The Brussels Post, 1903-12-3, Page 3IALS F 1,1
We Must Abstain From All Appear=
mice of Evil
Metered eccorelng to Act of the Vase
hansom of (Mendes se tee year One
Theusa)ei Nine Hundred and Three,
ey Wise misty, of Toromo, at the
Department of Agree:nitre, otteavae
A ilespeleb front elhicage slays: Rev.
Penni, lie Witt. Talmage peace:bud
front the, following' text: Zechariah
iv., 1 0, "'Who Isiah despised the day
of email Chinese"
Seeming insignificaeces may 110 Na-
tal osson 1.1 a Is. Soule Yours 41404
when coossing the Atlantic mean,
the eieteeitilon with whom I was
t plug one day muldenly 11111114 op-
en .11t,‘• etateroom door and eried:
Coine on eleckl Something' has
happened to the ship!" Wisest J tw-
elve(' oir. deck I found mores and
hundreds of isassengers excitedly
watching Use 81 range movements of
the elies 'at emir:4e. Instead of MOW -
big ahead, we wore slowly moving
eround to the right in a perfect cir-
cle. .111111 then en oilicer pafised 1110,
811(1 1 affkril: "What is the metier,
lieutenant? Is the meteor isrolien?"
"ols, no." said lice "We are merely
testing' a new compass. in order to
end out whether it is perfect we had
to wait mil 1 I We were rar away from
the magnetic effect of rocks alai land.
Those influence's nlay 1101. 81)01)1 to
be inuch, hut they may entirely cle-
feet the accuracy of the compass'
noodle." Meity years ago a large
811its WaS wrecked because it small
piece of steel from the point ot a
knife was driven into the wood near
its vonspass box and made the com-
pose' finger a false vele.
Thus, my Mends, I would take for
my theme to -they tho "Small Essen-
tials" of Ilfe. I would try to show
you that many of tho seeming insig-
neleames end the despised monads
Oro pi egnant with largo broodof
influences, every one of which Will
have largo progenies. .A. cbolera
germ Imes be so small thrit it is 110 1.
vislisle to the naked eye. lf, how-
ever, st is let, alone in its work of
devastation it, can soon crowd the
wards of the county hospital with
invalids and Iceep the undertakers'
wagons busy by day as well ne the
nurses by night. I ask the striking
question which Zechariah put in
times of old, "Who hath despised the
day of small things?"
PERSONAL APPEAL.
Small essentia1 the first: Appropri-
ateness and neatness of personal ap-
parel -appropriateness and neatness
in reference to the coat a man
wears upon his back, and to the
sleets on his foot., and especially in
reference to the cleanliness of -Use
linen he weers about his neck, and
to Gm modesty with which he is at-
tired in public. Clod would never
hate condemned the "cities and the
chains find the bracelets and the ruf-
fles and bonnets and the ornaments
of the legs and the headbands and
the tablets and tho earrings antl the
none jewels and the changeable suits
of Emparel and the mantles and
the wimples and the crisping pins
and the elastics and the fine linen
and the hoods and the veils" of the
haughty daughters of Ziou "who
walk with stretched forth melts and
wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, end making a, tinkling with
their feet," unless there was a direct
0011)1)101 011 between a man's inner
character and 1118 "Satter Resartus,"
of "Philosophy of Clothes." Paul
would never have commanded the
women of the Corinthian church to
veil themselves in public assemblage
11 ho had not been convinced that a
vroman's disregard of the social cus-
toms of the country and the time
implied lack of modesty and pur-
ity. There is, there must be, an un-
breakable spiritual link bindieg 0.
man's personal apparel and his
heart. 'Cleanliness is next to godli-
ness" is it trenchant:statement not
foundin hoIy writ, but the sulestance
of its teachings is certainly within
the leaves of the Holy 13ible. The
elaborate directions which God gave
to the Israelites for careful and
frequent, ablutions of the body and
the clothes show that he is not in-
different to the cleanliness of those
who Come into his presence. We
have, therefore, a eight to doubt
whether a person who is ie public
chronically 'dirty in person or slov-
enly or immodest in apparel can of-
fer acceptable worship.
HIDDEN TALENTS.
Yet to hear smile slovens talk one
might suppose it Was a sign of men-
tal degeneracy ter men and women
to be °peered of their personal ap-
pearance. They pretend to believe
that a well groomed and neat main
Is essentially a weak man. There -
tote they practically 8ay that one of
the signs of genets is a disregard of
the decencies of life. There aro more
ways than 0110 of interpreting that
misses° of Scripture.weich says in
reference to the oise talent man,
: "And I was afraid and went, and hid
thy talent in the earth." Some of
"the Wirth" in tehieh'isiany men hide
their telents of lile is to be found in
the filthiness and In the unkempt
coeditiOns of their wardrobes,
if it is neceesary to be clean and
heat in personal appearance ie tem-
poral work, how meth more is this
meatness eseential When eve are con-
secrating otir them to the service of
:Jesus Christe The dear Saviour
wants lei to go out aed label' in his
name its the mono way as he Used to
Work. He was taunted with wally
reprowthes during his earthly life,
but those who hated Isim most uoVer
chaeged bile with uricleanlinese
eloveeliness, and we may bo Slere
that the Phitelsee Who invited him
to his houee and tbe other ileete
Vito eutertitined 11181 Woeld nets-
ef'baVe tveleoneed hint ea a gimlet', it
had, ham ,ecitolisse eboeit hife'pee-
eon 014 1118 sirens, be ritteliti of hie
robe may have Ceen poor, but we
iney les sure that them wore no 118-
p1)re8hei upon it. or upon him, So,
Christian Workers, if we go forth in
Christ's mane, mule of us must be
more careful ithout our perm:mai ap-
pearance. 1.temernber, 0 minister,
when you ascend the pulpit, that
your clothes may not be expensive,
but they should be mat. Remember,
0 Suncley school teacher, Viet when
you expound the Bible lesson youi
srhobirs are letosning from you what
it is to be a Christian. They are
learning with their eyes as well as
with their ears. Remember, 0 man
of God, that wherever you go your
(Men skin and pure linen as well as
your lips preach in Christ's name.
011 A RA OT ER DEVELOPMENT.
Small essential the next,: The little
kincirsesees and courtesies which wo
Mould extend to those with whom
we come in daily contact.. The little
acts cf deference Willell WO 5110010*
ShOW 10 ladies, such ns taking off
the hat Mien we stand with them
In an elevator or allowing them to
precede us through an open door.
'rhe "Thank you, sir,'with which a
lEtdy should acknowledge a gentle-
man's action when he rises in a
street car to offer her a seat. The
little social calls by which we should
welcome a new neighbor or her
friends into our community. The lit-
tle gifts of delicacies which should
be sent to the invalid's room of our
imighbor's house, All those little
attentions and courtesies may 1101
eeem to be of much value at the
time, bet they are mighty in the do-
velomnent or tho depletion of ha -
emit character. They aro mighty in
deciding whether a. man is to live a
selfish or an unselfish life.
ITow a selfish life? Simply enough.
Ilere, for inetance, is a Irian Who ere
tevs a, railroad car. He places his
satchel in one seat and his overcoat
by his side. Then he stretches out
his long legs, puts his feet upon the
opposite seat arid begins to read a
newspaper. After awhile the train
fills up, but he does not remove his
incumbrances. The man is an in-
carnation of selfishness. He cares
only for his own comfort and is ob-
livious of tho rights of others. He
has paid for but one sitting. 17e has
a right to occupy oniy a seat. Yet
I:e is monopolizing four sittings.
When the poor old woman with a
heavy bundle comes down the aisle,
timidly looking for a place to rest
and to deposit her load, he buries his
faro yet farther in the newspaper
arid pretends not to see her. The
olci lady hesitates a little by his side
ancl thee passesi on. You seer :
"That man is not a. relit° man. He
is not a. gentleman." I say Cbris-
tian courtesy means mere than the
two words "mere pollteeess" imply.
That man is laying the foundations
of an evil future. For if he 18 dis-
courteous to his fellow men, if be is
willing to crowd his felootv paesen-
gers in a railroad train out of the
seats 10111111 rightfully belong to
them, he is developing a disposition
which, if not checked, may lead him
by and by to defraud his neighbor of
the dollars and cents which by right
belong to him. When Paul said,
"Bo courteous" he meant: more than
to be nscrelsr polite. Ile meant "be
honest, be fair, be noble in the little
duties and attentions which you
should show to your fellow men."
C1.1111S7.1AN COURTESY.
Character is not born; it is devel-
oped. It springs not up in a night,
as a Jonah's gourd. Pt grows grad-
ually. Every act of our present day
is dependent in more ways than one
upon the actions of our past. When
O woman peeks out of her window
to see the furniture van unload her
new neighbor's furniture and then
refuses to call upon that neighbor
and extend to her the rightful social
respect of the neighborhood, she is
schooling hermit to refuse to extend
a welcoming hand to her humble sis-
ter when she enters her church. When
a rano) is willing to push his way
through the crowds blocking the
aisles of a large dry goods store,
forcing frail vvomen to right and lett
and shoeing aaide the little children,
he is mirturieg the spirit which is
shown by a criminal chauffeur who
chives his automobile at frightful
velocity through the crowded streets
of a, large city. He drives it ahead,
caring not what horses he may
frighten or what person he iney
strilie because he knows that, like a
full speeded Cunarder striking a fish -
leg smack, it is the other person
who will be hurt and hot himself.
Christian courtesy is of the tree of
righteousness, arid discourtesy is of
the tree- of sin. Let Mi beware how
we • ignore that apostolic command-
ment, "Be courteous" (X Peter 111,
8).
A,V011) APPE,ARANCE OF EVIL.
Small essentiel the next : The ab-
stinence fromall appearanee .01 evil,
The taking care of your life's actions
so that they may mem be false
11)411(5 1111111)4 • your neighbors mai
!donde upon the fetal vocks of dm
The refusal to eat /mitt, if by tho
eeting you may Cause your beothee
to offence "All things may be law-
ful, but all things are not esmedient"
wail the substance of the Pauline in-
junction to the Corinthien church.
"Po seem" may sometimes be almost
at; great a tin as "to be." Mark
you this : 140 man can afford in any
way to have hie influence cast upon
the wrotig side of Any moral quoit
tion. Nearly all our groat religious
teachers have reeognized this truth,
We meet abstein from all appeals -
once of evil on itecount of our le-
gume% over others. We Must abe
stein front all appearances 01 evil on
Mooted, also of the reactionary evil
influence upen ourselves. One of the
geetsteet, fitiletarke.egainet sin 18 the
God iinpiwiteci dealt% tobe thought
well Of ,by your 'sleight:41UL 'A Meese
4'
on account of principle, ought to be
ready, it sieves:sexy, to defy tho scorn
and tha sneer and the opprobrium
and the personalise and the Inhofe
presentation mid the ridicule of the
home race, But every man may
desire that his neighbors and friends
think well of him; that they eliould
regard hie eame fie the synonym of
bonelity end truth and probity and
reetitude. Anil when any man comes
to the dangerous vonclition in Which
he does not care what his neighbors
think ebout bine when he intention-
ally and recklessly etlre up a lam
nets' rest of 1100E110ml criticism; when
be tauntingly boasts that it does
not matter what others may say, ne
limg as be is not doing wrong, then
that man's feet are trawling the soft
quicksands of tempthelon and walk-
ing Wittig the narrow edge of the
precipice of death.
141e1G1GEMENTS.
Small es:meths] the lost, : The in-
exorable duty of keeping an engage-
ment. The necessity of doing what
you promise to do. If you say to
Et 114011E1, "I will Meet yoll at such
a piece, at such and such a time,"
you should be there, If you cannot
be on time, according to promioe,
for your engagement then you
should notify the permit 101111 whoui
yoe have the appointment. But the
great trouble with many tweed° is
that they have no moral 801150 of the
duty of keeping an engagement en -
less they wish to do so. They will
promise anything, like a dishoneet
politician just before an election, and
like the sante dishotinst af-
ter election they will forget all their
promises if It suits their contonience
to forget. This resul1 is that the
man's character and religious life
will be eaten out by these little fail-
ures anti sins, Just as one little worm
can tunnel its way into the heart of
a great oak and eat out its heart
until at fret tho monarch of the
forest will have its backbone snapped
by the onrushing winds.
DESPISE NOT SMALL TIDINGS.
It is the foxes, the little foxes that,
most often spoil the tender vines,
not the elephantine monsters. Once
in Etwhile, however, tho heavy fool
of an eastern camel might crush
them or the pew of a leopard might
iip them apart when the midnight
prowler, chased by the dogs, is rush-
ing away after having robbed the
sheepfold, but this Is a rare occur-
rent*. it is the little faults, the
careless and thoughtless negligence,
which do the most frequent mischief.
It is the little wends that destroy
tbe gardens and with their bayonet
thrusts of thorns stab the flowers to
death, but the mighty growths of
the cedars of Lebanon or the weep-
ing willows. So it is inevitably the
small sins, the despised sins, the
igorned sinS, the sins of insignifi-
cance, that most frequently over-
throw human character, »ot the be-
hemoth sins, not the monstrous sins,
not the sins catalogued in the crim-
inal codes of man and of nations.
SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
What is the secret of success? ask-
ed the Sphinx.
Push, said the button.
Take pains, said the window,
Never be led, said the pencil.
Bo up to date, said the calendar.
Always keep cool, said the Ice.
Never lose your bead, said the
clock.
Do a driving business, OEcid the
hammer.
Aspire to greater things, seed the
nutmeg.
Make much of small things, said
the microscope.
Never do anything offhand, said
the glove.
Spend much time in reflection, said
the mirror.
Got a good pull with the ring, said
the doorbell.
Find a good thing and stick to it,
said the glue.
Strive to make a good inipreSSi011,
said the seal.
Turn all things to your advantage,
Said the lathe.
Make the most of your good points
said the compass.
SAILOR'S LIVE SPAN.
If ono thinks of sailors ma Indite(
short lived we would probably give
as a CRUM of early death drowning,
or, in the matter of diseases, rheu-
matism would be the disease which
woulti• mese readily suggest itself to
our thoughts. Dr. Collinridge,
great English authority 00 all that
concerns the health of tho sailor,
says it: is a fact thee: consumption
claims the largest number of vic-
tims from the seaSaring class, and
he attributes thls fact to the small
portion Di air allotted to each tenth
In the sleeping arrangements on
board ,hip. The maximum space al-
lowed sailors is seventy-two cubic
feet, while 3/0. Collinridge points out
that, from a. moderato sanitary point
of mew, one hundred feet ehould be
provided.
IN (Joon 0131.8) 0111111311.
At e concert held in (3, cattalo
'1.0101) a soldier of the Black Watch
occupied 41, seat In front of a private
of all 'Irish reginiont and his sweet -
'meet. The latter Wall Very 31111011
illiereSted in the Bliehlanderei uni-
form, and :manned the regimental
badge On hit; 0110 and colter partieu-
larly. Third badge Is the figesre told
cross of St. Andrew witls the motto
"Nemo nio impulse limeseit," (No one
comoys mo with impunity),
"Phwat doee that 811011 1(1' maim,
nage'?" asked the girl.
"Phwy," replied Pat, "it's Latin,
but I've forgotten the Engliels av it.
But in good 00E1 Oirie11 it numes,
'Thread on the tail av me coat 11
ye dere "
'ORGAN illeleAES WINDOWS.
Whon the big organ commenced to
play in the Sedimy Town Hall the
vibration eaueed by 1(8 42f1., open
dismal:son pipes broke oeveral
doWil, and brealisht ditesit it feel Mei-
dredweighte Of Plainer frera the
roof,
oceoess0osseg.e.:9 elesellen
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FOR leTel, HOME aL.
m Recipes for the Kitchen, 0
O liyglese and Other Notes '40
0 for (11.> Housekeeper,
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DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Sally Lume-Two eggs; one ball
euli segue') one cup sweet mile; thiee
Pups yellow meal; them tablespoon-
fuls butter; three tablespoonfuls Mk-
lng powder. Been in a rather quick
081111 twenty minutes; cue in
Fruit Pop-Overe.-Four eggs beat-
en light; butter Sire of an egg; two
cups of rarest AIM; three teaspoon-
fuls of baiting powder; one cup of
raisine and currant% mixed and flour-
ed, and yellow meal oufflcient to
make a. medium thick batter, 1 3aee
in gem hens, Nice for breakfast,
Corn Meal Wiiffies.-One pint of
tbiok sour railk; two eggs: o4.0
tablospooniel melted butter; one tea-
spoonful Node, one tablespooefel se-
gue': meal sittlicient to maim 11, good
batter. Balm in waffle iroile, They
should be Lich golden Mown.
Chocolige lessather Cake, -One
beaten egg, One cup Negro', 2 table-
Spoolia Welted butter, half cup sweet
1111111, (ems of St. Louis flour, one
Mae:pools eream tartar, half teaspoon
soda, Take one-third of tIse dough,
stir in two tablespoons coot or choc-
olate, mei put in- the tin as you
would inerble eake. Have a quick
aren.
Nut Candee-Prepare any or all
kinds of tette, piece them in is. greas-
ed pan. Take 2 cups granulated 80 -
ger, or more if a larger quantity of
candy is desired. Put it into the
spider without liquid of any sort.
Stir constantly. lis will stick to-
gether, and you wi I think it will
amount to nothing. Still 'keep o21
stiering, and soon it will be syrup.
Then turn it over the nuts, cool, and
mark into equares. When you come
to eat it you will have brittle candy,
clear as glass.
Graham .Applo Dumplings -Pare 4
good sized tart tipples and put them
In a saucepan with about ono quart
w ater and half cup sugar. When
they aro about bell' done have ready
some clumplinge made in the feline -
/rig menner : Two eislis greemen
(.1001', two teaspoons baking flOWder,
half teaspoon salt. Moisten 'with
just enough milk to make a. dough
that can be shaped with the hands
into balls about 1 inteles 111 diame-
ter. Boil them in the syrup with
the applee ten mieutes, and Reeve
with soft brown sugar and cream, If
closirecl, spice may be added to tee
apple sauce before the dumplings are
put in.
Gingerbread Tudding.Fill a com-
mon sized baeing dish little more
than belt full of apples cut ia thick
slime, scatter over them Et little
sugar, malt, cinnamon fuel instmeg
and potm over them helf cup of Wa-
ter. Illalce the gingethread of balf
eup molasees, half cup sugar, half
cup bu•tter, 0110 Clip boiling water,
one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon earth
of ginger and cinnamon, flour enough
to make a thin mixture. Pour this
over the apple and bake, Serve
with sauce.
Raised Doughnuts. -One cupful of
sugar, one-half cupful of butter, two
eggs, ono pint of warm milk, one
yeast cake dissolved in one cup
warm water, one-half toaspoOn each
of soda and salt, and dash of nut-
meg. Mix with flour like soft bread
dough, let rife over night. Turn out
on et tiourecl board, roll out one inch
thick witout molding, cut into
rings, let r180 until very light,. Fry
in hot fat, turning often. When
cold, roll in powdered sugar. If
these doughnuts 0.10 kept in a jar
ancl heated and roiled in sugar as
they are needed, they will seem like
freshly cooked doughnuts. Another
way to have fresh doughnuts every
day is to make the dough as direct-
ecl, and cut off enough ettch morning
to roll out and fry for breakfast,
keeping the rest of the dough on ice,
which chills the yeast plant and re-
tards rising. The cook must, lige
eaely to riee the deugle The first
method is easier end the mikes are
about as good. This 'recipe makes
about four dozen medium-sized
doughuuts.
114 THE isel!PCIIEN.
The best thing for mending broken
china, or crockery is white lead, such
ea paintere 1113e. This may bo
bought in one -pound cans and kept
rendes for liffe. Paint the edges of
the pieces with the lad mixed to
the consistency of thick cream, bitifi
the pewee firmly together mid let
them etatui throe or four days until
perfectly dry. it can be broken ass
easily anywhere else as at the old
break if it has been mended proper-
ly, and water has 110 eilk.set 1(1)011 it.
Bo Imre to get the pure white lead
and after it has betel (menial keep
the paint covered with oll to keep
it Prete gettieg dry until it is used
again,
It isi alieest M11)08811)10 lo get, enfts
well or epring water in many places,
and as it le not always convenient to
Wait enii 1 it reins' to do washing, we
arts compelled to soften the water
bcfere llaing it.. De ims use iye
S al 410110,' Whirl) Will rain tho r0101.. of
the calico and ginghein end inttice
the White elothes look dingy, A
few tehicepOonfuls of powdeeed borax
disSOlVell 1II tho water win soften it
isicely. TM eannent roistered do -
depends mem the kind of water you
isave, 11. in e. greet ether -saver and
Will not Metre the elothee,
If the water is rot clear, pot a
iettspooniel nhiet In foor gelloise
end allow it to disselee. Ali the
impuritioa will settle to the hottoin,
ed the deer water rah be poured
110aclipped off. If you have a barrel
of water that. you wish to Ilse tor
watibing, put the nines in the eight
before the washing is to 11)3 done,
and it will he ready foe use the next
nutrients,
ef you hove a viec Ilea needs (lean-
in)4, ridi it with 11 teeth relperel 111
keeosene
clean and brighten it. Add a. little
powdered 1)00(111 to the guile, find use
a woolen rug. Ile sure the tins sire
dry before they aro put away. ThiS
is better than 8(01112(4),8(01112(4), whirl1 wears
the tin off. Never Use lye or sal
612(10 Un 8(181111)1
A simple and isonvisident senuring
box nifty be. 131,8(1(7 1)17 insterditg a
small box to a piece of board with
screws or (11,1114, A rigarliox will do
nicely, and the 114114can 1141 bop( 4.141814
when not iri 12041. If the cloths and
ecourlug Mirk are kept in it, one
may be sure of finding •thent when
they ant moiled.
FON TIM PIE -LOVER,
pe, crest -01m cup of laird, two
cense of flour, ono -half cup of Water,
VIVO tahleappolis et balthar, powder,
Enough for two pies.
Cream Vire-One 11(11) pint of ftWeet,
Milk, thicken with the yolk of one
egg, two table:moons of sugar, 1.810
tablespoons, of flour, stir up with a
eittle milk, like thick gravy, then
fluter with anything you 1114e, put
into the crust already bak-
ed, and cover the top with 1340 1)111)18
of tles egg well beaten, and put, let.)
oven to brown
1.011(011 Pie.--juiec and ('1)111 4,1 Lae
Jenson, miles of two eg,ge
e, re
sugar, two tablespoons corasterele
one pint boiling tenter, Put torn-
starch in the milk, add the ether
ii:grOdientS (Dal 00014 ill a (10.1)119e
boiler, put in cruet already balie.1,
whites of e.ggs 1'01t011 000* put on top
of pie with a, t1'014)000 sugar, Put
in oven to brown.
THE PYGMIES OF AFRICA,
A German scientist ham recently
brought out some interesting con.
elusions in rar
egd 1.0 the pm
ygy
race, of which specimens are still
snot with in tho central part of Af-
rica. It is probable that the pygmy
000813 haVe existed also in Europe,
This conclusion is arrived at from
the examination of rrumerous skele-
tans which have been found in the
region of lireslaus in Silesia. Their
height is considerably below the
ordinary average, being about 4 feet
9 inches, which represents the mean
figure for a, whole group of skele-
tons. leollman describes the re-
mains of pyginieff which have been
found in Switzerland. 111 -11118 case
the average height reaches Eis lotv is
4 feet 6 inches. Gutmann has de-
scribed the pygmy remains which
were found in lower Alsace, near
Colmar. These are still smaller mei
the height of many of the specimens
is but 4 feet. The pygmy race must,
be considered as composed of well-
' tie( specimensn n
ao in any
way degenerate or pathologic. They
seem to hE
ave perished in Europe 1121-
til a comperatively recent epoch.
The pygmies of Silesia appear to
have been the contemporaries of the
Romans and to have existed until the
year 1000 1e. D.
IlEAD MINTERS.
Head hunters is the name given to
the professional aSSaSSIns of the Sol-
omon Islands. Tho vocation of these
men is to procure the heads or those
whom they aro hired to murder or
to sell the victims for sacrilical pur-
poses. Sometimes the enemies of a
=On offer a large sum, to be paid
in the native ellen money for the
head, which will bo a proof of death,
and the head hunter, with cold
Wooded and unscrupulous methods,
lays his plans. Frequently great
caution is necessary. The intending
minsderer will worm his way into the
friendship of his victim, and a Jong
period may elapse before the oppor-
tunity will arrive for the fatal
etroke, it may thus often happen
that the murdered man's death will
11080 been compassed by one whom
he 1108 regarded as the closest. and
most loving of intinutes. Surely
this is the most hateful of all pro-
fessions followed for the sake of gain,
THP1 CAUSES OF DEATH,
Only 900 persons in 1,000•,000, ac-
cording to a. inedical authority, die
from old age, while 1,200 succumb
to gout, 18,100 to ineaslee, 27,000
to apoplexy, 7,500 to consumption,
48,000 to scarlet fever, 25,000 to
whooping -cough, 80,000 to typhoid
and typhus, and 7,000 to rheema-
tissue The averages vary according
to locality, but these are considered
pretty accurate as regards the pope-
latism of the globe as a whole.
FISH FLOUR FOR FOOD.
The Ilsberibs represent one of Nor-
way's chief indestries, and quanti-
ties of 11/411 are sold at very low
rates, particularly during summer.
One way in whioli these are utilized
ie by 11100115ig of an 111V01111011vshich
(311111k117(311111k117&lee end pulverizer:, the flesh
of fresh 113111,The resulting mealiest,
celled fish flour, is easy to traesport
frost ono place to (mother, and lete
Coat, 111111'11.We ('181(11).
THE WATER'S INVASION'S.
About a sentare mile of France line
been worn away isy the Eh
nglie
channel 111 the last five 3701.1(8. in
North Brittany has boon meted a.
gradual subsidence of the land (('11)011
11118 'in progrees since 709, at
Which time tham
e Cbeel islands 8101'03014)ed to the coast. by an istlunue.
Aunt Susan : "Did the stoves eou
Were Jae, 100(111,' in the ismeepaper
ond heppily, Josema ?" Uncle Jo:fil-
en (approvingly) 'Yes; the 'seclude
fel heroine got cured of an itemenble
(110)11108. ((11' it telle the mien end
price of the pills that clone the
0 irk."
Wo need scarcely stele that the fol-
lowing imicient took plate 111 the
Weetern fetatee eal'roseeitting Attor-
ney : "Your boner, that bell -pep of
melee hes chewed op the mine
It is e good plan to gather the Bible," Magistritte: "Weil, Meet
tillWare togeleer obeli fir illirea the witneee Ides the then.
weak ,n;re if n. therettgls We,elsbig, We eatet adjourn the eseeri, for a
With, /7end it will holp 10 Week to bent ep a nete
THE S. S. LESSON,
INTERNA.TIONAL LESSON',
DEC. 6.
Text of the Leseon, 1, Nings iii„
4-15. Golden Text, Prov,
ix., 10.
The stutement fa vertu) 3 that "1,01-
001100 1084.41 the Lord- IN abolit, the
beet, thing Ilea could be :said of
him. but it is het so grand off that
in II. Scum xii., 24, 25, "the Lord
loved Min," sloe 8 11 811 givat as
the steguiliciliace of his name Jediditila
the Mese ed of ties Leech Our love
to God is poor compered with
1118 love to us *hut it is neither
worth singing alio4t nor talking
about; it its too often something like
Solomon's, wile, though 110 wallget
hi tee stetmes of David, his father
yet orieritieed and burned incenflo 1(1
high Placee and made neleity with
l'hareols. There is " little whele
heartedness foy Goal netwithetantling
81. Chron. eve, U.
'rho aril of God was in a. tent
widish Letvid had pitched fur it in
MUM ern, 1111
altar of !merit offering were at (Mo-
on 111. (itron, 1., 43, 4), and thither
Solomon and all the coneresettion
bail goe11 to offer incriece, and there
the Lord eppe4rect to Solconon in a
dream by night, end 00c1 said to
lien, Ask what I shall give thee. The
appearing to leis servants is
O most interesting and Inspiring
study from the Vane when Tie cloth-
ed Adam an(1 Eve Wen, iii„ 21) and
onward, but as in the olden iime so
now Ilis usual method is to reveal
Himself by His word (1 Sam. 111.,
18). The Lord's offer to Solomon
at this time reinines its of Est. v., 8,
5; I. Kings x., 1:3; Luke edit., 41;
Matt:vie, 7; 22; John xiv„ 111,
14; xv., 7; Tem xiv., 11, 1. c. But
what do we know of the power of
such words? ITow mueli do we ask
and receive, or what do we know of
the great. and Mighty things of Jer.
email 8?
Solomon's reply to God begins
with rot acknowledgment of great
recedes to his father and to himself,
O thing most appropriate in all oer
approarees to God (Prey. iii., 6;
(1hil. iv., 6). Notice the words
"thou hest" in five different comm. -
Lions in 11118 prayer -thou haat 91101V -
ed kept, given, merle, ehosen, giv-
ing all the glory to God in all these
things. We Etre reminded of David's
prayer in 'F. Chron. xlvfx., 10-10, ,
whcev he acknowledges so humbly his i
08111 nothingness and God's great -1
nese and bounty, using the pronouns
Thou, Thy, Thine, Thee, at least
twenty times. Our highest place is
lying low at our Redeemer's feet„
glorying not in wisdom nor might
nor riches, but in knowing who
is In Himself e11 wisdom and wealth
and power (Jor. ix., 23, 24).
Ills c.onscious weakness and ignor-
ance Solomon sets forth in the
words "I am but a little child; I
know not bow to go out or conic
In" overs(7 7), reminding us of Jer.
i„ 6. if he had always ret»ained
consciously weak and had leaned
wholly on the Lord how different
would his reconl have been. Uzziali;
one of his successors, ems marvel-
ously helped till he was strong, but
then his heart was lifted up to his
destruction (1I. Citron. xxvi., 15,
16). Not in pride, but only in hu-
mility, can we walk with God (Mie.,
vi., 8, margin).
His request as given in TOMO 9 is
stated in II Cheon, 1. 10, as fol-
lows "(lite3110 eow wisdom and
enowledge that 1 may go out and
come in before tide people." Wis-
dom is the principal thing, better
than rubies and all other things that
might be desired, and can be obtain-
ed when Merl honestly desire it
(Prow, 11, 8-1): iv, 7; mo, 11). It
can be had for the asking, but it
mast be sincerely asked for (Jas. i,
5). It is pert of the fullness tbat
dwells in Christ for His people (Col.
ii, 9; I Cor, 1, 24, 80).
Because Solomon made such at re-
quest and did not nsk Om himself
riches or long life the Loed was
pleneed to grant him what ho asked
abundantly and also ars abundance oe
the things he had not asked foe.
It is written that "God gave Solo-
mon wisdom and understanding ex-
ceeding much and largeness of heart
even as the sand that is 011 the sea -
More," but thie strange measure of
wiedom Is explelecid by the fact that
Judah and larael are spoken of as
being many, we the sand whieh is by
the sea in multitude (I Kings iv, 20,
29). Solomon waa thee promised
wisdom for every indivtdual case he
might have to deal with, mid an ii-
htstration is given in the record
which follows our lesson.
As to Solomon's request pleasing
the Lord, our Lord Jesus said of
Himeelf, "I do always those things
that pleme the Is'a.ther," and the
Father testified of Jests, "Thin is
MY Beloved Son, in whom I AM Well
please(1" (John viii, 29; Matt, HI,
17; :flit, )3), 'When We are 80 fuily
yielded to 'God that We ran trilly
Silly, "I live, yet not 1, but Christ
liveth in rne,-' 110 ithe alWays
plemed the Father in the mortal
body prepared for Trim will also
please the Father: in our mortal 'Mid-
ies e(1al. it, 20; II Cor. iV, 11; Heb.
xlii, 20, 21; ilinn. xi*, 1, 2).
Although Ole WRS divan; yet it
Was a real communication fions Clod,
who in former teincs often rat:ceded
Himself in Vision» end dreams, as
Be did to Jacols, josesph, Neleschad-
neesar, Daniel, Josepb, the hueband
of Mare, Vilate's wile end oi.hers
(Num. xi), 6-8; Job xxwill, e). riven
to this day God doe si sometime; re -
vest His we.' in a drenin or elision
concernieg special guidame in
31101te08 or to 0 smell* omit
among tho heathen who have mit
heard this goispob bet, 019 a rule, He
epistles by His word to those who
helm Ills word end never in &Millet
With it. Before the ark at &Wee-
Selonton ofibred up Intent 0)4011-
811)48 and peace offerings, the formor
typits,ing Our Lord Jefflifi offbring
lthesself Wholly to God and tho
ter oar fellowiebip With Pod through
affelle Chetati
ABOUT MITNING STRE
PROCEEDINGS .A.T ee SITTLN0
OF THE CABINZT,
No Record Is Itept and No Minis.
ter Can Take Notes at the
Meetings.
In all that it does the Cabinet is
supposed to be toeing for the Gov-
ernsneet and the nation; but there
is no eceme1 society in 111114 or any
other counery which takes same Pare
ticultir care to see Owe the detalle
of the bliSilleSS 81h1e11 it transacts
are kept a profound BO Wet from eye
eryliedy until the proper time comes
for rebel Ing them, and then it is
only "rtaults" windy 8 re spoken of.
TI.e Ministers are not usually
aseed to place their hands upon a
Bible and swear they will never toll
anything of whet, tho see 011(1 hear,
but they are quite as solemnly
bound; and it is safe to say that a
Cabinet Minister wise once divulgeh
ft eecret would never lo so a second
time.
SIIMMONiNG A MEETING.
In all the circumstances of the call-
ing of a. Cabinet neetIng and the
holding of 11 there 11, a manifest ap-
prehensieeness lest the public ehould
learn enything, even In the inoat in-
clirect and 'vague =finer, as to the
Proeeedings. Thus leo summons to
O Council, which emenates from Air.
Balfour s office, is as brief as Mee-
sible and except on the very rarest
occasions, goes into no details as to
what is geing to be the business. It
is as:deceased 1.0 "Hie kiajesty's (Ion-
fidential Servants," end if it is ne-
cessary to send any documents to
the Minister along with the sum -
woes, as it sometimes is, they ars
marked "Most secret, For tho use
of the Cabinet," in leold black type.
Not only this, but they are print-
ed at the 00111008811181 printing office
of 1115 Government In St. IfEl.rtin'ff
Lane, where all the compositors aro
sworn to secrecy, arid where the ov-
erseer is the only es 111 of them who
sees the complete copy, either in
manuscript or in print. The men
under him are only given a, line or
two each to "set up," and as soon
as the copies have emelt printed the
type is distributed.
COUNCIL ROOM.
Having received tbeir summonses,
the Ministers repee.: in due course
to the room on the ground floor of
the Foreign Office, where Inc meet-
ings are usually lead. On the door
the word "Private' is pointed in big
white letters. Inside there is no
elaborate furniture where an intruder
could secrete himielf. For many
years In fact, the 'eabinet sat round
a plain deal table, worth only a few
shillings; and It is. only within the
last six months that tbis has been
Changed for a reabogany table, on
which the sum of Se50 has been
esnilleantotta. see that there are no listeners
any ways entrain° care is tak-
et the keyhole or anywhere else.
Once, when a Cabinet meeting :was
being held in Mr. Girdistones time,
Onii of the Ministers heard a rustling
of silk in the adjoining apartment,
and cockecl his ear at once with a
"What's that?"' Never mind," said
Mr. Gladstone, teassuringly; "it's
only Mrs. Gladstone, an old states,
rnan 81110 has knewn the secrets of
the Cabinet for forty years." 6Bui
probably no othe, Minister than tile
famous G. 0. M would have beee
so bold as to snake such a. confes-
sion as this, for a majority of the
Cabinet hold thet secrets should ba
preserved from even the most die
Greet wives.
NO NOTES TAKEN.
Mr. Balfour, as Prime Minister,
first takes his "eat at the head ol
the table, and 'the others follow suit
in no recognized order, dropping in-
to whichever green morocco chaie
may be nearest. The Premier has
an electric bell at his right hand.
Paper is placed before each Minister;
but it is one of the sacred rules of
the meeting that under limpretence
whatever may a Minister make any
note or 18111(11. t, howeeer beief, of
anything that may be poise, or of
any decision. ' • - ,
It makes Me 43(110(01(08iFlie only
wants the recoil' for his own private
use and remembrance. The Cabinet
does not doubt his good faith, but
It knows that eccidents will happen.
When tho Cishinet rises a three -
line statement iv xnade to one of the
news agencies, lend there the matter
ends. For the rest the public have
to form their ottn conclusions' es to
what took place at the meeting from
What happens alterwards.
__a -
LONG TELEPHONE LINE.
The telephone line between London
and Brussels iff 244 miles long. TM
overhead portien on the English aide
is ninety-seven miles long and that
on the Belgian side is ninety-three
Miles long. 'The subinerine cable
runs from St. Afargaretes Bey to La
Panne, and halt a total length of .fif-
ty-four miles; et is, therefore, the
longest, subinaeine telephone cable in
operatioe,
see-+
Tko best friers no test.
Totem:lien is not liberty,
Prayer is *fret better for preeing,
Right must conga before reason,
The true sermon catmot be a solo.
The mloon is the saneteary of
A man's gifts can only 'be goateed
by hie geese.
The tithe Might do for Itiesee, birt
Christ Wilts ell,
Faith in things above glebe force
for things below,
Christ is more than o, crutch,
A white band ewe iso indication
Of tho hoist.
Peeve* 14 a wolwleifel porgative
from pride,
"Now, then I" cried her father
,aligrily. "Now Is it 1 enteli you.
' Mobil% nly (heighten'?" 4 "I thirties
sir," replied the truthtni yonth, "it
Was because Ws didn't bettr,yott coin.
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