The Brussels Post, 1891-3-27, Page 6TF1;
BRUSSELS POST.
'Y;kj ri !1 l� L) t .a tirl\f Y E;JL.k',LT,
WISE AND FOOLISH' VIRGINS,
Our lamps aro gone out."-3fatt, sant tr.
A great attempt has been made to repro.
seut this parable as describing different de•
green of grime rather than the vital dillerence
between true and false Chastities. On this
supposition, the point lies in the vividnese
ten. or of the sleep in which the wise shared Han when he finds himself, for the first time,
with the foolish. We ntuet britig all t his In the 'memento of 51 Jiving, 1(111 s minting,
home now 1 and to do so we must adapt the and proselytizing infidelity, demands of ]lila
figure, a reason for the faith that is in him, and
" Our lamps are going out "—that is, it is quick to descry the weakness, and the shed.
a critical moment. Each day, indeed, is e, lowness, end the confusion which alone am
crisie--each day is a trial, which is the snake answer to it, challenge. OM 1 if I could
'leaning of crisis—eaoh day is a jndgutent, say then ; 'This and that thou hest against
which is the meaning of erisis--for each one. me, I know -touch that is substantial in
"Ilis eyes beheld, His eyelids cry the chic• the thing,s that are seen, much that is tt•
or dullness of the expectancy with win -11 Oren of men," There le not a 1l11y of which expected, 011,1 much that is n.saileble in the
different Cduistians n15'ait (he SeMU!(1 aclt'ant we are not fighting decisive battles, n' else revelation of the invisible, many things in
of Christ and- the glories that shall follow. running away front thea(. Each word spok• scripture heal to !a+ understood ; some things
The exclusion spoken of in the parnble trill en is the result of a choice, There is just whieb, not raven mono, but eoesciencefrets
then be a temporary, not a final, exelueion ; tune, before the lips open, to choose and re- under as unaccountable, Vet there is One
an exelueion, pet haps, as they would say, Ella, No word is so idle but It either coo. therein svho satlefies all my wants, heals all
from the triumphs of the millennial reign t denhtts or justitiss, \\'o eeleet n•ur,ls w'lren we my intirntitiee, and forgives all my sins, I
not from the final blessedness of the slants might baro chasm aetiens, h0enuse words, know hint with 11 personal knowledge, mid
in fight, as our Lord teaches its, even more than nets, though Ile hides Iliuiself, yet 1 can trust
Chose who take a different view of the come straight eidl'litre((, out of 111e tre8e0l'e, Iii10, Not, if all argument were against
millennium itself cannot be expected to or evil, which is the beset of the nunsm
aHim that haau logic can state or human
adopt an interpretation which ,rests , ones' ,‘7,071 a are u,ways deciding between two differ, rhetoric can embellish, not even then would
au earthly reign of Christ awlHislean ,le ens or two opposite kinds, both of speee1 I give Hint up, For these so man)' years I
Eat, rind of ron,luet, and the erisis or deeteien, have served Irina has comforted Inc in
preparatory tnthe last aarsumnatioLl lin
indeed, a simple and natural treatment of , ten e , is in this sense our own, is, in another Burrow, strru}thenal me in my weakness,
tha langua'o and imagery 01 the parable is sense,
God's aper ns. We decide, and Goad and in that shield of a conscious experience,
utterly iucunsistent wail such an arableris judges, every hour; anal the hour is the true to the reveler ion which I read of Min
Wiens " Five of them were wise and nye t nen, 011,1 in some schr0, the epitome of : in the Bible. I find myself aide to quench all
were fooish." "Afterwards came also the the erisis which is the life, the fiery darts of the wicked, Amid
other virgins, sarin:+. Lard- Lord, open to THE 51x1510 (011111 IN ''11111. 011101'5. 00111111g11'a!'1<da and diseolvltag elements,thio, if I could say it, still aright I lift up
my head,
For leek of this personal answer, this wit.
peas of the spirit, this evidence front within
corresponding to the evidence known and
rend of all men, of litres s,u:etified foul deaths
comforted by the faith of Josue—for lack of
this personal answer 1 l•0wee and flee before
the blasphemer, even beeause I cannot Fay
the word, " I believe, and therefore speak,'
us, But He answered and said, \tartly, i But there is a crisis within the erisis,
verily, I say unto yen, I know }-nit not," It 'There aro days and days, ho111•s htnl hours,
rs the very expression of another pnssnge, moments and moments. l'rubably the busy
which admitsof no two applications. "\When luemor • of nun of us never snore b a
PP .3 Y ery
once the master of rho house is risen up and than m God's hoose, recalls periods, very
-bath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand : brief periods of tate life, which have been
without, and to knock at the door, saying, 1 turning points of tate being, almost cons•
is Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and He shell ' eiously sometimes we have Ind to settle for
I answer and say unto you, I knew not whence; ourselves of what colour and complexion the
' ye are ; then shall ye begin to say, \Ve 1'nve � ('est of the life should be, of what colour and
eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Then complexiay certainly, 53 to its occupation
bast taught it our streets. But Ito shall I and c:r,-o,11steece ; bat perhaps even moral.
say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye I la, Perhaps even religiously, as towards Cod
are ; depart froth :'le, all ye w,.racrs of int. , and man, perhnpa even eteually, as u1 the
quity." , i )review of hell or heaver.. 'Cl:cre are moll
I' w-tsr" •55'L " 0:0!.1:11." i deei,.1o1 $ Before the east ,rent sin, midst.
The parable before its is of the same gru• , tae $ret groat retack of the 11,11,:ei, at p,,rti-
erai intention its the parables, for exantp;e, eular entreeteice deny nd:lig a " Yes 17 or
of the Tares and of the Watling l:aru,en:, : "Nu" o; truth or falsehood, 11. 10 nn exeggo.
All speak of the preserve ei true ata false, : rattan to say that the sealer at sur h am S
real and nominal, within the Gospel King••' are (navaI05 before res, and we have to
doe—though each has its own special point i throw into me 01' Mar the other the very life
which it shares with no other. The point ; of the life. " at midnight there wits 0 cry
of the present. parable lies in the word., ' made," ted we rims( go out to meet il,
" wise" and',knish.. The word for ",rise" i It re then that we make discore'ies. The
is not that which stands in the tirc-ek fur hi' lamp is in the hand—the lamp of Christian.
telleetual wisdom. It is, indeed, 581(11er of ! 1ly, as the national religion 1 --of Christian.
the two words combined in our Lot•d's soy. 1 ity as the frafth in which we were born, in
ing, "Thou bast hid these things from the 1 virtue of which we have taken part in many
wise and p,rlalr-.af," where " wise and intelli-' seh•riees, fur which see can give manvplausi-
gent" would in strictness perhaps be tile true I hie reasons, from whi:h it ,voted sleets u0
rendering. The wisdom here spoken of is a 1 to be told that we should ever openly epoe•
practical, not intellectual, „Lesion,. The tatize. The lamp is in the huncl, the lamp
thud verse gives the reason for the worts 7 of creels and forms, of a general impression
"wise" and ' foolish" in the second : "fora of the truth of the Gospel, and a general ex -
the foolish took their lamps aid took no oil ; pectation of death, judgment, sad eternity,
with them, but the wise took oil in their; But now, on a auricle'', the limp is wanted
vessels with humps." The wisdom specified 1 for use, the moment is come. It will melte
is that of prudence or providence, shown in % lite whole difference whether the lamp is
making provision for all contingencies—in I 1 r gilt or dim, whsther it is trimmed 00 neg-
this instance, for the possibility of long delay j lected, whether it is going out er shining
in the arrival of the even:, or the person 1 clearly, If it is only the lamp that I
waited for. There was expectation in all I brought out with me at the beginning,
the ten ; there was p:or:denee only in halfutterly regardless of the time at h might
of them. I th
be kept waiting, slutnly taking it for gt•ant-
coa:vOs SLCS1BER, ed that it would held out through the
What is the most remarkable, there was necessary period, whatever that might be,
drowsiness, there was even slumber, in the it will not avail ale f:r this midnight cry
case of all, and no express blame is attached and this sudden waking. " Improvidence"
to it. It is a beautiful illustration, I think, is my description. "drive of them were
not only of our Lo't's naturalness in teach- wise and five were foolish, for they took no
ing, but also of one Lord's merciful/leas In oil with them." Now it shall be seen that
allowing for nature. He who knew rho sleep to be of any use, the Gospel must have been
of fatigue, He (0110 onus in the emelt of the made my own by a sort of forethought
elements which terrified His companions was and providence quite different from that
Himself " in • he hinder part of the ehip assuming and presuming of its truth w Mich
asleep on a pillow," makes it not the point brings a man to church and keeps a man
for rebttkoin this parable, that long watch• from blaspheming ; quite different from the
ing, even in spiritual things, brings with it being a Christian because I was born so, or
drowsiness, and that weariness, even in because every one oroend the is so, or, for
spiritual things, will sometimes fall 011 sleep, the less honest reason still, L0501180 I am
The wise and the rnwise are here alike and afraid to inquire anti unwilling to know.
equal in this respect, Tho difference is PRIME5 CE Is PROVIDENCE,
atrengly marked between them, but it lies 13retliren, prndmmee, not in the cold un-
-neither in the 4xpeetnney eo the one hand, lovely sense of caution, 1111 In the grand 01"
nor in the drowsiness on the other, It liee
re i+inn n which
in the providence and the improvidence 1 ` f 1nf It
" prudence " fs the contrac.
which had lnwdeornotmade oration for ton, meek once" is a special grace, and
p P it is the grata of which this parable tells.
unforeseen contingencies, and for distresses The prospect before each t h 1
and necessities growing out of them, e 1 o tet (0 r, to goes
forth to his work and to his labour, the w-
alla POINT or errs PARABLE. silent before each one -when he looks out, in
Commentators who think it their duty to the morning of life, upon the day of which
• interpret each figure of a parable, even death is the evening, 10 a long as well as a
where oar Lord himself has not done so for varied 7r0Bpect t and he has to consider how
us, find considerable difficulty in this pro. he shell lest out through, if that were all,
vision of oil, knowing that, as it teas of old that protracted hour of a wearisome waiting,
with the manna, so 1t is always will the Will the Gospel light last one through this
supply of God's grace, that it is for the day long day ? Has it the permanence, has it
now running Its course, and cannot be kept the copiousness, has it the adaptability
' over till the morrow. We shall not try to which the three score and ten, or four score
spiritualize each particular of the imagery. years, with all their varieties of youth and
It is enough for tis to catch the point of the age, of toil and resting, of joy and grief, of
parable, and we cannot err in declaring it companionship and solitude, of temptation
to be the enforcement of that greaser spirit- and weakness, will demand of it if it is to
ual pr0vieian and providence, which lays see me through them? It will do this on
its ace0ttut for every sort and kind of emee. one condition alone—that is, grasped betimes
gency, and which, even while it sleeps, as the revelation of a Perste, not as the de.
keeps the heart waking, so that it need finition of a thing. If it bring me into lir-
never be afraid of any surprise from earth, ing sympathy, into loving communion with
heaven, or hell—nay, even when the last One who has me in His constant keeping,
call cones, and comes suddenly, shall only and is concerned to be to me ell that I need
have to rise and trine its lamp, secure of the for safety, for comfort, for everlasting
needful supply, secure of the open door mud blessedness. then indeed I shall have not
the abundant entrance. only the lamp of a temporary brightness,
It is not so with the improvident five, but with the oil of aperpetunl replenisbing;
They have shared the expectation, they not only a system of doctrine and worship
have shared the protracted watching, of which I can read in a book, or share with a
their comrades, and the latter have shared society of living, dying men, but a faith,
with them the natural drowsiness and and a hope, and a love, which I ann give
slumber of the delay, The contrast is seen whole and undivided, give without idolatry,
not in the sleep, but in waking from sleep. and know that I shall not be ashamed, to
While the provident sleepers have but to One who was before time and inhabiteth
rise and trim their lamps, the work of a eternity, One who loves with an everlasting
few moments, and abundantly provided for love, and saves with an everlasting Salva•
by the supply of oil inthe vessels taken Sion.
with the lamps, they wake to find the lamp This is what is meant by the grace of
expiring, and to become oonscious of the Prudence when Jesus Christ throws upon it
fatal ofteet of a shortsightedness which it is the light of His Gospel. This foresight, this
i too late to repair, " Our lamps are going Prevision of the immense, the infinite future,
lout"—tvhshoe now can we replenish them ? this surrender of the whole man to Goll, on
In their embarrassment they make (villi. the basis of the Father, the Saviour, the
r cation to the wise, " Give us of your oil". Comforter, revealedin the Gospel ; the
But the supply which is sufficient leaves determination to live and to die In tails an iuc'ease, the Marengo being respectively
7 nothing aver ; and the only possible is now Personal foal(, is the taking of the a, 0 and 1. There port calls attention to the
3 the desperate counsel to ' go and buy." oil with the lamps, which snakes open air preaching in the Queen's Park on
Meanwhile the door is shut, toned the en. and which is the diflerenocbetween the folly Sundays in the eaminor tieie, denominates
TAE GREAT 't•FS'01xu TIME.
" Ourlamps are going oat," There is a
clay before eaoh one of ns which, if reason
end thoneht bo rentinned to it, must try to
the 111101111Wthe tirmuess end constancy
013he 111101. IL is a (lay with which long
year:. 01 participationin tele services of the
Church, its 1111151,1 and viand, its reading and
preaching. have tart a feint and distant c011.
nectinn. The mention of death in the etas
of the liviul; le bat n tentative and eanjecte.
rat rnentien ; speither and hearer alike feel
it to be $o ; and we may well suppose that
when we come to die the experience itself
will be utterly unlike anything predicted or
anticipated concerning it ; nay, that we shall
find then, for the first time, is there either
reality to ns, or substance, or meaning, in
the carne. But can lire 1100 all feel already
these three things. 'First, tint it must
require solething very teal to give us
any help whatever in venturing that
step into the invisible. Secondly, that it
can be only by miracle if we find help or that
reality in anything then for the first time
apprehended, And thirdly, that of all non -
les that must be the greatest which should
vont 'itself then in the cry " My lamp is go-
ing out." To feel that we have walked all
in a vain shadow. calling Christ, Lord, yet
never knowing Him, and never doing any
one thing because of Him ; worshipping we
know not whet because ne5erstirring up
ourselves" (as a prophet has written) 'to
lay hold upon Hint." How terrible 1 To
have to turn then to the bystanders, and say,
" Give me of your oil," and to receive the
otilypossible answer, "Go and buy." To
have to be reminded of the dying robber
and the marvellous tgraoe vouchsafed to Him,
though the cannot, ignore the fact that his
ease and ours are diametrically opposite in
every antecedent and in every circumstance
of the spiritual state. To have to summon
all the expiring energies of the failing bears,
to turn, if it might be so, into sudden real-
ity talose words of entreaty which Lave been
drained of all virtue by a long 10:1 tog of themin vain. How terrible ! 1' there not
motive as well as swain the l h•.ught? Shall
we not try while the life be yet strong in ns
to mean that prayer :shish:shishis (nighty with
Goll and prevails ?
Convictions in Bigamy Cases.
The great majority of Canadians, while
they have no desire to dlsc0nre •e any of
their fellow -citizens on marriage bent, pro
sided no legal imneclimeet stands in the
w -ay, have a decided objection to a plan
assaying to become the head of two house.
and holds at one al the sante time, And yet as
our law stands et present, it is not an easy
matter to bring to ,justice the man who
refuses to be satisfied with the love of one
fair daughter of Eve. Chief McKinnon of
the Hamilton polite, has drawn attention
ro the difficulty experienced in securing eon
(1Ot10118171 bigamy 08080 when the pret•ious
or subsequent marriage has taken place in
!England, the united States m' other foreign
0Ottntry. Tile ditlieulty arises from the
expense and trouble that recurs in securing
proof of the original or subsequent marriage,
to establish which it in necessary that an
eye -witness of the ceremony shall give viva
vows testimony in our courts as to the Lana
fide character of the marriage. The ditiiculty
is obvious, Mr. McKinnon suggests, and
there does not see", to be any good reason
why the change should not be made, that
our lacy be siunplifod so es t0 admit the
evidence of these witnesses being taken
under- a commission and the testimony tilos
obtained being accepted by aur courts.
Deoreeee of Cr;me.
The minuet report of Chief Grasett, of
the Toronto Police, though not absolutely
satisfactory (for this will not be until alt
crime shall be done away) does nevertheless
furnish cense for considerable gratification,
The report shows that crime in general,
notably offences of a se011118 nature, has de-
creased during the year. Compared with
18519 the burglaries were 11) less it: 1131)0,high-
way robberies, 10 loss, larcenies 11 less, and
us
miscellaneous 50 less, In hoe breaking,
and ll horse stealing,thero was
treaty for late entrance is mat by the cold
1 and stern repulse, " Verily, I say unto you,
I I know you not."
) I1aparable ever read heel/zoom Spontane.
7 misty into its designed lesson; and if it is so
wits
h th evilera 1 import., ort, cm'tnhnlY i0 is so
with the grf
beef ctanso which 1 hhasL n
eo real to
h
iia a9 the
text, u Our lamps aro
lam rane
out,"
or, las tho Revised
Version rightlyy
gives it,
{with the margin of the Authorized, " Our
of the foolish in the parable and the wisdom ft a public scandal, all lghc mmenda that
of the wise, This providence will make you d001(10d action bo taken by 1110 authorities
independent of the passing snood, of the in order that thee° seliceustittted expen-
varying spirits, of the changing woo m.• eats of religion, atheism, temperance, total
stances, of the many false alarms, of the long abstinence, free speech, etc., who practically
waiting, and I oonlrol th
t the hope often deferred. u aril on S 1 c
< rel. r nuns
d, For 1110 not h
P P 1
Y' Y
it builds not 011 the shifting sand of feeling, Pm
mi
tLed to inflict
t their notions,
7107(111 on the impregnable rook of truth—it tadroe 11T0(their fellow-citizen/3 wlm Qesr
e
never counted itself anything, lou only to take adtantnge of this 1loalthfnl and
knew in Whom it had halievecl
A SONE OP MAD REVEL
The Carnival as iVitnel£e:( in Al'egu
Pero,
'rBt Scuola Is Otte fur the -'11'lktr..t 5 ere
Fet4nns Itonflulrbments Milne teat
Carried on—Xs Out ttespectrd,
Should a stranger, ntntennainte,l with
carnival cueedus of Pere, eheow to or
Ili Arequipa daring that curliest nut reach
carousal of the year, he would think
whole vitt' lied gone Orn y, writes Fanny
\\'ard. The railway 00:111on is situate,
the suburbs, a mile or two from the )lot
and—there being neither public nor prig
rarriuges—he must walk that distame,
ride up in the Iterations. Either way we
be bad enough during carnival time,` but
latter presents the advantage ofealuew
shortening his misery, As prisoner's an
Fevegee erre sometimes complied to run
ganutlet of blows !'(tined upon them w
thorns, cudgels, tiro hraiels 01' spear poi:
those abroad in Porn honing the 111050 d
preceding Ash Wednea,iiy 1(05 pelted w
egg shells hurled froru all points of the eo
pass.
neerolin (('fell ln•CaETo or nLoon•lt
wA'rxn.
thrown from balconies and house t
covered writ: 110110 colored in all the hues
the rainbow ; and besides these it/digita
are liable to have their noses tweaked, th
hate jammed over their ears, and a 11101155
tricks and jokes perpetrated 117011 them
a jeering crowd of elu'uival creature
strange attire, many of them with hoo
]tarns, and forked tailed, who look like
man?, imps direct from the infernal 100�1011
To breve a roalizin" some of this lal:ugc
The End of the Dream.
Dying I who says I'm miring f Come here, 001110
close to the bed.
i.a Look etme—don't speak In whispers -there's
n•orse 1(1851105(51 to dread,
I'm weak, but that la 1110 p8111 ; and oh, this
fluttering breath I
But' wee often the 541110 before, it50re:3' 10 net
r;ts death,
arty none, the eu'lnln n 11111e; It rani he
know,
For 1 heard the bulla ring noontime s<' re(l-',
the hour ago,
rive Why are you here alone 1 "Cis passing,trangs,
lost Indeed,
the If there 1 none but 3'olt to tend me In any end.
1! dent, sorest need.
I in Only rt year Filter I came Isere. n prom'. and hap.
p}• bt•lrte.
e1s, Seormeg for you all eta) on earth—yo-(, end In
'ate heaven, hostile
or False re, the faith o(nty [Lahore, my child.
old hood's hb•ascd (11lth,
the And all for the she•t•lived levo of a 111101—and
0010 lite and Is death.
hat is this ta,t-ri toned harvest toe bitter for your
01,4 reaping,
the That you stand 11ke a very' woman, wringing
ith your taunts 1,111 weeping 1
its
You love the 1 tt'ouid I had never listened to
lover's vow !
tit What 1s your lore t0 me, 11 it cannot hole me
ith now.
ni• Pray? Do you bill mo pray/ A seemly counsel,
50,
an Snorer pt•nyer I eh, net tor etc 1 !lo you know
what It is to die 1
Do you know my rending pain, this shill, fact -
gathering 811,0011 I
ops, Or my helpless, despernt0 feat' of the judgment
of and tin: doom 1
fes Mock me not with your teal's 1 Oh, leave me 1
car don't 3'nn see
113 flow I yearn for the light, and all the while
1, yon are keeping the light from me 1
ii The 1tarp that ire callundsing hl ;hie ewfttl
01111(10• dl50.
fs, 01,, lo,:, lost )'pars, when I craved no light but
so the baneful light of )our0Yes I
s.
i ,
sport"—s-)like that between the boyscind hark, to the rushing of w•hlgs 1 011. shapes of
the frogs -1 he reader nhny tntag'nc the prin. tvha1,o oent',lehn,lc'of 1110, tint y0 (row•d
('ip01 stints of a city lacked with maskers
ern Ind nip bad3
bent on merry mischict—people 011 the payor Closer, rinse, 1 0 Goa t Dat in train 1 cry to
menta, balconies and housetops excited tothee.the highest pitch of reckless fun, with pre• Lvov as 1 forsook thee Mist then forsake 11 1110.
cedeut and Custom to uphold their wildestIfixruentsu. ELn: xtnc C001041 Y.
excesses ; while not only the most staid and
dignified citizens, bat mischievous shall
boys, children and servants are
priviie�i to
Some Claions Words..
sling water, ad libitum, upon any. ''herq
' Varlet' is the same teed ns 'valet,' and
is 110 1180 getting angry, however ale pitefnl- each is an oiTslhoot of the feudal 'vassal.'
13' used, for one cannot tight a whole city- ' Rotten row',' the famous London street,
full ; and nothing delights the belllger-
ents more than to get a hold of a victim
who rages and wants to whip the crowd.
A nol'rit•A\n•Tl•3IIlLlt TIME
begins in earnest on Sunday, when, till the
eve of Ash et ednesdny, the streets are trans.
formed into a perfect pandemonium, and no
Indy dares venture out between 10 .e. M. and
5 in the afternoon, The people are about
evenly divided into besieged and besiegers.
Thoseinside thehouse, including all females,
have prepared barrels, bathtubs and tanks
of water colored rubyred ;while the prino-
pal weapons of the belligerents aro eggs,
emptied of their original contents through a
small hole in one end, refilled with red water.
flour or powder, and carefully sealed up
again with cloth or paper, These are celled
eases relies.
THE ItESI0CEn ,AND L'ERIE(1ERB.
The great endeavor of the men in the
streets is to force an entrance into the
houses, and of those inside to ]seep them
out, 'Every situp is closed, every door
locked and windows barred, and most of
the balconies are partially protected by
canvas curtains, behind which the besieged
may (lodge when too closely pressed. The
lords of creation conte on foot and on horse•
back, in groups, in battalions and singly, to
bombard 101 th ages the cases of their lady
friends, who return the fire with interest
from their housetops and balconies ; and the
gentle senorita considers herself most highly
complimented when the greatest number of
eggs smash squarely in her ince. The emi-
nently "swell" thing is to go around on
horseback, closely followed by it servant,
also on hot se, carrying a big basket of eggs.
A comparatively recent innovation in the
way of water•lbrowing is the use of onor•
mous tin syringes, or squirt -guns, by which
a considerable strewn may be sent some dis-
tance with great force. The mon endeavor
IT every mems, forcible and strategic, to
gain entrance to the houses, They bring
Insiders and climb to the balconies, or
"shine up " convenient pillars, or 000 like
oats from roof to roof and chop down into
inner courtyards, or, failing in every other
methoch a number will retreat a few yards,
then, starting together on a min, as if stohm-
inga battery, will actually )tick or push a
door from its fastenings,
T1i10 DON'T 1.An1 h>olt ESPE50151.
Once inside, the mischief that may be ac-
complished in a few minutes is terrific, the
highly excitable people becoming perfectly
reckless. Sometimes the bescig0(1 or the
beset ers turn the hose loose, full head, in
the dining room or parlor, till the whole
premises look like the few houses that re•
mained standing after the,lohrs!own flood.
The woven fly, shrieking, to Lille them-
selves, closely pursued by the leen ; and woe
betide one who is caught, be ells the most
dignified senora or the belle of last night's
ball 1 Her male friends and admirers drag
her to the nearest water -spout, tank or bath.
tub, and nearly drown her ; they pour dip-
pers or water clown her back, sprinkle flour
and pink powder in her 11011 and cover her
with petfuniery. Sometimes the women
combine to overpower someunfortunato elan,
wham they carry' bodily and plump into the
tank, clucking him repeatedly and often
holding him under venter beyond the point of
safety.
It should bo mentinnerl that the carnival
cantons differ greatly in the veri0us come,
tries of South America, and even in tam
different cities of Yeru, those of Lina, the
more refined capital, being less rude that
those of interior villages, In most places
little or no \enter is thrown, but perfumery,
flowers, finely -cut tissue paper, colored
powder and flour instead. 1 em writing
particularly of the Arequipa, minaret ivel, all of
which Isaw and part of which I was,
a
Pall ao
W InaIl 50 a e
T1 l'
g'
Many Y yat(rs agoa brisk. (lbri•
ade was ca'rte'l
*want retreat on a Sunday afternoon, 001 betweet <liflbreht ports on the P)oit1c 1
'lamps are going ollt," This expresses fat' 1)11.10 011)155':', r, 110ye1d question many Clti%e11a will egret, la)1[1 tillmnlla 111 th0 papJ)cr 1,t: 111555 (ilpt.
Imoro vividly, far more tooicliingly, am exact " (Jur lamps 1004 min oat," It is the ex• witls t his reoemnendatiou, neap those she Morse, of the Alnulodu, while on the tslaud
Icrisis intended— (114 utter extinction has reeding bitter r.ry r the improvident Ch1'is• nvoua s 11'11 t4 infringe upon the logttitnatu one day expressed arlesh•u to procure a tiger,
'tot taken place bat must tante place before 11011 when lie finds 1 • if f t f its restart and libarte1 of thrift' le 11 WS.and the Rajah willingly consented to fur-
char'not
used ono
recalls ' la route du riri (the king's passage
way.) ' Dandelion' is ' dent de lion' (th
llon's tooth), and ' vine a:" was once ' vi
aigra' (sour wine). ' :Maclame' is ' my laky,'
11111 'sir' has leen extracted from the Latin
'501110:" through the French(. 'Biscuit' keeps
alive tl:e Latin ' bis 00010s' (twice cooked),
and a verdict is simply a 'serum dictum'
(true saying). -
An 'earl' was an ' elder' in the primitive
society while ' pope' is the satne as ' pap'
and " kaiser' is a ' mom" ' 11000)' was once
a respectable ' housewife' ; a ' knave' was
simply a ' boy'—the German ' knabe' of to
clay --and a 'attain' was In the first place
merely a ' captive.' ' Jimmy' is a retnini•
stance of the classical adjuration.' ' 0 Gem-
ini,' used by the Romans when they called
upon the twins Castor and Pollux, to help
them.
A ' nincont707' was originally a person of
sound n» nd (non oompos menti), and an
assassin' a member of the sect of the ' As-
sassins' (founded by Hassan ben Sabah in
1000). This order derived its name either
from that of its founder or from that of the
intoxicating drug (hasheesch), usually taken
by theta selected to carry out his commands
in the way of 'removing' any person or per-
sons obnoxious to him,
MABcII 27,1 R91.,
.fiels'nse Su k','lcs Jor 8'gear's—Re-
stol^ecf to l4'ife(t Health.
1,0w pruple lave suffered more Srvera17
from dsepepsln then ,\p•, 1:, A. Ttr'3lahon, 1t
tell known grocer or S11111111 011. Vo, 510 sups:
" 1ieful'n 15101 troy 11) excellent health, (neigh•
lug over See pounds, 1n that year an minima
developed Into e'mo dyspepsia, rued soon 1
was reduced to 102 pounds, suurrhng burning
sensations In the stomach,
6°G 1'slJdtn(fon of Ilia fem't,
, 5" naasca, (11(11 ludlgostlon.
T could net sleep, lust all
heart 1u my work, had ass of lne:nucllnlla, and
fur :1 iy,, to a time 1 would have u'eloumed
deuih, 1 bcr::ne morose, sullen e:d Irritable,
MIS for 035(11 ye.1:') I:f' tees e i laden, 1 tried
many 1 bysiclaus and I nmy 1,110 dies, One day
a workman employed by we .u!'r„sled that
I tnito te liaoet's
Sarsnpa-8 'lila, ns
!t had uttering cured ed hf,
Y
wi e o
f r
let
3 10p
sin. 1 d1d so, nod before taking the whole of
a bottle I hcl5mi to 11,01 IIk0 a caw 110111, 'fho
tenet le (mho: to 0vh5,1t 1 Ind been subjected,
ceased, the p;tipitulteu of t1.o ilea'( subsided,
my snrneh hoenu,e cock'', naus0a dlsap,
pclrp(I, 1511,1 n1y entire system begun to
(rem ape With returning
strength came netivily 0f
mind mud hotly. Scfrre
the fifth betide tints tnkcn
I het regained my former weight and nS11005l
condition. I an today well and 1 ascribe !t
to taking f'ood's Sarsaparilla.”
7, 13, If you <lcc'Ide to tante Bond's Sarsa-
parilla du t:i,t be induced to buy any other.
ears
S
,..drynn ��.5�, �nyy
`14aW ��:•parilla
Sold any net druggists. 5t; 51,1 for 85. Prepared only
ty C.I. I100D ,e CO., Apotl,ecnrles, Lowell, Mass,
100 Doses One Dollar
The Effect of As'senio.
• The men who mine nrsonia in the copper
n districts of Cornwell, England, aro paid very
liberally, indeed, lint cannot get any insur-
ance on their lives, and if they don't quit
after a brief spoil of work, their wives be-
come widows. Yet, in Europe, especially in
Switzer! and and Austria, children poei Lively
suck arsenic and thrive oil it butter than
Canadian children do on candy, and that the
men chew it, is an established fact, says an
exchange. In the European districts where
the arsenic abounds the men are powerful
and the women red.cheeked and robust.
A Big Owl.
For over a fortnight people living in the
neighborhood of Staintiurn_\ioor, about two
miles from Workington, have been !much
concerned alma a strange tied, The gen.
erel impression of all who sale it was that
it was an eagle. On various occasions sports-
men and others have trioti to get within
range of the ltuae bird, but this was not ac-
complished until the other evening, when
William Bacon, gamekeeper to Mr. Gordon
Falcon of Stainburn, managed to get within
gunshot and fired. A few stray pellets
etrnck the wing of the bird and broke it,
and after desperate attempt to keep flying
the creature fell to the ground.
Tho gamekeeper's retriever rushed up to
t11e quarry. With one blow of its immense
claw, the bird split open the dog's nose and
severely lacerated the side of its head. The
dog, however, stuck to the bird till the
keeper arrived. After a severe struggle the
the bh•d yielded, and it can now be seen
alivo at the keeper's house, It has turned
out to be a monster moss owl. It measures
11 feet 0 inches (rpm tip to tip of the wings ;
bead, body and legs are in proportion. Its
plumage is a rich glossy golden color, end
covers its body entirely, even down to the
tips of its huge 010ws.
Why an Biephant's Neck is ,Short,
The reason of the shortness of the ole
phint's neek is, that the head of the animal
is so heavy that were it placed itt the end of
a nook of a length proportionate to the di.
mensions of that organ in other animals, an
almost incalculable amount of Inueeilla5force
w cold the necessary to elevate and enstein it,
The almost total absence of a 110015 obviates
th0 difficulty, and the trunk servos as a
substitute. The usos and advantages of a
twig neck, peculiarly exemplified in the
gi•nfra, which contains only the 081110 number
of vertebral artinulations as in the elephant,
aro in the latter supplied by the trunk o'
proboscis, by which he is enabled to carry
foots to his mouth and to drink by suction.
This bilious omen contains a vast number
of small muscles variously interlaced, is
eetronely flexible, endowed with the most
exquisito sensibility, and the utmost diver-
sity of motion, end compensate. tangly for
the absence of 1a long nock.
—•—•—.ata
A Funeral at Mi(lnight.
The eccentric request of a 21e. Dyott, nit
Englishman
e pf 'r m all'
C n tv s time, .that his
s
funeral she < take oleo t! con midnight, n l
n]
1
has
led to the adaption of the practice by his
family,all the members ten 01.1 of which h
w o have
since died being buried at that hone, The
atest of these funerals, which aro said to
attract great crowds, too)( place recently 1»
iclillcld, 1'legland, when Colonel Richard
Ilynt, for fifteen years a member of parlia-
ment, -n marled n r icd ant 1 •
Ln , '
nual. J:I
1
The
crowds W0113 sin
c ptyi,n7Tlenae--1(tleast liftOan
hntta d 1 i
att pooplo tv incasing the procession
hi01), headed by t( scorn of torchbeerves
lowly passed along, of midnight fonerals
talo that is fevoh:ale can be said. They
ro utterly nut, of harmony with the snored
hay of the bony, Few would desire to see
I
7ractioo bacowe memoir, not ever, those
who, moved by the novelty of the qhs,
night be d pored to attend a mirth. o'
novel for n• premose very similar to the
w11ic)t of r.
would load them om t0 witness a play or
iston tea opera, porn, tint is, to be entertained,
The English soldiers in the Soudan were
appllotl watt St. Jacobs OIs.
io feels ace r neon 1 b ninth one A pit wap he e a mat u i
tha arrival I t I al of the supreme pmnn0ut•—ft is a great temptation, 'r
1 a t ml tall m, feels how ler stronger �,n••--••--.-- (11„1(1( for a bait, but the esperhnort failed.
t
'just the agony of the flying, not the sullen fa 010 pllWor of the evil then anytlieg Mixt eight 1a woman (tees tied ton tree, and tv
stillness of the dead, which he hits to sat against it. In vain, he A Pretty Work Box,
Our lanes are gain;; 0111," A seem. says to himhele in van .11 that intellectual elemc lager o in o, short time m t1ic r'a growl was fright, s
lienal Ilan (night bo made of the spaying, Int assent, turd all that. formal worship (3111!11(1 I and ec, ve„ 1 awork o (room make st�1op tell b40110 110 woman sh helped
r agony the b f fright. 1
we want to let it sink town quietly into the nm+ined 1 n bo the beginningand ,n • 'I 111ant work Lay, , out t, a item r • Noon the growling
cr ler r st feral the bush and a
t <h r„ of Tull ed hent e' cop, Ole+ of soft, 5111:31 norms with a•g,•owl)ng ptn•r struck tura went 1 a
heart, It is a suitable snidest for la season . tn� n n , ,nfatrin eta tow whop it
is lined with psis plait . dk and finished on blow with Ili,, paw. The w'an,an'0 skull was
of quint reflo,tioT, for nit lour of holy 1 the head I/end with t.ho ine51(.eb1elittle bmv, sutarhed roll rtfter 1h:telling hie meal tis
thought like this,
"''Cine lamps aro going 01:5," W o need
tviticlh in this ca:,e is net:Hutto that s0ons 010 a brute sant:, glutted to rho ground. Ono of 1
thotliopunctilious any longe'about the exact nantatuali0• 1 ] g din
original meanie of the figure of the lamps
�y .r
ntl�tho figure of rho oil • of the r
bgorn(,orito 1
th faith ' f ('I
tone. heti the fere, are tin restraining blends
of such a Christi utity, Real tenptatien to
real sinning coeds sornet(dng real to cope
with
it. "Oil i
1 n the vassals
with lamps,"
a s„
to m ,
p
this its the oho thing n0crlfill, 11111 this one
thing I lack.
"Our lamps aro going out," It is the ex•
aeecling bitter cry of the improvident Chris -
sum qua non 50 a amnia:i ,, d ' r ' t.' • r •1 '
'Theca rests h
p L ,y its awn wo)ghL couvonianL•
ly Open oil 1( w01.15 table and forme It really
capacious 0101 snfopookot forapools, thimbles
and odds and ends, while the soft exterior
offers an attractive needle eusltion,
the <a ,tors plied a cord and the tier
appeared into the pit, The animal was sold
to the captain for 009, who resold tttobrute
at (:lenoa for 4750 to the (manager of a air.
ens. A foto clays late' tite lager ate its
peeper and was shot by the man's widow,
,net, and of the arrival of the bridegroom ;
if the expootatlon that was common tc the
s
During the winter the hen may be dila•
tory, but she generally cornea to the scratch
when the garden is planted.
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For Coughs & Colds.
John P. Jones, Edom,'I`ex.,writes:
I have used German Syrup for the
past six years, for Sore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to any-
one wanting such a medicine—
German Syrup is the best.
B.W. Baldwin, Carnesville,Tenn.,
writes; I have used your German
Syrup in my family, and find it the
best medicine I ever tried for coughs
and colds. I recommend it to every-
one for these troubles.
R. Schmaihausen, Druggist, of
Charleston,111.,writes : After trying
scores of prescriptions and prepara-
tions I had on my files and shelves,
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled on my lungs, I
tried your German Syrup. It gave
me immediate relief and a perma-
nent cure. 0 0
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, Now Jersey, U. S. Ar.
A Great Financier,
Mabel—Well, I've concluded to mare
M. ''ightiist+. Y
Mildred—Why, I thought you hated
him,
011 I do, but he is bound to be very rich
some day. He has suoh a grasp of finance.
What gives yon that impression ?
Why, he invited me to go to churoh last
night, and coming home we took a car,
though lie wanted to walla bout ways. Well,
when the conductor came a'Onnd loo said t
"How unfortunate 1 I find I have nothing
mailer than a dollar bill, Have you any
hatge?" So 1 paidthe fares.
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