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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-7-26, Page 69 E B'RTTS$ L$ POST. 3DLY 20, 1900 A CASE OF LICE 4R EATH. Rev. Dr. Talflnage Speaks 4)f the World's Great Evils. l} deepateb from Weehingtoe, soyy, -.BBev. Dr, Talmage preaceeed: from the following text:-etie was a mighty hunter 'before the Lord," -Gen, x. 9, 1'ow much awkward Christian work there is done in lite world! flonv, many Komi people them are who drive souls away f.vom Chrt.wt instead of bringing them Le Him! Ail thy;,• finger, are thtrmbs-religious blun'derer's who up- set marc than they right:, Their gun has a crooked barrel, and kirks as it goes off, They are like a clumsy comrade with gees ak.n}s with skilful hunters: at the very moment he ought t0 be mast quiet, he is crackling an alder, oe falling over te log and frightening away the gums, How few Christian people have ever learn- ed the lesson of which 1 reed at the beginning of this service, how that tbe Lund Seizes Christ at. the well went from talking about a cup of water to the most practical religious truths, which won the women's soul for God! Jesus in the wilderness was breaking bread to the people, I think it was good bread; it wee very light bread, and the yeast had dune its work thee, uughly. Christ, after he had broken. the broad, said to J.be people: "Beware of the yeast, or of tbe leaven of the Pltari,ees," So natural a transition it was; and how easily they all under- stood Hina i 'Idut bow few Christian people there cru who understand how to fasten the truths of God and religion on the souls of men. Turman Osborne, one of the evangelists who event through this country some years, ego, had a wonderful art in the right direction. He t'ame to my father's hems, cue day, and while wet were all coaled in the room, be said: "Mr. Talmage, are atl your children Chris- tians?" Father said: "Yes, all but lee Witt." Then Truman Osborne look- ed down into the fire -piece, and began to tell u story of a storm, that came on the mountain, and all the saved, 11 will wait in vain. The world will not on ne, What the Church wants now is to lift its feet from 1 damask ottomans, and put them in the ' stia•raps, Wo want a,' pulpit on wheels. The Church wants net so . mucli oush1Ons as saddle -bags and aa'rews. We have got to put aside t'he gown end •ktd-glovoe, and put on the 'hunitiatg-shirk, There is oucsieie work to be done. White is that I see f. the backwoods? 1t is a,lent. The hunters have made a clearing and camped aut. Waal du ,bey care if they have way, feet, or if they have nothing but a pine branch for a pil- low, oe for the north-east storm? If it moose to the darkness steps into the lake to drink, they hear it right away. If a loon cry in the midnight, they beau it. So •'n the service of God we have exposed work. We have got to camp out and sough lie Wel urn putting all our cure an the forly thousand people in Brooklyn wbo, they say, come to Church. What are we doing far the three hundred and sixty thousand that do not come? Have they no souls? Are they An- ion that they need no pardon? Are they curl off from God, to go into eternity -no wing to bear them, no light to cheer them, no welcome to greet them? I sometimes think that just as God blotted out the. Church of Thyatira and Corinth and Loadicea, because of their sloth and stolidity, he will blot out Arnerioah and English Christianity, and rise on the ruins, a stalwart, wide-awake, missionary Church, th•tt: can take the full mean- ing of that command, "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every' creature." I remerk, further, if you want to awned in spiritual archery, you must have courage. Jf the hunter stand with trembling hands or shoul- der that flinches with fear, instead of his taking the catamount, THE CATAMOUNT TAKES HIM. er if, when out hunting fur t. be beam he should stand shivering with ter- ror on an iceberg ? What would have become of Du Chattel and Livingstone in the Africen thicket, with a faint heart and a weak knee? When a panther comes within twenty paces of you, and it has tis eye on you, and it has squatted for the fearful spring, steady there.'' Courage, 0 ye spiritual archers!: There are monsters of iniquity prowl- ing all around about the oommunitys -hall we not in the strength of God go forth and combat them; We not only need more heart, but more back- bone, What is the Church of God that it should fear to look in the eye; any transgression? ']'here is the Bengal tiger of drunkenness that prowls around, and instead of attack- ing it. how many of as hide under the church -pew, or the communion -table. Oh! to attack this great mon- ster of intemperance, and the kin- dred monsters of fraud and un deaaness, requires you to rally all your Christian courage. Through the press, through the pulpit, through the platform, you mast assault it. Would to God that Instead of here and 'there a siraggler going out to fight three ,greatmonsters of nu - gutty i•n our country, the million membership of our rhurches would., bund together and bew in twain these great crimes that make the land ' frightful with their roar, and are fat-; (ening upon the bodies and souls of I sheep were is the fold: "blit there was one Laub outside that perished irl the storm. Had be looked hue in the eye, 1 should have been angered when he told that story; but he looked into the fire-piace, and it was so pathetically and beautifully done that I never found any peace until I was sure I wits inside the fold, where the other • cheep are. In the Cirst place. if you want to be effectual in doing good, you must be very SUP P1 OF YOUR WEAPON. There was something very rusctnating uncut the archery of olden times. Perhaps you dd not know what they could do with the bow end arrow. Why the chief battles fought by the English PlantagtneLs were with the long -how. They would take the arrow of polished wood, and feather it with the plume of a bird, and then it would fly from the bow -string of plaited silk, The broad fields of Agin- court, and Solway Moss, and Neville's Cross beard the loud thrum of the archer's bots string. Now, my Christ inn friends, we have a mightier weapon than that. It is the arrow of the tioupel; 11 10 a sharp arrow; it is a straight arrow; it is feathered from the tying of Lhe dove of God's Spirit; it flies from a bow ,cads out of the wood of the crass, As fur as I can estimate or calculate, it has brought down three hundred mil- lion souls. Paul knew how to bring the notch of that arrow on to Lhe bowstring, and its whir was heard through Lhe Corinthian the- attres, and through the court -room, wail the knees of Belix knocked lo- gelther. 1L was that arrow that stuck Ln Luthetes heart. when he cried out: " 011, my sins 1 Oh, my eine!" If it strike a man in the head, it kites his eceptieesm ; if it strike Jahn in the heel, it will turn his step ; if it strike him in the heart, he throws; up his hands, as did one of the old wben wounded in the battbe, orying; " Oh, Galilean, Time hast conquered." Again, if you want to be skilful ia. epirltual archery, you must hunt in unfrequented and secluded places, The good game ie Bidden and secluded. Every hunter knows teal.. So, many of the souls that will be of most worth for ClarL.yt amd of moat value to the Church axe secluded: 'hay do not 00010 in your way. You willhave to GO WHERE THEY ARE. Yonder they etre down in that. cellar; yonder 'they are up in that :garret. Far away from the door of any church the Gospel arrow has not been pointed at them. The tract distributer and the city missionary sometirnes just eateh a'glintpse of lbetn, as a hunter .through the trees gels a momentary eight of a partridge nr roebuck. 'The tdouble is, we are :waiting for the ,game to email to its We are not good hunters; Weare expecting that the prnirla-fowl• will light on our church sl,eeple, • It is not their habit, If the Church should Walt ten millians of years for the world to conte in and he marl nl men. tV nO le ready such n party as that? Wee will he to mighty hunter before the Lord's I. remark, again, re you errant tube sucnessfut in spirituel archery, you need not only to bring down the some, but bring it fn. If you go cut to hunt for immortals souls. not only bring them down under the arrow of the Gospel, but bring them ,nun the March of. God, the gr -and borne and encampment we hove pitched, this side the skies. ;Gete.h. them, in; do nee let them lie out' in the open field. THEY. NEED OUR PRAYERS and sympathies and help. That is the meaning, of the, Cliental of tlo:l-help. 0 lee hunters for the Lordt not only bring down the game, but bring Lt in, It 001. sure, the eel here are some here who et sonars time, have been hie by the. Gospel arrow, Jesus Christ. is on your track to -day, impeoiteut manl not en wrath, taut in mercy. 011, chased, and panting waist, here is the stream oe God's mercy and salvation, where you may cool your thirst Stop that ohase orf site Lo -day. By the red Couetain that le!tped from the heart of my Lord, 1 hid you shop. ',there is mercy Inc• you -mercy I pardons'; mercy that. heals; everlasting mercy. Is there in all this house anyone who cam refuse the offer that. comes from the heart of the dying Son of God 9r Why, do you know that there are in the bienisbed world, souls that, for that offer you get to -day, would fling •the or0Wn of the universe et your feet, if they, possessed it d Hat they went oat en the mountains, the atotru tools them, and they dled 'There is in u forest in Germany a place' they' gall the "deer -leap "-two crags ,,bout eighteen yards apart; he.. tween them Ls a feaa'ful ohusan, Tliis Is ;ailed tli0 deer -leap, because 'once a, hinter was on the track of a deer; it carne to one oe these crags; there Wee. 13,0 escape far it from the pursuit; of the Rooter, end in utter despair 1L ggithet'ed itself up, and in the death aptly attempted to jump acruss. Of course, it fell, and was dasbed on the rooks fax beneath. Here 1.5 a path to heaven. It is plain; it is sate. Jesus iner'ke it out for avert' magi to walk in. But here to a man who says : " I won't walk en that path; 1 willtake my own way." Ile ocmes on until -be eonfront.s the (chasm that, divides .his soul from heevtn. Now, his last hour bus come and be resolves that he will leap the chasm, from the heights of earth to the heights of heaven, Stand back now, and give, Trim fait swing, for no soul ever did that successfully, Leet him try. Jump! Jump! Ile misses the mark, matt he goes down, depth below depth, "de- sturoyed without remedy." Man 1 un- gel.s! devils: sehee ebolL we cell that Place of awful oalaettrophe? Let it be known for ever as 'The Sinner's Death Leap. YOUNG FOLKS. THE BOY THAT LAUGHS. I know a funny little boy - The funniest ever born; His ince is like a beam of joy A9though his clothes are torn. T saw ham tumble on his nose, And waited for a groan, - Bei how he laughed! Do you suppose He struck his funny bone? There's sunshine in each word he speaks; His laugh is something grand; Its rippler overrun his cheeks Like waves on snowy sand. He laughs the moment he awakes, And till the day is done; The schoolroom for a joke he takes, The lessons are but fun. No matter bow the day may go, You cannot ntatke him cry ; He's worth a dozen boys, I know, Wim Bout and mope and sigh. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED. The following list compiled by an educational paper, can be profitably studied by our young people. If you find dant you are apt to make one or more of the mistakes mentioned ask some of your Mende to remind you every time you slip. Correct the hab- it while you are young. Do not use: " Guess " for "suppose" or "think." " Fix " for "arrange" 01' "prepare." " Ride " and " drive " intercbange- a bly. "Real," as an adverb in expressions " real good," for " really " or " very good," etc, 'Some' or "any" in an adverbial sense. For example "I have studied some" for "somewhat ;" "I, have not studied any" for " at all." "Some" ten days, for "about" ten do ys. Not "as I know" for "that I know.' " Storms," for it " rains " or "snows" moderately- " Try " an experiment for "make" an experiment. Singular subject with contracted plural verb," For example, " She don't skate well." Plural pronoun with Singular ante- cedent. Every "man" or "woman," do " their " duty ; or if you look "any- one" any-one" straight in the face " they " will f l'inrh. "Expert " for "suspect. "First -rain" as an adverb. "Hire," indiscriminately. "Had" rather dor " would" rather, „Right away," for "immediate,y" "Had" better for " would" better. ":Party" for "person." "Pronise" for assure." " Poet ed" for •'infornned." "Poet graduate" for "graduate." "Depot" for 'station.' Try "and" go for try " to" go. Try "and do for try " to" do, "Cunning," for "smart,' "dainty." "Cute" for "nears." "Funny" for "odd" or "unusual." "Above" for "foregoing;' " more then" for " beyond." Does it look " good " enough for well " enough. The mutter "of" for the matter "with." ":Like " I do for " es I do.' Not "as good" for not "so good" as, Fee! "badly" for feel "bad," Feel "good" for feel "Between" seven for "among seven. Seldom "or" ever for seldom "if" ever, or "seldom or never." Taste and smell " of " when need transitively. For more Odell you think "for" for " more than you think," "These" kind, for "this" kind. " Nicely " in response to an in- gNlry' "HenIthy" for "wholesome," Joel, "es soon," for just " an lief," I "Kind af," to indicate ft moderato degree. OR1PPLbID IIANS, He ii'ved in n'itri'de village In Italy, at the look of the 4JiP& ldia mother• wag a wldawV, and Ire, lien arr'ly ohilcl, wen a poor 11100 cripple. When be therlttght of his sad condition -that he could hot play like outer boys, and tkt1L1 if he grew,, 'uta be would not be abbe to w'orlc like other men -he very enheppy, One day he this going through the village and stood to rest under the open window of a room, in whish some children were playing. One of them chanced to break a piaylbing, when another took }told of it, and throwing 11 out of tbn window,.saidi "I'11 throw it away ; it's 110 more use than Hans the cripple." Oh, how sad the words made poor Ilan feel. Iie crept back home and told his mother, while the terve tun down his pinched little face vary bard, indeed. IIis mother took, him noon leen' knee and sang a little song to him that she had often sung before. It ended with this little chorus: "God has His plan for every man." And, although Hans tett very nap- py while listening to the sweet tune and voice, yet he could not believe that God had any plan for him, But he was mistaken. Just at this time the Austrians were at war with the Italians and trying to Lake their country. In order that the Italians might know when the Austrian sol- diers were corning they bad built Large piles of deg' wood on the tops of that hills, and put men to watch them night and day. When any of these meter sane the Austrians coming it wits his ditty ito set fire to the pile. Them the man upon the next hilltop would see it and set fire to his, and so on, until all the valleys were made aware that tbe'enemy was approaobing and the Italians were aroused to meet him. The piles were called beacons and the men that watebed the sentinels. Now one night a festival had been kept up in Hour's village, All lite vil- lagers except Bans and his mother were there; and, although Hans had gone to heti, he could not sleep. So after a while he arose up silently, and crept up the hill Ito stay a while with tits sentinel. But no sentinel was there. Thinking there would be do danger that night, and being tempt- ed io join the people in the village, he had left his post. Hans now thought }re' colrld be of 'some use, for he could watch the beacon on the hill until the sentient retlurned. ele had not watched long before he saw the dark form of an Austrian soldier coming upon bis hands and knees very stealthily along toward the pile. Yea, so it twat; and now he could hear distinctly the measured tramp, tramp, tramp of a number of armed men. Quick as a thought he set fire to themes. Now the country wan warned and the peopee would be saved. But the enraged Austrian soldier saw and fired his rifts at him. Hans fell mortally wounded. Hours after - wird he was found by some of the villagers and carried, bleeding and dying to bis mother. She took him upon her knees and wept over him as: though hen' heart would break. But Hans looked into her face with his loving eyes, and faintly whispered: "Dear mother, God has His plan for every man," and expired. MIXED HIS LETTERS. Lditors have their troubles. Oao of these men w•110 preside over the des - 1 intes of a Western paper is mourn- ing the loss of two subscribers. One wrote asking how to raise his Iwins safely, while the other wanted to I know how he might rid his o'rhtrd1 of Erassdoppens. The answer went, forward by mail, but by accident lite 1 editor put them into the wrong en- velopes, so that the men with the twins received the answer: "hover them carefully with straw and set: fire to it, and t'h'en the little pests, atter jumping in the flames for a fete minutes will be speedily settled.' And the men with grasshoppers wits told to "gave castor oil and rub their gums with a bone." ONE BOXER, LESS. This significant incident is relat- ed by the Shan Tung correspondent of the North China Netvs: "'I'be Pre- fect Hung recently, 'snptured an armed Boxer. ',T understand,' said Mr. Hung, "that you Boxers claim to be invidnerable to any blow by the, sword, Is that so? Tho man ackuow-. ledged Ole statement, '1 have here,' ooneinued the prefect, ' a sword whieh a should like to Ley on you to macer- Lain whether your claim is a true one, are you Willing ?"11,e Boxer assented, and soon there ecus a headless Claima- nt= beside 'the highway." REMEDIILS FOR BRUISES. Bread soaked in vinegar and'applied is excellent four a bruise, and cold turpentine affords relief. Children frequently tumble about when be- ginning to wnik.and knock their heads against something hard. A big lump often appears. A piece of raw beef laid on at once will anon cause this 10 lessen in size, and vasellntt or lot,•' ter should he applied liftIrward 10 prevent distcoloration. !!MMyYU1MYKtNyMN4YM1Mg1. NOUS UOLD. Beglnning at the Top, -Patent lea- ther slipper, whish may be trimmed with bole or buckle. Bedroom slipper of black kid. Black satin evening slipper, orna- mented with rosette of blank lace, and elide of rhinestones, set in silver. Patent leather pump, with low heel, for afternoon wear. Plat bow of gros- grain .ribbon. Black satin slipper, enbroidered with jet and trimmed with jetted bow. Blue velvet slipper, with buckle of twisted velvet with rhinestones, CHILDREN WITIIOT APPETITES. is by no means a t rare circum stance to find mothers complaining thai,t their children eat next 10 nothing. Want of appetite is, in truth only the symptom of a disease, but it frequently dominates all oth- ers, and may constitute the onlysymp- com-tbe disease itself. A distinction must be made newt -ding as it coincides, with a febrile affection or, an apyre- Lie nffeotion. 1n the ,first, it cannot 1 be amenable to a special treatment; even if one succeeded in restoring the appetiLe, it would be only to the prejudice of the patient, for eomproe mised absorption aed assimilation only require at diet. such as that prescribed in fever oases. Moreover, the toes of weight which rosette from. the disease is quickly repaired during convale- scence, consequence of the voracious appetite which is not long in return. ing. Among apyretic diseases, the pre- vailing symptom of which Is loss of appetite, must be cited anaemia, chronic gastric catarrh and helmin- thiasis. Anaemia mostly cones on in children between the ages of seven and twelve years, and is aharae- terized by paleness, wasting away, cephalagia and constipation. Such children are mostly tall and narrow Chested, and display especial aversion to meat. This anaemia disappears at fourteen to fifteen years of age; and with it the lack of appetite. Chronic catarrh of the stomach is accomt;ltnied by the same troubles, and it is difficult to distinguish whether the patient is anaemic or dyspeptic, Gastric: ctitarrh i.e often accompanied by a disposition to vomit, by erueta, lions and abdominal pains, also by icteric coloring of the conjunctivsa, As regards worms, the administration of u vermifuge often suffices to bring hack the appetite as if by magic, Treatment of a leek of appetite Should he causative. To anaemicsub- Pets ereparal;tons of iron and drops of ehlorhydrid acid should be given, With warm baths at 28 degrees Con- tigrade daily or every two Jaya, befnr'e going to bed, and a reootnmendatlee to take daily exer'clse ire the open air, In oases of ahrcuio gastric catarrh, in addition to the regime, wet oompresses 9re applied Over the stomach at bedtime, and remain until morttiug, The sycuptamatio treat- rnent consists in i.lte use of tincture of quinine, oaeearllle, oolulnbu, gentian, and other bitters. It often happens that 'a child is eery "hungry before meal times, and that itshunger ls aatisfied with u very little food; the result is that it Bate nothing et motile It Ls best In such oases to give the child its meals al the moment when It is hungry, It Ls, prudent to avoid speaking in the pre- sence of children of the cera 'taken about their went of appetite, forthey will: take advantage of the sentiment of those around them in order to get their Awn way. This Is oapeeielly the case with nervous children,. IIOUSEISL;GPER'S HELPS, Rub white spots on furniture or oil- cloth with camphor. . This - removes FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE, INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS FRO1Vx OLD IRELAND, Baty People of the I:anirtlet tate-occur ecte00a 'I'Irttt H•l1I lal0eeat 1rielnectei* Onus The promisee of Mr, Jameson, Grate ton street, Dublin, were burglar.iously entered and jewellery valued at oyer £8,000 abstracted, The Queen tree bean greatly touched by the number of letters sent her by Irish peusurite and bumble workers in other walks of life. It is interesting to recall the feet that the name of Kingstown, the Irieli port at tvliiah the Qoeen landed, was originally Dnnleary. "Cead Milte Failthe," whish was in- scribed all over Dublin during the Queen',s visit, le Irish Gaelic for "4 hundred thousand welcomes." Or, ,ecnieph Kenney, who for years represented a division of Dublin in Parliament, and who recently held the position of oily coroner, is dead. The Queen, on her first visit" to thein Dublin in 1819, was attired in green poplin,' figured owltb gold shoniroaka' Articles of old furniture aro Bomb- manufactured in Ireland expressly times made to appear; new by washing for her. It is proposed to oonvert the Don- ough'more workhouse, in the Roscr'ea Union, into an agricultural college for counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, Gal- lon anti Ifildare, The Cork. County Council recently, after a brief discussion, voted a sums them with lime water, and then ap- plying a coat of oil; To preserve old furniture that is be- coming worm emoten, pour u little oak - belie oil an it and rub in well. This 1vi.11 improve its appearanoe Rub black walnut furniture, or any wood finished in oil, with a . cloth of £1,000 towareds the expense of con slightly moistened with par'aline oil to structing a . sea wall ai:. Yougl1ol to remove scratches and restore polish. protect a wide district against the To polish oiled walnut furniture use ena•oaehmonts of the sea. pure kerosene oil applied on a soft Mr. Patrick Layes has died at Car - woolen rag, Linseed or olive oil maydeft at the great age of 108. He was be teed, but kerosene the best. Pol- born aL Driu•egh in the western par- ish with dry flannel. ,Lon of the County Oork in 1792, and Preserve ferns or grass in their na- could well remember the French land.. tura! color by piaoing them in blot- ing in Bantry Bay in 1798. ting paper for 18 hours and emcees with Mr. John :Moreton, late manager of hea.vy weights. the Provincial Bank, Limeriolc, who Maidenhair ferns can be very sac- had fifty-five years' service previous eessfully treated thus. r to his resignation was recently pre- Ebonesed furniture can be wonder- sented with an address and tostimon- fully renovated by rubbing the spots sal subscribed to by his numerous the way of the green, with finely pow- friends. dered pumice stone and oil. After- .Miss Maude Gonne. tubo wrote the wards polish with u dry, soft cloth,article in the United Irishman which To destroy fleas, scatter ail of pen-, brought about: the seizure of the pa_ nyroyal freely about the places they) per, is an American Irishwoman, and infest, and stand a large pan 000- has made herself notorious as abater teining common salt beneath each bed. of England and all things English. It is also a good plan to use carbolic A shocking occurrence took place at soap for washing the floors. Newrath, a mile distant. from Water - TO MAKE HARD SOAP.-- ford, whereby the wife of a farmer 1'O MAKE HARD SOAP, named Eliza Thomas was burned to Save grease until you have three to death. A spark from the chimney mato eons full, as that is about they ignited Lhe dwelling house, The flames quantity needed, (Turn grease into spread to the cow• house and four cows,. large kettle, with about an equal a rick of hay, outhouse and dwelling quautity of water; lot it come to a house were completely burned, In an effort to save the cattle Mrs. Keane was burned to death. teem late Mr. te. M. Sullivan, who settled at the bottom then weigh, six was an ardent temperance advocate, Pounds, scant, will lee sufficient.„ Lent hurt his ankle while climbing n hill grease in a kettle and melt ; set aside in the Killarney district. The guide to get lukewarm, who accompanied him produced a Nextt take a can of prepared potash, flask of - whiskey, and rubbed sone of aced it a liberal. quare: of cold wa- the spirit on the injurer) part. It bad tea, stir With a 'Stick or wooden spoon, the desired effect, for Mr. Sullivan said until melted • when this becomes lake_ got up and walked. "Fake sure," the guide, "'Lwould be a mighty long warm, pour in a small stream into Lime before soda -water would do grease, stirring all the Lime. Continue'that for you." shirring oath it becomes as think as honey whish will take about twenty minutes. Pour into pans or earthen dishes to harden. When this has stood boil. Stir and set aside over night. The nemtt day eel -grease and serape off direct, which you will fend baa all Major-General Wauchope's death, which is much regretted has placed some Irish families in mourning. His about twelve hours, cut into pieces. mother way a sister of the lute Cot and put away for al least two weeks Jesse Lloyd,..of Monaghan, so that before using. Mrs, rJ. C. D'A!rcy Irvine and Mrs. Add ten cents' worth of oil of sae- John P. Porter are affected by the safras if you wish to' use the soar for ruling elder. oftral's death. He was a ye L ruling older the Church of Scot: - toilet purposes, It Ls a ,fine, pure land, and took an aeLive part In church swop far use :,heart the house, anti w111' work, .lie wits one of the deputies of prove tt desirable adjuaurl to the bath the toolbar Church to the Irish Pres- byterian the Church in 1895. water A dreadful struggle for life took CHANGING FEED. farm one night recently in a lonely farm house on I ilenarden Hill, a toile From dry feed to green is when or so up from the streantstt'am stop- aheep need careful watching, or some ping 'place at Jobstown. Mr. Michael Mahon a well-to-do farmer, a man of sturdy build and athletic frame, though over 70 years of age, was alone in the house at that time; he fought this country where it is too 'expensive for his life, and was left with las heed to raise roots unless one has a house and face battered almost out. of re - full of children. Hence it is necessary cognition. The murder was sordid here to get the flock gradually from and brutal in the extreme, and'has dry feed 10 green, Where sheep caused a tremendous sensation in the have tbe run of the ground they will whole district, get: half of their living at least two !1'he itural Irdstriet Councils of Bel- weeks before cattle can get a bite, timeless having formulated three but in getting their bite sheep are eons- schemes anther the Labourers' Im- pelled to eat some clry grass and so the transaction is gradual, yet they should hem some hay, clover or corn- stalks to 'pick at whenever they are in tbe yard. They should oleo have their grain continued trill they aro get a full feed of grass. of them are apt to scour. Where sheep are fed roots in winter, es in Great Britain, the change of feed is not so great: as is mostly the case in USES l'Olt CHIMNEY SOOT. Experiments in Fromm have shown that ,chimney soot is valuable, both as a manure .and as an insecticide. Lts fertilising properties aro P'3rticularly noted in gardens and meatlowe. M. Daseerre, n winegrower in southern France, overs that "chimney soot kills the phylloxera with the rapidity of a stroke of lightning, and et the setae time endows Lite vines with ex- treordinary energy of growth." 0111- er expet'intentets, however, have not: und et effective in 1.ho ease phyl- loxera, so f 0 1. bY1- loxera, ulthougb it kills many kinds of larvae. Ruud, Acts far the purpose of provid- ing a large number of new cottages, as well as to acquire existing cottage's, and to apPlot half -acre allotments to them, alt itittuiry was held by Mr. -1, Wilsou-Lynch. Inspector of the local Government Boned, es La the propriety of confirming the seh0mes. The be. (retry wasuf a very 'protracted and eontenLio,us nature, owing to the amount of opposition shown by nw•u- ers and occupiers. It appeared in sev- eral eases that labourers living 'in wretched homes had been endeavoring for years to get cottages under the Act, but for.vttt•ious reasons their re,' pealed applications had failed. CARDBOARD. The. Norwegians are exporting its, phalteci cardboard, which can be used for walls and settings and many oth- er ,purposes. It is aomposed of .sev- eral layers ofcompressed paper coated with ttseltn11. it is 'chanper than weed, but fast 110 strong, and hill 110f.'rot or crook,