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The Brussels Post, 1907-3-21, Page 6• THE Hypocrisy Is RAND MARKS the Saddest Fallacy in All the World. bear in any body •the Marks of the Lord elesuse—Gal. vi., 17, In tee moral wined one does not have to wear 11 171111011 10 5110w where he be- longs. fie is branded tho plainly ibet there seldom is any mistake, TIM marks of (Maintop are more reliable teen any other means of cluesilleation. -The welve.s may go into the church, but that does not make their hair elegy, And there are eheep outsale whose charaelere speak lolider than any other confession of faith possibly could do. YOU May get all kinds of indorsements from others but your real letter of cre- di! on the Lank of cheracter you write for youreelf. Cbaractee eels its inde- lible record on the features, the form, the very fashion of the life, There are Ito secret sins, nor are them secret tues, The things done in the eleeet cry aloud froth the housetop; they proclaim themselves m the physical appearance, and still more in the unconselotis moral atmosphere and emanatien at •the A bad man Ants' have a elear eye and a firm chme but the brand marks ci character will be seen in the mouth fer the hand. Above all, they will be felt he every sensitive soul that approaches him, The separation between the sheep and the goals dues not have to wait Mr some elnet judgment day; the judgment le now and the marks of differentiation are eo plain that all may see them. The scars of sin never wash out, nor does the passage of time wholly eradi- cate them. Despite all the good of each David Mill bears the marks of his fall, .peter 01 Me denial, Burns of be- bautilierys Byron of lust, Colmedge et indulgence. Our lost years do not re- turn; our wasted upporlunities enme no more. The tracks made in the soul by habits, Iiiough no longer used, are there 51111. But the side of degeneracy is not all, The law that inner diameter &amps the outer life works for good as effeeln- ally as for ill. He who thinks high thoughts will lift up his head and In his eye the light at heaven will shine. Whose loves things to bit shell become noble. There is no hiding the good itt man; he tete cries aloud, An honest man needs ito adverlielug; he cannot wholly bide himself. The eepeetatinn that you actually cen bo tine being S1111 weer le be another itt flootned to disappointment. The dis- guises uI the prehmder are so thin that the eimpleet see -lineup them. What you ere epeake so loud as to drown al- together any declarations you rnay 'mike of :what you wish men to think you ere-. Theeleceiver deceives no ope bul himeelf. Row many there are who recognize thee law _working in nitwits who yet, hope to escape it themselvee. Theyseek to erect a well between their the in public and in private. On one side they exhibit the upright, respeetable citizen; oe the onwr is the man of devious ways. of tleythsh imagmalmne, of foul thnughts and base, sordid greed, or in- jueliect and ,oppression. How long does etuplifely appear as sincerity? How long is it befere both sides are ROO W11 11 all who know either one? Before in dreadful crime became known men felt that there was some- thing fearful hidden in the breast of Eugene Aram. .You are known; and your whole destiny is determined, by your wbole self and not My Rua pert alone which you prepare especially tor publicity. Ile does wiiwho guards the done of his .heart, who keeps the springs of character from pollution, who builds up in strength and beauty the sources of lire. Ideals, aspiretions, secret thoughts, imaginations, .hablls, and companion- ship determine character, end <Abilene - ter is destiny. Well for ue, if the world may trace in us something that reminds et the good and great; see marks at having compenied with such an one as the son of man and having learned cf HENRY F. COPE. ME S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCII, 24. Lesson XII, Woes of Drunkenness. Golden Text: Hos. 4. It. TIIE LESSON WOIID STUDIES. Based on the text of the Revised V53, Sion. A Melon Rebut:ed.—The chapter from • which our lesson VOrOot nee titIcen is une of the greatest of Old Testament prophe- cies. Isnialt is addressing the aristueracy find political leaders: of Jerusalem. and refers in the fleet part of his address to the enndffion of affairs at Samaria, the capital of the kindred nation cif Israel. The basal sin of lernel was its apostasy from Jehovah to the worship of Baal und Astarte. Naughty pride and moral de- gradation, disregard of the poor, and general self-indulgenee and intemperanee. necompanted this ;Apostasy, end the downfall and utter ruin of the kingdien WaS inevitable. The repealed warnings of Jehovatee prophets hail been disre- garded and the long and merciful delay el threatened judgments had only eerved 10 harden the people in their Indifference and wickedness. But the clay of reckon- ing was at hand, and to Isaiah the • gsealest of Hebrew prophets it was given to anneunce beforehand the awful catas- trophe. But .Tudall also WEIS corrupt, and drunkenness was a prevailing vice in Jerusalem as well as in Sammie, espe- cially among the nobles, Bence after portraying in graphic tams the impend- ing doom of the leathern kingdom. the prophet turns abruptly upon his audi- tors and changing from the third lo the seated Perseel itt Ills sPeceth drives ilome bit message of warning to theeeoffeis of Itis own city, Jeresulem. Veree 7. Anil even these—'rhe men al. Jerusalem, among whom the priest and The prophet are especielly eeterred to be- COMO of !bete being the spirituel leachers: et ihe people. It was they who opposed Is111/111 in the 11017)0 of Jelioveh.nuti eleinted to have the authority of divine sevelation beek of them In this opposi- tion and In Me support of 11re polilielatis. nal with strong drink—Judah on the whole still contrasted feverably with isreel, but even here the beeelling sin had for a long time been drufficenness. Swallowed np of et/Me—Perhaps better "veneered wIth wine," or "wholly eh. • terbetl in their etwoushigs." The mean- ing in tile original te nol clear. Err In vision—Deceive themselves with regard to Femme:NI divine revelelluns which they cleimed to have received. 8. Pell ot vomit and fillhinees—Liter- ally so, (hese words cif tho prophet Ilecting vividly the ftwful elute at things: existing in cirieteerfulle soctel eiveles of the eanilal elle. We elle marina's' as we therid of ihmsimiler slate of &Item in the Boman capital shortly •before the down- hill of Ilie empire ninny (10131 11r114 later, 0. Whom will he tench knowledge ?-. %lie prophet is here quoting MP mocking retort of nobles Paul priests Whom he line thue egivecely rebul«el, end who mum, tinny inletrupt him with their peoltieg eeplieg. The quotation continues through the next Verse, . 10, Precept upon preeept; 11110 tem» line—The ilebrew of this veree gives is tierice of repeated nemosyllahles, the ement senee ef which Is not entirely cer- Min. They are (Mended lo Imitate Ilte mocking ;stammering words of ()minket) men as thee° muck the wearisome itepelition of tlie proptieVe tenrnIng sparer. The teaming ot (he whole ro- t -net is: "WhO are We Unit we should be lectured by lids Men? Are We timely - horn inferee 2 Is ittneoessory 10 repeat over and ceme again to ns flee message itt 01111 wouldemelt it <Mild r' 11. Nay, bet by men of strange lips and with another tongue—Oe, for with elaninwring lips, ete. The quotation Iuitt ended and the prophet replies to the mocking interruption of hie hearers by pointing out fled his unwelcome and oft - repealed message will be followed by a severer word speken by Jehovah him- self la this people in a still more un - math language, namely. the harsh end harbarou-s accents ot the Assyrian M- eader& 12. This, the course of action advo- cated previously by the propeel, Lt Ille rest, the only mans of averting Mr impending dieasters 1 and this alone Is the tone possible 111011115 of bringing re- freshing to the exitausted nal.lon •end city. 13. Therefore—Bei:twee the warning of the 11 (P1 Imes been disregarded the punishment and deelruclion foretold will surely come upon the city. Fall backward—Retreat from their haughty position and be east down. • Broken, and snared, and MI:en—Defeat end rapture and utter desolation will be the inevileble outcome of the conflict which thee' apostasy from Jehovah will ht the end bring upon them, BBITISII COAST GUARDS. Old Service Will Likely be Superseded by Another. The friendly coastguerds, mho are „sure conspicuous and funnier Reuses on Brthett coasts, ere likely lo be !diesels.* superseded by the re-celablIsh- meat of the preventive officers of Me luelles. Their duties ere similar to those or the present -clay consiguerd, In anliegeltion of the new feeler rt things, the old etaff cif certsiguards- men have already been withdreen from seventy depots, The coastguerds ere the genet -el ;le 111011 nf ihe tuition, At present the sten' numbers teltiO. the roast heing lnlo seelions er divided reel) un- der a direct commander. The men are dratted from the mutts of the nivel Ntwy. They Mini the duties et prntee- lore egainst el -waggling un liebalt of Ilie Cusfmne, fiat 14 wreek-receivers and registrars et shipping. They !eke ft lending pert in life-env- ing eperidions ease of slen-wreele At present there ere 326 lifreseving lione, equipped with reekel nimernine, cliff larldere, fee., which ere werked by the ennelguards. Dinette 110lcd lon yeers 011,14, then 1,000 lives have. been sever! Ity the melt - el nonerithis Mono, which cuplike well for the efileioney of the men. 'The new staff 0111 18 re/feinted in some extent been the preerei remelt/nerd mid lime -expired neve nein, one the Melina mime, emitter leue-pieltel uniform will Pc dierarded in fever of blue (feint mid gilt lotions. A CLEVER l'OUNGS'rEn. 'lobby's moiber 111111 Ifficen 11111 to church. to Peer the itvening eermenhind they °erupted Seek in 1 PP glittery, where there was 11101.0 100171 then un the main them. Holley tried riot lo (Mow his el. trillion' to wander tem» 111e tweedier, het fit did, 1 -lc seemed 10 le; reirlietiffirly Interested in n family who ,-.121 in 11,0111 of hint, awl when the .),01111011 Was 111)0171 11111! OV01' 1111 willemened to Ms mother "Mninine,1 1105171) 811W 111060 people 170- 101)0, 1011 1 1007W their name:" "Illish, dens." "eta I do." ,persleted 133)1,3-. "Their renne's IRV "I Cow clo you know'?" • "levery Iline the preacher eitye Ms (mat '1 will lift up mine eyes ludothe hills,' those ttvo blg Oils look et each eithee 'and eteile," Subsequent Inquiry proved that nobby WaS right la 1118 guess. • FARMERS DLN'AED RIGHTS GAVSI: OP TOE rttsssiva AGITATION IN WESTEON CANADA. • flow the Groin Grower Was SIMI Out nem Testing Whether Ile Was Being Cheated. When people in Eastern Canada see accounts uf lice meetings of 110 commis. ston limulry Into Me grain trade. in Western Cameta they wonder whet it is all abate, and turn to some other pale or tile pupa. But il is worth while to know something about It business which is tho beets of Westera prosperity, amd welch so profoundly affects Ihe prosper- ity of the whole Dominion. A FIWIT EVERYWIIERE. In order to understand the present eituation it is neceseary to know ;smite - thing of the pest, and since ibis light belwistii meet dealere hoe been common all neer the Western pert of the conti- nent., wherever grunt is grown, a little story from Minim:cola, where the ilght began before it sleeted in-elanitoba, will he in place. The story goes that a groin eompaes; owning a large number of elie, vetoes, 01 ilm gain warehouses are usually cailod, hired a young termer to buy wheat. 0111 eerinin poiot. Now, in area tc, prole.et Ittenmelvee against loss the greet I flyers always ',lock" each Wad of wheat ef a certain amount lo cover the ebrinloge due to drying, hand- ling and flirt. Le_ weed seeds, ele. Tee yefung 111811 "docked" the loads of (hose who brought grain to Ms PleV0 kir what he thoughtwas a suffieienl amount, but was sharply reprimanded frcee the head office foe being "elene" in weight, Mien Me cam he sent out arrived at the ler- mince elevator. Ile "docked" mare, weighed the next carloacls carefully, hill was again sharply reprininndal end told to take more weight from the farmers. GAIECKED UP TIIE At this lime the grain wise turned into public or semi-public elevators at Min- neapolis and Duluth, and IL was the law or custom that the weights of the e1115 ltd weighed by the public weigher should be open to the public. The newspapere used to copy (Me register daily and publish the figures. There were volumes of !Mures showing atier the number of the cur, the grade and weight, of the grain it con - Mined when it got to Minneapolis or Du- luth. The young buyer was so satisfied that he had not cheated les employers, that he looked up the munbess of COI'S he had .sent, and discovered that instead of being very "shore' in weight, as re- ported by his than, that, they ell rim gen- erously over welled, IW kept his own counsel all that sateen, but daily kept account, of the difference between what the firm cre-dited him with and the amount. which Um car actually contained. Then, when he shut ep businees in the spring, he was able to show the e cult then when I tsaw it the first year.' valor company through gaining some- Amundsen expects it will take three thing on the weight of every ear had secured in one season from that one ele- vator forty cars of wheal. for white' they had neva paid. This was scarcely what would be termed news to the farmers, but, along with Mime instances, it caused the repeal of existing railway regula- tions, and the allowing of farmers to loari their own grain on cars if they so desired. The last sentence will paeans not he understood by the general ender, 1)01 11 will be explained presently. TROUBLE BEGINS IN MANITOBA. would not have endured ter twenty-four iwurs, 13ef01e the Nortimot hermitic Rail- way eente Into Manitoba the rete on grain wits 24 cents per bu»dred pounds from the nearer grain poinls to Fort Witten. After the Northern Nettle ciente 0 1(10 21111, Was reduced to 21 cents, and ito remained for some rare, Toelity IL is 11 and 12 collie Wheat, 111114 be remembered, wee ln HOMO of 1110411 hard years selleig the Ile and 40 cents per bushel for Islm 1 bard, rind about 1804 or 1805 a prointreed Winnipeg merchant 10111e Iles assertion from the Midterm, mkt it was not chellengeel, 111111 for the premding live yeam the redwity NV0111(1 1101 1111,e the grain, including lite coarse grains, ou1 of the nountry at the rate- tit 101' bushel, Thal ls to :say, that it cost more than ono bushel of grain W11S werth to take anoteer bushel out to the lake ports. NO NEED FOR MONOPOLY. 11 should be reinenthered that in the meantime the cepaelly of the country to prodove wheat had been tested, Eleva- tors were very profitable, and individuals and eempanies were erecting Mein by Um score, 50 that there 0115 00 Mega tbe need of the regulation of the io induce men to build them Yet with all these (lenge so light was the grip 01 (110 railway and elevator monopoly in the West that it was noi until after 1806 (bat the farmem got the simple right, to load grain on cars without, putting It through im elevator. Nobody grumbled et pay- ing Jee cents per bushel to the elevator men, bul they clkl want, Ole right to flnd out whether he was cheating them 011 the grade and the weight Ile allowed them. Thts was the first great, injustice re- moved from the hard path of the prairie termer, but there were others remaining. PARIS LIONIZES EXPLORER. Amundsen Accomplished the North- west Passage. Amundsen, the daring Norweginn ex- piorer who accomplished the North- west pageage in les 47 -ton Glom spend- ing nineteen months of his three years' 'voyage making observalloes in the vi- cinity of the eltignelle Pole, hes been lionized In Paris. President Fiancees deeorated '(he explorer a Commander ot the Legion Of Honor. Amundsen has delivered leeturee before the various scientific ecietellcs and given a private falk ucon itIs exneriencee for the bene- fit af France's forty "Immortals" at tne residence at Prince Roland Boneperte, V110 1111.5 recenny been (21001011 10 the in- stitute. "Neilsen," seys Anninelsen„"wes al - wiles faseinated by the idea of the Mirth -West Passage, etieh hael been etlemuled so many limes and never 10121111. I'd 1 Saw it open before ney sbip the firsl year of my voyage' and would not take advantage of the Chance beceese my progremme WEIS 10 make observations at the Meignetie Pule. In the end, it is tree. I did uavigale (be North-Wmt Passage, though when I ac- complished lt, 11 was much more dill - In Menthe)°, the Mantles for handling grain were in a rudimentary state prior to 1887, and there was no talk of trouble. Bul, in 1887 there WaS reaped the then enormous hevvest of 14,000.000 bushels (lost year, 1900, it was 102,000,000). There were few elevators, the railways were unprepared, end much of the grain, after lying out in heaps all winter, was mois- tened by the spring rains, begins to sproutend was 11 Iota] loss. Then erase a ery fer elevators, but people did no1 believe in the Confident West in those days. People believed there might not bo anothee big harvest for ten years, end were canny" about putting (heir money Into elet More, which might prove fail- ures. Those were bane years in the West when a Milt -dollar looked as big as a dinner -plate, end the $5,000, which en elevator leen east, was 4.1 fortune. To gel elevelors the Canadian Pacific: Rail- way male an inducement In the form of 11 regutelMn that. If tiny man or com- pany ereeled a "standard" el:Senior of ti (metal» enpacity, Jilted with cleaning ap- Paratus 111. filly Point, they, the compeny, would rehlee to receive any grain into tbeir ears el that poini except through (het cheater. TIIE SHOE BEGINS TO PINCH. There value 11 tycle of hard yeers and poor crops end 11 was not until 1800 or ism Met nits regulation begen to be op- pressive. The farmers got protection for thee; grebe ((hey had 00 granaries at home), and the charge of one end one- half cents per bushel for weighing, clean - Ing and "binning" the grain was not ex- ceesive. Besides, the femme were poor, end Poverty lies to keep ils mouth shut. Rut as the grain <mu Increased there be - gen lo be lee same trouble over weights and giaclee that there had peen in Min- nesota and Delcola and Californite To illustrnle: it farmer wouldbring what he verily believed to be '500 bushels of No. I hard \steal, to (he end he would be told he had only 450 bushels of No. 2 wheat. If be mild have headed with Ids own bands e ear of Wheat, 111111 that wheat had been declered No. 2 wheel, lee the Government Inepector at Fort William he would Mom been sous- rira. "le \\Ill.+ 1,011(.1y to accept the 005(1•11- 111101 weights, but there was no way of pulling his belief to the test, because all the grain had to go through the elevator, and there Its identity wee lost. FAIINIETIS' 111011'1'S DENIED. 'Yet ror eeven or eight years the fer- there of elerifloba begged, agitated, voted, rough1 for the elmple riget to load their greet from their we - gone on eerie mut thee right was denied them by the rallwey. Add to tele the excessively high freight eatee 111121 11 win he, toldrielood what ,rellWay end eleve- tor monopoly Mont Yet many good. people et flie East thoiight Menitobime were a disoonlonled, restlees lot of egis litters, when they Were really ,groopin yaws lo work out the eelentitic results lim observations he made night, and tiny for nineteen months near (he Mag- r,elie Pole. While he knows that Ms observallems prove that the Magnetic Pole is not stationary. until les ilgurce end 11010S are carefully -studied it \tell he imposeible to say whether its oscil- lations are regular. Amundeen says It is the Sallie with his meteorological, oreenegraphie and geographical obser- vat inns. Tbey will beve la be shelled by sci- entific neen to determine their value, All he was nble to say in a general way Was that tile ocean bottom traversed by Mtn was flat and .Nnntly, and teat the old cl seam so long en! n in ed by ex - plover.; of it short North-West passage preetical for trade purposes win; ex- ploded. The route north of the Ameri- can continent which lie discoveredhe sere is only practicable for scientific explorations. Ile earnestly hopes, how- ever, that les example will be follow.ed. or tent at least a elution will be eslide Meted in the vicinity of the Magnetic Pole, and maintained there long enough to permit of e enmptele end exheustive set of observations. • 44414441414,114 114 44 4 2> Ills, Horne (101013115 (1151111531 1.461*°4 spolivd nit*. — Pe flour, 6 o5. chopped beef 'euet, 4 oz. curtains, tem epoonful baking powhee method elft the flume add a pinch of stilt, and met with the suet, add enuugh waive to make into a fairly stiff paste, Roll it out and sprinkle the curtains upon IL Wel the edges and loll up Me peste, ; Dip a Inut- Mug-cloth in hot water and leen' une side, then weep the prepared roll lel:, the cloth end tie the ends, Boil and slam' 1( 101' about two limas, remove the cloth end dish up and serve hot. Current leritters.-3 egge, 3 is, 4 ox. (menthes,' 4 tablespoonfuls bulled rice, sugar to taste, a mate of nutmeg. X pini of milk, a tenth of sell, trying Id. etellted : elitIce the baiter by mix- ing the yolks of oggs with the flour, mid adding millc graduelly till a smooth and light better is obtained. Ade the Milt to the whiles of eggs end whisk etilny, stir Mein lightly 11110 the belles, add the cur - suede, rice, nutmeg, and enough easter mega to sweeten. Drop the mixture In spoonfuls into hot Mt and fry to a light hrown color. Drain the 'titters on a cloth or paper and dredge ova elth pester sugar. Serve piled upon it hot dish. Norwegian Apple Cake. -- 1 lb. sour cooking apples, 4 eggs, X lb. brown or nicest Anger, X Th. breaderunibs, 2 as, buttes', 2 oz. currants, IX oz. cornflour. I leeepoonfal ground cinnamon. 11e- (1011 Pee1, core, slice, and rook the apples with the sugar end very Mlle wake'. Drain them when tender, end rub through a sieve and add the butter. Wait in the yolks of eggs whilst the apple pulp is Still W111111, 111011 10111 the Meade:lambs and the einem-non. Whisk the egg-whites to s stifl' froth, lied mix these and the cornflour with the peeper - Mimi. Butter and flour a flat cake -tin or two ut moderate size, pour in the mix- ture, and Mike in a. moderate GYM for about 35 minutes. Turn out the cake en to a dish and dredge with castor sugar, and serve hot or cold. German Currant Pancakes. — 34 lb, brown breatierumbs, 2 oz. butter, 4 oz. cuments, 4 eggs, 1 Th. coolcieg tipples, 2 oz, sugar, ground einnemun, Method : Peel, eure, and slice the apples and cools them to n puree. Melte about ee oz. of butter in a. panealce pan, sprinkle in about I oz. of -breallerumbs, mix the apple puree will the mimeo -es and sugar, and put a layer of it on top of the crumbs; beat up the eggs and pour in just eimugh to COM' the apple puree. edprinkle. over some more breaderumbs and a little gr011nd 010118»1011, then bake in it twirls' bot oven for about. ten min- utes. Turn out on a dish, beeprinicle with sugar and serve. Continue to cook the remainder of materiel in the same manlier. The above quentfty of ingre- dients 5'111 make 0 good-sized pancakes. Dutch (Merton Me. —3e P1. flour, X le. currants, 1 oz. mixed peel, 2 oz. rai- sing or sullanns, 4 oe. castor algae, 5 Oz, butler, 8; eggs, g gill milk, 1 dessert- spoonful ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon- ful baking powder. efethod 1 Work the sugar and yolks of eggs in a basin to a ereani, Melt Mc butter, silt the flour and belting powder, clean the fruit, shred the peel, mix all the dry ingredients with the sugar and egg -yolks. Whisk the whites of eggs to a stiff froth., add them gradually, Pour the mixture into a but- tered cake -tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 1ee hours. Rock Celces.—ee lb. flour, 1 egg, 8 oz, butter oe dripping, 2 oz. sugar, 1 oz. mtxed peel, 2 oz. currants, 1 teaspoon - MI baking powder, a little grated nut- meg, not quite 34 gill milk, a pinch of salt. Method : Sift the flour into (5 basin, edd Me salt and a grate of nutmeg, rub the butter or dripping 11110 the thew and mix well. Shred the peel and add this with the Zuvrants, the sugar, nutmeg, salt, and baking powder lo the flour. Beal, up the egg with the milk and mix gradually with the dry ingredients into n fairly stiff mixture. Pul, this in rough heaps on to a grensed bekingesheet, and bake in it fairly hol, oven 01)01)1 20 min- utes. Bela Ceices.-10 oz. flour, X oz. Ger- man yeast, 1 tablespoonful sum, 2 oz. butler, 2 oz. curranfs, 2 eggs lee gills mills, rum specie Itiethed S111 the flour Into a basin, rennin the yeas( anti easier Huger with a little tepid 111111 er water; melt the huller in a saucepan, add to it the milk made lukewarm ; pour this on to the yeast and suttee, then pour IL DIM (he centre of the finite Add the eggs beaten; work all well together, and heal, up, edding Ibo curette's. Pul, the 01114. tUre into well -greased thiled cake-lins, celled Belie moulds. Put them in a warm place to rise for thole twenty minutes, then bake in a Misty hot oven. When baked, (urn out the shapes and baste Mein over with rum stymie Serve bolo,' cold. ((31111 1)1111)11)8 depend upon the \my In which Ile ingredients are put together es w1l as 011 the recipe Itself, A house- keeper who Is known tor her fluffy breciernet. muffins, whieh ere always as light as the proverbial feather, use,s soul, 131111 111 01111(Ing them, but decries the Ohl nine my of using IL According lo ditional processee the sotto is mleed with your milk before the flour Is ighled. 'rms. method, agues the housewife in ques- tion, allows the effervescence lo be over before the flour goes ln, tier wily Is lo mix w1111 the sour milk the 110111', salt n»d sugar and then to add meta dls- aolved in a lithe hot water-. Ily lies !Mans Lhe 0111.1r0 11111811 1.1805, Tho lest thing beton the batter Is lineal into the pens it ben fen egg ie folded In. 'elite Is ha recipe 1 Two cupfuls of Weir, one cupful of sour mint, 2.1 half renew:Ione/1 of soda, (»le teaspoonful 01 &tiger, a half teaspoonful of salt, end one egg. SULTAN'S SCREEN. -- Niettins of Flee llonored be' Having l'heir Skins Made trdo a Screen. Them is a story told of a famoes and turiuns 512IT111 occupies a prom- inent Owe in the menage of the Sultan 01 Turkey. it is made, so ruinoe hall 0, of human Man, perfectly termed and elaborately tooled and embossed, Red tI IltiS been in (he royal genteel% for more than twn eenturies. This remark- able screen is not an evidence ot cruelly er barbarity on Iho pert of Turkey's ruler two hendred years 11310, but is a memorial ki twelve faithful servants of a keener Sullen, At one 1113)e denting the Sullents reigntwo hundred years ego, e wing of the enlace caught fire and durIng the connegration a much loved member of the Sullen's teintly was reseued by twelve servants. The twelve servants perished, some ot them dying ef their wounds and burns, so his Majesty bad (heir skins removal by en experl mul hed them preeerved in this touching tholigh remote -Wile manner. The screen is now looked upon es a part el' the ruler's inliesilence, end it is Said that every Sulam 0110715105 it almost as he would his own royal skin. *—.44 PEAT AND COAL. Coal Ls fossil peat. The peat -bogs if to-dny might becotne coal -beds In some fuluse grelogical age, Professor pnto- nie of Berlin says there is stela moat - teem between lbe different kinds of peat tied of coal. When the remains cf plents celled under terrestrial condi- (ems. an ordinary • petit -bog Is formed. '('Ino corresponds, 0111 "bright" mei. 11 the minable celled meter whiter, 011 ee. genic .ellme le formed, a»d this corer: - spends. with "dull," Or Cannel cool. When terrestrIel ntc1 quelic conditions three alternated during 1110 collection of the remain', "etrate-peate results, end lids corresponds with, mat deposits entiels(ing of allerriate livers of bright and dull meal. The attendee] end phy- eicel propertles Of the Melees kinds of peat end eteal shoW a similar mete - under teronge that the Opt -Ilene Cetes epenoehee, It so heppened Met I set where I could 100 1W operation, which was a Ny01111101) lo nee I, wes stustreeml le see if common, old-faehioned fiat -Iron, hi steed of the usual tailor's "goose," put heat, Then he chit off the rteetled ninnunle neing ti curved metisure as it guide. One could matte smell g measure eut of heavy paelehorird, tithing the bob tmli of it Only of Mowers lo get the shape. Ile 111011 proceeded to turn up Me hem 0111' 11 strip 01 "11:48111," W111011 11, 1111C1 011 a huge spool, feat basting le piece. When 1111S WO (1c)11t 110 1001( 11 1'011 10111 1111 11101 11111A 1111t1 tibout 14 Melee long, the width of the bottom of Ilie germent. slipped il inside and laid 11 on Ihe work table, ei weacliog, (wee it a coarse cloth, shutter lo the duck used Mt dresses, then missed a wet swinge across where the hem came and pressed it with 1110 het iron, elianging the pad ehout unlit eeery part had been meted, Lastly, he turned Iluf logs foul pressed HIV 110111 on the othes side in 1111 'seine way, excepting thut lie did mil dampen them tici much ue press so long. This gave me 11 new idea entirely es le the way to use the (Issue, and press - lug m gemeal, 1 never had much .14,2' 0)41 in using the liseue, mei 1 new sse 011.1. us 1 did not, use 0 damp Moth or n pad to press on. The pad !melte the Meek of the rough edge trum showing on (lie outside. Oceuslonally women folks have a lob of this keel to do find -I gee no ITtISCIll why we could not make a substitute for •tho pad, as there is not enough of :etch work in an ordinery family to buy onm An old, faded table ectier of felt weep - pal smoothly around a thin board, stet ite can te gut at any dry goods store end festened al the edges:, would answer the purpoim or :am made of old hnonel would he n Most !IA geed. I fancy such a pad would be a gran help in pressing 1110 S0111118 1111d plittOls 0.1 1110 Mons' mitts, doing away with the shiny 111111.101 so often resulting from home pressing. 111 1113' few momeets 01 walling. t feel 5111.3, much_elated ova (his • A 71113131 WORTII RNOWINfe e I Married somethitig worth wilier the other day by going wile 01122 of the men thilts to buy a Stift of (loftiest, writes thile (Mole '3131115) 110 selection lind Veit outdo wee found. that (hie! rousere were Inn long end lied In he Muneened by the tailor of 1110 establishment. lie Auld 11 would f1110 but tt fetv minute% st) We de- roam, Diane end silo knows solnelltilig &led to waft, begideg of Rattan 1111(1Iteselan. 11015111 101,1) 1 1 INTs. Nettling is better than vinegat; for 121, 1l31 windows. 11 gems a (11141-01110polish. Rub it un with one soft' <11111,dry the glass with another, and polish NV.1111 a weshleallter, leurniturcf needs cleaning 115 1011011 as other wooclwark. 11 1)11)3' be waelled with \5111111 soapstels quickly, wiped dry, and then ruithed with rolienstone and sweet- anony . Clne uff the all, and polish teeth chamois skin. To prevent. steins on china rinse out well the cups, etc., in culd water firsts then wash them in hut water. Tho cold water rinsing 1)1050111S 1.11t1 St11111S fl'Or11 1110 tannin in the tea or coffee booming fixed, which they otherwise would if plunged into hot wattle Datilpen IWu cloths wee kerosene end shut them up. light in a large the pail. Leave them thus ter twentyfour hours or Mare, When they will be ready for DSC. Use one tor dusting furniture, doors and casings, the other one for linoleum, hardwood or painted floors. They thor- oughly take up the dust and prevent its To cook turnips daintily a Mlle sugar must, be 'added to the boiling water. The improvement 18 marvelous. being agaiu shaken into the room, They do not leave streaks as it frostily damp- ened cloth is ept, to, nor do they injure woodwore of any sort. If your Iclichen table or yea bread board is discolored and scrubbing with soap and water does not whiten it, take a piece of bathbrIck, wash the board with IM, steely water, and then rub it thickly Wall the }withheld:. 'rhea use a geed aruus b blush anti mere hot water, 0'0 a thoeough ecrubbing, rinse iL Menu water and put it out in the sum light to dry'lf 1105011)1e. Fine sand used instead ot 11011110121 will usually, in conjunction with soap and water, re, move the most obstinate stains, A DOT -GIRL THIEF. ille Clever Impers—onation ot a Girl at Liverpool. The recent history of "Ilernkt" Barnes, the gee errand "boy," who Is now under remand at Liverpool on a charge of [hen. [von' bier last employee, secavie FKI.11,1,1,51 0n51801 1011,5, an unmm coonly clover MI - 1 I, well be remembered that her sex was only discovered when see wits or - rested and Meen to the workhouse. lscir a whole year did the girl—her pad name Is Emily Barnes—pass herself off es n boy. It is believed that it wee el Le instigation of her mother, who was scent to prison on Wednesday on 11 eherge of reeelvieg mnimy Irmn her (homilies, that 31111113 211)11,11(1 1)1)328thing; but havIng once skirled the de - &tenon, she displayed extraordinary eleverness in theinteining it, She hits successfully trundled a fiend - art while in the employ tit a firm of seedreiclors in Liverpool, ollended ei: pege-boy to Ile 101110r 511)11 Is 01 diners; al a testament, and performed the du- ties of an errand hey e hoot shop. The 1)11i111131010$5ot the last-named es- Inblishment described the girl as "the model of en errand boy." "'111' was 1801111131 side by sale with n nude rim plume in my plies) for three months wIllPm1 !be sligel est simpleton lying moused," slie edited, "Ilespeolebly dress. ed 1111)2(1015 fuel \yenning ft 1,1110121' 111 small peaked nap, the' 151111 a (('('111tevorite with all the girls in .the shop, f titiveys regarded 'him' ne the essence of ione lely, well-mennered, and of •Mee speech. 1 nonsIdered 1 bed real jewel M. errend bee," Eames ere being 111(11112 lo get the girl placed in ti bone!, There ere 'teeny touching hicklents in the (veer of 11 (chronic, borrower. :401110 111011 heat their wives eitully C111180 11,032 lire 1)1111(11 lo do otherwiee. Si,,110 111141 11M 1111111110 10 sieve. Money liereme they (femme any In trainee' on, A women admires twr husetteffie 1111131- 1111411 whim he 03111110:4 with her, 'Ole live stoelc or England Is valued a, 105 millions Alerting, it • Inelictles 5 11,111S011 Petite end 18)e of sheep. (3111233sle/ilbelireme or 11(11(1111(1 ls let (T9410111 thispifet, I'm' elm ri110111+18 Preece, (Written rind (1131,11011 ITS fluently ne her PROGRESS OF RAILROADS \i'llAT IS DOING IN (14NADA AND' 1.041711120 STATES,- 0411101100 of Caes Added lo Service 1011' 'Years — General . Notes. rob( 0 fro ur,oui tao tiwwta loCOn)lat111ru li0 0 elgll: 11 Is estimated that the weer and tear on American rellreads pulverizes. 427,000 Inns of iron minutely. ft is asserted by the Amore -en) Me- elumle (ha in railroad building the come -tem now cost twice as much as the rails. The teorld's record for railroad build- ing is slx nines In twelve home. The - feat was accomplighett in laying the Gape -to -Cairo Railway. 'The bill for locomotive fuel 15 the largest Item of expense for tenteriats incurred by railroads, auct nverngos Omit 15 per cenl, of the total operat- ing 0143100.10.The commissioners et the District of Columbia on November 17 toolt final ac- tion on en order In prohibit the use ot any except electricm loenolives In drawing trains into the new union sta- tion. The number of trains arriving and deporting ce Chicago daily is as follows: Thes reugli psenger end mail trains, 458; suberan lt tvains, 807; [reedit trains, 272; or a total of 1,537 •trains each day, It is annotinced that only fireproof passenger cars will he mod by the Pennsylvania Railroad through its tun - note under the 1111115011 River, and bide have been fiskrd tor 100 care of all -steel. The Union Pacific', for the year end- ing June, 1005, pied for its coal $3,- 394e88; nt en avenge cost per ton 01 81.70 wiedd give 1,928,620 tons; with 707 engines in 1112111111 service, would give 2,826 tons es the average consume on - lint coal per a• year. Ameng other ('100(215 to break Is (led of the output of locomotive Dining the peel Mx months Ilie number of engines completed Le more than 1,300. 11(1 were just (hat number it would amount to idly a week, or more then eight every twenly-tour hours, omitting Sundays, Thr cost of construethig tee Grand Trunk PuelfIc's 3,600 miles of mein line Is estimated at about $125.500,000, ae tellows:—Easiern div( -.Ion. 1,800 miles, al $30,000 a mile, 554.000.000; Prairie111- 'skin, 1,100 utiles $25,000, $27,500,000; 'Mountain division, 700 miles, 5611.000 o mile. $42.000,0000. A few (Wye agn there wile cast in a ettlwatilme foundry a single meting ;weighing 133 tone. This, 450 believe, Is the largest, single piece ever cast. In America. To handle this huge 111115S cr metal special cranes and derricks bad to be provided. Its safe and easy hand- ling was made possible only by the use 6111\ivile'eonritliawl)ei.iting on Mr. 11(11,24speech on lee extensMn of reilway lines, President Ilerabare of Ihe Illinois Cen- tral, says:—"What we want more than anything else is more caes and more locomotives. The congestion of freight is not so much a question of track, but ot cars and loromoilves and the prompt handling of ears. We could handle fitly per cent. more cars and locomotives. In round numbers the freight, bag- gage, mail and express CHI'S of the coun- try 05111)1,011 1.750,000. There have been aided ebout 250,00'3 emit in the last, len years, and 750,000 in the last, twen- ty yeach. In 1880 tbere were only 544,- 185 cars, and 1,011,943 in 1888. There Ins been an avenge increase of 23,000 freight ears during the last len years, though the increase hes been much higher under the present state of high prosperity. The fermere of the Dakotas end Min- nesola lutve filled the elevators along the lines 01 1(11' railroads, and are steck- Mg 11011; wheat in great bins 20 to 30 feet deep, covering an here or Moro of ground. This is necessIlelett because the rallrOtias cannot runtish cam to leanspori it to the terminal elevators et Chien go, Milwenakee, .Minnermolis, Duluth. and Superior, where there is 001111e room re to stoall of the wheat. MILITARY PIGEONS. In the Italian army all cavalry regi- ments are supplied with careler-plgeone, which ese used tor the transmission of htformation during all their military manoeuvreg in camp. Young cavalry officers go through a course of instruc- tion in the trebling of plgecms for mill - lay purposes at the PIgneral College. In each einuelron of cavnlry there must he one geachlate who bee studied for a fortnight in a military pfgeon establish. monk and ence corps mild gee that SIB 111011 graduate yearly. Theoretical in shmetton on the erne of pigeons, on the method of premising and festening 110. 81111(01105, end launching birds Is given to 1110 calverymen. QUAINT YORKSIIME CUSTOM. A quain1 cuelom ie still lit vogue in winter et 13ainbrid31e. a Yorkshire vtl- Inge. Every eight, at nine o'clock a lingo horn Is blow)1 on the village green, so (het anyone lost or rambling on the snr- mending fells may be guided In enfely. Very welcome lies the sound often been to tunny 11 wesearer 0(11 111 ettow or tog o11 the cheerless moors% ' laeery bred bend' believes it wee les (matte brain that 2110 111 England hes three linens (15 11111113' mur- der Spiels ininnelly as Ireteral, and he- lmet about twice tie teeny 8.s Seoflemi. erne ,1onc linil nequiecel the 401 er teething eling„ ''3 P10 delighted .1 ant le see you 14111111, • NIT'S, lones1" said int elderly empatintence, meeting het when out shopping. "Nethy, It urtfat be of least ten yeam seta we mei, end ire 80 1110.0 10 1111/11< 111111 32011 remenibered 11)0 after all this Leese. Yolt 10101.1/ (PC 11,t once. 1 (eine bum ehenged 110 vere 11111ele" "Oti." onid Nrs...leM3s, with a eweet simile end en teed I -no, "I eecog. Illzett your boned."