BLE STUDIES
GENERAL
LEPROSY
NAAMAN'S
CURED
II Kings 5:1-14?April 2
"Look onto aw. and ho ?aved. all the end*
Of tho oorth; for I am UihI. and then U
mono lit*. - Inmah |J ;Jf. ^
GENERAL N A AM AN, of the
army of Syria on the northern
border of the land of Israel,
was a sick man. He hud the
loathsome Infection and Incurable dis?
ease called leprosy. Wealth, Influence
at Court, life's abundance snd honors
could not offset tbls terrible plague
upon bis life.
The study of today tells of his mi?
raculous nesting by the Prophet Ellsha.
In Nasman's household was a young
gHrl who had been captured from the
Israelites snd was a slave, although
doubtless well treated. The maid re?
membered the Prophet Ellsba and how
wonderfully Divine power, through
him. had healed diseases. Instead of
rejoicing thst her csptor and master
waa suffering, she sympathetically in
erelred why he did not go to the
Prophet, who. she felt sure, would be
glad to pray for him and heal him.
Although it seamed like catching at
A straw. Naaman followed up the sug?
gestion; be got a letter from his King
to the King of
Israel add p re?
canted h I m self
to the latter, re?
questing healing
by Isrsel's great
Prophet, of
Whom be had
award. The King
waa astonished.
Be knew leprosy
to be Incurable.
Apparently h e
knew little about
Kllaha'a powers. Naai
Be surmised that
the King of Syria was Intent upon
picking a quarrel as an excuse for
gejoding an Invading army to pillage
hin kingdom. Eventually, however,
Naaman waa directed to Ellsha's place
ige? residence, at a distance from the
King's Court.
Leprosy s Figure of Sin
In many respects leprosy corre
gponds to sin; firstly, it Is Incurable;
neeondly. It is loathsome; thirdly, it Is
?01 1 i us; fourthly, It Is destructive;
?fifthly. It is painless.
As only Divine |>ower could heal the
leper, only the same csn benl the sin
net*. As the maid could call attention
to the lYophet, and the Prophet pre
errlbe the remedy, and the servants
exhort compliance, so all those who
know of a Divine power and nrrange
menf for the healing of sinners may
tell the good tidings, even to their ene
lUuping
The number terra In the Bible is
awed to represent completeness; hence
( i*? seven washings In Jordan would
signify a complete cleansing, washing.
It Is by fslth that we may now wash
ourselves completely In the blood of
Christ; by faith we mav realize that
the sacrifice of Christ was for the sins
Wf the whole world, and may appro?
priate our share thereof.
Gehau, the Grafter, s Leper
Omtitude I? one of the most worthy
sentiment* of the Imtua.: mind. OfJB>
erul Nsaman's nobility was manifest?
ed In the fact that, after Utahf healed,
be retraced his Journey nearly forty
geiles. In order to thank the Prophet
for his recovery and to bestow upon
him gifts which he hsd brought. We
may assume that If he had not been
noble-minded. God would not have
provided for him this healing
To the General's surprise the Proph
?t declined to take anything. The
gifts of Cod's grace are uot to be bar
for earthly good things. How
tunste It would he, and how much
to the Lord's glory. If all of God's
people would emulate Ellsha In this
respoctl Hut c.ehazi. hilsha's servant,
a different spirit When the char
lot was out of
sight he hasten?
ed and hailed It
and told the QteV
eral that although
his neater would
take nothing of
the hlngs offer?
ed for himself,
hg would willing?
ly accept some of
flic garments for
tat young m g n
of the School of
the ProphcH The Qggjgfal I cry
promptly and gladly assented aud gave
snore than was requested Hut (iod
through the Prophet punished the per
bWj of cehazi Be to..k Naaman'i
press nts. He got sjgg Naagsan'i lap*
rosy
Many have erroneously assumed, in
gjgMgjgfi with this le-t-ion. Unit Naa
man wa atari en and I iehaal
lost. Uoth conclusion-, are tin .
tural Naaman was >u\ ed to health
and Gehazi lost his health. Put the
eternal Infer.' n of neither e ere settled
Not until Cornelius' day. three snd
a half years after the Cross, did nn>
Gentile cine Into any kind of re la
tlonship with C d. Previous to that,
from the time of Moses, only the Jes
iah nation had recognition "You onlj
have i gsjawrg nl all the families of
the e rfh." ?Auas M j > And God**
favor to Israel was merely an o.?ir?hly
stid pre;, ir itorj one No nne i I
eternal life firlor ?.. ft ? Redeetl ? ?
gsWfMrex Thun the Herlpl ire nV< In re
that Christ "brought life and I mm tf
tallty to MgjlM through the Go*pet"i
ggaln. "80 great sal-, at ion which be
?? to he declared by on? 1 rd "
Corning of flrhati
Kend us your Job work.
THE CUCUMBER,
On* Way to Dress It and a Royal Wa}
to Grow It.
II ever on anthology of the foods ol
the earth comes to be written quite St
entertaining c hapter could be made out
of the cucumber. And some of the ex
tracts would provide material for mud
mental exercise to decide whether tin >
are humorous or serious. For exam
pie, what did the Greek poet mean
when he said of a certain woman:
She was to me
More tender than a cucumber?
Only one meaning would have been
taken from that equivocal statement
by that famous doctor who used to de
clare that the only way to dress a cu
cumber Is to cut U Into very thin
slices, sprinkle It with the finest of oil.
pepper it plentifully, cover it with vin
egar?and then throw it out of the
window I On the other hand, Thack
eray tells how he "had delicate cucum
hers stuffed with forcemeat." while
Dickens refers to "salmon, lamb, pens,
innocent young potatoes, a cool salad,
sliced cucumber, a tender duckling
all therer Both novelists were evl
dently men after the heart of the Em
peror Tiberius, who was never with?
out encumbers and had frames made
upon wheels, by means of which the
growing cucumbers could be moved
about and exposed to the full heat of
the sun, wfcile in winter they were
withdrawn and placed under the pro
tectlon of frames glazed with mirror
stone.
Yet two or three centuries ago the
vegetable was looked at suspiciously
as cold and treacherous.?London
Btandard.
FEAR OF LIGHTNING.
It Is Hardly Justified by the Number
of Deaths It Causes.
Why are so many people, brave un?
der all other circumstances, so deathly
afraid of thunder and lightning?
It is not because lightning is so dan
gerous, for It Isn't half so dangerous
as going out of the bouse on an Icy
morning, walking down the cellar
stairs or a hundred other things we
do every day without a thought of
personal harm. More people are killed
each year by falling building material,
more die from fright, than are killed
by Lightning. The census bureau shows
only 169 people killed by lightning In
this entire country during a given
year, and only thirty of these people
were killed in the cities. Beat and
the sun killed 7C3 during the same
year. 203 died from cold and freeztn?
and 4.395 were drowned.
But you will find It quite a waste of
time during a thunderstorm to try to
ease the fears of a person who Is
afraid by telling him or her that the
chances of being killed by lightning
are less than two in a million; they
will remain just as frightened for all
this mortuary knowledge. And after
the storm has passed and nerves are
steadied the woman who was so
frightened a few minutes before will
start getting supper on the gas stove,
smiling through her tears that the
danger has all passed and only laugh
lng If you venture the remark that
twice as many people are killed by gns
stoves as by lightning.?Country Life
In America.
Learned His Own Value.
A husband and wife combination in
vaudeville, with the husband as the
feeder and the wife as the real at?
traction, worked for Lew Fields In
one of his summer shows. The two
were very popular and got much news
psper space; also they had $1,000 a
week. One day the husband, puffed
up by what the newspapers said about
the singing of his wife, went in to see
Fields.
"Mr. Fields." he said, "it is $1.200 ?
week from now on for us or we quit
right here."
"Twelve hundred. ebT*' Fields asked,
with Interest.
"Yes. sir, $1,200 a week or we quit
and go out on the big time In the
Morris circuit"
"Well, sonny," said Field, "I thlnK
an awful lot of your wife's work, but
I don't think she is worth $1,175 ?
week to me."?Saturday Evening Post
Theory and Practice.
Here is a pood story from the collec
tlon of a (Jertnan school Inspector
The pupils were being exnmlned on the
lubject of personal hygiene. A boy
was asked, "What have you to do In
Drder to keep your teeth sound and
white?" "Clean them," was the prompt
reply. "When ought you to clean
them?** "Morning, noon and night"
"What are they to oe cleaned with?'*
"With a toothbrush." "Very good
nave you a toothbrush?" "No, sir."
"lias your father a toothbrush?" "No.
iir. "Has your mother a toothbrush?"
?No, sir." "But how do you know
ibout the use of toothbrushes?" "We
?ell them, sir."
Character In Handwriting.
1 showed a professor of culbrraphy a
etter 1 had received. He took n very
mfn vocable vieu of the handwriting
It wns the handwriting, ho told me, ot
i man wirii"ut learning; without gen
us, without fef'*ng "And, now, sir,"
[ said, "will you loot at the slum*
ure?" The lettSf was written by Lord
llacanlajr? Arnokl*S "Three Cornered
l^lt \ M."
A Canine Reason.
She ion the beach at Atlantic city>
I wonder w h\ that dog tried to bite
ne jtisl now, He The Intelligent aid
nai heard me call you i little witch.
Hid he prollftblj IboUgbl yOO were a
und wie h. Baltimore Americai.
The man w ho can i?e nothing but *?iv
Inns or nothing but merry Is but ha'-f
man -Hunt
\ fellow-feeling makes us won
rous Mnd.?Derrick.
HAD A HARD SKULL
the Bateball Catcher Who Was the
Original Bonehead.
Ed Asheuhack, for many years a
manager of minor league teams, In
his book, "HODOr Among the Minors,'*
claims to be the originator of the ex?
pression "bonehead." which is now.
with its synonymous terms of "solid
Ivory," "mahogany bean," "concrete
dome" and "cemeni skull," so common
in baseball.
Ashenhack says that when he was
managing the Shreveport team of the
Southern league some years ago he
had a catcher who could hit some,
but who had the very serious weak
ness of not being able to gauge a foul
ball no matter how easy It was.
One day a batter raised a high foul
directly over the plate, and the catch
er, misjudging It, was hit squarely on
top of I he head by the descending
sphere, which Knocked off his mask
and bounded away some thirty feeL
That night Ashenhack finished his
supper early and was passing oat of
the dining room when he happened to
walk behind this catcher, who was de?
vouring his evening meal with gusto
and enthusiasm. Stopping at the ta
ble, Ed passed his hands over the
backstop's head, feeling for the bump
which he thought would surely be
there on account of the contact with
the ball that afternoon. But there
was no lump to be felt. "No wonder,"
said Ash. "flow could there be a
bump? Your head Is solid bone."
FOX HUNTING IN ENGLAND.
-t
It It More Than a Sport; It Is s Sort
of Religion.
In England sport is not only a reli?
gion; it Is the religion. If a man Is a
good sportsman be need not be any?
thing else. It may seem hyperbolical
to describe fox hunting as a religion
and the fox as a deity, but It is a bare,
bald exactitude. The true fox hunt?
ing sportsman exhibits all the attri?
butes of the devotee, the fanatic, the
martyr. De is ready to die for his
faith. I am sure he would cheerfully
allow himself to be burned alive rath?
er than hunt a bag of aniseed. His
friends would cut him dead If they
suspected him of treason to the pure
ideal of fox hunting. Elia clubs would
refrigerate him Do would be a mark?
ed man. lie would be n pariah, an
outcast, a bounder, an outsider.
Tho power of the caste of fox hunt
ers is as formidable as the power of
the various Indian castes. It is a
mightier engine than the law, for It Is
driven by public opinion. The county
would ostracize the wretch caught In
tho act of violating the fox hunting
code. Ills career would be ended.
Never more could he hold up his head.
He would be a leper. The taint of
aniseed would hang about him for?
ever. ? James Douglass In London
Lender.
The Book Von Moltko Read.
The Chateau de Ferrleres has a his?
toric as well as a proprietorial Inter?
est It was the scene of the memora?
ble Interview between Bismarck and
Jules Ferry, when the latter made his
impassioned declaration about "not a
stone of our fortresses, not an Inch of
our territory." Bismarck was the
only speaker on the Prussian side. As *
far as he was concerned, the colloquy
would have been ended In a few min?
utes. Ferry's special pleading lasted
the best part of an hour. It all ended
as we know.
Silent In a corner of the room there
sat Moltke Silent he remained nil
the while. He was reading, and he
never took his eyes off his book. Fe?
lix Whlteburst was curious to know
what book It was that had thus ab?
sorbed him. It was "Martin Chnzzle
Wtt"?PaU Mall Gazette.
Artificial Eyes.
The earliest notice of artificial eyes
occurs\ln a very rare work by the
French surgeon Ambroise Pare, en?
titled "La Methode Curative des
Playes et Fractures de la Teste Hu
malne." Paris. 1001. Pare gives ? de?
scription end figures of artificial eyes
to be worn in cases where tho eyeball
has given way and all the humors
have escaped. They are to be seg
ments of a hollow sphere, made of
gold, coated with enamel painted In
natural colors. With the exception of
tho gold they are exactly like the eyes
In use at the present time, which are
made wholly of glass.?London Notes
and Queries,
8partaous.
Spnrtacus was a Thraclan of noble
birth. While serving as nu officer in
an auxiliary corps of tho Roman army
he deserted, and, being apprehended,
bo was reduced to slavery and made a
gladiator. Escaping, he collected a
body of slaves and gladiators, 73 B. C.
find ravaged all southern Italy, de?
feating several Roman forces that
were sent against him. Ho was de?
feated and slain by Crassus, 71 B. C.
Ills revolt at one lime threatened the
rery existence of the republic.
Serious.
"Mrs. Brown' Mrs. Brown! Come
lulck! Master George was foolln'
.vlth a revolver an' he's shot one of the
tenants!"
"Is It one of the maids?"
"No, ma'am; it's the cook."
"The cook 1 Mercy! I can never for
:lve him, never!" ? Cleveland Plain
lealer.
Somewhat Different.
"My name," s.iUl the great tragedian,
'has adorned many billboard i."
"And mine," rejoined the low come
linn, "has adorned many board hills."
-Chicago Newa.
Manners carry the world for the mo
ncnt, character for all time. ?Alcott
in reverence is the <-1*i?*r joy and
OWar Of life.? Luskin.
WASP WAIST CONTESTS.
Curious Course of T-aining In Cid
Time Girls' Schools.
A letter recently unearthed from a
trunk shows that In the sixties of the
last century principal! of girls' schools
thought they were Otting the girls for
society by urging them to retain small
waists. Accordingly they offered
prizes to the girls having the smallest
waists. The girls were put through a
course of training for reducing their
waist measure. The conditions of the
contest were that the corset should
not be removed on retiring at night
and tlint each pupil must be inspected
every morning to make sure she had
not loosened her corset. One of the
persons who engaged in the contest
fifterwnrd wrote <>f it:
"Some of us tyried hard to be per?
mitted to retire/ from the contest, but
we were rebuked for stultifying our?
selves and accused of making fools of
our principals.) On the following
morning the un dergoverness. with her
maid, came as usual to superintend
the toilets, and ' after satisfying her?
self that er.ch lace was drawn in to
tho utmost she fastened it in a knot
at the top and. pas&'ing the ends
through a piece of caro. placed het
own seal on them, so that avpy attempl
to loosen the corset during vtbe night
might be infallibly detected*, in the
morning."?Detroit Free Tress.
WHITE DEER SKINS.
They Passed About as Banknotes at
One Time In China.
In China, the first country in the
world credited with using banknotes, i
certain skins were so valuable that
they were accepted as cash and passed
from hand to hand In the same way
as banknotes are at the present day.
The negotiability of these skins arose
thne:
The Emperor On Ti, being in want
of money, gave his treasurer to under
stand that mch a state of affairs
must not continue. At that time it j
was customary for princes and court- I
iers on entering the royal presence to |
cover their faces with a piece of skin.
Tatting advantage of this custom, the
treasurer ordered a decree to be Issued
forbidding the use of any other skins
for this purpose except those of a cer- I
tain white deer In the royal oarks.
Immediately there was a demand for ,
pieces of these skins, which, being n
monopoly, were sold at a high price
and the royal coffers re'Hied. The
steady value of the skins thus secured
made thein readily pass and acceptable
as an equivalent of coin of the realm.
In the Russian seal fisheries of Alas?
ka the workmen were formerly paid in
the currency stamped on squares of
walrus hide.?London Tit-Bits.
A Stenographer's Stumble.
A Judge in one of our middle west
states advertised for a stenographer
with experience in legal work. A num?
ber of applicants cnlled at his office
for the purpose of making application
for the position. Each applicant was
given a trial to test her speed, accu?
racy, etc. Among the applicants was
a young lady whose anxiety ':o make
a good showing evidently unnerved
iher. The Judge dictated to her a few
sentences in legal language, one of
which was. "That would give him
time to complete the devastation of the
assets." The sentence as transcribed
by the young lady on the typewriter
read as follows: ,4That would give him
time to complete the devil's station
with a hatchet." Although much
amused at her ludicrous blunder, the
Judge permitted her to go away with?
out telling her of her mistake.?Case
and Comment
Madrid's Fearful Climate.
Madrid is afflicted with the most
changeable climate of any European
capital. The temperature varies from
as much ns 107 degrees in the summer
to ns little as 1G degrees In the win?
ter, and at all seasons of the year it
indulges In violent tluctuatlous. it is
by no means uncommon in December
to wake up with the thermometer reg?
istering about 20 degrees and to find
It mount :o more than GO degrees by
the afternoon. Some years ago an
oscillation of 37 degrees wns registered
In one day. No wonder, therefore,
that lung troubles are far more preva?
lent in Madrid than in St Petersburg.
?London Chronicle.
How Music Affected Bos well.
Boswell had a good deal more feel?
ing for music than Dr. Johnson and
lUffered at his master's hands. Once
n n moment of expanslveness he told
Johnson that music "affected him" to
such a degree as to agitate his nerves
most painfully, producing alternative
sensations of pathetic dejection, so
;hat he was ready to shed tears, and
)f daring resolution, so that he was
nelinec to rush into the thickest of
;he battle.
"Sir," replied Johnson. ' I should
lever hear it at all If it made me such
i fool."
A Human Tendency.
"You approve of economy, don't
rou?"
"Yes," replied Senator Borgbum;
'only too many of us are opt to econo
nize on the cigars we hand our
'riends Instead of those we smoke onr
lelves." ? Washington Star.
The Influerce of the Trees.
When we plan I n tree we are doing
vhat wo can to make onr planet a
note wholesome and happier dwelling
?laee for those who come after us.
i<>t for ourselves.?Oliver Wendell
[olmes
If there were no pride In ? 11T- hearts
re should n t complain of the pride f
I lars.
Never let familiarity exclude re
iect.?J. Vanbrugh.
CATCHING COLD
Ouo to Infection and Not at All to
Changes In the Weather.
Have you ever ooticed in church
immediately after a prayer or a ser
mon la finished some one starts a
cough and then a whole batter; ot
conghs explode? The modern pi -i
clan will Hell you by way of ex;
tion that mierobe emanations from <e
breath of the coughers find their way
into the respiratory tract of others.
"Who thereupon cough too. Not alone
In church, but Id theaters and oiher
indoor places where people gather in
large numbers, is this coughing habit
noticeable.
In an article dealing with this sub
Ject published in the Independent it Is
explained that colds are slight Infec?
tious fevers which spread particularly
among the population of cities aud
which are due to contagion and not at
all to changes in the weather. These
may predispose by lowering resistive
vitality and by disturbing the circula?
tion In mucous membranes, but it Is
the presence of an infectious germ
that gives rise to the symptoms of the
cold. When one of these fcotbersorae
affections gets Into a household usual?
ly more than one person suffers from
it, and It spreads In offices and schools
and the like. It is much more fre?
quently caught In a crowd than any?
where else.
The people who have a succession of
colds during the winter time and
those who have to work where many
people come and go duriDg the day
are particularly susceptible to them,
ity Is not to some sadden change In the
wleather that the physician looks for
the^ origin of a cold, but to some rath?
er lni*tliuate contact with other suffer?
ers ftoVlP similar affection.
FA17 AND FLOWERS.
Extractin/fl Their Dsinty Perfumes
Vom Odorous Blossoms.
By a eProcess known as enfleurage,
which la* the exposure of beef fat to
fresh fl/^wers In closed boxes until it
la thoj/ougbly permeated and charged
with Vthelr odors, the perfumes of va?
rious! flowers are obtained which could
not lotherwlse be" so effectually pre
eervej'd apart from the fresh petals.
Thosf e flowers are violet. Jasmine, tube?
r?s?, rose, orange flower and cassic
(cinfpnmon flowers?. Prom those six
therva are fifty or more combinations
madfle for the simulation of tho odors
of ?>tber flowers. Sweet pea Is made
wltmi orange flower and Jasmine, bya
clntsV Is counterfeited by Jasmine and
tnbeSroae and the lily of the valley by
TioleVt and tuberose.
Time resources of the perfumer are.
however, by no meaus confined to the
pomajdes. as the scented fats are term?
ed. Ille uses many essential oils, the
princ?ifal of which are sandalwood.
bergaBuiot, lemon, rosemary, neroli
<madtB' from bitter orange flowers1?.
pntehjoull and attar of roses. The lat?
ter, vW?"hicb Is not now used so much as
formerly, is very difficult to obtain In
I pugfre state, because Its great cost
tempMts to dishonest adulteration. Very
often! geranium oil Is substituted for
It, B?Tusk Is another important ingredi?
ent^entering, as It does, luto almost all
peiwfumes except those that actually
!in? Imitations of flower odors or, as
led by perfumers, "natural"?as. for
insgi'tance. the heliotrope, tuberose.
wbBito rose nnd violet?New York
Prates.
The Music Soothed Him.
(In his book * My life's Pilgrimage"
?omas Catling gives an interesting
lmpse of Gludstone In the Midlo
faian campaign of 1S80:
1 happened to meet an organist
[rom Edinburgh, who told me that In
le throes of that electoral fight Mr.
Gladstone Moot bed and st eadied him
J;elf with music. Having arranged a
fdme for the organ practice, he was
provided with a key, by means of
(which he could enter the church quite
privately. Silently and alone he would
Bit In one of the pews with his fore
lead resting on his hands while the
>rgnnlst played over a number of fa
fmiliar and impressive hymn tunes.
The listener neither looked up nor
jpoko until the hour compelled him to
love. Then, with a "Thank you," he
[passed out to throw himself again Into
Ithe bustling i>olltlcal contest
Forestalled.
"Widows." said the observing man.
I'are very attractive, but about a wid
rwer there Is always something un
:anny, something almost clammy?I
tiean, of course, from the matrimonial
L?int of view.
'*T know a widower who is thinking
f marrying again. He thought he'd
roach the matter delicately the other
jornlng to his little daughter, so be
aid:
" 'AJa, my dear, bow 1 did love your
Imother!'
"But the little girl gave him a su*
>lcious look and snapped:
?Say "do." not "did," papa.'
[Washington Star.
His Mexican Commission.
"Yes, he's a very merry wag. The
st time he went to Mexico his wife
ed him to bring back some of the
nroidery work for which the conn*
fis. When he reached home
her 0 box containing half
nan teeth,
she Cried, "what's this':"
drawn work," he tripplug?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Moggge. Missing Much.
"How d.< '!,'a> '-ratal <?; ????
iiir
??| cm', ^^-r-iand what they an
lying."
f^A'u You
" I"11 .^^"iri: Post.
Refrain from co"
late shall prosper!
tousneea and tb.
L-P'.'ito
mm 1 "a ; k hours!
CARE FREE CONVICTS.
Jail Lift |p Montenegro a Choerful
Sort of Existence.
Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro,
possesses the most remarkable prison
system In the world. The Jail pre?
sents little to indicate that it is a
place of confinement. There are no
outer prison walls, a id in the cells the
men?about teu in each?are as con?
tentedly and comfortably housed as
their own personal domestic belong?
ings can make them. Moreover, they ^
are generously fed. and cigarettes
without stint, wine occasionally add
no work at all combine to check any
desire to escape more effectually than
would strong walls. Iron bars and an
army of warders. When W. J. Still
mao was In that country In the seven?
ties all the free men were away fight?
ing, and he observed bow when a mes- %
senger was wanted the official took a
man out of the prison and sent him
off, having no fear that he would not
return. One such messenger was sent
to Cattaro, in Austrian territory, with
8,000 florins for the bank and duly
came back. Another asked a Russian
at Cattaro to intercede with Prince J
Nicholas for his release from prison. m
"But you are not in prison," said the
Russian.
"Oh," said the man, "1 have only
come down for a load of skins for 80
and-so. but I must go into prison
again when I get back to Cettinje,"
One guard watched all the prisonersljf
when they sunned themselves out of
doors, and if be were called away a
prisoner would take his rifle and do
duty for the time,?London Mall.
GRISTLE BREAD.
A Favorite In Norway and In Parts of
Germany.
"What is gristle bread? Why, that,"
said a baker, "is a kind of bread that
is peculiar to Norway and to some
parts of Germany. In Norway it has
been made for many years, and here
there are bakeries in which it is made ^
for Norwegian patrons who still pre- ?
fer it wherever they may be.
"In making gristle bread the loaves
when first formed up from the dough
are laid on boards and put through an
extra heated oven in which there hi
baked on them an outer crust or skin,
the gristle. Then the loaves are turn
ed over and put through the oven^
again, so that the gristle may be baked
all over them. This quick oven makes
only that outer crust on the loaves,
which are then placed in another oven
for their final complete baking.
"Originally In Norway gristle breai
was made of rye flour only. In this .
country there was a demand for a/^
handsomer and larger loaf, and wheat
flour was mixed with the rye, as has
now to some extent come to be the cus?
tom In Norway also. Here tne pro?
portions now used are about half and
half, the result being a bigger loaf of
the same weight as one of all rye. m
"Gristle bread costs more than or?
dinary bread because of the greater
time and labor required in making it"
?New York Sun.
His Equivocal Answer.
The blushing girl buttonholed her
flushed fiance. k
"Well, Egbert," she murmured, "did *
papa give his consent?"
Egbert drew himself up stiffly.
"He did not commit himself either
way," he responded.
"Then are we or aren't we engaged,
Egby?"
"1 do not know," answered Egby. g
still stiffly. 1
"But what happened?"
"This," said Egby more stiffly than
ever. * I went in and said: 'Sir, I wish
to marry your daughter. Have I your
consent?' lie turned and looked at me
a minute, then he grew red in the
face, then be grabbed me, then he lift-^
ed me up, then he tLrew me over flie
banisters. But whether he is in favor
of our engagement or net Ethelbrite,
he did not say."
Beginning of the Drama.
The theater lo the only sense that
is worth considering was born in
Athens. Both tragedy a ad comedy
spring from feasts in boaor of Bac?
chus, and as the Jesia and frolics were
found to be out of place when intro?
duced Into graver scenes a separate
province?the true drama?was formed
and comedy arose. The father of the
Greek comedy was Aristophanes, wbc
had lots of fun lampooning the public
men of Athens. The creator of Greek
tragedy was Aeschylus, born B. C.
625. In sublimity Aeschylus has nev?
er been surpassed. He Is to the drama
what Phidias and Michelangelo are
to art?New York American.
The irony of Fate.
"What is your understanding of the
irony of fate?" asked the bashful
young man.
??Well," the beautiful girl replied, "if
two fellows should tight over me and
I shouldn't get into the papers I should
think that was about it" ? Chicago
Record ! 1 era Id.
The Similarity.
The do. tor tol l little Mary she was
anaemic i ecanse she was so erbten. A
few days after she exclaimed*
"oh. mamma, come here and look a;
this anaemic horse! lie's just ns white
as he can be!"?Judge.
Quarrelsome.
Polly - I never knew such a quarrel
lome rill as Molly Polly?That's
right Half the time she lsa*t Dl
?peaking terms with her own cote
science - Philadelphia l edger.
Fair S' r>\. tsitien,
The l ady- Ai d h y, rr father work
log, my little ma i V The Little Man ?
I s'poee so. mum. The Judge said 'ar?
labor.- London Tfelegrnpgj.
f Better it Is to bt
! pitied.- Herodotus.
tnvled ma'