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"What Think Ye of Christ?" A Description From An Ancient Manuscript Sent By the President President of Judea to the Senate of Some. i "They took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus."--Acts iv., 13. It was rather a representative group, including a lawyer, a physician, physician, a stock broker and a clergyman. The " general opinion was that Christ was an extraordinarily good man. Then the clergyman changed the subject. subject. He spoke of literature and the drama and dwelt upon the compelling character that genius had put into, books and upon the stage. He mentioned. mentioned. great names in history. The . group was a well-read body of men, and the discussion became general up to the inevitable lull, when the clergyman clergyman began to ask questions.. "So and so was indeed a stupendous character, but what would you gentlemen gentlemen say is the weakness, defect in his nature?" There were instant replies. replies. "Caesar was too ambitious," said one. "So and so must have been an epileptic" (this from the physician), physician), and there were flaws to pick at the mention of any name. Then the clergyman asked quietly, "What does any of you consider the deft in the character of Jesus?" There was silence. "Gentlemen, pray do not consider consider my feelings or fear to "offend me by anything you might be tempted to say of my Master; I am asking in reverent but intense curiosity." There Was Still Silence. One said that he had not looked into the Bible in so long a time that he hesitated to speak; but he also admitted admitted that he had not read . any of Shakespeare in an equally long period. period. An American might fail to create create a character that would satisfy an Englishman and vice versa. But the character of Jesus Christ has satisfied the ideal of every race and every age. That miracle never happened before, nor has it happened since. There can be only one explanation--Jesus Christ is more than man. It js unthinkable to believe that the four evangelists could create that in which every .other literary genius has failed--the Perfect Man. Since the Bible does not give us an account of the person of Jesus Christ it may interest you to know of a description description alleged .to be derived from an ancient manuscript sent by Publius Publius Lentulus, President of Judea, to the Senate of Rome:--"There lives at this time in Judea a man of singular character, whose name is Jesus Christ. The barbarians esteem him as their prophet, but his followers adore him as the immediate offspring of the Importai -God. He is endowed with such unparalleled virtue as to call back the dead from their graves and to heal every kind of disease with a word or a touch. His person is tall and elegantly shaped, his aspect Amiable and Reverent. His hair flows in those beauteous shades which no united colors can match, falling in graceful curls around his ears and parting on the crown of his head; his dress, that of the sect of Nazarenes; his forehead is smooth and large, Lis cheeks without blemish and of roseate hue; his nose and mouth' are formed with exquisite symmetry; his beard is thick and suitable suitable to the hair of his head, reaching a little below his chin and parting in the middlè below; his eyés are clear, bright and serene. He rebukes with mildness and invokes with the. most tender and persuasive language, his whole address, whether in word or deed, being elegantly grave and strictly characteristic of so exalted a being. He is moderate, temperate and wise--in short, whatever the phenomenon phenomenon may turn out in the end, he seems .at present to be a man of excellent excellent beauty and divine perfection." And so, my dear readers, in our day and age what we need (as some one has said) is not more men, but more man. A RABBIT INDUSTRY. A Canadian Nurse in London CANADIAN Red Cross Nurse selling flags in the street in London, England, on the day recently celebrated as French Flag Day. 1 1 Hemorrhage. A person suffering from hemorrhage, hemorrhage, or extreme loss of blood, exhibits exhibits symptoms that correspond in severity with the quantity of blood that he has lost. It is astonishing to see how much blood a person can lose without serious danger to life, but it is only by watching these symptoms that the observer can judge when the danger point is ap- prqaching. Pallor, of course, appears early, accompanied by a weak and rapid pulse, and a fall in the temperature temperature of the body. If the hemorrhage hemorrhage is violent, and is not checked, the mucous membranes also . grow pale, and the patient may break out into a cold sweat. He usually complains complains of thirst, and he should be permitted permitted to drink freely. More ominous symptoms are those that show the higher centres--the brain and the heart--are being starved starved by lack of blood. Vomiting is one of these symptoms, unless it is caused caused by the mere presence of . blood in the stomach. If that is not the case then the vomiting is serious, because because it means that the lack of blood is causing an acute anæmia of the higher centres. A late symptom, serious for the same reason, is rest- lestness.' When that is followed v - r containing foods.' For j this reason it is plain that a small amount of cream or butter in a dessert adds a great many calories to our dietary. So small an amount of butter as the little little pat served on the tables--an inch square and less than a half-inch thick --produces 100 «calories, or heat units of food, whereas a comparatively large dish of lettuce gives us less than ten heat units. Thus there is a great difference between fats and other foods as to their food value. * -- FRANCE UNTERRIFIED. They Are Fighting the Civilization. Battle of HOMELIKE TRENCHES. Quarters of the Bavarian Trenches in Northern France. To speak of the "comforts Few addresses made by the heads of of the 'nations at war have been as admirable in spirit and substance as that of* President Poincare, made, too, in the very face of the news of the Russian reverses. France is not crushed, she is not dismayed; all that German frightfulness has essayed leaves her still unterrified. With a calmness and courage and an indomi- tability that afford a lesson to the world, the men in the trenches, and the people at home are going about of ; their . work buoyed up by the belief home" in connection with life in the i that they are fighting the battle of trenches seems a glaring misuse of civilization, as they are, and confident language, yet that is the term that that victory for the right will not for- a correspondent of the Associated i ever be delayed and militarism f or- Press applies to the quarters of the ! ever be enthroned. The soul of Bavarian soldiers in northern France. I France, amid the horrors of a warfare He made a round of the trenches, ac- unparalleled savagery, never shone companied by a Bavarian colonel, and 80 superbly. The world owes a true says: homage here. MED. I0RR1N CORKS GRAIN Jam-Makers This hint may Save your Jam ! No matter how fresh your berries, nor how thoroughly the jam is cooked, nor how clean the jars are, preserves are absolutely sure to spoil if the sugar used contains organic matter,--impurities--and many sugars do-- Home jam makers should profit by the experience of others and insist on being supplied with loss of sight, and then of consciousness, consciousness, it means that unless the loss of blood can be checked the result must be fatal. In treating hemorrhage, the first thing is to find its cause, and then to "It is certain that the trenches that I saw had not their equal on many of the fighting fronts. Every conceivable comfort that is available for a trench has been supplied, from shaving mirrors to four-post bedsteads. bedsteads. The fighting trenches differ by j from the connecting runway only in being wider; and they are reinforced in front and rear with bags of sand or plates of steel, through openings in which the soldiers can use their telescopes without being seen. "To the rear of these trenches, far Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S ÎASTORIA Many Articles Are Knit From the Yarn of the "Angora." The long-haired Angora rabbit is a native of Asia Minor. Its name is derived from the province of Angora, where almost all the animals of whatever whatever species have long, fine, silky hair.- The long, thick wool of the Angora goat and the Angora sheep, indeed, has long been a well-recognized well-recognized article of commerce. The Angora cat, which came originally from that region, is also remarkable for its long, beautiful fur. The beauty of the Angora rabbit early attracted attention, and it was introduced into Europe "over a hundred years ago. The peasants of Switzerland, Switzerland, Savoy, and Flanders have long bred the animal, and in those countries Angora rabbits are a~ source of considerable considerable profit. The soft, furry "Angora" caps and mittens that are so popular are* knit from yarn spun from the hair of the Angora rabbit. The hair is not shears ed periodically, like the fleece of sheep but is combed off every few months.' In the course of a year some three- quarters of a .pound of hair, valued at more than two dollars, is obtained from a single animal. Not only caps and mittens, but stockings, wristers, scarfs, vests, leggings, socks, underwear, underwear, shawls, and other articles are knit from the soft warm yarn. The Angora rabbit is not uncommon in this country. Adult^atabbits bring from $3 to $5" a pair. The best Angoras Angoras are pure white with pink eyes, and their hair is ten or twelve inches in length. - There are also gray Angoras Angoras with dark eyes, and black Angoras. Angoras. Like other rabbits, the Angora is prolific; eight or ten young are born at a litter. The rabbit cages are usually usually - kept in a well-protected yard or beneath a shed, and stand two feet or more above the ground. When the young rabbits are a month old, the hair is combed as often as once in ten days, in order to keep it free from knots or matting. The combing causes the rabbit very little inconvenience; inconvenience; in fact, it helps the frequent moltings of the little animals. The long, silky fur appears" when the rabbit is from three to four months old, and it is then plucked by hand about every two months. From one to three ounces of fur is removed each time. The fur is kept in a pasteboard pasteboard or wooden box, lined with paper, paper, and protected from moths by means of a bit of camphor or naphthalene. naphthalene. Before the spinning begins the fur is picked over by hand. Bunches of fur are then put in a carding comb and worked up into long skeins. The spinner winds a skein loosely about his left hand, and with the right hand gradually pulls out a fine thread, which he attaches to the spindle of the distaff. As a single thread does not possess sufficient strength for knitting purposes, it. is necessary to make a three-ply yarn by combing the threads from three spindles into FROM CEYLON is electrically weighed, hermetically sealed and dispatched to your table fresh with all the fragrant odors of the Sunny Isle, Sample from Salada, Toronto. one. The finished yarn is wound -upon a spool or made into a skein ready to be knitted into any desired article. * Grass Tree Gum for Germany. It has just come to light at Sydney, Sydney, Australia, that with the astounding astounding preparedness with which the Germans Germans entered upon this war they had for several years prior to the declaration declaration of hostilities been buying immense immense quantities of Australian grass tree gum, which is convertible into an explosive much more powerful than dynamite, and that this explosive is probably now being used against the Britons and their allies. Logical. "Another new hat. You should really save your money with the price of everything going up." "But why ? The longer I save it the less I can buy -with it." Be Sure the Grocer Sends' m SUGAR EXTRA GRANULATED with the fruit you order for preserving. Tell him, too, that you want it in the Packages originated for Sugar -- 2 or 5 lb. Sealed Cartons or 10, 20, 50 or 100 lb. Cloth Bags. Then you will be sure to get the GENUINE REDPATH- Canada's favorite sugar for three generations--the sugar to whose preserving purity you can safely trust good fruit. CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL. 135 try and stop it by local means. What j underground, are so-called Unter- these means are must .depend on the ! stande, or shelters, where the soldiers state the patient is in and the site of | live when not on duty. These places A Tremendous Offering of Peaches to the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY TÏ Extra Granulated Sugar which has always, and for many years, given satisfaction. It tests over 99.99 per cent pure and is refined exclusively exclusively from cane sugar.-- Buy In refinery sealed packager to avoid mistakes and.assure absolute cleanliness andcorrect weights--2 lb. and 5 lb. cartons; 10, 20, 25 and 100 lb. bags, and your choice of three sizes of grain: fine, medium, or coarse. --Any good dealer can fill your order. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, LIMITED, Montreal. /r. the bleeding. If that is easily reached reached the hemorrhage can be stopped by packing, or by pressure, or by binding with ligatures. Sometimes the state of the patient is such that it is best to stop the flow by the pressure of the hand or fingers, while other steps are 'taken to relieve the constitutional symptoms of shock and collapse. Sometimes only an operation can reach the point from which the blood comes. In that case, it must be performed performed as rapidly as possible, while the patient receives constitutional treatment. In many cases only a physician can find the source of a hemorrhage, but intelligent bystanders bystanders can do much to relieve the symptoms. symptoms. Hot-water bottles are needed to help in maintaining the bodily heat. Stimulants should be in readiness, readiness, and the salt box should be at hand, for saline injections are often given by physicians in dangerous cases of hemorrhage. . Dangers in the Dessert. The desire for dessert seems to be perfectly natural--we like to finish the meal with a sweet of some kind. At the same time this desire may be perverted and unnatural, says Lenna Frances Cooper, a Good Health writer. writer. When, for instance, we have already already partaken of a heavy meal the addition of a dessert means additional work that ought not to be placed upon the digestive organs. In other words, a dessert tempts us to eat when we have already had Enough, and the dish used in this, way may be injurious. injurious. This, of course, is not the case if the meal is well planned, so that a place is left for it--so that the dessert dessert becomes a part of the regular meal. When we come to study desserts adapted particularly to summer purposes purposes we - find they ought to be neither excessively sweet'Tior excessively excessively rich in fats. For fats are con- I spicuous as heat-producers ^and their 1 free use will add too many caloriés 1 to our meal. To shpw how this is possible,, we need only remember that one ounce of fat produces two and a quarter times as - much nutritive value as either the sugars or the nitrogen- are surprisingly comfortable, under the circumstances. Most of those occupied occupied by the officers are provided with big four-post-beds. Many have clocks, and carpets on the floors, and nearly all have a crucifix, or little altar, at which the 'terrible Bavarians' Bavarians' conduct their devotions. The approach to these shelters is almost invariably decorated with, flowers. "Included in the 'comforts of home' that .are part of the trenches is a bathing establishment, a little to the rear of the front, with bathtubs that are filled with heated spring water. The' men who customarily spend some days in front and then go off duty for a like time, thus get a chance to bathe once in the week--oftener, if the spirit moves--while they are resting." resting." It is interesting to remember in this connection that a certain Colonel Afansieff, who has seen much of the underground life led by soldiers and refugees alike in Poland, believes that, as a result of the war, no small part of 'the population of Europe will actually actually revert to cave life. The trenches, when properly built, are dry and warm, and the peasant and the city laborer alike find them more healthful healthful and comfortable than their own abodes. They go back from the front on furloughs, but the towns, and houses bore them; they ai*e homesick homesick for their trenches. -V- Too Hearty. They say that a cannibal king recently recently sent post haste for his doctor. "Good gracious, man, 7 ' the doctor said, "you're in a dreadful state; what hàvejfou been eating ?" "Nothing," groaned the sick, man, "except a slice of that multi-millionaire multi-millionaire whose yacht was wrecked on Cocoanut Rèef. "Merciful powers!" the doctor cried, "and I told you Under no circumstances circumstances to eat anything rich. George, get the saws and axes . We must operate at once." Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O ASTO R I A THE JORDAN HARBOR PEACH RANCH WILL COMMENCE SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 1ST TO PACK AND SHIP 100,000 GALLON HOSPITAL SIZE SANITARY SANITARY CANS, EACH CONTAINING 61/ 2 TO 7 LBS. OF SUPERB BRAND PEACHES FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY TO OVERSEAS HOSPITALS HOSPITALS IN BRITISH ISLES, FRANCE AND BELGIUM. This undertaking is of such magnitude, magnitude, representing fifty car loads of FRESH FRUITS and the employment of over Two Hundred men and women during during the PEACH SEASON, PACKING DAILY 5,000 LARGE HOSPITAL CANS. These peaches are peeled, pitted and halved, then packed in large HOSPITAL SANITARY CANS, in HEAVY SYRUP, then crated (six cans in each crate), to be forwarded to destination through the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. The total cost is FIFTY CENTS per CAN (50c). this charge includes all expenses. expenses. These fruits are packed EXCLUSIVELY EXCLUSIVELY f ortie CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AND CANNOT BE PURCHASED by the GENERAL PUBLIC, PUBLIC, as they are prepared and delivered to the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY SOCIETY AT ACTUAL COST. By remitting. 50 Cents through the CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, or direct to the JORDAN HARBOR PEACH RANCH, JORDAN STATION P.O., Ontario, it insures one of these Large Cans of BEAUTIFUL SUPERBA BRAND PEACHES going forward to our sick and wounded soldiers. Don't delay in accepting this OPPORTUNITY. OPPORTUNITY. THESE FRUITS are URGENTLY URGENTLY NEEDËD and will be much appreciated by our Gallant Defenders. . All SUBSCRIPTIONS will be duly acknowledged, acknowledged, and should be completed by September 1st. Remit now. Contributions are being received from all parts of Canada. THINK OF OUR SICK AND WOUNDED DEFENDERS IN OVERSEAS' HOSPITALS. It's UP TO YOU TO "DO YOUR BIT" AT ONCE. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? 4 4 -v A -