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Exeter Advocate, 1912-8-22, Page 3• -^ NOTES AND. COMMENTS An English specialist on insanity, D. 'Predgold, expresses the opinion that England is going to the bow - wows as a nation .baxe of a de- cline in the vitality of her popula- tion. The average death rate frera illness, he says, has steadilfiecreas- ed in the last two generations; the proportion a infant deaths due to mistitutional defects is as high to- day as it was thirty-five years ago, and, the insane have increased enor- mously, so that there are to -day 280,000 mentally affected persons in England and, Wales. Dr. Tredgold's elose study of a specialty may aceount for his dismal outlook and his interpretation of certain statistics. To those who be- lieve that the world is progressing, not going backward, aud -th t the 1 leading modern nations are de tined to be leading for many ye rs to -come, such utterances will seem ab- surd, Statistics must be used with full knowledge of the way in which they were prepared and of changing 'conditions, or they are worse than nseless, while at best they are an imperfect guide, They must be cars related to other evidenee, When everything is considered there is toe much against Dr. Tredgold's eonelusions. Every modern nation is working toward obtaining and eeouring social juetice; oience is leesenieg diseese, and teaching us , how to live rightly; inaprovemeut, not degeneracy, is coming. 814 Whether women are morally bet- ter than men is a, very old question which, is not likely to be Answered satisfacterily by statistics. But some figures in the reports of the recently taken British ceueus are interesting as bearing on the sub - Jett. There are in British prisons 1,000 en to 180 women; in—certified re- formatory industrial schetD1s, 1,000 men to 278 women; in workhouse establishments, 1,000 naen to 055 wo- men," The workhouse, of course, means poverty, but that may cora° from moral degenerecy or leek of moral fiber, These figures make a showing in favor of women which is increased by consideration of the fad that the tensus shows 1,340,000 more females than males in the kingdom's population of 45,305„000, It can be argued, of course, that •women's wrongdoings are more of- ten seeret than ,men's; that most -women and girls are ab,eItetred in homes and have fewer opportunities of committing offenses against the law; that often they are not prose- cuted leg acts that men would he prosecuted fer doing, and that tim- idity rather than real goodness causes very many women to refrain from crime. But th.e figures alone are strongly supportive of the po- n pular impression that women are better than men. • WONDERFUL CULTIVATION. , — Spanish Soil Gives a Yield of $656 to the Acre. The most intensely cultivated re- gion in Europe is that part of the Provinee of Valencia, Spain, which • lies between the mountains and the Mediterranean. It has a rainfall of only about seventeen inches a year, but so fertile is the soil and so skilled are its workers that it • produces crops worth an average of $656 an acre. There are districts, he says, where 100 acres support 160 fami- lies and where single families live on the product of four -tenths of an acre. Farms are rented for $29.50 an acre, and the tenant pays 45 cents an hour for pumped water, which flows in a stream of 200 gal- • lons per minute. Almost all farming is done by hand, as minutest attention is given to crops arich even to individual plants. The average production of the principal crops is as fellovvs, in metric ,tons of, 2,204 pounds: Or- ringed,400,000 tons ., olives 65 00b ,• , , ertrob, beans, 72000; peanuts, 13,- 1300; melons 36,000; grapes 87,000; peppers, •12,000; tomatoes, 27,000; wheat 62,000; barley, 18 000. corn B3,000; rise, 200,000. eeL------- "Always mind your, own busi- ness," said -the sage. "I -b- doesn't' pay to get mixed up in other ,peo- ple's quarrelS." '"Oh, I don't know 1"' replied the young .man. a lawyer." HOW the '.ayerage, ,-frearried man: saetildhlikn to:;sem, a tak.on'the. old haelielorae ' . , aisaaehaaalikalalialisaasevalgeaWaeat miseawsesseaesalawa CHOICE RECIPES. Rice and Cheese Fondue—One cup tnilk, one tablespoou batter, one- half teaspoon salt, one-quarter tea- apoon paprika, one cup boiled rice, one-half 1113 cheese broken in small pieces, one egg. Heat the milk, add butter, salt, paprika, rice and cheese; add egg beaten light. Pour into a buttered pudding dish; set in a pan of hot water; bake oue- half hour. . Walnut Timbales. --One cup chop ped nuts, one-half cup soft bread - crumbs, few drops onion juice, one teaspoon salt, few grains cayenne, one cup milk and three eggs. Soak the breadcrumbs in the naille; add the seasonings and nuts. Beat eggs light and mix lightly with the other mixture. Turn into buttered tim- bale molds or small custard eups. Steam one-half hour. Tomato Sauce.—One pint tomato, one large slice (mien, six cloves, three tablespoons butter, two table- spoons flour, one-half teaapoon salt, one-gnarter teaspoon pepper: Stew tomato, onion and eloVeS together for ten minutes, Strain. Soften the butter and blend with. it the flour, salt and pepper; add shawly the strained tomato and cook five minutes. Cheese Sticks.—One cup mashed potato, yolk of one egg, one-half cup grated elteese, one-quarter tea - Speen salt, few grains cayenne. Mix with the potato, the elmese, season- ings and beaten egg. Turn on to a well -floured hoard and roll to thickness of throe -fourths a a inch. Cut in narrow strips the length and width of Anger. Roll in crunibe, then in egg, the in crumbs again, and fry in deep at. Chocolate Crumba„—One and half eups soft breaderumbe, two squares of unsweetened chocolatee four tablespoons sugar, ono -guar - ter. teaspoon salt, one-quarter (nip blanched and shredded almonds. Out the ehocolato into small pieces and mix with the erumbs; add etta gar, salt and nut*, Plage in a roe, ditlru hot oven and bake till the oho„ colate is nelted. Stir frequently fie as to thoroughly Mix the choco- late with the crumbs; they should all be coated with ehocolate. Serve with whipped cream. Rotato and Cheese Soup. -- One quart milk, one large slice onion/ one pifit mashed potato, two table- spoons butte; one tablespoon flour one teaspoon salt, one-quarter tea spoon paprika, one-half cup grated cheese, Scald the onion with the milk, remove onion, add the pota- to and seasonings. Soften the but, ter and blend with it the flour; stir into the hot milk. Cook five min- utes, stirring constantly. Add the cheese and cook till cheese is dis- solved. Nut and Date Bread,—Two and a half cups flour, five teaspoons bak- ing powder, two teaspoons sugar, one teaspoon salt, one-half cup chopped nut -meats, one-half cup chopped date, one cup milk, one egg. Measure llolur after sifting, then Gift again with baking powder, salt and sugar. , Add the huts and dates (which have been scalded, stoned find chopped), Beat egg light, add to it the milk and stir the dry mixture. Turn into a but- tered pan and stand in a, warm place for one-half hour. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a mod- erately hot oven. TO PREVENT MOLD, The appearance of mold as grow- ing on bread, cheese and other foods, is familiar to every house- wife; mildew on cloth is a less com- monly recognized form of mold. The spores of the different varie- ties of rrio141 are everywhere pre- sent, and they need only warmth and moisture to enable them to grow on many kinds of food. These organisms are always at work in damp cellars and in dark and damp corners of rooms; they are borne on the feet of insects, and they are on the skins of all fruits, ' and in the dust flying in the air. They are not fond of light and they require' no great abundance of air, flourishing best on foods that are piled close together, leaving a small, undisturbed air • space and moisture. They always start on thi surfaca and throw theirethreaddike 'filaments down into the substance below. Take, for example, a fine, ripe apple and closely examinethe skin: If it is in good conditiond'aad at- teactive, it is almost certain that the flesh is protected in the natural way by an unbroken skin, which re- EliStS the • entrance of molds and other micro-organisms. If, how- ever, the apple has begun to spoil it is almost certain that the skin has been broken. ' When fruits touch each other, the point of contact is likely to be more moist than the rest of the fruit, and for this and other reasona it ,is favorite place for the starting of mold or other growth. If the skin is perfectly firm 'and we rub it with a clean cloth to dry it and to 're- move as many as possible of the mold germs, then wrap the apple in aoft paper and pet it in a cold place, Precautions have been -taken which should hinder, or prevent, decay. If, however, the fruit is kept in a warm and damp place, and touch - g ether fruits, its decay is Cer- tain. In dealing with all varieties oi microecopic life we have learned that to prevent them from getting a start is the all-important tlainfe The growth, once begun, is diffienit to arrest. The first requisite is qso1ute eleanliness in the storagT place. This is not to be attained by the use of soap and water alone, Fresh air, sunshine and whitewash are important aids, Shelves should be washed clean and then dried but the undue use of water should be avoided, as moisture is One of the chief requisites of growth. A cellar may be kept dry by plac- ing in it dishes ef unslaked lime, which takes up the moisture with avidity. 'When the lime crumbles apart, losing entirely its crystalline' character, it has become "slaked," will take up no ittore water and must be renewed. The growth of most molde re- tareled by light ventilation and low temperature. Light and ventilation are iniportant, The right degree of cold for eash different Product has been studied exporitueutally, and ai knowledge of low temperature ip elatioutIo the growth of bacteria and fungi forms the basis of the old -storage indUstry. tionalism and legalism of the Pharisees and from sin. Recovering of sight — Spiritual blindness is to be relieved through the revelation of truth in Christ, Bruised—Those who suffer from the uniust exactions of a religious system. 13. Acceptable year—Liter:41Y, when the exiles would return, Jesus now causes it to mean the inauguration of glorious privileges and benefits of the gospel message, oe, Eyes of all—In amaeement be- cause of their •familiarity with his • humble life his reported fame and his spiritual presence. 21. Today bath this scripture been fulfilled—The open assertion that he fulfilled all the oenditions of the prophecy. 22. Bare him witness—Corsobor- ated the reports concerning the of- feetiseare of his preaching. Joseph's sou—A very VODIA1911 person, The family had no prom- inence in the eemeaunity whatever; Joseph was a carpenter by trade, and as far as the people could see Jesus was in no way distinguished above his brothers. 'Compare Mark 6, 3. 23„ PhysiCian, heal thyself — As to say, 41rtgaiSP` YinIrSelf in our estimation, by means a a, mzra ee/e, from the eommen citizen we, kPl°15' yo 14 to be, to the Teecher of Clod whieh you claim to be, Ileard deem Capernaum The x t site, at Tho city has long been ppute, but the most probable mu is at the Iligthara erid ain ofGenueseret,,en the eSterrt glilOra of Lake e region was thickly popu- aud the &Celle a neueh tking and beaali4g, the which had reached Nazar - prophet is aceept eouutry—A OQUth1Q»dyas eepted fact which Jesus illustrate from hitary. Read 1 1-inge 17 a 2 Rine 2i. AU fill d amazeme miser and violence. 29. Brow of the hill southeast of the 30. Passing through Vhs They were QTeraxed by bs rept *us Influence and be werit hia unharmed, TESTAMENT MACHIN The Future was to be the Messianic Age, Holy a Marked by the Presence of God Israel was a nation o hope and, the birth of a child, in whose day, promise. Unlike other peoples its:, soon to' dawn, and under whose golden age was in the future, 110V leadership as a eanquerer, aad yet, in the past, Frem the earliest be- a prince of peace, the national de, ginning of national eonsciousneseit liverance was to be achieved, after was a gradually developing belleet which there would come the period that Israel had a special mission, of happineea •and peace. That eepa rate, here the rest of the world, Iaaiall expeeted this child -king of yet in some important degree con-, the house.of David in his oWn day tteeted with the spirituaI life of the' seems certain; and herein is di'. world. The divine Purl)nse for 40- closed one of the intereating factors manity was believed -to lie implicit, of prephecy. in the unfolding history of this peo- The oetlittes Of the coining a plc. The Hebrew records preserved things were apparent to the eyes the first promise made to the reeks, of the prophet, but the 'itour of the s. premise that, though the struggle farrival was not so clear. The dra- between good and evil should be ma of redemption was contracted long and bitter, yet in the end the iato a single ecene but ite larger goad should tr.:m.11Tb. This divine meariing lay implicit in the slowly PurPoS0 1130AffeSted itSelf in the se- unfolding mevements upon wlaeh lection ef certain individuals or they looked. Deliveraeoe f rOM As - tribes, through whose life the die- syria came, but not through the closure of the plan'Sof God waa to time of the Messianic Yet he vision was tree, for M tie yet aloes of the ad fitted in no eeeianie, ' f emali oeal distneaa and tbq oreseen dethearaneet It f be made. But it was not a selee tion for favor, but rather for Ser, thOlIgh INTERNAM 0 N AT4 1aESSO.74.,TA AUGUST 25‘ Lesson V111.—The visit to Naz eth, ',eke 4. 164). Golden TeNt O. Canie 40Nazaret the oourso of the Galilacen preac tug tour. M first it would seena that St, Luke places the itteident immediately after the tenilitaticoris but according to Matthew 13, 4'3-58, el Mark 0. i -o, it undoubtedly oc- r- e14a- ett of TV as 10 he ts Oa, rt fe m ts h, g k Y r o s $ 11 red much later, as Luke himse later suggests in voile 23. NaZa eth is nOt mentioned in the Old T tament, but gained its prenainen from being the home of JeSILS., is situated On the southern end the Lebanon Mountains, and an elevation of 4000 feet above 41 Situated some distance fro the main highways, it has all t characteristics of a rural town. I present population is about 11,0.. Bad been brought up—With th exeeption ef the brief period Egypt, thirty years of lesus's 11 were spent here. As his custom was—A sideligh on the religious training of Jest and the devoted -life which .1 lived. The sabbath day—The aevent day, which was the Jewish Sabbat The thange of the Sabbath day fro the seventh to the first day of th week did not come about until afte the resurrection, It was essbntiall a change from a Jewish Sabbath a Christian Sabbath, or "Lord' Day" (Rev. 1. ae). After the resur- reetion the disciples began the cus- tom of meeting each first day of the week, itself the day of the resur- rection to celebrate that event, which 40 the disciples was the great- est of all Ohristian events. Natural- ly the day itself became the great- est of all Christian days, so that gradually the observance of the sev- enth day was abandoned, and that of the first day beeame a fixed cus- tom. See Aots 20. 7; 1 Oor. 16. 2. Stood up to read—The Law and the Prophets were read standing. The reading was done by any or- dinary member of the congregation, even by boys under age. Delivered unto him---ty the hoz- zan, or attendant, verse 20. 17. The book—Or, roll. The read- ing of the roll necessitated the use of both hands, the right unrolling, and the left rolling up the, parch- ment. At the conclusion of the reading the document was re -rolled and thus made ready for use again. This was done by "holding the roll beneath the chin and turning with both hands." ' Found the place—Isaiah 61. 1 2 and 58. 6. Possibly his own selec- tion, but more likely the lemon which the Jewish lectiona,ry pre- scribed for the day. It referred to the future deliferance of the He- brew exiles from Babylon by the Righteous Servant • of Jehovah. Jesus represents the prophecy -to be fulfilled in himself as Saviour. 18. Spirit of the Lord—Realized by Jesus at his baptism. In •Isaiah these words are epoken by the Righteous Servant of Jehovah, whom Jesus identifies with hiraself. As such he has received the special anointing of the Holy Spirit. Anointed—A figure taken from the practice of anointing kings and prophets as they enter their respec- tive offices, and snaybolizing divine appointment and authority. Good tidings—Or, the gospel. Proclaim release -- The original reference to the Babylonian exiles' is given a spiritual signincance. It now means release, from the tradi- vice, Israel was the chosen people Gad, bat pot for its lawn sake, had A nahiistry for the world. leaders were prophets, priests, Vega, end these men, espolly t pmpliets, were 'mope m their eltar actor and work. Their counterpar isnot to be found in any ether bis tory. But in the at attalySia Mien as a whole was regarded wai, as priestly, as prophetie What theee speoial wen did as lead for the natien, Israel as a u te do for the world. .11eret unique office. But from, tit Amos and Ilesea it Was a“, nation as a who was uu for such a, ministry. Tb J'eltovah was set asid • that of other gods, ft unworthy eierneut ffectiveness, ASUG PJOCESS. a later peeplletie gitr, forth RARER VISION tnz9 cheraeter O 45,0 Ales - work and the outlineri ot the, lanin figure, The Evaugclicat sy discloses the Messianic its fullest light, and does the Satire of the suffer - of Go& gere at fira# is the servant. Pol), unhappy dayli, of pun- prooess comple- for the Bedemp. be wrought by wet the earlier 'view, ods, and there- by no longer M in Ltbine- work, he idea that Vall. do the tendon - 8. The 1.14. 310Da urns. Wash G1asses.--01 wliieh aro used for milk 4 r auy fiky subctanees should alwass be cold water in preference , as the latter is apt to leave loudy appearanee and necessi. A groat deal more labor •In washing. The same rule, applies rfeetly new glasses which have en used, n buying bacon notice that d is thin, the lean tender and 1g to the bene, and the fat with a pinkish hue. If the fat has yellow streaks in it the bacon will taste nasty and rancid, To Make Brooms Wear Well. -- It is a good plan to dip brooms in very hot soapsuds once a week. This toughens their bristles, and the brooms not only last longer, but al - o sweep bettor than if they were ept perfeetly thy The Cold Soint.—Any boiled or oasted meat t. nt, can be eaten cold hould be cooled in its gravy or quor, and a boaled ham should al- ways be cooled before skiuning, and in its liquor'he taste is altogether different, and the meat clout not dry nearly so nteeh. Loose Knife /Handles. — Knife handles that haft become loose can be refastened to the blades. Make a raixture of &Dial parts of quick- lime and powdered resin, half fill the „hole in the handle, made the part which goes into the handle hot, and insert it firmly in the hole. Let it remain without moving until quite cold, when it will be perfect- ly firm again. Eat Plenty of Toast. --Bread that has been toasted until it becomes brown has had the starch in it largely converted into dextrine, and hence, so far as the brown portion is concerned, one of the processes of digestion is gone through before the bread is taken into the„stomach. It will be found that the thinner the slices of bread, and the more thoroughly they are toasted, the easier digestion will be, and when all portions of the slice of bread are thoroughly toasted—not burned, but changed to a deep brown color —it will be found still more easily digested. SHE DIDN'T KNOW MOTHER. Boys will be boys, except when they are little wretches, and Tommy was no exception. • He had broken one of the sehool rules and the teacher told hina to tell his mother about it, and also about the punishment he had re- ceived. • This was foxy of teacher. She thought mother might thrash him again. The next morning she asked: "Well, Tomnay, did you tell your mother about your bad behaviour yesterday, and how I punished youl" "Yes, • miss " replied Tommy quickly. "Well, what did your mother say ?" was teacher's next question. • "Said she'd like to wring • your neck, . roplied Tommy calm- ly, alone could purity the people s. make them worthy of Om hi ministry; and the ageoey throng whier this regeneration was to b wrought was revognized by all t • prophets of that period as belt) • national overthrow by Assyria an • later Babylonia. Only such a pu fication as should cerne through aster and stilieriug enald avail prepare Israel for its true mission. But after this period of Guttering had passed the "remnant." or sur- • vivors would be worthy and a glori- ous future should be expeeWd. The consecration of kings and priests was Signified by their anoint- ing with holy oil. Prom this word "anointed" or "ltfessiah" grew up the idea of the future glorious time as "anointed' or "Messianic." The conception of a person who should ,stand as the eommon denominator of the now period of national salvo, - tion and purification is iirst pre- sented by Isaiah, In his rebuke of King Alms for presumptious disre- gard ef God the prophet announces un n This remnan apostate part world at nt was ish the rises 'Live nation, both had divine ser - of the ser - Mission is set forth in terma ow the biending of the per- sonal and the national ideas about That this the Mesmerize conception of the Aresslah finds its fulfilment in the historic work of Jesus Christ is the teaching of the, New Testament.—Dr. Herbert. L, Willett. li'lW"h'Itle46'46 no Parents to love him, no baby brother to pet. )3ut his black eyes sparkled, his red -brown face shone and his merry laugh bubbled all tlie Young Folks sestastsenteaeatesosessaresa CHEERFUL HEART. Annabel had been eross. The trouble began when her mother asked her to do an errand. She grumbled 'before she started and after she returned. When she had to wheel baby brother she grumbled again, When she had to praCtise her music -lessen for an extra half- hour, the shed tears all over the piano keys. When mother had gone up -stairs with baby brother, Uncle Louis told her the true story of Cheerful Heart. "In an Indian school in New Mexieo," he said, "there was an orphan boy who had never known any home until he was brought to the government school. He had never had anything he could do without. Many of the Indian boys had partlY civilized parents, and they lived in houses all their lives and seeke good English. But in all the hundred boys in that school, not one was loved so well as Cheer- ful Heart." "That's a funnstname for a boy," Aroiabel had forgotten to pant by this time. "So it is. His real name was Albert Wilson, but he was so hap- py, so kind and obliging, they couldn't help calling him Cheer- ful Heart. He smiled whenever he spoke, and looked ,as happy as a king when he could- do a favor." • "Perhaps he didn't have many chances," -ventured Annabel, "and that made it easy." "My dear, he had nothing but chances. The teachers, matrons and pupils were saying all day long, 'Come here, Cheerful Heart,' .or, 'GO there, Cheerful Heart,' or, 'Where's Cheerful Heart?' " "Did he really like it?" the ques- tion was asked rather shyly, be- cause Annabel was thinking. "If you could judge by his happy face,' he clid. Remember that he was poor, and had no home to visit, "'He's the meet unselfish boy I ver met,' his teacher said to me. Ve took him in hero because he needed us, but he has turned the tables, for we all need him.' It must be nics to have people feel that way toward one, mustn't it, Atnabel The little girl nodded. She did net feel like talking just then - Uncle Louis had one thing more to say. "Annabel, if Cheerful Heart was ready to do so much for others when he had so little himself, what do you think about the children who have good times and happy homes, and yet behave disagreeably and in a way to make the Indians name them 'Cross Patch' 3" "They ought to be ashamed, Uncle Louis. I'm going to try to be a Cheerful Heart, too." — Youth's Companion. 4 -- HOPELESS. 'Mistress—"Mary Ann; the ',soup', for lunch was spelled. ar,ain, I really believe that if you 'tried to boil' , 5031143 water you'd let 14 burn,"