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f^l^'- â- f^'"N*fS#V'(«'*"'' â- 'sputtK^mty-i NOTIHS AND COMMENTS if ^ J / I y >; i-jif i We hare r«/erred b«r«tofor» to ill* noTel fe«tur« •f th» Briiish ''prevention of ocim«" act, do- tlgaed primaril;' to suppress or •ei;r«(at« th« c«nirin*d, hopeless criminal. The aot has pasted both liouies of parilament, but not in iU origin«l form. It was found necPEsary to make concessions to those who objected to the "rovo- lutionar}'" principle of punishing dofendants not for specific criniei, but for "habitual criminality" and who, moreover, thought that it would prove class legislation, di- BURDENS THAT MAKE US Could We Ever Dream of the Higher Tasks Bat for the Lower Duties ? "For wo are his workmansliip." â€" Eph., ii., 10. Almost all the lives that reach any measure of right self-consci- ousncM regard theraselvos as in a constant struggle between the things they fain would do. Seldom indeed does it happen that one can find his living in the things he loves reeled against tlie members of tho'most of all; happy arc those who poorest and most unfortunato bcc- tion of the population. may. The rest, however, are not necessarily justified in regarding their unwelcome work as the foe of their highest welfare. It is true that many lives are illy adjusted. Poets are working in brickyards and plowmen aro trying to make pooms for a living. We owe it to life and to our world hot Irss than to ourselves to discover In the original bill the court was given authority to impose on a per- son tried for the third time on a criminal charge not merely the or- dinary eentoiice, but, in addition, "preventive detention" during the ' our own aptitudes, to cultivate our pleasure of the crownâ€" meaning the best powers in the tasks for which home office. Under such a provii- i '^« »re best suited. We have no , ^. . . ., , ,, . I right to drift; we ought to summon ion the incorngibles would remain ^ •^^.y ^^^.^^ ^^ j^^,.^ i„ o^der to in the peuitentiary to the end of g^jjct a work that we can do and their days. In the act as passed do well. the additaonal sentence of prcven-| Even then, with each man at the live detention is expressly limited task ho could <Jo^J'«/\;J^_«_^°i'/** to a maximum of ten and a iniui mum of five years. Habitual crim- inality is for the first time definite- ly recognized by the British law as a distinct offense, but the maxi- mum penalty for it is not perman- ent isolation from society, but de- still have the conHict between the things we must do and those we would do. Perhaps you have heard it said that in the good time com- ing every man will have to do only the things he would most like to do. None would for long be satis- fied with that arrangement. Even the people who believe they were tention for ten years. No doubt born to wear wings and play on this penalty is likely to prove a harps would soon be sighing for deterreat in many oases, but it will not rid the community of the hard- ened and confirmed criminal. The LESS EXALTED DUTIES. It would be an easy matter to say to all who feel the rasp and gf>vernment or its supporters lacked grind of each day's dull tasks, who the courage of their reform and F*"*!*^* '^^^^^y.^^V^^^'^i^K .l°"„:'f.^ for the time being abandoned the between the duties that necessity lays on us and the high bidding of idea of trying the effect of perman-i ^.^y aspirations: Be content; life is ently segregating the human boasts short; heaven awaits you; time s of prey. There are those who vigorously deny that there is such a species as the habitual criminal, who argue that freed convicts are driven back an assumed disparities will be adjusted in eter- nity. That leads people to take time as a dose for the sake of eter- nal health hereafter. None of the problems of living are solved by a mechanical content, by apathetic indifference into the paths of violence and ag-|to the facts that fret us. An ab solutely certain present will not gre»si(in by the inhumanity of so- ciety and the universal fear, dis- trust and hatred of "jail birds." But instances are notorious where freed convicts are given encourage- ment and opportunity and yet re- turn to criminal careers. At any rate, the new English act contain* provibions for the reformation of criminals before they fall into the "habitual" cla^s. DEYOIION TO SCIENCE. bo rightly lived until it is more than a probation for a problema- tic future. Folks will endure all kinds of discomfort and even wrong en the bleak threshold when they know the door to warmth and cheer will soon be opened. The world needs those who are living a full life in the present, who are duing their share toward making conditions right here. Bet- ter the one who is wrong in his dis- content 'than he who is content with wrong. If life seems wrong to you it is your duty to seek the way of righting it. It is better to make the mistake of thinking you must mold your times than to be but dull clay to be molded l>y your times. How then can we learn to live our lives so that, with all this seem- ing conflict, they will bo right? How can we reconcile all the opposing necessities and aspirations? May we find our way into the meaning (f the necessity upon us to wear 80 much of ourselves away in the greedy wheels of the world's great machine 1 Could wo ever fit ourselves for any greater work but by THE FAITHFUL DOING of that which seems so little? Are we not learning the greater by means of the less? And, beside, can we be always quite sure which is the greater and which tne less? It may be that the plowman is really doing a finer work than the poet, for what is the real measure of all our work? Is the chief exe- cutive of a railroad system neces- sarily duing that which is more sublime than the work of some fa- ther who, for the love of little ones, bears the yoke of servitude? Nei- ther the wage nor the work itself is the measure, but the worker. Often the burdens that seem to threaten to break us are the ones that make us. Th<j< discipline of the dull task is the refining pot where the gold of life itself is pro- duced. But for their grinding ne- ce.ssities lives would all be only dull pebbles ; the jewels are discovered ky the lapidary called sometimes duty and sometimes adversity. Only as we see life in the light of these higher values does the I cover your real wrongdoing. SOHETHINO AnOUT HAND- SHAKE. Different Ways In Grasping â€" Net Enough Vigor, Says Professor. Recently a very learnad professor elaborated his views on the hand- shake. He electrified his listeners by declaring that some people had hands like flippers â€" there was no vigor about the grasp. "There are nearly as many kinds of handshakes as there are kinds of man," said the professor. "There is the hearty shake, the two-finger shake, and the thistle- down shake at the height of the shoulder. "There is the cold hand, and there is the hot hand, the hand that is moist and clammy, the hand that is more like a, flipper than an organ of prehension. 'There is the tender pressure, the vigerous squeeee, and the frigir extension, as if one were submitting to a pain- ful operation. "A true handshake is like a quarrel or a marriage. It takes two to make it. Two hands meet- ing in a sympathetic grasp, with just enough pressure to sugsist' welcome without inflicting discom- fort â€" that is the real handshake. "A handshake is infinitely pre- ferable as a greeting to the pro- miscuous kiwiog one sometimes sees. Apart altogether from the fact th£t specific disease may be conveyed by the contact ef the lips, too much kissing is always to be discouraged. The mothers who will never allow anybody to kiss their babies have taken a wise and sound decision." * SENTENCE SERMONS. Faith makes a fold; bigotry a fence. The double minded are but half- witted. Peace is the power g.iined through pain. No pleasure comes from playing with life. No good is any good unles it is soon outgrown. You can usually teJl a man's size by what he sees. The surest, swiftest way of being damned is to do nothing. Your imaginary wrongs cannot necessity for the conflict between duty and desire ap|>ear and the meaning of tiio toil and hardship become evident. Because man be- longs to a nobler order which is ir the making he learns not simply to endure but to delight in the toils of the present, to fight circum- stance, to show himself master of his fate, and to find the life that strikes its roots so deep into eter- nity that neither parching drought nor rising flood affect is prosperity. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAR. 21. Review. Golden Text, Acts 8:4. Costs Another Soicntrst the Loss of Part of ni.s Right Hand. Another scientist, Harry W. Cox, of Loudon, England, has paid Throe eras are considered in the the heavy pnce of amputation for legson of the Quarter, exiierimenting with "x-rays." The First Era. The Two Great Mr. Cox, who IS one of the lead- Powers producing Christianity, its Jng rianufacturcrs of "x-rays" and fruits and successes (A.D. 30). bigh-frequency coils and apparatus, I The Evcrliving Leader and Savi- With premises in Grays Inn Road, I our Ascended to heaven, sitting has undergone an operation at his on the right hand of God, but also home at Clapton for the dreaded ever present witJi his people, and 'x-ray" dermatiti-^, and lost the'doinf? among them the same ki.id jarp'r portion of his rif?ht hand, I of things he did on earth. Nol-! ?"c'"«'ng three fingers. The thumb among other things the kind of aiwi the little finger were saved. I uuracTes which he wrought through Home years ago Mr. Cox lost one' the apostles. So the picture of the of the fingers on his left hand, and firwt church in Acts 2 is the out- he has j-tt to undergo another op-; shining in actual life of the tea h *ration. He has contracted the ' ings of Jesus, the Beatitudes and disease in the chin. | Qolden Rule 4. Growth in extent of country reached by the gospel. Difliculties and How They Were Overcome. State the obstacles dn the way of this progress, and how they were overcome â€" from with- put, from within. Name the vari- ous incidents which illustrate and express both the clifHculties and the .way the early Chribtians o^'ercamo evil with good. The Third Era. The Expansion of the Church (A D. 36-40). The cau'ses of this expansion. The places to which the church .was extended. The value of this expansion to ihe pro(?re83 of the church. State the main incidents of this (expansion. WOMAN MAYOR'S DINNER. Mayor of Aldeburgh, Eng., Gave Dinner to Councillors and Guests Dr. Elizabeth Garret Anderson, Mayor of Aldeburgh, England, gave The operation was apparently Constantine's motto "In hoc a dinner recently to 40 Councillors Bucc'jBKfiil, and it is hoprd that it pigno vinces." "By this sign (of the will turn out as well as that in the cross) thou «halt conquer," is true loft hand, which has given no trouble since. Like Mr. Hall Edwards, who has lost both his hands and has been •warded of th« church in all ages. No church or body of men which denies the divinity and continued existence of Jesus has ever been •warded a, pension from the civil j^ , successful dn spreading the Ust Mr. Cox has «uftcred from the „o»pel. or building up the religi- *arly Ignorance res|>ecting the ^us life dangprs of the then newly-discover- ed rays. Now a days operators are elabor The Holy Spirit coming with new power and abundance, becAUse .the coming of the Son of God has alely safeguarded. Lead, being made the g'rcatness of his work pos- practically unpcrviuus to the "x- ii,,^_ jg the other force by which rays the e.xpernnentahsts use (L'hriaUianity haa mad,© its con- •pectacles containing glass with a |,i,«,sts lead alloy gloves made of rubber I His presence was made manifest mixed with lea<l and mmilar masks to the senses so that people would lor the face and shoulders. I, realize the fact and the nature of Mr. (ox, however, wos one of the power which iransformed the the fJrH manufacturers of'/x-ray ; character of the people, and mul- apparatus In England. His work tiplied the number of the disciples. was the fir»t to be bKuight into \im during the Boer War, where it was of great vulpe to the .â- iurgeons. He workc<i ;v great deal in conjunction with Mr. Hall Fawaids. In testing the apparatus the hands, naturally, were the first to 1 be effected. When the disease first' appeared on his left hand in the; form of a kind of chap which often disappears if the "x rays" Relate the stories of the Ascen- sion, the Promise, the Prayer Meeting, the Day of Pentecost. The Second Era. The Home Church at Jerusalem (A.D. 30-36 or 36). Note the Growth of the church in four direotions. 1. The transformation of charac- ter, seen in the apo,Htles, notably in Peter; and point out tlvc inci- •re at once left alone- Mr. Cox <J<,nt9 which show what that change disregarded it, and went on test ing his work so that it might be sent out to the war. The pain became »o intense, how- ever, that he had to undergr) an operation. In recent years Mr. Cox has been a martyr to almost intolerable pain. was. Seen also in the chararter of the first ('hristiana. Scon also in their action under pcrsecutrion. a. Growth in numbers. Note the expressions which show this pro- gress. 3. Growth in organization. Give the mo^t marked instance. and other guests. She was the on ly woman present, and she wore a black dress, with a widow's cap, and diamonds. Replying to the toast, "Aldoburgh's Prosperity," she said that during her year of of- fice she would try her best to prove a goou motherly housekeeper to the town. She declared that nothing could bo dons by talking, but a great deal by the councillors agree- ing to take action and work to- gether for the good of the town. She hoped to better the roads and to make the town more attractive to visitors. 4. DESERVES THE NAME. Askilt Is your friend Yankem a painless dentist? Noiltâ€" Yes. He's so busy he hiwn't time to take pains with his victims. â- -♦- NECESSARY RELIEF. George â€" Will your father permit you to tnko your piano away with you when you marry ? Phyllis â€" He says he will insist on it. An ideal too heavy becomes a drag instead of an inspiration. The man who does not have an uphill fight is going down hill. The man who lies down on you never has any stuoding at all. Living men cannot long be satis- fied with dead men's prayers. Being good is iiot much good un- less your goodness makes good. The trouble with many uplifters is that they are only onlookers. Nothing will help you into heaven like' helping others out of their hells. Faith is something a good deal brighter and mightier than fear of the future. It's no UFC talking about having faith in God unless yau keep faith with men. The pessimist usually thinks he is a literary character because ho weeps ink. There are too many people trying to make the bible popular by using it as a club. It is not wise to trust the jud.n- ment of the man who fears that his reputation is not equal to his char- acter. WO.MEN IN MEXICO. nigh Up in the Ranks of Profes- sional and Educational Life. As an evidence of the progres- siveness of their country the Mexi- cans point to its treatment of wo- men, especially in the matter of education. All its national colleges and professional schools, including those of music and art, give free tuition and aro open alike to men and women. Some twenty years ago, when the first woman was graduated from the medical school, the Mini.ster of Education made her a present of a carriage ond enough money to set her up in her profes- sion. There are now in Mexico City alone at least ten well known women physicia-is, all having largo ond lucrative practices. The Na- tional Bureau of Education is com- posed of fifteen members, four of whom aro women. Griggs "I say, old man, wh.at's good fur iasoiniii.af I haven't cK)!icd my eyes for five nights." Colonel --"You want t') have a hoxi?ig match. The first time I tried it, i rrmcmbr'r, my ryes were closed for n fortnicht." BELGIAN CHILDREN This delight in the family life is characteristic of all Belgians. One »oe3 in Brussels and Antwerp Monsieur promenading in the boule- vard or the bois with a cigar in his month, Madame leaning on his arm, and the children, hand in hand, walking sedately under the proud eyes of their parents. One finds children in the restaurants and children in the music halls. The pleasures of father and mother are shared always with the nursery. To go junketing without the chil- dren would appear to the Belgian not only selfish out dull. Hia happiness is the happiness of his children. He sees the c'rcus half with hia own eyes and half with theirs. The toyshops and book- shops in Bru.^sols tell of the p.ir- amount part plny«d by tho child. The happinnss of this people is the plcasuro of domesticity. THE DLABNET STONE. Romance and SupcrstUion Cluster Round It. Among the old castles of Ireland none is more famous than Blarney, in County Cork. It it in the walla of this building that the Blarney stone is set, a stone that has given to English speech a name for what is otherwise sometimes known as "taffy." Th-a castle itself dates from the year 1446. It stands in a region which abounds in legend, tradition, and old-time belief in fairies. The author of "Shamrock Land," Mr. P. F. Jones, visited the oastle and its neighborhood a short time ago, and writes entertaining- ly on the subject. Blarney Castle obtained its pres- ent fame from a famous stone, still ia the walls, round which clusters much of romance and 8Ui>erstition. Tradition says that after Cormac MacCarthy had built the castla he chanced one day to save an old wo- man from drowning, who, to show her gratitude, offered Cormac a golden tongue which should have the poorer of fluent persuasiveness â€" a tongue that could influence men and women, friends and foes, as he willed. To ^et this power, however, Cormac must climb to the keep of the castle, let himself down in some difficult way, and kiss a certain stone in the walls situated •bout five feet below the gallefy running reund the top. It is said that he followed the old woman's directions with great minuteness, kissed the stone, and at once ob- tained all the persuasive eloquence which had been promised him. Soon the story was told through- out Ireland. It went also to other countries, and made Blarney one of the best-known castles in the world. Walking round the top of the castle walls in the warm sunshine, I began to look for the noted stone, and at last found it held in place by two iron bands suspended from the very top of the stone bat- tlements. A row of iron spikes has been placed on the top of the bat- tlements above the stone to pre- vent foolhardy adventurers from attempting to kiss the stone by be- ing let down over the walls by the heels, as was the custom at one. time. Now the pilgrim to this shrine of eloquence muF.t get down on his knees, or lie flat down on the- ston-es, bend his body at the waist and thrust his head and shoulders down about three feet through a square opening in the stones op- posite the cornice, and in this position turn his neck and kiss the stone from the urdcr side. An at- tendant with good muscles must be at hand to hold the heels of the one who attempts to kiss the stone, else by the law of gravitation he will topple over and go through the hole to the ground, a hundred and twenty feet below. ODD CAUSES OF FIRE. Will Catch in the Most Unaoeount- able Ways. It seems almost a wonder thao the world is not burned up, when one realizes what strange circu'u stances may cause a disastrous fire. In one case, accoi^ing to a well known insurance man, tlie peaceful crawling of an insect set a building on fire. Some cotton watsc had been used with mineral oil and then thrown away. An unlucky insect crawi.d through that oil-saturated wasfe, and then came out with some of the oily fibres adhering to its body Subsequently it perambulated round the building, coming at last to the gas jet to meet its fate. The cotton fibres, still adhering to its body, caught fire, and the unfortu- nate insect dropped blazing to the floor, setting the place on fire. Cotton waste was also partly re- sponsible for another curious fire. This time an electric spark did the mischief, passing from a belt to some conducting substance near it and communicating with the cot- ton. Two instances may be cited of fire being caused by water. In the first case a flood caused the water to rise inside a factory until it reached a pile of iron filings. When they came into contact with the water they oxidized so rapidly that they became intensely hot, and at last set fire to the woodwork near them, and so the building was de- stroyed. In the other case the water from the engines during a fire found its way into a shed containing quick- lime. Tho heat cause<l by the slacking of the lime set fire to the shed, and this to tho other build- ings. Glass globes, which act as lenses, often cause fire, and it has been said that the convex glasses used in pavement lights are dangerous, and should be abandoned in favor of lights with flat tops. One of the curious facts about fire is its contradictoriness. It seems to bo animated by a kind of human obstinacy, or the contrari- ety of a malevolent spirit. Every man has had the experience of b»- ini; bothered to set fire to a itove- ful of kindlings, yet. I«<t to its«lf, fire will catch in the most unM- (ountable wayi. MEAL TIME III SWEDEN HOURS FO*t SERVING THEM IN THAT COUNTRY. Breakfast at 11.30, Dinner at 4.30 or !>â€" Schcols Open Daily at 8.M or Earlier. "The Swedish maid is a very different person from the neatly dressed, capped and aproned maid so familiar at home. In Stockholm no costume in particular seems to b« expected of the servant," writes the correspondent of an English paper. "She appears to be usually dress- ed in a different colored skirt and blouse, without cap, and often without a collar, in times of st-resa she arranges a handkerchief upon her head, and if cold wears a little Stcarlet coat, which is more sugges- tive to the Enplish mind of the goU course than of housework. She ia, however, usually a capable cook, and having dished up her dinner waits at table, too. BREAKFAST 11.30. "In Stockholm breakfast is usu- ally taken about 11.30 and dinner at 4.30 or 6. It requires a little time for English people to accom- I modate themselves to these hours, but there are consolations. Either coffee or porridge, or both, can ba obtained early in the morning, and the long, dark evenings after the early dinner pass very pleasantly. i»iany of the schools in Stockholm begin work at 8.jO a.m., or even earlier; but there is a long break about 11 o'clock, when the chil- dren come home, hungry, cheerful and expectant of breakfast. "As to the nature of the meal, it is difficult to prophesy. It may con- sist of beefsteak and onions or ol eggs and pancakes. Potatoes and sausage in some form or other are- usually provided, and the beverage is always milk and sometimes tea as well. In most households coffee is served between 1 and 2, and this meal is often the occasion of a pleasant little gathering of intimate friends. PREAMBLE TO DINNER. "Between 2 and 4 in the after- noon is the usual time for formal calls, and people then return for 4.30 or 5. The preamble to a Swed- ish dinner is often rather confus- ing to the uninitiated. There ia usually a small table laid with diff- erent kinds of cheese, savories, but- ter and hard bread. We all help ourselves, and eat either standing or walking about the room. This done, we return to the big table and the real meal begins "Well-to-do Swedes usually con- tent tiiemselves with two courses, either meat and a sweet or soup and a sweet, as tho case may be. Different varieties of stewed fruit are more frequently served with meat than with us, and I remember a dish which consisted of bacon, boiled paste and Frcncn plums, which seemed to one a strange mixture at first. ".Vt 9 o'clock tea is usually served with bread and butter, cheese and cold meats. Of the tea it must be said that it is quite harmless, but it is difiicult to speak enthusiasti- cally about it. It is not likely to keep awake even the lightest sleeper." 4. ENERGY FROM WASTE HEAT Surplus Power Bellng Economized In England. .\ generating station which pro- duces 3,000 h.p. of electrical ener- [ gy entirely fro.-n waste heat haa Just been started to work at I Crook, County Durham, England. The total amount of power a/.nu- ally wasted in the form t-f he-it in Great Britain is enormous. Apart j from the waste in factories, tho I blast furnaces und coke ovens of the United Kingdom alone produce waste heat equivalent to about half a million horsepower. On the northeatt coost alone, according to ' a recent paper read before the Iron and St^'cl Institute, they emit waste j heat equal to 200,000 horsepower night asul day. Of course all of tho power pro- ! duced in this way is not wasted. ] Some is used in heating the blast or in raising steam for blowing en- gines or other purposes. But there is still a larnc surplus of power available. The diificulty has been to find a niarkpt for it. On tho nortiieast coast a solu- tion has been found. Tho district is covered by a network of mains belonging to the ttre&t electrical power companies there establish- ed. Their mains supply electrio power to the railways, shipyards, colleries, etc., throughout the dis- trict. This enables the waste heat owner to disposo of his power. All he has to do is to convert it into electric powor on the spot wher% his oven or furnace is situate, and tlien turn that power into tho mains, by whioh it is carried teoi twontjr, or thirty milos to wh«r« thoro U a demand tor povor. At no oztra coal is burned to nroduoo this wMta hoat tho powor la obrU oualy much ohoMor than thot pv^. daood in tho oratBMry woj. 4 1' '