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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-05-29, Page 10,,,,8,,,,,,:ap.4(r4eiveoree HOW TO READ CHARACTER : ii, The Eyes, Brow, fwhin, Mouth and. Hair all Consulted --- Evidence of the. Hands, Toes and Ankles --The American Woman's Nose Maligned -The Teeth. 'When te bevy Of mrtgideres would While away see ld1e hent and fore- tell tate and fortune, It is not the lineson their hands which they study tic>'wadays, but their features- the eyes the brow,, the Hose, the mouth, the �ilps the teeth, tate chin., the ear liars. AIi these may be consulted in order to learn about on'e's charac- ter haraeter and luck en. life. "Let me tell your future by your Ohio," says Isabella Monerieff to her °emplanloie "Give It a saucy, tip - tilted pose -yes, that is it. Now you look fetching, and, let me see, you will--•--" "Marry a tall, dark haired man who looks like a pirate, I suppose," interruprt.a her oompa:nian. "I cannot go quite as far as that," says Isabella, "rot tell whether he --the future he -be dark and piratical or alight and ppetical, so don't expect too much from me. Your chin belonge to the class designated pointed, and lit Is a solemn fact that the owner of such a chin Is iso difficult to please that single blessedness Is threatened, although not absolutely assured. "Nene, If you. had a narrow, square clan," continues Isabella, "you would be lar deal wa'rse off thou you are with A Pointed Chin, for then you would bestow your love totem some unworthy or uneatable individual -some one who lacked both birth and fortune." "A. dead worse off, I suppose," was the reply, "although you never can tell until you have tried it whether 'ti's a sadder date to marry no one or to marry the wrong one." Chins may be divided iota five classes -tea 1 Yimted,. the narrow square, the broad .square, the broad round and th.e indented. The pointed and the narrow square are essentially the feminine chins, while the broad square is the mas- culine chin. The :broad square chin denotes the propensity of earnest devotime of ardent ,love, and is us- ually aceompanled by great strength of ifn;tellect. Faithful love or constancy is shown by the I . Broad Round ( tan. The owner of such achin is apt to be of a sanguine temperament. The Invented chic denotes the de- sire to be loved. In a, man( 11 is not a.n admirable bigu, unless accompan- ied by other balancing qualities, as ii. gives a lightly come and lightly go disposition. 11 ill or strength of purpose is ,;Lown by the long chin. Tho owner of such a feature le steady, purpose- ful and always advanolug Iron ono accomplished work to another, and t.ucex:ss in life is :A seared to him. All intellectual people have rather prominent chins. The rule for a chin Is that In its modelling it must sug- gest three generations behind it, and be rather round than square or pointed• • , There never was a person of char- acter wlipf had not a large moutle and lips are usually finer and mora expressive in a large mouth. It is not necessarily the small mouth which is the ideal one. The Madonna Mouth the one which shows a slight projec- tion of the upper lip over the tower„ reveals deep purity and affeclt1)Yn• great tenderness and self -devotion. It the month never closes, a lack of mental power is indicated; such a mouth belongs to . person who thirsts for notoriety, applause and commendation ; generally speaking the person Is deficient in passions and emotions: The tightly compressed lips are a sign Of weakness. Thin lips are asso- ciated with unsociability and cold- ness of disposition ; they also denote a great degree of self-control. L'p3 which show a straight closure` and aye delicately creased, can only belong to a refined nature. Promin- ence of the lower lip denotes obstin- acy. but it a mole mark the right side Of the lip, good fortune is signi- fied. Full lips', rosy and regular, finely •robed, show a loveable disposition ; if they also have a cushioned appear- ance they belong to a domestic na- ture fend of caresses. If teeth are long and bot narrow tile', owner has barge, Liberal Views, sarong passions and heroic virtues. Tenth that are long and narrow be- long to people of weak character. If broad and short, strong mental powers are indicated, if close together the person has a quick intelligence. Evenly growing teeth show a better disposition and better developed mina than those that crowd and overlap each other. Teeth that project outward show inquisitiveness ; If they project out- ward upon the lower lip the person Possesses generosity. If they turn havers] the person is penurious. Where the upper teeth project greatly over the lower ones, it shows a yon -emotional nature an 1 a lower order of intellect. Vertical teeth •ep- resent an even temper. The more the teeth and gums are displayed in conversation the less profound the mind. Teeth unusually pointed and sharp show a depraved Mature. American women are fatally defi- cient In nose, so we are told by one who has made a. study of the sub - jest. " it le not too melt to say," till:-, authority declares, "that if you make a study of a tier of boxes In the opera, 'yen WIIi Net See One Good Nose. If a woman has a nose, it Is prob- ably a proboscis, ane silo could supply three or four of her meagre raters; rho othtas, tvltlaoat excrp- tion, have little pugs, or an Irregu- lar piece of flesh and cartilage that cannot be classed. " Yon will sec a queer, peaked af- fair, that seems to point derkively at her bang; another has a minute nose, so unfortunately constructed as to give her the effect of one callose fate le to be constantly tor- mel,ted with odors that are not redolent of the rose or the lily." The person 'who writes in title titrain about tate Amerlean nose either has no nose herself Or a Roman nose. Ass a hatter of fact, plenty of 'wa- nton have the Grecian nose, whieh is considered the ideal one. .Ely the tip -tilted, or the one with a heavenward trend a hopeful, joy- ous 'Iiature is indleated, and it piquancy in added to the face, Which Is most attractive. Long noses are cautions; if not toe long they tell. of lndependenre of character. Foreheads are high or low, round or square, flat or eonv e. The ideal l l -ow fa rounded, slightly eonvex and unootlt. If the forehead rases elantingly the ptereett is sharp and daring; if It is full in the middle and upper regime Tile t,'ereont Shrewd and Cautious If It is full at the ate tester ang;h.s eceentrbctty of 'behavior May be looks ed for. Excessive size of the brow is a sigh of idleness. Eyes may be like twin stars, with dark and glorious rays fit to dazzle one, but If they look at you with a sideways glance don't trust them er her. She is fooling thee. Eyes with a clear, steadfast gaze belong to a truthful, constant na- ture. Gray eyes, which sometimes look hazel and sometimes violet, show a lovable nature, with a good Intel- lect. There is a whole world- of tell- tale indications in the apex Qf the ear. If it lies oboe to the head and Is small the owner possesses a re- fined, susceptible nature. But If the top starts away from the head at a well defined angle that person has an uneven disposition, and is not to be relied upon. If the ears stand forward so as to show their entire form, when the face is seen from the front, cruelty is denoted. Delicacy and poetry of feeling are indicated by a thin ear, while a. thick one shows the re- verse. A wide space between the wing of the nose and the earhole shows coarseness of nature ; too little "pane, meanness and coldness of tem- perament. An ear, to be perfect, should be rather small; it should not be higher than the eyebrow and not lower than the tip of the nose. If ears are flet in too sloping a direction they show timidity; if too upright, animal instincts, especially if they obtrude from the head. In color the ear should be a deli- cate pink, and a little, but a very little, deeper in shade at the lobes. Perfectly Colorless Ears denote timidity and want of warmth of temperament. Ears of a deep red color show animal Instincts. Character may also be determined by the neck. The shorter and thicker the neck the stronger the character and the greater the prospect of health and happiness and long life. Such a neck gives an appearance of obstruct from the head. A long thick neck detracts from the laze of the head and enfeebles its ef- fect. If the neck curve forward a yielding disposition la indicated; if it curve backward a haughty die- position. A person versed in the art 'can read a woman as accurately by her hair as by her eyes, mouth or nose. "Have 'the head entirely conceal- ed," this witse Individual will say ; "all I want to see is a goktd-sized strand of her hair ; of course 1 would have to know it was grown to her head. Tho manner of wear- ing her hale would not enter into or affect the decision." This prophet starts in his reading of a woman by her hair with the quite generally known and accept- ed principle that the finer the hair, the gentler the birth. The closer the ends fo the hair cling together the more intellectuality does the owner possess. When the ends show a tendency to curl it ie an infallible sign that the owner has inherent grace and poetic ease of body. The straighter and less yielding -though not neces- sarily harsh -the hair, the firmer and More positive is the woman's nature. Treachery and Sealousy hide beneath lustreless or dead black hair en nine oases out of ton. Hair that may appear of the finest tex- ture and be glossy almost to(briiiL- aney, when viewed at a little ilia tante, but that on closer examin- ation is found to have a broken or split appearance, indicates an unbalanced character ; a woman with an excess of especially queer notions and ono who, while she may be nice enough to bow to on the street, should be avoided as an intimate friend. The lighter colored the hair, the more sensitive and touchy the owner. Brown hair is the mast pleasant and satisfaetroy shade 01 hair to have to do with in a burn - nese way. Whatever the shade of browi may be, It is a fact almost infalli- ble that such hair covers a lot of common sense, reason and good judgment. The women with red or auburn hair are impulsive and quick spok en, but possessors of the most ap• erectable traits -they have corn• mon sense and are among the brightest and gentlest of gentle- women. Nott only by the features and the hair may fortunes be foretold, but by tho fingers, the finger nails, the foot, the heels and the ankles. Easily led by this one and that. meaning well, but seeing things in 't different light from day to day Is the person whose fingers each take a different curve. Row -Legged (e•legers those whielt touch only at the ta and base, show ability and strength of cltaracier. Tito fingers which bend backward mean powerful determination. I; they are round, strength, both phy eieal and mental, is shown. Stubby fingers are grasping fingers; a fin- ger broad at the tip denotes great energy. A little finger with a decided pro- minence at the base, upon the out- er side, shows good judgment and good qualities generally. If a girl's thumb lie flat or droops a little marital submission le indi catsd. Tim damsel is headstrong if her thumb has a tendency to stand at right angles to her hand. A person weak mentally and ply sieally has a weak pendent thumb. The strong cliaraeter has a strong erect thumb. A very fleshy thumb at the base shows coldness and eel tIslinesa. Finger nails that are oval and rounder show refinement. Those that are broad and short, say "coarse and unambitious," Long nails, rather square at the top, mean farinnese and energy. 63mahl ones, with the top curving in. instead of exist, mean laziness and tack of eo:.fhwnce. Long, sharp-poInt- ed nails, almost claw-like, denote broken ones carelessness and bad temper. A woman, lively, vain and coquet. fish, la the one who has it small foot, of medium width, with the toes Curving upward. If the space be. tureen the great toe and sedond toe Ls Iarge, it is as much an evidence of distinguished birth as a high in- step, particularly If the toes are long and narrow. Small. rounded heels show e. vain illswsition. If the mueeleH and veins aro well defined, you will live to ileo your wishes realized, and you Will be lucky in lore, 'Fite fi. 1 t; t lead 1laerial le life; e the y rh1k eV ren they tike, ---German pro- 4orb, , Sunday school, INTIIItNA7'*QNAlh Li:$MUN NO IX. JLiNI: 1, 1900. Paul at l.y,stra,--Acts 11:8.22, Commentary.-Cown.oting Linke, The idersecutlone at Antioch did not dw,meen the zeal of the apostles, but ratiter intensified it. At Iconium', the modern I{onieh, they remained sev- eral *oaths. They had good success and "a great multitude" both[ of the Jews and Greeks believed. But again' the unbelieving Jews caused trouble. At first the Missionaries were not obliged to leave; but it was not long before) a Ineeeemenit to mob and h"'IIEN HE WAITED. stone them was discovered and the y Waiter (after 80 minutes' ab sense) -How will you have your were compelled to floe for their lives. steak, sir ? They escaped to Lystra, a town I{adder-Any limo before morning. about twenty-five miles southeast of Iooniuess. 8. There sat -His usual posture, showing his helpless condition, im- } Rothe/ Women May potent --Entirely deprived et the use of 'hie feet. Retain Their Good Looks les4AssARfWiaenatFtetRrtS.iivLew.::tSaeat My dear lady, da you live on the mina' side of the house? Does your witting -room have south windows? And does your sleeping -room, open to the sddUi or the bast ? Is your fav - rite corner by the window, or telt eft ay the fireplace,' or the register, .n the twilight half of the room ? Does the sun ever see you with your Iutt off and shed its benediction .}n your 'tresses for an hour at a time ? Do you breathe pure outdoor air .it least two hours a day, even if ywouindow have? to take, it through an open Do you dance an hour or two, or do !ymnasties ? Or, better still, dol you fly around "ihusekeeping ? Do you walk a mile up the avenue n twelve minutes, never once break- ing gait ? Or have yea a garden or a green- house, or any other interest which obliges you to work with mind, mus- cles and body on a streteh for throe 'good hours or more every day ? If you don't dq any of these things it is not remarkable if your Lace has the beautiful bilious tinge of an Aube- trian rose, with numerous shadings of lemon or blue, which betray weak heart and disordered circulation. Velvet Bloom. When the capillaries give up work then comes the fading flower. The impress o1 Austria kept her wealth of raven hair and her lerll- eitnt face until she was past 601. >imply by living on the saddle in the pure mountain air about her favor- ,te residences, added to Which she .vas a sparing enterof the simplest food. And how a word about this eat - ,ng. Can you bring yourselves to abange cream 'sauces of vegetable or moats for tan clear gravies or the ooneentratea Juice, lightly flavored ? Can you give up ice cream for the jellies and whips which look Jett as white as the cream, and theta ever so much finer? Yoa>,can- not lead the inactirve life of city women and eat tate milk food and creams and made dishes which would suit a farm laborer. These things give the yellow tinge about the templet and corners of the azalea pink and wlhlie. Well Aired Rowels. Sleep in well -aired bedrooms, kept at an even temperature. Sleep warm. If you have chilly skim or Buffer from hoarseness wear over your nightdress a. sleeping wrap of two silk blankets, pinned together on rho shoulders and at the waist with safety paras, making a loose and most luxurious warm nest for the night. Use light comlortables and blank - eta Heavy comforts and thick blankets which hold the secretions of breath and skin are not whole- some 'things to sleep with. Never go to bed faint and Itutt- ;ry if you are exterminating wrin- kles. A cup of tomato bullion, a cut of hot lemonade, or some toast- ed oatmeal biscuit, will send you to sleep comfortably, giving your tersest something to work on through the night. In plane of taking three meals i. day it is often better for thein to take five. The English fashion of 4 or 5 o'clock tea is very een- slble. Two of these five repute should be very light ones. Wafers, jellies, some of the tasteful pick- me-ups which every woman knows how to choose for -herself are good. The tomato Ibouillion is good,•both for its anti -bilious effects and as a tonic for the nerves. Your to- mato, discreetly taken, is true to its old name, the love apple -which is, they say, the apple of beauty. The Gooseberry Nye. A woman who wishes to clear her complexion without much trouble may breakfast on sliced trash tomatoes, with tomato bouiilion for lunch and at night, and a tomato puree for dinner with excellent effect. If "dealers could give us really new cider, fresh from the mill, day by day, the yellow cheek and gooseberry eye- would shortly disappear from American women. I question it the serpent did not tell Eve that the apple would make her beautiful for- ever, as well as wise, for good apples, freshly cooked and rightly served, are worth a whole theory of medi- eine. Your sub -acid red apple, perfectly ripened, your bellflower or golden pippin, your late mellowed russet are the apples for beauty. And apples rightly eaten act di- rectly- on the eyesight, not only leav- ing the eyes dark, brilliant and deep in color, but strengthening the sight. Catarrhal conditions and imperfect digestion, with perhaps cold feet added, chilly rooms and a want of good underwear, are a000untable,for more defects of sight than all other causes put together, save and 'except the small print of modern books and newspapers. This strained sight is also respon- sible for a great many of the ugliest wrinkles on a woman's face. The little frown, when it is not a deep one, the radiating lines whichfringe the orbit of the eye, the peevish ex- pression about the nose are most apt to come from weakened vision. Thnt Little icrown. The only special treatment I would suggest is very hot water, just as hot as the skin will bear, applied over each eyebrow and the ball of the eye and each side the temple, two or three minutes at a time, keeping up the heat. This is good treatment for glaucomea, and it is erasive for wrinkles. Tho barley meal poultice, softened honey and a very little olive oil, is an application which seems to re- new the skin of the face. Above all things use it hot. This may be applied for half an hour, while one lies down for an afternoon rest, ;then It should be followed by five minutes- sponging with very warm soapsuds, rinsed off with tepid water, before it is dried on warns Turkish towels. After this you can lie down for five minutes more with a hot towel over the face before submitting it to the cooler currents of oommon air. A little massage after such a bath as this works wonders. But massage Is best at night before one goes to sleep. Half an hour's work on the face and temples, after which one goes Into pleasing slumber for the night, renovates skin andenerves. Shirley Dare. GOOQOpoo0ooc3Qflo 0000008 A LITTLE TALK 64) ON THE TOILET. n 00000000042000000000000 If the massage artist is not in reach of your purse or your neighborhood try the poultice and the steam bath or the face before going to sleep. Try the barley meal poultice first, which is made thus: Otte cup of ground barley meal (rye meal will answer at a pinch), with three cups of boiling water poured on. Simmer until it is thick, which should take about five minutes. After cooling two or throe minutes add a tablespoonful of honey and a dessertspoon of olive oil, with two or three drops of es- ,estee of clove, which Is a stimulant for the skin. Spread this directly on the skin as warm as can be worn, lay thin cloths over it and repeat Mr. Kip - tang's last poem or anything else that will occupy your mind for half an hour. The old Smithsonian practice, the scalding hot baths, the red pepper and lobelia had an excellent effect on congestions and rheumatic pains and, incidentally, on freshness of bloom and vivacity, which is worth taking ,tato conbideration again. Warmth and active circulation mean life, health, loveliness. And if the hot bath at 105 degrees for fifteen minutes calms and strengthens the heart beat and clears the eyesight with no reaction I am bound to believe It a good thing. But I must talk about these wrin- kles next. Olive oil seems to be a specific for the complexion, whe- ther used externally or internally. The velvety complexions and bril- liant eyes whit] form the beauty of the women of southern France are duo to two things, a life in the open air, for even the lady of wealth breakfasts and dines in her . gar- den], and the use of tomatoea and olive oil, not to mention the garlic tat cookery. The last intelligence front the Smith college woman who knows most things tells of a friend with an ex- quisite complexion who preserves it by taking a spoonful of olive oil be- fore breakfast daily. She estimates that she takes In this way five gal - loins of Lucca oil In tho course of the year. It seems that some branches of knowledge are .pursued at Smith College besides those which appear on the catalogues. oe run wranns ETIQUETTE. Tenderfoot-+Bllat'n a great id ea of yours. Balling your gnosis to dinner byfiring g off yangun.I3ut g wh cl ,you ilio only y discharge Landlord of Illootly Balch. Hotel -won, I keep the trO11bar barrel l to +Collect payment of the dinner Willie • 9. Heard Paul speak --The apostles preached on several occasions and the lame man had heard repeatedly t'ite teaching of the gospel, and had accepted it with faith -.-(:am. Bib. There was probably no synagogue at Lystra, and the missionaries were no doubt obliged to spea1: in the mar- ket place or some other place of public resort. Who -perceiving - Paul's attention was attracted by the cripple, and he fastened his eyes upon him and saw his faith from the expression of his countenance. Had faith to be. healed -He had con- fklence in the power of Christ to heal leen. He must have heard of nmiraeles which the apostles had perforated at otter places. See v. 8. "The Greet; word here signifies to be saved, including a complete sal- vation both o1 sou% and body." - W.hedon. 10. Stand, etc. -Luke makes no mention here of any direct appeal to the name of Christ. That omission may be owing to the brevity of the record, or the tenor of Pant's dis- coarse ssiay have been so explicit in regard to the, souece of his author- ity, as to render the usual invoca- tion ua,necessary,-I3ackett, 11. In the speech of Lycaonia - What this language was we do not know. 'Whether Paul preached to the people in the Greek language •or in their native tongue, is a disputed question,. The gods -"The Gentiles had corrupted the fundamental doc- trine of the unity of God, end their various systems of religion were founded on the supposition df a piur- ality of deities, male and female, die, Tering In their ranks, their attributes and the functions assigned to them." Likeness of men -Nothing was more familiar to the heathen mind than the thought of. the Gods' assuming human shape and going around among mankind. -Cam. Bib. 12. Barnabas, Jupiter -"Tails was the supreme divinity of the heathen, and was called the father of gods and men. Ile was the kiug of all the uni- verse; his throne was Mount Olym- pus. Paul, Merourius-He was, in hen - then mythology, represented as one of the sons of Jupiter, the messen- gor and chief spokesman of the gods. Ile was the god of eloquence. 13. Priest of Jupiter -All these deit- ies had their priests, rites and•saorL- ficoe. Oxen and garlands -The oxen were for sacrifice, and the garlands were outer to decorate the animals, or to crown the apostles, or decorate their house. 14. Apostles-Bavnabas was called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church, not because he had been chosen to the peculiar work of the apostleship. -Barnes, Heard - They were probably at their lodging house and the news was carried to them that the sacrificial preen:talon was coming. Rent their clothes-Thie was a CUE/ t.0331 of the Jews at the death of their friends, in times of pub - lie calamity, and when they beard blasphemy or witnessed any great transgression of the law. -Sprang forth (R. V.) -They were horror- stricken, and rushed into the multi- tude to stop the proceedings. 15. Like passions -Subject to the same infirmities and sufferings -mor- tals like yourselves. "The expression means no more than 'we are truly human beings, with the same powers and appetites as your own ; need food and raiment as Yew do, and are; all mortal like yourselves.'" See Jas. v. 17. Bring you good tidings (R. V.) - It is a message of good tidings which sets forth the living God to men in place 'of dumb idols. These vanities - "The words 'vanity' and 'vain' were almost the invariable terms used by Jews to describe tile emptiness and worthlessness of heathen worship. 16. In times past -Tho period be fora the time of Christ. Suffered - Petmitted, allowed. All nations -Ail the Gentile nations; the Hebrew na- tion had a direct revelation from God. Their own ways -God withdrew the restraints of His grace and pro- vidence 17. Nevert:heloss-Though they had no written revelation. In that he did good --He has demonstrated his existence and moral character by doing them good. And gave you (R. V,) -The rain and fruitful seasons and food and giadnesa were the wit• nesses God gave the heathen of His goodness, and were reasons why they should love and obey Him. 18. With these sayings -Paul's ad- dress, tp them thus briefly outlined. Scare() restrained -It was with dif- ficulty that they prevented these Lystrane from sacrificing to them. 19. Certain Jews-Tnese were no doubt the same ones who had been the leaders in the persecution at An. tioch and Iconium. Persuaded the people -That the apostles, instead of being gods, were only apostate.Jewe deceiving the people. Stoned --Paul re. fere to thin in II. Corinthians xl. 25. Dragged him out (Il. V.) -As they would drag out a dead man. The atoning was public, In the midst of the city. Supposing, ate, -They stoned him until they had the fullest old. donee that he was dead, and so, most probably he was. 20. Iles rose up--bfiraculously re• stored to lite. -'-Clarke. Ilut even. if he were nit fully dead, he must have berm terribly mane:lecl, for they all supposed hits dead, and itis restora- tion must have been miraculous. He departed --Not deeming it safe to re- main longer. To Derbe-A cite a few miles Arthor east, and the extreme eastern limit of Paul's missionary tour. 21. Had taught many ---Had made ninny disciples, --t. V. 1teturned Tnear- courage was undaunted, and thy,; return to the cities where they have just been so terribly persecuted. il:l. leiseiplee-Disciples had been made at every point. Much trlbula• tion -Tills word le from the Latin "tribnlum," a thrashing Instrument or roller, whereby the eaten war cep. ;irate] from the has*, Iiingdont of Cott-•-Thla Ie according to the word', of .108116 Froin Antioch they rettirmal to Perg;a, and then went to Attalla on the coast, troth whenee they salted to Antioch itl Syria,l tl U'o h mo-tl there'll from `elite they rctarteal' whey made a moat of theirwork land abode a long time. Vs. i8-28. Thuo handed Paul's first missionary journey. PRACTICAL. SURVEY. The name of Christ seems to have been totally unknown In Lystra, The inhabitants were farmore and shep•- berds given over to idolatrous super- stitious. Near the getters of the city stood a great temple, dedicated to of Jupiter,thelteat theiton worisupposedd, quprome outer Driven from Antioch and Iconium, the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, ea.nae into this town, and putting into praotioe Paul's own admonitions to be "instant in season and out of imamate" and to be "always abound- ing to tato 'tv+ork of the Lord," began to pre'aoht. Paul, who seemed to be the chief speaker, was not at a lobs for a topic, but true to the necessities he felt and the obligations he was melee ( Hide I. Cor, 1. 17, ix. 16), he preached the gospel. The gospel they preached comprised three things; Certain facts. The fall of than. Tito love of Cod. Tho gift of Christ. The ministry of the Holy Spirit. Certain doctrines based upon and flowing out of those great facts, Atonement for all sin, secret and open. Sing of omission and ectmmis- ebon. Overt sin and sin of the nature. Pardon, regeneration, adoption, justification, purity. Rewards and punishments, Springing from these facts and dootrines God makes de- mands, the greatest of which is "Be- lieve on the Lord Jesus Cltrtat and thou shalt be saved," which embraces the fact of turning from "these van- ities" (v. 15 ; Isa. Iv, 6, 7) to the living God in contrast to t]to poor, trifling, dead and useless things in whish men trusted for salvation ; and it is equally applicable in its force as a demand to -day. The gospel proved to be the power of God to at least ono man In the city of Lystra, who had faith to be healed. This man was "knee - tent in )tie feet," a cripple from his birth. I presume he was as ig- norant and superstitious as any of his townsmen, but as ho heard the good news proclah,ied, he felt hope spring up within him and his inter- est deepened until Paul caw the wistful lougeng of his soul beaming in itis face as he heard the word with blissful anticipation. Paul cried out with a loud voice, "Stand upright on thy foot," and he leap- ed and walked -a true type of the blessed effects of •the gospel of God's grape. Notice the preachers, for ire the economy of grace the preacher and his methods have much to do with result%, and we may gathoy from this lesson some of the important qualifications for successfully hand. ling the word of the Lord. They lab- ored to an end; they sought to attain it; they watched for the ;indications leading thereto, and as they beheld them they embraced and followed them up to a glad and glorious consummation. Oh! for more men in the church, in the Sabbath school, on the mission field and in pulpit, empowered and im• bued with( the spirit of the apostles. William P. Ferries THIS PUZZI E LOOKED EASY. But Though $2 Was Offered tor the Solution, No One. Could i)o It. A puzzle in figures was displayed Met week in the show window of a Schenectady merchant, and men, women and children fought for pincers from which they could study It. The puzzle was a column of figures on a large card, and a prize of $2 was offered to the person who should first succeed in adding any six of the figures in the column to get a total of 21. These are the figures : 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 ,9 Braille were cudgeled and worked overtime in the effort to get the re- quatoriredeF total and the $2. Finally one wild -Dyed man in the ordwd gave a. gasp and forced his way into the "Gimme the $2 1" he cried. "I've got it." • Ho seized a sheet of paper and. scribbledtiUll: down the following solu- 1 1 1 3 •8 2 1 "There's your six figures, and the total is 21," he cried, triumphantly. Tlie merchant admitted that this solution was clever, but said that the figures -must be used singly. The man with the solution went away disap- pointed. A mathematical sharp consoled him by Saying that the result demanded cannot: be obtained because one can- not take an even number of odd fig- ures and get an odd result by adding them together. -New York Sunt EXCUSED FROM JURY DUTY. !Oven the Austere Judge Would Not Insist Upon 14xuctLt5 Sorv'oo. A judge out in Missouri is noted for the strictness with which ho holds those summoned for jury duty to the performance of the task. In a certain case recently he ,ordered the( sheriff to call tile( roll of thirty- five "good men and true" selected for jury duty. Only twenty-two answered to their names, and the Sheriff looked sotnewlla,t inquiringly ret the judge, but the latter was calmly wiping lias,glrasses while he uttered the customary: "Any de- siring to 130 excused from service on this jury will now come for- ward." Twenty-two men made a movement forward and the clerk stopped in his work or noting, those who had failed to t'eepond to the ,unmans to look in wonder at the entire venire desiring to escape. "Weil," ,rid the judge, speaking to a long, thin, nervous looking young men, "why do you wish to be ex- oneed ?" "If it pleases your honor," answer- ed the aforesaid thin ]nividual, "I'd like to be excused on account of111- 11085. I'ru suffering from something; that might prove embarrassing; to the other jurors and is certainly embarraeaing to me"' "Whet is the nature of your 111 - noes ? asked the judge. "Well," Bald the young man ,hce- itatingly, "I'd twofer to tell you in private. I'm so1newltat delicate about speaking of it iii public," "I y�cannot ]tear anything in pri- vate, responded the judge, im- patiently. "V you want to be ex- cused you must tell mo ]zero n,nd now what is the matter with you." "Well, if I m:usnt tell it !acre I ha,vo the Ilea" , "The Itch?" celioed the judge, and turning to the clerk without mark- ing bow nl>ropoie hie observation was, said : "11i'r. ,Tonto, ecratelt the juror off." , hell Papalhe fleet r00Junoc0. Noe will be created. TAE MARKETS Cheese Markets. Belleville, May 24. -At the meeting of the Cheese Board held here to- day there were offered 1,800 white and 200 colored. May make. Saler. were: Watkin, 800 at 0 3-10; Hodg- son, 90 at 0 G -so ; McGrath 2.5 at 9 3-4e; Alexa'nd'er 60 at 9 5-8e. Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 24. -Thar. teen lots, 011 boxes offered ; 01.2o bid; no sales. Cornwall, May 24. -One thou+ and three hundred and fifty cheese were boarded at the Cornwall Cheese Board today, of which 730 were white, 577 colored and 48 American.. All sold by 1e0; 9 5.8o was the top price, at which all but the Ameri- can was sold. American brought Leading Wheat Markets. Tho followiug are the olosiug quo. tations at important wheat centres te.day : Cash, Sept. Chicago... ... ... ,.. ---- 72 5.8 NewYar>r............... ---• 77 5-8 Toledo... .. ... ... ... 82 8.4 7.5 1-2 Duluth, 1 ... 77 1-2 Minneapolis,,, --- 75 5.8 Ml seaukee, 2 nor,.. ... 77 - Detroit, 2 red,. 88 8.4 76 Aft. 781-2 713-4 reroute l.ivo Stool. Market. Export cattle, choice, per cwt: $6 40 to 80 10 do medium 4 610 to 0 00 do cows 3 60 to 4 00 Butchers' cattle, picked 6 64) to 6 80 Butohors' eatile, choice 4 05 to 6 60 Butchers' cattle, fair.,..,4 60 to 6 00 do common 4 00 10 4 75 do cows 300 to 4 0e do bulls 2 60 to 3 25 4 00 to 600 3 30 to 4 00 Stockers, 1000 to 1,100 Ibs 3 75 to 4 00 do light . 2 50 to 3 75 Milch cows, each 35 00 to 60 00 Shoop,ewes. per owt 4 00 to 4 50 Lamb, yearlings, per owt 6 00 to 5 60 do spring, each 2 00 to 5 00 Hoge, choice, per ewt 7 25 to 0 00 Hogs, light, per otvt, 7 00 to 0 00 [fogs fat, por owt 7 00 to 009 Feeders, short -keep do medium POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. 1 he Only Iilstorical Parallel to the Catastrophe et St. Liberte, Of the dee :ructlodn of the twin cities of I'olnpeil and Herculaneum on the 24,tlt of August, A. D., 79, by the erup- tion of a long dormant volcano, we have a contemporaneous description in the letters of the younger Pliny to 'recline, the historian. These word pictures of a trained man of letters bring the whole scene very near to us, and on thepn Is based every sub.. eequent description of t11e first hie- torlcal eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. What Is most striking about the de- teription is this, that the inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum seemed to have lingered in the doomed cities after they had received unmistakable warnings of their impending fate. It Is not improbable tilat, like the un- fortunate citizens of St. Pierre, they were lulled into a feeling of security by the assurance that a volcano so long dormant had lost its destrue- tit•o force. it le sometimes said that the cities at; the baso of Mt. Vesuvius were de -s. stroyed by lava -the Italian guider+ Pse the words to this day. But Vesu- vius tbrew out no lava during the great eruption of the 24th of Aug- ust„ A. D. 79. It luta ejected much in prehistoric times. Pompeii itself is built upon a lava ridge, which, in the old dsiys, was quarried for millstones, thus giving rise to an important in- dustry. But is historic times, if we may trust geologista, lava did not flow tilt the year 1036. St. Pierre was destroyed by a vast mass of burning lava, which descended in fiery torrents from the crater of Mt. Pelee, but Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by showers of ashes and pumice stone, with which came torrents of rain. turning the falling ashes to a thick, adhesive mud. Some obvious warning of groat peril there must have been, and that quite early on the fatal 24th of Aug- ust ; for it was not long past nos» viten a message reached the elder Pliny at Misonum, begging for his whips, since escape was even then lm - tearable except by sea. Already Pliny, looking from Misenum, saw Mt. Vesu- vius topped by that vast and awful "cloud shaped like a pine tree," out of which ashes were raining down on the doomed cities. His ships, ap- proaching the coast toward evening, rah into a hail of pumice stone, Tho ashes fell hotter and hotter on the decks, and In continually larger masses. The sea ebbed suddenly, pre- cisely as it did at St. Pierre. There was no possibility of giving help to the doomed cltiee, and Pliny gave orders to steer off the ooast. He bad closely observed all the phenomena, however, and had dictated the notes, which were afterwards used by his nephew, commonly called the younger Pliny, in his descriptions of the great eruption. For the eider Pliny, who had effected a landing in a sheltered bay near Stabile, with the intention of resetting his friend Pomponlanus, was "stifled by thy; fumes of sulphur and grossness of the air." "When the light returned, which was not till the third day after his death," wrote his nephew to Taoitus: "His body was discovered untoueltec" by the fire, without any visible hurt, in the dress in which he fell, appearing rather like a person sleeping than like one who was dead." • Thus perished the eines of Pom- peii and Herculaneum, by showers of ashes, not by a flow of liquid lava. It is true that lava beds lie above the enow. Probbtha of rho eruption ity of 1631aly passede lavover it. Sir William Hamilton distinguished the c1e'oris of no less than six erup- tions besides that wheal destroyed the twin cities. Sir Charles Lyeii also thought that a largo part of the covering of the two cities was formal subsequent• to their first destruction. To Anyone knowing anything of the history of Mt. Vesu- vius] it is astonishing to be told that at least 80,000 persons have their lioneee on the slopes of the mountain at the present time. But familiarity breeds contempt, and, moreover, ail the Italinat peasants have little im- ages; of San Genaro, which they set tlpl in their cottages, and which they, firmlyheirhb'oelientes.ve will tura aside a fiery torrent of lava from their vineyards t "I sees," said Brother Dickey, "dat one or de preachers is in trouble, 'bout de sarpint what tempted Eve. Now, dat's mighty fur back ter go hun.tin fur trouble, but I reckon Adam anus' feel kik' reacltn' over en sltakln' bands wid him. De preacher I talkin' 'bout don't b'Pove In de snake story, but lay all tie blame on do man. Adam can't help hisse'f now, all hit Looks unfair ter be noggin' at 'lm dataway. I hale sorry far 'itn some- times dat I atmos. wish I wazsn't related ter 'hn. Bat I'll bet you 00 one propernjtie>n ?" W1tat s that ?" en wuz lMen'liitt Liter be e day enntime loo Wouldn't be ne free 'wid spareribs.' ''Atlanta. Constitution.