The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, February 08, 1905, Image 3

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SOUTIREP PLIZZARD -i The Land of P,- east in the Crasp of Ice King t EVEN GULF (ST FROZEN ! ARD --- t More or Less>mnplete Ti, -':ps Are Reported frdouisville to New Or- L leans as a Rit cf the Three Days' Storm of Sr and Sleet. p Louisville, , Special.-Telephone ., and telegraplervice over a 1 wide V. area of the ith was almost com pletely cripploy heavy sleet Sunday. b Raiiroad serv also suffered, and in some towns ; lighting and street y car facilities -e suspended. The tie up -was the st complete in many r years, and sough telegraph com paie's and ra)ads have large forces L of men' at woit may be two or three days before nal conditions prevail. 1 The storm ich covered Kentuckv. tl Tennessee, iansas, Indian Terri- i tory, Mississi, Alabama, Louisana, and Georgia,ad prevailed intermit- si tenly for the days, and the wires broke under ? accumulated ice. The I fall of snow 1d sleet, varying from one to threeiches, extended as far S north as Lo-ville. b For severa.ours Atlanta and New tl Orleans wcret off from the rest of t( the country. .11 wires were down from Memphio Natchez and New Or leans, anel t11 telegraph companies sent messag:'or these points to New York and d< the coast, but even t] this service as interrupted for a 1 time. Two hdred poles went down T in the Miss;ippi. In Chattanooga c the streets we filled with broken wire; and a teman was killed by a live wire. TI lighting and street car current. wercurned off to avoid fur ther danger pe!estrains and line- b men. Norfc a City of Ice. a Norfolk, VF Special.-Norfolk is a e city of ice. 'he cold that has con- $ tinued for se'ral days has frozen ev- $ ery piece of iter in this section, ex- $ cept the mai harbor; and thousands of people ha- enjoyed good skating f here for the rst time in years. A C prizzling rainroze as it fell and hun dreds of peop are skating in the west fc end of street Hospitals and police s1 report a greanumber of injuries, due zz to falls. Tb sleet storm is general throughout th section and probably SI will ruin the rowing crops on the big t( truck farms. s The three-asted schooner D. M. Anthony, ashTe near False Cape,, is in tE danger of goig to pieces. She floated C at high tide aturday night, but when back ,on the ioals before a tug could ti reach her. atl now it seems she will w be a total los. Philadeohia Port Frozen. fj .Philadelphi, Special.-An almost tE complete susension of the coastwise S, trade out of tis port has followed the a general freez<up of the harbors. There are a numberof vessels, but none will n charter until here is some probability of their bein able to get out of the a Delaware rive, which is impossible at this city. Vey little coal Is beimg re- C celved at thi: port in conser.uence of f, the extreme cold in the mining re- ii glons, and grat delay is being experi enced by steanships under charter for t the West Inces'i getting their car- 0 goes. More than fifty vessels were held ec fast In the le on the lower bay and d a number of ocean steamships which attempted to force their way through o the obstructiot at the Deleware capes r were compelhd to return to sea and b anchor for tie night. i1 'Worse n Atlanta's History. 0 Atlanta. G:.., Special.-Never before e in the histo-y of Atlanta has the ice king held sich a grip on the city as he did Sunday. Traffic is completely at a stands.ill, the street car service d closing dova at night fall. The entire s electric ligit service except that inr rhe immediate center of .the city is :ead. It has teen either sleeting or rain ing since Friday afternoon, a heavy rain falli1g and freezing as it fell Sun- c day afte-noon. Sunday night three a inches a' solid ice covers the streets. ~ The telephone and telegraph service is badly crippled. Every wire between s bre ard New Orleans is down. South Carolina's Worst in Years. Columbia, S. C.. Special.-Reports c from various sections of South Caro- a ina show that the entire State is ex periencing the most severe sleet and a snow .storm for years. The ground Is b :-vered with half an inch of ice, and 0 sleet is still falling. Pedestrainism is erilous and scarcely possible. The hermometer registers about 20 de grees abore zero.t C Men Draw Hearse at Funeral. y Columbia, S. C., Special.-The n- a a usual spectacle of men drawing a earse containing a corpse was wit- t lessed here Sunday afternoon. This t was made necessary by a sleet stormc which has prevailed for 24 hours mak- ~ ng it almost impossible for horses to d keep their footing. After several futile t attempts to darw the hearse with ~ orses, sixteen negroes. members of a raternal orders to which George Mc- a Fee, the corpse. belonged, procuredt oes which they fastened to the ongue of the hearse. thus carying the ody to the cemectery, a distance of womiles. t Militia Commander Dead. C Fair' oat. W. Va., Specia.-Briga- a dier G neral Clarence L. Smith. comn- 3 nander of the West Virginia National uard, died of a nervous disorder. The e eneral recovered from a disease he t ontracted in the Spanish-American y ar, in which he was in command of a the First West Virginia Regulars. He t as 55 years off age and prominent po- j tically in Marion county as a Demo crat. The funeral will be held Wednes- t ay..-3 Intense Cold In Manchuria. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Accord- j ing to General l-uropatkin's latest re- < ports, which indicate the wounding of third Russian general, the operations t Sandiapu and the fighting at Shakhe a ave been momentarily suspended. 'he Russians successfully repulsed ~ the latest attack of the Japanese east- g ward with heavy losses. The cold is still intense, there being 24 degrees f frost. There are indications that a the Japanese are preparing to break the inactivity on their own account as moon as+he wather moderates. t PALMEITO LEGISLATURE he- House and Senate Getting to Solid Work. A Lot of Busir.ess. After disposing of the 33 third )g bills and 16 second reading .e Senate took up Senator Br ill to require all common carric :rc to transport shc:iffs and eputies free when on official bus enator Raysor movci to strik e enacting words. and SC rcwn spoke for his bill. H:' sai( ie railroads' large intercts cm anxious for .hc enforczmn i1 laws. It would be no hardsh 1c roads, for he was informed revious to the free pass law :criff held a pass. While having no interest in the Lid Senator Raysor, he thoug rong in principle, especially ie passage of the free pass bill. tilroads had made no objection I ill, but the principle was wrc Senator C. L. Blease offered nendmcnt providing that the sh ioul receive no mileage while mg. This was adopted. Sor ator Rayzor said that no lce~ should be earried free, tii iegr aph was ve*.y istrument ;e ppreheusion of criminals, at the bill suggested more an was necassary. "You might as i:ell in'lude : .ablcs," said Senatcr Blake, wh :sec the bill. CoLcrete instances in which th oulc be advantageous were givE ernal or Wells. Opposition was F Senator Black and Senator e c aairman of the judiciary cot -e. Ser.ator Raysor :cnewcd his in kill the bill, but debate was ,net! and o no action was take Besides Senator Brown's bill te bills already spoken of there 5 ot'ier bills which were disposc his makes a total, with the six al orders, of 65 entries on thi car which lay on the desks y .y morning. Third Rcading Bills. The following are the third re ills which were passed yester< Mr. W. J. Gibson's to increas y cf the county superintender lucation as follows: Sparta ,00C to $1,200; Lancaster. $5( 00; Horry, $300 to $400; GeorgE 00 to $600; Orangeburg, $750 to Special committee's bill fixing r holding court in the eightl lit. Mr. Cloy's to make it a misdem r a train or a person to obstr reet or a road for more than inutes. Mr. Laney's to authorize Jeff ,hool district, in Chesterfield c issue $7,500 iln bonds to build ,hool house. Senator McGowan's to amend r of Presbyterian College of arolina. Mr. Morrison's to authorize .s ustees of district No. 18 in C ood county to borrow money t 3st indebtedness. Mr. DeVore's to exempt Edg om the act requiring county su ndents of education to est: hoc l book repositories to sell ccst. Mr. Kirby's to provide for the ent of pension claim*to widow nsioner dies after his applicat sproved. Col. Tribble's to exempt from Ii onfederate veterans who en o; other States and are now this State. Mr. Brice's to provide for ex: ire of $15,000 on new jail and ri court house at Winnsboro. Mr. Gaston's to authorize Cl unty to borrow :475,000 pending tion of bond issue. Mr. D. L Green's to place und4 peration of the stock law ouglass, Mouzon, Midway, Mt. ew Zion, and Sandy Grove tow! SClarendon county. M.. Lyon's to require the see: Sstate to make to comptrollei ral monthly report of receipts fce and to turn over funds to -easurer. Mr. Haskell's to make it "a emeanor to place any explosivl :ance whatever upon the rails c ilroad in this State by any una ;ed persons." A Busy Day in Legislature. The South Carolina Legislatu >mplished more Wednesday th sy two days of the present se 'hich is over half gone, and ore some interesting debates or des of the capitol. In the House; Mr. Richards' bi ng aside 5 per cent. of the cou spensary scnooi runa to ne ara >the extent of $100 at the disc f the county board of educati< new school building by a d iat has raised $30') by subser r otherwise, was passed, after mended so as to make the amo e raised $100 and that to com~ fthe special fund $50. The House was hardly out o Lnge before the wheels became ed again with the widow p< ls. It had to beat a retreat hiis by referring the matter to lal committee, proceeding on rinciple that he who fights anc way lives to fight another day. ropositions under the two bills onsideration were to increase tt >Class C, No. 4 pensioners fri $4 a month, and merge int lass the present two classes a: ws-those of men who died i ervice and those cf men wvho ied since the war-and allow are widow of a present pensio: raw the deceased husband's pi t his death when she has reacht g of 50 years. Then the House immediatel3 d into further trouble with ti 1en in the discussion of Rep~ tive Ardrey's bill to prohibit arriages. The bill as amend te committee makes it a 'misde r for a preacher or other per: arry a couple where he knov~ ge of the male to be less th ears and that of the female les: 6. The bill was favored by aving a large cotton mill opc onstituency. but the House, ti te South Carolina tradition edded to its unique marriage nd not permit any kind of an ii ion, killed the bill by the decisi' >rity of 64 to 40. The Senate. after virtually he Rayster compulsory educati< rith amendments and by re c< ng it by a vote of 20 to 15 pl ito a dispensary debate on the ill, a local option measure pro or voting out dispensaries by ommunities opposed to them. vigorous speech from Senator tie discussion was adjourned. enate refused to tamper wit nti-free pass law killing by a ive majority the bill to allow ration Commissioner Watson t< 1 on a pass. The mill-stone 'roved the death of the bill we Ider compelling the roads to heriffs free. The Senate Friday took a fall be present dispensary arrange the purchasing power, by passing tc Down a third reading the Raysor bill, with an amend.ent frcm the Manning bill requiring the quarterly purchases to be made completely at each quarter sc read- as to do away v:ith the evil of "filling bills, in." The bill gives the appointment own's of the three members of the board of rs for directors to the Governor and requires their the purchases to be made by secret, mess. numbered bids, the bids to be submit e out ted to the Senate Treasurer along with nator samples in a bottle of uniform size I that and pattern and with no distinguish make ing marks. The contracts are to go to nt of the number whose corresponding sam ip on ple shows up best according to quality that and price. Only standard case goods every are to be used and what remains over of these at the end of the year is to bill, be returned to the sellers. Senator ht it Cole L. Blease, leading the ultra-dis since pensary forces, made a vigorous fight The against that portion of the directorate o the to the Governor on the ground that a ng. Governor hostile to the dispensary an would be given the authority through eriffs his beard to close every dispensary trav- in the State, but his motion to con tinue the bill till next session received State only five other votes besides his own. ,t the It is ffenzied legislation in the House al in toaav over the cock fighting bill and a and number of ouner bills. The House re haste fused to kill the bill forbidding cock fighting or attendance on such sports. iiery Mr. LaFitte wanted to amend it so as o op- to exempt fight without gaffs, as he contended that under the bill in its ori e bill ginal shape any one who hesitated by ?n by tae road-side to "look at two dunghills made trying their manhood" would be liable Hay, to criminal prosecution, but he failed amit- as did Mr. Ashley, wnio wanted to in clude football, horse racing and base otion ball, and Dr. Dean, who wanted to post- include dog .fights. The House also n. passed- Mr. Edwards bill to prohibit and shooting matches for prizes of vaule. were The House killed Mr. LaFitte's bill ,d of. to amend the law with regard to drunk spe- enness and disorder.y conduct on high cal- ways and at other public places. It ster- was objected to on -ae ground that in asmuch as the worting would make three separate offenses grow- out of ading he same act, which is forbidden by the Lay. 2onstitution-would. as Mr. Foster ex sal- pressed it, get a man in about seven ts of aifferent kinds of imprisonment for .burg the same one old drunk. The bill had b t oassed to third reading when Mr.. Har ,town ,ey, renembering that Mr. LaFitte $850 aad failed to apply the clincher, had time t reconsidered, and it wac soon killed. t cir- NEWSY GLEANINGS. eanor ct a Pickpockets end sw'ndlcrs are multi five plying in Madr:d. There is an establishment in Erus erson sels for teaching th' art of grave dig. )unty ging. . new In Lake Count;. California, to the char- north of San Franu.seo, is a tree on 3outh stilts. Census returns $how that there are chool 1,133.0l( white and :,.198.175 co:o:ed yreen- people in British South Africa. > pay The Japanese strictly enforce a law which prohibits the use of tobacco by efield boys under twenty years of age. perin- Two extra steamers had to he dis blish patched from Bremen early in Decem books her to accommodate all the Russian fugitives bound for America. pay- A man who commuited suicide in when Braunsehweig, Germany, left a letter ron is in which fear of his impending mar cese ringe was given as his motive. listed The Parthenon. the first Greek paper living to be published in Boston, was issued on February 1. with G. D. Pappageor yendi- gian and N. Sakejylarios as editors. ~pairs A boy in Berlin. Germany. only thir teen years old, has been convicted of iester the crime of lose miajeste, and has been vali- sentenced to three months' imprison ment. r hP A herd of aboriginal wuid white cat ~otte, tIe. which has been confined for nearnl Zion, 700 years in Chartley Park, Stafford shps shire, Eigland, on the hereditary es tate of Earl F"errers, is to be sold. etar The Board of Supervisors of Tehaman >f his County, Arkansas, have passed an or State dlinance putting a bounty of $1 upon each bahl earle lled in the county. mis- The birds hav-e been killing many sub- lambs. any President Rtoosevelt has given his im thor- restrained applroval to the2 mission of Mr. J. R. Thompson, who goes to es tablish the work of thle Youn,g Men's eaC-hlristian Assoiation1 along the roul.e siOn, there both RAM'S HORN BLASTS 11 set atry's . HE walls of Jenichc un on - do not fall befor etion men who blow theil a fo ~'Town horns. strict --- . The devil's jing iption - ling finds eacht t was only in empty mt to . heads., ut If every ear wer this - dear to scanda: clog- every tongue would sion soon be dumb. from The windov:s o: aspe- Heaven are not of the ten opened on a wide-open town. runs The individual conscience is a good The compass only for the individual craft. under When a man really has free salva e pay tion he is always willing to give fret >m $3 service. one The ability to preach sermons ma~ wid- be quite different from the ability t< nthe reach souls. a u It is better to live one verse of th( ier tc Bible than to be able to preach aboul msion them all. d the We se-.dom look to God for the Wate1 of Life until some other springs have but. dried. e wo- The church that runs behind on the resen preacher's salary is not likely to rut child ahead on spiritual power. d by A man is not called upon to provE mean his faith in Divine Providence by his on to personal improvidence. 's the Some men arec so busy solving th( an labor problem that they have no tim( ;thna o earn their own living. those ratie e Sirong Bird-Sight. laws Birds have very acute vision, per. nova- flaps'the most acute of any creature, -e ma and the sense is also more widely dif fused over the retina than is the case tlnwith man. Consequently a bird can nblsee sideways. A bird sees a hawk u long before it is visible to man. So, Urice too, fowls and pigeons find minute viding scraps of food, distinguishing them those from what appear to us similar pieces Aftez of earth or gravel. Young chickens Brice are also able to find their own food, The knowing its position and how distant 1 the it is as soon as they are hatched, decis- whereas a child only very gradually ray learns either to see or to understand thai the distance of objects. Several birds, is the apparently the young of all those that travel nest on the ground, can see quite well as soon as they come out of the shell, out o; but the young birds that nest in trees menta or on rocks are born blind and have :e nd to be fed. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, firm ..... ........7 3-16 New Orleans, firm ............7 1-16 Mobile, firm ............. .....7.00 Savannah, quiet ..... ..... ......7.00 Charleston, steady ..... ... ......7.00 Wilmington, steady .... .... ....6% NGrfolk. steady .... .... .......7 Baltimore, nominal .. ... ........7% New York, quiet ...... ........7.45 Boston, quiet ......... ......7.45 Philadelphia, steady ....... .....7.70 Houston, steady ..... ... .....7 3-16 Augusta, steady .... ... ... ..7 3-16 Memphis, firm .. ..... ......7 St. Louis, firm .... .... ... ......7% Louisville, firm .... .... ... .....7% No Compulsory Educatior. The house by a decisive vote killed the compulsory education bill. While hours have been spent in debate on other matters of far less serious im port, the members of the house seemed unwilling to discuss this measure. In less than an hour it was numbered among the good which lie buried in the archives of the house. Those who voted in favor of striking out the en acting clause-and thus to kill the bill -were: Speaker Smith and Represen tatives Ardrey, Ashley, Baker, Ballen tine. Banks. Beamgdard, Bradham, Brant, Brantley. Browning, Callison, Clifton, Clcy, Colcock, Cothran, Doar, Dukes, Earhardt, Epting. L. B. Ethe redge, E., J. Etheredge, Faust, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Gause, Graham, D. L. Green, Hamlin,. Harrison, Harley, Hemphill, J. E. Herbert, Higgins, Kir ven, LaFitte, Laney, Lawson, Lester, Lomax, McCants, Massey, Miller, Mor rison, Nance, Parker, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Richardson. Seabrook. Shel don, Stoll, Strong, Tribble, Verner, J. J. Watson, Webb, Whatley and Wim berly. Those who favored the bill and voted nay on the motion were: Messrs. Arnold, Bass, Brice, Bruce, Culler, Davis, DesChamps, DeVore, Edwards, Frost, Gaston, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gib son, Gray, W. McD. Green, Gyles. Hall, D. 0. Herbert, Heyward, Hutto, Keenan, Kirby, Little, Lyon, McColl, McFaddin, McMaster, Laban Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin, Moses, Nicholson, Otts, Patterson, Pittman, Pollock, Poston, Riley, Sanders, Sellers, Sinkler, Spivey, Taylor, Toole, Turner, M. W. Walker, J. M. Walker, and Yeldell. Killing Near Honea Path. Greenville, eSpecial.-Sheriff Gilreath was notified that a man had killed his wife in the Princeton neighborhood during Thursday night. He at onco dispatched Deputy Sheriff Ballenger to the scene of the crime. The murder occurred about one-half mile from Princeton and nIne and a half miles from Momea Path. Dennis Wood, a white man, tenant on a farm, killed his wife, who was said to have been half-witted. It is said that Wood beat her first, and then shot her, the wo map only living a few minutes. The couple have four or five children. The tragedy occurred at 4 o'clock. The man was arrested and Is now in the Greenville county jail. Burned to Death. Aiken, Special.-A telegram was re ceived here stating that Mr. George P. Ashley was burned to death In the office car attached to the railroad camp of W. 3. Olliver & Co. at Wyckliffe, Tenn. at 2.30 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Ashley is aLn Alken boy, about 27 years of age, a son of Mrs. S. J. Ashley and a brother of Miss Annabelle Ashley and Mr. Charles Ashley, now a student at South Carolina college. Mr. George Ashley had been in the employ ot W. J. Oliver & Co., and had worked his way up to a responsible position with that large firm of railroad contractors. No ?urther particulars of the tragedy were given in the telegram. Will Rebuild Mill. Bennettsville, Special-The manage ment of the Southern Cotton Oil com pany say that the mill here, which was burned last Wednesday, will be rebuilt at once. They say that Marl boro is one of their best counties, both for buying seed and selling meal and other fertilizers, and they cannot af ford for a single season to psass with out a plant in operation here. The new building and equipment will prob ably be much larger and more modern than the old one. South Carolina ltems. At the next term of the court otf' general sessions of Horry county, which convenes on Monday, William T. Bell will be tried for the murder of Mollie C. Bell on Tuesday, November 1, last year. in Bayboro township, near Zoan nostoffice. George C. Bell, Julius Wa terman Bell, C. B. Van Bullock and James M. Bell will be tried at the same time as accessories to the crime. Wil liam T and George C. Bell are In the county jail. William is held with ou't hail and George's ball was fixed at $3000 and he was unable to get bonds men. Julius Waterman and James M. Bell are out on bail in the sum of $1,000 each. C. B. Van Bullock is also out on $500 bond. Dougan & Schef tall and Solomon Scheftall, wholesale merchants of Sa vannah, have purchased the White Stone Lithia Springs property and will at once begin improvements and in novations looking toward the estahlish ing of a modern tourIst hotel in Spar tanburg county. It is understood that the consideration was $150,00. It is probable that J. E. McDonald of Winnsboro will be appointed to act as special judge to preside over the regular term of criminal court which begins in the city next Monday. * Some Claims Approved. About 100 claims were approved by the house, among them being the ap plication for 25 newspapers for pay for advertising general election, these claims averaging, about $42.50; claims of sixteen members of State board of medical examiners, averaging $25, and Dr. Mary R. Baker, $100; and the claims of the following special judges: Ernest Moore, $251.22; F. B. Gary, $504; J. A. McCullough, $189.44; Ellis G. Graydon, $225.36; C. C. Feather stone, $183.86; J. E. McDonald, $162.91; . E. McDonald, $303.19; M. F. Ansel, 120 - IioL'SEHLD AFFAIRS TO DRIVE AWAY ANTS. Sprigs of wintergreen or groun tv. will drive away red ants. Bro:::L >f wormwood will serve the sonic pur pose for black ants. The insects mn. be kept Qut cf sugar barrels by draw ng a wide chalk mark around t u:a n ar the edge. MARKING INK ON LINEN. Remove marking ink from linci thus: Paint the mark with a solutioi >f cyanide of potassium. applied witl i camel's hair brush. As soon as th+ ink disappears the linen should bE rinsed in cold water and then washei n the ordinary way. TARNISH ON SILVERWARE. To prevent articles of silverwar( rom tarnishing warm them when wel leaned and paint them over with bin solution of collodion in alcohol ising a wide, soft brush for the pmr ose. Articles so treated must L< riped only with dry cloths. THE TABLECLOTH. Never leave the white cloth on h1 ween meals. It does not look well .nd, besides, its freshness soon be oomes marred with constant use. I hould be folded carefully in the vir ;inal creases after each meal and la:t iway in a drawer. This will h foun in economy after a little trini. A NOVEL PAPER WEIGIIT. Take five walnuts, make a hole in th nd of each and dig out as much na is possible. With a tape needle pusl narrow ribbon through each one o he shells, connecting them together nd fill them with melted lead poure( :hrough the holes in the end, and tit he ribbon ends in a bow.-Connecti nit Farmer. VARNISHED FURNITURE. Spots on varnished furniture r eadily removed by being rubbed witl ssence of peppermint or spirits o: amphor and afterward with linseei >r olive oil. Rub the oil in well wit] . piece_ of flannel and then take !lean pdece and rub again. Furnitur rwhich las become quite shabby icok ike new after this process. CLEANING ART SHADES. Before being washed, colored coun erpanes and art muslin shades shouli )e soaked for fifteen minutes in cok rater, to which add one cupful of sal :o each bucket, using just sufficient t( over them; then wring tight and wasl n the usual manner. Treated in thi ray, they will retain their usua rightness till worn out, says Woman' Life. To insure complete success, thi irticles should be soaked in like man ]er previous to the first threc wash ngs. DARNING STOCKINGS. Darning stockings is never -. very velcome task, and too often in the enst there there is a large.,family the tasl ~eems almost endless. The followini nethod will insure less darning, be ~ause the darns being more secure wil ast longer: Before beginning to dar: t hoje tack a piece of coarse net light]., o the stocking over the hole, then dart ver the net and be pure to also Cart vell into the stockings (s well to keel he darn firm. The net r .es such: ;ood foundation that the work is :r.ori uickly done. and the result is a muel moother and neater darn tha:1 on: lone in the old way.-Washington Starn Cream Pie-Mix one-half cup of su mr with twvo cups of thin cream an the stifty beaten whites of three eggs ine a plate with rich paste and set it the oven until half baked. Draw ti the front of the oven, pour in the creau nd finish baking. By this metho< the crust will not soak and the fillin, will not be overlooked. White Citron Cake-Cream one-hal np of butter. add one cup of suga and beat well. Now add gradual]: 'hree-uarters cup of milk alternatel; with two cups of flour sifted with fou Level teaspoons of baking powder. Nov fold in carefully the stiffly beate1 whites of four eggs and one-half cul f citron shaved fine and dredged wit] sour. Bake in a sheet and covei witi a boiled icing. Popcornt Balls or Bricks - To on cupful of brown sugar adld a heapin teaspoonful of butter and three table spoonfuls of water: boil until it rope or hardens when dropped into coli water. While the sirup is boiling ho pour it over two quarts of poppedfori from wvhich all round grain have beel removed. Stir with a spoon until iti ool enough to be molded into shap with butter to facilitate work. Pickled Mushrooms-Wash thorough ly and, if of convenient size, put who] ito glass jars. Set these onto the race of a steam-kettle (with a cloth on th ak benceath the cans). Put in wa:'rr ratr to cover the rack and let stea: ifteen minutes.. Have ready enougl in ear sealIded, with pepper-corn: cves. mustard seed, celery seed, ha; leaves aind chili peppe)irs. to fill the jar: Pour this into the jars. Adjust th rubbers and covers, and let cook five c six minutes, then screw down the co' ers and set aside. A tablespoonful c mixed spices will be enough for a quai jar. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Women Not Counted. ere woman is not counted as personal entity in the census of Sian but the Queen appears in~ bloomers an a fancy blouse at public receptions Electric street cars, controlled b Danes, run at a fast pace over an 1: mile route in and about Bangkok. Blind in Rtussia. Russia has a larger proportion C blind people than any other Europea country. Two out of every 1000 C her nonle are sightless. STILE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 12. Subject: The Second Miracle in Cans, John lv., 43-54-Golden Text, John v., 36-Memory Verses, 49-31-Cominen tary on the' Pay's Lesson. I. Jesus receive i as a prophet (vs. 43 45). 43. "After two days." The two days mentioned in verse 40. "Galilee." The centre of life and activity in Palestine at that time. It contained 3.000.000 of peo plc. There was a large foreign population, and the Jews were more ready to receive the gospel than in the south. 44.' "His own country." It would seem that at this time Jesus regarded Jerusalem and Ju dea. in a very important sense, as "His country," not simply His birthplaze. but the place of His Father's house and king k dom, it being the metropolis of the Jews. They had already manifested hostile feel ings toward Him, and therefore He turned His footsteps northward (John 3:25). This proverb which Jesus here uttered He re pIei:; d at Nazareth and was there rejected by His own kinsmen. His 'own country," :hen. meant Nazareth, where He had grown up. Read Luke 4:24; Mark 6:2; Matt. 13:57. 45. "Into Galilee-" The country of Galilee. He had accomplished His journey from Judea. His stop in Sa maria was for two days only. "Received Him." This does not mean that none re jected Him, but where He went He was welcomed. His first miracle there, nearly a year before, was still in their memory, and it was only a few weeks after that when those same countrymen met Him at the Passover, and there witnessed other miracies and a display of His authority in e:ansing the temple. II. The nobleman's request (vs. 46. 47). 46. "Again into Cana." Where His disci pies witnessed the tirst display of His pow er, and where their faith in Him as the Messiah was confirmed. -'Very likely He wa., again entertained in the home of Na thanael. "A certain nobleman." Literally "one belonging to the king." Herpd Anti pas was king at this time and this man was probably some high officer of Herod's court. Some think he was Chuza. Herod's steward or chamberlain, whose wife, Joan na, ministered to Jesus (Luke S:3). The miraculous healing of the nobleman's son resembles the healing of the centurion's servant (Matt. 8:5 and Luke 7:1), but must not be confounded with it. "Son was sick." Very sick with a fever (v. 52). Disease and death come alike to high and I low. There is misery in palaces as well as in hovels. "Capernaum." A city on the northwest coast of the sea of Galilee. Soon after this Jesus made Capernaum His home. 47. "When He heard." Probably through the reports of those who had been at the Passover, if he had not himself wit I essed the miracles there. Capernaum was not more than twenty miles from Cana, and the news would quickly spread that Jesus was again come to Galilee. "Went unto-besought." Here we see his tender affection for his son; he spared no pains to get help for him. We also see his great respect for our Lord; he came him self, when he might have sent a servant, and he besought 4Iim. when, as a man in authority, some would think he m;ght have ordered His attendance. The great cst men, when they come to God, must be come beggars. "Point of death." Times of sorrow and deepest need lead us to Christ. When no earthly power can aid us we turn to the One who has all power 1 and love. II. Jesus demands faith (vs. 48-50). 48. "Except ye see." Not only did they demand miracles, but miracles performed in a striking manner. How totally unlike the Samaritans, from whom our Lord had so lately come, who embraced the divinity of His teachings without demanding won ders. This nobleman came purely ab sorbed in his dying son, anxious for the - bodily miracle, but thougl*less of the di vine claims of the Saviour of sinners. It is this selfishness of spirit that Jehsus now rebukes. The words of this verse are, as it were, an ejaculation, a +hinking aloud of Jesu He sees that to awaken this man He must niore than heal his son: He must to that sign add -in additional wonder. He must so heal him as to arouse the man to reflection. 49. "Come down," etc. This discussion of faith was as loss of time to him. He cannot stop to answer the re - b .ke, to arzue the case or to defend his Icharacter. It is his son alone that fills his thourhts. But his earnestness shows a be Slief 'in Christ's power which will soon cause him to acknowledge his child's Sa vioiir as divine. 50. "Go thy way." This would be a great test to the ntah's faith, but he was leady for it. "Thy son liveth." Thi heal ing is granted, but without Jesus leaving Cana. Until now the father had. believed on the testimony of others. Now his faith is to rest on a b)etter support-on the per. sonal contact which he had just had with -the Lord Himself. "The man believed." This is an instance of the power of Jesus to convince the mind; to soothe doubts; to confirm faith, and to meet our desires. Had our Lord gone with him, as he wished, his unbelief could not have been fully removed. God always bestows His gifts in that way in which His glory is best pmomoted and our eternal interest secured. "The word-spoken." Before this be had believed in Ch.rist's power to heal, now he .believes in His word and acts accordingly. IV~. Faih rewarded (vs. 51-54). 51. nar."Methim." "While the father was escedingthe hillsides with trust and peace, they weeascending them with glad Snews." "Thy son liveth." Meaning the 3same that Jesus meant when He used the Isame words-that he would recover from ,this sickness. with the prospect of length 'ened life. 52. "Then enquired he." His faith was rewarded. He had believed the I word and received its fulfillment. It was his delight to consider the works of God, and to note the beauty and harmony be Stween His word and His work. "At the rseventh hour." Definite time, definite r work. This wvas either 1 o'clock p. mn., ac cording to the Jewish reckoning. or2 o'clock p. mo.. according to one Roman 3reckoning. The latter explains best why the noblenman did not go home the same night. 53. "The father knew." Everything~ 2was clear to his understanding. It was while he was beseeching the Saviour that his prayer was answered. though at the time he knew it not.. Mortals can tel more of what they have experienced than they can claim by faith. The diligent com paring of the works of Christ with His words will be of great use to confirm out faith. As the word of God. well studied. will help us to understand His p,rovidences. so the providence of God, wed observed. will help us to understand His word. "Himself-whole house." Believed in the S divine claims of Jesus. This is the earliest a mention of "household faith." 54. "Sec ond miracle." Not the second miracle Jesus had wrought (chap. 3:2; v. 45), bul -the second in Galilee. The Vigil. [ see the window of m.y sweet J The trelilised window toward the west, Tihe cdor of the marguerite 3 Beneath my footstep harsly pressed Is faint and rare. I hear the heat. It almost seems, within her breast Of her thrice tender heart, and feel I Its 1 brant passion stir her rest. And through the open window borne e In subtle tincture on the air. t The perfumes of the roses wor At last nis;ht's ball a message bear -Unto my heart with passion torn! SLight-~winged. they wander outward where iI stand, and whisper low unto The eager ear of my despair! What If-but vain the thought I fear The lilac curtains drawn aside, a My sleeping beauty should appear And I should see her tender-eyed! I Vain phantasy! The white dawn clear d Will touch her lids to waking wide: ,Till then she dreams: but never dreams Who watches in the moonlight here! y -New Orleans Times-Democrat. Down in Connecticut there is a man w'ho Is using the motor of his automo bile this winter to perate a churn and run a fodder cutter. -There's no use trying to Keep down Yankee in f genuity, declares the Chicago Record Herald, [EPOHTII [ACDIE[fSNS FEBRUARY TWELFTH. Christ a Servant-And We are Ser vants.-Phil. 2. 3-11. Our lesson is one of a series of ex hortations to certain Christian vir tues. The special one which we study is an exhortation to self-forget ful love. Nothing is to be done thrcugh strife, but everything in hu mility. And as an illustration ' of the spirit of our service the humil ity of Christ is described. His vol. untary humility as a "servant" is a model for us who are like "servants" to the Father. And as the exalta tion of Christ grew out of his humilia tion, so ours will come by self-abase ment and humility. The spirit of humility which Christ illustrated we must incarnate in ourselves if we would like him be exalted and honor ed. Humility is not a fashionable grace. It will never be popular with the world. And when it is put on exhi bition it is frequently a counterfeit humility. True humility is not self abnegation so much as a true self consecration. Humility is service. We are to be as Christ was in this life. As he became a servant and' obedient unto death, so are we to be servants unto righteousness and obedient unto duty. We are to be come humble, willing workers for Christ and his church. What a need for such there ig. Plenty for the great places and the distinguished services, but too few for the obscure and humble spheres of life. The humble man is the useful man. The plodder is often the most helpful. Be as your Master was, a servant. It is enough for the disciple' that he be as his master. The man who has this spirit of true humility, which is the spirit of true service, will be a contented man. He will feel that any place is a place of honor. He will make any place an honorable place by filling it honorab ly. The humble man is the truly thankful man. Content with what God gives, he is thankful for what he receives. He will also be the useful man. The great need of the church and the League to-day is a band of humble, willing workers, who will do anything they are needed to do, and do it cheerfully and promptly. Dear fellow Epworth Leaguer, "Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus." Possess this humble spirit of usefulness, and we will glorify God. CHISTIAN [NDEAYOH NOTES FEBRUARY TWELFTH. "Christ a Servant-and We are Ser vants."-Phil. 2:3-11. Scripture Verses.-Esth. 4:13-16; Joh-a'15:13; Rom. 16:3, 4; Phil. 2:3-8; Hep. 13:12, 13; I John 3:16-18; 4:11, 20, 21; Matt. 5:42; 7:12; 25:34-36. Lesson Thoughts. He deserves the greatest honor who serves best, even though his place of service may be very humble. Position does not make the man honorable; but the faithful servant may dignify the lowest position. Much false honor is bestowed 'uDon men in the world by men of the world; but God judges honestly, and ini his service only real merit is hon ored. With God, not the mere seeker af ter honor receives it,-but he who los- - es sight of the reward in his desire to serve. Selections. Those that fear a disease most are i most likely to catch it, and those that fear to be looked down upon are most likely to be despised.~ It is not the figure head on -the bow, but the unseen screw beneath the water, that makes the steamship go. For all who desire to see the cause of Christ prosper, the advice, "In honor preferring one another," is the "open sesame" to success; while c-ne of the greatest dangers in the church is the seeking-of honor for ourselves. This is the road opi which many a noble cause has been wreck Jesus came into the world, "not to be ministered unto, but to miriister, and to give his life a ransom for many." He was always helping men, doing them good, making sacrifices for them. The central figure of the world, the greatest man, the King of ' kings, achieved his headship by sern ug men more widely, more self sacrificingly than any other being in the universe. Jonathan Edwards ~describes Christian as being like, "such a little flower as we see in the spring .of the year, loy~ and humble on the- grond opening its bosom to receive tfi - pleasant beams of the sun's glory' re joicing, as it were, in a calm raptutet diffusing round a sweet fraIeme; standing peacefully and lowly in the I midst of other flowers." It Is the mark of nobleness to vo! unteer the lowest service, the great est spirit only attaining 'to humlity.. Nay, God is God because he is the servant of all. , No good that the humblest of us~ has wrought dies. If you hare served God ina serving another, (dod remem bers It, although he does not. There is one long unerring mentory in 'the universe out of which nothing ever fades. Pigeon, Kidnappers. New York city has a multitude of "flights" of pigeons. There are few blocks that have noct at least one roof evoted to this purpose. The section of territory 'bounded by Eighteenth nd Thirtieth streets and Eighth and inth avenues, has over twenty flights." Their owners may be seen, twice a. day, at. six in the morning,/ and again- at five in the afternoon, 9tirring the birds3 to ilight. A ten foot. fshing pole, wit]1 a black cloth at one rd, is often used for starting the bird. Many of the "flights" are used. to catch stray pigeons. The "stray" s t is called, joins the flock in their apward flight and is trapped on t:he iescent. One the East Side, it is con dered legitimate to trap a "stray" rom a rival fancier's flock.-Country fe in America. Centipede, Banana, Death. Elsie Swan, 21 years old, died in convulsions at Minonk, IlL, a few days ago, after eating a part of a banana Local physicians assert the banana was poisoned by a centipede. The fruit came from Chicago. A telegram to the wholesale dealer brought the reply that. centipedes often came as passengers in bunches of banana San Francisco Call.