The Brussels Post, 1905-5-18, Page 7WO
RY HELITTO
E FOLLY
Laws That Never Slumber and Sleep
Are T. king Care of Man.
A despatch from :Brooklyn, Isf;Y„
says:.--liev. Dr, Newell Dwight IBMs
preached fitom the follotring text:-
"ConsIdor the IhirdS of the air; con-
sidin the lilies of the fleld.".
Josue is talking about the wicked -
suss of worry. Ho says that man
,ought to ho happy and tranquil bo-
om.= God is a (ethos always near
ett hand. Try as man may, ho can -
003. escape from God's clear loony or
llts loving providomw. Therefore,
take no burning thought for tho mor-
row, For worry is wicked. Worry
consumes Ilk° a flume; worry eats
l'kc. rust; worry cuts into the nerve
as a moth cuts the gamma; worry
laws; His laws think for Him. Law
.0011 bring the whole structure of lifo
clown in reins. Why should man is (Imre love Made automatic.. There-
for° thtso laws that never slumber
e• worry? God has maintained the hex -
vests and filled tho Lhickots and -""
hedges with abundant fotaL The TAXING CARPI OF MAN.
lark rises early and works, but, as Think you the sun's fires aro going
soon as It has fed it gives itself to to burn out to -morrow? A million
song. But the piercing sweetness of years ago Gtol stored tho coal in the
the lark's song and the tranquil ground for the heat against the win -
loveliness of the modest violet or ar- Ler. Four hundred summers hove
butus lily condemn man. The grass passed aver our CO1lLinin3. 410310 our
of the tiold cannot speak, /old yet 131 fathors crossed tho soa, and not onco
slionee, by beauty, it reproaches num has seedtimo or harvest failed. Novae
for his worry and his unduly anxious have the wells been empty in this
thoughts.
But if Christ's warning against
worry was noeded in that povoety-
stricken aud troubtous age, how
much more does our generation need
ill To -day men. are anxious
ABOUT MANY THINGS,
in (1 0(131 wide universe. alai Ito hei-
ghts to worry and talk about tho
bore and limitations of llfe, 133, ao
mach as man is higher than 1.110
flower and the bird, by that mite's
ought ho to ho happier. Man °ugh t
to soar and sing with the lark. Mon
ought to grow and unfold like the
rOSO.
Worry is foolish as well as wlokod,
To =courage the habit of anxiety Is
to fly in tho face of naturo and hor
kindness. Jesus aillems that Cod
him first (pastern was (Bream', Eor
a momonL, theroforo, lot is angry, ro-
Sonts the construction put by Joeus
gime Ilis formor question, then hoot -
Uy (Menges tho form of Ids original
inquiry to a simplo and straightfor-
ward What hest thou dune?
36. My kinguom-J elms proves him-
self emnidote master of the situation
by holding his inquisitor to tho otl-
gloat form of the question, and pro -
cootie to explain the trim nature of
his kingdom. Pilate Is forcea into
an attitudo of respect, and listens,
37, To this nd-To oRtablIsh in
the world a kingdom not of thls
world.
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CAE:ES,
Deliciouct Citron Cake. -One mann
of awn, one clad one-half pounds 0
sugar, 0110 pounct 03 hinter, twelv(
llave I been. born, . . ,am I 03010 1,113, ono largo or two small cocoa -
ewe Iwo p0110415 of citron olice.
-Both porfocts Mist:rib° Christef birth rin 18 grated, two poinicle of blanoluel
(that is, his having allhol
al
with humanity) and coming not 01
cut fino and one teaspoonful
of mare. (Imam the bettor and limn'
merely oa historical faets, but Its 'vitt th„ 5)13(111, 1.01111 the yeths 0( 3.1311
abiding in their resiilts.
The Letith-jesiis idontines truth,
that; is, absolute, uitimato truth,
%vitt; the kingdom which 110 had
eggs, add the. stiffly beaten whites,
then e,d11 all to the butler and cream
fair in Um citron and almonds, and
hath establIshed an order in nature, to establish, laetly the cocoanut,
Parenta have to stop each lnoraing Every Ono that IS Of the truth- H,°berl' 11' Lee CI1LkP'-irweive
and think for this children. But God Every citizen ,of the kingdom of .0". "1- -
we alit sag•ae, half their
has organized His thoughts loth truth. woight in flour, tho juice and grated
88. What is troth-Pilate's life nod rind of two lemons and ono salt -
habit. of thought were not in ham „
spoonful of salt. Bake in, jelly -cake
mony with the spirit, of truth and puuus• To two and ono -half pounds
of Christ's kingdom. Honen he fall- 01 1413I" add the Moe of four Or -
011 to comprehend the words of jefeis tinges and the grated rind of two
and having failod, he seeks to end and the Juice of two lemons. Mix
the conversation by what. is rather a all and sproad between tho cakes
skoptical romark than a serious when quite cold; also. spread over
tion. Ito did not expeet an answer. the top. This meantity notices. two
40. Barabbas--Evidontly woll cakes of three layers each.
known criminal, sinco ho alone is (Black Fruit Calce.-One pound of
mentioned. Tho men who later maw flour, cow pound of sugar, one
cruoilled with jestts are not suggest. pound ot butter, ten eggs, one anti
od (comp, Matt. 20. 55). one-half pounde of currante after
tlicy aro washed and dried, One and
one-half pounds' of Reed= raisin%
ICOSSUTI-1.1_S LETTEB.. three-fourths or a pound of sliced
citron, two nutmegs and the juice
Interesting Experiences of the of two oranges. 1111x like pound coke,
Great Patriot, flour tho fruit well and mix well in
the cake jUSL before iL is poured into
A few weeks ago a Hungarian, in tlie buttered cake -mold,
obedience to royal summons, pro- Savoy iliscuite-One quart. of flour,
smiled Monsen! berme the emperor and one pound of sugar, eight eggs, beat -
submitted his views on Mato affairs. Repgrately, anti oneefourth of a
Whot makes the episodo an. intorest- pound of butter, ltoll thin, cut in
Mg one is the fact that. this same rounds or squares and bake In a
man was, as a child, imprisoned ho- quick oven. These aro very nice to
comes Ms father held tho very prin- eerve with coffee or wine. 11 desired.
(Miles bo is now advocating, Ho is a little grated nutmeg anti cinnamon
the son of the patriot Kofeeitle who can ho sprinkled over the cakes be -
worked, fought and was exiled for (gee beeme,
his country's liburty. Kossuth Arlington Tea Cake.-Orre pound of
of to -day, who im tho president of now., one pound of Stigar, one-half
the Independence party, flocs not pound of butter, two eggs and one
adhere to tho extreme principles of and ono -half teaspoonfuls of einna-
his father, bot ho strongly urges an. 11)00. Mix the butter and sugar,
economic separation from. Austria, then the eggs, and lafnly the flour,
Louis Kossuth's rebellion brought into which spoinelo -the einninnon.
its loader great suffering and in.11011 I3011 111111, cut willi cake -cutter,
glory. A life of the patriot, pub- glove each cake with the beaten white
lished 1851, gives some intermit- of ogg and sprinkle mitineg and eh:L-
ing exporiences which befoll hint and motion OVee Bake in a !undue -
his family, ately quick oven.
Whorl Kossuth was banished anti old-leasihioned Pound Cake.-Twelvo
his children imprisoned, a prof:lama- eggs, one pound of butter, ono poUnd
L1011 Was lesto..1 against Madam Eos- of sugar and throe-Po:Milts of a
salt etetting that whoever harbored. pound of flour. Beat Gin eggs some-
hor should he considered under mar- atoto until very light. Wash
tint law. The poor women wandered all salt from the butter and sift
aluod in various disguises, froquent- flour into it a littlo at. a titno,
ly passim': tying() days without food. cronniing quite =moth. Boat the
At last Ito 30'010I'! 3)3.300 WaS re- emtlfs of the e.go•s with the sager, add
moved told ehe v:US allowed 10 join the whites and bent together ontil
heir 31(31!! (1(13(1, who Wore relviisod, 171.11 Very light, Add ihoSe to the nolo.
still kept under the eyee of the anti inix well. Seaeon with ono lea-
Th'elt t he liconslis eh owod spoonful of oino it off tract. 11(1(1(531
their love of the leader, and 'looked the pane and butte, giving it time to
to give holp to 11(0 family. Shoo- rise me y011. Won leaf broad.
makers mado shoes end tailors motto
clothes, and would 1 Este -no pay. Pea- METH Fait HOUSEWIVES,
seas poor that they hod no offer-
ing but a couple of oggs brought Whim soot falls upon the carpot or
thorn to the who their logo. "1 -le rug, more attempt to sweep it up
will come again to us," thoy *aid. al onno, for tho roeult is surf+ to be
"1-1,1 DCVOr left. his IVe a '1 1811gariat; werh• °ever -It thick -
shall have our 'Kossuth agaill." ly with ni rely -dr ha l salt, which will
Jit the inoan1 hoe the exile ti as in enable. you to swoop it up =misty,
sore straits. (inc clay, beforo a so that not the slightest stain or
group of followers, he romarked that sibaur win be lart''
he had written a litter to Palroor- When choosing Soh Roe that it is
ston, but that lin WaS too poor je stiff; tho bingo' It has been kept the
PaY a 0011 riot' to tako it to England, mere nabbY 1 1weemes• Fish should'
An Englishman who bail left his "a ho bought out of stetson; it is
country t 0 aid Hungary said: then 11000r g.00d, and may be un -
"1 wiil take it." wheleS01110.
"11111 1 have no claim ors you," re- A Ye""g ("w! maY 13"w11 by the
turned K ossu largeneos of the foot and joints; and,
"Voit. liave a claim on evcry Eng- after pluck signs of age ale
shiny 11 by a thin nocle runt violet
liehman,"
"It inuet roach its destination in 1h1f1ths, -'1C''' (1 in torkeys aral
fowls.
ton days,"
"I pledge my word for It," assured W11011 haaging nwat in the larctir
Casament.. it is well not to put tho metal hoolc
At the end of the Orst, day's Jour- through 111(1 meat Reale but through
ney Casement. found himself back at a loop of clean white string or tape
his staiiting-point, .1 le =to that he tied to the Joint.
WaS t1•111C011 and watched, but de- Pure glycorino is tho best thing to
mantling free road in the Immo of use 301' hands ihaL haVe
tiso English government, he managed rough with much work or with tho
cohl. Rub in a little evory Liam
often washing. It roost be thor-
oughly rubbed in, or it will not have
(ho deRired effect.
A crackod chippod ogg not
Moak any flirting if you add a small
(moot ty of salt to tho water before
putting in the egg,
lnetiend of polishing the stovo eveey
day, ertimple an old newepapet,
slightly damp it, and with It rub
mow tee stovo to remove any SpOtS,
then sive o flnal rub up with a dry
paper. Unless a great deal of cook-
ing:I 114 *110116 this treatment will keep
Ma stove Oval), and. it will nOt need
blackloacling motet then once or
iAVICO a week.
All soave, toilet fie laundry or
household, go much farther if kept
for sumo time in a dry plaoo before
using, New soap 1n 1110310 too freely
Lo waste, therefore it, is mom eco-
nomical to buy a. quantity arid keeP
the bars or cakes soms time, insneact
of buying it as you actually want
it.
Got, obout five cents et'orth of good
varoish, and well varnish the solos
of tho boots. .Lectvo it for tWo days
and do tho same again. If the
boots will take a third coat of Yar-
n SO 11111033 the better. IlooLO hay.
Mg MI6 this troatment. when neW
will wear Given times a.e long as
others, and thie will also snako them
Waterproof.
To wash WOY011 underelolliing
without shrinking, add one table-
spoonful of lignid ammonia to a
tub of lukewarm wotor, with oorno
:decocts of Soap to make a lather. Int-
tneese tho garmonts tampletely: any
poetioti left misoused will shrink,
Clover the tub with a eloge-ntting 13(1
for ono holm, then gently squeeze,
After it rinsO in titan looter thOy
wIll bo 'qttite dean ' end 'Should be
dried in a windy platOt .Aiter a rub
land, nor has the great river yet
been run dry. Long beforo you
think of hunger God begins to pro -
pare tho broad. Moo stands in the
midst of this groat world house end
palace. Cloci's laws aro servants that
foteh and carry for his earth Child-
ren. Tho lilies do not worry lest
-Our people are conStoned with the there be no heat for next August.
feverish desire to get on. What jeal-; ahy should man worey? The etoems
wales in the world of commerce!! of tho winter lond spice to the fruit
What, tier= enmities In politics!! of tho summer, and whon sorrows
What bitter criticisms between lead -1 come, why not believe that thoy
ors! What heart -bulldogs In the later on lond richness and ripenoes
social circle whom woman reigns!! to the life Mon are os anxious as
And these worries and anxious' if there were en olio to tho wort
struggles work havoc lib the health.' and they could fall one but, try as
Worry plows furrows in the face; it!man will, gravity holde ono down
whitens the hair; it robs the woman' and he cannot itunt.i.) ever the
of hoe beauty, it makes childhood! world and fall tin:moth spates. c; 11,15
prematurely old, It makes the laws Lako cam of him-butte...es him
strong mon aged beforo his time.
.And yet tho flowers aro unworrieO.
Plant a, lily in e, mud puddle, and 03
goes placidly on unfolding a while
bloom that publishes its victory over
this black bog. In tho windows of
the tonement-houee region ia Olancey
street saw a box of beautiful
blossoms where the geraniums waved fore, look 110, not down. Look for-
th* banner of victory over un -'..ward, and not' hack. Look out upon
friendly conditions, Put a bird 17e-1 tho birds and tho and then
hind iron bars in a cage ancl it wil1! work and pray and love and trust
sing. But put a mart as a free mon. God and yeJoice.
about. God's boinales me round
about man as tbe mountains are
round about Jerusalem. Tho ongel
of God's providence goes before; the
angel of Clod's mercy encamps cot
man rearward. The angel of his
mercy and love enconip's on 11131,11.13
right hand and on hls left. Them -
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONA.L LESSON,
MAY 21.
Lessors VIII. J'esus Before Pilate.
Golden Text, John 18.37.
LESSON WORD S'TUDIES:
Not e -The Word Studies for this
lossull aro based on Cho text of the
Rovised Version,
Tho Day of Suelering.-It WEIS
doubtless near Midnight udion ,1 0511S,
In company with "tho Moven,"
niacin:11 tho secludod roireat of Cloth-
somano, on the side of Olivot. Isiere
it was that all the agony of that
doead day of untold physical pain
and mental anguish, tho dawn of
which was already near nt hand, was
lived t hrough in anticipation whon
Jesus, going a little apart from 1118
wrostled alone la agoniz-
ing prayer. Then, the lost complote
serrender of himself in obedient= to
tho ot tho Father having been
mado and tho strengthening vision of
ministering angels reccived, ;Jesus
went forth in the majesty of that int-
faltoring poiso of his divine -human
personality-vietorious in tho midst.
or apparent defeat -to meet his be-
trayer and. death.
The betrayal and arrest took place
in tho gaeflen eoinetime botween mid-
night and dawn (Matt. 26. 47-56 nod
parallel passages). Then followed
the trial before the Jewish °utility-
ities, Oaiaphas, soul the San-
hedrin (Jnbis 18. 12-27; Matt. 26,
57 to 27. 10; and paraliol pasisogos),
with 1,110 accompanying incidents of
rotor's Modal, and the ropentatme
and stdoide of Jutlas. 11) was still
early morning wilco tho chief priests
with tho elders and scribes and the
windy council "bound Jesons and car-
ried hint away, and deliveroct him up
to Pilate ateark lo. 1).
Voesto 28. They -Tho whole com-
pany of Jewish b'" 1,81,11, elders, 0.011
scribes who had gathered at' the first
trial beforo 00111011 OS (comp. Luko
28, 1),
Calaphas-According to josephile,
tilts full name was .10001)11 °Manilas,
Ile was son of Annas, high prima: of
tho Jows A. D. 7-14, himself ap-
pointed to the high priest by 00
Romani governoe Voiceful* Grottos, the
prodocessor of Pontius. Pilato.
Prootrin in -The palaco in which
tho governor or procurat or of a
provinco Tho Praotoriunt
at Jerusalem WAS the magnificont
pctlace Sterol tho Groat had
built for himself. The word meant
enigthally the lientimmetere in a
Rointin camp, the tent of the cola-
inander in chief,
Bo deilled-13econio coremonially un-
clean by entering a Gontile's house
from which ell leavon had riot boon
romovod in proparation for tho p11513 -
over.
Might eat tho passover-Tho rept'
birly appointed time, for the eating
of which Must thtls havo heett still
in the future.
29, Pilate -Tito procurator (that is
colleetor of llotneol ((wenn(' invostod
with judicial poWer) of jodea, Sam -
0110, Iduirmett. His official reeidence
was at Onotgomai but cd, the thoo of
Gni JeWilds foaSto ha usually wont up
LO joeusalent. 0305 impolidocl to
offleo A. le 24 or 25. Surornmiod to
1101110 tO nneWor chorges of unduo
triteitY hio fiantitritan subjeets
AeYeritl YOars Otte 1/10 (loath of
.Testis, he suddenly disappears from
authentic) historic records, According
to earey tradition, ho cominittod
suicide at Nome during the Garly
part of the reign of Califtila.
30. door -Thus literally in tho
amok, ovil, and to cite Sithsomont-
ly they necueod Jesus of conspiring
against 1110 Roman 0111 hor11 i013,
W111011, had tho charge been truce
would havo enlistod their friendohip
and support rather than their oppo-
sition and hatred. Moto the evasivo-
ness and itisolonco of the answ.,,r,
al. 'Pak° 11101 yoorselves-Pitato's
pidicial megor was supreme excopt
In cases of Roman citizons, who
might appeal to the oniporor.
ters portainhig to the Jewish roil-
: glom hottest -or, tho Santo...Orin oar:
no/mated to determino, and in enS0
of trial to flx penis:Rios, with thri 1303.
coption of the death penalty, which
they wino not permitted to Lieu...rite
without sanction of Gm Roman male
oritics. 'Phis Remotion to 01300113.0 the
(10a Lli ponalty, already dotorini lied
upon among themsolvos, tho Jetts
mom in this caso to have oxpootod
from Mato without further delay.
32. The word . . „ signifyiug
what manner of death be should die
-The word recorded In Mato 20, 1.8,
19: "Tho Son of man ehall ho-
trayed unto the chief presets and
unto the scribes, and they shall con-
demn him to death, and shall deliver
him to the Gentiles to mock, nod to
scourge, and to crucify him." Cruci-
fixion ail a method of capital punish -
moot was contrary to Jewiell laite
but was tho common method 00.-
ployed by tho Itornans. to make his way out of the country.
88. .Art thou -'The emphasis is up- In ten days ten lottor wets in 'Pal:n-
on tho pronoun. The. appearanco of eeseeeig heeds, mei mailing more
Jesus did not suggest royalty. was heard of the boater.
Not long after ICoesulli made /iis
famous Palermo to America, and WaS
roceived with the greatest enthusi-
0001. As his train WW1 draWing out
of the Hartford etation, aftor ono
of his burning speeches, a man
ruabod L13001101 the crowd and ilirust
a hook into ICoesulli's Hands,
threllgli Lilo enen Oar window, Tito
book Wail 0 hiotory of Trutt -gory, and
in it was a note:
This is from the mirson who car-
ried your litter to Palmerston in
ton days. ht. CASEMENT,
"Ott, if T could have just olaspial
his hand and thanked him!" exclaim-
ed Kossuth%
Tho ICing of tho
quo:1110a upon cl osor exami nation
8001115 to imply that tie appreciatod
fully tem wholn eltomtlon, Tho uso of
the (10(111(10 article briforo t(ing must
not: be ovaritiolted. Pilate know of
tho Diessianie expectations of ((10
.Tews, and ., also that Jesus
claimed to bo their promiseil
Messiah. He 11101130We "perceived
that for envy the chtof pelests bad
clolivered hint up" (Marlc 15, 10).
lionce the Roblin irooy of Ms guns -
tion is; against the suet:sore
of JeallS w011 ass against tho pris-
on= of unpretentiolis oppearesive
himself. It is a. limmin governor'e
sarcastic referoneo to the prosumptu-
rents expectations and haughty spirit
of Silhioat people, aS W011 aS 110 the
exalted claims of the 11111.11 who stood
before him 11011110SS nrlSoller.
84-Sayest thou , this of thyself-
Wondm 1101 of a helpless dependent,
but of an equal and ouportor, it is
;Pilate bcifore Jesus, a provineial 3.3)03..
0(1(013 before "the liing," rathOr
1.11011 tho reVerse. atoms with digni-
ty and poifto worthy of royalty ig-
nores tho irony and Cho Savor Of 'Ole
inqUiror, and asks, "Art thou WW1,
ested of thy own a0Cord 1(11011 1110
truth 0011corning my claim, ot art
them but ropontiog what thou hast
hoard from 0there? '
835. Am 1 a Jew -'1110 queation of
emJus plitend Pilate in a. prodiceniont
as awkwaed as thnt in whicsh on en-
Othor occasion "the thief priest011intl
elders" were Placed by his ipidlrfon
concerning th0 WW1 iSill Of ohn
(comp. Matt. 21 . 24-26). ley (Other
of this poestible altothativo ore:woes
Pilate would hoot) nosociatetl (13(31141311
10 0110 troy or another with tho
jeWS, against whom tho sarcasm 03
A BEFLECiTION ON THE PAST,
William Pinkertoo, the dotective,
woe praising the various 011011 rogis-
tering iloviceo that 1101,0 001110 of lato
yearn into world wide use,
'"nhosio machinos,'' he 531( 11, "hall°
Undolibtedly (1 1(11(1115310(1 crime. I
heard or a clerk in a grocery the
other 03I10 getting, 88 a
wieffic. Ilo had to 1)0 on duty at 7
o1elalic tho morning and ho WaS
not -Through Lill 7 and Sometimes 8
at, night.
"He toand Unto, though, 10 got
Married, and tho wook after tho Car -
/10104 he asked his employer for a
raiso
'"Why, Vorace,' the employer said,
'you ore gettiog $8 a wook. What
ails you? When I Was yotir ag0 33
kiln 0. Wifo and leVo children 631 88
O woek, saVod onnoty bosidete",
" "lhoy didn't lictVe colds rogiaters
in those dayo," said TIOrace,' bitter -
with a eoot iron they will be soft
and uashrunken.
APPLE8 TIlla SPRING,
When apples begin to show decaY
sort them carefully mid use up the
specked ones as us postsiblP,
11 rit,ls ft corromponflost , 3. this
time of year there are always p3011 3-1'
Of empty fruit lays aud quite a larg-
os' number of Glow. 1 fill with. sli,Wod
apple without sweetening. 'While
not. ormal lo fetish apples for plo,
maims a good substitute and 131inlich
1013 or Illan 1111,11 apnloS.
1 oleo proparo a good supply (13
mince meat at this time. It keePs
for a long while ir put In a Moos
Jar tn a cool place. Part of it,
howovor, I put, into glass jars and
soot
Froln 1401110 of the red -skinned ap-
ples 1 make jelly. Baldwins are
reefillent for this) purpose. Tiny motto
O vory firm jelly of a. good rod color.
Apple ginger is still another waY of
using up the apples. WO like it
vory 1111.1(11, not only to eat with
moat, but also with Mond foul but-
ter. IL snakes a good filliag for
saralwlehos. Try this ream,:
To 4 pot:tole (atter cuttin(1) tiara,
sour apples, chopped very tino, Loki
3 Pounds) sugar, 2 ounces groan gin-
ger root, chopped nor, I grated rind,
4 lemons arid 1111.0 of two. Boit
slowly two hours or until it looks
clear.
CATUi Cio HAIRBRUSHES.
Brushes of all kinds, front silver-
niountecl hair-ernshos to tho ordin-
ary cleaning brush= timid in the
kitchen, need frequent and thorough
washing. Hair brushes should, in
fact, he washed as often an once in
two wooks, if not oftener. Care
should he takon in doing this that
the hacks aro not claminintel at all.
For tido washing either soda or 001-
11101110 can be used with hot. water.
Put tho water in wash -bowl, and
add for ono quart a tablospoonful 03
ammonia. Remove all heirs front
tho bruols, and dip the bristles in
and oin of tho (valor until they look
clean. Then dip in. the same way
Into (Mar cold water. 'Wipe all
traces of moisinro irons the back
awl handles, and, after shaking the
brush, Well dry in the (mon air, in
the simehine posegiblo. Do not
attempt: to dry the hristles by rub-
bing, them, and do not put soap on
therm 'Tho backs of ebony brushes,
and, indeed, the backs of ordinary
wood, should be rubbed over with a
very little boilod linseed oil. the oil
being thoroughev rubbed info the
mom, Silver books may be cleaned
occasionally with littlo powdered
whiting moistened with alcohol. -But
when tin oilvor Is in the form of
trimming on; ebony great care must
be taken in tho use of any cleaning
powder that may leave a white mark
on the wood.
THE ATTENTIVE HUSBAND.
01 all varioties of husbands, the
generous husband, the hoino-staying
UShand, the punctual hueband, the
proud huoliand, none are so intense-
ly appreciated* as is the 0110111Iva
hoeband, Daily find hourly Litton-
tionR are more to most wic-c% than
much fino gold. Money may be
MOTO, *110 home not over -luxuriant,
mending. and re -making may he ab-
solute miccissities. yet will thesto 1731
regarded as nothing when it brings)
devo i on and 1 ovi ng 011130 13011 from
(ho partner for whose sake, they are
dono. The man who COMOil home and
_flings down money for his wife, who
supplies hor with evory blowy, but
who never sees that sho is pale, that
sho is torn with anguish over the
baby's illness, that fdre has been
worried the W11010 day with petty
troublos cued tthooyances ill the house
is the out:rivalled by the attentive
husband.
TIIE ART OF DARNING.
The secrot of this liornoly art lies
in looming Ow throat' of the darning
erdLon So far On Oftell Side of the
holo llint It does not, i nuicliat oly
fraY and pall out the goods. Take
a long throad or darning cotton to
begin. with, and run it at hetet half
an inch along the goods on oath
eido of the hole. Continuo this until
iles hole is ;snugly covered. Xow
eross those Gironde in regular darn-
ing style, taking cam that the seam
precaution is observod. A stocking
darned in this tray will wear, OS far
as thy darning is concerned, as long
as if no liole liad oxisted,
IIE WANTF,D INFORMATION.
Carl, aged throe, and Ids baby Sill -
ter of eightoon months, slept in the
same room as their parents. Carl
woke up early and tormented his still
sleepy father with questiona.
"Father, can a cow speak?".
"No, my child,"
"Father, can It clog speak?"
Tho father, thinking Carl was go- procured adequate proof thet he was ages -0031u things than travelling
Ing through the °Miro list of animals actually anvil, and not soninone vise gluier the sea, and imp' we
USE11.31, INF ORMATI ON.
Bits of Knowledge Which It Would
Be Well to KnOW.
The cost of cremating a body In
France 18 only three flames, oqual to
62 vents.
New Zealand's frozcrt moat (Melo
with Great Britain now equals about,
15,000 sheep it claY.
The purest water in Britain is that
of Loch Katrine, withal has but 3113.
of soil suspended in 1,000 gallons.
AMONG THE MERMAIDS
MANY FATMOMS UNDEN WAT.g14
IN A ST/BUARINE,
Experience of a Man Who Tried
It Por the First
Ti1110.,
13.was not an inopiriting introduc-
tion to sew first and only eXperlence
(A going down among tho mermaids
Gevinan timintedriviirs aro given e In a submarine to have /ay attention
gold medal und a 191110 of money for tdirmatt,vialg..111,1 ut,alise 34.1,:::)171/101stlii-eto1)0w1,11i,e, itu Ir.);
efies,eii,riyatoo p.asst geretee without ac- mains of the Ili -fated Al, whieh some
eaAusedclouad-110nisis.st
al 2013 lIvi's. �vr tIn tho Phillppinas ao rt'ullsesiti•nigcruB‘hal.1: 1,auTinicyalnlalit41.1lrait1 bue147-
ssi,evv,enti tiontemhse,s or raln fell in twenty-
lataar7y 10r a";:itiVa t'ff'rtin (1"1 1 )N11% at Gr 101tellii
Although 31C,,1100 marriages took out. to the submarine in the ittrebor
place th Japan last year, it is slat- which was to provide ale with a
ett that not ono bride was over twen- novel sensation, 1111;1 a a writer 111
ty-two years old. Loud= Tit-Ilits*.
Tho tvood is not ebony, Aftor (di, I eould ant help rolloct-
but cocos. It grows in the West ing, Ono 314 as likely to meet one's
Indlos, and is used. for making flutes fate while crossing the Strand as la
and similar Instruments, sinking a low fathoms under water;
The Crystal Palace, London, ac- and it was encouraging, too, to re-
commodatos snore people than any call tut account I had just 'been read-
boothlaer11(i)uoi,10.10ionglwbolpt]lam world, Tt will mg of tho exporioncee of the crow
of no American submarine, who note
Mary and Rose Rinner, two Apr- only stimairool over ton hours under
vant girls, of Vienna, have been left. water, but thoroughly tnjoyed tho
house TroPerty worth $60,000 by experience.
their late mistress. "Tho FIrriritR of the crow," wroto
In South 'Australia it costs the the chronicler, "appoarod to tut -
railway companies af30,000 a pole to Move tlie longer wo remained below;
keep their lines free from vegetation the time Was Silent lo catching
of various kinds. clams, singing, trying to waltz,
Muir Glacier in Alaska,, is the playing cards, and writing letters to
largest in the world. It equals in wives and eweetliearts, Our only
size all those of the Alps put to- visitors during the day were a:
gather, and covers 1,000 square couplo of blo,ek bass, which camo aud
miles, LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOWS
Probehly the most extraordinary
journal in the world is publiehed
weokly in Athens. It is written en -
(hotly in verso, even. the advertise-
111011tS,
Tho jeWelS worn at the last Royal
Court, Duckinghain Palace, are esti-
Mated by an expert to have repro-
sented a suni cd 860,000,000,
A weIghing-machine, said to he the
most powerful in. tho world, is being
made in Birmingham, England, It
is capable of registoring a load of
220 tons.
Fourteen calves. 240 fowls, and
220 gallons of wino were consumed
recently at the wedding feast of
John Schulz, wealthy fernier of
IIidegkut, Hungary,
New South Wales is just two and
a half times the size of the British
Isles. Queensland is equal to three
times the German Empire and Bel-
gium put together,
The British Empire produces one-
third of the world's coal, ana-ninth
of its copper, one-eighth of its iron,
one-fifth of Its lead, one -ninth of its
silver, and one-half of its gold.
'The German Emperor possesses 150
full military and naval uniforms,
with all their appendages -swords,
straps, belts, sashiss, caps, hats, hel-
mets, and Rlialfos.
A student, aloe spending thirty- for within that tiny craft were pack -
five yoarS at Utrecht Univeroity, dm- oci two sets of machinery, (sleet:lc
ing Which period lie has been regu- motors for ilfie 11111dir Walor, a gas -
engine for surfaco propulsion, tanks
for oil, air, electric be 13erios, or-
pedo-tubee, and so 00-tattil the
wander grew how it was possible to
crowd so notch into so little room
As we WIWP all on hoard -two of-
ficers, nine of the crew, mid tho pas-
sengers-tho conning -1 owor Was her-
metically closed, and I prepared for
develorments. Polow the carmen -
tower wero visible, standing orb the
ladder, -Gm logs of the licutonant 3(1
charge of the craft. Tie was calling
out instructions to UM mew, who, in
swift obedien imillipdal cert
levors; but as there was no sensa-
tion of movement broom to think
that something had gcate wrong with
the machinery.
"What Is the matter?" asked my
nautical friend; "won't She sink?"
"Sink's" int laughed; "why, we aril
several fathoms under water and
flying along like a fleii. How much
deoper woultilyou like to go?"
"011, about a hundred fathoms," 7
rinswerod, jocularly.
"If laic wore to sink a hundred fa-
thoms she would be crushed," he
said, ",11.1KL 05 you conld Or11511 an
agg,shell in y6iir hank!. Why,
AT FIFTY PATIN/MS
the pressnre of the walor Is eight
and a half tons to the Square foot.
and lier sides couldn't st and a much
bigger stmoozo tho L."
It seetincel imp000llile that at last
I waft realizing my boyieei dream --
Merit -oil by doles Verne -that th0
great sea woe rolling over my head
and that 1 was darting through the
dark wnters almost ns swiftly and
securely as a fish. Though we worn
complotely shut. off from the oulor
air, bresithing tons as oasy as in a
well -ventilated drawing-roorn, and T
was 1 old that We could stay a clot -
on 110103 invcier weirs' without olio
supply of air falling.
A f er all. there wern Inane loge
with a great doal of apparent later-
eet."
But in spite of the agreeable pro-
spect thus pictured I must efonfess
that my heart sank a littlo wheo at
last I found snysolf an the heaving
back of what looked much like a
sleeping whato, which might at any
moment awako and carry One dOW11.
ii110 1 110 telaok depths of water. To
the centre of the narrow deck on
which I had a precarious footing
W318 a conital projection, which I
had sufilciont knowledge to reeognizo
as the conning -tower; and, following
my expert friend, I climbed doom it,
as ono might doseond the interior, of
a chimney, by nwans of a perpondi-
culao iron laddor, and found mysolf
in a. long, narrow, brilliantly -lit
corridor about 6 ft. high and 4 ft.
wide, which appeared to stretch
from ono =el of the vessel to the
other, a thRtaine of perhaps 100 ft.
At oath side of this distinctly cheer-
ful, if cramped, corridor were
mysterious levers and screws by
which the complex machinery of tho
vessel was worked.
Little wander, as my friend in-
fornyod me, that the quartere avail-
able for the crew were so
"CIABINIDD AND CONETNED,"
larly mucked, has just gained
Um degree of Doctor of Medicloo.
It may not be generally known
that minium= the King orders his
Court to go into mourning King's
courisel aro 1111110r a distinct obliga-
tion to obey Ills Majesty's command.
Tlireo-tenths of the earnings of a
Belgian convict aro given to hi113 on
the expiration of his sesame. Somo
prisoners thus save more money i11
gaol than they have ever been able
to SONO out Of it,
Sophonisim Benini, a peasant girl
who has 'boon discovered in the Han-
na village of Copper°, rear Floe-
enee, although) Only lhirleon yearS
old, stag& 5 feet high, weighs mom
than 211.1 lbs., and is 58 inches round
the chest.
PREMATURE OBITUARIES.
"Report of my death greatly exag-
gerated," wrote Mark Twain, in com-
menting upon an obituary notice of
hint which appeared in a nOwspaper.
But a Spanish diplomat has haft to
go a slop further, and prove that he
is alive. The gentleman lived in
Paris, and recently visited Greece.
On his return journey he stopped at
arcachon, and, writing to his secre-
tary at. Paris, sada Ite would be re -
tensing in the courso of a, Week Or
so, In tho meantime, his solicitor
receive(1 0 tolegrain saying that he
lutd died at Xeres. The lawyer at
ono° notified the authorities, WhO
proceeded tie place seals upon tho
Properly, in accordance with the
111.03. The seerotary, doubting the
fast of his employer's death, tele -
groping] to Areachon, and receivod
tho roply: "I may bo a eoepso, but I
ehall appoar on earth to -morrow.
Moct. 1110 the station." Next day
111 arrived accordingly, and drove to
his house. But the police refused to
Id t him in, as- did t.he Justice to
whom they referred. 111111, and it was
11,11. Until 110 had, with 3301110 difficulty
that he knew, said sevorely: masquerading cis himself, that ho was Rank and 1.050, skimmed alotig the
surfaeo rst nine tools an holm and
plunged again, as it 000med, Intact
foremost into the sea. (Afire 0413,34
8101111 i31 a(13r01 tli1OritabeNoNiiiro ii),0101auh.iyv(l;Na.a.111500
°vol., 7 made my way mit of the
(303(111 114('431(1031' and tato the tipper
"ho animal cart spook:. 'And emit allownd to take posseesion of his
must -now keep quiet, for father propeety. The mistake had arisen
wants to sleep." through tho death in Spaitt of an -
For a lung Gino the child remaiand 000 num boatiing the soma name,
quint; then, baing 110 longor tibia to
mslroin his curiosity, he asked, tim-
idly;
'Ifettlior, what. kind
of n 811"1IIVT (1141;
Wrf ION IN 11114 POSS' 0043.1
by?'' aanimal
world of Rproailing ot ((11(1 i103 ands ba
men, I Mt that I' shouldn't really'
mind taking a similar trip onets. 13
day for the rest of ney tiro
ON JAPANESE RAILWAYS,
puovnssiroxAt• IMPLEMENTS.
Chaplain Of Prison (to (ionvict)-
'Your teens of impeisonment, oxplres
to -day."
Convict'-"Iam Odd to hoar he"
"I Mims thot fee= now on you will
ead etis honest, 'upright lifc."
"Von may bo atire WM."
"Are yOU suro that you will not
'Otero. to your oVil ways?"
"Nov= again Will I ba op tO 33(3.331.
11111g crookod,"
"Vott can go noW."
Tho ealoaacd conViet
Choplain-"Why don't you go/
hat are you waiting (Orr.'
"Aro 'Mt going to give mo bitelf
1)31 clot* lontOrn, rind 11131 joirtniy,
tho res13 of my professional 1111-
hoM riLS?" --
fiermaoy is the timothy that ShOWS
tho groatost siumbor of women In the
PoRl) and Telegraph service -24 2,000;
sbo is riln vevy clooe by the 'United
States With thole 289,000 female
Post Office assistants, whilst Groat
Britain talfeo lace, emploging
18-4,000 women under Alto PoRtinas-
ter-General. Tho other States, how-
ever, do not go in so cettinstvoly for
femalo officoro, In Prance 'Moro
aro only 81,000, In Austria 50,000,
and British ludia 60,000, japan
and lemons, very d33(e00111 though
their ViOWS are on many points,
ogpecial/y at tbo progent 11101110ot,
omploy the (433 1110 number of wont=
in their Post 011100 seevire-603000
caeli, end rmarly all thei othor
Stotts of th0 Poet Office 1111100 100-
31)3311 aro let toi tottod in S11141101, or
greater numbers,
At the entrance to tunnels of Ja-
panese railways a Dotty° watelunalt
is statitmod, whose ditty it. is to
1011103' elOSOly-WOV011 Whi011
18 Ruspontlod above tho entranee, as
soon ail lila 1.3131131 IlaS Catered, Tlio
erfeel, of thus closing ono end of tins'
tunnel is that. the steam so follOWN
the train that When haS moorged
coo tee etietaio is 1'31195(1, yee)! littin
statue le left in tho Tho
mimeo. ha,Ve only had railways a few
seoare, but they 11.e.00 abrader WoEtod
ot.t gonio probloMO that linee0 mauled
1331311,111 engineers.