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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-8-30, Page 6,4 ,1; b +lel J.J .till V N $ n .IJ s .l, 08 . E Rev D e F GOOD CIIEER." Talmage Discourses on Leave Taking, A despatch from 1Vashlngton says; quer:Kn0W that inoses, in an .ark of *-Rev, Di',Talmage preateeed from the hulrusbes, can ran down a war followtnig'text just before leaving for steamer, 1 when we had taaken aur Have a good, strong anchor. "Winch teave; "Axa o leaone of another, we took ship.', hope we hausas an anchor:' By this "—Acts xxi, 0. 1strong cable and wtndlass, hold on to Pan/ 'VMS anold satlor—nute,fromor- ',yew anchor, "If any man sin, we pupation, but from frequency of tra- loves an advocate with the Father," vel. ' I thlnk ho couldhave taken n' Do not use the anchor wrongfully. vessel amuse the SIediterranean aa not always stay in the same latitude o 'C a ship -captains. The unci longitude. You will never ride up well an some L hthe harbour of IlternaL Rest If you all the way drag your anchor,. But you must have sails. Vessels are not fit for tbe sea until they have the flying jilt, the foresail, tbe top -gallant, the sky -sail, the gaff -sail, and other sailors never scoffed at hint for bye, beg a "land -lubber." If Paul'„ ad- vice bad been taken, the drew would novas have gone ashore at ;Melita. The mon wbo now go to sea with maps, and charts, and modern com- plies, warned by buoy and lighthouse, canvass. Faith is our canvass. Hoist know 'nothing of the perils of ancient it, and the winds oe heaven will drive navigation. Horace said that the nam who first ventured on the sea 1nuwst have had a heart leaned with eatk and triple brass. People then ventured only from headland to headland, and from island to island; sad; not until long after spread their eeil for a voyage across the set. Be- fore starting, the weather was watch- ed, and the vessel having been hauled up on the shore, the mariners placed their shoulders against the stern of the whip and heaved it off --they, at the East moment leaping into it. Vessels were then chiefly ships of burden—the transit of passengers being the'exeeption; for the world was not then migru tory as in our day, when the firet desire oY a man in one place seems to be to get into anoth- er place prayer Lar the running rigging. Ian in the spring, summer, and autumn, less you understand this tacking you the Mediterranean Bea was white with are not a spiritual aeamnn, By pull— the winks of ships, but at the Yirto ing on these ropes, you hoist the sails dr, Wintry bust. they hied, themselves he of faith and tarn !heed every whither. She nearest harboalthough now the The prow of *enrage withnot cut the world's commerce prospers in January wave, nor the sail of faith spread and as well as in Juno, and in mid -winter flap its wing, unless you have strong all over the wide and stormy deep, prayer for n halliard. there float. PALACES OF LIGHT, One more arrangement, ane you will trampling the billows under foot, be ready for the sea. You must have and showering the +:parks of terrible a compass—which is the Bible. Look furnaces on the wild wind; and the at it every day, and always sail by it, Ohristiao passenger, tiopeted and as its needle points toward the Star of Bethlehem. Through Log and dark - you ahead. Sails made out of any other canvass than Faith will be slit to tatters by the first north -easter. Strong faith never lost a battle. It will crush roes, Least rooks, quench lightnings, thresh 'nauutiina. IL isa shield to the wantona prank to themost ponderous wheel, a. lever to pry up pyramids, a drum whose boat gives strength to the step of the 1leaveniy soldiery, and sails to waft ships lad- en with priceless uearis front the Har- bour of earth to the harbour of betty- ea.But you are not yet equipped. You must have what seamen call the run- ning rigging. This comprises the ship's braces, halliards, clew -lines, and such Like, Without these the yards cannot be braced, the sails lifted, nor the canvass in any wise managed. We have place. Shall nob the Man who pa'oeLaim$ liberty to the captives 1t1M.- self be lima leather give me an empty ch'u'rch to start with than a ch'teeth full of precisioniels, I have no great fondness fol'; fossils. I, see. more to atheism in 008 living horse then in fifty megattheria au• Masto- dons exhumed by geologists. Give me ono Luau with a great heart rather than a thousand men made out of laleeter of Paris, I =think 0.1.1will he well, Do not be worried about me. 1 know that my Redeemer livetll, and if ally fatality shaaultl befall me, 1think I should go. straight to leen, 1 have been most unworthy, and would be sorry to think that snyuoe is this house had been its inefficient 0 Christian as my- self. But Uud, leas helped a great tunny lhrcrugh, and I hope he will help me through. It ha a long account of shortcountngs, but if be is going to rub any of it out, 1 thick he will rub it all out. Meanwhile, take care of the inter - eats et this Church. la your List hours there will be no work that will yield you such high satisfaction as that which you do for. God. Let there not lea more strokes of the ham- mer ur clicks of the trowel on that Tabernacle than su!pplioati0ns to God, A field upens Lor us such us 15 seldom granted to a Church. By a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost may we be ready to enter it. And now, may the blessing of God come down upon your bodies and upon your souls, your fath- ers and mothers, your companions,. your children. your brothel'sand sisters, and yourfriends! gray yoube blessed in your business end in your pleasures, in your joys and in yam'sorrows. in the house and by the the way! And if, daring our separa- tion, an arrow fromthe unseen world should strike any of us. may it only hasten on to the raptures that God has prepared for these who love hien: I utter not the word farewell; it is tooal sad, too forma word for me to speak. But, considering that I have yam. hand tightly clasped in both of mine, I utter a kind, an affectionate and a cheerful good-bye! "And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship." showled, sits under the shelter of the smokestack, looking off upon the peselpharesoemt deep, on which is written in scrolls of foam and fern, "Thy way, 0 God, is in the sea, and thy path In the great waters!" It is in those drays of early navi gati n tint I see a group of men, 'wo- men and children on the beach at nets, and storm, It works faithfully. Search the Scriptures. " BOX THE COMPASS." Be sure to keep you colours up 1 You know the ships of England, Russia, France and Spain by Lhe ensigns they carry. Sometimes it is a lion, some- times an eagle, sometimes a star, Tyre. Purl is about to leave the sometimes a crown. Let it ever be cengregatien to whom he heti preach- known who you are, and for what ed, and they are come down to on laim off. It is a solemn thing to part. There are so many traps that wait for a man's feet. The solid ground may break through, and the the streamers of Emmanuel. Then the sea --dhow many dark mysteries it pirate vessels of temptation will pass biles in its bosom 1 A few counsels, 700 unharmed as they say, "There goes a gown better, and that even the sim- a hasty good-bye, a last look, and thea Christian hound Eur the port of pleat gown can be made quire dressy ropes rattle, and the sails are hoisted, heaven. We will not disturb her, for with the addition of a fluffy jabot, a *„ u board." Run port you are bound. Let "Christian' be written an the very front, with a figure of a cross, a crown, and a dove; and from the mast -head let float FOR THE CORSAGE. For summer and fall wear a great many dainty things are always made up in the way of dressy garnitures, because every woman knows that not only can variety and a pleasing ap- pearance be gained thereby, but she also knows nothing will brighten up elf: see and the planks are hauled in, and she has Paul is gone. "When we had taken up your Plug on this pulley; "I am not shi ., ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it diaphanous fichu, or a soft girdle. As far as fronts are concerned, ev- erything from the bat-wing tie to the The Ohwrch is the dry *lock where is the power of Gad and the wisdom of bremaemdatts jabot and cascade with eoub-1 are to be fitted out for heaven. God unto aalvution." When driven In making a vessel for this voyage, baok, or labouring Mader great stress bhe first need is sound timber. The of weather—now changing from star - floor -timbers ought to he 01 solid board track to larboard and Lben from stuff. For the want of it, vessels larboard to starboard — look above that looked able to rain their jib- the top gallants, and your booms into the eye of any tempest, heart shall beat like a war - when caught in a storm have been drum as the streamers float on the crushed like a wafer. The truths of wind. The sign of the erns will make God' word what L n by floor you patient and the crown will make GH T V, 1000. Now things are tml olug up every TRANS -SIBERIAN RAILWAY any, SerpLlne effeote, aeilar knots, 4 werabinatlons of bleak velvet ribbon, ntalines and taco are. seen in our stores. Added to the smaller fancies in neck wear are little pelerines wide long ands, and charming silk scarfs with applique lace on the ends. A very pretty fiche is made of cream mousseline de soie trimmed with Week chantilly lace alternating with groups of tucks. Another sLyiiah fiche is made of gathered frills of chiffon sep- arated by rows of Looe insertion run with baby ribbon. All sorts of jabots. urn seen, made of lace and chiffon; pretty, inexpensive ties of wash net, IT WILI, PROVE A FAILURE FROM ALL STANDPOINTS. se— so Sys an llaghleot' `vee helped (fo., steno It—el W and eliteeUese 94111 lemon (t to speedy Ocoee—MIL !le 118 !(ate le gusela In remora leer 1n Mr, A. J, harry, the expert engineer who was employed on this con'struetien of the Tniene-Siberian Railway, need who has josh returned to London trent China, via Siberia, vigoa'cuely denies the assum'ption, that the much talked of road will do enable Russia W pour troops iubo the far East that the balance of power Incthe Orient ,will bo oompletely altered, In an interview he said to a correspondent; "The, main ideas that.gover'ned the minde of Lila Russian engineers in constructing the Trans -Baikal section of the Siberian ;Railway have been cheapness and rapidioy. To get the line built with able utmost spend and for the lowest cost they have sacri- ficed everything. The single line alert- ing from Lake ileaikal eastward is so badly 'laid that it can acoaunmodate neither fast ,nor heavy truffle. 11 is a series of sbarp turves and steep gradients. A rise of one in sixty is frequent; and even if the line were a good one, the *Leap gradients and ebarp curves would prevent anything like a fast service of good trainee While the line remains in good cyder, its currying capacity is slriotly limit- ed. Bub it Will not long remain in - good working order. 1t will want Gon- d tinual repairing, and I would not sleep very seuAd act nights if 1 were a. the traftia manager respunsibls for the a safety of the trains. t HEAVY TRAFFIC IMPOSSIBLE, "The line has been laid with 48 - pound rails, and that alone prevents heavy traffic running over it. In India we have tried es lawns 70 -pound trimmed. with lace, and little turned down collars of India mull finishe with lace inee'rt:lon. Among the illustrations we show great many varieties of ties also pretty fioha and two new eorsel.e feed the Riestanermy would be by the railway from the productive tame of ilussia la Europe, ee the other side of the Ural ,lllouutelns, It would be impossible to maintain an army of any size by such means, "The truth is that llngland is real- ly rough stronger in the far Beat than Russia is, Russia would find lb moat difficult to keep en army oe 20,000 men long in the field, when dependent on. a base nanny bhousauds of miles away, end oonneeted with that base only by a single line' of rails. England could draw an almosb unlimited supply of splendid fighting men from India, and could maintain them with ease, Nothing would be more practicable Hien to punt down 20,000 Indian sol- diere in Wei -deal -Wei, to the great benefit of British prestige throughout the fap Lraet. "China would pi'ofer to work with England than with Russia, if Britain. would only take a firm stand. But the British allow Russia, to bluff them, time after time. The Russians kuaw the truth about the comparative strength of the two nations. They know that their one hope is to bluff, and they have bluffed with magnific- ent success. From their point of view I do nob blame them," THE BACHELOR, M,MD AW RTADING AND HOW TO BEAD. The object of rending should bo to acquire such mental power as will equip us for our duties in life. What we need is training to think far ,'aur- selves, not to swallow the thoughts of others. It is not the gnintity of reading that we do that will give us ibis mental power, but it is the di- gestion, so to speak, of that which we read. Then the questi.an arises, bow are. we to read so as to best obtain this mental growth. All reading to be successful must be pi:tnaed reading. You need not follow the course of any other living creature, but choose for rails, but found even them too light; yourself that course which will .give and they are quickly being replaced' you the greatest pleasure and will by heavier. The Russian authorities best fit you for your work in life. will find that the -whole of their 44- Then after you have chosen your pound rails must go. plan of reading, stick to it whether it "If you have light rails, the oue be botany or history, travel or leo- , thing you must do is to have very grapby. Aimless reading is useless long and strong sleepers. On the reading. Trans -Baikal Railway it was imposei- De not read a book unless you are hie to import sleepers on vestment of interesLed in what v author is go - belts. For the ties. which can easily cost, and the timber growing along ing to tell you. A book influences can readily be estimated by the apart - be copied at home by ingenious fin- ill line of route heed to be used, This your life to the degree in which you meat taken as a whole. The quality gars, sheer lawn or tulle may be em- is shorty scrubby, and snakes green,' are interested in it. That bdrak to ployed, enhanced with drawn work, sappy sleepers, Lbe very worst kind. { which you will beeem8 go interested of precision is easily noticeable in'lho "Whenyour .lines tare light and • that you forget all about our sur- arrangement of furniture. Incansfs- innle.neteanes usb or tucking, The tie; I y y tency is easily traced. An incline - taffeta the first illustration is of pale pink Your sleepers are bad, have a fisc*- soundings, is the bask wdtiah will lead Leon to avarice can be found in the taffeta embroidered 351111 black dots oughly well ballasted road. But this you farthest up or drag you farthest massing of the more valuable or showy and edged with fringe. The string ties railway is not ballasted at a11. Ln; dawn, articles, at. the expense at the deoora- illustrated are of two widths, shorb, you have three requirements for 1 To obtain good from our reading we tion and ornamentation of other parts One of the daintiest is the set com- as good track—heavy rails, good sleep- c mast trent our books as our friends. A era and well ballasted road. On the good plan is to ea-, fully select those of. the room- A well lighted room is edged of the collar with turned over a sign of frankness and simplicity,. edge, embroidered and lase trimmed, Trans -Baikal Railway nob one of these beaks you wish to read and buy Egotism es shown 'by the prevalence and cuffs to match. The fichu is of require'meabs is met. ! serviceable editions of them and cream chiffon trimmed with several I "Bub this is not all.. The demand for , Leen mark those passages which in- of personal photographs and works. economy has led to Butting everything' wrest: 7011 most u.nd which appear Indolence is suggested in the fur- rows of black velvet ribbon, the ends nisbings again by the'style of mosey to bbl finest possible point, For hie;to affect mast 7005 doily life. farming two pretty jabots. At each corners and draperies and the shape side is a fluffy velvet ribbon rosette stance, we allow for a line of raids1 We must also thoroughly understand of the chairs. Lova o1 nature is plain - vet with drooping bands of vet- four feet eight inches wide, a banked • what we read. To do this we must ly manifested in the pictures or by vet ribbon. road ab least sixteen feet wide at the; give our book,s more than a careless top.In Siberia, for a five -feet line ' the presence of btrds or Powers. reading. Of Len an author's beet they out the banked road down inHospitality is evident in the arrenge- and deepest meaning lies.beneath meet of -the chilies and'by issuing some places to twelve feet. The consequeuoe i the surface and we oanuot get his sign of refresbms ti in sight, such as is that when rains oarn:e part of these real meaning except by thinking buuks will be washed down, and the' a carafe oe wine or a tea service - earnestly upon what he says. As it Ainbttton is suggested by presence of line will in him•() give way. i were, ho seeks to oanoeal bite best pictures or works of the world's sue- ! '1'00 STEEP. ! thoughts from us unless we are very easeful men and woman, "Again, in taking the line through anxious to obtain them. If the erica of the room taken os hills, a sharp cutting has been made Again, to enjoy good reaaing iw'e a whole to soft fund smooth, and no - along the slope, The slope of these must raise ourselves to the level of thing strikes one in the face, so to hills is bhe augle,made by nature Ca the boons we wish to enjoy or, in spelak,' elle onvner at that room is not ward the bed of the river. In altering other words, we must be good our- aggressive nn,d is extremely senst- t111a no attempt hos been made to selves. A living philosopher might five, Quiet colors ehow quiet tastes adjust the slope to 'th!e new cutting.' stoop to talk of things the can un -in room decorations as in other things, That would often mean toemendoua derstand, but we must raise our- but a sombre anis* scheme does not work, going Par up the hill. But I.he selves step by step to the level of .neoessarLly imply a gloomy or morose Of the two earselet belts the left slope will naturally adjust itself by Lhcse books ays would appreciate• disposition. The pat optic bmorose is of beige taffeta trimmed with num- Filling up Lhe cuttings with falling Some people think tbey have d011e *said will be sure to bnva'her national eraus rows of stitching and small vel ;rooks, and thus continually stopping all Lhe reading they need to do when calors in some conspieuoue pease. A vet straps ornamented with fancy the lino. Ch God's are w a mea - "My view, is, though I know Ism timbare. Away with year lighter you glad. fringed ands ;s included ?n fashionable I buttons, and the second one is of black mUSb that to be wolf -educated a man g Liberty satin drawn through a large ,Less hopeful than many, that it will must know what is going on about materials. Nothing but oaks hewn Are you ready for such a voyages designs. Iiringed ends on crepe da occupy four and a butt ears to com- m the forest of divine truth, are L have cams to see you off. This gtori- Chine scarfs are ver • effective, and handsome gold buckle in back, where ; pY y bin. We grant that newspapers y the belt is rather wider than it is plate the line, end will coat at least' are all right in tiled* plane. But many lana scarfs, jabots ant barbs c in front. 0 to t l ft t 1 are being worn. IlEii It fa no :leetrer neooseary, as to the olden times, ger a woman to be Mar- ried he gain importenoeea, In foot, elle stands a wixo11 better 01151108 when un- hampered by domestic duties to de- velop hes talents and enJoy the ever keen pleasure of ''hearing "Well done,,' ""Clever," "Susaessful, t It is oertatn'that the lives of tangle MOO end women have never been so pleasant, so alluring and so comfort- ' able, thanks to the scores of apart- mast houses and studio •buildings wench have been ()rooted witina the last few years for their special ao- eomniotlatlan. There ere nnmei'eue buitdrnga which are devoted exelilslve- ly to bachelor men, and there are miuny wibere only eel -mews can secure apertmcnts. There ' is very little 'dtfperenoe be- tween the bachelor man's room and the bachelor women's room, Both are termed "dens." If anytb ng, the MOO'S den is inclined to costlier fume. things, and, strange to say, ie usu- ally more tidy. Women a,re arse to parry artistic effsot to the extreme of confusion. But the bachelor girl will by to make her rooms' interest- ing -rather than rosily, tttlhile,.the anan seems to prefer hendsamesurround- ings, leehatsosver is the hobby of the oc- cupant Is easily discernbble.in the rooms. Canvases, tapestries, carvings, all bespeak an artistic home; ()piano a nil musical instruments, the musi- cian; books, papers and a marvellous coltectlon of pbotographs, the author, while a general confusion of every- thing, from everyw'here and every- ' time, is the sign of it student. The temper and tastes or a bachelor woman can be read in the furnish. Ings and:arrangement of her room. Tits is not so in the case of a married woman, because there is invariably other influence thin her own at work. If a woman is living for her work, the materials necessary to that work' awe fn predominance, But if a *wo- man is working for her living, mere- ly because it 1e necessary, something else will hold the plaoe of honor - her rn room.—perhaps books,'flowers, pictures of boats or horses, souvenirs of travel—via„ ber hobby. A sense of. the artiste's In the owner they read the daily papers. They trivial nature will have innumerable collections fn evidence, frgtn clbinm- pagne corks to war relics. Numer- ous mirrors are significant either of vanity or a love of 000111ess. ''there is sure to be reverence Where a fath- er s or morther•s picture holds a place of honor, The den of the young 'bachelor girl paver has the air of dignity and of peace which is, oharao- teristio of the home, of the more ma; tut'e woman. The woman mnenetor is fascinating in hospitality, end fortunate indeed is the person wbo bas an opportunity to spend an evening as the guest of some interesting spinster. GIFT T.0 'L1NESE EMPRESS. The Dowager Empress of China was the recipient on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday of an interesting presentation from the Ministers of England and America. This consisted of a copy of the New Testament, bound in silver covers anti inclosed in. a chased silver casket, subscribed for by the Christian women of China. On 0110 cover was a gold plate bearing the words, "holy Classic of Salvation. The etubseribers numbered about 10,- 000, •and the cost' of the presentation. amounted to 81,250. staunch enough far this craft. oas opportunity is about to set sail. Too must have Love for a helm, to Make up your minds. The gauge guide analtuna the eraf 1. Neither plunks are lifting. The bell rings. Pride, nor Ambition, nor Avarice, will All aboard for Heaven This world is do for a rudder. Love, not only in not, your rest, The chaffinch is the the heart, but finishing in the eye, silliest bird in all the earth for trying and tingling in the hand—Love mar- to make its nest on the rocking billow. ried to work, which' many look upon But I supliose you have come here as so homely a bride--lLOve, not like to give me ct parting salutation, and brooks which foam and rattle, yet I have ettme things to say in that do nothing, but love, liire a river, that direction. 14Iy heart is bound up in rumrl up the steps of mill -wheels, and the welfare at this ohurah. While works in the harness of factory banns the ocean 'may separate es in body, JLove, that will not pass by on there are feelings of sy°mputhy and the other side, but visits abs man who aftection that will not be sundered. fell among thieves near Jericho, not "If 1 forget thee, 0 Jerusaienl, may merely eeying "Pour fellow 1 you aro my right bend forget her cunning." dreadfully hurt," but, lilts the good .A little more than a year ago 1 came Samaritan, pours in oil and wine, and here, not knowing what would befall pays his board at the tavern. me., By a long serieit of Church t.rou- There Must also be a prow, amine,- hies that I have no heart to describe, ed to cut and override the billow. That. this Church had gone into tbe dust. t is THE PEOPLE 1TAI7 FLED. CHRISTIAN PERSEVERANCE. (Some had gone to other churches; There are three mountain surges that some fell back to the world; some sometimes dash against a soul in a ; had ascended to heaven, glad to get Minute—the world, the flesh and the t into a place whore there were no devil; and that is a well-built prow , Cburch fights, Thoy ought, and that can hound over them. For lack : bled, and died, of this,:rnpny have put hack and never i It there ie anything in all the world started again. 11 Is the broadside distressful to a minister, it Le to get wave that so often sweeps the decks into a pulpit where things are stereo - and fills the hatches; but that whieid I typed and fixed, and where he must strikes in front is harmless, Moat Istnnd an the look -out for long - troubles courageously and you stir- Iestablishott prejudices, and have code - Mount them.. Stand oe the prow, ens mittees waiting on him to tell him how`, as you wipe off the spray of the split 1 he must comb his hair and fold his sure er 7 out with the eposthe, "None pu0kebhendketobief, Rather let me be et these things move met" Let all your doomed to the mines o£ Sib- tears stay aft. The right must con., Soria than dwell tit suck a Many of the fpslilonahle boleros are fastened at one side and through this fastening a crepe de Chine smart is drawn, with a large knot at the top, the fringed ends falling over the waist line to the skirt. '.Chis is particularly suited to slender figures, IL a bolero Is not worn then these jabots, aearfs and streamers are held in just below the neck with handsome fastenings, Permitting the lace, mousseline, em- broidery, crepe, or whatever may be Ittilized, to ,fail over the best line to below the wallet line and bang free- ly and gratefully, .020, , marE pu n a ra ones whit would we think of a man who condition. ,As for the Manchurian spent all his time in talking to his line, that Le infinitely worse. Much of servun.s and had no desire to talk Lb hues to be conste'u0beL fn a zigzag. with those whose conversation would And Russia has to settle Manchuria give him lasting information? before it can reckon on doing :any Reading should farm a pert of our thing there. Russia. has yet to find dimly Penns. Wit can en:rraely oma - that in Manchuria it has bitten off ccive of an avocation that cannot be mere than 1t van show. ' so shaped] its to leave at least a sbert "But after the Trans -Baikal thee is time cash day far this Uleasure. finished, what then? Will Russia find A good book close at band, to be that it has gained great strategic tarried to at leisure moments, would advantages in consequence? It is Lm.' ears ltmto that La wasted. many art, possible, I believe, to carry 'more the examples of wonderful acquire - than 2,000 mea a day over the linen menta reached in this way. Time aro not, enough transport steam- may thus be spent in contact with ors oa Lake Baikal to do more, and masters of thought and language, there is not enough rolling stook on that would otherwise be spent in ahs other (side of the lake to convey idle talk and foolish- jesting. them on, 'Remember, it is a single ea conclusion, read, read deity, line only, and there is no return ?Woof road by a plan, road good books, and rails on which the empty oarriages can digest *what you read. easily and uninterruptedly come back. DIFFtICULTIJIS ONLY BEGUN. "When the army is conveyed to Che Pacific Comb Russia's difficulties have only 'begun. The greab problem of maintenance has to be faced, The others by whistling on their began. A. MATTER OF CHANGE,' Miss Wilkins—Ah, what it change one little 'woman can melee in a man's life Mr. Smh:thone--•Exactly t And what a heap of change she requires while do- ing it. Terre DISAST.E11011CASTEIt. Pa, what is it political croaker? Well, hie's a min who believes the i W Vsea n gist into ahgoedgfat'offfctg 'WHISTLING ISLANDERS The natives of Gomer(), one of the Canary Isles, weeverse with one en - provialons for this army cannot be It is posyiblo Le understand a message had from Siberia itself., for Siberia pro. I a anile off. Each syllable of a word bah duces barely enough for its awn nits own peoullar sound. Gomer() is cut population, although that population up by a number of deep glens which averages only about one for ten aro not bridged over, and as it would square miles. At, present feed can be otherwise bo impossible for the inhale. had from Japan and by sea. 13ub to toasts on separate sides of a glen to do this means friendehip'with England, talk with one another without going which 51111 has cornmend of the 505.6, ; a long way mond to meet, they have end with Japan, If England and hit upon the whistling device as the lepan were hostile the only way to beat means of aommeini0atiom NEATEST TOWN IN THE WORLD, Brook , in holland, 15 far-famed as Hie "neatest town in the world," 'I.'his town is so fastidious that until a few yitt 1ehernere n tllsorets,foe esonefceaulne and the entire town le cur scrupulously kept as a man-of*war, It is a village of 2,700 lmitatlsitants, the, main indus- try of which is Lite making of Iielatn cheeeee.