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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1905-10-5, Page 3CURRENT TOPICS Maxim Gorki, the well-klnowl Rus- sian novelist, in an interview with a newspaper correspondent the othen day said that the hopes based by ReesIan reformers on the ukase of August 10, in which the Czar prom- heed to convoke a representative as- sembly, had been called by the fact that the autocracy had emerged from the war in the Far East with- out any fatal impairment of its pres- tige and military power, Be pre- dicted that the bureaucrats, relying on the means of coercion which the return of the army under General Linievitch might place at their dis- posal, would so whittle clown the sovereign's concession that it would prove of little substantial value, even If it wore not ..defiantly with- drawn, It may seem, at first sight that the prediction has been already fulfilled, for according to a telegram publish- ed by the London Standard, the Russian Minister of the Interior has sent a circular to all Governors and Mayors ordering a close watch over zemstvoists everywhere, with a view of arresting them if they put forth any publications or attempt to hold public meetings. The circular de- nounces the zemstvoists for working out a project of government founded on universal sulerage, whereasthe , Czar's purpose, it asserts, is to up- hold the actual term of administra- tion which is based on unrestricted absolutism. The circular concludes with the significant averment that "once the zemstvos are abolished the disorders in the country will cease." Here is plainly avowed the design of going -further than oven such a re- actionist as Pol)iedonostseff dared to go during the reign 'of the father of the present Czar and 'of extingu- ishing the last vestige of the local self-government granted by Alexan- der IT. That -such a design will be carried out is scarcely credible. The roan tionists are reckoning without Air. Witte, who by reason of the high position which he has deservedly at- tained in the eyes of the world can hardly fail to exercise once more a preponderant influence in his sover- eign's councils. He has learned during his sojourn in America., what before he may have bet partly recog- nized, econnized, the tremendous power of pub- lic opinion, which in these clays of submarine cables and wireless tele- graphy is no longer confined within national borders, but has acquired ecumenical compass and irresistible force. Ho has learned that even the Russian autocrat, if he would finance his empire, must command the approval and the sympathy of civilized mankind. What he has learned it 1s his duty to reveal. It is his duty as a loyal subject and as a patriot to tell his master that the time has come for the Ronhato11s to- enter upon the path of prudent compromise and wise conciliation to which the Hohenzollerns owe the stability of their throne, The earnest counsels and faithful warnings that will be uttered -by Mr. Witte seen unlikely to fall unheeded on a Mind already worried and dis- mayed by the frightful state of things in the oil region, of which Baku is the ontrepot, and by the omens of far reaching insurrection in the Caucasus. It can now be no secret to the Ozar that, while racial or religious enmity has no doubt been a factor in the alarming situa- tion, the chief cause of the destruc- tive mitbrealc which for a time at least has wrecked one of Russia's most important industries is the wrath aroused anong the proletari- at at their almost complete exclus- ion from the right of participation in public affairs under the scheme of: reform propounded in the incase of August 19. It should notbe diff - cult under the circumstances for Mr. Witte to convince his toaster that, unless the ghastly scenes of devasta- tion witnessed in the neighborhood of Baku are to be repeated at every manufacturing centre in his domin- ions, it is imperative mid vital not to retract or minirnlee, but to re- affirm and broaden the concessions made to the popular demand for representative institutions. If the Czar listens to such advice as Mr. Witte is likely to give hitn, it may be that he will save his 'dynasty. If he repels it, Liniovitch's army may net avail to shield hien from his doom, "All men," said the operator Who refuses to give up stump speaking, "are born. equal," "Hold ono" ex- claimed the listener, "!Iliat may do to say in rho street, but 1 ean't take it Homo with ane. If i were to say to my Wife that I thought our boy, whom We've Just christened Egi>ert, wesn't; any bettor than the lied - hailed twine next dor'z; there wouldn't be anything left 0.er me to do except to , say 'FahbWel'J for ever,' and live at a hotel.' ARENTS A) THE SCHOOLS Rev. Dr, Newell Dwight Hillis Speaks of Their Responsibility. A despateil from Brooklyn, N. Ye says: Rev, .ur. Newell Dwight Hillis breached from the following text: - A small army of boys and girls, with their teachers, have recently made their way to the public schools, For our people this reopen- ing of schoolroom and library is the most important event of the year. Urt indeed the influence of the leg- islative hall and forum) But more important still these temples dedi- cated to leareing. Fortunately, society has cleared the highway that leads to the tem- ple of wisdom and clothed with al- lurement the threshold. In all ages the measure of a nation's worth has been the building which It has made central and dominant, For the old Greeks all the paths converged to- ward the Parthenon -temple of art and beauty. For the Romans the central building was the temple of war, A later generation expressed itself in the cathedral. hiediaevalism rushed into sight through the castle and the fortress. But foreigners visiting Dur cities and towns go away to say that we worsbip the schoolhouse, the university and the library. The one central building in towns otherwise obscure is the great high school building, Ours is the de- mocracy of education, All high- ways of learning are open alike to the child of the banker and of the washer -woman. The workingman's child and the capitalist's child sit side by side on the same bench, and each may climb as high es he can. THE GREAT QUESTION for the working people of the cities is, How shall l get the most for my children out of the public schools? )roe multitudes the time for learning has passed forever, but 'the poor plan can, if he makes the right use of the common schools, climb tip on the shoulders of his strongest boy. The amount of wage got out of a tool depends upon the amount of knowledge put into the tool. Put the hand into the specie and it 001115 a dollar and a half a day; put the finger on a telegraph key and it pays $5 a day. Put the intellect into ink and it may pay Ruclyard Kipling a thousand dollars for a single poem. At all costs, keep the boy in school. Don't let your boy play truant. Refuse to put hilt out at service. For the parent life is in the chil- dren and their success. Above all else, manse friends with the teacher; make a frank and con- Adential statement: just where your boy is too strong and ought to he' restrained, and where he Is weak and aught to bo strengthened, Nobody understands the child as you do. You know the heredity peril of your family, the family weakness, Physi- call,, and the family weakness ment- ally and Morally. Remember that your 'whole life'is in the success or failure of your child. We are in this world simply to rear our chil- dren, and by making each genera- tion stronger, healthier, wiser and better than its predocosaer, bring in tine golden age of universal happi- ness. Don't farm out your children to teachers and expect the teachers to do it all. Nothing is so wonderful as the re- sult the common school achieves in view of the neglect of the parents. It is almost incredible that one teacher should be asked to train FORTY PUPILS IN A SHERD, When a man buys a fine colt he specializes on the colt, Does he put the colt in with forty other colts in a race track, turn the whole herd loose, while at 9 o'clock a horse teacher starts the herd• around the track, some trotting, some gallop- ing, dome runing? No, colts are too valuable for that. A colt costs a hundred dol- lars, therefore the owner specializes. Ole climbs up on a sulky behind the eolt, studies the colt's disposition, feet, logs, and partly by instruc- tion, develops speed in tie colt. It is only children that aro so worthless that they can be rained in herds. But teacher and parent must work together, Ask the teach- er to, your house, therefore, for tea or dinner, and take eeotuteel together how to manufacture a man of good quality out of this raw, undeveloped boy of yours. Don't forgot the child's body. - The other day an oculist told ore that 110 believed that one child out of ten so seriously injured the eyes either in the schoolroom or with night study at home as to be perinenently crippled throughout the rest of life. This expert may be right and he may be wrong, but one thing is certain - from every quarter comes warning concerning children who have injured their eyes. There_ aro two dr three simple rules to bo remembered. 1. Don't let your child read in the twilight. 2. Keep the bookclose to the Janie>. 8. If the gas flame flickers in the draught it will injure the optic nerve, 4, Remember that children should not use the eyes too much in the morning; Long ago I learned that half an hour's reading before break- fast tired my oyes more than ten hours of study afterward. Take taro of the child's digestion. Simple food, plenty of exercise and sleep make ibr health and without health culture is of - no value, .l3Il.LIh;VE IN YOUR, 01:IILED and his teacher, Reverence his natural bier. Eemember that the toting he loves and can too best is. probably the think that he ought ixr do always !or his occupation, Ohl These misfits in life through the folly of parents who have forced their children Into lmnat.lu•a1 grooves and broken their benne! Every child is as unique as if it were the $Irl human being that ever touched (Jin planet. When fatJlere) blood and ' mother's blood are mingled the result to sofnothing from either father or another. Above all else train the, child to self-govern- ment. 'There was a fence around Adam and Eve and they went to the devil. It is a good thing to turn a child loose, bareback, on Its ono will. At 10 years of age parent and child ought to counsel together, while the father says: "You are old enough to begin to decide things for yourself. You have to suffer the pain and you enJov the pleasure of a right cleeision, My experience and observation Incline me toward this cOliree of that, but you are old enough to decide for yourself." Responsibility brings strength, Every day thank God for your chil- dren. Tieep young with them. - Be Interested in their- studies. So shall they achieve the ambitions that you have missed. --F DISASTROUS SHAM BATTLE. Cavalry Charged a Regiment Owing to Mistaken Order. Ari extraordinary accident happened during the recent military lnanoeuv- ers on the sand marshes of the Scene, in Westphalia, Germany, The general in command gave an order to a regiment of Bavarian dragoons to perform some aperatione against two regiments of Hessian dragoons which were formed up in line half a mile awgy, Owing to some confu- sion, the "Charge of the Light Bri- gade " Balaclava blunder was repeat- ed. The instruction was misinter- preted as an order to charge the Hessians. The Bavarians charged madly across the plain, cheering and wav- ing their swords and lances Expect- ing that the charging regiment would swerve when within striking distance, the Hessians stood their ground, be- having as interested but quite un- concerned spectators. To their hor- ror, the Bavarians did net change hent. They crashed at fu]] speed into the Hessian line. ]Tenses and men were thrown into confusion. Many on both sides were hurled to the ground. Tho commanders were unhorsed and trampled, under foot. Every officer on the brigadier's staff was swept oft his horse, and some of them were seriously injured In the excitement many of the Hes- sians drew their .swords to defend themselves, and some nasty wounds were inflicted. A lieutenant bad both his legs broken. The worst accident happened to ono of the subalterns of the Iles. Wens. A Bavarian dragoon, madden- ed by the excitement of the charge. and unable to pull up his horse, in- advertently drove his lance through the lieiItenttnt's body. Staff officers galloped up to stop the scuffle. Call -.1 ed to attention by the bugle, the dragoons looked at each other in amazement, scarcely understandingf what had happened. Fifty horses were struggling on the ground and many of them were so seriously in- jured that they had to be shot, 1i2ONSTER GORILLAS. One Killed by a Frenchman Weighed 720 Pounds. M. Eugene Brusseux, a French official and an explorer, has just re- turned to Paris from Algiers, bring- ing with him photographs of giant gorillas, one of which was ]silted by his escort of native sharpshooters. The animal is of great size, being 7 feet 6 inches in height, while the width of tiro shoulders is four feet.' One of its hands when cut off weigh 6 pounds, while the carcase turned the scale at 720 pounds, and the united efforts of eight native soldiers were necessary to drag it to the French residency at Ouessou, the administrative centre of Central Sangha, where M. Dupont, the Gov- ernment Administrator, buried the 411111101 and so preserved the skele- ton. leekton. During the past twelve months several travelers have reported the presence in the upper valleys of Loneni and Sangarosh of these enormous gorillas, which have never previously been seen, while the Arabs state that several times the beasts have attacked caravans pass- ing through the valleys. These monster gorillas differ in many respects from all others hith- erto known, The ears are remark- ably small, and the skin is almost bare on the these and stomach, while the shoulders and thighs aro covered with long, thick hair, itt, Brusseux believes that they belong to a new Or at any rate hitherto unknown species. CALLED DOWN• . The Chief -"You are, charged with conduct unbecoming an officer." The Policeman -"Blow's that, sir?" The Chief' -"You were seen enter- ing the front door of a saloon last night instead of the 'family en- trance.' " 0U7.' RATES, Dr, Q,uacicorly-You don't mean to say that old Sawbones charged you $15 for nnnpetatiug your arm? The Victim -That's what he did. Dr, Qiloctcerly-Why inn tho world didn't you scud for mo? I'd have cut both your acme off for $1.0, Mei *' 4.fil4fellvl+liet9wleti''G'1$ !poultry such as ducks, goose or tun- key, should be avoided, Too hot an oven will ruin the lost -made calces as quiek],y as too *i cold an oven, however many pains have been taken The oven door Monk! not he opened often when baking either ealwe ore pastry, for steady heat is nccc 0ary. To remove freckles the following lotion fs 0 good remedy: Take fine ounce of lemon mew, quarter of n drnchrr' of borax fief \veered), and half rt deli/'hill of femme Mix thor- oughly and let it. ettutd in a bottle for three days and ft. will be fit for use. This shardd be. rubbed 00 the face and line is othashinalle, On i,lsr_at llii('a.--.'•' 1i 0111' ,•elieVc the path caused by ins• t %lin;wand bites if damped tvillt tauter; oiler applying this to the affected part., hind round tightly with a bandage. Ammonia is of great service, especi- ally with wasps and brit sting's, to 011ielt a hila' -bag nnav also be ap- plied. Plea bites are relieved by vinegar and can de Culoguc. Melly people are under the im- pression that cucumber is indiges- tible, and when they eat it they clo so under pretest and with apprehen- sion of possibly dire consequences. ):low this deluition ran bee, arisen it is diflicul11 to say, unless it he that cucumber is often eaten with sei- nen, and other Ind igoslib1e table firnle, It is nut the cucumber, but probably the salmon that Hits se heavily upon our stomach's throne, Cucumber, in fact, is very digestible when eaten properly. In eating cu- cumber it is well to cut it into thin slices and to masticate thele thor- oughly. hq. Home SOME DAINTY DISHES. Walnut Walnut ketchup should he male while the husks of the nut are still green, Save serape of ham, tongue, or pressed beef, for they 11019 to season forcemeat and mance excclleat roli8h- es. Cut ol7 the flap of sirloin of beef and Eprhnl<10 salt over it if the wee- thor be warn, then ball and serve cold. Clover Tluttee. To give butter the fresh flavor, put solae freshly gather- ed clovor blossoms rots the closely - fitting jar with it for s0(11e hoe's and the butter will absorb the flav- or. To anolt chocolate for large cai.es, etc., rinse out a clean, small stew- pan Willi water, put in the chue"- late, set over a gentle fire, and stir steadily till it is Liquid. The choco- late requires to be watched very carefully or it will tura to powder. Veal Sausages. -To m(lice those take equal quantities of lean veal and fat bacon, with a handful of sage, stilt., and pepper. Let all be chopped thoroughly and worked 10 - gather; a ski •.nod and boned an- chovy may bo tic: ,ed to the above prcportions, Make into ills, flour thickly, and fry a light brown coil-•, Clear Gingerboer -To two gallons of wo.ter, add five pounds of loaf sugar and - three ounces of whole ginger, and boil all slowly for one hour. When this is cold, add the juice of five lemons and about two tablespoonfuls of yeast, spread on a piece of toasted broad. Lat the liquor staid in a tub, covered with a thick cloth for two or three days. Then strain it through a cloth and bottle for use. ! Lemon Man cmange. Soak one ounce of gelatine ina quart of mills for two hours. Add to this -a strip of very thin lemon peel, sugar to taste, a dozen blanched almonds chopped very small, and let it all cools slowly in a doul•Ae saucepan till the gelatine is dissolved and the milk delicately flavored. Strain into a wetted mould. Set wide till firm and cold. Turn out to serve and pass a good custard round, Tomato sauce for keeping is !,lade 00 follows: reel one gallon of ripe tomatoes and five pods of red pep- per. Cook until tender, strain through a coarse cloth, then stir I thoroughly into it. two ounces of salt, two ounces of hlarlc pepper, half an ounce of white mustard seed, half an ounce of allspice and one pint of vinegar. Boil slowly In a lar stood in a pan of boiling water Mr three or -four hours, While still warm bottle and cork tightly, 'Phis will keep for years, so should le made in quantities when there is a good crop A New Way with Dried Apples - For people who do not like a dried apple pie made in the usual way, try the following: To 1 qt. apples after tlheir are cooked down dry and freed from humps, add 1. pt. sweet cream or rich mills, two well beaten eggs and sugar to suit the taste. Nut- meg or other spices can be added as Bleed. Bake with two crusts. This amount twillmake four or five pies. Frozen Peaches with Ice-cream. - Large firm peaches should be chosen for this. Peel carefully and cut each in half. Pack in an ice cave or freezer for two or three hours, until well frappe. Have ready rounds of sponge or angel cake. Lay ono of the peach balves on each of these, surround the cake with ice cream, or whipped cream, and put a large spoonful of ice cream in the place left vacant by the peach stone. Liver Loaf. -Boil a lamb's liver until tender in water to which a sliced onion and a stalk of celery have been added. When cold wipe the liver dry and put it through a meat -chopper. Rub it to a paste with half a teaspoonful of onion Mice, a trtblespoonful of Worcester- shire sauce, one of mushroom cat- sup, and three of melted butter. Butter a rather small -meld with straight sides and press the liver mixture down into it. This loaf is made more elegant by the addi- tion of a few truffles arranged .hero and there in the paste. Leave it on the ice until just before serving, turn out on a Dat plate, garnish at- tractively, and cut in thin slices. HINTS FOR THE HOME, For your shop windows Use kero- sene for polishing; nothing else will nmlco them shine so brightly. A slice of raw tomato rubbed on to ink stains on te white cloth or the hands will remove the stains. Make tea with soft water as often as possible, for it softens and opens the tea leaves more thoroughly than hard water. All herbs used for medicine should be gathered on a lino day and be well dried In the sun, spread out on. pepprs. .Alter frying do not pour off the fat till it h -as cooled a little, and then be careful to keep back the sediment, which throw into the pig - tub, Soap -suds should never be wasted, as they prove a very valuable ma- nure, No one who is lucky enough to have a gardenshould ever throw away soap suds. To Beep Lettuce Fresh. -Half fill a shallow basin with cold water and set the lettuaes sten down in this, placing them apart so that they cannot touch 'eaah other. Ohange the water daily, and only leave enough to cover the Stems, Meet for ,young children should be carefully pi'opared aril always be fresh cooked, No twice -cooked food such as hash, stew, or amince sl1o111d HANG UP YOUR HATS. When putting either summer or winter hats away for the season, brush them thoroughly with a hat. brush or a corn broom, then put them into a large rnillnen•'s paper bag, tie a string tightly around the opening several inches down, leaving a loop In the string to bang them up by, ITaalg the hag upon a nail in the closet or attic, as the case may be, and the hat will come out as fresh as ever when wanted again. If you tie the string tightly enough around the neck of the hag, moths cannot get at It, neither can dust. A friend has a row of such bags hanging against the wall of an un- finished attic; and also a row of cloth bags in which are sewed up tightly various coats, dress waists and skirts with the hooks of the wire hangers protruding, to hang themup by. This is a more satis- factory way of caring for winter garments than laying them away in chests, where they are sure to be more or less wrinkled by pressure; and a piece of camphor 80100(1 up in each bag is a safeguard against moths and carpet bugs, Dresses and coatswhich have hung all summer in bags large enough to comfortably aecom,nodate them, will bo taken out in just as good condition as if they had bean in daily use. If each 11th, dress, coat, overcoat, etc., is plainly marked on the hag contain- i ing it with the owner's name, and 1 also with the name of the gement' contained therein, there will be no difl'tcuity in finding it when warted; and in the case of the hats, not a flower or a feather will be found dis- arranged when taken from its paper covering, THE LOBSTER'S HABITS. Disabled Ones Are at Once attack- ed by Their Fellows. The twenty-third annual report of the Scottish Fishery Board gives the lobster an entirely bad character. It Is an intentionally surly, suspicious, and unsociable fish, and regards any- thing that comes near it as its foe. Tho main motive of its activity is defence, and in defending itself it manifests a blind and unrelenting( vengeance, It procures a hole in which to wait for its prey, and to which to retire after a fight, and it is then unsafe for any animal to approacin it. Its keenness of attack and relent- less hold, when once it has gripped its antagonist, are due to its want of sight. The eye of the lobster is so sensitive that strong light blinds it. Although it possesses keen eye- sight when first hatched, the lobster is practically blind later in life. it sees nothing properly, but simply has the sensation of light and sha- dow. It tests a shadow with its antsn- nee, and sornetilnos when a strong shadow is cast on it-, the lobster will leap at it on the off -chance that it is a foe. The fighting tendency makes it difficult to keep lobsters in confine- ment. When bice they have settled down, however, they will live at peace with one another, but it is only an armed neutrality, and if ono of the fish ever loses its fighting power it is at onco attacked by the others. tb PARTICULAR, "If you will go out and drop some wood for an hour, .T'11 give you 50 cents," said the lady to the seedy - looking man at the back door. '"Well, madam," replied the )man with his cap in his hand, "there is so much being said just now about the tainted money that before T ac- cept your proposition 1400111(1 litre 10 ]crow just how ,your husband made his," { NATURAL CONCLUSION. "Kindly put out your tongue a little farther, madam," said the doe. tor, "Sir," rejoined the fair patient, "do you think there is no end to a woman's tongue?" "Madam," replied the 1et, D., "I have been ;married .seventeen years,. end I Haven't found the end of 'my be given to young children, Rice, wife THE S. S. LESSON I:NTEI1.NATIQNAL LESSON, OCT, 8, Lesson II, Daniel in the Lions' Den. Golden Text, Psa. 24.7, LESSON WORD NTUI)11d14, Note -These Word :Studies are has rd 11)1tilt: text of the Revised Vol Verse 10. '3.1111 when Daniel 1'-111' that the writing 11')18 signed-L'ertan pr'ince's, jealous of the nook are honer accorded to 111e 1 fellrc'lt Daniel, and' i;aou'iug hie fidelity 1. delwvah, had - laid a plot for hi 1101110014(111. They requested of til king tlutt 11e sign a decree #'t.he whosoever (should) ssk tt petition c any god 01' 1111111 8111'0 of (the) loin (.should) be cast into the den e Dons": and the king, evidently for g1'11,110 111.; favorite 1/x,11111, 1111d 11ia fidelity to Jehovah, was in his e treeie vanity persuaded to sign til decree, Open , . , toward ,J erusaleru--A every devout Mohammedan to -da; Mill worships at 8111r180 witli his face toward Mecca, so the devout dew of the exile period worshiped with his face toward .Jerusalem, the Holy City and the seat of Jehovah's ,• netua1'y. 11. 'These num-Those who had per- suaded the king to sign the decree. 12. Interdict -A strict prohibition with an attached penalty. Tho late of the Modes and Per- sians, which altereth not -Literally, passcth not away. "Trio writing which is written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring, may no loan reverse' (Esth. 8. 8). 1(i. Now the Icing spake and said unto Daniel llefore being cast unto the lions Daniel is summoned before the king, who :;peaks to him words of encouragement and in the spirit of an algology for bringing this dis- aster upon him. Whom thou servest continually -A. remarkable tribute to Daniel's fidel- ity to Jehovah. He will deliver thee -The expres- sion of a hope rather than a positive conviction on the part of Darius. 17. The den -This was probably part of an artificial structure and was apparently, at least in part, nndel'ground. Signet -Seals and signets wore common among Babylonians, Assy- rians, Persians, and other ancient peoples. "Tile signet if Darius Hys- tapis represented the king as engaged M. a lion hunt.:"-ltatvlinsOn. 18. Instruments of music -The, real meaning of the word so translated is not known. The root from which it is derived in Hebrew signifies to thrust, to overthrow, and in Arabic it meals to spread or to spread out. Translators and commentators conjecture the meaning which to them seems enftable to the context. 10. Very early in the morning, -in haste Indicating the intense anxiety of Darius in regard to the possible and even probable fate of Daniel. 'This anxiety seems to prove that his words to Daniel in verso. 16, "Thy God -will deliver ranee," were a hope rather than a strong conVic- 1,11111. 2e. lVilh a lamentable voice -Lit- erally, a pained voice, betraying the anxiety which he felt. 0 Daniel, servant of the live-,; find -It seems evident that the example of Daniel's fidelity had made a strong impression upon Darius, with whom the question now was a qu1s- tion of the actual power of this (tort whom Daniel served so faithfully. 21. 0 king, live forever -The stand- ing formula with which i)auiel al- dresse l iia king (comp. Dau. 8. 9; 13. 10; 6. 6). The fact that Daniel an- swered at all was proof that he still lived.. No further eyelet was really necessary. 22. His angel -Literally, his mes- senger, that is, his ministering ser- vant (comp. Gen. 24. 7, 40; Exod, 88, 2; Nunn. 20. 16). Before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee -This inno- cence had none been amply vindicat- ed, and Darien was more than ready to credit the vindication. 28. Because he had trusted in his God -"Who through faith . . e talned the promises, stopped the mouths of lions" (Bela. 11. 88). Tho remainder of the stogy is told in verso 24-28, which should be read i11 connection with the lesson text, as should also the part of the chapter preceding the text. Darius's ven- geance upon the men who had ma;i- eloesly accuser( Daniel was most se• vire, though in perfect. harmony with the sense of justice of the time, In judging the details of any narrative of antiquity w0 unlet endeavor 10 first place ourselves mentally in the situatiou and environment of the times and peoples concerning whom the narrative informs us, LOST ON' PHANTOM FARM YOUNG W0IVIAN AI•ii,'STB 21IOUSt' i DISAPPI ABS,: . Drops Completely Out of Sight After Sending Letters Ono of the meet remarkable (Y(44 t.eries of modern times is involved in. " the disappearance of Miss. Phoebe Rebecca Penniall, 88 years of age, w who up to six months ago was en- 11; gaged in mieelon work among the I poet• in the district of Greenwich, e 1:nglund, where her parents still'ro- lside. Bow inexplicably strange is c, the. mystery may be gathered from t the fact that up to the present no- body hotly knows why or when or where g or how she disappeared, or 'whether f she is dead or alive, All that is known for a certainty is that sir months ago she went as a lady's a- companion to a farm house near e Seven Oaks, but although letters were regularly received from her s until recently, no one, not oven hey father and mother, has been able to find the farm grouse, notwith- standing long searches by relatives and police. They have further had the aid of a sketch map, which some one sent anonymously to the rola- lives of the girl, on which Wae marked the site of this mystic dwel- ling. The full story of this amazing case, dealing as it does with myster- ious farm houses and phantom ad- dresses, recede more like a highly imaginative work of fiction than the happenings of real life. When she made known her decision to leave her home and her philanthropic work her parents and friends triad to dissuade her, but she had then made arrangements to go to the mysterious farm house in Kent as a companion, and nothirgglwould shake her Prom her purpose. WROTE L1✓PTERS HOME. Her fellow -workers belong for the most part to the West Greenwich Ragged- School and Working Lads'' Institution, where she conducted a class for many years. After her arrival at this farm house in Tient, around which is cen- tered the mystery of her subsequent movements, she wrote. regularly ' to her parents, and said she was com- fortably settled, and that the farm- er and his wife were very kind to her. A curious feature about these letters was that not in a single Jn- stance did they bear any address, and by the girl's request the re- plies were sent to the Seven Oaks post -office. She called regularly at the post -office for her letters, until the end of May. Then her visits ceased. Apparently there was no- thing to 'arouse tele suspicion of the girl's parents until a fortnight ago, when Mrs. Billinghurst, the married sister of Miss Penniall, received a letter stating that Miss Penniall had suffered from sunstroke, which had caused heart weakness. If Mrs. Billinghurst, said the latter, went over on the following Tuesday, a conveyance would meet her and take her to the farm house. MAP OF TILE LOCALITY. CALMING HTM. Tho other day a carelees treason dropped a brick .from the second storey of a building on which he was at work. Leaning over the wall and looking down, he saw a respectable citizen with his hat jammed over his ryes. The mason, In tones of apprehension, asked: - "Did the bl'icic hit anyone down there?" The rltecen, with great difficulty extricating himself from the ex- tinguisher into Which lois hat had been transformed, replied, with con- siderable warmth: - "Yes, sir, it did; it hit me." "'That's right," exclaimed the 1105011, 111 1011e0 of undisguised ad - Mention. "Noble Mani I would rather have wasted a thousand bricks than have you tell mo a lie about it." WHAT THEY MISS, Flats--Iiis said that elophents,are 5(01110ct1 to rheumatism, Sharps -Well, they aro sparecl one horror dncideutal to the disease, alhyiveY, lrlats-What is that? Sharps --They don't have to listen to people who have a sure aero for it. On the following Saturday Mrs. Billinghurst received another letter, stating that if she cared to go on Monday she trwi at liberty to do so, but she would fend it a long way to walk, as 110 carriage would be sent for her, With the letter was en- closed a map of the locality. Mrs, liillfngehurat spent all the day tramping about to discover the farm ]rouse indicated on the neap, but failed to do so. On Tuesday she receives] another letter from "L. Richards," as it was signed, a name unknown to her, informing her that "Phoebe had four fits and died. Two doctors were called in." A number of other mysterious communications have been received, but up to the present time the case remains as mysterious as when let- ters were first sant to Mrs. 'Billing- hurst and the map was furnished her outlining the way to the phaantona farm house. SAND -SOLED snows, Appreciating the rapidity with which leather soles wear out, an in- ventor now comes forward with a "rock bottom" shoe which he de - 'Wares to oil practically iindestrnclible, His invention consists of a cement for coating the ung orside of the usual leather sole with flue quartz sand. His process 18 mid to leave the solo as flexible as ordinary Ma- ther. and yet there is no danger of the cement cracking or chipping eta The :Owes are designed principally for out-of-door workers, and it 10 asserted that not. only will the shoo resist 1:he effects of weal', but it will enable the (1501' to maintain a foot- ing upon the most slippery surface, the sole presenting hundreds of fine points which will grip anything without slipping. TEACHITNG BLIND FISH TO 5119., in the hope of teething blind fish to ser, some interesting experiments are being carried out a.1. the Nov York Aquarium. A large consign' merit of blind lloh has just horn re- ceived there from the Mammoth Cave of iicame:y, anit Mr. Spencer, di- rector of the Aquarium fish hatch- erv, expects that under Wm carr 11110 blind 1151 will, in time, evolve owe rind 800 like other fish, The fish are natives al )llcho River, the (15510st subterranean stream in the world., HOME OF THE M'0UT1I-O11GAN, 'Prossfngen, in : the Black forest, is the home of the rmouth»organ, Ono firm in that town alone has fifteen branch 'fenteriee, 001pleys 2,0110 hands, told tnrne int. 6,000,000" wauth-organa a►t►ry year,