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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-01-06, Page 3* i A - .r !"'.".."'M7,-­­�:�W I U, 1� 1. , i\ .. t� f W-11 �` . I �_- -, ___ — ! -, ---.-----.- herseaf to her work. For the society of -_ (� r� j� (�` O..i r �'y _.lv 1 1-�LJs ­_ j the liquid boils put in the cooked straws ado boil twenty Put tenanee and of shelter were limited to still living in Tientsin. I think]. have are a nuisance, as one or the other is the last res, there could b- no lag- g g- picture of her. She is a modest, quiet woman, thoroughly devoted to her er edges. 00 Wa er-colors require a happy medium the rest elle cased nothing. Night and Lit minutes. the peel � And Leonora did work. She washed {UJ �V��I��U� the dishes, she learned to assist in the residents of Tientsin.',' When President Angell was sent to i {U1 cooking, in the sweeping, tate mending, China -with fufjl power as minister to Wog the work of the farm—everythingrepresent tLa United States in all dip-' day she atud'Ied, and her discerning �.�„„ , into jolly glasses and when it is cold ���V of the hands and a strong, h Ir�U1 9 body. But she did more. Nature had in hand and made the way easy for ! had the design brought out in black. ��� ` II than the mere animas, strength that of powers did the rest. Tihis story was ,�,�,,,N, _ cover. could Hope to derive benefit concerning certain matters in which his country one for summer and one for attention in the never4ceastng batt',e of was interested. cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar, P gar, half wits in this wp "A. Of brains she had The latter-day history of this lady is I mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov- a plenty, though at that time no- not so web$ known as is tlhe rest. The I { roasted to the writer by a well known MAKING BEDS. housekeepers differ as to the size of pil- In one of the 50,s—the purpose of this club man a few weeks ago, and to Pre- sident Angedl the former wrote for its Bed making is an art, and one worthy g , I PICTURE FRAMES. �. story wffid be amply fulfilled without fall confirmation. Zlhis was his answer: "Miss Leonora A. Howard graduated °f attainment, at that. Comparatively few women know how to correctly I In these days it is important that the specifying which—there was boon in a from our medical school in 1876. She make a bed. They think that so long frame of a pasture should be as artis- farm• house near Kingston, Ont, a girl, It was a Plain, peat little home that went out as a medical missionary to Tientsin, Colina, which is the rpsidence the covers look'smooth nothing else tic in its way as the picture itself. Not costly, perhaps; indeed, this frame ' ; 1.shelltered We mite of humanity, its of Li Hung Chang. Lady Li, as she was generally called, the wife of Li Hung is necessary. Cleanliness is of first im- portance. No refinement must always be subordinate to the picture. parepta and a number of brothers and Chang, had been i4or some 1 for time and woman of would have anything but neat, clean No effort in the way of framing will sisters. Affluence had no abiding place had failed to get relief from Chinese phystoians. She canted in the services bedding, B. jet as sweet as pure air and improve a bad picture, while a P good one there; of comfort there was a kind, but oP Miss Howard, who resided fora tuna water can make it. Every morning, tin- may be all but ruined by an unsuitable at times it was ceCd comfort; poverty in her home. Her medical care less the air extremely damp, the setting' had placed its stamp on the little place; bre brought relief to Lady Li, and she was bedding should be exposed to wind and d g p A writer advisee that etchings, pho- the wild was ever at the door, and it very gratePull. Slhe Uestowed many pre- can a upon her, Li Hung Chang him- sunlight, if po,sible, for at least an togravures, and pictures in black and white are best framed in was only with an effort that at times d taxed his energies to the utmost that self was so appreciative of her services that when he found that she wished to hour, the narrow moul- I dings g of the natural woods— cherry, the fond husband and father kept the establish a missionary hospital, he course, we cannot all afford ales,, but when buying bedding and holly, or oak. Even plain pine, which - snarliing yelp, staring eyes and gleam- gave a cansideralke sum of money for its endowment and secured liberal gifts gtreated springs the best is economical in the often has a beautiful grain, if oiled or withoakoa Piller, then ing teeth on the outer side of the threshold.. inese , . fr Miss Howard did menthe honor to �� cud' Neat chain springs are the masted and stain- with light oak or maple, makes a ' l The parents of this little girl were invite me to give tihc address at the durable and also the cleanest. But bet- very modest and pretty frame. An - Hamed Howard and she was christened °Pening of the hospital. An important ter an old-fahioned one than none at other pretty way to treat a pine frame Leonora A. Needless to tell of the very occasion was made. I,i Hung Chang himself was present, sitting on the I all. The hair mattress is expensive, but there is like it for comfort. is to rub burnt sienna or umber of Van - dyke brown cantly development of Leonora. Once! she had reached the physical condition platform. Several of the foreign con- i suds were also there. Pt is probable nothing Whatever the mattress—husk or hair into the outer edge for half an inch shadin it lighter the inner edge of the fraeLett this that entitled her to share in the work that the interest in western medical science, which was awakened in him by —it should be turned often, every day to dry, and oil with linseed -oil, which ineidgntad to the farm and its home, tbese events, was one of the influences if possible, and from end end, as this wear. brings out the grain of the wood. Large photographs from of- her parents saw to it that she was giv- which fed him to establish a medical' school of his own for the instruction ensures more even Sheets and comforters should beam- paintings ten look well in a broad, flat frame an it. They had to, for where so many mouths were to be fed so many bodies of Chinese military and naval officers. ]yIiss• Howard aft- ds married an ply large, so the may Ile tucked snug - Y of this sort without a mat. while etch - lugs are improved by a wide, warm made y V ly in several inches all around. If they to be clothed, where the means of sus- Enelislh missionary named Bing and is I artist has a couple of studies in oil framed in tenanee and of shelter were limited to still living in Tientsin. I think]. have are a nuisance, as one or the other is the last res, there could b- no lag- g g- picture of her. She is a modest, quiet woman, thoroughly devoted to her er edges. 00 Wa er-colors require a happy medium gards„ profession, and to Ther missionary work,.' small comforters are often the cause of chil- !which And Leonora did work. She washed and is greatay respected by all foreign f. ' the dishes, she learned to assist in the residents of Tientsin.',' When President Angell was sent to i . cooking, in the sweeping, tate mending, China -with fufjl power as minister to 11 the work of the farm—everythingrepresent tLa United States in all dip-' comforters are turned well under the ' that cows be accomplished by the use Z,omatt c n ottations between the two a of the hands and a strong, h counties, this lady was one of the, first I countries, persins sought by hum. Shea tcok him I 9 body. But she did more. Nature had in hand and made the way easy for ! had the design brought out in black. endowed her with something better him by introducting him to all the po- ' '" than the mere animas, strength that of litical and social circles in which he will." 'That itself commands little respect or even could Hope to derive benefit concerning certain matters in which his country one for summer and one for attention in the never4ceastng batt',e of was interested. cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar, P gar, half wits in this wp "A. Of brains she had The latter-day history of this lady is I mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov- a plenty, though at that time no- not so web$ known as is tlhe rest. The I { body beneath that roof suspects¢ that supposition is that she is happily living with her husband in Tientsin, and that housekeepers differ as to the size of pil- she stood for a higher type of human- she is the mother of a family. Cer- pies. ity than they had witways known. This tain it is that if she is still]. alive her 1ows, and others cannot rest on low, existence of brain power drove her to wealth muss be considerable, for she water, not salted. Never let them books—to search for kmowfledge, for in is regarded as one, of the best, if not the best, authorities on medicine in the and have four instead of two. In thab way guests ma yy suit themselves. Pit- lowslips should be made oblong and am- formation as to the whys and where- whole of that vast em ire.—R, D. boiling water. fores of that which is. For instruc- Wagstaff in Detroit Free Press. be well shaken every. day• .If shams are used it ie a good idea tion from others she had little time. to make a pair of flat, lard pillows, pieces, and stew a little broth. When tender, add some rich cream, a Tradition says that she did see the in - little flour and butter, e.nou h to thick - ge the shams, if nothing better is pro- Bide of the "little red school house" a vided. They should be almost as large �• few times, just enough to whet her ap- WOODEN LATHING DOOMED. I petite for more. But she found the .-- 1=.time at home in the intermissions am- A I:rou•irtg uc•untnd P•ront ticauU Au ;• ons labors, to search the pages of vari- A1.4,11114 -els for Iron or Steel Devices. I ous volumes on various subjects that One industry which is declining in the ' came into her hands in various ways, United States is the manufacture of ,r In the course of time she evinced a wooden laths. It is not owing to any simple the bedding, comfort is ,essen- desire to study medicine. What put general • decrease of building, nor to cream boil up around the potatoes, add the crotchet into her head puzzCed her I business depression, but to the grow- ''' father and mother, and they laughed I ing demand from nearly all architects pan; set in a moderate oven and bake at what they thought was a mere vag- for metallic lathing in the construction housewife is always desirous of replen- cry, a fleeting fancy that would pass ; of the partitions of modern buildings. I Cauliflowers Wash it well first in away as does smoke from a burning I Metallic lathing is used less with a "`r'' pile. But Leonora was persistent in view to making the buildings fire- well salted. Boil until tender, and au f enl:ti hte uncut on this her demand or g r of o than o i t walls and P t making he g " r the greatest subject that comes under I Partitions stronger and less likely to -------- the consideration of mankind the world crack, Ordinary wooden laths are nail - off the rind, Cut the strips into pieces over. Its importance in the affairs of ed to the al uddings while still green . mea she probably did not fully realize, or wet from exposure to the weather, throw them into a preserving kettle, but her ballf-formed mind bad been It would make no difference if they . The destructiou of the oldest seats of brought under the spell of its influ- I ence. Its wonderfuDi y interesting de- i were perfectly dry, for the mortar of pumpkin. Cover the kettle and. tails had charmed her. She had read would quickly moisten them. Then namely, that of the four cities of Sod - something of them from books, but it comes the drying out process. As the each five pounds of fruit, and a few issubject that can beappreciative- y begun only with actual manifesta- laths dry they twist i ad turn, crack - dition, and for the critical geologist •ons and in. the presence of others ing the mortar and weakening the w trained by lifetime of devotion to the wall, The wooden lath is doomed ex - tragedy was caused by a sudden profession, and this she did realize. cept for the construction of the cheap - perforated spoon carefully lift out the One day she astounded her parents by announcing that she intended entering eat kind of buildings, The advantages ing of the soil, a phenomenon which, a school for medicine, if the school could of any form of metal laths are so great .. be found that would admit her. Their that architects have no difficulty in ,,:•; objections were strong in themselves, persuading prospective builders to use i< I'olaite but feeble as they encountered the res- will of the girl-. She applied for theme to the exclusion of wood. I admission to the Royal College of Phys- The evolution of the lath is rather juice may be used in place of the lem- felons and Surgeons, situated in Kings- interesting. 1n the early days, just not exist at all before this catastrophe, op ton, and an institution that, though it after the log cabin era in this coun- substitute for preserved ginger, and will had not the hospital facilities and con - Sequent advantages of actual practice try, a plastered wall was looked up - `4:. furnished by other Canadian medical (m asa luxury. Studdings were hewn 11 colleges, yet was rooted for the fine from hard wood, and the laths were • reputation of its teachers, and for the standing of many of its graduates riven by hand from the straightest 11-1 throughout the Dominion, grained timber obtainable, and occa- ;•. Leonora's application was met vQith sionally dressed with,the drawknife or xx a point blank refusal, She demanded a -carom, and it was given her—the spokeshave when too' thick for use. ,may in accordance, too, with the writers of Same that had been assigned in many were fastened to the studding 11 a parallel case, before hers—that young with hand -made nails ,cortin g two or edtconhi certain otdfherfotur men -and women coald not, consistent- three shillings a and before the Another delicious sweetmeat is pre- fly with the laws governing the relations of the sexes, sit in the one room and .pound, rough coat or mortar and hair was put ''rfi.. look on while dead human bodies in on, the lathed wall presented a rug- " • various stages of disease were being Bed appearance, having ; dissected and listen while certain sub- seems to be the natural thing, as the ­',NO ti• jects, the mention of which in joint so- STRAIGHT LINES as having been thoroughly destroyed ciety is prohibited by sill classes that anywhere, and showing chinks vary - 11 observe common' decency, were, being discussed. This was the reason, but ing from a mere crack up to fully an , i there was given another b the pub- inch when a crooked lath came in in ranulated sugar and squeeze over lic -that the men were .jealous of the juxtaposition to a moderately straight valley not really a vision of pm•adiive. encroachments of the lesser sex on a profession that centuries of custom had one. Then came the sawed laths, each declared belonged to 'them and them one ripped Pped from the edge of an inch and alone. a quarter plank with a hand saw. In her distress the girl thought of Next came the laths, made one at a time with circular saws, and then came Dr. Donald Maclean, now a prominent surgeon in Detroit, and at that time the gang -saw machine, which made • professor of surge -y in the medic•a; de- partment of the University of Michi- scores of laths at one cut. These laths were cut from the lag with a shaving !, ' gan. Dr. Maclean was born within 100 miles of her own home had before that knife and chopped into widths as toothpicks and cigar lighters are. e been referrer of aw er in the time P surgery the next innovation was a metal lath of thin sheet -iron strips, ribbed Kingston college, and was well known Kingston to ala that part of Canada by reputa- or having the edges turned over to give tion. For disappointment she :ooked, strength, Perforated sheet iron with ragged punctures, in which the mortar .11 but she was destined happuly to be dts- appointed in her disappointment. The would clinch, succeeded the strips; and I.3 doctor, without knowing anything of wire netting lathing was introduced. It was gemerally strengthened with 1R young woman, but simply witb the Y g intention of playing the Good Samari- ribs o. coarser wire, and is still exten- tan, consented to assist her into the lively used, not only for partitions but class at Asan Arbor College, blioh„ pro- for concrete floors as well, Within a few years scores of patents vided she could satisfy him that she had a measure of abEdty and that her I have beer granted for metallic lath - longing for medical learning was gen- ing, and in almost every instance they have been for making sheet steel plates thine and enduring. Joyfully she packed her little trunk provided with slits of perforations to with the few belongings that. could he bold the mortar. Several varieties are gathered togetber, and started for the ' I town. Dr. Maclean was designed to get more surface out of the metal sheet than by mere perforating, 1 t Michigan not favorably impressed by tier appearance, and are kndwn as expanded metal lath- ' '^' but an aiour or two of conversation wit h. ing. One company has had almost a monopoly of expanding metal in this her convinced him that she was al least worthy of a trial. So he. sec.ur- inU the use of an ingenious ma - g ed for her admission to the class, $er &but in tale com'ipany of bright, po which it has patents here chine upon and abroad, The sales run up to con- dol- i ' weal] -dressed young men and women at siderably more than one million pars in the United States, it first excited only ridicule. Tall, raw _ boned, aarliar, awkward, red-headed a year Y is said. This lath is said fully to dou- ble the width of the original plate freeldied, dressed in fabric of cheap f7i�u�s_�tl_ity, that sat none too well on her from which it is cut. Recently another by W, ,stall out of touch with, met- Iigul', and tout of etiquette,,whthis ropolitari Yb company has produced a machine which even more expansion is gained 41, • young woman entered the, class, the ob- an ingenious form of cutting and Y g g ect of attention, the butt of sarcasm, ,gut had that bright mind with corrugating. All this is clear gain, and the effort is being directed to get- she stial Iher, and not many months had elapsed before her mates and her teachers were ting the greatest stiffness with the lightest metal, which means more gain full aware of the fact She glued to the makers. made y V ly in several inches all around. If they cream, or soft bluish mat, A clever are too small, they pull up, and if two artist has a couple of studies in oil framed in people sleep in a bed small comforters rough, unplaned pine plank, heavily gilded and artistically are a nuisance, as one or the other is splashed with bronze toward the out - "left out in the cold" unless he hangs Too I er edges. 00 Wa er-colors require a happy medium on to his share like grim death. ; between the richness desirable for oil - small comforters are often the cause of chil- !which paintings and the severe simplicity an serious colds, especially among dren, who do not know enough to pull ' etching demands, Land- sea pes look best in simple, narrow the cover over them during the night. I ' ar a more decorative frame, Pwhile iece wal portrfait takes The sheets shou led be well tucked in at a broad rich seting. the foot, especially the lower one. It I Another artist, with more taste than is also necessary that the blankets and , money, has a delicious bit of water - comforters are turned well under the ' color in a flat frame is mattress at the foot, so they will not pine on which roughly etched spiky, thorny branches; pull up. The upper sheet should al- the frame was then oiled and the de - ways be turned over the edge of the sign painted in sepia. A silvered frame comforters at the top about fiveorstx ' had the design brought out in black. inches in order that the edges may be some -suppersplit if 1 s it that wood." kept clean. If this is not carefully at- "Yes," she answered promptly, "I tended to they soon become soiled. It will." 'That is m- agood idea to have two sets of com- USEFUL RECIPES. one for summer and one for Cranberry Pie.—A quart of chopped winter. The daintiest of comforters aro made of cheesecloth, wih but one or cranberries, two cupfuls of sugar, P gar, half two layers of cotton in them for sum- a cupful p ul of molasses, two even table - mer. Bright calico makesstronger cov- spoonfuls of corn starch dissolved in a ers for heavier winter comforters, which ' little cold water, then add one and a should be made thick and soft. Most half cupfuls of boiling water, and one housekeepers differ as to the size of pil- drop of rose water. This makes four lows, and make the kind which suits pies. them best. Some people, however, can- not sleep on the high, well -stuffed pil- Seasonable Ve etables.—The should 1ows, and others cannot rest on low, always be put to cook in fresh boiling soft ones, So in the guest chamber water, not salted. Never let them it is probably best to make low pillows,stand stand after they are once done. If you and have four instead of two. In thab way guests ma yy suit themselves. Pit- lowslips should be made oblong and am- must let them stand, put instantly into a colander, and stand it over a pot of ply large. If small and tight they will boiling water. not wear near as long. Pillows should Stewed Celery.—Clean thoroughly. be well shaken every. day• .If shams are used it ie a good idea Throw away any green leaves, cut in small in to make a pair of flat, lard pillows, pieces, and stew a little broth. When tender, add some rich cream, a not more than two inches thick and stuffed with straw, on which to pin little flour and butter, e.nou h to thick - ge the shams, if nothing better is pro- en the cream, season with pepper and salt, nutmeg if liked. P pp vided. They should be almost as large tion of the purchaser, in which relation - as the shams, which will is this way Sweet Potatoes.—Take good-sized po- be kept smooth and in place always, tatoes, wash clean and put in to boil it never beingr to takethem them with skins on; but do not put salt to apart when removing at P g If the spread is then drawn over this water. They will take an hour to smoothly without wrinkles or bulge and cook. Drain off the water, and set in a pan for a few minutes before the fire the shams are well put up, the bed is to dry well. Peel and send to table. as neatly and comfortably made as could be wished. There is nothing more Creamed Potatoes.—Put a small fete p delicious when tired at night than a of butter in a frying -pan, a little pars - well -made, well -aired, soft bed, with ley, chopped fine, salt, pepper, and half downy pillows and warm covers, and no matter how coarse the linen or how cupful of cream, let it' come to a boil; simple the bedding, comfort is ,essen- cut cold boiled potatoes into small, pieces, turn into the cream; let the tial. tial. . cream boil up around the potatoes, add to the city of Paris and was rechris- another piece of butter and serve. FOP EMPTY PRESERVE JARS. Baked Beets.—Wash and put into a As the unfilled preserve jars and pan; set in a moderate oven and bake jelly glasses accumulate, the provident slowly; when soft, remove skin and housewife is always desirous of replen- dress to taste. ishing her unoccupied storeroom shelf. Cauliflowers Wash it well first in If she wants something unusual the fol- strongly salted water, to bring out all lowing, but always new recipes may dirt. and insects. 'Prim off all tough outside leaves, put into boiling water tempt her, well salted. Boil until tender, and To make a sweet preserve of pump- 1 serve with white sauce or cream. kin, secure a pumpkin that is a dark The primary conditions of long�vity yellow in color, cut it into narrow -------- strips, remove the soft part, and pare tive organs, as well as the brain, should off the rind, Cut the strips into pieces ANCIE NT HISORY. two or three inches long, weigh them — and then rinse them in clear water and Something, ing, Absul ute De.rtraeuon of throw them into a preserving kettle, Sodom and uomorrah. Add one pound of granulated sugar and The destructiou of the oldest seats of the juice of two lemons for each pound civilization and culture in the Jordan of pumpkin. Cover the kettle and. Valley and the Dead Sea districts, stand it in a cool place over night. In namely, that of the four cities of Sod - the morning add one pint of water for om, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, is each five pounds of fruit, and a few one of the fixed facts of earliest tra- good-sized pieces of scraped ginger root. dition, and for the critical geologist Place the kettle over the fire, where the phenomenon presents no difficulty, the contents will just simmer, until as far as it can be traced at all. The The the pieces of pumpkin become -clear and tragedy was caused by a sudden can be pierced with a splint. With a of the valley basin in the southern part perforated spoon carefully lift out the of the Dead Sea, resulting in the sink - cooked pumpkin and put it into jars, fill- ing of the soil, a phenomenon which, ing each jar two-thirds full. Cook the without any doubt, was in intimate con - liquid until it is a thick syrup then vection with a catastrophe in nature, skim out the ginger root, and pour the or an earthquake accompanied by syrup into the parciy filled jars. Do not cover the jars until the preserves such a sinking of the soil along one or are perfectly cold. The pumpkin may more rents in the earth, whereby these be cut into thin slices, diamonds, or cities were destroyed or "overturned," any fancy shape desired, and orange so that the Salt Sea now occupies their juice may be used in place of the lem- territory. The view that this sea did ons. Carrots may be preserved in such a not exist at all before this catastrophe, op manner that they can be used as a or that the Jordan before this period substitute for preserved ginger, and will flowed into the Mediterranean Sea, be found an excellent imitatiop. Take small, yellow carrots, scrape them and contradicts throughout all geological g g g cut them into halves, and then in quar- I and natural science teachings concern- ing the fm-mation this ters. Put the pieces into a preserving kettle, cover them with water, and put I of whole region. • • • • That the Pantapolis at one them over the fire and parboil thm. I time was situated in the southern part Then turn them into a colander, and'. of the Dead Sea, which is now carted let them drain several hours. Weigh proved aliso, among other thlnha' the drained carrots and return them by the r g Y p casabas location at to the preserving kettle ; add to them ; this pliace of Zoar, the place which es - their weight in syrup of ginger. Cover' caped destruction in the clays of Lot ; the kettle and place it over a slow fire ; in accordance, too, with the writers of where the contents can just simmer for antiquity and of the middle ages, in - about three hours; then put the car-. °audios the Arabian geographers. As rots into jars and when they are cold edtconhi certain otdfherfotur cover them. Do not use this preserve until it has been made several weeks. cerniii g ilerocat on other cities, viz.: Sodom, Gomorrah, Another delicious sweetmeat is pre- Admah, and Zeboim, of which names served orange peel. Select oranges with only that o[ Sodom, in Djebol Usdum, perfect skins, wipe them with a damp is found reflected in any place in these cloth, and weigh them Peel the fruit Precincts. And even apart from Boo- by taking the skin off in quarters, logical and geographical reasons, this and then cut it into straws, Cover the seems to be the natural thing, as the cut peel • with hot water and let it book of Genesis represents these places cook fifteen minutes. Drain off the as having been thoroughly destroyed water and again cover the peel with without heaving any trace or remnant fact these hot water and boil until the straws behind. The that now dis- are tender. Meanwhile put into a pre- tricts are a dreary waste, and by the serving kettle the weight of the fruit Arabian geographer Mukaddasi called in ranulated sugar and squeeze over a "hills," is no evidence that in earlier times this was not different, and this it the juice of the oranges. Put the kettle over the back of the fire where valley not really a vision of pm•adiive. the sugar will slowly dissolve. When i —Dr. Max Baauckenhorn. --- - - -_ CLINTON 848H, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY U S.S. 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FOR TWENTY-SIX 9YEARS ��'RIM' -- v � ra wa In xo WKI&W WtiwT 1S GOING ON IN THF, FOUR BAKICORNEZS OF THE GLOBE. NC Old and New World Events of Interest Chron- POW DER icled Briefly—Interesting Happenings of Recent Data. THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND Bishop Ellicott, of Bristol and Glou- 44ARGES'lr SALE IN CANADA6 tester, who is 78 years of age, has tak- ""I'--.--- en up the bicycle. STICKLER FOR FORM. Baroness Hirsch has given $250,000 _ to endow a home for Jewish consump- tives in England. Ilow tut 1'11eon►merelal Traveler Failed to Eat ,t Meal. Copenhagen is to have an elevated "Madam," he said in accents of railroad running along the shore from sweetness, "I suppose you wii�l give me the city to the woods at Charlotten- land. The motive power will be eleo- some -suppersplit if 1 s it that wood." tricity or compressed air. "Yes," she answered promptly, "I At Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier, will." 'That toward Germany, the whole population would of course, make it a bus - went to the railroad station recently Lness transaction, and not an act of to 'hoot the Count of Flanders, with his son, Prince Albert.. ,nd his son -in- charity." f haven't anything to tray about law, the Duke of Vendoa,a, because the what you call it. If you split the wood Count -had employed Germans on his you can eat." estate near by. "But you recognize the fact that I Sweden will send an expedition to am purchasing this supper with my Konig Karl's Land, east of Spitzber- brawn and skill Z" gen, next summer, collie" will also ex- "I don't see any objection to express- plore the other islands and the undis- ing it in that manner, if it pleases you." All right. If you will let me have covered region between Spitzbergen anything to eat you happen to have and Franz Josef Land, Last year's rush ,handy i',a fulfill my part of the trans - to Spitzbergen shows that the diffieul- action in accordance with the usual me - ties of such an expedition are little thods of the mercantile world." more than those of a summer cruise. I "What I propose is that you shall, An extraordinary story Y of the teed- split the wood and then come in and sit down and heap yourself to all you ulity of Russian peasants comes from want." • Slavyansk, in southern Russia, where "I'm sorry, madam, but my early a woman whose little ten -year-old girl training Las made me business like. In had sore a es consulted a witch loo -for you know, 30 days is allowed for payment. That is for the protec- for and was told to apply gunpowder PP y gunp. tion of the purchaser, in which relation - to the child's eyes and touch it off with a match. She obeyed, blinding the ship I stand in this transaction." "If child and injuring herself. you mean that you'll come back inside of a month and do the work, I tell Santa Barbs, one of the most famous can right I have no - Y g a you ht here that high schools of Paris, founded in 1460 thing for You. - "I'd like to split that wood right now and the alma mater of Calvin and' of and take my chances on getting the sup - Loyola, has been bought by the Govern-' per, but in the eyes of the world that ment for 2,000,000 francs. It is becom- would be an unwarranted procedure on ing constantly more 'difficult for pri- my part. If I were to go ahead and turn that into stovewood for you, there vate institutions to compete with the wound be no way on earth of my put - State establishments. Last ybar the ting it -back- its origmad shape. And Ecole Monge, from which religious in- than I'd be ,completely at your mercy struction was excluded, was turned over so far as the fulfillment of a verbal to the city of Paris and was rechris- contract without witnesses is concern- tened Lycee Carnot. This year it is ed." the turn of the Catholic college of "You split the wood or go hungry," Sainte Barbe. she responded. G --many army officers are to have "No, ma'am. I'd like to turn in and make t]iat woodpile fairly dizzy, and their pay raised. First Lieutenants I don't want you to think I have the will receive $420 a year instead of $315, slightest suspicion of your honesty, but Captains, $985 instead of $900, Majors it wouldn't be business -like." $1,500 instead of $1,350, and Colonels, . -• -- $2,100 instead of $1,950. The - money CONDITIONS OF LONGEVITY. for the increase is obtained from the The primary conditions of long�vity saving the Government makes in re- ducing the interest on the public debt are that the heart, lungs and diges- from 4 to 3 1-2 per cent. The change tive organs, as well as the brain, should is not all profit to the officers, as they be large. If these organs are large, the are compelled by the army regulations their savings in Government trunk will be long and thie limbs com- fonin�vest paratively short. The person will ap- pear tall in sitting and short in stand - A queer sect, the Mazarenes, turn- ing. The hand will have a long and. ed up in a London police court recently, somewhat heavy palm and short fin - owing to the refusal of their chief priest gers. The brain will be deeply seated, orifi as shown by the ce of the ear be- to pay a printer's bill. He called him- ing low. The blue hazel or brown hazel self Antipas pastor, Fidei Defensor,and eye is a favorable indication. This nos - said that be had been a clergyman of trils being large, open and free indi- the Reformed Episcopal Church in the cates large lungs. A pinched and half - United States. The bill in dispute was closed nostril indicates small or weak ' for apamphlet containing a " State- lungs' ment of the Faith once delivered to the saints in apposition to the Faiths of ! Christendom," and on its last pagee had ARGUMENT FOR LATE RISING. an advertisement of the " Antepas Cy -1 An eminent medical authority asserts cles, price 12 guineas." Antipas, F.D., I that getting up early tends to exhaust, had to pay. the physical power and to shorten life, I while the so-called invigorating early, Mme. Cotescu, wife of a Roumanian court councillor at Bucharest, has Hours are apt to produce lassitudes and are positively dangerous to some consfl- broughrt suit for 100,000 francs dam- tutions. ages, against a boarding -school mistress of Boulogne sur Seine for the loss of PorrOver Piny Years two daughters. Mme. Cotescu had Mao, wrN,Lnw's scloTniNn SYarp hue been used by placed four daughters in a convent 'talions of mothers fnr their children whileteething. If disturbed at night and broktn of yourrest bya sick school, where one became converted ehlld suff^ring and crying wi,h pain of Cutting Teeth from the Greek orthodox faith to Ro- send at once. and get a bottle of "Mrs. winslow's Soothing Svrup"fnrGhildreu 7'netIli ug. Itwillrelieve man Catholicism, and later fled from the oonr lit le snfierariminedintely• Depond upon it, her home to become a nun. To pre- vent the conversion of the two younger mothers. there is nn niistnke about it. It cures Dlar- rhma, regulates the Storrmneh onrl 13 n Weln, e111'es `wind girls the mother put them in the Boll- Colin, noftcns the Gums, reduces Inflammation, and gives tont and energy to the wiinle system, ' htrs logne school, on the teacher's engag- ing to keep them away from the nuns. P•iuslew's 9nothing syrup" no chifdron teeC,Ing t Oaa•ant to 1 he taste and is the, proscription of Doe o The girls fled from school, however, thenlde,0 and bust femme phcnii•iauaana nilrseetn and ar, now believed to be nuns in the t•niteil States. Trio( tmmy five eontsa bot.tf some convent. The mother's suit for damages is complicated by the fact that Sold by all drugpiats thronghotrt the world. 13o euro andaslcfor"Mns. WiNaLow' :I,nTntNGS'Yat,p, her daughters have come of age and -� have intervened in the suit, through A FEARFUL EXAMPLE. their lawyer, with the assertion that they acted of their own free will in Ag reat peo ple go beyond their means trying ng to what they did. I make a show, declared the sage philosopher. That's right, assented Chumpley; I blew in $10,000 trying to make a show and it busted the third week out. THE GOLDEN CUPID. 1 I love tbee dearly, O, my sweet— This is no dictums rash: TO CONSUMPTIVES. The man who plunks gifts at thy feet Tho undersigned having been restored to health Mast have a pile of cash, by simple means, safer suffering fnr anveral years -- Mill a novore ling affection, and that dread dieease Consumption, is anxinue to make knnwu to hie fellow ' LYNCHED, sufferers she moans of enre. To those who destre it, he will cheerfully -send (fine of Ma' ugeI a copy of tha Bronco Pete --Yes, ,Lady; I wuz wid presorli•t.ion used, which they will find a 9urecure for Comumptinn, Asthma, Catarrh, Brntsnehitis an wyer son Wen he died. He looked jes' all throat and I,nng Malatfies• $e hopes all sufferers try lake an ,angel, t00, Wen he wuz dylen'. Mrs. Brown, weeping,—He did l will hl" remedy, as it ie Invalu- able. destr, the on, ill cost . Bronco Pet --Oh, yes; indeed, be did— oluno Ard rn rove a ,)I them nothing, and may prove a 71paa1ng, w[II please g, will nddrene, swingin' back an' forth in de air, ye know, allmost ez if he had wings. Rev, EDWARD A.:W11.90N,Brooklyn,Now. York, r, '— %, IN d