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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-9-21, Page 7JALKS TO THE C RD Charles Wagner Says the Young Have Within 'Them an Untamed Colt, If you observe blin carefully, you will see that a Child haS in him two seem:ate livings, ns St. Paul deelaeed ia respect to us. there is in 0,a011 child a little untamed colt who lovem neither the While ner dlnelplints but 111 every child there oleo a dis- ciple who is witting to listen and maks for nothing better than to fol- low a guide, 01-011 anxiously seeks some one to letul him. That indescribable waywardness le the child who resists end disobeys is a precaution taken by nature, or, rather, by Cocl Himself, so that par - ;mils and guides in general should not, have it too much their own way. Ile aro tempted Lu abuse of the privi- lege ef being the first comers and of knowing things that little ones ignore. Some people would dispose of the young as though they were their chattels. That Is Arhat had to bo pre- vented, muter penalty of nipping the future in Its bud. God has, there- fore, put into every child's nature a preserviug guardian of personal inte- grity and liberty, just 08 ho made the thorn to guard the rose, Let us whisper this solely in your presence, any dear children, so that you should not abuse the thorns or reinforce them unnecessarily. Never let us exaggerate anything. We have two legs to walk with; if one of them should stretch out faster then tho other' our walk would ead in a fall. For the maintenance of equilibrium in human strength we must walk both in bulepeedence and in respect. Thet is well expressed in the Scrip- tures:—"Follow me." That iS 0(11101 to saying:—"1 to yourself and take inspiration from 113 spirit." :By ho spirit of independence we guard our originality, which 11 18 the duty of every ono to cultivate as the personal mark branded by Clod on creature. By the spirit of re - 1 10 become capable of receiving What, °them impart to us and of profiting by their experience. DOOILFPV NATURAL. The willingness to bow down makes childhood able to become the inheritors of the past. Receptivity and docility are the indispensable complements of orginality. A real child holds to his freedom, and at the same time he is docile and trust- ful. Nowhere else will you find trustfulness in a more touching form. than in a child. There are no pie - :tures or word descriptions that are •cnriable of expressing what is seea in the eyes of a child when they look Up at a grown-up povson and trust- fully say:—"We believe in you," "Noblesse oblige," my brethren. And since the little ones believe in us, let us place before them a hu- manity in Which they can believe and which they can safely admire. It is for this that we show Christ to these souls of dieciples that slumber in ,earth one of these chilaven. He an- swers equally to the need of inde- pendence and Lo that of respect. (theist is a greatnees that is not op- pressive. There are authoritative greatnesses that give shade; there are great people in whose shade tho little ones cannot grow. But, on the other hand, there aro great people who are, so to speak, transparent, so devoid are they of selfiehness and so full are they of love. Through their limpid souls light l'rom on high shines upon the hearts of children. 01 all the men %rho have paesed upon this earth, Ohrist has most re- spected individual libel lev. la this Ile is like unto our Father who is in heaven, and whose almighty power has marked as a limit the threshold of the human soul. Nothing forced or constrained can please Him. He askit tor the free gift of Ole heart and rind. Christ dem exactly the same. He has never imposed a doctrine upon any one. has knout:act at the dom. of the heaet to bring a con- viction into ands awaken judg- ment. He has appealed to that inner tribunal that sits in each of us and deliberates upon what ts good or bral. Ile has appealed to the incor- ruptible judge that in each of us is like an interpreter and nn cello of the very Voice of Gocl. At His look and His word every ono feels galled upon to perform an act of conscience and of personal de- cision, and at the same thne under- goes the most irrealstible moral as- ' cendence. In consequence, the two elements that exist 111 eaoh which are all aspiration toward in- dividuality and a, longing for a guidu in Whose footsteps he cart walk, are satisfied in the presence of Chriet. GOODNESS MUST NOT FROWN. When we teach the thing's of lifo to these children how I wish that we could show them in this the radiancy of moral beautyl (toothless must not be too impera- tive; IL must not impose itself with a frowning forehead, and as old Mon- taigne put it in his picturesque len- gauge, with too mastered a physlog- liOnly. (1 °oda ess lutist radiate soft - 11, as the glow of spring spreada oyes the land, ana souls inn:A awak- en at Its «IMAM; Met ap buds burst when !mulled by the warm breath oi April lied lot their imprisfined flow - ere 1)10(1111 forth. 1,1ducatien consistS in drawing out the good germs that are in each ono of lie by enreloning them In the Warmth or goodness and briniring them to life by the fervor of an nlready powerful life, On the ilny when the conscience of a child has been shocked by some 'ugly 1 cm, and by en equitable jmemient he hes condemned 10 re- pulsed it and iewnrilly detached front 11, ho hes doubtless mode a step for - word, Imi, IL is only a negative step. BM when the thee conies when a 01111d Ims witneseed an action thab contained the true essence or goods mr.s, the determlnelion of a human being to give himself Up tO What 48 right and good; when the Child liaS understood the beauty and the in- finite vulue of this action and has ebony admired it, it ithout 1,111010 - tion or reservution, on that day he hue made a positive step forward. 1[c' has realised the higher life. it is 010 :110(1' of Ills new blith—of his b irth , to 0 magnilleuet and spiritual hu.- ; man i Ly. In that hour God hes ealled to him by Ids name; he Mis begun to bc coitscious of his nobility. He has become a new creature, and, as WO are told in the fiosluili ha has wino Into eterma life, "Follow Me." Wo say to children:—"Irollow Ohriiit first in Ilis siinplicity," Ed- ucation is good only when it is sim- ple, as simple as the light of day 00 as the sunbeam that falls upon Lhe flowers, so that it may inundate the 011110 and that the mind (nay be hathed in it. Fol- low Christ in Ills simplicity. Ile does not Carry Useless baggage about with Ulm. He is as limpid as spring water, and Ivo drink In Ills fresh and vivifying words. Follow also in decision. He can never do two contrary things. Children sometimes try to (lo two things at one time, and In this they aro little men. Most men display great skill in doing two ab- solutely opposite things at tho same time, good aed evil. That is the wisdom, the cunning of older people. In doing it they spend and lose their life, and the 01108 try to have this same wisdom, But Christ knows us not. He is made all of one piece. When He says yes, it Is yeS; when He „says no, it Is no. We can build our house tliis word, for it is a rock, CHARLES WAGNER. OOLLIDF,D WITH. A GHOST. Curious Story of an Apparition in Russia. A mysterious story of apparitions is related in Tim Moscow Listok. Isom the beginning of July 'I h. 113. Sholypin, IC. I. ICorovin, and V. S. SierolT.were resident on the estate of 'a friend in the OrolT Province. Near this property there is an old tumulus of evil reputation which peasants of ; the neighboring village carefully avoid, calling it a place under a curse, and saying that it is frequent- ed by unclean spirits, and that about midnight certain. 'mysterious lights are seem and with silent steps the shade of an unknown white wo- man moves about. Tho proprietor of tho e.state, hear- ing these tales, and never believing them, re -told them to his guests. Then M. Shalypin and Korovin de- cided to visit the tumulus, and af- ter passibg a small wooll about mid- night they got to the tuandus. There dicer saw lights jumping about, and suddenly there appeared a white cloud, gradually taking the form of a womau. Their .nerves gave way. and they Oed panic-strieken. Next day :K. Shalypin, laughing at his previous night's fright, decided at all costs to investigate the mys- terions apparition. Other guests joined 111111, and they set out brave- ly, to the -number of seven. rt was a clear but moonless night, end tbo tumulus showed itself in sharp out- line, As they got within the sight of it the mysterious lights began to jump about, and on the top there appeared a wonderfully bright form of a white woman, which approached them. All tho investigators shivered and moved back but .11 ShalyMn rushed forward to the feminine figure, with whiell he collided, and collapaecl senseless to the ground, At that moment the figure melted away, and the agitated lights went out sudden- ly. M. Shalypin's friends found hiin in a deep swoon in which heremeined for half an hoar. On his coming to, he experienced a complete loss of steength and could remember noth- ing of the cause lending up to his ad. venture. AN OLD STORY, BUT A 000')) ONE. The lawyer asked the witness if an incident previously alluded to wasn't a miracle, and the witness said he didn't 111155 what a. miracle was. "Ohl come," said the attorney. "StippOSing yell Were looking out of a window in the third storey of a building and should fall out and 8110111cl not be Kiered, What would you call that?" "An aceldent," was the stolid ' "Ves, yes; leit what else would you call it? Well, sliPPose You wore doing the Same thing tho next day— suppose you looked out of the third storey window and fell out, and again should foul youreelf not in- jured. Now, what reould you call that?", •`A eolnetelence,'' said' the tvitness, 'Oh I come now,'' the lawyer be - gen again, "I want: you to under- stand what a miracle is, and I'm sum you do, Now, Met Atropos() Red On the third day you were look- ont of the third storey window and fell out and Memel: yoto• head cm the pavement, three floore below aml Were not in the least injured. Come, now, Whitt Worild you call it?" , "Three times?"' said the Witness, reesing a little from his apathy, "Well, I'd ()all that, a habitl"- And the laWter gavo it up, "Hate late de you Venally loop MI Sunday Morning?" "Well, it ell depends," "Deport& on What?" "The length of the Serbionett WITH IDLERS AT OSTEND somins AT 73ELGITIPPS GREAT WATET,ING PLACE, Shah Enjoys Himself Like a Child —Spends Fortunes on Trinkets. As a relent for wealth, 111 le, famhion, mid beefily, Belgium lletY well boast of Wheal, her "Queen of watering places," which, though theoretically Belgium IN coSinopoll- tali in fact, Hero the Frenehmen hobnobs e ith the flef men, the Rus- sian cha t familiarly with the Jal' emse, and the Triple Alliance may lie seen at any hour cif the day sit- ting. round the same table on the Kuistial terrace. 'Every imaginable type of female beauty, fi•oin the dusky, sparkling -eyed Oriental to the fair -halved maiden froin Norway's fjords, is to be admired, while even pbcny belles front Africa's shoves vie with their white sisters in tho ele- gance of their attire and the display of their jewels, Bedecked and he - jewelled clowagees promenade in all the gluey of their exquisite laces, flashing their eplendors in the eyes of t heir 1 f or tenet° conipotitora. Papas and mammas by the SCOrp, ‘vith heaVIly-CIOWered daughters, de- vote themselves Lo the search of eli- gible sons-in-law, either of title or equivalent fortune. OAT NICHT SOENE. In the evening the Kurseal pre- sents a bewildering scene as the visi- „tors pour in after dinliel•. Hero, at tho chalice, many a match is made and here fiancee, mother-in-law, the bourgeois ibeatapere, 00 the "gendre” of French vaudeville may be picked out on any hand. In short, there is 0 mingling of all sorts and conditions of men and of nationah- Hee. The prince is elbow to elbow with the retired pork butcher, un- awares, for here neither rank, title nor condition are discernible in man or Woniall, and, despite the lavish- ness of display, the simplest, most modest, and retiring may pass un- noticed and enjoy the revelry as well as the belles of tho evening. At times during the SeaS011 there 00111,05 along (110 , .1 • • 1 O very unassuming figure in white duck trousers and waistcoat, a loose grey jacket, a simple, Well -Worn straw hat or pentane,. Ito mingleS with the cvowd, bows hero and them, smiles pleaeantly, and limps a great deal. The stature, the beard, and tiro fine profile rowed King Leopold, whose indefatigable promenading IFo gre?aoosr onwertitt artil.gtwa or d ittollaL three walking companions daily, so they say, The Protocol, however keeps him away for the present. SHAH ENJOY1 HIMSELF. Tit the midst of all this the Shah of Persia is tilt play, enjoying the liberty the place allocds lum like a Schoolboy. Flanked by a large ret- inue and followed at some distance by a gendarme or tetne, he eliterS in- to the spirit of Ostend to the full- est exteut, smiling at the children, laughing heartily at the sport in the water, achtleing the beauties, and all the while in good. humok that seems to be contreeoes. Ho le road of a joke, and nill often worry the hawkers by preteeiling to sneer at their wares and then buy the whole lot for the sake of seeing the surprise of their faces. Orme he ent loose a whole bunch of balloons,. tho entire stock -in -trade of a respectable old lady, whose goods ere the de- light of littlo children. The Shah watched the liberated colored balls floating out to sea; them as if he had forgotten, turned suddenly on the startled old lady and rewarded hor handsomely with gold. After' this exploit he weld; into a fancy I sholl-shop where they soil you pin-, cushions, stud -boxes, needlebooks, and what not, marked "Scnivenir ; d'Ostende," the sort of thing our I grandparents brought home to us! Whoa we were youngsters, and with; which we adorned our mantel -pieces. I More ho bought 41200 worth of shell were and chop jewellery, PATRIOT AT HEART. His face Severe ill repose, anti 11 is not MIMI it lights up that one) sees the character or the man—far difTerent from that of his father, in- deed. Every day he takes a walk over to Marlakerke, while Illanken- bovg was ftegoved the day before ecee- terday with a hurried visit. His suite, which numbers over 100, are enjoying themselves, too, and tak- ing in all the pleamtres that gay Ostend affords; while the hotel - keepers, cafe-inamigess, iec., are ex- ultant °Yoe tho briskeess of the trade this Royal presence beings them, While here tho Shall has done Much talking about France, which snits to be tho weary be prefers, above all others, save Peesia, of course, for at home he would not exchange one of his clesert wastes for the grandest estate la all Europe. It is said he reaBy worships every inch of Persian soil SO ardent is his patrio- tism. Eis heaet, however, leans gently towards Ostend and he prom- ises to return often. llis greet at- traction in the morning. here is bil- liards, at which he Is an export, but although ho enjoys antomobiling to a. certain extent, ho will not consent to his chauffeur scorching, any more than ho will permit an engine -driver to make record bile. He wisely thinks that if an accident Were to 00. elm hiS• ruMerial Personage would have a better chance, 0110 certainly he Is not far from wrong. - 4 EVEN SOs "Ottrs ifs a very contradictory lan- 311030," said the demoralizer, "For instance?" (Mated tho moral. her. "Whoa Ave any Man iS 'COrker" wo usually mean that he'n an uncork- er," Young Lady nt Plaeo—"you • are very .fotid 01 01118111, aree't yoU, Mr, Johnson?" Mr. Johnson—"Yee; but go on—moVer mind me,", ' 4+1.11+1/111+1.10+441.11.1 11 jLt fTlic, Home • V.S44;7,1,4'.3171:14;7;(4411-1:14".14+44 Hounales—A quell. of milk te heat- ed until lukewarm.. Tu this is (1 bIt 1 • . cake dissolved in I. 1abberpooli 11111' 11(111(1 water, Beer butte (4 are good 1.0 pet this in. Pill to within 1.1 Inches of the top, tie Mirka doWil 01.1111,y and InVert, betties. 1,01; nand for six hours at a temperature of 80 degrees, thee ell Ill and servo the following day. Orem Java Itticianibere-1(ure the en- cumbers; cut erossisise into halfilitch slices, and leave for half an hour in ice water. COVer 1110111 IN it 11 }JOH illg Wale]. and simmer fifteen minutes. Drain and throw away this ail hour Itt lee Water, CoVer 1.110111 with nage, boiling hot, in which has been melt- ed a tablespoonful of hot butter. Salt and pepper and keep hot in a [Jail of boiling water mail the sauce is ready. Rinke a rolix. of one tab- lespoonful of butter heated and work- ed smooth with one of .flour, then thinned with a. cupful of hot cream and seasoned with salt and cayenne. Lino a hot platter. with slices ot but- tered toast, -turn tho m1E:umbel's upon these; squeeze the juice of half a lemon upon them and pour the cream fiance over it, Fried Egg Plant—Slice. the egg plant about, half an inch thick, peel- ing the slices. Lay them in halt and water for an hour, placing a plate on them to keep them down, wipe each slim dry and cdp into a bettor inacle of beaten egg, a -cupful of Milk, half a cupful of flour, and pepper - and salt. Fry in boiling (hipping and Sarre on a hot dish, cl• ' . Apple Shortcake—Make a dough of a pint of flour sifted with two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder and a little salt; rub a tablespoonful of butter thoroughly inte the flour, and add a teacupful el sweet milk, or entugh to make a soft ciortgh; (livid() into three equal parts and roll, handling as little as poesibh•; lay• Otto I • • 1 , • 1, g • • the top of dough with butter; lay cm the second sheet, grease, and add the last sheet of dougebake in a hot oven till done. Separate the sheets and spread between them warm apple sauce scasoped with sug,ar, butter, and a pinch or salt. Servo warm with cold cream or rich n1111'1:Osh Fruit with Suet Pudding.—i Tu one cupful of beef suet freed front. membrane 'allow one pint of sifted flour, one-half of .a teaspoon of salt and one teaspoonful of baking pow- der. Mix tho salt,- baking powder and flour, add the suet which has been. put through the meat, chopper, and with a fork or knife stir in suf- !leaflet ice water 1.0 mix to a soft dough. Work quickly and handle as little as possible. Roll out in a sheet half an inch thick, Have ready an earthen bowl With a wide rim. Grease it and line it wit,h tho dough, lather it lie over the sides. rill the centre with sliced green apples, sprin- kle thickly with tho sugar and draw the- dough over the top. Cover .with a double piece of heavy muslin wrung dry out o.f cold water- nod floured on the side next the paste. Tic this down with a cord passed around - der the rim or the bowl. Strain for three hours, keeping the tea kettle boding in order to replenish. the pot it necessary. Serve with CroaM and sugar or a hard sauce cie may be pre- ferred. This pudding is equally good with a filling of Cut rhubarb, berries, plums or other fresh fruit. Sweet Potato Pudding (Veghtable)— Peel wash, dry and grute one . large raw sweet, potato; stir In ore quart of hot milk, put over the Ike and boil for 11.414 minutes; add ono heap. ing tablespoonful t bettor and set aside until partially cooled, then 8001011 with Fait and pepper to taste, add four well beaten eggs and bake in a moderate oven until. the mixture is firm in the centre—about tWenty-fivc minutes. Sweet I'otato Pudding (1)055011)— P0 one largo sweet potato allow ono half of a pound of sugar, one half of a pound of butter, one half of a cepful of sweet cream, ono half of a tutsPoollful or grated nutmeg., the grated rind of one lemon and four eggs. Boil the potato-, skin and rub through a C01011aor; While 1101 Stir in the sugav and butter, then set aside to cool. Line deep Pie plates' with puff paste, pour in the Mixtu(e, I 0) which has been added the beaten eggs and' flavorings, and bako until set in the centre. Sprinkle over the top thin leyer of quitter,. marmalade 01 thin slices of premerved eiti•on, sprinkle thickly with grauulated su- gar coed Serve. Marr0W Pudding.—Sift three cups of flour ancl add a liberal half tea- spoonful of cinnamon, the same amount of grated mitmeg' arid a laege pinch of cloves. Fittr in one large cup of etirrants, ono of raisins and a tablespoonful of shredded eit- rem Add 0 cupful of beef marrow chopped in smell bits, and one cup of moles:Ass, Einally: stir in 11 cup of milk in Which one eVell teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Stir all the ingredients 11111101131113' tigel her and cook for throe hours in ci bat- tered and sugermi mould set in bon- ing water. SCI'Ve With Sallee. or Or- flillary harrl sauce. A cup1111 or 1 be best kidney :suet, niny he used in- stead of the beef mapreis. This is O simple pail inexpiefsiVe pudding, and very, sitilsble iit this season of the year, when hot fruit puddings aro in demand, TEMPICILVP-Lirel'OF TIII•1 OVEN. Melly a winium Who is suceeesful 111 other lines Of COokery fails in babble; cukes, breeds and pastries because. she 18 1101 familiar Wit 11, the Ilrat prinelples of oven temperallwe as re- quired by various inisteree, 'An oven thermometer islureld be in every.' kit. 011011,- bat even thie seleetific 1105100 Will not supply thought and eXperi-' ewe, whieh must both be m11000105 Of the holiseWife'S efl'ort. The lot" letting rUles should. be pasted in the fondly erfolt boot.; "Fur sponge cake and pound eake have helit, that le live inientes will tern a pietie of white paper yellow. For all kinds of etip eakee use wn oven that in live nth tilt pa will turn a phew of While paper a darker yel- li,w, bread 110(1 pastry hare em oven, that in iiVe minutes will turn 11 plissi of white paper dusk brown. When the oven IS 1(3(1 1101 fit firSt. 11 .1".:11111W' eig, Whleh p1v1plits it lg. II is better inereu,st' 11 3(11(11111 When baking brrad 1.il, I 0,1) 0 1,1 ha \ the oven a 1 11 le slow at first and 10119 paste the heal should he great, est at first and decreased later. This Is to keep the poste in Shape. When the oven Is too hot the temperatare may be reduced by ind I ha,: in a pun of cold water. nen hating In an oven that is too hot the top, fill a dripping pan abont ineh deep with (gild water and place it, on the top grate of 110 oven. Should the oven be too hot on the button), put a grate or an old pip psi) tinder the arbiolo that i 10 )0 /nee . DON'TS FOR l'ARENTS. Don't expect good marinere in chil- dren ir they are treated by their elde ers in aa unnianneely manner. Do not bo surprised, if children are snappish and quarrelsome if you set them the example by being' so to them, Don't frighten children iuto being obedient by threats which yoa have no intention of carrying out. Your future didieultlen in managing your elaildren aro enorfneusly increased by ithirion unwise but not maim/neon mac - Don't take fidgety children with YOU when you go to pay calls. It is loci great a lax on the forbearanCe of your friends, and. it, has led to the severing of acquallitateeships, lion't—because it is Casier to do things yourself Man aeli the chit- dren how to do them—let your boys and girls grow up with sluvetily habits. Don't forget that if you do not mako companions of yom children in their youth eon can't eXpeCt, them to lre yoer friends when they g,row up. ERASE FLOOR SPOTS, To avoid the appeimance or grease spots 11pon harcleood floor subject the wood to a yeeteess of polishing by applying a mixture composed of equal parts of Reeved eil and •tur- Peatine, combined with Japau drier. The drier muse not be omitted or the oil will continim with the wax. After allowing this mixture to dry overnight all the pores of the wood may be filled with one of the prepar- ed fillers. The polish is more even if this is dope. Whim the floor ithoroughly cfl'y s . . paste of wax end tiwpontine, which may he applied with a flannel cloth, rubbing with the grain of the wood. After this le thoroughly 'dry apply h • ' f 1 I.), rubbing In as before. After which polish with weighted brushes and woollen rags. MIMIC WAR DISASTERS, Soldiers Get at Glaze Quarters and Many Go to Hospital. During field 1110.1100115reS at Alder- shot recently, a cavalr;y brigade were ordered to charge the foot guards, and something more than a touch. of reality resulted. The charge was carried too fav, and for a few minutes there was fierce hand-to- hand lighting, which reeulted Scr, eral soldiers !mike Injured. This was by 11.0 11100118 th0 first occasion that a realistic touch has been given to peace manoeuvres. 3101 .310 very long ago, at the same place, two opposing infantry brigades got Into close quarters, and although blank ammunition waS used the troops had a warm thee of it, many having to go to the hospital, Cavalry have, however, met with eimilar disasters more often, the horses, in the 0X- Citen1P111 09 the (10811, get Liag. out (.1 cow( vol. A few years ego there was a. big volunteer field day near 11174107. A mimic: battle was fought in terrine heat, and at the ona or a few hours SCOres anon SMITS Of men were lying uneimselous all over the field of no- tion. Tt was foetid necessary to abandon the 0130101 bus to gather in the unfortunate soldiers who were lying about suffering from ennstroke, So many men coil 11)10(1 that it look- ed as though a real bottle had been raging, BATTLING WITH THIRST. -- Germany's War in South Africa I3as Fearful Horrors. An article throwing terrible light, on the Miture Of the operations in German South-west Africa epitome; in. the Militar Woehenblatt, It (kale with the period after the fight at At at etherg. It WEIS reckoned e,t the 11(110 that the number or robol twos was probably bet WPM 10,000 tied 80,000, After Wateeberg they dispersed; 1,100 had fallen in battle, 8,000 had Mem taken 'wheelers, and many hod fled t Br i t ish t ory, Where were the (till •rse Count Schweleite, renOrt 011 he pa- trolling expedition which he dor- 1 Ook 101110 time afterwards, clears up the metter, On his ride he light. - ed on the tract width the fugitive 1 Toreros had mut oul edly aken aft er Waterberg. This tinek lie folloWed foe obove nitwit- miles. lie Faw akelp I 008 of thous:Inds of Cal 1o, all a 1101103 or Mv11, 21 11 1,1,11': this track thi•ougle the sandy wilderners. Where bushes (1 ,w along the 01011 these MIPS of bee .e were More numerous. Men and eattle had soneht Owner here from the Waxing sem %alive in Mintheeis ley hero in le nee. 111 many phices the Ilereeoft battling with 1 hivet, tad scraped with their hands h isles (if eon 10 ( 01011 (3' roe deep in eeareh (if WO ter, and all ill Vale. They perielfed ,holpless from "11.111:i3) 171'111Yrr'1'1:ristifli'dC4801•C'ell''Ist Wove terribly reeenged," ME S. S. LESSON INTERN.ATIONAL LESSON, SEPT. 24. Leeserr XIII. Third Quearterly Re- view. Golden Text, Pee.. AN ANALYSIS OP TI QUAR- 1 The 1,Tejs'3etr,ice It'll:18'1811°110N.. During 010 last three menthe we have had twelve leffeons on the de- cline 0.1,11 fall of the 1,11111(40m of .1 u- (1(411 anti the mate, Our last 10:,S011 from the 010 Teld 1, December 11, 101)4, a !dully of the fiaptivity of the Ten Tribes, was dated utiout 721 11. C. Leesen I of the Third Wiener, Sennacherib's 11150141(01, We may Mai( about, le enty years later than that, perhaps 0. '', 01 or 6119. Lifeeeklahai Sickness and Weyer (Lesson II) came shortly after 13, 0, TM, and perhaps three or four yinani earlier than the proldlechs of the 8ulrering Savloir (Litwon 131) nad the firachnei Invitatiun tLirsson 15') had been epoden. Mithesseh (Lesson V) reigetst fifty-five years, from about 13. 0. 594 to 13. C. 040. Inning tho month of July, When all these lessons were studied, we coins passed perhaps sixty historical years. In Lessons VI tont VII Joelah's reign came ender our survey. Ile reigned thirty-one years, probably froni B. C. 639 to 608. In the thirteenth year of his reign jereadah began to prophesy. The book of the law Naas - discovered in the eighteenth year of his reign, II. C. 621. Lessons VILE and IX give us glimpses of the long j and heartbreaking niggle of the :prophet Jerintah against the bitter opposition of Josiah's - wicked. and 'foulharcly successors. The buricing ! of the roll by Jeholakim is dated B. C. 604, and Jerennah's conilue- t 1110111 in the dungeon or cistern of AlalChiah 13, 0, 588. These four les- sens were stodied in the month of I - August. September brought us three lessons; Lesson X, the over- throw of Jerusalem, mut the exile of Judah, covered II. Q. 507 to 586. The prophecy from Esekiel to which we give the title •"rlie Life-giving Stream" was spoken about B. 0. 570. And if an hieeorical date is to be put to the Temperaece Lesson it tvill not probably be very far from 13. C. 605, H. The Lessons in Place. Lessons, 7, IL 111, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X are all dated from Jerusalem, with othei geographical connections, however. Lesson I re- fers to the stogy of Lechith by Son- mrcherib. The scene of Lesson II is the king's palace, Jerusalem; and of Lessons and IV probably in the residence of the prophet Isaiah. Les- son V begins ill the royal palace in Jerusalem and1 brines to view horri- ble rites in the valley al the son of the taking of Manasseh in letters across tho desert to Bahylon, his, penitence there, and his restore, tieet to Jerusalem. In Lesson VI, wir journey with Josiah front the royal palace through Judah and the cities of Manasseh, lephrann, Simeon, and Naphtall. Lessons VII end VUI show us the temple in Jerusalem as well as the royal pal - ewe. In Lesson IX we are conducted from plaee. 10 place within the be- sieged city of Jerusalem to the king s palace, to the dungem of Malehinh that was in the court of the prison, to the g,ate of Benjamin W'1100 the king sat, rind back to the mitt of the prison. Leeson X des- cribes the exile from Jerusalem .0 Babylon. Lesson XI is in or near Tel-abib, 00 the river Chebar, 114 Babylonia; anti 1 .0SI,011 Nil in Baby- lon. EL The Tem:binge of the teasers. The 001 ram Text for the Quarter contains the gist of all teachings, "The Lord in the, keeper," the 11't)) or of all those who tenet in bira. The overthrow of l4ennileh,ri h. the cure of Iffecoldah. the promise of the Saviour, and his gracious invitatitm, 1 he org eness of ,N en such a hard- ened. sinner as Manasseh, the proyi- Ilene whleir Preserved rim bode of the law in the 1111' ('(1 temple nial reproduced the Mance roll, 1Im lov- mg-Ithalnees nuthaested to the pro- phet in the dungeon, the exiles' 30111' (1037 across the wildernms. Daniel in Babelon, the vision of the life-giving stream with its promises—all these indicate that johovith Is the keireer of those who vest in him, THE COUNSR11,'S RUSE. Sir J. Scarlet 5' afterwards Lord Abinger, when at. the 1.30r had en one octiosion to call a witness whose evidence he WaS told 10101 be some- what dangerous, unless the witness 1.0111a be 0 1 11 tle botheved and thrown 0.1 his guard. Ilie gentle - Mall ill attest 1011, 011050 'Vulnerable 001111 WaS said 0 be sell -est emu, WaS duly ushered into the 110X—a pc)rtly, overdressed pereon, beandeg with self-assu ra two. Af ter looking. hint over for 80010 time, Searlett opened nre. "Mr. Tomkins, I believe?" "You ere a brol.er, believe; ere you not?" "I ham." Stinetett paused for a few sameds, end inalcing atientiee survey t.f IPA A On, 88 bit- -And a very tine and Well-M.0,0d liont you aro, 8ir." Tho tasgin or wbich followed (7311' 5)101 disconverted the poor mem foul Searlett's °Neel. was billy et, tallied. Fon Po!: s. The fashion of int rag jug - Co etls for dogs line lately come iffio 1,-(1911,, 111 P411.1S, 1111(1 111:01y :,Ciety 11,01.0, who nee po, 8 11! 11)3' 11(n4s haVo no only 91,rnh,h,,11 1 heir pet8 With a full tara robe, (1,,wil w "111 1.11 a 1 poel:p1 of blanket v. 11101 Is 1(1 re. Seinble a miniature overroel ail nenely es possible, 1,1,1 'or., insisting thet Cho sovial eith. degdom 81,011111 110 10o1,:eil after. TIA0 cards are genertilly muter ern/11100 111111 a niern•ci vicsiting-eatele, and it eus- tomary ilea 1015 the 111111 11 0 111.0 UV 00 Isla Pet, IN THE DAYS .01' C4IAMBSA.. Ancient G.e•eele .Almeet Ibee,Idedf Modern. Record% Strong wen of ail Ofinei base ex- cited the admiration of their $.4.,0we and nave always been objeate Of pop- ular interest, The Bible mlebratee the exploits of Samson. Greek Myth- ology tells Of Hercules as the per- ification of physical feree, ifravery and generosity, In, more recent dayS WO have recorded seine hist unees of extraordieary streneth. Juemem and perObatiC tundilves are credited with many ostracisable ary accomplishments dating iron1 re- inole times. PnyBus, of Croton, is said upon good authority to have jumped 55 feet, In the writings of tnlitafr• arearZor'ttlnel ljtu°Iumpaell olf'185%)rifaenets by practieed athletes.A jump of more than 20 feet to -day is consid- ered very clever, the record being 24 feet 7 inches with weights, and 28 feet 8 inches witheut weights, al- though greater distances have been jumped with the aid Of apparatus. Squire Obaldistone, po Euglishman, emie 200 Mlles In 't hoUrs 10 min- utes and 4 seeonds. He -used 28 horses, and, as 1 hour 29 minutes and 50 seconds were allowed for stoppages, the whole thing, changes and all, occupied in accomplishing this wonderful feat was 8 hours and 1 2 niinides. The race was run at the Newmarket Houghton meeting ever a four -mile couree. Captain Horne, of the Madras Horse Artillei7, rode 200 Miles on Arab horses. in less than 10 hours aloug the road between Madras and 13ang,a1ore. When we consider the slower speed of the Arab horses and the roads and. climate of India, this performance rather more than equals the 200 mileage the shorter time on. an English race track and on thor- oughbreds. Lends do Boufflers, surnamed the "Robust," who lived in 1534, was noted for his strength and agility. When he placed his feet together, one against the other, he could find no one able to disturb them. He could easily break a horseshoe with his hands, and could seise 00 ox by the tail and drag it against its will. He more than once carried a horse ,upon his shoulders. 4 VITAI, STATISTICS. The British Registrar -General's Quarterly Return. The quarterly return of marriages, births aud deaths in England and Wales during the half-year has been issued by the Reglstrar-General, The marriages deal with the months of January, February and Marth, and the births and deaths aro diming the months of April; May and June. The population of the United King- dom in tho middle of 1995 is esti- mated 43,219,788 persons—that of England and Wales at 84,152,977, that of Scotland at 4,676,608, and that of Ireland at 4,800,298. In the United Kingdom 299;108 births and 101,414 deaths were reg- istered in the three months ended June 30. The natural increase of population was, therefore, 137,689. The number of persons married in the quarter ended March 31, was 118,866. The birth-rate in the United Kingdom 10 the secoini quee. ter was 97.8 and the death -rate 15 per 1,000 of the estimated popula- tion, The marriage -rate in that cmarter was 11,9 per 1,000, During last quarter 184,745 emigrants em- barked from the several ports of the United Kingdom, Of the 123,0t1 deaths registered last quarter, 25,109 were those • of infants under one ;,TELI. of age, 58,- 325 those of persons aged betweeu one year and sixty years, and 89,517, those of persons aged sixty years and upwards. Infantile mortality, measured by the proportion of deaths under one year of age to registered births, was 106 per 1,000, the average in th.e ten preceding eecond quarters hav- ing been 1.21 The death -rat o in London, includ- ing the Moteopollien workhouses, hospitale, and lunatic asylums sits.- atecl outside the County of London, bat excltaling the deaths of pereons not belonging to London that oc- curred in the London Fever Kospital in the Metropolitan Asylums, Board hospitals, and in the Middlesex County lamatie Asylum, within the Comity of London, was equal to 14,3 no/malty per 1,000 "Magi, 11, however, all the deaths or noe-Lon.- doners that occurred in hospitals or other public institutions in London, be excluded, the death -rate per 1,000 living last quarter was 16.1 in Ed- inburgh, 18.3 in Glasgow, 20.4 in Dublin, and 19,5 in Belfast., against 1.1,3 in London. DEADLY rrtzina crux. Discharges 'Projectiles at the Rate , of 1,200 an Flour. War has beim robbed of much of its rola:retie elite, und in these rIctya when deatli-dealing Machilies seprome inert who go to war 'woo to be more courageoun thaut those who foltglit h.1 111e days: of old, when ellein1es inert/ ono 01101 het' 111 the opert. The naval man has more grolind for fon Ping the hidden clan- gers 1171)1! 1)7(114,' 11 1111,11 1%. filth 1110111, 11,' (1. einb-marine boats and 111(1.01 and to11iotl0e8 are Caltallated 11 1.141the: eS 01 1 he 111081, emir- ageous. All the ingeireity 11 inventors of 15(1 1 171(1 meeldissi 141.01114 0 be direet- eil limited); attaining a 511301111 5110 (11 Ind ,inly (kale Ilest rilet1011 ill 0. W11010, -1,11e 11011111er. Witll 1 ile 1,1111111,st, 0101110e or (11:-,cloving 11.8 Cal 1011, '1114' la 1 Weapon is 1 110 Illtilibert 31(11, a French 1101 11 tion. It makes 10 110::11 or 1101,0, 1111,1 iS Warrant.ed 11!)1 0 1•PC0 11 it (Recharges eN, each Of 00111311115 .!•1101 rtt tIso rate of 1,900 an Mew, Vein. (Mien temp 111114 gun a regiment of 1,000 wooden men Waa Still iolied. The 31111 shot, r11 the dummies toe a nilimfe, and 011111011. eVery' troinien man 1108 f0111111 10 1,