Exeter Advocate, 1907-03-21, Page 2CURRENT TOPICS.
A perplexing question has arisen to
dieterb the French chamber of deputies.
It is proposed to impose a lax of $2 a
year on upright pianos, of $4 u year on
herizoatal planes, and $20 a year on
grand organs. It was assumed in France
—a most artistic country --that this
would be a movement in the direction
both of revenue and of art. Tho (list
objection raised was that the fax was un-
democratic, since It "struck an instru-
ment of labor." Temporarily this objec-
tion made a profound impression.
But it might be argued that aside from
the revenue aspect of the case this is an
excellent argument in favor of the tax,
since it is a distinct advance along the
lines of art to abolish the piano as an
Instrument of labor. The labor features
of piano playing, the foot exercise of the
mechanical Instrument and the merciless
thumping of the protesting school girl
and chord pounder, are essentially the
nuisances that should be kept rigorously
within bounds. If is conceded also that a
"horizontal piano," so-called, under com-
petent physical manipulation, will snake
just twice as much noise a.s an upright.
while the great organ similarly handled
produces five limes the din caused by the
larger piano. (pence the varying and
discriminating tax. And it is equally
plain that as only persons of large
wealth can own grand organs, while
well-to-do people possibly procure such
horizontal pianos as baby and parlor and
concert grands, the minimum tax should
be imposed on the poorer classes that
must Le content with the modest up-
right.
What is Iruo of Paris may bo true of
other cities and towns. The piano, whe-
ther employed as an instrument of
artistic pleasure or of manual or papal
labor, has not contributed much to muni-
cipal revenues or in any way atoned for
its misdeeds. However It may bo es-
ttemed by the assessor, it Is held in tri-
vial regard by its owner the minute it
is considered as a taxable asset. And in-
asmuch as there are few families so re-
duced in circumstances as not to acquire
a piano of one description or another,
mud this without reference to personal
musical attainments, it follows that ark
will be served and noise will be appre-
ciably diminished by a lax that puts a
restriction on inordinate pleasure and a
penally on an uncompromising nuisance.
Thal it would diminish the stock of
pianos In perilously unmusical quartet:s
is a consideration that should operate in
favor of the lax.
Thus it Is that the workings of the
French law will be watched with lively
interest and that the expected benefi-
cences will stimulate n spirit of emula-
tion in other countries. A piano is a
filming or a plague and a ferment ac-
cording to conditions. But whether it is
employed for genuine artistic ailvaico-
ment, for vain ostentation, or as a mentis
of ruffling the neighborhood its posses-
sion is worth 82 or more annually for the
gn atificallon of the varying emotions. To
France, ever forward in the cause of
art, we continue to look for practical
suggestions and example.
NEW SPRING HATS.
New straw model are as conspk'uous
for (heir ostrich plumes as oven the
winter hats. and some of the most effec-
tive exuntpies of headgear aro carried
ut in binek chip, black c'rin, ns it is
called, or horsehair, or flee black straw,
trimmal with ostrich tips. Thcy are
many times kept all binck, being trim-
med a ith black taffetas or rnolines and
with long, sweeping dead black plunics.
A pretty hat in black crinoline has
pale blue taffeta folded closely around
the low crown and a big how of black
taffeta under the brine at the hack. This
big bow, by the way, seeming In rest on
the hair, Is a feature of the spring ' els
and is the most popular form of cache
peigne. In This tial (here are four black
feathers set to one side, Iwo short and
two long, the long ones dropping to the
shoulder. A cluster of small pink macs
is set at the starting point of the pinnies.
Stew excellent effects are obtained
from shaded lealhers, and there, are
several schemes in which one long and
heavy ostrich feather runs straight back
over the centre of the crown of the lint
anti fells low on the hair at the back.
\\'bile and amber hats ar, prominent.
One is carried mit In deep gold Leghorn.
vette') with ince of a creamy white shade,
caught on with little bunches of small
rues shading from yellow to pink. The
one lig plume le while next to the stens
Ion shaded through pale yellow to the
golden color of the straw at the ends.
1 eghorns also nre seen trimmed with
ri1,14m and Ilowerr, and many of Them
have, with these necesseries, straw
dreptngp; around the brill. White chip
Is another revival and deal little old-
fa.hioned tn,sI.'ts of wtute chip trinined
pith flowers are shown. The brims are
incline) to droop rather than to curl up,
anti the !metillel mushrK'm slope is
much seen. There are also n kw chip
shapes in the old short back french
t nitor. One of these is trimmed only in
Iillle bunches of tiny roses around the
crown. No Iwo bunches were of the
Fame color. but they run all thrnlgh the
delicate pale lints. merging into each
ether. Under the bee- al tate Ink is n
largo mauve blue trio ,notching one of
the shades, and the lam sou • is covered
ptlh nwline of tlie•snme shade.
Many n ynulti mho would scorn In
wear see ,roti harm ck►thes is living on
•
hide tete. d•eve reputation.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND GOOD'EDWARD H. HARRIMAN
The Real Joy .of Living Found in
Purity of Heart
Above all that is to be guarded, guard
thy heart, for out of it are the issues
of life.-1'roverles iv., 23.
The scientist has no difficulty with this
text, for to him the heart seems 10 be
lir very n►airi<spring of kfk ltwl de-
licate machinery that pumps the blood
into tete_ arteries and sends it coursing
through the body. But the' text conies
h eighted with a strange philosophy
when taken in a spiritual sense. Or-
dinarily men guard the mind, the think-
ing proses.., to keep it free from error
and false judgment.
They forget that the heart ripens be-
fore the mind, That the child feels, loves,
before it thinks. Throughout life our
emotions are engaged before thought
has aroused itself. In fact, we think
what we feel. We are slaves of our
master—the heart.
Guard the heart of the young child
rand do not with coldness, indifference
'tr harshness crush nut of its early life
that Simple, natural sublime love for
the true,
THE BEAUTIFUL. AND GOOD.
Leave not that tender heart to the mer-
cies of a stranger—good nurse though
ahe be—but be yourself to it like a good
God, nourishing, strengthening, cheer-
ing its sweet and hungry soul. Binet
its heart to yours by (he tcytdtrls of love.
and when it is grown strong It will
spread out its foliage of affection over
you in your old ago.
The adult shall also guard his own
heart—in order to conserve the highest
life. The practical world is barren of
sentiment, and therefore It 1s warped
and dwarfed. '1'o lust after the great
things is 10 meet disappointment. But
to love a faded flower, an old picture.
a select poem, a leiter of bygone days
—to steal away from the maddening
crowd and feast one's eye.s upon a love
token. hallowed by sweet memories—
that is to broaden uid deepen the soul.
I.et the tears come; they ure as medi-
cine to tete heart—just as the rain' is
nourishment to the soil. Presently the
smile of contentment, like a ray of sun-
shine, will dL,pe1 the clouds and life
appear serene and happy and a great
peace will be distilled over you out of
heaven.
Nor is This nurt'ire of the heart al'o.
gell:er selfish. Sentiment and love must
find somclhing—
SOMEONE TO FLED ON.
The well kept heart exhales a sympathy
that goes mut to the forlorn and lonely
and needy and tills up their lives with
sunshine.
And, in a sense, the heart of man con-
ditions the destinies of the world. Pure
intellect never reformed mankind. fl
is mind run to heart; intellect melted
into feeling, and thus turned into con-
viction that has set men aflanne with
righteous Indignation 8i ainst wrong
and with a holy enthusiasm for the
truth and pure right. What armies could
not do, what violence and bloodshed
oeuld never accomplish, the preacher,
the prophet, the man "intoxicated with
God" has effected. His heart was in his
work . and it lives.
JOSEPH SILVEIRMAN.
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SOME DAINTY DISHES.
Bachelor's Pudding.—Take one egg, its
weight in chopped suet, flour, minced
apple, breadcrumbs, sugar, and cur-
rants. Stir In a little baking powder,
mix well, adding a little milk. Grease a
mould, till three parts full with this, and
boil fast for three hours. Flavor with
ground ginger and nutmeg if required.
Gingerbread Wafers.—Take one pound
of flour and into it work half a pound of
caster sugar with three quarters of an
ounce of ground ginger. Whisk up two
eggs to a stiff froth, amt mix into the
flour, etc.,- so as to form a stiff paste.
Roll out very lliln. cul with an ornamen-
tal cutter, and bake In a sharp oven for
five minutes.
To Use Up the Remains of n Tongue.—
!duke paste for toast and keep it In a
jar with a little butter poured over it.
First cut up all the lean, remove all the
gristle and stringy pieces, add enough
stock to make it into a poste, after
pounding in a mortar. Place in a stew -
pan, add a little lepton juice, pepper and
salt, spread this on hot buttered toast,
and send to table in a muffin dish.
Savory Bice.—Wash one ounce of rice
In cold water thoroughly, put it In a jar
with one pint of stock end one onion
sliced and fried in dripping. Add a sliced
tomato, pepper and salt. Put 11 cover on
the jar, and pince in the oven. When all
is hot, add halt an ounce of butter, anti
allow the rice to cook slowly for two
Incurs, or until thio liquor is almost ab-
sorbed. and the rico quite tender. Do not
stir the rice, but shake. occasionally.
Serve very hot with grated cheese or
slices ut hard-boiled egg.
Make Preserved Ginger thus : i'Inee
the quantity of root ginger you require
Into boiling water every night and morn-
ing for fifteen days. 'Then remove the
outside with a sharp knife. (toil the
ginger in water till quite tender, and cut
in lengths. Prepare a ,syrup of ono
pound of sugar to half a pint of water,
clarify it and put in the ginger. 11o11 till
till clear. Allow the preserve to become
quite cold before piecing in jars.
Bristol Cake.—Beal six ounces of but-
ter
utter to a cream, odd Three eggs, yolks and
whiff's beaten separately, eight ouncee
of brown sugar, and half a pint of milk.
sour if possible. In a separate basin
mix halt a pound of flour, ditto ground
rice, a teaspoonful of baking powder. one
pound of currants, and four minces of
enndiee1 peel. Add the dry ingredients
gradunlly to the others, and heat all well
together for a quarter of nn hour. Bake
hi a moderate oven for about an tour
and a half.
Colony Snusnge. -- Mix Iheroughly
these ingredient:: Half n pound of salt,
one ounce each of ellspiee, black pepper,
and saltpetre. all well p.eunded. Procure
about six pounds of pork, lean and fat,
nub the pickle into it tinily. On the sixth
day cut the meat small. told n little shal-
lot finely Rlireldel ; when mixed thor-
oughly pun Ilse meat, shallot, etc., into
err ox gut which loos been well z'oaked,
salted and scoured. Tie up the ends of
the
sausage, and hang it to dry as you
vented a ham. l'he skin should be 'it'd in
different places so at 10 make a link
about nine Inches long.
No Juice (mils Out.—This is how to fix
pies en the juice will not boil out : Put
pori of the sugar ii the bottom. sift in
a tablespoonful flour. (nix with the su-
gar, put In the berries. apples or what-
ever the pilling i+ and put in more sugar.
wet 1'►e edge of lower crust. pence top
crust on, peso down around edge. then
lake a strip of while cloth nm' inch wide.
wring it out of cold water and put
around edge of pie. part lapping over
lop and rest over the edge of tin, press-
ing it down welt.
ltread Crumb l:r.el,l!e Cakes. -- Pour
over stale breed erermbs enough milk or
water to cower and lel stand until soft,
*mem, with the haneis until as dry as
possible. Wilk n fork or the fingers
work up the crumbs into a light, flaky
noose, dise'arhng all lough crusts nml
other pores whirl have not becnme soli.
To ench cup of these wet crumbs mkt 1
Clip sour milk, 1 egg, 1 level teaspoon
soda, and sufficient flour to make a
rather thick baiter. Rake on a hot grid-
dle, allowing then( more time to cook
than outer cakes require. Excellent for
breakfast with butter and honey.
(HINTS FOR TiHE HOME.
For seasoning soups always use the
whole spices and pepper, putting them
in atter It has boiled up aryl been
skimrned,
To renovate black silk, sponge with
strong cold tea to which a little hart-
shorn or atutnenia huts lawn added, then
iron the wrong side with a moderately
hot iron.
When laking cake: the oven door
should be opened as little as possible
and not touched until the cakes have
been in the oven for len minutes. Never
take the cake out of the oven, or even
draw to the edge for testing purposes
until it has risen nicely and appears to
be nearly done.
Condensed milk will be useful for pud-
dings and cold shapes such as cLJocolate,
coffee or cocoanut. If tete sweetened milk
is used, do not odd much sugar to it till
the dish Ls nearly finished and it can be
tasted. When ono eves some distance
from the dairy this milk is invaluable
for dishes required in haste.
Garlic vinegar, so useful in cookery, Is
rondo ns follows : ('are and slice a dozen
cloves of garlic, put them in a preserv-
ing jar. with ono pint of vinegar, cover
mud put in a cool place for a fortnight,
then strain and bottle. A small tea-
spoonful of this added to n potato or let-
tuce salad gives it a delicious flavor of
garlic.
To Itemovo the Deposit from the Inside
of Tea -Kettles. — Fill the kettle with
water and add to it a drachm of sal-
animeniac. Let it boil for an hour, when
the fur, or petrified substance found on
the metal, will be dLssolv4d and can bo
cosily removed. Rinse the kettle out
well. then boil out once or twice before
using the contents.
Remedy for Damp \%ails.—Dissolve six
ounces of millet' snap in two quarts of
water. Carefully lay this composition
over the brick work with a large flat
brush. 11 must (tot lather nn the sur-
face. Leave for twenty-four twins M
dry. Mix n quarter of a termite of alum
with two gallons of water•, allow it
hknly-four hours to settle, then apply it
in the same manner over the soap mix-
ture. 1'hi4 process should be carried out
fa dry weather.
Renewing Oilcloth. -- When oilcloth
tins been laid down for a few months and
Ls beginning to kook shabby it can be re-
newed cagily, and It will last twice as
long If keeled thus : Melt a little ordi-
nary glue In a pint of water, letting it
stand on the stove bit it dissolves. \%ash
the oilcloth thoroughly and lel it dry.
Then at night. when the traffic of the day
is over. go over the whole thing care-
fully with a flannel dipped in the glue
water. (:hoose a dry day for It and by
the morning the glue will he hard and
will have put a fine gloss on the floor.
Afterwards it you like you can keep the
oilcloth clean by polishing with beeswax
and turpentine or a little p►araflpn.
faking line should never be allowed to
remain with n coaling of dripping which
has been left otter baking ,neat. Directly
the joint is dished and the gravy made,
the tins should be rinsed with hot water,
and then boiled out with hot water in
which a little soda is dissolved. When
free from grease, sand should be ap-
plied on a piece of wet coarse flannel,
then rinse the tins and dry thoroughly.
Directly tins gel badly discolored, boil
them in a large pot filled with soda-
ater to which some soap Ls added, then
scrub and scour as above.
An Iri'hmen looking for work look
his stnnd in a group at the gate of
large engineering establishment. By
and by the foremen carne up to the
gate and nskel:—"Are there any drillers
here?" "Yes." said Pal. stepping for-
e ard. Ile got the jou at once, but he
lead not leen working long al the ma-
chine when it !woke down. The fore-
men, in anything but a pleasant mo«i,
then Inqutret:—"Where, men, did you
learn drilling?" "In the Mllltta," was
Pal's reply.
Grey horses are said to live longest;
roan come next In length of lite.
111E 1111t,l\11•:sT Rell.WAV MAN IN
THE UNITED STATES.
What Cie Bid New Turk Trial Means
—Interesting history of
the Mau.
Just now a large part of the popula-
tion of This continent has es eyes fixed
cu New Rork, where the United Stales
Interstate Railway Commission is in-
vestigating the conduct of Mr. Edward
Henry Harriman, claimed to be the
brainiest railway man in the United
States. Mr. Harriman was born an
Feb. 25. 1818, and consequently. says
The Philadelphia Ledger, he celebrated
his fifty-ninth birthday by appearing be-
fore the Commission to explain how
and why he acquired control of a great
part of the railroad systems of the
United States. The Commission hopes
h learn enough from Mr. Harriman and
others who will be brought before it to
enable it to request the Attorney Gen -
ern' of the United States ter bring pro-
c.e.lings against Mr. Harriman and his
a'sociates under the Sherman anti-trust
law. In the event of suck proceedings
it will be held that Harriman et al, are
banded together in resti tint of trade,
and. to speak plainly, for the purpose
et squeezing all the money possible out
of the dear public, with no adequate
redress upon the part of the people.
The Government proceeded along the
lines it is now following in the case
of the 11i11 merger, which was dissolved
by decree of the United Slates Supremo
Court. The Commission investigated tho
t induct of the Northern Securities Gam -
piny. the holding concern of the Hill
roads, and this was followed by prose-
cutions on the part of the Attorney Gen-
eral against the merger of the North-
western roads. In case of the effort
against Mr. Harriman being successful
It is hoped for one thing to get the
great Southern Pacific system out of his
grasp, and to have it run again as a
competing road.
AN ENIGMA.
Edward I1. Harriman is an enigma
to friend and toe alike. Ile Is secre-
tive and never reveals his plans until
be is ready to strike the blow. Ile must
rule and be allowed to carry out. His
ideas. When (inion Pacific recently in-
creased its dividend no one of the direc-
tors knew what the rate was to be un -
ti• Harriman spoke. He did not even
confide to them. He talks but little
and Is busy at all livres devising new
schemes and looking for points to as-
sault. In addition to his railway lines
the Harriman syndicate has steamship
lines to China and Japan, on the Patine
coast, and also steamships on (he Atlan-
tic Ocean. Controlling Pacific. Mail, his
interests lir In Panama. Ile has re-
cently opened a connecting line with the
new Tehuantepec isthmian Hallway. His
ambition is the world and its trunspor-
tateen facilities.
FROM OCEAN TO OCLAN.
\What Is known as the Harriman group
of railroads extends from the Atlantic
lo the Pociflc Ocean in continuous ser-
vice, something that Is nn( equaled by
any other railroad combination in the
United States. Edward henry Harri-
man and his associates can start at Bal-
timore and go- direct, without change,
over lines that they control to San Fran-
cisco or other points on the Pacific
coast. They can ride over their own
lines from the Great Lokes to the Gulf
cf Mexico. Ily a traffic arrangement,
brought Mout by a stock interest, Mr.
Harrimnn's line Is further extended
from Philadelphia, where his Eastern
possessions'end, to Jersey (alp, This
is reached by the Reading and Jersey
Central lines. So, In incl, the Harri-
man system claims terminals on beech
the oceans bounding the great Ameri
can Continent. \%hat Is known as the
Ilarriman-Kuhn-Loeb aggregation con-
trols railroads for 27,310 nines, with a
capital stock nt $1,700,000,sse 11 is the
most Important of the groups Into
which the 211.000 miles of sterni railway
1" the United Slates are pnrceted out.
it apprnxincates in length the Gw114-
itnckefellet group, in which the \Vtbnsh,
the Lackawanna, the S1. Poul and the
Missouri and Texas Pneiflc systems are
included. It exceeds the Vanderbilt
lines by some 6.000 miles. and the Pen-
nsylvania group by 12.000. It is it more
powerful combination than the Ifill-
Morgan group since the dissolution of
the Northern Pacific merger. nr the
Moore -Rock island group, with Ifs 2:,,-
000 miles. The Ilarriman holdings are
5.000 mites in excess of the mileage of
Great Britain. J1r, Harriman has con-
trol of the Baltimore & Ohio. the inion
Pacific • and Southern Pacific systems.
the Illinois Central, the Chicago and
Alton and the Kansas City Southern.
sEc:Itrl' OF HIS PLANS,
The great dieseling forces in all these
deals, Mr. Harriman. is not a construe -
live railroad pian. Ile has merely tak-
en what was already in existence, de-
veloped it. given better service, treated
the people of the West fairer, It is said,
so far as facilities for transportation are
concerned than ever before. From the
immense !fade so developed, aided by a
great boom in business, Harriman has
sten the (stocks of itis companies in-
crease to marvelous figures. This is a
part of n scheme to divert trade from
liarriman's adversary, James J. Hill.
The latter has been forced to great ac-
t vity in Washington and Oregon to
save his trade, for Harriman is endeav-
oring to turner hill at every point.
THE MANNER OF '1'11E MAN.
"\\'hat manner of man is this who
1,as attracted the attention of the world?
Who is he who has drown the lightning
flout the White House on his head? For
whose story does the financial, railway,
and political world all Bland agape?"
He is the son of an Episcopalian rec-
tor, whose lot was indeed a hard one
until a relative who died made life's bur-
den easier by a small bequest. Born
in Hampstead. L. 1., 20 utiles from New
e ork city, and later a resident of Jersey
City, Mr. Ilarrincan's life has been spent
about the metropolis. He (started :n
lite with an object in view, and he has
nearly attained the pinacle that he as-
pired to. Ile is about 5 feet 3 inches In
height, and not of shriking appearance.
His gestures are few and devoid of
meaning; his voice reveals nothing by
tones. There is no dignity; there is no
"presence"; there is no outward showing
or inward quality. Hi, eyes attract
ycur notice, at limes; for he has a trick
of staring at you front beneath drawn
brows in a disconcerting, because puz-
zling, fashion. ho is enigmatic. Not
that he speaks in riddles, however. Ile
is, on the contrary', direct and sticks
close to has subject, but it Hirst be his
own subject; he pays little attention to
the one you may introduce. Ile is per-
sistency itself. So agree all who know
tcinr well.
GREATEST \VORli IN TEN YEARS
Edward 11. Harriman Ls a direct con-
tradiction of the Osler theory. Not un-
lit lie hod passed his forty-eighth year
did he flash upon the financial world
so as to dazzle it. And the great things
he Inas accomplished have all taken
place since 1897. The last ten years
have been lively in the life of Mr. Har-
riman. and It would seem as if there
are more years with exciting events be-
fore hint. The man is regarded as an
enigma even by his intimate friends.
Ile began his business career ns a clerk
in a broker's office, where he had an
opportunity to learn the ways of the
Stock Exchange. Many tales are told
cn Wall street of the way lie came to
be able to Huy a scat on the New Yoe!:
Stock Exchange. which he did 00 Au-
gust 13, 1870. Ono is to the effect that
he was plunging in tete market with
all he possessed during the celebrated
"corner in gold" engineered by Gould,
Fisk, I:imber and others of their kind,
azul that he look his profits on "Black
Friday" and invested the whole of those
profile in a seat on the' Exchange. Ile
married early in life, and married very
well. His wife was Miss Mary Aver -
ell, of Rochester, whose father was 3
capitalist and a successful railroad
man. This marriage considerably
strengthened the hands of Edward II.
1Iarrinian for the battle of life. It has
Tern in every way a very fortunate and
happy marriage. The story of the man
from that time on Is al►ne.,l purely
financial, and it is the great moves in
that life that the Commission Is now
enquiring into.
4 -
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERN \TILIN U. ',Feist IN,
el eIt1:11, 21.
Leis on NIl. Wo,`' of iii mikenrn'ss.
Golden Text : 110.. 1. 11.
Till: I I:"I t\ \\ c Ill) Sillies-.
Bused on the text of the Itevixs! Ver.
cion.
A Nalfon Rebuked. --The chapter from
which our lesson wens are taken is one
of the greatest of Old 1'eslntnent prophe-
cies. !saint' le addressing the nristocrncy
and Istlilirel II utters t,f Jerusalem, and
refers in the 111st part of hie addre.s to
the continuo of affairs at Sauteria, the
capital of the kindresl nolken of Israel.
The basal sin of Israel w as its aposla-y
from Jehovnil to the worship of Baal mid
:\stnrte. Haughty pride and moral de-
•
gradation. daregant of the poor. and
general self-indulgence noel mete!(;•eh.ute
accompanied this upesta,y, arts( the,
downfall and utter ruin of the kingdom!
was inevitable. The repeated warnings
of le•hovalis prophets (tad leen disr.'-
garlecl and the kmg and merciful delay%
of threatened judgmcenLs trail only nerved!
le harden the potpie in their indifference
and wickedness. But the day of r'ckon-
ing was at hand, and to ' Lsuiatt the
greatest of Hebrew pny,hels it was given
t7 announce beforehalue the awful (Nese-
Irophe. But Judah east) was corrupt, rued'
drunkenness was a prevailing vim in
Jerusalem as well as in Samaria, espe-
cially among the ,...blas. Hence after
portraying its graphic tertius the impend-
ing doom of the northern kingdom. the
prophet turas abruptly upon his audi-
tors and changing from the third to the
second pere,n in his speech. drivels home
his mtcsago of warning( to the seethes of
his own city, Jeru.$aleyn.
Verse 7. And even these—The ,ren et
Jerusalem. numong w'Itont the priest and
the prophet a e e.sl dully referred to l,e-
causo of their being the spiritual leaders
of the people. it waw they who oppose,(
Isaiah in the name of Jehovah, and
claimed to have the authority of divine
revelation back of them in this opposi-
tion and in the support of the politicians.
Reel with strong drink --Judah on tho
whole still contrasted favorably with
Israel, but even here the besetting sin
had for a long limo Leen drunkenness.
Swallowe 1 up of wine—Perhaps better.
"oonfused wills wine." or' "wholly ab-
sorbed in their caroeasirogs." rhe ,mean-
ing in the original is not deer.
Err In vision—Deceive themselves with
regard to supposed divine revelations
which they claimed to have received.
8. Full of vomit and filthiness—Liter-
ally so, these words of the prophet re-
flecting vividly the awful stale of things
existing in aristocratic social circles of
the capital city. We are reminded as we
read of the similar state of affairs in the
Roman capital shortly before tho down-
fall of the empire many centuries later.
9. Whom well he teach knowledge?—
Tho prophet is here quoting the mocking
retort of nobles and priests w horn he hos
thus severely rebuked, roll wino appar-
ently interrupt him with the., scoffing
replies. The quotation continues through
the next versa
10. Precept upon I Twe; et ; line upon
lino—'Clio Hebrew of tide verse gives a.
series of repeated uionusyllable.e, the
exact sense of which is not entirely cer-
tain. 'They are intended to imitate the
mocking stammering words of drunken
,nen as these mock tie! wearisome
repetition of the prophet's %veining
speech. Th n-seirring of the whole re-
tort Is : "Who um we that we should be
lectured by this- roan? :\.o we newly -
born infnnls? Is it necessary to rept-at.
over and over again to us this message
as one would leach a child?"
II. Nay, but by men of strange lips
and with another tongue --Or, dor with
stammering lips, etc. The quotation has
ended and the prophet replies to the
mocking interruption of Ills hearers by
pointing out that his unwelcome and oft -
repeated message wilt lee followed by a
severer word spoken by Jehovah him-
self to this people in a still more un-
couth language. namely. the her -di and
barbarous accents tit the Assyrian si
waders.
12. This, the course of action etre-
toted previously by the prophet, is the
rest, the only means of averting the
impending disasters; ana this alone is
the one possible Means of bringing re-
freshing to the exhausted nation anal
city,
13. Therefore—Because the warning of
the prophet has been disregarded the
punishment and destruction foretold will
surely come upon the city.
Fall backward—Retreat. from their
haughty positieen and be trent down.
Broken, and snn,'d, and When—Defeat
at
rind capture and utter de•elaliem will len
the inevitable outcome of the 011111ict
%%tech their apostasy from Jehovah will
'n the end bring titan then,.
—+fie —
11E R N.\hIE.
'fess—There goes Ursula Hope with
Jack Tinned.
Jess—Yes; she's setting; her cap at
Tess—"Do you really think she cares
for him?"
Jess—Yes. indeed! Yon lo! !. I Rill
ran!' Is Ursula May Hope. \e ell, alio
gens all her letters to hila 11,w, "U.
►y !lope."
hooter (to parvemij—"hove you really
done everything you could to flees! the
child sleep? It can often be 51 -re by
singing a lullaby." Parvenu-- "Ale I'll
engage an opera -singer inumeetre'e•iy.'
A train whistle has been !earl in a
balloon four miles above the earth.
Great Britain (onsuue•• %e•arly 1Loa)
ten: of wood in the shale. ,,1 matches.
ARMOIU.D AITO11On11.I: 1 SED RV THE KelnEll't 1ft71LLI:RV.
A war automnbie bunt for the German trn,y L. dr.oen by a four ! y:te ler !ng ne 1 50 to &l hers-eve/or, ..y�
motive power s'rppUed by t.enzine, and the lgn:h. n LetrgQ eir-tric. The car U covered with nickel steel platin`` ovff
an inch la thleknetss, end le equipped w;th a small41111(k-firing fl•'11 gun of tan snd -ne hart in hes calibre. As VIM
be seen by we sketch, this little Mahon fs mounted on A high peetes!al fixed at 'he b chem .,f the ear, and Aral
over the head of Ibe obaifleur, W 0 sits 1n the u1UAl place and Wears the car through a couple of loophole provide.
for We purpose.