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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-2-28, Page 6NO t1V C0 ;l ), •' N�t77',1::5 .fid � � ,l.G11'2',S All wheotmen una meet of the pale. lie have known for some time that the blryole was gaining a place for itself as an Implement of war. In relay and. orderly duty it has become indiep.n-rile, and the cavalry grate- fully aelt owledges its service. 1n thls rasps+et;.rn patroiiing it hoe also shown Itself Evaluable, On the bat- tlefleLd, used in detachments as tight ing troops, Um value of eyelists le still questioned in ,nary quarters, but, on the other haeol, sore authorities have affirmed that the Mayen/ will prove its'effielenoy and advantages even there, The cavalry is, of course, the arm most inLeresLad in the develop- ment of the cyclist, for the great purpose of the )atter is to spare to tbo cavalry what work and fatigue he can; and when wo me/Alder that the cyclistt requires only infantry train - Lug and is armed with an infantry weapon, and can therefure do better those cavalry duties requiring in- fantry work, finally being ready to support the cavalry in the battle it. self, his value to that arm is indeed enormous. The question oof the use of cyclist detachments in closed order in the field has been virtually decided by numerous experiments. A Bavarian officer of authority cites his own experiences ia? the imperial manuou- vres of 1897. Under the most try- .keg circumstances, heavy rains, roads cut up by the passage of all arms c the service, nights of pitchy dark- ness, &o., he oanducted his bleyele de- taohment in offence and defence against the enemy's cavalry fee :ear - teen and one-half hours continuous- ly, followed by a hard day's work in orderly and reconnoissance duty, end this by a nicht of eutpolt uu:y. At the end every man and wheel were in perfect condition. The question or using- cyclist de- tachments independently, that is, withont.the presence and support of oiler arms of the service in the field. has al.,a been decided in the a:£irna- tive. In the Rae:tre n no1nnuvree of itis such a detachment, Hent mut atone to reconnoitre the enemy's flank, succeeded in getting atoned that flank unobserved by the enemy's ! cavalry, cru=sin's an important ,treem ; ou the ,ray, and ,an en -lying in the eli:.uty'a retie wee a.,l to deierneue his point of assembly end' report tee eame to the cum teens n! ra'is'er c w t i et delay. On aro a_r 1 asiea, eye ye;ist detachment ;eat oat :time! to rtr.awnnoitre Ca1111 nista a Lewn 00- I cupird le -the enemy. and, leaving' t he wh e :. 1 neighl.oaring weed, dro:- I ,... in a ht- ,t. p101. and took 1 5 :.- stun of a i,_. whir.h cnn oil. r 1 d the town Th.: edvaneu guard re. the nee mien arriving soon cl after cc,ve tee 1aenemy from the town. Th, 1 tack- ut was then sent 1., the to rnI , Hanke and succeeded in 11.er i i. l his munotmvre*. he d•ta m•ut fired es the columns approached, t.inei mounted its wheeie and retired short di-.tanoe for further obsery:.- then. T1118 wile rentiau. d fur eel/e- n-me, and the enemy never can„- net' enough 'to do the detach/meet ser.ote, harm. iPLEND ORS 0&' HFN � ' v, Dr. Talmage oaks of Its. • Wealth wad Song. A despatch trout WasbLngton says d2ov. Dr, Ultimo preached fromth following text; ";Lye bath not seen nor ear beard." -1 U, 9. The city of Corinth has been called the Parts of antiquity. Indeed, foe splendour the world hallo no such wonder teeday. It stood on an 1sth. 1008 washed by two seas, the one sea bringing the minima= of Europe - the other the aulumerce of Asia. From her wharves, In the oonetruotiOn o which whole kingdoms lead been an sorbed, war -galleys, with three bank of oars, pushed out and oontounded the navy -yards et all the world. Huge banded machinery such as modern In- vention cannot equal, lifted ship+ from the sea on.one sole and trans ported them on trucks across the isth- mus, and set them down in the sea nu the other side. The revenue offi- cers of the city went down through olive groves that lined the beach to collect tariff from all nations The mirth of all people sport ed in her Isthmian games and the beauty al all lands sa in her, theatres, walked her porticos and threw itself on the altar of her el apeadous dissipations. Columb end statue and temple bewildered the bee Leiden There were white marble founlaine into which, from apertures at the side, there rushed waters every- -where known for health -giving quali- ties. Around these basics, twisted into wreathe of stone, there were all the beauties of sculpture and archi- tecture, while, standing as if La guard the costly display, woe -a statue of ,IIetoules of burnished Corinthian Mass. Vases of terra cotta ndurued the cemeteries of the dead -vases se costly that Julius Caesar wile not satisfied until hu had captured them for Rome. .Armed ufficiule, tete Corin- ' tharii, passed tip and down to see that 'no statue was defaced, no pedesLaI , eve rthrowa, no b.as-relief touched. From the edge of the city u hill arra° with Les neignific,;nL Wird-untie °el- and the beauty of all lands satUL6W3 and tuners and temples (one thousand slaves waking at one shrine) and a citadel so thotuughly Impteguablo teat Gibraltar is a heap of sand compared With it. Amid all that strength and magaitioeuoe Corinth stand and de- fied the world. Ah, it was a bold 'thing for Paul to stand themthemamid all that and say: .ALL lain is NO'fHINtl. These sounds that come from the temple of Neptune ore not music rem - paled with the Lurmonies of which I speak. ')'hese waters rushing in Lila bush• of Pyrene are rut pure. Thee,: ei Bacchus and Mercury are not exquisite. eon citadel of Acro- cut'intnne is not elreng cult/mired wiLh tint I miter to the p..orest slate that puts down his burden at that brazen gaLe. You Corinthians think this is a splendid city. Yule think you have heard alt sweet sounds and seen all b atetiful sights; but 1 tell yuut %eey-e hath not seen; nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things, which God Lath prepared for them that love him." I first remark that we can ini this world get no idea of the wealth of •i,eavea. When you were a ,child and you went out In the morning bow you bounded along the road or street -you had never felt sorrow or sickness. Perhaps later, perbaps in these very :uaumual days, you felt a glow in sear cheek, end a epriug in your step, and an exuberance of spirits, and a clearness at eye, that made you thank God you were permitted Lo live. The nerves were harpstrings, and the sun- ight was a doxology, and the reetle ng leaves were the rustling of the rubes of a great crowd rising up to praise the'Lord. You thought that mu) knew what it was to be well, cut these is no perfect health on on earth. The diseases of past generations come down to a5. file airs that float now un they ;earth ire aot like those which flouted above Paradise. They are charged with mpurities and distempers. The most elastic and robust health of earth compared with that which those experience before whom the gates have boob opened, is nothing but sickness and emaciation. look at that soul standing Mare the throne. On earth, she was a life-long invalid. See her step now and hear per voice now, Catch, if you can, one broach of that celestial air. Health in all the pulses! Health of vision; health of spirit; IMMORTAL HEALTHI No racking °Legh, no sharp pleurisies no consuming fevers, no exhausting pains, no hospitals of wounded men; health swinging in the air; health Plowing in all the sirearae; health blooming on all the banks; no head - vibes, no sideaohes, no baoltaahes. For everlasting ages to have neither ambo nor pale, nonorweekhess nor fatigue. 'Eye, hath not seen et, oar bath not heard it." I remark further that we can in tills world, get no idea of lbs eying dors or heaven, John tries to de- , seethe them. Ile says; "The 'twelve nates are twelve pearls," and that "the foundations of the walls are garniahted with all manner of precious stones." As lava - stand looking through the telescope of St, John we see a blaze of amethyst and pearl and emerald and sardonyx and clirysu- Prase and sapphire a mountain of f light, a cataract at colour, a sea of - glass, and a city like tbe sen. john s bids us look again and we sec thrones; thrones of tee prophets, throned oe the patriarchs, thrones of the angels, thrones of the apostles, thrones of the martyrs, throne of Jesus -throne of - God. And we turn around Co sae the glory and et is thrones! thrones! thrones! • "Lye bath not seen it, ear bath not heard it," Skim from the summer waters the brightest sparkle and you will got no idea of the sheen of the - everlasting sea. Pile up the Wen- , doers of earthly cities and they would t' not make a stepping stone by which tort, might mount to the city of God. ;Every hoose i:'5 a palace; every step triumph; every covering of the 'head a corona lien ; every meal, is a banquet; every stroke from the tower Is a wedding bell; every day Ls a jubi- lee; every hour a rapture; and every moment an ecstasy. ".Eye haLh not seen it, ear hath not heard it." I remark further, we eau get no idea on earth of the reunions of heaven. If you, have ever been aorose' the seas and ,net a friend or even an acquaintance in sumo strange city, you retnemeer how yuur blood thrilled and how glad yea were to see him, What then will be our joy after we 11av0 passed the seas of. death Lo 212a00 in the bright city of the sun those from whom we have long been parted. Our fi1'ode. aro in two reit. •-a group on th's silo of the 'river and a There is, therefore, little doubt AS to the possibility of using cyclist de- tachments independently; but wheth- er these detachments shall be trained and organized as independent troupe is another question. The latest views in-line toward training these detach rents, not as entirely independent. bat in t:onjunotion with cavalry. Cyclists can never replace cavalry in reponnoissance, bat these two can mutually support, assist and relieve each other. Therefore, cavalry is the natural arm for cyclist; to be com- bined with, as well as trained with, and since this training cannot he learned overnight, tt should take place Ln time of peace, and cyclist de- tachments should fur this purpose be attached to the cavalry to learn the duties that will bo required of them. TIIItOWING AIHES ON THE yLthJ':. Say, Dad, I wish sometimes that 1 Wee quite as big as you, Tor if I wuz, you bet yer 111'0, There's some things 1 mould do, 1'd tackle Farmer r.'auaders, Who used to wallup me For stealing all his pears From his fav'rite Bartlett tree. I'd muko him take his coat off leer a rough and tulnblc fight; I'd knock him into smithereens - He'd be an' awful sight! i next would tackle Jenkins, Him with the wooden leg, Who'd report the kids in swimming No matter bow they'd beg, I'd saw his wooden leg off And cast It in the stream, And he could then report it, too - what a happy dreamt But, say, Dad, why I'd like 10 be Ae big a man as you Is owing to the grudge I've got Against old Barney Drew, The kids they used to call him Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde, And now ho'e getting even Throwing sakes on the snide, I guess, Dad, I could quite forgive Jeultins and Saunders, Loc; 1'4 take an old-time whipping And a cloue on.' two from you, 71 only once I had the chance To tan the selfish hide Of tbe man who takes delight in 'renewing ashes on the slide. group on the other s'sle of the river. New, there goes one from this to that area another from thio to that, and poen we will ALL Ble GONE OPER. How many of our loved ones have al- ready entered upon that blessed place?' 11 I should take paper and pencil, do you think I could put them all down? Ah, my friends, the waves of the Jordan roar co hoarsely we can - nut hear the joy on the other aisle whet,' their group is augmented. 1t is grana here, and coffins and hears- es here. Methinks when a soul ar- rivus some angel takes it around to show it the .wonders of that blessed place. The usher angel says to the newly arrived "'These are the martyrs that perished at Piedmont; these were torn to pieoes at the inquisition; thee is the throne of the great Je- hovah -this is Jesus 1" Oh, to stand La his presence; That will be hea- ven: Oh, to put our hand in that hand which was wounded for us on the cross; to go around amid all the groups of the redeemed and shake' hande with prophets and apostles and martyra and with our own dear be- loved ones, That will be the great reunion. We cannot imagine it now. Our loved ones seem eo far. away. When we are in trouble and lonesome, they don't seem to come to »s. We go on the banks of the Jordan and call across to them but they don't seem to hear. We say: "Is it well with the child 1 is it well with the loved ones?" and ave listcu to bear if any voice comes back over the waters. None! none! Unbelief says: "They are dead and they are annihilated," but blessed be God, we bave a Bible that tellq us different. 1 remark again, we can In t:bi world get no idea of the song of hea- ven. S:ouknow there Le nothing nxore inspiriting than music. We approeiatc the power of secular music, but do we appreciate the power of sacred song ? There is nothing more inspir- Lng to me than a whole congrega- tion lifted on the wave of holy melody. When we sing some of those dear old psalms and lanes they rouse all the memories of the past. Whoa I bear these old songs sung, it seems as if all the old country meeting houses joined in the chorus, and Scotch kirk and sailor's Bethel and Western cab- ins, until the whole continent lifts the doxology, and • the sceptres of eternity beat time in the music. Away then with! YOUR STARVELING tunes that chill the devotions of the sanoLuary and make the people sit sil- ent when Jesus Ls coining to Hogan- reala. But, my friends, if mesio on earth is so sweet, what will it be in heav- en. They ail kmblw Lhe tune there. Methinks, the Lane of heaven will be made up partly from the songs of earth, the best parts of all our hymns and tome going to add to the song of .Montle and the Lamb. All the bust re 0f all the ages will join it, cbaire of wbiteerobed cblldren 1 ohuire of petriarobst 01101l'e of apostles1 eforlaing stars' clapping' their eine bale; harpers with tbolr harps, Great anthem of, God, roll on) roll on 1 tither eneeir05 jOinieg the Ilertnony till the tha'onee are full of it rind the potions saved. ,Anthem shall touch 'antbent shores, and all tbo sweet sweetie: 01 earth and baavenbe' poured Leto the ear of Christ, David of the here will be there; Gabriel of the trumpet will be there; Genitally redeemed will pour Rs deep bass voice in the song, and .Africa will add to the mns10 witb her maachleas voices, 7'lloy rise for the doxology,all the multitude of the blest1 Lot us rise, with them; and so at this hone, et the death pillow of tide expiring Sabbath, the joys of the c11ua'oii on earth, and the joys of the chetah in heaven will mingle their obaliees; and the dark apparel of our tnourningwill imam to. whiten into the spotless raiment of: the skies. God grant that titre -twit tbe rich mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, wo may all get there. KING EDWARD EDWARD VII. Some of Ws Imperial 314lesiyy'S 1,1005 use nlslnuae. Believes England and America will civilize the world. Is the chief Free Mason in the world, Heir apparent for sixty years. Holds the record for bearing the Lille of ?tines al Wales. Ile is a friend of orphans and gives liberally to many charities. He will inherit only a portion of his mother's vest wealth. He is thoroughly familiar with law and military science. lie never allows a typewriter he his office. Ile spends 55,000 a year for tele- grams. He allows only two knives and forks to each guest at his table. He is a colonel eight, times over. Site has one private secretary, two assistant secretaries and a staff of clerks to assist them. I1:, receives 200 letters a day apd answers most of them. Every ntiltute of his time be London is spent according to schedule. He has evexy order of knighthood in Europe. His uniforms are worth 675,000. He is a field marshal and an ad- miral, He is the chief horse owner, dog owner and yachtsman in England. He goes to church every Sunday morning. He never goes to the races 011 Sun- day. He started life with an income of $550,000 a year.. He loves to ! travel incognito in Paris. •Ha buys hundreds of theater tickets without using them. His favorite vehicle in Landon is a hansom cab; yet hie stables, cost 375,- 000 'a year. He thielri his nephew, the German emperor, Ls ton sensational. He has friends of every nation, and speaks German, French, Italian and Rue - seen, He is five feet six inches high and weighs 180 pounds. He has light gray eyes, a gray beard a brown complexion and a bald head. His hands and feet are small and neat. lie is 00 retire old and has six grand- children. His favorLte wine ie champagne of 1889, and his favorite ligwor a cognac forty years old. He is fond of Irishmen, Frenchmen, Germans and Ruistans. When be !was young he was very tender-hearted, and cried for days when a tutor left him. H0 is said to be one of the best shots in England. He seta the fashions in clothes for the whole world. He popularized the Alpine hat. He is a D.C.L. of Oxford, and 'LL.D. of Cambridge, and a barrister. He has thirteen university de- grees. • He has laid seventy-three largo and important foundation stones. He opened part of the Suez canal. He has made more speechee than any other mac in the world, but mostly short ones. - He owlns the deepest mine in Eng lu nd. 116 was the first Christian to dine with the Sultan of Turkey. e TEA. -PAST AND PRESENT. Sir Robert Hart cells tea the world's best drink. However that may be, more of it 18 drunk, than of any other beverage. It has been ,estimated that the consumers of ten number 500,000; 000. The first consignment sent to Europe by the Dutch East India Oom- pany in 161.0 sold for sixty sbillings a peered. !Popys< says in his diary during Lhe year 10571 "I.lonre•-found any wife making of tea, a drink which Mr. Pellien, the pottiaary, tells her is geed for her Oold." A few years Late er a ,tax of 1e, 6d„ chant 37 cents, ori every gallon of tea seld.at aha coffee houses was laid in England, For lass than that sum a drinkable pound can now be bought in this country, S, S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAR. S. tretesee lletl'nyetl." .11rn ls. 1.14. Golden '1'a:l1, ,',4•47 Ilttll, 80.45, 'PRACTICAL NOTES, Venae 1. When ;mots had 5901101) these words, " Words" ream:dee by John; obaptera 14-17, but, most of tiler, not by the other evangelists, They' lnoludo the moat luarvelous a1 our Lord's recorded "oonversaLLons,;, and prayers. He went forth, Oet 0f the cit?; on the sad journey which already we Lavefollowed in tee study "Ps Mitis, 25. 30,.tho.'lattt.versc of Las- en VII.; 11 in to Galhsemaae, tvhero the scenos of Lesson VIII were enact- ed. M1Vith his disciples. All bat dae, It was the time of the full moue, They paused "through the clear light and deep shadows of tbe anent streets, down into the valley that steeled the walls, and a little .way up the sleep er Olivet;" to the gate of the garden. ;Che brook Cedrbn. The "winter tor- rent Inidrom,jc a deep gully, which in the rainy aeasom became a turbulent stream. Iiidron means " Black." Its. wate15 may have been dark in color, buyers and sellers' wbe.n he thrust them from the temple. There is no hint of a miraolo, but Dr. Watkins suggests that his answer, 1 aen he, re - repeated in verse 8, conveyed to Jewish ears- theunutterable name "Jehovah," "I am," and that while this overawed the Jewish officers a sort of infectious terror passed from Jades to the Raman soldiers. 7, 8, The repetition of the ques- tion and answer makes plain that they are empowered to arree,t no one Met Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus so Un- derstands, and adds. If therefore ye seek me, let these go their way. Be- fore the Ronii.n soldiers fully re - Cognized Jesus they may have laid hands on some of his disciples. 9. That the saying might be ful- filled, which he spoke, Of them which thou gayest me have I lost none. We read fn John -17, 12, our Lord's prayer to the Father, ,"While I was witb them in the world, I kept them in thy name; Mom that thong -avast inc I have kept, none of them is lost, but the son -of perdition," The apostle's use of this text is noticeable; In the first place, it is not quoted verbally, the sense only is given, although it would have been exceedingly easy to leave repro- duced it word for word. This was in accordance with the literary habit of that age. In the second place, while the orig nal worde were spoken of spir- itual clangers, John here applies them to physical dangers. 10. Compare Matt. 20. 51-54. This is one of the facts recorded by all the evangelists, but only John tells us that the actors were Peter and Mal- thus, and only be and. Luke specify that it w¢s the right ear Peter out off. Our Lord, according to Luke, healed the wound. 11, The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I notdrink it 0 "There. is in these words a tender trustfulness which rob,s the cup of all its bitter- ness. They are an echo of tbe prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, which is recorded in John." 12. The bland and the captain and of - Mars of the Jews. "The•eohort and the military tribune, and the officers." Again the Revised Version makes clear the meaning by the ass of a comma after "captain" " The band and the captain," were Ronne s• l- diers, seed the "officers," were temple constables. 13. When the evangelist says that they led him aware, to Amnas first he implies that he was afterward led be- fore Caiaphas. Annas is nailed Ana - nue by Josephus. He had been high priest from A.D. 7 to A.D. 14, when he was removed by the Romans, and was succeeded by three others, who each held the dignity for a year or loss, when Caiaphas obtained it. With 'ate advancement of Caiaphas, An. nas's sun -in-law, the old man seems to have regained much 02 the public authority of the office, The trial be- fore Annas was an informal examin- ation preliminary to the formal trial. That same year meane at that time, 14. Caiaphas was he, etc. The story is, told more fully in John 11,45-54. or, more probably, its name was derived from the darkness of the ravine through which it flowed. A garden into which he entered, and his disciples. Our last two lessons have made us earnilier with the mod- ern Gethsetaano,.its femme, and flow- er -beds and cypresses and aged olives. But the ancient 11111on flowed at' least thirty feet below its present bed, and about one hundred feet nearer to the city wall, and it is not unlikely that the ancient Geth- semane ryas both a little lower anal a little farther north than the present garden. We aro to think of: it as an olive orchard, with an oil press, Oath- semttne means "all press," en the grounds. 2. Which betrayed hi:m, "Who wee betraying him." nista ofttinnie re- sealed thither with hie dieelplos. :1 statement that melee it probable that the owner was' his friend. 3. A band of men. "The hand of soldiers." -Revised Version. The ori- ginal suggestd that they were apart of the garrison of Antonia, a fart tbat towered at the narhhoast o orner none of, the temple, Thislxamd Is men- tioned again in verso 12 of Wale MO - son, and also in Matt. 127. 271 Mark 10, 10; and Atte 21, '81. The comma which the Itav'bled Version plaoek af- ter "soldiers" 14 of iittPortaneo, for they had no eenueetlea with officora front the eldef prisste and Pharisees,, who ware "servants of the temple," a sort of guards or policemen; Jelin li•as already mentioned theta in John 7.82..45, : Time were, 111e' mon who were to make the arrest, Judas. guided them, end the 'Roman soldiers supported .them. To the eyes of tliat- tLaw, Mark, and Luke this ownpanY. was • u multitude, a mob; but John, With "'lila exact knowledge of all the incidents wide!; attended the life of our Lard in Jerusalem," is seceific in his description. Lanterns and torches and weapons, "',)'orches and lamps end arms," Part of the regular equipment of the Roman soldiers was torches and lamps, and these men may have ex - Peeled to have to searchthe ehadowy recesses of the ,garden, Instead of "weapons" •Matthew and Mark supply detail which John overlooked ; they say "swords and stoves ;" that is, the eomplo police carried, as policemen now carry, c1u115, 4. Knowing all things thht should come "wore coming" upon him. John calls our attention to the free, dell - berate will with which our Lord gave hemss0[ tip to. his e•cemles. Went forth, Out of the (Jeep shadows and out from the circle of his ft' ghtened friends into the moonlight, to stand, alone; and as he stepped forward Judas kissed him, and policemen and soldiers at once knew which of the mon they -were to arrest. Whom seek ye, Ile had avoided the multi,' tudes who would have made him king; he boldly faced his enemies. 5. They answered hien, Jesus of Nazareth. An official declaration, like the reading of a warrant; but he 10x5 personally known to same of them, Matt. 26. 55, Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Having kissed Jesus as a signal for the arrest, he now openly takes his place among the enemies. We should try to put ourselves in !imagination in John's place, and see with con- steenaLion the "friend" of Jesus, who had taken bread from itis hand that very nighlt, now helping to arrest him. 6. They event backward, and fell to the ground. This impressive foot is most simply told. Some divine ter- ror overpowered them, as it bad the CANADA'S RECORD IN CRIME. Con.I'tctlea,s Rnr O: enaa, Shown to be 50 tl,e tne,•t'a,,,e. Dir. George Johnson, Douuion Statistician, has prepared a state- ment giving the statistics of crime in Canada for the period 1887-99. For the thirteen years tbero was an aver- age of 37,250 convictions for offences of all hinds. ' in 1890 the conviotious were 28,710. Both absolutely and relatively' to population puoisided Oxime in 1890 was hi;;ber than in 1808, and in 1898 It was higher thou in 1897. Of the total number of 431,- 268 cauviotions for thirteen years 60,981 were for indictable offences, the charges numbering 68,528, so that convictions formed 63,9 per cent. of the charges. According to °coupe,- tione the statistics warrant the fol- lowing conclusions: -1. That compar- ed with their numbers the agricul- tural class contribute a very small percentage to the aritnimal class, '. That tha commercial class ootnmlt more than their proportionate num- hers in the body politic warrant, in the way of crimes under the head of offences against the person, lore gory anti offences against the 0111- renoy. 3. That the elomostioclass commit crimes just about in propor- tion to air the six divisions of crimes except in offences against property with violence, where they slightly ex- ceed their proportion. 5. That the professional class provide a low per- centage of criminals. 6. That labor- ers contribute more than their share to every class of 'crime, their percentage being: -Crime, 39 per cent.; population, 13 per cent. About 60 per sent., of the oonvlotod were born in Canada. As the Canadian -horn population is 861-7 per Gent., of the whole population, the criminals In the Dominion born outside of Canada arc more numerous relatively than the Canadian -born, forming but 131-3 per cent, of the population, auel sup- plying 40 per cent. of Lha criminals. those' unable to read and write funned about 13.8 per Dont. of Lhe cenviotetl in 1891-9 period, against. 14.9 per mint, in the 1887-9 period, 'Chose possessed of an elementary education were 74.5 poi cant,, of.the whole la 1897-9, against 70.6 per cont. iu 1887-9 peeiod. ):hose having a su- perior education formed in 110112 peridds something over 1 per cont. of the convicted, Cities and towns furnish 70 per cent. of the criminal` elites in Canada, and t:he urban popu- lation to about 30 per cent., of Lha whole population. CQLUNIAL FURNISHINGS, l,o PFl Voir Time Worn >tolins I n 'WVoo(7r m t.tl n#1 10 IS r G1.I , la With the revival of 1110 ooletilal style Of arcihlleetu't'a, s0 larged ma In the new houses that aro being built through the country, Its well .an the ole] ones remodeled, the colonial style Of fthl'nisliing'has also come Into vogue; mud the family that hiss preserve') the solid pieces Or mahogany that bave been passed along the generations and kept the rouge and legs on its wooden 0110111 patching 00011 their rickety stage, can now reap full benefit 1n the atdtuleatlon and envy of their friends when "our own family belongings" ore pointed out In pride and satlsfaetten. Indeed, 50 great is the bonor dere these' all timers that the Woman who eau boast, a four poster bedstead upon which a great-great•grandmother has slept, or, better- still, one 0p011 whose ample proportions Washington or La- fayette had stretched his weary limbs, Is more to be envied than she ,wile is the possessor of yards of real old late, growing yellow with age and wrapped away in blue paper and linen, with a bit of wax to 11(000rve it, There are few houses, however, that con make a harmonious showing of these old fashioned belongings from. attic to cellar. Usually they,010 in- terspersed with more modern pieces, and the owner contents herself with one room, perhaps, Into which are gathered all the choice bits of age that can be obtained. That this fad for time worn relies tends to the hunting up of remote rein - Lives there can be no doubt. Especial- ly is this the ease In small country vff- •lages. The dusty lumber rooms and at- tics of fourth and even fifth cousins are ferreted out by' the woman Nilo has the "family antique craze," and if she chances to find a rickety table, a bro- ken down bureau or a high back chair Dn. three legs, sometimes on one, they will be regarded as objects of venera- tion, to command a price that will nun nish a whole new set for the best front room of these new found relatives. It is worth while to have held on to the file dogs and battered candlesticks A 111011 BOY. past their usefulness. Even a broken teapot might be available if the color and shape were all right. There is another side, however, to this wholesale revival of the old colo- nial styles, They stood for good. solid worth. There was strength as well as beauty In their designs, and the ques- tion of practical utility was the under- lying element In their structure. • Ex- amine, for instance, says a writer in The .Household, whose discourse on old fashioned furnishings Is bare repro- duced, that aristocratic piece of solid mahogany styled 3t high boy -plenty of drawer 1.O0111, not too sleep to he tilled or, chat tilled, too heavy to be pulled ' out, with space enough under the lege to be easily reached by dust brush of !broom and prevent the dust from roll - Ing up into, wads beneath it. The high, straight back chairs com- pelled One to sit erect On his Own backbone, giving the straight, firm phy- sique Imposend° to obtain In our easy modern choirs, which encourage lolling 'and ease and send us to gymnasiums !and physical tenttu'e cheeses to obtain, what our greet -grandmothers got for nothing. The fad would seem to be a sign of the times, an effort to swing bads to the rugged simplicity of our forefathers awl to Imitate them along some of the 110 as that made themwhat • they were. .. Steam. l Nut needing. To half n. ere of granelat.ed sugar add one gill <f melted butter. When well blended, add two beaten eggs and one cup of mills, Mix two teaspoonfuls of baking pawd':r with two culls of dour stud add to the Mime ingredients. Sprinkle a sultspoouful Of stilt ,0101 11/ cups annoy kind of nut meats bro- ken Into bits tad add them to the mix- ture. Butter n molal or pudding dish, turn the mer title 1n and steam • three hours, Serve with wine sauee, • P opeor11 Cantly. Having popped the coat/ nicely, salt It and sift it through the lingers, that the extra snit tied the unpopped 001'11 may escape. Have renrly sone candy, mode by cooking together one pound ol'luo- lesses, one -'nal' pound brown sugar, one tablespoonful of vinegar and. from DAt to 2 000116 of fresh butter. When this is all Out ready, stir alto It as much Of the popcorn as It will take un' then turn It Out en to buttered or oiled dishes Or shape it Into balls. Cnrd 1 t England Is nn Menge More steel is used in the manatee- feegnue0 ;• ,,e. Ladies seldom play, Lure of nuns than In all the sword pad eraitictu,e engage in It tardy bet tt sod gun factories In Lha world, gamble