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The Brussels Post, 1906-8-2, Page 2SALVATION OF MSE), Let Religion Have Its Rightful Domain Through All the Being. Fop now Is our salvation nearer than when we believed.—Romans, xiii„ 11. Words are but symbols, and, like coins, ii they become current, their sharp nopressfons are worn away. Theology constantly Is in need of re- statement in new terms. suited to the current thought of the people. Its phraseology is apt to become separated from the living stream of language and to aequh'e stereotyped forms and arbi- trary, often unnatural, meanings. Salvation is a large sounding word; it has stood for a long time for the principal thing which it was supposed religion could give us. Men have listen- ed to the specifications of this great born as detailed by the authorized re- ligious teachers and often determined they do not went it. You cannot blame a men for refusing something for which he has no possible use. If salvation simply is an exalted emotional condition, it is a luxury that only poels and women who have a sur- plus of time and deficit of inlelligence can afford. Men and woolen who face the fact of sin In themselves and sor- row in this world deeply feel that a mere spasm of feeling good will do no- thing to make this world good in fact. \Vhen in the face of great necessities emotions become substitutes for en- deavors. they become THE FOES OF MANKIND. But, say some, salvation simply is a clear, logical, judicial decision, alto- gether apart from any feeling, by which you who are guilty are pronounced innocent. But it never yet has been shown that a court decree emptying the jails has improved public morals, nor that judicial imputations of rightness have solved the problem of wrongness in men. Religion must strike deeper than this; man needs not plasters nor paint, nor certificates of health for his moral dis- eases. He simply needs the making whole and perfect his entire nature. It is the healing of that which is base, degrading, of all that which we hate when we are at our best and the leading of the life out into the fullness of all that which we admire and love when the soul's vision is clearest and noblest. A man 1s not saved simply because he changes ins opinions or his profes- sion. Disease is not cured by buying a new doctor book. Life is not made healthy, sane, and perfect by the sub- scriplion of the 11wne to any code whether it be of morel, oh' of manners. And the will that is twisted !n moral judgments, the heart that is enslaved to a depraved appetite, cannot be made normal and healthy by any forums, ceremonies, or syllogisms, Neither can the salvation of a neat be a matter of local application alone. He is not healthy who boasts a clean, nurmal hand when alt the. other mem- bers are diseaeecl. Yon cannot eel's - rate the soul from the man and save that while the rest of him takes its own Course to destruction. LET RELIGION TEACH MEN the salvation of the mind ; it may be as sinful to think unscienttlically as it 's to speak impiously. If the mind be dis- eased, depraved; if its life blood be poisoned by evil imaginings, by base desires ; if the will be weak, vacillating, tottering, it matters nothing haw clean a bill of heallin the ecclesiastical au- thorities may give to the soul. But the life we live and the world we live in demand the salvation cf erten. This is a world of men. 11 the soul means anything et all It is but the citadel of the life. the heart of the whole moral being, If it Is saved the health, the right adjustments must be working through all. - Let salvation mean the whole life; let religion have its rightful domain through all the be- ing and work to set men rlglit in body, to make llnent know and follow the laws of health, of right living, Let religion assert its power over the will. Let it lead us the way into the larger life, the whole and perfect and the complete being. This is salvation that we shall overcome the beasts in our boson,, that we shall love and live toward the noblest and the best, that the shall overcome all that Motleys man's perfection. that life shall be what its lord designed, the perfectly controlled powers realizing their largest, possibilities and harmoniously fulfilling their divine purposes. HENRY F. COPE. E S. . LESSON THE INTERNA'T1ONAL (.ARSON, AL'G. 5. Lesson VI. False Pretences. Golden Text: Luke 14, 18. TIIE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—Tice text of lite Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies, Two Similar Parables,—The Parable of the Great Supper, which forms the text of this lesson. is part of the con- versation of Jesus at the Pharisee's table, the first portion of which we studied in last Sunday's lesson. This visit to the home of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees belongs, as we noted in our last lesson, to the period of the !'ocean ministry, probably some months prior to the final arrival of Jesus at Jerusalem, just preceding the last week of his life. Tater, at the time of his final great >.'ruggle with the authori- ties in tine capital city, on the eve of his passion, Jesus spoke another parable very similar to this one, namely, the Pnrable of the Royal Marriage Feast (Matt, 22. 1-10). The parable in Mat- thew Is a comment of Jesus on an at- tempt to arrest )nim, and tells of rebel- lious subjects of a great king put to death for insulting and killing their sovereign's messengers ; the parable in our present lesson is a comment of Jesus on a remark made by anuther guest at the Pharisee's table and tells of persons who, through indifference, forfeit. the good things to which they lune) been invited. l( is less severe in tone than the former, and even in the parts which are common to both there is 111tle similarity of wording. '1'31 iden- tify the hyo us some have attempted (0 do is a great mistake, Verse 11, Sat at, meat—Reclined at supper (compare Word Studies for July 201. 10. But he said—Commenting on the words spoken by a fellow guest..Trsus points out the condition under which the blessedness to which reference has been made may be secured. He bade many ---Probably sent out a general announcement of the prospec live event to his friends. 17. Sent forth his servant at supper time --in harmony with 00 ancient Oriental custom, a second special invi- tation was sent out to the invited .guests as the hour for the festive occn- Sin approached. To omit this seoond suminons would be a grievous breach of etiquette on the pert of the host; to refuse the second invitation after hav- ing, excused oneself at the time of re cowing the first, \vouid be an insult to the host, equivalent among Arab tribes of ipaley In a declaration of wa'. 18. And they all with one Consent be- gnn--Thc choice of words, and their arrangement In the original, leads one naturally- to expect an alllrmaiory answer of cordial acceptance. The word to make exense, therefore, conies to an unexpected, disappointment, and reaatlyat eightens'the effect of the nar- rative GO nut and see it--Inlerost in a newly acquired possession of Valise is often greater than interest in Mende Or any other (natter, 10, I go to prove thermNot that they had not been tested before being puzw chased, but bfioause ot that tsaMS inter• eas b newt est inihnltvhich h been e ac- quired n quired referred to above, Doubtless for several days the man went "to prove them" every day. 20. T cannot come—The third guest is less courteous than the others. We are lo think not simply of three men who failed to respond to the invitation but rather of these three as typical of a larger number. 21. Go out quickly—There is to he no delay to accommodate guests who use not prepared to come at once, Streets and lanes—In the Greek the two words here used apply specifically to the public thoroughfares of a city. The pone and. maimed, and blind and lame—Persons who according to cus- tom would he invited anyway. There are many instances in the New 'Testa- ment illustrating 1 -he custom of admit- ting people from the streets into the festive hall on such occasions. 22. \Vhat thou didst command is done—Is done already. Apparently the invitation had already been extended to thein and they were now in wetting. Yet (here is room—'Tete number of this poorer class of people was doubt- less much greater than that of the first class which had refused the invitation, but still there is room for others. 21. Highways and hedges — Two words which in Greek indicate public thoroughfares outside of cities. The gospel invitation was given first to the Jews but afterward also to the Gentiles. 1t is intended for all men without distinction of class or race. Constrain—Persuade, urge. 24. None of those amen that were bidden shall taste of any supper—Like the foolish virgins, these amen, It they 00)1)8 at a late hour, will find the door ulreldy shut, and their opportunity gone forever. �m1 TO TEST DIAMONDS. Some Simple Tests by Water, Taste and Ines Spot. The expert of diamonds can detect an imitation as a rule at a glance, but not so the ordinary individual. An imita- tion diamond is never so brilliant as a genuine stone, and a very simple test is to place It under wales. The tml- lnlion stone is practically extinguished, while a genuine diamond will continue to sparkle. When possible a genuine stone should be placed beside the imi- tation one under water. and the arm- rest will al once he apparent. Another very simple and efficient test to In ranee a drop of water on the stone and carefully observe the result, The stone, should first be Very carefully ciennsrl. On an imitation dinmond the drop, however small, will clelinqucsce, but on a true stone the drop will retain its original shape. Perhaps the simplest method of a11, hovever, !s lo examine nn ink -sent on it :Rhein of while paper through n mond by holding the ander eurfeee ag(ninnt lite eye. It the stone he mum tertell thin black spot will nppenr greatly niagnired, or at least doubled. The outline will, moreovee, appenr blurred and indistinct. Ily using a meantfytns glass the test can readilybo made nh- solute, If a real diamond he put in the mouth Its icy coldness will be noticeable rt once; not so that ot an imitation gem. . "I think that friend of yaurs Is pretty forward on soh short nequaintnnco," oomplained Mrs. Nagger. "1 overhenrd him remark that I was no chicken," Welt, r ( eplied Mr, Nugget, 'you can't 1)101330 hitt, He couldn'6e e e L b xp c ed to know you caoltle at times," SOME LUCKLESS ESS (SRA T 1 b)own 3111 (by n practice larpodu•n,lne), lJ • • . UF` ! oust adrift 111 the Channel in a gale, driven over the lop of the Goodwin -- Sands et high water unhurt, sunk two . 'acnl8 h ever roused thio y and yet has nevelt e ASSN'S' \'is+S1:LS ARE PURSUED BY loss of a life, either of ler own crow, MISFORTUNE, or any other vessel's, This passing pro - One Ship in Ten Collisions — Another Sunk and liaised Six Tines, Sold last year on the Clyde, fur breaking up purpuses, was a ship that spent thirty years in runnihtg into danger, in collision twice, had the Ilfe bout pt t' tour yours eumnimg, romahtedut loulhe ItorOrpelualhojoy 01 hhsuea,lce companies, and yet noising could kill her. In all these disasters site seureely did herself any dannuge, and she is 10eW11 fear and wide as a ship with ti (Summed life. Her mate was the i-lnrdscre, alt leo steamer, built in the late sevrulies, and on her first voyage she distinguished herself by running amuck through Channel Fleet at night, wtln bolls her side -lights out, for they would mot burn. Site )net ,nineteen steel warships, In- cluding destroyers, travelling at full fanspeed, in close formation, and was c'0 closely shaved that one chipped her tear - She sante one torpedo-boat, caused two )Biers to collide, and carne out of the encounter having done :225,000 worth of damage, but having barely £25 herself. 'l'hrme mouths liter site went ashore on Dungeness in a storm, but was towed oft unlmi't, A German barque ran into her and wink itself the year following, without doing much damage to the Hardacre, which became known as THE "IIARD-TO.Klf.L." After driving ashore near Vermouth In a fog, and sinking 0. vessel fishing or, the Newfoundland Banks not long afterwards, she broke down in the Channel, and was driven on to tee French coast In a gale, her crew being taken off by the rocket apparatus. Though posted al first as a total wreck, she was towed off, patched up, and sent or, a voyage to the Argentine, where her pilot "piled tier up" on a dangerous reef in bad weenier. Still she refused to die for she was refloated aid docked, sent to sea once more, and was run into by a cattle boat on the way home, but amazing good luck, was not sunk. Iier reputes, from beginning to end, cost £11.000 --or rather more than twice her value. She continued unkillablo until she weir) out w'ilh old age, and eves con- demned by the Board of Trade. One of the most astonishing records held by any ship was that of the Brit- ish barque Emerald, which becoming unmanageable off Cape Horn, was driv- en by wind and Ude through the ter- rible Magellan Straits, and conte oul un- scathed ut the other end though she made a good part of the voyage side- ways. or stern first, between the terrible walls of rock and tide -races. only the finest full -powered steamers under thor- ough control attempt to face. Her performance is unique, and not likely ever to be beaten, for the odds against bei were about Ilse same ns ore would give a renawny foto'-in-hand coach galloping from end to end of London WITHOUT COMING TO GRIEF. Iter rival in that perfornnunce, strange- ly enough, was a ship that had are- cord of escapades hardly short of the miraculous. 'This was the Diomede, a small cargo -steamer, that was sunk no less than six titles in twelve years and raised each time, which constitutes s record among all the ships of the world. Site was sunk first In the year she was built by striking some floating wreck- age in the Downs, and 'total loss" was paid over her. A salvage company bought the wreck cheap Iron the un- derwriters, and raiser( her at no great cost. In her third year she was stink again, in the Hudson River, and raised, and it was on the voyage following this that she was wrecked on Sable Island but saved from total loss. She finally enjoyed the distinction of having been sunk in every one of the five oceans of the world, except lite Antarctic, but al- ways in water just shallow enough to allow her to be raised. At last she was condemned ns too old and unfit for sea, and is now a quarantine hulk in the West. Indies. it would hardly seem worth even a "wrecker's" while to have fried to sink the tramp-steemer Vandal, which till lately held a world's record for having been in len collisions at sea in seven year,. Unlike the last-mentioned ves- sel, she hos never been sums nt all. though she sail) six out of the ten ships She collided with. TiIE STILL MORE CURIOUS FACT is that only one of these ten collisions was she in the wrong, and in the oilier nine cases the owners of the vessels that collided with her had to pay for her damages as well as thele own—tete for- me' amounting in all to over £0,100. It was often marvellous how she escaped sinking, es all the collisions but one took place on the high seas, and she lend the lack never to be struck in the vital spot. Apart from her own little bill for repairs, she did £41,000 worth of dnhnage by her "Mlle affairs," and yet she never cane to grief by any Wizard of the seas, being at present a store ship of the Spanish Navy. The magnificent liner Paris, well known by n11 who cross to the Untied Slates, holds one record svhlch, 1f she had no other, would prove her to hear a charmed life up to rime. She is the only vassal of any 6180 that ever escnpe.d ante her lifn from the. terrible Manacles Rocks, off 11e Cornish coast. It is sev- eral years no now since she struck upon that dreaded reef, but many people niny remember the stir it caused, and 111e egltation fm' n lighthouse on the Man- acles that furrowed. She hnd four hundred and fifteen pee- sengeu:s nboerd, besides her crew, 11111 did not lose one of them, all being land- ed sabely, A large part of her under- hody was Morn clean away, end it ons thought unlikely that she would ever float again. In spite of that, she, ons eveniunlly rescued from the rocks lot elver engineering, at n Coef of 414.01(0 nncl. lowed Into Fnimmith. The wneiher luckily held Ane during the operations, ONE OF THE T.,UCIaaCST, and et lila Sallie, lune unluOklesi, vessels that wvel' floated, is a httnnhle "Themes westing -barge Celled the Ain. wiidll has stn'vivnd the seas far Orly -three years, end has been sunk, eat downs grannie 3,11(5 achieved at various (Imes, of course, not all 131 once, The strange pari of it is that such a comparatively inexpensive. craft should be worth saving and pnlching tip so of- ten; ,vet she has carried in her time half a million totes of merchandise about our owlets, weathered some of the worst storms haat blew, and her hull remains so sound that she now fulfils the role of store -hulk to a floating small -pox hos- pital. As an example of the strangely tit- tered tuck which two similar vessels may have, a pate of sister -ships— the Cambria and the Ccll — both steamers, and built In the sane yard, were talented on two succeeding days, Ons of them \teas run down In the Channel and badly damaged on her maiden voyage, causing the loss of three lives; she has since been three times on fire, once sunk and raised again, once in colllssion, twice ashore, and finally sailed from Rio Ivo years ago, and has never been heard of since, The other has never had the smallest. mis- hap, An odd fact is that the former un- lucky vessel' was launched on a Friday, n deed winch many sailors still regard as deliberately flying in the face of Providence. SMOKE' TO PROTECT VINES. Plan of n Grape Grower to Save His Crop From Frost. One of the most successfd growers of grapes in France to -day is 1t4. Big - non, a scientist as well as an agricul- turist, who has lately been. explaining to the members of the French National Society of Agriculture the methods he adopts for saving his vineyards from lute frosts. M. niguon cdeelores that for many years he 1130 employed arti- ficial clouds for lite prevention of frosts, and that, had his example been followed by others. millions or francs worth of W1110 might have been Saved. "My plan of operation," says M. Big - non, "is very shuple. Along my walks, at a distance of same fifty feet apart. I have basins sunk into the earth to a depth of about a foot. Into these basins I place from fifteen to twenty pounds of resinous natter and some pieces of pine and other vegetable debris. This makes a "cloud" of ,sufficient 8180 to keep any ordinary frost .from affecting my vines. The amount of material used, of course, depends on the length of the frost, "As a rule tite late frosts cute not numerous, and if Iva get three or four during a season we consider ourselves very badly used. In 1903 the frosts were bad, and I had recourse to these artificial fires tour limes with perfect success. The resinous matter creates al dense cloud, which hangs over the vines lilse a curtain, producing a temperature which successfully Creeps at n distance those blighting frosts so destructive to the young buds. "For a fifteen acre vineyard the cost for each 'cloud' necessary to kill a frost should not exceed $100, and should you be visited by four such frosts during a setisun nt high average) this would mean an outlay of some- thing like 2,000 francs, or 5400, 13111 W11011 you consider that the result will he the saving of at least 25 per cent. of the harvest, 00, say, from 150 to 200 barrels of wine, the cost Is loo trifling to consider, "During the many years 1 have been employing. smote as a preventive of frost d must have saved en least 2,000 barrels of wine, for never once has my plan failed to accomplish its object— that is to say, when the smoke cloud has been sent up in time. As a rule when a frost comes the atmosphere is free from all agitation, and the smoke remains above the vineyard like a can- opy, 01 course, if a hurricane or even a moderately strong breeze acconmpan- ied the frost, we should have our trouble for nothing; but, fortunately, this seldom, if ever, happens, and the smoke cloud honorably and success- fully performs its duty." GREAT BRITAN SECURE. Paris Newspapers Give high Praise to iler Naval Manoeuvres. The Paris Temps declares that the first half of the 1311118/1 naval manoeu- vres, which it describes as "the grottiest test of efficiency ever applied to a fleet in peace time," has been entirely suc- cessful. Great Britain has proved bit she can. ooncentrate "in an incredibly short space of tithe" 400 warships splendidly manned, in home waters and that her ports are secure against surprise. The Admiralty are praised for admir- able distribution of the fleet, and the perfect order with which the mobiliza- tion was curried out. The Temps thinks that the promise of •Ihc Admiralty to give full puhlfcily t,. the results of rho second phase of the manoeuvres—the attack on Britain's sea- borne trade—is made ether because the navy is confident of fine result or because it is desired to show the danger of a n at armaments.reductk> AND THE TAX WAS RAISED. "Nice hotel you've got here," said the affable slrenger, "I'm glad you like it ,sir," said the landlord. "1)0 a good business 7" Oh, splendid." "'Voice a large profit?" "Immense profit." "1 11113 glad to hear It," ,said the stranger, pietism -illy. A little later the landlord esker' ano- ther of his guests, a commercial tra- veller, if he knew who the gentleman 1655. "Oh," replied the traveller, "he's the new income-tax assessor." (1FR RESER\'ATION, "I Irust, 11155 'Tappet;" sold the icbld- ly employer to 1110 stenographer, "1110l, You have something in reserve for a rainy day." 1th,, sir; answered the earnest ,ening woman : "1 11111 going to harry a man 11011)0d Maelt'inhoslh," ' »!h14 ,444 ^ 4,1144,0,1 "i'sl*R' , will have a most, draggled nppeurunee when it is finished, The folding of under linen Is 4111 1111, all by itself, and it Is advisable, if one n es :- , : d n ,cannot tithe n e rut t a u I1 e trailing srh001, 10 go holo the fettling depertln'al of a general laundry for u few weeks, until One learns just how all ur110115 are. folded. (h' thin 3 (00• one w•.0 work,) In the folding &peel- ItsEla sesse„I,g;,l,,,gspess,;tneene8 melt of n laundry. and listen filen her, for there is much in the pr11,01' folding SELECTED RECIPI•;S, or garments ..cal adds Iii the appear - individual Suluds,—Cups of crisp let- 13)1)0 01 the finished wcirk. (111(1 theme is lace aro made by placing (lee leaves 11 eerier' knack In doing this part of together so as to form a sail, and lir this work which must be learned, ranging ea salad plates. Use as a lilt- A 81111111 trotting stove, burning gas, ing for these shells one cup each of is the hest for the professional laun- chnpped celery, English walmlts and dress, since it costs less for fuel ltd apples, and a IIILIe salt. Put a large the gee does not 8111111 the irons ; have tablespoonful of this mixture in each boli( stove and Iraq ihlumteuielely cup, The mayonnaise can be either clean, saaurl,tg the Itnns eachtting lllin)tC mixed with the ingredients or poll on they are used, and Utes puthe top after the lining has been inserted, away In small bags to keep them from Chldmri, lobster, and sheinnp salads aro the dust unci dirt.. If well washed ear n I 1150d in the same way. Only head let- time It lakes but a few moments, ltd lute can be used for the cups, as the tion the irons oro always cleat, Keep leaves 0f Roman and O'dhlary lettuce certain irons for starched pieces, and oro loo Alt and Aexlble, others fqr the pluier, tougher parts, Potato Balis.—Crate four cold boiled and do not make the mistake of having potatoes ; add ono tablespoonful of loo few Irons, _for this entails much chopped parsley and one teaspoonful wafting for thele to hent. of melted butter. Beat thoroughly with --^ the yolks of two eggs and 1110 white of PURCHASING SUPPLIES. one. Make into small balls, roll in Of lite supplies Ota family, whether brenderumbs, and fry in het fat until It be largo on small, is no simple min- er. Place around the edge of fried ter. It cannot be prescribed for every or broiled ash' class or condition of housewife. But Wu01es.—Southern cooks never wash whether one purchnscs by w1111155818 or their waffle eons, but clean them withwhether the French fashion of ono day's salt. Sprinkle salt generously on the supplies at a time, "Serve yourself if irons and heat ; then rub with a Male you would be well served." Gu in per - of brown paper or a clout. \Vafile., soli rind see what you purchase. Hover stick when the )ons aro l.ep As a rule, when food is most cheap clean and smooth in this way, and plentiful it is al its best; out of Waffles Matte Vtitl Sour Mills, Alli season it oce Is expensive and lacking in together one pint of flour and one pint flavor ans. srummy, h1 the early spring of sour mills into which half a tea - the provident housekeeper will haat)) spoonful of soda has been stirred; add use, to a great extent. of vegetables and one-half cup of melted butler. Stir fruits winch are seasonable through_ into this the well-beatmn yolks of three ,>irt the year, together witsi sue), dried Th Hot eggs, then the beaten whites. Beat told carred adicles us she has found herd for two minutes and bake in a most wholesome and pnlalablo, e\'51' hot iron, s i c flavor bearing in mind that "111 things come To give a lovely old fa h on d Aa o Lo a foal cake. wash anddry rasa to those who wail," and that a few \wake will bring a superabundance of geranium leaves and lay them on a Muse green t'ege1ables 0nd. fruits of plate. Turn the cake out on it, leaving which we are so fond. it there until quite cold, The steam It is laic ecorncnrlrnl to purchase absorbs the flavor of the leaves, giving the so-called dry groceries" In rchasquanti- tl a neem delicate taste than any rose ties, and (here Is a salisfaellon in the flavoring can possibly do, consciousness of having one's larder A novel delicacy is a cucumber and stocked for an emergency that, will nut sandwich. Allow the cucumber's to compensate for the extra outlay, if remain in eco water for an hour or two 111(11 outlay be commensurate with one's before serrifg; lien peel incl slice, income, culling ...cur hila minute cubes ; add while (lour mn,v be bnuglhL by thin half the quantity of finely chopped nut barrel, bol 1110 barrel should 1101 rest meats, and blend with a sour creast salad dressing, made by beating hard for five minutes u cupful of rich sour cream, gradually stirring In half a teaspoonful of lemon juice and a table- spoonful of powdered sugar. Spread upon thin slices of buttered whole wheat bread and stamp -with a culler into neat circles. Tf a recipe for aspic is wanted, this ono is vouched for by an authority Cook together for eight cm ten minutes 011e tablespoonful each of finely chop- ped carr01, onion, and celery, with a little parsley, a bit of bay leaf, a clove, eight whole peppers, and the juice of Iwo lemons. Have ready half n box of Cox's gelatine dissolved in a little cold water, and two cups of brown stock, or beef extract. I -teat to boiling, and ads( the vegetables. Season with salt and cayenne, and add a little kitchen bouquet. Beat the whites of two eggs and squeeze in a tablespoonful of le- mon juice. Add to the mixture fn the saucepan and stir until it boils. Re- move from the fire, and allow it to stand for twenty minutes. Strain through a double cheese cloth. In a new boots, "The Up -lo -Date Walt- ress," by Janet Moitensie Hill, several new salads are described, A tomato salad Du Barry sounds attractive. Peel a good sized tomato for each per- son to be served, cid a piece from the lop and with a teaspoon scoop out a portion of the pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt and sot upside down In elle refrigerator. When ready to servo ell the tomato shells with cold cooked cauliflower and set on heart leaves of lettuce. Put a tablespoonful of may- onnaise on each tomato, To make doughnuts happy-go-lucky take one gild of milk, one gill of sugar, three gills of flour, one-third teaspoon- ful of salt, one-third of a nutmeg. grated ; grated rind of a lemon, lite yellow part; one full teaspoonful of baling powder, one egg. Beat, the white of the egg to a stiff front and add the beaten yolk and sugar. Add the flavorings, then milk, and last, 'flour halo which you have stirred the baking - powder. Drop a teaspoonful into hot bolter or lard, let cook until brown, gently turning the doughnuts round as they fry. IRONING FINE UNDERWEAR, Mary Taylor -Ross gives an excellent method of treating the liner garments that go to the laundry to be cleansed, 1-iave a set of irons that include all sizes, the large ones measuring Mus inches at the largest part, and then- 501n0 hen500111 smell, pointed ones, and one or two very long, thin ones, for sleeves and similar puckering places, Witte the pointed irons, Iron out the laces, embroidery and ruffles, carefully point- ing each scallop and avoiding that great fault of the ordinary laundress, tearing the lace wills lite iron or pulling it nut of shape. Iron all insertions and medallions first, to keep them straight,. and ironctrcuter ruffles with the thread of the goods. All frills, laces and embroideries, as well as the alcoves ltd yokes, should he done before to pinioer• ports, for these are apt to get soiled while (vet, and If properly dried with the iron will not get out of order while the larger part of the garment is ironed, The minces of skirts and draw- ers should be done first, and then the. body peel, and one can easily avoid crushing the trhnming and one etas become nccu5tou(d to the work, peep a bawl of tepid water and a piece of clean linen (tearr tie ironing hoard., t0 remove any spots or specks that may get on the clothing \vblle drying or be- ing ironed, and to dampen properly. any places (hal have become too dry. 13e sure to keep the flatiron on each part Until it is bent dry, or the work upon the floor, but he raised will) 1 strong supports, so That a circulation • 1 air may pass below as well as upon the top and sides. Entire wheat flour does not keep well and should be bought in small quantities. Potatoes I keep well and are lower in price before they have been stored. Sugar, tea, and canned goods may be purchased tv quantities. Coffee should be bought fresh and roasted at (tome if possible, but if bought roasted the proper pro- portion for each morning should be fresh ground and a coffee mill will pay for itself in a short time by the differ- ence in the strength and aroma of elle morning cup. With 0 refrigeraloe and ice, butler and meats can be taken care of. and besides the ureal Ls much improved by keeping. Do not roast meat the day it cones Irons the market unless you are sure that it has been kept long enough to be lender. Do not whsle needful force in trying to digest tough meats. Whenever It is possible keep mills nntl butler in a separate compartment of lite refrigerator and never leave 11 un- covered. There is nothing gained by paying extra for mills of assured clean- liness or Istat inns been pasteurized if It is lett standing uncovered. Nor sinould milk 00 any food supply even ;f covered, be left in the hot 1)ilehe1 for an bow or Ivo. There 000 a number of fruits and vegetables that WO 11av0 1111 the year around, such as oranges, le- mons, apples. end bananas, and in vegetables suets as potatoes, cabbage, carrots, turnips, parsnips. and for the others we must depend on the season and the amount that our incomes will permit. GOLD. The first mention which we lurve of gold is in the eleventh verse of the sec- ond ohapter of Genesis, or in other wards four thousand and four yea's before Christ. Gold was used ns money by the ancient Egyptians 01 n very early date. Heroclolus tells thin[ 1110 in- vention of tine coinage of gold belongs to Lydia, about 750 B. C. Authorities conflict about the first coinage of gold. Some say it was SI!1oh1s, 01161 some 1110 Persians, but there are no records to show just when. 13I0 RAILWAY STATION. The townspeople of Leipsic, In Sax- ony, boast that in ten years they will have the biggest railway station in the world, It will be spanned by seven immense arches, each 140 feet wide, and its thirteen Is in phitferms will each be more than 1,000 tool long, while twenty-six different lines will run into it. It will cost 532,500,000 to build, BETTER SOiL TO G11OW IN. "Maria, we'll have to give up that summer trip, Sly account at .the bane) isalready overdrawn." "Oh, John, yotl are such a wretched financier I Why didn't you put your account in a banes (lel had plenty of money 7" Sufferer— Do you extract Melts with. out pain?" Dentist --•(Not always, 1 sprained my wrist on one a couple of clays ago, and It hurts yet." "May I ask what is going on 111 the village?" inquired the observant stranger, "We're celebrating the birth- day of the oldest inhabitant, sir," re- plied the native, "She's 101 to -day, sir." "And tell me, pray, who is that 1(1110 Man with the dreadfully sad pottntenancc who walks by the old lady's side?" "That's her ,son-in.law, sir, Iles been keeping up her tiro in$urahc0 Mr the last thirty years," GAN YOU INVENT T TIiIS ? GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES NITIES FOIL 1r011- TUNE.Iil ,N'IY;BS. The Dreams 01 To -Day are the Realities of To morrow — Big Fortunes Are Waiting]. Why can't a balloon, ptv>perly filled, Slay up forever? Because 11 leaks. Thu only known material tluruugn which gas O1111111,1 peroulule is gold -beater's skin, lull this is a grout Ileal Lou expensive fur CO111111011 use. invent. 0 perfect var- nish foe making sills oe salter material gas-tight, and the problem is solved. 1l has awl been dune yet.'There is twitting like leather fol' shoes and bouts, The brown -paper end leather scrap whion are used to flit the soles of cheap fooi)•w't:ar are nothing more or less than sponges to suck up water and give the wearers pneumonia. '1'hc clev- er inventor may yet And 13 cheap and ancient substitute for leather. Why 1311 try? \0'e have at pw, hut, thanks to thegut Italisuan g1055eneraolderGfl1,li'I'c acoustic telemeter, the location of guns firing smokeless powder cnn be accur- ately determined by the opposing force. What we want is A SOUNDLESS POWDER. Such an invention is not out of the reg. Ions of the possible, and would go far towards making war absolutely imese- slble. Its invasin', would confer at big. benefit upon httnlalily al large. Pearls aro bringing fabulous prices. Why? Not bemuse there are not es good pearls in the sea 0s ever carne out of IL No; the only reason is, says Air. Streeter, the well-known expert, Ihat even in the best diving dresses men can- not de0eend to much greeter depths lean fifteen fathoms (ninety feet). The pres- sure is loo great, and even from the.( depth they come up bleeding at nose and mouth, 1'lle pearl 53511')' beds et (itis depth Have heiin pretty well worked out, but there are plenty more at great- er depths. Devise some means by 3111011 the pearl fisherman con deseen 1 thirty nr forty fathoms under water, and there would be a colossal foliar in It The submneinc boat won't work f,r this purpose, for pear oysters cannot be grappled for. They must be GATHERED BY HAND. Smoky chimneys Ore an intolerable nuisance, and there are plenty of speci- 1111115 which nu known form u! )Owl Will cure. Won't sumeon11 invent a good smoke-preventingl, device? 'lucre would bo money in R. It is said that an American, Dr. Iler- beet levalkliu by name, actually suc- ceeded in producing colored photographs and submitted them to a leading Am- ericus hssxintnu With Ine re- sult that ho received greet. encourage- ment. 13111, he died suddenly, without revealing his secret. In spite of many attempts by other inventors, the secret 1,1 a secret still. Bullet-proof garments have been an- nounced by Ih,' dozen, but the inventor has yid to be found whin will attire him- self in his invention, and sinful up at point-blank range before a modern high - velocity, small-bore Alli(. 'There would be a big sale fur a really bulletins»f Wald -root if another was steeled. Think what ,lmlleablo glass w00111 mean to the whole world! With it gloss hammer you could pound a glass rail INTO A GLASS BOARD. Your could out a hole in pane of glass, and patch IL with another piece. Oar houses v'ould be built of daintily limed glass b:.cks, mud we should wails on tough and unbreakable pavements of crystal. Truly, iL would he one of the biggest industrial revolutions Over seen, meet the Mucky inventor would rent) an enormous reward. Remember, it is not impossible, for Inc art was once known in old Venice. 13u1 the list of badly needed inventions i, almost endless. There is no machine for papering walls; mi envelope which mot, be opened without detection 1s greatly \vented; nn oil -can which won't explode would save many lives; there is no good device for turning nmstc, and the man wino could produce a perfect substitute for ('are rubber would rapidly acquire a collossal fortune, BODY FOUND CUT I'll IN 'RUNIC. Ilan 'Was Murdered by Woman 'With Whom He Lodged. A heavy trunk was recently found el, the Baltic Station. SI. Petersburg, and es no ono claimed it, was opened by rho ofliciais, when ii was found to conlelo the body or an elderly 111511 which hod been cut into moves, The head was missing. The. puttee made every effort M solve the mystery, but until 11111 other Clay were. uusueaessh,l. 1L now appears Ileal the pian lined :,S n lodger with n man and his wife, who did embroidery Work. Two young girls wore employed at the house as assist' ends. The victim possrseed n. bond for 5111111, and to °blain this the women killed 1)h01)int 0)'. by sten) es him on the head With e She afler\vtn'ds out the holly to nieces with an axe 111111 put the head in the 0\O)), and whet her Disk ryas llnished called her nns]slenl8 ill to help her clean the room, threatening them with severe punishment if they mentioned the blood to anyone. Sha tall the bond in a tiox, whore it sons found by her lm5htnul, who, lov- ing no nenney, Ino)) it in a bunk. Sus- picion 1600 monied, and 115 n result or enquiries, lite women was lurtslcd, Tho nstdsla1(5 wore questioned tad tall luny they had Mantel their Mistress chopping lip something in her omits which wins emceed with blood when they )stored The remains In lite 11111) Warn 11110r- woa'd ilen1ifed as those of the 11)1 lodger. When a woman drives her husband to drink he doesn't stop at a svelter trough. "Flow old are you?" asked the insets once agent of the lady. Il Was 1110)1011.. lass of hang, and her indignant "Si' 1" brought him etrnighlway to his senses. "0f course, you will underslond," he went on, "that we have to be careful about making oe.xlracls. T merely wished to •assure myself that you aril legally Of ager," y r ,s1 1 {