The Brussels Post, 1906-3-8, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS
Two directly oposlto agencies are at
worts upon the English speech, one ex-
erted upon its Iorm, one upon its sub -
silence. The first Is the movement to
secure a eyele» of spelling Which shall
more adequately represtont the sound of
words, the second is a tendency to adapt
the sound of the word to the spelling
and to reduce !climatic expressions to
the dead level of logic
The spelling reform movement re,
spends to an alrnost universal feeling
that the spelling of English is needlessly
cumbersome, that it mattes Lhe way , 1
the child and the forrlgner tqp hard, end
that it causes a waste of time. Yet the
feeling is held back from any great en
fectiveness by the coexistent converse -
!.ism of the educated nand. The power
of youthful memories Is such that the
sight of a word spelled differently from
the way ono has been accustomed to
from childhood Is a distinct shock, The
movement is extensive, but not strong.
indeed it seems now to be on the de-
cline, practically, however many theo-
retical adherents if. may have gained.
The British reading public have not
Laken kindly to it, and the butter Amrrl-
can publishing houses have dropped
ninny of the reformed spellings which
have for years distinguished American
usage. There is a stronger realization
of the unity of the rending world.
On the other hand, the pronunciation
of English words in America is drift-
ing farther from the traditional stand-
ard. The large number of immigrants
from Europeen countries is partly re-
sponsible for this, but the ultimate re-
sponsibihly rests upon the schools. If
a large number of teachers come from
homes where Engllalr correoUy spoken
is not the home language, and if their
vocabulary has been gained largely from
reading, without any consciousness of
the pitfalls that lurk for them when they
bansrnute the visible sign into the au.
t ible word, it is also true that the in-
heritors of English speech too often dis-
trust the authority of their own know-
ledge, when challenged. Tennyson
speaks of this strange abdication of
memory at the moment, when it should
assert its sovereignty:
As when we dwell upon a word we
know,
Repeating, till the word we know so
well
Becomes a wonder, and we know not
why—
So the child that has always pronounc-
ed
ronounceed "forehead" correctly till she learns
to spell, in awe of the spelling painfully
accustoms herself to say "for head." The
tyranny of print makes the child se-
verely formal with such words as"boat-
swain" and "forecastle." .There is an
awkward hiatus in such a combination
as "not at all," as the slaves of formal-
ism pronounce it, none in Cho nature)
utterance of the words. The same mis-
taken zeal corrupts, instead of hnprov.
Ing, many phrases. The descendant of
English speaking people says uncon-
sciously "Hadn't you better?" until un -
w holesome brooding over the phrase,
aided by suggestions from a half bred
teacher, substitutes the nrUflbial "Would
you not better?"
Too many students ot the language
go on the principle that whatever is
wrong. Too many of them teach others
so The language loses is spontaneous
grace and becomes a lifeless thing. Un -
1o, speling becomes rphonetic, .and that
day seems far off, spelling must' not rule
pronunciation. The phrases which na-
turally rise to the lips of those of Eng-
lish blood are not to be too. rigidly con•
honed by those ignorant of the origin
and history of the spoken language.
Etymology has no standing in court
against usage. if English le not to be
as dead as Julius Ccesar and hie Latin
speech, it must remain a mother tongue,
the language of mother and oblid, not
a thing of ink and paper only.
NO TICKET.
"I shall have to ask you for a ticket
for that boy, ma'am," insisted a con-
ductor, specking to a quiet.looktng wo-
man seated beside a boy on a train.
"I guess not," she replied with decis-
ion,
"He's too old to travel tree, 1•Ie occu-
pies a whole seat, and the car's orowd-
ed. There are people standing."
"I've never paid for him yet," the wo-
man .,retorted.
"You've got to begin it some time,"
persisted the conductor.
"Not this trip, anyway,'
"You'll pay for that boy, ma'am, or
111 stop the train and put him oft."
"Ml right, pa him oft if you think
that's the way to get anything out of
me,"
"You ought to know what the rtries of
this road are, ma'am. How old 1s that
troy?"
"1 don't ]mow. f neve' saw him be-
fore,"
Second (to duellist, who, on confront,
in
onl ront-
in his sdvorsary, hos suddenly grown
pale, and is only just prevented from
faking) ---"Take courage, man, I knew
,your opponent is going to fire in the
air." Uuelilal,—'that's just what makes
me afraid, tie's such a notnrinusly bad
shot.
'Thr, proprietor of an hotel, hearing of
thtr whcrenhotrts of a guest who had de.
enrnped from WS ealahlishment without
going tlrrobgh the formality of paying
his bill, sent hint It 0010, Mr. ----.,
bear She—Will you send amount of, your
bill and oblige?'" To which the: dalin-
nment replied—"The moue), is NO
'gem's respeaifully,"
THE FATHER'S CARE
Like All Things Deep and Sublime His
Love Passes Comprehensisn.
Like as a father pillelh his children
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
—Psalm eiii., 1'1.
Formal creeds have Mlle to say of the
Lelief in the overruling care of the All
l-'atter•. Perhaps the belief is so nearly
enlversal as to be without the range of
ciabate so dear to creed makers. Yet nt
all lines, In all lands, recur, wheleher
the savage, the oriental mystic, or the
cool headed Christian, in various ways
and with different phloem, has recog-
nized the hand that, trust behind the
scenes, touched his afiahx and often
seemed to order his life. Wheteher it he
lite hand of force or of friend, the fact
has been felt.
True, the laziest man is apt to have
the readiest sense In the intention of
Providence to cure for hlm, to send him
bread well buttered; the foolish and
thoughllees depend on heaven to do
their thinking, and many court bank-
ruptcy while praying for solvency. But
UM improvidence of ren does not dis-
prove the providence of God. So far
from encouraging sloth and recitlessness
this truth provokes to progress by the
assurance of the corporation of Infinite
powers with
01111 BEST ENDEAVORS,
1t Is a thought we cannot escape; the
ail wise must be the all loving. The
spirit at the centre of all must embrace
al; wilh(n the circle of his love; and that
love will not lie quiescent, helpless
when its objects are in distress, in per-
plexity, or need, when it might succor,
save, or suggest the way of success. if
there is a heart of love there is a hand
cf help.
YeL It seems too great a thought. What
are we but dust on the wheels on the
universe. Often do our fainting hearer
question whether there be any, oulsine
our own little circle, who caro whether
we suffer, whether we succeed. Can It
be that the petty affairs of a lite that
passes like the hoar frost before the
morning sun can even interest, still less
call forth the aid, of the one in whom
we at live and move and have our be-
ing?
Despite all questionings men will ever
go on praying to that one; they will
turn to an ear that hears, they will seep
a heart that [eels, and 1o01s for hands
reached out in hours of necessity. Ex-
perience indorses their faith. Nearly
of Don look back and see where des-
tiny hes seemed to breathe upon them;
their old plana wilted, and new ones,
new ways sprung up, hearing other and
Wirer flower's than they bad ever dream-
ed, a mighty, mysterloua power had In-
tervened,
Wise" does It ail nunn? That we are
tut puppets In these strange unseen,
hands; that we can neither will nm'
ware for ourselves? No; 11 but means
what poets sang long ago when,
seeking after that which far transcends
all thought and all imagery, they cried.
"Surely thou art our father: That
which was best in them, the holy fire
of fatherhood became a mirror In which
THEY SMV THE INFINITE
From the source of all life humanity
has learned the great lessons of family
care and provision. Ml that is good in
our families is true of this great family
of all mankind. The great purpose of
this family, as of all families, is the de-
velopment of the highest, fullest life in
iIr members. Fatherhood regards the
provision of food, clothing and shelter
but as incidental to the great purposes
of training the children
This is the purpose of the father '1
Us all, to develop the best in us. When
our weak hearts cry for ease, for rest,
for pleasures, he sends the task, the sor-
row, the loss. When we think all life's
lessons well learned be sends us up ,to
higher grades with harder tasks. Yet
ever over all is the pitying, compasslon-
ete yearning of a father's heart that
never forgets the weakness of the child.
-Wisely the father's love seems to hide
its working. All the child can do is to
bend every effort to do his best, to work
cut the father's plan ao far as he knows
it, to know, through all, that God is
good. Then, when the ahlld grows to
the man, the man toward the divine,
the things that seemed strange are made
plain in the light of the father's face.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
MARCH 11.
Lesson X. The 'Tongue and the Temper.
Golden Text, Psa. 141.:1.
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revised Version
Is used as a basis for these Word
Studies.
"I say unto you."—Perhaps the most
pronounced characteristic of the teach-
ing of Jesus was the authority with
which he spoke. His was no borrowed
philosophy of life, his no conception of
the kingdom of heaven to which he had
fallen heir as a member of his own gen-
eration and nation, this no wisdom gained
from books or human teachers. His
teaching was his own, and his knowledge
of teen and of God Ile obtained first-
hand; the former, largely nt ]oust, from
sympathetic contact with and keen ob-
servation of men; the latter, from the
hidden wellspring of divinity In his na-
ture. in contrasting tiro fundamental
principles of his teaching with the Old
Testament law and tradition, as he does
in verses 21-48 of this chapter, and es-
pecially in asserting the superiority and
higher authority of tete principles which
he enunciated, Jesus placed himself on
record as one 'who believed in the pro-
gressive character of revelation. The
old law anti the ancient tradition had to
be superseded L,y these higher standerds
of life and action set by himself and ex-
ompli9ed in his own life. Witch now
we consider what is implied in this as-
sumption by Jesus of authority superior
not only to that o1 alt other teachers of.
the Jewish nation in his day, but el
authority superior to that of the Old
Testament ,aw itself, we are confronted
by on alternative from which we cannot
escape. Either Jesus was all that he
claimed to be, divine Son of God, and
only Revoaler of the Father, .or he was
self -deceived and a deceiver of others,
13u1 the ethical purity of Isis lite and the
unparalleled quality of his teaching, to-
gether with the hlstm'ical fact of .the
great Christian Church, representing the
rich fruitage of that life and that teach-
ing, make it impossible for any candid
and thoughtful person to accept the
hitter of the two alternatives.
Verse 9 Ye have heard that it was
e 3,
said=Thr great bulk of religious teach-
ing among the Jaws consisted of oral
traditions and rabbinical interpretations,
Mustering about the written Old Testa-
ment law. The meaning of the written
law 'on the points to which Jesus was
about to refer had been distorted by the
amplification and misapplication to
witch it was subjected at the hands of
this oral tradition.
Them of old time—The Old Testament
parietals.
Forswear ---Swear falsely, commit per.
Jury. Special reference to the third corn
mandment may have been intended
(comp. also Lev, 19. 12; Num, 30, 2;
neut. 23. 21),
34; Swear not at all --The Oriental even
of Lo -day makes constant use of oaths.
In
the following verses are mentioned
some of tine tliings by Which the Jews
were In the habit of swearing. Even to-
day the natives of Palestine and adjoin-
ing countries aro given to the use of
similar oaths, none of which except the
oath in which the name of God himself.
is used, being consldored binding, Tito
prohibition intended must be understood
as applying to those frequent rash and
Careless oaths in daily coneersatlon not
Marts the &Ilona oaths tnlron in urts of
jusllec and'.vhith in those days were re-
quired as they aro in our awn time,
Verso 31 presents the of
side of
our' Lord's toachlrlg of Which We hard
have the tlegattvet side,
Neither by the heaven—One of the
rabbinical sayings was, "As heaven and
earth shall pass away, so passeth away
the oath taken by them." Jesus intended
to point out both that a false oath by
whatever thing taken is wrong because
false, and that tete false oath taken by
heaven, by the earth, or by Jerusalem
is, because of the necessarily intimate
thought association between these and
God, ie profaning of God's name.
36. By the head—One of the most
0003111011 fortes of the oath.
37. Yea, yea; Nay, nay—A straight-
forward yes or no is stifficfent. These
in God's sight are just as sacred ani
binding as any form of oath can be. The
mere repetition of the word is a'sull-
cient emphasis of the promise or refusal
involved to indicate that it has not been
spoken carelessly.
The evil one—Satan, the father of Iles.
38. An eye for an eye—The law in
Exod. 2J. 22-25 exacts "life for life, eye
for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot, burning for burning,
wound for wound, stripe for stripe,"
from the person inflicting an injury or
death upon his fellow. The principle of
equivalent retribution was recognized by
the laws of all ancient peoples, The
scribes, however, falsely interpreted the
law when they made it an excuse for
the gratification of personal vengeance,
and deduced from Ute law that it was
morally right for Individuals thus to
execute revenge.
39. Resist not hien that is evil -There
is a great difference between the resis-
tance which Jesus here prohibits, which
is a resistance against the evil wrongly
brought upon the innocent—as, for in-
stance, the suffering and death of Christ,
which he resisted not—and meets sub-
mission to all forms of personal Jndlg.
pity heaped upon one by the vulgar ane
the wicked, as is indicated by our Lord's
personal example in resenting the action
of, the .ollicer who in the, presence of the
high priest struck him while 'on trial
(comp. John 18. 22, 23).
41. Compel thee to go ono mile—The
verb hit this sentenoe is of Persian ori-
gin, and signifies literally "to press into
service, as a courier" for the royal post,
and in its more general usage also "to
force to be a guide." Thus a man tra-
velling past a post -station was liable to
be seized by the officers of the station
and pressed into service of the king or
emperor and forced to carry a letter or
accompany another person back to the
next station along the road over which
he had coma In his journey, or in some
other direction, and this to the delay ani
detrlsnent of this own errand and busi-
ness. This custom was one of the exec: -
lions suffered by the Jews under the
Romans, by whom it had been borowed
from the Persians. Jesus exhorts to it
cheerful submission to the taw of the
land, and a general wilirsgness to serve
even beyond the legal requirement.
43. Neighbor—This is one of the many
words to which Christianity and the
New Testament have given a broader
and a higher meaning. In !lie parable
of the good Samaritan (Luke 10. 20.37)
Jesus makes plain this broader meaning
of the word as used by himseif.
45. Sons of your Fatter -Sons 'n
troth, having his spirit ,end akin to hire
in ehe'ecte'.
46. Puhlteans—That is, lax collectors,
though not in the sense in which that
word is used in our country and in our
day. It was customary for the contra!
government of a large umpire in olden
times to sell the revenues of the different
individual provinces composing Ifo em-
pire to the highest bidder, who then ap-
pointed his own officers to collect (rein
the people as 201105 as possible, The
publicans mentioned in the New Testa -
Mani are the lows' or subordinate class
of taxgatherers to Whom the higher
officers or contractors sublet the oollec-
ten Of taxes. These men as well as
their sunerfors aimed to become Wealthy
by exacting more than the nmounL wlitoji
they had paid for the privilege,, .and time
the system resulted in great Crtretly.end
oppression of the common people, es-
pecially e1 the smaller property owners.
A dew who consented to become a tax
officer of this kind and to .extort taxer
from his fellow countrymen to bo paid
to the hated Roman authorities was
above all mon despised by his fellow
Jews.
48. Ye therefore shall bo perfect --No-
thing less, no national or other stan.
lard short of God's own standard of
right and of love, shall satisfy you,
As your heavenly Father is perfect --
Not, however, in absolute knowledge and
power, nor yet In absolute ethical per-
fection, in sinlessness: but in purpose
and aspirations rather, having the ideaof Gods own goodness ever before you
as the ultimate goal of that purpose amt
of those aspirations,
LOOK AT YOUR FINGERS
ARE THEY TAE LUCKY OR THE VN -
LUCKY KIND.
Long Fingered People Love Details,
Short Fingered People
Don't.
Even the lines and the mounts of the
hand makes the science of palmistry
too complicated for you, still you can
tell from the shape of the fingers some-
thing about your subject. I'he digits
alone are considered by many a very
good indication of character.
Long fingers indicate love of details,
exactness in 'all small matters; worries
ever little, unirnpo•tatnt things. They
are, in a bad hand, a sign of deceit-
fulness and cowardice.
Short fingers, on the contrary, mean
neglectabits. of detalls, tendency to talce
hthings for granted and not to examine
them closely enough; belong often to
people rather bohemian in dress and
Thick and puffy at the base are the
characteristics of lingers that belong to
selfish per, ons, over'fond of the good
things of hie, great eaters, drinkers,
Fingers narrow at the base, unselfish-
ness and also close amnion to Meanli-
ness, daintiness of food, etc.
Curved inward, excess of prudence,
even to poltroonery; often stubornness
and sometimes avarice.
Easily curved backward, good, plea-
sant company, but gossiply and inquist-
tive to excess; often extravagant In
money matters.
Twisted and malformed fingers, natur-
al cruelty, even to murder.
Smoolb and transparent fingers, lack
of discretion and love of useless talk-
ing,
Fingers too close to each other, avari-
cious disposition.
A short first finger means love of
activity, and a very long one a tent,
dency to tyrannize over others,
1( the second finger is long and flat,
melancholy in indicated, or if long and
square, sternness.
When the third finger is as long as
the second, the gambling instinct will
be found highly developed.
A long little finger means love of
mental improvement and versatility, and
a short one quick perception.
The rarest and finest of -alt is the hand
with pointed fingers; they are almost
always the natural complement of a
thin, delicate flexible palm, of a finely
shaped thumb, and the (mots on the fin-
gers are hardly, if at all, noticeable.
This is the hand of the poet, the artist,
composer ar philosopher.
Square fingered persons are perse-
vering, foreseeing, orderly and regular.
The spatulate -fingered person is ac-
tive, energetic, quick and in constant
movement.
The thumb Is of great importance in
character reading. The possesor of a
large thumb is self-reliant, often &s—
pate, is ruled by the head, not the
heart. The possessor of it small thumb
is the opposite, one of ideas but not of
action,
A thumb that bends back easily de-
notes extravagance and tulaptabllity,
A stiff, straight thumb is a sign of
stubbornness, caution, secretiveness, a
wealth of common sense, but little feel-
ing.
The first, or nail, phalanx of the
thumb represents will power, self-roll-
ance. Too long,despotism; short, en-
ergy of a passive kind; very short, weak-
ness of will; long and broad, ungovern-
able temper, furious impulses.
The second phalanx represents logic,
reasoning power, judgement. Full and
clumsy, low grade of brains; wasp -like,
with centre slightly concave, a brilliant
intellect, quick, sharp and deep,
With a long second phalanx and a
short first you have the talkers and
arguers. With the opposite conditions
you have those who act without proper
reflection, and often run reckless risks.
Weals -minded and weak-wtiled per-
sons carry the thumb inside the fingers.
DROWNiD HiS (BROTHERS.
Crime to Save Reputation of a Family—
Feared Insanity,
A young man named La Margueresse
has been arrested at Lorient, France,
for drowning ,hes younger brothers,
Joseph and Francois, The bodies were
found in the river recently, and it wits
generally supposed they bad fallen in
while playing on the bank, At the fun-
eral the behavior of the eldest brother
was so extraordinary that the suspicions
of the parents were aroused, and they
questioned him closely.
He admitted throwing the boys into
the river, and said he did s0 because-
leruricols was on Idiot. He was Meatd,
he added, that Joseph might grow up an
imbecile also, and Ihnt a atigrne would
always be allnched to the family,
Francois sante immediately, but Joseph
avant ashore, Ills )pother pushed him
hack and hold him under water until he
was dead. When the news of the con -
fasten spread the pollen had great dilTt-
culty in saving La Mnguerosse from nn
angry crowd, who wanted to Iynels hint,
INS)DE lNF011tt l'1'ION.
"Did that clairvoyant tell you any-
thing iruo about yourself?
"She Certainly tail. Ilefu„ lel been
there ten minute she tela 1110 some-
body was trying 10 get ,nit- money,"
"Wes three
,Yes. Sire was.
[4.iI+hleiel4 4'44' i lNl•t'"i0tl elleiht
T1�4 Home
COOKING RECIPES.
Doughnuts.—Take one quart of flour
and duce leaspoonfule of baking pow-
der and sift together; piece of better alta
of an egg, one cup of sugar, one pint of
milk, a Mlle nutmeg, one dessertspoon-
ful of cornstarch, mix in the milk. Rub
the huller In the tour and powder, put
in other ingredients, mix to a soft dough,
add more flour II needed, roll one-half
inch thick, fry in hot lard to a delicate
brown.
Spice Cake.—One cup of sugar, one-
half cup of butter, one -hall cup (.1
molasses, and one scant teaspoonful each
of cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and a •.,„e
nutmeg; beat well together, !ben add
one cup of sour milk, with one teaspoon-
ful of soda stirred in until It, is quite
foamy. Flour enough to make it quite
stiff, and one cup of raisins, !loured.
Bake slowly unci ice when cold.
Raisin Cake.—One cupful each of su-
gar, sour milk, and chopped and seeded
raisins; two of flour, one-half cupful r f
butter, one teaspoonful 01 cinnamon,
one-quarter of cloves, one-half grated
nutmeg. iiub butter and sugar until
creamy, then add other tangs. Bake in
a moderate oven.
Scotch Woodcock. — Six hard-boiled
eggs coarsely chopped, two tablespoon-
fuls of butter, one tablespoonful of flour,
one tablespoonful of anchovy paste, half
pint of milk, pinch of cayenne. Cook
butter and flour together until they
bubble, add milk and stir until smooth.
Put in the anchovy paste and cayenne
and one minuto later the eggs. Simmer
three minutes and serve on toast.
Hominy Grits.—Soak all night; cover
with boiling water, slightly salted, in
the morning, and cook for en hour. A
delicious preparation of hominy effected
by cooking it In plenty of salted water
and supplying its place with cold milk.
Bring to a boil and serve.
Drawn Butter Toast,—Prepare a thin
drawn butter sauce by blending a heap-
ing teaspoonful of butte' with une of
flour, cooking till smooth, adding then
a pint of hot water, carefully stirring
and keeping the sauce smooth. Salt to
taste, dip in it slices of carefully toasted
bread and servo very hot. IL may be ac-
companied with a berry jam or spiced
cherries.
New Chicken Pie.—Butter a threes
quart pudding pan; in It place the sheat
from it cooked, seasoned chicken cut -n
pieces of suitable size; add a layer of
potato balls steamed till tender, then the
whites of six hard-boiled eggs cut in
rings, the yolks cut in halves, and the
mushrooms from one can. Season each
layer lightly with salt and pepper. Make.
a sauce from one cupful of strong
cihicken stock, one pint of milk, and the
liquor from the mushrooms, thickened
with three tablespoonfuls of flour cooked
with three tablespoonfuls of oil from
the chicken stock. Cook well, season,
then pour over the contents of the pan
and place in the oven to heat. Make
rich baking powder biscuits, cutting
them small; bake and cover the pie with
them when it is thoroughly hot and send
to the table. For Sunday dinner the brie
may be prepared, the sauce and biscuit
made on Saturday and reheated and
put together before dinner.
Quick Nut Bread. --Sift together four
cups of flour, four teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, one teaspoonful of salt, one
cup of sugar and odd one cupful of
chopped hickory nut meats, not very
tine; stir, then add one cup of milk and
one well -beaten egg. Pour Into two but-
tered bread Uns and let stand twenty
minutes; then bake half an hour. This
is a delicious bread and very easily
made.
Apple Sauce Cake,—Ono and one -hal(
cups of apple wee (stew as for table
use, mash fine), one-half cup of butter,
one cup of sugar, two cups of flour, one
teaspoonful of soda, one cup of raisins.
Spice to suit; bake one (hour.
HINTS FOR HOME LIFE.
Borax and water will brighten otoloth.
Beeswax and salt will make rusty flat-
irons clean and Smooth.
Rubber shoes, when wet, should he
stuffed with newspapers and left several
hours to absorb all dampness.
'1'o clean nmdstains from black dress
goods rub with a slice of raw potato.
Use lemon juice and salt to remove
iron rust, ink, and mildew on white
goods.
A good cleaner for gold or silver jaw
ellery is a teaspoonful of ammonia in a
cupful of water.
Before boiling milk rinse out the pan
with cold water; this will prevent ft
burning so quickly.
By adding a few drops of vinegar to
the water when poaching eggs they will
set more quickly and perfectly.
A few drops of oft of lavender pourel
into a glpss of very hot water is very
refreshing, and will quickly purify the
air of a sick -roots.
A pinch of salt added to the whites of
eggs when beating will mace them
froth quicker, and the froth will re
stiffer.
Preserves may be prevented getting
mouldy by putting a few drops of glen
cerise round the edges of the jar before
covering. a
When not in use, blankets should be
neatly folded and pieced between sheets
of soft, paper, With aampller to leap out
the moths. Air the blankets frequently.
Roots and Simms, however damp, wilt
polish In it few moments if a drop or
two of parnIn oil be added to the
blacking, 1t also prevents the leather
cracking.
When flannel irritates the skin, the
nonloasant. feeling m0y be quite allayed,
after a lithe white, if friction with ,
towel be implied 10 the skin directly the
flannels n.re removed at night.
Mashed menthes left over from a men)
shnulct be 0t once parked into a small
howl. When wanted trey should be cal
in Mess, brushed over With egg, and
dipped to bread crumbs, and fried in
deep fat.
new people realize the usefulness el
easter ojt lis efficacy internally is well
known, but It most also bo used extol,•
nab, with (Neat success. Rubbed on
hate, eyebenws, 01 eyelashes, it increases
their growih,
Air your beds every morning by throw-
ing the clothes right down at the toot.
And do not tuck In the clothes when
making the bed' this can be easily done
at bed time, to seep them from slipping
011, and for warmth.
A very useful cleaning fluld, which
will remove grease from the finest k-
luges without injuring them, eat be made
in the following way:—Take une quart
of rainwater, two ounces ammonia, one
teaspoonful of saltpetre, and one ounce
of ilnely shaved CasUtc soap.
Pillow covers of thin, common calico
should be made to fit the pillows of
every' bed In a well -arranged household.
Use these over the licking end under the
pillow slips. They should be washed
every three ar four months when the
pillows are in daily use. Wide strips of
calico sewn over the edge of mattresses
Oro an economy which must commend
itself to all careful housekeepers.
When dusting always have a slightly
moist duster as well as a dry one. This
Is especially necessary with Polished
floors, or the dust is only circulated 'n
the room and never removed entirely
from it, First wipe over with a damp
cloth, to which the dust will stick, and
then rub at once with a clean dry duster.
For oak or dark furniture it is a good
plan to have a bowl of tea in which to
wring out the wet cloth,
HOME A DUTIES.
Co-operation is coming to be the uni-
versal watchword. Have you ever tried
it in the home? What is good in larger
business enterprises should certainly
prove of vote& in the most Important
one of all, the making of the homes
which form the keystone of the nation.
There are aountless little ways in which
the busy house -mother can simplify her
worts, and at the same time make the
entire family feel that they have a share
in the brightening of each day and the
lessening of Its duties. This is especial-
ly needful if she is not only the home-
maker, but has outside responsibilities,
such as the care of a large flock of
chickens.
Perhaps the secret of the ease with
which this can be accomplished lies in
the old saying which you have probably
heard from your mother or grandmother
many times, "Make your head save your
heels, child.” Get the boys and girls
interested in keeping things up as they
go along. Teach them that a moment
of care when they unwrap a package, s,a
folding the paper and laying it in lees
proper place, and winding the string on
the ball wltl save many minutes of val-
uable time for some one later In the busy
day. A book put back on its proper
shelf, soiled clothes put In a bug in the
;1oset instead of thrown upon the floor,
hats and coats hung on their Individual
nails, a basket 01 kindling brought ut
when some ono has an Brand near the
wood pile, all of these seem too little co
matter when done by different members
of the family, but they evil) aggregate
an hour or more of hard work for the
mother, if they are all left for her to do.
Whose fault is it if the boys and girls
are careless? Surely not theirs if they
have never been taught. Would not this
beginning of the new year be a good
time to inaugurate a change, and sot up
a co-operative household?
A KINDLY DEED.
Sir Henry Irving and the Old Limelight
Artist,
"Poetical Tributes," a volume pub-
lished In memory of the late Si' Henry
Irving, contains the following story il-
lustrative of the famous actor's gener-
osity.
There was at the Lyceum an old fel-
low who for twenty years had been lime-
light man. One evening, at rehearsal.
he happened to drop one of his slides,
which tell at Sir Henry's feet, narrowly
missing his head, as he stood at the
wings. Sir Henry heard the crash 01 the
falling glass, but could not see from
where it came, and soon forgot all about.
it.
The stage -manager, however, highly
indignant, dismissed the culprit forth-
with. The poor old limelight .man re-
mained out of employment for about
three weeks, and then Sir Henry called
the stage -manager to him and said:—
"Mr. Loveday, where is that old man
with the white beard who used 10 work
that lime?"
The story was told him. He shook his
Head and said:—
"Oh, accidents will happen, Lovedayl
I want him back. I like my old people
round me. Please send for him." And,
turning to his personal attendant., he
added, "Waller, bring the man to me."
The poor old fellow was found and,
quaking with fear, was introduced into
Irving's presence. He blurted out:—
"I could not help it, sir; it was an
accident."
Yes," replied Sir Henry; "I know, ac-
cidents happen to us all; never fear,"
And turning to his stage -manager, "Mr.
Loveday, please reinstate this man in
his old place, and pay him all arrears
as 1f leo had been at work." And, puLWng
his hand into his pocket, he gave the
man a sovereign,
"There, there, 010 friend, you and i
are not going to part just yet."
It was a tearful unci grateful limelight
artist that left Sir Henry's room that
night.
FATHER'S CATECHISM.
Little Willie --Say, pa, what is a re-
mote period?,
Pa—A remote ported, my son, is the
period due at the end of your anoth-
er's remarks, Ileme her, however, I
atm giving you this information in strict
confidence.
"One m01% question, pa," began Mlle
Willie.
"Now, see there," fumed its pa.
"Pa," Willie he -stoned to tisk, "what
kind of glass are glass eyes made of?
"Why—er—looking glass, I suppose.
Now go to bed,"
SANDY BEACH ON LINEA.
A special playground for children is
provided on the Canadian Pantile Rat.
way Company's new steamer Empress.
of Ireland, 11 consists of a wide space
on deck set apart for their exclusive use,
Hero trees have been planted In pets,
and heaps of sand and numbers nt
buckets and spades provided, so 'that the
youngsters may enjoy themselves just
as they would at the seaside. Parente
will welcome the innovation as a relief
from devising all sorts of games for tit"
edification of their young oharges---no
light task on a long ten voyage,
REMARKABLE EIR.UOIS
1111EY HAVE .COME DOWN TIHlOLIGH
LONG AGES -
Two of the Most Famous Ara the
Bruce's Sword and the "!hooch
of Lora."
It heirlooms that are so jealously
treasured hi the stately homes of Breath
Coitd only be brought together they
would make one of the 511061 16401041,
ing umsewns In the whole world, says
Lundon iL.11lls,
Lord Elgin has among bis many an-
cestral treasures at Broomhall the very
helmet the valiant Robert Bruce once
wore and the huge two-handed aword
which wielded with such deadly effect
an minty a hard-fought fray; while the
Douglas banner wtrlch floated in the
thickest of the fight at Otterburn has
come down to our times through nearly
twenty generations of descendants of
Archibald Douglas, who bore It so gal -
Jun fly.
The brooch of Lorne, too, which was
taken from Robert Bruce at tete battle
of Dalrigh, has been preserved ever
since at Donelly Castle by the family of
McDougall. Another most intresting re-
lic of Bruce days is
THE FAMOUS LEE PENNY,
which was the inspiration of Scott's
"Talisman," The magical col», which
is a silver groat of Edward HI: s time,
with a oornelian set in IL, was brought
from the East by Sir Simon Lockhart
and is credited with wonderful powers
' ( healing the sick and. curing those who
had been bitten by mad dogs.
Among the many memorials of Sir
Francis Drake to be seen in private
houses Is the very sword which was pre-
sented to him by the burgesses of Ply-
mouth, and which now belongs to air
Francis Elliott Drake of Buckland Ab-
bey. At Buckland Abbey alae are the
drum which accompanied the great na-
val hero on his voyage in the Pelican;
a cocoanut cup mounted in sliver gilt,
given by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Francis
and also a silver gilt standing dish and
cover, At Kimberley Hall, the Norfolk
seat of Lord Kimberley. are many valu-
able memorials of old days, notably the
silver hilt of the sword, which hue lord-
ship's ancestor, Sir John Wodeheuse,
wielded at Agincourt, and a rosierjy of
coral and geld presented to Sir Phslip'a
wife by Queen Catharine of Valois.
At Lyme Hall. to Slteshire, is n very
ancient bed, :villi a caopy et carved
Mack wont, in which the Black Prince
used to sleep; at Oxburgh Hall one may
look on the bed in which Henry VII.
was wont to take his rest; at Nappa
Hall, the ancestral Yorkshire seat of the
Metcaltes, there is, or was within recent
ears,
A MASSIVE FOUR-POSTER
which the beautiful and ill-fated Queen
et Scots occupied for a few nights; and
at Sizergh Castle the Stricklanda proud-
ly exhibit a magnificent counterpane
and toilet cover of the richest while satin
embroidered by the hands 01 Omen
Catharine Parr during a visit she paid
b the caste as a young girl.
The centre of the pattern on both
counterpane and toilet Cover is a medal-
lion surrounded by a wreath of natural
flowers wrought in twisted silks and
bullion; a spread eagle in bold relief,
gorged with the Imperial crown, forms
the middle, at each corner is a dragon
glowing with purple, crimson and gold.
She colors are almost as fresh and vi-
vid to -day as when they left the bands
of Catharine centuries ago.
At Rug, near Bata, are preserved a
knife, fork and dagger, once the pro-
perty of Owen Glendower, the fatuous
Welsh chieftain; Lord De L'Isle and Dud-
ley has a magnificent two-handed sword,.
which was once worn by Robert Dud-
ley, Earl of Leicester and the Earl of
I-embroke is very proud of the suit of
russet and gilt tumor which his remote
predecessor, Witham, Earl ot Pembroke,
wore when commanding the English ar..
my at the battle of Si. Quentin.
Better known, and of exceptional inter-
est, is the ancient glass goblet known
the world over as the
"LUCK OF EDENHALL,"
which bears the legend: "When this cup
shall break and fall, farewell the luck '
of Edenhali,' and which has been ea
long treasured by the Musgraves. A:
similar heirloom is the "Lucie of Mon-
caster," a quaint enamelled glass vase,
presented by Henry VI. to Sir John Pen-
nigton when he sheltered the King et
Muncaster, after the battle of Healon
IP 1463; while in the drawing -room of
Worthington Wall, the seat of the Cur.
wens, is a small drinking cup of Seek%
c,gate given by Mary Queen of Soots es
a parting MIL to her friend and host,
Sir Henry Curwen.
At Hosleyside, Durham, is a very re-
marlceble memorial of past centuries in
the form of a torsnldable spur, rex inoh-
es long, which, we are told, the "lady
of the family used to serve upon a dish.
to her husband and sons, as a hint that -
the domestic larder needed replenish.
ing." At Coleshill House is a was 1M -
age of an infant, the last hope of the
I leydells, which is credited with remark.
Otte Influence over the (orlunes r4 ah0
Rouverles; and at Mates onemay see
the Sochurne falchlon, the idnntcal
sword with which Conyers of Snebcburna
is said to have slain the Serpent.
GREENLAND'S ICE Cult.
Enough to Cover the United States Guar,
ter of a Mlle Deep,
The largest mass of lee in the World
is probably the one which fills up nearly
the whole of the interior of Greenland,
where it has accumulated since before
the dawn of history. It is believed to'-
now form a block about 600,000 square
miler In area, and, averaging a mile and
a half in thickness. According to these
statistics, hie lump of ice is larger, in
volume than the whole bodyof waterhl the Mediterranean; anthere is
enoagh of it to cover the whole of the
United Kingdom of Great flritain and
Ireland with a layer about seven mites
thick, It it were cut into two conven-
ient stabs and built up equally epee the
entire surface of "gallant little Wales"
it would form a pile more that 120
miles high, There is ice enough in
Greenland to bury the Wire nrea rf
the United States a quarter of a mile
deep,