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The Brussels Post, 1909-2-25, Page 3THE MB 1TllO BENIES GOD Degenerationand the Way of the Ungodly Here Defined: Blessed is the man that walketh nets, who are ashamed of their sin, but when a man descends to such a, depth. that he glories in his wickedness and• beoomee a mocker and blasphemer, outwardly eon- tomptuous of religion, he has al- most reached the unpardonable nadir of degeneration. Tho rn- not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor"standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scorn- ful.—Psalln i, l,. The beet of the Psalms begins appropriate enough with a deecrip. tion of the wicked set before us by a method •of exclusions, We .sight therefore of the Psalmist is men in this descending -scale of moral depravity — ungodliness, wickedness, contempt. But that is not all that le remark- able in the verse. ` Quite, wonder- ful .is the skill of the writer, for he has paralleled the personal scale with one of habit. The un- godly man is one who walketh; the Theman who is not blessed is sinner is one who sta.ndeth; the depicted first of all as an ungodly scorner is one who sits down, man, There are many men who FASCINATED BY TEMPTATION, are or whoprofess to be, ungodly that is, men who harye left the How many people when they aro divine out of the reckoning, who strong Dome in touch With tempta- persiste> ly deny God and shape tion, walk by it, pass it, repass it, i•"i'eses upon some ethic system, are fascinated by it, Presently they hick they fail to recognize midis- %tend still by it and the touch be- tinctly traceable to and in "so far comes longer and more continuous. as it is .good, derived from Christi- until finally they sake the abiding anity, Soma men in this category attitude and altdown with it, live are upright, honorable --I had al- with it, become a part of it. How most said 'amazing is this verse. • Thr man GOD-FEARING who denies God walks in the way read the first verse and are struck .by its wisdom and its rhythm. But not until we investigate it e little more critically do we see its inter- esting force; and observe at the same time the literary skill with which the conditions against which all that follows in the Psalter de- claims is presented. CITIZIsNS, of moral~ failure. When his denial Moat risen who thus deny God, who plunges ham into sin he stands in put Hint outside of their -calcula- tions, are not. The. next step downward is easily taken. The man who is not blessed is next described by the Psalmist as a sinner. The transmission is natural and easy. To deny, God is usually to disobey His laws and that is to commit sin. The third characteristic of the, man who is not blessed is tthat he Is scornful, There are many sin - BREAKDOWN OF ENGINES QUEIUt REASONS FOR STOJ PING OF TRAINS. 444. A Little Rough -haired Terrier Brought a Passenger Train to a Stop.. In the early daya of locomotion, when the fastest trains would wait five minutes for a belated traveller or put back to the nearest station to recover some forgotten luggage, varied . and curious were the rea sonsfor the breakdown of an en- gine, but even in these times of smooth traelling remarkable inci- dents are sometimes recorded rela- tive to the sudden stoppageof trains, When yumbo,"the famous eleph- ant, sought to dispiito the right of way, with a Canaclian locomotive one was not surprised to learn that. she succeeded in putting the engine temporarily, out of business, though one ,cannot help feeling a certain amount of astonishment when one is told that the same vemakable feat has been performed by a small dog weighing less than four pounds, Yet this strange accident happened as lately as last August, when a passenger train on the Wallkill Val- ley Railroad was brought to a sud- den stop by a little rough -haired. terrier. • It seems that while the' train was running at a very high speed the air -brakes were suddenly applied close touch with it and when hewith such force as to cause the has stood long enough he sits down passengers to think the a collision was imminent. The engineer was dumfounded at the application of the brakes, and at once made an investigation. He found that his engine had struck the dog and hurled it against a valve in such s. manner as to turn on the air and SET TRU( BRAKES. This accident, though remark able is not however without a and becomes a mocker and a scorn- er. He acids the potent power of. his tongue to the subtle influence of his life in debauching his .fellow jean. May God give to each one of us the answer to the Psalmist's prayer 1'sy blessing us because we are none f these things. o Rev. Cyrus Townson( Brady. TAE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 28. Lesson IX. The Gospel in Samaria, A.ots 8: 14-25. Golden Text, Aets 3: 6. 'Verse 14,—The apostles , sent. unto them Peter and J.ohn—Not'as rulers, but as a friendly delegation of leading apostles who could be trusted. They sent their. best men on the mission. The early Chris- tians were sufficiently conservative, but yet had open minds to the guidance of God's providence, though they were not so progres- sive as to neglect to study careful- ly the facts. The object of the de- legation seems to have been to ob- tain a true report of the strange ,, ,doings in Samaria, which, if true, must change the views of the Chris- tian church. 15, 17. Prayed for them . . `laid ' . , their hands on them—The best spiritual gifts come through prayer. The laying ing on of bands was the con Y necting link between the giver and the ••.h • received the roeerver. And they r c rd m outward withthe same HolyGhost,s manifestations of tongues of flame and. speaking with tongues, es well as the inward - grace and power, t+ which characterized Pentecost six years before, as appears 'from Si- mon's request, The special reasons for this gift wore much the sane as on its first bestowal at Pentecost. (1) It expressed clearly the inward. grace and power, so that both those who received: it, and all others, might realize the fact of the unseen gift, as the spark of the lightning (2eveals the presence of electricity. ) The new• church, under new circumstances, needed the'power, and gifts, and fresh life bestowed. (3) It proveclto the Jewish disciples, and especially to the church at Jerusalem, that the Samaritan movement:was from God, and ap- proved by the Saviour and Master. 18.' Simon , . offered them money to purchase from the apostles the • power they themselves pos- sessed. • 20. Simon Peter faces Sinton Magus iwth indignation at this false- hearted man, whose plan; if yielded to, would destroy the whole' power of the gospel. Thy money perish with thee. Peter does not' wish Simon to perish, but he is perish. ing, and his money is east out of all Christian uses. Neither the man as lie was, nor his money, if received by such a crime, could have any part or lot in 'the Chris- tian church. 22, Yet he could be saved by re- pentance, a change of character and life, and by divine forgiveness. 23, For I perceive that thou art in. the gall of bitterness. The bit- terest gall, the very essence of bit- terness. And in the bond of ini- lenityy. 'Bound with the chain of Ms iniquity" (Ira, 58; 6)..' Rendall presents a different view of the ]meaning. , His presence among the disciples would be like bitter poi- son 10 good food, like a person with a malignant, contagious disease in the new community, and "a rally- its point for the gathering of 1111- gp g g quity,'' bindieg it together', 24. Pray for me,'—The first thought is that Simon's very prayer. showed that he was far from true penitence, and sought not to be saved from sin, but only from its punishment. Rut it is quite pos- sible that these things from which he would be.saved included his evil heart, and injury to .the church, and deliverance from the chains of iniquity: 25. It is not known- whether he repented.. or not. SENTENCE SERMONS. True blue never leaks indigo. Love never recognizes hardships in its way. The carefree are never free from care for others. It takes a well developed pride to boast of humility. Too many of us went the glory without the school of grace. It's a. frail faith that fears to have its foundations examined. No raptures last that do not re- late themselves to realities. The next and nearest kindness is the farthest reaching creed. He who lives only in future joys will know many present pains. You can be happy in any work an which you invest your heart. To save your faith from formal- translate ever • article into an 'ism t c 3 act. Highways of happiness are never (cut through with pain and tears. There is a world of difference. .betwen willing a deed and simply -being willing to do. No religion• has much power over us that does not make some :great appeal to us. The sadetest sight in this world. is 'the mat who can sin without e any sense. of sorrow. Cherishing the memory of slights anti injuries is like filling the pil- low with thorns. The man who sits on the fence is fund of talking about taking high ground on all questions Credltlityas to the guilt of others is often due to the word of con- science within ourselves ' They who wear the garments of religion all the week can feel pious .on Sunday without a frock .coats It's a goctel deal easier to believe that the angels love many sinners than that they love all the saints, If you really want to know the world you will do more than in- vestigate its ,shadows and sample its garbage cans. • When you are able to sot your. religion in a compartment of your life, life itself comes along and :leeks up the filo, 'You may know hoes much a man i€! really worth by seeing how much he puts in after singing, "Here, lord, I give myself away." When Josephine was six years old site was taken for the first time to sea a trained -animal show, .and came home much pleased with the performance. As she, was at tines slow to obey, mamma thought this a good time to teach her a. les - eon, so she said :-.-"Don't you think Josephine, if dogs and ponies and monkeys can lean -ate obey so well, that a little girl like you, ,who knows much more than the ani- mals, ghouls'. obey even more quick- ly f" "Of mum, I wouisl, mane ma," sante the in's'tant reply, "if I had only been as well trained ds they have." precedent, for some three months before a Grand Central express was brought to a standstill in an exactly similar manner, the only difference being that the primary cause of the stop was not a dog but a man. The accident, however, was the more extraordinary inasmuch as at the time the unfortunate man was standing in the permanent way when two trains, going in opposite -directions, passed him. The suc- tion caused by the express raised the man from his feet and he was thrown from train to train, back- wards and forwards, until he fin- allylanded on a valve of the train goiryg eastward. The brakes im- mediately responded, and the ex- press was brought to a standstill. The man's body was found many hundreds feet away from the de- layed train, and it is, perhaps, un- necessary to add that there was not a bone left whichwas nob ground almost, to powder. One of the most extraordinary acidents ever reported on the Union Pacific Railroad occurred on September 17th last near Cheyenne, Wyoming. The engine attached to the Overland Limited jumped the tracks and ran along the ties for almost a mile owing to the momen- tum of the train, which was going down grade at' a terrific rate. At hill the engine leap- ed foot of the g - p ed back on to the track without damage to the locomotive or the train. The engineer, his eyes bulging with astonishment, stopped the ex- press as soon as he had recovered from his fright and then made a thorough examination of the engine, but FOUND NO DAMAGE WHAT- EVER. The express, which is the fastest train on the Union Pacific, then continued its journey and arrived at its destination on schedule time. This is probably the only instance on record in which an engine has jumped' the track, returned to the metals, been pulled up by the en- gineer, and then found to be ab- solutely uninjured. Most readers have heard the story of the lady passenger who, on hearing that the engine had broken down, offered the use of a hair -pin to remedy the damage; but few, perhaps, realize what trifles can in- capacitate the strongest iron horse that was ever built; Who, for in- stance, would believe that an um- brella could be the means of bring- ing a, train to a standstillt Yet such on accident occurred on. New York's subway as lately as January 3rd last. It appears that the electric train, an express, was travelling at a high rate of speed, and was nearing Ninety-sixth Street, when an, old gentleman,: who had been nodding in the compartment immediately behind the engine, euddonly chang- ed his seat and took that directly behind the motorman's box. Near this seat was a switchbox contain- ing fuses for shutting on and off the powcli : and reversing] it. Having made himself comfortable the old man placed his umbrella' near, the box, and when ho left the trait( a few stations farther on he forgot to take his property with him. After e time theinepector passed through the ears and opened the awitohboz to turn on the head and. platform lights, and as he .did so the ferrule end of the umbrella, which up to Gnat time had been unnotic- ed, fella into the box and, coining in contact with the fuses, caused a short circuit, Immediately them was a roar as the fuses simultane- ously blew out, and a BLINDING FLASH OF FLAME, burst front the hex. The inspector and the conductor, who, unfortun- ately, happened to be just behind, were hurled on to their backs, till the lights went out, and the train, of course, owe to a standstill. ' • The' employes front 157th Street, seeing by the sudden darkness that something was amiss, made their way to the train, and there found the passengers wildly excited and the two officials lying unconscious. Having pacified the passengers and rung up en ambulance the me; ehanics proceeded to find out the cause of the aoeident. After at con- siderable search they found the ferrule of the umbrella jammed into the fuses of the box, which had al- so delstroyed all the other fuses, and so put (het -rain entirely out of order., Ultimately it was dragged to the yards and the damage remedied. The two victims of an old man's carelessness, though shocked and painfully burned, were not seriously injured, A few months ago the St. Louis accommodation /ram was held up by bees at Edwardsville, and delay- ed for more ban an hour,. At the station several hives were waiting shipment, but they had not been on the platform more than ten minutes when the boxes were cov- ered with thousands of strange bees that gathered from all direc- tions, attracted by the scent of the honey and the other bees inside. The train men put on thick gloves and covered their faces with handkerchiefs, and heaved the box- es on to the farther tracks, but the bees then left the boxes and swarmed over the entire length of 200-footplatform,while the pas- sengers the p sengers who had been seated in the train fled in dismay. Then a tele- phone message was sent to the ship- per of the bees, and when he ar- rived he simply carried the hives to the freight houses, locked them in, and then dislodged the stranger bees by means of a lighted torch. After that the passengers returned, and the train made its way out of the station an hour after schedule time. ITALIAN ARrlIY RECRUITS. Increased Population Shown by Number of Soldiers. .A proof of the increased popu- lation in Italy during the last few years is afforded by the fact that the number of young men born in 1888 who are bound by law to serve in the army amounted last year to 110,000, instead of about 76,000, as in previous years. This increase was unforseen, so much so, in fact, that when the men joined their regiments it was found that the barracks were not large enough to hold them. The recruits were sheltered under canvas and camp blankets were is- sued. Very soon the Army Service Corps provided beds and bedding, and suppressed churches and cov- ents in several garrison towns were used as barracks. duein part to the increase The nor nseis regulargrowth of the population, but also to the considerable number of returned . emigrants from America. SAVED BY A PARROT. Queen Elena of Italy relates -a mostinteresting episode of the res- cue work which occurred while she was at Messina. Sailors and sol- diers were directed by voices and groans coming from the ruins. At a certain point a thin squeaking voice was heard calling 'Maria! Maria!" -A party of sailors stood expectantly listening. The shriek rose again, more acute than ever, "Maria! Maria!" There was no doubt this time. ' The sailors were sure of the exact point from which the voice come and set to work. With difficulty they made a hole anti descended into a room where they found the parrot and a young and beautiful girl unconscious, but un- injured, NAPOLEON'S BIBLE. An Italian journalist is said to have discovered the Bible which was used by the Emperor Napoleon during his exile on the Island of Elba. It is of common type, iilus- tretecl with large wood engravings, and bears on the back the letter "N," surmoiultecl by the imperial crown, It was found in the chapel of the Madonna, on the island of Elba, and hear which the Emperor' Stayed for seventeen days at the be- ginning of his axile. It possesses unique interest from the fact that the Emperor has underlined many passages bearing on his state of mind at the time, AFTER TRIC FAILURE. Mrs, Scraggs—My husbasid hasn't a dollar in the world, and I think l am entitled to a divorce. Mrs. Boggs --On wiuit, grounds! Mrs. Scraggs—.On the ground that I married him for money.' • t .11QTI1[.ER'S DREAM, Succession of Distl'cssiag Dreams Proved Forecnst of Serrow; An old woman living by herself in a Midlothian (Scotland) village was much disturbed one night by it succession of dratressing dreams about a daughter Who was married to a joiner and lived in Edinburgh. At one time she saw her lock pale end ill, and almost naked, toiling across a moor covered deep with snow; then again she saw her fall into a flooded river, and borne rapidly away on the raging torrent; and again. she saw her clad in deep mourning, picking her way over. grass -grown graves in a lonely church -yard, and weeping bitterly the while, The old woman, on wak- ing, felt sure that some evil had befallen her daughter, so getting up she dressed quickly, and after a frugal breakfast set out in the dark winter morning to walk the four miles that lay between her and the nearest railway station, where she caught the early train to Edin- y bur h. Her- daughter and son -in toe home of the Duke of Wellington; g Devonslnre House, Grosvenor law, with their two children, were House, the custodian of a vast at breakfast when she arrived at their house. In the cosy little home treasrtre a pictures, manuscripts LONDON TREASURE TROVE 4 PRIVATE MANSIONS WORTHY 'i2O RANI(: A.S MU,SEUHIS, Dozens Upon Dozens of Old London houses Hold Priceless Treasures The mon wbo built the great man- sions of Loudon which endure to this day prepared them for the re - caption ye€il' after year of the most beautiful• objects, so that now hardly anything remains to add to them. There are a hundred great houses in London of which the least important could be taken to any other great town and proclaimed as a wonderful museum.. Dorchester House, the present home of the American Ambassador, Bridgewater house, Chesterfield House, built by the great author of polite letter writing; Apsle House all was comfort and happiness, and the old woman after the terrible strain she had undergone expert- ,oat staircase alone is worth a enced a great and joyful relief, She king`s ransom; 1�'fmborne House— spoke of returning home by an ear- ly ' r 1 train, but her son-in-law asked these a e on y her to remain until he left off work, A FEW OF THE NUMBER. saying that he himself would see-Tliere are many other houses of minor importance, writes the Lon- don correspondent of Town and Country, which would be starred in the first line if they were anywhere else. There, for instance, in Arlington street, a small, narrow thorough- fare close behind the Ritz Hotel, where Vvimberne House casts its and sculpture, Lansdowne House, with its great gallery of busts and statues; Stafford House, whose her safely home. And bright an smiling he went his way. But, alas, ere an hour had passed be was brought home a corpse. He had fallen from a scaffold and death had been instantaneous. Ere an- other 24 hours had gone his wife, with her new-born babe, had fol- lowed him "across the bourne." The old mother restraining her terrible great shadow,' are a dozen man - grief, bravely superintended the sions which contain treasures al- subsequertt (mournful duties, bend'. ,most beyond belief. The Marquis of Salisbury lives there in a magni- fient palace—magnificent as to in- terior, -terior, insignificant: as to exterior. Sir Alexander Henderson, a great railway magnate, hides the nobility of his possessions behind a modest street frontage. At No. 17, a '.louse built 160 years ago by Lard Carteret and now owned by Lord Yar- borough, lives H. Gordon Sel- fridge, late of Chicago. It is a simple looking London residence, but the vast interior, spreading( out as you progress, is a perfect storehouse of beautiful objects of antiquity. Here are the most wonderful Vandykes, Greuzes, Rembrandts, Reynoldses, Lelys and Gains - boroughs; gallery after gallery, room after room filled with them; books of great rarity, bindings that would make the curators of most museums giddy with delight and furniture that one only finds usually surrounded by chains to keep oif then, within a week from the day she left home ,b she returned thence, accomanted p Y her two orphan grandchildren. THRONES Or ROYALTY. Most Ancient Throne is That of Westminster One accustomed to think of a king or a queen's throne. But most rulers have several thrones. Rig Edward of England has six. The most costly, that of Windsor Castle, is composed entirely of carved ivory inlaid with precious stones. Most ancient of the thrones is that of Westminster, where the rulers of Great Britain are always crowned. It is of massive oak, and has be- neath the seat a sandstone block, known as the stone of destiny from Scone, which was the emblem of power of the Scottish kings. Another throne, of Burmese teak, carved, glided and studded with crystals, stands beneath a great gilt canopy in the House of Lords. The throne in St: James' Palace is very large ad imposing, having a canopy overlaid with crimson vel- vet, which is embroidered with crowns set with fine pearls. TREE WHICH KILLS BIRDS. Queensland Upas Tree Exudes Vis- cid Substance. ahas a Australia, Queensland, curious tree which ensnares and kills insect life, and sometimes birds also. A traveller says of it :— •`The seed vessels of the -Queensland upas tree, `ahmoo' of the blacks (Pisonia Brunoniana), which are produced on spreading leaflless panicles, exude sremarkable vis- cid substance approaching bird lime in constitency and evil effect. Sad is the fate of any bird which, blundering in its flight, happens to strike against any of the many traps which the tree in unconscious malig- nity hangs out on every side. In such event the seed clings to the fe,latbers, the wings become fixed to the sides, the hapless bird falls to the ground, and as it struggles heedlessly gathers more of the seeds, to which leaves and twigs adhere, until by aggregation it is inclosed in a mass of vegetable de- bris as firmly as a mummy in its clothes." THE PAGE MILLIONS. Another Claimant Has Arisen in Australia. Another claim is being made for the famous :Page estates, and for the second time in Australia. Since the question was raised in Parliament in March, 1907, as to the Crown's title to the property, claimants have been numerous, The estates are valued at amt THE CURIOUS PULBIC; and this is only one of the dozens upon dozens of old London houses. As a matter of fact this does not apply to London alone, All over the country, north, east, west and south, there are strewn country houses dating back to other centur- ies where great treasures are stor- ed and jealously guarded. There is no ther country in the world which contains so many, The French chateaux suffered too treublou much during the S times mac g in cities Venice, e mee Florence Ver- ona and Genoa and in its numer- ous monasteries. But in England where the country houses have hardly been disturbed since the time of Cromwell, the work of col- lecting has gone on. unmolested generation after generation. There are still many undiscovered finds scattered about here and there in spite of the cry that nothing more is to be purchased. CURIOUS WILLS. How the Dead Sometimes '.Nish to Control the Living. The Irish gentleman who has left £1,000 to a- religious house en condition that his wife enters it and spends the rest of her life in prayer is another example of the quaint methods by which the dead sometimes endeavor to control the livin5. It was a blunt farmer who drew up his will leaving £100 to his widow. When the lawyer reminded him that some distinction should be made in case the lady married again, he doubled the stn, with the remark that "him es gets her'll de- serve rt Tt vias a wealthy German who, fifteen years ago, bequeathed his property to his six nephews and six neices, on the sole condition that each of the nephews married a thing between £50,000,000 and woman named Ar --ice and etch £]00,000,000, They eon -melee about neice a man named Anton. The a third of Middlesex, including the first-born of each marriage was to best part of Harrow, the Tdg be named Anton or Antoine, ac - ware road, Paddington, Notting Bill, Maida Vale, Westbourne Park, Acton, North Ealing, Willes- den, Harlesden, Brondesbury, etc., etc.., and parts of rural. Hertford- shire—sixty square utiles 111 all. They were the property of one Henry '..'age—the descendant of a Page who Was given the nncleus of the estates by Henry VIII on the suppression of Kilborn Priory ---who died without heirs in 1829. cording to sex. Each marriage was also to take place on one of St. Anthony's days. What happened to the nephews and neices is "vvropt in tnistry" in the office of the Ger- man Registrar -General, Ethel—"Did .you buy that seconds band bicycle front a fra'+id'l" George—"Well, I always consider- ed hnn a friend till he soli me the bike." TRADE IN ?GERMANY, Falling oft Indieetod by rho AIR- building bei " building Industry, Returns of the Glerrhan shipbuild- ing trade for 1908 show a remark- able falling off in this industry all along the line. figures for 1908 are lower than in any year since 1895. The tonnage built in German yards amounted to nearly 201,000, against 311,000 in 19Q7 and 338,000 in 1900, No new yards have been establish- ed, no great liners have been built, and were it not for the increased activity in the naval out}]tit, the fydlear would have been a dismal; ui'.e, The returns also show that Ger- many more than ever before has had to resort to foreign yards, mainly British, for her ships. Near- ly 28 per cent. of the aggregate number of new ships were bought in foreign countries, a proportion never reached in recent years. Equally unsatisfactory is the re- turn showing the number of ships bought in Germany by foreign na- tions, These have sunk to low- water level, mainly owing, it is said, to successful British competition. Even river steamboats, for example those employed on the Rhine, have been largely bought in Holland, German yards being unable to compete with the cheaper produc- tions of the Netherlands. There seems little prospect of any im- mediate improvement, notwith- standing the fostering care of the Government. According to statistics published the other day of the "special trade" of Germany for the year 1008, the value of the imports was $2,175,000,- 000, as compared with 82,950,000,- 000 in 1907, and of the exports $7,700,000,000, as compared with $l„778,000,000, inclusive of precious metals, Exclusive of precious metals, the imports in 1908 amounted to 82,275,- 000,000. as compared with $2,175,- 000,000, and the exports to $1,524,- 000,000, $1,725,000,000 g a sin t sin the preceding year. BARONETS WHO WORK. Two are Cabmen, One an Innkeeper and One a Tobacconist. So far as baronetcies are con- cerned, being lower in grade than a peerage, there are a. number of men who have successfully made good their claims, but still have to work for their living. For in- stance, says Town and Country, Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Burton on Trent, who traces his descent from the Sir Walter Tyrrell whose ar- row killed William Rufus in the New Forest, is a cabman.. There is also a cabman at Ho- bart in Tasmania who rejoices in the name of Sir George Augustus Jervis Meredyth, eleventh baronet. Burke's Peerage recognizes him and that is half the battle, but there is no property. Sir Harry Yelverton Goring may be found any day 10 the week serv- ing half -penny packets of work- men's tobacco over a little coun- ter at Tainworth in the Pottery 'district, and Sir Henry Echlin is the landlord of the Muse and Crown Inn at Wooborn Green in Buckinghamshire. Before Sir Henry took to serv- ing beer he was a footman, al- though he has descended front an ancient Irish family whose estates have been dissipated, as so marry Irish estates have been before now, leaving him nothing but the bar- ren title which occasionally at- tracts to the Roee and C'rou:n idly curiosity seekers who wish to see a real haronet serving bitter beer tc laborers. The superintendent :of the Whitby Union poorhouse is Sir John Lawson, whose ancestors were made baronets sunny hundreds of years ago. 41. YOUR -FOREHEAD. Stand before a mirror and look at your forehead. Hoes it slope back l If so,' it denotes is fondness for art, and a talent !or• muesr or painting or both, If your fore- head is high, it is a good sign, par- ticularly if it is well developed about the eyebrows. Should these Have a perceptible bulge, you aro a calm, cool, deliberate drinker, You will probably be- emceeef.nl in busi- ness if, with bulging eyebrows, you have a short, narrow forehead, • Breadth of forehead indicates broad-mindedness. Of course, a broad forehead may be part of a Week face, and a weak face with a bread forehead is not so favorable as a strong face and a narrow fore- eacl, if your eyebrows bulge, and your forehead slopes gradually back, you are highly sensitive, and --you are a poet. BRIGHT PROSPECTS.. TS. "My de," nk leis only daarughtersaid, '1'.1 ]rarebano±1certo- ed a young man attired in a dress snit in the drawing -roam two or 'three evenings each week of late. What is his atempatienI "Hc is at present' unentplot•ed, father, replied the lair girl, a dreamy far- ;u ay look in her big, Wee eyes, "but he -is thinking seri- ously of u^ceeting a position of life • c,,) ,;rt,niun NA) a Srouug lain' of • means."