The Brussels Post, 1908-1-30, Page 6LIR THROUGH FRIENDSHIP
The Best 'Thing You Can Olive the World
Is a Good Life.
"Greater love Balli na moll than this fife, without, the slicdding of blood
4hat'a man luy down his life for his there to n„ putting away of the things
friends„"—John. five 13. that tel ee and en1111.1 there is no sal
It often seems 'that the. laying down intion for humanity without the put -
of lifeIs a .particularly attraelile ling of (he Mood and Lone and slncw
theme to piaeple who have no Liles ett0 its serviee.
lvoi•th laying down, They use to. tam Life le the only rower that. can make
of the cross and the shame anti the life, the new life of e ciily ran come
sbedeiilg of blued, and they succeed M. only 11y vital prcclsses. Our livee, the.
Isalesfelog Jheir impulse for defog deep inner twee, are elralilig other
these things by simply describing them, 11101x, We 511'0 aur moral lives to the,
Yet the great voices of almost 1111 re- gift of life from friends, from those
liglons speak of the laving deevn and Who e01111 Unrest le us. Friendship is
peering out of a life as the price of the the vehtelo for transmitting the higher
salvationof the world, In every one life,
at no Ihero Is something that answers A good life adds more to the worlds
and thrills to the thought of sacrifice; wealth than any other thing. \\'flat
the great have been inose who have we are is c•ur zdual eternal contribu-
„ven themselves gloriously. tion to :society. Every right the means
Every normal man desires the snlva that ilumanity has so much more vital -
tion of the world, that is. the realize- fly and spiritual health with which to
Von of els highest pessibililies, ire per- live; every evil life means so much
tertian on the pathway of progress, and disease, eu much of
ht Italia, What dors this 11101111, this
layingdown of a life for the lifting u A DRAG ON TUE \iOBI.D.
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cf the world? The living of a true life' is in itself
The salvation
h of the world is seal
Ihe. giving of thate. la
! Y � life the world,
d
the<
salvation t f The people I ',
r o e le in Ytw<It
1 a e < :.'
P P let It n <f allgood anti 1
lies
g rqualities n
If natural objects are defiled we have 011r:selves uud their - impartation to
defiled then; ifsedety is deranged it ethers. The contact and infusion ev11h
r„
people, persons,who hnve deranged
character ve cannot 1150 1e
. They who
it.
live lay down thea' lives for their fel-
lows as well and as truly ns 4hey who
die. Death. even the nharlyr's. and .the
herb's, is only an incident in the course
of ihls outgiving life.
Living for others usually has nothing
spectacular about 11, no consciousness
of doing great. things. Love never
knows how great is its work, nor how
much it gives. Simple friendship is
the highest expression of this kind of
a life.
Most of all men need the grip of the
hand of a fellow and the nearness of a
life on which they ran draw. To be
true friend to any man is to give him
Snlvntion is a work of personality, of the greatest gift we have to impart,
(ives, a wailer of changing ihnract,r. To walk in comradeship with our MT-
expressing
MTexpressing character. Elevale the race lows. teeing true always to the best in
Jhat is, the persons, and the rest will ouhsolves. is to help (hent best to that
lake care of itself. which is great and tl'ue. To walk our -
The nce<i of the world is not: laws. selves in friendship with things infl-
nor logic, but life If you would lift nite and holy is to find eternal life,
11 you must give a life, muse pour out HENRY F. COPE.
Tile NE\V HEAVEN
twill rat come by letting down golden
Streets; 11 trust come by lifting up the
epcople to golden 1.121111.1..
\'10 do n•ell to labor incessantly for
better cen<11tlowee but not to •forget thee
ecndilions .spring out of character,
What measure of civic or national
eeghlne..s we may demand depends on
elm • standards of rightness already
within tis. Every problem we have
;goes back (o persons; every icnprdve-
Irnent we make grows out of pe,scnel-
ily
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
FEB. 2.
Lesson V. Jesus the Sreeleur of the
World. Golden Text: hem 3. 11.
THE LESSON "WORD STUDIES.
Bnscd on the teat, of the Revi ed Ver-
Sioll,
Testimony of Nicudeulus.—The minis-
traliou of Jesus to the peeplc at Jerri-
e:deul on the n,,cnsion of the Passover
season was accompanied by many Mira-
cle.' with lire result that the lieginuiegs
of a deeper faille in flim were iMMdeeled
m not n few of those who heard him
speak and who 1eireld the miracles
which he performed. It i.: Jolat's purpose,
lx',oyer, i0 show at this point in his
llarrulive the 11111/1012011 of the words and
signs luliiruoles) of Jesus upon one who
was not of Ilse credulome and tickle 11n11-
iilude, hut who belonged to the llri;10-
orace, Which in int: Jewish state implied
also leadership in the religlol1s life and
thought of the nation. It ire lire testi-
mony of .Nicodenlus to the divine char -
oder of Jeells on which the emphasis of
o1)1 lesson passage is placed. The name
"Nicodenies," ]hough of Greek origin,
was not uncommon among the Jews.
The Talmud mentions a person bearing
this mune as one of the four wealthiest
residents of Serosal. ni end ns one of 111e
disciples of Jesus, who lived unit after
the destruction of Jerusalem. It Ls hardly
prohibit: that this person can be the
Nicodenms of our lemon narrative.
Nlcodenlus was a member 01 the Jewish
i Ilnhedrin, end therefore probably a
scholarly theologian and teacher of the
law. itis testimony to the character of
Jesus was rightly considered of great
importance by tie apostles. To that
testimony we give ohr attention in the
study of to-clny's lesson.
Verse 1. A ruler al the Jews—So •de-
signated hocausc a member of the San-
bedriil, which cons1111110,1 a supreme
crura in Jerusalem, before which crises
arising andel' the Jewish law were
brought for judgment. The Yeomen
authorities, however, reserved the right
of pronouncing and executing a death
srnOnce.
2. We know—Nicodemus has in mind.
other members of the Sanhedrin nssoci-
ated with him in governmental respon-
sibilities. Many of these lemurA(iouably
must.:havo realized the significance of
:Ihe work and teaching of Jesus. But
because of se111s11'interests u1 stake they
had not the courage of their convictions
and did not publicly admit his evident
diefrte authority.
These signs-11eferringnot only to the
authority_ Jesus had 00511111ed in his act
of cleansing the temple but to other nets
and miracles also enol. -mentioned sp0ei-
fleelly bet suggested in verse 23 of the
preceding vhnpter.
3. Verily, verily—Lit., "amen, amen,
an expression used for 0010111/1 emphasis,
end when predicting the clause or ton -
lance it is intended 10 0nlphaaize (rens-
Inlet' as in our text. When following the
thought enlpbasirctl lite word in 1112g'
list nppea's in its origlnel torn] as
Henden," •
130111 anew --Or, "fr01n above,"
The kin 4421) of God--Conretved.0f by
t;
Nioedelnns cm 4111: earthly kingdom,. In
which the fa(ure .glory 011 the Jewish
people should find 1>2 an11111nalion,
whereas Jesus clearly Mid In mind the
spiritual kingdom which he Ind conte to
ci'lnbllsh In tihe'beerls of believers. It
was doubLlevas this wrong conception
which Nicedenlus. together with the vast
majority of the pimple of his time, had
concerning (11' kingdom of God, that led
him to n:isl,ndcrstand the statement of
Jesus concerning the necessity of being
born again.
5. Born of water—The outward sign of
chanting by which confession is made
et one's need of a eirnilnr Inward p11100.
And the Spirit—Tile marc important
01111lent in 110100nlet regeneration. Un-
less a man's inner spiritual life be
wholly changed by a power from above,
that of the Spirit of God, he cannot,
even though he be a son of Abraham
atria—ding to the 100`11, enter into the
kregdonl of God.
6. Flesh—Signifying not merely the
betty. but its faculties, its appetites, and
desires as well• "lee wllolo equipment
with wlliclt n111111e furnished man for
lib' 111 (liM world"
s The wind bloweth—A clause some-
times tr'aeslaled "the Spirit hrcutheth."
h:once the words for "wind" and "spirit"
are identical in the Greek original.
So is cvcr3'one that is born of the
Spirit evident to 110Se with 11.110)12 ha
0011105 In (4allnct by ills life and activity,
while the mune° and ultimate bent of his
setritultl Itfc tool of his outward activity
may alike be hidden from all who havo
net ihomsel.oe become partakers of the
some new life and splrlt,
0. Hew can these things Ile --Rather,
"transpire," or "conte to pose,"
I1. We speak—Jesus includes his dis-
ciples with 'himself in this statement.
13111 note the change to the singular in
the. nett verse.
12. Earthly things—Such es transpire.
upon earth, though eternal and heavenly
in. Character,
1lenyenly things—The deeper mysteries
concerning God's plan for the salvation
of meet.
13. No'ono hath ascended into heaven,
10 x05 and know these things, but he
goo, descended out of heaven, even. the
Son of man.
14. The eel'pcnt in the wilderness—Fol'
the n0eou111 of the events hero ,referred
to, compare Num. 21.
Must . . be lifted up—Asa divine
reoresiIy.
15. Have eternal life—John's charac-
teristic Phrase for "life fornvOr."
10. Arany able commentators regsrd
ve115Co 16.21 as the words of John rather
Iran those of Jesus.lin support of this
suggestion It is pointed out that John
Labilually throws explanatory com-
ments of his own into his narrative, and
that he does lets ofttimes very abruptly
(compare 1, 16-18; '12. 37.41), The past
tense of the verbs Is also regnrdod as
repeesenting rather the inter point of
v1ew Mom Which the apostle writes. suc-
ceeding the eglnplelien of Christ's re-
demptive wore. In 8(14121011 la this it Is
Pointed out drat phrases like "believe on
Um name" and "only 'begotten Son" are
not elsewhere used by Jesus himself but
flee expreesions 'peculiar to the omega,
1151. Verse 1(1, Which has sometimes been
called "ihn gospelln miniature" gives in
0011densed feral a very canlpech4llsive
sintalnc'lnt of the gospelmessage, point-
ing to the love of Geld for the world,
manifested in the sacrifice of his only
begotten Son, as 11m origin of tent gos-
pel, and to,the rill -inclusive scope of the
dielne purpose whin' provides'eelvnlion
end clerrinl life for nil who believe roe
1ie Son.
13. Judged already --Ten life 0110 ex
ample of ,Testis Christ provides, ns 11
were, the torlehsfen0 for every life
measured by which these calla full shoe
or this 'bin ideal end ,slanrinrd stand aJ
ready ndtudged 110100e God And 1110)1 0$
hnvhng /ellen .short or thatstandard
lite Which; Attlee the coming of 'Meier,
line loecm mole poeel)lte to thane who he
neve on tela mime',.
1 3tr. Doeth.-'-Or, a practiceth,„ Tlit
lue
FUI:the most part, utero -existed
strict dividing 111150 throughout
Ilaneville, separating the ler"I•
5017 of the "111o0dy liobhors" from
that of their rivals, the "Bloody Pl
rates.” lint Possum 11111 was any
Man's hind; 110'er was the claim to it
riutda good by either band. Rom was.
a 11vorila battling ground for the
two forces during wintera, wl..en
snow lay heavy and "stuck,"
Tbis year the "Bloody Pirates"
stole a march upon the enemy, and
Mut erected a strong and handsome
snow fort bofor0 the "Robbers" had
knowledge of this stroke of enter-
prise, Not long Were they to remaln
In undisputed possosslon, however.
The customary fight began do quick
order. During the whole of one
Thursday afternoon every member 02
the (120 . gallant bands played truant
111 order to continue the struggle,
Try as they would, the "Robbers"
'were unable to oust their opponents
from the position.
Right m1 the frill had tho fort boon
built. Its 11)4118 ware high, offering
fine protection to the defenders. In-
side were heaped countless numbers
of snowballs, or.0 n' r
a uhtledi
b
the greatest kind of industryoiIn
l,
charging this stronghold, the "Rob-
bers" worecompelled to rush for-
ward entirely in the open, exposer]
to the merciless are of their adver
saries,r v
Bao as they were, I
W the
R.
' n
"bbers"
were n1.a
1 s1. t
obli ed r
g
raise is the siege and d ra a
to
their
homes in deep t'rIett.Dot that night "Short)"
carne to
his 0
amrados' rescue. While 5. all
ITom +1
el Ile a • peacefully t p a et 111 p
Shorty slits from the t91ndU1v at lit8
room, dropped upon the roof of the
outhouse below and quickly ran
cross town to Possum 11111--a jaunt
of at ]oast throe miles.
WIT1(IN TEE FORT
mous bn t The1 s1. load a9 111 his
arras when en ha heard
was
a patter of -feet
behind him. The nest instant Shorty
was' speeding down the hill. Never did
he go faster in his 1rte. Not oven did he
pause
at the eav-
agebuldgnMit y gaining. It
took him estfraction
0 1 aOf a Seco
isecond to
shinnyup the theat th
1 0 e bottom to the
hill—ad :ct the end of that fraction of
a second Sugar's bulldog had stationed
himself athebottom of
t the tree.
That dog kept guard for "keeps," toe
Roar after hour passed, until Shorty
was almost frozen. But 11e would rather
freeze on his perch than risk falling
Into the clutches .of the beast below,
Somehow he managed to cling until
DXPOS11DTO THF 14IDRCALDSS FIRE OF TIHEIR ADVERSARIES
- Beyond thohill lay Sugar's home-
stead, and It 'was currently reported
that during the night Sugar's beg
bulldog: -was loosed and permitted to
roam over the hilland the surround-
ing country. Dvory boy lin Horne-
t'llle, whether "Robber" or "Pirate,"
had an unbounded respect for that
bulldog, so no one had ever sought
heretofore to ascertain the truth of this
statement. Shorty's courage was put
to its severest test.
Stealing silently up the h111 Shotty
Was, soon within tae Wells of the fort.
His first impulse was - to stamp to
pieces' the great numbor of snowballs
he found there. This, of course, would
leave the "Pirates" helpless when .next
mornings assault would be made by
the 'Robbers." But it seemed such a
shame to destroy 80 many nicely
'made balls that Shorty decided to
Carry them down the hill and 111do
them where ho and. 1113 comrades
Would find them.
So earnestly was Shorty engaged in
this task of transporting snowballs that
he .quite forgot his fear of the error -
dawn when Farmer Sugar, coming in
search of the dog, released the shiver-
ing lad and took him to the farmhouse,
The "Pirates" lived nearest to Pos-
sum Rill and so gained the fort before
their enemy. Hardly were they ins,de
than the Robbers" app'ared, Then
the "Pirstes" discovered, too ]ate, that
all their snowballs were gone. The
-,n.ext moment there darted a figure from
;Warmer Sugar's house. Down the. hill
It ran stiffly shouting: "Charge 'em, you
'Robbers'! They haven't gota snow-
ball!"
In lust five minutes the fort was in
possession of the Bloody Robbors"—
and remained so until tho sheriff came
in search of them for playing the tru-
ahit that morning as well as the after-
noon before. It was only then that the
Robbers" learned of Shorty's heroic
decal, es he modestly recon ,ted how the
snowballs of the "Pirates" had disap-
peared.
Shorty "caught it" from his ra as
well as from the teacher—but with the
words of els comrades' praise still ring-
ing in his ears Ile didn't nand it at all!
HD celebrated musician I5aydn
bad, in his youth, a very .miser-
able time of it. Taken tato the
home of a charitable shoemaker, Haydn
endeavored to ropey the good man for
his kindness by playing to hien while he
Worked in his shop.
During- an this time the concert -m's-
ters were enriching themselves through
Haydn's musical compositions, and giv-
ing the -lad 'practically nothing In re-
turn. Already celebrated-throughoutall
Germany the young man himself was
entirely Ignorant of his renown,
1t so happened that one day the
Countess Thun, having arranged a con-
cert, found that the pianist eau falte•
111 at the last moment, A. lackey..proln-
ised to lend another musician, and pres-
ently returned with Haydn. The poorly
clad youth was ushered Into tho mag-
nificentty appointed salon.
Is it true, my friend," asked the
Countess, "that you are an export player
of the plano2orte and canread this
sonata?"
What was iho. silrprise Of Ilaydn to
phrase retell to the habitual altitude to -
weed evil.
21, leocth the 11'1111—A phrase occur-
ring only, here and h11 John 1, 6. Ilene
used in contrast evllh the espres,sion
"1(1(letlh evil" in. the preneding.,verse.
Wroti 6'ht lin God—There is al tliviee
element in every 11.1g11t and holy 'humeri
eetio 1.
GRATITUDE.
Smith, the railroad agent at a sub-
urban station in a Western city, saved
the life of a dignified gentleman wait-
ing for a train. by )nulling him from in
front of a .through train on another
track, 'Tec dignified gentleman lost
ell les dignity foe a moment and was
much confused, flue eel so much so as
to forget trail something wits due to
the (went. Following .a grateful Im-
pulse, he thrust his bend into his pock.
et. and, decoying It forth, exciaimed:
"Man, you've saved my life; horns
half n dollar."
"Oh, 1 never Wee payment for, a
thing like flint," (Inswerhd Smith, 50 ho
d1rned 10 (Wend to the duties of the'
monrrli,t.
But num,ou' most; you saved My
,'lite, Have a cigar; any o,^y
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t PLAMING' WIITLb, IID' H.ORIi5D
recognize in the melte of music handed
elm one of his own compositions!..
"I can play It all the better, madam,"
replied he, "lnsomuoh as It Is a sonata
composed by myself,"
me countess responded: "You deceive
yolrrselt, my dear Sir, for the piece 13
'by the great Haydn."
"13ut I am Ilaydn,"-'Insisted- the b0Y,.
Whereupon the entire briililht' eompl.ny
smiled. ---
Hardly had he begun to play, however,
than all acknowledged that the Musician.
certainly could be no: other than the
master. Under his Magic spell the In-
strument fairly sang, and When he Waft
finished all murmured In respectful' ad-
miration.
The day' of preof wore now Over for
ilaydn, But In iho• midst of all Wit
honors and 9110003503 tie still bore In
mind his old friend, the shoemaker. tee.'
bought for the goad old Man a'llouse.
hoarby and often atoppod -0 chat over
Old thrice With him,,
.14
So many W1lmen'seem to onjoy pitying
ncnleonePAI"1\,
.... -e_5 7" " �-fere did the Wan-
dering .lett/ \vnnder7 ,, in his mind, 1
511311)05e, my eon."
"Note, Jolnny,' asked the lea elme,
"what do eve see in the, country be•
sides grass, tracts, end flowers?" "Pat-
ent medicine adver1Lsemenls, was iho
prompt reply,,
ffi( n
2141(1113,
Experiment for (lite Makers, --When
you are baking tl entre try 11111ting it In
lee cold oven and hgeti ng but one burn-
er, half way turned on, 2'041 \v111 1111d
this 1110111od 11111.' uldy salves gas and a.
heated kitchen, but your cake will be
evenly haled and free from tell burn,
Birthday Calve—First , nudce a plain
calm in three layers, with boiled frost-
ing. On the lop layer before the feasting
cools sprinkle generously Salve coated
caraway seeds,' different colors, plus
chesed al a confectionery store fur 3
cents, over the sides and edge, then gel
111e red roses for candle 110ldees for 8
,cents with candles. to match. The name
is spolifd out with We small red cinna-
mon drops for 5 .cents.
Quick Cake Filling,—Take one pound
of good maple chocolate creams and
crush them 0110 by one with your fingers
and place them on the bol layer until 1t
is covered, then place on another layer
1d cover same s before Th remain -
fez
a The a
in` chocolate creams mey be melted and
used for icing. For a chocolate or maple
filling this has 110 equal, and besides 11
is always ready for use. BY using the
creams it does not o as long lo
bake
a layer cake as 11 does to bake cake of
any leind, and when done you 'have a
cat thatfit serve eo any occasion.
to Is to
n J
Chocolate Crean( Cake.—Two cups
granulated sugar, ono cup butter, ono
cup milk, two and 0nd-111111 cups flam•,
whiles of seven eggs, three teaspoonfuls
1 f .belting powder, one teaspoon vanilla.
Bake Two layers while and add grated
chocolate to the other two layers.
Croom .Filling : One and one-half cups of
mill(, yolks of foul -eggs, one -]tali cup of
sugar, one-half tablespoon of butler,
three teaspoons of cornstarch, one tea-
spoon of vanilla. Frosting: While of
ono egg, one cup of powdered sugar, one
Scua'e of chocolate.
Three Minute Date Cake.—Two eggs,
one-half cup of sheet milk, one and one-
third cups of brown segln', one-third Cup
of butter, melted, one anti one-third cups
cf flour, three: teaspoons of baking pow-
der, ane -half teaspoon of cinnamon,
half of a mitmeg„ one-half pound or one
cupful of dates, cut fine, This is all put
logelher and beaten throe minutes ex-
actly. Bake in two layers twenty to
evenly -five minutes. Filling : One cup
of sliced dales, one-quarter cup of granu-
lated sugar, rind and juice of one lemon,
two tablespoons of (mange juice, two
tablespoons of hot -water, Bo11 until 11
thickens; when cool spread between
layers.
BARING.
Yeast Tesl,—To test cempcessed yeast,
break the yeast cokes into small pieces
in one-half cup of lukewarm water. Add
ono tablespoonful of sugilr anti put in a
worm place. 11 the yeast is good it will
rise to top of cup 3n less than ten min-
utes.
13ulted 13eans.-'1'o bake boons without
barbating, soak over night in plenty of
water with a little baking soda. Drain,
add fresh hater, Set15011 es usual, bake
slowly three or four 110111s, adding hot
water to barely cover as they become
dry.
New Bread.—Take. one large potato
and grate it. Then take three table-
sitoolnfuls of, flour and one of sal and
one of sugar. Then our one rl
g p 4
uat- of
boiling wafer over the contents. Let 0041
and then stir in the yeast. This will
make three large loaves When baked.
Baked Rice.—A 7ittla more than cover
the bottom of a quart baking dlsll with
rice, wash clear) and fill basin nearly to
the top with milk; add one-half cup of
sugar and a pinch of salt, incl grate a
]Rile nutmeg on lop. Place 111 a 1110cler-
ale 01100014 bake 1111111 rice is nice and
sett, Convenient to make When baking
bread, as it usbally 'races in about the
same time.
Graham Bread, --To one quart of gra-
hm11 flour, one teacup of rye4laur, one
testup of wheat flour, half teaspoon of
salt, two oe twee tablespoons (according
to taste) of molasses, and d piece of but-
ler size of n walnut. Add one and a 11111
pints of lukewarm water in 'Which a cake
of yeast has ben dissolved, and mix all
iboreughl,y together, Set in a moderate-
-IV Warm place, free from drafts, to rise.
When well risen, add one tablespoon of
wheal; flour. Knead well; place in pans
and set to rise. When well risen bake in
a moderately quick oven. About forty-
five minutes will bsuificlent to bldce, if
nixed over night use half cake' of yeast.
PASTRY,
Schaum Tarlo. -:-Whiles of six eggs,
beaters; iwa caps of sugar, two teaspoons
of vanilla; two teaspoons of vinegar.
Serve with fresh fruit, whipped .cream.
This cake must be batted in a spring; cake
pall.
Save Time Making Pie.—Thoroughly
mix two cups of lard with six cups of
flour and a little salt, then put in a jar,
cover lightly, and set in a coal place,
When leaking a pie use for two Crusts
(medium) one capful of n 1011100 and
meistcn'wit'i tw42 scant Lablespeolis of
water. This can be )nixed up 501110
morning when there isn't much to (lo,
Dried Currant Pie,—Some day when
you wish A. new dessert try dried cur-
rant pie. '1'ilis recipe was originnird by
e. W01m1a11 one year when - fresh fruitwas
scarce. It proved a great success and
wasso deticions that It Was called for
many times, afterward. Carefully pick
over and wash ono pound Of mala Cllr -
rants, When the currants ere reedy for
use pour cold water over thorn eruct drain
If off just before putting them info n pan
lineal with pjeorust. Cover the fult with
shoes of currant jelly (gropes 01 apple
jelly will do ns well); cover tv11)1 the top
crust and Memo in the oven, The heat
in 'baking melees the wet 011rrents swell
up like fresh fruit and meets dee jelly
111(0 li delicious fruit syrup, thus m11<h1g
fine substitute for a fresh fruit, pie.
CANDY,
Pepperm1nt \\'eters.—Two, cups or su-
gar, levo -1111140 cup of water, one-ihlyd
teaspoon of peppermint, Goole till it
hairs, fern stir' till' 11111 5111).ugh to elrwp. I1 p1 1''�f OLD ENOLAnln,
on buttered this or paper, 1111: l'r L 1V lyltj
Molasses Taffy. --.One dip of brown
sugar, two cups' of New Ch•lesus 11ioles-
sex, ane lnhletspoon of eultee, one tittle-
spotlu 0f vinegar; bell, but de not 0111' too
1110111, Cook until brittle when dropped
111lo cold wafer, Then pour into grensell'
tins, Lel 11. sinnd until 11 dui lee handled
enlnforhll ly, Cover the hands with nom'
or butler ,old pull the 'candy until It is
too x1111 10 be worked any longer, then
place on n board and cut or break 12110
shall pieces.
USEI l'1, !LINT'S,
Wash Bellies with Gravel,—Far wash-
ing bottles and long need( vases u=e a
small amount of bird gravel. One puck -
ago will last at 705', as it can be rinsed
several lines.
Keep Crust from Kolte,-Kent 511 42312-
l4" shell in your teakettle 01111 you will
net he. 11'0uhiod \vitil a ClUS1'l0rnlitr; on
ler. 10111011] or sides. The oyster shell al -
tenets the matelot,: 101 1L 011. Try .ht. 1L
will keep your kettle cle011 Inside.
Useful Ice Picl•.—Take an ice pick,
beetle off the sharp point, and make 11
smooth and round. You can use it to
01111 the dishcloth arountl,n ndih bol -
tins, to clean Oornel'S of the Ibosttnglpun,
le pull staples up out of tho straw hal-
ting, 10 clean window cornets turd wry
place where a scrub brush, twill not
roach.
10 11011101,0 Dust 110m Rugs,=io clean
a rug perfectly free from gust, turn
wrong side up, and scrape hard all over
with enytlilng that has a hard, smooth,
straight
;
ed a the dust is loosen
g t ed and
6,
falls
Mom the P ear rt lit 11.00r,
to e
1011110'e
it can be swept up, Use a small iece of
ono-
boardhalf abofoo
ut tonwold ane.d a half feet long and
To Clean Wood. -If. your kitchen fable
or your bread' (ward is discolored, and
scrubbing with soap does 1101 whiten 11.,
take a piece of bathbrick, leash the board
with hot, soupy water, and then rub it
thickly with the bathbriclt. Then use a
gcod scrub brush and 211010 flat water,
give a thoroughscrubbing; ril,se it in
clean water, oral if possible put it out
m the sunlight to dry. Fine sand used
instead of a hathbrick will usually, in
eonjunc110n with soap end haler, re -
MOO 111e obstinate stains.
'Make a Grater Cleaner,—Don't waste
!!me cleating your nutmeg grater with
a folk or a locthpiele when it !s easier
clone. When you buy a now broom take
a few straws 1250e and there until you
have a little bench, and cut then( off
even on boat ends, making them about
three inches long, 'Chen lie in the mid-
dle, and you have a little berislh which
will clean your grater in a minute's
time. Itis worth having and does not
spoil your broom in the least.
'N
TOPSY-TURVY CHINA.
Sonne Things Willett Strike a Foreign
as Queer.
China is the lura of paradox. It is
an absolute', despotic monarchy, it is
also a very democratic country, with
11; selfenede melt, its powerful pu111ie
opinion, end a States' rights ciucsl3an
cf its own.
it is one of lho most corrupt of na-
tions, declares Samuel Merevin in Suc-
cess; on the other hand, iho standard
or personal end commercial honesty 1s
probably higher. 121 Chinn than in any
other eatultry in the world.
\\'amen in China is matte to serve;
her status is SO IOW 111(14 11 would be a
discourtesy even to aisle a man if lie
has a daughlor; yet the ablest ruler
China has had in many centuries is n
100113an..
1L Is a land where the women wear
socks and trousers, and the men weer
stockings .and ropes; Where a duan
slialees his own (land, not yours; whore
white, not black, is a sign of mourn-
ing; where the oomposs points south,
not, north; where hoops are read back -
not forward; where names and
rites aro put in reserve, as in our cli-
reebor3es; where fractions are lwrfll'on
upside down, as 8-5, not %; where a
bride avails bitterly at her wedding,
end a Ulan loughs when he, tells you
of his mother's death.
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QUEI3R 211)4113
0
TIF,S,
In Ihe lillla town of Munsledel, in
Baverla, there exists one of elle most
curious charitable foundations in the
world. One of the burghers, Chrislo
phcr Wanner, died in 1451, and left his
1urtune for the establishment of a home
for aged poor, He attached, however,
the condition that every olbi. mat who
was taken in should wear a board, and
the same cut of clothes and cap as he
himself used. to.. Weer.: Consequently,
aflcr the lapse of 480 years, the ancient
pensioners are still to be seen wander-
ing about the, streets of Munsiodol in
the costumes of Ilse fifteenth century.
COULD TAKE A JO1':E,
Benevolence twinkled out of air. Good'
sorts eyes and 5n11.1ed at you from his
lips. Constituently he was marked
(town as legitimate prey by every h'anlp.
who slew elm,
A particularly healthy specimen of
the :sons -of -rose Enterally accosted hen
timed* and pleaded for money for a
night's lodging. 'Goodsort noticed' ills
healthy look, and said:
"Well, loop here, my pian: •What
would, you 507 if l offered you work?"
"Blass ycr life," came the reply, 1'
wouldn't Mind a bite I can take a jolter
sane ns most people.^',
•3
BEST (eueLLITY,
A benevolent, gentleman
ntlOm
)ted. to
c0tversa 11i t ham motherly old
lady
Who 'sa1 next to 111111 .111 tho ernilway
Cnrreige. Ile 'discovered I.hal ,she was
Nary aerie and Um eOnvcr'saldon .was
cstab)isilod fly shouting.
"Yat., 1101) very deaf, 010.11 f. yell, 11111'
tient?' 1n1tInentely bellowed ho 0;f the
Iboncvolennce:
"i nm so," w•ns' 1110 reply, "anal'
haven't Immo able la do n thing for [Le 0
"Three you. even tried elcehdc1(y?n
(01101120(1 the 14nd•hearted 111011.
t YO.S," 510 said, nodding vigorously,
1 was 9iraclt by lightning last sum
-
mere'
NEWS BY mu, AROleT J.O11N OULU
ANU 1115 PEOPL 'L
Occurrences le the Land 'That ftcllliti < •
6uprame In the Commercial
World.
'1'110 Hist uhan Sjuu•rew Club has
1(111011 40,70 settee/we it 17 yeas.
t�rlualo lcuehere in cbhshire lnus4,
11 to deckled, glee up ollfce on being
11du'i'ied.
1'he Prince of Wens: IfeepitaI, Tole
ienhlu,r, reeenlly received an anony-
mous gtfl of 132,200.
The Orio114 S4etllurhlp Company is
inviting shipbuilders' throughout lee
country to tender for 111e new liners.
lleerga Lawrence, a printer, shot arid
eeve 0iy wounded his wife and filen
committed suicide ne Leeds recently,
Shute 3082 the gross membership of ?.
4110 Young Mens Christian Arsc,eietions
of the United Kingdom has grown from ,4
41.,065 to 100,568.
A stone, which geologists agree hal
been used by AILS 10 grille their teeth
011, has beet). found in the middle of
a -wheat rick at Colebrook, Devonshire,
The. executive 0f the Essex Agricul-
tural Society has decided to offer prizes
fol Essex .gn1lvn wheat at this Year's
exhibiUOn, to be held int Colchester'.
Messrs. 'Thor 1 'c •ofL & Co,have
r 1
J
dueled r urete . theircontract a bonus
e1 t �r lit a
of :ki2,(IW from tic Admiralty by the
alecord success of the destroyer Tar -
0t in her recent
I c L 101015.
:Wise ,\11113 Aon Hewitson, of lIcw
11ng1ey, Leeds, 11110 died in September
;last, aged 07, leaving estate valued at
raver ce57,000, bequeathed, neatly X17,-
000 ,for charitable purposes.
Although only twelve years• old, .a
Lily named William Wallter, of South
\Vlgston, near Leicester, has gained
the associate diploma of the London
College of Alt!sic for piano playing.
A tremendous gas explosion oceu]•red
recently at the Kingletm workhouse,
riednorshire. The Board -room was
wrecked aril the master, Air. P. Butler,
received injuries from which he tiled.
Tito engineer on an express train
between St, 1 uneras and Multchesler
was presented with en unexpected gift
cu Chl'islduati cloy, Two pUeusands
lie \V across the 1sacic fn 110111 of ,;,ie
Mehl, and both were killed.
11 is estimated that 111e elephuihling
dopressfon In Sunderland will cost. the
Iowa X30,000. '1'hmisands of tlhildren
are 1)ning fed daily, old pools and
clothing are lining given to Ihe needi-
est of the suffering little 0108,
Trinity College, Canllridee, benefits
to the extent of ,e2,021,t100 by the heath
of Lady Pearce. 11er husband, sir Wile
Ilan George Peirce, Chun'mau of the
Fairfield Shipbuilding end lingineee-
ing C,dmpony, flied on Nov. 2011.
The Surrey Education Committee have
innug4211ad a scheme of trade $eholar-
5(1152s to meet the difficulties of children
of s n'king-class permits with small in-
comes wile desire to continue their cdu-
cnIioa in order to become spilled work-
ers.
The owners of the Grimsby steam
trawler Bewena, which left part early
In December for It week's opera lions
on the Norte Sea fishing grounds, have
abandoned all hope of the safely of the
lrssoh $110 had a crest: of Moe bench.
'('here Is some reason to think that the
Rowena w,ts su111c 111 collision with a
• Norwegian. barque.
Tho following curious realise occurs
in an old holy's will in England,: "line.
I give to Hugh, son of my seid sister-
in-law, £5 more . than lo his ,biotherst
anti sisfors 0111 of this last invested
motley in consideration of his lnleing
charge of two goose and one gander
of mine, and lits giving ale two Int
goslings each year about Christmas."
A remarkable ease of Welsh sup, e-
tihiit"ln le reported. Prior ea l.he r -
3l0sionl 11 Me Dined 'fain Colliery.
riitfa0hg01111, a. )'11111Q1' WIIS circulated
Iimt 011 001)1051011 W01114 lake place. at
the Bsrgood Collieries of the, Powell.
Duffryn Company, at which nenr1y two
'llientsald sten arc enpleyctl. There
was no jtlsti(lenti2n for the report, but
,during the week hundreds of men ab-
sented ,themselves (ram wont.
v,
A MODEL HUSBAND.
For Feely Y141110 Never Spent a Night
Away From llonle. ,
.11 was one of those wild nights you
reed of 111- nine novels out of every
Item The cold rain splashed viciously
against the pane, and the shutters rat
+lied and banged es the fitful gusts of
wind swept lln'ough 1220 deserted streets.
11 was "lodge night," but Brother Fee
'concluded- to stay at dome for once,
psrllcularly es his mother -in -10W lung'
oat her perioeical.inepealion lour, end
Spending et couple of days with hint.
With a sigh he a%11ed1 back ii, the roar.-
cr, his fact in a chair and a nowep1111C
Isprend before him like a screen. Pre-
sently he ch115140d, aid. wife and Mt.-
tiler
nt.
tiler looked up from their sewing' fn-
quiri.ngiy., "Rather a remarkable
ease," ho exclaimed, looking ewer Zhu
top of its paper', and, with a smote',
bus twitch about the corners of his
Mouth, he read aloud:—
"A model husband died recently 111
Cornish. 1?Or the ia'st (04132 three yeers
he had never sped, a night away tram
home."
"\Veil, f should say he eves a model
husband," Mote to the old lad grime
ly. "Just think of it, 31101 dent; f
Y, forty-
three years,, and every evening spent
tit hnme. 'No fridge could coax hire
htvny 11'0h his faintly," she added, siq-
nific0nlly, "Poor man, 1a 411,)11, to
'have a monument et mala high"; and
s1i sighed dcrply,
13rolller Foy ,field Isle, paper a little :....
highee, and continued; "Never spent ii
night from home. Ile was pa'rliyze<1,"
Without, the storm seemed io beat here.
." and louder (a hotel elorin's have i,Io
end) 1intee), while, within s11e11Ce reign -
id, seve 'for 110 s)ippressed rustle • f
, "
th,s
e paper old Ihe-lvisll r,f the tnrari
•0110atgil Ihe pitsw-0c1; lh0 et<i lade -
was working 00.
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