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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-5-12, Page 3MAY 12i, 1999 TIER 131itrelaELS 'QST. 'SAFETY 0F YOUNG HIEN, REV. DR, TALMAGE TENDERS THEM SOME GOOD ADVICE, There Are Four or live Groat Fusses In tire-- ituneendn er thea feet on Ihn Narang Tract:. -The scelennnoss of Own- ing a OVIre-•INtn8rr or fro First Saud. Sloss sueros9-No Mot lisoapes the Ile- reavemeate nett 'allele or hire -Tho Or. alllnre °tit filo Tree way to Llve 11811 nto. A. despatch from Washington, says: - Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text: -"Ir) the young man Absalom safes?' -2 Sam, xvtii. 92, The two groat characteristics of Ab- ealom were worldly umbition and splen- did hair. By the first ho wasdebasod, by the second hung. He was a bad boy, and broke his old lather's heart. .Ho wanted to get his father's throne, and so ho goes out, stirs up insurrec- tion, and makes a great battle. Mean- while the father sits in the door of a fortress waiting for the news to Dome, troops win or 'Absalom's troops win, but not chiefly anxious as to whether his •ohlefly anxious about the safely of his son. While the old man is sitting there and looking out, he sees the dust arising and some one running with groat despatch; but he cannot wait until he gets up to the fortress. The old man cries out at Lhe top of his voice: 'Rave you heard from my boy? Is ho dead) Is he alive? Is the young man Absalom safe?" But this mess- enger had not very satisfactory intel- ligence, so he was told to stand aside, The father waited for further tidings, and, looking out, he sees another messenger comiug, and says: "Abe now I shall hear from him," entirely for- getful of how much was involved in the battle. As soon as the messenger comes within speaking distance, the old man cries out again: "Where ismy boy? Is he wounded? Is he dead; Is he dead? Is the young man Absalom safe?" 0, no, he was nop safe. Re bad been riding on a mule -a mule is the meanest thing on earth to ride on; it has a tough mouth, and it is stubborn - necked, and it is uncontrollable, and will not answer to the bit - andr•id- ing on the mule, he Duma under a tree, and his splendid locks caught in a branch, and the mule, true to its char- aoterLtics, would not stop, but went on and left Absalom suspended. So he died, and to the question of the text there came an awful negative. The young man Absalom was not safe. I propose this morning to speak about the safely of young men. There are oireum;tances ire lite when a man seems to get along quite well without any religion to help, guide, or restrain him; but there are four or five great passe in life when a young man needs the grace of God, and I shall give a kindly warning to our young friends agatnst undertaking life with- out religion. TIM imam:. GREAT PASS in a young man's life when he needs Divine help is when he chooses his 00- eupation or profession. It is a serious moment when a young man gete through with his schooling, and per- haps loaves lits father's house, and says: "Now, what shall I be?" Mechan- ism opens before him a snore of trades, and professional life opens before him sever or eight callings. He must choose between those, and must choose aright, for if he make a mistake here, he is gone. Ile may, making a wrong choice, saunter on tbrough the world ; but his life will be useless, and his every step n failure. 1 have a friend who started life in merchandise. Then he went into the medical profession. After awhile he crossed over into specific surgery. Then he entered the ministry. Then he became a soldier in the army. After that he entered the ministry again, and is now a eur- goon. 0I if he had only bad God at the start to tell bim what to do. There are tens of thousands of men who get on the wrong track, and they never are able to oorreot the mistake. They are in the law when they ought to he doctoring the siok, or they are filling the pulpit when they ought to be ploughing corn. We want sumo fine occupations, or some neat and elegant trade, and we start out with that de- teranination, when, instead of having for the chief question, how beautiful our apparel may be in that occupation, or hoe white our hands, the only ques- tion ought to be: 'For what did God fit me 1" There are five hundred busi- nesses in life; but there is only ons businese for which you are fitted, young men; and if you blunder on without: any Divine help•in your choler) of an occupation or profession, Lour hundred and ninety-nine chances to one, you will get the wrong business. Your father will want you to do one thingyour mother will want you to do another thing, your sisters will want. you to do another thing, while you yourself will not be quite deoided as to whether you have endurance enough for this, or education enough for that, or tact for the other thing. Ah I that is the time whoa a young mar: needs the grape of God to help him. God 2ashicmed your body, and He knows your physical endurance. He conetruoled your mind, end He knows fer what profession you have the most acumen. Go, therefore, to Him and say, "Lord, what wilt thouhave me to do?" God will tell you, end Ile will tell you rightly. Blunder here and you have blundered forever. l: know rt more el men who have been ruined for both worlds simply ber.,ntrse they gel into the wrong kind of buei- nese THE SECOND GREAT PASS in life when a. young man wants Divine direatioh is when he establishes his own household, When a man build: hie earthly borne, he decides hie eternity. I know that alfianeing is usually looked upon es something to be merry over, instead of something to he mood about:; but what 81(11) rs there fraught with surll wee! or wee? is it not strange that: an affair charg- ed with such temporal an 1 el ernal ire- port should dr.psnd en D. whiim or a glance? I do not think I put the case too strongly, when I say that when it young mon marries, be marries for heaven or boll) if he bring into his lrousebold the right kind of influences, the how will be elevated and upward in its impulsions. if he bring the wrong kind of influences into hie house, • he will go down -he must go down, Build not your home on the colour of a fuir eheak, or the sparkle of a bright; eye, for life ie not a gay reenanor, but a tremendous reality; andthere will came a time in your house when you will not want so nruola a pet or a toy as a heroine. There will be a time when the out- side world will be dark enough, and you will dome into your home wanting, meet of all, a cheerful word, and to see a countenance unbeolouded, yet sympathetic. There is a man -his head is gray now -who looks back to the time of some grail 1 business disas- ter, when hie soul sank within him, and his mind almost dropped from its throne; yet after the dune, and toils, and annoyances, and insults of the day, he went to his home and shut the door against the world of annoyance, and there, amid the sweet home voices of tbose who had never betrayed him, found a foretaste of that heaven where panics never corers. Why, he hardly dared to tell his wife of the business misfortune. He says: "She won't be able to endure it," But when he wag compelled to tell her, how surprised he was to find that she was as happy in a email house as in a large house; and after the piano went, she could still sing without the accompaniment as well as she ever sang it - "Jesus, lover of my soul, tel me to Thy bosom fly, While the billows near me roll, While the tempest still is nigh ; Hide ane, 0 my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past, Safe into the haven guide, 0 receive my soul at last." There have been Christian women who have so lead their domestic trou- bles sanctified to them that they could get more music out of a sewing machine than ever before in their life they could get out of a piano. A minister of the Gospel came into a home where there was great five millions. But, my brethren, sue n igh, pass in life of any kind must be we a cumpenied by the grues of God. or it is ruin. Who was it that said -I think it was Soloman that said, " The pros - parity of fools shall destroy them." And where there are sue hundredmen who oat stand trouble, there is not one man that can stand success. I have seen men doming to sudden for - taw got into their equipage, and, Wall on fester and faster, and t1l'y lash -1 ed the steeds ; 31 was eight: miles an libur, and ten, and twenty miles an I hour, and a thousand miles an hour, and then they roused up and Aaw that they were drawn on by fiery hoofs, of eternal disaster that came clown Oat - emirate on the pavements of hell. The Israelitee got along tolerably well when they were hungry and when they , were smitten in the desert; but after' a while they wanted something more worthy of mastication, and they ask- ed for meat, and the herd sent a greet flook of quails, and they darkened the heavens and Lbw, tell all around about the .encampment, and the people said: " Ah, now, what a fine time we shall Wye!" and they ate of these quails, and they ate and they died. They got through with the hardship and the hunger, but not so with the prosper - its. And I see scores of men who are going on in life, new persecuted, and tried, and set upon, and they are main- taining their Christian oharacter ; but givr him n little brilliant 800110ss area thby are gone. It is not the troubles of 1i.fe that slay men, it is the quails 1 it is the quails I THE FOURTH GREAT PASS in a young man's life when he needs the grace of God is when he comes to his first sorrow. There is no need of my prophesying for these young men smooth things. They know that life cannot be bright all the way. You might as well send out a ship oap- Lain without any oterpenter, or tools, or extra cordage. As lung as the sea was smooth, the captain would get along very well; but, after awhile, when the sheep is caught in the teeth of a northeaster; crash l goes themasts, and the sea dashes elear over the hur- ricane deck, and the captain cries out: "Where is the carpenter? Where are the tools 3 Where are the ropes?" Why it is preposterous for us to launch' young mon on life with the idea tbal: they are going to have it smooth all the way. There will be storms, You want extra cordage. I know when our last war was over, some people name back without a scratch or a scar, but that it not so in the great battle of life; we get wounded in the hands, and wounded in the feet, and wound- ed in the head, and wounded in the heart. No man escapes. But now what are you going to do with your first sorrow? My young brother, the way you get through your first sorrow will decide whether you can endure the other sorrows of life. It is the first blow that sends men to drinking to drown their troubles, or that knoelcs the fire out of teem until the rest of their days they go cowed down. Who is that weigher in that large commercial establishment? Be once owned the store. Who is that under- ling in that great manufacturing es- tablieh'ment?, He once owned the fac- tory. When the first sorrow came be fell, having no grace to sustain him, and he never rose up -never will rise. Perhaps your first trouble may be bereavement. God sometimes cornea and takes a lamb out of the fold. Have you ever noticed how often God takes abe first-born? I have seven broth- ers and sisters, all of whhna lost their first-born. We want the grape of God to comfort us when bereavement conies to the house that eras was full of laughter, and sunny looks, and greet- ings at the door, and kisses by little hands flung from the window as you went down the stairs, and everything is changed, and the doves cry in the nest because the hawk swoops, and the pulses flutter, and the cheek fades, and the eyes close. • AND THE HEART STOPS. POVERTY AND DESTITUTION, and it was generally supposed that the poverty came from the feet that these people hail married too early; and af- ter the minister had looked around up- on the utter want and destitution, end had rehearsed Lite misfortunes tbat had come upon the household, he turned to the poor man and said: "Don't younow regret your early marriage? Don't you think it was your great mis- take in life?" ,And the man halted ter a moment, anhis eyes filled up with tears, and he looked up at his poorly clad wife and said: "No, sir; she hits boon the same to me all through I" 01 there are some of you who would never have known what your home was worth it God had not upset you, and your soul had not been ransacked of trouble. The first touch of trouble ohanged that wife who was too fond of the gaieties and frivolities of the world into a soul that could rise in calm triumph, like Miriam singing the victory on the banks of the Red Sea. 0, if you have spoken of lightness, and frivolity, and fondness for display as the chief characteristic of woman, you know not et what you speak, and may have to correct your mistake in soma bitter day when all other sup- ports have failed you, and you are up- held by the hands of a Christian wife suddenly armed by the Lord Almighty for that emergency. Young man, rush not into that relation without an appeal to God. if you ever need'Hia grace you need it there. Is there a more beautiful spot on earth than a new home in which those just affianc- ed ffianceed have begun the service of God? Blessed the family Bible in which their names have just been written. Blessed the hour of morning and evening prayer. Blessed the angels of God who touch wing tip to wing tip until the home is all covered up with a canopy of light, and love, and joy. It may have been only yesterday when they clasped their hands at the altar, but they clasped those hands for ever. The orange blossoms will fade, and the frag.rence will die on the air, but they who marry in Christ shall walk togeth- er in the day when the Church, which is the Lamb's wife, shall take the hand of her Lord and 'King amid the swing- ing of the golden censers! TILE THIRD GREAT PASS in life in which a young man wants religion is in the lime of his first suc- cess. You will, young man, after a while get through with the drudgery of business, and some afternoon you will got into a street oar, your face ahinin;}', and even strangers looking at you will know something pleasant has happened; and when you are seated in a oar a lady comes in, and you see she aloes not find accommodation, and you rico up anti say: "Rave this seat, ma- dam," and she says, very oourteously, I thank you.," What makes you so happy that day? That is the day In which you have had your first busi- ness success. You say: "Here I have money hoW of my own. What shall I do with 111 What investments shall 1 mike? What horse shall I buy? What wardrobe shall I create? What shall 1 get? 'What charities, what philanthropies, shall 1 fitvor?" That to the crisis where thousands of men upset. Some of them rush into dissi- pation, They swing off into expentli- tures'thet swamp them utterly. Others take on au arrogance intolerable, a whole caravan of camels going through the needle's eye of their meanness. I have known men, before their 8000885, kind, and Mumble, and loving, and gen- ial, and useful, and obligiug, and posi- tively Christian, Who, rifler their suo- 0ess, became hard, and cruel, sed over- bearing, and infidel. A man wants the gracaaf Christ at. that crisis to keep him rightly Willo ed, Joseph was as much a Christian in Pharaoh`s couz't as in the dungeon. Daniel forgot not God amid the royetering excesses of the Babylonian palace. Queen of She. eh bowed down before the King of Heaven A1wIID Till] C,LT.11'.1E.ii, Ole GOI,D and the perfume of gardens of frank- incense. A. luau can be as good walls- ing upon Axminster as though he liv- ed on the 'floor of. :t shanty, There has been many a man who has ridden through in rnagnifieon t equipage on earth, rind at death got oat of Ms infringe only to mount: the chariots of salVII lion, in glory sweeping through the streets or heaven. G is all non- sense for men to talk ag,,ilist money as Ilene it had no uses, .I wish 1 hal To put away garments that never will be worn again, and toys that never again will strew the carpet, and to go with a sense of sufdooation in the throat through deserted halls which once rang with childish merriment - 0, God, who can stand that? Only those who have Thy help, Young man, when your first trouble comes, be it of business or of bereavement, you will want Christ. Now you are hale and strong. You look as if you could leap, and jwnp, and wrestle, and row, as though you could battle your way through; but after a while you will be sick. You will be told that you must stay in, and your door will be shut against the world. There will be two watchers at the pillow, and the night will he hot, and nervous and restless. The morning will oome and you will be worse, and the lattice will be turned. They will silence the footsteps on the stairs with a "h -u -s -hl" You will he very sick, and there will be doubt expressed as lo whether you will ever get well; and in your dreams you will hear the dash of waters, and you will make up your mind it is the breaking of the waves of the Torclan against your pillow; and you will hear a sotmd at the gate, and you will think, why that is the pawning of the hoof of the pale horse, 0, then you will want the great Physician to come in and stand by you and say: "Young man, fear, not, .I nam with thee; whether you live or die, all is well." rebore comes a great pass through which we must all go, my hearers, and that is the last hour of our life, I suppose we ail want to die at home. We want. our friends and kindred in the room when our soul is launched, We want to take their hand. ale e want to look them in the eye, We went to give them the final message, ' Some of them Ivo want to sing and some to may, and sonic to recite the Divine promises. 1Vhen I leave Ole world„ the last object I want to see is not the sun. nor the moon, nor the picture, nor the beautiful works of arta; it is the Laoe of my friends, But we want a Divine friend in such en hour as drat. Without Christ death le, a wild leap into the dark. Did you. ever hear what a dying nobleman 1 wrote to his gay friend? Be said: "I am throwing my last stake for stern ily, and tremble and shudder for the , nuportant issue. 0, my friend, with *huts horror do I retail the hours of Vanity wo have wasted together, But I have a splendid passage to the grave. I die in state and languish under a i gilt canopy. I am expiring on soft rid downy pillows, eay dependents MY SISTERS WEEP, my father bends beneath the load of; years and of grief, my luvely wife, pale and silent, oonceala her inward un-, gulsh, my friend, who was as my own; soul, suppresees hie sighs and leaves me to hide his grief; but 0, wltiah of thorn will ball me from the arcua of death? Who will descend into the, dark prison of the grave for mo? Adieu, till wo Meet in the world of spirits." ;What a sad way to live, and what a sac) way to get out of the worm, "Let me die the death of the righteous, I and let my last end be like his," 0, young mun, to -day take Jesus Cbriet. He was a young man. Ile died a young map He knows all a young man's temptations and trials. Are you fair and honourable, and pure and true? I do not dispute it. Notwithstanding all that, you want Christ. A young man has no safety in these cities with- out Divine defence, You know not what is before you. Take the Lord Jesus Christ this day as your pardon, your life, your heaven. But there is some young man here who says: "I have already gone too far. astray. You are Loo late when you preach to me. I have gone into paths of sin. Don't you see it in the flush of my cheek?: Don't you see it in the glaze oC my twee I have gone ao far off in sin there is no need of your preaching to me," ,My brother you are mistaken. You may get bank. Hear that. "Though your sins be as scarlet:, they shall be us snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall he as wool," iBut some one says: "I don't care anything about that. I have started in the path of sin, and I am going to keep on." 0, my 1 .rother, what a mistake you are reeking. You are floating on down into the rapids of an awful and eternal plunge. Put hook! It may require soma energy and foroe of resolution, and a laying hold of the strong arm of the Lord God Almighty; but put back! Angels of God from the balconies of light look down upon the struggle. You have not a moment to spare with tbis aw- ful tide against you. Lay hold of the oar with both hands, and pull) and pull! Lill the blood start if need be. Now Is your last chance for heaven. It is ruin here; it is salvai:ion there, It is death here; it is life there. "Ye lovely bands of blooming youth, warned by the voice of heavenly truth, Noiv yield to Christ your youthful prime, . With all your talents and your time. "Eternity! how near it rolls Count the vast value of your souls; Beware! and count the awful cost, What they have gained whose souls t are lost." 99440094490N90449•1004t 9410 About the Haase„ f•. • 0000994994944094499944490 THE SITTING ROOM. The sitting room should be Dna of the most enjoyable rooms in the house. It should always have a bright and obearful appearance, sad anything ap- proaching eti:fness or formality, should be banished. It is essentially the liv- ing room of the home, and fur this reason, every article offurnitu:eshould , be soleoted with a view to utility and durability, Luxurious divans, costly i draperies and brio -a -brae would be quite out of place in such a room, in- deed; in it there should not be one !really expensive or perishable article, it being a most restful and inviting place at very little expense. The carpet should not cover the en- tire floor. Alar large rug of some warm, !cozy shades should be placed upon shot I floor, the edges of which are stained or painted, thus enabling it, the !rug to be frequently and easily re- moved and shaken, in order to insure cleanliness. The wails should be tint- ed, or covered with a cheerful looking paper, harmonizing with the carpet , and other furnishings, a few pictures and a rack or two being appropriate additions. i The curtains and portieres should !also be in harmony, being composed of !serge, felt or the ever useful denim. A centre table is a necessary adjunct in order to give an attractive and home -like appearance to tee room, and this should be covered by means of a felt or denim cloth, upon whish should rest papers, magazines, work -baskets and a lump, with its softly shaded even- ing light, inviting workers and read- ers. Soft crimson shades are perhaps the most suitable for decorating such a room, but old blue is also very lovely and serviceable, the former looking at its best during the winter months, while the latter is most attractive in the summer time. If the crimson shades are employed throughout, they sbould be relieved by touches of gold, but if old blue is used, it should be re- lieved by lighter shades of blue. For instance, the table oover could be made of crimson felt, and this could be dec- orated by a bold, conventional design worked in two or three shades of yel- low Roman floss, or the coarser and more effective rope silk; or it could be made of dark blue denim, embroidered in the deep shades of filo silk floss. The curtains could also be d000rated in the same manner, the upper ends of which being allowed to fall over about hall a yard, a fringe of the floss being knotted in, and above the fringe some simple design could be em- broidered in Roman floss, A low, broad lounge, several sub- stantial and comfortable easy chairs, with the addition of a few footstools or hassocks, should complete the fur- nishing of this most delightful nest:. An open fireplace should always, if possible, form part of the family sitting room, for it is there that the first fires should be lighted at the approach of Autumn. ICE -BREAKING SHIP. Tito First Flip or the Russian Vessel Waft All halite Slleeese. An interesting account is given of the trial trip of the Russian ice - breaking steamer Ermak. The Ermak is an experimental vessel intended to demonstrate the possibility of keep- ing navigation open during the winter months between the Baltic and the port of Cronstadt. The vessel left Newcastle, England, on the 2nd of March. Admiral Makar- off and several Russian offioers and commercial men being on board, o8 well as 19 passengers. The arrange- ments for the comfort of the latter were complete. ,The saloon is con- slruoted with double windows and double skylights to preserve the heat, together with appliances for intro- ducing hot air into the apartment. The walls are of English oak veneered with walnut, the saloon and the ship throughout being lit with eleat.ricity. When the Ermak arrived at Revak, a port in the Baltic, she was met, with solid Ice. The screw at the bow was at once brought into requisition, the ice was broken, and the vessel was able to steam at the rate of seven knots an hour as far a$ the Island of Iiog- land. But the novelty of the ex- periment demanded cautious naviga- tion, and Admiral Makaroff hove the ship to at night. When the Island of Sever was sighted large frozen floes, varying in thickness from nine to ten feet, were fallen in with. Here the value 01 the special apparatus at the bows came in- to full prominence. The ice watt brok- en into large pieces, which floated astern; but so arduous was the task of getting through the solid mass that the rate of progress was but two and a half knots. The Ermak reached Tol- beaoon Lighthouse, about nine miles from Cronstadt, on the 18th of March. So unusual a sight in winter naturally attracted the attention of the whole of the population, and the progress of the vessel through the Joe from three to five feet think, surrounded as she was by sledges, crammed with sight - sears, was eagerly watched. The fa- cility with which the ice was broken and sent astern as the ship steamed ahead was the one topics of conversa- tion. On reaching Cronstadt Harbor the Ermak, which carried the Russian oommeioial flag, saluted the port and at once proceeded alongside the iron- clad Poltava. The Admiral and Com- mander -in -Chief of the Port, together with the municipal authorities of Cronstadt, went on board the Ermak to extend their congratulations to Admiral Makaroff and subsequently the officers and crew were enter- tained on board the Poltava. WOW STANDING ON HIS DIGNITY. She -Will you speak to papa? He. _Never, unless he speaks to me Brat. It would be unjust to you and to me, my dears for he dropped me because I adored you. Any advance toward a reoonoillation must be made by him. COULDN'T HEAR, • Did yeti enjoy the opera? No; I�didn't hear Lt. ,Why not? Two women sitting in front of me were explaining to eanh ether how shay loved ihc music. IN HOUSECLEANING TIME. Wipe tarnished or fly -specked gas and lamp fixtures with a damp cloth; let dry, then cover with a coat of white paint'; when this is dry, re -gild. When the nrioa in stoves becomes dis- colored, take out this pieces if possible, and pat them in a vinegar bath for a few hours; then polish with a sett dry olot.h. If they minuet be removed, rub with' a cloth dipped in hot vinegar and polish as before, When ink is spilled on a carpet or garment, at once cover the plane with a thick palate of starch and cold we- ter to the depth of an inch and let dry. Or take up with blotting paper, wash well in sweet or sour milk, then cover with white corn meal and leave twelve hours. For dry ink stains, soak in milk, and repeat the above several times. To make a serviceable covering for a dining -room or kitchen floor, nail, wrong side up, an old Brussels carpet to the floor of the attic or outbuild- ing, than paint with a thick coat of linseed oil and burnt umber. When thoroughly dry, give a coat of good varnish. Let it lie ten or twelve days. It should be naked to the floor loose- ly, as it shrinks some during the pro- cess. Clean the same as oilcloth. A novioe can paint window sash near- ly as well as a professional by using a piece of tin the size of a pane with a handle. Wipe off any adhering paint with a sloth moistened with kerosene, To imitate frost glass put some putty in cheese cloth and twist the ends to tore a pad then with it pal: the glass until well covered with a milky white satin. When perfectly dry give a coat of good varnish. Do not wrap silver or plated ware not in daily use in flannel ; it contains sulphur, which is likely to tarnish it. Wrap in blue tissue paper, then in un- bleached canton flannel, and enclose in heavy wrapping paper to exclude the air as much as possible. To polish sil- ver that hail become badly tarnished, moisten a soft "Cloth in sweet 01);then with any tested polishing powder rub the silver until the spots have disap- peared. Then rub with chamois skin and the powder,' and finish polishing with a olean pima of chamois. For sizing to be used on whitewash- ed walls before papering, dissolve half a pound of glue in a little hot water, then pour it into a pailful of boiling water, stirring oarefully until well mixed, Apply hot, and let dry a few hours before applying the paper, Take great Dare to cover every part of the well. Note that the part near the ceil- ing and baseboard is not overlooked as there the brush 10 likely to slip. A professional painter gives the follow- ing receipt for paste: icor a. medium- sized xoom, sift 8 pounds of wheat floor and flbake it into a stiff paste with Dolt) water ; stir into it sloevly t.wo gal- lons of boiling Water, stirring oon- stautly until it swells and Write yel- low, Winter wheat flour makes the beat paste. A little carbolic may be stirred In to repel insects. TO MAKE GOOD SANDWICHES. Celery Sandwiches.. -Cut white eatery very fine and stir it into a thiole may - orange!) dressing unlit you have a mix- ture you can epread. Butter thin white or graham bread for this. Pate de Pols Gras Sandwiches. -The pate which cornea in small tins for sandwiches is much improved if it is softened with a little mayonnaise dressing before it is put on the bread, Imitation Pate de Foie Gras Sand - wither), -A good Imitation of foreign pate may be made by pounding to a paste a boiled lamb's liver, seasoning it with onion juice, paprika, lemon juice pepper and salt, and working into it enough melted butter tc make a smooth paste. It may be used as directed in the foregoing recipe. Apple Sandwiches.-lelavor half a cupful of smooth apple !curie with grat- ed lemon peel and a little nutmeg or cinnamon, add to It a couple of table- spoonfuls of whipped Dream and spread upon graham or whole wheat bread. Raisin Sandwiches. -Seed and ehop half a cupful of layer raisins and moisten them with a little wine. Spread thin graham bread first with butter then with cream cheese, and then with the minded raisins, Roast' Beef Sandwiches. -Mince fine rare roma: beef, season It with salt, pepper, a little Worcestershire sauce and a couple of chopped pickles; soft- en it with melted butter and spread on white or graham bread. Olive Sandwiobes.-Stone and shop olives -the large Queen olives are best for this -stir them into mayonnaise dressing and spread on thin graham bread. Nut Sandwiches, -For this almonds, peanuts or English walnuts, may be used. Chop rather coarsely and stir into mayonnaise dressing, or mix with Dream cheese. HOT CAKES FOR BREAKFAST. English Muffins. -One quart of flour one half teaspoonful of sugar, one tea- spoonful of salt. two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one and one quarter pints of sweet milk. Have batter a lit- tle stiffer than for griddle cakes. Have a griddle hot and greased, lay greas- i ad muffin rings on it, nil them half 1 full, and turn when risen to the top, with cake turner. Do not bake too brown. When done pull apart, toast slightly and butter. Serve at once. German Puffs. -One pint of sweet milk, ono half pound of flour, two ounces of butter and four eggs. Sep- arate the eggs, and beat the yolks until thick; warm the butter and milk until the butter is melted; when cold stir in slowly the yolks of the eggs; mix with the flour. Whisk the whites dry stir through very lightly and bake in buttered oups not half full. Oatmeal Gems. -One pint of cooked oatmeal, one pint of sweet milk, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, two beaten eggs, one tablespoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and enough flour to stick together. Bake in hot gem pans in quick oven. Breakfast Muffins. -One cup of su- gar, one egg, one tablespoonful of melt- ed butter, one pint of sweet milk, three cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, one tablespoonful of salt. Pop -Overs. -One egg, white and yolk beaten separately, one cupful of sweet milk, one cupful of flour, and a pinch of salt. Bake 20 minutes THE LORD'S PRAYER IN OLD ENG- LISH. Here is the Lord's Prayer in the English of former times, the best ex- ample of how the language has chang- ed: A. D. 1258: "Fader are in heune, haleeweide booth the neune, cumen the kueneriahe, thi Wille beoth don in heune and in erthe. The suerysh dawe bried gif nus tvhilk dawe. And vorzilure dentes as vi vorzifen are det- towes. And Tale our nought into temptation, bot delyvor of olel. Amen.' A, D. 1800: "Fader our in hevene. Halewyd by the name, thi kingdom come. Thi wille be done as to hevene and in erthe. Ours urche dayes bred give us to -day. And forgive us oure dentes, as we forgive our dettoures. And Leda us not into temptation, bobs delyvere us of yvel, Amen." A. D. 1582: "Ovr fahter which art in heaven, sanctified be thy name. Let thy kingdom come,. Thy will be done, as in heaven, in earth also. Gine vs to- day oday our super substantial bread. And lead vs net into LemptaLion. But de- liuer us from evil. Amen." A. D. 1011: "Ow' father which is in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom coma Thy vial be done, in earth as it is in heatien. Glue us this day our dayly bread. And for gine us our debts as we forgiue our debtors, And Gado vs not into temp- tation, but deliver vs from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory for ewer. Amen." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Most people navel.• stop to think that the best way to keep out of divorce is not to get married. When a woman thinks her husband could sot live without her, it is for the same reason that a sick baby would not Live without a nurse. Successful marriage depends on how much each one eau make the other be- lieve he or she is giving up for the other without really giving up any- thing. It is hard for a woman to preserve her ideals when" her husband refuses to water the petunias bedews he is in a hurry to keep a business engagement. If a man stays out till four o'clock in the morning, and telae his wife he was catching up work in his office, so they can take a little trip some day, she will believe him; if he is five min- utes late to dinner and tells her it is because h8 went a bleak out of his way tin put one of her friends on a oar, she is suspicions right away. - 4 •- 9•-4 4-0^ Young folks. _•-•-4-' STAND UP FO11 YoUIZ COLOIHS. Stand up for your colors,dear bays, Roar not To show youreelves brave tied true To all you profese In the oause of right, Io all that you say and do. Stand up for your colors, be not ashamed, Tho' others may acorn and jeer, If your flag is the signal for all thee is good, up for it without fear. Stand up for your tailors 1 A soldier, are you, As you march' in the ranks of life. In all life's Maumee for weal and woe, You will have your share of the strife, But look to it, boys, as you marote along, That the flag which is waving above Is spread to the breepe of honor and truth, Of righteousness, peace and love. 1 And under the flag, as you daily, tread, The path where your Captain. leads,. You will feel inspired, believe me lads, To do and to dare brave deeds. Then hold up your heads in the manly pride Which oomea from the knowledge of right, And let the world see how you firmly) stand, For the colors 'north which you fight. LITTLE TIM'S ADVENTURE. It was little Tim's birthday, and his father had promised him he should go to see the traveling circus and show, that had arrived in the village the day before -just in time for his birth- day, little Tim thought. As he lay awake in his bed, at dawn, he began thinking what a short distance separ- ated him from all the wonderful things he was longing to see, and how easy it would be to reach the spot in less than twenty minutes. And once this idea had come to him, he could not rest in bed any longer, He jumped up, dressed himself quickly, slipped quietly out of the house, and started to run toward tho village. He would stay only a few moments, he thought, and be back again before he had been missed. In any case, he knew he would not be scolded, because it was his birth- day. There was no one about at that ear- ly hour, and Tim ran along the solitary road with: a sense of pleasurable ex- citement and anticipation. On reach- ing the common where the show had. established itself, however, he found to his great disappointment that all the tents and cages were closely cov- ered up, and nothing bat strange, un- familiar noises -growls, squeals, snorts and barks issuing from beneath the covering -betrayed the presence of the different inmates within. Little Tim was just turning away with a aerie of keen disappointment when suddenly a large tarpaulin that covered a great cage on wheels slip- ped to the ground, disclosing the form of a huge, hairy creature, peering at him from between the bars with blink- ing eyes. Little Tim knew from the pictures ho had seen in his father's books of travel that this must be a gorilla, one of those powerful creatures with al- most human features. He had look- ed at those piotures with ever fresh wonder and curiosity, but it was only now that he realized how far off they were from the living, moving, breath- ing reality, which inspired him with a strange dread as he stood motion- less in front of the cage. As he gazed at the monstrous, un- couth figure, the creature began to leap about the cage, frowning and grimacing in a diabolical manner at the child. Then it began pulling at the bars, of its nage, and little Tim noted with sudden terror that one of them was slightly bent, and that it would not require a very strong effort on the part of the gorilla to bend It still further, sufficient, in fact, to al- loy.- of the animal's passing between. It was evidently as aware of this feet as :Tim was, and gave a vigorous wrench at the bar. Little Tim was so scared he oould neither move nor speak, but only watch and wait -with his eyes fixed on the animal in front of him. Dw,,, mere wrench and the gorilla, was switydrng himself down toward the mo- tionless, spellbound child. Tim never could have told afterward bow long this instant had lasted, but to him it seemed like hours -hours of terror, Suddenly a strong man's loud voios, a man's heavy tread, and the creek of a whip brought it all to an end. The monster disappeared into its cage again, and another man who had fol+ lowed, the first comer, seeing the white terrified face of the child, lifted him up kindly into his arms, The lithe fel- low, who neither uttered a sound nor made a movement, during the horrible. suspense of the preeeding moments, once in the security 01 118 kinstl,r, pro - tooting -human arms, leaned hie face against the man's shoulder, and sob- bed out: ' Ohl take me home, take me home t" BE PATIENT WITH OLD 'PEOPLE. There is notbing more beautiful hi this world than to observe the tend- erness of some girls toward their aged relatives, Dear grandmother cannot thread her teedlos so easily as rho used to, and is sensitive on the subject, , mid does not like to be too obviously helped, or to have attention called to ' bar failing eyesight, which she so much regrets and doee not 11kt to ad- mit. There are two ways of meeting ! the di8fieulty. Help the old lady ob. ' trtisively by orating atteetiori to heY Nine -tenths of the world's sawingg ;infirmity and make her feel badly, or mttehines arra made in the United : gttietle and tactfully perform the lite States i tie service.