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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-05-27, Page 61411W.• 7710•Zic:' 4 X 1 bout raariamiadieg hiss mad Arm% ing him what hi *Ay was, bY. PeJle tine hie areas *boot leer aad helesiag I her. 1 It woe the Saturday +when he came, and 'he wee up leo early on. the • Mem* esoeuing that he found her , vol 144 ktill m bed. l'en,,! an,s'.;" "I have come to say good -by*, ‘nlug'4% 8°' m '''w -1 mother," he feld. "You muat keep r tea!" up eour 'spirit* lehile I'm *war, '.." mother. but I ::-In't. Don't fret. There's alwaye * I :WS mereq atl'ad Ounce that I ehal pull through all mace a: ., in bolf an 51 rig:tt: ' . hroaa, oak-beu )-4.,ieit-, She literned to him half dazed; as 1 Falai, had ealg'it t141' l she frit the teuelt of hie lips on her • iseSeetion ef the aetti IA EU 1 IZ' clie.sek ; and Veen before elle eould speak he wee gone. She heard him turn back quiekly„ and Veen there was, a, thud and 4if rueful laugh: • “NllIat have you done, ;child V . &he said, wiring dewn the, Etair4 in her bare feet. -"It was -the flitch -of baron hang - - twenty years ago, leavneg her eineee lug Treat the ceiling., =there" lie eject mimee' to riV.I in th2 he'utl?` eekl. "I 'wasn't looking where I was going, and I caught my head on it. But. there, ioether, you inieste't istand aholit in your bare feet like that ... Goechlue again !" He was gone before she could stop . him, and . Ebel eteoti them, dazed. Going to , France -that dreadful 1)hice4 vitere men gut bleiketto pieees I Hee little TOM i Chi it ,6001404 be true! • She groped b.er way ,liack'to her bedroom, and; dressing, came downetairs again. Silo made one _Re weal(' •go, ofehcP4X.F.e,, Five \ to4' heroic 'effort to'r perform- her oldie obedient. pb,c? knew. he neue*, have gave it Op. 'With. 0,, kind of deter - herself. Little Ton Was alway$ se nary heusehold duties, and . than grown, of eourse., but alircene`eive:d him *it'll ae eometlung about four feet odd high, in a jersey'and teee wide kniekereee with ' chapped • knees. But be eted before her, a lir`oacle shouldered, six-foot- ZANIng-111all of twenty, with elear, blue eyes, and Ilk $ tr011jr; healthy, elean-ehaven . bee that was lie up now .with, an expreesiOn eomposanded of regret 04nd nt Ulla; of Pathetic. ainueement. "I've enlisted in the Path York - *biros, 'mother." be said. "Yon're comfortably enough provided for, and I ehonld think shame of My- self if I elkIn't go and do My bit' •• He .,,took- a- quick -striae forward, and, putting bis, atine about the old, frail figure Sitting there, her on the lip, and then, without *nether word, 441eolted from the "Toni!" she eaAled sharply., ' 'low r • She liatineel weth her bead eine - ly on One 'side: • She Could heir Iiike footeteps on the little flogged path* way dewn the garden, and then the *latter of the gate being oPened anandcleeed, •44Wilfelsi" nili She exelaisd to er-:- nelf. -. ''Ile always was eWilfut, but he never dieeheyedenebetaxe. , I idea' or hie'thinking fie. knows . bet- teretheei his inokber I"... t- c She•got up. preeetrbiZsand`wath,..e. . shone on the polished ihaire a tables, on the maelve silver car.elle- ' Mick% on tie! ehining peetn. *eel braes, and it thane, tee, oe wrinkled, sightlese bee of Aire. "liellrett She had been blind neW-for VA -I -L- inen years. Her leech:Led had diel without carrying on the fowl. Re had never eeen their cedy ele?d, Mad Mr*. Ifelkett had lit -ITV seen biro. Jaime he was two ,yeere old. The one impreesion ehe eerri4)d with her was the little teddling.fig- ure of her Sion. -Tr( m, hk is eeaa s red legs al/ ereaied with fet„ hie roey, chubby face crowned with aneaure- ole of golden. hair. "Do as I hid you et Onee, Tom, and go up and waelt your hands L. tea!" she .5.8441 atply. mutation not to be 'convinced, 'elle made her way to the room:et her 'senehad, used as a, nursery. All his tay.5 were there-theele-, pliant that oineaked, the rockirig's horse, the wooden engine with one wheel off.. Slie knew them as femil- ittey as if :she saw them, and lier deft fingers tOuellied them. Cati by One. It VA10t. .60§4)110 gasno:he *AA Playing. Surely he ought to be here Playing with. these Ithings. • He Nttata Still only A child -her Jittle boy! • • " Suddenly eeleecgot -up :from her knees on the flotcr by the side of the toys, and, With & look of "dread- ful: antieipationeon her fame waik- ed into the largejold kitchen. She knewthe exactplace over which the ft a of bacon hung. She stood under it, 'hesitating, and hall made as if .t!b' read* her hand out to try and touch it. . while, .the. tears .apeaugeintielmt: ,Sightleis OYee:' wonft believe it! They .elleseeft. take him eivey from Mel - He my- little boy -my little Toni!" .„ • She moved ,a.wez -from the spot as if'frightened-Afrightened of what she must learn: if- ehe liaised her. hand- For 'then she 'must, realize that her son" 'wag- indeed a tall man, and no longer .a littIe tod- dler.- • _ - . cerefel, steetlyesettes of movements. All day ',tong she was busy in the tehed the kettle from the; began heinee-a111` that day: .arrid: foe meek 4 made her eia,,and sat deivia. to 'eat deo to ceine. 4 -No letters &eine' for it. Ilhie meal finished,: he .eleared her. 111014. tOtal appeared to have. crerything away,. washed 'ute4 d gone out of her life; but. -he 'would elm& 'Keeping; her way to an .oelne . of cOL1rS. He nmet theet!,efAlreeveseee'teok out a. bunt ',come back, and say say he Was eeety ••dle c ceeke-e-es :nee .-eeeeeereee.--eee, lotgiyene._.Shdeclitngte-that neverekrieWesheli e se. hoy for .despekate.ry, " • • :Making ..,,. holes- in- bie."'Seeke l" She AndthenOne evening -it Was Six rnottered, as she threaded, her neee weeks after Temehael left --the delue witheuneannysiceeracY and be, slow, with whietheelte ceinferted hee4 „gen.' tO, dere_ _ Aught,. te. 'he self --the delusion that that „wag tote. of 'thankful "be's got an cid mother to, liereblindnesteased to ,ItieVes its 16ult after hill', 'blind as she 41"effect. She rose foam thee chair in , But • Tenedid4 netet eqUiree thee:Pair Whibh she .Was ": • with . her of seeks ',Elie 'relarriod tartly night. He knitting needles letingeidly in her • never tetriied SpettioughlStitee Orlinlap," and Walked" ,to the :place . for .hire., till"' nearly •.tweleee"and the on theetkenelidewetheellitcheof -bee; +bye :followed one 'another,- and Con. ' etilLbe never cense. Mrs. Ha.Ikett "He hit it -withhis heed !". she had no Seevente in the Ulmer eaia, in 4).. Voice -Of awe. • ; -ferring de- everything hereelf,' She, held up leer -tend, and felt. and So shehad to depend upoiehee hopelessly in the 'Air. She ',could, neighbors er the postman toad not touch the flitch, re -"It,earift 'Yee! she murmured --- "it ceet .After 4 leetintlis hesitatiOn she pulled a low stool :towards (her, and, stepping, eP'oe•it; -just managed to touch the flitch of lbacon with: the tips of her-?fingers.4 Then, with a cry; she scrambled down again, and. dropping aeeeati buried her ;face in her hands.-- - - • Foe,a loeg'tifine she weisteeitentre- ink the toes -of that &ebbe' young - iter. -dad dreoding tthink -cif-her . the:letters hesent her. . .."If he doesn't 'come beek„.thonote roW471114. tell the police,"!..." she said , firmly .tothe Postman .one Meehieg. :"A hfineiwnotefit to be out by. himself se long.'? • A; neighbor eame, in that :after- noon,' and „for a time the - coniergi- tion proceeded soeiably'endugli.:en.e was til the queetion of the war men- , . " , • • tioned. , - "86 Your boy 1 Tom's enliited; beak, Mrs. Ifalkett," she said pre- ' Jodie/. -"A fine soldier make," :tot:Ai:grove fee manhood; and out in The 'expression of coneentratien the.trenehes. . • e. on. the blind women'S. face harden- There 'were fecot;;tepe' oetSide, in ed. .:. • : the gaidellandaTiirork at the, door. "A 'An r She Said She. eilled feebly' to her visitor to .ebeePleeL_Me.".sealwaSee.:14.1eita.eliitie -Soeteree-AehigeehueIyetarnitTe-wher. hit, on Se Me ! untib-the etheT day. heel been her .„• Inisband'is -friend • I'ileieft know what the work:Pe-cern- pushed. hi w' into - the kitdien. .. hire- .t.o. run about with dasigeceous ' "I thought -Pa he the first to conte 'ArearinseerVe3=Ying _ and tell you, gra. Halkefl," he The geeglibot Iaeglied.. • e id. 'Itf"e a grand day for' yeeii "What ,zire you .1,L'iglaing-• I" ate:Vail . them that's!' known . in .10,When *hey.a1Jo hoslilre ti his haridevitifeesepaPeri.I. fliriLITAIle.ett:ged,Pt , - ‘0170if'injist ieineinher Voin'S a. ths_ . nezeibor • replied, ..smothering her eieite to laugh.- -"You'rhitst hink of huin M a :mane EverybedY4n the village-Seye iVliet fine tektite he'll realie,'„4 ; • ••' • • The blind Worein. r6Se.4 frees her 0 -hair, her face very grim. • "‘It'3° YPu ar4 the rest, thein .U. T.O. for her ion= lust listen while who's been putting theseideae into I read yeti. the bit in the paper my boy's had. You ought to think about ' • .‘sethaine, ef eemetelves-:- for: aiiaking '.rcoet :WeS only a brief ac,.. &PA disobey his mothese and go count, but it told of a deed of cOure ..reunitig -away 'front home he Age and herbieneesef how Tom ,had knows- ehe'Selelittel and eat& abrt '-getta reSene 40-.•offieer and two men froth . under a murderous; fire, and broughe them safely back 'to: the Itritieh lines. And as Mrs. Ilalltete listened 'WM conjured up before her mind, not the man she had just realized Tom wag, but, ;the littleloy in the jereey arid wide kfilekere, with' the elnipped' knees. ' Many visitors tante to her 1101180 aftei that with the good news, but. the ,best,tsitor fail arrived next ;morning in the poison 04 Toni OH, with'. one hand in bandages. • She lied been waiting for hits, at• the gate) ,a,bctij distin ufshing .his ke • Thenaands. of British and- German Soldiers Lost Their Wee Here at Neuve ,Chapelle. . A.'pletiere of the Neuvee0hapelle region taken 'feoni one of the flooded trenehes. Sonneof the most severe fighting took plaiee herd, 44nd. the destruction of the ,town, in the ha,ckground gives ample evidence thereof. -The. British- lineer'nee now far advoneed'beYetid thle point and the bloodi trenches are deserted. didn't understand before, Tem. I thought youwerestill a wee ehild. But I oan 'see You now, and Fen -that proud of your" And, -with her arm proudly links sect in his, ehe led him- home. TOM ONLY MEETING.' Opposing A`dmirals, WhozOnly 'Once _Vet Yoe-to...rage- • ..' It is said 'that. Admiral Jellieoe has only met his rival Of: to -'day - Admiral iboe'eTirpitz-on one-Jac:A; eon; Whith,'was•at the opening of -the KieleCenalS : . • At Gitit414ie there were well over a seere. superiors to Jellicoe, •in official eenibiity- and position,. as 4(mo:imam:leis of the British Navy - It W4S Winston Cithuriki41'$ pro- motion Of Sir YohoJellicoeovor the heads' of eleven "superiorS,"-at the beginning of this • war; Which, has made it come •-tio:pass, that to -.day Gloms two. men -Who .met just Once: now find ,themselves .the (mewing leaders of greet fleets. Seeme. strange to .-yelliet that Igellion_ and Nellingtoni;are- eild to have- only thet. Once. And. the neat* tragedy woiddhateit,theY, did not- know' ..each"Otheel ; The Meetingeas, You,May•hate geen portrayed, in a: celebrated piettereee is reported:te have .taken plaee. Where'.`theeteOo waited together for intereieeese:with notedetatestissen of the. day.: But .at thetemeeting.,Neleon..evae shigt.d.V 'fanienk., Wheeees -„Wealinge :toe, Waugh he had even then a. mark, was not tremendous 'force for Britain which he. after- wards:. becione years after the' tri- uniph • Nelson:had passed away so gloriously at at 'Teafelgaie". What, seems very -astonishing wit to -day is to relleeethat':Welling: ten; Iiiingelflies,•left it on • record - 'that he never -ewe net ! eyes ori POleon,;though.e!he was • fighting against thins almost . constantly for close 'on'fifteen years. • The "Iron Puke ,..'bo(th-save in. !battle,' and met rae other times, such -great 'Heide as eke Ney, and Mutat; ' - • A recent report leene„Franee re - 'Imes that Lord Iiitehener during •• While there are keyeral ways of *ee Itifile.111199,,ItIgy a,tvtierr6a t 'Early in. Spring prepare a richpece of grout. An old feed lot rich in plane food; • and very likely i dis- ease germs, too, can -he merle aproe fitahle pasture., and the 'breaking of the ground preparing of the seed bed., and the growing erops maybe a Valuable sanitary measure. • .., Of college a good seed 'bed. is an important :factor and When this. is Made drill in one and a half buil- els of earls . oats and tbarley mixed . half. Beardless bailey. should he , used is some will likely mature- and ripe beat -de -are not geed -failing feed:- Then fellow With a gr4sseseeder--sowin-geaeieixe *tete of four pounds Dwarf -Essex rape seed, three : .peunds -timothy and eight pounds of legume seed have (been nsingetleike medidm. add Mamma% cleversbut e this 'spring -shall inelocle.:alfalfa The More Abide of leguines -suitable for earry..Soiviagthebettere a ; I cOverthe seed with. .a • weeder goieg etossWiee. ' A :light spike, toothisarreeewill gnawer also. Wlien the tape is' alyout six inches. high. which FiI1 be:hi-six !to ,•eight' week, dependiegon the season and the:time. of Sowing the hogg may be .,turned in. The eape, and oafs will furnish ,abundant pasture for -about twenty-five - shoats• per acre.' . Last EintiI Late, \ In •the meantime' the theotny and .clovers are e_growing • , to ssup-, plant -the maturing barley and oats and, with the,i rape will furnish a we ie 'ration. until -not loogepidySeelifit - Missed . reeen,-. ,„ • meeeieg Again eceeeese eesseeseee. , ene,'„eccesOmy of ens planes only who, when' he.hearel ilieeoleloge 114 realized .when one finds,. as I have tee his former' feeesee, levee ;4 yfO6uallrdir furvnieitnrhelit_ahle, that t le nexte 4 Egypt.74igeet:tedtlhey had .nbt Met- eonee more.ee, •• • or pasture on the -farm, • •-•,4 eetee!ed elioefeend pa@ big le divide -- on that Meeting, .Marchand +had aci- this oesbere mks eq. al parts so as Visit he paideto-iebreForeei there witik,..6-6-cvn covered -2•: 11A0PANIintoSoitdiii,.frottaiAli toelmoletreettehalteiiinte/Yeht in Selithe"-. ICterenii-Treni:7-triTiereffiSete-TfIele-dronee".or - two weeks, an .Marchand eellaiMeel the ' lanai ehis,cariese-dene-olieoplyebyestretch- TraneeTSyeright..ef first. `‘..diseov,ing 28 nch Oven ;Fire, _flee • Will cry" ;Kitchener for England on tern :Pige and,with two barbed similar line„ „ meant immortal wires ,aboye will turn all kinds of f"na:;(4-'ir : : whichever won. The questionthreete Laetyear IeetiPilleneMeteel, the-teil,rsirel.re ten.ed to bring England and France hoepastitie With.Cinedi- field peas ing 'd.t4.4 her:cheek% iveir, Eventually ICiteistieer'e an adjoining lot, sowed: juetese. "Cheer Ilakkett I"- h •elAhni were held to be established; Sows, 'as -the „frost was out of .--enad• back lelenlnymtvi .and the .Soudan r was -e:vuotiateci by.ground'wee plowed ;the lore- mornilig. The is tgoing 16, Marchand • Ftancee But that viaifs lel% the, kegs -having- free give him 4 reception. be one. meeting: %ewe. eiricly pregnant access tobothlots: after the bulk of very proud eriseet and pleased with hint; enough for ibliesetwee rivals. .-the Peas were riPei • • , It's not every mother that has .a . , . Thie let, ,enriched by -pea VIlleg And hag Voidings, .was plowed the letter part of Jule,' :rolled and liar - ren -Wed etwiee, and:the...3rd of 'Aug: us Sowed alfalfa arly a seed bed that 'Suited the fietidions' 41064 arid • exclusimenees. ofetbis legunies Alfalfa regards every other plant is an, intruder and 7weed: and hence the necessity thick seeding io rich; Well,prepared Do"l Cl'' - ; him, I wish you a very good after- -.imoti." • 4. • She wal-0.4. etanding• Stiffly at • attention until eke -incoherent, 04.: • ogles of hee gneet had finished, and she. heard the !tont dor olose bee hied her, • ..4 ' "ThniMpiedenee• of b.er aud the' ret- of these, eetting TOM: Agiino nig like this t" she muttered. • Two mouths went bye and he eiever tame:- And then one merne. .ng She was startled by the welled f familiar feotstepe outside. • She. oee from the table, and pushed • s.ck hor .,It was Tent Shie footsteps 4, long way 6 'A* 14160t Mest shOW that she WAs xlitrilented down the lartee'to meet hini. • Arid ad the approocheel' thins there was formed inher mind picture, of whale really eik-foet, ' **Beset,. grown many 0144 in tho mhtes "1 eando6 you isste at last; TotO she said, , putting her Arnie around' his neck. - "Ah, tnY bravo, big Alan . scab, Nina, teaeli,him ;obey •flifo mother. , • ' mother deafest,''' .sala. . 'Airtfore X 'alto back for the week.ond. And yote,must make the 'most Of tinily " uso you .Awon't have for nge": - • Xfo 'upset .40,111 her calculations soorrolor. r Aft .111irmr- syitTiTtyit POE PICIIIC "AVID -Engineers, -Anitounee.4 Discoiiry of , . Nev Explo'sivee . , Militaryeengiiteetrannounce rthe discover y Of AIX explogive eubstarite' Whieh, they assert, .may be used es. a :substitute for picric `add. , The price of picric acid has bee,ozne pro- hibitive as a result of speculation. Merle acid is the final predute of the direct nitration of phenol, and is it usually prepared by the Antra, tion of the mixture' of phetiel mil - phonic Acids obtained by heating phenol with, coheenttated sulphuric acid, The more important pierie powders are melieite, the French explosivee, believed to he h mixture 6i fiiseAl perk Mid and gun -cotton ; lyddito, the British service etplo- eivee' and .shinecee, the laPtentse powder, botli'euppose,a to be Wend* eat .with the original inelinite4 Erugere'e: iiowder, a. mixture of \iv fifty -foot parts of omnoniinn plc. rate '4nd forty-five- parte of tate poke; Deeignolles watt, •e,osn. /Jolted of potassium, picrate, , salt petre and oharcoal, and enunonsite. 4▪ 101111011WW e e ing , fe this ease I used, 4 hand. seeder fur sowing the alfalfa,. going over the ground tWiee to get. a ther6. even ,distribution of the seedy using We've Pounele each time. ' ' • I novered it -by going over the ground with` a weeder, then tress- ing, and the OW even stand and luxuriant ',growth Made (feet fall proves the extra geed work good investment, A good yearly rotation to make &cap pork from spring pigs in eix aeVeti.eletitlig is: as follows: A hog pasture as rhave above de. scribed, a suitable sized pat& ,; of Canada ,PeAS width are .hest suite& foeseuthera section; for southern sections soy iheann end eecoe rodaft I*. eeeraliiismaereereeeree, ecinleT7sublfillirewra tweet -corn, an earlyeirrof --e--late• variety separated byie ho». fence wheithe early varieteis ready:topasture, thee. prolonging the eeed- ,isnag:ss.aemasonvearpfedcatiyvoideoitgnodweallette:,.hat .t• he ettirely eileeeedrivith-the---tn- Plin.S , Of ,ma'kite&hog pastures will these whoetey the • above mentioned Go 0,6-7.-1T1111ES COMING. . Trade's That 'Will:Boom :When the Angel of Peace 'Appears. . Suet as _when Nfear broke out.eer- teen trades :and 'businese became ;torreidesteineatiyeScalermie;a,Otril;?4stit4u) :when -peace-eosneer the esame-thing exactly will 'oertaiely- occur .esys •London Answers.-•;Tracles ehat, are now booming Wili come to a cessa- tion, but others ;will become• tre- mendebely:active, and immense for - times' will he made in them. . For example, directly the Urine of peace are -.settled,- there will be enunpreeedentededernand,for maps. showing the regonsteliebed "political divisions of Europe and the rest of.theeWorld. • - -YPtattitally," said the maedger one of the ' most', -important firms of Mapeneltere in' London to the writer,- "after-the.era,r, all ex- isting of enipse and sohool will have - to be - 'wrapped.', They wix almost all be useless. , Aba 'moderateeestimate, some two or threeenillian new maps *ill be wanted, and Waisted quick- ly; There will he an Sheeintely un- preeedentededemand .in every de- _paietesent-„Of 'the map-Makingbate' nese ,f6r theegotteof, reteel'equired in. e production •elf globes and at- lases; and geed Men will command extraordinary high wages. Thei etaeloring trade n all its grades Will also ' have the busiest timeitehae-ever known.When-Peeee is declared. • ' As - , Soak as, the war is over, tnere. will tone back into oivi.1 lifeinter' .tceo anal ons of men of ages lunging /rem =Vete --.501ine-a-reeeeteactieg nothing but -khaki.; now,- and 'whose- -civiliati-eleaW84iafe-ProbablY been given- aWeereelnemoSte instances,, --or perhaps sokl. Once of the ..'firat things, therefore, that Van liaPPee Lere_iciLjlI some_ mill io Ofemeis ,-alle-Serts and conditions. .will rwhing : off. to their tailors to boy Owithos, One of the ' tailoring „firths., •in the :city infotesied 'the :writer that theralready hint engaged 40 metro; hands, at donble. Ithe useal. rates of pay. the :trade, Wile are come te them threetly the war is Over.•.. `11Mitt Of them "••seid the theOite ger,. "tare .at the froist ppeeent, betetliey-Weigtelseeenet---eefeeneple nada, can itiente`You; when . the ever • '• Moet :branches. sof the trade lee -aerie ',very' •Iiiiey after the war, - Belgium will preec. tiegly have ,to be rebuilt, and 416.• tracts . have aiteedY been .secured. by several- English Arnie. for. work Belgium. after the war, .For ceeriers and guides on the Coale .• one there will also be an .imustiale ly large de And after the, war. .4 . The -vations' hattlefielde Will° he Visited. by of viiitore from all parts of the wotlet; for the man *Ito crin,speak Free& and English fluently, ana with, •loeal • knowlidge and 4 ready tongue, there.*111 be litindtome, income to be, picked. , for #0me years,. after `.tire. war, as. guides to the ,ildatea With IOW tames of ,Whiefh we! haVe heoOine SO Tilfa' *ilit'.he till* OA of job pattieularly tuits,hte or young men note at the front, with lifek homo 'Unreal 4)141: liking for a ;,tutveling eeoit, . • .• 4•••• • -0 "There will he 4 'veri large.' ad. bland' for good. travellem- and sale*. , c " menetorepreseOtEnglialierholeSele hcorses in foreign -markets after the irar,"' said the manager- Of one. of the largest export. houses - in the -MY-to theewritee.--- "The claneerol- will be fore -nu between e-,85, and: it •Will be • an absolute .necessity for them to: speak Spanish, as. they, will chiefly be required te do busi- ness Stiuith Amorieeo where Span, largely SpokerieSiiibable emez:rwidlettrelislo-eta-ee'leieneliferrnes :from. 4100 -to, 22, emeeser - r • • --'-t007)1:441-3111iiitr's= • ",1Toev anuth levee' tlioee mouse, . . . .00lored Shees4.7'?. . • . "Seen • ir'WhY • ate theyeee thigh "Europea,n "I: then t the 'Snide:a- nene Tiuo. Prophecy.. "Ity"doeterteld me I 'would have, to quit eating so •anuch meat!' "Dideve, to scorn "I did at first; but. when-. he sent in his hill;eI he Was ,. • e. The term "capital .puthishinent'" refers to the .olegatete 1)0MA-invent : :beheading; .whiele iiffeeted ;the - head or "caput "...of a person.• FROlt MIME SEM NOTES Or libinagST FRO* XXIX' BANKS OM BRAE% What GOng On li the 41101.041) • and Lowland* of ' eotla Helyrood Palace i$ afcacia, °Pen 44 the publie. Dellabill contribution to the War Relief Fund amounts to $11,895 It litin been deeided to hold Cute - nook annual• horticultural eirow 4.1101. USIVIAL -' Owing to tho war Orangemouth • Crielfot liao Won len With OillY-.4tWO-plasyers. „- The retirement hate taken plata •of It,, William 'Bruce,. Pe4mastazi at Stonahaven after 4214 yie,are tiervece. The Edinburgh Tranway Cone, miff/ea' haive-reeosuniend.44-thaff aneee pxPeilladim.caenrot.be linedo with self -Prof At the annual Meeting of Kirk - hall Bowling Club, Carahusban-g,.„it was decided- that, no. match oe Oa 14.T4Yhete'titie be! s°414:el eueice • Muriel Boyle, younger, daughter of . the aixtliEarl Olitegesete • at the ago of 4F. years, Garage, Edinlinrg4h, `‘'h*reatktihoef .over 0,0110W'oyolei% were destroyed. An interesting Greenoelc person, of Mr. altos PrerErIE.,4etrilviaYwilicilo thoemPpaleistrd his 109th Year lieest'Meer, 'The military authorities have de. elined.the.offer Glasgow corper. ?Aim- to convert - the • Kelvingrove Art.Galleries into a uallitary haspie ; Mr. Devid Ritchie, etches been 'resigued his seet account el ad- vOsiO!nteliimreet:elta"sfeee7,..o,vteh:re'i:ldilnrrY143', eaBare7hee°1.- A denionstration.wan held recent.... ly on Glasgow ' Green protesting eagaipee-the -high priees.of food bn the gOvernalient talce ree,olution; ado. pte. de,/ charge sepplite and ineaeO of The -lace factory at ikreierellne ee longing to . Stewart, „Molt IiiieT:1576eii7q.'eareyedeeb-F-EiVbe elossis-roughlyeestimated•-aV.abouf • $10,000. ' , ' • Thee death hits, o.ceultred"--er-Aee, drew Seat Murehie, burgh officer of Kirkcudbright, as the reselt `. a fall down 'a flight off,r4airs the town -.11111. Ninety per, pent. of the sone el _theeScottithemanseeare shown by an official roll to be serving in either Of the two arms of the forces of Btitisli Crown. The death has occurred at. Crieff of Dr. George. Duueen of Keraige Lookadelt, his ..84th year. . He served as medical, officer for the combined parishes of 140e4aloht: Kent& and Glenshiel .for snore thanehall a century. " to 4. ' +7; -:-.11he • Men -who Marries. a cook takes long chances. Cooks ihave *ay quitting-theit ..jobs on; the- least Provocation. „ easts. :of ients- their4-111e\tini-COntain. elm and flamingos Fattened on Figs, ' and -bates. Professor :Cia-mden • •'Coii"ern,. explorer and archeeelogiet, who 'recently tau:meat() America...71Tbm- Aripto Palestine, haViog dug -up a few interestingiatte as well as° ruins on his last trip -.abroad, ..he returns to tell os that thetneients • Made our' . Bite "pikers" in the hest (mid hostess line. ' ' Profeeeor Odherne Says.... he -has re manuscripts eaken from antiquated tombs of a Roman who in a jiffy spent $12,000;000' alma decorations for his•haueeS Anether phitOcret epen6 $00,000,060in" one Ye..ar,_011-One...!_oebasion_N "erne ibill for roses on his banquet table eione $175,000, . iiseeis:aed other shell fish, of . Rd- -Men euihineAaoastedf4-11ar ;greater variety- than our " ovine were- ensie jrom siartif, and. the epieuree knew • Well evehete the choicest, were. to be 'found • and the most delicate modes of prepar- in 4 them: lie Itemant- ate- duelor andegeese-fatten enn. figs- A dates. . Storks, cranes,. ,flarningese and especially •peacdoks, also were served at their tables, . In Caesar's time, thrie, At ihe ponti- fi4a1 meal attended by " 145E -priests and at many priestesses, the. fol- lorwing Was the menu: First -ceurse Oetended- merely ,ae whet to ap- petite) -e -Conger eels, oyster, two lieulseefenineselse ?thrushes -on- _ests.. as- paragus. fat SciSelte. a -ragout Of oy4 etera and , Other-eehe'll' -fish, with blieck and white .maredne. •ffeeond course ----A- Veeiety Of shellfish and ether marine animals, beceaficos haunches.of venison, a wild boor,. a pasty of ,beeeefieseg and other birds. Third and principal tourse;-Boars head, '1 .fricassee of •fish, duckti oi various kinds, . hares, •roast rfowl with pastry and Picentine bread. But room to Nero:. „ • . It is prohab14, one of.alere's feats which Pettcenue deeeribes. This preposterous parvenu is represent- ed as entertaining his guests -with suocessicen of extratkdinary • de- vices and surprises, eueh ne doubt, Were often greete,d with ap. plattee at the tables of the A*. • 'When the company had taken their places young Egyptian ,sla,ve4 wash -cif their hands and feet with MOW\ Water. Two others placed on a table, a salver inlaid With' tOrtoise in the middle of which stood an sss of ;bronze ibeari4 silver paw alerts, one. Ana with white, and 4. One with leliele-Olives., while on his back sat aeSileisus 'fouling eutfrom a,evineestkie thelevorite,Saheee-the "sg. itiOrro'ne. side- were sausages on . a salver' giidiren; under which, were plains and Ted painegraieste.• ker- nels to ,Tepreseht glowing coals. Placed, around the tray were vari- ous vegetables, Snails ant! oyit,terri -and other appetizers suitable to the- prelithmity course. When the guestS had helped themselves :- other dish appeared -a hen of rv- ed wood, sitting ,with expended: e • wings, and brooding Over a nest Of peafowl's 'eggs;.- which ..were landed- e • among the giiests With :eileer eglk- Opens- wei0iing pound each.• surprise Ofesonse of the. guests, the eggs, when 'broken, dis• -- ,elegedeueshateleed ehiekeini,_hut- eleSt Investigation ',showed- those::: .en be ,beeeefieog in egg "Shane. Whie _Pee umnary. course Was being. removed "wine 100 years old was brought; and then a seo- ded-eoliese catne-my which was pre. - rade iant ,ryt,fli s 13:8 ';15-1;b4tttt: ttitlfie set; ree:met %a'set; meal, ,To the astenishment of 'the 4;aily to be covers, and when they .were.,lifted. wider -teeth were •Iti-hge:-. fieldfares, „ eispons, • . and &mks, tioble. barbelg „and: •tertiots,. rwPcl- lyadeerei 11: l'TIlitkinea1:111ralViere:6 faifeNvelavn'eigf 11:8:lnh!gli'leiae; s: appearance and eel up ethe &Wiles • ' skillfullv,- _ keeping,' ;to _ the. • sound of soft music, • The gecood,eouresetorisig tett of boar, whet had tro titAs -of palm ' twigs !filled with . dates haegilig from. ibe atiekg. BY.ite lay eti40 Pvtisy lithaViritlldlybr'n'e 6.11 06, s-tt (5)f Int each of the gags was to take onte of these home. •' • •As . the boar WAS being, removed and they were 'waiting for the deg- , sett the telling opened and a silver hoop destended with envoi and ala. easte-r phials .of essetices, silyer ebroeets itiol other pretty things 4i. the guests teetake ag keepealrek' , The dessert' also wall mut& applauded. The Pastry WM. in the fOrt00- of 011(111 fish and field, fares; while qiinees- stuck full of almonds . represented sea -*aloe: In the middle stood 4 tvure,btler- tununis, with his hosoin Piled tuft) but t,vlien the gin ests took, • lield'ef the nePlea heti tfrasPea tent6 (it saffron spurted ant OftI them. •