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Exeter Advocate, 1904-2-11, Page 34. TINKLER'S PRETTY e:* .1: CAROL -SINGERS V 1.• 1044 44,..4.44•40 0:4 +4,444 404,•*:444..Stli Ghostly mists had begun to swing lazily across the Suffolk marsli, touching here and there a reed which reared its tasselled head above its fellows. Before them, drifting sba- dowe crept eastward like the rising tide. In the distance .a wild duck lumbered upward from. the bidden tali°, and beat its way clumsily through the air until lost to view. As though it were a vespere signal for -the marsh frogs, a rambling chant slowly gathered volume. It swelled tzto a chorus, and soon swallowed all other noises of the night in a grand wave of sound which reverberate back and forth between the black said to Perkins, the postai-taster: 'X should like to hire the hall for next Saturday iiight, ti X want to give a concert tbere Which will wake up' Tipley a bit, I think, the ineaboin now and original,' "Perkins and be arranged it be- tween them, and 'Inttleler billed the town that satne afternoon, The pos- ters were short, honee-niatle, and to the point, As near as X can renaem- ber, they stated that the concert would be the greatest novelty of the age, and tbat imported inusimaps would render all the familiar airs, and many that were not so familiar, Sixpence admission aroulcl be charged. It is needless to say these posters created a sensation. Tipley had not listened to a concert since the Yeo- manry had inarched ofl to start for South Africa, and music in Tipley was practically dead. . 11; "None doubted that Thilder would woods, circling like giant sounding- have the, finest talent to be secured boards upon either side of the marsh. at his eoncert, for he was a man of The sound waves rose and fell' like the world and of the circus. Every the brealcieg of surf. Once, i•nea hill, Saturday nigbt the farmers from a single voice, deep and rolling, left miles around mine to Tipley to buy the others, and •sounded several so- thefr weekly necessaries and to talk norous notes, as though leading the over the crops, the weather, and a few other things. The old resident had been listening "This Saturday night the whole for that. Ho laid his hand suddenly countryside turned out, and the hall. upon the viseitor's shoulder, and was p,acked to the doors. A rude , stage and curtain had been rigged up at one end of the room. . " 'I haven't seen no MUSiCIATIS manila' about,' said Charlie Lewis. "There WaS a rustle of expectation through the hall as the 'curtain stir- red uneasily. It swung softly back, disclosing what looked like a section of marsh, framed iit by the three walls of the stage. Water could be seen at the base of the reeds, shim - whispered eagerly: "You heard it?" His companion nodded. . "That's the last of the 'Tipley CaronSingers,' " said the old resident as he rested his arms upon the top rail of the little rustic bridge.' "I know his voice all right.. I'd know it in a thousand. That's Bill, the basso, out there, , "You surely must have heard of 'Tinklor's Tipley Carol -Singers'? Why, meriag in the leunplight. A faint e man, the fame of that little band ening breeze drifted in and stirred t spread for miles around, and there's tops of the reeds and grass. few in this part of the Eastern Coun- ties who haven't heard it sing. "When old Joe Tinkler came down from London to live in Tipley, he . brought with him about the most complete menagerie that was ever to wonder long. Stepping to t see11 about these parts. Bill Haines, who carted his things from the sta- tion, said he felt as if he was bring- ing a circus into the place. His monkey was educated better than some of the folks who laughed at it, and the parrots could say about any- thing they wanted to. There Vas a Pig that did stuns, and two rats that could play on the pianner—a real lit- . tie one, you know, about as big as a mouth -organ. "Tinkler had a mania, for training eadmals, and the more difficult they were to handle the better he liked it. "He had no connection that I ever heard of, although he used to say that the monkey was a sort of cous- in of his. He certainly treated it as well as if it had been a bided rela- tion, it ate at the table, and, I be - live, slept In the same room with ILS.Master. "Weil Tinkler and his animal fam- rcens followed the familiar tun ily settled down at the old ferry- They were harmonious, and, thong touse—over there, where you see that not exactly like anything ever Intel. iight at the end of the marsh. They on a stage before, blondest' pleasing] lived happily for a while, and then to the ear. disaster overtook them. The marsh "The audience was sellboun d isn't said to be the healthiest place 'Frogs!' they tvhispered. And the' p on earth—at least, it isn't especially in awed silence, sat with opo recommended by the doctors, and has mouths, drinking in the sounds wine never been advertised as a health -re- came uninterruptedly from the dixec sort. The climate proved too -much tion of the stage. for the menagerie, and one by one "Like a performer picking out the a little row of graves over on the simple tune with one finger on an brow of that hill Marked the resting- organ, the unseen singers piped in to place of Tinkler's friends. filleout the notes suited to their vole - "The old man was all broken up es. The viol supplied the bars they by his loss. The neighbors offered couldn't reach. True, some of the him other pets—cats and dogs—but musicians, especially the piping ten - he didn't take kindly to them at all. or, couldn't hold the notes as long Ile said they were too commonplace; as could the deep basso; but each that anybody could teach tricks to was clear and ringing, and seemed to domestic animals. He wanted to show a certain amount of training. train something that no one else Intel "Not a soand could be heard ex - ever attempted. Altogether, be was cept the insistent strains of the song. very peevish, and took to roaming As the last notes died away, there barefoot about the marsh morning was the shuffling of feet which pre - and night. He used to sit about, cedes applause. Tinkler neatly check - just at this time in the evening, lis- ed the threatening noise by suddenly tening, to the croaking of the frogs, swinging into 'Let Me Like a Soldier which, I take it, are probably more Fall,' with his four -voiced choir numerous here than any otlfa place following, so to speak, at his heels. In Suffolk. Again the awed silence, "It was while Tinkler was listening "Without pause tune after tune was to ,the marsh chorus one evening that rendered. The singers seemed to be he conceived an idea. He called it carried away with a sort of ,pro - an inspiration, and began to buck -up fessional enthusiasm. Along towards right away. , After this he was away the end of 'The Mistletoe; Bough' (the from limn° more then ever. When singing had lasted an hour now), the occasionally a visitor woald drop baritone's voice broke a little. At a lusty 'Hallo!' would bring etho end of the ba,r Tinkler ran „Ids Tinkler splashing from the marsh, fingers half -way down the strings, muddy and wet from head to foot, end gave a sadden, fierce lunge to but looking as happy as a twelve- his bow. The viol screeched wildly, year-old school -boy with a piece of discordantly. The singers seemedto Christmas -pudding. bite their notes off and swallow them. "Some time in the middle of sum- "Ibere were four quick plunges in - mer it was noticed that all of tbe to the water, and little MINOS lapped best frog music was over oa Tinkler's over the tank on to the stage. The Bide. There was still some musiettl lights were on, as if by magic, and a croaking at other parts of the marsh; Wild cheer went up. The old hall hat it sounded weaker than before, shook from end to end, and seemed and was astially drowned out by ready to tumble down with the tho molodioes chores from Tinkler's. strain. , Just before this the old man had en- "Wea, Tinener's 'feting was made, closed about an eighth of an acre of From that Vine on he was looked up - marsh with Wire -netting at the base on as the cleverest man about these of his lawn. After the first specula- parts. For nines around the country -lion as to what Joe was up to, the men would drive over to hear the eeighbora lost • all interest in the old frog carollere sing. They would oa- ts -Ian mid his eceret work. • ly perform at night, when everything "One by one his few friends ceased eves quiet. With pardonable ' pride to visit him. IBS place was off the the old Man would tell his visitors main reads and a .herinit could not hoW he labored for Weeks in the ho,vO been more 'edema 13111 Irons, marsh, selecting jest the right voices the milleire Son, sprung a sensation for • his little band; bow he had been In the Red Lion one ,clay by saying disappoitime tme ancIngain, and had that he had beers ep by Tinklern) the tried at least, a thoueand frogs be - evening before, and had heard, a, band fore he had been suited, pleying SorneWhere about there, and "The eingers were as healthy a had aeon the -old man. juraping arourid booking lot of feogs as X veer saw; the yard, Wving his arms like mad, but one Of there. Thn, the tenet, died but retying not a. wond. Someone suddenly cute day late In the sem- eeggested that the place. was haunt- mere X think ho swallowed a youag ed, and that its proprietor Was out field mouse, and it hurt him. The of his Minds • blow &Most:broke Tinkler'S heart. "Curiosity began to get keyed eip • "The other three still perfoemed at pretty high, when one -morning time* bet it Wets hard to get in all or marched up to the pos•teollice and the fine notes witheut Tine, They neked if he poold have his lettere in- .were ambitions—Sam, the seeond tea. stead of Waiting till the Peetmati Or, more ,than Rey Other, arid it brought them Viand. He hadn't proved his enidaingt One night, ' tf.ts ben there since the arithmetical pig trying to reath , a high note Which died, Thera Weis. quite a number of. Were had been tarried aft Ottaily isar letters, bat Thekler paid 'little nitten- lm1 etineethieg in Satie's theoat snap - tion to thong shoed them care-, pod, Ifo Was eo cut -un about the wale in the tail of hie Cott, • Mid boas of his vOice that he hopped v - he "A thril of surprise steept through the assemblage. What was this? Where were the musicians? Could they be hiding in the grasses? "Tinkler did not give them chance he front of the stage, carrying a large bass viol, he signalled Perkins to put out the lights. " 'Do not be frightened,' he said, as the audience stirred uneasily at the darkness. "Through the open windows came indistinctly -the ceaseless chorus from- tho marsh. Suddeuly Tinkler sent a rumbling, long -drawn note from the viol echoing through the hall. "As if in answer, a deep bass croak sprang into life from the bosom of the minature marsh upon the stage. Another voice, somewhat higher, took op the note, and carried it on a rising scale to .another, and yet an- other. The last WaS a metallic though recognizable of the tenor. "Again Tinkle', drew his bow, and softly drifted into tbe strains of 'A Merry, Merry Christmas.' With in- creasing volume the .voices in the e. 1, (twee? One night, and joined WS fain- ily in the mareh. , "Ben, the baritone, and Bilk, tho basso, quarrelled, and never again meld be induced to Slew together, 80 they We turned loose. Bezi sang alone tor a, while over at the far end of the "One night his voice was missed, A wild duck, whith had waded there the day before, might have told where it was, but he didn't. There is no TO- callst now but 13111," ehe chorus rolled on, keeping time to the plaintive notes of a whip -poor - will. Suddenly the old resident whistled sharply. Like a ship checked by 4 giant wave, the melody ceased, and then rolled on again as Bill, the basso, booirsed forth his interrupted cry, a challenge to any who should doubt his right to lead the marsh chorus of Tipley.—Loadon Answers. THE STRENUOUS LIFE, o Do Our Best Thee.° .Lust be N Hurry. People of calmer mood sometimes question if the stretwous life can be lived to advantage by everybody. The desire to make every minute count, or "pay," may lead to the wasting of much time. The intel- lectually best in men is seldom fore - ed. Opportunities are not always thrown before one, or presented in such a way that he• takes them by physical assault. We hardly ,con- ceive of Homer, Titian, Shakespeare, or Beethoven rushing into their libraries or studies and running' race with the clock to get through their work, In most of the definitions of stren- uousness there is this intimation of A bciut the, .0..tiouse I ellrefesokanirtSIBStenSISZelfitt BUG AND RAG CARVE`P. Siousenusteds simuld pour salt e ter, after using it, dowo the dr pipes. Sewer gas is counteracted by handful of ealt planed in toilet-ro balYtiter f or laying el t1St IS In effeetive wheel ealt is added. water le generally used. in co towne for tide pus potes. Rotten), bamboo and basket-wo ft -wafture may be thourghly cleat Probably all women Who Make rugs by scrabbiine witlybrush and $ are familiar with those that ace water. knitted oa large wooden needlee, and jaPanese mail plata straw matti aLo with those teat ale braided, but should be washed with salt evcs, perhaps all do not know of the and rubbed dry. This leeeps tit crocheted ruge which aro pretty and soft, and prevents brittle cracki easily made. Tee pieces are cut in- tviiere traffic is heavier. • to narrow even strips, then sewed lerooms soaked in hot salt Wa together and wound iato balls and wear better sind do not break. crocheted in the single stiteh into lledi•oom noels may be kept co rugs of the desieed seam; and elec.. aud sewer fresh in summer if win T110 easiest wry to mane a rug is to daily with a. cloth wrung out eat the cloth in stripes about three strong salt water. All micro]) inches wide, then lay three or four moths and pests are thus destroY of the strips together and stitch Black genets on dishes and discol through the ceutre to a lining of aliens on teadaps are removed bed ticking or burlap, cut the SiZe dainp salt ancl shape you want the rug to be. Stitch tile strips as close together as ABOUT PASTRY. possible and cut into fine fringe, and if desired the colors may be arrange' A brisk oven is needed for all pas - ed in a Simple pattern, and I am try. A very simple teat wid ;,how sure you will be delighted with the the right heat. If the cook will in- rug1 • ' h . sert a piece of white notepaper eaey way to make a rug is to CUt her oven and after five minutes ta wOolen pieces in strips, as for ordi- it out, she will know what its he nary carpet rage, but not too than is. A pale yellow hue on the PIP Run a double thread lengthwise will indicate that it is too slow through the center of the 6:tripS so ordinary short crust or pull past they will be closely shirred, and in though it will do for Geonoese past eewing to the foundation take care But a nice brown color, decided to roll or twist the shirred strip tone shows that the I b " k every few stitches. They may be enough and just right. A very seWed round, oval or square accord- dark brown shows too much heat, ing to the shape of rug wanted; and and the oven must be slowed down a design may be followed or the somewhat. rug may be of one solid color. You Even when the oven is quite rigt impatience—of the need to do every- can take your old worn ingrain care and the pastry has been made mo thing with a whirl and a clatter and pet and make serviceable rugs if you erately tieh, WOMan will feel di a hurrah. Work that lives by reas- wish by cuttin iato bias strips a satisfied at the appearance, becau httle _xtoie twin an inch in width she misses the rich broevn gloss th and then ravellag out one-half width she has seen on pastry made b and sewing to a string foundation, practical cooks. This gloss is pr overlapping the strips so that only duced by an egg wash. An egg the fringe is visible. It is much beaten up with a little sugar and easier to sew the pieces for rag small quantity of milk is added carpet on the machine than by hand as a quantity of them can be sewed before they are cut or tern iato strips. Take two pieces of any width Reid overlap the edges about 1 va:tn- ABOUT LONDON'S PAUPERS OM a NUMBER cOEFrirEPPOI?uLl4E1:;1•DO REe ore Burden on 1109r-1417 C4liarclianS--" Extensions of Worlt- ast houses. ' 1.1 In Londe)) nearly 1111000 pereons led an were receiving poor -law relief test nee rnas—a larg'er amebas: than in any year since 1871, Since the be - ter ginaing 01 the ocatuiy, in spite of ern good tea, ie, there has been a steady 21g inereime in the number of paupers. What is most aotewortby is that ter the whole increases of the past year itearly 8,000 hes been In the number Q1 of ituleor paupere, The Loneloa Poor - ed law ieetitutions nave a population of of nearly 74,000, and the over flowing es, condition of the worlehouses has in. ed. velved extensions within two years ma at a cost of nearly 21.250,000. The by increased comfort of the 'workhouses, and a marked decrease ne the repug- ranee of the aged poor to "go into the house," seem, to be responsible for thle rush to the workhouse. Prob- able the ventilation of se/mines for old age pensioas from the State has helped to familiarize the poor with' in the idea of receiving relief. Certain- ke ly the Local Governnaent Board dr- at cuter two or throe years ago, sug- gesting that Boards of Guardians or should adopt a more generous system 8, of out -relief for derserving old peo- e. ple, has not kept the aged poor out in of the work -house. INFIRMARIES ARE FULL. A stepping stone in many cases is the poor -law infirmary, to which many people are willing to go who ge are not paupers. The 15,000 beds of the London workhouse infirmaries are s - nearly always full, and outdoor rnedi- se at cal relief has greatly increased. Last y year 106,921 received such relief. But 0_ behind all this increase of pauperism is the most potent cause probably is a lax administration and the lack of , ,uniformity and strictness in the .ac- er tion of the various Boards of Guardi- ans. This may be best illustrated, as 'e the Times points out, by contrasting e certain west end and east end usdis- t- ;trts. In ' Geoage's Hanover e square, in Chelsa and in Alaryleborie el there are more paupers per 1,000 of ✓ the population than in Bethnal -green, Y iWhitechapel and St. George's -in -the- e 'East. The wealthy district of St. e George's Hanover square, has a po- e spulation of about 66 to the acre, on of its greatness repreeents work in the truest sense; but it has the repose of work that is complete. There is no sense of haste, or drive, or• from:led activity in the Parthe- non, in the cathedrals, or in the essays of Emerson. All in them is ' mature ordered, calm; they are the ultimate of refection. But we may not look to see the best in us developed by a ceaseless grind. We need rest, we need change; but in all things of magni- -nide we need reflecticin, and reflec- tion and hurry are inconsistent. We can farm and fight and bend stren- uously, but we cannot so heal the ill in flesh or spirit, or write tee book or the symphony that will last beyond its author's day, or paint the picture that will be admired in the next century. It is not enough to work. We must Work with a purpose and a meaning. • WHY THIN1ICE_RS LIVE LONG. Great Men Who Exceeded Three Score and Ten. Thinkers, as a rule, live long; or, Lo put the proposition into ' more general terms, exercise of the mind tends to longevity. Herbert Spencer has died in his eighty-fourth year. Darwin reached his seventy-third, Sir George Stokes bis eighty-fourth, Carlyle his eighty-sixth; Tyndall was accidentally poisoned at seventy- three, but might have lived several years longer; Huxley mots eeventy when he died. Gladstone in his eighty-ninth year, Disraeli in his seventy-seventh,. Newton lived to be eighty-five, and Lord Kelvin is still vigorous in research in his eightieth year. To a great extent the brain is the centre and seat of life, what Sir William Gull called the central battery, and its stinuilation un- doubtedly strengthens the forceS that make for vitality. Healthy ex- ercise of either rnind ore body, of course, favors length of days, but the strivings of the thinker and writer are seldom quite of the heal- thy order. Darwin. Carlyle and ith this the ple is brushed ov after the pastry has been finishe and all its paste ornaments hae been put ,on. a little of the pest las been left over it can be conver one-third of an inch, teen stitch ed into tea cakes by adding a litte across two or three times on the baking powder, a few currants an machine, and you can stitch pieces a little sugar. Then the remainne together in this way until you have of the egg glaze will come in hand one long strip, a.nd wben tearing or to brush over the cakes and non cutting into strips, ca•t through the wi71 be wasted. This wash is th stitched seam and you will soon Pecr et of the rith brown seen on th shop buns. have enough for a ball. The best pieces of an old rag carpet can be raveled out and the raveling wound CLEANING A CARPET. tato balls and they can be used in _ another carpet. Sometimes a Brussels or lefoquett All kinds of pieces can be used in carpet needs cleaning when it is no these home-made carpets and rugs convenient to take it up. After as faded calicoes can be colored any sweeping two or three threes to re - of the bright colors with the dia, move all the dust possible, Prepare mond dyes for cotton and the woolen a suds of Warm water and soap, dis- pieces with the 'dyes for wool, and solving, a little borax in it Use a the hit or miss pattern is the pret- clean brush and scrub a small plac tiest way to arrange the colors. A at a time, just as you would a Boot well 'made rag carpet is more ser- nipe with a flannel rag *rung ou viceable, as %Yell as more genteel in of clear warm water, changing , Ok appearance, than cheap matting or !water often. Go over the weaele car co•ttore iegrain, arid if firmly woven pet in the same way, doing th and the colors harmonize, they are , work quickly so the water will no 'prettier than any other kind of a go through the carpet and wben yo cheap floor covering. have iinished., open the windows am doors so it -gill dry. You will b surprised to see how dean and tree it looks. . E. J. C. I whilst the extremely poor parish of St. Ge •rge's-in-the East has 201 to t 1 the acre. At the beginning of the year the West end union had 31 pan- e jeers per 1,000, while the East end union bad only 22.5. IN TWELVE YEARS. In the last twelve years the pauper- ism of this western union has in- creased 81 per cent., and that of the e a eastern area has decreased 31 per t cent. These instances show in the e same marked way that, an increase of _ • outdoor relief means. an increase of e 'pauperism ared vice versa. Tramps, t thanks especially to the folly ot in - u discriminate almsgivers, appear to d have better times than ever. The O London poor -law • guardians have h some 18,000 children in theix charree, and the cottage homes system has been largely adopted, with encourag- ing success. The boaretimg-out sys- tem, which needs much supervision to Feet Not Blistered by Heat That be sat•isfeetory, is being abandoned. Melted. Solder. The Metropolitan Asylums Board , dealt with 17,989 infectious cases FOIL BABY'S COMFORT. A great deal of care and atteetion is given to. everything pertaining to the baby's comfort The clothing is made loose enough to allow him free- dom of aetiou, and of fine soft ma- terial that does not irritate the ten- der flesh. 1 -lis meals, his bath, his hours of sleep are all items of inter- est to the young mother. FIJIAN FIRE WALKERS. Those who witnessed the c,orona, through its ambulance service during tion processions will tioubtless recol- the ,ear • d ' . o • teat a small group of copper -colored 'pressing need by obtaining powers to When you axe ready to give the soldiers with bate legs and out-, use its ambulances for non-infectious baby his bath, have the tub set on etanding hair innocent of cove jog, 'cases at a charge covering the ex- . aa beoexallo,erh iseohnttetleeia ttafaetr wtihlel nmi aekteh eixt7 strange people—Fijians—and ti eir poor -law in the last completed, says the London Standard. These penses. The gross cost of London as she eits in her chair. A folding ancient ceremony Of the Vilavilaite- year, .Jaimary, 1903, was 23,414,669 screen is a great convenience. It is' vo, or fire walking, were the sub- to which has to be add.ed 2629.52 easily adjusted around a warm cor- ject of a paper read by W. L. Allan- spent by the Asylums Board. • , p . g to uoot Spencer were victims of nearly nee_ nor, and if the door is opened the long dyspepsia, and yet exceeded baby is out of the draft. This screen three score and ten. A priori, 0 may be made of a wooden clothes would thlive so happily as the man of tains of muslin, dimity, chintz or ld hot expect the abstract ink- horse by fitting the. panels with cuts - to er' experimental research, and experience cretonne. These may he removed seems to confirmone will question Sir James Paget's when they need washing. The lower the expectation. No dictum that tsnelue fatigue is a coin - mon cause of disease, but so also is indolence. What part of the hu- man economy, mental or physical, is not made for activity? SMOKING .DROMEDARIES. There is no reason why a 'drome- dary should not be partia4 to a good cigar. Most dromedaries, according to a inenagerie proprietor, are pax- ticulaily fond of tobacco-smokee and can be made to do almost anything under its influence. "Travellers in Egypt," he asserts, rely more on tobacco -smoke for their control over these huge beasts than anything else. When travellieg on long jour- neys the dromedaries are in many cases required to travel night and day without rest, and the boat § cue kept up to their tasks by smoking cigars. The 'driver carries a trian- gular piece of wood, which is pierced at one point like a cigar -holder, This is inserted in the mouth Of the beast, the cigar being lit and 'mess- ed into the hole in the same fashion followed by men, "The dromedary imenediettely closes its eyes and puffs away throtigh its nostrils until the clgar IS burnt awcter. The ineltilgence aPpears to refresh it, and the keeper bas no difficulty in. pereuailieg the animal to Plod on without further rest," ' 1.TGREsslis,S' AS'DETECTIVES, Negrese private iletectiveS are be- ing elnployed by an ngenCy in Georgia. The women are stated to bs adepts in the work 170g:tired , of them, at they are intelligent, patient trustworthy, and aS cunning as 1 oxes: Besides., the individual' .shatlestred ehariot, as a nik' tell one tiegrees front another, Lady deteetives who ate whetcan, it, seeing, be tendlig 'spotte'd' by, the partieil they are watching. Ita impOSSIble to defeat MI ignore Ant Mate hi an artettinetito dyce C. M. G. at a meetin f th , , g o e Ronal Colonial Institute the otlier . day. Admiral Sir N. Bowden - Smith preeided The coroner f ii • I )fly o waI eing, Mr. Allardyce explained, is performed by a certain tribe at the island of Be- fretuir ghsahogfietghe thsecreteeiliveal reandconelvectiabi iernga, and originated in a legend that igt in reward for having spared the life on, placing teem within reach when of a man he had dug out of the naluP).colccir. ground, one Tui Qualita was invest - the water, which shourcl be ed with the power of being able to heated to the proper temperature, in walk over red bot stones without be- tho tub. Inbstorlaex-e aintwo gooialuieleoe, f janufilled with layers of wood an gd nd burned. An eard th oven is mae Which makes it soft and cleansing. stone, in nos a Bre is kindled A bath thermometer is &most inclis- about twelve hours before the fire pensable, as the sense of touch can- walking takes place, and wbon tbe not be depended upon. Set baby hot stones have been. exposed by in tbe tub and wash the whole body brushing away the charcoal, the 1113. - quickly, using a soft silk sponge, tives, under the direction of a mas- ter of ceremonies, walk over them barefooted. The temperature at the edge of the oven is about 120 degrees Fahren- heit, while on one occassion, when 11. thermometer was suspended over the stones,. it registered 282 degrees and the solder was melted. Yet, etated Mr. Allarclyce, alter the cer- emony the natives Slimy no signs of the terrific ordeal tbrough which they have gone. By means of a number of views the lecturer gave a realistic idea of the ceremony as per- formed nowadays. Vice -Admiral Lewis Beaumont, scribed a fire -walking ceremony as witnessed by himself. Although those who 'took part in it showed no signs of discomfort, he remarked that apparently they, did not like it over much. Replying to questions, Mr.A. liar- , dyce said the only explanation he could give of the apparent iinmanity from harm following on the protess was that the seles of the feet of the natives veer() hardened to alsi unusual degree through conetant walkieg on it sander soil covering coral,. Which became exteedingly hot under the seta There wee also the element of Absolute belief by the natives in the legend that they Were proof timeliest Ore. "What is the medicine for, doe, tor'?" "That's t� gine you en appe- tite," "But yen told ba,?c:,thot, Salt and cane:shot. in eold Water it after eating!" am y. le ate eXe011ent diehtfectient in bed- "Well, I don't need any appetite then roemst doctor.'i, tvhich cleanees withoet irritation. Very little eamp is n,eeded, but it should be of the best quality. When lie is eve,shed, spread a bath towel in your lap, lift him out upon it, and wipe him 'dry with a Piece of soft linen. Any places that seem in dan- ger of chafing should be dusted with a powder made by thoroughler mix- ing ten pares taletnn powder and one part boracie acid. Replace tbe clothing quickly and he will be ready for a quiet refreshing sleep. Babies should be put to bed early. Undress him and rub bine gently all over the, body, then" put on a long loose night these of outing flannel or scene other suitable material. If he is in a room where there is a light, see that it does not shine in his eyes. The room sliourcl be 'kept the sante temperature as nearly as poesiblee all the time. TIIE MANY RCtS 0,t' SALT. 'When cabbage onioes, or strong - smelling vegetables have been boiled in pans to prevent odors clieging to thenn, plaee some salt on. the stove, and turn the pen bottem up over the salt. In a few minutes the pan will smell sweet. 'All salads ehoeld 170 soaked in salt and Water fetid destroy unimaloulae orMSalemitellavriaArthnlesng brine,' and water garden walks to kill tveeds, A mod- erato quentity to salt stimulates their growth. WHERE MEMORY FAILS. Fault of Most Schools and Col- leges. Many people are lacking in the faculty of conemitra,tion. The se wet of achievement is the power to focus the thought. A man must be able to marshal his intellectual forces as Napoleon did his army, and to bring their united strength to ae- complish whatever he is dolag. A. wandaving mind will never accom- plish anything, Tee great trouble evita our present educational system is that moot Schools and colleges encourgae meni- al -le -Mg. This is a fundamental er- rata for the memory is not a real power. It is mo.ely a reservoir to which the exenutitee faculties go for material. Some of the men who have been endowed with the most pheaomeriaj mem o ri es have nen er attained anything beyond medio- crity. There is no doubt that many eat- urally strong minds have been rein- ed by being crammed With unreleted and undigested facto. It is not the overful mated that utilises its mater- ial, but the one that has Made thor- oughly pruetical every scrap of knowledge and every bit of exper- ience that has come to it. Competitive exaneinations aro re- sponsible for many a weakened mind. Then lay too 22111C11 StreES, on, memory and text -book knowledge, and too little on a real working compreliers- sloe of a subject. A boy with a good memory can secure high marks and pass examinations c rota tablg, *Steeply because be, retnembers the pot questions and theories of hie ers; while otie who has repent bjs, time In mastering prineiples and gaining actual power may riot ob- tain nee,ely so high rank, or may feel altogether in hie eXaminatione, It Is not Memory that countmost but ability to gresp, to hold, to tontlyse, to compare, ateil to et:Mi- llie°, Which gincs a solid grip end mastery ,principles. Sometimes the breaking of an en- gagement enables the platies to live happily atter after.