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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1904-11-17, Page 3FORECASTING THE FUTURE The Faculty of *Looking Ahead is Essential to „Success. Whera there is no vieion, the people heriele-Proverbe, xxix., 18. • There Nellie te be in the going through ef a definite, fixed routine Ay atter daY Paid week after week hometliing whieh saps and e'obe life a tufa which hi best end nohlest in jt. C'ertainly *hap who lead euch •a 1f liu,ve, some 'more, some less, their vision obscured and their hori- eon contracted, Perhaps it is dee to Want or variety, perhaps to want of etimulus. Whatever the cause, the fact remains, It is generally admit» led thee one of the daueers of our , lege is that in our large use or mar, chinery we ourselves are liable to be- come ton machinelike. We hex° little regard for wlia.t is known 'technically as the "visionaty man," but what we really dislike is his impracticable, not his visionary side. Successful men are all more or less visionary, *In fact, there is per - Italia, no other quality so 'pre-einin- ently essential ,to success as that fa- zulty which enables one to 14ok ahead, to foresee and forecast •the future. Where there is no visien we fail. There is, perhaps, no better exam- ple of the power of vision tlian that of Columbus. •Illitory tells us how patiently and persistentlylie 'labored to secure assistance to fellow p his tvision and zuake it REAL TO THE WORLD. He labored to gain his vision heed he labored to, realize it. • We wonder that such a glorious vision • should have remained so long unseen. • The reason • is apparent. Tlie world's brightest visions are reserved as re- wards to persistent and painstaking effort and to diligent and untiring re- search, It is a mistake to think that all important vision h have already been omen and realized. There are still worlds to discover and to conquer. Brighter visions than those ,which are e unfolding themselves in • our day and generation the worlt has never seen. Those who are batching glimpses of them we call geniuses or wizards, But they are in reality thintcers. worhers. It is thus that they make ,their inspiration. Visions have indeed played a rnigh- THE Si S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, • .NOV. 20, • • Text of the Lesson, 1-9,. 16-20. Golden Text, 1st/ea,. • i.,16, 17. • . . . . Our lesson 1 ccilled. "Isaiehrs Mos - sage to Judah," which is all right as to the last two words, for it. is indeed a message- to dadah arid not to all Israel, and it is a meesage to Judah and not to the church., This Is the primary truth, but we :must not • forget that there are lessons • there for all believers at all temea. • But then, we must notice thatitis not Isaiah's message but the mes- sage or the Lord through His, ser- vant I suia h. "Hear, .0 heavens, and give ear, 0 earth, for the Lord hath soo7.en!" (Verse 2.) This is the truth to be eniphasizeil. "The mighty God, even the Loyd, hath spoe.ene (Ps. 1., 1). God hath speeen env - to us by His Son (Hee. i.; 1, 2). This is the great fact of the and surely it becomes His ereaturee• to hear, but that is the very thing they refuse to do as He says, "I have nourished and bronglia tep children, and they have -rebelled against me". (verse 2). . • He says that the dumb brutes pitch as the ox and the ass have more 're- gard for • their owners than. His peo-. ple have for Him. In jer. vide' 7, He says that the birds seem to haVe more Intelligence than His Peeplee When on earth in the clays of His humiliation, as He wept over Jertieae lem He said, "If thou hadst known the things Which belong to thy peace,. but now they aro hid •from. thine eyes" . (Luke xix., 41, 42). "They liave forsaken the Lord, they have provoked tho Holy One of Israel in - .to anger, they are gone away bache ward (verse 4), was true of thefli in the days of Isaiah and Jeremiah and also when our Lord was on earth,. for Ile had to cad them hypocrites and a generation of vipere, and fin- ally to tell them that their house would be desolate till . .reeurit (Matt. iii).• Our lesson says that indivichitilly and nationally • they were sick' and unsound from head to foot, their, country desolate and *overthrown. by strangers, and that but for a very small remnant of godly ones in their. Midst they would be like Sodum anti Gomorrah. Then He. ealis theta Sod- om and Gomorrah and says that • efe cannot tolerate their sacrifibes. tied their feasts; that they iveary Him with them (verses Ji -15). • .lerom this and similar language t;lsewhere in the boldlyprophets solne have that the Lord never instituted sac- rifice, ,but such do not know .what, they say, nor do \they. understand Geie 111., 21, the first of all sacrifices' and by the hands of the Lore Sim - self. When Ile we's on mirth in human form the feasts of 'the Lord Which He liad ordained had becothe mere feasts of the Jews, all form and ceremony to be seen of men (Mutt. et, 1-18; 'cede., 1-8). This sort. of thing He liatee to -day as Mach as. Eta did then, for 'He desiree Worship wily from such ..as Worship Vim In opirit and hi truth, Bee John iv, .23, 24. It may not be lo? • us to judge, but aa very little con- sideration will lead one •to think it possible that there may in the church tceday a very. simile:I* state of attain to that described by the Spirit through Isaieh. All we need say is that whetever in the torrn of worehip is not front a redeemed soul In. the power of the Spirit and la the name of the treed Jesus cannot be worship at all. .The precious , blood et 'Christ, the great sitcrilize„ Is the only foutidation, the Holy Spirit the only power end the Woed of God the -only revelation by 1/4vhieh we can keen/ God and wor- ship Ititn. Rs Who weitild worship ,God mutt test be clean; helmet "'Wash you; snake you clean" (Verge 10), and how thig Is to be done le plainly set korai both in Gonads ettla Hisnelas ty part in the world'* history. They have led the famous warriors to glorious victory. They have given is from the pens of the most gifted poets and men of letters our choicest bite of liters," turn They have advanced the world and uplifted the Church. Our tall butlenhife, ehr greatbridges, our mar - venous modern inventions and macle. inirY. our almost magic means of travel and communication by land and sea, first existed in naiad as vi- sions of future pessibility. The ob- jective real is invariably preceded by the subjective ideal. Christ'e vigion of universal broth- erhood was of all visions the meet splendid and glorious. We aro learning more and more of it, but we do not begin to appreciate it yet. He who, crushes and robs the poor cannot by putting money eo gained into institutions, however good, catch even a glimpse ot THE 13E'AUTIVUL VISION which. Christ saw in the brotherhood which He came on earth to estab- lish, and whicb is to have its ilnal and complete consulannatiori in heav- en. It ,ie a fearful thing to have the widow's tears and the laborer's blood crying out freni tbe ground and reaching up to the very ear of God against unrighteous and ill got- ten gain, The rich man who has made his money honestly and who is merciful, and liberal need, not fear when the tinee comes to render an account of his stewardship, Visions of a camel standing before the heedle's eye or of Dives calling to Abraham and Lazarus need not trouble him. Religion furnishes us higher Ideals, broadens oug sympathies, uplifts our minds, gives us inspirationand strength. in our daily efforts,.fur- nishes just that which the world cannot give. In the spiriteal life of that righteous father and of that saintly mother (who, perhaps, havo passed to their blessed reward) we caught glimpses of visions, . visions which revealed something of the • di- vine and which have never ceased to beckon us heavenward. We have no fear of perishing, because we have visions which lead us onward • and upward to amt. "building of God, an house not made with hands, eter- nal in the aeaveus." • . • • tion and all the wax throngle. Noth- ing can Cleatise from sin but the blood, "The life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to yeti upon the altar to • make an atonement for your. souls. for it is the blood that maketh an atone - Ment for the soul" (Lev. Xvii, .11). The doings of versed 1.6 and 17. foie low the cleansing,. There can be no "acceptable doing till we are cleans- ed, for "they that: aro'. in the flesh cannot please Gad" (Rom. viii. 8). , How, then; is the eleitnsing ac- complished? God must do it, When ! will He do it? Come, now; hew thoroughly will He do itl The sins - as scarlet shall be 'white as sneer • and the crinison like wade, for the . . blood of Jesus Christ Meanseth from - , ail sin, so that it is reraernbered no ! • more; "1, even I, am He that Iola- • teth out .thy tranegressioes for Heel own sake and wile not remember! thy eene" (Ise. 25). The. van- ity of all our 'ellecte to cleanse our- ' selves is set forth in dee. ii,: 22, but Cod dnee it instantly and theetnieb- "- Thee •folloWs the Secret of 4cceptahle 'servire, for whore there' a redeeened soul who is willing. and • obedient Cod' will.. work he that ,citie. "both to will and to do. of his.good epleasure. (Phil, ii. 13) and such an one can know the power and cone- . fort of ' these words, "Lord, Thee. wiltcirclein peace for us, for, Thou else, hest wrought allour wierks in eise"Striving aceordiag to His workizige Which worketh • in • Me Mightily," "Working in you that which is well Pleasing in His alight". (Tea. xxvi, 12; Cole 2, 26; HO: Xni. 20,' 21), • , • : All rebelling •ageinse God's will and God way (and there is a lot - of it on the part of His people) only causes sorrow to themselves . and , brings no glory to God, but com- pels .1-11ni to chastene them for their geod. It ie the privilege of every ehlld ot God to enjoy perfeot peaco and to bear much fruit to the glory ef God, but it can ozdy he in arid y a - - willizig And obedlent people, tot the. mouth of theLead h batspoken 11.,and Itis word is for ever settled' in heaven. (verse • 20 : Pee xix. 89). ' : • ' • SENTENCE SERMONS. Sentiment' will aot pass for ser- vice, . It takes moral mescle to be meek. Mud will only stick to mud. - Success must be metesured by the soul, • . Forget justice and -you will find judgment, .A. shadowless waled Would'be • a sunless orie. • Kindness is more convincing than keenness. 'Watching the .40ck it but wasting th time. Test °pillions cannot straighten crooked practice. •• • A gotIlf man isthe man who does good tS men. - There im sanctification in self- satisfaction • A haliehearted servant always has a hard hearted boss. Self-denial Is- a Specific for esteem. A, man's moral measure may be known by the things that move him •to mirth. The Wise are those who learn from the follies of others as well as their own. To -morrow ofteu shows that we have been'begging off from the best things of to -day. ' The mind that bears ripe fruit al- ways bends no that a child can pick it. -Some peoPle think they have fallen from grece if they forget to grum- ble. When hatred hat a long time lease on the heart Ile MO is niuch deceive , ed by your hanging out the "dear brother!" sigh on the liPS. rather (t0 itenx)-"etow, Molt here, my 'boy; if you ever do thet again ti Melte you Mart for it." Sone. "You earn do it. My sehoolmanter totsX was born etttPicl, and no poWe erott earth can make Ine tiniest. Ile says 1 come of a stupid family." Patlter---"What? go and see that it:teeter," rtICW pA2TGEB IN2CIS8IdS. A Disease n England Traced to Oeculation. A new danger hail been added to the many whicb: medicel men assert seirround the habit of kissing accord- ing to Delmer Whittlee, a lecturer on dental histologn and pathology at Birmingbem University, the crawcraw diseasas common on the 'attest -coast of Africa. bag beep introdu.cni into Lenge land. Birmingham, he says, has ban- dreds !sf caeee, while traces of the dis- ease have been Jeered in many other ,placee., Tkie disease is du,e to the laresence of the newel:ode worm, which has a pet:eller penchant for de- stroying the white corpuscles in, the 'blood. The chief eymptom is an in- tense itching ofthe Skin. Kissing, Mr. WhIties asserts, is ene of the ;mane by which: the Uis- ease Is disseminated. There are large nUMbers ot courting couples sufferiug from crawcraw in leirrainghani, he said, and oftener than not one trees - mite the disease to the other by )rise - Mg. In one ease which Came under his observation the engaged giri was kissed by her siveetheart, who as a victim of the disease. Shortly af- terward she coraplained of a terrible itching. The trouble was incorrect - ler diagnosed, aud the young woman, who slept with her sister, transmitted the disease, and the latter pass,id it on to a younger brother. Thus four Persons became affected through kiss- ing. In another case a bare:iced went to see her brother, a Soldier, on his re- turn from war, They kissed each other, .and the result was the young Woman a few days subsequently com- plained of intense itching of the skin,. The soldier was unaware of the fact that he .lemself .was suffering from the disease, the nematode worm be- ing distinetly shown in a number of bleed films. COMING NAVAL. TERROR MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS OF THE rrniaz. 'Could:be Carried. on Board War- ' ships -Speedy and Hard to • • . Detect. The proPosed trans -atlantic race for torpedo boats, V it.. is • carried out, will have • a ' very • important bearing ore the•futhre of the torpedo beat, and naval experts will be much interested 1 :the result. A preminent Freileh automobilist, who has had wagedexperience With motor -boats, think - that if the race ie successful it will mark the doom of the present type of torpedo boat with steam engines. He believes that smaller heats' with petrol engines would be far more useful and speedy; and could be employed Much more expeditiously. • Granting that they could not live :through. extreznely rough weather, • he points out that quite a dozen of theiri could be car- ried an board a warship at such a time. When required they would be quickly launched: • again, their eta gines would be got going by a Mere turn of a handle, and there they would .be ready to glide away at a speed of • over 20. miles an hour • to deliver an attack. Each boat would reciter° but. foer or eve mere as the petrol engine • is all but' automatic in its aCtion, and one man if need be, could control all Its functions and steer the vessel at She sante time, just •as on a inotor-car. couLD ero ANYWHKRE. With% engines of 200 e:p. or over to' -drive the vessel in open :water, and a smaller engine for speed or An - shore Work, this boat could be most ecerioznically Wolked, and ceidd pu etrate emetically aeywhere, It .would have no smoke, and lyine low in the water, it .wotild• glide along swiftly and 'silentlya A etoelt ef Pe. trolsufficient, for 400 or 500 miles could be carried, %further .'supplies Woirld be carried on the warship, and the, • poesibilite of any hrealeclowe would be yery remote. 'There would bo no stoke -hole hor- rors, no burseing �f steam' pipes, • Or any of the *other dangers which the crews of ordinary torpeclb bots run, whilst if the enemy sighted them theywould. melte a eonsiderably tiznaller meek in the water, and would standa better ehance of , es- eaping.: If the worst' 'CI:1111e to the woret, .aitd a. shot Struck them,they would' go to, the bottom, of eeerse; but the loss in human life and the logs to &the fleet •would be. but a fraetional part of the loss sustained by a similar disaster to the Modern type o.A0R1 EtovrpTedi jOEmboaotil. BoA.RD. ' The feet that the petrol: 'beats could he takon on board ship to the number perhaps ,of a dozen • would mean in itself that the big vessel would always carry with it a fleet of protectors and scouts, which at a moment's notice could take to the water and sweep out in a great cir- cle. Ateether important consideration is that ,the warship Would be a kind of dry dock for each of the boats, and time they could have any Inech- enieal defects see right at once on the high sea, Needless to say e such a course is not possible with the Pre - pent type of steam -propelled torpedo boat. ep c fe d1fflult - to accomplish without returning to port And much time is lost thereby; and. the vessel is rendered n0n-eflective for a considerable time, It has to battle mudded with every kind ot Weather, and those who have any knowledge of the life , on -beard a torpedo boat during a galewill agree that our eitilore•will be 'saved many hardships if they had. torpedo boats which could be slueit on board aavarship in time of stress. A SPECTACULitit ARann, It le a Matter of common -know- ledge that the , • Kaiser, from his strong sWive of the spectacular has taught his army, at every great manoeuvre held sine° his aeceselozt In 188S eot to fight as they will in actural War, says the North Ameri- can Review. The aemy, indeed is to -day eon -Intended by an Empeeor who . knows absolutely nothing of prantical warfare front personal ex- perience.1,110 yotingeet lieutenant in France, einesia. England, and the ITnited States' knows more Of itetuai fighting than he. Per fifteen years tlie Gernian array has been taught, in sham battle, to attack an imagin- ary enemy on conditiotts and in a mariner Which would fusee complete annihilation in actual warfare, • .1101.1011101,401.0...., *4E 4, 1 it $ : 3.1.1401+144÷1+1 1,N Home 444444444 SELECTED :RECIPES. Egge and. Tetaato Sauce on Toast e -Place a, saucepan with one table. spoonful of butter, One tableeppoutul of chopped onion and one-half a bay leaf over the fire and cook eve min- utes without browning, then add one tablespoonful of flour and stir for two. minutes. Add twelve large ripe tomatoes or . (one can), two tea- spoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt and one-half teaspoonful ot _PeePer; 'cook all together tor ten minutes, Rub the sauce through a sieve and *et beckon the range to keep hot. Have eight allege of brown, toast wen buttered and arranged on SkallOW dish; poach eight eggs an. plaee elle on each elice of toast; pour the hot tomato sauceover them, and serve at once, One slice- of toast may be served on each bedividual dish, tuna tile ,seatcp dipped over it, with two thin slices of fried crisp Moon placed on each end of the toast. SWeet • Apple Picnics, - Select smooth' aeOles below inedium size and have tbern.uniform. Peel eerie fully and leave the sterns on. Alio* two quarts •ot vinegar, four poiende of light brown woe, one ounce each of ground. Cinnamon and cloves, Tie the spice -in little cheesecloth bags and Soine sticks 'of whole einnamori, Wben. scalding hot put in enough al) - pies to cook' well. When they can be easily pierced with n broom straW skim out in a stone 'jar and. cook the 'other'apples. Pour the hot vine- gar over the pickles, thee an in,vert- ed plete Or saucer over the jar and tie to - securely with' 'white muslin. Milk. Soup. -Use one quart of new Milk; one saltspeonfel of salt, one saltspoonfule of powered cinnamon, one teaspoonful Of granulated eugar; scald all together for an hour in a pitcher set in a kettle of water; then add tno well -beaten yolks of two ceugiglsd.re-n,Good for delicate persotm, and VariousCanitands.-Cooks with- a llttle'experience can produce 'a va- rlet,' of custards be varying the 'flee Vora used, leevingethe- body of the custard the same. Oranges cut fine (often being ' peeled atid seeded) can be used, simply adding • therta to . good ev,stard So can canned or fresh fruit's, Chewed itlinonds, . grated .co- coinute,'chOcolaee and roons. Barley Soup:eadnly beef stock is required • in making a_ first-rate bare leyesoup, if the grain is alloevede %to steep In • te. for , seine thee. before. cooking, ':Oneareaitet • the. quantity of cold water ehopldthen be 'added with a, few kernels el • allspice, ' and the simmering process conducted' al- oe* irtiperceptibly, Diced jam. epo- tittoee are thrown in 'about half • •.'an hour.befoee serving : The cooking be- ing .then hastenecteto a gentle boil, : Waleut • Catsup. -An old fashioned rule- for 'walnut ...catsup that dates • back almost a hundred Years is., as :fel:mese • Take green walnut shells. - Mix them well with .eelti Let them , stand In this way for :six days free 'quently 'beating and•sinasiiing .them. By -WS time the shells will have be: come Soft 'and mushy. hanging ;the nhells on One side of the tub and raisinge the tub on ' that side, the. liquor will drain., Off to the ether slide,' Take • out all of it and repeat tee. Procees• as often as necessary. 'When ale the liquor possible is Strained off' iet it sinnieer •Izt: an iron boiler, . sainneing off ad • seura that raises. When -no more mine forms ; add to -every • six genets- of liquor • .0, quarter- of .a.• licefal -of glens., a quats ter ota pound- of &broke.. two *ounce' es of long peppers •and two Ounces:Of elovesi Let: it boil slowly' for half an hour.... .• When bottled equal amour:it:. of ' thespices go . irite each .bottle. l!'.111 up the bottle completely and; eerie...them, sealing tightly. Put them. in• a Cool, dee Place for On Year .before using them, .5.013.o0z, .X.ArNettEON,s.•. • The idea of the luncheonsuggese tions following is that they May be Of belp to those • who are trying te ietry the school luncheons of .. their -children .stifhciently- without giving them foods which are tbo rich in fat- or. too didiettlt for digestion. Few perhaps, pan follow the luocheoris ex- actly as • they are given., for - soz a may find it necessary to reduce th expense, and in Sotto eases the food might net be obtainable or In ac- cordance with different. : tastes: Then have been preparedwith ci regard for the nutritive values of feeds. • • Fresh pork is indigestible,: and pork,- given at all, should be-thor- eiughly cooked, • .The lunch box •sliould .be thOrough- ly aired every day.' A flagging ap- petite eliould not be tempted by the addition of an extra. Piece of pie as a substitute- for the more wholesome bread-and-butter .sandwieli, 11 pos- sible, however, let the•lencia-even the cold luneh-Contain something that Is a surmises Por thia reason " the boy or girl-shot/Id nOt pack the lunch themselves. • , -• • , the child foods for his lunch which tax itlie, digestive sys- tem will Make study .an impoesibil- ity for much of the afternoon, for the 'child will not 'have thepower to do the Mental; work required.. "Plants, especially fresh fruits,. are _ valuable for their acids and sate. Some 'on' the prepared breakfast foods /elite good lunch dishes; if. cream. ;tied' sugar are added, the cera - al • beleg packed in a conered glass.•, • • ,• • Belew ire Scene suggestions for luncheon:. ' • Brown breed andbetter, milk, gtetved• fruit, White -bread sandwiches, boiled eggs, a glaSe of canned fruit, sweet crackers. Buttered rolls, Cold roast beef, baked apples. Hain sandivIclieS, milk, bananas, Plain saudnath with a lettuce leat bete/en, 'corned been apple turnover. Brown bread saildWiehes, cold roast beef, ebeee nourishing gelatine, such as Bavarian creatn, Rolls with: butter, tongue, potato. salad and apples. Cheese satidwicheg, riee pudding, teaks, Deviled ham .tiettidwiclies, stewed r Cold cliteken, bread aud butter piclelee, tapioca cream. Cold boiled beef, Saratoga eliipe, bread ,and butter (thia elices), snow- ed apricots-. Cold roast mutton, celery, bread and butter, nigs. attnthrlesizes with orange marma- lade, cold valour, fleeting Isla. Preesed pleicken, egg -end -potato salad, broad and butter, , ginger- snaps. Deviled eggs, whole-wheat bread, dates, Sandwicliee with jelly, dried beef, cornotarch inane mange with clzonor late ounce. Chicken salad, plain bread and butter, nraegee, Sandwiches, • peanut butter, cold roast beef, cranberry sauce or • lem- on Jelly. FOODS POIS. INVALIDS. Tlie following recipes have been tried and found both dainty end nu- tritious for invalids who must of ne- cessity be careful in their eating! Beef Essence -Put a, finely chapped. steak. into a glass jar or bottle. Cove • ar closely and set, it in a pan or ket- tle of hot water. Piece either in the °yea or on the back of the stove, until the ,juiee has come out /01 the meat. Then strain, season sliglatlY. Serve as it is, er eaake beef tea. by adding Meatgiell'cfrtwal3ter.alls—Got the inside round chopped line at the butcher's. Moisten the liands in, cold 'water, and form fiat cakes, bhing careful to have thorn of even thickness. Grease the broiler before puttibg the,eneat balls • on. Broiloyor a hot, clear fire, turning continuaely. Season both sides .as you remove them from the broiler, . Orange ,Sponge --Juice of 5 large oranges; a box gelatine, 1 cup sugar, 1 pine boiling water, whites 4 eggs.. Seek the gelatine in e cup cold weter I hoer.. Pour the .boiling water on this and stir until dissolv- ed.' Add the orange juice and sugar. Strain and put it in a dish which can be set into a pan of ice water or anew. 'When it begins to stiffen beat with an egg beater until 'very light, Add whites of eggs beaten stiff. Beat, turn into mould when cold, Serve with: boiled custard sauce. - Boiled Clustatio, 1 pint ' of milk scalded,. 'add a shake of salt, yolks of 4 eggs, i teaspoon . vanilla, 4 tea- spooes 'sugar. Peat the yolks until light, with thesugar. Pour in the scalded milk, Stirring all the time. Pour 'back inro double boiler, cook until. it :thickens (above 2 Minutes), then •remove. Poer into told bowl or nitelier. Tura the orange sponge when dole, from the niolch onto .a long , platter, and 'pour the custard wound it. "lialf as many lemons may be used in place'oe oranges, but more sugar is needed. • • • . Baked Bananas--Peei bananas, cut, into halves •Iengthielse, and 'plea) in baking dish.' hetet a. *thimble boiler put 1 tablespoon butter, 2 table;'. .elsoOnt 'sugar and Mee. of 1 leancite Stir entll cooked. Poer e of' ethis' deeming oyer •the bananes, Enid hake 15 minutes. Peer over the remain- der of the dressing and bake 15 minutes more.. . • . . • • 1 . . • - ..,. , • PIGTAILS' ON KIIROPEANS. •• - . • ..-_. . . . • Fashion• Dated. From the Reign • • cif Louis XIV.' cif France. • • The recent . "statement that the : Grand Council of China, is in favoe i of the :abandonment of the pigtail by all soldiers and sttidents is signiL• Scant. John Chinaman • without a tail' to be pulled is likely tei be la course of time a more business -like and formidable epponeat than inthe past "though he hes never been de- : spice*, says the London Glebe. Bute.antiquated and a.beurd as :the • weeri g of the pigtail nciw 'seems; its disappearance h•ora England only dates froin a time Well 'Within, • the memory of teeny men still living.. It is true that public oPinion, brought -the Pigtail i•nto general disfaVor in the early 'years of the nineteenth eentury; but a .pentributor to "Notes and Queries" for e858 records : that ha `.'eaW the • other' day descending frozn. a small chariot in, Cheapside a venerable. -Old gentleman ,• _with a small screw of his gray locks behlud wi*h a short riban . As this was less. than_ Afty years •ago it will' be seen, that ive• have less reason for contrasting berselves favorably in. thie respect with the Chinese than. many pepple remeinber • or suspect. . • In .Europe the: fashion of tying the natural , hair in a queue seen.is to date* from the reign of the "Grand Monarque," when, the officers �f the French army tied their hate in sum- mer, but wore :it loose iii winter and Indoors. Thence, the cestom spread to: 'Austria and flourished exceeding- ly. Indeed, soeetravagatit did the fashion become that in the eighteen- th century . seine unfortunate • Prus- sian troopa wore the queue down to their heels, while Frederick It ap- peared on horseback with -a pigtail reaching the erupper of hie saddle. The French Revolution brought about the disappearance of, this, as of many ether absurdities; for the soldiers of the republic had no Mate or money to spare for seek barber's work, having sterner business on hand' which demanded °alt their ems:- gios. In the British army the pig- tail wag abolished clurieg?oe just af- ter the leepolemile Ware. the Royal Welsh rusil10s, its the ."flash" sill recalled .by the name of the famotis twist tobacco. Hood in one 01 bus punning ballads, Wes the word in a double sense : : • "His hed WAS tuen)i • and so he • • chewed ' Plinne, chocolate cake. • "Why," gald Irobby tO his elder Grabens bread and ',butter, cold brother, "do herrings Nene so mann' Vela beef% baked With cream. Mort: illnesses than other flail?" Sandiviches with Sardinea and le - "Who gays they do?" eaked the youth: mon, stewed notelet% gingerbread. reldreesed. "'Why, this book says 'Iloant spareribs (lean) breadi,ami that thougaudit upon thousands of butter, brown betty Witif Satie0 or thoin are =reel every year." cream, gookies. *AA CLEANING MILK VESSELS. In wee' of the publications .of the Department of Agricalture, Wash- ingt0e, IJ. S. A., Mr, R. Pearson, assietant chief of the dairy division, gives e4vice on -the above subject. ' He says -that ny utensil can, be cleaned by the persistent use of tlie scrubbing- brush, hot water and sal - soda. It 'Should' be remembered, however, that there are several im- portant' steps in the operation of cleaning, and that one of these le scarcely more important .than the other, each requiring strict attention, even to .the minutest detail. Fresh milk is easily removed from tn Surface, but It it is allowed to dry on and become sour or perhaps de- cayed, hard work is required to get It off. 'Ceder the best conditions it Is die:1mM enough to clean dairy utensils, but when they are allowed to bec.oine dry before cleaning the labor is greatly increased. • If it is impossible to tulle clean ne milk vese sel soon titter use, it should at least be filled with water; and then it can be easily -cleaned later. Every part of an article that comes In contect with milk . should be cleaned with a -brush or be in plain view when elevated, Ita cream separa- tor caenot be properly cleansed by running water through dt, and such an etiort is rarely made, but fre- quently. the apparatus is Mit taken wholly apart, as it stionla be. BY means Of long -handled, or very small brushes oyery part should be readied, epecial care being taken to use the brush about all seams and joints. Milk should always be rinsed out of vessels before -they are .scalded.. It this is not done, the albumen • of the •nslik will be coagulated by the heat and ecibere to the. sides, Makitig its removal difficult. • It is 'import- ant, therefore, not to have the first wash Water 'too het. . Cold water is sometbries eeconamendeci, but theeis not •necessary, as it may be • (Mite warm without chaziging.the conditiozi of tlie labureen. • . :.. • ., : THE BEST PleA.CTICE _ . is to rinse the. vessels :with cold or wenn water, then'waeh In hot water, .by aid of some 'cleaning preparation, then rinse carefully and enough to • renuevo all soap, saltocla, or other cleaning• material, •azycl: many steri- lise in a steam- chest, exposing them to - live steam' \ about • three -minutes: • The methods: grenerally used in wailie ing Mille vessels are very imperfect. The. vessels are often careiessly rinsed withcold water, 'then , one is filled with hot eiretee and cleaned with' a cloth, the :same water being made to serve for..iitherveseeis aticceesivelye beingeterned ' *trend One .to another, and by the time • the 'last is reached, the water is -no longeiehot and is de- cidedly milky. • 'When water' is not het,the grease is not remoyede•but simply smeared over: the tin, • The wash sinks should be close ...together, One for the, general cleaning and: the other containing -Mean, .hot.'weter iht winch each .article is rinsed es Soon as it is washed. Mast utensils easily dryafter being steamed', but if they ;do not they may be pet In a drying roof* or 'wiped with : a . clr, .clean: ieloth. They should. be Placedin hue° I air, and in sunshine, if convenient, though this is. not necessary, if . well .cleaned and thoreughly .sterilized, t 1 • Cans and %pees •-for ecirryinge Milk sliceed be 'usedtoe no other, eurpose. It is well. to haVe the cans :cieaned and sterilized at the. factory, 'where thereare special 'facilities for this Work. '.Iri inane casesthis ii ' done goi• tile patrons free,. while hi others e• small ;charge IS Made. Milk .cans and palls .should -iseeer he allowed:eo steedia . thd:stahle before they are •needre there :for nee. • Myriads cif bacteria ere , coeste ntly•• itoating.aboet in the air of the .stable,,'especially ' when dust is eisingety feeding; end extilk eeensila shotild.. not .be tutneceee iesaly eiposed to them: . Teee should i be kept in icelean.place: With. - covers I on, eurronneled . by , pure air, and rholild always be ritisecl with clean 'Water Just before milking time. : - Mile, coolers aroapt to be neglect-, ed,;often 1,0001150 they era:used In or nezie' the stable, • and -it is not con- venient to' take, them to the 'deiry- boeke or kitchen to be cleaned. So they ' are .simply rinsed off with cold Water and allowed to remain where they are Used. In. Cases where they :are eared for in this way, their ef- fect on the • mile Is' worse thee -. If they 'were, hot usedat all. . : •• •• • ' CARE OF Still FOALS, '. . . • Feels should wailer be neglected "at any time of the ,year, but justat this partieuiar wrestle there Is -great oeceseity for being exert), good tothe youngsters:. It will' soon be time to wean them, and if tho have not been getting a ration of grain right along since birth' they shoultebe started up at once encrushed oats end bran. Wliat Is more, they shoed have shed protection these chilly nights : and some place toshelter :themselves when the Cold autumn rains ere fal- ling, ' It is no hard trick at all to start a „foal to doing badly at this time ot the year and if that is per-' mitted it will be an awkward job ' to get them back again into the 'right way of doing.before winter sets , in in earnest. Therefore; those who , have foals 'which have noebeen fed grain all eununer long will do ntiglity _ well to start in to feed them now'.. They will not take and, indeed, do not require, much et first, but the quantity should be increased gradual- ly day by day tined tacit one is eat- ing enough grain to keep hint gaining flesh and etrezigth„ This cannot be done if the foals are subjected to wet stud told. They do not stand ex- posure well. • The 1110,ree also sliotild bite%) the best of • care, This is. true of all mares nursing foals, but more .eeptelaily .8o Of those that are not sunicling, but again in foal. Seth should have grain all summer long, bUt it they have tit been fed, and lo e year like this of generally good pastures levee done fairly wen in the ' way of retainiog flesh, they slio.uld be liberally granted from now on. until they foal egfain anti they should - have as good shelter .as their young ones. After they are dried off thee can do quete a bit of roughing it, if it Is necessary, and if they get plenty of grain, lmt, the less' rough- ing it maresand foals do the better for them and the pocket of their 0Witora. It hi easy (Vitt& at this tiMe Of the season to let a foal, bY 'HIS pigtail till he died." • • : Lovers of Marryat, too, will re- member his whimsical description of the old salt whose magnificent pigtail, the tnide of his life, was Mit "off by his amiable consort, with disastrous results to herself. • The custom of wearing the piktail nzay be comparatively modern in Europe, but its origin, goes Imek to the dawn Of history. Pigtailed Hit- titutee' Were among- the °ppm -lotto of nemeses 11., and from /eclat comes a legendary ‚account of the reason for the grotesque fashion which Darwin might havo approved. The Rajahs We are told, of a certain eity of the Gujerat coast ere styled longtailed 1n:casting descent from the king of the monkeye whohelped Iltteattelfun- lira to tawnier India. This lends ail air of respeetable antiquity to a fashion which has Ifttle else to re.. commend it. "And what nutkes her so ttnPo-Pds lar, then?" "Well, 1 daresay She. thinks it's becauee she dressee bete ter than any of the other women here hut it len't." re,.• .11(Nr.11,0, 4111r neglect, get late a Way of doing badly, from the eilects of which ba /eill never really recover. POULTRY MINTS. Gapes are calomel by mall worm* taken iuto the grope in the form of eggs, hatched by the animal heat, end woad through the wiadpipe; those by degrees, grow and gradual. ly kill the cidek. Gapes are the reeult of breeding fowlin illthy yards, aS brooder chicks or those that roaut over the grime plats away from the hottse are never troubled with this diseage. To prevent this\ keep the chicks on clean Vase 01" ground where they have not been continually. Change the location of tbe coops every few days and they will not centract the disease. In case She chicks should get the gapes squirt,a fe4v clroPs et turpentine down the throat and into the nostrils, a sewing machine oil can being all right for 'this purpose. Take a half dozen horse hairs from the tall of the liars% twist, double• and run the loop down the throat of tbe chink; remove slowly twisting the hair loop around as it is withdrawn. If the chicle is not better in a few' henna roPeat. Examine- the roosts for ve.renin, and if %maul, treat theta With some good verznin exterminator, Crude petrol- eum is good, or whitewash the inside of poultry house, using a small quan- tity of cru,de carbolic weld In the wash, ' This may be applied with a brush or any good sprayer. Dust the fowls with some good insecticide. This system followed up at intervals for a few 'weeks will exterminate the pests. If the yonng cockerels are not de Mrable as breeders, either sell them no soon as they weigh oho and a half to two pounds each, to caponize them. Do not think of going into winter quarters with a lot of wide- sirable cocicrels, Feed both old and young chickens liberally with meat scraps and cut bate. The young arefeathering and the old moulting, and they need this food especially if confined to yards. Do not make ben roosts over 2 feet freen the ground, as • high perches often cites° bumble foot. The critical point of the young tun: ' key is during its ihst. six weektr•Or age, • Turkeys arajnore or less profitable up until litre years of age. Keep plenty of grit by theme at times. ' TROOPS LEAVING RUSSIA DRAMATIC SCENE AT A BAIL WAY STATION. . Farewtheto ell way RturFia as.rtsh..en.,.s0ealB.t.ceoro is n • The • magnificent station Which is • the starting point .of the Siberian Railway is usually a -scene of • great • animation oti the four nights a week when the transcontinental: expresses leave, but the other night it was packed to overflewing, for a large' contingent of officers was leaving for Manchuria; and all Moscow seemed to have turned. out. to give them a hearty pend -ill, writesa Moscow car- • respoede • The ..departure took place shortly before Amidnight, and in spite. of the latenees of the hour ' two reginieritai • bands . were present; so •there • was no leek, of music to belp liven up a remarkable . scene. The kursk "station is said to he cine of the finest in the world, arid M the ' vast waiting -room' , and restaurant, under the brilliant • eleetrio the crowd- of others :in their smart uniforms • and the many well-dressed women gave the iinpression rather • of a festive gatheiehg than a leave- taking under • particularly pathetic ' conditions. • Here end there,; hew - ever, one couldl not help notioinge handkerchiefs being' placed ,furtively to pretty eyes when the gist warn- , beli on the platform rang out to " anneuase that the hour for departure • • was -rapidly approaching. • -- Two long , tables, *covered with whi, n cloths, were laid out with a big array of 'glasses on the platform Itself, • and here all the .ofheers rre. sent assembled just before the train left. 'Champagne was heeded round and then the corninending Officers made short speecbes to the galiant men who were about to start for the trent, concleding by placing round the neck cif each one a thin.- 'gold chain With a small "gOod-luck" 'sou- venir- 'attached, presented to them by their brother °eiders. The' Rus- sian "kiss of brotherhood". then en- sued, Cie Is usual on such occesions, afterwhich cheers ivere called • for, • all raised their glasses, and the sta- tion .positiVely 'vibrated with the heeitatakn p rtinesesup the reeponse, . tvhich w again and...again by the dmase crowd of people standing ' round. The enthusiem was abso- Miely contagious, and one feund oneself unconsciously, taking part In . the proceedirigs. A DRAMATIC sogNp, Headed by thp bands, a 1310Ve was then made to tlo platfornt where the train Was rea to start, and there Gee saw many a last sobbing fare- well taking place as the dense crovni surged round the carriages to Mee a axial shake of the hand and God- speed to friends. eVith, the usual punctuality or continental traits, on the Very stroke of the hour the big -yarning bell rang out and the en - glee's Whistle responded immediately the massed bands struck up an in- spiring air, and araid the deafening cheers of the crowd and the frantic waving of hats end handkerchiefs the huge train moved majestically away into the darkness of the night. It was as intensely tireenatic a sone as I have ever witnessed, and will long linger in my memory. It is, X believe, usually admitted that it is a pity to spoil a fine stage • effeet by an anti -China -4C; but at the risk of doing this 1 must narrate what took place next. The crowd had Scarcely dispersed, and I was hingleclev finishing my sketch when a dimly -lighted train, composed of third-class carriages only, batked up to the platform just vacated. The immense iron doors at the extreme end of the building were opened, and there entered slowly a long, dismal procession of over two hundred pris- oners bound for Siberia. They were all clothed in the hideous Arab garb of the Russian convict, and the elattking of their heavy chains rang out in the now degerted etation in the enowds and the gay Military mu. sic so few Minutes previously, while, as though to acld to tha Imptessl'ro. nese of the effect, tit this moment the lights on the platform were turn- ed down. No dramatist cotild poar sIbly coneeive a more sensational "eurte.in," e