The Brussels Post, 1912-11-14, Page 3•
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Dainty Dishes,
Quince Jelly, -Fellow the direc-
tions for mint je11,y, using quinces
in place of apples and omitting the
mint.
Pear Chips. -Slice pears very
thin, add an equal quantity of
sugar. Shave fine a little ginger
root and cook all together until
the pears aro transparent.
Curried Stamm -Make •a butter
sauce with one tablespoonful but-
ter, one tablespoonful flour, one
pinch of salt, one teaspoonful curry
powder, one cup hot water. Cook
until thick and add one cupful
flaked salmon, a little parsley and
e, few drops of lemon juice.
Baked '[ant. -Soak a whole ham
overnight in cold water. .In the
morning put into a kettle, cover
with boiling water and simmer un-
til tender. Then remove from fire.
Peel off the rind, sprinkle the ham
with bread crumbs and brown su-
gar, stick whole cloves into the fat
part and place in the oven a half
hour to brown.
Grape Relish. - Pick Concord
grapes from the stents, Dover with
oold water and heat slowly until
skins slip off. Rub all the pulp
through a sieve or colander. To
eightcups pulp add six cups su-
gar, one teaspoonful each of cin-
namon, cloves and allspice and one
cup vinegar. Cook until thick, the
eonsisteney of catsup. This is de-
licious with meat.
Mint Ielly.---Use crabapples or
apples (greenings are best). Cut
into quarters, oover with cold
water and nook until soft. Put
them in a bag totlrip. Add to the
juice an equal quantity of sugar
and cook until it jellies on the
spoon. When it is boiling, dip into
the syrup a sprig of mint until th'e
desired flavor is attained. To add
to its attractiveness, the jelly may
be colored green with fruit color-
ing, especially if greenings are
used.
Ragout of Lamb, with Fritters of
Caulillowrr.-Oover two pounds of
the breast of Iamb with cold water
and let simmer gently. Take off
the scum. Pare and slice six po-
tatoes and three onions. Pour boil-
ing water over these and let them
stand closely covered for half an
hour. Then drain and add to the
meat, with one carrot out in pieces,
a piece of celery, parsley and sea-
soning. Add to the gravy one cup-
ful of cooked peas and thicken it
with the yolk of an egg. Cauli-
flower Fritters. -Boil ono head of
eanlifiower in slightly salted water.
When done, break it into pieces
with a fork. Dip each piece in a
thin fritter batter; drain and fry
in deep grease. Arrange as a bor-
der Around the ragout of Iamb.
Butter Without Churning. - If
you have one or two cupfuls of
soar creamand wish to get a pat
of fresh butter without much trou-
ble, take a clean piece of white
blotting paper and a piece of cot-
ton -Turkish toweling is the best.
Place the cloth in a bowl, with the
blotting paper over, arranged so
that it forms a hollow that will hold
the quantity of cream you wish to
use. Pour the cream over this and
let it stand for two or three hours,
then pour off any thin cream that
may remain; take a dinner knife
and carefully raise the butter cake
off the paper. It will roll up and
leave the paper clean. After taking
it off pour back the cream you have
removed and leave it till all the
thin ecart has run through or been
absc bed by the cloth,, Then with
afork boat up the Iro ter cake, and'
in a minute it will brc,,k into grains
and a little buttermilk will run out,
Wash with coldwater, beat till the
• grains stick together, and salt.
You will have a sweet'pat of but-
ter; with little trouble. Of course
` you would not want to make a
large quantity in this way. The
shallower the bowl the more quick-
ly the thin parts of the cream run
through, and all the butter fat is
-left on the paper.
'1 onsehold hints.
Dingy towels may frequently be
restored to normal whiteness by
putting in kettle of cold weber, ad-
ding white soap shavings and lemon
juice, and letting come slowly to a
boil. :Rinse in tepid water, then
blue water, and hang in the sun.
Very freeeeently when separating
the whites from the yolks of eggs
the yolk beenm^s broken and falls
into the white. this a cloth in warm
water, tering it dry and touch the
yolk with a corner of it, The yolk
will adhere to the cloth and .may
easily be removed.
A stale loaf 'put into a closely
covered tin, exposed for half an
hour to •a heat not exceeding that
of boiling water, then taken 01'1 of
the tin erel allowed to 000l, will' be
restored in appearance and pro-
perties to the,ctate of new bread.
• Remember that it is never eco-
nomy to put cheap lace or insertion
on a garment that has to be wash-
ed frequently. It will free and,
wear out long before the garment
Se worn and will have to bo renewer
1 ed, thus incurring double expense.
Before using table oilrlchh paste
tit each corner on the wrong side a
square of cotton. This prevents
the corners from wearing out as
soon as they otherwise would.
The finger marks on a door can
be rentovexl by a clean flannel cloth
slipped in kerosene oil; afterward
wipe with a cloth wrung out of hot
water in order to take the smell
away,
If the pan of boiled potatoes is
drained as soon as the potatoes
are done ancl it is then shaken for
a few minutes in the open air the
potatoes will become very wiriteand
feathery.
Ink stains may be remover? from
linen by putting it for 24 hours in
raw linseed oil and rinsing out in
hot turpentine, repeating the pro-
cess till clean, or wash in hob soda
and water and soft soap.
A yellow frosting is made by
beating the yolks very light and
thickening them with fine sugar as
you would the whites. It will take
a little longer to harden than if the
whites were used.
Ammonia and water will usually
make grass stains disappear. When
this is not effective dry soapsuds
with a little bicarbonate of soda.
Molasses and alcohol are also ef-
fective.
Always put a cauliflower in plain
water, so as to draw out any in-
sects. If salt is placed in the water
it kills the insects and they are left
in the vegetable.
Corks steeped in vaseline are ex-
cellent substitutes for glass stop-
pers. Acids cannot affect them and
chemical fumes do not cat them.
Boiling water will remove coffee
stains, cold water and borax tea
marks,
Ether and chloroform are the
best remedies for iodine stains.
Lard and olive oil are the best
remedies for brass stains.
4•
MANY WOMEN WHO GAMBLE
POKER SAID TO BE SUPER-
SEDING BRIDGE.
Cause for the Startling Increase of
"Play" in Feminine
Circles.
The passion for gambling among
women has become so epidemic in
all the larger cities of Europe that
the police authorities of Vienna
were recently compelled to close a.
number of women's clubs and arrest
some of the members. These dras-
tie measures were taken• on the pe-
tition of many unhappy husbands,
who resented the absence of their
wives from home every evening and
the use of housekeeping money for
wagers.
"Practically the same conditions
prevail in London to -day, though
perhaps not so openly as on the
continent," said the manager of a
well-known detective agency, in dis-
cussing the subject with a London
newspaper representative. "It is
doubtful, however, if the example
of the Vienna police will be followed
here. No official action 'can be tak-
en
aken in any case without the filing of
a formal complaint, and English-
man, as a rule, prefer to settle their
family differences at home, without
airing them in the courts. Yet there
Jere many husbands and fathers in
London who have ample cause for
such -complaints, for the gambling
craze seems to have bitten deep in-
to the younger women of the pre-
sent day. Perhaps, the swiftness
with which we move in these times
of whirling civilization has some-
thing to. do with it by creating a
high nerve tension that can only be,
relaxed by the keenest excitement.
Gambling seems to supply this
need, especially with women, who
are denied the thrills of the Stook
Exchange and other • masculine
sefety valves.
London Women's Gaiting Clubs.
"As a result gambling, and high
play, too often of the most reckless
character, are to be found in almost
every grade of London's feminine
life. There are as yet no large
clubs like those just closed in Vien-
na, where gambling is the custom,
but there are many small ones. A
few of thorn have permanent quar-
ters, but, of teem, their real pur-
pose is disguised. Most of them,
however, are small groups of
mate friends, who have informally
organized to preserve a measure of
secrecy. These ge 9s hold their
gambling cessions at each other's
homes in regular turn, usually twice
and sometinres.throe.or four nights
a week. It all depends on how tight
a hold the passion for play has•tak-
on on them.
"There are also many instances
where otherwise respectable women
make a comfortable living by hav-
ieg rogelar poker pieties .at their
rooms cm certain nights. A percen-
tage of too play always goes to the
`honer,' and this frequently
amounts to s very considerable aura
by the time. the party breaks up sit
sunriee. 'Moreover, if Saturday
night happens to bo chosen for the
party, the game is often prolonr;•eci
throughout Sunday and Sunday
night without a, break. Thr -ler
ere drop net singly in turn for
their meals, but somelen ly is always
playing acid the game never stops,
Play StItgt;ers Old (innieetels.
Wi N DERFUL NEW INVENTION
Pulmotor (lakes It Possible to Resuscitate Those
Apparently Dead.
It is an astonising fact that until
quite recently only the crudest
methods of resuscitating viol•ims of
gas poisoning, electric shock, im-
mersion in water, or other acci-
dents of a like nature, have been
evolved. The rough and ready
methods of bringing back the vital
spark in persons who have been
under water aro successful only in
a few cases, They are exhausting,
tedious, and ineffective. In the ease
of electric shock, the chances for
the victim are even less. In both
cases the victim may be unable to
breathe naturally, and yet there
may be life present. The patient
requires oxygen, but he is unable
to inhale it.
The Pulmotor is a device that is
designed to supply this very need.
To the unconscious victim, to the
invalid of low vitality, it supplies
net only the needed quantity of oxy-
gen., but it actually breathes for
him, inflating and deflating the
lungs for him exactly as may be
needed. So delicately balanced is
the instrument that there is not the
slightest possibility of imposing ex-
cessive pressure upon the weakest
lungs. The infant can be treated
as safely as the adult.
The field of usefulness of the Pul-
motor is extremely wide and var-
ied. It is being used in all kinds of
mines in Europe and America.
Fire departments, hospitals, and
municipalities have adopted it for
general use. In a score of ways it
can be used in emergencies.
The Pulmotor, as may be seen.
from the accompanying cut, is a
simple device. It works under the
pressure of oxygen contained in a
steel cylinder. By a simple system
of valves and cheek -valves, the oxy-
gen is administered to the patient
at precisely the rate that meets his
needs. If he is able to respire him-
self, the oxygen can be switched off
through a single valve and the other
system applied to another patient.
Another apparatus, evolved more
recently. is a diver's helmet. This
is attached to a self-contained sup-
ply of oxygen, and requires no eon-
nection with the surface. An ama-
teur wearing this is able to stay un-
der water for half an hour at a.
time.
The Pulmotor has been installed
in Cobalt, in several Canadian col-
lieries, at the Government rescue
stations, and its use is be4og taken
up by several hospitals.
New Diving A.pparatns which will
enable an amateur to remain un-
der water half an hour at a time.
"To become a member of these
parties one must be personally
known to the 'hostess' or vouched
for by some of the habitual guests.
Sometimes an especially favored
man or two is allowed to take part
in these meetings, but as a general
rule the players are all women, a
few elderly ones, but mostly young
matrons and girls who have passed
the butterfly age. The recklessness
with which those women play is
amazing. Many a professional gam-
bler of the mining Damps would be
staggered, especially when poker is
the game. Poker, in fact, is rapidly
taking Emplace of the once popular
bridge whist at these sessions, for
the appeal to the true gambling
spirit is more subtle. There is
greater temptation to take a lucky
chance in the drawing of a card or
the filling of a hand. As a conse-
quence, the losses are frequently
heavier them the player can afford,
and all sorts of deceptions are ne-
eessary at home +to conceal the de-
ficiency."
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French Truffle Rules.
How important the proper obser-
vance of traffic rules seems to the
French is best shown in the decision
of the highest French court in the
ease of a motor truck which was not
properly lighted in the rear, ' A
passenger automobile ran into the
truck on a dark night and the negli-
gent driver of The truck was sen -
teamed to imprisonment, to pay the
damages to the passenger ear, to
pay for injuries received by the
chauffeur, and, finally, to reim-
burse the owner of the passenger
automobile for the inconvenience
caused by the boas of the use of the
car.
In the Falkland :islands, off Cape
Horn, there are five men to every
two women.
Feed rather -• "Yes, rohnnie,
when the milien]um is conte the
lamb can lie down with Mite lion in
perieet safety." Teelo J'ohnnio
(doubtingly) ---"T s'pose that's so,
but I'el ratter he the liths just; the
same,"
RUTTERELY VALUED AT $5,000
Found In New Guinea by Explorer
in Service of Rothschilds,
From London, England, word
comes that a jet-black butterfly,
valued at $5,000, as big as a robin,
with wings measuring eleven and a
half inches from tip to tip, has been
conveyed to London from New Gui-
nea by A. L. Meek, an explorer in
the service of Hon, Walter Roths-
child, millionaire owner of the
famous private museum in Tring
Park.
Several now varieties of butter-
flies by far the largest in the world,
were discovered in New Guinea by
Moak. "I had to take up from the
coast," he is reported as saying;
"eases of pearl shell, tomahawks
and beads oil all kinds before I
could get the assistance of the na-
tives fn capturing the butterflies.
The natives shoot them with f0ne-
peonged arrows, which they used
for killing birds.
"The female giant butterflies are
black or brown or white, bet the
males are splendidly marked in
green or gold. T brought also with
me a butterfly which has a hairy
belly on account of the intense cold-
ness of the Snow Mountains. A
couple of my native boy hunters
wore killed and oaten by New Gui-
nea cannibals, who kindly sent me
back the bones."
SVaitingItoom for Ilnsba.nde.
A waiting room for husbands is
the novel idea of the manager of
some Paris ,stores where ,ladies are
largely cxvtered for. He noticed
that husbands Who accompany their
wives shopping were a great nuis-
ance et the cottnte.•rs, and frequent-
ly raised objections to the cost. ,A
room woe accordingly fatted up for
husbands' nee, whore refreshments
ere served for next to -nothing.
When .0, temple enter they arcs given
,ancl the
nus`•
duplicate numbers, a t 1
band is sent to the refreshment
toms to wait till caned for els iris
wife loaves the shop.
IDE SUNDAY SCII31 SIU)I
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
NO R 17,
Lesson VII. -The great question,
Mark 8, 27 to 1). 1, Golden
text, Matt, 16. 16.
MARK 8. 27-38,
Verse 27. Caesarea Philippi- T]m
most northerly point reached by
Jesus so far as recorded in the
gospel narrative. A human city,
beautifully situated on a rocky ter-
race on the slopes of Mount Her-
mon, a few miles east of Ilan, the
old frontier city of Israel. Named
after Herod Philip, and to be care-
fully distinguished from Caesarea
on the Mediterranean coast.
Who do men say that I am 1-
Many ancient authorities road,
Who do men say that I, the Sou of
man, am? (Compare Matthew 16,
13; Luke 9. 18.)
28. They told him -In response to
his inquiry concerning public opin-
ion regarding himself, they report
the various conjectures of different
people. In each case he is regard-
ed as an extraordinary person, but
not as the Messiah.
John the Baptist -Even Herod
looked upon Jesus as a reincarna-
tion of the martyred prophet of
righteousness. His opinion seems
to have been shared by others.
Elijah -The famous prophet of
the northern kingdom in the time
of Ahab, (Compare 1 Kings 17. 1 to
2 Kings 2. 12.)
One of the prophets -Matthew's
account names Jeremiah (Matt. 16.
14).
29. Who say ye 1 -Jesus desires
their personal estimate in order
that he may in turn use this as a
point of departure for further
teaching them concerning himself.
Peter answereth-The ever -ready
spokesman of the apostolic group.
The Christ -Literally, the anoint-
ed one, that is, the Messiah.
30. They should tell no man -
The charge to secrecy is very posi-
tive,
31; Began to teach -Peter doubt-
less had expressed the belief of all
of the disciples, and with this com-
mon verdict 01 his followers con -
earning himself clearly expressed
and mutually understood, Jesus
enters upon a new epoch of further
teaching concerning his mission as
the Son of man. The added element
of his teaching concerns especially
his approaching death.
Elders . . . chief priests . .
scribes -_UI represented in, if not
actually members of, the Sanhe-
drin, the highest ecclesiastical
court in Jerusalem. They were
the recognized religious leaders of
the people.
After three days -Matthew says
"the third day" (16. 21). The two
expressions, however, mean the
same thing, as is shown by Matt.
27. 64.
32. Openly -Plainly and in the
presence of all. Heretofore Jesus
had spoken concerning these things
only with reserve and in figurative
language. (Compare John 2, 19; 3.
12-16; M.att. 9. 15; Mark 2. 20.)
Took him -Perhaps by the arm in
order to lead him aside and speak
with him alone. The thought of hu-
miliation and suffering associated
with him whom he had just con-
fessed to be the Christ was incon-
ceivable ea Peter, and the faet that
Jesus should speak of it publicly
and with sueh calmness and resig-
nation was more than the could
bear. .Therefore he would remon-
strate with him in private.
To rebuke him -Peter's words of
remonstrance are given by Mat-
thew : "Be it far from thee, Lord:
this shall never be unto thee" (16,
22).
33. Turning about -Jesus turns
sharply round and faces Peter be -
fere addressing him. Then, seeing
his disciples, he administers the
stronger rebuke, addressing Peter
as their spokesman as well as indi-
vidually.
Get thee behind me, Satan -
Jesus had used precisely the same
words at the time of his temptation
(Matt. 4. 10; Luke 4. 8). The sug-
gestion of Peter brought to Jesus a
renewal of the temptation to fol-
low a worldly course of temporal
advantage rather than the clearly
apprehended pathway of duty.
Thou mintiest not -Thou art not
considering-.
34. And he called unto him th
multitude with his disciples -The
remaining verses of our lesson pas-
eage constitute a separate unit of
thought. They contain the -declara-
tion of Josue concerning self-denial,
even unto death, as the condition
of discipleship and the secret of the
way to life eternal. The multitude
referral to were the crowds of thri-
ves spectators and listeners which
gathered about him even in these
remote parts.
Deny himse
lfI:n rigid selfeis ip
line
refuse to yield to the passive
demand of impulse and preference.
Take up his cross -Jesus is speak-
ing in symbols. 'Phe figure he. uses
is onq familiar to his hearers, it
being customary ie weenblon with
the man method of ca ital pun-
ethernet
pn -etenet
by crucifixion to require
the condemned person to entry his
own cross to the Irlace of okoeu•,
tion, The use of this figure at ibis
time was intended to . foreshadow
the manner of his coming death.
35. Life -Or, soul. New Testa-
ment usage makes a distinction be-
tween the Greek word "psyche,"
soul, the word here used, and the
word "Irxieuma," usually rendered
spirit. Sour is the term used .to
designate emissions personal physi-
cal life, Spirit designates the life
owning Pram Gad.
36. Gain the whole world ---The
contrast passes from the saving and
losing of life to the possible gain
for. the life forfeited. The term
"worid" is used in its ordinary
sense, referring to the ameeriaal.
visible order of things.
38. When he cometh in the ;,Tory
of his Father -The New Testament
speaks of a "corning" or "pres-
ence" of Christ, which it describes
as an objective event of the future,
a visible return of Christ, and the
establishment of the kingdom of
God in its final completeness and
glory, following a general resurrec-
tion of the dead and the last judg-
ment.
MARK 9. 1.
Taste of death -Experience it.
The announcement here recorded is
given in all three synoptic ac-
counts. The account of Luke is the
most simple, he saying merely,
'Pill they see the kingdom of
God." All that we can insist upon
as included in the meaning of the
words of Jesus is that some of those
whom he addressed were in their
lifetime to -see the coming of the
kingdom of Gad in power, The fur-
ther interpretation of his words
must be made in the light of the
events which actually did subse-
quently occur.
:H
OSTRICIIi1S IN SCOTLAND.
Cold Said to Be Good for 'heir
Feathers.
It is believed that a new industry
is about to make its appearance in
the north of Scotland, and if the
ps'oject is carried out, many of the
hills and valleys of the Highlands
will be rearing ostriches in scores.
Hitherto ostrich farming has not
been carried on to any large extent
in Britain, but recently an expert
in the industry, who visited the
Scottish Highlands, stated that the
Highlands was an ideal place fur
rearing the birds, and an effort is to
be made to start a farm probably
near the Trossachs district.
Fur some time Mr. Karl Hagen -
beck, whose famous Continental
zoological gardens are known
throughout the world, has held the
opinion that if ostrich farms were
started in the Seottish Highlands
the feathers of the birds would be
even better than the feathers now
obtained. from South Africa. Con-
trary to the common belief, the cold
weather, it is claimed, would not
have a bad effect on ostriches if they
were allowed freedom and not kept
in a. small earelosure.
If artificial heat is supplied to
their house, ostriches sicken. but if
allowed to roam the hillsides their
feathers would become very thick
and glossy, and it is on this •author-
ity that the movement to establish
an ostrich farm in Scotland is
largely based. Several merchants
are interesting themselves in the
scheme,
s'
22 TEARS WITHOUT .A BATH.
Old. Rnssias Woman's Death Due to
Uncleanliness.
An old lady possessed of 1,000,000
rubles 0300,000), has just died et
Se Petersburg from a malady due
to twenty-two years' abstinence
from soap and. water. She allowed
nobody but a single servant to en-
ter her house, prepared her own
feed from fear of being poisoned
and allowed mice and rats to play
about unmolested.
The cause of her death is the more
extraordinary because Pnssians are
great believers in the bath and most
of them have a hot steam bath every
week,
And this reminc:s one thte a soci-
ety has been started in Germany
for persuading people to take. a
weekly tub. It is placarding Ger-
man towns with attractive posters,
on which are printed the words "A
weekly bath for every German."
And there are luxurious English-
men and Americans who complain
if they cannot bave a bath every-
day! Unashamed, as the Germane.
would say.
A MODERN ,\l'1':EA1.
"Could yet help a pore .fellerdat
has a sick wife and six starving
dogs"
IDE DECAY OF VILLAGE tiff
DECLINE OI' POPULATION 1'
EUIIAL 'ENGLAND.
Lias Been Going On. for Nearly Balt
a Century, Says This
'Writer.
.icor nearly half a century the
population of rural England bas
been steadily declining. During
the ten years 1891-1901, 500,654 per-
sons left the villages, for industrial
districts, for America and the 0010-
11i0.5, says a writer in the London
Daily Chronicle.
The detailed figures for the last
census period, 1901-1211, are not, yet
published, but these will, without;
doubt, record a ,similar exodus, It
is one thing to give these figures in
bulk.and another to realize their
individual significance. To visualize
them it is necessary to visit home
alter home in village after village.
Take the case of a Bristol docker
with whom we talked. "I was
bor," said lie, " fn a Somerset vii-
logen, now practically dead; all my
omas either working,
like.chomys
letelf, inare some town or
Have Gone to Canada.
"I have five brothers, and: all
have migrated to the towns; one is
is 'cabby,' another a botcher, the
third a mineral water salesman, the
fourth a baker, and the fifth a fried'
fish dealer. Three of my consine
who came from the same village
are employed by the Midland Rail-
way Company; and of our next
door neighbors, one son is a collier.
in Wales, and another a docker in
London."
This decay of village life was
clearly brought out by Lord Evers-
l•ey in the Statistical Society's Jour-
nal in 1907. He there gave a sum-
mary of the census, relating to the
ngrieulfural population from 1861
to 1901, which showed that the ac-
tual decline of male agricultural
"mpioyment (men and bcsys) in
Great Britain was from 1,657,000 in
1861 to 1,23x•,.000 in 1901. or in. Eng-
lend and Wales alone, from 1,449,-
000 in 1861 to 1.079,000 in 1901.
The population of. the United
Kingdom has been steadily increas-
ing as a result of the surplus of
births over deaths at the rate of 10
per cent. and over. every ten years,
and the truth as to the decay of the
village cannot be grasped until it
is clearly understood that not only
has the village declined in pumila-
tion, but that the increase in popu-
lation has been swallowed up by
migration to the towns and
Enrigration to Other Countries.
What proportion of this is due to
the termer and what to the latter
is 'difficult, if not impossible, to de-
termine. From our inquiries, how-
ever, we are of opinion that from
80 to 90 per cent go to the towns.
Tn Scotland the proportion of agri-
enitural workers enugrating Can-
ada is much greater. as the Cana -
than Government has for many
years made special efforts to secure
grant
Seotchs. laborers as assisted ems -
The effects of this depopulation,
are. written largely over the whole
country side. One may drive for
miles along the lanes and between
the fields in the south country with -
nut seeing any sign of human life.
SAW a solitary road mender or
hedge cutter. The emptiness and
silence at last become disquieting;
it is as if some spell had been laid
on the land rendering it mute, nor
until the reentry town comes
sight does the sense that some evil
magic is at wovlr disappear.
Failure.
The desire le begin over again is
one of those longings so common
and universal that we may say it is
it native instinct ' . . that we
have failed. and failed again and
again, need not intimichite us for n
new trial. Aspirations. imperfec-
tions and. failures areintimations of
future achievements. Defents fore-
tell fetere success. The sin to be
dreaded is the unlit lamp and .en-
girt loin. Oer lieht must be burn-
ing, however dimly, and we must
keep on the right road. however of-
ten we stumble on the way. Under
no circumstances can it be true that
there is net something to be done,
as well as something to be suffered.
Sparrows Attend Service:
Four sparrows attended a harvest
festival service at Balney (Sesser)
Parish church, flying into the build -
mg just as the eengreention started
the 10dtb Psalm. Cue of the birds
Perched on the areal) and nodded
Its head to the music, Tiring of the
organ, it flew ar;ross the ehsroh,,
and in doing soknocked off tht ar-
ganist's glasses. The bird was then
att.raetecl:to the choir, and feasted
itself -en some reel .within a few
inches of a nherister's head. Ie
stayed until the eollectlon was
about to be taken, and then flew net
of the chuvclt. •
Her husband granted, being in to
reactionary mood. "I'd like to
know," he said, "what women have
ever done for the feeble-minded 1"
"They usually marry them, dear,,"
replied the wife Sweetly*
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