Miscellaneous.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXIII, Issue 1141, 17 July 1896, Page 7

Miscellaneous.

s The following is an example of the ( state of the Law where Roman Oath- , olicism has full sway : — ' Protestants cannot be legally married in Peru, I Ecuador, or Bolivia. They have to . become Roman Catholics, or go to U some more tolerant territory to have t the kuot tied. This grievance is being investigated by the Methodist Minis- , ters' Association of Chicago, and the Papal authorises have been questioned 5 about the matter. Cardinal Rampolla, { the Pope's Secretary of State, expressed , himself as willing to look into the facts . and to call the attention of the Holy . See to thorn. Quite recently an [ American couple, both Protestants, . were married in Callao, Pen;, but the ( Peruvian Secretary of State at once . issued a decree refusing civil registration of the marriage, specifically on the ground that it was not celebrated . according to the rites established by ' the Council of Trent. The Dean of Canterbury, in a letter to the Chicago . Association, has strongly condemned this " monstrous policy of tyrannical . intolerance." ' There* is too little home religion in our time. There are even those who , never miss a service on the Sabbath, . and not satisfied with the regular services of their own Church, attend extra services elsewhere, and yet are never found to worship God with their own families. There are those who : seem to care for the spiritual welfare , of every one but those for whom they '. are specially responsible. But every , home ought to be a house of God. This is the highest idea of home, and , the aim of e.vr-ry member of a family , should be to make it such ; for it is, , after all, easier to act properly in the , public House of God than in the private. George Whilefteld was once asked concerning a certain individual, . 'Is he a good man V His reply wae, ' How should I know • I never lived with him V Let the home be right, and the Church will be right, and the world also. It is in the home the great destinies are decided. Smoking cigarettes made of tea is said to be the latest craze- amori" the women or some of them — of America. A tea cigarette in the quantity of tea used is about equal to the tea for two cups of pretty strong green tea, and being inhaled instead of taken in the form of an infusion its action is about ten times as great, If a tea smoker gets through twenty cigarettes a day he takes the equivalent of about forty, cups of tea as regards the quantity consumed, or of two hundred cups as regards the effects — a pretty stiff, dose. A country boy who was brought up in a remote region of Scotland had oo casion to accompany his father to a village near which a branch line of railway passes. The morning alter his arrival, when sauntering in the garden behind the house in which they were staying, he beheld with wondering eyes a train go by. For a moment he stood staring at it with astonishment, and then, running into the house he said : 'Fayther, fayther, come oot ! There's a s;aiddy ran off \vi' a row o' houses, an' it's awa' doon by the back o' the the town.' It will be an agreeable surprise to persons subject to attaks'of bilious colic to learn that prompt relief may be had by taking Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, , and Diarrhoea Remedy. In many in- , stances the attack may be prevented , by taking this remedy as soon as the first sj mptoms of the disease appear. , For sale by G. W ; Hutchins, Balclutha ; and Kaitangata. , To cure a rabbit-skin.— Soak the . skin in water for one day, then clean it well and remove all fat ; next take three pounds of alum and four ounces p of rock salt ; dissolve in as much water as will cover the skin ; boil the solu- , tion, and, when lukewarm, put in the , skin, and soak it for four days, working it well with the hands several times. Take it out and dry in a warm place, but not in the sun. Boil up the , water again, repeating the same process with the skin j wash it well, and beat it well with a wooden mallet till quite . soft, after which dry it in the shade, , rubbing between the hands at inteival.?. , By this means it will be as soft and pliable as. doeskin. ; A very good way of cleaning the hands when they are very dirty, more especially in cold weather, is to rub a . little pure lard well in all over them, then wash with soap and water in the . ordinary way. If this is done the , hands will not be nearly so likely to ', crack. For a pain in the chest a piece of ; flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and, bound over the seat of ; the pain, and another on the back ber tween the, shoulders,, will afford prompt ; relief. This is especially valuable in • cases where the pain is caused by a , teudency toward. pneumonia. For sale i by G, W, Hutchins, Balclutha and r Kaitangata, " Good deeds are an expression of a :, good heart ; they are also its susterii ance and nourishment,

It is a mistake to wash a frying-pan ; if any housewife doubts this, let her itvy it, and prove the result. The pan should be piaeed over the fire to melt 'thoroughly all the fat which has remained : in it, and, whilst this is hot, the inside of the pan should be well rubbed with clean sofb paper until it id quite clean. The paper must be screwed up and used vigorously. Frying pans treated in this way will never burn their contents until they are actually wearing out. The distinction of being the largest picture ever paintei is claimed for a panorama of the Mississippi, executed by an American artist named Banvard, who died some four years ago. ' This gigantic canvass was 22ft wide and nearly two miles long, and gave a detailed representation of 2000 miles of the course of the ' Father of the Waters.' Many merchants are well aware that their customers are their best friends and take pleasure in supplying them with the best goods obtainable. As an instance we mention Perry & Cameron, prominent druggists of 1 Flushing, Michigan. They say : "We have, no hesitation in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our customers, as it is the best cough medicine we have ever sold, and always gives satisfaction.' For sale by G. W. Hutchins, Balclutha and Kaitangata. Alexandre Dumas, the aufhpr, was writing a serial novel for a Paris daily journal, and one day the Marquis de P— called on him. 'Dumas' said he, ' have you composed the end of the story now being published in the V 'Of course.' ' Dops the heroine die at the end V 'Of course — dies of consumption. After such syjmtoms as I have described, • how could she live?' 'You must make her live. You must change the catastrophe.' ' I cannot.' ' Ye*, you must ; for on your heroine's life depends my daughter's.' 'Your daughter's!' ' Yes ; she has all the various symptoms of consumption you have described, and watches mournfully every number of your novel, reading her own fate in that of your heroine. Now if j you make your heroine live, my daughter, whose imagination has, been very deeply impressed, will live too. Come, a life to save is a temptation — ' { Not to be resisted.' Dumas changed his last chapter. His heroine recovered and was happy. About five years afterwards Dumas met the Marquis at at a party. ' Ah, Dumas,' he exclaimed, ' let rap. introduce you to my daughter ; she owes her life to you. There she is.' 'That 6ne, handsome woman, who looks like Joanne d'Arc V ' Yes, she is married and has four children.' ' And my novel has just four editions,' said Dumas, ' so we are quits.' We have employment assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone we have our thoughts to watch, in the family our tempers, and in company our tongues. Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in this world, and, when they go together, they cannot easily be withstood. The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they • will or no.