HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-12-5, Page 7SOME MARVELLOUS CURES,
Many of Thern Wrought Without
Medicine or Surgery.
Motored occor-,1 to Act et tag rosoccuent or bp master wornmen there.
titenbe 133')Frk'Vfilgskr1;,11P'ers.6,141,%. Heaven will have 110 letrierS benging
nu moment m Agriculture, owerne around, Tee book 88.y8 of the
A despatch irom yeaneogton son habt.ttal,tts, "They retie not dey
—men sem Talmage, genemm
wp
od from ,' Wily rest when they well(
without fatigue ? Why ethic a pillow
when there is no night there ?
want to fee you filter tbe podes-
trienista ot earth tate been exchanged
for power of eight and velocities in-
nate and enterprises interetellati, in-
terworld,
Am 1 not right in saying that
eternity can do nore for us than can
011(1 311031' way front braintime What will we not be able to
%v ' to 'UPI wlien 00 r powo, locomotion.
Word that have in them. unirnings
and midnights, laughter and tears, shall be quickened into eho immor-
and dowdreps. In all
tal splrita
's speed ? WhY should
thunderbolts
the lexicone awl vocabutamee tbere bird have a ewiftness of wing when
aro few worde that it /or me the is gf11�inn'grtanee how long it
ettractione of tile /est word of raY shall take to make its aerial way
from forest to forest and we, who
tho following, text:—Elebrews, vi, 10,
"Which hope, "
There is an Athentic ocean et
depth and folleese in the Terse from
w311011 my text is taken, and 1 mint
wecie into tee wave at the booth and
take two words, We all have Ma
vorite 18033(18 expreseive el delight
Or abhorrence, words that eaelly
• .text, "Which hoPe," have SO much more important el,-
neve have in the course of our life
, God that have rand be the world, get on so slowly?
been many engols of
looked over , our shoulders, ,..„ 4. ;The roebuck outruns us, tho hounds
c'r e"0" ;are quicker in the chase, but wait
us on the road Or enchanted the ,
!until God lets lla loose from all,liza-
darkness away, or lifted thoeur-
„ , ;Mations and hinclerments. Then we
tains of the great future, en Pu"e" 11 will 'fairly begin. The starting meet
m
us back frothe precipice% or roll- , will be the tometh
tomes/pee. Leaving e
ed down epon us the rapturous mus- world will 'be graduation day before
ic of the heaven% but, there is one the chief work of our mental and
of those angels • who has done so spiritual career. Mope sees the
much for us that we wish through- 31e01,, evening, it), Victor's tec 1 le
out all time mud eternity to cries stirrup for the mounting. Tho cleM
brat° it—the a"801 or llono• 'et• breaks—first flush of the horizon.
Paul nutices it the centre of a grouP mhe mission of hope will be an ever -
of three, saedha, "Non/ abideth lasting mission, as much of it in the
faith, hope, charity," And though heavenly hereafter as in the earthly
310 (lays that charite• is the greatest non. Shall wo have gained all illi
of the three, he does not take ono soon ati We 'enter realms celestial—
plume froth • the wing, or 0110 ray nothing more to learn, 1.11 other
of lustre from the brow, en °lee au- heights to climb, 110 new nnthems to
rein from the cheek, or One Melody min, a monotony of existence, the
from the voice of the angel of 01y nem thing over and aver again fa,
'text, "Which hOPO." . endless years ? No t Moro progress
That was a gpeat night for ow in that world than we evor made, ill
world, When in a Bethlehem caravan- this, 13ope will stand on the hills
sary the infant Royal Watt born and of heaven o nil ioolc f or ever %right -
that will be it great eight in the ening landscapes, other tronsfegura-
darlmess when Christian Imre ie
tions 01 color, new glories rolling
born. •There will be chanting in ovor um scene, nen enebratoms of
the skies and a Mar pointing to the victories in ether worlds, heaven erie-
Nativity. I will not bother Yoll Mg into
you
with the huslc of a definition awl tell
• GRANDETt 3INAVENS,
WHAT 110113e TS. ;seas of glass mingled with fire, be,.
When we sit down hungry at a table, 'een'ing a In°r° brilliant glass Iningi-
we do not want an analytical dim. ing with a more ilatniug lire. "Which
course as to what bread is. Hand hope.'
it on; pass it rouna; give us a net,' But if you will not talro the lamil
01 in Joh, etteen„e hope ae ,I, of hope for earthly coevaleseence lee
"pure hope"; Peter calls it a "lively me point you to the perfect body you
hope"; Paul styles it a egood ham:, are yet to Immo If you love and solve
e the Lord. Death will put a Prolong-
s "33110 hope," a "rejoicing hope,
And all up and down the Bible it is ed anaesthetic -upon your present
seoken of as an anchor, as a bettor, body, and you will never again feel
as a helmet, as a door. an ache or pane mid then in his
No better medleine did a man ever good time you will have a resurree-
take than hope. It is a stimulant, teen body, about 331)1(31 We 1(130W no
a febrifuge, a tonic, a, eatholicon. thing 'oneegt. that it will be pathless
. Thousands of people long ago de- and glorious boyowl all present at -
parted this life would Mime been liv- Preciati"' What must be the
Mg to -day but for tho reason they 1103111,11of that land which never feels
let hope slip their grasp. 1 Nen cue of cola or blast of heat and
known people to live on hope after where there is 310 east wind 3(0381111)
one lung was gone and disease had peeumoulas on the air, your iteet-
seemed to lay hold of eveim nerve MSS greater than the foot of deer,
and muscle and artery and bone, your eye seentnelearer than englo in
perfect 11!'thenh, In a countrY
Alexander the Great, startieg for 'skY 1
the wars in Persia, divided his pro- where all the 11)11831)1,311)1,30 311'O ever -
polity among tho Macedonians. Ho lastingly well ! You who have in
gave a village to 011e, a port to an-. Y°1". body an oneysted bullet ever
other, a field to another and all bis since the civil war ; you who have
estate to his friends. Then let:niche- kept alive only by precautions and
con asked, "What have you kept for self denials and perpetual watching
te pulse a
yourself?" He answered triumph... nd lung ; you of the deaf-
ently "Elope." And, whettever else cree(1 ear and dim vision end the see
you end 1 give away we must keep yore backache ; you who baye not
beth free f
for ourselves hope—ail comforteMge r011l pain for ton years.
ell cheeping hope, In the heart of
every man, woman and child that
(30013 or reads this sermon Islay God
implant this principle right nowt
Many have full assurance that all
Is right with the soul, They aro
as Sure of heaven as 11 they had
passed in pearly panels of the
gate, as though they were already
seated in the temple, of God unroll-
ing the libretto of the heavenly
;twister. " / congratulate all such.
r wish had it too—full aseurauce
—but with me 11 is hope. "Which
hope." Sinful, it expects forgive -
3(33; troubled, it expects relief; be -
tett, it expects reunion; clear down
It expects wings to /ift; shipwrecked
how do you like this story of physi-
cal reconstruetion, with all weakness
and suffering subtracted and every -
!thing jocund and bounding added
Ag' ain let e introduce the ele-
ment ofhmope to those good people
who are in despair 311)0011 the worldee
moral condition. They have gather-
ed up appalling statistics. They tell
of the number of divorces, but do
not take into consideration that
there aro a thousand happy 'homes
where there is one of marital dis-
cord, They tell you of the large
number in our land who tiro 'lying
profligate lives, but forget to men-
tion that there are many millions of
men and Mallen who are doing
=1
it expects lifeboat; bankrupt, it ex
sects eternal riches; a prodigal, i
eepects the wido open door of th
PATeTnne'S FARMHOUSE.
t does not wear itself out looking
benkeyord: it always looks forward
What is the use of giving so much
thee to the rehearsal of the past?
Your mistakes aro not corrected by a
lieview. Tour losses cannot, by
brooding over them, ma 3.033133301 Into
gains. ire t is the fututhat has the
most for us, and hope cheers us on,
i We have all committee blunders; but
does the calling of the roll of them
2118.1(0 them elm the less blunders?
Look ahead in 011 matters of 1280-
11311133833.ZOWever 0133011 7011 13)333'have accomplished for •Gerl and the
ME BE,ST THEY CAN.
t, erhey tell you the number of drunk-
(' cries in this country, but fail to
I mention , the thousands of glorious
churches with two doors—one door 1
. open for all who will enter for par- 1.
don and consolation and the other re
- door opening into the 1)0080)18 for i
' the ascent ol soffit; prepexed for
translation. , 2
l Let Hope say to the foreboding
win
"DO all you n with Bible and 0.
spelling book and. philosophic ripper- 12
atus, but toll with the sunlight; 111 ll
your 13133(33 Or your efforts will be a s
failure. The 911)101' In the sky is not e
another phase of the night, but the c
firet sign of apprOaching tleY, whic,h 1
is as sure to COM as to -night will 1.1
be f011oWed With to -morrow, Things tl
. are not going to ruin. Thu Lord'e 13hosts aro not going to be drownocl II
in the Tied sea of trouble. Miriam's b
eimbrel will play on the high banks 21
"ISCael Delivered." Iligh hope for the w
home 1 High hope for the church 1 a
High hope for tho world I 0
Then eultivato hope in regard . to I,
your mu Month, your 03812 limmeial
prosperity, your own longevity, by w
seeing how in other people God mem 11
011131130 reverses things and twines to e
4,1g.
IIIE S. S. LESSON
FeArA-.SAA4Yeell
INTARNATIONAL LESSON,
DEO,
Text of the Loseon, Eet, xi.,
1-14, Goldee Text, Isa,
le "And the Lord said Unto ItteSeS
Tot will 1 bring oue plagee More
upon Pharaoh and uPon Egypt.
Afterwards he will let you go beece.
The time haa come to rioliver Israel
leein Egypt according to Elle pro-
mise to Abrahate (Gen, ixv, 14).
Moses and Astrou aro sent first 1,0 the
eldere of :Wad to how by the signs
God bed commanded Mint tboy aro
Hes aecrectMed egente le. Israol's de-
liveramet. The people believed and
worshiped when they heard that
God wee aboel, to deliver them (iv,
20-81), Mothe ana dearon are then
sent te Phareoli tenet the iriesfeig
from the Lord, "Israel /S My Son,
My 3133000111, and 3, 907 31111,0 thee,
let My son go that he mey serve Me,
and if thou refuse to let him go, be-.
hold, I will slay thy son, thy lint -
born." Pharaolne reply •wae "I
know not the Lord, neither will I
let Israel go" (Iv. 22, 23; v, 2). Tie
ordered Moses and Aaeou to go to
work, and he greatly increased the
tasks of Israel, so that they cried
against Moses and Aaron, rend Moses
cried to the Lord, who then said,
"Now shed thou see what I will do
to Pharaoh." And Ho repeated with
great emphares His assurance that
Ife would now deliver Israel (Ye 1-8)
Note especially the SUM "I wills"
of verses 6-8, beginningand ending
with "1 ant illo.Lord.', This "yet
one plague" of our leseon was the
only one of which God spoke to
Pharaoh (iv. 23), but Be is so long
suffering that He sends first nine
others, if perchance Pharaoh will
repent and prevent the necessity of
this last terrible one. He sent blood
frogs, lice, flies, murrain, boils, bele
locasts and darknees (vii to x), but
Pharaoh only hardened his heart (iv,
21; vii, 8, 18, 14, 22; viii, 15, 19,
:32; ix, 7, 12, 34, 85; a, 1, 20, 27;
xi, 10) until this last ono Ma to
come before be would bit lame] go.
Ho offered to let them go if they
wouid not •go far, but stay in the
1313131. Then he offered to let the men
go, but not the children. Then he
offered to let old and young go, but
not ilocks and herds. But not 1,111
after this last plague was he wileing
to let all go, as the Lord demanded
(viii, 25; x 11., 21; xii, 81, 82). •The
whole record is suggestive of the tvay
satan holds on to those whom the
Lord would redeem, and also those
whom He has redeemed, hindering
them from full consecration to Cod.
Rut if we \mild glorify God
"not an hoof xnust be lea behind"
(x, 2(3). We must be wholly set
apart for Himself (Pa iv, 8; Titus
11, 14, R.V.)
A
2, 3. God had said to Abram that
when his seed should leave their
house of bondage they would come
out with greet substance (Gen. xv,
14). env: word "borrow" in this
passage, and also in 21, 22; mil,
35, 86, should be "ask" or "de-
mand" (see 11. V.), for the Israelites
had long served the Egyptians and
had a right to some recompense. To
borrow with no intention to return.
the thing borrowed 'is simply to
steal, and God could not authorize
Lhat which Ile bad forbidden or was
about to forbid (xx 15). God never
tempts any one to sin (Jas. 1, 18,
14), much less commands it.
4-7. "That ye may know that the
Lord cloth put a difference between
the legyptiane and Israel." The aw-
ful night drew nigh when, because of
Pharaoh's sin, there was to be one
dead, the first-born, 133 all Egyptirte
homes Irom the palace of the king
to the home of the humblest peas-
ant. Cattle also were to suffer in
like manner, Mut no obedient Israel-
ite would suffer, and the difference
would be manifest to all. It came
to pass just as God said (xii, 20, 80)
and Pharaoh and the 31`gyptians
thrust Israel out (xii, 81-88. Whoa
the plagues .proceding this One came
upon the rgyptians, !erne suite:rod
not (viii, 22; ix, 4, 2(1), and God
send to Pharaoh, "I will put a re-
demption between my people and thy
People" (vii), 28, margin). The
great differeuce between people on
earth in the sight of God Is not
wealth or poverty, education or ig-
novanee, culture or the lack of it,
but mdemotion.
8. Anne the plague of &minims
mud Pharaoh's hum was still further
icirdened be said to Moses; 'Get
heo front inn. Take heed of thyself,
ee my face (10 1110Ce." And Moses
melted: "Mum has1 spoken wen, I
will see thy Mee again rto snore" (x,
8, 20). Mhere comes a last tine
then mercy ceases to be gracious,
Me heart has become Increasingly
ardenod, and i', wants only its own
my of death, end God gives it up,
eyeng: "nominee 1. have called and
m refused I will also laugh at 30012
annuity. I will mock when your
ear cometh' (Prov. 1, 2.1-27). ile
ad to say an 1,3)3101 em • d •
tat though Moses and S3333113101 or
Otth, Daniel and Job stood before
111). yet Ile could not hear them on
(half of Immo( (Mem xv, 1; Beek.
iv, 14). Net this does not conflict
1111 the truth thee "God Is lotee,"
rut lle is not willing that any
hould perish (I. Joint iv, 9, 10; IT,
11)03' 311, P)
0. The Lord knew that, Pharaoh
mild not listen to Moses, though
was free to do so if he had chos-
e oe 1 1,h
s ennut your greatest
um:fulness is to cenee. • "No," says
some one, "my heolth is gone."
"No," says some ono, "my money
is gone," "No," says some ono;
"the most el my years aro gone and
therefore my usefulness." Why, you
talk like au infidel, DO you suppose
that all your capacity te do good is
fenced in by this life? Are you go -
Ing to be a lounger and a do-nothing
after ytra have Elea this tvorld? It
Is my busInces to toll you that your
faeolties are to be enlarged and M-
ien:40M) end neur etlelffications
33130)013):80 111Latiplied tenfold tt hun-
dredfold, a thousandfold, •
Is your health gone? Then that
134 a sign that you aro to enjoy u,
celestial health totem -wed with which
tho most jocund mid hilarioue viten
its, of eavtli in /1w01131133311. Are
your fortunes • spent'? Tleamieber,
:yeti aro to bo Mega end queete Mite
God. AIM how much more wealth
you will have when you reign for-
ever end evert I want I,o eee you
when you get your heavenly work
(Meer; on, This little bit, of a metric
of a world we call the earth is only
the place where ,
Wel GMT 111981.1141 WOIVIC.
Wo aro only journeymen hero, but
pass the unexpected, remembering t
that Wnehingten lest, 1119re battles fo
t1ia 1 (13(3 31041, 31 • P
last, and, Mettler, by limiting Aura cl
of your eternal sefety through Jesus p
Christ, understand that you are h
on tho -way to pairteee awl thrones. 311
ellis life Is a span long, ending in le
durations of blise that neither hu-
man 1:100 arehangelle facultiee ean
ineastre or estinutte--ireciolonce of a
springtime thet never elide arid Mum
Mine tossiug in the light of a, man
tlint never eele, May Goa thrill us
w th entice pntions o f tine *remittal
glee 1 hope ?''
00)3 0001381011 t31U5
O meniply wondere in Egypt,
r lie maketh the weath of men to
raise 311)e and restrains the 184110.111-
er (I's. lxx‘At, 10). Ile would make
ham oh to know that Ile was Je-
ovah 3,130 midst of the earth and
tat them Was none liko Him in all
ie oarth, ancl ly 3Iis wonders upon.
Phi -moll and his people Me would
make 1818 name to be deciared
throughout 8.3) 1.310 cierth (viti„ 22; ix
1.1-163). By the obealenee of 1111
People end by Ilis power on their be -
Wile also by Ills judgmente upon His
enemies, Maltee Iris nanlo known.
Ilia Mune WaS neVer so fully declared
as hi Christ (John :vide 4, 20).
1 O. "Med Moses and Aaron did ell
these wondewi before l'heritoll"-milint
is, God did them through Moses cuel
Vire loeses in England rmoun 0
624 per cent of tell pletn131130 3.314 (1,
Aaren upen Peerauli and 1138 people.
41 is over God who woreeth, beth in
133033030iQ 1118 own ane 113. judginent
upon HIS outhilem, witatovee 11183.80-
10(13818 Ife Utley Mee As Me rodeent-
ed We meet not SOO secona causes,
but only end telways the one greet
eret meth, oven Gott Hinman, As to
the hardeeing of Pheraolne emu*
nolo (amorally the posethisee quoted
under verse 1 le this conneetion aud
Observe that it is written that Platte
aoli nardened 1136 boart at; well fla
that the 1,03331 hardened Pharaoh's
/morn Moe ccarenrueled Pharaoh to
lot Ms people go, but. Ile knew tho
perversity 08 Ills benM, that he
would not let them go tee e,ompelied
to, though he miglit have done so if
he jimi chosen, By hie eisobedience
be Oardoned his heart still more. All
that God did toward the hardening
wee to lay upon Vim tt command
wbicb he Nate ile to disobten
TAILORED SHIRT W1(.1ST.
Siinple severe tailored shist waists
are much worn and met many ma-
teriels far bettor than any other
sort. The model shown is made of
Saxony flannel, woven in Roman
strips of pastel tones, one 01 the
newest and most fashioeable waist-
ing materials, and is eminently
smart; but is ovally desireble for
embroidered stripes, the heavier
flannel% corduroy, velveteen allti 1111
the materiels which call tor shnplici-
ty. The original Is made over a 311-1
tea lining that renders it peculiarly
ramg and becoming, but the waist !
can be unlined whenever preferred. le
To out this waist for a W01110,0 of te
1
medium size ae yards of materiel 20 , 0
inches wide, 811 yards 27 inthes wide
yards 22 inches wide, 2 yards 44
inches wide, will be required.
"HOW," 15 THE QUESTION ?
P111803ERS IN TIFELDT
A The nieehaniettlly ingested — 3112(1
41 tthIle0"ir lialltle1044011%—tilliIi4Yolittb0a31448efilo8r0ts110
it
01
14
toye tools and implements. Some et tile little modelle Of 1S'OZ0115, 5451"
,01111.1.11111 numbines, artillery and reel -
Ireful treble tumor.' 0331 by the prise
$, (mere ere marvels of ingenuity and
,beauty. These, together With the
inaPhin rings, paper hffives, walking
`sticks, penholdere and other kniene
knaeks they Bend to the mainland to
be mild to twirls -le,
33.? The proceecle of these sales go to
c'n buy tobacco and dainties for the ta-
,30 ble. One burgher hue succeeded with
133 110 other material titan what 110 311318
nble to get in the centeme, which iff
8t31 sort of general eountry etore, 111
proem:Mg a very fair billiard table
ir on which many herd eoetested games
Ir aro played for such stakes es pocket
31. knome, eshbones or eggs,
Mr.4 -0* THE -800 BOIVAIS 0
DAARELnee ISLAND.
They Are Said tc) be, for Cnntive
VeSet Cheerful alla 00o1f01-1-
Able.
On Derrell's Island, WM ef the Ile
Mean, grottp, the British Geyer
Molt bite esthblithed a Boer leage
Ofileially it es enown es the Mull)
the 130e33 Prim:mere of War, but II
800 burghers prefer to call it the
Mager.
• Thoro they pass their time aft be
they 311333, 330)3333101.0)30 eltuf, off fro
tee outer worla, but, with a very Sa
and habitable Retie noted of the
own; a 13015011, tO be Silro, but
beautiful prison. Ancl, as a. Ishen
tlie Boers are a theeetui and coin
'meanie lot of prisonere.
Dame 1 's 181 a Od IS a 10W17111
splinter of land a 111110 away fro
Hamilton, lt is about a. nnie Jon
and loss than a quarter as broad a
its greatest expanse. Its shores ar
varied, the bright tropical wave
washing here a gentle beach, an
there an abrupt group of rocks, Wel
thaded woodlands alierneee with op
on :spaces.
There le more variety in that bi
of lancl then the South Afrikauder
would find iu runny a, hundred mile
of thoir own country. Perhaps the
was one of the reasons for thei
great depression when they first lam
ed. Tho contrast between the brae
sweep of their own veldts and th
little wave -pent Prison home, icwe
afi it Was, wits tat) much for that
spirits.
But soon it, was borne upon them
that they Were going to have a com
fortenle if not variegated lifo, Wha
Pleased them still more was the dis-
covery that, within the limits
their island, they were free to do a
they pleased, that except for certain
broad restrictions they could estab
lish 11
GOVERNMENT 010 THEIR OWN.
The British prison authorities ar
very stringent in their conduct of th
island settlement. A curious civilian
who rowed past the line of guard
buoys recently was shot in the hanc
by a, watchful sentry. Another, who
gamed access to the island by pre-
tending to be a provision contraetoi
was put under arrest after he had
been there a quarter of an hour, and
spent some time In the guard -house
On the Fourth of July a party
Patriotic Americans, setting off rook -
(.8 and fireworks from the nearby
sle of 'Wight, were rudely interrupt -
31 by 9. guard -boat and were threat-
ned with errese by the subaltern 111
charge, a threat which might have
been carried out but for the inter-
vention of a superior offieer, who ex-
plained that the rockets might bo
mistaken for signals.
To the visitor there is little about
Darrell's Island that suggests a
prison. But for the restrictions
against visitors and the Wire lattices
that shut off the landieg it would be
taeen fer an ordinary encampment.
The Boers live in big bell tents, sev-
en to 31 tent, set in groves of cedar
and mangrove,
Frozu cock -crow to curfew life in
the /ringer is ono round of bustle and
activity. As the day dawns the
burghers turn out, and over their
Own camp fires boil coffee, which
they drink black and strong. Two
holies later they answer to roll -call,
and the routine of the day begins.
At 6:20 the contractor's boat
steams to the dock and unloads the
duily supplies of bread, meat and
eegetables that are served out to the
burghers /or food. Each man in
turn passes before the iron gates
that bar tho inelosure and there re-
ceives his rations for the day, then
returns to quarters to
PREPARE 1311BAICIPAST,
This meal, eaten usually at 7, con-
sists mainly of coffee and graham
bravoed. Those of the priseuers who
re fortunate enough to 03821 chickens
oil eggs; others, whose piscatorial
et I THE YOUNGMR MEN,
spend the morning et the carap
g3011003, where both English and
m Dutob are taught, and where they ac-
e quire a rough and ready tuition In
the three Res. Here as many es fif-
e ty pupils form a class, which es held
s either out in the open or in a large
d marquee, where tables and forms and
, blaekboard are set.
:-. Noon is the dinner hour, 38,31011 the
prisoners busy themselves <molting
and' consuming the meat and vege-
• tables they have received as rations
e earlier in the day. 53)33(1111 103311111(03
t to cook food have been afforded those
r of the burghers tvlso wish to avail
t. themselves of the field kttehens, aud
d here they carry so much of their al-
, lowituce of coal and timber as will
cook tech' meals.
✓ The meal over, the men wash their
pans, in au adjoining stream of hot
water, the waste that the condensers
_ eject in the process of producing the
t flesh water, tvbich, in &ought, is
served to the men.
Noonday meal over, such of the
s prisoners as care to volunteer to do
work outside of the Mager go under
_ guard to the duty assigned them.
Most of the burghers, however, prefer
;to spend the afternoou in sports.
Souse play cricket at low tido 011 the
a dried -out mango swamps. Others
e play a, sort of modified football.
Contests of strength ancl speed riee
popular, but the homeneade billiard -
table and the tennis court are the
centres of amusement.
, The tennis court was made by the
. prisoners, after balls, racket and a
not hail been sent by the ASSOCiati011
for Providing Amusexuents to the
Boer Prisoners of War. They have
taken to the grane with delight. arid
-there is great rivalry among them.
Oue of the best double towns is
made up of little Piet Cronje, the
lifteen-yeamold cousiu of the gallant
defender oi Peardeberg, and Lieut.
Vandeventer, the
SHORTEST AND TALLEST.
There is 210 use discussing the ad-
visability of advertising. That ques-
tion has been settled long' ago. The
only question is how to best accom-
plish that whicb is proposed by the
business man. The advertieer who
has an honest argunient to make
will be able to talk in a straightfor-
ward 12111011331' 1.0 his clieutage and
will not fail to convince that what
he has to offer is of advantage to
thent. The reputation for honesty
should not be trifled with by use of
bombastic assertions or by resort-
ing to questionable methods. Ad-
vertising should be mate) to
strengthen tbo confidence already re-
posecl in an establishment by Um
people and can be made a valuable
leverage with which to lift the pres-
ent prosperous establielunent into a
greater degree of prosperity IOW wid-
en the circle of acquaintances who
enjoy trading with an honest mon
where they catt depend on getting
honest vanies.
3T TAKES WORE.
Bright ideas in advertising or 12)
otherlines do not come merely as
"inspirations." They come with
hard work more ofteu; with applica-
tion and continued aPPlICIlti011. TI10
man who keeps at advereming sends le
mbitions 'have been rewarded by a
out the best ads. always, not the a
oecasioeal advertiser who picks up
tablet and pencil announcing menLal-
ly to birnself, "now, 1'31 write a
1(
ti
regular stunner.
As you look over the field, who le
are the men distinguished by brilli-rc
ant advertisements ? They are tho!
firms who everk at it daily—whose It
names wid goods hold the public ev-1
01
ery hour of the day. You QM 138.1)10 l
them et once. er
th
Keep at R. That's the motto for lai
steady es well as brilliant tvork. tl
A PECULIAR CUSTOM. th
th
o f
lb
nee:nate catch, fry fish caught on
le preeieus, day, and others yet
ho are more fortunate with the
orld's goods than their comrades
unties° from the canteen such deli -
(Ides as their appetites dictate.
Breakfast over, camp fatigues are
he order of the day. Tents are
eared of bedding and aired and ev-
ytbing is put in good order, Then
e men. scatter to various exercises,
nese/noels and duties. Some wash
leer clothing or bedding or bathe in
e warm ocean, Others week from
e rocks for the gay -lined fish, tome
which are more beautiful thau 011-
10.
eet -Venice, 3810111 anyone dies, it is
the custom to Il21 a placard before
the dead person's house, no well (es
In adjacent streets, as a sort of pub-
lic ectice, stating Ills name, age,
place of bleth, and the illness from
which be dial; aflirming nlso that he
received the holy sacraments, died a
good Christian, and requesting the
proyers of the faithful.
EVERYDAY HONESTY.
'The best way to get returns from
nadvertieing is to have the goods
which aro advertised arid sell than
at the price which you had quoted.
A. customer mite fooled is always
suspicious. ,A suspicioue transaction
mimeos disapproval which will become
more and /nor° general until the en-
tire businees of that establishment
Is affected, Daily honesty enables
the merchant to point with pride to
1110 transactions- of to -day and live
in hopes of success day after day.
SCHOOL GARDENING.
Scientific gardening is levegid, 18
tile nationel schools of Sweden and
In the sominnries for the education
of national school teachers. Tbere
is a school garden in nearly every
rural sehool district in the kingdom,
The garden is placed near the echoot
house, and the childeen receive prim -
Meal instenction 131 tho cultivation of
plants; 'berries, floWere, herbs, nod
fruit% the management of holebeds,
greenhouses, and so forth. 'The par -
(thee we retrieved 1,0 furnish the ne-
caseate, gtound for the gardeme rind
flees and sernbs 11111111allY given
to the h1 1)3)013 to he p!an led at 'their
1300300
+prisoners in comp. The lieutenant
; stands 6 feet 6, ancl his partner is
1 4 feet te Together they cover a lot
of ground.
I On the anniversary of the birthday
; of Queen IVilhelminct of Holland a
field day was nold, with contests in
runniug, jumping, obstacle racing,
weight throwing, ball and tennis, be-
sides an exhibit of the products of
the laager.
When dusk sets in the prisoners
gather once again around the field
kitchens tiled their own camp fires
and make coffee /or the last meal of
the day. There is a singing class in
the evening, and every night a church
service in Dutch, conducted by a
cbaplain, who came voluntarily front
South Africa to join his brothers in
exile.
Every uight before goiug to bed
the laager raises Its 800 voices in
one el tho hymns or psalms of their
native veldts, and the cadence of
their voices, borne across the quiet
waters, silences the gayeties of the
hotel dwellers on the mainland a
mile away, who pause to listen to
the solemn music.
There aro cam's, checkers and chess
for those who want them in the li-
brary and the school tents. When
taps has sounded the burghers turn
In, either in their Lents or in ham-
mocks strung from the cedars.
P310 Government of the Boer laager
is strictly a local government, con-
ducted by burghers duly elected by
212011, so that the British authorities
in ao way exercise control. In fact,
none of the sentries of the Warwick-
shire regiment, that is acting as a
guarel, ever enters the inclosure. A
few attempts to escape have been
made, but the Boers themselves dis-
courege those. The prisoners make
few complaints; such as are Made
aro presented by the chosen Boor of-
ficials. The relations between tho
imprisoned Boers and their British
jailers are inspired by respect and
consideration on both sides.
A etelelekiN PABLB,
OnCe Upon a tlive the eethant Went to the So.ete and said:
"01 wise man. o have come to thee tor advice. \That shell 1 do to make my
fellew-men eencreo that 1 have wisdom)"
eletrstlye replied the eage. "talk not of eolltics nov reledon, Secondly, never
rotor to teo weat,her, nor Roeltlu of thy neighbor%) affairs. Thirdly, ofeer 110 man
aelvlee, oslt no man's opinlect and answer no remotion:I 1! yeti can eoefeely avoid
I would have to go meout 1701 oyster," protested the Peasant.
"lexattly so."
".e. my mloweena111(30131 et the Men tlutee,W05eereel hetead ofanago,"
"4acein, sid thmen of eedomthe fet is, the worm,nee to
Mee Itfor either a aloa man er a Mel tlem you might us Well be am rte 1.11
3,11013311 Tee !night neve raided that It le always the fool who necks to inane
the woefa believe 1111101 336 is the man ef wisdom.
neeinnerememereettesteleerelele '
BARRELS EMI EXPLODE
ANNUAL LOSS On' $OUND
CASHS IS ENORMOUS.
Thoee 'Geed In Making ExPloeive9
Beeonee So Detegerous They
IiraVe TO Tie Sleet,
Wood 14 cosily rendered exploeive,
and it therefore behooves everybody,
Mt well 0.8 01100453,0 and manufactur-
ers el dangerous ehemicals, to exam
cise the greatest care wheat basidling,
ening, Or elnptying oaths and bar-
rels they know nothing about, for
they may hero contained some
ical of an exploitive nitture,
An accideetal kick at 0barrel
wlraraym,seratttlrara.baeliymaerwiraeloe, wthotuultdmtbeltral
10 lile
kicker and the barrel into atom%
ana anything else stanathe near bet.
• So far as barrele are concerned,
makers of exploffives have a neaten
prejudice against them, It is not
impossible to use twice or oftener a
Cask or a barrel which bas been tmed
131 the numufacture of the fiery then-
poued mentioned; but manufacturere
rather than endanger life and prop-
tecitnYbobrys saloalrlDwerlingwiallibagniTrIo-wgIltele1erlint:
to stand about inviting disaster, us-
ually prefer destroying it at the first
opportunity. These disueed barrels
aro generally inirnereecl in water an1
exploded by a, fuse. Another plan is
to fire at them with an ordinary ri-
fle, and thus disperse the denim in
a thethand different directions,. It
is only by exploding them that you
ciannrasiustrathtu
ccraeraecl itlref7.
oravliviiragm u
clanges
Ira
Groat quantities of chloro.to of pot-
ash are carried in every direction all
over the world during tbe course of
a year. Therefore the wood of the
casks the stuff is shipped in becomes
ill time SO inapregnatod with it that
cberaieal action and thange bring,
about in the wood itself an element
of danger. It the wood is not exact-
ly explosive it is rendered Very near-
ly so; it would be explosive if you
were just by accident to sprinkle a
few grains of sulphur on the barrels,
They would
GO OFP WITI-I A BANG
that really would stagger humanity
and certainly redue,e the population
by. the number of persons who might
be standing near.
It should be staled at once tliat
the explosivenese of wood is regulat-
ed by certain conditions, Por in-
stance, nitrate of soda will render
the wood of casks explosive; indeed
all nitrates would do that; but so
long as persons or things keep a ams-
pectable distance from it, it will
never surrender to its own destrue-
ton. But percuss --that is, knock or
hit—a. barrel whose timbers are the
worse for nitrate, and your existence
on this earth will have finished, The
explanation of this changed condi-
tion in the wood is interesting and
simple. A. certain amount of resin-
ous substance is more or less al-
ways present in wood, and when this
comes tato contact with some of the
more potent factors among chemicals
there is an exchange of what chem-
ists term an acid radica./. 'Phis
change having set up, what was or-
iginally, wood becoines in reality a
chemical element, and remains wood
no longer. It only requires the se-
quence, its opposing force, to bring
about a good or bad result.
Picric (veld eats into wood and
makes it atnenable to explosion it
it should come into contact with
potassium salt and be kicked with a
hard substage°. But dangerous ele-
ment though it is, and would prove
if struck hard, yet collision with it
with a list -slipper would do no
harm. Concussion—that ie, a mere
312311(333(1 121. shock—has proved sefil-
dent to explode wood whose nature
has been changed by tho action of
certain of the chemical elements
named.
wAvrnAm AIMMY
the British Government factory . for
explosives, has been the scene of
many an unforeseen and singulfer in-
sert of performance with the lady
cident. A man /iring at a baste to
be destroyed, rested the rifle on ion
of another barrel.
There were two simultaueoes 'sm-
ear/sloes, The ono was the total 'de-
struction of the first borrel fired at,
and the other was the second barren
\Mitch blew up by tbe slight jar ,,or
recoil the ride made when fired. Ini11
a severe accident of this natafro
rarely hoppens in any explosive Sam
tory.
Some einety boxes from an caper},
inenting factory were being eortVOY-
oci by a. goods Main. The train Wes
suddenly pulled up by the es1gri330,
and the jerking of the waggon(' then
followed was sufficient to explode
the empty bones, u,hich ems° loaded
up luthily only in the last waggon
The wood had become chemically
changed, and went off like lyddite.
The Yavvlos, a Channel steamer,
encountered a storm at sea thine
years ago. The pitching and tossing
oi the vessel released her cargo, part
of which was composed of barrels
containing certein chemicats witich
always /Were a ealICCe 01 danger,
but only wben coming into cent/tee
with nurvable bodies. • Then bar -
3(110, the weed of %Meth was pegme-
geed with the chemicals they Weee
carrying, collidieg with one another,
Ceased the inevitable explosion,
which set. the thip on flre, eeverely
burning twenty of the erew,
AN ALLIGATOR'S CORNS.
A reptile, is the Iasi, member of the
animal kingdom to receive the bone-
bts of modern surgery. A big alli-
gator in Ceotral Park, Now York,
bad 001'I1'4 tie a. recent of grinding els
paws itgainst the coucrete bottom of
the tank where he hes been «minim&
end at lest he Stillered So Zeirertily
that he ley almost heiplees iri cote
corner, seldom moving 343)31u1. 77.11
C01'118 were as Inego as 1( good-sized
Pointe and quite as heavy, for a(ter
extraction they were fauna 1.(1 weigh
almut holi a pound nixie
Prism s (110101111 to set how
I can be a forger, eour Mettehlp. Why
I can't vine my (met mere 1" Jedge
—"You, are not (Wilted mith eiguleg
your owe. name "