspapers and left several hours to absorb all 000.11)- 3105S. When not in use, blankets should be neatly foldea and placed between sheets of Heft paper, with camphor to keep out the moths. Air the blankets frequently. CROQUETTES. Are 0110 of the most acceptable of ways for utilizing tile left over that is always with us and which the pro- vident housewife aever casts aside. If a crop...0,e mixture sticks to the palms elite it is being shaped, dip your hands in cold water ancl begin again. Never fry croquettes in a draft; they will crack When working up left overs in eroquettes season by taste rather than by rule, as the food has al- ready been seasonecl and is easily made too salty or peppery. The flavor of all croquettes is much en- hanced by serving them with to- mato or some other savory sauce. Do not ese cracker crumbs for cov- ering croquettes they will not brown. Stale bread which has been dried, rolled, and sifted is the best, thing for crumbling. It ought to be a delicate brown and about as fine es cornmeal, A broad bladed spatela, is the handiest of kitchen tools for lifting croquettes for an egg mixture. WIVES DRAWN BY LOT. Queer Ceremony Which Is 0011 - ducted in Russia. In some parts of Russia a queer game is still played which has much to do with the future lives of the participants. Some prominent per- son in the village announces that the annual merry -making will be held at his house. On the appointed day the young mcn and women hasten in huge exeitement to the meeting - place. There are songs and games and dances, but they are simply a pre- lude to the MOM important business of the day. When the time coniee the hostess leads an the girls into one room, where they seat themselves CM the benches. Laughing and chattering, they are each promptlytaaffiled in sheets by the hostess, The head and hair and figure, are completely cov- ered, and when this is done the girls restinible 1111mm-des. The young men draw lots, an -d 0110 by one they enter the room whose the mifflleci girls sit. Helpless PO far as Sight Or tench goes, the puz- sled lover tries to find hie favorite. Maybe she would help him if her oyes were not hidden, but P110 'is ag help- less as he. Venally he chooses one, and then he may' unveil her, This is the critical moment. and disap- pointment or rapture will be the re- sult of seeing her face. It is the law anti custom that the man shell inarry the girl he has piciced can, and if either banks out O heavy forfeit must be paid. It is said that this matrimonial lottery ia productive of many happy snorer - ages, 'WELSH MINING DISASTER GIVE 11.1111 THE SACK, Two noblemen in the reign of Max- imilian if., else a German, the other a Spaniard, who had each rendered a great service to the Emperor, asked the hand of his deughter Helena in marriage. Maximilian said that as he esteemed them both alike, it was impossible to choose between .thees, and therefore • their own prowess must decide it; but, being 'unwilling to risk the loss of either by engag- ing them in deadly combat, he order- ed a la:lo gack to be brought, ancl declared that he who ifflould put 11 18 rival into 111 shoeld have his fair Helena. This whimiscal combat Wes aetually performed in the presence Of the Imperial Coort, awl la•Sted en hour, The unhappy SpaniSh eoble- Malt Waa first overcerne, arid the Gorman succeeded in enveloping him in the sack, took hint up en hie back, end Mid him at the EmPerOrie feet. This comical eorrsbat is Said to be the °right of the phrase, "GiVo him the sank," sci 0011301011 in et,cryela,V langliage. -- SCENES AT THE MOUTH OE TH,k, PIT. When the Wives and Mothers Conte to Claim Their Dead, The recent intim disaster in Wales Is one of many sue]) homers 111 th mining clistricts, btu: the tread,. scenes at -the pit -mouth never grow less pitiful. The correspondent or the London Daily Mall Writes: - All through Wednesday night tha. villagers had watched in patient ex- pectation, hoplug against hope that. some of the entombed num in the Wattstown mine were yet alive. The. cottages which clot the hillsides Iceptt thole lights burning till daybreak, for sleep was impossible under such. circumstances of gloom and despair. The "clang, clang" of the shaft 81(1-' 1101 at intervals during the night told. the listeners that the rescuers %cora about to ascend. CLAIMINO THEIR DEAD. Up to half -past ten in the me Ing tho relief gangs mum aeross bodies, some badly mutilated. little collier boy was found lying his back on the roadway tigil clasping his water jack to his I while another little fellow not ofT had been completely decapita No truce of his head could be Ms by the explorers. It. is now knos. that 121 lives have been lost by t. calamity. During Tuesday the bodies we gradually brought to the bank, an the heart -rendering process of identi- fication took place. There was the. usual ellent procession, the stilled moan of a mother or wife, a glanc0. at the face of the victim lying on straw in the smiths' shop, a dozen wining bearers, and a slow depar- ture for the sad" and empty home. As I proceeded along the main, road leading from Ynishir to Watts - town I met six successive proces.- Si 0115, followed in each case by the. sombre stretcher of brattice cloth. DEATH AT DINNER. (Inc of the relief party told ma that in ono place he had found ten s bodies, most of them in a sittings Posture. "Bread and cheese lass • . about, and the noer men were esti- dently gaily chatthig over their " dismer -when the accident occurred. Further on I saW four little boys in similar positions. Death in all' these cases must have been in- stals taneous, for there was no . trace of a struggle or movement." Seated near -us during this conver- sation at the pit -mouth Ware tWO 111011 starleg blankly at the chasm • which had proved the death-trap or so many. "Do yOU 500 1111080 MOO" said 0110 of the exploring party. "They have sat there all through tho night Anil day. Each has a son in the mein beading, but though we searched for over an hour to -day we failed to fhid any trace of the little fellows." SURVIVOR 'S STORY. The sole survivor of the disaster is *Matthew Davies, of 68 Hillside, Watt:down. On going to his house I was kindly received by Mrs. Davies, and shown into tho bedroom, where two sons of the mines were silent- ly watching. Davies, swathed in bandages and badly scorched, was slumbering. the parched lips and nervous twitching of the hands in- dicating that he was still in a pre- cerIOUR state, The wife told 113.0 that her husband was quite conscious at times, and gave a clear account of what had happened. He remembered an inde- scribable "puff," which alit104i. knocked him ofT his seat in the en- gine shod. Apprehensive that an explosion had occurred, especially when he Sale the other occupant of the cabin fall upon tho floor, he suddenly remembered an eleineritary instruction which he had received many years before. Pouring the remains of his tea up- on the collar of his, edet, he placed this over his month tdOkeep out the bad air, life resnerebers repeating this two or three 1.111100, all wa.s a blank until he found himself in bed. Over the whole Rhondda Valley colliery worlc wan practically at a standstill, COURTSHIP IN tOIDET. Courtship and malrinsony are by no Means periods of unalloyed bliss to the Tibetan woman, whose affairs of the heart am settled for her with- out any reference to her wishes. For several weeks 1 -hp father of the pro- spective bride and the Nvonld-be suit- or ear* on a system of bargaining before the necessary sum is patd down and the bride secured. She is then led to the houeo of her hus- band, and her spirit lounbled by a severe boating, after which elle Is forced ..to run round the village pro- claiming the merits and valor ,of her Iord rind masts', SOME POSTAL FIGURES. The numbers of postal picees mail- ed la,st year in Cermany, hingland and France were 6,894,8993000, 4,- 425,7093000 mid 2,849,577,000,. Per capita, the highest slumbers of pieces mailed worm Switzerland, 180; Ger- many, 114; the Netherlands, 86, and France, 88. In the tolegraphie ser - vise G01111014, ranks Nth, with 67 messages to owes, 100 inhabitants. The countries which surpass Ger- many ate England, 214; France, 114, the Netherlauds, 78, and Switzer- land, 72.-inessages each for eVerY• 180 residents. The German post - office at the encl of the year enjoyed eurplas of (11,449,981 marks (314,- (124, 0911), being surpassed only by England, which had 0 serplos of S20,088,047. In Franco She surplus tosiountect to $14,068,519, f Bachelor -"I 000told that a (110)'- 01 00 cart live on 11011 401 inceeno Gust a single Man seqiih"es," tied Mans-PY0.0. Ile hye to,;"2, .t. 414 14 thee nut rp .0ess 83 rut mpl 'Orb each tios me Usk wir tat due 11 A, Sob tia sne leb setts Ian ed 15 red 1)1 SON MU tho the -du bra 11 an s oat 11 ag mt Dr. to Dr inj dil 110 wi fan Dr Ca .ed wi all Si nu 1 .011 "la stin de ,011 • ni A is al to si co 11 00 1 fy 11 81 11