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NOTES AND COMMENTS How was it that you chanced to make such a mistake the other day? It. wag, embarrassing and almost inexcusable, only that something or somebody brought it about, How did it happen? Probably more in- leading up to mistakes than are re- quired for the task out of which the mistake itself arises. Uncon- sciously the young man at largo is led to feel a necessity for explana- tions in such emergencies. After a few experiences of being held up himself as the cause of others’ failures, ib vecomes easy to adopt the policy of ‘standing from un- der’’—if he can. At the samo time ft remains unchallenged that in this effort to shift the burdens of blame in the business world, one of the most destructive and wasteful of all organization evils is involved. every detail of the whys and wherefores of the circumstance has been canvassed and accepted, it is no more than an explanation. There is nothing constructive in it. It is no more to the point than is the proverbal ‘‘crying over spilt | t milk.’”? At the same time business methods may demand the explana. | °° tion. The question is, ‘‘Where are you going to place the blame?” blame more con the s to turn Sata ‘pro- li od and ‘out of propor- tion is ‘‘out of order.’’ The man who does a thing short of his pur- pose simply has ‘‘made a mistake.’’ But just as frequently in the man, as in machine, he is out of order— incapable, ineffective. may be a mental or physical lapse of a moment in the man, but any- thing which minimizes this one mis- take to the man making it must serve as an encouragement to other such shortcomings. As he finds ex- euse for himself he is the less pre- pared for the next chance at error. In two ways this search for excuse in the man making the mistake operates in subtle manner against him. To the extent that he is able to clear himself, he is led to mis- take ect for cause; and, still ay reach that state of ‘unconscious egotism which prompts him to believe that—except for ex- “planatory causes at his tongue’s end —he is infallible, That man who al- ways is searching for excusees for his shortcomings is a burbear in business life. To find an excuse al- most involves some one or more of his fellows. To have his . excuses accepted tends to place his fellows more or less under censure, and whether the censure be just or un- just, friction results inevitably. * It is out.of this subtle growth of a disposition to put mistakes upon others that so many men find them- selves finally self-confessed failures. This habit of trying to shift respon- sibility from themselves leads the man away from the thought of in- trospcetion. He loses his sense of proportions as between himself and other men and things, They are the necessary admixtures which must enter into any success whicl he may hope to attain. To accom- plish anything he must be able to make sure of himself. that, however, he begins to upon these necessary men ‘and things as the elements that have made for his failures. They are as- sociated with his failures, neces- sarily. In his mind, therefore, they have caused them. Had it not been Jones, or Smith, or Brown, and this and that, everything would have been all right. ce where and , Sere one brought him where he is. ago he ceased to look upon himself as in any way involved in the cir- cumstance sive as an innocent, hard | of luck victim.” As his story ordinarily runs, just at that point in his career when everything was at its bright- est, this man or that thing, or all men and all things combined, sud- denly appeared in his path—and ruin overwhelmed-him. . Trace-this typical man back far enough and you will discover that somewhere he. began his training as a framer excuses. You will diseover in all probability that the only thing he ever trained for, methodically or thoroughly, was for the business of the quitter. In this you may find that his self-schooling has been per- fect. Working to discover where, and when, and why he. failed in something he set to do, he has lab- ored far harder than he needed to _ have done to succeed merely to 2 For this question of placing the is of to the be [io be One mistake | tt Instead of | the oil to e: Jesus said pate him, go sell what- ever st and give to the rey and come, take up the cross d follow me.—Mark x. 21. mose merges inte a full of Power tensest interest. tragedy. it quivers with in- Two ner men face each other. An distinguishing quality uae oth is the bearing of a cultured, bed gentleman. The disti quality of the other is me strengtl and dignity and beauty of the soul that anes ve every feature of his ce. the f the one is other is the strong reserve power that invites the c1y of need. The oe is a pupil, the other is the Masi Jesus ce ‘his hand and, lifting ‘im up to. ie level whet man looks into the away, sell ‘ase maage that are be ree ae the same pathway I am the “sion that has come to your The je words created conviction, on the other side would NEW JOY AND POWER. but the price was too great. In a silence may of the grave ie turned sadly towar« This is no eoMnaEnArton of riches. joney is the root of all evil is only partly true. It is true in so far as money awakens the worst forms of selfish- ness in-us; ee touches springs and sources of si ie does. then that is Jesus Be eae a great principle and did not tie up mankind to a narrow rule, Life must have a vision, an ideal. e bray ah have a drama that al- It is| see a n | relationship to a center. 3; then you will truly realize | ™an. THE PRICE WAS T00 GREAT The Rich Man's Difficulty Before Jesus Is Here Discuesed, A vision is an outline of possibility. “To live,” to “truly live,” is to bring every energy, sro activity, pon the t is “‘gleam’’ and follow it. see that vision is to see the purpose out co ee itis to feel the pence, of God in the life. This gives true zens to ‘the soul and to the The man who ‘is too big to Roneides small things is Ding tee eaall to conideshig thime: We must have telescopic men ae their. interrelationship or Tn religion the order must never be inverted— it is-vision, that we may see how the parts relate to the whole; outlook, that ee be helpfully and truly “Put | get WEALTH NEEDS VISION, and this Jesus gave this young Vision finally changed him. Tradition says the young man fol- lowed Jesus later. get away from its vision or from the love that awakened it. Both were here. Every heseey he met, every struggling workman he employed, every. ill-clad, il fea child he saw, every. tired-loo mothe every form of ae or sitenad would-daily awaken his vision anew. $ would be with him as he rested Inxurious couch, his own richly ie e put on comfortable pee: —the vision would pp in its ae estions on the: through with the Christ spirit, sel- fishness was driven out, his soul set free to follow the gleam, and: the truo joy of ennobled manhood be- came the young man’s possession REY. DR. JOHN. R. MACKAY. show why he didn’t succeed. Could anything be more absurd The truth is that in so many cir- cumstances involying mistakes the man who is called upon for the explanations so rarely does more than involve himself a little more deeply, ‘‘I took Jones’ word for it,” he says. ‘I took it for granted that he knew what he was talking about.’” Yet in using Jones’ name for clearing himself, he is willing to leave the inference that Jones is one of the least dependable men in the world. Why, then, did he make such a mistake as to depend upon Jones in the first place? It would have been a piece of constructive genius if, suspecting Jones’ know- ledge and authority, he had ques- tioned both to the end of saving the mistake and turning the possi- bility into a best possible result. ——_- OILING THE WAVES. Valuable Aid in Wearing Ship in a Gale. ae the captain oe a waye-beat n ship pours oil uj the waters e does not empty a barrel of keros te over the side. He stitches up three or four cotton bags, which he fills first with oakum and then with oil, usually equal parts of fish oil and kerosene. The bags are then tied tightly at the tops and pricked all over iis a sail needle to permit le, and are hung from the boat dav He ‘and weather chains Laie 0 must not be pilces to get empty, filled eve: ours. oil are used in Shitty hours. Some- times, if it is very cold, the oil con- will.not run out throug fast en the sul of the bag is then BE 0 let it escape in that way Its eesti is magical on a aia sea. A huge comber will arise threatening- ly to bury the laboring vessel under yf water, but no Jar over | vessel to perform perfect ay without taking a drop ter on board. When a boat ships so much water that it is impos- sible to get the sti bags slung into sition without running the of - being - rent overboa: dinary bed sheet saturated with paint oil, tied to a rope and allowed to soon-calm~the ~ seas sufficiently to permit men to move about the decks safely. Paint oil is I unless mixed with some other oil. 3 pes WAGES HIGHER IN BELGIUM. Belgium has heretofore been elassed as a low- Priced country, and the low cost of living attracted thera, a large class, oft foreigners, wno Wages are rising, risk | Shi rd, an or-|¢, SWINDLER HAD GAY LIFE BOULAINE SKIRMISHES ’ WITH THE LAW. Pleasant Experience in Jail, But Bedroom Did Not Suit, So He Disappeared. In Paris there took place recent- ancial swindler, fell lifeless to the floor in the sa Suen skirmishes with the law had endered famous long before ier last fabulous exploit, which set all Paris laughing for twenty-four lity of eae in ave field has seldom been surpass fter hay- boldest front he treated as a regrettable incident, and he showed such effrontery an confidence pea the court that he judges selves es ver: doubelal of iis ero pabr USUAL Serratia: So much was this so that tl treated him with unusual ‘dul ence, and instead of having him rought to th bar by warders he was escorted every day by two of the best iene” and most pre- sentable detectives ina carfia; vom the prison of the Sai Palais de Justice. After a sant conversation of an hour ‘with a Instruction, the trio hour, w Boulaine’s favorite restaurant the Rue Rrouot, and in a private room sit down to the best of din- ners. After having well Salen and drunk, they would go the round of the bas Oe ety and only return to the eet é in the small hours of ~| the mor: Bloaéant! te this life was, the pri- son room annoyed the financier, are one day he carelessly remarked % objection, let us go The. ue—, Bo monies Haussaman, iar an ortant visit to make, but pohiohss wal not ee me more than a few minutes. the door of the house Satie! ae ed the detectives to wait, and-to and disappeared. never to return. THROUGH BACK EXIT. ouse had a back exit, but before. the soaliconiag discove! red this; Boulai have crossed the fron~ @ invincible attraction t Paris ra fatal to him, and be- for long ‘was ‘again arrested.) acquitted, condemned, ac- yee and again pousenntes half a@ dozen ti and by profiting’ of | the intoutinebte eis af the ees ting be was sti Hbgrngend his worse when eo fe lived almost luxuriously on lest | took incomes which in other ame rould Ke. barely have covered al neces- aid sities. Now, oWerer. | tices and ‘The fastest riochorse travel at Nee rate of forty ss as he balanced ae weekly accounts | se of a gambling club. His fre-| (y. in|t! laine was well away, He! sto RAID OF MALAY PIRATES LIGHT OF A CHINESE JUNK’S CREW LOSE THEIR LIVES. Hung up the Steward and Forced Him to Disclose Location of Valuables. A from the vicinity of Singapore. lotus Chinese junk left Singapore | ‘or Hainan, but found the. winds Serie cat nert night dropped ong and Carlo. four Passengers were aroused at midnight by the barking of the j alarm was. Two prahus had and in them were ten A . Chinese and others Malay: T proceeded to strike right come alongside some the booty they could m: ours lar gilontly cae they had come. The It consisted of $4 in money, leaf valued at $80. raw cl $90 and six boxes of per- sonal effects. When the survivors came to count four were wounded, one o! died position. was taken at the General Hospital at Sb Sa Seven of the occupants the junk @ PRACTICALLY ona and these started to b their vea- ack to Singapore, =the ste chow coming on ahead in a samy n ho arrived a olive: peas: put out in the launch Lady Eve- i and met the junk off Tanjong tong. She was towed into port sad pte injured men were convey- fe egies landed for burial survivors turned over to the police four weapons ‘found on board a ter ic eiister ei” Uneescan hele in identifying tho criminals, who the heavy marderous fightin with which the greatest execution was wrought. ee AUTO. USED BY ELOPERS. Spaniard’s Fiancee Was sul to e Taken From Him. A romantic elopment, the ‘entra h is the daughter of Pontevedra, took place the other The family was about to re- turn shortly. to the capital, where e young girl was to be married to a Castilian ssgba uring her stay aa: however, she fell in love wit man ie Ponieeedne eed they plu aed 16 of woman lear of eir prepara- tions and determined to prevent it, and for that p DUE Pa hastened their departure for igre mobiles were 0} aren in the morning for that purpose. girl’s sweetheart turned these preparations to his own ad- vantage.” ho’ a chauffeur heuse and helped the young ope into one of the machines. be jumped on the seat and pulled ihe lever and the angry father, on e remaining auto- abies for the purpose of pursuit, useless, the motors refusin, work. It is supposed the payee made for the Portuguese frontier. The police have been informed an. : asked to aid in eee them, MUSIC OF ie TELNGRAPH. The Bears ae Jt Is the Buzzing ely responsible it is, in many eases, but often the note is heard wigs not the slightest movement of air is preceptible. A recent ean investigator tells us that the sound in this case is ex: pansion and Pes of the wires from variation temperature. As the wires a not perfectly uni- form, they rub against the insula- Eg e enous are ue to electric waves, but fails to peer how ordinary face wires should to serve as wave detectors ac in what way the electric waves are transformed into sound waves. he other theory seems more probao. Some curious ane are told of this legraph ‘wi music. Siberia the bears think that it is sae uizzing of bees, and woul down-the poles to look for noted it the constructors did not pile great mes about them to prevent this. forest of Fontainebleau, the graph . sounds presaging rain. 1 south wind in this region brings ‘Tain, Bay the: forest shuts off tbe north ‘wi “In_s01 listricts the noise is E nortlacle Uaeioted to be due tone pas nies of messages, but, —— se 't sometimes happens that a, soft ae ig hard to Bek rid of, ror rousing pirate story comes | cold. ®| cupful currants, the General Hospital, and the The te : a remain Toit Spans found that they had been tend sed ant 1B wi In France, on the south side of the} it is har . to say that there is no ide to support this view. 4 - The Home APPETIZING MEAT DISHES. Creamed Chicken with Mush- Then season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. the juice of one lemon, one fate sized onion, grated, mushrooms ae in halves, one quart of cream heated, one-half cw f butter and half ncte flour rubbed Mix al ther. nicely in a sheet baking dish with Rai ssrdint over the top. Bake half hi Barberded Chicken.—Take a fat, tender spring chicken of roasting size. inside and out. Sprinkle over abies flour quite heavily. ace kettle with heart and liver na two eupfuls of boiling water. Let it boil well, as you would for a pot roast, and baste often. When about half lone, or so that it scarcely resists the fork, add one-half ‘cupful of PInCERE? “boil until done, i take out, op the liver and heart and serve in the gravy. Chicken is de- licious cooked this way and served The rich gray an be used as a dressing for 1 Recipe for Suet ep udding. —One upful 2 2 each of cinnamon, clove: one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg and salt, one cupful sour milk, one cupful New Orleans molasses, three and one-half cupfuls flour. Add one-half qunercae good brandy. Keep in airtight box. They will keep and may be used when needed. Steam three how rs. Meat Loaf.—A good _ substitute t through meat grinder. Salt and If taken out of tin while warm, a fino thick gravy can be made. It should Bes in ‘a moderate oven °| nearly eapons| nore BEER than veal. h JLEANING AND CLEANSING. Furniture lish—To one-half gallon ‘aw linseed dd two nd one-half ounces of balsam of fir. To remainder of container add enough pure apple vinegar to make up tho gallon and shake well be- tore applying, But a little | polish shuld be rubbed 0 well an ek encpinainle Tinie ante palignitirrnituse polish, emove int.—To remove Geuuhican aay kind P olGibMase common paint remover, which can be had at any drug store, pour it Hope Ser ateer and ee willbe slighted with the almost immedi- ate result, dark stains, of how long extra ‘‘shine”’ use ou desire “an mpother silk cloth and dry rub with poli 8 To ve Paint from Windows. Moisten She edge of a silver coin and rub the feat of paint. The paint will disappear like magic. Pads.—One of white material nicely bes are delightfully fortal 1 UMPLINGS. Gen ‘otato Dumplings.— oak eight half potatoes) arate add a tablespoonful of salt, one ogg, three-fourths of | @ pound Knead as you would bread into balls. and cook twenty minutes. ese | are delicious toes roast por Cherry. Dumpl ing: s.—Two cupfuls of flour, one f lard, one can of} 44, Clean and wash well and salt & anit 2,1 vinegar, one teaspoonful of must- ard moistened in a little of the two tablespoonfuls of cream an beat in quickly. Add lump butter size of an egg. Put in rice boiler and stir slowly until the mixture is a little thicker than thick cream. VARIOUS USEFUL HELPS. moving Paint Specks, —Moisten baking soda with when it is ut on the hat, the deawaterag smiey He Sounledk oh ' Hightly.- Fasten the and he to ohh hi burgess. out spread meg rene on the floor. jieves will nob step on & es because it poe may awaken some one. A known criminal lawyer is authors for this statement. To fil in woo! ors pu aa o pounds newspaper in three aes water and.soak three days, Then add one pe eS powdered alum © quart wheat flour Suir and: bee Wil like ake dougie Joo! and fill cracks. like cement. ‘To fill rat holes use above recipe, but add, when cool, aliberal allowance of re To clean carpets. wet a newspaper with ammonia and watery squeeze, tear into bits, throw on the floo Sal aaeeuction one aah eae epeat, beginning Use them. to drawers for clean pening them), hardwood Sal aad or, also top of ‘range after 9 meal, outside of kettles and pans. Se ol as FLOW OF BRITISH GOLD] INTEREST ON J INVESTMENTS TOTAL $700,000,000. Lenders of the United Kingdom Haye Interests in Many Foreign Countries. Interesting figures” showing the amount of British aia invented abroad have been by ee Ls Paish, editor ‘ot ie Sta- ust, London, ‘and set before ths Royal Statistical soniety the other day. Mr. Paish said that the in- comes which British investors drew. last year from their holdings in In- dian, colonial, and foreign govern- nent bonds amounted to a total of $155,195, 415. Tho income from this source had rapidly sepmnded in recent years, it was stat a ‘consequence \inly due to new loans to the co onies and Japan. The British in- vestments in many continental countries are tending to decline, it was asserted, but the tendency might be checked, it oe suggested, if the British market: again opened freely to Russian borrowers. ritish investors foreign bonds an of Ane reer of the United Kin lom, 09,500, which, wih the nae ot government joans, made a total of $397,804,915, as com- | Boo with an income of $202,590,- 006 received from similar sources TWENTY YEARS AGO. A large income is derived from investments in a vast number eo miscellaneous undertakings. Britain had proyided capital reach- ed $290,000,000. If possible to bring ‘etliee a all of the income of com- panies trading abroad and distri- buting rtarenke and profits in Great Britain, the total would be $700,000,000.. This great sum does not inelude the state upon mone; eposited a Indian, colonial, and foreign banks by persons residing in this country, nor a large amo out of income derived fone capital pri- yately placed abroad. FOREIGNERS ALSO SHARE IN one cupful of sweet milk, two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, one- half saltspoonful. of salt, one cup: ful of cherries, one-half cupful of leap as many © aseaplings wil hold § in ie center of each; sprinkle thickly with sugar and press together. Put in a ket- tle of boiling water. SEASONABLE SALADS. Cabbage © Salad.—Three-fourths cupful of sugar, one egg, one tea- spoonful ground mustard, one tea- eral butter melted, half enpful of vinegar. Let come,to a hoi! and pour. over-one small ‘head of cab- az | bage cut m Sal Salad Dressing. —Beat two eggs, sae eee ee eases of! A PROFITS. e other hand, it is essential} * On th to recollect that foreign investors a a soe déal of income from capital placed in British companies. ‘o obtain its income from abroad of nearly $700,000,000 yearly, Great res. | Britain invested $1,350, 00, thi h has taken no accowat nena of the last aay caer itis! HOLDINGS IN AMERL| CAN RAILWAYS. British e: a Lia in canes HUGE can rail 1907 ai is | estimated by Mr. Phish 3 a $3,000, a4 000,000, producing an income ©: $135,000,000, and oe Dy 1, 1908, Jeulates over 000,000 alone have seated s - Jar, “| ish investment duri col = than the United States. ——r- f we all had our own way o} et ould guiaky geb St fe It-will harden | ° every description, wort! ait 0, » | being a solid ae of gold. WRECKERS OF THE SLUMS id 5 dd FEMALE SHYLOCKS IN LIVER- POOL, ENGLAND. Infamous Business Plied by Woman —COharge 1,000 Per Cent. Interest. Almost every week in san a ngland, some woman comé at “the Police Court charged ether with being an unregistered money- 2 nearly every ae, isd ahaa is heavily fined, fines are always paid ison bes ese women are extraordinari aly active in Stadio and i cpinion of 01 OWS Ve and their eaten eon they are in some pai least respon- sible for the city’s black record for domestic trag 8. WRECKERS OF SLUMS. “They are the .wreckers of the slums,” a Pate sien ties News rep- resentative was told sk any homes they have. eae muuch misery they have ented bly no one can Mosent § And, ty: Their system is very simple. They not bother themselves or their claim. She ef 2d. or week. Perhaps she does not pay for a week or two. The debt mounts She can FEMALE SHYLOCK. Then the money-lender shows no The wo to pieces one of her victims who could not pay. She gripped her by the hair, pulled her down in the mater, and scratched hi ‘ith a atpin. This is the aie method of Securing payment. “Very often,” the interviewer was told, ‘‘the oe ae has a genie shop. at w pure! ie cer Or bitant prices for inferior stuff — shilling, say, for groceries that could be # for 3d. or 4d ordinary sh nd the more in- dekeev-paid often work ont at Anat than a thousand per cent. per, an- num. ious point about these wadian cae (ees a short time it had been:suspect- power to imprison the women ea periods without the option of LOCOMOTIVES S$ OF 1 1908. Few Actual Novelties, but Some New Developments, The actual novelties in locomo- tive design in the last year are RORRAEA TSE few, though the num- ber of interesting designs is con- pats according to Cas- siers’ Magazine, the main features of the poise locomotive practice tn 1908 may be briefly reviewed as olen The extensive introduction of “pac locomotives in France and the initial introduction thereof in Meshes and Germany, both of the r, however, ele really to- nis the close of ee though usu- ye associated with 1903, 2. “The rantiee introduction und development saat articulated lo- comotives in the United States and the construction ot such locomo- American ing of locomotives of moderate di- niensions for use on railways al- ready using larger,.engines, these sign with engines, built some years ago. or going, developments of such designs. is has occurred par talatly in Firat Britain, but is al- characteristic bg Su: extent of onbuenie railw: eo ani vet the use of ates heating apparatus. introduction of several 28 a very radical departure from Sie me- t- thods of design. oe | THIRTY DOZEN GOLD PLATES, The plate at Windsor is valued at nearly 310, ,000,000. It includes a . | gold service, order red by TV., for 140 persons, and one of t finest wine-coolers in the world, ded to the collettion of the same sessions. ‘The latter include a pea- ecious stones of head with crystal teeth, the tongue e2G8 arene : Pe ‘ou lik your oe neigh- “T haven’t called on then didn’t like.the look of “sae furni- — is2 it wae eons <8 Pine aiecroncs her’ elient™ =f