The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 03, 1905, Image 3
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Orleans Fast in the (
W Monster, Yel
MANY NEW CASES DEVELOP DAILY !
Twenty-S^x New Cases Are Reported
and Number of Deaths Grows, but
the Men of Science Stili Think the
Situation Not Beyond Control?All
* But Two of New Cases Italians.
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New Orleans, (Special.)?New ease.s
CO
reported up to 6 p. m. Sunday, 27.
Total cases to date, 283.
. Death to-day, 3.
pd
Deaths to date, 57.
New foci. 4. gt
Total foci, 41. at.
Of the deaths, one occurred at the er
Emergency Hospital and was one of th
the cases transferred there. That insti- cli
tution new has 19 cases under treat
i j._.i j be
uieui tiiiu u.sfuaigfu us iirsi paucui i
as cured. I
The State board of health divided j
the State into districts, comprising !1
half a dozen parishes each, with a i '
medical inspector in charge of each,, ,
and will immediately investigate alii '
rumors of yellow fever cases which 1
come to light outside of New Orleans j .
and that part of the State which is !
now included in the city for quarantine I co
purposes. ! clj
There is no foundation for the report
of the case near Borgan Citj and ve
that the body and house had been gjj
J&umed. It has been thoroughly investi- (.P]
gated. ah
? Although the unofficial reports ag
made public showed a larger number 14
of yellow fever deaths than Friday, ce]
when there were only two, and the of
appearance of a number of new cases, be
the men of science who are warring
against the yellow fever plague ended cr<
last week's labors confident that the Sti
situation was still well in hand, and Ca
with no immediate prospects of becom- gij
ing alarming. Saturday's official report sis
of Friday's progress of the disease Ar
shows that the entire quarter above 15:
Canal street was free from a single
new case, and that the fever was only St!
spreading in the poorer habitations of
the down town quarter, with new cases
isolated except in the heart of the
French Market quarter. res
VICTIMS MOSTLY ITALIANS. Cv<
The health authorities continue to
hold also that the plague remains an
Italian infection, all but two of the 26
cases reported being of that nationality.
Almost without exception since the
beginning of the fever, those who have
fallen victims to the disease have been un
of the poorer classes of the population, ap
many of them not long residents of As
the United States, and, therefore, un- S
acclimated.
For several years the planters of
Louisiana have Deen replacing the ne"
groes with Italian labor, and there has
been a steady flow of immigration 1
from Sicily and other parts of Italy to
Louisiana. Many of the immigrants ;a;
p have remained in New Orleans, finding
employment in the peddling of art
fruit or in the work of unloading ves- at
sels at the fruit wharves. It was among
these that the fever first appeared, and \
to their lack of acclimation and the re*
inadequacy of their treatment has vo
been largely due the heavy mortality ce]
that has characterized the present vis- flll
itation of the scourge. Friday's deaths \~~~
have been principally of Italians. In i S01
two or more cases in the last two, toi
days ^deaths have been reported of' at
persons who were only reported the ^
-day previously as having taken the.
fever. There have been concealed frc
cases, which the emergency officers, jnj
with the assistance of surgoons, have fa(
disclosed. wt
The first de^ih in the Emergency Ve
Hospital occurred. The hospital was mj
opened Friday with 13 cases, and ah tra
oqual number was added Friday. Into ex?
the hospital are sent the worst cases las
of unfortunates found without comforts
or medicinal attendance in their inj
1 in
JJVJUVC. . ___
Young Man Drank Poison. Ar
Fredericksburg, Special. ? Charlie
Mitchel, a young man who came here co1
recently from Richmond and has been De
employed on an ice wagon, attempted wa
suicide by drinking laudanum. He was , 8"
carried to the mayor's office, where j Jn
Drs. Barney and Chewning relieved ( ^
him. He was then committed to jail
and is now in a normal condition. hi.
Johann Hoch Respited.
Chicago. Special. ? Johann Hoch, A
"Bluebeard" and confessed bigamist, ha
sentenced to be hanged Friday for
poisoning one of his wives, was granted
a reprieve until August 25th by ^
Governor Deneen. The stay of execution
followed hours of anxiety on t;f
the part of Hoch, who had never given jm
up hope, and was allowed by the Gov- p],
ernor only after the latter had been lo
assured that the necessary sum to ap-,
peal the case had been raised. The
amount. $500, was given by an aitor- W
ney and friend of Hoch's counsel. The ab
attorney declared he was actuated Sa
purely by humanitarian motives. se1
23 Killed on Electric Railway. re.
Liverpool, By Cable.?An electric he;
???-oir> nn tht> T.anpashirp and of
CApi COO uttiu, v?* v?v
Yorkshire Railroad, bound from Liver- be
pool to Southport. collided with an coi
^ empty stationary train at Hall Road
station, causing the death of twentythree
persons and the injury of many tui
others. So
The first car of the express, which tat
was crowded, was smashed to pieces ws
and only six of its occupants escaped, an
The road was recently given an elec- Tfc
trie equipment. kn
Attempted Assassination
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A eircum- ]
Btantia! report of an attempt on the Ha
life of Constantine Petrovitch Pobie- M?
donostseff, chief procurator of the kil
Holy Synod, is current in St. Peters- de
burg Wednesday night, but the Aste*
sociated Press is unable to obtain conflrmation
of it. The authorities, and fe,
even the police at the Tsarskoe-Selo n?
railway station here, where the at- by
tempt is reported to have been made, re
disclaim all knowledge of any such wj
happening. va
11 If'
i
irip of That Malignant!
low Fever
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
he Crop Estimate Board Find Thai ;
Hyde, with Holmes Prompting Him, !
Mac'e the Figures Lower Than the
Facts at Hand Warranted.
Washington. Special.?Assistant Sec- |
tary Hays made the following report
Secretary Wilson on the acreage of j
>tton in the Southern States in 1905, j
compared with that planted in 1904:
The crop estimating board of the I)oirtment
of Agriculture has considered
e report issued by the Bureau of
atistics on June 2. relative to the j
reage planted in cotton in the South- ,
n States in 1905. as compared with
at planted in 1904. and has con- j
ided:
First: That a new estimate should !
made on acreage planted, and that
e figures in Mr. Hyde's hands when
iking his estimate should be used as
e basis.
Second: That Mr. Hyde, with Mr.
ilmes at his elbow, prompting him,
ide the estimate lower than the facts
his hand from the reports from the |
ven classes of reporters employed by i
e bureau warranted.
Third: The board finds upon careful j
nsideration of the reports of all
isses of correspondents and agents,
at the acreage planted in cotton this
ar. including the entire season,
ould have been estimated at 85.1 per
at of that planted last year, equivi? ?*
ir* nlontprl Q ffP
'Ill If a ICUlHUUli 1U [/muvvu ?*v.?
e as compared with last year of
99 per cent, (instead of 11.4 per
at.) or 4.731.000 acres?the estimate
the total acreage planted this year
ing 26.999.000 acres.
The estimated percentage of the debase
in each of the cotton-growing
ites is as follows: Virginia 18; North i
rolina 16; South Carolina 14; Geori
14; Florida 12; Alabama 11; Missippi
16; Louisiana 17; Texas 16;
kansas 19: Tennessee 13; Missouri
; Oklahoma 15; Indian Territory 11.
The averages were made for each
jte by each of the four members of
? board, and the comparatively small
(agreements were harmonized almost 4
lolly by averaging, and the above J
suits are fully agreed to by each and 1
ery member of the board.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR OLMSTED.
STEPHEN D. FESSENDEN, ,
GEORGE K. HOLMES,
W. W. LONG,
Crop Estimating Board.
The above findings and report made
der mv supervision have my entire
proval. W. M. HAYS,
sistant Secretary in Charge Bureau
Statistics. Approved:
JAMES WILSON.
Secretary of Agriculture.
Fall Trade Outlook Good.
New York, Special. ? Bradstreet
ys:
foil trQ/lo qHvIcPS
crop rtpuna onvi inn ?
2 more unanimously favorable than
any preceding time at this season.
'Confidence in the crop situation is
lected by good fall orders and a
lume of wholesale and retail trade
rtainly in excess of a year ago and
ly equal to the average at this seal.
Special activity is noted in cot1
goods, which are in eager demand
high prices, with scarcity of desirai
makes widely reported.
'Reports from the clothing lines and '
>m lumber, hardware and the build;
material lines are generally satis- :
;tory. A heavy movement of winter ,
teat has helped collections and deloped
a little more activity in flour
lling in the Southwest. The iron i
ide shows some quietness after the ;
ceptional activity in pig iron noted ,
it week. '
'Business failures for the week end;
July 27 numbered 195, against 174 1
likp weak of 1904." i
i Error in the Revised Cotton Report
Washington, Special.?In the revised
tton report issued Thursday by the
partment of Agriculture an error 1
is committed in the second paraaph
which made it appear that the .
ne estimate by Mr. Hyde was made
>wer" than the facts at hand warwhen,
in fact, it was made
Igher." The erroneous statement |
^ ut-en corrected by the department.
Telegraphic Briefs.
.11 of the dead of the Bennington
ve been identified; they number 58.
The Charleston board of health has '
cided that the yellow fever situation
not sufficiently serious to require 1
arantining against any point.
President Castro is extensively forying
the Venezuelan coast and may
port Japanese gunners. He contemites
visiting his neighbor republics
propose an allegiance.
V. T. Sanford, who killed George
right, in Rome. Ga., says he will be
le to prove that Wright and Mrs.
nford stayed at an Atlantic hotel
reral times as man and wife.
The grand jury in Washington instigating
the cotton report scandal
ard six witnesses yesterday, four !
them being from New iork. It is
iieved that the investigation will J
ntinue for two weeks.
rhe boiler of the Reliance, a small
gboat belonging to Peter Bender &
n, blew up at the landing on Plan- !
ion creek, Northampton county, and
is totally destroyed. Mr. Bender i
d his son Fred were painfully burned
le cause of the explosion is not
v n u.
U. S. Marshal Shot.
Roanoke, Va.. Special.?At Union
ill. Franklin county. United States
irshal Z. T. Wade was shot and
led bv a negro named Cephas Poinxter,
an alleged illicit whiskey disler.
Wade went to arrest Poindex
and the negro fired cn him with a
ctgnn, the load of shot taking cf
L-t in the abdomen. The negro thetj|
ide his escajto and is being hunte
a posse. Wade has been in the
venue service for seven years and
is popular. Great excitement pre'
lis in the vicinity.
11 NEWS OF in j
Notes About Cotton Mills and Other
Southern Industries.
The Columbia State says: Mr. J. A.
Clarkson, of Kopkins. brought to the j
city some speciments of cotton which .
appear to have been withered by lightning
or to have been scalded by the
sun. But the cause of this blight is the
presence of myriads of smal1 white
moths which in a week destroyed a
patch of five acres belonging to a negro.
The moths were first noticed on a
pokeberry bush which they soon destoryed,
and from there they spread
over the cotton field. Another patch
of one acre has also been ruined. Mr.
Clarkson, being the magistrate of that
place, was appealed to, and he brought
specimens of the ruined cotton to 'die
city. Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director,
upon seeing the cotton stalks, states
that the matter should be referred to
Dr. Charles E. Chambliss, of Clemson j
College, the State entomologist. Mr. '
Clarkson will meet at the station any j
representative of the government or of
Clemson College who will make an ex- j
nmination.
The stockholders of the Lumberton j i
Cotton Mill.':, of Lumberton, N. C., held j i
their annual meeting last week. They I !
found the renorts of the management i !
satisfactory, and a 2 per cent, quarter- '
ly dividend was declared. The com- I
pany is now preparing the site and '<
building materials for its addition,
to be erected. As previously stated, 1
this addition will be one story high, 1
78x267 feet, to contain 6240 spindles, ?
and its cost will be about $100,000. j
Contracts foi the machinery have been (
placed with the leading New England
machinery builders. j ^
A cotton waste mill is the largest | j
industry planned for Spartanburg and 1
is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. j
Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known (
Boston and Philadelphia capitalists
and mill factors to that city. The 1
party inspected several available sites
for the proposed factory and expressed j
themselves as being highly pleased j
with the place. The building of the mill 1
will likely be the result of their visit. 1
The plant will be something new in the (
cotton mill industry for this section \
and the estimated cost is $200,000. Its | (
products are rope, twine and various } 1
ntK , Vi o f rtfln Krt fr*r\YY\
uiiici aiiitico luai tau uc luauv. 11 uiu
cotton waste.
The Dixie Cotton Mills, Lagrange,
Ga., held its annual meeting of directors
and stockholders last week. The
report of the management for the
year's business ending June 30 was
found to be satisfactory. Besides
charging a large part of the earnings
to the purchase of machinery installed '
during the year, an amount was set
aside to pay the 3 per cent semiannual
dividend on October 1, and $10,000
was added to the surplus fund.
At the annual meeting at Ware
Shoals of the stockholders of the Ware
Shoals Manufacturing Company, of
Laurens, S. C., the following directors
were elected: J. O. C. Fleming, N. B. r
Dial, of Laurens, J. T. Johnson, Spar- i
tanburg, Benjamin B. Riegel, John S. *
Rieged, George E. Riegel, Howard t
Riegel, E. W. Sparks, New York. Sub- j
sequently the board re-elected Mr. t
Dial president and Benjamin B. Rie- 1
gel treasurer. jj
A charter has been granted the Po- J
mona Manufacturing Pnmnnnv r>f 1
Greensboro, capital stock, $250,000, to *
make yarns, cotton goods, etc., a
among the stockholders being J. F?
Serice, J. E. Southerland and W. P. '
Southerland, of Greenville, S. C.: A. T. ^
Wing, of Palmer, Miss.; Lee H. Battle, f
Greensboro, and several others from 0
that town.
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TEXTILE NOTES.
(From the Manufacturers' Record.)
Tre Hamer (S. C.) Cotton Mils has
declared an annual dividend of 3 per s
cent. 0
Tre Clover (S. C.) Cotton Manufac- t,
turing Co. has declared its usual an- gl
nual dividend of 10 per cent.
It is reported that the Chinnabee
Cotton Mills of Talladega, Ala., will
double its present equipment of 3468 y
ring spindles. a
Tt Is rpnnrtpH that Xfesoro William ^
H. Kilgour, Charles T. Miller and A. s:
F. Keizer, of Dallas, Texas, will es- w
tablish a silk mill to employ about 100 d
persons. Their intention is said to be c
to erect a three-story building 60x150
feet in size, to accommodate the necessary
silk-throwing machinery.
The Board of Trade, Pine Bluff,
Ark., is corresponding with several S
Northern capitalists who contemplate u
building a cotton factory in Pine S
Bluff. t:
The Malee (N. C.) Knitting Mills
was destroyed by fire during the past g
week. The company has not decided r
whether it will or will not rebuild the ^
plant. According to reports the Joss t)
was $10,000. y
Several business men of Annison, tJ
Ala., have acquired control of the Blue
Springs Mill at Oxford, Ala., and this
week they put the plant in operation.
It is equipped with 2500 ring spindles
and 80 looms. L. J. Cochran is super- v
Intondent. ^
It is stated that the Fountain Inn 0
Manufacturing Co., of Fountain Inn, p
S. C., will add 4500 spindles to its c,
present equipment of 5500 spindles, in- t,
creasing the total spindles to 10,000. qi
The company will also add 60 72-inch a
looms. Contracts for the machinery ?
aie said to have been awarded. u
Hope to Check Boycott.
Washington. Special.?It is expected
that within a few days announcement l)
will be made of some plan by which it s
is hoped that the Chinese boycott on p
American goods, which is now in full 0
force in five Chinese cities, will be t;
modified, if not checked. It is believed p
that the boycott will not be success- _
ful, yet American traders have given
the administration to understand that c
thej are not willing to run any risk ?
with the harm that might be done their
trade in Canton and Shanghai, the two ?
most important cities. b
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INDEMIfrt WANTED]
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High Japanese Official Declares That,
Russia Must Foot the tills
THE VIEWS OF BARON KOMURA
Confident That Peace Will Be Successfully
Negotiated at the Coming
Conference ? The War is Costing!
Japan $1,000,000 a Day, But She
Does Not Desire Peace at Any
Price.
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Now York. Special.?That Japan will
demand an indemnity of Russia in the
negotiations for peace, and that war
will be declared at an end at the conclusion
of the negotiations at Portsmouth.
N. H.. next month, is the belief
of Baron Komura. head of the Japanese
peace delegation, who arrived
here today, as voiced by Aimar Sato,
whe is the official spokesman 'for the
Baron on this mission. Mr. Sato in an
interview said:
"I am confident that peace will be
successfully negotiated by the appointad
delegations. The Japanese will be
guided by moderation, and no excessive
demands will be made, biA the
sentiment in Japan and Russia il^or
peace, and in the interest of humaiVy
and prosperity there must be peace,
rhe cost to Japan, however, has been
rery great. On both sides the lo3s in
men has been 570,000. Russia losing
170,000 of these. The war is costing
Japan $1,000,000 a day, and there is a
feeling that there ought to be an iniemnity."
Asked as to the probability of an armistice,
Mr. Sato said that probably
urould be among the first questions the
plenipotentiaries would consider. Basing
the form of the negotiations on
previous treaty negotiations, Japan
will make the demands for Russia's
consideration he said.
The peace terms, while held inviolate
jy those who know their text, were
'ormulated by the Emperor of Japan
md his council. Mr. Sato was asked
f in the flush of victory the Japanese
jeople would not feel entitled to more
:han any treaty would allow, and he
eplied:
"The Japanese are not so gentle as
o abide by any decision we may make.
>ut theh pay great respect to the offl es
of President Roosevelt and his acts
lave done a great deal to emphasize
:h need of peace."
Of the future of China, Mr. Sato
laid: If the central government could
vork in harmony with the district or
jrovincial governments. China woulC
>ecome a great power, but at presenf
hat seems to impossibble." g
Japan's attitude toward China vfs
nost friendly, said Mr. Sato, and while
naintaining no moral Monroe Doctrine
>ver the empire, she felt that it was
nore or less under Japan's protection,
This protection, by way of illustration,
dr. Sato said, was "not so strong over
}hina as that of the United States over
South America."
Mr. Sato said that while a desire for
>eace was the sentiment of Japan, it
vas not a desire for peace at any
>rice. "Japan is in a very prosperous
ondition at present," he said, "and
he war taxes do not fail heavily upon
he peou'.e yet. There has already been
ub6cribed $250,000,000 to a new interlal
lean, and our prosperity ifl further
ndicated in the success of our foreign
oans."
The question was put to Mr. Sato as
o any possibility of conflict with the
Jnited States in the future, as sugges- J
ed by some of the American press at ;
he outbreak of the war, and Mr. Sa0
asked what could bring about such
1 conflict. When it was suggested that
apan might covet the Philippine Is- j
ands. he laughed heartily, and replied i
hat Japan tfoud not have the Philip- j
lines as a gift, even though a bonus
;ccompanied the gift.
Baron Komuro and his party arrived
rom Chicago and proceeded at once I
o the Waldorf-Astoria, where they i
vlll be quartered un*'1 his departure I
or Portsmouth. The *e was no dem
mstration beyond the presence of a
ew Japanese merchants and members
>f th Nippon Club.
Patrick Hope* for New Trial.
New York, Special.?The notice of
tay of execution of the death penalty
n the order granted by Judge O'Brien
o Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, under
entence of death for the murder of the
ged millionaire, william M. Rice, was
ot served until Wednesday on the lawer,
who is confined in the death house
t Sing Sing prison. Patrick laughed
hen the notice was given him and
aid: "I knew it would come. It is only
rhat I expected.' He expressed confience
that in a short time he would seure
a new trial and ultimately his
reedom. ^
Senator Mttjhell Sentenced.
Portland, Ore.. Special. ? United
taites Senator Mitchell, convicted of
sing his office in the United States
enate to further the law practice of
he firm of Mitchell & Tanner, of
his city, was sentenced to pay a fine
f $1,000 and to six months penal
ervitude. Pending a review of the \
ase by the Supreme Court of the i J
Inited States, execution of the sen
?nce will be deferred. Meantime j j
lltchell will be placed under bail to (
ie amount of $2,000.
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Accused of Embezzlement. <
Richmond, Va., Special.?A Gordons- i
ilie, Va., special says that J. W. Lock- 1
ood, who was president of the Eank I
f Orange, which failed for $30,000 and
aid 15 cents on the dollar, was arrest- |
ilcni train at Gordonsville and taken <
) Orange, charged with embezzling $5,- (
00 of the bank's funds. A warrant was j
lso issued, the special say3, for New?n
Lockwood, a brother of J. W. Lock- ;
ood. \
Twenty New Cases of Fever. '
New Orleans, Special.?There has
een no material change in the fever
ituation. Two more deaths were re- (
orted. There is absolutely no rec- (
rd of the number of cases under |
reatment at the present time, but i
: is believed to be about twenty. !
'hysicians are reporting promptly all 1
ases of fever, and immediate steps f
re being taken to prevent mosquito 1
ifection, so that the prospects of re- '
tricting the infection is considered '
right. I
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^household
affairs
DKVILLKD MUSHI'OOMSI.
Chop one quart of period imi^hrooais
Season with salt, pepper and lemon
juice. Mix the yolks of two hard
boiled eggs and two raw eggs together
and stir in with one pint of bread
crumbs and one large tablesponful ol
butter. Fill little shells with the mix
ture, cover with grated crackers ami
bits of luttcr. Set in the oven ti
brown.
FRIED CELERY.
Cut stalks of celery into three or font
inch lengths. Even if it is not well
blanched it can be used for this purpose.
Beat together one egg and a
tahlespoonfnl of cold water; roll your
celery first in this and then in lint'
crumbs; sprinkle with a little salt and
pepper: roll again in the egg. and fry
in olive oil. Strew grated cheese o\er
the stalks after taking them from ih-j
oil and before sending to table.
HARICOT OF OX TAIL.
Divide an ox tail into pieces about
three inches long, dip them in seasoned
flour and fry in hot fat until brown.
Drain them and put them into a stewpan
with a sliced and fried onion and
a pint of hot stock. Bring to the boil
and then add a turnip and a carrot cut
into small dice. Simmer the whole very
gently for two hours, then lay the
pieces of ox tail round a hot dish, put
the vegetables in the centre, and'straiu
the thickened gravy oveEGG
TIMBALES.
Butter small tin moulds and dust
them with powdered parsley: then an
egg is dropped in each, and they are
put in a pan of hot water and cooked
in the oven for about ten minutes,
when they may be turned out on u
round platter, and a sauce made of a
cup of thickened cream with chopped
mushrooms in it, or a tomato-sauce
with the mushrooms may be poured
around them. These timbales may be
altered by lining the moulds with finely
minced ham instead of the parsley,
hut it must be moistened with cream or
egg to make it adhere to the tin. The
egg is put in and the sauce used as before.
BANANA SALAD.
A strip of the peel of a large and
perfect banana may be turned back,
and most of the pulp carefully scooped
out. The sffort, thick variety of banana,
in either red or yellow, is the best
for this purpose. To all the space left
by the removal of the pulp, prepare a
mixture of thinly sliced banana, shredded
orange or grape-fruit, seeded and
peeled white grapes, and a few kernels
of English walnuts or pecans in small
pieces. In their season, stoned cherries
may be added. All must first be
mixed in a bowl with a generous supply
of dressing, and after the yeilow
cases are filled with the salad each
must be laid on lettuce leaves. These
must be prepared a short time before
using. Either a mayonnaise or a good
boiled dressing may be used.
(Hints for, the
Ino osekeepefu
For quick baking with a small fire,
the sheetiron oven such as is used for
gasoline stoves is very convenient set
over the two hottest griddles of the
range.
In testing a piece of cloth to see If It
is a cotton mixture, If you cut a small
piece off and put a match to it. if it is
all wool It will only singe, but if cotton
Is there it will'flare up.
Prepared paste for paperhanging can
now be bought dry. It is ready for use
as soon as stirred into cold water, and
3oes away with the trouble of boiling
0our paste, which so often is lumpy.
There is no nicer breakfast than a
sliced green pepper cut very small and
x>oked for ten minutes with two peeled
and diced tomatoes in a little butter;
ldd four eggs lightly beaten aud stir
is for a scramble.
A coat of prepared, black varnlsli or
spar varnish given to the screens will
ieep them looking bright and fresh,
ind make them last longer. Apply
with a good paint brush, rubbing well
into the mesh on both sides.
An oculist suggests that glasses
should be washed every night in warm
soapsuds, well rinsed and dried on a
ait of old, soft linen. Few people,
:hough otherwise neat and fastidious,
deanse their glasses frequently
rnough.
It is not generally known that eggs
'overed with boiling water and allowed
:o stand for five minutes are more
nourishing and more easily digested
:han eggs placed in boiling water and
lllowed to boil furiously for three and
1 half minutes. '
Make a delicious violet perfume by
lutting half an ounce of small pieces
>f orris root into two ounces of alcohol.
\dd to this a bunch of newly-picked
riolets. cork and bottle tightly and
shake well. After it has been standing
"our or live days a few drops on the
landkercliiefs will leave the scent of
'resh violets.
w'hen the handles of steel knives nr.d
'orks come off they can be easily nicnd>d
with resin. Four a little powdered
esin into me cavuy m iue numm-.
Heat the part of the knife that tits into
he handle until it is red hot. and thrust
nto the handle. It will Income firmly
ixed by the resin when it becomes cool,
['rotect the blade from the heat
Carl# Sold WiV lints.
The wonderful way An which the
?hic Parisienne buildsA her coiffure
o lill the hollows ai^ffnglcs made by
ihe modish Watteau hats is finding irnitation
in London also. It's no secret;
rou put your hat on, and wherever you
:hink it is wanted, you stick in a tuft
>[ curled hair fastened on a long pin
:o secure it. Curls, knots and puff
oows in every shade of blond or dark
Hair are sold with the hats.?Coming
Mtdes, Loudon.
iMTII LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH.
The First Fruits for God.?Lev. 23.
9-14; Deut. 10. 9-12.
Our lessons are from the old Jewish
1 I law, and the special section we study
is that which refers to the offering
{ of the first fruits to God. The sheaf
' was only a representative of the first
* | fruits of every kind. The pious He
; brew could not relish anything that
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I "e huu not snarea wun me L.ora.
1 The Lord's portion must first be offer>
, ed, then the rest might be enjoyed.
How this rebukes the offerings profesing
Christians often make! The
second selection is an account of the
institution of the Feast of Tabernacles.
the great harvest festival of
the year. It was at this feast that
Jesus stood and cried, "If any man
i thirst, let him come to me and drink."
The real test of a Christian life
is the attitude we assume toward
God. If that attitude be one of reluctant
service, of compulsion in doing
and giving; if we put our own interests
paramount to any other, how
can we profess to serve God at all?
If, on the other hand, we put Christ
and the church first; and let selfinterest
be a secondary consideration
do we not place ourselves on the same
plane as the Jew was put by the
Lord in our lesson? That the Jew became
a timeserver and a formalist is
n# reason why we may not see the
^ostice and beauty of the original law
Jrin its intent and design. The spirit
of this law has passed over to the
Christian law of consecration, and
rests upon us to-day.
We are greatly tempted in this age
of worldliness and prosperity to put
our pleasures, our interests first. We
catch the spirit of gain and competition
and forget to bring the first fruit#
of every toil to God. Instead, we
compromise by giving a spare margin
of the left-over portions, If indeed
we do not sometimes forget to give
anything at all. We not only fail to
"tithe" our money, our time, and
our possessions, but we fail to give
any systematic proportion to him.
We see the cause of God suffer and
need help, while we have been robbing
God of onr offerings. Not only
do we thus sin against him, but we
miss all the joy and delight of sharing
our. harvests and our gains with
our Master.
(> If the choice must be made between
pleasure and the interests of
the church, choose God's interests.
If sacrifice Is demanded to choose
Christ, make the sacrifice and choose
him. Put God first in the choices of
your life.
ghristWhInotes
SUNDAY, AUGUST SIXTH.
First Fruits for God.?Lev.23:9-14;
Deut. 16: 9-12. (Consecration
Meeting.)
God wants us to give Him some
thing that has cost us something, the
result of our planting and reaping;
and what we give God must be without
blemish, and there is no blemish
so great as self-seeking.
Let our gifts keep pace with our
blessings, and it will do no harm if
they even exceed them.
All gifts to God are to be offered
with jov; indeed, the joy is'itself,a
gift.
God is always giving us His first
and best; should we not do as much
for Him? %
We are not to give with this in
view, but it is a fact that gifts to
God always receive many fold in return.
Illustrations.
How eager is a child to bring his
first achievement to father and
mother! Let us keep the child heart.
The farmer expends only about five
per cent, of the actual power used
in growing his crops. The rest is
power exerted by the sun and the
rain.
When you are using borrowed capital,
the returns are not yours until
you have paid the interest on your
debt.
When a workman has made wares
all day, and his employer comes at
night, he wants his employer to take
the best of the lot as a sample of his
work.
Questions.
What per cent of your earnings are
you devoting to Christian work?
Will God continue to bless you unless
you use His blessings in the best
way?
Training Givers.
Every consecration meeting should
be closed with a collection.
The best way to raise money is by
the plan of pledges, each Endeavorer
being given a slip of paper with a list
of sums from one cent a month up.
He will theck the sum he is willing
to pay each month, and will then be
given twelve little envelopes, iu which
to place his contribution, the envelopes
bearing his number so that
the record can be kept by the treasurer.
QUEER THINGS IN OFFERTORY.
Odds and Ends Contributed by West
Indian Natives.
Odds and ends, and as queer a collection
as one could Lope to see, are
found amongst the offertory contributions
of the natives of Bugotu, In the
British Solomon islands. It is no
rare thing there for the minister to
draw from the collection box a string
of red beads, which, providing it
measures the length of the arms outstretched,
is coin of the realm equaling
a florin, but strings of white beads*
of the same length are but as the insignificant
three-penny bit. Other
articles among the collection ou the
lasi emits ounuity ia cuuuetnuu ?nu
the Melanesian Mission church were
white armlets, each equal in value to
a shilling; pieces of tortoisesbell. a
bamboo box such as is used to carry
lime for betel-chewing, a fine string
bag, and ? piece of the native cloth in
which the Bugotu women wrap their
babies to protect them from the Melanesian
insects. The whole collection
on that particular Sunday was sold
for ?31 10s.?no insignificant figure.
?London Tit-Bits.
Telephones for Guam.
A Meriden, Conn., concern has just
shipped 100 telephones to the Island of
Guam.
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TTHE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 6.
flnbject: Joilth'i Good Relip), II. Cbroa#
xxzlr., 1-13?Golden Text, Eccl. xll*
1?Memory Ver?e?, 1-3?Cominenr*ry
on the Day* Leuon.
1. Josiah's character (vs. 1, 2). "L
"Josiah." The fifteenth king of Judab
(not counting Athalinb. the usurper),
son of Anion and Jedidah. He was
married at the age of thirteen to Zebudah.
2. "Did?right." He grew up
Into a noble life In spite of the worst
Influences of an Immoral and Idolatrous
court and the example of an Idolatrous
father. "In the sight," etc. He
was right .not only outwardly before
men, but in his heart before God.
"Ways of David." The character of
David was the standard by which the
a i_ tM +U ? a# :<
Bucreu uisionuijs were in ine unuu vi
trying his successors (1 Kings 11: 4; 2
Kings 14: 3; 18: 3: 2 Chrou. 28: 1; 29:
2). David was regarded as the model
king (1 Kings 14: 8; 15: 5). "The ways
of David," which are here particularly
referred to were those into which ho
was led by his religious character and
zeal. "His father." His ancestor.
"Turned not aside" (R. V.) This
phrase implies an undeviating obedience
to all the commandments.
II. Idolatrous images destroyed (vs.
3-7). I m
3. "Eighth year." When he was
sixteen years old. "Began to seek."
It is quite wonderful to see this young
man in the midst of the temptations of
an Idolatrous and corrupt court begin,
at the first dawning of his manhood,
to serve the Lord with all his heart.
Those dwelling under unfavorable influences
should take courage. "Began
to purge." The condition of things in'
Judah and Jerusalem at the time of
Josiah's conversion was most deplorable.
For nearly seventy years idolatry
had prevailed. In the twelfth
year of his reign, and the twentieth
year of his age. Josiah set out in earnest
to destroy the Idolatry of his kingdom.
In 2 Kings 22: 3 the date given
is the eighteenth year of his reign.
"High places." It was the practice of
the heathen to erect altars for their
Idolatrous worship on the tops of hills
or mountains, supposing they were
nearer heaven. "Grooves." "The Asherim."
4. "They brake down." etc. The
temple was cleansed of idols, the molten
images, idol altars and Asherim
were- ground to powder and their dust ^ ., *
sprinkled on the graves of their worshipers
in the king's presence. 5.
"Burnt the bones."- This was predicted
of Joslah more than 300 years before
this time (1 Kings 13: 1, 2). The
bones of the idolatrous priests, with,
the one exception of the prophet of
Bethel (see 1 Kings 13:1, 30; 2 Kings
23: 13-18). were disentombed and
burned upon their own altars.
6. "In the cities." etc. The northern
kingdom was now under the Assyrian
government, but the remnant of Israel
maintained close relations with Jhdah *
and looked to them as their natural fh
protectors. Josiah used his influence
and what power he had in removing
the idcls from the land of Israel. The
Assyrians probably did not trouble
themselves about his religious proceedings.
Assur-bani-pal, King of Assyria,
left his kingdom in such a disturbed
state that his hold on Palestine relaxed,
and thus opportunity was given
to Joslah for his reforms. "With their
mattocks." "In their ruins." R. V.
Joslah overthrew idolatry in thfc cities
named, which were many, of them in
ruins.
III. The temple repaired (ts. 8-13).
8. "Eighteenth year." When he was
twenty-six years old. This was the
year in which the great work begun
six years before was carried fully out.
"Purged." The purging of the temple
had prooably bees the first work. From
purging he proceeded to repairs, and
these had evidently been earried on
for some considerable time before this
particular occasion. "Shaphan."
C-llaH fr? 9 g(ncr? 99* S.
seiah." Not elsewhere mentioned.
"Recorder." An officer of high rank la
the Jewish state, exercising the functions
not simply of an annalist or
maker of records, but of chancellor or
president of the privy council. His
title has reference to his office as adviser
of the king. "Repair the house."
The first work was to dear away the *
Impediments and purge out the evils ,
that had gathered In and about the
house of the Lord. ?. "Hilkiah/" Son .
of Shallum and grandson of Zadok (1
Chron. ?: 12, 13). "Delivered the
money." The temple had not been repaired
since the time of Joesh, 200 or
more years before this, and it was no
doubt in a bad condition. The arrangement
for receiving money appears to
have been the same as thpt adopted by
Joash (2 Kings 12: >-12), when a chest
was placed in the temple into which
the people pnt their offerings. "Levltes?had
gathered." The money was
collected, not merely at the temple, bnt
also by collectors who visited aff parts
of Jndah and Israel for the purpose of
soliciting contributions. This work appears
to have been done well and thoroughly.
10. The money was placed in
the hands of the overseers and they
paid it to the workmen.
11. "To floor the houses." "To make
beams for the houses." R. V. By "the
houses" we are to understand the
houses and chambers of the priests in
the temple and Its courts.
13. In this verse we are told "of the
Levites there were scribes, and officers.
and porters." Here we have come
to a new order of things. An order of
scribes, forming a distinct division of
the Levltical body, has been instituted.
When Hezekiah employed men to copy
the uncollected proverbs of Solomon
(Prov. 25: 1). a class of scribes must
have been instituted. It is probably to I
the rise of this class that we are In
deb ted for the preservation of so many
prophecies of Hezekladi'* time.
Dangers of Traveling.
One of the best stories told about
Artemus Ward concerns a Journey
which the humorist took on a little
"one-horse" railroad line in the Middle
West. After the train had crept
from station to station at a snail's
pace for half a day, Ward beckoned to
the conductor as he passed through
the car.
"Say, conductor," he drawled, "da
you mind if I give you a littlo advice?" ?' '
"Well, what is it?" said the conductor
pruflly.
"Seems to me." continued WTard? "it
would be safer to take the cowcatcher
off 1*10 engine and hitch itlto tho end
of the rear car." w
"What for?" demanded the conductor.
"Well, I've been thinking it over,"
said Ward, "and I doni see what's to
prevent one of them cows out there
from coming into the car and biting
the passengers."?Harper's Weekly.
The two sides o( a person'* faco ^
are never alike, according to Utt In? f