The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 20, 1912, Image 6
IN THRIFTY BELGIUM
LAND WHERE THERE ARE PRAC?
TICALLY NO PAUPERS.
Now the ijovernment Hat Aided Pros?
perity?Always s Little Something
Put Awsy for Osys of Old
Age
Across a narrow sea from Kugland
la a Muh? country which, though
densely populated, has practically no
paupers. BjSff do the people emigrate.
This Is thrifty Belgium, where there
Is thrift of the Individual, thrift of the
family, co-operatl e thrift, national
thrift, and prosperity In the face of
the keenest competition of Its power?
ful neighbors. England. France and
Oennany.
The government. Instead of paying
old age pensions and dispensing char?
ity, has machinery for the encourage?
ment of thrift and thereby for the
prevention of dependence It pays
the Individual Intereet on his savings,
ft Insures his life and It will give him
an annuity If he saves to pay for it.
In the government savings bank de?
posits may be made In every poet of?
fice of tbo kingdom and In all the
branches of the National bank. The
minimum deposit Is one franc. There
Is no mail mum The government
provides la a special way for those
wbo cannot put aside so large a sum
en a franc at a time. It authorises
smaller deposlta by postage stamps in
order to encourage school children,
farm laborers and the like; and rural
postmen carry with them the neces?
sary forma for tbia purpose, and urge
the public *.o make use of the savlnga
bank In thla way.
Life annuities may be contracted
for at all branchee of the savings
bank, at all branches of the national
bank, a* all poet offices, and at the
offices 04 all tax receivers. The mini?
mum payment that may be made la
one franc, and the smallest annuity
paid by the fund Is one franc, while
the largest Is 1.200 francs. The an
nultlee become payable at the end of
each com Dieted year from the age of
fifty to slitr-five.
In addition to the annuity fund
there la a government Insurance
fund, tho management of which Is un?
der government guarantee. Life or
endowment policies may be contract?
ed for. the latter payable at the end
of 10. IS. 20 or 1R years, or for a
period ending at the ages of fl'ty five,
elxty cr sixty Are.
This policy has Instilled Ideas of
thrift In the minds of the school chil?
dren. It has driven thrift Into the
household where the Income of the
busband, or of wife and husband com?
bined. Is rtrely spent, and In most
eases a liberal margin Is left for the
future The people live within their
Icromes. "Our Income." they say, "Is
ao much a year; we must live within
ft and put away eomethlng for our old
days "
Among Fngttsh speaking neople.
this 1? the habit: "We must have this
and that ant go here and there, and
ao we must bring our Income tip to
thst mark at all hazards."
Rut th*? ltelglan household enjoys
contentment and awaits with patience
a larger Income before buying this
and thst snd before going here and
there, nr-d they do not try to keep
the pace set by those whose means
are greater The ohsrrver sees on
every hsnd men snd women still with
the freshness of youth, who hsve re?
tired from sctive, bread winning
work and are enjoying life on the
capital saved bv reasonable economy.
They have 'lived wisely?neither
elaves nor prodigals?and their de
eltnlng years are provided for.
Uee of Olives snd Olive Oil.
The use of olives und olive oil Is
becoming so country wide that any
new uses of these articles are received
tn all quarters with an Inconceivable
degree of acclaim. The housewife has
learned to know Its healthful quali?
ties far better than many of the peo?
ple that are natives In the countries
where the olives are grown. In cases
where the olive oil Is used for frying
of meats or vegetables If tho piquant
tang Is desired to be modified It Is
beet to let the oil come to a boiling
point before putting tn the materials
which you wish to fry.
This will keep the oil from pene?
trating the meats, etc., and thus there
will be less of the taste which It takes
time to acquire, hut which when ac?
quired will be a hard matter to "die
earn ate ' or dlscarnare as the Latins
are wont to say.
One Tie Thst Binds.
M1n some cases the tie that really
binds Is the ssme pet su;*-rstltlon,M a
woman said "Since last Thursday my
maid and I have had a much keener
appreciation of each other's virtues.
Sadie went shopping Wnen she had
been i;one half an hour she telephoned
that she had left behind the carefully
eompfed list of things she wanted to
her/ a id was afraid to cross her good
lock bv coming back for It Would
It be too much trouble to look It up In
her rcom and send It by the Janitor's
boy v?j the store where ahe was wait?
ing?
"My heart throbbed with sympathy.
Sadie had alwsys teamed rather a tad
turn person, but thst message showed
that she was very human after all
She felt lust 1 ? I did about going hack
for a forgotten article; therefore no
eervlre I rou d perform for a fellow
snfferer could b* too nueh trouble.
The Janitor's hoy was out ?g I ipoat
time snd u\on*y to take the Hat to the
etore myself Mut I do not regret it,
for are not Sadie and I friends for
Ufor
us your Job work.
SELECTED QUEER PETS
GRIZZLY BEAR CUBS TRAINED BY
TRAPPER.
Amusing and Playful After Their Cap*
turer Hsd Conquered the Call of
the Wild?As Easy to Train
As Any Dog.
One day while wandering: in tho
pine woods on the slope of Mount
Meeker I came upon two young grizz?
ly bears. Though they dodged about
as lively a chickens, I at lat t cor?
nered them In a penlike pocket of
falle a trees.
Getting tbem Into a sack was one
of the liveliest experiences I ever had.
Though small and almost starved,
these litle orphans proceeded to
"chew me up" after the manner of
big grizzlies, as Is told of them in
books. After an exciting chase and
tussle I would eatch one and thrust
blm into the sack. In resisting he
would Insert his claws into my
clothes, or thrust them through the
side of the sack; then, while I was
trying to tear him loose, or to thrust
him forcibly In, ho would lay hold of
a finger, or take a bite In my leg.
Whenever he bit I at once dropped
him, and then all began over again.
Their mother had been killed a few
days before I found them; so, of
course, they were famished and in
need of a home; but so bitterly did
they resist my efforts that I barely
succeeded in taking them. Though
hardly as large aa a collie when he is
at his prettiest, they were nimble
athletes.
At last I startet!, home, the sack
over my shoulder, with these lively
TJrsus horrlbllis In the bottom of It.
Their final demonstration was not
needed to convince me of the extra?
ordinary power of their Jaws. Never?
theless, white going down a steep
slope one managed to bite Into my
back through sack and clothes, so ef?
fectively that I responded with a yell.
Then I fastened the sack at the end
of a long pole, which I carried across
my shouldvr, and I was able to travel
the remainder of the distance to my
cabin without another attack In the
rear.
Of course the youngsters did not
need to be taught to eat. I simply
pushed their noses down Into a basin
of milk, and the litle rod tongues at
once began to ply; then raw eggs and
bread were dropped Into the basin.
There was no hesitation between
courses; they simply gobbled the food
as long as I kept it before them.
Jenny and Johnny were pets he
fore sundown Though both wero
alert. Johnny was the wiser and inoro
cheerful cf tho two. He took train?
ing as readily as a collie or shepherd
dog. and I have never seen any dog
more playful. All beers are keen of
wit, but he was the brightest one of
the wild folk that 1 nave ever known
He grew rapidly, and ate me almost
out of supplies. We wero intimate
friends in less than a month, and I
spent much time playing and talking
with him. One of the first things I
taught him was, when hungry, to
stand erect with arms extended al?
most horizontally, with palms for
ward. I also taught him to greet mo
in this manner.--From the Spell of
the Rockies, by Enoi A. Mills.
Splitting Paper.
Here r.ro two good ways to split a
piece of paper: First, lay the paper
on a piece of glass, soak it thoroughly
with water and then press It smoothly
over the glass. By using care, the
upper half of the sheet can then bo
peeled off. leaving the under half on
the glcss. When dry it will come off
easily Be sure that the glass Is per?
fectly Mean.
Second, paste a piece of cloth or
strong paper on each side of the paper
to be split. When It la thoroughly dry.
suddenly and violently pull the two
pb ees of cloth apart. Then soften the
paste with water and take tho two
halves of the sheet from the cloths.
Overwork a Waste of Time.
Overstrained faculties can never
bring out the best results. Overwork
is always a waste of time, and though
It may not seem to be so at first,
eventually the sad truth Is always
manifested. To cut off needed recre?
ation, to curtail the hours of sleep, to
postpone i holiday indefinitely, to re>
ise to take a rest and ease and
change, tinder the impression that
thus time is saved. || always a short?
sighted policy and often a fatal mis?
take. The time arrl\es when the poor,
abused faculties take their revenge
and refiifce to serve altogether, or do In
so feeble ? fashion as to show their
deterioration.
Cooking the 'Possum.
Mayor Bryan Cnllughan of San An?
tonio, Tex . is very fond of 'possum
and Is particular about tho way It la
prepared fof tho table. Ho gives the
follow ti g directions:
"Never plungo a 'possum into boll
ing water That hardens the flesh
and mal.? s it tough First bleed the
?possum, and after it Is drawn Im?
merse it in a pot of cold water and
bring the 07ato? to a boll. Area? b*>
ing parboiled for a reasonable flmo,
|ghjg 11 OUt? put some laurel leavea, a
littlo oil and some chill peppers In
- Ida It and peek in let and put aside
for a day or two.
"When ready to be cooked, put It
Into a hake pan and surround with
sweet potatoes, brov n to I turn and
you havo n dish that la about a do
llclous as any that run bo prepared."
8end us your Job work.
CHANGES IN FLOWER:
MODERN TASTE AS COMPARED
WITH OTHER YEARS.
Gardens of Today Would Be Things
of Wonder to Our Ancestors?
All Countries Called on for
Beauty of Color.
It is a truly astonishing thing to re?
flect that Shakespeare, tor all his love
of flowers, would have been able to
name scarcely a single bloom in a
twentieth century garden, says the
Strand, lie would hardly have been
tble to distinguish the queen of flow?
ers itself, so greatly has the rose
changed In the last three centuries.
As for the begonias, the chrysanthe?
mums, the dahllas, the geraniums, the
fuschlas and carnations; these were
unknown even to our great-grandfath?
ers. Many of our most beautiful flow?
ers are purely modern productions.
Three centuries ago there were no
flower gardens in England. What
were then thought of as gardens were
herbaria, places where rosemary, mint, ,
rue, thyme and sage grew, and per- ;
haps a few primitive blooms, such as
violets and primroses, were suffered
to exist, much as poppies and corn?
flowers do today. j
Many well known plants have been j
developed from specimens discovered
In various parts of the world, and there
is no doubt that a number of charm?
ing novelties are still lurking undis?
covered In remote spots. The chances
of valuable finds are, however, becom- 1
ing unfortunately less every year. A ]
small army of collectors is always at
WOtl in every corner of the world j
searching for new treasures to enrich
DOT floral store.
From South America came many
years ago the recently unfashionable
fuschia; from the hills of northern
India and Tibet have been brought
BlASy useful varieties; from China we i
have had among other things many j
new primulas; Japan has yielded j
wonderful irises; Africa many varied J
plants, usually of most brilliant and '
gorgeous coloring; while Dumerous j
charming members of the narcissus
family have been discovered in the
Pyrenees.
But this cannot continue indefinite?
ly, and even in the realm of orchids,
for which perhaps the most systematic
search of all is made, there is not
much left to be explored, For our fu?
ture novelties we shall have to rely
then chiefly on the skill of our hybrid?
ists, who are constantly engaged in
mating different species of the same
family of plants, and our cross fertil?
izers, who are doing similar work with
dilTerent varieties of the same species.
The flowers of today are the result of
cross breeding, stimulated by electri- I
city, drugs and hot water baths. |
Worse and Worse. I
"Did you ever notice," said Walter ,
.Jrimes, "how a fellow, when he once j
|Otl balled up' and says the wrong
hing, has a tendency to get in deeper
ind deeper?
"A friend was first telling be of his
?'?xpericuco in attending a reception in
Indianapolis some time Bgo, During
the progress of the function an elabo?
rately gowned woman sang for the
lueata. Her voice waan'l anything to
brag on, and my friend, who is very
plainly spoken, turne 1 to a ineek-look
Ing little man at his right and ask
td in a bus voice: "Who was that old I
hen who has just squawked for U8?'
" 'That,' replied the man addressed,
is my wire.1
"My friend gasped. 'Oh, b-b-beg your
pardon,' ) ?? stuttered. 'She's really a
rather nice-looking woman, and 1 know
?me'd ting better if she made a bet?
ler selection of his music. Who do you
luppoae ever wrote a rotten song like
hat?"
" I am the author of that song,' re?
plied the meek looking little muu."?
Louisville Times.
Prehistoric Art. j
On the side of a steep down in the
Did town cd' Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Eng- I
land, a huge flgun of a man appears
rut deeply in the hard turf. It is a
Creation of > period hidden in the
rr.ists of antiquity. The body rosem
hlcs thai of the simian, the arms are
Unusually long and outstretched, as
are the legs. The right hand grasps
the handle of an enormous club, and
the general attitude suggests pursuit
of game
The bead seemi sunk between the
-houlders. and the face, which is
roughly cut. exhibits an uncnr.ny leer.
Students of types attribute "the
riant," as the Dorset figure is called,
to the bronse ago. The figure has
locn cared for throughout the cen?
turies of Its existence. Originally it
is supposed to have been regarded as
bringing good luck to the people dur?
ing the Celtic and early English
epochs. It receives attention how on
account of its qunlntness and ago
Tho Dorset giant is Incised in the
turf after the manner of the Dong
Man of Wilmington and the White
Horse of Berkshire and elsewhere.
The turf is ^<> hard that the outlines
of the Hgure have been preserved in
taf t for many renturlea.
A Nice Point.
"Every student of history knows
that our Christmas cuatomi are a da*
relopmenl of the Roman Saturnalia."
"O, Surely not all!"
"I think so."
"No, no! There's no reason to sui>
poee, for in timer, thai the Romana
were all the time being hunched to
do their Baturnallan shopping early."
?Puck.
tii\us >our Job woik.
THE INFLUENCE <>F BEAUTY I I'
OlS THE MORAL AND MENTAL
NATURES.
s. Ii. Edmunds?Superintendent City
Schools.
I can think of no better way to
Introduce this eubjoct?The Influence
f Beauty upon the Mental ami Moral
Natures?-than by a quotation from
the Republic of PI ito: "Surely the
arl of the painter and every other
oreative and constructive art are full
of tili- graces and harmonies, in all
of them there i.< grace or th ? absence
of grace. Ugliness and discord and
Inharmonious motion are nearlj al
lied to Ill-words and ill-nature, as
grace and harmony are the twin sis?
ters of goodness and virtue and hear j
their iiken?ss. \w would not have
our children grow up amidst images
of moral deformity, as in some nox?
ious pasture, and there browse and
feed upon many a baneful herh day
, hy day, little by little, until they sl
! lently gather a festering mass of
corruption in their own soul. J,et our
artists rather be those who are gifted
to discern the true nature of the
beautiful and graceful; then will our,
youth dwell in a land of health, amid
fair sights and sounds, and receive
the good In everything; and beauty,
the etlluence of fair works, shall |
How into the eye and ear, like a health I
^i\ing breese from a purer region, j
and insensibly draw the soul from I
earliest years into likeness and
sympathy with the beauty of reason.
And when a beautiful soul harmonizes j
with a beautiful form, and the two
are cast in one mould, that will be
the fairest of sights to him who has
an eye to s-e it. And the fairest is
also the loveliest." These are ab- j
Street truths?deep and far-reaching;
but the soul in its essence is abatract
and complex and we deal with the
deepest truths when we study the
soul in the abstract. Beauty of soul,
however, is the resultant of myriads
of forces and these forces fortunately,
are concrete, and in studying them we
need not deal with the abstract and ,
thus need not be quite so dry and te?
dious, j
A former state Superintendent of
Education was fond of giving In sub?
stance the following illustration:
in one of the up-country schools a
s< wing d tpartment was established.
it fell to the lol of one of the girls
to make a beautiful White apron ?
an apron so resplendent In its whit< -
neSS aS to make the school sur?
roundings appear dull and dingy. Life
In such an atmoshpere of contrast
was Intolerable. The demand was
made for paint and whitewash and j
the old iChoolhouae fairly glistened in
its snowy w hiteness. The whiteness j
became almost blinding and to sof?
ten its glare the schoolyard was
planted In green shrubs and vari?
colored Sow/era U did not stop here.
The fathi r of the girl with the apron
noticing the marvelous change in the
sc boat house and Its surroundings,
and fairly oppressed with the white?
ness of that apron, continued to re?
model, repair and rewhlten until hie,
premlaes were gleaming liken sacs of
their former selves. The whiteness of
? ?tie little apron wrought B transfor
motion In that winde community. A
little thing t'? produce po gt\at a
change, but after all the little things
in our lives determine their conduct
and cureer, A single beautiful flower
demands the preeence of other beau?
tiful Mowers: a -ingle noble impulse
produces other noble Impulses, whose
resultants are generous deeds and
i eautlfu] characters.
The essence of beauty is harmony,
and the result of harmony la rest?
not that rest that Is but a euphemism
for idle inactivity, but that rest that
results from the harmonious exercise
of all the faculties. To attain unto
rest In activity Is to be In lov< with
one's worl- and to this end one's sur?
roundings should be beautiful. We
have said that the mind and the soul
are complex, that is they partake of
the nature of those things upon which
they feed. How important then that
the mind and the sold of the child
should feed daily upon the beautiful
and harmonious. The Qreeks, noted
for their b auty and their grace.
realised bo ke? nly the potency of the
Influence uf the beautiful that the
Grecian matrons looked only upon
pictures and statues whose every
lineament was the quintessence of
beautiful and graceful harmony.
if the mind of the child is to be
made beautiful let it look at .very
turn upon beautiful things; if his
moral nature Is to he m perfect har?
mony with graceful sweetness let it
burn to despise hideous immorality
by contrasting it with the beauties
thai dally Influence Its life. Can you
estimate the power of life's silent In?
Mueiices? Can you I ?II hon a single
beaut'ful llower gazed upon each day
hy M child nc,\ affect thai child's af?
ter life? Tennyson, with the i.t's
true appreciation, realised the potei ?y
of ail that is wrapped up In a fit s/er,
when ;?rt i deep contemplation he
sang:
?'Flower In the crannied wall I pluck
th.ul of the crannlei
Hold y?.u here. root and all in my
hand
Little dower?but if I could under?
stand
What you an-, root end all, and all
in all
I should know what (Joel and man is."
And Ruskin, that poet who chose
to write in prose, realised it. when in
one <?f hi* tin. st passages he exclaims:
'To dress It and to keep it.* That
then was t i 1 <? our Work. Alas'
what work have we set ourselves up
on in t >nd! How havs we ravaged
the garden ins*.-ad of kept It-?feed?
ing our war horses with its flowers,
and splintering its tri es into spear
shafts! 'And at the Bast a flaming
?word.' is its dame quenchless? and
ar<- those gates that keep the way in?
deed passable no more? or is it not
rather that we desire no more to
enter? For what can we conceive of
that llrst Eden that We might not
yet win back, if we chose, 'It was a
place full of flowers,' we say. Well:
the flowers are always striving to
grow wherever we suffer them; and
the fairer, the closer. There may, In?
deed have been a Fall <>f Flowers as a
Fall <?f Man- but assur? dly creatures
such as we are can now fancy noth?
ing lovelier than roses and lilies
which would prow for us side by .<ide,
leaf overlapping leaf, till the earth
were red and whit I with them, if we
cared to have it so. 'And Paradise
was full of pleasant shades and fruit?
ful avenues.' Well, what hinders us
from covering as much of the world
as we like with pleasant shade, and
pure blossom, and goodly fruit. Who
forbids its valleys to be covered over
with corn till they laugh and sing?
Who prevents its dark forests, ghastly
and Ulnhabltable, from being (banged
into infinite orchards, wreathing the
bills with frail?Roretted snow, far
away to the half lighted horizon of
April, and Hushing the face of all the
autumnal earth with glow of cluster?
ed food? 'Hut Paradise was a place
of peace.' The world would yet be a
j place of peace if we were :.ii peace?
makers. Hut so ions as we choose to
contend rather with our fellows than
I with otir faults and make of our
'meadows battle-fields instead of pas?
tures so long will the Flaming Sword
turn every way and the OatOS of Eden
remain barred close enough, till we
1 have sheathed the sharper flame of
our own passions and broken down
J the closer gates of our own hearts."
Let us not cheat ourselves by declin?
ing to accept the lessons of beautiful
harmony that the tlowers silently
teach, but let us see to it that our
children, not understanding or realiz?
ing what it means, may nevertheless
come daily within the (leid of these
boiy Influences. Their minds will
work better because they are affected
by the eternal harmonies: their souls
will be better, because they will learn
to despise deformity in all of its
phases.
"Scatter diligently in susceptible
minds
The germs of the good and beau 'fal
They will develop there to trees. Puds,
bloom,
And bear the golden fruits of Para?
dise."
The salutary effect of the beautiful
is found ma only in tloarers; but in
form. Tin- harmony of form with
symmetrical lines is a potent tho'
silent force in its effectiveness. The
perfect rectangle suggests rectitude;
the square suggests uprightness; the
triangle, stability; and the circle,
perfection. These Geometric figures
prosaic enough in their skeletonlc out
lines, have all of the poetry of in?
fluence when they coalesce to form a
i
perfectly artistic creation. Why is it
that landscape gardening gives to the
sense that feeling of rest'.' Why is it
that architecture is poetic thought
crystallized'.' If not because in them
we have these lines perfectly planned?
Meed I suggest that the susceptible
mind ami the impressionable soul
that look dally upon perfected form
will learn not only to paint things as
they see them, but to see them as
they arc And this gift ot vision that
sees with exactitude will become in?
trospection and the soul asking itself
the question?bow do you measure
up to the demands of the rectangle
or rectitude, of the square or upright?
ness, of the triangle or stability, of
the circle or perfection?may yet
I obey the command of pussled ages:
Know thyself
Far-fetched, you say. i reply, it
is unsafe to dismiss as far-fetched
any outward Influence that tends in
any way to beautify the mind and
soul.
I There is another beauty whose In?
fluence is so effective as to make its
omission unwhw?the beauty of sound
that concord of |Weet sounds which
w< call music. To quote for the see
end time from the Republic of Plato:
"Therefore I say that musical training
is a more potent Influence than any
other, bee.nise rhythm and harmony
Und their way into the inward places
of the soul on which the) mightily
fasten, Imparting araco, and making
tie soul of him who is rightly edu?
cated graceful, and also b< cause he
who has received this true education
of the inm r being will moat shrewdly
perceive omissions or faults in art or
nature, and with a true taste, wh'le
he praises and rejoices over and n
celvas into Iiis soul tho good, and be
COIM I i oble and good, he will justly
blame and hate the had, now in the
days < f his youth, even before be is
able t<> know the reason why; and
when reason eoines he will recognize
an i aalute Iba frlendi with whom his
education has made hint b?ng famil?
iar."
You will reeall that charming
moonlight scene from Shakspere's
M. < >. V. where the sentimental
la renzo says to his lady love:
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps
upon this bank!
Her? will we sit and let the sound of
music
t'reep into our ears: Soft stillness and
the night
Become the touches of sweet har?
mony.
Sit. Jessica, Look how the floor of
Heaven
[s thick inlaid with patinas of bright
gold.
There's not the smallest orb which
thou beholdst
But in his motion like an angel sings.
Still quiring to the young eyed cheru?
bim;
Such harmony i^ in Immortal souls;
But whilst this muddy vesture of de?
cay,
i >oth grossly close it in, we cannot
hear it."
I Can it be that we are so blinded
by ambition, greed, and rank ma?
terialism, the muddy vesture of de?
cay?that we cannot hear the har?
monies that are forever sounding in
our immortal souls? The effect of
music is so universally recognized
that even a reference to it seems trite;
but d<> we realize after all in our heart
of hearts how powerful and how salu?
tary are Its influences? If amidst its
martial tones worn-out soldiers rush
with mad eagerness to the belching
cannon's mouth; if to its intoxicate
strains tired feet move on with un
abating zeal in the mystic mazes of
the dance; if the tottering feet of old
age will irresistibly .beat with per?
fect rhythm its tuneful cadences; if
the wearied, drooping spirit strains
its ear to hear and hearing receives
surcease from sorrow?there must
needs be after all within the soul
such music as is made by the rhyth-*,
mic motion of the spheres. Culti?
vation and care may result in ob?
taining from the soul musical echoes
whose timbre indicates that the vi?
brations of that soul respond only to
pert set harmony. If a child may be
taught to sae things as they are, why
Is it m>t possible for him to hear
things as they are? If the mind may
set* with exactitude why may it not
hear with precision? If the soul may
perceive the truth, why may it not
ring true to those notes that are true?
The beauty of flowers, of form and
of music?and their silent influences
?such has been my theme and it
se ms to me that it is within our
province to foster with tender care all
things that may make our schools
more beautiful in color, form, and mu?
sic and I trust that we shall not lose
sight of the deep and abiding truth
that theae beauties exert so potent an
Influence that it will make us work
with renewed seal and inspiration;
for we are dealing not with the ma?
terial alone, but with the spiritual;
not only with the transitory, but with
the et ?mal.
if fault be found with the ap?
parent pantheism of these sentiments,
l wish to deny all pantheistic beliefs
for 1 love to think of clod's working
with. in. and through all second
cans s to make the s?. ul a more
beautiful sanctuary?Ailed with
thoughts of Him in whom we may see
the quintessence of harmony?the
perfection of beauty?the One al?
together lovely.
Professors .T. B. Latimer, of Hswego
and Parks of Wedgetield, were visitors
to the city Saturday.
Antlcostl.
Anticosti, an island in the Gulf ot
St. Lawrence, is about 140 mile* long,
by 35 miles wide. Its soil Is not con
sldered to be productive, and the few
settlers there subsist upon the fish
eries. In 1F86 M. Meunler, the French
chocolate manufacturer, bought the
island and Is making a game preserve
of it He is especially Interested
in breeding black and ot?er valuable "
torts of foxes
Electric Power *or Housework.
The total cost of power for sewing
washing and wringing, mangle Iron
ing, chopping neat, grinding coffee,
and polishing silver would be a sum *
that almost any housekeeper would be
willing to pay for a few hours more
to call her own. or for being able to
take a more independent stand on the
servant question. Electricity has ad
vanced tar enough now to give her
the opportunity she has longed for.?
Electrical Review
Just a Mere Trifle.
A. B. Fcwler ot Watenown, N. Y.,
was petting a prize white Leghorn
hen at the allentowa <Pa.) poultry
show. When she began pecking at his
shut front. In a few minutes she had
loosened and Wallowed his valuable
diamond. He declined to allow the
owner to kill her. saying ho had lots
of diamonds at home